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Family: Captain Thomas HEMPHILL / Mary Ann MACKIE (F123)

m. 1 Mar 1773


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  • Father | Male
    Captain Thomas HEMPHILL

    Born  9 Jul 1746  , possibly Chester, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  4 May 1826  Old Fort, Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Aft 4 May 1826  Old Ebenezer/Siloam Cemetery, Old Fort, Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  1 Mar 1773  [1, 2, 3, 4]  , Rowan, North Carolina  [1, 2, 3, 4] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  James HEMPHILL | F125 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Susannah PATTON | F125 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Mary Ann MACKIE

    Born  5 Dec 1758  , County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Sep 1804  Old Fort, Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Sep 1804  Old Ebenezer Cemetery/Old Siloam Cemetery, Old Fort, Mcdowell, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Thomas MACKIE | F124 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Rosannah MCINTYRE | F124 Group Sheet 

    Martha HEMPHILLChild 1 | Female
    + Martha HEMPHILL

    Born  14 Mar 1774  near Old Fort, Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Nov 1835  Old Fort, Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Aft 17 Nov 1835  Old Fort, Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Thomas Young Hemphill MCENTIRE | F50 
    Married  1794   

    Child 2 | Male
    Samuel HEMPHILL

    Born  3 Mar 1775  Old Fort, Rowan, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Bef POSS 12 Jan 1824   
    Buried     

    Child 3 | Female
    + Rosannah HEMPHILL

    Born  6 Feb 1777  Old Fort, Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Between 5 Mar 1851 and Jun 1851  Buncombe County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  John YOUNG | F309 
    Married  1798   

    Mary HEMPHILLChild 4 | Female
    Mary HEMPHILL

    Born  26 Oct 1778  Old Fort, Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 Jul 1848  Old Fort, McDowell, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Aft 26 Jul 1848  Old Fort, McDowell, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 5 | Male
    + James HEMPHILL

    Born  25 Jul 1780  Old Fort, Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  5 Oct 1857  Old Fort, McDowell, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Aft 5 Oct 1857  Old Ebenezer Cemetery/Old Siloam Cemetery, Old Fort, Mcdowell, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Sarah | F310 
    Married  Bef 1 May 1807   

    Child 6 | Male
    + Andrew HEMPHILL

    Born  8 Nov 1782  Old Fort, , North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  22 Nov 1858   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Catherine MCDONALD | F555 
    Married     

    Child 7 | Female
    Jane HEMPHILL

    Born  9 Feb 1785  Old Fort, Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     

    Child 8 | Female
    + Elizabeth Ann HEMPHILL

    Born  4 Feb 1788  Burke County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  14 Aug 1838  Cross Plains, Benton, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Moses WHITESIDE | F307 
    Married  13 Mar 1811  Burke County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 9 | Female
    + Rachel HEMPHILL

    Born  5 Mar 1790  Burke County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  3 Apr 1833  Bills Creek, Rutherford, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Thomas WHITESIDE | F306 
    Married  15 Nov 1813  Burke County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 10 | Female
    Rebecca HEMPHILL

    Born  26 Aug 1792  Old Fort, Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died     
    Buried     

    Child 11 | Female
    + Ruth Bertha HEMPHILL

    Born  4 May 1794  Burke County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  23 Mar 1847  , Benton, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  John Underwood WHITESIDE | F758 
    Married  4 May 1819  Burke County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location

    Child 12 | Male
    + Thomas Mcentire HEMPHILL

    Born  9 Jul 1796  Old Fort, Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  8 Aug 1874  Old Fort, McDowell, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Old Ebenezer Cemetery/Old Siloam Cemetery, Old Fort, Mcdowell, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Malinda BURGIN | F22 
    Married  25 Nov 1819  Old Fort, Burke, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Margaret HEMPHILL | F21 
    Married  Abt 1830  Burke County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:
    • Thomas and Mary Ann lived in the part of Rowan County that became Burke County in 1777.
      In the program from the DAR/SAR service, Margaret Anthony reports the Hemphill-Mackie children as follows:
      "Their children include: (1) Martha Hemphill, who married Thomas Young Hemphill McEntire, (2) Mary ?Polly? Hemphill, who died young and was never married, (3) James Hemphill, (4) Andrew Hemphill, who married Catherine McDonald, (5) Ann Hemphill, who married Moses Whiteside (some sources say she died young), and (6) Thomas McEntire Hemphill, who first married Malinda Burgin and who secondly married Margaret Hemphill Dysart. Other children may include: (7) Rebecca Hemphill, (8) Rachel Hemphill, who married Foster Whiteside, (9) Ruth Hemphill, who married John Underwood Whiteside, (10) Samuel Hemphill, (11) Rosannah Hemphill , (12) Jane Hemphill, and (13) Thomas Hemphill."
      Emmett White reports the Hemphill-Mackie children based on those listed in Thomas Hemphill's will:
      Andrew, Thomas Jr., Polly, Rebecca, Martha m. McIntyre, Ann m. Whitesides, Rachel m. Whitesides, Ruth m. Whitesides.
      Hemphills in North Carolina reports the children of Thomas Hemphill and Mary Ann Mackie as:
      Martha (born March 14, 1774), Mary (Polly)(born Oct. 26, 1778), James (born July 25, 1780), Andrew (born Nov. 8, 1782), Ann (born Feb. 4, 1788), and Thomas McEntire (born July 9, 1796). The book says there may have been other children.

  • Sources 
    1. [S387] Hemphills in North Carolina*, 26-27 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S65] Commemorative Observance Celebrating the Life of Captain Thomas Hemphill, 13 Jun 1998; privately held by Tonia Kendrick, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] . 1998, Anthony, Margaret Hemphill, "Biography of Captain Thomas Hemphill", 11-12 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S515] Revolutionary War Soldiers of Western North Carolina: Burke County, 126 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S387] Hemphills in North Carolina*, 29 (Reliability: 3).