Faith ???

Notes:

Mark Freeman indicates that her maiden name : "might be Howell, Harrison, and Burwell...among others. McLemore, Harrison and Burwell names are linked through marriage, and include ancestors of the Presidents Benjamin Harrison and William Henry Harrison. Faith Magee/McGee is also suggested as a possibility in "B. F. McLemore"

James L. McLemore, III, in a posting to http://boards.ancestry.com/ notes that her maiden name is "possibly Edmonds, probably not Briggs or Magee." In his book, James explained that "one of her oldest grandchildren was named Howell, a family name or surname used frequently in the Edmunds and Briggs families as a given name; both of these families were related to Thomas Blunt (oldest son of Henry Briggs's first wife Mary, and father-in-law of Howell Edmunds) with whom, as already stated, the early McLemore family had had a close connection." (James L. McLemore, III, p. 55).

Jim White, another researcher, states that her maiden name was Briggs.

Faith's renunciation of John's will gave her a widow's life right in the homeplace, but she apparently died by 1771 when we find the last Virginia reference to Joel, the sale of his father's homeplace. The deed for transfer, dated March 6, 1771, and recorded March 21, 1771, was from Joel McLemore (without a spouse joining in) of "Coleton County" (Craven County?), South Carolina, to Adam FOY of Sussex. This deed (Sussex Deed Book D, p. 317) was witnessed by Burwell McLemore, among others. (James L. McLemore, III, p. 59).

Faith married John Macklemore about 1718 in Surry County, Virginia. John (son of James Macklemore and Fortune Gilliam) was born between 1698 and 1700 in Albemarle Parish, Surry County, Virginia; died about 1767 in Sussex County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
James L. McLemore, III notes that due to the great disparity in the age of their children, their may have been more than the five surviving children born to the couple. (James L. McLemore, III, p. 55).

1. John McLemore, Jr. was born between 1719 and 1720 in Virginia; died about 1783 in Southampton County, Virginia.
2. Burwell McLemore, Sr. was born before 1721 in Virginia; died about 1798 in Sussex County, Virginia.
3. Sarah McLemore was born after 1722 in Virginia; and died.
4. Lydia McLemore was born after 1724 in Virginia; and died.
5. Joel McLemore was born on 7 Jan 1739 in Albemarle Parish, Sussex County, Virginia; died about 1795 in Richland County, South Carolina.