Pedens of America Page 20 " It ios told that Margaret McDill brought ove in a bottle a tiny root of the pink moss rose which grew in the castle garden at Broughshane,"

Pedens of America Page 37 "(Mary) whom Peggy McDill brought ashore in her arms and "Mary was her darling all her days."

Pedens of America Page 48 "The second sister, Jane, the wife of Samuel Marrow, whom tradition says was a fair counterpart of her mother, "Peggy" McDill," The spurit of the pioneer was strong in her."

Pedens of America Page 82-83 " Scorning the intervention of the priest, which the Irish law required, John Peden was married by a Protestant minister to his neighbors daughter, bonny "Peggy" or Margaret McDill. She has always bore this name. (Note-For the history of "Peggy" or Margaret McDill the writer is indebted to several members of the McDill family, which family has kept its records intact for centuries.) "Peggy" or Margaret was the eldest daughter of John McDill and Janet Leslie, his wife (what memories the Leslie name stirs). She was born during August, 1715, at Broughshane, Ballymenna Parish, Antrim County, Ireland. "SHe was a winsome lassie, brimful of glee, buxom and rosy." She married John Peden after much coaxing on his part in the year 1730, being not quite 16 years old at the time, therefore she was more like a sister than a mother to her older children, while her staid husband acted for all. She is described as a sweet-faced, sunny-tempered woman, with deep blue, laughing eyes, and golden hair, whose rebellous curl refused the restrain of cap or snood, and reveled in the winds." As to figure, she was not, as is generally supposed, a "little dimpled darling," to be cuddled and petted, but rather cast in heroic mould, "large and stately, with a spirit and mind of her own." Her supply of wit and humor was as great as that of her husband was lacking; his faith bordered on fanaticism, while hers took a very practical common sense form, and it is told that she rather delighted in "bringing he John to earth" sometimes, which he bore with great patience for the love-sake. Her personal energy was boundless, and while her household were not clad in purple and fine linen, her industrious hands kept them bountifully supplied. She was a famous housekeeper, and because her youngest daughter most resembled her in this respect, she at ther death, "willed to my beloved daughter Elizabeth my set of wedding china." While she loved work, she also delighted in a "little play." She maintained throuhout life a strong devotion to he family, and always insisted on being called "Peggy" McDill, and so well was she loved by them that there has always been in the American family of McDill a Margaret to bear her name, some of whome being marvellous reproductions.

Pedens of America Page 84 "so she had little time to herself on that crowded emigrant ship.

Source: Pedens of America 1961, McDills in America 1940

This memorial is:

Margaret "Peggy" McDill
Born 1715 Broughnow, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland
Died 1788 Chester, Chester Co., South Carolina
Buried Originally Fairview Presbyterian Church Cemetery now Moffatt-Strong-McDill Cemetery, Chester, Chester Co., South Carolina
Father: John McDill I
Mother: Janet Leslie
John Peden
Born 1709 Broughshane, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland
Died 1792 Fairview, Greenville Co., South Carolina
Buried Moffatt-Strong-McDill Cemetery, Chester, Chester Co., South Carolina
Married 1730 Fairview Presbyterian Church, Broughshane, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland
John Peden I
Born: 1709 Broughshane, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland
Died: 1792 Chester, Chester Co., South Carolina
Buried: Originally Fairview Presbyterian Church Cemetery now Moffatt-Strong-McDill Cemetery, Chester, Chester Co., South Carolina
Father: Sir James Peden III “Laird of Auchinlongford”
Mother: Lady Agnes Miller
Children:
1. Mary "Polly" Peden, b. 1732, Ballymena, , Antrim, Ireland d. 1813, Fairview, Greenville County, South Carolina
2. James Peden, b. 1734, Broughshane, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland d. 6 Feb 1811, Fairview, Greenville County, South Carolina
3. Jane Peden, b. 1740, Broughshane, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland d. 1830, , Morgan County, Alabama
4. John Peden, II, b. Abt 1740, Broughshane, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland d. Abt 1810, Fairview, Greenville County, South Carolina
5. Thomas Peden, b. 1743, Broughshane, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland d. 6 Mar 1825, Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
6. William Peden, b. Abt 1749, Broughshane, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland d. 25 Dec 1817, Fairview, Greenville County, South Carolina
7. Elizabeth Peden, b. 24 Dec 1750, Broughshane, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland d. 18 Dec 1821, Fairview, Greenville County, South Carolina
8. Samuel L. Peden, Sr., b. 10 Nov 1754, Broughshane, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland d. 26 Dec 1835, , Kemper County, Mississippi
9. Alexander Peden, b. Apr 1756, Broughshane, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland d. 21 Jan 1841, Fairview, Greenville County, South Carolina
10. David Peden, b. 1 Nov 1760, Broughshane, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland d. 6 Oct 1823, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina