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Surnames: Lindsay, McGee, Briggs, Field
Classification: Query
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Mr. Caldwell,
I noticed in your post that you said you were a descendant of Rev. Samuel Craighead
Caldwell. I am searching for information on his wife Elizabeth Lindsay, as I believe she
may have been a daughter of my 5th great grandfather Robert Lindsay, who died in Guilford
County, NC in 1801.
According to information I have, Robert Lindsay married twice. By his first wife, whose
name is not known, he had two children: Elizabeth and John A. Lindsay (1767-1828). While
the various accounts I have seen give information on John, his wife and children, they say
"of Elizabeth, nothing further is known."
Robert's second wife was Nancy (Ann) McGee (1753/4-1832) a daughter of Colonel John
McGee (d. 1773). Robert and Nancy were married in 1772, and had seven (or nine) children.
The list of children I had previously was: Samuel (d. 1813/4, m. Henrietta E. Causey),
Robert, Jr. (1776-1818, m. Letitia Harper), William (c.1777-1841, my direct ancestor, m.
Elizabeth Briggs), Jane (1779-1827, m. Jesse Hargrave), Andrew (1786-1844, m. Elizabeth
Dick), Susannah (1789-1857, m. Dr. Joseph Wood) and David (1793-1860, m. Sarah Dillon).
Recently, I was sent a family tree, and some other information that listed two more
daughters for Robert & Nancy. One source gave their names as Nancy and Bertha, and
another as Nancy and Bettie.
Then I received a history of the Morehead family published in 1921. (Two of the Lindsay
granddaughters married Moreheads.) In this history it states that Robert and Nancy had a
daughter Elizabeth who married the Samuel Craighead Caldwell.
The direct quote is: "...Elizabeth (wife of Rev. Samuel Caldwell, an iminent
Presbyterian minister), who was the mother of six minsiters (one of whom was a Baptist)
and one lawyer, the Baptist residing in Mississippi..."
I am trying to figure out if this Elizabeth was the daughter of the first wife or if,
perhaps, she died and there was an Elizabeth born to the second marriage. When Robert
Lindsay died in 1801, Elizabeth Lindsay signed his will as a witness, but I think that was
probably one of his two daughters in law by that name.
At any rate, I would be most obliged for any information you could give me on Elizabeth
Lindsay Caldwell.
Best Regards,
John Field Pankow
Asheville, NC