THE FAMILY OF MAGNUS TATE
1688 SCOTLAND/1747 WEST VA
MAGNUS TATE. b ca 1688 on the Orkney
Island, north of Scotland. He landed in Philadelphia 20 May 1696.
He married Honor William's b. ca 1692 in St. Pauls Church,
Chester Co, PA They settled in Frederick Co, VA which later
became Jefferson Co, West VA. He died Sept., 1747 at his home in
Belvedere which be built near Charles Town West VA. His widow
Honor qualified as adm. Inventory filed 8 May 1749. Honor Tate,
died shortly, 16 August 1750 and Magnus Tate, Jr. qualified as
adm. As far as it is known, they only had the one child:
MAGNUS TATE JR.
MAGNUS TATE JR. b 5 April 1732 Belevedere, Charles Town, West VA, died March 1808. He married Mary Riley McCormick in Fredrick Co, Sept. 26th, 1759. They lived at "Belevedere" near Charlestown, which estate was perhaps the home of his father also. Their children are:
Mary Tate, b Feb. 2, 1761 md, Joseph
Daugherty
Their Children are:
Ennis (died in California)
William, (md a Miss Henderson, left no children)
Mary, (Never married)
Ann Tate (called Nancy) b Feb. 15th, 1763 md
Francis Stribling
Margaret Tate, ( called Peggy) b in 1765 died 1830 m May 12 1785 Battalie Muse
Magnus Tate III b. Sept. 01, 1767 md Mrs. Elizabeth Tryatt Shrodes
John Tate b 1770 Died Unmarried
George Tate, b 1773 Died Unmarried
William Tate, b Jan 20 1776 md Abigail North Humphreys
MAGNUS TATE III born 01 Sept. 1767
Belvedere, Jefferson Co, West VA, md Mrs. Elizabeth
Tryatt-Shrodes. Magnus tate served in the VA House, 1797-99,
1802, 1809-1810 and in 1815 went to Congress. He was a trustee of
the town of Charles Town when it was est. in 1786. he had the
following children:
Erasmus Tate, b 1788 md Ann Packett of Charlestown, he
died at the age of 75, leaving no children
John Tate, b 1790
Mary Tate, b 1792
Lucinda Tate b 1794
Amanda Tate, b 1796
WILLIAM TATE, (Brother to above listed
Magnus Tate III) born 20 Jan 1776 "Belvedere". md
Abigail North Humphreys
Children born of this union were:
Mary Ann Tate, b 1808 md Mr. Daughtery
Dr. Magnus W. Tate b 1811 of Lexington MO, married twice
issue by second marriage - Gay, Hohn, William a dtr who married
George Crawford of Louisville, KY.
Willelma Tate b in 1813, d Sept. 20, 1853 , md a MR. Aisquith
of Baltimore, MD, issue born, Mary V, Lyttleton, William and
others
George H. Tate died: Unmarried in Cincinnati Ohio April 25th,
1890
JOHN HUMPHREYS TATE born Dec 26, 1816
"Belvedere" died Feb. 7th 1891, md Cincinnati Ohio, May
11 1853 Margaret Kincaid Chenoweth. Issue born from this Union
John Chenoweth Tate, March
11, 1854 md In Oct, 1876 Fanny Casey
Abbie Humphreys Tate b March
11, 1856 md Perrin March
William Ross Tate, b Feb. 14, 1858,
Lizzie Polk Tate Dec 14th, 1860
George North Tate, March 22, 1863
Thomas Orkney Tate b: June 17 1865
Dr. Magnus Alfred. Tate b
Nov. 12th 1867 md Katherine Welch Donnally
Issue born of this union: Miriam Welch Tate, b: May 1, 1898
Frank McMormick Tate b: Dec 18 1869 Died Jan 30
1871
Ralph Booth Tate b Oct 10, 1872
JOHN CHENOWETH TATE: b: March 11, 1854
Cincinnati, Ohio son of John Humphreys Tate (listed above) md
Fanny Casey Oct, 1876, the children born of this Union:
James Tate, Margaret Tate, John Tate
ABBIE HUMPHREYS TATE: b: March 11, 1856
Cincinnati Ohio dtr of John Humphreys Tate (Listed Above) md
Perrin March, Children born of this Union:
Margaret March, Perrin Flack March, Janet Louise March,
William March, Lizzie March, George March, Thomas March, Frank
March, Ralph March
DR. MAGNUS ALFRED TATE: b 12 Nov. 1867 Cincinnati Ohio, son of John Humphreys Tate (listed Above) md Nov. 25th 1896 Katherine Welch Donnally, one dtr Miriam Welch Tate, born May 1, 1898
Ref: Some VA Families, by Hugh Milton McIhany JR. M. A. Ph.
D. Page 100
Ref: Tate Families of Southern States, by Mrs. Laura
Mentzel, page, 69
Records Abstracted for the Genealogy Research
of the Surname Tait/Tate
March 12th, 2000