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- 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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