Mary STAFFORD^{[1, 2, 3]}

Abt 1751 - Abt 1790  (~ 39 years)

• Name	Mary STAFFORD
  Born	Abt 1751	probably Sussex Co., Delaware or Dorchester Co., Maryland
  Gender	Female
  Died	Abt Mar 1790	Deep River, Guilford Co., North Carolina
  Death	Aft 28 Mar 1790	Deep River, Guilford Co., North Carolina   [4]
  _UID	70D856143329D6458CA325289822979B915A
  Person ID	I2717	Branch 099 William Stafford 1784
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2007

  
  

  Father	Henry STAFFORD, I,   b. Abt 1725, Sussex Co., Delaware ,   d. 2 Jun 1776, Sussex Co., Delaware  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth,   b. 1729,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Valentine PEGG,   b. 19 Apr 1744, Murderkiln/kill Hundred, Kent Co., Delaware ,   d. 24 Nov 1828, Whitewater MM, Wayne Co., Indiana  (Age 84 years)
  Married	Abt 1767	Sussex Co., Delaware
  Children	1. James PEGG,   b. 24 Oct 1768, probably Delaware ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. John PEGG,   b. 19 Oct 1770,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Sarah PEGG,   b. 1772,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Caleb PEGG,   b. 1773, Guilford Co., North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Nathan PEGG,   b. 1774,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. C Elizabeth PEGG,   b. 7 Feb 1777, possibly Deep River, Guilford Co., North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Valentine PEGG,   b. 1780, Guilford Co., North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Mary PEGG,   b. 25 Jan 1788, Deep River, Guilford Co., North Carolina ,   d. 4 Aug 1867, Deep River, Guilford Co., North Carolina  (Age 79 years)   9. William PEGG,   b. Abt 1788,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. John Austin PEGG,   b. Abt 1789,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Lydia PEGG,   b. 28 Mar 1790, Deep River, Guilford Co., North Carolina ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F2056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The boundary line between DE and MD -- particularly the line between present day Sussex County, Delaware and Dorchester County, Maryland -- was long disputed. Maryland claimed much of what is now present day Sussex County, DE until the 1760's and completion of the Mason-Dixon Survey. For this reason, it is not clear whether Mary was born in Sussex County, DE or in Dorchester, MD. MARY STAFFORD, daughter of Henry Stafford II, married VALENTINE PEGG prior to May, 1776. Source: MARY's father, Henry Stafford II, stated in his will, dated May 21, 1776, that "I also give to my daughter Mary Pegg: the sum of one shilling - Sterling" which indicates that Mary had married Valentine Pegg prior to 1776, MARY's birth year, about 1755, is estimated based on the approximate date of her marriage (prior to May, 1776) to Valentine and the birth of her first daughter, Elizabeth (February 7, 1777 ) apparently named after Mary's mother, Elizabeth. VALENTINE & MARY (Stafford) are believed to have had three daughters: Elizabeth, born Feb.7, 1777, possibly in Deep River, Guilford County, NC ( who married Daniel Nicholson on May 11, 1801, Rowan Co., NC); Mary,Jr. born January 25, 1788 in Deep River, Guilford County, NC and Lydia, born March 28, 1790 in Deep River, Guilford County, NC. MARY died (probably shortly after the birth of her daughter, Lydia, on March 28, 1790) in Deep River, Guilford Co., N.C. MARY and VALENTINE were married prior to May, 1776.

  
  

• Sources

  [S146] Stafford Data Branch 2. [S154] Imported GEDCOM file. [S153] Stafford Data Branch 12. [S4674] Stafford - Rootsweb Message Board, Tom Stafford on 3 Jun [email protected].