Margaret Toschach

Abt 1643 - Abt 1719  (76 years)

• Name	Margaret Toschach
  Birth	Abt 1643	Monzievaird and Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Legal	20 Apr 1665	Monzievaird and Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Executor of her father's estate
  Role	1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Free emigrant's wife
  Departure	11 Jul 1684	Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Aboard the Shield of Stockton
  Arrival	29 Sep 1684	Patuxent River, Maryland, USA   [2]
  	Had to travel overland to Perth Amboy
  Residence	1686	Orange, New York, USA
  	Moodna (Murderer's Creek)
  Property	Abt 1692	Peekskill, Westchester, New York, USA   [3]
  	Granted 1,500 acres with her son Hugh
  Property	Aft 12 Sep 1694	New Windsor, Orange, New York, USA   [4, 5]
  	Plum Point Farm. Forced to sell her house for £30 or £35 to Captain John Evans who had been granted the 'Lordship and Manor of Fletcherdon', having bought two 'Indian tracts' from Governor Dongan on this date. He granted leases to her and her neighbours.
  Property	13 Jul 1696	Peekskill, Westchester, New York, USA   [3]
  	Sold their land at Peekskill to Stephanus van Cortlandt
  Property	24 Feb 1708/09	New Windsor, Orange, New York, USA   [6]
  	Petition of Margarett Magregare and others, praying a patent of 2,000 acres each out of the purchase made in 1684 on the land on the west side of Hudson's River, called the Highlands
  Property	23 Nov 1710	New Windsor, Orange, New York, USA   [3, 5, 7]
  	Petition of Margt. Magregory, widow praying relief in relation to the land settled by her husband "of which she was dispossessed some time since by Capt. John Evans". Her husband had been killed before his application for a patent had been granted.
  	In her suit, she referred to her husband Patrick and brother David having arrived with b"25 others , their families and sundry of their servants"
  Origin	Monzievaird and Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland
  Death	Abt 1719	New York, USA
  Person ID	I45354	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Andrew Toschach,   b. Abt 1616, Monzievaird and Strowan, Perthshire, Scotland d. Jan 1664/65, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Katherine Campbell,   b. Abt 1626
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage Contract	26 Feb 1640/41
  Marriage	9 Mar 1640/41	Kenmore, Perthshire, Scotland   [8]
  Family ID	F31356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Major Patrick McGregorie,   b. Abt 1648, Perthshire, Scotland d. 19 Mar 1690/91, Newburgh, Orange, New York, USA (Age 43 years)
  Children	1. Hugh McGregorie,   b. Abt 1670, Perthshire, Scotland d. Bef Feb 1703/04, Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA (Age < 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John McGregorie,   b. Jan 1686/87, Orange, Essex, New Jersey, USA d. Bef 8 Jul 1720, New York, USA (Age < 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Patrick McGregorie,   b. Abt 1672, Perthshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Catherine McGregorie,   b. Abt 1676, Perthshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Jane McGregorie,   b. Abt 1678, Perthshire, Scotland d. 1732, Orange, North Carolina, USA (Age 54 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 2	William Southerland   d. 1738, New York, USA
  Family ID	F31359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Departure - Aboard the Shield of Stockton - 11 Jul 1684 - Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Arrival - Had to travel overland to Perth Amboy - 29 Sep 1684 - Patuxent River, Maryland, USA Residence - Moodna (Murderer's Creek) - 1686 - Orange, New York, USA Property - Plum Point Farm. Forced to sell her house for £30 or £35 to Captain John Evans who had been granted the 'Lordship and Manor of Fletcherdon', having bought two 'Indian tracts' from Governor Dongan on this date. He granted leases to her and her neighbours. - Aft 12 Sep 1694 - New Windsor, Orange, New York, USA Property - Petition of Margarett Magregare and others, praying a patent of 2,000 acres each out of the purchase made in 1684 on the land on the west side of Hudson's River, called the Highlands - 24 Feb 1708/09 - New Windsor, Orange, New York, USA Property - Petition of Margt. Magregory, widow praying relief in relation to the land settled by her husband "of which she was dispossessed some time since by Capt. John Evans". Her husband had been killed before his application for a patent had been granted. - 23 Nov 1710 - New Windsor, Orange, New York, USA Death - Abt 1719 - New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3627] Wills and Testaments - Scotland, (Name: National Records of Scotland; Location: Edinburgh;), Dunblane CC6/5/13. [S3558] Whitehead, William A., East Jersey under the Proprietary Governments; A Narrative of Events Connected with the Settlement and Progress of the Province, until the Surrender of the Government to the Crown in 1703, p436. [S3809] Ruttenber, Edward Manning, History of the Town of New Windsor, Orange County, N.Y, p13. [S3704] Ruttenber, Edward M., History of the County of Orange, p22. [S3809] Ruttenber, Edward Manning, History of the Town of New Windsor, Orange County, N.Y, p14. [S3703] New York State, Secretary’s Office, Calendar of N.Y. Colonial Manuscripts Indorsed Land Papers in the Office of the Secretary of State of New York, 1643-1803, p90. [S3703] New York State, Secretary’s Office, Calendar of N.Y. Colonial Manuscripts Indorsed Land Papers in the Office of the Secretary of State of New York, 1643-1803, p98. [S3777] Paul, James Balfour, The Scots Peerage, Vol. II, p200.