Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: unknown Mcfarland BY7792
• Name: unknown McFarland\McFarlane BY7792
• Name: unknown McFarlane\McFarland BY7792

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: unknown. unknown was born in Abt. 1650 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1 - is a member of FTDNA Cadets Lineage (in "Cadets, Lennox>MacFarlane early chiefs' scions (F489>BY674) [test: upgrade to 111 markers followed by Big Y & FF]").

2 - John McFarlane born 1625 in Buchanan and Catherine born 1625 in Buchanan. Married 1 Feb 1649. Had 8 children:
Janet 10 Feb 1650
Elizabeth 27 May 1655
Malcolme 18 Oct 1658 Buchanan
Duncan 21 Apr 1661
Elspeth 5 Mar 1665
Andrew 18 Aug 1667
Patrick 7 Dec 1669
George 7 Dec 1669
[E-mail from David McFarlane kit 124448 to Terrance cc'd to me 4 Apr 2018]

DNA:
There are two testers who descend from two different men in the Buchanan Parish, Stirlingshire. They both carry BY7792>BY31787, BY31788, which probably appeared around 1625.

John married Catherine Mcfarland on 31 Oct 1647 in Buchanan,Stirling,Scotland. Catherine was born about 1625 in Buchanan parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Jamaica, West Indies; Planter
• Residence: Ardess, Buchanan parish, Perthshire, Scotland
• Residence: Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Notes:

1 - 20e. Duncan MacFarlane, Gentleman, who was born circa 1735 at Rowchoish in Craigroystan, Buchanan Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland, and died in Scotland in 1783 (buried on Inchcailleach in Loch Lomond, Buchanan Parish). One source states that he spent time on Jamaica, if so, he returned to reside at Croch Coille near Ardess in Buchanan Parish, and later on Inchfad in Loch Lomond, Buchanan Parish. Duncan married (banns 13 March 1756, Buchanan Parish) Katharine MacGregor, sister of Duncan MacGregor (born 1749; died 28 October 1815) from Rowchoish.
[from 'The barons of Arrochar and their cadets' a manuscript by Chevalier Terrance Gach MacFarlane, chapt. 5 - 25e p3]

2 - 23 TS This I'll defend (per J G Smith, Strathendrick 101) This is the Appointed burrying place of Duncan M'FARLANE and Katharine M'GRIGOR in Inchfade and their children 1783 shield, saltire engrailed between four roses (for McFARLANE) supported by two armed highlanders.

24 (at head of 23) Duncan McFARLAN & Kathren McGRIGOR in Inchfad, da Christie d 22.11[1783] 18
[ Buchanan-Inchcailloch churchyard MI ]

3 - Duncan, Katherine and most of their offspring are buried on the Isle of Inch Cailleach [in Loch Lomond]
[ Macfarlane of Balmaha tree rec 29 Mar 2008 ]

4 - The ruins [of the church ] show that it was a small and narrow building standing east and west. Near the spot where the high altar stood, a fine old dressed stone six feet four inches long, is lying in the grass. From its shape it is probably the lid of a stone coffin. All the graves with tombstones are to the west of the church, and, counting the enclosed burying place of the Mitchells in Arrachymore as one, there are twenty-three memorials of the dead still in existence. There used to be more. Some were removed to the New Buchanan churchyard. Many are now over-grown by the turf and are invisible, and doubtless many a good man and woman were laid to rest with nothing above them save the green sod.
The names of M'Gregors and Macfarlanes predominate, but not to a very large extent. Among the few interesting stones is one called " The Templars' Grave." No one knows why. There is no lettering on this old stone, but cut into it is a sword with is on the hilt. It lies north and south immediately to the west of the Mitchell's enclosure, and was probably removed from its original position when Arrachymore formed his family burying place in 1778. In the Mitchell enclosure many of this well-known race are buried. To the south of it is a curious old stone. It has a cross incised upon it, with a sword lying on the cross. Towards the bottom of the stone there is still visible :
1695 c
WMA
Close to the west end of the church is a fine large stone on six pillars. It bears the motto
IN GIW ANQ SPAIRE NOT
above the M'Gregor coat of arms ; under these is this inscription :
HERE LIES GREGOR M'GREGOR OF THAT ILK WHO ENDED THIS
LIFE ON THE 9 DAY OF FEB
RWARIE 1623 AND OF HIS
AGE 32.
A little further off is another interesting old stone on pillars with this motto :
THIS ILL DEFEND
above a Macfarlane coat of arms, under which is cut :
THIS . IS . APPOINTED . FOR
THE . BURRYING . PLACE . OF
DUNCAN . M'FARLANE . AND KATHARINE . M'GRIGOR . IN
INCHFADE . AND . THEIR . CHILDREN . 1783.
[ from Strathendrick and its inhabitants from early times THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF BUCHANAN p101 ]

2 - Inchfad "The Long Island"
Ownership: Private Height: 25 Meters Length: 1.35 Kilometers
Illicit whisky stills have long had a reputation around the Loch, after the arrival of a Government cuter in the mid nineteenth century this ended the trade. Inchfad however became the home of a registered distillery. You can still see the ruins on the island to this day, Inchfad distillery was run by an ancestor of the MacFarlanes of Balmaha who today run the island mail service and boat yard. A canal was built to minimize the distance that the raw materials for the whisky had to be man handled, the canal has recently been re-furbished and is approximately 1/4 mile long. There are two houses on Inchfad, a modernized bungalow which served as the original farmhouse and a wooden house used as a holiday home.
[ http://www.loch-lomond.net/islands/inchfad.html ]

Duncan married Katherine MacGregor on 13 Mar 1756 in Buchanan parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Katherine was born about 1737 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: Abt 1750
• Immigration: 1796

Notes:

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

John married Margery Anderson about 1775 in Co. Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland. Margery was born about 1756 in Ardstraw, Co. Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland; died on 29 Apr 1835 in Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA; was buried in 1835 in Hopewell (now New Bedford), Lawrence, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1811, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA
• Possessions: 1816, Belmont County, Ohio, USA; Deed Bk. F, p. 324-325. Andrew McFarland purchases 61 and 1/2 acres from Jacob Morgan. Becomes township of Wheeling, TS 8 of Range 4.
• Residence: 7 Aug 1820, Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1830, Wheeling, Belmont, Ohio, USA
• Possessions: 1832, Belmont Co., Ohio, USA; Deed Bk. P, p. 176. Andrew purchases 28 a. in ts 5, range 3 (Pultney). Somewhere he also purchases another 80 acres in same township. He sells both to son Andrew Jr. in 1837.
• Residence: 1840, Pultney, Belmont, Ohio, USA

Notes:

DNA:
Cadet lineage. BY674>FT64717>BY7792>BY7783 in abt. 1650 in Ireland>BY68408 plus 2. Based on two testers from this line.

Andrew married Agnes "Nancy" McFadden about 1792 in Co. Tyrone, Ireland. Agnes was born in 1771 in Co. Tyrone, Ireland; died on 21 Apr 1833 in Belmont County, Ohio, United States of America; was buried in Jacobsburg, Belmont County, Ohio, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Thomas McFarlan BY212521 +1
• Name: Thomas McFarlane
• Occupation: Stonemason Ireland

Notes:

FSID G8XF-9K8

(Research):http://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-McFarlane/6000000008232895272?through=6000000008064341349

Cadets Lineage F489>FT13525>BY674>FT64717>BY7792>BY7783 (12th baron of Arrochar via ?) b [test: Big Y-700 (as upgrade from 111 STRs) or SNP BY7783]
Line 94 Kit #188353 (EKA) Thomas McFarland (MacFarlane)Birth? Death? Co Tyro Northern Ireland R-CTS6919

Family/Spouse: Ester Elizabeth Graham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This lineage is unsure at this point. kit #61519

Notes:

Lineage can be found here: https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I98760&tree=CC

FTDNA kit #337254

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Indian trader on Chester Co. tax rolls. Note: I never found this record.
• Birth: Abt 1680, Northern Ireland
• Immigration: 1719, To Chester Co., Penn., Donegal Twn. from lands west of River Foyle, Ireland
• Residence: Aft 1720, Near the Schickaselungo Creek, Donegal township in Lancaster Co.
• Possessions: 1739, Donegal township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; 286 acres. Pennsylvanian Patent Book A9, p. 110-111. FHL microfilm 1028831
• Death: 1751, Donegal township, Lancaster Co. PA
• Will: 25 Mar 1752, Rapho Twn., Lancaster Co., Penn.

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Based on the DNA testing that many currently living descendants of this line have done (22 men have done the Big Y 700 as of 2024), Robert and his descendants are part of a large sub-group in the MacFarlane study. This group includes people from Scotland, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Some in the group who have more recent ties to Scotland, trace their heritage back to the chief's line through the several branches in Scotland. Many in the group came to America by way of Northern Ireland. Because of DNA testing we now know that the McFarland lines in Knox, Whitley, Clinton, and Christian Counties in Kentucky, as well as Rockingham Co. NC that moved to Rutherford/Bedford Co. TN, all descend from this Robert.

So, the SNP BY3019 defines the Robert line. BY3019 appeared about 1650 in northern Ireland, so it probably came about first in Robert's father. BY3019 is the "son" of BY7792, which goes back to Scotland from around 1550 AD, where descendants who carry that SNP, but not BY3019, lived in the area of Balmaha, which is the Buchanan Parish in Stirlingshire.

Other lines that descend from BY7792 include the lines of John McFarland, b. 1750, d. abt. 1796 in Washington Co. PA; Thomas McFarlan, b. ca. 1780 in Ireland, whose descendants are in Australia; and Andrew McFarland b. 1757 in Ireland, died 1844 in Ohio.

The family of James McF. who settled in Pennsboro twn. Cumberland Co. PA in the 1730s is not closely related to the BY3019 line. The connection goes back to the 1400s.

Back in Time in Ireland :

According to history, when King James I of England (James VI of Scotland) decided to settle plantations in northern Ireland, he chose 59 Scots, five of them nobles- and two of those five represented the Stewart family from Stirlingshire: the Duke of Lennox and his brother Lord D'Aubigny. The Duke of Lennox territory was in Donegal. While it was once believed that MacFarlanes came to Ulster with these nobles (pp. 94,95 of History of Clan MacFarlane by James MacFarlane, 1922, Glasgow), other research shows that Ludovic, the Duke of Lennox, did not settle anyone; but that the land he acquired was already settled with Scotsmen brought over in the 1580s as men at arms (Redshanks). (Barry McCain, A Short History of the Laggan Redshanks) In fact, the King's inspectors saw little evidence of plantation building or settlement in 1611; and in 1619 the Royal Inspector found the area fully inhabited but with no evidence that they were leaseholders. (Rev. George Hill, An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster....p. 505, 506)

From the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. 36, "The Scotch Settlers in Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland" by William M. Mervine, pp. 257 to 263. Dallas Public Library R 974.8005 P415, V. 36: The Duke of Lennox was granted 4000 acres and all undertakers who received grants promised to bring 48 men for each 2000 acre grant. The tenants would be given leases and be supplied with muskets and hand weapons. The Duke of Lennox was Ludovic Stuart. On the muster roll for 1630, under the "Lord Duke of Lynox undertaker of 4000 acres his men & armes" are listed a John mcffarlan with Sword and Callener, and a John mcffarlan with no weapon. Another grant was made to Sire James Conningham for 2000 acres, and serving under the Lady Conningham, his widow, is listed Dunkan mcffarlan, with a sword and snaphance.

Pennsylvania:

From The Scotch-Irish of Colonial Pennsylvania by Wayland F. Dunaway, 1979: The earliest settlers of Scotch Irish in Pennsylvania probably landed at Newcastle Delaware, rather than Philadelphia or Maryland. They came up the Susquehanna, and the first settlement in the county was made in 1714 along Chickies Creek. The Donegal Presbyterian Church was organized at Donegal Spring in 1719-1720. They acquired deeds to their land in the 1730s.

From History of Lancaster County Pennsylvania, by Ellis and Evans, pub. in Philadelphia in 1883: P. 757, the Donegal township was organized in 1722, named for the county in northern Ireland where the pioneers settlers came from, and they located near Chikis Creek in the year 1716. Robert McFarland was on the tax list for East Donegal in 1722 (p. 759). P. 767: "Robert McFarland settled on the right bank of Little Chikis Creek, about one mile south of Mount Joy, in 1720. He died in 1750, and left the following named children: John, Joseph, Robert, Rachel, and Rebecca." (James was mistakenly left out of this account.) In 1726, Robert McFarland signed a petition along with his neighbors to allow a tavern to be established in their neighborhood because it is on a great road and the inhabitants of Donegal and Conestogoe do not have such an establishment (p. 778).

That tavern petition provides another bit of proof about who were settlers in the area. Also it gives us a clue about eldest son John's age. The petition was in 1726, and John did not sign. However, he did sign another petition in 1729 to form a new county (Lancaster from Chester). The legal age for signing documents was 21, so John was born between 1706 and 1708.

Judging from the names chosen by the inhabitants in Lancaster County that established the township called Donegal, it is likely that the Robert McFarland family came from County Donegal in northern Ireland, near the town of Raphoe. Raphoe was a parish with Presbyterian churches, however, there are no records that survive from the early 1700s in Northern Ireland. Another possibility is Mountjoy in Tyrone County, four miles north of Omagh. Raphoe and Mountjoy are only 20 miles away from each other in Ireland, and Robert's homestead in Pennsylvania was 1 mile from a town named Mount Joy. Mountjoy has several possible meanings. The title Lord Mountjoy was held by one of the greatest Stuart patriots and leader of the Ulster settlers. During the siege of Londonderry in 1689 it was a ship named Mountjoy who broke through the barriers to relieve the distressed people inside the city walls. The village of Mount Joy in Penn. claims it was named after the ship.

Before Donegal was established in 1722, Robert and sons Robert and James were listed as inhabitants of this area. Therefore it is possible that Robert with wife Jennet had a brother James, who is not identified, and his father passed away before 1722. There supposedly is a Chester County record that lists a Robert McFarland, Indian trader, in 1719. I have not found that record personally, so cannot verify its accuracy. He is not listed as a trader in other records I have read. On the first tax lists in 1722 for Donegal township only one Robert is listed. Just recently discovered is a Joseph McFarland who was married to Catherine who died in 1750 in Cumberland Co. PA. No more is known, however he could be a brother of Robert who died in 1751.

Robert McFarlan acquired legal title to 286 acres in Donegal township in 1739. His survey is found in patent Book A9, p. 110, 111.

Below is the gist of the document:

Pennsylvania Patent Book A9, p. 110, 111. FHL microfilm #1028831

Transcribed and edited by Mary Helen Haines

Patent to Robt McFarlan
John Penn Thomas Penn and Richard Penn
Esquires true and absolute Proprietaries and Governors in Chief
of the Province of Pennsylvania and Counties of New Castle Kent
and Sussex on Delaware. To all unto whom these presents
shall come Greeting Whereas in pursuance and by virtue
of a Warrant under the Seal of our Land Office bearing Date
the third day of May last past there was surveyed and laid
out on the eleventh Day of the same month unto__
Robert MacFarlan of the County of Lancaster a certain Tract
of Land situate in Donegal Township in the said County__
Begining at a post by little Shickaselungo Creek in a Line of
Andrew Mayes’s Land and extending thence by the
same. North fifty Degrees West twenty eight Perches to a
Hickery Tree and North fifteen Degrees east fifty Perches
to a Hickery Tree thence by Land of Hugh White North
West by West two hundred Perches to a Hickery Tree thence
by vacant Land South sixty Degrees West one hundred forty
four Perches to a white Oak and South thirty Degrees West….
containing two hundred and eighty six acres and the allowance of six acres ---
for roads and Highways….
in Consideration of the Sum of forty four pounds six
shillings lawful Money of Pennsylvania to our ….
Affixed at Philadelphia this Tenth Day of October in
the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
thirty nine the thirteenth Year of the reign of King
George the Second over Great Britain and the twenty second Year
of our Government Tho: Penn---Seal---Recorded October16th, 1739

He was sworn in on grand juries for Lancaster County on May 1, 1733 (Robert Mcffairlamb), May 6, 1735 (Robert Mcfarlan), and August 2, 1737 (Robert Mcffarlam) in the Quarter Abstracts Book #1, 1729 to 1742. The last could be his son.

In June 17, 1751 arrangements are made by all the children to transfer Robert Sr.' title to his son James. John was already in Virginia, Robert Jr. was living on 206 acres next to Robert Sr. Joseph was alive, but not in Lancaster Co. However, it is likely that the Joseph McFarland in Bucks Co. is the missing son. The tax list for 1751 lists Robert and James McFarland. Rebecca and Rachel are alive and married. Son James dies the next year and his wife Margaret marries Thomas Clingan and they end up living on the land it seems. Robert Jr. and his wife Esther sells his 206 acres to Ludwick Lyndemote in 1752, and move to Cumberland Co PA (now Franklin Co.). In the 1757 tax list, Thomas Clingan is next to Ludwick Lyndemote.

Below is the transcription made by Mary Helen Haines of the will filed by Samuel Scott and Arthur Patterson, that reflected the desires expressed by Robert McFarland five years prior to this time in 1752.

Robert McFarland, Sr. Will Book I, pp. 340-341, FHL microfilm #21358

Robert McFarland, deceased. Lancaster County. Samuel Scott and Arther Patterson both of the township of Rapho in the County of Lancaster came this day before me and made oath that Robert McFarland late of Donegal township in the said County deceased having in his lifetime about five years ago sent for these deponents to advise with and assist him in settling his affairs, being then in a sick and weak condition, he then requested this deponent Samuel Scott to write his will, and expressed himself to the said Samuel Scott and Arther Patterson, to this or the like effect, viz, That his son James had joined with him in taking up the land he lived upon and in the improving it, and in all the charges thereon and paying the propriotories, but that to save the charge of two pattents, the whole was taken in a pattent to him the said Robert and that he had not conveyed his son James’s moiety or half part to him, and on consulting with these deponents what should be done, they advised him not to divide the land, but by his will to give his moiety likewise to his said son James, and charge it with the payment of what he thought it was worth to his other children allowing to him his equal share, to which he consented. Being unwilling to have the tract divided, and thereupon desired this deponent Samuel Scott to proceed to draw his will accordingly and gave his moiety of the whole tract to his son James. Charged with yc payment of one hundred and fifty pounds to his other children and allowing twenty pounds to his son James as his share thereof, which, which said will was then drawn and duly executed in substance as above declared and these deponents further say that the said Robert Mcfarland recovered that indisposition, but never expressed any inclination to them to alter that will_

Sworn at Lancaster the 25th day of Saml Scott
March 1752 Before Tho. Cookson Arthur Patterson

Robert McFarland's burial site is not known. While one person listed it as being in the Presbyterian Donegal church burial grounds, the records for that site do not have him there. I checked with the person who put him there on Find-a-Grave, and found out that he had no factual reason for including him there.

Concerning the parents of this Robert:
Some sources believe that Robert and Jennet came from Scotland and have found some parish marriage records in Scotland that they link to Robert of Lancaster; however, no proof has been offered to connect our Robert's line to the Scottish Roberts. If there could be one birth in Scotland, say John's birth, that fit with Robert and Jennet, then a case could be made. However, that has not been found.

These are the Scottish records for a Robert and a Jannet: These records are available through www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk which is a paid site.

Robert MCFARLANE (M).................. M: 7 Nov 1708 Ba: M114992
Spouse: Jannet MCFARLANE Luss, Dunbarton, Scotland So: 1041998
Then there is a possible birth record for Robert:
Robert MCFARLANE (M).................. C: 26 Jan 1680 Ba: C113972
Father: John MCFARLANE Tulliallan, Perth, Scotland So: 1040141
Mother: Jannet HORN
However, a subsequent search of birth records for a John, born to these parents in the possible time frame to fit our family has shown nothing. The only child that shows up born to these parents is a Duncan McFarlane, born April 14, 1706 to Robert McFarlane and Jannet McFarlane of Luss, which appears to be the couple above that married in 1708. I looked also for a death record for Robert McFarlane from this area. There are MANY Robert McFarlanes that died in Scotland. The only Robert, son of John, that I found who died in the Dunbarton area was one Robert from Arrochar who died, or was buried Feb. 11, 1711.

This search has left me more convinced that our line of Robert and Jannet came from Ireland, not Scotland. Also, an autobiography written by John Wilkins, son of John Wilkins and Rachel McFarland, he mentions his mother's family as being from Ireland. I also am not convinced that Jennet is the mother of all the children. Naming patterns really favor a Rachel.

