Notes:

The Nehemiah Harris farmstead in 1840 and 1850 appears to have been just to the east of Coitsville center, adjacent to the Davidson, Dolby and Wick families. He was from Pennsylvania and his wife Anna was born in Ohio. Their son Hamilton was bor n there in 1833. The farm was about three miles east of the William McFarland farm which was located on the Hazleton road nearer to Youngstown. Hamilton was seventeen in 1850 and was attending school as well as helping on the family farm.
By 1860 Hamilton's father had resettled in Washington, Hardin county, Ohio and Hamilton had married Candace McFarland, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Baldwin) McFarland. They had been married three years, had two daughters, and were living i n Youngstown where Hamilton had started his own small farm.
In 1870 Hamilton, Candace and their three children, Myrtle, William and Minnie, still had a home farm while Hamilton was occupied as a carpenter. They lived outside of Youngstown city near a very large farm owned by Abraham Powers.
The 1880 census shows us that Hamilton has now remarried to Candace's younger sister Lavina McFarland, also a daughter of William and Elizabeth McFarland. His children by Candace; Myrtle, William and Minnie, are still in the household. Both Hamilt on and his twenty year-old son William are occupied as carpenters, while living in a neighborhood of Welsh miners, Scottish engineers and a few farmers.
Importantly, at this time in 1880, we find living in the Harris household, Elizabeth (Loveland) McFarland, age 89, the mother of both Candace (who died Aug, 1874), and Lavina, Harrison's present wife. Also living there is Elizabeth's first child A mos McFarland, age 67. Both Elizabeth and Amos are listed as boarders.
Hamilton's second wife Lavina (McFarland) died by 1900 and he had married again to an Elizabeth (____), born in Scotland, November, 1848. This third marraige was apparently childless, and by 1910 Hamilton Harris who was now thrice a widower, was l iving with a grand-daughter (Maude) and Lois Jewell, housekeeper (she was also with him in 1900 as a 'domestic'). Next door, also on Evergreen Avenue, lived his (and Candace's) son William Harris.
1920 was the last census to show Hamilton Harris, now age 86, a widower, still living with Lou Jewell, housekeeper, on West Evergreen avenue, Youngstown, Ohio.

Sources for Hamilton Harris; Farmer and Carpenter
1840 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 188 with his father Nehemiah Harris (Hamilton's age 5-10)
1850 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 576 with his father Nehemiah Harris (Hamilton's age 17, born in Ohio, farmer, attending school)
1860 census; Youngstown, Ohio p 108 (his age 27, born in Ohio, farmer, real $2,000, pers $400)
1870 census; Youngstown township, Ohio p 271 (his age 37, born in Ohio, carpenter, real $4,500, pers $1,370)
1880 census; Youngstown, Ohio ED 104 p 264 (his age 46, born in Ohio, carpenter, both parents b in N J, sic)
1890 census; not extant
1900 census; Youngstown township, Ohio ED 56 p 14 (his age 66, born in Ohio, farmer, father b in New Jersey, mother b in Ohio)
1910 census; Youngstown township, Ohio ED 125 p 189, Evergreen Ave (his age 74, widower, born in Ohio, pers income, both parents b in Virginia)
1920 census; Youngstown city, Ohio ED 230 p 73, West Evergreen Ave (his age 86, widower, born in Ohio, no occ, mother b in N J, father b in Ohio)
1930 census; Hamilton Harris not located
HAMILTON HARRIS (1833 to 1928) CARPENTER
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012, updated Dec 2018)

The Nehemiah Harris farmstead in 1840 and 1850 appears to have been ju st to the east of Coitsville center, adjacent to the Davidson, Dolby a nd Wick families. He was from Pennsylvania and his wife Anna was bor n in Ohio. Their son Hamilton was bo rn there in 1833. The farm was abo ut three miles east of the William McFarland farm which was located o n the Hazleton road nearer to Youngstown. Hamilton was seventeen in 18 50 and was attending school as well as helping on his family's farm.
By 1860 Hamilton's father had resettled in Washington, Hardin county , Ohio and Hamilton had married Candace McFarland, daughter of Willia m and Elizabeth (Baldwin) McFarland. They had been married three year s, had two daughters, and were livin g in Youngstown where Hamilton ha d started his own small farm.
In 1870 Hamilton, Candace and their three children, Myrtle, William an d Minnie, still had a home farm while Hamilton was occupied as a carpe nter. They lived outside of Youngstown city near a very large farm own ed by Abraham Powers.
The 1880 census shows us that Hamilton has now remarried to Candace' s younger sister Lavina McFarland, also a daughter of William and Eliz abeth McFarland. His children by Candace; Myrtle, William and Minnie , are still in the household. Both Ham ilton and his twenty year-old so n William are occupied as carpenters, while living in a neighborhood o f Welsh miners, Scottish engineers and a few farmers.
Importantly, at this time in 1880, we find living in the Harris househ old, Elizabeth (Loveland) McFarland, age 89, the mother of both Candac e (who died Aug, 1874), and Lavina, Harrison's present wife. Also livi ng there is Elizabeth's first chil d Amos McFarland, age 67. Both Eliza beth and Amos are listed as boarders.
Hamilton's second wife Lavina (McFarland) died childless by 1900 and h e had married again to an Elizabeth (____), born in Scotland, November , 1848. This third marraige was apparently childless, and by 1910 Hami lton Harris who was now thrice a w idower, was living with a grand-daug hter (Maude) and Lois Jewell, housekeeper (she was also with him in 19 00 as a 'domestic'). Next door, also on Evergreen Avenue, lived his (a nd Candace's) son William Harris.
1920 was the last census to show Hamilton Harris, now age 86, a widowe r, still living with Lou Jewell, housekeeper, on West Evergreen avenue , Youngstown, Ohio. He died 8 Jan 1928 and was buried in the Poland Ri verside Cemetery, Poland, Mahonin g co, Ohio

PFM's SOURCES for Hamilton Harris; Farmer and Carpenter;
1840 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 188 with his father Nehemiah Harris (H amilton's age 5-10)
1850 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 576 with his father Nehemiah Harris (H amilton's age 17, born in Ohio, farmer, attending school)
1860 census; Youngstown, Ohio p 108 (his age 27, born in Ohio, farmer , real $2,000, pers $400)
1870 census; Youngstown township, Ohio p 271 (his age 37, born in Ohio , carpenter, real $4,500, pers $1,370)
1880 census; Youngstown, Ohio ED 104 p 264 (his age 46, born in Ohio , carpenter, both parents b in N J, sic)
1890 census; not extant
1900 census; Youngstown township, Ohio ED 56 p 14 (his age 66, born i n Ohio, farmer, father b in New Jersey, mother b in Ohio)
1910 census; Youngstown township, Ohio ED 125 p 189, Evergreen Ave (hi s age 74, widower, born in Ohio, pers income, both parents b in Virgin ia)
1920 census; Youngstown city, Ohio ED 230 p 73, West Evergreen Ave (hi s age 86, widower, born in Ohio, no occ, mother b in N J, father b i n Ohio)

Hamilton married Candace McFarland on 9 Apr 1857 in Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA. Candace (daughter of William McFarland and Elizabeth Loveland) was born on 23 May 1830 in Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA; died on 8 Aug 1874 in Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William, (son of "John") McFarland, "...reared a large family. Eleven children arrived at years of maturity. But one son is living, Anderson, at Coitsville. Four of his daughters are living, viz: Mrs Lydia Mahan, Liberty, Trumbull county; Miss Jem ima McFarlin, Niles; Mrs Matilda Price, Coitsville, and Mrs Lavina Harris, Youngstown..." (*1 p 168).
In the sketch for Elizabeth Loveland (*1 p 165), Williams wrote, "...Elizabeth became the mother of six sons and six daughters." All above written in 1881-1882.
Candace McFarland was born on her family's farm in Coitsville, Ohio, the tenth child of William and Elizabeth (Loveland) McFarland. She remained there until her marraige in 1857 to Hamilton Harris, when they apparently moved a few miles southwes t into Youngstown where Myrtle was born. "They had six children, three died young..." (*2).
Five of these six were named; Lavinia (b 1858 d young), Myrtle (b 1858), Elizabeth (b 1860), William N (b 1861), and Minnie (b 1866). By 1860 they were located in Youngstown, where she remained (?) until her death in 1874.
Her widower, Hamilton, married Candace's sister Lavinia McFarland the next year.

