Individual Details
Margery BOUNDS
(1740 - 1844)
Biography - Marguery; Margary; Margery; Margory Bounds Van Bibber
The first documented Bounds in America was Marjory's great grandfather, John Bounds (who probably left London aboard the good ship HOPEWELL bound for the Barbadoes in 1634 a age 20) who with his wife Mary Hiam left Virginia for Maryland c1672. John & Mary were members of the Church of England and indeed he was a vestryman and was one of those selected to lay out the boundaries of the Stepney Parish (from whose records much of this information is extracted)
Marjory's Grandfather was John Bounds Jr who married a Rebecca(??). He was born c 1672 in Somerset County MD along the Nanticoke River at his parents plantation. John was a planter and resided with Rebecca on land across the Nanticoke River in Dorchester County MD.
Marjory's Father was James Bounds b c1696 d c1775. James married Ann Dicks (Dykes??) by 1721 and after disposing of the Maryland lands they left the Eastern shore of Maryland and moved west to the Shendoah Valley of Virginia. By 1744 he was in Frederick County VA where he was closely associated with his brother, George Bounds and his wife Mary Claywell. In 1754 James Bounds was Constable of Bedford County VA., where his daughter Jane married John Cole. c1761 he was in Anson County North Carolina where he swapped land with his sons James Jr, Jesse, and John Bownds, his son-in-law John Cole and Stephen Cole and their uncle, Mark Cole. James (sr) died by 1775 and was buried on his own plantation in Anson County NC
Marjory (Mager,Major,Marguery) was born in 1740 in Maryland. She married in 1756 Peter VanBebber Jr son of Peter and Ann VanBebber. They lived in the Blackwater-Pigg River area variously under Lunenberg, Halifax, Pittsylvania and Bedford Counties of Virginia until 1770 when they went across the Blue Ridge to the mouth of the Greenbrier River, then in Botetourt County. Peter VanBebber, born 1728 died 10 October 1796 and Marjory and Olive, her youngest daughter, born 1783 lived with her son, Peter VanBebber (III) until after Olive's marriage to Nathan Boone in 1799. Marjory is said to have lived with one of her sons in Kentucky about 1817, but she spent her last years at the home of Olive Boone and Nathan Boone as did Daniel Boone and his wife. The widowed Hannah Allison Cole took her children, Nellie (Elener) Bownds' grandchildren, there for shelter during Indian troubles. Marjory was in good health in 1834 in St Charles County Missouri and is said to have died at Nathan Boone's in Greene County Missouri in 1844 at the age of 104.
The first documented Bounds in America was Marjory's great grandfather, John Bounds (who probably left London aboard the good ship HOPEWELL bound for the Barbadoes in 1634 a age 20) who with his wife Mary Hiam left Virginia for Maryland c1672. John & Mary were members of the Church of England and indeed he was a vestryman and was one of those selected to lay out the boundaries of the Stepney Parish (from whose records much of this information is extracted)
Marjory's Grandfather was John Bounds Jr who married a Rebecca(??). He was born c 1672 in Somerset County MD along the Nanticoke River at his parents plantation. John was a planter and resided with Rebecca on land across the Nanticoke River in Dorchester County MD.
Marjory's Father was James Bounds b c1696 d c1775. James married Ann Dicks (Dykes??) by 1721 and after disposing of the Maryland lands they left the Eastern shore of Maryland and moved west to the Shendoah Valley of Virginia. By 1744 he was in Frederick County VA where he was closely associated with his brother, George Bounds and his wife Mary Claywell. In 1754 James Bounds was Constable of Bedford County VA., where his daughter Jane married John Cole. c1761 he was in Anson County North Carolina where he swapped land with his sons James Jr, Jesse, and John Bownds, his son-in-law John Cole and Stephen Cole and their uncle, Mark Cole. James (sr) died by 1775 and was buried on his own plantation in Anson County NC
Marjory (Mager,Major,Marguery) was born in 1740 in Maryland. She married in 1756 Peter VanBebber Jr son of Peter and Ann VanBebber. They lived in the Blackwater-Pigg River area variously under Lunenberg, Halifax, Pittsylvania and Bedford Counties of Virginia until 1770 when they went across the Blue Ridge to the mouth of the Greenbrier River, then in Botetourt County. Peter VanBebber, born 1728 died 10 October 1796 and Marjory and Olive, her youngest daughter, born 1783 lived with her son, Peter VanBebber (III) until after Olive's marriage to Nathan Boone in 1799. Marjory is said to have lived with one of her sons in Kentucky about 1817, but she spent her last years at the home of Olive Boone and Nathan Boone as did Daniel Boone and his wife. The widowed Hannah Allison Cole took her children, Nellie (Elener) Bownds' grandchildren, there for shelter during Indian troubles. Marjory was in good health in 1834 in St Charles County Missouri and is said to have died at Nathan Boone's in Greene County Missouri in 1844 at the age of 104.
Events
| Birth | 1740 | Somerset, Maryland, British America | |||
| Marriage | 1756 | Lunenburg, Virginia, British America - Peter VAN BIBBER II | |||
| Death | 1844 | Ash Grove, Greene, Missouri, United States | |||
| Burial | Ash Grove, Greene County, Missouri, United States |  |
Families
| Spouse | Peter VAN BIBBER II (1732 - 1796) |
| Child | Ellinor VAN BIBBER (1768 - ) |
| Child | Peter VAN BIBBER (1757 - 1838) |
| Child | Capt. John Jesse VANBIBBER (1759 - 1852) |
| Child | James VANBIBBER (1762 - 1833) |
| Child | Sophronia Veronica VANBIBBER (1764 - 1824) |
| Child | Margary BOUNDS (1765 - 1831) |
| Child | Mathais VANBIBBER (1772 - 1829) |
| Child | Miriam VANBIBBER (1773 - 1850) |
| Child | Jacob VANBIBBER (1775 - 1836) |
| Child | Jospeh VANBIBBER (1776 - 1796) |
| Child | Hannah VANBIBBER (1777 - 1858) |
| Child | Nancy VAN BIBBER (1778 - ) |
| Child | Olive VAN BIBBER (1783 - 1858) |
| Child | Margery VANBIBBER (1788 - ) |
| Child | Felicita VANBIBBER (1790 - ) |
| Father | James Byrd BOUNDS (1696 - 1775) |
| Mother | Ann DYKES (1700 - 1740) |
| Sibling | John BOUNDS (1735 - 1810) |
| Sibling | Jane BOUNDS (1738 - 1781) |
| Sibling | Jesse A. BOUNDS (1730 - 1804) |
| Sibling | Eleanor BOUNDS (1740 - 1783) |
| Sibling | George BOUNDS (1728 - ) |
| Sibling | James BOUNDS Jr. (1720 - 1810) |
Endnotes
1. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.