First wife

Abt 1719 - Abt 1747  (28 years)

• Name	First wife  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1719
  Gender	Female
  Death	Abt 1747	Donegal township, Lancaster Co. PA
  Person ID	I30066	MacFarlane
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Family	Robert McFarland, RoM02,   b. 1717, Northern Ireland d. 25 Dec 1797, Rockbridge Co., VA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1738	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Jean McFarland,   b. Abt 1739, Donegal Twn., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania d. Between 1773 and 1834 (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Robert McFarland,   b. Abt 1741, Pennsylvania d. Between 1782 and 1832 (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Martha McFarland,   b. Abt 1743, Donegal Twn., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania d. Between 1744 and 1837 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. James McFarland,   b. Abt 1745, PA d. 2 May 1798, Hamilton twn., Franklin Co., Pennsylvania (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Benjamin McFarlin, BY3019, FT85966,   b. 1747, Donegal Twn., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania d. 1823, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F5699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  In the family history written by descendant Thomas Sims, the early years of this Robert are quite mixed up. He mentions Catherine Dean as the mother of these earliest children. However, her name never appears in the naming of the children. I believe Thomas Sims mixed up names, and the Catherine who is a widow of Joseph McFarland in Cumberland Co. PA in 1750, and a neighbor to this Robert and Esther when they moved there in 1752 is who he was remembering. The naming of the two eldest children does reflect the names of Robert's parents, Robert and Jennet McFarland of Lancaster Co. PA.

  
  

• Sources

  [S573] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;;;;), Ancestry Family Tree. [S1242] Mcfarlan.ged.GED. Date of Import: Feb 21, 1999