(Research):PFM's sources for Candace (McFarland) Harris;
1830 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 249 with her father William McFarland (Candace's age <5)
1840 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 190 with her father William McFarland (Candace's age 10-15)
1850 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 577 with her father William McFarland (Candace's age 20, born in Ohio)
1860 census; Youngstown, Ohio p 108 with Hamilton Harris (Candace's age 30, born in Ohio)
1870 census; Youngstown, Ohio p 271 with Hamilton Harris (Candace's age 39, born in Ohio)

Other References
*1 Williams; 1882 v 2
*2 Sanderson; 1907

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer and Distiller
• Immigration: 1796

Notes:

WILLIAM MCFARLAND/MCFARLIN (1780 to 1853)
SCOTS IRISH PIONEER and OHIO DISTILLER
(Research by 2nd gr gr grandson Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012, rev
ised Dec, 2019)

William McFarland was born 8 May, 1780; (Pioneer Cemetery record) in I reland (confirmed by his 1850 census and son Amos' 1880 census) and im migrated to America along with his family, about 1796. (*1). This arri val date also agrees with his olde r brother Alexander's deposition giv en about the same time.
William's father; John McFarland was likely with the family when the y came from county Tyrone, Ireland. They all apparently lived somewher e in eastern Pennsylvania, since his father John McFarland; "... was k illed east of the Mountains..." (* 2 p 1024). (see John McFarland’s De c 2019 biography elsewhere).
About 1799 William's mother, the widow Margery (Anderson) McFarland ap pears to have arrived in Hopewell (New Bedford), Pennsylvania with he r children. (see Margery McFarland’s Dec 2019 biography elsewhere). Sh e apparently lived with her brothe r John Anderson in Hopewell/New Bedf ord for a few years. She and her children are likely enumerated with J ohn Anderson in the August 1800 US census (pg 433 for Mercer co, PA) , "... and then moved to Trumbull County, Ohio, where (William McFarl i n) was engaged in farming and distilling. (*2 p 1024)."
About 1803 William, age about twenty-three, arrived in Coitsville, Ohi o with his widowed mother Margery and five brothers and sisters, wher e they likely lived together with his older brother Alexander for th e first few years (*3 p 168). Willia m may have received (bought?) 10 0 acres of land in Oct of 1807. (*4a). He was a farmer (as most all we re termed) and was on the county poll tax lists in Coitsville, Ohio a t least for 1807 through 1811 (*4b). In December of 1812, William an d ne ighbor Elizabeth Loveland were married. They were both of Coitsvil le, Ohio (*5). She was the daughter of Amos and Jemima (Dickenson) Lov eland.
William and Elizabeth "...settled on the top of the hill on the Hazelt on road...in early times had a distillery and pushed the business wit h energy for some years... He reared a large family. Eleven children a rrived at years of maturity" (*3 p p 168,171).
William was conscripted into the US army to fight in the War of 1812 ( *6) and he "...served six weeks, then returned home and hired a substi tute." Dates of enlistment were January 1st to March 9th 1813. He serv ed as an infantry private in Capt . James Hezlop's company.
In 1820, all six of William and Elizabeth's children at the time wer e listed as under ten. The 1820 Coitsville census lists the widow Marg ery McFarland's four sons; William, Andrew, James and Alexander, in th eir own households all living near e ach other in Coitsville, three eve n adjacent. See 1830 map below; showing the four McFarlin brothers. Al so shown nearby in southwest Coitsville, across the Mahoning River, i s Amos Loveland, age 58, and his family. All four of the McFarlin fam i lies were 'engaged in agriculture'.
By the 1830 census there were eleven people enumerated in William’s ho usehold. In the 1831 Coitsville personal property list ‘William McFarl in’ owned two lots of land; 50 acres and 167 acres. (see 1830 Plat ma p above) He also owned two horses a nd six cattle. "... In 1831, Will iam McFarland built the old stone house to which the parents of Mrs Cr eed moved..." (*8 p 859). In both the 1840 and 1850 censuses, he rema ined in farming. In the census of 1850, he named IRELAND as his pla c e of birth and value of real estate at $4,800, a substantial family fa rm for those days.

This 1840 Coitsville Town Plat map indicates the first town roads by d otted lines. Land owned by the four McFarlin brothers shows them in th e southwest and south area of the town.

Alexander McFarlin died 1833 (age fifty-five) Owned sawmill. His heir s own - 77 acres
William McFarlin - age sixty - 160 acres and 50 acres. Ran a successfu l distillery.
Andrew McFarlin - age fifty-six - 80 acres. Postmaster and ran “Temper ance House” in the Village
James McFarlin died 1838 (at age forty-three), distiller. His heirs ow n - 124 acres

William McFarland died on his farm in Coitsville, November (or Decembe r?), 1853, aged seventy-three. He "died Nov 12(sic), 1853" (*7 Edwards ). In his estate settlement (*9), his widow Elizabeth and son Anderso n were appointed administrators, an d on the bond were "A D Jacobs an d John McFarlin". A. D. Jacobs was a merchant in Youngstown who ha d a William McFarlane, clerk, age twenty-seven, boarding at the mercha nt's home in 1850. This may indicate some kind of family connection. T he J ohn McFarlin, also on the bond, was likely William and Elizabeth' s son John (age about 34), who had been living at nearby David Lovelan d's farm in 1850.
The 18 Dec, 1853 Inventory shows goods set off to widow, and debts owe d to the estate were from; Edward Mahan, Calvin Applegate, David Lovel and, (son) Anderson McFarlin, Henry Morgan, J. B. Wolf, John Milligan , A.Y. Boak, A.D. Jacobs, and Davi d McMullin. At the 30 Dec 1853 vend ue (public auction) for William McFarland's remaining estate, the onl y McFarlands present were "Jno. and Andrew." These probably were clos e family members; likely his sons John and Andrew.
The Scots/Irish immigrant William McFarland was buried in the Pionee r Methodist Cemetery, Coitsville, Ohio. His cemetery marker reads; "Wi lliam McFarlin Born May 8 1780 Died Dec 13 1853" (*10).

The family members who erected the cemetery marker chose to spell th e family name in the newer fashion; McFARLIN

PFM's SOURCES for WILLIAM MCFARLAND/MCFARLIN;

1820 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 240; sp McFarland (his age 26-45, a fa rmer)
1830 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 249; sp McFarland (his age 40-50)
1840 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 190; sp McFarlane (his age 60-70, a fa rmer)
1850 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 577; sp McFarland (his age 70, a farme r, born in IRELAND, real value; $4,800)
1853 Mahoning Co Graves Registration card; "William McFarlin died De c 13, 1853. born May 8 1780, bur Coitsville Methodist Cemetery; Row 10 , block 9, grave # 15. Served in War of 1812, 1/1/1813 to 3/9/1813. In f private in Capt James Hezlop's Co. "

Other REFERENCES;

*1 1809 Depositions on Contested Election of Richard Hayes on 7 Nov 18 09; Trumbull county; Ohio Gen Soc Report 24:3 p 202. William McFarlan d states; "America 1796", and (his brother) Alexander McFarland avows ; (he was in) "America about 14 year s".
*2 History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Brown, Runk & Co. 1888
*3 History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Williams, 1882 v 2
*4a Ohio Land Records Pre-1908 Homestead ... and Plat Entry Index, Do c # 1868; from James Culbertson - to - William McFarland 100 acres sur vey date 1804/01/23 ref 1 Stat. 82.
*4b Ohio GS Report 27:3 (1987) pp 129-131
*5 Ohio County Marriages (v1-p58); William McFarland to Betsey Lovelan d, both of Coitsville township on 17 Dec 1812, by Nathaniel Blake sle y JP, (of Youngstown).
*6 Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio
*7 Mahoning Dispatch 19 April 1878, John M Edwards; "The Very Oldest I nhabitant" [Mrs Elizabeth (Loveland) McFarland, William's mother]
*8 20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning Co Ohio; 1907 Gen T homas W Sanderson
*9 Mahoning Co Probate #447: 7 Dec 1853
*10 Henry R Baldwin Gen Records- LDS Microfiche 6051349-1 p 11
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William married Elizabeth Loveland on 17 Dec 1812 in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA. Elizabeth was born on 7 Aug 1790 in Vershire, Orange, Vermont, USA; died on 16 Jun 1881 in Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA; was buried in Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Coitsville, Mahoning, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Betsy

Notes:

ELIZABETH (LOVELAND) MCFARLAND/MCFARLIN
(1790 to 1881) OHIO PIONEER
(Research by her gr gr grandson Peter Folsom McFarlin, - Jan 17, 201
1 reviewed Dec 2019)

Elizabeth (Betsey) Loveland arrived in April of 1799 from Vermont int o the Western Reserve of Connecticut, which soon became Coitsville, Oh io. She was about age nine, and traveled with her siblings and pioneer ing parents, Amos and Jemima (Dicki
nson) Loveland.

