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Margaret Peggy Wilson

Born: October 01, 1784
Lancashire, England

Married: Hunter Peel

(1785-1831)

May 13, 1777 in Rokeby, England

Children:

  1. Eliza
    b. abt 1804
    m. James Bricknell Bef. November 22, 1831
  2. Volney
  3. Jefferson
    b. abt 1807
  4. George
    b. abt 1808
  5. Emily
    b. abt. 1809
    m. George Mitchell c. 1828
    one daughter Margaret Mitchell
    d. before June 26, 1837
  6. James Addison
  7. Albert
    b. 1812 in Huntsville, AL
    m. Elizabeth Hannah Anderson c. 1836
    one son Albert
    d. June 17, 1838 in Marshall Co., MS
  8. Harvey Weakly
    b. 1817-1818
    m. Martha Jane Ballard on July 08, 1846
  9. William Hunter
  10. Mary Jane
    b. about 1820
    m. Baily Cox
  11. Julia Ann b. abt 1822
    d. abt 1839
  12. Jane
    b. abt 1825
    d. abt 1864
    listed as an "idiot" in 1850 census, she is later listed with her brother Volney's family and is frequently mentioned in Robert H. Peel's letters
[note: I have my doubts about the accuracy of the foregoing list of children, in particular the final three females. The Mary Jane who appears in her "father's" will may be the same as the Jane listed with Volney's household in the 1850 census]

Died: January 01, 1830

Lawrence Co, AL

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