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Martha McDuffee Dunshee

Birth
Desertmartin, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Death
1795 (aged 76–77)
Chester, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
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MISC.: Birth information from Henry Clay McDuffee, "McDuffee Family"; 1906; she married first William Gordin (Gordon) and secondly a Mr. Dunshee. She was famous for the manufacture of fine linen and was a midwife of note.

MARRIAGE: Rutland, MA, Vital Records. Martha "McAphee" of Londonderry and William Gordin, marriage intention, 12 Oct 1745. Massachusetts Marriages, 1695 - 1910 - No Image

Note: this is of great interest because it lists her name as McAphee, or probably McAfee, whereas her father Daniel was called McDuffee, except in one interesting reference from MA, "History of Haverhill, MA": on page 311, "Daniel Mackafee, Heugh Mackcafee, and John Mackcafee" were names on a list north of the NH state line in 1741. This could simply be misspelling, which it is anyway, or actually a variant of McAfee or McFee. There is at least one other occasion when the Londonderry McDuffees were referred to as McFees (see Daniel McDuffee).
(Giles F Carter, 2011)

United States Census, 1790 - Image New Hampshire, Rockingham, Londonderry
MISC.: Birth information from Henry Clay McDuffee, "McDuffee Family"; 1906; she married first William Gordin (Gordon) and secondly a Mr. Dunshee. She was famous for the manufacture of fine linen and was a midwife of note.

MARRIAGE: Rutland, MA, Vital Records. Martha "McAphee" of Londonderry and William Gordin, marriage intention, 12 Oct 1745. Massachusetts Marriages, 1695 - 1910 - No Image

Note: this is of great interest because it lists her name as McAphee, or probably McAfee, whereas her father Daniel was called McDuffee, except in one interesting reference from MA, "History of Haverhill, MA": on page 311, "Daniel Mackafee, Heugh Mackcafee, and John Mackcafee" were names on a list north of the NH state line in 1741. This could simply be misspelling, which it is anyway, or actually a variant of McAfee or McFee. There is at least one other occasion when the Londonderry McDuffees were referred to as McFees (see Daniel McDuffee).
(Giles F Carter, 2011)

United States Census, 1790 - Image New Hampshire, Rockingham, Londonderry


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