Older Notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris:

----- NOTES FOR Robert McFARLAND:
IMMIGRATION: 1719-1722 PENNSYLVANIA, Chester County, Donegal Township. 1719
immigration to Chester County, Pennsylvania. On record in 1722 in Donegal
Township: Robert McFarland and sons Robert and James (Presbyterian). Also
families recorded were: Robert Wilkins and his sons Thomas, William, Peter, and
John; Gordon Howard and his sons Thomas and Joseph; Hugh, Henry and Moses White.
Came from lands west of River Foyle (Tyrone County?), Ireland. SOURCE: "Scotch
Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America" by Charles Knowles Bolton 1910. Page 271.
COMMENT: Concerning the 1722 record in Donegal Township. Why does this list
Robert and sons Robert and James. Robert who died 1752 would have had sons John,
age about 14, James age about 12, Joseph about 10, and Robert age about 5. Does
this record mean that Robert (died 1752) is listed with father Robert, and
brother James (who moved to Pennsboro, Cumberland County ???
BAPTISM: 1720 PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia County, First Presbyterian Church of
Philadelphia. Rebekah McFarland, 14 Apr 1720, daughter of Robert and Jennet
McFarland. SOURCE: Records of First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia
"Pennsylvania Vital Records"; 1983; Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore,
Maryland; Vol I.
TAXLIST: 1724 PENNSYLVANIA, Chester County, Donegal Township. Robert
McFarlan. Lived next to Hugh White, William Hay, John Taylor, William Maybee,
Ephraim Moore, Thomas Ballie. SOURCE: INTERNET, USGENWEB, Pennsylvania.
TAXLIST: 1724-1726 PENNSYLVANIA, Chester County, Donegal Township. 1724
Robert M'Farlan Donnegall 1/6. 1725 Robt MacFarlan Donnegall 2/0. 1726 Robert
McFarlan Donegall 2/0. (Note: this record is an index: does not show
neighbors). SOURCE: Chester County Tax Lists 1718-1726 (LDS Microfilm 383296).
PLACE: Donegal Township formed from a portion of Conestoga Township, Lancaster
County in 1723.
QUESTION: Concerning the Robert McFarland of Lancaster County. The IGI and
Ancestral File at FHC suggest him and wife born in Dunbarton, Scotland. THIS IS
INCORRECT.
RESIDENCE: 1729 PENNSYLVANIA, Chester County, Northern part. John McFarland
and Robert McFarland (adjacent) signed petition in 1729 that another county be
formed from the Northern Part of Chester (that part now Lancaster). Appears in
a book on the John McFarland family of Lancaster/Dauphin County.
LAND: 1733 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County, Donegal Township. Robert Donegal
Township 1733. SOURCE: Land Warrants Chester & Lancaster County, PA (FHC
microfilm 1003197). In book of Walter McFarland.
DEATH: Died sometime during late 1749 or 1750. Mentioned in THE MYTH OF SIR
JOHN MACFARLANE 1997,1998 by James A. McFarland (C)ole Creek Productions, Inc.
Tulsa, OK, copy at Houston Public Library (Clayton Branch).
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. SOURCE: Pennsylvania Traveler (Magazine)
Vol 1 No. 2 1965 Found at Bellingham Public Library.
LAND: 1751 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County, Donegal Township. From children
of Robert McFarland of Donegal Township, dec'd, June 17, 1751, release to James
McFarland, for 286 acres in Donegal Township., being a patent dated 10 Oct 1739
of 268 acres to Robert Mcfarland on Little Schickaselungo Creek, adjacent to
Andrew Mayes and Hugh White; Since Robert the father failed to insert name of
James McFarlan for one moiety, the land described to all his children equally:
release by eldest son John, with other children, being, Joseph, Robert, Rachel
(wife of Gordon Howard), Rebecca (wife of Andrew Mayes), and they are willing in
justice to convey the proper moiety to their brother James McFarland; witnesses,
John Wilson, James Bickham, Josiah Jackson. SOURCE: Lancaster County DEED BOOK
C, page 95. Lancaster County Deed Abstracts 1729-1770 (LDS Fiche 6049244).
PROBATE: 1752 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County, Rapho Township. WILL OF Robert
McFarland Probated March 25, 1752. Executors Samuel Scott and Arthur Patterson.
Rapho Township. Children: James (there were other names & numbers not given).
SOURCE: Lancaster County Abstracts of Wills 1721-1820. FHC microfilm #383292.
COURT: 1752 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County, Rapho Township. Robert McFarland
decd, about Sept 1752 (Page 84). Jas. McFarland, second son of Robert McFarland,
deceased; page 348, Undated Will of Robert McFarland of Rapho township, probated
25 March 1752, named as executors Samuel Scott and Arthur Patterson. Only child
named was James Mc Farland, Will Book I-1, 340:1752. Page 350, Application of
Jannet McFarland, widowed mother of James McFarland (and mentions James
McFarland, nephew of said James McFarland, deceased). SOURCE: Orphans Court
Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. "Pennsylvania Vital Records"; 1983;
Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland; Vol I.
LAND: 1757 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County, Donegal Township. Robert McFarland
of Bedford County, VA, June 1757, release to Thomas Clingan of Donegal Township
143 pounds l/2 moiety of 286 acres Donegal Township. Patent 10 Oct 1739 to
Robert McFarland of Lancaster, adjoining land owners: late of Andrew Mayes, Hugh
White, on Little Checkisalungo Creek, yet James McFarland, late of Donnegal, had
advanced half of the original purchase money and right to half of the estate and
Robert McFarland died leaving 3 sons and 2 daughters: John, Joseph, Robert,
Rachel, wife of Gordon Howard, Rebecca, wife of Andrew Mayes, and their heirs.
19 June 1751 released to James McFarland. James McFarland died and in Will
devised half of the 286 acres to James McFarland, the younger subject to 10
pounds to be paid to support Jennet McFarland, widow of Robert, deceased, during
her life. Margaret McFarland, widow of James, deceased, and now wife of Thomas
Clingan. James McFarland Jr. likewise died, intestate without issue and half
money went to Robert McFarland, his oldest brother. SOURCE: Lancaster County
Deed Abstracts 1729-1770 (LDS Fiche 6049244). Deed Book D, page 415.
LINKS: He must be the brother of Margaret McFarland of Chester County, PA (who
married Abraham Scott). When Robert's will was probated, Samuel Scott and Arthur
Patterson were executors. These must be the child and son in law of Margaret.
QUESTIONABLE LINK: Have not fully verified that Robert who settled in Donegal,
Lancaster County, PA is the brother of James of Cumberland County. So far, much
of the evidence would suggest so.
LINKS: Internet, Family Tree Maker User Home Pages: Hugh White, born about
1671 in Ireland, died 1741 Chester Co, PA. Children: Hugh, John, Henry, Moses
(b.Ireland, d. 1757 Rapho Twp, Lancaster, PA. md [1] Elizabeth Cochran, and [2]
Mary Campbell, b. ca 1700). Children moved to North and South Carolina.
BOOK: THE MYTH OF SIR JOHN MACFARLANE 1997,1998 by James A. McFarland (C)ole
Creek Productions, Inc. Tulsa, OK, copy at Houston Public Library (Clayton
Branch). This book explains in expicit detail the false claims of a Scottish
origin for Robert McFarland, and goes on to give details of the Bedford County,
Virginia branch (son John McFarland).
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: Tom Caulley, of O'Fallen, MO, found on Internet May 1997
(EMail tcaulley@mail.win.org), in Lancaster County, PA Queeries. Researching
Robert McFarland who died Lancaster County in 1752. Also Robert Wilkins who died
1765 Lancaster County (Wilkins had wife, Elizabeth Ross). Also, John H.
Kirkpatrick born Scotland 1741.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: James A. McFarland at macroute@juno.com Has documented
most every aspect of this family, and that of John and Mary Montgomery McFarland.
Writing a history on his side of the family.

===CHILDREN of Robert McFARLAND and Janet _____

+ 2 John McFARLAND b 1706/1708 Ireland. M Mary MONTGOMERY.
+ 3 James McFARLAND b abt 1710 Ireland. M Margaret GREER.
+ 4 Rachel McFARLAND b abt 1713 Ireland. M (1) John
WILKINS. M (2) John RAMSEY. M (3) Gordon HOWARD.
+ 5 Joseph McFARLAND b abt 1715 Ireland.
+ 6 Robert McFARLAND b abt 1717 Ireland. M Esther DUNN.
+ 7 Rebecca McFARLAND b 14 Apr 1720 Philadelphia,
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. M (1) Andrew MAYE
M (2) Samuel McELHENNY.

Robert married Jennet about 1705 in Ireland. was born about 1690 in Ireland; died after 1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Assumed to have died before the birth of her same named younger sister.

Notes:

Malcolme McFarland born 18 Oct 1658 Buchanan and Mary McFarlane born 1660 Buchanan. Married 1683. Only one child John born in Buchanan.
[E-mail from David McFarlane kit 124448 to Terrance cc'd to me 4 Apr 2018]

Malcome married Mary McFarlan about 1683 in Buchanan parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Mary was born in 1660 in Buchanan parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 4 Mar 1660 in Buchanan parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: Abt 1660, Buchanan parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Notes:

Only Patrick born Buchanan parish in IGI OPR search Buchanan parish Batch C114742 1646-1819
No records found for Name: Patrick McFarlane, Batch Number: C114745 1648-1813

Name«tab»Patrick Mcfarlan
Gender«tab»Male
Christening Date«tab»07 Dec 1669
Christening Place«tab», BUCHANAN, STIRLING, SCOTLAND
Father's Name«tab»John Mcfarlan
Mother's Name«tab»Kathrein Mcfarland
Indexing Project (Batch) Number«tab»C11474-2
System Origin«tab»Scotland-VR
GS Film number«tab»1041972
Reference ID«tab»2:179XSCP

Patrick married Isabel McKimie [McKinny] about 1684 in Buchanan parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Isabel was born about 1660 in Buchanan parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Duncan married Janet Galbraith on 2 Sep 1797 in Buchanan, Stirling, Scotland. Janet was born about 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer and Saw Miller
• Alt. Birth: 1780
• Immigration: 1796

Notes:

ALEXANDER MCFARLAND/MCFARLIN (b abt 1778 in Ireland died 1833 in Ohio)
SCOTS IMMIGRANT - OHIO PIONEER, MILL OWNER
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin, 2011, revised Dec 2019 )

John and Margery McFarland's oldest son Alexander appears to have immi
grated around 1795 or'96 when he was about age twenty. Alexander sai d he "... came to America about 14 years ago...", in an 1809 affidavi t (*1), and his brother William's arrival is given as "...1796". Thi s is important information, for if thi
s Alexander is truly one of wido w Margery McFarland's sons, as he seems to be, and if we assume that t hey arrived in America together, then it stands that the family spen t about eight years in America, before they, "...came to this townshi p (C oitsville) from Ireland about the year 1804...", as Williams repor ts in 1882 (*2 p 168). Alexander's father John reportedly died "...eas t of the Mountains." (*3)
Alexander's marraige may have taken place in Pennsylvania, during hi s family's time traveling through Pennsylvania to Ohio, since his brid e, Margaret (McClelland?) was born in Pennsylvania. Perhaps this happe ned while he and his family were sta ying in Hopewell (New Bedford), Pe nnsylvania with his mother's Anderson brother . It appears that he wa s married by 1804, as indicated by the age of his first son, John, bor n 1804-1805, in Coitsville, Ohio.
Soon after arriving in the newly formed Coitsville township in Trumbul l county, Ohio, Alexander is taxed there in 1804, as shown on one of t he earliest tax lists. This may indicate that he owned some property t here in 1803. Williams further sta tes "... Alexander settled south o f the center of Coitsville..." (*2 p 168). It's likely that, in Alexan der's 1804 household, he was the oldest male family member, caring fo r his new wife and child, widowed mother and five younger sisters a n d brothers. Land records for Alexander, Margery and the other early Co itsville McFarlands would help greatly as to the locations of the McFa rland family groups. Later, as years passed, each brother or sister w ould marry and resettle elsewher e. His mother Margery apparently late r went to live with her youngest son, James.
Alexander's name further appears on at least the 1806, 1807, 1808 an d 1810 Coitsville Tax Lists. He is the only Alexander McFarland taxe d in Trumbull County from 1800 to at least 1810. Interestingly, each o f the first four tax lists spell his l ast name differently; in '04, it s McFarlain, '06-McFarlin, '07-McFarling and '08-McFarland. These near -phonetic, variant spellings are common for the McFarland family throu ghout the written records and may represent how names were actually 'h e ard' by other people at slightly different times. But all had the 'Mc ' spelling, likely indicating his origin in Ireland.
Alexander "...had seven sons and two daughters, most of whom settled i n this vicinity..." (*2 p 168). Alexander apparently used the traditio nal Scottish naming method for at least his first three children;
-- John after Alexander's father, the 1796 immigrant who died in Penns ylvania
-- William after his wife Margaret's father (a William McClelland?)
-- Alexander after Alexander's father's father?
Apparently Alexander owned the "...McFarlin mill in the south of the t ownship..." (*2 p 171). This was the second (saw?) mill in town. The 1 820 census shows Alexander McFarland with wife, six boys and one girl . Alexander's wife Margaret was bor n in 1781, in Pennsylvania, and ma y have been a sister of the John McClelland who lived just a few mile s further south, in Poland Township in 1820 (see below). In 1830, Alex ander McFarland with wife, five boys and two girls, were shown agai n i n the Coitsville enumeration. During the 1830's, a William McClellan d settled in Coitsville quite next to the Alexander McFarlands, on th e road leading south to Poland. William McClelland bought the 163 acre s from Alexander's brother Jame s McFarland.
Disaster struck their family about March of 1833, when Alexander ".. . was accidently killed by the falling of a tree." (*2 p 168), probabl y while cutting trees for his saw mill. Alexander was about fifty-fiv e when this happened and he may hav e had time, before he died, to prep are his last will and testament. Probate records show, in the settlin g of Alexander's estate in March and April, 1833, that; cash was pai d to sons Alexander jr. and Andrew, while also naming a William McClel l and as "... guardian to James McF and Samuel McF until 21 years; to R obert McF til 14 yrs; to Peggy McF til 12...all children and minor hei rs of Alexr. McFarlane, late of Coitsville. James and Samuel made thei r own choice..." (*4).
No other children were mentioned. It is possible that this guardian (a nd neighbor?) William McClelland, was related to the new widow Margare t. Was he her nephew or a younger brother?
Not sure where Alexander was buried.

PFM's SOURCES for Alexander McFarland/McFarlin
1804 Coitsville, Ohio Tax List; Alexander McFarlain p 17
1806 6th Tax Collection District, Trumbull County; Alexander McFarli n p 83
1807 Trumbull County Tax List; Alexander McFarling p 37
1808 Mixed Townships Tax List, Trumbull County; Alexander McFarlan d p 34
1810 Coitsville, Ohio Tax List; Alexander McFarland p 18
1820 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 238; (Alexander McFarland, age 26-45 , a farmer)
1830 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 249; (Alexander McFarland, age 50-60)
1840 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 188b; (widow) Margaret McFarlane age 5 0-60, male age 20-30 (son James? the farmer), boy age 10-15 (Robert?) , two girls age 10-15 (one is Peggy?)

Other REFERENCES
*1 Ohio Gen Soc Report 24:3 p 202 (1984), 1809 Depositions on Conteste d Election of Robert Hughs vs Elliott
*2 History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Williams, 1882 v 2
*3 History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Brown, Runk & Co. 1888
*4 April 1833, Trumbull county, Ohio Probate, book 6, p 508
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Alexander married Margaret McCelland about 1804 in Pennsylvania, USA. Margaret was born in 1781 in Pennsylvania, USA; died between 1850 and 1860 in Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer and Distiller
• Immigration: 1796

Notes:

WILLIAM MCFARLAND/MCFARLIN (1780 to 1853)
SCOTS IRISH PIONEER and OHIO DISTILLER
(Research by 2nd gr gr grandson Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012, rev
ised Dec, 2019)

William McFarland was born 8 May, 1780; (Pioneer Cemetery record) in I reland (confirmed by his 1850 census and son Amos' 1880 census) and im migrated to America along with his family, about 1796. (*1). This arri val date also agrees with his olde r brother Alexander's deposition giv en about the same time.
William's father; John McFarland was likely with the family when the y came from county Tyrone, Ireland. They all apparently lived somewher e in eastern Pennsylvania, since his father John McFarland; "... was k illed east of the Mountains..." (* 2 p 1024). (see John McFarland’s De c 2019 biography elsewhere).
About 1799 William's mother, the widow Margery (Anderson) McFarland ap pears to have arrived in Hopewell (New Bedford), Pennsylvania with he r children. (see Margery McFarland’s Dec 2019 biography elsewhere). Sh e apparently lived with her brothe r John Anderson in Hopewell/New Bedf ord for a few years. She and her children are likely enumerated with J ohn Anderson in the August 1800 US census (pg 433 for Mercer co, PA) , "... and then moved to Trumbull County, Ohio, where (William McFarl i n) was engaged in farming and distilling. (*2 p 1024)."
About 1803 William, age about twenty-three, arrived in Coitsville, Ohi o with his widowed mother Margery and five brothers and sisters, wher e they likely lived together with his older brother Alexander for th e first few years (*3 p 168). Willia m may have received (bought?) 10 0 acres of land in Oct of 1807. (*4a). He was a farmer (as most all we re termed) and was on the county poll tax lists in Coitsville, Ohio a t least for 1807 through 1811 (*4b). In December of 1812, William an d ne ighbor Elizabeth Loveland were married. They were both of Coitsvil le, Ohio (*5). She was the daughter of Amos and Jemima (Dickenson) Lov eland.
William and Elizabeth "...settled on the top of the hill on the Hazelt on road...in early times had a distillery and pushed the business wit h energy for some years... He reared a large family. Eleven children a rrived at years of maturity" (*3 p p 168,171).
William was conscripted into the US army to fight in the War of 1812 ( *6) and he "...served six weeks, then returned home and hired a substi tute." Dates of enlistment were January 1st to March 9th 1813. He serv ed as an infantry private in Capt . James Hezlop's company.
In 1820, all six of William and Elizabeth's children at the time wer e listed as under ten. The 1820 Coitsville census lists the widow Marg ery McFarland's four sons; William, Andrew, James and Alexander, in th eir own households all living near e ach other in Coitsville, three eve n adjacent. See 1830 map below; showing the four McFarlin brothers. Al so shown nearby in southwest Coitsville, across the Mahoning River, i s Amos Loveland, age 58, and his family. All four of the McFarlin fam i lies were 'engaged in agriculture'.
By the 1830 census there were eleven people enumerated in William’s ho usehold. In the 1831 Coitsville personal property list ‘William McFarl in’ owned two lots of land; 50 acres and 167 acres. (see 1830 Plat ma p above) He also owned two horses a nd six cattle. "... In 1831, Will iam McFarland built the old stone house to which the parents of Mrs Cr eed moved..." (*8 p 859). In both the 1840 and 1850 censuses, he rema ined in farming. In the census of 1850, he named IRELAND as his pla c e of birth and value of real estate at $4,800, a substantial family fa rm for those days.

This 1840 Coitsville Town Plat map indicates the first town roads by d otted lines. Land owned by the four McFarlin brothers shows them in th e southwest and south area of the town.

Alexander McFarlin died 1833 (age fifty-five) Owned sawmill. His heir s own - 77 acres
William McFarlin - age sixty - 160 acres and 50 acres. Ran a successfu l distillery.
Andrew McFarlin - age fifty-six - 80 acres. Postmaster and ran “Temper ance House” in the Village
James McFarlin died 1838 (at age forty-three), distiller. His heirs ow n - 124 acres

William McFarland died on his farm in Coitsville, November (or Decembe r?), 1853, aged seventy-three. He "died Nov 12(sic), 1853" (*7 Edwards ). In his estate settlement (*9), his widow Elizabeth and son Anderso n were appointed administrators, an d on the bond were "A D Jacobs an d John McFarlin". A. D. Jacobs was a merchant in Youngstown who ha d a William McFarlane, clerk, age twenty-seven, boarding at the mercha nt's home in 1850. This may indicate some kind of family connection. T he J ohn McFarlin, also on the bond, was likely William and Elizabeth' s son John (age about 34), who had been living at nearby David Lovelan d's farm in 1850.
The 18 Dec, 1853 Inventory shows goods set off to widow, and debts owe d to the estate were from; Edward Mahan, Calvin Applegate, David Lovel and, (son) Anderson McFarlin, Henry Morgan, J. B. Wolf, John Milligan , A.Y. Boak, A.D. Jacobs, and Davi d McMullin. At the 30 Dec 1853 vend ue (public auction) for William McFarland's remaining estate, the onl y McFarlands present were "Jno. and Andrew." These probably were clos e family members; likely his sons John and Andrew.
The Scots/Irish immigrant William McFarland was buried in the Pionee r Methodist Cemetery, Coitsville, Ohio. His cemetery marker reads; "Wi lliam McFarlin Born May 8 1780 Died Dec 13 1853" (*10).

