Ann (Fred) McPherson (1755 - aft. 1799)

Born 11 Nov 1755 in New Garden, Chester County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of Stephen McPherson — married Sep 1777 in Loudon County, Virginia, United States

Died after 1799 after age 43 in Loudon County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Ann was born on the 18th of November 1755 to Joseph Fred and Sarah Hadley. ^[1]

A letter written on the 6th of the 8th month 1768 from the Newgarden monthly meeting to the Fairfax monthly meeting in Virginia recorded that Sarah Fredd being removed with her husband & settled within the virge of your meeting requested a certificate for herself & children now these may certify that by Enquiry we find her life & conversation hath been in a good degree orderly pretty careful to attend our Religious Meetings. So recommend her & five young children Viz. Mary, Ann, Joshua, Thomas & Sarah Fredd to Divine protection & your Christian care and oversight desiring their welfare every way & remain your Loving Friends.^[2]

Ann married Stephen McPherson after the death of his first wife in Loudon County, Virginia in 1777. At a Monthly Meeting of Fairfax held the 27th of the 9th month 1777 a complaint was brought to this meeting against Ann Mcfarson (formerly Fred) for her outgoing in marriage with a man not of our society she being precautioned this meeting appoints Sarah Dixon and Rebeckah Leybold to draw up a Testimony against her and her disorderly conduct, and produce it to next Mo. Meeting for approbation.^[3] Stephen McPherson had moved from New Garden, Pennsylvania about 1773/1774 to Loudon County, Virginia.

Stephen died in 1799. Stephen set his hand and seal to his Last Will and Testament on the 2nd of February 1799, and bequeathed unto his beloved wife Ann all his household goods and a cow to her and heirs for ever and also one third of the grain sown on his place by John Gibson Junior and all the grain now in his house, and to have a sufficient support of all things necessary and comfortable from the place he then lived upon and possessed during her natural life to be paid by his Executors. He requested that the land should not be sold during the natural life of his wife Ann.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Pennsylvania Chester New Garden Monthly Meeting Births and Burials, page 85, citing Ann Fred, Joseph Fred & Sarah Hadley. Digital images: Ancestry.com U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 image 45 of 198.
2. ↑ Virginia Loudoun Fairfax Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1784, citing letter on behalf of Sarah Fredd and family. Digital images: Ancestry.con U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database with images], image 57 of 91.
3. ↑ Virginia, Loudoun, Fairfax Monthly Meeting,Minutes, 1768-1782, Page 107, citing Ann Mcfarson (formerly Fred). Digital images: Ancestry.con U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database with images] image 112 of 184.
4. ↑ Loudoun County, Virginia Will Book F, 2797-1802, page 121, citing Steven McPherson. Digital images: Familysearch.org [database with images], Film #007645411. image 458 of 609.

See also:

• Fred, Rosa Parrott. History of the Fred Family in Loudoun County, Virginia. 1969. Page 6-7, citing Joseph Fred. Digital images: Family History Library.