Individual Details
Robert Ewing
(1718 - Jun 1787)
Said to have come from Ireland with his brother Charles and settled in Prince Edward Co VA circa 1740 in the Blakey references. However, "Whitsitt Annals" points out that Prince Edward was not organized from Amelia Co until 1753. Ewing Researchers state Robert & Charles first lived in Cecil MD, then Bedford Co VA. Charles married Martha Brooks, sister to Robert's wife Mary.
In CAVALIERS; Vol. V, p.299: A Robert Ewing patented 160 acres Augusta Co on a Branch of Roanoak called the Glade Crk by the mouth & to the head of a large Spring. 15 Dec 1749. PB 27, p.465.
Robert served in Capt Thomas Buford's volunteer company from Bedford Co as part of the army at the Battle of Point Pleasant, 10 Oct 1774.
After Robert's death, the entire family removed to Logan County, KY
Will probated in Bedford Co Court on 25 Jun 1787.
Events
| Birth | 1718 | Coleraine, Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1747 | Bedford County, Virginia - Mary Baker | | ||
| Death | Jun 1787 | Bedford County, Virginia | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Baker (1725 - 1790) |
| Child | John Ewing (1747 - 1804) |
| Child | Baker Ewing (1750 - 1803) |
| Child | Martha "Patsy" Ewing (1752 - ) |
| Child | Sidney Ann Ewing (1756 - 1811) |
| Child | Jane Ewing (1758 - ) |
| Child | Gen. Robert E. Ewing (1760 - 1832) |
| Child | Young Ewing (1762 - ) |
| Child | Urban Ewing (1767 - 1828) |
| Child | Mary B. "Polly" Ewing (1768 - ) |
| Child | Chatham S. Ewing (1770 - 1839) |
| Child | Hon. Reuben A. Ewing (1770 - 1823) |
| Child | Rev. Finis Ewing (1773 - 1841) |
| Father | Ewing ( - ) |
| Sibling | Charles Ewing (1720 - 1770) |
Endnotes
1. Email.
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3. William H. Whitsitt, Annals of a Scotch-Irish Family: The Whitsitts of Nashville, Tennessee. (Originally in The American Historical Magazine,, Jan-Apr-Jul-Oct 1904 Reprint 1995 by Friends of Mill Creek Baptist Church Graveyard).
4. Presley Kittredge Ewing & Mary Ellen (Williams) Ewing, The Ewing Genealogy with Cognate Branches: A Survey of the Ewings & Their Kin in America. (Hurcules ptg. & book co., 1919), p.43.