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- ANDREW MCFARLAND/MCFARLIN - COITSVILLE INNKEEPER AND POSTMASTER (ca178
4 to 1855)
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012, revised DEcec, 2019)
Andrew McFarland likely was born in 1784 (or 1781/82) in (co Tyrone? ) Ireland. The earlier date is inferred from subtracting his 'aged 7 5 years' from his date of death 1855 found on his headstone in Oak Hil l Cemetery, Plymouth, Marshall co, Ind iana. However, his age given i n the 1850 Plymouth, Indiana census was '66' making his date of birt h as 1784. He is reported to have been born in Ireland, as seen from h is 1850 census as well as various of his children's later census repor ts . Andrew came to America in 1796 (*1) from county Tyrone with his f ather John, mother Margery, three brothers and two sisters. They likel y first lived in eastern Pennsylvania, since his immigrant father; ".. .John was killed east of the Mountai ns..." (*2). Then Andrew was wit h his widow mother Margery and brothers and sisters in Hopewell (New B edford), Mercer county, Pennsylvania for a few years about 1799 to 180 2. They were all living there with Margery's brother John Anderson a s i nferred from the 1800 Mercer co PA census listing for John Anderson .
Andrew arrived in Coitsville, Trumbull county, Ohio 1801-1803 and appa rently lived there initially with his older brother Alexander and thei r mother Margery at their first family farm, south of Coitsville cente r. The 1810 Coitsville records wer e the first year to show that Andre w paid taxes, meaning that he may have owned some real estate by then , possibility a 'hotel'. In those days being taxed by a town meant a t least being of adult age; twenty-one, which puts his birthdate befo r e 1789.
He and Jane Dug (Day, Beggs?), were married September 1813, in (Coitsv ille?) Trumbull co, Ohio, by Justice of the Peace, Turhand Kirtland ( b 1755 d 1844), of nearby Poland, Ohio. Andrew, "...settled in the sou thern part of the township..." (* 3 p 168). He and Jane stayed in Coits ville through 1840, as the census for that year shows an Andrew McFarl ane, age 50-60, and oldest female (his wife Jane) age 50-60, living ne xt to Margaret McFarlane (his sister-in-law), as well as near to an oth er Andrew McFarlane, age 20-30, probably his son. (Further research i n land, probate and vital records would help identify these connection s.)
This same Andrew, born 1784, is likely to be the one who signed the 18 39 Constitution of the Coitsville Presbyterian Church "...erected at t he village in 1836 or 1837..." (*3 p 170). Also likely, he is the Andr ew McFarlin who "...kept the firs t hotel, the 'Temperance House', som e years..." and Andrew was the third appointed postmaster of Coitsvill e, probably from about 1835 to 1845. "The first post road from New Bed ford, Pennsylvania, to Youngstown was established in 1827. Mail wa s re ceived once a week." (*3 p 172).
"Andrew settled in the southern part of the township, but later move d to Indiana and died. He had a large family. His sons are all dead. S everal daughters are living in Indiana." (*3-1882, p168). In the 185 0 census for 'My Division' (Plymouth ) in Marshall county, Indiana, And rew and Jane McFarlin are living with five of their children. Andrew , now sixty-six, owns his home farm and his married son John is a blac ksmith living there with him. His son John pre-deceases Andrew, dyin g N ov of 1852 in Plymouth.
It appears that Andrew died 22 August 1855 (cem inscription). His esta te was administered by his son James McFarlin of Indiana, who is a 'No tary Public'. There are numerous papers in the probate file for Andrew , including an interesting listin g of his simple personal property an d real property there. He was buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymout h, Marshall co, Indiana.
In the April 1856 Marshall co Common Pleas Court various heirs of Andr ew were named; "Jane McFarlin widow, and Margery Hard, James McFarlin , Malissa Servio, Eliza Hupp, Mary Ann McFarlin, Eleanor McFarlin an d Elvira, Adults, and Children of And rew McFarlin...". Also summoned i n May of 1856 were "...Isabel Bissell, Jane Metcalf, Henry McFarlin, M alissa Servio, Harriet McFarlin and Evaline McFarlin... in a Petitio n for partition." These official listings of Andrew's relatives confi r m many names in his family.
Andrew's wife Jane was living with their son Henry in Plymouth, Indian a in 1860. Jane at eighty-seven, did appear in the 1870 town of Center , Plymouth in Marshall county, Indiana where she is living alone as he ad of her own household. She may b e the Jane McFarlane who died in Bi g Rapids, Mecosta county, Michigan in 1874 age 87 born in Pennsylvania .
PFM's SOURCES for Andrew McFarland;
1810 Coitsville, Ohio Tax List; (spelled) Andrew McFarland p 18
1811 tax list, Trumbull County, Poland Township; Andrew McFarland, fro m; Poll Lists 1807-1811 in OGS Report 27:3(1987) pp 129-131
1813 - Ohio County Marraiges, p 67; "Andrew McFarlane, 10th Septembe r 1813 I joined Andrew McFarlane to Jane Dug - J Kirtland Justice of t he Peace - Received Decbr 28 1813 & Recorded by George Parsons Clerk"
1820 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 240; Andrew McFarland farmer, his ag e 26-45, ie born 1775-1794
1830 census; Andrew McFarland not found
1839 Coitsville Presbyterian Church Records
1840 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 188; Andrew McFarlane farmer, his ag e 50-60, ie born 1780-1790
1850 census; My Division, Marshall co, Indiana p 941; Andrew McFarli n a 66 (ie born 1784) b IRELAND, farmer, Jane McF a 55 b Penn, Henry M cF a 28 b Ohio, Mary Ann McF a 22 b Ohio, Elenor McF a 20 b Ohio, Eliz abeth McF a 18 b Ohio, Elvira Mc F a 16 b Ohio, John McF a 31 b Ohio, b lacksmith, Helen McF a 31 b NY, John McF jr a 1 b In.
1855 Marshall co, Indiana; "Oct 23rd, 1855 - Estate of Andrew McFarli n filed in Clerk's Office - James McFarlin, administrator"
Other REFERENCES
*1 1809 Depositions on Contested Election of Richard Hayes on 7 Nov 18 09; Trumbull county; Ohio GS Report 24:3 p 202. William McFarland sta tes; "America 1796", and (his brother) Alexander McFarland avows; (in ) "America about 14 years".
*2 History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Brown, Runk & Co. 1888 p 10 24
*3 History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Williams, 1882 v 2
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