Mary Childress Agee

Brief Life History of Mary Childress

When Mary Childress Agee was born on 17 April 1787, in Franklin, Virginia, United States, her father, Jesse Reuben Agee, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Railey Childress, was 19. She married Maxey Keys on 4 June 1810, in Franklin, Virginia, United States. She died on 10 June 1873, in Franklin, Virginia, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Franklin, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Adam Talley Wray
1788–1865
Mary Childress Agee
1787–1873
Marriage: 1 June 1813
James Iredell Wray
1796–1846
Perry C Wray
1815–1876
Lewis Wray
1815–1858
Susie Wray
1816–1858
Joseph Wray
1818–1888
Elizabeth Wray
1820–1880
John Wray
1821–1891
Elizabeth W Wray
1822–1871
Otey Wray
1830–1919
Mary Wray
1832–1894
William Thompson Wray
1834–1901

Sources (17)

  • Mary Wray in household of Otey Wray, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Mary Wray, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Polly Agee, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"

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World Events (8)

1788 · The First Presidential Election

The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.

1788 · Becomes the 10th state

On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state. 

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

Altered form of French Agé (see Age ) or, alternatively, of Desage .

History: This surname was brought to VA in 1690 by the Huguenot Mathieu-Isaac Agee (c. 1670–1761), a native of Nantes, who left France for the Netherlands in 1688, joined the forces of William of Orange during the latter's seizure of the throne of England from the Catholic James II, and in 1690 was granted a passage to VA and lands at Manakin, a Huguenot settlement founded in 1700–01. Two of his three sons had a total of 24 children. He is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors and also in the similar registers of the Huguenot Society of America and of the Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin. His original surname was either Agé (see Age ) or Desage.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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