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Rebecca McFarland, RoM02

Rebecca McFarland, RoM02

Female 1720 - 1810  (79 years)

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  • Name Rebecca McFarland  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Suffix RoM02 
    Baptism 14 Feb 1720  First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 9] 
    Birth 14 Apr 1720  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Religion Abt 1789  Big Spring Presbyterian Church, Newville PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    listing of people visited by the church elder 
    Residence Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence Mifflin, Cumberland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1800  Mifflin, Cumberland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death Between 1800 and 1810  Newville, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I29559  MacFarlane
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2024 

    Father Robert McFarland, BY3019 RoM02,   b. Between 1675 and 1685, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1751, Donegal Twn., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Jennet,   b. Abt 1690, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1752 (Age > 63 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1705  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F90  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Andrew Mayes,   b. Abt 1695, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1754, Lancaster Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 1735  Lancaster Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. James Mayes,   b. Abt 1736, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Rachel Mayes,   b. Abt 1738, Donegal Twn., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1805, Franklin Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Mary Mayes,   b. Abt 1740, Lancaster Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1800, Franklin Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Margaret Mayes,   b. Abt 1742, Donegal Twn., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Susanna Mayes,   b. Abt 1747   d. Bef 1756, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 8 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +6. Rebecca Mayes,   b. Abt 1750, Donegal Twn., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Apr 1783, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F5358  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

    Family 2 Samuel McElhenny,   b. Abt 1720, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1798, Newville, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 1755  Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1755 
    Children 
    +1. Martha McElhenny,   b. 1742  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Samuel McElhenny,   b. Abt 1758, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1828, Cumberland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Hugh McElhenny,   b. 1759, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1823, Mifflin, Cumberland Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. Sarah McElhenny,   b. Abt 1759   d. 1806, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Jane McElhenny,   b. Abt 1761  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F5897  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Mary Helen Haines notes:

      The Mayes family came from Co. Donegal Ireland in 1729. They made their way to Lancaster Co. and Andrew patented land in Oct. 1739...300 acres in Donegal township, adjacent Robert McFarland. Robert's youngest daughter Rebecca married Andrew sometime before that. The two oldest children, James and Rachel, were born before 1740.
      The tax lists are missing from Donegal from 1726 to 1751. By 1751 Rapho township has been carved out of Donegal, and Andrew's land is mostly in that township, so he does not appear on the tax list for Donegal.

      When Andrew died in 1754 the older children James and Rachel chose James Starret as guardian. James is the son of Benjamin Starret and his wife Isabella Mayes, who is probably the sister of Andrew Mayes. James seems to be the brother of Kern Starret, who married Mary Mays (daughter of Andrew and Rebecca) by 1759.

      Rebecca McFarland Mayes then married Samuel McElheney about 1755. By 1758 Kern Starret, husband of Mary Mayes is petitioning for the sale of 209 acres of the 300 acre patent so the children can receive their inheritance.

      About 1760-61 the families seem to move to Cumberland County, following in the footsteps of Robert McFarland, Jr. who had moved to Peters township in 1752/3. Also, Rebecca's older sister's son, John Wilkins, moved to Carlisle in Cumberland Co. and eventually Rebecca (now Howard) moved as well. Samuel Makelhiny is in Hopewell township tax list in 1762. The McElhennys, Starrets, Wilkins, Mays, Kirkpatricks and McFarlands can all be found in Cumberland and later Franklin Counties from the 1760s on.

      PROBATE: 1754 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County. WILL of Andrew Mays, dated 16 Apr proved 27 June 1754, named his wife Rebecca and brother Thomas Mays, executor. Children: James, Mary, Rachel, Rebecca, Margaret, and Susanna. Will Book B-1, 52: 1754. ...James Mays and Rachel Mays both age 14-21 chooses James
      Starret as guardian ...Thomas Mays appointed guardian over rest of children.
      ...(March 1758) Petition of Kern Starret, in right of Mary, his wife, late Mary Mays, one of daughters of Andrew Mays, deceased, Rachel Mays, Rebecca Mays, Margaret Mays, Susanna Mays. Father Andrew in will directed 209 acres to be sold. Mother of children has since intermarried with Samuel McElheney. SOURCE: Orphans Court Records of Lancaster County, PA "Pennsylvania Vital Records"; 1983; Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland; Vol I. Starret, in right of Mary, his wife, late Mary Mays, one of daughters of Andrew Mays, deceased, Rachel Mays, Rebecca Mays, Margaret Mays, Susanna Mays. Father Andrew in will directed 209 acres to be sold. Mother of children has since intermarried with Samuel McElheney.