The family members who erected the cemetery marker chose to spell th e family name in the newer fashion; McFARLIN

PFM's SOURCES for WILLIAM MCFARLAND/MCFARLIN;

1820 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 240; sp McFarland (his age 26-45, a fa rmer)
1830 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 249; sp McFarland (his age 40-50)
1840 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 190; sp McFarlane (his age 60-70, a fa rmer)
1850 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 577; sp McFarland (his age 70, a farme r, born in IRELAND, real value; $4,800)
1853 Mahoning Co Graves Registration card; "William McFarlin died De c 13, 1853. born May 8 1780, bur Coitsville Methodist Cemetery; Row 10 , block 9, grave # 15. Served in War of 1812, 1/1/1813 to 3/9/1813. In f private in Capt James Hezlop's Co. "

Other REFERENCES;

*1 1809 Depositions on Contested Election of Richard Hayes on 7 Nov 18 09; Trumbull county; Ohio Gen Soc Report 24:3 p 202. William McFarlan d states; "America 1796", and (his brother) Alexander McFarland avows ; (he was in) "America about 14 year s".
*2 History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Brown, Runk & Co. 1888
*3 History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Williams, 1882 v 2
*4a Ohio Land Records Pre-1908 Homestead ... and Plat Entry Index, Do c # 1868; from James Culbertson - to - William McFarland 100 acres sur vey date 1804/01/23 ref 1 Stat. 82.
*4b Ohio GS Report 27:3 (1987) pp 129-131
*5 Ohio County Marriages (v1-p58); William McFarland to Betsey Lovelan d, both of Coitsville township on 17 Dec 1812, by Nathaniel Blake sle y JP, (of Youngstown).
*6 Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio
*7 Mahoning Dispatch 19 April 1878, John M Edwards; "The Very Oldest I nhabitant" [Mrs Elizabeth (Loveland) McFarland, William's mother]
*8 20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning Co Ohio; 1907 Gen T homas W Sanderson
*9 Mahoning Co Probate #447: 7 Dec 1853
*10 Henry R Baldwin Gen Records- LDS Microfiche 6051349-1 p 11
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Family Tree for Mr. Peter Folsom McFarlin

William married Elizabeth Loveland on 17 Dec 1812 in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA. Elizabeth was born on 7 Aug 1790 in Vershire, Orange, Vermont, USA; died on 16 Jun 1881 in Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA; was buried in Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Coitsville, Mahoning, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer, Innkeeper and Postmaster
• Occupation: Innkeeper and Postmaster Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA
• Immigration: 1796

Notes:

ANDREW MCFARLAND/MCFARLIN - COITSVILLE INNKEEPER AND POSTMASTER (ca178
4 to 1855)
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012, revised DEcec, 2019)

Andrew McFarland likely was born in 1784 (or 1781/82) in (co Tyrone? ) Ireland. The earlier date is inferred from subtracting his 'aged 7 5 years' from his date of death 1855 found on his headstone in Oak Hil l Cemetery, Plymouth, Marshall co, Ind iana. However, his age given i n the 1850 Plymouth, Indiana census was '66' making his date of birt h as 1784. He is reported to have been born in Ireland, as seen from h is 1850 census as well as various of his children's later census repor ts . Andrew came to America in 1796 (*1) from county Tyrone with his f ather John, mother Margery, three brothers and two sisters. They likel y first lived in eastern Pennsylvania, since his immigrant father; ".. .John was killed east of the Mountai ns..." (*2). Then Andrew was wit h his widow mother Margery and brothers and sisters in Hopewell (New B edford), Mercer county, Pennsylvania for a few years about 1799 to 180 2. They were all living there with Margery's brother John Anderson a s i nferred from the 1800 Mercer co PA census listing for John Anderson .
Andrew arrived in Coitsville, Trumbull county, Ohio 1801-1803 and appa rently lived there initially with his older brother Alexander and thei r mother Margery at their first family farm, south of Coitsville cente r. The 1810 Coitsville records wer e the first year to show that Andre w paid taxes, meaning that he may have owned some real estate by then , possibility a 'hotel'. In those days being taxed by a town meant a t least being of adult age; twenty-one, which puts his birthdate befo r e 1789.
He and Jane Dug (Day, Beggs?), were married September 1813, in (Coitsv ille?) Trumbull co, Ohio, by Justice of the Peace, Turhand Kirtland ( b 1755 d 1844), of nearby Poland, Ohio. Andrew, "...settled in the sou thern part of the township..." (* 3 p 168). He and Jane stayed in Coits ville through 1840, as the census for that year shows an Andrew McFarl ane, age 50-60, and oldest female (his wife Jane) age 50-60, living ne xt to Margaret McFarlane (his sister-in-law), as well as near to an oth er Andrew McFarlane, age 20-30, probably his son. (Further research i n land, probate and vital records would help identify these connection s.)
This same Andrew, born 1784, is likely to be the one who signed the 18 39 Constitution of the Coitsville Presbyterian Church "...erected at t he village in 1836 or 1837..." (*3 p 170). Also likely, he is the Andr ew McFarlin who "...kept the firs t hotel, the 'Temperance House', som e years..." and Andrew was the third appointed postmaster of Coitsvill e, probably from about 1835 to 1845. "The first post road from New Bed ford, Pennsylvania, to Youngstown was established in 1827. Mail wa s re ceived once a week." (*3 p 172).
"Andrew settled in the southern part of the township, but later move d to Indiana and died. He had a large family. His sons are all dead. S everal daughters are living in Indiana." (*3-1882, p168). In the 185 0 census for 'My Division' (Plymouth ) in Marshall county, Indiana, And rew and Jane McFarlin are living with five of their children. Andrew , now sixty-six, owns his home farm and his married son John is a blac ksmith living there with him. His son John pre-deceases Andrew, dyin g N ov of 1852 in Plymouth.
It appears that Andrew died 22 August 1855 (cem inscription). His esta te was administered by his son James McFarlin of Indiana, who is a 'No tary Public'. There are numerous papers in the probate file for Andrew , including an interesting listin g of his simple personal property an d real property there. He was buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymout h, Marshall co, Indiana.
In the April 1856 Marshall co Common Pleas Court various heirs of Andr ew were named; "Jane McFarlin widow, and Margery Hard, James McFarlin , Malissa Servio, Eliza Hupp, Mary Ann McFarlin, Eleanor McFarlin an d Elvira, Adults, and Children of And rew McFarlin...". Also summoned i n May of 1856 were "...Isabel Bissell, Jane Metcalf, Henry McFarlin, M alissa Servio, Harriet McFarlin and Evaline McFarlin... in a Petitio n for partition." These official listings of Andrew's relatives confi r m many names in his family.
Andrew's wife Jane was living with their son Henry in Plymouth, Indian a in 1860. Jane at eighty-seven, did appear in the 1870 town of Center , Plymouth in Marshall county, Indiana where she is living alone as he ad of her own household. She may b e the Jane McFarlane who died in Bi g Rapids, Mecosta county, Michigan in 1874 age 87 born in Pennsylvania .

PFM's SOURCES for Andrew McFarland;
1810 Coitsville, Ohio Tax List; (spelled) Andrew McFarland p 18
1811 tax list, Trumbull County, Poland Township; Andrew McFarland, fro m; Poll Lists 1807-1811 in OGS Report 27:3(1987) pp 129-131
1813 - Ohio County Marraiges, p 67; "Andrew McFarlane, 10th Septembe r 1813 I joined Andrew McFarlane to Jane Dug - J Kirtland Justice of t he Peace - Received Decbr 28 1813 & Recorded by George Parsons Clerk"
1820 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 240; Andrew McFarland farmer, his ag e 26-45, ie born 1775-1794
1830 census; Andrew McFarland not found
1839 Coitsville Presbyterian Church Records
1840 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 188; Andrew McFarlane farmer, his ag e 50-60, ie born 1780-1790
1850 census; My Division, Marshall co, Indiana p 941; Andrew McFarli n a 66 (ie born 1784) b IRELAND, farmer, Jane McF a 55 b Penn, Henry M cF a 28 b Ohio, Mary Ann McF a 22 b Ohio, Elenor McF a 20 b Ohio, Eliz abeth McF a 18 b Ohio, Elvira Mc F a 16 b Ohio, John McF a 31 b Ohio, b lacksmith, Helen McF a 31 b NY, John McF jr a 1 b In.
1855 Marshall co, Indiana; "Oct 23rd, 1855 - Estate of Andrew McFarli n filed in Clerk's Office - James McFarlin, administrator"

Other REFERENCES
*1 1809 Depositions on Contested Election of Richard Hayes on 7 Nov 18 09; Trumbull county; Ohio GS Report 24:3 p 202. William McFarland sta tes; "America 1796", and (his brother) Alexander McFarland avows; (in ) "America about 14 years".
*2 History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Brown, Runk & Co. 1888 p 10 24
*3 History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Williams, 1882 v 2
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Andrew married Jane Dug or Dugan on 10 Sep 1813 in Coitsville, Mahoning, Ohio, USA. Jane was born about 1790 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 18 Sep 1874 in Big Rapids, Mecosta, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Jane Beggs on 10 Sep 1813 in Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA. Jane was born between 1783 and 1785 in Bedford Co., Pennsylvania, USA; died after 1840 in Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 1793
• Immigration: 1796

Notes:

MARY (MCFARLAND/MCFARLIN) MCCAIN (1793 -1852)
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012, revised June 2019)

Mary McFarland/McFarlin emmigrated from Ireland to America with her fa
mily, probably in 1796, at the age of three. We know that she came wit h, at least, her mother Margery, four brothers and older sister Isabel la (*1 p 168). Her father John was with them at first in America. Th e immigrant McFarland family lived i n Pennsylvania for several (eight? ) years, before arriving in newly formed Coitsville, Ohio about 1803/ 4 when she was about ten. By then her father John had "been killed Eas t of the Mtns..."
Mary spent the next ten years on her brother Alexander McFarland's fam ily farm south of the center of Coitsville, with her widowed mother an d older brother Alexander and his wife and children. Her brother Willi am married in 1812 and settled o n top of the hill on the Hazelton road , while her brother Andrew, in 1813, started his own family in the sou thern part of the town.
On Feb 17,1814, Mary married Robert 'McCane' (McKane, McCain) in Ellsw orth, Trumbull co. Ohio. They had moved to his farm in the town of Ell sworth, fifteen miles to the southwest.
She appears to be the female in the 1820 Ellsworth, Ohio census enumer ation, living in Robert McKane's household, with a son and two daughte rs, all under ten. In 1830, she's the female with four daughters unde r twenty and three sons under fifte en. Again, in 1840, the Ellsworth c ensus appears to show her with husband Robert, four boys and three gir ls, (the oldest daughter probably having married and moved out). Will iam's short biographical sketch states they had four sons and four da u ghters (*1 p 99).
The last record found, to date, is in the 1850 Ellsworth, Ohio census . 1850 is the first census to give names, birth places and dates for e ach person in households. Mary McCain (sic) is now the head of the hou se, with a Seth McCain, (age 18, bo rn in Ohio), living on the farm wit h her. The farm is valued at $2,940, an average amount for a good far m in that area then. Importantly, evidence is recorded in this decenni al return that she was born in 'Ireland', probable proof of her McFar l and ancestry. She may have died July 4 1852?
The family bible information about Mary's birth and death dates are fr om researcher Laura Zeh in 2015, of the Canfield, Ohio Historical Soci ety.

PFM's SOURCES for Mary (McFarland/McFarlin) McCain;
1814; Ohio County Marraiges p74; "Robert McCane to Mary McFarlin, bot h of Ellsworth" by John Prince.
1820 census; Ellsworth, Ohio p 240b; with her husband Robert McKane (M ary's age 26-45)
1830 census; Ellsworth, Ohio p 268; with her husband Robert McKane (Ma ry's age 30-40)
1840 census; Ellsworth, Ohio p 422; with her husband Robert McCain (Ma ry's age 60-70 sic)
1850 census; Ellsworth, Ohio p 544; (widow age 57, born in Ireland, re al $2,940)

Other REFERENCES;
*1 History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Williams, 1882 v 2
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Mary married Robert McKean on 4 May 1814 in Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA. Robert was born on 12 Jul 1786 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 21 Jul 1843 in Ellsworth, Mahoning, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 1784
• Immigration: 1796

Notes:

ISABEL (MCFARLAND) MCGILL (ca 1792 to after 1850)
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012, reviewed June 2019)

Isabel McFarland, like many other early Ohio women, is difficult to trace, since heads of families were either widows or men and the early US censuses were really only for those heads of households, with no other names or actual ages given.
We start with the 1882 citation from Williams as he writes in his shor t biography of the widow Margery McFarland and children, in Coitsville , Ohio, that Margery "...came to this township from Ireland about the year 1804...Isabel, the oldest, mar ried James McGill... " (*1 p 168) . Perhaps she was the oldest daughter, but appears to not be the oldest sibling, since other census and death records place some of her McFarland brothers clearly as older.
Isabel likely remained in her brother Alexander's household along wit h her mother Margery and the rest of the family until she married abou t 1818. Her husband, James F McGill was from Poland, Ohio, the next to wn to the south. He and his father' s family ran the early grist mill t here in the village of McGillsville on the Mahoning river. This may ha ve been where Isabel and James met in the early 1800's.
Based on the surmise that she and James lived with his father John McG ill's family in Poland, and that they are enumerated there in the 182 0 census, then the one young girl shown there most likely is theirs. T his one child is "under ten", and p robably age one or two; hence thei r marraige date of about 1818. But there could be other circumstances , and more evidence is needed. Ohio county marraiges did not list a ma rraige for Isabel McFarland and James McGill.
It's even less clear where they are later. They may still be with hi s father in Poland in 1830, or she and children may be the Isabella Mc Gill located to the southeast, over the line into North Beaver, Pennsy lvania, also on the Mahoning river . This (widow?) Isabella McGill no w has four children; three, ages 10-15, and one, age five to ten. Thi s Isabella is not a strong possibility because twenty years later, ano ther(?) Isabella McGill and a J F McGill were witnesses at the marrai g e of (their son) James W McGill to Emily Rumsey in Espyville, Pennsylv ania (*2).
Isabel (McFarland) McGill needs to be further researched.

PFM's SOURCES for Isabel (McFarland) McGill;
1820 census; Poland, Ohio p 270; with father-in-law John McGill (Isabe l's age 26-45)
1830 census; Poland, Ohio p 243; with father-in-law John Gill (Isabel' s age 30-40)
1830 census; North Beaver, Pennsylvania p 189; (her age 40-50) ?
1840 census; ?
1850 marraige of her son, James W McGill to Emily Rumsey, Espyville, P ennsylvania
1850 census; ?
1860 census; ?

Other REFERENCES;
*1 History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Williams, 1882 v 2
*2 personal letter, Katrina (Thompson) McGill, 1973; to P F McFarlin
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Isabel married James F McGill about 1818. James was born about 1790 in Pennsylvania, USA; died after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isabel married James F. McGill [MacGill] about 1818. James was born about 1790 in Pennsylvania, USA; died after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer and Distiller
• Alt. Birth: 1788
• Immigration: 1796

Notes:

JAMES MCFARLAND/MCFARLIN - SCOTS/IRISH IMMIGRANT and OHIO DISTILLER (1
795 - 1838)
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012, revised June 2019)

ARRIVAL IN PENNSYLVANIA - THEN TO OHIO
James McFarland, was just one year old when he arrived in America wit h his family in 1796. This date of arrival is chosen since his two old er brothers, Alexander and William, both stated that was the year whe n they had immigrated to America (*1
). I assume the whole family arriv ed in America together, including their father John.
As shown before, in the notes for his mother and older brothers and si sters, the family spent about four years elsewhere in Pennsylvania. Th en by 1799/1800 they lived about two years in Hopewell (New Bedford) , Mercer county, Pennsylvania with h is mother's brother, John Anderson . (see his 1800 US census pg 433 for Mercer co, PA)
About 1802/1803, the widow Margery McFarland, with her four sons and t wo daughters, came to Coitsville, Ohio. James was about seven then an d no doubt helped out on the family farm. He remained with his mother , Margery for the rest of her life i n Coitsville (she died in 1835).
By the 1820 census, he is newly married and head of his own family, ha ving settled "...on the road leading west from the village..." (*2 p 1 68). His wife is Melissa Hard, possibly a weaver, since she is from th e sheep farming area of Huntsbur g (Franklin co), Vermont.
James is said to have had one of the four early distilleries in Coitsv ille, his older brother William having another (*2 p 171). They "...pu shed their business with energy for some years, consuming about twenty -four bushels of grain daily at le ast one hundred and fifty days out o f the year, thirty-six hundred bushels per annum, and putting upon th e market nine thousand gallons, more or less, of ardent spirits". Jam es, the distiller, may be the person in his 1820 Ohio census househol d , 'engaged in manufactures' (unless it might be his wife Melissa, runn ing a loom?).
When his first son is born in 1823, they name him John Anderson McFarl and; probably the John after James' father, and the Anderson for his m other's maiden name. By 1830, they have three children living with the m; probably Mary, John and Louisa . Also in their household is James' m other, widow Margery, the original pioneer matriarch from Ireland. How ever, she dies in 1835, seventy-nine years old.
James then died in June of 1838 at age 43 (*3). His estate was probate d from 21 June 1838 to June 1841. At the latter date, a John Stewart w as chosen guardian by both his son John Anderson McFarlin, age 18, an d daughter Louisa McFarlin, age 14 , and the same John Stewart is appoi nted guardian to the younger children; Sarah M McFarlin, age 8, Lysand er J McFarlin, age 6 and Robert W McFarlin, age 4. The 'McFarlin' spel ling of the surname was used in these probate record's (*4). James w a s buried near his mother in the Hopewell Presbyterian cemetery, New Be dford, Pennsylvania (*5). This is where most of the early settlers o f Coitsville were interred since it was the nearest church in the earl y 1800's.
The Hopewell Cemetery records indicate that his mother's name was MARG ARET, and James' last name in 1838 was spelled MCFARLIN (*6).
Melissa carried on, raising the family, and remained a widow for forty -seven years.

PFM's SOURCES for James McFarland(McFarlin);
1820 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 240; (his age 16-26, engaged in manufa ctures)
1830 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 249; (his age 30-40)

REFERENCES
*1 1809 Depositions On Contested Election; OGS Report 24:3(1984) p 202
*2 History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties; Williams, 1882 v 2
*3 Henry R Baldwin Records Index; p 833
*4 Trumbull county Probate; James McFarlin Sr. 9-266, 9-313, 9-316, 11 -61, 11-150, and 11-168.
*5 Henry R Baldwin Records; LDS microfiche 6051349-1 p 1
*6 Hopewell Cemetery Records, New Bedford, Lawrence co, PA; "IN Memor y of JAMES MCFARLIN who departed this life 11 june 1838 aged 43 years " (verbatum from headstone)
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James married Melissa Hard on 16 Nov 1820 in Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA. Melissa was born on 7 Apr 1803 in Franklin, Franklin, Vermont, USA; died on 8 Mar 1885 in Viola, Mercer, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1830, Richland, Belmont, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1840, Adams, Monroe, Ohio, USA
• Possessions: 9 Jun 1840, Monroe County, Ohio, USA; Bk. 1, p. 315. John purchases 39 acres Range 4, township 3, Sect. 29.
• Residence: 1850, Adams, Monroe, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1860, Adams, Monroe, Ohio, USA

John married Isabelle (Isabel) Gillespie on 3 Jul 1822 in Belmont Co., Ohio, USA. Isabelle (daughter of Thomas Gillespie and Jane Gillespie) was born on 11 Jul 1804 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 28 Oct 1892 in Adams, Monroe, Ohio, USA; was buried in Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Cemetery, Monroe, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1860, Smith, Centerville, Belmont, Ohio, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Pultney, Belmont, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1860, Pultney, Bellaire, Belmont, Ohio, USA

Family/Spouse: David Fulton. David was born about 1790 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Richland, Belmont, Ohio, USA

Margaret married William Boyd on 7 Apr 1823 in Belmont, Ohio, USA. William was born on 2 Feb 1800 in Ireland; died on 6 Feb 1891 in Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio, United States of America; was buried in Jacobsburg, Belmont County, Ohio, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: Between 1806 and 1810, Co. Tyrone, Ireland
• Residence: 1840, Richland, Belmont, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1850, Richland, Belmont, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1860, Richland, Belmont, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1870, Richland, Belmont, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1880, Richland, Belmont, Ohio, USA
• Residence: Abt 1894, Belmont, Ohio
• Probate: 28 Feb 1894, Belmont, Ohio, USA

James married Susannah Porterfield on 8 Jan 1835 in Belmont, Ohio, USA. Susannah was born on 3 Oct 1810 in Jefferson County, Ohio; died on 9 Apr 1871 in Belmont County, Ohio, United States of America; was buried in Jacobsburg, Belmont County, Ohio, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 1837, Belmont Co., Ohio, USA; Deed Bk. U, pp. 326 and 327. Two deeds sold to Andrew Jr. from Andrew Sr. 80 a. plus 28 a. both in township 5, range 3 (Smith ts).
• Residence: 1850, Pultney, Belmont, Ohio, USA

Andrew married Margaret Marshall on 2 Feb 1837 in Belmont, Ohio, USA. Margaret was born about 1815 in Smith, Washington, Pennsylvania; died on 20 May 1880 in Belmont County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Jacobsburg, Belmont County, Ohio, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

DNA testing of living descendants of Samuel and John McFarlane indicate 57% probability that Thomas McFarlane was father of both.

Notes:

1 - No IGI search result for Robert s/o Thomas b.+/-2yrs of 1802, as at 21 Jul 2011.

2 - Robert McFarlane (wife Elizabeth Beard) is my 3rd great grandfather. Robert and Elizabeth were married in 1826 in Ireland. I have the name of his father, Thomas McFarlane, and his mother Esther (nee Graham) and I am assuming they lived in Done gal as that is here their son Thomas was born in 1832. They all must emigrated to Australia sometime between 1826 and 1845 when Elizabeth died here in Australia.
It would be interesting to find who went off to US from Ireland and when.
[E-mail from John McFarland to MHH cc'd to me rec: 30 Sept 2012]

3 - Our family emigrated from Donegal Ireland to Australia in 1837. Robert McFarlane 1802-1884 his wife Elizabeth Beard with three children Thomas MacFarlane McFarland 1832-1885, Margaret Ann McFarlane 1833-1892, James MacFarlane 1836-?.
On Robert MacFarlane death certificate his parents are listed as
Thomas MacFarlane and Ester Elizabeth Graham.
[E-mail from Chris Davies to Mary Helen cc'd from Terrance rec: 7 Apr 2014]
FSID LTL4-WNK

(Research):http://www.geni.com/people/Robert-McFarlane/6000000008064341349?through=6000000008064346255

Robert married Elizabeth Beard in 1826 in Ireland. Elizabeth died on 27 Jun 1845 in East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John McFarlin
• Religion: Elder in the Presbyterian Church in Bedford Co.
• Religion: Elder in the Presbyterian Church in Bedford Co.
• Birth: Abt 1708, Ireland; He is the eldest son. He signed a legal petition for the formation of Lancaster County in 1729.
• DNA: 1708
• Residence: 1729, Chester Co., Penn. adjacent to Robert, this becomes Lancaster Co.
• Possessions: 1738, Adams Co., PA; There were two warrants made to John McFarlan and John McFarland in Cumberland township (one is now Butler township) that were then passed on to others. One property was adjacent to Andrew Mayes property. Near present-day Goldenville.
• Possessions: 1747, Augusta Co. VA, now Wythe; Survey for 1020 acres to John and Robert McF. at Black Buffalo Lick. Patent in 1752. Survey to John McFarland for 106 acres on Reed Creek, Patent in 1752. See Gallery for details.
• Possessions: 1749, Augusta Co. VA, now Wythe; 327 acres on Sally Run, branch of Reed Creek. Patent issued 1753. Sold to John Finley in 1773.
• Occupation: 1750, Surveyor for road to property in Augusta Co.
• Occupation: 1750; Surveyor for road to property in Augusta Co.
• Possessions: 1751, Augusta Co. VA, now Wythe; Survey 98 acres on branch of Reed Creek, between land he lives on (Sally Run) and the Cove. Sold to James Hollis in 1767 while living in Bedford Co.
• _MILT: 1752
• Possessions: 1763, Augusta Co. VA, now Wythe; Sale of his 106 acres on Reed Creek to Hugh Montgomery, while living in Bedford Co. VA
• Possessions: 1778, Reed Cr. area of Montgomery Co. VA; John McFarland Sr. of Bedford Co. sells to John McFarland Jr. of Montgomery Co. 367 acres on Meadow Run, granted to John McFarland Sr. in 1753. Montgomery Co. Deed Book A, p. 234
• Death: Aft. 1785, prob. Greene County, Tennessee territory; John signed a deed with his son Benjamin selling his Bedford Co. VA property.