Amos Loveland; Revolutionary Soldier, Surveyor, Pioneer and Farmer
There is much found in the records and histories about Elizabeth’s fat her; Amos Loveland which will not be presented here. But, here's som e of his interesting story anyway.
Amos was the third of five boys and eight girls. While living in Glast onbury, Connecticut, on 1 May 1777, he enlisted at age fourteen for th ree years in the CT Continental Line's Seventh Regiment. He took par t in the battle of Germantown, and w as discharged 1 May 1780. Amos ree nlisted 1 July 1780 as a private in the Second CT Regiment and was dis charged again 9 December 1780 (*a). Now just 18 years old and a three- year veteran of the successful American Revolution, he returned to Gl a stonbury. In 1785, at age twenty-two, he married Jemima Dickenson, dau ghter of David and Beriah (Loveland) Dickenson. The couple immediatel y headed for the new opportunities now found in Vermont, made safer fo r settlement by the end of the Re volutionary hostilities. They settle d and started their family in Vershire (and Chelsea?), Vermont, livin g there for thirteen years. He is found there in the first federal dec ennial census of 1790. (He is not found in any federal census in 18 0 0 or 1810 - Ohio’s are not extant).
Early in 1798, at age thirty-five, he went to the Mahoning River valle y of the Connecticut Western Reserve (in the area which later became O hio). There he spent the summer in assisting John Partridge Bissel sur veying the new Connecticut Reserv e lands purchased by the absentee lan d company's owner, Daniel Coit of Connecticut. In the fall of 1798 Mr . Loveland purchased all the lands in that part of Coitsville townshi p on the south side of the Mahoning River; four hundred and twenty-fo u r acres. This sale was formalized in the land records five years late r (*b). Amos returned to Vermont in the fall of 1798, settled his affa irs there, and “...in December, 1798, with his wife and six children h e left Chelsea for his new home.. ." (*c). In two sleighs, (loaded wit h bedding, farming utensils, and furniture) drawn by four horses, thei r family of eight 'headed West' across New York and Pennsylvania towar ds their new homestead. It is possible that they may have stopped i n t o visit or stay with their (cousins), also named Amos Loveland just ea st of the Hudson river in the town of Greenbush (now Sand Lake), Renss elear co, New York.
They sleighed across the frozen Susquehanna River at Whitestone, and , since the snow was now melting, Amos exchanged his sleighs for a wag on and continued on. After completing the hard, four-month journey t o the Mahoning on 4 April 1799, they o ccupied the log cabin near the r iver, which he had erected for their use the year before. One half wa s floored with 'puncheons'; split logs dressed out with an axe, the ot her half remained earthen.
The Lovelands; Amos 37, Jemima 37, Elizur 13, Milly 12, Elizabeth 8, L ucina 7, Amos jr 5, and another son (?) were all shown in the Vershir e census of 1790. They became the first permanent settlers of Coitsvil le. During the first year, the fami ly depended largely on hunting an d some supplies from neighboring settlements. Amos cleared his farm an d resided there with various sons, daughters and their families unti l his death in 1851.
Just after Christmas, 1851, Amos died, probably at home, age 89. He wa s buried in the family cemetery on his farm, the land he'd long ago pl anned to live on after first seeing it during his pioneering survey o f 1798.

Amos Loveland’s story Notes;
*a- Revolutionary War Pension File W8090; 21 Aug, 1832; Amos applied f or pension age 69
*b -Trumbull County, Ohio deeds; A-166, 167; Dated 22 Aug 1803. "We, M oses Cleveland, Joseph Perkins of Connt., and Daniel Lathrop Coit of N ew York City, trustees of Erie Company, by our atty. Simon Perkins o f Trum Co Ohio, by letters dated 1 7 Mar 1803, for $726 from Amos Lovel and of Trum Co, land in Coitsville, range 1 Twp 2, lot 28, on the sout h bank of the Mahoning River."
*c - *3 Historical Collections of the Mahoning Valley; 1876 v 1 p 71

ELIZABETH BECOMES OLDEST RESIDENT OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

However, Elizabeth did all her traveling when a child, for she staye d continuously in the town after reaching Coitsville, except to live w ith her daughter Lavinia (McFarland) Harris just a few miles away in Y oungstown the last few years of he r life.
In 1812, at age twenty-two, Elizabeth married William McFarland, ten y ears older (*1). She moved only a few miles away, still in Coitsville , to his farmstead on the Hazleton Road. They appear to have had thre e boys and three girls by 1820, poss ibly two of the children were twin s, since six single birth children in eight years would be unusual, ev en in those times. The 1830 census shows William and Elizabeth, with e leven children. It is reported that she, "...became the mother of s i x sons and six daughters..." (*2 p 165).
The 1850 census lists her birthplace as Vermont, and confirms that sh e is ten years younger than her husband, William. The McFarland childr en still living at their home are; Amos, (age 38, b Ohio), Jemima, (ag e 30, b Ohio), Candace, (age 20 , b Ohio), Lovina, (age 17, b Ohio, i n school), and Annetta, (age 8, b Ohio, in school). Ten years later, i n 1860, she is a widow, living next door to her son Anderson and his f amily. Elizabeth McFarland is head of her own small household, wit h so n, Amos, age 48 ("idiotic"), and daughter Annetta J, age 18 (school te acher, and attending school).
In 1870, at age 80, she still maintains her own home very nearby to so n Anderson, while living with son Amos and youngest daughter Lucinia ( Lavinia) McFarland, age 35, who is keeping house with Elizabeth. By 18 80, Elizabeth and Amos were boardi ng with her daughter Lavinia who ha d now married Hamilton Harris (about 1875). He had been widowed by th e death of Lavinia's sister Candace in August of 1874, and this arrang ement may have been a marriage of 'convenience' for all concerned.

The following is quoted entirely from: Historical Collections of Mahon ing Valley, Youngstown, Ohio, May, 1876, pp 510-512.