      Concerning the move to Cumberland Co.
      I found a Samuel Makelhiny in Hopewell township in 1762 tax list . It said 100 unw (I believe that means this land has not been warranted)
      1764: McElhene, Samueil 100 unw.
      1766 Samuel McLehenny, no information.

      April 1771 Samuel McIlhaney is serving on a jury. (Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Quarter Session Dockets, 1750-1785, Diane E. Greene, 2000, p. 141, 157)

      I found what appears to be Rebecca and Samuel's family in Cumberland Co., living in Mifflin township in the census records 1790, 1800. Rebecca McElhenny age 66 is in a list of parishoners for the Big Spring Presbyterian Church in 1789 in Newville. Samuel McElhenny age 40 (must be Jr.) and Hugh McElhenny age 30 are also on the list as well as a Hugh Kirkpatrick age 13 and a Martha McCasland age 47. All of the dates are off somewhat. In 1790 a list is published of the parishioners who have benches and the Samuel McElhenny and sons in pew #73.

      The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --

      ***** 7 ***** Rebecca McFARLAND, daughter of Robert McFARLAND and Janet _____,
      was born 14 Apr 1720 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Rebecca
      married (1) about 1735 in Paxtang(?), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to Andrew
      MAYES born about 1710 in Scotland, died about May 1754 in Lancaster County,
      Pennsylvania. Rebecca married (2) 1755/1757 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
      to Samuel McELHENNY born about 1720 in Pennsylvania(?).

      ----- NOTES FOR Rebecca McFARLAND:
      PLACE: Paxtang is a small town near Harrisburg, now in Dauphin County, PA.
      TAXLIST: 1751 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County, Donegal Township: James and
      Robert McFarland. Living Next to Christian Marlin, Philip Branard, James Mayes,
      James Plank, Widow McClure, William Petters, Charles Glap, Michael McClellan, and
      Michael Gross. Also listed in Donegal Township were Gordon Howard, Thomas
      Howard, Joseph Howard and Lenard May. Pennsylvania Traveler (Magazine) Vol 1 No.
      2 1965 Found at Bellingham Public Library.
      PROBATE: 1754 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County. WILL of Andrew Mays, dated 16
      Apr proved 27 June 1754, named his wife Rebecca and brother Thomas Mays,
      executor. Children: James, Mary, Rachel, Rebecca, Margaret, and Susanna. Will
      Book B-1, 52: 1754. ...James Mays and Rachel Mays both age 14-21 chooses James
      Starret as guardian ...Thomas Mays appointed guardian over rest of children.
      ...(March 1758) Petition of Kern Starret, in right of Mary, his wife, late Mary
      Mays, one of daughters of Andrew Mays, deceased, Rachel Mays, Rebecca Mays,
      Margaret Mays, Susanna Mays. Father Andrew in will directed 209 acres to be
      sold. Mother of children has since intermarried with Samuel McElheney. SOURCE:
      Orphans Court Records of Lancaster County, PA "Pennsylvania Vital Records"; 1983;
      Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland; Vol I. Starret, in right
      of Mary, his wife, late Mary Mays, one of daughters of Andrew Mays, deceased,
      Rachel Mays, Rebecca Mays, Margaret Mays, Susanna Mays. Father Andrew in will
      directed 209 acres to be sold. Mother of children has since intermarried with
      Samuel McElheney.
      PROBATE: 1754 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County. WILL of Andrew Mays, dated 16 Apr proved 27 June 1754, named his wife Rebecca and brother Thomas Mays,
      executor. Children: James, Mary, Rachel, Rebecca, Margaret, and Susanna. Will
      Book B-1, 52: 1754. ...James Mays and Rachel Mays both age 14-21 chooses James
      Starret as guardian ...Thomas Mays appointed guardian over rest of children.
      ...(March 1758) Petition of Kern Starret, in right of Mary, his wife, late Mary Mays, one of daughters of Andrew Mays, deceased, Rachel Mays, Rebecca Mays, Margaret Mays, Susanna Mays. Father Andrew in will directed 209 acres to be sold. Mother of children has since intermarried with Samuel McElheney.
      SOURCE: Orphans Court Records of Lancaster County, PA "Pennsylvania Vital Records "; 1983; Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland; Vol I. LINKS: Brother, Thomas Mayes was Scottish, and lived also in Paxtang Township,
      Lancaster County, PA. Many of Thomas' descendants moved to SE US. Thomas
      married Margaret Houston in Lancaster County, PA and died there in 1798. ( SOURCE:
      Internet at Mayes Family Inquiry page, at Family Tree Maker online).
      PROBATE: 1754 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County. Andrew Mays, April 16, 1754 to June 27, 1754. Executors Rebecca Mays. Children James, Mary, Rachel,
      Rebecca, Margaret & Susanna. Brother Thomas. SOURCE: Lancaster County Abstracts
      of Wills 1721-1820. FHC microfilm #383292. Page 663.
      COURT: 1760 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County. [Rachel McFarland]. About 1760.
      Abstract: Referering to will of Andrw Mayes. Wife now married to Samuel
      Mackheheny. Children: Rachel, Rebecca, Margaret, Susanna (died under age ,
      unmarried), Thomas, and Mary (wife of Kerns Sterret). SOURCE: Lancaster county
      Orphans Court Records FHC microfilm 21370 1742-1767.