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines research notes:
This John is sometimes referred to as "Old Scotland" John; however, he was probably not from Scotland, was not a "Sir" and not a lord from Arrochar, fleeing to the colonies after his estate was confiscated after the battle of Colloden, which is commonly reported, without any documentation. That story was published in a family manuscript in 1955 and has been repeated so many times that it has taken on a life of its own. That story is completely contrary to real events, repeating the belief that the last laird of Arrochar fled to the colonies. However, the laird of Arrochar, the chief Walter MacFarlane was alive and well in Edinburgh and he did not lead any MacFarlanes into the battle at Colloden. There are conflicting reports of 300 MacFarlanes either participating, or not participating, in this battle siding with Bonnie Prince Charlie. Most sources believe they stayed out of the conflict, certainly the chief did. Chief Walter, was followed by William, who sold the Arrochar lands in 1767 to pay debts; they were not confiscated. William was followed by John, the 22nd Chief, and so on till the last Chief, the 25th, William, who died in 1866. There has been no Chief since then. Source: History of Clan MacFarlane, by James MacFarlane, published in Glasgow in 1922 under the auspices of the Clan MacFarlane Society.

Our John McFarland was only about 13 when his father Robert and family came to Pennsylvania in abt. 1719, so it is highly unlikely that he stayed behind. It is possible that he could have been born in Scotland if his parents had been traveling there at the time. However, there is no John McFarland son of Robert and Janet, that appears in Scottish parish records for this time period.

This would also indicate that our John McFarland was not in Scotland participating in the Jacobite wars, unless he was tranversing the ocean a couple of times, which seems unlikely. Sticking to the records pertaining to this family, we know that father Robert came from Ireland, and that John was in America in all the years shown by the records below.

Lancaster County records:

In 1729, John signs a petition with his father Robert asking for the creation of a new county, Lancaster, out of the present Chester Co. PA. Twenty-one was considered the legal age, so about 1708 would be his birth year.

In 1732 John Mcffarlen was sworn into a grand jury in Lancaster Co. P. 16, Lancaster Co. Quarter Abstracts from 1729-1742

In May 29, 1740 John McFarlin warranted 188 acres, but decided not to patent it. The land ended up being patented by Philip Brenner/Brenar on January 27, 1761, Patent Book AA2, p. 288, Survey Book A, p. 82-93. (Early Landowners of Pennsylvania: Atlas of Township Warrantee Maps of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, by Sharon McInnes, Closson Press, July 2008)

In the will of John Ramsay, husband of John's sister Rachel, John McFarland is named to be an executor of his estate on Jan. 21, 1747. The will is proved on Feb. 21, 1747. Was John present in Lancaster Co. then? He is filing for a survey of property in Virginia in March, 1747.

It is not clear if John traveled with all his family to VA in 1747, or just his oldest son Robert, when he went to survey his land. I assume he left his family in PA until the documents had been filed in 1747 and 1749. Since he returned home in 1751 to take care of his father's estate, he probably then returned to the Reed Creek area with everyone, when he filed for more land in 1753.

John is referred to as the eldest son in the property transfer to James in Lancaster Deed Book C, p. 95 dated June 17, 1751.

A booklet by John A. McFarland, "The Myth of Sir John MacFarlane" written in 1997 by James A. McFarland of Tulsa, Oklahoma documents the mix-up that has occurred in the history of this John McFarland.

1740s and 50s:
Our John McFarland took advantage of the opportunity to acquire cheap and abundant land from the Woods River Company which had secured land on the waters of the New, Holston, and Clinch rivers, if settled on before 1748. John and his family moved quickly, carving out new surveys of land in the recently opened territory in the western part of Virginia (then Augusta County, later subdivided, and today it is Wythe County). This land was 1020 acres on Black Buffalo Lick, and was surveyed for John and his son Robert on March 5, 1747. Then John recorded another survey for 106 acres on a branch of Reed Creek, and in 1749, 347 acres on Sally Run, another branch. Then in 1753, another 367 acres on Meadow Run, another branch of Reed Creek, and lastly 98 acres on a branch of Reed Creek between the land he lives on and the Cove. John moved here with his wife and children, as well as some of his neighbors from Lancaster County.

When his father died back in Pennsylvania in the early part of 1751, John returned to Lancaster Co. PA to help settle the estate and provide for his mother Jennet. He signed these documents in March, 1751. Documents in Lancaster Co. refer to the death of James (John's son) in Augusta County Virginia in 1755, and John's eldest son Robert travels back to Lancaster to clear up his brother's estate. John A. McFarland's booklet "The Myth of Sir John Macfarlane" does an excellent job of clarifying these records. In Mary B. Kegley's 2004 book "Early Adventurers On the Western Waters" are maps of the settlements on pp. 473 and 474.

Virginia:
Tithables for Virginia included every white male 16 and over.
On p. 4 of Virginia's Colonial Soldiers, by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, 1988 gives the information that on Nov. 16, 1752, John McFarland, Ensign and Robert McFarland Lieutenant, took their oath of allegience to the crown for their service with the Augusta County Militia. This would be referring to this John and his son Robert I assume. This is found originally in Chalkey.

Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia
Volume I
AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS.
ORDER BOOK No. II. (cont.)

MAY 23, 1750.
(371) Road ordered from Ezekiel Calhoun's to Wood's River thence to Top of Ridge between Wood's River and the South Fork of Roanoke. John McFarland and Joseph Crockett to be surveyors of former, and Wm. Crisp and Wm. Pellam, of latter part, with tithables, and the following: Henry Batton, Mordecai Early, John McFarland, Jacob Goldman, John Downing, John Goldman, Charles Sinclair, Nathaniel Wilshire, Wm. Sayers, Jacob Goldman, Wm. Hamilton, Humbertson Lyon, Frederick Carlock, Robert Norris, James Miller, James Cave, Saml. Montgomerie, Steven Lyon, John Conley, Andrew Linam, James Willbey, Saml. Stanlick, James Maies, Robert McFarlin, James Harris, John Vance, John Stride, Robert Miller, Alexr. Sayers, John Miller, Jacob Castle, Robert Alcorn, John Forman, Wm. Miller.

AUGUST 21, 1752.
(321) Peter Scholl, qualified Colonel of Foot; Low Todd, qualified Lieut. of Horse; John Dunbar, qualified Capn. of Horse; John Fitzwater, qualified Ensign; Francis McBride, qualified Cornet; Ro. McFarland, qualified Lieut.; Ro. Young, qualified Capn. of Horse.
NOVEMBER 16, 1752.
(365) John Walker, on So. Branch of Potomack, is exempted from levy on acct. of great age, infirmity and poverty.
(365) County Levy--116 wolf heads.
(365) Levied for finishing the new Co. Ho. 2317 tithables. (See this for list of names.)
(366) John McFarland, qualified Ensign; Joseph Crocket, qualified Captain Co. of Foot; Ro. McFarland, qualified Lieutenant.

The land they lived on prior to 1757 was located along the Reed Creek (present Wythe County) It is in the eastern foothills of the Appalachian Mts. near the present day Jefferson National Forest and the town of Wytheville. This home was referred to during the French and Indian War as being about 19 miles from Burke's Garden, which is in present Tazewell Co. VA.

During the Indian attacks that were part of the French and Indian War, the John McFarland settlement was referred to:
Source: A History of The Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory. By David E. Johnston (1906).Chapter II. 1753 - 1766

Captain William Preston records in his journal the movement of his militia:

"Monday 16, 40 Indians and 60 white men under command of Capt. Smith and Woodston marched from fort in order to range the woods about Reed Creek; they are to march to Burke's Garden.

"Tuesday 17, Mr. Paul returned from the horse guard (This guard had been left to protect the crossing of New River.)

"Wednesday 18, Capt. Hog's company and Major Lewis march in afternoon.

"Thursday 19, Left Fort Frederick at 10 o'clock: 27 loaded pack horses, got to William Sawyer's: Camped on his barn floor.

"Friday 20, Switched one of the soldiers for swearing, which very much incensed the Indian chiefs then present. Advanced to Alex Sawyers, met the Indians who went out with the first division, and Lieutenant Ingles who informed us of the burial of Robt. Looney. Some of our Indians deserted.

"Sat. 21, Major Lewis, Capt. Pearis and the interpreter went to Col. Buchanan's place, where they met the Indians who had deserted us, and induced them to return, which they did.

"Sunday 22, Marched to John McFarland's.

"Monday 23, Marched over the mountain to Bear Garden, on North Fork of Holston's river. Lost sundry horses.

Miles

"From F. P. George to Cyphers' 15
2nd day to R. Hall's 15
3rd day to F. A. Frederick 15
19th Feb. to Wm. Sawyers 20
20th Feb. to McCaul's 13
Sunday 22, to McFarland's 7
Monday 23 to Bear Garden 10
Tuesday 24 to Burke's Garden 9
Thursday 26, to head of Clinch 10
Saturday 28, to head of Sandy Creek 10

Preston's Journal shows that several settlements had been made along Peak, Reed and other Creeks West of New River prior to 1756. Among the parties he names are William Sawyers, Alexander Sawyers, and John McFarland, and Dr. Walker mentions Samuel Stalnaker as on the Holston on the 24th of March, 1750, when he and Mr. Powell helped him to raise a house."

Because of new counties being created as population increased, land and other records can be found in various counties. In 1770 Botetourt County was formed from Augusta Co. The county seat was Fincastle, which existed as a county from 1772 to 1777 when it was dissolved and divided into Montgomery Co. and Washington Co. The Reed Creek area was then part of Montgomery Co. This area becomes Wyeth County in 1790, but our McFarlands were in Tennessee by this time.

Toward the end of the French and Indian War, John McFarland Sr. and his family moved north east, over the Blue Ridge Mountains, to Bedford Co. Virginia, an area more protected from Indian attacks. John's son James was killed by the Indians in 1755, as shown in court records in Lancaster Co. PA. In fact, most of the Reed Creek community evacuated the area until peace treaties were signed with the Indian tribes in 1770. John Sr. stayed living in Bedford County with his son Benjamin until 1785.

Augusta County purchases and sales (Reed Creek area-Wythe Co. today)

1. 1747 Survey to John and Robert McFarland, 1020 acres lying on the waters of Woods (New) River at a place called Black Buffalo Lick, granted in Patent Book 31 Augusta Co., p. 248 on Oct. 31, 1752. Sold to David Doak on Aug. 1, 1768 for 300 pounds, described as at Black Buffalo Lick, on the waters of Woods (New) River, by John and Mary McFarland in Bedford Co. VA, and Robert and Martha McFarland in Orange Co., NC. Botetourt County Deeds: Fincastle, VA. (Summers, Annals, p. 531)

2. 1747 Survey to John McFarland, 106 acres on Reed Creek, granted in Augusta Co. Patent Book 30, p. 30 on Oct. 30, 1752. Sold to Hugh Montgomery in 1763. (Augusta Co. Deed Book 11, pp. 328, 329)

3. 1749 Survey to John McFarland, 327 acres on Sally Run, a branch of Reed Creek. Patent issued as 327 acres in Augusta Co. Patent Book 32, p. 167 on June 20, 1753. Sold 327 acres to John Finley in Nov. 1773. (Montgomery Co. Order Book 1, p. 142)

4. 1749 Survey to John McFarland, 367 acres on Meadow Run, a branch of Reed Creek, granted in Augusta Co. Patent Book 32, p. 149 on June 20, 1753. Sold to John McFareland, Jr. for 55 pounds lawful money in 1778 from John McFareland, Sr. of Russell Parish, Bedford Co. (Montgomery Co. Will Book A, p. 234) Sold in 1786 to Jacob Bruner (Pruner) from John McFarland, Jr. of County Casewell, State of Franklan (Montgomery Co. Deed Book A, p. 478).

5. 1751 Survey to John McFarland, 98 acres on a branch of Reed Creek between the land he lives on and the Cove, granted in Augusta Co. Patent Book 32, p. 166 on June 20, 1753. Sold to James Hollis in 1767 by John and Mary McFarland in Bedford Co.

6. 1749 Survey to Robert McFarlane, 248 acres on Stony Fork, Laurel Run, granted in Augusta Co. Patent Book 32, p. 168 on June 20, 1753. (Sold to John Downing in 1754, Augusta Co. Will Book, p. 442)

7. 1772, Robert McFarland received 85 acres on Cedar Run of Reed Creek from the will of Samuel Crockett (Will Book B, p. 3). This was never formally recorded in a deed book, and was where Robert was living in 1776. This became the town of Evansham (Wytheville)

Bedford Co. Va Deeds and Records:

Although the McFarland family left the Reed Creek area after the Indian attacks in 1755, they did not purchase any land in Bedford until 1763. They must have been living on the land they later purchased.

1756: John and Robert McFarland are present in Bedford County, serving on a jury. (Source: Bedford County Virginia Order Book 1, 1754-1761, by TLC Genealogy, 929.37556 B411 2000, Dallas Public Library p. 178)

1757: In the Sept. court in Bedford Co., Robert McFarland is a juror along with Wm. Boyd, Joseph and Walter Crockett, and Andrew Evans (Order Book p. 138)

1758: In March court, John McFarland is serving on a jury. (Order Book p. 145)

1761: John Mcfarlin Jr. is serving in a jury (p. 249). Source: Bedford County Virginia Order Book 1, 1754-1761, by TLC Genealogy, 929.37556 B411 2000, Dallas Public Library

1763: the earliest McFarland deed in Bedford Co. is in Deed Book 2, p. 228 on June 30th, 1763, where John McFarland Sr. purchases 100 acres from Edmond Manion for 20 pounds Virginia money. The 100 acres are described as being on the north side of the Otter River. This land is sold by John and Benjamin McFarland in Oct. 1785 in Deed Book 7, p. 581. This indicates that John Sr. was still alive in 1785 when the land was sold and the McFarlands vacate Bedford Co. completely. (FHL #1940776)

1764: Deed Book 2, p. 433-434, Aug. 28. John McFarland (this would be John McFarland Jr.) purchased 212.5 acres from Joshua Early, both of the Parish of Russell, for 50 pounds current money. It is described as being at the head of Medoes's Creek. When this plat is sold May 25, 1778 in Deed Book 6, p. 48, John McFarland Jr. of County of Montgomery is selling it to Lyonell Brown for 100 pounds current money and the land is described as being at the head of Medow's Creek. In researching this plot of land further back in time, it was originally a patent belonging to Richard Randolph in Aug. 30, 1744, part of 3233 acres on the north side of the Otter River, at head of branches of Buffalo Creek and Elk Creek. The name Medoes's Creek, or any variation, has not been discovered so far. The estate of Richard Randolph of Henrico Co. sold this 212.5 plot to Joshua Early on July 24, 1764 for 50 pounds before Joshua sold it to John McFarland shortly after for the same amount. (FHL #1940776)

1766: Deed Book 3, p. 12. Aug. 9, Robert McFarland purchases 254 acres from Giles Williams Jr. for 50 pounds current money. The land was originally patented to Giles Williams Jr. Sept. 25, 1762. The land is described as being on the south side of the Otter River on both sides of a branch (not named), adjacent to William Callaway, Sherwood Walton. Witness: George Grundy, Charles C. McGlaughlin, John McFarland. (FHL#194077)

1770: Deed Book 3, pp. 498, 499. Oct. 23, John McFarland purchases 318 acres on both sides of Mountain Creek for 17 pounds current money. This land was sold to John by Richard Stith, acting as attorney for the executors of Richard Randolph of Henrico, deceased. This was conveyed to Stith in 1761. (FHL#194077)

1771: Robert McFarland divides his 1766 purchase, and sells it in 1771 to John Rogers (238 acres Great Otter River. Deed Book 4, p. 131) and Henry Lowry (15.5 acres, south side Otter River, adj. Walton Grundy, Deed Book 4, p.144). He then moves to Montgomery County.

1772: Joseph McFarland sells the 318 acres on Mounts Creek to John Gallaway. This is the land previously acquired by John McFarland in 1770. Joseph then moves to Montgomery Co. (Deed Book 4, p. 394).

1773: Deed Book 4, p. 468. Benjamin McFarland purchased 375 acres on the Otter River adjacent Simon Miller from John Christopher Lainheart and wife. This land is sold in 1785 as part of a package with his father's 100 acres to Cornelius Noell in Deed Book 7, p. 581. It is then described as being adjacent Cornelius Noell, William Miller, John Miller, and John Christ. Lainhart. (FHL# 194078)

1774: John McFarland signed a petition presented to the Virginia House of Burgesses along with the other members of the congregation of the Presbyterian church known as the Peaks of Otter, in Bedford Co. for approval to purchase land and slaves to support a minister, rather than the usual method of supporting a minister. (This file was found at the Library of Virginia, Virginia History and Culture, Early Virginia Religious Petitions, 1774-1802. This image of this petition is available through their Digital Library Program.The whole petition was Transcribed by Teresa Lee-Coker on April 28, 2002 and available on the internet.)

1777: Bedford County: On Sept. 6, John McFarland and Benjamin McFarland signed an "Oath of Affirmation directed by an Act of General Assembly" to Wm. Callaway.(Copies can be purchased from the Bedford Co. Historical Society).

1777: Deed Book 5, p. 516. Oct. 7, 1777, John McFarland sells to Benjamin McFarland his 100 acres on the branch of the Otter River for 100 pounds current money, as well as "a Negro wench named Aggy and her four children, Harry and Achilles-boys and Jude and Abbigail-girls" plus all the stock of horses, black cattle, sheep and hogs. It is stipulated that John and Mary McFarland are to live on this land and work the slaves as long as they live, and if Mary outlives John, she can stay, but if she chooses to live elsewhere Benjamin will pay 10 pounds a year for her upkeep. Also, in December of the year of John McFarland's decease, Benjamin will pay to John McFarland Junior, or his heirs, 70 pounds current money. (FHL #1940779)

1778: Deed Book 6, p. 48, May 25, 1778, John McFarland Jr. of County of Montgomery sells to Lyonell Brown of Bedford his 212.5 acres at head of Medow's Creek, for 100 pounds current money. (FHL #1940779) John Jr. had not lived there since 1771.

1782: John and Benjamin McFarland filed for compensation for supplies furnished troops during the Revolution. Source: Bedford County Virginia Publick Claims, Abercrombie. R929.37556 A144B 1991, Dallas Public Library. His DAR number is A076825. The designation Patriot is based on this record, and also the Oath of Affirmation above,

1785: Deed Book 7, p. 581, Oct. 1785, John McFarland, Benjamin McFarland and Mary his wife of Bedford Co. sell 475 acres total to Cornelius Noell for 250 pounds current money on the north side of Otter River. Their neighbors are Cornelius Noell, William Miller, John Miller, John Christopher Lainhart. So, John Sr. is still alive, however his wife Mary Montgomery must be deceased. (FHL #1940780)

Personal Property Tax List for Bedford Co. 1782-1805: FHL #2024472

The assessors noted holders of tavern licenses, covering horses (stud). Often older men were exempt from being counted in the tithe, as were women. John McFarland was living with his son Benjamin and was mentioned as father in the 1782 tax, and listed as a tithe. He is also included in the 1783 tithe, but by 1784 he is either dead, or must have reached an age that he is no longer taxed. Most researchers have assumed he was dead, but that doesn't explain how he signed the deed transfer in 1785.

1782 Personal Property Tax List
Benjamin Mcfarland & father:
Free males above 21: 2
Slaves: 7
Horses: 6
Cattle: 20
White tithes above 16: 2
Black tithe above 16: 1

1783 Personal Property Tax List
Benjamin Mcfarland:
No. of Tithes: 3
Tax on Covering Horses: ? Q_ (a covering horse is a Stud horse)
Whites over 21: 2
Blacks over 16: 1
Blacks under 16: 6
Total Blacks: 7
Horses: 5
Cattle: 7
No wheels and Carriages
No Ordinary Licence (tavern license)

1784 Personal Property Tax List
Benjamin Mcfarland:
No. of Tithes: 2
Tax on Covering Horses: 20
Whites over 21: 1
Blacks over 16: 1
Blacks under 16: 6
Total Blacks: 7
Horses: 7
Cattle: 20

1785 Personal Property Tax List
Benjamin McFarland:
No. of Tithes: 2
Tax on Covering Horses: 15
Whites over 21: 1
Blacks over 16: 1
Blacks under 16: 6
Total Blacks: 7
Horses: 2
Cattle: 24

No McFarlands present in 1786 tax list in Bedford Co.

Montgomery Co. VA Records:

In 1767, John and Mary of Bedford Co. sold 98 acres on a branch of Reed Creek, part of his patent dated 1753 to James Hollis.

In 1768, John and Mary McFarland of Bedford Co. VA, with Robert and Martha McFarland of Orange Co. NC, sold to David Doak their 1020 acre plot along the New River at Black Buffalo Lick.

The 327 acre tract was sold to John Finley in 1773, and lastly, in 1778, the last tract of land, the 367 acres was sold to John McFarland Jr., who seems to have been living there at least since 1772. (Deed Book A, Montgomery Co. p. 234)

Greene Co. TN

If John McFarland was alive in 1785, and it seems he was, he would have moved with his son Benjamin to Greene Co. TN. Another bit of proof for John Sr. being alive could be the sale of land in 1786 in Montgomery Co. when John McFarland Junior sells his 367 acres to Jacob Brooner (Montgomery Deed Book A, p. 386-387) and he is referred to as Junior.

Another reference that I have found that could be referring to John McFarland Sr. is testimony about the Indian Wars that took place in 1793.

Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century (1853)
[Ramsey's Annals Home] - Chapter VII: Territory of the United States South of the Ohio River - Page 582

"But to provide for the worst, it was settled beforehand, that each man, on discharging his piece, without stopping to watch the flight of the Indians, should make the best of his way to Knoxville, lodge himself in the block-house, where three hundred muskets had been deposited by the United States, and where the two oldest citizens of the forty, John McFarland and Robert Williams were left behind to run bullets and load." Robert McFarland Jr. (b. 1759) was a Colonel of the militia that fought against this Indian raid, so this could well have been his grandfather, but it also could be referring to uncle John. John Sr. would be abt. 87, John Jr. would be 56.

The descendants of this couple (John and Mary Montgomery) are many, and are scattered across the United States. Now, through DNA testing, many of our families have been identified, and we have DNA cousins that trace this line back to the Gartartan branch of the MacFarlane line. From Ireland, these families emigrated to Canada, New Zealand, and America.

The dates of birth for John and Mary's children come from the "Morristown Bible" a McFarland Bible owned by Mrs. John Holms of Morristown, TN, a descendant of John's son Robert.

