James Stanley MacFarland
Abt 1836 - 1880 (44 years)1. James Stanley MacFarland was born about 1836 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA (son of Daniel McFarland and Jane Shiland); died on 23 Jul 1880 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. James married Francis Almira Bent on 29 Jan 1861 in Johnson Co., Iowa, USA. Francis was born on 4 Oct 1841 in Sterling, Cayuga, New York, USA; died on 11 Apr 1883 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Marion Vienna MacFarland was born on 7 Apr 1862 in Columbus Junction, Louisa, Iowa, USA; died on 14 Mar 1912 in Columbus City, Louisa, Iowa, USA.
- Jennie S. MacFarland was born in Oct 1864 in Louisa, Linn, Iowa, USA; died on 12 Oct 1930 in Los Angeles Co., California, USA.
- Mary Elizabeth MacFarland was born on 28 May 1868 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; died on 20 May 1945 in Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, USA.
- Frances Bent MacFarland was born on 28 May 1868 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; died on 20 May 1945 in Iowa City, Wright, Iowa, USA.
- Grace Margaret MacFarland, DanM04 was born on 28 Feb 1871 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; died on 29 Aug 1912 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
- Stanley Dewitt MacFarland was born on 15 Aug 1872 in St. Louis Co., Minnesota, USA; died on 21 Jul 1945 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Elena M. "Lena" MacFarland was born on 29 Aug 1874 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; died on 8 May 1959 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Beulah MacFarland was born in Apr 1875 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; died on 26 May 1937 in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA.
- Winifred MacFarland was born in Aug 1876 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; died on 14 Mar 1955 in Monroe, Snohomish, Washington, USA.
- Jessie MacFarland was born about 1879 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; died in Jun 1882 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
2. Daniel McFarland was born in 1793 in Cambridge, Washington, New York, USA (son of John McFarlane and Elly Patterson); died on 5 Mar 1869 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA; was buried in Woodlands Cemetery, Cambridge, Washington, New York, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- _MILT: 1819
Notes:
Daniel McFarland spent his life as a farmer mostly in the town of Jackson : was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was closely allied to the promotion of the best interests of society in his day ; was an elder in the Scotch Presbyterian church at Coila, town of Cambridge,
for many years ; raised a family of five children, viz. : John A., Margaret, William, Robert, and James, of whom Margaret died in the year 1850, at the .age of twenty-four, and Robert died in the year 1854, at the same age. The father of these children was a man of strong decision of character, inheriting from his Scotch ancestry that firmness and resolution to do whatever he conceived to be right characteristic of the people of the mother-land, and instructed and reared his children to respect and honor all that makes true manhood and
secures happiness and longevity. He died at the age of seventy-six, in the year 1869. The wife and mother still survives, and in the year 1878 is in her seventy-ninth year, retaining that vigor of both body and mind uncommon to people of that advanced age.
("History of Washington County" published in 1878)Daniel married Jane Shiland on 19 Feb 1822 in Cambridge, Washington, New York, USA. Jane was born on 25 Dec 1799 in Cambridge, Washington, New York, USA; died on 29 Dec 1889 in Washington Co., New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Jane Shiland was born on 25 Dec 1799 in Cambridge, Washington, New York, USA; died on 29 Dec 1889 in Washington Co., New York, USA. Children:
- Prof. John A. McFarland, Principal of Washington Academy Salem was born on 23 Jan 1824 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA; died on 8 Mar 1888 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
- Margaret McFarland was born on 1 Jul 1824 in New York City, New York, New York, USA; died on 24 Jun 1860 in Washington Co., New York, USA.
- William McFarland was born in 1826 in New York City, New York, New York, USA; died on 19 Oct 1880 in Washington Co., New York, USA.
- Robert McFarland was born about 1830 in New York City, New York, New York, USA; died on 24 Sep 1854 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA.
- 1. James Stanley MacFarland was born about 1836 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA; died on 23 Jul 1880 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Generation: 3
4. John McFarlane was born on 1 Jan 1764 in Thornhill, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 12 Feb 1764 in Kincardine parish, Perthshire, Scotland (son of Daniel (or Donald) McFarlane, DanM04 and Mary Mitchell); died on 17 Nov 1847 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: John McFarland
Notes:
The children of John, the oldest son, who settled in Jackson, were eleven, five of whom died young. The six remaining were Daniel, John, William, Alexander, Mrs. Wm. Robertson, and Mrs. Robert Richardson.
