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Individual Record
Name
Surname:
McDermott Roe
Given Name:
Edward
Variant Surname Spellings:
McDermottroe, Roe
Soundex Code:
M236
Birth, Christening and Other Information
Gender:
Male
Parish:
prob. Kilronan
County:
Roscommon
Nation:
Ireland
Occupation(s):
Ditcher
Orphan:
Unknown
Position in Parent's Family:
Unknown
Landowner:
Unknown
Literate:
Unknown
Convict:
Unknown
Length of Indenture
Year of Indenture:
by 1788
Year of Freedom:
by 1788
Place of Indenture
Town:
Mount Vernon
County:
Fairfax
Colony:
Virginia
Master
Surname:
Washington
Given name:
George
Title:
General
Research Notes
Post-Servitude Sources:
"Edward Mcdermot Roe" appears on a personal property tax list in Fairfax County, Virginia in 1788. He was described as a white male over the age of 21 and owned no personal property. (2)
Comments:
Edward must have been a free man and completed his labor term by 1788 when he makes his appearance in Fairfax County's personal property tax lists. He is not listed any other year between 1783 and 1791.
Family:
Edward's brothers Cornelius McDermott Roe and Timothy McDermott Roe worked as wage-earning servants at Mount Vernon.
Source Citations:
(1) Mary V. Thompson, excerpt from “A Compendium of Hired and Indentured Laborers at George Washington’s Mount Vernon†(unpublished paper prepared for the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, 10/16/2003-10/6/2006); (2) 1788 Personal Property Tax List of Fairfax County, Virginia, Microfilm 29294 Item 2, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Interested Researchers:
(1) Mary V. Thompson, Research Specialist, Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens, mthompson@MountVernon.org; (2) Kenneth MacDermotRoe, macdroe@optonline.net, website: http://www.macdermotroe.com/.