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --
----- NOTES FOR John McFARLAND:
NOTE: Documentation gives clear evidence that John McFarland of
Montgomery/Bedford County, Virginia is the son of Robert McFarland of Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania. Some researchers in the past have indicated that John was
born in Scotland, with no documentation. Primary evidence is contained in the
Lancaster Deed Book D, page 415, denoting son Robert McFarland of Bedford County,
VA releases his land in Donegal township, Lancaster County to relatives. (See
Notes of Robert 1675-1752).
RESIDENCE: 1729 PENNSYLVANIA, Chester County, Northern part. John McFarland
and Robert McFarland (adjacent) signed petition in 1729 that another county be
formed from the Northern Part of Chester (that part now Lancaster). Appears in
a book on the John McFarland family of Lancaster/Dauphin County.
PROBATE-LINKS: 1747: PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County, Donegal Township. John
McFarland. John Ramsey Jan 21, 1747 to Feb 21, 1747. Executors Rachel Ramsey &
John McFarland. Donegal Township. Wife Rachel Ramsey. Children John and
Rebecca. SOURCE: Lancaster County Abstracts of Wills 1721-1820, page 832. FHC
microfilm #383292.
RESIDENCE: Family moved to Virginia about 1747. They moved to that part of
Augusta County which later became known as Montgomery, and now is Wythe County.
He later moved to Bedford County, VA and died there.
RESIDENCE: 1748 Augusta County: John McFarlin, a criminal."CHRONICLES OF THE
SCOTCH IRISH SETTLEMENT IN VIRGINIA"
RESIDENCE: 1749. Appeared in 1749 as a petitioner to open a road from
Zachariah Calhouns, on Reed Creek to Buffalo Lick and then to Woods River below
mouth of Little River, towards forks of Meadow Creek between Woods River and
South fork of Roanoke. (Chalkley Vol 1: 434).
RESIDENCE: Family lived 1750 in the southern section of Augusta County
(location of later Bedford ). "CHRONICLES OF THE SCOTCH IRISH SETTLEMENT IN
VIRGINIA" May 23, 1750 John McFarland and Joseph Crockett, surveyors. Road
ordered from Ezekiel Calhoun's to Wood's River thence to Top of Ridge between
Wood's River and the South Fork of Roanoke (near present Botetourt and Bedford
Counties) Tithables (persons in area paying for road): Henry Batton, Mordecai
Early, John McFarland, Jacob Goldman, John Downing, John Goldman, Charles
Sinclair, Nathaniel Wilshire, Wm. Sayers, William Hamilton, Humbertson Lyon,
Frederick Carlock, Robert Norris, James Miller, James Cave, Saml. Montgomerie,
Steven Lyon, John Conley, Andrew Linam, James Willbey, Saml. Stanlick, James
Maies, Robert McFarlin, James Harris, John Vance, John Stride, Robert Miller,
Jacob Castle, Robert Alcorn, John Forman, William Miller. Note the listing of
John McFarland, Samuel Montgomery, Robert McFarlin, John Downing.
MILITARY: 1752 Ensign. Qualified as Ensign on November 16, 1752 (Abstracts
from the Records of Augusta County, Virginia, Lyman Chalkley, Vol. II, page 55).
MILITARY: "Virginia Colonial Soldiers" by Lloyd D. Bockstruck 1988;
Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, MD; page 4 Augusta County 16 Nov 1752 John
McFarland, ensign, and Robert McFarland, Lieutenant.
COURT: 1752 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County. James McFarland, son of John
McFarland, and devicee named in will of James McFarland, his uncle, deceased in
1752 (being about age of 21), chooses the said John McFarland, his father, as
Guardian. Ordered that the said John McFarland give sufficient Security to Janet
McFarland, mother of said James McFarland. SOURCE: "Pennsylvania Vital
Records"; 1983; Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD; page 353.
LAND: 1763. On May 4, 1763 John McFarland and Mary of Bedford County sold 106
acres, patent on Branch of Reed Creek to Hugh Montgomery for 52.10 pounds, by
patent, 30 Oct 1752 on a branch of Reed Creek. Teste: Robert Mountgomery.
Delivered H. Montgomerie May 1765 (Chalkley Vol 3:401; Augusta County Deed Book
11:329).
LAND: 1767. On 29 October 1767 John and Mary of Bedford County sold 98 acres
on a branch of Reed Creek, a branch of New River, to James Holles for 40 pounds.
Land lying between said John McFarland ad the cove, patented to John 20 Jun 1753.
Teste: Israel and William Christian, Daniel McNeill, Robert Breckenridge, Samuel
Black, William Wright, William Bates, and George Dair. (Chalkley vol 3:461;
Augusta County Deed Book 14:88).
LAND: 1768 Botetourt County: John and Mary McFarland of Bedford county,
Virginia and Robert and Martha McFarland of County of Orange, North Carolina, to
David Doak for L156, 1,020 acres at Black Buffalo Lick on water of Wood (New)
River. Annals of Southwest Virginia 1769-1800, by Lewis C. Summers, Kingsport
Press, Kingsport, Tn, 1927 Vol 2, page 531.
MILITARY: Revolutionary War; DAR Patriotic Index.
LAND: 1778 Sale, 20 Oct 1778 from John McFarland Sr. of Russell Parish,
Bedford County to John McFarland Jr. of Montgomery County, 367 acres on Reedy
Creek (Montgomery County Deed Book A:234).
DEATH: 1784 OR EARLY 1785.
SOURCE: WFT Disk #1 (Most land records, and notes on family). WFT Disk #10. In
Dunbarton, Scotland, John and Mary's marriage is recorded along with the birth
of Robert. WFT #1 lists source as Bobby Ray McFarland P.O.Box 287, Locust Grove,
OH 74352 in 1990. NOTE: THESE RECORDS MUST BE IN REFERENCE TO A DIFFERENT
FAMILY
SOURCE: East Tennessee Genealogies -- MC FARLAND -- On Internet. John was an
elder in the Presbyterian Church, the old stone church in Bedford County he
attended is still standing. John was too old for military service, but was an
ardent patriot and had several sons who fought for America's freedom, and one
son, James Mc Farland, was killed by Indians.
COMMENT: World Family Tree Lists John McFarland who married Mary Montgomery
as son of John McFarland (1688 Arrochar, Scotland) and Mary, and brother of
Duncan born 1712 (perhaps the Duncan who lived in Augusta (that part now in Bath)
county, Virginia. See elsewhere. THIS IS INCORRECT.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: James A. McFarland. An indepth researcher. Has the wills,
estates, and land records proving the Lancaster Co, PA and Bedford Co, VA
connection. &ltmacroute@juno.com&gt
HISTORY: "Families of Jefferson Conty, Tennessee" 1992 found at Seattle
Genealogical Society. Includes the birth dates of all children, and their deaths
and marriages.
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: Phil Gerou gerou@dimensional.com Descent from Mary
McFarland (1742/1743) and James Hunter, their daughter Nancy Hunter who married
Rice W. Whiteacre (and their son, Joseph Whiteaker, born 1808).
RESEARCHER-EMAIL: 1999Judy A. Walters, Portland, ME &ltwalters@nlis.net&gt.
Descent from John McFarland and Rebecca Bell.

----- NOTES FOR Mary MONTGOMERY:
PARENTS: John MONTGOMERY.
LINKS: Father John was a neighbor of the McFarland family at time of marriage.

===CHILDREN of John McFARLAND and Mary MONTGOMERY

+ 8 Robert McFARLAND b 7 Apr 1730 Donegal Township,
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. M Martha _____.
+ 9 Nancy McFARLAND b 26 Nov 1731 Donegal Township,
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. M Andrew EVANS.
+ 10 James McFARLAND b 10 Feb 1732/1733 Donegal Township,
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
+ 11 Rachel McFARLAND b 17 Mar 1737 Donegal Township,
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. M John HUNTER.
+ 12 John McFARLAND b 4 Feb 1739 Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania. M Mary KINDER.
+ 13 Arthur McFARLAND b 19 Jan 1741 Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania.
+ 14 Mary McFARLAND b 11 Feb 1743 Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania. M James HUNTER.
+ 15 Joseph McFARLAND b 30 Mar 1745 Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania.
+ 16 Benjamin Anderson McFARLAND b 16 Apr 1747 Virginia. M
Mary BLACKBURN.

This John is sometimes referred to as "Old Scotland" John. He resided during the American Revolution in Bedford Co., Virginia. He took an oath of Allegiance in Bedford Co. and his descendants have been accepted into the DAR based on him being a "Patriot." A booklet by John A. McFarland, "Stitches in Time" written in 1997 by James A. McFarland of Tulsa, Oklahoma documents the mix-up that has occurred in the history of this John McFarland. This John McFarland, after first living next to father Robert in what becomes Lancaster Co., PA, moves to the newly opened territory in Virginia, what was then Augusta County and surveys a tract of land in present Wythe County in 1747. John moved here with his family and sons Robert and James. When his father died around 1750, John returned to Lancaster Co. PA to help settle the estate and provide for his mother Jennet. Documents in Lancaster Co. refer to the death of James (John's son) in Augusta County Virginia, and his brother Robert travels back to Lancaster to clear up his estate. Because of Indian trouble, (the same that killed James), the McFarlands sell their land in Augusta County and move across the Blue Ridge Mts. to Bedford County in 1757.

The land they lived on prior to 1757 was located along the Reed Creek (present Wythe County) This home was referred to during the French and Indian War as being about 19 miles from Burke's Garden in present Tazewell Co. VA.
It is referred to here in:
A History of The Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory. By David E. Johnston (1906).Chapter II. 1753 - 1766 Captain William Preston records in his journal the movement of his militia:

"Monday 16, 40 Indians and 60 white men under command of Capt. Smith and Woodston marched from fort in order to range the woods about Reed Creek; they are to march to Burke's Garden.

"Tuesday 17, Mr. Paul returned from the horse guard (This guard had been left to protect the crossing of New River.)

"Wednesday 18, Capt. Hog's company and Major Lewis march in afternoon.

"Thursday 19, Left Fort Frederick at 10 o'clock: 27 loaded pack horses, got to William Sawyer's: Camped on his barn floor.

"Friday 20, Switched one of the soldiers for swearing, which very much incensed the Indian chiefs then present. Advanced to Alex Sawyers, met the Indians who went out with the first division, and Lieutenant Ingles who informed us of the burial of Robt. Looney. Some of our Indians deserted.

"Sat. 21, Major Lewis, Capt. Pearis and the interpreter went to Col. Buchanan's place, where they met the Indians who had deserted us, and induced them to return, which they did.

"Sunday 22, Marched to John McFarland's.

"Monday 23, Marched over the mountain to Bear Garden, on North Fork of Holston's river. Lost sundry horses.

Miles

"From F. P. George to Cyphers' 15
2nd day to R. Hall's 15
3rd day to F. A. Frederick 15
19th Feb. to Wm. Sawyers 20
20th Feb. to McCaul's 13
Sunday 22, to McFarland's 7
Monday 23 to Bear Garden 10
Tuesday 24 to Burke's Garden 9
Thursday 26, to head of Clinch 10
Saturday 28, to head of Sandy Creek 10

Preston's Journal shows that several settlements had been made along Peak, Reed and other Creeks West of New River prior to 1756. Among the parties he names are William Sawyers, Alexander Sawyers, and John McFarland, and Dr. Walker mentions Samuel Stalnaker as on the Holston on the 24th of March, 1750, when he and Mr. Powell helped him to raise a house."

Because of new counties being created as population increased, land and other records can be found in various counties. In 1770 Botetourt County was formed from Augusta Co. The county seat was Fincastle, which existed as a county from 1772 to 1777 when it was dissolved and divided into Montgomery Co. and Washington Co. The Reed Creek area was then part of Montgomery Co. This area becomes Wyeth County in 1790, but our McFarlands are in Tennessee by this time.

During the French and Indian War, John McFarland and his family moved north east, over the Blue Ridge Mountains, to Bedford Co. Virginia, an area more protected from Indian attacks. In 1763, John purchased 100 acres on a branch of the Otter River in Bedford Co., and in 1764 purchased 212 acres more. In 1767, John and Mary of Bedford Co. sold 98 acres on a branch of Reed Creek, part of his patent dated 1753. In 1768, John and Mary McFarland of Bedford Co. VA, with Robert and Martha McFarland of Orange Co. NC, sell to David Doak their 1020 acre plot along the New River at Black Buffalo Lick. John and Mary spend the remainder of their lives at this home in Bedford County, however, they transfer part of their acreage to son John Jr. in 1778.

John married Mary Montgomery in 1728 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Mary was born about 1712; died in 1782 in Bedford Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1711, Ireland
• Birth: Abt 1715, Ireland
• Possessions: 30 Jan 1752, Tinicum, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA; Penn Patent for 150 acres for 45 Lbs. Book A, No. 17, pages 65-68,
• Probate: 4 Nov 1759, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
• Will: 4 Nov 1759, Tenecum township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
• Death: Dec 1759, Tinicum, Bucks, Pennsylvania
• Possessions: 1762, Bucks Co., Pennsylvania; Advertisement for sale of land

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

I have merged the line of Joseph McFarland of Bucks Co. PA to the Joseph McFarland mentioned as a son of Robert McFarland in Robert's will and probate documents. The coincidences are too striking to ignore any longer, and the paper of Mr. McDowell, a descendant of Joseph, who discusses the three brothers, along with DNA evidence, has led me to this conclusion while working with descendants of this line, as well as McFarland researcher Gary Morris.

There are still some unanswered questions about Joseph McFarland, such as this below:
In the Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish by Chalkey, in the Augusta Co. Order Book II, page 433, says that the court in 1749 examined Joseph McFarland who was accused of "borrowing a saddle" and he was answering for that. It says that he was "late of Lunenberg County." This must be a completely different person.

Information below is for Joseph of Bucks Co.

He appears on a tax list in 1738 in Tinicum township. This information is secondary, coming from The History of Bucks County, by J. H. Battle in 1887. The McFarland mentioned is not fully identified.

CHAPTER XXI

TINICUM - NOCKAMIXON.

THE triangular area partially included between Haycock and Tohickon creeks and the Delaware river comprises the only townships of the county of which the names are of Indian origin. The creeks mentioned separate them from Haycock, Bedminster, and Plumstead. Tinicum creek and its numerous branches drain the larger part of both townships, the course of the main stream being nearly parallel with that of the Tohickon until, at a distance of about five miles from its mouth, the direction changes to the east at a sharp angle and the river is reached at a point midway between the Nockamixon and Plumstead lines. It receives the waters of Nockamixon creek within the boundaries of that township, and of numerous smaller tributaries at intervals in its progress. Gallow's run, mentioned in early records as Galloway's run, is a small stream which reaches the Delaware near the Durham line. The little Tinicum and Mill creeks drain the interior of Tinicum. All these streams unite with the Delaware through deep and narrow valleys. A ridge of hills parallel with its course begins above the mouth of the Tohickon, and assumes greater regularity of contour and elevation within several miles of Kintnersville, where the cliffs are known as the Narrows. These rock walls rise abruptly to the height of several hundred feet almost from the water's edge, confining the river to a narrow channel with scarcely sufficient space at their base for the canal and roadway. Few localities in Bucks county present greater attractions to the naturalist or tourist.

TINICUM was originally settled by the same nationality as Deep Run in Bedminster- the Scotch-Irish- a people who have virtually disappeared, leaving few memorials of their history. The families of Hughes, Lear, Haverford, Ross, Williamson, Campbell, Stewart, Shaw, and McFarland were represented in 1738.

Joseph McFarland is listed as a witness to someone else's deed in 1746, and the land is described as being on the Delaware River and Tohickon Creek.

Joseph McFarland also applied for land in 1746.

There are three Warrantees of Land in Bucks Co. that seem to be a part of this family. The first one in 1746, is in Patent Book A 14, p. 313 on the waters of Tohickon for 215.114 acres June 10, 1746 is the warrant, and it looks like the Patent was issued, or the survey made on Nov. 10, 1746 for 218.114 acres. Need to go to the source to see what happened to this land.

Joseph McFarlan was not present on the day his siblings signed the agreement to give deceased father Robert's 248 acre land patent in Lancaster Co. to his son James. However Joseph did sign the document on Dec. 9, 1751. Assuming he was paid a sum of money by James, he would now have money to pay for the warrant and patent of land in Bucks County, which it seems he did three days later.

From the index of warrants and patents that is available from the State Penn. Archives on-line, p. 199:
Joseph McFarlin files a warrant for 150 acres of land on Dec. 12, 1751, and acquires the land in a patent on January 30, 1752. (Book A, No. 17, p. 64-67) LDS Film: 1028833

A journey from Mt. Joy to Philadelphia is abt. 60 miles. A typical day's journey in 1750 is 18 miles per day. Ottsville (area in Bucks Co. today near where Joseph's patent was located) to Mt. Joy is 72 miles.

Transcription of Joseph McFarlin's 1752 patent in Bucks Co.
LAND: 1752: Patent of Joseph McFarlin 17 Feb 1752
.....Thomas Penn vs Richard Penn Esquires due and absolute Proprietories and Governor in Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania & Counties of Newcastle Flint & Sussex on Delaware To all unto whome these Presents shall comes Greeting......... in Provenance of a Warrant from this then Commissioners of Property dated the twenty third Day of February 1701 there was Surveyed and laid out on the twenty sixth day of March then next following unto John Streipers late of Thelderfensing (?) County of Juliers on the Border of Germany Original Purchaser of Five Thousand Acres of Land in this Province a Tract of Land situate on Delaware River and on Tohickon Creek in the County of Bucks computed to contain four thousand four hundred and fourth eight acres purchased as aforesaid which said Tract was in the year 1705 confirmed by Patent unto the said John Streipers under the Hands of the said Commissioners and the Provincial Seal and the said John Streipers dying an alien his Heirs did by their agents and attorney afterward by Deeds of Leave & release dated the seventeenth and eigteenth Days of January 1726 for the consideration therein mentioned grant and convey unto Thomas Logans of Philadelphia Esquire all the said Tract of Four thousand four hundred and forty eight acres of Land and the heirs of the said John Streipers then residing the the said County of Juliers did likewise by their Deed Poll duly executed under the hands and Seals bearing date the twenty fifth day of July 1726 for consideration there in mentioned ....... and release and confirm unto the said James Logans all the said
......(Page 65) Tract of Four thousand four hundred and forty eight acres of Land and also the said James Logan afterwards by his Deed Poll duly Executed under his Hand & Seal dated the Fifteenth day of May 1727 for the consideration therein mentioned did grant assign and release unto the then commissioners of Property all the said Tract of Four thousand four hundred and forty eight acres of Lands by reason whereof we are become seized of the said Lands and promises as if the same had never been alienated and whereas in and by a warrant under the Seal of the Land Office bearing date the twelfth day of December last past we required our Surveyor General to accept and receive a survey made on a Part of the said Tract of Four thousand four hundred and forty eight acres into his Office and to make return thereof into the Secretaries Office for the use and .... of Joseph McFarlin the county of Bucks aforesaid which Survey being accordingly accepted by our surveyor General and by him duly returned into the Secretaries Office the Metes and Bounds of the same are set forth and described as following viz: Beginning at a marked Black Oak a corner of George Albright's Land thence by the same north west one hundred and sixty Perches to a marked Hickory thence by the London Companyes Land South west one hundred and fifty nine Perches to a post thence by John Orr's Land south last one Hundred and Sixty Perches to a post thence by Lands of James Hayes and vacant lands north east one hundred and fifty Perches to the Place of beginning containing one hundred and fifty acres and the usual allowances of six acres for cent for roads and Highways and as in and by the Survey thereof remaining in our Surveyor General's Office and from thence Certified into the Secretaries Office may appear now at the .... and request of the said Joseph McFarlin that we would be pleased to grant him a confirmation of the same .... owed(?) that in consideration of the sum of forty five pounds and lawfull money of Pennsylvania to purchase paid by the said Joseph McFarlin (The receipt whereof we hereby acknowledge and thereof do acquit
(Page 66)
and do for ever discharge the said Joseph McFarlin his heirs assign by these presents) and of the yearly quit rent in after mentioned and reserved we have given granted released and confirmed by these presents for us our heirs and successors Do give grant release and confirm unto the said Joseph McFarlin his Heirs and assign the said one hundred and fifty acres of Land as the same are now set forth bounded and limited as aforesaid with all mines minerals ....... meadows and marshes Savannah Swamp cripples woods underwoods timber and trees ways waters water courses liberties profits commodities advantages Hereditaments and Appurtenances whatsoever there belonging or in any wises
appertaining and lying within the grounds and limits aforesaid [Three full and clear fifth parts of all Royal Mine free from all deductions and proposals for diggings refining the same and also one fifth part of the ore of all other mines delivered at the Tinsmith only excepted and hereby reserved] and also free leave right and Liberty so and for the said Joseph McFarlin his Heirs and assignes to Hawk Hunt fish and fowl in and upon the hereby granted Lands and premisses or upon any part thereof to have and to hold the said one hundred and fifty acres of land and premisses hereby granted (except before excepted) with these appurtenances and unto the said Joseph McFarlin his heirs and assign to the only use ... of the said Joseph McFarlin his heirs ................ for ever to beholden of us our Heirs and successors proprietaries of Pennsylvania as our manor of Pennsburg in the County of Bucks aforesaid in free and common on ..........freely only in law of all other services yielding and paying thereof yearly unto us our Heir and successors at Pennsberg aforesaid at or upon the first day of March in every year from the first day of March last past one half penny Sterling for every acre of the same or value thereof in coins current according as the exchange shall then be between our said Province and the City of London do such persons or persons as shall from time to time be appraised to receive the same and in case of nonpayment thereof within ninety day next after the same shall become due that then
.....(Page 67) it shall and may be Lawful for us our Heirs and successors or and their Receiver or...... into and upon the hereby granted land and premisses do render and the same to hold and sus....... the said and with rent and all arrears thereof together with the charges accuring (?) by means of such nonpayment and reentry be fully paid and discharged witness James Hamilton Esquire Lieutenant Governor of the said Province who, by virtue of certain powers and authorities to him for this purpose iner ... granted by the said Proprietaries, hath here unto set this Hand and Caused the great seal of the Province to be hereunto affixed at Philadelphia this thirtieth day of January One thousand seven hundred and fifty two the twenty fifth year of Reign of King George the Second over Great Britain and the thirty fourth year of the said Proprietaries Government James Hamilton (Seal)
.......Recorded the 17 day of February 1752

Joseph writes a will on Nov. 4, 1759 that is proved on Dec. 12, 1759. His wife is named Jean, and she and son John are executors. Also mentions sons Robert, Joseph and John and son-in-law, Andrew Booman, as well as Jean. (Bucks Co. Will Book 2, p. 370)

Joseph McFarland's gravestone is in a cemetery called the Upper Bucks County Revolutionary Cemetery in Nockamixon township. His slab is the only one legible. http://www.nockamixon.us/BC/cemeteries/Revolutionary/index.htm

"Here lies the body of Joseph McFarland who quitted this life November 6, 1759. Age 48"

Conflicting information about burial:
On the Bucks Co. website is a genealogy record for Joseph McFarland, Sr., submitted by Deanna McFarland, which presents this material:

Joseph McFarland - Died November 6, 1759, in the 55th year of his age. The Stewart burying-ground, known locally as Bunker Hill Cemetery, and near which he believes to have been the site of the first Tinicum Presbyterian Church, (of which the church at Red Hill is the successor,) is located in Tinicum township 2 1/2 miles, in a direct line northeast from Ottsville, and one mile, in a direct line, southeast from Revere.
Papers Read before the bucks County Historical Society,IV, page 117 .