("History of Washington County" published in 1878)
(Research):Only IGI search result for Name: John McFarlane, Event: Birth, Event Range: 1760-1765, Father Name: Daniel, Country: Scotland, Record Type: Birth, Baptism, and Christenings
Name: John Mcfarlane
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 08 Nov 1764
Christening Place: , DURRISDEER, DUMFRIES, SCOTLAND
Father's Name: Daniel Mcfarlane
Mother's Name: Jean Fleming
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11823-2 , System Origin: Scotland-VR , GS Film number: 1067961 , Reference ID: 2:161STZ5
Name John Mcfarlane
Gender Male
Christening Date 12 Feb 1764
Christening Place KINCARDINE BY DOUNE,PERTH,SCOTLAND
Father's Name Donald Mcfarlane
Mother's Name Mary Mitchell
Indexing Project (Batch) Number C11364-4
System Origin Scotland-ODM
GS Film number 1040191
"Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ71-6MQ : accessed 12 October 2015), John Mcfarlane, 12 Feb 1764; citing KINCARDINE BY DOUNE,PERTH,SCOTLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,040,191.John married Elly Patterson on 23 Sep 1790. Elly was born about 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Elly Patterson was born about 1770. Children:
- 2. Daniel McFarland was born in 1793 in Cambridge, Washington, New York, USA; died on 5 Mar 1869 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA; was buried in Woodlands Cemetery, Cambridge, Washington, New York, USA.
- child McFarland was born about 1795 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA; died about 1800 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA.
- John McFarland was born on 15 Mar 1795 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA; died on 1 Mar 1869 in Greenwich, Washington, New York, USA.
- child McFarland was born about 1799 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA; died about 1804 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA.
- William McFarland was born about 1800 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA; died about 1868.
- Robert McFarland was born about 1802 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA; died in 1811 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA.
- Alexander McFarland was born about 1804 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA; died about 1868.
- Jane McFarland was born about 1806 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA; died about 1868 in Cambridge, Washington, New York, USA.
- child McFarland was born about 1806 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA; died about 1811 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA.
- Hannah MacFarland was born in 1813 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA; died on 18 Sep 1835 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA.
- Margaret McFarland was born about 1813 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA; died about 1868.
Generation: 4
8. Daniel (or Donald) McFarlane, DanM04 was born in Jan 1733 in Thornhill, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 18 May 1810 in Argyle, Washington, New York, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: Daniel McFarland
- Name: Donald McFarlane
- Alt. Birth: Jan 1733, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Notes:
1 - Daniel McFarland, born in Thornhill. Scotland, came to America in 1785, and settled in Salem, on what is now the Samuel Beattie farm. He afterwards moved to Argyle, settled near Argyle Corners, and died, his remains being buried in the cemetery at that place.
By his first wife he had one son, John McFarland, already twenty-one years old when the family came to America. He settled first in Cambridge, on a farm about two miles west of Cambridge village, and afterwards in what is now Jackson, the old homestead being near East Greenwich.
By his second wife the pioneer Daniel had four sons :
David, who settled in St. Louis when it was only a village, passed his life there, and died at an advanced age in 1873 ;
Alexander, settled and died many years ago in Salem ;
Daniel. Jr., settled in Greenwich, and afterwards in Fishkill ;
James, moved to Ohio and settled near Columbus, - a man of note, holding many public offices, and a member of the Legislature for one or more terms.
In the original family there were no daughters.
("History of Washington County" published in 1878)
2 - Residence 1785 - Age: 52 Salem, Washington, New York, USA
Settled in Salem upon arriving in America
Residence 1785 - Age: 52 Cambridge, Washington, New York, USA
Settled first in Cambridge, on a farm about two miles west of Cambridge village, and afterwards in what is now Jackson, the old homestead being near East Greenwich.
