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Margaret "Peggy" Wells 1765 – 1814 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1765

Birth Location: Stafford, Stafford, Virginia

Death Date: 1814

Death Location: Nelson, Nelson, Kentucky

Father: Captain Wells

Mother: Elizabeth Farrow

Spouse(s): James Harding

Children(s): Mary Harding, Samuel Harding, Peyton Harding, Nancy Harding, John Harding, James Harding, Polly Harding, William Harding

Born in 1765 in Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, Margaret "Peggy" Wells was the child of Captain Samuel Wells and Elizabeth "Ann" "Hayden" Farrow. In time, Margaret "Peggy" Wells married James Harding, and they raised a family that included Mary Ann Harding, Samuel Harding, Peyton Harding, Nancy Harding, John Harding, James Harding, Polly Harding and William Harding. Margaret "Peggy" Wells died in Nelson, Nelson, Kentucky in 1814.

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Parents

Captain Wells
1734 – 1782
Birth Location: St Pauls Par, Stafford, Virginia, USA
CW
Elizabeth Farrow
1738 – 1780
Birth Location: Stafford, Stafford, Virginia, United States
EF

Spouses(s)

James Harding
1764 – 1808
Birth Location: Nelson, Kentucky
JH

Children(s)

Mary Harding
1785 – 1884
Birth Location: Pottingers Creek, Nelson, Kentucky, USA
MH
Samuel Harding
1789 – 1861
Birth Location: Nelson Co, Kentucky
SH
Peyton Harding
1790 – 2000
Birth Location: Nelson, Kentucky, United States
PH
Nancy Harding
1802 – 2000
Birth Location: Nelson, Kentucky, United States
NH
John Harding
1804 – 2000
Birth Location: Nelson County, Kentucky, USA
JH
James Harding
Birth Location: Perry County, Indiana, USA
JH
Polly Harding
Birth Location: –
PH
William Harding
Birth Location: –
WH

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1762
    Event Place: Nelson Co., Kentucky
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1765
    Event Place: Stafford, Stafford, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1814
    Event Place: Nelson, Nelson, Kentucky, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1814
    Event Place: Nelson, Nelson, Kentucky
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