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not does not appear, that the Whigs were coming, when the whole party fled. One of them becoming in some way fastened on the fence was unable to get over. Mrs. Gordon ran out and caught the fellow, detained him until help came and he was secured.
"At another time the free-booters came and carried off all of Capt. Gordon?s horses while he was absent fighting. Unable to prevent the robbery, Mrs. Gordon followed the party at a distance and observed where the horses were tied. That night she went alone, caught the best horse in the lot, a better one than any of her own, and mounting him, rode away in safety with her reprisal."
Margaret Gregg Flagler?s grandfather, David Gregg of the clan MacGregor, was born in Argyle, Scotland, and served as a captain in Cromwell?s army. He settled in Londonderry, Ireland, after the Restoration. In 1689, he was massacred by Irish Catholics, but his wife and four young sons managed to escape.
In 1717, these four sons - Samuel, David, Andrew, and John -emigrated to Boston. Late in life, John/ finally settled in the Cedar Swamp community, Williamsburg, in 1752. After settlement there, three daughters - Margaret, Janet, and Mary -were born to the couple.
Marion Francis Baxter?s maternal grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Ervin Baxter, was descended from James Ervin and Elizabeth James (her great grandparents) who emigrated to Williamsburg Township in 1732, having sailed from Belfast, Ireland. Williamsburg Township was named after Elizabeth?s brother, William James. During the Revolutionary War, members of the Ervin, Baxter, and James families all served with Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox." Mary Elizabeth?s mother was a Marion (Martha Wickham Marion), and her father was named Sam Ervin.
A latter day kinsman was the former United States Senator from North Carolina, the Hon. Sam J. Ervin, Jr.
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Martha Wickham Marion?s great grandparents were of French extraction:	Benjamin and Judith>/paluct Marion, -aftd"*
^?Attthmiy-aud-Esther Baluct Cordgs. They were Huguenots who settled along the Santee River near Georgetown between 1685 and 1690. Martha?s grandparents were Gabriel?frftd?Esthe*?Cordes
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