Residence 1805 - Age: 72 Salem, Washington, New York, USA
(Research):No IGI records found for Name: Daniel McFarlane, Event: Birth, Event Range: 1730-1735, Father Name: Malcolm, Country: Scotland, Record Type: Birth, Baptism, and Christenings
On 9 October 2015 at 09:40, Sue Sheldon <sue.sheldon@gmail.com> wrote:
No, Terrance - I don't know which Thornhill. We got this information from the History of Washington County book published in 1878.
Here is a transcription:
Daniel McFarland, born in Thornhill. Scotland, came to America in 1785, and settled in Salem, on what is now the Samuel Beattie farm. He afterwards moved to Argyle, settled near Argyle Corners, and died, his remains being buried in the cemetery at that place.
By his first wife he had one son, John McFarland, already twenty-one years old when the family came to America. He settled first in Cambridge, on a farm about two miles west of Cambridge village, and afterwards in what is now Jackson, the old homestead being near East Greenwich.
By his second wife the pioneer Daniel had four sons :
David, who settled in St. Louis when it was only a village, passed his life there, and died at an advanced age in 1873 ;
Alexander, settled and died many years ago in Salem ;
Daniel. Jr., settled in Greenwich, and afterwards in Fishkill ;
James, moved to Ohio and settled near Columbus, - a man of note, holding many public offices, and a member of the Legislature for one or more terms.
In the original family there were no daughters.
The children of John, the oldest son, who settled in Jackson, were eleven, five of whom died young.
The six remaining were Daniel, John, William, Alexander, Mrs. Wm. Robertson, and Mrs. Robert Richardson.
A son of Daniel is Prof. John A. McFarland, who is now, and has been for nineteen years, principal of Washington Academy,
Salem.
This last Daniel mentioned is my 3rd ggrandfather. He married Jane Shiland and had James Stanley MacFarland. James Stanley married Francis Almira Bent and had my great grandmother, Grace Margaret MacFarland. Grace married Jasper Whitlock Sheldon and had my grandfather, Dwight MacFarland Sheldon I. Then my Dad is the II and my brother is the III.
Also in the book is an account of John A. McFarland, who was the older brother of my 2nd ggfather James Stanley MacFarland.
JOHN A. McFARLAND.
The ancestry of the McFarland family ia traced to the Scottish High-
land clan Macfarlane, or Pharlan, the only one, with one exception,
whose descent is from the charters given the ancient Earls of Lennox,
from whom the clan sprang, and who held possession of their original
lands for over six hundred years. From the most reliable informa-
tion at hand, Aluin was the first Earl of Lennox, and died in the year
1225. The eighth Earl of Lennox died without male issue, and his
eldest daughter, having married the Duke of Murdook, held the pro-
prietorship. Upon her death (1395) three families claimed the earl-
dom, - the Macfarlanes claiming the earldom as heirs male. They
resisted all other clans, and in the struggle became scattered to
difl'erent parts of the kingdom. The timely support by the Darnley
family (some of whose members had married into the clan) restored
their ancient family estate, and upon the establishment of the Stuarts
as Earl of Lennox, the clans nnder their patronage became, in 14S8,
separate and independent. The principal of these was the Macfar-
lane. From the subject of this sketch the descent is traced back six
generations to Duncan, the father of .lames, the father of Malcom,
the father of Daniel, the father of .lohn, the father of Daniel, the
father of John A. At the time the ohm was separated the ancestors
settled in the lowlands of Scotland, at Thorn Hill, whence the great-
grandfather, Daniel, emigrated to America in the year 1785, with his
wife and one son, John, bom 1764, and are supposed to have settled,
upon first coming to this country, in the town of Salem. The great-
grandfather lived for many years in the town of Salem, and was
there in 1805, but subsequently moved to the town of Argyle, where
he died at an advanced age. The grandfather was a resident of the
old town of Cambridge in the earlier part of his life, and followed prin-
oipally-the occupation of a farmer; but during the latter part of his
life lived in the town of Jackson, where he died in the year 1847,
leaving six children, who reached advanced ages of over sixty years,
all dying between the years 1867 and 1869. Daniel, the eldest of
these children, and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in
the year 1793, in the town of Cambridge ; married Miss Jane Shiland,
of the same town, daughter of Deacon John Shiland, great-grandson
of John Shiland, who emigrated from Scotland prior to the French
war: was taken prisoner, with his family, by the Indians in Pennsyl-
vania, carried to Canada, where they were kept in continement for
some time ; they were finally released and settled there, but at the close
of the Revolutionary war returned to Cambridge, N. Y.
