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Major Dennis Sutton MCCARTY

Major Dennis Sutton MCCARTY[1]

Male 1704 - 1742  (37 years)

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  • Name Dennis Sutton MCCARTY  [2
    Prefix Major 
    Born 7 Nov 1704  Popes Creek Landing, Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID L55F-XXS 
    Name Dennis Sutton McCARTY  [3
    Occupation   [3
    Representative to the House of Burgess from Prince William County. Justice of Prince William County in 1731 
    Reference Number 7447 
    Residence Mount Vernon Area, Prince William County, VA (?) Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Cedar Grove 
    _UID 45BA74CF83044061B15DE0B31CE8A4B56841 
    Buried Mar 1742  Pohick Episcopal Church Cemetery, Lorton, Fairfax, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died 25 Mar 1742  Fairfax, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I2732  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2023 

    Father Captain Daniel MCCARTY,   b. 19 Mar 1679, North Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1724, Westmoreland County, Virginia, American Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth (Payne) POPE (PAYNE),   b. 25 Jun 1677, Richmond, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1716, Westmoreland, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 19 Oct 1698  Northh Farnham P, Richmond, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Martha BALL,   b. 13 Jan 1705, Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1744  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 22 Sep 1724  Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Some records {including Wayne Greene} indicate place of marriage as Westmoreland County, Virginia, American Colony. {REF: FGR for Dennis McCARTY - AFN:VDPM-DK} [LDK]

      Donahue GEDCOM file references "Genealogies of Virginia Families", Vol. III, p 588 in listing wedding date as 22 Sept 1724. [LDK]

      Darlene Homme record indicates marriage occurred at Cople Parish, Westmoreland Co.,VA. [SOURCE: "The McCarty Family" by Darlene Homme]

      WFT Vol.3, Ed.1, Pedigree #3918 indicates marriage was in Lancaster County, Virginia. [LDK]
    Children 
     1. Sarah MCCARTY,   b. 22 Sep 1724, Lancaster, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1826, Alexandria, Fairfax, Virginia, BCA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 101 years)
     2. James Jarrod MCCARTY,   b. 1726, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1789, Fairfax, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     3. Cornelius MCCARTY,   b. Abt 1726, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1782, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years)
     4. Col. Daniel MCCARTY,   b. 1727, Popes Creek Landing, Westmoreland, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1791, Richmond, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     5. Anne "Ann" MCCARTY,   b. Abt 1730, Virginia, American Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1785, Alexandria, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years)
     6. Dennis MCCARTY,   b. Abt 1731, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Michael I. MCCARTY,   b. 1732, Cork, County Cork, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1780, Montgomery Alabama United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     8. William MCCARTY,   b. 1733, Prince William, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1790, Fairfax, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
     9. Thaddeus MCCARTY, Colonel,   b. 1739, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1812, Leesburg, Loudon Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2023 
    Family ID F1299  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Dennis received land, from his father's (Daniel) will, that lay in the portion of Stafford County VA, that later became Prince William Co, then later Fairfax Co. in 1732-4 he was a Vestryman of Truro Parish. in 1739, he bought 522 acres in Prince William Co, from John Minor. in 1740, he patented 1220 acres on Goose Creek in the name of his son Thaddeus (this son was very young at time).

      Lineage to the Navy Fleet Vice Admiral of Devon under King James VI Sir Richard Hawkins II. Read Plymouth Armadas Heroes. Dennis mom's side (Elizabeth Pope).
      -----------------------------------------------------------------------From Findagrave:

      "In memory of Major Denis McCarty who died March 25th AD 1742 in the 38th Year of his age". Vestryman of Truro Parish. Established his Mount Air Plantation. Representative to the House of Burgess from Prince William County. Justice of Prince William County in 1731.



      Wayne Greene records indicate date of birth for Dennis McCarty as 7 Nov 1703 @ Westmoreland County, Virginia. Some records indicate d of b as 1704. [LDK]

      Dennis McCarty left a WILL on 20 Jan 1742 at Prince William County, Virginia. [SOURCE: Wayne Greene - Dunedin, FL.]

      Darlene Homme records indicate date of death as 25 March 1742. Darlene's records indicate only 5 children. [SOURCE: "The McCarty Family" by Darlene Homme]

      Major DENNIS McCARTY, of Cople Parish, Westmoreland, subsequently of Prince William County, was the eldest son of Daniel McCARTY. His WILL was proved the first month and twentieth day, 1743, in Prince William County, where he was a Justice of the County Court from 1731, Major of the County Militia, and ... [SOURCE: "Ancestral Records and Portraits" Vol. 2, page 817 - FTM GenealogyLibrary] [LDK]

      The following was posted in the book "Marriages of some Virginia Residents 1607-1800" by Dorothy Ford Wulfeck: McCARTY, Dennis - will dated 18 March, 1742, son of Daniel (d.1724) of Westmoreland Co.; m. Sarah Ball; res. Stafford Co. and Prince William Co. 33V41.

  • Sources 
    1. [SAuth] Jim Carney, compiled by James H Carney [(E-ADDRESS), & MAILING ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Buderim, Queensland 4556 AUSTRALIA.

    2. [S33] Ancestral File - Family History Department - FGRs & IRs, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints [Various submitters], (Genealogical information submitted to FHD since 1978), AFN:VDPM-DK (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 15 Jan 2023), entry for Dennis Sutton McCARTY, person ID L55F-XXS. (Reliability: 3).