from known facts it is practically certain she was Elizabeth Steel, daughter of Andrew Steel, who died in Augusta county 1764.
The family Bible now owned by M. T. McClure, Sr., Spottswood, Va., gives the name and date of birth of their eleven children:
I. Anne McClure, born October 27, 1745.
- Baptized by Rev. John Craig, Nov. 10, 1745.
- She married Geo. Hutcheson. Daughter,
- 1. Margaret, b. Feb. 19, 1785, d. Oct. 27, 1870.
- She mar. Nov. 10, 1807, Isaac Hutchinson.
- Issue.
- (1). George Hutchinson, father of the late Henry Hutchinson, of Staunton, Va.
- (2). John Lewis Hutchinson, of Point Pleasant, W. Va.
II. Esther McClure, b. Aug. 6, 1747, baptized by Rev. John Craig, Sept. 13, 1747, died Sept. 18, 1747.
III. James McClure, b. Sept. 24, 1748, baptized Nov. 6, 1748, and died in Augusta Co. 1784. See Chalkley, Vol. I, p. 236.
IV. Jean McClure, b. Jan. 6, 1751, d. single 1837.
V. Elizabeth McClure, b. Aug. 1st, 1753. She m. Dec. 29, 1790, Francis Alexander. Among her descendants was the late Frank Alexander of Staunton, Va.
VI. Martha McClure, b. July 31, 1756. She married about 1778, Andrew Alexander, Jr., (son of Andrew and Catherine Alexander).
- Issue.
- 1. Catherine Alexander, who m. Jan, 1, 1798, Jas. Arbuckle, of Greenbrier Co.
- 2. John Alexander, whose descendants now live on, or near, the farm where John McClure settled.
