James McFarland

Abt 1725 - Aft 1789  (> 65 years)

• Name	James McFarland  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	Abt 1725	Pequea, Chester Co., PA
  Gender	Male
  Possessions	1751	Hopewell township, Cumberland Co., PA
  	On tax lists for 1751, 1753..the part that became Mifflin township in 1793.
  Possessions	1766	West Pennsboro, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Not sure if his or father's, but father would probably be exempt from taxes due to age. 4 horses, 8 cattle, 10 sheep, one servant, 200 warranted acres, 20 cleared acres.
  Residence	1780	West Pennsboro, Cumberland, Pennsylvania   [1, 3]
  Residence	1785	West Pennsboro, Cumberland, Pennsylvania   [2, 4]
  Residence	1787	West Pennsboro, Cumberland, Pennsylvania   [2]
  Residence	1789	West Pennsboro, Cumberland, Pennsylvania   [2]
  Residence	1790	West Pennsboro, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA
  Death	Aft 1789	West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County
  Person ID	I20086	MacFarlane
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Father	James McFarland, JaM06,   b. 24 Dec 1695, County Tyrone, Ireland d. 30 Oct 1770, West Pennsborough, Cumberland Co., PA (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Janet Buchanan,   b. Abt 1700   d. Abt 1729, Pennsylvania (Age 29 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1725	Pequea, Chester Co., PA
  Family ID	F2483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Randall,   b. Abt 1725
  Children	1. Hannah McFarland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. John McFarland,   b. 1739, Cumberland Co., PA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. William McFarland, Capt.,   b. 1751, Cumberland Co., PA d. 25 Jan 1840, Indiana County, PA (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Mary McFarland,   b. 1755  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  According to C.M. Little, James married Sarah Randall (p. 199). Will McFarland's research: He is mentioned in his father's will of 1770 and witnessed his stepmother's (Margaret) Will in 1780. He purchased land in West Pennsborough in 1781, and acknowledged satisfaction of a mortgage in 1786. However, he does not appear in the Big Spring church membership of 1789. Will concludes that he possibly died or moved away. He would have been 64 at the time. Will believes that the James McFarlan who owned land in Mifflin township is this same James. In court records an area later known as Doubling Gap, was called McFarlan's Gap in 1791, and the land was divided between his two sons, John and William, and this two sons-in-law, Robert Galbreath and Samuel Mitchell. These children, John, Hannah, and Mary stay living in the area. This information conflicts with the information Floyd C. McFarland wrote. I think Floyd must be talking about a different James McFarland because the James McFarlen mentioned below in the Land-Links, would have been in North Carolina in 1772. Researcher Floyd C. McFarland in Missouri has this same James as married to Rebecca Campbell and moving to North Carolina. QUESTION: Not listed in will of mother, Margaret in 1787. RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1998) Floyd C. McFarland Found in queery in Cumberland County, PA records. James and Rebecca moved to Iredell County, North Carolina. LAND-LINKS: 1772 NORTH CAROLINA, Tryone County. Thomas Pulliam, 26 Sep 1772 to John Ashley, for 200 acres, proved by James McFarlen. SOURCE: "Abstracts of the Minutes of Pleas and Quarter Session of Tryon Co, NC" IN Bulletin of Genealogical Society of Old Tryone County 5:4:167 (1977) BPL. LINKS: 1785 NORTH CAROLINA, Rutherford County. William Horton sold to Ann Snowden a tract of land on Green River. Acreage includes "James McFarlands improvements". CENSUS: 1790 NORTH CAROLINA, Iredell County. James McFarlin 4 3 4 P. 156. CENSUS: 1800 NORTH CAROLINA, Iredell County. James McFarlin 01101-00201. P. 644. CENSUS: 1810 NORTH CAROLINA, Iredell County. James McFarland P. 244. SOURCE: York Co, PA Queeries May 1998 Internet. Floyd C. McFarland. Aaron Deviney born 1710 married Margaret Stuart. Resided in York Co, PA. Their son Aaron Deviney married Sarah Black. Aaron and Sarah's daughter Mary (Polly) Deviney married John McFarland. Another daughter Margaret married Patrick Mcfarland, John's brother. John and Patricks parents were James McFarland and Rebecca Campbell McFarland. It is believed that James and Rebecca resided in York County. Aaron and Sarah moved to Rutherford County, North Carolina. PROBATE: Will dated 4 Jul 1805. NORTH CAROLINA, Iredell Co. LINKS: Has close ties with Mary McFarland who married John Carson. Both had children who married a Gettys. Both from York County, Pennsylvania and moved to Rutherford County, North Carolina LINKS: Lucy (McFarland or Marshall), born 1787 in (Rutherford? County) North Carolina, died after 1850 Texas, married Thomas Hunt, born 1787 NC. 1820 Census Rutherford county. 1830-40-50 Census Blount County, TN, died after ca 1856 Rush County, TX. SOURCE: "Bulletin of Gen. Society Tryon County, NC" 1980. Father: James McFarland b: 24 Dec 1695 in Tyrone, Ireland Mother: Janet Buchanan b: Abt 1700 in Scotland Marriage 1 Rebecca Campbell b: Abt 1735 in York Co., Pennsylvania * Married: * Change Date: 23 May 2004 Children 1. Has No Children William McFarland b: Abt 1766 in Hopewell Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania 2. Has No Children Catherine McFarland b: 20 Jun 1767 in Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania 3. Has Children Patrick McFarland b: 1768-1769 in North Carolina 4. Has No Children James McFarland b: 10 Jan 1772 in North Carolina 5. Has Children John McFarland b: 3 Dec 1775 in North Carolina 6. Has No Children Samuel McFarland b: Abt 1777 in North Carolina 7. Has No Children Robert McFarland b: Abt 1779 in North Carolina 8. Has No Children Rebecca McFarland b: Abt 1780 in North Carolina Sources: 1. Abbrev: McFarland Family Title: McFarland Family Author: Gary Morris Publication: Entries: 3288 Updated: Sat Apr 12 18:03:02 2003 Contact: Gary Morris Home Page: McFarland Genealogy Home Page

  
  

• Sources

  [S2849] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4; Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 324. [S2849] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;), Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4; Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 326. [S577] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;), Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4; Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 324. [S577] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;), Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4; Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762-1794; Microfilm Roll: 326.