Below is an excerpt from a paper presented to the Franklin County Historical Society, called the Kittochtinny Historical Society. The paper is called Mount Delight, by John M. McDowell and gives the history of McFarland's Delight and the McFarland family that lived there. McDowell is a descendant of Joseph's son Robert, through Robert's son John. He recounts how the eldest Robert, Joseph, and John were immigrant brothers from Ireland and that John moved to Virginia, Robert patented McFarland's Delight, and then sold it in 1778 to Robert, son of Joseph. This author was still living in Franklin County in 1910 when this was written and his McFarland cousins were still living on the family patent. I believe that he was unaware that their family had arrived even earlier than 1732 and that they came with a father named Robert.

From "Mount Delight" p. 77

The emigrant ancestor of the branch of the family, which
has occupied McFarland's Delight since 1778, was Joseph Mc-
Farland, who with his two brothers, John and Robert, came
over from Ireland about 1732 and settled in Tinnicum Town-
ship, Bucks County, Pa. His brother John later moved to
Virginia and of him we know little.

From "Mount Delight" p. 78

Joseph McFarland, the third brother and the ancestor
of the branch of McFarlands of whom this paper treats, as
before stated, came over from Ireland in 1732 and settled in
Tinnicum Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where he
lived until his death.

He was a farmer by occupation, a Presbyterian in religion
and therefore not a tory. By his will, probated on the 12th
day of December, 1759, and recorded in Will Book B at page
370, Bucks County, Pa., we learn that his wife's name was
Jean. Joseph and Jean left surviving them three sons :
Robert, Joseph and John, and two daughters, Rachel and Jean.
Of these children we have record only of Robert. Joseph died
between November 4th, the date of the will, and December
I2th, the date of the probate of his will. He and his wife
Jean were interred in the old graveyard near Krauss Hill,
Tinnicum Township, Bucks County, Pa.

What appears to be Joseph's oldest son, Robert, warrants land next to his, 20 acres as of June 17, 1752. However, Joseph's son Robert was born in 1740 and only 12 years old. Could this be another Robert?

Here are the McFarlands in the tax lists for Bucks Co. in the area around Tinnicum township:

For a Robert Mcfarling, Macfarland, McFarling, McFarlon, in Plumstead twn. present in 1759, 61, 62, 63, 64, and then in 1764 also in Plumstead is James McFarling. Plumstead is adjacent to Tinicum, Who is this Robert? Is this the son of Joseph, living on land that was the first warrant? And then who is James, his brother?

In Plumstead, which adjoins Tinicum, there is a family of Robert McFarland. Not sure if this is the same Robert McFarlin who marries Elizabeth Simbel in 1761 in the Tohickon Union Reformed Church, however a Robert McFarland of Plumstead dies in
1769, leaving a widow Elizabeth, son named Andrew (Bucks Co. Orphans court Records, 1685-1852 by Thomas Myers, p. 64.
R 929.37482 M996B 1999 at Dallas County Library)

In 1765, in the Bucks County records, there is a widow of James, named Ann, selling a mortgage for property in Plumstead township. Book 11, p. 370. Then the sherriff undertakes finishing the sale in Book 13, p. 17 in 1768.

In 1766, a James McFarland of Plumstead sold his land to Joseph Cauffman by deed to settle a suit with him. Info came from "Bucks County Sherriffs Deeds, 1749-1776 by Terry A McNealy, 829.37483 M 169B 1989. However, Joseph does not list a son named James in his will of 1759, so I don't believe James should be included as a son.

In 1775 when the orders for formation of militias in Pennsylvania were issued, in the township of Tinicum were listed in the 2nd Battalion under Capt. Nicholas Patterson, were Robert McFarling, a John McGlahland (is this a misreading of the handwriting?) and Joseph McFarland.(Penn.Archive, 2nd Series, Vol. 14, p. 168. This same information is repeated in Series 5, Vol 5, p. 395) These would be the children of Joseph it would seem.

In the 1775 tax list in Tinicum there is a Robert McFarling, owning 4 horses, 7 cattle, 12 sheep, 250 acres, rent worth 17 pounds. This must be Robert, son of Joseph.

In Plumstead in 1775 is Alexander McFarling with no land or possessions. Alexander stays in the area and is present after the Revolution and in the first censuses. Do not know who he is related to.

After 1775 there are no more references to Robert, John, or Joseph in Tinicum township. The do not appear in tax lists or militia records. I believe because they all moved to Cumberland County, PA. Have not found the sale of land records yet.

According to "Mount Delight" paper the Robert who buys the land McFarlan's Delight in Cumberland county is the nephew of Robert in Peter's township in 1778. This Robert moves there. (p. 77-79)

Where does Joseph Sr.'son named Joseph go to? There is a Joseph McFarland on the tax list for the first time in 1773 in Lack township, Cumberland Co. PA. Lack township encompassed the area that is around the Juniata River Valley near present day Huntingdon. Who this Joseph McFarland is, I am not sure. However, there is also a Joseph McFarlan who christens his son Robert Mc Farlan on July 11, 1773 at the Upper West Conochcheague Presbyterian Church in what is today Mercersburg (Peters township), Franklin Co. PA.

Other McFarlands in Bucks Co.:

In New Britian town. is a farmer James McFarland, who writes a will Dec. 26, 1757, proved Feb. 24, 1758, with sons Arthur and Robert Scott as executors, and daughters Mary, Elinor, and Margaret. The witnesses are Walter McFarland, Jane McFarland, and Mary Scott., (Bucks Co. No. 2, p. 329, found in Bucks Co. PA Will Abstracts, 1685-1795, Vol 1, 929.37482 B 926198 at Dallas Public Library, p. 188)

In Oath of Allegiences in Buck County, 1777, on Aug. 28, 1777, Robert McFarland in Plumstead. p. 15. In Bucks County Tax Records, 1693-1778 by Terry A. McNealy, is listed Alexander, Andrew, James, John, and Robert. All the Roberts, except one refer to Robert of Plumstead, 1759, 61, 62, 63, 64. In 1764 also in Plumstead is a James McFarling also.
In 1766 James McFarland in Plumstead sold to Joseph Cauffman by deed 48 acres of land to settle a suit brought by Cauffman. This came from Deed Book 13, p. 17 (Bucks County Sherriffs Deeds 1749-1776 by Terry A. McNealy).

Next set of information came from Gary Morris' tree.

TAXLIST: 1738 PENNSYLVANIA, Bucks County, Tinicum township. On Internet
USGENWEB for Bucks County PA, under History: "History of Bucks County, PA",
Part Containing Tinicum Township, Bucks County --- (I believe this indicates
first occurence of Joseph McFarland). Residing next to William Hill, John
Shall, James Johnston, John Stewart, James Campbell, James Briggs, John
Peterson, and John McKee.

LAND: 1746/1751 "Warrantees of Land in Bucks Co, PA 1733-1889" found at
Seattle Genealogical Society. Joseph McFarlan 215 acres June 10, 1746. Joseph
McFarland 15 acres Dec 12, 1751. Robert McFarland 20 acres June 17, 1752.

QUESTION: Who was the Robert mcFarland of 1752 (see LAND ENTRY, last
paragraph).

PROBATE: Will Abstracts of Bucks County PA, FHC microfilm #172929. Page 370
(466) Joseph McFarland of Tinicum Township. Nov 4, 1759 - Dec 12, 1769. Wife
Jean and son John, executors. Sons Joseph and John. Son Robert right to
plantation I sold to John Hoberry Leat to lift of my debts. Andrew Booman my
son-in-law. Witnesses James Davis and William Davis.

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1998) Found on Internet, GENDEX (Genealogy Index). Stewart
Tarkington at tarkingt@mindspring.com.

SOURCE: "Bard Family" by G. O. Seilham 1908 found at the Seattle Public
Library. Includes much information on the Joseph McFarland family, especially
the family of son Robert (born 1740) and his descendants. Has Joseph McFarland
and children John, Joseph, Robert, James, and Rachel.

QUESTION: Research of James A. McFarland, descent from Robert McFarland of
Lancaster County: The Joseph of Bucks County was not the son of Robert. This
Joseph was the son of Thomas, and first on tax list in 1738 in Tinicum
township. The Roberts of Cumberland County, PA are the children and
grandchildren of Joseph. CONFLICT: Joseph did have a son Robert, but he did
not move to Cumberland County until after Rev. War. Was the mentioned father
Thomas, the same one who lived in Philadelphia County, and had son Joseph in
1734? This would be too late.
[Mcfarlan.ged]

Joseph married Jean about 1737/38 in , , Pennsylvania. was born in 1715 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 3 Nov 1742, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA; 300 acres patent

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Just had a Y-DNA match between the male McFarland line of Robert McFarland and a descendant of Richard Ramsey, born about 1740 in Lancaster Co.PA, died in 1824 Monroe Co. VA. So, this McFarland youngster could have been raised by Rebecca and adopted by Rebecca's husband John.

In researching family trees, one has it that Richard Ramsey is the son of Richard Bartholomew Ramsey, born 1717, died 1793 in Bedford Co. VA. The Bedford Co. could be the connection.

Found two conflicting reports on where Rachel Howard lived out her life. One report from p. 120 of Notes and Queries- Historical and Genealogical Chiefly Relating to Interior Pennsylvania (Reprint Third Series), Volume II by William Henry Egle, says that Rachel lived out her life in the home of Joseph Howard, son of Gordon by his first wife. The home was the mansion farm, later owned by J. Hershey.

The other source, Genealogies of Pennsylvania families from the Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, Vol. III, by Stauffer-Zerbe, p. 277, says that she died at the home of her son Capt. John Wilkins at age 84 in Pittsburgh.

There is a Patent issued Nov. 3, 1742 to Rachael Wilkin for 300 acres in Lancaster Co. This would be after her husband's death. According to the notes below, she sold it in 1752.

Her son John Wilkins moved to Carlisle in 1761/62, and her daughter Jean Wilkins married in 1759 to John Kirkpatrick who lived in that part of Lancaster Co. that became Cumberland Co.

Then court records found at on-line family tree site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kenmullins/p147.htm

1750-1754; p. 919. Court appointed John Wilson and Andrew Mays (married to her sister Rebecca) guardians of Mary, Rachel, and John Wilkins - children of John Wilkins, deceased,all above 14 years of age on 4 June 1751. p. 925 - 3 Sep 1751, Guardians of children of John Wilkins, deceased,asked to have the following to be added to the inventory which was omitted - a mare, plush side saddle, bed curtains, bed clothes, gun and kettle. p. 929 - 3 Dec 1751, Settling the account of Gordon Howard and Rachel,his wife, late Rachel Wilkins - balance of 107 pounds, 4 shillings, and 3pence. p, 951- 6 Mar 1753, Andrew Mays, who had been appointed guardian over four of the children, released his guardianship. 1754 -1759, p. 914 - 11 September 1754, John Wilkins, orphan son of John Wilkins, deceased, asked court for Mother Rachel Howard, widow, as his guardian and granted. Why did this happen as he was already 21? 1760-1763, Lancaster Co, PA, Orphan's Court, 1 Feb 1763, p. 222, Petition of John Kirkpatrick, intermarried with Jane Wilkins, daughter of John Wilkins, decd, asked the court to divide equally the tract of 300 acres in Donegal TWP, DB C-321 of 19 Dec 1751. John Wilson and Andrew Mays of Lancaster Co, guardian over, Mary, Rachel, John, and Jennet Wilkins,minors of John Wilkins, decd, for 125 pounds paid by Gordon Howard and wife, Rachel, administrator of John Wilkins, decd, acknowledged being settled as whole of respective shares of said four children of late father, John Wilkins, including appraisement of improvements on west side of Susquehanna River which said Rachel before her marriage to Gordon took a patent and sold, record 3 Mar 1752.

Shortly following the marriage of Rachel Wilkins to Gordon Howard, there must have been a falling out:

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KYNELSON/2005-03/1110327342

From the Philadelphia Gazette: 15 August 1751. Whereas Rachel, the wife of
Gordon Howard, of Donegal township, Lancaster County, hath elooped from her
said husband, this is to forbid all persons trusting her on his account, for he
will pay no debts of her contracting of any kind from the date hereof. GORDON
HOWARD (note Rachel, not the mother of his children)
September 26, 1751. Whereas by an advertisement published in the weekly
gazette of this province of Pennsylvania, bearing date the 15th day of August, in
the year of our Lord 1751, I the subscriber, by the name of Gordon Howard,
of Donnegall township, in the county of Lancaster, did certify to the publick,
that Rachel my wife had elop'd from me, and for that reason did thereby
forbid all persons to trust her on my account from the day of the date thereof.
Now these are to certify, that I for special reasons have received my said
wife into her former place of credit and esteem with me, and do hereby revoke
the Prohibition in the said advertisement comprised, and do acknowledge myself
liable from the date of this advertisement to her debts and contracts, as
fully and amply as if the said recited advertisement had not been published.
Dated the 12th of September, 1751. GORDON HOWARD

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --
***** 4 ***** Rachel McFARLAND, daughter of Robert McFARLAND and Janet _____, was
born about 1713 in Ireland, died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Rachel married (1) 1731 in Mt Joy - Donegal, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to
John WILKINS son of Robert WILKINS and Elizabeth ROSS, born 1708 in Ireland, died
1741 in Mt. Joy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Rachel married (2)
about 1745 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania to John RAMSEY born about 1710 in
Pennsylvania(?). Rachel married (3) 16 Apr 1751 in Donegal Township, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania to Gordon HOWARD born about 1698 in Pennsylvania, died 24
Mar 1754 in Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

----- NOTES FOR Rachel McFARLAND:
NOTE: Perhaps moved to Cumberland County, PA.
SOURCE: World Family Tree Disk #8. Says married also John Ramsey.
LINKS: "Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America" by Charles Knowles Bolton
1910. Page 271: 1719 immigration to Chester County, Pennsylvania. On record
in 1722 in Donegal Township: Robert McFarland and sons Robert and James
(Presbyterian). Also families recorded were: Robert Wilkins and his sons
Thomas, William, Peter, and John; Gordon Howard and his sons Thomas and Joseph;
Hugh, Henry and Moses White. Came from lands west of River Foyle (Tyrone
County?), Ireland
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.
COURT: 1751-1754 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County, Donegal Township. Rachel
[McFarland] .... (about Jan 1751) Settling the account of Gordon Howard and
Rachel, his wife, late Rachel Wilkins, administrator of John Wilkins, her former
husband. ...(about 1752) John Wilson was appointed guardian over the children
of John Wilkins, deceased. ...Will of Gordon Howard of Donegal, dated 15 March,
proved 26 March 1754, named wife Rachel, and Joseph Howard, executors. Mentioned
children Thomas, Joseph, John, William, Robert and Martha (Book B-1, 41: 1754.
...(1754) William Howard, orphan son of Gordon Howard, chooses his brother,
Joseph Howard his guardian. ...John Wilkins, an orphan son of John Wilkins,
deceased, chooses his mother Rachel Howard, widow, as his guardian. Rachel
Howard is appointed Guardian over Jennet Wilkins, her daughter by John Wilkins,
Deceased. SOURCE: Orphans Court Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
"Pennsylvania Vital Records"; 1983; Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore,
Maryland; Vol I.

----- NOTES FOR John WILKINS:
PARENTS: Robert WILKINS and Elizabeth ROSS.
LINKS: Father Robert Wilkins born about 1665 Wales and married Margaret Ross.
He died 1728. Had (1) John (married Rachel McFarland), (2) William (married 1702
Janet McLytle, and died 1734 in Peters Township, Cumberland County, PA. Had:
James Robert and William), (3) Peter (died 7 Sep 1748 in Lancaster Co, PA.
Married Rachel _____ &ltshe married also John Reynolds&gt and had: William ca 1742,
James ca 1744 married Jean _____, Mary ca 1746 md James Jack, Peter b. 1748
Carlisle, Cumberland Co, died 1790/1800 Somerset Co, PA md Margaret Mitchell, and
Margaret married James _____).
OCCUPATION: Indian Trader and farmer.
DEATH: Died as a prisoner in the Cresap War.
SOURCE: LDS Ancestral File.

----- NOTES FOR John RAMSEY:
MARRIAGE: Marrige to John Ramsey is noted in records of James A. McFarland,
who has documented records of this relationship.

----- NOTES FOR Gordon HOWARD:
MARRIAGE: Married first about 1718 to _____, and had Thomas (died 1786 in
Nelson County, Kentucky), Joseph (married Rebecca Lyttle, daughter of Nathaniel
and Jennet, in will of Nathaniel 1748 Lancaster County), John, William, Robert
(married 1763 to Sarah Strain), Rebecca (married James Allison), Susanna (married
Charles McClure) and Martha (married George Irwin). His wife must have died
between 1740 and 1745.
NOTE: Since Gordon had two children on 1722 tax list, he must have been born
before 1700.
SOURCE: LDS Ancestral File.
PROBATE: 1754 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County. #383292. WILL of Gordon Howard
March 15, 1754 - March 26, 1754. Executors Rachel and Joseph Howard. Donegal
Township. Wife Rachel. Children Thomas, Joseph, John, William, Robert and
Martha. SOURCE: Lancaster County Abstracts of Wills 1721-1820. Page 408. FHC
Microfilm #383292.
Joseph, John, William, Robert, and Martha.

===CHILDREN of Rachel McFARLAND and John WILKINS

+ 17 John WILKINS b 1 Jun 1733 Donegal Township, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania. M (1) Catherine ROWAN. M (2)
Catherine REGAN.
+ 18 Rebecca WILKINS b abt 1734 Mt. Joy Township, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania. M Mathew LAIRD.
+ 19 Rachel WILKINS b abt 1735 Mt. Joy Township, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania. M Thomas ANDERSON.
+ 20 Mary WILKINS b abt 1737 Mt. Joy Township, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania. M William POAR.
+ 21 Margaret Jane (Jean) WILKINS b 1739 Mt. Joy Township,
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. M (1) James JACK. M (2)
John Hugh KIRKPATRICK.

Rachel married John Wilkins about 1731 in Donegal Twn., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. John was born in 1708 in Pennsylvania; died in 1741 in Donegal twn., Lancaster Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married Gordon Howard on 16 Apr 1751 in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvanis. Gordon was born about 1680 in Northern Ireland; died in Mar 1754 in Lancaster Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married John Ramsey in 1742 in Donegal Twn., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. John was born about 1710; died on 2 Jan 1747 in Donegal twn., Lancaster Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 1745, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA; Warrant for 200 acres in 1745 Swift Run near Conewago, adjacent William Greer, his brother-in-law. This is Mount Pleasant township, Adams County, PA today. The property ended up being surveyed by Josiah Kerr.
• Possessions: 26 Jun 1751, Donegal township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; Transfer of father Robert, deceased, land to James, signed by all James' siblings
• Probate: 16 Jan 1752, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

There is no factual date for his birth. Just that he was a younger brother to eldest son John.

In 1745 James McFarland warrants 200 acres of land in Lancaster County on Swift Run near Conewago. This land is adjacent to William Greer, who possibly could be the brother of Margaret Greer, his wife. We know from James' 1752 will that Margaret had a brother named William. It doesn't appear that he settled on this land. It is Mount Pleasant township. John McFarlan warranted 225 acres in 1739 in Cumberland township, but never carried through. Andrew Mays also warranted land nearby in Menallen, not Butler township, but he died in 1754. In Mount Joy township Exekiel Muckelhenny warranted and surveyed 300 acres in 1749, and Joseph Bogle warranted 200 acres in 1753. All these families are connected to the McFarlands.

Vol. C, Lancaster Co. Deeds, pp. 95-98, FHL microfilm, #21382 records the transfer of Robert McFarland's patent to his son James.Date: June 19, 1751. All the other children give up their inheritance rights for an agreed upon amount, following the wishes of father Robert. Brother John was living in Virginia, brother Robert was living on his own patent as of 1748, whereabouts of Joseph is not certain, but his two sisters were married and living nearby with their husbands. It seems that everyone had their own land and were settled. John, Robert, Gordon Howard and Rachel, Andrew Mayes and Rebecca acknowledged all of this before Thom Cookson June 26th, 1751. Joseph McFarlan acknowledged this on Dec. 9, 1751.

This is my transcription of James' will:
(I have not corrected any spelling or omissions. This will and that of Robert were copied into Will Book I at a later time than they were written. It is as if they were discovered stashed away somewhere and then recorded in this book, mixed in with wills from the 1800s)

Will of James McFarland, entered into Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania Will Book I, p. 336, on February 12, 1752.

