Mary Molly Maddox

abt 1776 – 1858

Generation 5

From the Record

First-born child, and the only child born in St. Marys County, Maryland. Isa Pearl Hazen's 1947 report says she and Peter traveled west with their family, reaching Parkersville (now Parkersburg) on 24 December 1812. They remained in Wood County until their deaths. Several Romine descendants still lived in Wood County, West Virginia as of the document's writing.

From the Family Manuscript

Matthew Maddox, Sr 4. was born in St. Marys County, Maryland to John 3 and Mary (Dyson) Maddox. In Frederick County, Maryland in 1773, he married Rachel Bonnifield. The only child to be born in St. Marys County, Maryland was their first child, Mary Molly Maddox 5 (1776/1777).
Maddox Family History, transcript line 562.
Mary Molly Maddox 5 (1776/1777-1 July 1858) was the first-born child of Matthew, Sr 4. and Rachel (Bonnifield) Maddox. Mary married Peter Romine in 1796 in Harrison County, Virginia (WV). Mary and Peter moved to Wood County, Virginia (WV) and remained in the county until their deaths. Their children were Joseph Romine, born, 1802, Roswel Romine, John Romine born, 1809, Samuel Romine (1806-1888), James Romine (1813-1892), Mary Ann Romine (1821-1894), Matthias Romine, Matika Romine, born, 1810 and Thomas Romine (1815-1902). Mary (Maddox) Romine and Peter Romine are buried in the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Lubeck District, Wood County, West Virginia. Several of their descendants (Romine) still live in Wood County, West Virginia.
Maddox Family History, transcript line 593.
Matthew and Rachel (Bonnifield) Maddox had their first child, Mary Molly Maddox (born 1776) in St. Mary’s County, Maryland and this was the only child born in that county and state.
Maddox Family History Charts, transcript line 1711.
Matthew, Rachel and Mary Molly Maddox moved from St. Mary’s County, Maryland in the year 1779 and went west over the Blue Ridge Mountains into a vast wilderness and into Indian Territory into what was then Dunmore County, Virginia. This county was named for Lord Dunmore. The county name was changed shortly after they arrived to Shenandoah County, Virginia.
Maddox Family History Charts, transcript line 1713.
Another deed of interest was found in Deed Book 3, page 76, dated 20 November 1797 in the Harrison County, Virginia (WV) Deed Books. In this deed, Peter Romine bought 80 acres of land for $200.00 on the right hand fork of Hastings Run, just west of Romine Mills. Hastings Run enters Rooting Creek. This land was very close to the land purchased by Matthew and Rozzel Maddox in the 1807 deed. Peter Romine married Mary Molly Maddox in 1796 in Harrison County, Virginia (WV).
Maddox Family History Charts, transcript line 1731.

Sources for this Record

birth · Supplemental: Maddox–Romine Old Family Bible, family entries: Mary Maddox born 1776.
death · Supplemental: Maddox–Romine Old Family Bible, family entries: Mary Maddox died 1858.
parentage · Supplemental: Maddox–Romine Old Family Bible, family entries identify Mary as Matthew and Rachel's daughter.
biography · Isa Pearl Hazen's 1947 Maddox and Romine Report, 1947 report abstract; wagon journey and arrival at Parkersville on 24 December 1812.
biography · Wood County Romine Land, Tax, and Census Abstracts, 1820–1850, lines 7–31; the compiler associates Mary with Peter's 1820 and 1830 households through '+' notation rather than a separately named census row.
biography · Wood County Romine Land, Tax, and Census Abstracts, 1820–1850, lines 112–119; compiled 1850 household abstract names Mary at age 72 and cautions that recorded names and ages may be inaccurate; no exact birth is derived.