      ----- NOTES FOR Andrew MAYES:
      LINKS: Brother, Thomas Mayes was Scottish, and lived also in Paxtang Township,
      Lancaster County, PA. Many of Thomas' descendants moved to SE US. Thomas
      married Margaret Houston in Lancaster County, PA and died there in 1798. (SOURCE:
      Internet at Mayes Family Inquiry page, at Family Tree Maker online).
      PROBATE: 1754 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County. Andrew Mays, April 16, 1754
      to June 27, 1754. Executors Rebecca Mays. Children James, Mary, Rachel,
      Rebecca, Margaret & Susanna. Brother Thomas. SOURCE: Lancaster County Abstracts
      of Wills 1721-1820. FHC microfilm #383292. Page 663.
      COURT: 1760 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County. [Rachel McFarland]. About 1760.
      Abstract: Referering to will of Andrw Mayes. Wife now married to Samuel
      Mackheheny. Children: Rachel, Rebecca, Margaret, Susanna (died under age,
      unmarried), Thomas, and Mary (wife of Kerns Sterret). SOURCE: Lancaster county
      Orphans Court Records FHC microfilm 21370 1742-1767.

      ===CHILDREN of Rebecca McFARLAND and Andrew MAYES

      + 22 James MAYES b abt 1736 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
      + 23 Mary (Maria) MAYES b abt 1738 Lancaster County,
      Pennsylvania. M Cairns (Kerns) STERRETT.
      24 Rachel MAYES b abt 1739 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
      + 25 Rebecca MAYES b abt 1741 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
      M Johnston ELLIOTT.
      + 26 Margaret MAYES b abt 1742 Lancaster County,
      Pennsylvania. M John MURRAY.
      27 Susanna MAYES b abt 1744 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
      d abt 1756/1759 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

      ===CHILDREN of Rebecca McFARLAND and Samuel McELHENNY

      + 28 Martha McELHENNY b abt 1756 Pennsylvania. M James
      KIRKPATRICK.
      29 Samuel McELHENNY b abt 1758 Pennsylvania.
      + 30 Sarah McELHENNY b abt 1759 Pennsylvania. M Benjamin
      KIRKPATRICK.
      + 31 Jane McELHENNY b abt 1761 Pennsylvania. M _____
      SHANNON.
      32 Hugh McELHENNY b abt 1762 Pennsylvania.

  • Sources 
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    3. [S1678] Ancestry.com, U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;), Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907; Book Title: Church Register 1701-1746; Accession Number: V MI46 P477rr v.1.

    4. [S1907] Records of First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Vital Records, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, MD.;;;;;), Vol. I.
      Rebekah McFarland, 14 Apr 1720, daughter of Robert and Jennet McFarland

    5. [S1908] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Women in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;).

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    9. [S1912] Records of First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Vital Records, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, MD.;;;;;), Vol. I.
      Rebekah McFarland, 14 Apr 1720, daughter of Robert and Jennet McFarland


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