THE DEAN RAFTS
"In December, 1804, an elderly gentleman came to this town (Youngstown , ed.) representing that he wished to contract for squared white-oak t imber and staves, the timber to be used for ship-building, and the sta ves to be taken to the Madeira Isl ands for wine casks. He was referre d to Isaac Powers, of this township, and Amos Loveland, of Coitsvill e Township, as men that could furnish what he wanted. He called upon t hem, and made a bargain, which they had to go to Poland to have writt e n. The contract was drawn at the house of Jonathan Fowler, and writte n either by him or Terhand Kirtland. The sizes and lengths of the timb ers were all specified. It was all large timber.
The contract for the timber was made with Isaac Powers, and the stave s with Amos Loveland. Mr. Dean was evidently a man that understood hi s business, and capable of doing a sharp bargain, as he succeeded in g etting Mr. Powers into a contract en tirely in his own favor. Mr. Power s, although being a good mechanic in timber, never had the experienc e of the cost of furnishing timber of such sizes and weight, and conse quently got but little to pay the scant wages due his workmen and fo r h is own time and labor. He, however, furnished the timbers as calle d for by the contract. Mr. Loveland's part of the bargain will be unde rstood by giving it in the words of his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth M'Far land, who is now living in Coitsvill e Township, and is eighty-five yea rs of age. She says:"
'My recollection of the Dean rafts is that they were three in number , and were got up about the year 1803 or 1804. They were composed of s quared timbers hewed out, and of large air-tight casks. My father, Amo s Loveland, furnished all the timbe r for the casks, and helped to tak e it out. He also furnished the trees standing in the woods from whic h the square timber was made. He was not under contract for building t he casks or for any other part of the labor of constructing. He, howe v er, had the contract to furnish the staves dressed. The staves were go t out dressed and finished, and then set up for the wine casks, and af terward knocked down, that is, taken apart, and the staves destined fo r each cask bunched or bundled , each bundle being secured by a small h oop at each end. John Moore, father of Wm. 0. Moore of the Sarah J. St ewart tragedy, James Walker, ____ Holmes, with the help of my father , were the coopers who split them out (the staves) in the Summer , se t them up and built the casks in the Fall and Winter. The casks were i ntended to buoy up the rafts. We furnished the boarding and lodging an d shop for these coopers. We were often hard put to furnish the tabl e with the necessary substantia ls of life. For meat we often had game ; namely, wild turkey, venison, and occasionally bear meat.
'Mr Powers took out all the timber and built the rafts. It took abou t one year to get them completed. They were successfully launched in t he Mahoning River in Coitsville Township at the south end of the prese nt Lawrence Railroad Bridge at the S pring flood in 1806. The river wa s swollen to its highest water mark, and most of the inhabitants of th e surrounding neighborhood were there to see them off. An old gentlema n, Mr. Dean, contracted for the building and launching of them. He w a s not here often, but his nephew, James Dean, bossed the job. He, Jam es, fell out of a canoe between this and Beaver Falls. He with two me n were traveling in the canoe. The others went ashore to sleep, leavin g Mr. Dean in the canoe to watc h their trunks and outfit. The next mor ning, he was found at the bottom of the river, wrapped in his blanket , dead. The rafts went to pieces on the falls of Beaver on account o f insufficient depth of water to float them over.'
‘The timbers of the rafts were lost, but most of the staves were gathe red, loaded in flat-boats, and taken to New Orleans. These rafts wer e about one hundred feet in length, and about twenty-five feet wide. T he casks for buoys or floats were ma de air-tight, and frames or yoke s were made, in which they were confined. Upon this frame or yoke th e raft timbers were placed. The casks were about four feet in diamete r and six feet in length, and made of very heavy staves, and well boun d wi th hoops. The exact number to each raft is not known, but we are l ed to believe it was twenty-four. They were framed in the timbers in p airs, to move endways on the water. On the top of the rafts were pile d the staves.
‘Jonathan Fowler, the first settler of Poland Township, was drowned a t that time at Hardscrabble in the Beaver River. He was accompanying t he party that was running the rafts. While passing the rapids at tha t place, the canoe in which he was ri ding struck a rock and upset, an d he was lost. The others that were in the canoe at that time were res cued.
‘At the time these rafts were got out, and until after they were gon e and lost, there were no suspicions but what they were intended to b e used for legitimate purposes. It, however, afterward was rumored tha t Dean was a confederate or in the em ploy of Aaron Burr, and it was su pposed and believed by many that they were intended to be used by hi m in his treasonable purposes against the Government. Nothing, however , positive was ever known to the people of this country as to their in te nded destination.
Yours, etc.,
Youngstown, O., December 24, 1875.’

By the time Elizabeth died in June of 1881, she had been "...a residen t of the Western Reserve longer than any other person, having reside d continuously in the Mahoning valley over eighty-two years..." (* 2 p 165). She was buried near her husban d in the Pioneer Methodist Cem etery in Coitsville Center, Ohio.
Monument reads; Elizabeth Loveland McFarlin, born Aug 7 1790 died Jun e 16 1881.

PFM's SOURCES for Elizabeth (Loveland) McFarland/McFarlin
1790 census; Vershire or Chelsea, Orange co, Vermont p 219 Amos Lovela nd (Elizabeth's 4 mos)
1820 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 239; (her age 26-45)
1830 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 249; (her age 40-50)
1840 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 190; (her age 40-50)
1850 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 577; (her age 70 sic, born in Vermont)
1860 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 13; (her age 69, born in Vermont, rea l value $1,000)
1870 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 107; (her age 80, b Vermont, real valu e $1,000, pers value $500)
1880 census; Youngstown, Ohio ED 104 p 264; with Hamilton Harris (Eliz abeth's age 89, boarder, born in Vermont,)
PFM's Other REFERENCES
*1 Trumbull County Marriages (1-58); William McFarland of Coitsville t o Betsy Loveland, on 17 Dec 1812, by Nathaniel Blakesley JP, of Youngs town.
*2 History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties. Williams, Vol II 1882
FSID 2S3B-GMV

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Family Tree for Mr. Peter Folsom McFarlin

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: Abt 1750
• Immigration: 1796

Notes:

It is known that the husband and wife immigrants, John and Margery McFarland and at least six of their children, came to America from county Tyrone, northern Ireland, about 1796/1797 (6 1809 Deposition). Also, this immigrant's given name, John, i s found in the short biography about his grandson, John A. McFarlin, in the History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania as follows: "His grandfather, John, immigrated to America in 1797 with his wife, Margery, and six children. He was killed east of th e Mountains..."
There is some good evidence mentioned in the histories and in various 1800's Ohio census references that the six children arriving with Margery and John were all born in Ireland. Also, the widow Margery was said to have come from co Tyrone, Irelan d

JOHN MCFARLAND'S DESCENT FROM MACFARLANE CHIEFS - PROVEN BY y-DNA
All men (and women) who can show descent from this John McFarland (born ca 1750 Ireland, died ca 1798 Pennsylvania) are also directly descended from the early Clan MacFarlane chiefs of Loch Lomond, Scotland. The y-DNA of Peter F McFarlin (PFM) , a direct descendant of John McFarland, has been fully tested by Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) and has connected him to the particular lineage back to the MacFarlane chiefs. The MACFARLANE DNA Project (part of FTDNA) states; "As several of the men of . .. R1b Atlantic Modal Lineage 8 'Cadets', can trace their respective descents from our chiefs, and all the participant's test results are very close, all the men of this lineage must descend from our chiefs."
Since I (PFM) am a member of this Lineage 8 and my known direct patrilineal McFarland line goes back to John McFarland (b ca 1750 - see below), then all of this John's descendants (barring adoption or extra-marital event) must also descend from ou r MacFarlane chiefs. The DNA statistical evidence further indicates that there is about a four-generation genealogical gap separating the y-DNA line of these chiefs from that of the researched 'paper line' of PFM's 3rd great grandfather JOHN MCFAR LAND.
The closing of that gap and eventual connection to a documented MacFarlane line remains one of this researcher's main points of focus. The four missing ancestor generations in Ireland/Scotland have not yet been found for John McFarland, but the y- DNA proof is here and a cadet descent from the chiefs is assured.
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2 - Barony Parish Surname Surname old First Name Townland
Strabane Lower Ardstraw McFarland m'Farland John Altdoghal
Strabane Lower Ardstraw McFarland m'Farland Patrick Altdoghal
Strabane Lower Ardstraw McFarland m Fartand Donold Killymore
Strabane Lower Ardstraw McFarland m'Farland John Straletterdallan
Strabane Lower Ardstraw McFarland m'Farland John Lisnacreaght
(1666 Hearth Money Rolls -Ardstraw, Co. Tyrone)
FSID LCRQ-Z42

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Family Tree for Mr. Peter Folsom McFarlin

JOHN MCFARLAND (ca 1750 died ca 1798) - SCOTS IMMIGRANT
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin, a 3rd gr gr grandson - May, 2012, revised Dec, 2019)

BACKGROUND HISTORY OF LENNOX/MACFARLANE

BRITONS OF STRATHCLYDE, SCOTLAND ca 1000 AD
The Scottish barons of early Dunbartonshire in the Strathclyde Kingdom , who later became the chiefs of Clan MacFarlane, "descended as a cade t line from the 11th century stewards and earls of Lennox". (#1 T MacF arlane, #2 Neville).
"These stewards were originally native Britons (likely of Celtic desce nt) who were conquered by the Irish 'Scots' in 1066 at the battle of S trathclyde. These Britons quickly accepted their conqueror's culture a nd within a century and a half (c a 1200) claimed an Irish dynastic ori gin. Later, by the 1700's, the house of Lennox claimed a 'Saxon' origi n, likely as an anti-Catholic attempt to discredit the 'traditional' I rish origin of mormaers/earls of Lennox. As it happens, the Lenno x wa s the only part of the kingdom of Strathclyde which was allowed to con tinue under it's native dynasty after the fall of the kingdom to the ' Scots' in 1066.
The MacFarlane DNA project has disproved both the 'Saxon' and the 'Iri sh' origin myths and confirmed that the mormaers/earls were Britons. " (pers comm from Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane, March 2017).

