When Elizabeth McDowell was born in 1702, in Greenock West, Renfrewshire, Scotland, her father, Robert McDowell, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Houston, was 29. She had at least 6 sons and 2 daughters with John Nesbit. She died in 1769, in Hopewell Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 67.
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Historical Boundaries 1750: Cumberland, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill ‘son of Dubhghall’, a byname meaning ‘dark stranger’, used among the Gaels to distinguish the darker-haired Danes from fair-haired Norwegians. This is the usual Irish spelling of this name, while McDougall is the usual Scottish spelling. However, McDowall is also common in south west Scotland and a prominent Galloway family with this name first appear in the historical record in the late 13th century.
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