Col. William McMACHEN

Abt 1690 - Bef 1749  (~ 59 years)

• Name	William McMACHEN
  Title	Col.
  Birth	Abt 1690
  Gender	Male
  Will	24 Feb 1749	Frederick County, VA
  Death	Bef 6 Jun 1749	Frederick County, VA
  Probate	6 Jun 1749	Frederick County, VA
  Notes	(1) O'Dell, Cecil, Pioneers of Old Frederick County, Virginia, Marceline, MO: Walsworth Publishing Company, 1995, pp. 247-249: MCMACHEN A William McMechan and his wife Rebecca sold 159 acres of land on Red Clay Creek to John Baldwin on 15 February 1734. William McMachen (b. 1690 c.) was appointed a Justice of Frederick County, Virginia on 2 October 1743 and took the oath of office at the first Court on 11 November 1743. John Calvert's Orange County, Virginia will (dated 2 October 1738) refers to William as his friend and brother, and names him one of the executors. On 28 June 1739, William signed his name "McMachen" as guarantor for a bond for the executors. William lived on a 1,000-acre tract of land north of Nathaniel Thomas. . . . This land is adjacent west of a survey for John Calvert . . . and contiguous south of George Hollingsworth's 620 acres. . . . The U.S. Highway 11 and Virginia Highway 37 interchange is located on the southeast corner of this tract. Frederick County, Virginia Highway 739/Apple Pie Ridge Road runs nearby, along the west side of the 1,000 acres. Redbud Run, a branch of Opequon Creek, extends from the southeast corner to the proximity of the northwest corner. McMachen was deceased by 6 June 1749 when his will (dated 24 February 1748/49) was proved in Frederick County Court. He willed his entire land holdings to his sons John, Richard and William McMachen, to be divided among them. He willed 20 pounds each to his daughters Agnes and Jane McMachen, and a horse and colt to his daughter Ann McMachen. His wife Elizabeth McMachen was willed "whatever she wants to give to grandchildren," children of John and William McMechan. The Executors were instructed to sell William's 12 January 1746 1,200-acre patent land in Augusta County, Virginia. The Executors were Lewis Neill, Gariel Jones and John McMechan (William's son). As Executor of the estate, Capt. Lewis Neill requested a Fairfax grant on 4 January 1749/50 for 1,000 acres. This land was to be divided among William's heirs John, Richard and William McMechan, as instructed by the will. John McMechan received a Fairfax grant for 300 acres on 31 October 1757; this land was the northwest part of the 1,000-acre survey. He and his wife Isabella sold this inheritance on 1 December 1760 to Henry Heath for 186 pounds. John and Isabella sold two tracts of land to John Ulrick Spahr on 3 May 1761. One tract on Opequon Creek containing 248 acres was adjacent south of Stephen Hollingsworth 472-acre patent land in present-day Jefferson County, West Virginia. . . . On 19 October 1757, John received a Fairfax grant for this land. The other 70-acre tract had been purchased by John's father William McMechan from Francis and Ann Lilburn on 3 September 1745 and was part of John's inheritance. The 70 acres was also part of Stephen Hollingsworth's land. . . . John and Isabella sold 195 acres to Joseph Steer for 300 pounds on 4 March 1767; land on which they probably had resided. John received a Fairfax grant for this tract on 4 May 1762, which was located on both sides of Opequon Creek in Frederick and Clarke County, Virginia, southeast of Wadesville, Clarke County on County Road 661. Shortly after this sale, John probably moved to Tryon County, North Carolina (See Rowan County records) where he sold 68 acres to Daniel Kidd of Frederick County, Virginia on 7 September 1774. This land, located on Main Road leading from Winchester to Snickers Ferry (Virginia Highway 7), had been willed to John by James Carter. Richard McMachen inherited the southeast part of the 1,000 acres (270 acres). He and his wife Agness sold this tract to Bryan Bruin for 290 pounds on 4 January 1762. Henry Heath received the southwest 100 acres of the 1,000-acre inherited land by Fairfax grant on 2 November 1757. William McMachen (b. 1720 c.) validated his inheritance (the west part of the 1,000 acres) with a Fairfax grant for 330 acres on 29 October 1757. William was married to Elizabeth Cartmell, widow of Nathan Cartmell (d. 1758), by 1 October 1760 when they leased her dower land for 10 pounds yearly. On 19 October 1765, he sold 260 acres to Henry Heath for 100 pounds. Because McMechan sold this 260 acres (where Henry Heath lived) to Alexander White for 500 pounds on 5 November 1773 after McMechan moved to Hampshire County, the aforementioned Heath transaction was probably either a mortgage or rental agreement. He and his second wife Christian McMechan had previously sold 70 acres of the 330-acre tract to James Keith for 115 pounds on 1 February 1770.
  Person ID	I10098	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024