LENNOX EARLS and MACFARLANE BARONS ca 1100 - 1400's
Gilchrist, a cadet (which means a younger son of the Chief of the hous e) of the 2nd Earl of Lennox, was the founder of the House of Arrochar , Loch Lomond when, in 1225, he was granted 'an arachor' of land on Lo ch Lomond, north of Dumbarton.
His great-grandson, Parlan, in turn, became the name founder of Clan M acFarlane (son of Parlan) and its first chief. From Parlan's son, Malc olm, about the year 1344 onwards, the surname MacFarlane became fixed . (#3 James MacFarlane) These MacFa rlanes were a tight-knit, tenaciou s clan whose living depended on the animals of the forests and hills , and who tended their (and other's) cattle in the glens and mountain s of Loch Lomond side. They grew in numbers and strength, building sma l l protective castles and strongholds in and around Loch Lomond ofte n fighting for Highland causes of importance to them.
Then, from these ancestral lands of Arrochar/Tarbet/Luss on the wester n and northern banks of Loch Lomond, some MacFarlanes began to sprea d throughout the Highlands and to Northern Ireland.

McFARLANDS in IRELAND - ca 1609 to 1796
Between 1609 and 1611 the victorious British resettled Ulster provinc e in Ireland (the "Plantation of Ulster") with loyal subjects who woul d 'undertake' to populate the confiscated Irish properties with group s of English and Scottish families . The chief undertakers were grante d thousands of acres throughout Northern Ireland.
Among these men were the Stewarts who were friendly to the British kin g and represented the Duke of Lennox. About 1610, the Stewarts and Cun ninghams brought many various families into the Portlough and Liffor d precincts in Raphoe, county Donega l (#4 Hill p 293). Some of these w ere of the MacFarlane Clan from Scotland. The common spelling in Irela nd became McFarland. A more detailed study of many of the McFarlands i n the Early Plantation is written by Mary Helen Haines in the Decembe r , 2012 Loch Sloy! (#5 M H Haines)

LOCATIONS IN COUNTY TYRONE TO SEARCH
The MacFarlane ancestor of Peter F McFarlin crossed over from Scotlan d and into Ireland likely sometime between the 1610 Plantation and u p until about 1750 when PFM's 3rd gr grandfather JOHN MCFARLAND appare ntly was born in Ireland.
John's wife Margery (Anderson) and their children are reported to hav e come from county Tyrone, so that is the place I started the genera l search for my ancestors in Ireland. Since I'm looking for both McFar lands and Andersons in county Tyrone , I began by looking further sout h and east along the river Morne where both families might be living i n the 1790's.
And yes, in the parish of Ardstraw and surrounds, some McFarland and A nderson families have been noted during the 1600's and the 1700's. Fro m the scanty records that still exist after the devastating 1922 Fou r Courts Fire in Dublin (which destr oyed much of the recorded histor y and genealogy of Ulster), some McFarland/Anderson leads have shown u p.

Some Records for County Tyrone, Ulster Province, Ireland

The following records for McFarland/Mcfarlins are from various onlin e sources for County Tyrone:
1622 - In Tyrone, the northern parish of Donaghedy did record a John A nderson in Dunnalong.
1630 - The Muster Rolls of able-bodied men for the estates in Tyrone o wned by various Hamiltons, including Strabane Barony, showed no McFarl ands or Andersons at this date.
1631 - The Muster Rolls for the town of Strabane (in Urney?) gave th e names of fifty three men with their arms. One was a Dunkan Mcffarla n who was armed with a sword. (Those bearing arms were between the age s of sixteen and fifty)
1631 - Tyrone Muster Rolls, Donagheady & Leckpatrick parishes; John An derson - sword and pike
1661/1662 - The few existing parish Poll Books for parish of Tyrone li sted Donal McFarlan and wife of Fallasloy (=Killymore?) and John McFar lon and wife of Bunyne (Bunowen). No Anderson
1664 and 1666 - "Hearth Money Rolls" The government began a tax on hea rths as a means of raising revenue. Fairly complete coverage exists fo r the counties of Ulster, however not all persons reported. In Tyron e we find;
The Hearth Rolls for parish of Donaghedy, along the River Foyle, liste d three of it's central towns with these McFarlands (no Andersons);
• John McFarland - Bunowen 1664
• Robert McFarland - Aughtermoy 1664, 1666
• Walter McFarland - Creaghan Glebe 1664, 1666
The Rolls for the parish of Ardstraw, a bit further south, and along t he River Morne, listed names in fifty-five of its townlands (no Anders ons). McFarlands were found in four townlands;
• Donald McFarland - Killymore 1666
• John McFarland, Patrick McFarland - Altdohal 1666
• John McFarland - Lishracracreah 1666
• John McFarland - (Ard)Straw 1666
1693 - There were various tenants of Claude Hamilton, Earl of Abercor n listed as "having holdings in the town of Strabane" including famili es of both a John Anderson and a Walter McFarland in Baronscourt. (# 4 Hill p 529)
1699 - Masters of Families in Badoney Parish - William Anderson Presby terian, Donald Mcffarland Protestant, Malcolm Mcffarland Protestant.
1699 - Masters of Families in Cappagh Parish - Samuel Anderson Protest ant, John Mcffarland Presbyterian, John Mcffarland Presbyterian.
1716 - Hometowns of Ulster Families (#6 Bolton p 361) John McFarlin , - Badoney, Tyrone
1720 - Three McFarland immigrants to Boothbay, Maine; John McFarland S r, John McFarland Jr and Andrew McFarland. They came from Ardstraw, c o Tyrone (#6 Bolton pp. 183, 186, 187).
1766 - Parish census of Householders does not cover Ardstraw and surro unding parishes.
1775 - Dissenters Petitions need to be looked into at; PRONI T808/1530 7
1795/1796 - "Spinning Wheel/Flax Seed List"
The Irish government gave free spinning wheels (or looms) plus flax se ed to landholders to encourage the linen trade. This landholder list w as likely compiled during the prior year of 1795, and was published i n 1796 for those who would plant i n 1796. Since John and Margery McFar land left county Tyrone about 1796, they may be listed here.
In the 1796 Ardstraw Parish Flax seed list were found the highest numb er of McFarlands with Andersons. Listed there were five families of Mc Farlands and eight families of Andersons. These did include one John M cFarland, but no Alexander, John' s possible father. There also were th ree William Andersons, and a James, all names carried by Margery's And erson relatives, who are found in 1800 Mercer county, Pennsylvania.
As I was confirming Margery Anderson's possible brother's families, i t was noticed that while in Ireland her brother William Alexander Ande rson had married Elizabeth Adams about 1795, a year or two before th e Andersons pushed west into (then) A llegheny county Pennsylvania. Th is adds another family name to look for in the Ardstraw area; Adams.
So, here, in and around Ardstraw Parish, is the most likely place to s tart looking for the ancestral connection to my particular John McFarl and. Start about 1797 and work back in time.

EMIGRATION FROM COUNTY TYRONE, IRELAND to AMERICA
It is known that the husband and wife immigrants, John and Margery McF arland and at least six of their children, came to America about 1796/ 1797 (#7 1809 Deposition) from county Tyrone, Ireland. Also, this immi grant's given name, John, is foun d in the short biography about his gr andson, John A. McFarlin, in the History of Mercer County, Pennsylvani a as follows: "His grandfather, John, immigrated to America in 1797 wi th his wife, Margery, and six children. He was killed east of the M oun tains..." (#8 Brown - Mercer County).
Most of the Scots/Irish immigrants coming into Pennsylvania around 180 0, arrived at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia wa s a bustling, major city at the time and was a center for heading wes t into the pioneering and settlemen t lands of Virginia, Pennsylvania a nd the just-opened Western Reserve of Ohio.
There is some good evidence mentioned in the histories and in variou s 1800's Ohio census references that the six children arriving with Ma rgery and John were all born in Ireland. Also, the widow Margery was s aid to have come from co Tyrone, Ire land (#9 Williams p 168). Therefor e, I have assigned John's probable birthplace there too. His birth dat e is inferred to be about 1750 from his wife's and children's ages, fo und later.
John and Margery McFarland may also have had other children in (Ardstr aw?) co Tyrone, Ireland, possibly one born about 1782 and another abou t 1788. Following the traditional Scottish naming pattern which his p arents, John and Margery were appa rently using, the 1782 child was lik ely their third son and would have been named after his father, John . They likely also had another child in the six to eight years betwee n Andrew and Isabel (see Family Group Sheet below).
Assuming all six of Margery's known immigrating children to be his , I have given John McFarland's date of death as about 1797, since h e and wife Margery appear to have had no further children after thei r youngest son James was born. James's ag e of 43 at death in 1838 make s his birth to be about the year 1795 (#10 Baldwin). James was born wh ile the family was still in Ireland, confirmed by James' various child ren's 1880 and 1900 U.S. census data.