In the name of God amen! This sixteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty one,two, I James McFarland of the township of Donegall County of Lancaster and Province of Pennsylvania, being very sick and weak in body, but of a perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to God therefore, calling to mind the mortality of my body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul to God that gave it, and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent manner at ye discretion of my executors, nothing doubting but at the general resurrection, I shall receive the same again by the almighty power of God, and as touching such worldly estate as it hath pleased God in this life to bless me with I give devise and dispose of in the following manner viz. first. I allow all my just debts and funeral charges to be paid-I will and bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Margaret McFarland the one half of my personal estate together with

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ye half of my lands to her, her heirs and assigns forever. Also I will and bequeath to my nephew James McFarland, my brother John McFarlands son, the other half of my lands to him his heirs and assigns forever providing he mentains my ___ during her life. Also I will and bequeath to my brother John McFarland my best horse and saddle. Also I will and bequeath to my brother Joseph McFarland the sum of ten pounds lawful money of this province, together with all my wearing apparel. Also I will and bequeath to my nephew Robert McFarland, my brother John’s son, the bible and psalm book th: was my fathers. Also I will to my brother, Robert McFarland five shilling like-wise to my brother in law Andrew Mays, five shillings. Also, I will to my sister Rachel Howard five shillings, Also I will and bequeath to my aforesaid nephew James McFarland my brother John’s son, all the remainder of my estate- and lastly I constitute my dearly wife Margaret McFarland and my brother in law William Greer, Executors of this my last will and testament, and I do revoke, renounce and disallow all others made or bequeathed by me, as witness my hand and seal the day and year above written-
James (his mark) McFarland
Signed sealed and delivered by James McFarland for
__ last will and testament in the presence of us-
James Mayes, William Coren, Aurther Patterson Jun’r.

The 12th day of February 1752. Before me the Subscriber came James Mayes, William Coren, and Aurther Patterson Jun’r, the witnesses to the above written will and on their corporal oaths did declare and say that they were present and saw and heard James Mcfarland the testator above named sign seal publish and declare the above writing as and for his last will and testament, and that at the doing thereof he was of sound and disposing mind memory and understanding according to the best of their knowledge observation and beliefs.

The following are notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt --
----- NOTES FOR James McFARLAND:
CHILDREN: Apparently did not have any children.
LAND: 1750 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County, Donegal Township. James McFarlan,
Feb 25, 1750 received 100 acres in Donegal Township. SOURCE: Land Warrants
Chester & Lancaster County, PA (FHC microfilm 1003197). Land Warrant #582. In
book of Walter McFarland. LANCASTER County, PA Land Warrant #582.
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: 1752 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County, Donegal Township. WILL OF James
McFarland Jan 16, 1752 - Feb 12, 1752. Executors Margaret McFarland and William
Greer. Donegal Township. Wife Margaret. Brothers John & Joseph. Brother In Law
William Greer. SOURCE: Lancaster County Will Book I-1, page 336. Lancaster
County Abstracts of Wills 1721-1820. FHC microfilm #383292. Also "Pennsylvania
Vital Records"; 1983; Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland;
Orphans Court Records of Lancaster County, PA; page 350. NOTE: Source #1 Lists
Brother in law Geer, while source #2 lists son-in-law Geer [source #2, Penn.
Vital Records, is incorrect].
NOTE: William Greer is listed both as a brother in law and son in law. James
A. McFarland has checked the will, and verified that it was a brother in law,
brother to Margaret.
LAND: Robert McFarland (son of John), nephew of James (inherited one-half of
a farm from his uncle James. Jame's wife, Margaret inherited the other one-half.
Later Robert sold his one-half to Margaret and her new husband, Thomas Clingan.
Source: James A. McFarland.
LAND: Thomas Clingan bought land from Robert McFarland, who was living in
Bedford Co, VA at time of transaction, 20 June 1757. From Mary Haines@Juno.com
Bedford Co, VA Queeries Aug 1998.

----- NOTES FOR Margaret GREER:
MARRIAGE: Margaret married (2) 14 aug 1752 in Donegal Church, Lancaster
County, PA to Thomas Clingan, born in 1723 Donegal County, Ireland and died about
14 Oct 1788 in Donegal Township, Lancaster County, PA. They had: 1. William
(born 28 Sep 1753 in Donegal township, died 1822 in Lewisburg, Union County, PA,
married 11 June 1778 Lancaster Co to Jean Roan). 2. Mary (born 1 Sep 1755 in
Donegal Tonwhsip, and married James Scott). 3. George (born 25 Jan 1760 in
Donegal Township. 4. Jannet (born 27 Apr 1763 in Donegal Township and married
James Simson).

MARRIAGE: 1752 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County, Donegal, Donegal Church. Mrs.
James McFarland [Margaret] and Thomas Clingan, Aug 14, 1752. SOURCE: "Central
Pennsylvania Marriages 1700-1896" by Charles A. Fisher 1946 at BHam Library
R929.3748 C. Under "Marriages of some Pennsylvania Soldiers and Patriots of the
Revolutionary Period"
MARRIAGE: DAR PATRIOTIC INDEX: Thomas Clingan born 1723 and died 10-14-1788.
Married margaret mcFarland Private PA.

James married Margaret Greer about 1745. Margaret was born about 1715; died after 1788. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Possessions: 30 Sep 1747, Donegal township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; Penn Patent to Robert McFarland, Jr.
• Residence: 1753, Peters Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
• Possessions: 5 Dec 1769, Cumberland Co. PA; today this is Peters Township, Franklin Co.
• Departure: 1777, Peters Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
• Possessions: 1778, Rockbridge Co., VA; Rockbridge County, VA; Deed Book A, page 79-80; LDS Microfilm #0033761 Dated 1 Dec 1778; Bought property from James GRIGSBY & Franky Grigsby, his wife; 1250 pounds for 289 acres on Mill Creek [on James River], being part of the land of said James Grigsby
• Death: 25 Dec 1797, Rockbridge Co., VA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Robert McFarland married Esther Dunn in Earltown township Lancaster Co. Looking at his age, this would more than likely be a second marriage, which fits with his will information below.

Robert McFarland, Jr. Patent in Lancaster County, PA ,1748
Patent Book A 15, pp. 99-101
FHL microfilm #1028831

Transcribed and edited by Mary Helen Haines
Patent to Robt McFarland

Thomas Penn and Richard Penn Es.
Quires true and absolute Proprietaries and Governors in Chief
of the Province of Pennsylvania and Counties of Newcastle Kent
and Sussex on Delaware To all unto whom these presents
shall come Greeting Whereas by virtue of a Warrant under
the Seal of our Land office bearing Date the thirtieth Day of Septem
ber in the Year of our Lord 1747 there was surveyed and laid out
unto Robert McFarland of the County of Lancaster a certain
Tract of Land situate on Chickasalungo Creed in Donegal Township
within the said County bounded and described as follows viz. Begin
ning at a marked Water Beech tree standing on the bank of the
said Creek and from thence extending by Robert McFarland Senior’s
Land and Land of the Widow Work North seventy three Degrees
West three hundred and eighty two Perches to a marked Black Oak
thence by the said Widow Work’s Land and Land of William Mitch
el South by East one hundred and sixty four Perches to a Port
thence by Land late of John McFarland East two hundred
and eighty Perches to a Post standing on the Bank of the
said Creek thence up the said Creek on the several courses there
of one hundred and sixty two Perches to the Place of Beginning
containing two hundred and six acres and the allowance of
six acres per Cent for Roads and Highways as in and by the
survey thereof remaining in our Survey or General office and
from thence certified into our Secretary’s appear Now at the
Instance and request of the Said Robert McFarland that
we would be pleased to grant him a Confirmation of the
same Know Ye that in Consideration of the Sum of thir
ty one Pounds eighteen Shillings and six Pence Lawful mo
ney of Pennsylvania to our Use paid by the said Robert McFarland….

Father Robert McFarland Sr. died in 1751 and his estate is settled.

Lancaster County Deed Book C, pp. 299-300, FHL microfilm #21382: March 3rd, 1752, Robert McFarland sells to Ludwick Lyndemote his 206 acre patent for 190 pounds lawful money, that will be paid out in payments in May 1754, 1755, 1756, and 1757.

Lancaster County Deed Book D, pp. 130-131, FHL microfilm #21383: March 2, 1752 records the sale by Robert McFarland and his wife Esther to Ludwick Lyndemote for the 206 acre patent. This was not recorded until June 8, 1754 and is signed by Robert and Esther (with a mark). It looks like Ludwick Lyndemote paid off his note early, and with that obligation fulfilled, this deed was then made official. It does not appear that Robert and Esther were present, this was a sealed document that was delivered to the court by Ludwick Lyndemote.

Peters township, Cumberland Co. PA
Robert McFarland appears on the Peters township, Cumberland Co. tax list in 1753. The year before, he was not present. There was, however a Widow McFarland on the tax list. in 1751 and in 1753. I assume this is Catherine McFarland, widow of Joseph McFarland who died in 1750 in Cumberland Co. Administrators Book V. A-D 1750-1845, FHL, film 1010109 through FamilySearch.org

In 1769 a Robert McFarland acquires a patent for his land in what is Peters township, Cumberland Co., and in 1778, he and his wife Esther sell this land in Cumberland Co. and move to Rockbridge Co. VA. It is my belief now that the Robert of Cumberland/Rockbridge is the same Robert Jr. from Lancaster Co. PA.

Some trees claim that the Robert McFarland in Caswell Co. NC is this Robert, but that doesn't seem likely anymore. Y-DNA tests for a descendant of that Robert of Caswell/Person Co. NC shows a relationship in the Cadet lineage, but has a different marker at DYS 576 from all the other men who are descended from Robert of Lancaster Co.
The Robert McFarland who died in 1780 in Caswell Co. NC, appeared in NC in 1760 with his first purchase of land from Hugh Barnet of 573 acres in Orange County. Caswell Co. was carved from Orange Co. in 1777. However as early as 1752 a John McFarland is called to be a juror in Orange County and in 1761 John McFarland, James McFarland are to work on a road and Robert McFarland is appt. to a jury and is to lay out a road. In 1762-66 a Robert Sr. and Jr. are mentioned to lay out roads from Hugh Barnett's line. Gary Morris thinks that this Robert McFarland came as an indentured servant and was born in 1731 in Scotland.

Notes from the McFarland genealogy website of Gary Morris: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/8143/genealogy/mcfarland/rbtlanc.txt

----- NOTES FOR Robert McFARLAND:
LAND: 1754 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County, Donegal Township. Deed Book D, page
130. Robert McFarlin and wife Esther, June 8, 1754, to Ludwick Lyndemote of
Lancaster County 290 pounds. 206a Donegal Township: Robert McFarland Sr., Widow
Work, William Mitchell, late of John McFarlin. Patent dated 4 March 1748 to
Robert mcFarlin 7 March 1752 W22, W54, J30 8 June 1754. Delivered to
Christopher Crawford 2 Aug 1754, per order of Lyndemote. SOURCE: Lancaster
County Deed Abstracts 1729-1770 (LDS Fiche 6049244).
MARRIAGE: 1748 PENNSYLVANIA, Lancaster County, Earl Township, New Holland [town] Robert Makefareland/Mcffarland and Esther Dunn married on Sep 27, 1748 in Earltown (New Holland), in the presence of Adam Kuhn, Bernhard Bobete, and "many English people of both sexes." SOURCE: RECORDS OF MARRIAGES 1748-1766, EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HOLY TRINITY, Lancaster, privately published, page 3 by Frederick S. Weiser. Mentioned in THE MYTH OF SIR JOHN MACFARLANE 1997,1998
by James A. McFarland (C)ole Creek Productions, Inc. Tulsa, OK, copy at Houston
Public Library (Clayton Branch).

PROBATE-LINKS: 1779 PENNSYLVANIA, Cumberland County, West Pennsboro Township.
[Robert McFarland and a Dunn]. WILL of Mary Thompson of West Pennsboro, spinster
Jan 27, 1779 / 15 June 1779. To my grandmother. Sister Jean Dunn, a minor.
Brother James Dunn. Executor Robert McFarlan and William Galbraith. Witnesses
John Todd and Robert Wilson. SOURCE: Cumberland County will Abstracts: Will
Book C page 153. (MHH, this would be referring to Robert McFarlan who was the son of James McFarland of Pennsboro, not of Peters Township)

[Mcfarlan.ged.GED]

SOURCE: "Genealogy of the Joseph and William McFarland Branches of the
McFarland Family 1675 to 1910" by Thomas S. McFarland 1910 Cable, Ohio. Copy
at Greene County Room, Greene County Public Library. "Robert McFarland,
my great grandfather, was born in the same county &ltTyrone&gt in the latter part
of 1705. His first wife came from the same county. They came to America in
1740. They had four sons and two daughters. Catherine Dean was the second
wife of this Robert McFarland. The latter Robert McFarland, my grat
grandfather, had four sons and four daughters. Robert died on Christmas day,
1799. The family landed at Philadelphia and purchased land of the Penn's, but
subsequently went to Rockbridge County, Virginia" Esther, wife of Robert, died
in 1794, and was buried at Falling Springs Chruch, Rockbridge County. They
were the grandparents of my father, also named Robert. When Esther was buried,
now one hundred and sixteen years ago, the coffin was place on the hounds of
the front wheels of a wagon, drawn by a yoke of oxen, and thus taken three
miles to the place of burial. The roads were too bad to admit of the corpse
being taken in any other way. Her grandson, my father, then at the age of
twelve years, rode behind his father on horseback to the funeral. Their
children were Joseph, Abraham, William (my grandfather), Thomas, Letitia,
Esther, Rachel, and Rebecca."

RESIDENCE: Lived in Peters Township, Cumberland (that part now in
Franklin) County, PA. Moved to Rockbridge County, Virginia in 1778.

MILITARY: Revolutionary War; DAR Patriotic Index; VA. Probably too old to be
in military, and listing as being in War is probably incorrect.

Mary Helen Haines notes: the DAR record for this individual is wrong. It is patriotic service based on testimony given at a trial in Augusta Co. in 1776. This Robert McFarland was not in Virginia until 1778. It was Robert McFarland, son of Duncan, living in Augusta Co. in 1776.

PLACE: Robert Mc Farland from Peters Township, Cumberland County,
Pennsylvania. Peters Township formed 1751, and Cumberland County formed 1751
from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In that part of Cumberland County which
formed Franklin County in 1784.

TAXLIST: 1750-1777 PENNSYLVANIA, Cumberland County, Peters Township (FHC
microfilm # 21087, 21088, 21089. 1753 Robert McFarlan. 1763 (owned 200
acres). 1765 (owned 135 acres). 1766 (owned 135 acres, 1 negro, 3 horses, 2
cows). 1767 (owned 200 acres, 50 cleared, 1 negro, 3 horses, 3 cows). 1768
(owned 200 acres, 1 negro, 4 horses, 9 cows). 1770 (owned 200 acres-60
cleared, 1 negro, 4 horses, 8 cows, 6 sheep). 1771 listed as Robert SR. (owned
200 acres, 50 cleared, 8 horses, 4 cows, 8 sheep). 1773 (owned 200 acres - 50
cleared, 3 horses, 5 cows, 12 sheep). 1774 (owned 200 acres-50 cleared, 3
horses, 5 cows, 10 sheep). 1775 (owned 150 acres, 40 cleared, 2 horses, 4
cows, and 6 sheep).

LINKS-TAXLIST: 1751 PENNSYLVANIA, Cumberland County, Peters Township: Widow
McFarland. 1753 (adjacent to Robert &lt1705&gt): Widow McFarland. This must be
either mother or wife of an unknown brother. (MHH: I believe it is Catherine McFarland, widow of Joseph McFarland who died in Cumberland Co. in 1750)

LAND: City and County of Philadelphia Patent Book AA Vol 11, page 178. Patent
to Robert McFarland Sr. 1769. By Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires. On
-- January 1769 there was surveyed unto Robert Mcfarland Sr. a certain Tract of
Land called McFarlan's Delight situated in Peters Township, Cumberland County.
Adjoining land of James Wilkins, Col. Benjamin Chambers, James McFarland (vs
Francis Patterson). Contianing 248 acres for 38 pounds and 9 shillings.
Witnessed by John Penn Esquire 5 Dec 1769. Recorded 6 Dec 1769.

LAND: Cumberland County, PA Deeds, Vol 1, Book #, page 168 (LDS Microfilm
0022049): Date of Instrument: 1 Sep 1777. Robert McFarland Senior and Esther
his wife, of Peter's Township, Cumberland County to Robert McFarland, Jr. of
Tinicum Township in the County of Bucks. Patent by Thomas Penn and Richard
Penns dated the fifth day of Dec 1769, granted to Robert McFarland a "certain
Tract or Parcel of Land Called McFarlands Delight, situated lying and being in
Peters Town in Cumberland County" (City and County of Philadelphia Patent Book
AA Vol 11, page 178). Adjacent to James Wilkins, adjacent Conococheague Creek,
adjacent Col. Benjamin Chambers, adjacent James McFarlands Claim vs Francis
Patterson land. 1,400 pounds for 248 acres. Witnesses: James McConnel, Thomas
McFarland, William Hunter. Recorded 20 May 1778.

LAND: Rockbridge County, VA; Deed Book A, page 79-80; LDS Microfilm #0033761
Dated 1 Dec 1778; Bought property from James GRIGSBY & Franky Grigsby, his
wife; 1250 pounds for 289 acres on Mill Creek [on James River], being part of
the land of said James Grigsby purchased of Richard Mathews. Bounded by
Richard Mathews, John Poage. Recorded 1 Dec 1778.

LAND: Rockbridge County, VA: 1 Dec 1795 Robert McFarland sold to William
McFarland (Deed Book C, page 216, and also 3 Dec 1793 (Deed Book B, page 544.)

TAXLIST: 1783 VIRGIINIA, Rockbridge County (1782-1787 Rockbridge County, VA
Tax Lists): Robert McFarland 1 Free White Male, 1 slave, 8 horses, and 10
cows.

PROBATE: Rockbridge County, VA; Will Book 2, page 65; dated 16 Feb 1792 and
probated 6 Feb 1798; mentions wife, Easter and children (mentions that Easter
and him had: Lettice, Easter, William, Thomas, Rachel, and Rebecca) and
children by first wife: Jean, Robert, Martha, James, and Benjamin. Witnesses:
David Edmundson, James Wilson, and Thomas Welch. Appraisal of Robert McFarland
property by Jonathan Poage, James Poage, and Andrew (Cumins?).

CONFLICT: McFarland book says died Christmas day 1799, but Will was probated
Feb 1798, suggesting year to be late 1797.

SOURCE: "Mcfarland-Dunlap Family Bible Records, 1831-1928 : and other
genealogical data, 1675-1923", Joseph Dunlap. 35 pages. Microfilm copy at FHC
(film #1320635, item 81). Robert McFarland lived in Cumberland County, PA,
later moved to Rockbridge County, Virginia. Married twice. Our grandfathers
grandparents came from N. Half of Ireland about the year 1740. Their ancestors
were from Scotland and some from Wales. They were called Scotch Irish. Robert
and family came to Cumberland County, PA, thence to Rockbridge County, VA.

BAPTISMS: From "Pennsylvania Vital Records" Vol 2 1983 (R929.3748 Penn at
Bellingham Library). Records of Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church,
Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania page 125. Baptisms: 1771 Aug 25
Rebecca, daughter of Robert McFarlin.

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: Donna Ekstrom de@netusal.net. Researching sons William
and Thomas (who moved to Harrison Co, IN in late 1790's). From Rockbridge Co
Queeries.

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: Mary T. Haines maryhaines@juno.com (June 1998).
[Mcfarlan.ged]

From Gary Morris site:
Transcription by Gary Morris:
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
DEED OF ROBERT MCFARLAND SR TO ROBERT MCFARLAND JR
1 SEP 1777

(CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA DEED BOOK VOL #1 Page 169 to 170)
Deed Robert McFarland Senior to Robert McFarland Junior 1 Sep 1777.

This Indenture made the first day of September in the year of our
Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven [1777] between
Robert McFarland [Senior] of Peters Town in Cumberland County in
the Province or Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Yeoman and Esther his
wife of the one part, and Robert McFarland Junior of Tinicum
Township in the County of Bucks in the said Province of
Pennsylvania Yeoman of the other part. Whereas Thomas Penn and
Richard Penn Esquires: Proprietors of the Province of Pennsylvania
in and by their patent bearing date the fifth day of December 1769
for the Consideration therein Mentioned did sell grant release
convey and conspire unto the above name Robert McFarland Sen'r his
heirs and assigns forever a Certain Tract or Parcel of Land Called
McFarlands Delight situated lying and being in Peters Town in
Cumberland County aforesaid Beginning at a marked Hickory a Corner
of James Wilkins Land, thence by the same south fifty two degrees
and one half East one hundred and seventy six perches to a Post and
south twenty four degrees East fifty four perches to a marked white
oak standing at the side of West Conococheague Creek, thence up the
same one hundred and nineteen perches to a marked white oak
standing at the side of said Creek, thence by Col. Benjamin
Chambers Land North six degrees east Fifty one perches to a dead
white oak standing at the side of the said Conococheague Creek
thence up the same Creek. According to the several courses thereof
two hundred and ninety six perches to a marked Chestnut oak
standing at the side of said Creek. Thence by James McFarlan's
claim vs Francis Patterson's Land south forty degrees West one
hundred and thirty four perches to the place of Beginning
Containing two hundred and forty eight acres and a Quarter and
allowance of six acres [....] for Roads [...] as by the said patent
Recorded in the Office for Recording of Deeds for the City and
County of Philadelphia in Patent Book AA vol 11 page 178 reference
being thereunto had may move at Large Appear Now This Indenture
Witnesseth that the said Robert McFarland Sen'r in hand well and
truly paid by the above mentioned Robert McFarland Jun.r the
receipt thereof he the said Robert McFarland Senior doth hereby
acknowledge and thereof and therefrom and from every part and
parcel thereof doth acquit release and Exonerate and discharge the
said Robert McFarland Junior or his heirs and assigns forever by
these present have and hath granted Bargained and sold [..... ....]
Released conveyed and Confirmed and by these presents doth grant
Bargain and sell [.....] Release Convey and Confirm unto the said
Robert McFarland Junior his heirs and assigns forever all that the
above mentioned and described Tract or Parcel of Land or plantation
situated lying and being in Peters Town in Cumberland County as is
aforesaid situated and Bounded as it is set above forth and
described and Containing two hundred and Forty Eight Acres and a
Quarter of an Acre of Land and allowances of Six acres for constr
roads for roads viz. as is aforesaid more or less. Together also
with all and singular the Buildings, Improvements, Hunting,
Hawking, fishings, fowlings, mines, minerals ways woods fields,
meadows, gardens, Orchards pastures waters water Courses Rights
Liberties privileges and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto
belonging or in any ways appertaining and the Revisions and
Remainders Rents Issues and profits thereof and also all the Estate
Right title Interest Use possession property Claim and demand
whatsoever either in Law or Equity of him the said Robert McFarland
Sen'r his Heirs Executors Administrators or any of them of in or to
the said land and premises or any part thereof and also all deeds
burdences or Writings Touching and Concerning the said land and
premises or any part thereof. To have and to hold all that the
above described Tract or parcel of Two hundred and forty eight
acres and a Quarter of Land vs allowances Hereditament and premises
hereby granted and sold or which is hereby Intended and meant to be
granted sold and Conveyed with every of its appurtenances unto him
the Said Robert McFarland Junior his Heirs and Assigns to the only
proper use benefit and behalf of him the said Robert McFarlan Jun'r
his Heirs and assigns forever. Under and subject to the Payment of
the yearly [....] Rents and the performance of all other the
Conditions and Reservations in the said patent Reserved or
Contained hereafter Accruing or to become due to the Chief Lord or
Lords of the fee thereof. And the said Robert McFarland senior for
himself his Heirs Executors and administrators doth Covenant and
agree to and with the said Robert McFarland Junior his heirs and
assigns that the said Robert McFarland Sen'r and his Heirs the said
described Tract or Parcel of two hundred and forty eight acres and
a Quarter of land hereditament and Promises with every of the
appurtances as above sold and Conveyed unto the said Robert
McFarland Junior and his Heirs and Assigns and against him the said
Robert McFarland Sen'r and his Heirs Executors administrators and
against all and every other person and persons whatsoever lawfully
Claiming or that shall or may Lawfully Claim by from or under him
them or any of them shall and will Warrant and forever Defend by
this presents. And further that he the said Robert McFarland Sen'r
and his Heirs and all and every other person and persons and his
and their Heirs having or lawfully claiming any Estate Right Title
or Interest of in or to the said Land and premises above in and by
these presents Release Conveyed and Confirmed or to the said Land
and premises above in and by these presents Release Conveyed and
Confirmed or to any part thereof by from or under him them or any
of them shall and will from Time to Time. And at any times
hereafter within the space of Seven years next ensuing upon the
Reasonable Requests and at the proper costs and Charges in the law
of the said Robert McFarland Junior his Heirs or and assigns make
do seal and Execute or Cause or procedure to be made done sealed
and executed all and every such further and other Lawful and
Reasonable Act and Acts thing and things Device and Devices
Conveyance and Conveyances assurance and assurances in the Law
Whatsoever for the further better and more perfect granting
Conveying releasing Confirming and Assuring of all and Singular the
aforesaid and described Tract of two hundred and forty eight acres
and a Quarter of Land Hereditament and premises with every of its
appurtenances unto the said Robert McFarland Junior his Heirs and
assigns to the only proper use benefit and Belong of the said
Robert McFarland Jun'r his Heirs and assigns forever as is
aforesaid as by him the said Robert McFarland Jun'r his Heirs or
assigns or his or their Council Learned in the Law Shall be
Responsibly advised and Required In Witness thereof of the said
Robert McFarland Senior and Esther his wife have hereunto set their
hands and seals dated the day and year above Written.

