Robert McFarlin
Abt 1820 - 1895 (75 years)
Generation: 1
1. Robert McFarlin was born about 1820 (son of Edward McFarlin, EdM02 and Jane Atkinson); died on 1 Jul 1895; was buried in Greenhill Presbyterian Churchyard, Wilmington, Delaware, USA. Family/Spouse: Jane Morrow. Jane was born on 12 May 1811; died on 14 May 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Edward McFarlin, EdM02 was born about 1800 in Londonderry, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died in 1845 in Northern Ireland. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alt. Birth: Abt 1780, poss. Londonderry, Co. Derry, Northern Ireland
Notes:
«b»***We think our earliest known ancestor Edward had a brother who lived in DE, as one John H. McFarlin of Delaware was described in family histories as Edward Arthur Sr's "first cousin." Circumstantial evidence suggests that Robert McFarlin, born 1783 in Londonderry and died 6 October 1855 in the Christiana Hundred of Delaware is this brother, but we cannot prove it.«/b»
(Research):«b»It appears that Edward had a brother Robert McFarland, born 1783 in Ireland, who can be found in the 1850 census in New Castle Delaware, Division 3 living next to Edward Arthur McFarlin age 24.
The Robert McFarland was married to Sarah Hayes on Feb. 29, 1808 in Ireland, they came to U.S. in 1806 from Londonderry on Ship Brutus. When he died in 1855 he left a will with John H. McFarlan as executor. Named his son Edward, Robert, William W. and grand son Henry McFarlan and son-in-law John Aldrich.«/b»Edward married Jane Atkinson about 1823 in Northern Ireland. Jane was born about 1793 in Ireland; died in Nov 1880 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Jane Atkinson was born about 1793 in Ireland; died in Nov 1880 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA. Children:
- 1. Robert McFarlin was born about 1820; died on 1 Jul 1895; was buried in Greenhill Presbyterian Churchyard, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
- Mary Jane McFarlin was born about 1822 in Ireland; died in May 1900; was buried in Methodist Churchyard, New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, USA.
- Edward Arthur McFarlin was born in Dec 1824 in Ireland; died on 17 Dec 1905 in Ridley Twp., Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, 701 Delaware Ave., Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA.
- Isabel McFarlin was born about 1826; died in 1910; was buried in St. Peter's Cemetery, Smyrna, Kent, Delaware, USA.
- Ellen McFarlin was born in 1828 in Ireland; died in 1863; was buried in Salem Methodist Churchyard.
- John McFarlin was born about 1830 in Londonderry, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland; died on 25 Feb 1906 in New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, USA; was buried in 1906 in Episcopal Churchyard, New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, USA.
- Eliza Ann McFarlin was born about 1832 in Ireland; died in 1904; was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.