Mary Draper (Ingles)
Born: 1732
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death: Feb 1815
Buried: West View Cemetery, Radford, Virginia
Spouse: William Ingles
Married: 1750 in Drapers Meadows, Virginia
Father: George Draper
Mother: Elenor Hardin (Draper)
Children: Thomas Ingles, George Ingles, Elizabeth Ingles, Bettie Elinor Ingles, Infant Ingles, Mary Ingles, Susan Morton Ingles, Rhoda Ingles, John Ingles
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death: Feb 1815
Buried: West View Cemetery, Radford, Virginia
Spouse: William Ingles
Married: 1750 in Drapers Meadows, Virginia
Father: George Draper
Mother: Elenor Hardin (Draper)
Children: Thomas Ingles, George Ingles, Elizabeth Ingles, Bettie Elinor Ingles, Infant Ingles, Mary Ingles, Susan Morton Ingles, Rhoda Ingles, John Ingles
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The first European wedding took place in the New River Valley in 1750, when the son of Thomas Ingles married the daughter of George Draper, thus uniting the families of two men who had left Ireland and made their way to Draper's Meadow by way of Pennsylvania. Newlyweds Mary Draper and William Ingles resided for a time in the general area where Smithfield Plantation, Foxridge Apartments, and the Virginia Tech Duck Pond sit today. The young couple-we could call them William and Mary of Draper's Meadow-had two young sons, Thomas and George, when the French and Indian War broke out, part of a huge contest between the superpowers of the time, the French and English empires. In the meantime, Mary's brother, John Draper, married Betty Robinson in 1754, and they had a baby.
