Margaret Campbell |
Margaret Woods (born Campbell)<br>Married name: Mary Catherine Woods<br>Gender: Female<br>Birth: June 2 1690 - Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland<br>Christening: June 2 1690 - Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland<br>Death: Dec 28 1742 - Albemarle Parish, Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America<br>Parents: Archibald Campbell 1st Duke of Argyll, Lady Elizabeth Campbell (born Tollemache)<br>Husband: Michael Marion Woods Sr.<br>Children: Archibald Woods, Michael Woods Jr, Samuel Woods, Hannah Wallace (born Woods), John Josiah Woods, , Lt. Col., Rev. William Woods, Magdalena Woods, Charles Woods, Col Richard Woods, Martha Wallace (born Woods), Andrew Woods, Sarah Lapsley (born Woods)<br>Siblings: Field Marshal John Campbell 2nd Duke of Argyll, Archibald Campbell 3rd Duke of Argyll, Katharin Campbell, Anne Stuart (born Campbell)<br> Additional information:
LifeSketch: Per the attached sources Margaret's father is listed as Archibald Duke of Argyll and Elizabeth Tollemache. Additional sources from Scot's Peerage of Scotland confirm this relationship. There is no proof Margaret died in Scotland as a child. Margaret's parents had "excessive" debt. ( There is no evidence given that excessive debt existed. It only indicates that there was debt left following the duke's decease.) There is no evidence that the debts even lingered . The Campbells were wealthy and debts were promptly paid. Records from the National Archives of Scotland show the family being sued after the death of their father. Only three children were named in that lawsuit. John, Archibald and Anne. Margaret was not named,. By this time Margaret was a Protestant /Covenanter and would have been arrested or shot on sight , as many were at that time. It was good she stayed in Ireland and had her children there. The claim that the creditors would/could go to Ireland and America to get there money is absurd. Those Catholics wouldn't dare go to Protestant northern Ireland where they were greatly outnumbered. Treason was the cry. Land was being taken. Queen Ann's Act 1703 added further to discrimination against Protestants. No creditors from Scotland are going to be safe in Ireland. The creditors may not have known Margaret even existed. There is no public record to check; no census was done; No advertising that the Duke had all these children. And access to their personal library was extremely limited... and no Peerage books. The three famous children were there, but that, they could not hide. All this was extensively discussed in the 6-8 pages that were erased by rmontgomery3914772 who replaces it with his opinion .. No sources are cited but his opinion which states as his rebuttal, simply said that " some nut case many years ago took bit and pieces from all over and combined them." And then he erased everything. That is not what a real researcher would do or say.
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