McElwain, Eleanor
- Marriage (1): Bailey, William on 8 Sep 1793
- Marriage (2): Gum, Norton about 1774
- Marriage (3): Gum, Norton
Eleanor married William Bailey on 8 Sep 1793.
Eleanor next married Norton Gum, son of Jacob Gum and Sarah Claypool (Claypole), about 1774. (Norton Gum was born in 1748 1 and died in 1789.)
Marriage Notes:
Norton Gum, father of Agnes, was born about 1748 to Jacob Gum
and Sarah Claypo ole. The family moved to Rockingham Co. Virginia
in the mid 1740's from Sussex Co. Delaware. Norton served in the
last colonial war before the American Revo lution (Lord Dunmore's
War) in a Rockingham Co. unit under Capt.Benjamin Harri son. He
married Eleanor McElwain about 1774. They had nine known
children wit h Agnes being the sixth. Her two younger brothers
Jehu and Norton Jr. also cam e to LaSalle Co. in the 1830's.
Norton Gum died in 1789 and his wife Eleanor i n 1796. The Gum
line traces to Roger Gum in Sussex Co. Delaware in 1680.
Eleanor next married Norton Gum, son of Jacob Gum and Sarah Claypool (Claypole). (Norton Gum was born in 1748 1 and died in 1789.)
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