THE PIONEER MCFARLAND FAMILY - 1796/1797 TO 1804
So, upon arrival in America about 1796/1797, John McFarland's age woul d have been about forty-six. His wife Margery was forty and the six im migrating children were as follows [the two other possible children, i n brackets below, apparently did n ot come to America with them]. Perha ps the children were named following this common Scots naming pattern:
• Alexander McFarland, age seventeen to twenty (first son, named afte r his father's father?)
• William McFarland, age sixteen (second son, named after his mother' s father?)
• [John McFarland? died or remained in Ireland (third son? named afte r his father?)]
• Andrew McFarland, age twelve (fourth son? named after his father' s oldest brother?)
• [son McFarland? remained in Ireland (named after the father's sec ond oldest brother?)]
• Isabel McFarland, age about five (first daughter? named after the m other's mother?)
• Mary McFarland, age about four (second daughter? named after the fa ther's mother?)
• James McFarland, age one (sixth? son named after who?)
•
At the time, immigrant routes into Ohio such as the Forbes Road, wer e just opening up. There had been a recent re-settlement of native Ind ians as a result of the 1750's French and Indian Wars. Then, after th e subsequent American Revolution, th e newly opened roads and widened p aths from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh included the Lancaster Pike fro m Philadelphia to Lancaster. This connected to the Great Conestoga Roa d through Harrisburg, then on to Pittsburgh. This was the main migrati o n route from the east, and on into the Ohio Valley.
The assumed 1796-1800 route of the John/Margery McFarland family likel y took them from Philadelphia into and through these Pennsylvania coun ties "...east of the Mountains..."; Delaware, Chester, Lancaster, ove r the Susquehanna River and into Cu mberland County. These are all plac es to look to see where they may have lived and where John may have di ed.

WHERE IN PENNSYLVANIA DID JOHN MCFARLAND DIE?

The above reference for John; "He was killed east of the Mountains" (B rown - Mercer County) places their first home and John's place of deat h very likely in eastern Pennsylvania. Was it from an accident, a figh t or murder?

There is one reference found in the General Aurora Advertiser (Poulson 's Daily Advertiser) of 1797 which lists the burial of a John McFarlan d in the Philadelphia City Hospital Burial Ground. This man apparentl y died in or near Philadelphia abou t the 16th or 17th of September, 17 97. No PA will or abstract (1796-1802) for John McFarland (etc) was fo und.
John may have purchased land or received a land grant. The land record s and the United States Direct Tax of 1798 for the five Pennsylvania c ounties (above) were checked for him as well as his widow Margery an d oldest son Alexander. The 1798 U.S . Direct Tax List for Vincent an d Coventry towns in Chester county did show a record for the estate o f a 'McFarlin' owning property which was subsequently occupied by a Jo hn Carrel. This may be a possible connection with the 1797 burial of J oh n McFarland in nearby Philadelphia.

Searches in the 1800 Federal censuses for Pennsylvania, (plus Virginia , Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut) didn't bring any clo se matches to the McFarland family group's age/distribution, with or w ithout husband John or additiona l child.

All various John McFarlin/MacFarlane spellings in the 1800 PA Septenni al Census taxables lists were found as follows; John McFarlin in Eas t Marlborough, Chester co, John McFarlan in West Caln, Chester co, Joh n McFarlane (farmer) in Beaver, Alle gheny co, John McFarlane (farmer ) Erie, Allegheny co, and John McFarlane (yoeman) Mifflin, Cumberlan d co. An Alexander McFarlin ('labor') was listed in Hempfield township , Lancaster co. However, only heads of household and their occupatio n wer e listed in the Septennial Census, so one cannot follow any of th ese for a family.

As for other Pennsylvania land warrants and tax records, a number of M cFarlains/McFarlins(etc) were found in Lancaster and Cumberland counti es during the period of 1796-1802. There were similar forenames; John , William, James but no Alexander s since the oldest son Alexander woul d likely be the male head of household at age about 25 after his fathe r John's passing. All entries were researched and dismissed.

No reference to a widow Margery (Anderson) McFarlin/McFarland in the 1 800 PA census was found. The family quite possibly had been with anoth er 'head of family', or in another place or not recorded at all.

MARGERY AND CHILDREN ARRIVED IN HOPEWELL, PENNSYLVANIA

However, another lead I have followed is through the Anderson name. Th e widow Margery (neé Anderson) apparently stayed with a brother of her s in eastern Pennsylvania between 1797 and 1802.

It has been found that about 1800 Margery McFarland very likely had arrived in Hopewell (New Bedford) village in (then) Mercer co, PA as a widow with her children. They apparently stayed there with her brothe r John Anderson as shown on page 433 i n the 1800 Federal census for Me rcer co, PA, taken August 4th. The McFarland family stayed there fo r a few years before going westward a short distance into Coitsville , Ohio in 1803/1804. (See my biography story for Margery McFarland, el sewhe re.)

At any rate, it appears that the family spent about seven years tota l in America before John's widow and children finally arrived in Ohi o (#9 Williams p 168). At that time, they all settled, stayed and pros pered in the Coitsville area. Each o f the six children farmed, worke d and raised families there.

I was not able to find any record of where John McFarland/McFarlin ( b ca1750) lived in America. He apparently died in Pennsylvania "...eas t of the mountains" after his 1796 arrival and Margery McFarland's Aug ust, 1800 enumeration with her broth er in New Bedford, Pennsylvania

PFM's SOURCES for JOHN MCFARLAND:
1 - MacFarlane, Terrance; The Barons of Arrochar and Their Cadets 2000 -2004; unpub. manuscript, edited by; Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlan e, with updates to 2012.
2 - Neville; Native Lordship in Medieval Scotland - The Earldoms of St rathern and Lennox, c.1140-1365; Four Courts Press, Dublin, Ireland, b y Cynthia J Neville, 2007.
3 - MacFarlane, James; History of Clan MacFarlane; D J Clark Ltd, Glas gow, Scotland, by James MacFarlane, 1922.
4 - Hill, Rev. George: An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulst er at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century 1608-1620, Belfast , 1877 (Google books)
5 - Haines, Mary Helen; McFarlands and Septs in Ireland, Loch Sloy! De c 2012 (Clan MacFarlane Worldwide)
6 - Bolton - Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America; reprint by G en. Pub. Co, Baltimore, MD 1967 by Charles Knowles Bolton, 1910.
7 - Depositions - 1809 Depositions on Contested Election; 1984 Ohio Ge n Soc; The Report 24:3 p 202. Statements of arrival dates were made b y John McFarland's sons; Alexander and William McFarland, of Coitsvill e, Ohio
8 - Brown - History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Brown, Runk & Co . 1888 p 1024.
9 - Williams - History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Williams, 18 82 v 2
10 - Baldwin - Henry R. Baldwin Gen. Records; LDS microfiche 6051349-1 , p 101

John married Margery Anderson about 1775 in Co. Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland. Margery was born about 1756 in Ardstraw, Co. Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland; died on 29 Apr 1835 in Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA; was buried in 1835 in Hopewell (now New Bedford), Lawrence, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Maggie
• Alt. Birth: Abt 1756, Co. Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland

Notes:

It has been found that about 1802 Margery McFarland arrived in Hopewell (New Bedford) village in (then) Mercer co, PA as a widow with her children. They apparently stayed there with her brother John Anderson for about a year before going westwar d a few miles to Coitsville, Ohio in 1803-1804.
It appears that the family spent about eight years total in America before John's widow and children finally arrived in Ohio 1803-1804 (8 Williams p 168). Then they all settled, stayed and prospered in the Coitsville area. Each of the six childre n farmed, worked and raised families there.
[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=johnmcfarland&id=I397]

MARGERY (ANDERSON) MCFARLAND (1756 - 1835)
SCOTS IMMIGRANT
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin, a 3rd gr gr grandson - May, 2012, updated Dec, 2019)

FROM IRELAND TO AMERICA
The children in the American pioneer family of John and Margery (Ander son) McFarland were all born in Ireland about 1770's through 1790's, a s shown by references in various history sources (*1, *2, *3 below). M argery and husband John's births w ere placed in Ireland due to furthe r reporting in various later US censuses by their grandchildren. Margery was born in 1756 (*3, *4), likely in or near the Northern Ireland c ounty of Tyrone where she apparently lived after marriage. During t h e 1700's and 1800's many Anderson and McFarland families lived in coun ty Tyrone, just to the south of Londonderry, in the Ardstraw/Straban e area.
Most of these Scottish families had originally emigrated from Scotlan d to Ireland, across the Irish Sea. The surname Anderson is the eight h most popular surname in Scotland and means "son of Andrew." Andrew ( man, or manly) was the first of Jesu s' disciples, and was a revered na me in medieval times due to its church connections. St. Andrew is th e patron saint of both Scotland and Russia.
Margery McFarland, at age forty, emigrated in 1796 from county Tyrone , Northern Ireland, probably arriving at the port of Philadelphia, Pen nsylvania. She accompanied her husband John and they brought at leas t six of their children with them int o America; four boys and two girl s. The children ranged in age from baby James, who was one to about ei ghteen for son Alexander. (See the John McFarland (b1750?) biography e lsewhere.)
After arriving, and sometime during their first four years in Americ a (1796-1800), her husband John was killed somewhere on the east sid e of the Allegheny mountains, perhaps in an accident, since there wa s no war at the time. "...John immigrate d to America in 1797(sic) wit h his wife Margery, and six children. He was killed east of the Mounta ins..." (*1 Brown, p 1024). (Later, their son's affidavits in the180 9 Depositions on Contested Election of Richard Hayes both cite that th ey arr ived in America in 1796.)

LAND IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA - ca 1790's
The newly pioneered and lightly populated land in Western Pennsylvani a around 1790 was just emerging from uninterrupted forest. There wer e clearings and small areas of plains and marshlands, but most of th e land was forested. When early settler s moved into Allegheny county ( the area which would become Mercer County around the mid-1790's), th e Indians there were primarily the Corn planter Indian tribe of the Se neca Nation. They had a few semi-permanent hunting and seasonal farmin g ca mps. In 1793, "Mad" Anthony Wayne led his men through what would b ecome Mercer County, and against the Indians in Ohio. At the 1794 Batt le of Fallen Timbers, near Toledo, General Wayne defeated the natives , and any organized Indian threat was n ow over in Ohio and the Wester n Pennsylvania region.
Dr Nathaniel Bedford of Ft Pitt (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania, who was th e only Bedford name listed in Allegheny county in the 1790 census, bec ame a popular and wealthy man, and was a respected doctor. He also bec ame owner of much land in the newl y formed Mercer/Lawrence counties t o the north of Pittsburgh and acted as an independent speculator for h is lands. This Dr. Nathaniel Bedford held lands in Mahoning and Shenan go Townships, PA. The village of Hopewell, Pennsylvania which later b e came the town of New Bedford, in Lawrence County, was named after him.

Western part of Pennsylvania in 1792 as mapped by Reading Howell. Thi s shows the various counties, towns and villages of the time near th e confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers as they flowed to gether at Pittsburgh to form the Ohi o River. The yellow highlight show s the 80-mile track of the old Indian pathways northward from Pittsbur gh up to the headwaters of the Big Beaver River where Anderson/McFarla nd pioneer settlers went in the 1790’s.

1792 Howell Map

“Likely an animal path worn down by the constant movement of game, th e Kuskusky Path connected what is now New Castle and Pittsburgh in wes tern Pennsylvania, a distance of less than eighty miles. Part of an in tegral network of trails that opene d the colonial backcountry to huma n settlement, the path provided entry into the primeval forestlands o f the colonial frontier, and helped link the Allegheny River with th e Ohio Country to its west. Native peoples and later European-America n s traveled its meandering course across creeks and low hills to an ol d Indian village named Kuskusky that would be renamed New Castle.”

Sometime about 1794, William Anderson (b ca1768) arrived from Irelan d and came to the town of Pittsburgh, bought land up past Kuskusky i n Allegheny co near the Mahoning Branch of Beaver Creek. He likely fol lowed the Kuskusky path from Pittsburg h as shown in the 1792 Howell Ma p above.

TENTATIVE FAMILY CHART FOR MARGERY (ANDERSON) MCFARLAND

William Alexander Anderson arrived in the area about 1794 and purchase d ½ of 400 acres in Mercer County from William Hunt on March 18th.
About 1796, Margery (Anderson) McFarland's other brother, John Anderso n arrived in Pittsburgh and worked as land agent for Dr. Bedford. He s ettled nearby to William on land he had purchased to the north of Hope well village. Both families; Willi am and Betsey (Adams) Anderson and J ohn and Jane (McFarland) Anderson were Scots/Irish who had immigrate d from Ireland.
The history of Mercer County (1888) writes about William A Anderson; " About 1796, John Anderson, a brother, followed and located a short dis tance from his brother William. He was known as 'Agent John Anderson, ' acting in that capacity for Dr Na thaniel Bedford, of Pittsburgh, wh o owned large tracts of land in this (Mercer) and Lawrence Counties. H e married Jane McFarland..." (*1 p 847). Their marriage was recorded i n Muskingum county, Ohio.
John and William Anderson were listed in the early 1800's Taxables fo r Mercer county, PA, (among a few other Andersons). John "of North Bea ver" was listed in 1800 and in 1801 he was "of Neshannock". His brothe r William is listed the same way; N orth Beaver in 1800 and Neshannoc k in 1801. They were living in their respective homes near to each oth er in Northwest Pulaski county. The name of the taxing authority (coun ty) changed, while they themselves did not move - see note *5 below.

ARRIVAL IN HOPEWELL (NEW BEDFORD) VILLAGE, PENNSYLVANIA
Meanwhile, the widow Margery and her children, continued the difficul t trek over the Allegheny Mountains, through Pittsburgh and north int o newly created Mercer county Pennsylvania. This was mostly done by wa gon and horseback or by boat, perhap s bringing some few utensils and f urnishings. They likely followed 'The Pennsylvania Road' which was th e main migration route after the Revolution from the east into wester n Pennsylvania and the Ohio Valley. Today it approximates Route 30 i n P ennsylvania and follows old military roads; the Lancaster Road an d then the Forbes Road. And then up the Kuskusky Path to Hopewell vill age (New Bedford).

MARGERY (ANDERSON) MCFARLAND’S LIKELY ROUTE THRU PENNSYLVANIA

During this time of travel, say about 1799 -1800, her children's age s were; Alexander in his early twenties, William was twenty, Andrew i n his teens, Isabel about eleven, Mary nine, and James had reached five.

John McFarland's "... widow with her children visited her brother at New Bedford, Penn., for about one year and then moved to Trumbull Count y, Ohio..." (*1 p 1024). This clearly means that Margery had an Anders on relative who had preceded her in to western Pennsylvania. It is quit e likely that this brother was the John Anderson who was living in th e small village of Hopewell (later New Bedford, PA) by 1800, near hi s brother William. These two Anderson brothers were of the right age ( b orn 1760's) to be contemporaries of widow Margery and were found in M ercer County in 1800 and 1810.

