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- 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.
[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=johnmcfarland&id=I397 ]
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
(Research):Family Tree DNA (www.familytree.com)
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
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Abt 1750 - 1802 (47 years)
