The Proeger Family · Generation 7 — Kristin's earliest known

Mary Buchanan

Probable mother of Charles Caffey · married about 1780

Mary Buchanan

Probable

Probable mother of Charles Caffey · married about 1780

Sources
3

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE — accepted by Earl 28 September 2026 pending more evidence. A 1923 Sons of the American Revolution application gives Mary Buchanan as the wife of John Caffey Sr., married about 1780 S849, so Charles, born about 1789 S484, would fall within that marriage. What is weak: the SAR papers are compiled; his father link is itself only probable; and by 1821 John's wife was Sarah S848, so a second wife before 1789 cannot be ruled out Probable confirm or correct →

Evidence: A 1923 SAR application gives Mary Buchanan as John Caffey Sr.'s wife, married about 1780, within which Charles, born about 1789, would fall. Weak or missing: The SAR papers are compiled and disagree on her death year; by 1821 John's wife was Sarah, so a second wife cannot be ruled out, and the father link is itself only probable. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

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Probable
Probable mother of Charles Caffey; wife of John Caffey Sr. by the SAR application S849
Not found
No record read gives her dates. Two more SAR applications, seen only in an index, also name her but give death years of 1737 and 1837, which cannot both be right. An online tree's “Mary Ellen”, its birth on 18 December 1755 at Rectortown, Fauquier County, Virginia, and its death in 1817 in Guilford County, North Carolina, are on no record read

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Mary Buchanan · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

3 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S4841850 U.S. Federal Census — Charles Caffey household, 2nd District, Montgomery County, Alabama, p. 152. Ancestry record 15675750. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Dwelling 19: Charles Caffey, 61, born North Carolina, farmer; Nancy, 59, born North Carolina; Elizabeth J., 22; Hooper V., 17, born Alabama, farmer. Thomas (66), Michael (68) and Lindsey R. Caffey (34), all born North Carolina, live within four dwellings. The 1850 census names no relationships, so this is co-residence, not proof that Charles was Hooper's father. It is the first record for that link.
  2. S848Will of John Caffey, Montgomery County, Alabama, dated 2 August 1821 — original will-book entry, item 99, page stamped 35. Ancestry collection 8799, record 2448490 (image 007651670_00810). Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Probable “I John Caffey of the County of Montgomery and State of Alabama … unto my Loving wife Sarah Caffey the quarter Section of Land whereon I now Live being the North west quarter of number twenty Eight in Township Sixteen and Range Eighteen”; the enslaved man Jordan, the enslaved woman Rachael and her son Ems to his wife for life; the land afterwards to “my Son Hooper Caffey”; the personal estate “Equally divided amongst my Seven Children (Viz) Thomas Caffey Elizabeth Caffey Henry Caffey Michael Caffey John Caffey Charles Caffey and Hooper Caffey”. The original book entry behind the abstract in S61; it agrees with the abstract. It gives no ages or residences for the children, so it does not by itself show that its Charles is Charles Caffey (c. 1789–1860).
  3. S849Sons of the American Revolution supplemental application, National no. 24618 (Illinois no. 2368), William Gorin Smith, approved 31 January 1923. Ancestry collection 2204, record 417410 (image 32596_242191-00051). Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Probable John Caffey, born 1751, Dorchester County, Maryland; died 19 August 1826, Montgomery, Alabama; wife Mary Buchanan, married about 1780; descent through Thomas Caffey (1784–1878) and Mary B. Patrick. A compiled lineage paper, not an original record. Charles is not named. Two more SAR applications (31209 and 30985, 1918), seen only in an index, also name Mary Buchanan but give death years of 1737 and 1837.

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