Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 1766, West Pennsboro, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA; On tax list with 2 horses, 2 cattle, 6 sheep, 200 warranted acres, 20 acres cleared

Notes:

C.M. Little: "John, married and went to Ohio." ?

TAXLIST: 1762-1779 PENNSYLVANIA, Cumberland County, West Pennsboro Township.
John MC FARLANE. 1762: John McFarlin (133 acres). 1764 John McFarlan 110
acres. 1765 John McFarland 200 acres 2 horse, 3 cows, 3 sheep. 1766 John
McFarlan 200 acres 2 horse, 2 cows, 6 sheep. 1767 John McFarland 200 acres 3
horse, 4 cows, 10 sheep, 1 servant. 1768 John McFarlan 200 acres, 2 horse 2
cows. 1770 John McFarland 200 acres (30 clear), 2 horse, 2 cows. 1771 John
McFarland 100 acres (20 clear), 2 horse, 8 cows, 6 sheep. 1776 John McFarland
148 acres, 1 horse, 1 cow, 4 sheep. 1779 John McFarland 200 acres, 3 horse, 3
cows. 1780 John McFarland 250 acres, 4 horse, 5 cows. SOURCE: Cumberland
County Tax Lists 1750-1780. FHC microfilm # 21087, 21088, 21089.

DEATH: Before 1783, as listed as deceased in will of brother Robert.

CHURCH: 1789 PENNSYLVANIA, Cumberland County, Newville. Big Springs
Presbyterian Church. Communion List 1789. Names and ages of members.
MC FARLANE: Margaret, 55, Robert 22, Ann 19, Mary 16, Elizabeth 13, Hannah 10,
James 27, Elizabeth 23, John 60, Elizabeth 50, Sarah 20, James 16, Robert 14,
Andrew 14, William 56, Elizabeth 50.
............
John 50, Mary 50, James 26, Margaret 24, Elizabeth 15, John 13, Ann 10, William
8.............
Alexander 11.

John + Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: James McFarland
• Birth: 1695, NI
• Possessions: 1753, West Pennsboro, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA; 100 acres warranted land
• Death: 1770, Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania
• Residence: Abt 1770, West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County
• Probate: 20 Jun 1770, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
• Will: 20 Jun 1770, West Pennsborough

Notes:

# ID: I10148
# Name: James McFarland
# Given Name: James
# Surname: McFarland
# Sex: M
# Birth: 24 Dec 1695 in Tyrone, Ireland
# Death: 31 Oct 1770 in West Pennsboro Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania
# Burial: Meeting House Springs Graveyard, Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania 1
# Event: Tax Rolls 1751 West Pennsboro Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania
# Note: 1751 Page 13, James McFarland. Next to John McIntyre, John Deniston, William Laughlin, Robert Brevard, Robert McQuestor, and James McMens.
# Change Date: 25 May 2004 at 20:25
# Note:

RESIDENCE: James McFarland must have come to Pennsylvania in 1719, first settling in Pequea, (now in Conestoga Township) Chester (that part now in Lancaster) County, PA.

MIGRATION: Migrated about 1727 to the Cumberland Valley. "The first settlers in the Cumberland Valley, entering by way of the NE and probably crossing the Susquehana at Harris Ferry were Richard Parker, James McFarlane, Andrew Ralston, and Tobias Hendricks. McFarlane settled about 7 miles west of present Carlisle in 1727." (Source: "Scotch Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania" by Wayland F. Dunaway at Bellingham FHC).

LAND: 1743 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County. James McFarland. Sep 13, 1743.
Land Warrant to James McFarland for 400 acres in Pennsboro Twp, on Condoquit
River. Patent 1785 to William McFarland. Land Warrant #314. SOURCE: Records
of Corrine Diller.

RESIDENCE: 1746 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County. James McFarland was tax
collector for West Pennsboro Township. SOURCE: History of Cumberland and
Adams County (1886) by Warner & Beers, part 2, page 11.

TAXLIST (1746-1780 PENNSYLVANIA, Cumberland County, West Pennsboro Township):
1746- His name appears as tax collector for W. Pennsboro
1751 Page 13, James McFarland. Next to John McIntyre, John Deniston, William Laughlin, Robert Brevard, Robert McQuestor, and James McMens.
1753 James McFarland.
1763 James McFarlin 133 acres.
1764 James McFarlan 110
acres.
1765 James McFarland 200 acres, 5 horse, 4 cows, 10 sheep.
1766 James McFarlan 200 acres 4 horse, 8 cows, 10 sheep.
1767 James McFarlan 200 acres, 4 horse, 8 cows, 8 sheep, 1 servant. 1768 James McFarlan 200 acres, 4 horse, 8 cows, 12 sheep. 1770 James McFarland 200 acres, 20 clear, 3 horse, 8 cows, 12 sheep. 1779 Widow McFarland 200 acres, 6 horse, 8 cows, 3 negroes.
1780 Widow McFarland 200 acres, 3 negroes, 5 horse, 8 cows. SOURCE: Cumberland County
(Tax Lists 1750-1780. FHC microfilm # 21087, 21088, 21089)

PROBATE: 1770 PENNSYLVANIA, Cumberland County. WILL of James McFarlane of West Pennsborough, 20 Jun 1770, probated 27 Nov 1770; Wife Margaret, Children: William (had Ann), Andrew, James, Patrick, Jane CAMPBELL, Ann DUNNING, Robert, and John. Executors Robert and Andrew; Overseer & Guardian John Byers; Witnesses John Denny, James Byers, Mary Byers, Elizabeth Byers. (Source: Cumberland County Will Abstracts)

Marriage 1 Janet Buchanan b: Abt 1700 in Scotland

* Married: Oct 1724 in Pequea, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
* Change Date: 23 May 2004

Children

1. Has Children Andrew McFarland b: Abt 1724 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania
2. Has Children James McFarland b: Abt 1725 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania
3. Has Children Patrick McFarland b: Aug 1727 in Pequea, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
4. Has Children John McFarland b: Oct 1729 in Pequea, Chester Co., Pennsylvania
5. Has No Children Jane or Janet McFarland b: Abt 1730 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
6. Has No Children Ann McFarland b: Abt 1731 in West Pennsboro Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
7. Has Children William McFarland b: 1732-1733 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania
8. Has Children Mary McFarland b: Abt 1733 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania
9. Has No Children Robert McFarland b: Abt 1735 in West Pennsboro Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania

Marriage 2 Margaret b: Abt 1700 in Pennsylvania

* Married:
* Change Date: 23 May 2004

Sources:

1. Abbrev: McFarland Family
Title: McFarland Family
Author: Gary Morris
Publication: Entries: 3288 Updated: Sat Apr 12 18:03:02 2003 Contact: Gary Morris Home Page: McFarland Genealogy Home Page

DNA:
Cadet: BY97795

James + Margaret. was born about 1705; died in 1785 in Cumberland Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Last name unknown. Is she possibly the sister of Janet Buchanan, or could they be the same person? In her will she leaves out the first three sons of James that are mentioned in her husband's will of 1770. However, James Mcfarlane is a witness to her will written in 1780.