Daniel McFarland spent his life as a farmer mostly in the town of
Jackson : was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was closely allied to
the promotion of the best interests of society in his day ; was an
elder in the Scotch Presbyterian church at Coila, town of Cambridge,
for many years ; raised a family of five children, viz. : John A., Mar-
garet, William, Robert, and James, of whom Margaret died in the
year 1850, at the .age of twenty-four, and Robert died in the year
1854, at the same age. The father of these children was a man of
strong decision of character, inheriting from his Scotch ancestry that
firmness and resolution to do whatever he conceived to be right char-
acteristic of the people of the mother-land, and instructed and reared
his children to respect and honor all that makes true manhood and
secures happiness and longevity. He died at the age of seventy-six,
in the year 1869. The wife and mother still survives, and in the year
1878 is in her seventy-ninth year, retaining that vigor of both body
and mind uncommon to people of that advanced age.
John A. McFarland was the eldest son ; spent his minority on the
farm of his father, availing himself only of the advantages of the
district school ; but so improved these opportunities that he was able
at the age of eighteen to begin teaching, by which means he secured
a sufficient competence to prepare for college, which he did in Cam-
bridge Washington Academy, under Rev. E. H. Newton, D.D., enter-
ing in the advance course of third term sophomore of Union College,
graduating from that institution of learning in the year 1848.
During his college course his health had become considerably im-
paired, and be went to South Carolina, where he spent some time ;
but, regaining his health, engaged as a teacher at Parrotsvillc, Tenn.,
where he remained aijout one year. In the fall of 1849 he returned
north, and was married to Miss Amanda H., daughter of Ransom
Hawley and Margaret Tice, of Cambridge.
After his marriage he returned south, and was principal of Wythe-
viJle Academy for two years, ard from 1856 to 1859 had charge of
the Rural Seminary at Pembroke, N. Y. His health again failing,
ho returned to hi.-;" native county, but soon after took charge of
Washington Academy, at Salcm, Washington Co., N. Y., where he
has remained, and still remains (1878), with the exception of two
years, for nineteen successive years. Prof. McFarland, in recounting
his past history in connection with the last-named institution, is
enabled to see tho.se who have graduated under his instruction filling
important positions in the various professions, and ranking among
the first as attorneys, physicians, clergymen, and business men. His
natural ability as an instructor has given him rank nraong the most
successful teachers of the State, and secured for him a reputation
worthy the emulation of the young men of to-day, who, unassisted,
must meet the obstacles coincident with self-made men. He has one
son, Edwin Stanley McFarland, of Salem, N. Y.
I'd love to know if the account of the McFarland Clan in Scotland that is written in this book is accurate. I don't know who the author would have gotten the information from, since the book is written 100 years after Daniel arrived here in 1785.
Anyway, this is all we know and perhaps the book is in error and we have been barking up the wrong family tree! :)
Sue Sheldon
PO Box 1575
Shelton, WA 98584
360-427-3119 home
360-490-5925 cell
sue.sheldon@gmail.comDaniel married Mary Mitchell on 13 Nov 1762 in Kincardine parish, Perthshire, Scotland. Mary was born about 1740; died before 1785. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Mary Mitchell was born about 1740; died before 1785. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: Mary
Notes:
Assumed to have died before her husband and eldest son emigrated to the US in 1785.-Ed.
Children:
- 4. John McFarlane was born on 1 Jan 1764 in Thornhill, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 12 Feb 1764 in Kincardine parish, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 17 Nov 1847 in Jackson, Washington, New York, USA.
- Margaret McFarlane was christened on 20 Oct 1765 in Kincardine parish, Perthshire, Scotland.
- Mary McFarlane was christened on 20 Feb 1768 in Kincardine parish, Perthshire, Scotland.
- Mary McFarlane was christened on 29 Jul 1769 in Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland.
- Alexander McFarlane was christened on 14 Nov 1773 in Kincardine parish, Perthshire, Scotland.