John Mcfarland
1782 - 1856 (74 years)
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Name John Mcfarland [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Birth 27 Feb 1782 Mercersburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania 
[2, 4, 5] Birth 27 Feb 1782 Peters Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania Baptism 7 Apr 1782 Upper Conocheague Presbyterian Church Gender Male Residence 1850 Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA [2] Death 18 Dec 1856 Death 18 Dec 1856 Trappe, Delaware, Pennsylvania [4, 5, 6] Probate 23 Dec 1856 Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA [6] Person ID I27720 MacFarlane Last Modified 29 May 2024
Father Robert Mcfarland, b. 12 Jan 1740, Tinicum Twn, Bucks Co., PA d. 22 Jan 1823, Peters Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania (Age 83 years) Relationship natural Mother Jean Laggs Cochran, b. 10 Feb 1743, Faggs Manor, Chester, Pennsylvania d. 2 Apr 1827, Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania (Age 84 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1770 , Cumberland, Pennsylvania Married 1770 Cumberland, PA, USA Family ID F6144 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Parker, b. 16 Dec 1789, , , Pennsylvania, USA d. 27 Jan 1845, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 55 years) Marriage 11 Nov 1812 , Franklin of, Pennsylvania Married 11 Nov 1812 Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA [4, 7] Children + 1. Jane Cochran McFarland, b. 23 Jul 1813, , Franklin, Pennsylvania d. 20 Mar 1893, Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania (Age 79 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 2. Robert Parker McFarland, b. 29 Oct 1814, , Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 May 1899 (Age 84 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. John Franklin (Franklin) McFarland, c. 9 Dec 1816, Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA d. Jan 1888, CA (Age ~ 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. Mary Smith McFarland, b. Abt 1818, , Franklin, Pennsylvania d. 12 Jan 1861, Mercersburg, Franklin, PA (Age 43 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. Anna Patton McFarland, b. Abt 1819, , Franklin, Pennsylvania d. Aft 1880, Peters, Franklin, PA (Age > 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 6. Thomas Bard McFarland, b. Abt 1820, , Franklin, Pennsylvania d. 16 Sep 1908, San Francisco, San Francisco, California (Age 88 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]7. Elizabeth Porter McFarland, b. 20 Feb 1822, , Franklin, Pennsylvania d. 3 Jan 1854, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 31 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F6963 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 May 2024
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Notes
From "Mount Delight" , p. 81-82
JOHN McFarland, son of Robert and Jane McFar-
land, was born at Mount Delight February 27th, 1782, and
died December 18th, 1856. He married Eliza, daughter of Col.
Robert Parker, an officer in the Revolutionary War, and Mary
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(Smith) Parker, who was born - , 1790; died January 27, 1845.
John McFarland was a farmer and a leading citizen of
Peters Township. He was Captain of a Cavalry Company of
the militia, of which a son and one or two sons-in-law were
members. He lived on the farm, Mount Delight, of which he
became the sole owner, after the death of his brother, Robert
C, from 1823, until the spring of 1854, when he retired and
moved into Mercersburg, where he lived until his death. He
and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church of
Mercersburg and were buried in the old White Church or
Church Hill graveyard. They had seven children, named and
born as follows :
Jane Cochran McFarland, born July 23, 1813; died March
20, 1893.
Robert Parker McFarland, born Oct. 29, 1814; died May
26, 1899.
John Franklin McFarland, born Oct. ii, 1816; died Jan.
16, 1888.
Mary Smith McFarland, born June 16, 1818; died Jan.
12, 1861.
Anna Patton McFarland, born Dec. 11, 1819; died Feb.
15, 1899.
Thomas Bard McFarland, born April 19, 1828; died Sept.
16, 1908.
CENSUS: 1820 PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Montgomery Township
John McFarland 1M 10-16, 1M 45-up, 1F 16-26, 1F 26-45
Joseph McFarland 1M 18-26, 1M 26-45, 1F 26-45. Adjacent to John.
CENSUS: 1830 PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Peter Township
John McFarland 1M 5-10, 2M 10-15, 1M 40-50 (John), 1M 50-60 (Robert), 1F 5-10,
2F 10-15, 1F 15-20, 1F 40-50.
Joseph McFarland (a few houses away from John) 1M 5-10, 2M 50-60, 3F 0-5, 1F
5-10, 1F 20-30, 1F 30-40.
CENSUS: 1840 PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Peters Township
Capt John McFarland 2M 10-15, 2M 20-30, 2M 50-60 (John/Robert), 2F 15-20, 1F
20-30, 1F 40-50.
Joseph McFarland 1M 5-10, 1M 50-60, 2F 10-15, 1F 15-20, 1F 50-60.
CENSUS: 1850 PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Peters Township
John McFarland 66 PA, Robert McFarland 73 PA. Elizabeth 27 Franklin 33 Laborer,
Charles Lowe 29 PA (Cabinet Maker) Mary Lowe 31 PA, Elizabeth Lowe 1.
NOTE: A prominent farmer and leading citzen of Peters Township, Franklin
County, PA.
GENEALOGY: SOURCE: World Connect at Rootsweb, INTERNET. Supplied by Bill
Marshall.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: 2000 Bill Marshall <wtm@research.att.com>
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