As is the case for most women of history, not much is known about Margaret except through her husband's story. Her resting place hasn't yet been verified yet, but it has been assumed by family to be in the unmarked grave next to her husband, Eusebius, who died four years before her. A few of her children and her brother are also in this cemetery.

Margaret's father, Bryant Linnen, Sr., came to Georgetown, Maine from Ireland. Her mother, Mary Lindsey was born and raised in Georgetown, Maine. Margaret has one known sibling. He was named a junior after his father, Bryant Linnen, Jr. Records show that he was also a reverend. It appears Margaret's brother had at least twelve children to match her own twelve.

On June 27, 1799, Margaret, at age 18, married Eusebius Emerson, Sr. They married in Georgetown, from which they both came. He was the son of a well-known minister and she was the sister of a minister which may indicate that embraced and practiced a spiritual life. Together they had the following children: Mary Shorey (1800), Susanna (1802), Eusebius (1804), John (1807), Holly (Hawley?) (1809), Philena (1811), Joseph David (1814), Margaret E. (1816), Enoch Avery (1818), Ezekiel Harry (1820), Ruth W. (1822) and Aaron Wass (1825).

The last known record of Margaret Peggy is the 1850 Census. Her death is either within 1850 or after.

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Margaret Emerson (*maiden name Linnen)
Age: 70
Birth Year: abt 1780
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1850: Addison, Washington, Maine
Gender: Female
Family Number: 149
Household Members: Name Age
Ezekiel Emerson 28
Margaret Emerson 70
George M Emerson 4
*Mercy H Lennin 17
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Addison, Washington, Maine; Roll: M432_272; Page: 155B; Image: 307.

* FAMILY DYNAMICS: In this census, Margaret Peggy is living with her widower son, Ezekiel, and his son (her grandson), George M. Emerson. Ezekiel had just lost his wife, who was also his first cousin, Rebecca J. Linnen.
Also living with Ezekiel and Margaret Peggy was her niece--soon to be granddaughter-in-law, Mercena "Mercy" H. Linnen (Rebecca J. Linnen's sister). Mercy was to marry Margaret Peggy's daughter, Susanna Emerson Leighton's, son, Emery Wade Leighton.

Note: Birthdate, place and family information: Tibbetts, Leonard F, and Darryl B. Lamson. Early Pleasant River Families of Washington County, Maine. Camden, Me: Picton Press, 1997. Print. pgs. 195, 309-310