Baldridge connection
Margaret was a daughter of William Baldridge and Janet Holmes Baldridge. The family history uses this marriage to connect the Poston household to another documented mid-Atlantic family network.
Migration chronology
The revised genealogy states that Margaret was living when the Pennsylvania land was sold in September 1766 but had died by January 1767, when her father’s will was drawn. That narrow interval is preserved as an unresolved point in the family story.
Methodological importance
Her chronology illustrates the project’s broader method: family tradition is retained where useful, but dates and relationships are constrained by deed, probate, and other record evidence where the sources permit.
Published research
- Chapter Three: John Poston II, Margaret Baldridge, and the Southward Move
- Chapter 3: The Baldridge and Holmes Families
- Chapter 4: Southern Migration
Documentary evidence and archive links
No dedicated documentary record for this entity is currently linked from The Poston Family Archive. The source basis here is the published book material listed below.