1800 CENSUS FOR MERCER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
By 1800 Margery (Anderson) McFarland and children were apparently livi ng with her. The 1800 Federal census, taken August 4th, (census pg. 4 33 for Mercer co, PA) shows a John Anderson next to (his brother) Will iam Anderson. This census of Joh n Anderson's household has all the rig ht ages marked for Margery and her six children as well as John Anders on and his new wife, nine persons in all. All John Anderson’s childre n were born after 1800. This would indicate that Margery's husban d Joh n McFarland was not there and likely had died, as reported in Brown' s history above.
The 1800 census of Mercer county, Pennsylvania enumerates males and fe males living with the Head of Family; John Anderson. In the followin g census copy I have compared the ages of Margery and her six childre n with the various number of individu als for each category as shown i n the photo-copy below. John Anderson had apparently married Margery ( Anderson) McFarland’s sister-in-law Jane McFarland before 1800. All th ese adults and children fit quite well in this 1800 census.

The Anderson brother's homes appear to be a few miles north of Hopewel l (New Bedford) village from the late 1790's through 1820. John Anders on reportedly died about 1826, and his son William R Anderson, can b e located on the 1873 map of Shenang o, Mercer county, just north of th e Shenango/Pulaski township lines. This William R Anderson, son of Mar gery's brother John, died in June of 1888 on the old John Anderson hom estead, (where it appears that Margery McFarland had come to stay alm o st ninety years earlier).
At the nearby brother William's farm; "William Anderson...and his son. ..were progressive men of their day. They erected on their farm one o f the first gristmills built in this county, and were also extensivel y engaged in the distilling business ."(*1 p 847). Also, John Anderso n ran one of the small taverns in the town in 1806-07-08. It is quit e possible that Margery McFarland's sons learned the trades of buildin g mills, operating distilleries and running taverns from the couple o f y ears living with their Anderson uncles. Only a few years later, i n Coitsville, Margery's son Alexander ran a sawmill, and her sons Will iam and James each had distilleries, while son Andrew kept a hotel, th e "Temperance House".

HOPEWELL SETTLERS' FIRST CHURCH AND SCHOOL
The early settlers who came into what is now Mercer County, Pennsylvan ia, were largely Scots/Irish, and mainly members of the Presbyterian C hurch. The widow Margery McFarland and family likely attended the smal l Presbyterian Church at Hopewel l starting upon her arrival by 1800. T his was the first church of any kind in the area and was established i n 1800, built of round logs with a fire built in the center of the ear then floor. It had a mud chimney leading to where a hole was cut i n th e shingled roof in order to let the smoke escape. Reverend William Wic k was the ordained pastor. He also served the Presbyterian church in Y oungstown, traveling the difficult miles between them every week unti l his death in 1815.
The Hopewell Church was attended in the early times by many of the And erson's neighbors including; other Andersons, Blacks, Browns, McKeans , Neals, Pettits, Porters, Sherriffs, Thompsons, and Walkers. All of t hese families had many burials in t he Hopewell Cemetery. Also buried t here in the 1830's, were four McFarlins from nearby Coitsville; on on e headstone is Margery McFarlin, another has her son James and his you ng daughter Margery, also Dickinson (son of William and Elizabeth McF a rlin). The family may have begun spelling the name as MCFARLIN by th e 1830's, probably following the way it was pronounced.
So, this was the church of choice for Margery and her family while i n Hopewell, it was just a few miles away while she was there with he r brother John. She apparently continued attending later when she live d in nearby Coitsville. The old Hopewe ll graveyard was laid out in 180 0 and the first burial was in 1810.
At first, neighborhood homes acted as schools in Hopewell, until Jame s Walker became the first schoolmaster in the area. A school was taugh t by him, about 1802-3, in a log building erected by the Presbyteria n congregation. He lived over near th e Shenango River and all the scho ols he taught were in his neighborhood, reaching as far as Hopewell. H e was reportedly the best teacher the early schools ever had. He draft ed the constitution of the Hopewell Presbyterian Church at New Bedfor d , believed in temperance and was strongly anti-slavery. Widow Marger y McFarland's children; Andrew, Isabel, Mary and James possibly were t aught by him for a year or two, there in Hopewell. Her older sons wer e not at school, but were working t o help pay the family's way while t hey were living with the Anderson family.

LIKELY TIME-LINE FOR MARGERY (ANDERSON) MCFARLAND AND FAMILY

• 1756 - Margery Anderson born in (co Tyrone?), Ireland
• ca 1775 - married to John McFarland (co Tyrone?), Ireland
• 1776 - 1795 six or more children born to Margery in Ireland
• 1796 - two- or three-month ocean trip from Northern Ireland to Ameri ca (Philadelphia?) Possibly with her younger brother John Anderson wh o also arrived in 1796
• 1796 to 1798(?) - lived with husband John McFarland and their childr en "east of the mountains" in PA
• 1798 to 1800 - death of husband John ("east of the mountains")
• 1799/1800 - widow Margery arrived in Hopewell (became New Bedford i n 1818), Mercer county, PA and lived with her brother John Anderson fo r "about a year"
• ca 1802- widow Margery arrived in Coitsville, Ohio with her six chil dren and settled there

EARLY COITSVILLE
The first real road, able to take wagons more easily, was laid out i n 1802. It went from Mercer through New Bedford and westward to Youngs town. This road also went through the small village of Coitsville, jus t over the Ohio line on the way to Y oungstown. The Western Reserve o f Connecticut (now much of northern Ohio) was opened for settlement an d the land was put up for sale. It is quite possible that Margery an d her family were helped by her brother John Anderson (the land agen t fo r Mercer county, PA) in finding suitable land to settle on in adja cent Coitsville, Ohio.
As to her arriving in Coitsville, Ohio; "The widow McFarlin (née Marge ry Anderson) came to this township from Ireland about the year 1804, w ith a family of four sons and two daughters, all of whom married afte r coming here..." (*2 p 168).
About 1803/1804, the McFarland family purchased land in newly formed C oitsville, Ohio. The first McFarland family member taxed there, in 180 4, was Alexander McFarland, her oldest son. It is probable that Marger y, his mother, in her forties, fir st lived with Alexander, along wit h all her children. The earliest extant federal census for Coitsville , Ohio is in 1820, where Margery (age now sixty-four) appears to be li ving with her youngest son James McFarland (head of his family) and h i s wife, Melissa (Hard), and no young children.
In the 1830 Coitsville census, she still seems to be with her son Jame s and his wife Melissa, now along with their four children, under ten.

Margery died in April, 1835 (*3), probably there in Coitsville, at ag e 79, near to many of her own family whom she had brought with her 3 5 years before. She was buried in the Hopewell Cemetery in New Bedford , Lawrence county. This Pennsylvani a cemetery is just a few miles eas t of Coitsville, and is where, "...the remains of most of the old sett lers of Coitsville are buried..." (*2 p 172). This is because most o f these early Coitsville settlers attended the Hopewell Presbyterian c h urch and likely many of them had stopped in Hopewell for a time (lik e Margery) before settling in Coitsville.
In 1838, three years after Margery died, her son James, aged forty-thr ee, was also buried in the Hopewell Cemetery.
Margery's brother John Anderson (b 1766) died May of 1826, probably ne ar New Bedford, PA and was buried in the same cemetery

PFM's SOURCES for Margery (Anderson) McFarland/McFarlin;
1800 census; Margery likely located in Mercer County, PA living with h er brother John Anderson.
1810 census; Mahoning, Mercer co, Pennsylvania p 896 only John and Wil liam Anderson listed in the township.
1810 census; Ohio records not extant.
1820 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 240; the older female, living with so n James McFarland (Margery's age 45+).
1830 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 249; older female living with son Jame s McFarland (Margery's age 70-80).
1838 cemetery record; Hopewell Cemetery, New Bedford, Lawrence county , Pennsylvania. "Margery McFarlin d Apr. 29, 1835 79y".

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REFERENCES
*1 History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Brown, Runk & Co. 1888
*2 History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Williams, 1882 v 2
*3 Henry R Baldwin Gen. Records; LDS microfiche 6051349-1, p 101
*4 Hopewell Presbyterian Cemetery, New Bedford, Lawrence county, PA
*5 History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Brown, Runk & Co. 1888 p 14 7; "...it must be remembered that Mercer County was separated, theoret ically, from Allegheny County March 12, 1800, but it was not organize d until 1803. During the three year s intervening it was joined, for ju dicial purposes, to Crawford County, with the seat of justice at Meadv ille. It should also be remembered, too, that the names of townships w ere those which existed under the Crawford County organization. The t o wnships then were large and sparsely populated, and they were subdivid ed again and again."