Robert McFarland
Esther E. McFarland (E. is her mark)

Sealed and Delivered in the presence of us: James McConnel, Thomas
McFarland, William Hunter.

Received on the Day of the date of the above written Indenture of
vs from the above named Robert McFarland Junior the sum of one
thousand and four hundred pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania it
Being the full Consideration money for the land and Witness present
at signing. Robert McFarland William Hunter.

Recorded 20 May 1778.

{TRANSCRIBERS NOTE: Robert McFarland Senior probably moved in 1778
to Rockbridge County, VA and Robert McFarland Junior was certainly
the son of Joseph McFarland of Bucks County, PA. Robert McFarland
Junior must have been the nephew of Robert McFarland Senior.}

BIOGRAPHY: Robert McFarland was born about 1705 in (perhaps Tyrone County), Ireland, son of Robert McFarland. When he was about 25 to 35 years old, he came to America with his father and family, first settling in Phildalephia, Pennsylvania.
...It is most likely in Philadelphia that Robert met his first wife, and they had at least five children that reached maturity. She must have died about 1747/1750.
...At least by 1751 Robert had moved to Peters Township, Cumberland (that part now in Franklin) County, Pennsylvania. There, in about 1751 he married his second wife, Esther _____ (last name perhaps Houston). They had at least 8 children, all born in Peters Township.
...About the summer of 1778 Robert sold his land holdings in Peters Township and moved, along with his wife and all children by his second wife, their families, and at least one nephew, to Rockbridge County, Virginia. There he remained the rest of his years, dying Christmas Day in 1797. Esther died there in 1794.

SOURCE: "Genealogy of the Joseph and William McFarland Branches of the McFarland Family 1675 to 1910" by Thomas S. McFarland 1910 Cable, Ohio. Copy at Greene County Room, Greene County Public Library. "Robert McFarland, my great grandfather, was born in the same county &ltTyrone&gt in the latter part of 1705. His first wife came from the same county. They came to America in 1740. They had four sons and two daughters. Catherine Dean was the second wife of this Robert McFarland. The latter Robert McFarland, my grat grandfather, had four sons and four daughters. Robert died on Christmas day, 1799. The family landed at Philadelphia and purchased land of the Penn's, but subsequently went to Rockbridge County, Virginia" Esther, wife of Robert, died in 1794, and was buried at Falling Springs Chruch, Rockbridge County. They were the grandparents of my father, also named Robert. When Esther was buried, now one hundred and sixteen years ago, the coffin was place on the hounds of the front wheels of a wagon, drawn by a yoke of oxen, and thus taken three miles to the place of burial. The roads were too bad to admit of the corpse being taken in any other way. Her grandson, my father, then at the age of twelve years, rode behind his father on horseback to the funeral. Their children were Joseph, Abraham, William (my grandfather), Thomas, Letitia, Esther, Rachel, and Rebecca."

RESIDENCE: Lived in Peters Township, Cumberland (that part now in Franklin) County, PA. Moved to Rockbridge County, Virginia in 1778.

MILITARY: Revolutionary War; DAR Patriotic Index; VA. Probably too old to be in military, and listing as being in War is probably incorrect.

PLACE: Robert Mc Farland from Peters Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Peters Township formed 1751, and Cumberland County formed 1751 from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In that part of Cumberland County which formed Franklin County in 1784.

TAXLIST: 1750-1777 PENNSYLVANIA, Cumberland County, Peters Township (FHC microfilm # 21087, 21088, 21089. 1753 Robert McFarlan. 1763 (owned 200 acres). 1765 (owned 135 acres). 1766 (owned 135 acres, 1 negro, 3 horses, 2 cows). 1767 (owned 200 acres, 50 cleared, 1 negro, 3 horses, 3 cows). 1768 (owned 200 acres, 1 negro, 4 horses, 9 cows). 1770 (owned 200 acres-60 cleared, 1 negro, 4 horses, 8 cows, 6 sheep). 1771 listed as Robert SR. (owned 200 acres, 50 cleared, 8 horses, 4 cows, 8 sheep). 1773 (owned 200 acres - 50 cleared, 3 horses, 5 cows, 12 sheep). 1774 (owned 200 acres-50 cleared, 3 horses, 5 cows, 10 sheep). 1775 (owned 150 acres, 40 cleared, 2 horses, 4
cows, and 6 sheep).

LINKS-TAXLIST: 1751 PENNSYLVANIA, Cumberland County, Peters Township: Widow McFarland. 1753 (adjacent to Robert &lt1705&gt): Widow McFarland. This must be either mother or wife of an unknown brother.

LAND: City and County of Philadelphia Patent Book AA Vol 11, page 178. Patent to Robert McFarland Sr. 1769. By Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, Esquires. On -- January 1769 there was surveyed unto Robert Mcfarland Sr. a certain Tract of Land called McFarlan's Delight situated in Peters Township, Cumberland County. Adjoining land of James Wilkins, Col. Benjamin Chambers, James McFarland (vs
Francis Patterson). Containing 248 acres for 38 pounds and 9 shillings. Witnessed by John Penn Esquire 5 Dec 1769. Recorded 6 Dec 1769.

BAPTISMS: From "Pennsylvania Vital Records" Vol 2 1983 (R929.3748 Penn at Bellingham Library). Records of Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church, Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania page 125. Baptisms: 1771 Aug 25 Rebecca, daughter of Robert McFarlin.

LAND: Cumberland County, PA Deeds, Vol 1, Book #, page 168 (LDS Microfilm 0022049): Date of Instrument: 1 Sep 1777. Robert McFarland Senior and Esther his wife, of Peter's Township, Cumberland County to Robert McFarland, Jr. of Tinicum Township in the County of Bucks. Patent by Thomas Penn and Richard Penns dated the fifth day of Dec 1769, granted to Robert McFarland a "certain Tract or Parcel of Land Called McFarlands Delight, situated lying and being in Peters Town in Cumberland County" (City and County of Philadelphia Patent Book AA Vol 11, page 178). Adjacent to James Wilkins, adjacent Conococheague Creek, adjacent Col. Benjamin Chambers, adjacent James McFarlands Claim vs Francis Patterson land. 1,400 pounds for 248 acres. Witnesses: James McConnel, Thomas McFarland, William Hunter. Recorded 20 May 1778. (***NOTE: Col. Benjamin Chambers moved to Chambersburg in 1730. married abt 1748 to Jane Williams *** See WorldConnect.com).

LAND: 1778 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County, ; Robert McFarland Deed Dated 1 Dec 1778; Bought property from James GRIGSBY & Franky Grigsby, his wife; 1250 pounds for 289 acres on Mill Creek [on James River], being part of the land of said James Grigsby purchased of Richard Mathews. Bounded by Richard Mathews, John Poage. Recorded 1 Dec 1778. Deed Book A, page 79-80; LDS Microfilm #0033761

TAXLIST: 1783 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Robert McFarland 1 Free White Male age 16-up, 1 slave under 16, 8 horses, and 10 cows.

TAXLIST: 1785 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County Robert McFarlin 1 slave over 16, 1 slave under 16, 6 horse, 8 cattle.

TAXLIST: 1786 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge county Robert McFarlin 2 slaves (Sall and Dinah) 4 horses and 11 cattle.

LAND: 1795 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Robert McFarland, 1 Dec 1795, sold to William McFarland (Deed Book C, page 216, and also 3 Dec 1793 (Deed Book B, page 544.)

PROBATE: 1792-1798 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Will of Robert McFarland, dated 16 Feb 1792 and probated 6 Feb 1798; mentions wife, Easter and children (mentions that Easter and him had: Lettice, Easter, William, Thomas, Rachel, and Rebecca) and children by first wife: Jean, Robert, Martha, James, and Benjamin. Witnesses: David Edmundson, James Wilson, and Thomas Welch. Appraisal of Robert McFarland property by Jonathan Poage, James Poage, and Andrew (Cumins?). SOURCE: Rockbridge County Will Book 2, page 65.

CONFLICT: McFarland book says died Christmas day 1799, but Will was probated Feb 1798, suggesting year to be late 1797.

SOURCE: "Mcfarland-Dunlap Family Bible Records, 1831-1928 : and other genealogical data, 1675-1923", Joseph Dunlap. 35 pages. Microfilm copy at FHC (film #1320635, item 81). Robert McFarland lived in Cumberland County, PA, later moved to Rockbridge County, Virginia. Married twice. Our grandfathers grandparents came from N. Half of Ireland about the year 1740. Their ancestors were from Scotland and some from Wales. They were called Scotch Irish. Robert and family came to Cumberland County, PA, thence to Rockbridge County, VA.

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: Donna Ekstrom de@netusal.net. Researching sons William and Thomas (who moved to Harrison Co, IN in late 1790's). From Rockbridge Co Queeries.

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: Mary T. Haines maryhaines@juno.com (June 1998).

DEED: 1769 PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia. PATENT BOOK AA VOL 11, PAGE 178). PATENT TO ROBERT MCFARLAND SR. 1769 BY THOMAS PENN AND RICHARD PENN, ESQUIRES.
...True and Absolute Proprietaries and Governors of the Province of Pennsylvania, To all union whom there presents shall come, Greeting. Whereas in pursuance of &lt??????????&gt day of January 1769 There was Surveyed unto Robert McFarland Sr. a certain Tract of Land called McFarlan's Delight Situate in Peters Township Cumberland County Beginning at a marked Hickory at Corner of James Wilkens and thereby the same South fifty two degrees and a half East One Hundred and fifty one perches to a post South Twenty four degrees East fifty four perches to a marked White Oak standing at the side of West Conecocheague Creek thence up the same One hundred and nineteen perches to a marked White Oak standing at the side of said Creek, thence by Col. Benjamin Chambers land North Six Degrees East fifty one perches to a dead White Oak standing at the side of the Conecocheague Creek thence up the same on the several Courses Two hundred and ninety six perches to a marked Chestnut Oak standing at the side of &lt?&gt Creek, thence by James McFarland Claim &lt&gt Francis Patterson's land South forty Degrees West One Hundred and thirty four perches to the place of Beginning Containing Two hundred and forty eight Acres and a quarter &lt&gt allowance of S&lt...&gt for Roads &lt...&gt do and by the Recited Warrant of Survey remaining in our Survey for General Office of from thence Certified into our Secretaries Office appears the said Robert McFarlan Senr.
...Sum Thirty eight pounds nine Shillings ...Witnessed by John Penn Esquire. 5 Dec 1769.
...Recorded 6 Dec 1769.

DEED: 1777 PENNSYLVANIA, Cumberland County. DEED BOOK VOL #1 Page 169 to 170)
Deed Robert McFarland Senior to Robert McFarland Junior 1 Sep 1777.
...This Indenture made the first day of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Seven [1777] between Robert McFarland [Senior] of Peters Town in Cumberland County in the Province or Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Yeoman and Esther his wife of the one part, and Robert McFarland Junior of Tinicum Township in the County of Bucks in the said Province of Pennsylvania Yeoman of the other part. Whereas Thomas Penn and Richard Penn Esquires: Proprietors of the Province of Pennsylvania in and by their patent bearing date the fifth day of December 1769 for the Consideration therein Mentioned did sell grant release convey and conspire unto the above name Robert McFarland Sen'r his heirs and assigns forever a Certain Tract or Parcel of Land Called McFarlands Delight situated lying and being in Peters Town in Cumberland County aforesaid Beginning at a marked Hickory a Corner of James Wilkins Land, thence by the same south fifty two degrees and one half East one hundred and seventy six perches to a Post and south twenty four degrees East fifty four perches to a marked white oak standing at the side of West Conococheague Creek, thence up the same one hundred and nineteen perches to a marked white oak standing at the side of said Creek, thence by Col. Benjamin Chambers Land North six degrees east Fifty one perches to a dead white oak standing at the side of the said Conococheague Creek thence up the same Creek. According to the several courses thereof two hundred and ninety six perches to a marked Chestnut oak standing at the side of said Creek. Thence by James McFarlan's claim vs Francis Patterson's Land south forty degrees West one hundred and thirty four perches to the place of Beginning Containing two hundred and forty eight acres and a Quarter and allowance of six acres [....] for Roads [...] as by the said patent Recorded in the Office for Recording of Deeds for the City and County of Philadelphia in Patent Book AA vol 11 page 178 reference being thereunto had may move at Large Appear Now This Indenture Witnesseth that the said Robert McFarland Sen'r in hand well and truly paid by the above mentioned Robert McFarland Jun.r the receipt thereof he the said Robert McFarland Senior doth hereby acknowledge and thereof and therefrom and from every part and parcel thereof doth acquit release and Exonerate and discharge the said Robert McFarland Junior or his heirs and assigns forever by these present have and hath granted Bargained and sold [..... ....] Released conveyed and Confirmed and by these presents doth grant Bargain and sell [.....] Release Convey and Confirm unto the said Robert McFarland Junior his heirs and assigns forever all that the above mentioned and described Tract or Parcel of Land or plantation situated lying and being in Peters Town in Cumberland County as is aforesaid situated and Bounded as it is set above forth and described and Containing two hundred and Forty Eight Acres and a Quarter of an Acre of Land and allowances
of Six acres for constr roads for roads viz. as is aforesaid more or less. Together also with all and singular the Buildings, Improvements, Hunting, Hawking, fishings, fowlings, mines, minerals ways woods fields, meadows, gardens, Orchards pastures waters water Courses Rights Liberties privileges and appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging or in any ways appertaining and the Revisions and Remainders Rents Issues and profits thereof and also all the Estate Right title Interest Use possession property Claim and demand whatsoever either in Law or Equity of him the said Robert McFarland Sen'r his Heirs Executors Administrators or any of them of in or to the said land and premises or any part thereof and also all deeds burdences or Writings Touching and Concerning the said land and premises or any part thereof. To have and to hold all that the above described Tract or parcel of Two hundred and forty eight acres and a Quarter of Land vs allowances Hereditament and premises hereby granted and sold or which is hereby Intended and meant to be granted sold and Conveyed with every of its appurtenances unto him the Said Robert McFarland Junior his Heirs and Assigns to the only proper use benefit and behalf of him the said Robert McFarlan Jun'r his Heirs and assigns forever. Under and subject to the Payment of the yearly [....] Rents and the performance of all other the Conditions and Reservations in the said patent Reserved or Contained hereafter Accruing or to become due to the Chief Lord or Lords of the fee thereof. And the said Robert McFarland senior for himself his Heirs Executors and administrators doth Covenant and agree to and with the said Robert McFarland Junior his heirs and assigns that the said Robert McFarland Sen'r and his Heirs the said described Tract or Parcel of two hundred and forty eight acres and a Quarter of land hereditament and Promises with every of the appurtances as above sold and Conveyed unto the said Robert McFarland Junior and his Heirs and Assigns and against him the said Robert McFarland Sen'r and his Heirs Executors administrators and against all and every other person and persons whatsoever lawfully Claiming or that shall or may Lawfully Claim by from or under him them or any of them shall and will Warrant and forever Defend by this presents. And further that he the said Robert McFarland Sen'r and his Heirs and all and every other person and persons and his and their Heirs having or lawfully claiming any Estate Right Title or Interest of in or to the said Land and premises above in and by these presents Release Conveyed and Confirmed or to the said Land and premises above in and by these presents Release Conveyed and Confirmed or to any part thereof by from or under him them or any of them shall and will from Time to Time. And at any times hereafter within the space of Seven years next ensuing upon the Reasonable Requests and at the proper costs and Charges in the law of the said Robert McFarland Junior his Heirs or and assigns make do seal and Execute or Cause or procedure to be made done sealed and executed all and every such further and other Lawful and Reasonable Act and Acts thing and things Device and Devices Conveyance and Conveyances assurance and assurances in the Law Whatsoever for the further better and more perfect granting Conveying releasing Confirming and Assuring of all and Singular the aforesaid and described Tract of two hundred and forty eight acres and a Quarter of Land Hereditament and premises with every of its appurtenances unto the said Robert McFarland Junior his Heirs and assigns to the only proper use benefit and Belong of the said Robert McFarland Jun'r his Heirs and assigns forever as is aforesaid as by him the said Robert McFarland Jun'r his Heirs or assigns or his or their Council Learned in the Law Shall be Responsibly advised and Required In Witness thereof of the said Robert McFarland Senior and Esther his wife have hereunto set their hands and seals dated the day and year above Written.
...Robert McFarland ...Esther E. McFarland (E. is her mark)
...Sealed and Delivered in the presence of us: James McConnel, Thomas McFarland, William Hunter.
...Received on the Day of the date of the above written Indenture of vs from the above named Robert McFarland Junior the sum of one thousand and four hundred pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania it Being the full Consideration money for the land and Witness present at signing. Robert McFarland William Hunter. ...Recorded 20 May 1778.

DEED: 1778 VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. Deed Book A, page 79 and 80. James GRIGSBY and wife Franky land sold to Robert McFARLAND. 1 Dec 1778. ...This Indenture made the first Day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Eight Between James Grigsby and Franky Grigsby his Wife of the County of rockbridge of the one Part and Robert McFarland of the Same county of the other part Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the Sum of twelve hundred and fifty pounds current money of Virginia to the said James & Franky Grigsby in hand paid by the said Robert McFarland at or before the Sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt
whereof they do hereby acknowledge and thereof do release acquit and discharge the said Robert McFarland his heirs Executors and Administrators by these presents them the Said James Grigsby & Franky Grigsby have granted bargained and Sold and by these presents they do grant bargain and Sell unto the said Robert McFarland and to his heirs one certain tract or parcel of Land Containing two hundred and Eighty nine Acres and three Quarters Lying and being in the County of Rockbridge on Mill Creek being Part of the land the Said James Grigsby purchased of Richard Mathews and is Bounded as followeth viz. Beginning at a black Oak and White Oak corner to the patent line and runneth with the Same South fifty Nine degrees West ninety Six poles to a black Oak. South forty Seven Degrees West forty poles is a White Oak north Eighty five Degrees West Forty one poles to [live? hickory? Grubbs?] South twenty Degrees West fifty nine poles to a Thorn in the Old line of Richard Mathews Land and With the Same South thirty one Degrees East three hundred and Sixty poles crossing Mill Creek to tow White Oaks to John Poage line and with the Same north Fifty nine Degrees East Sixty poles to a Stone put in the ground. North Eight Degrees West four hundred and ten poles to the Beginning With all houses buildings orchards ways water courses profits commodities hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever to the said premises belonging or in any wise appertaining and also all the Estate right title Interest use trust property claim and demand whatsoever of the said James Grigsby & Franky Grigsby of in and to the premises. To have and to hold the lands hereby conveyed with their Appurtenances unto the Said Robert McFarland to the only proper use and [behoof?] of Robert McFarland and of his Heirs and Assigns forever and the said James Grigsby & Franky Grigsby for them and their Heirs, Executors and Administrators doth covenant promise and grant to and with the Said Robert McFarland that they are [fized?} of a good [fun?] and perfect Estate of Inheritance in for Simple of and in the Said premises and that they have good power and lawful authority to grant and Convey the Same to the Said Robert McFarland in manner and form Aforesaid and the said premises now are and so forever hereafter shall be free from all bargains Sales and Incumbencies Whatfours made done committed or Suffered by the Said James Grigsby & Franky Grigsby or any other person or persons whatfours And lastly the said James Grigsby and Franky Grigsby for them and their heirs all and Singular the premises hereby Granted and Sold with the Appurtenances unto the Said Robert McFarland against them the Said James Grigsby and Franky Grigsby and all and every other person or person Whatfours Shall and will warrant and forever Defend by these presents In Witness whereof the Said James Grigsby and Franky Grigsby hath hereunto Set their hands and [----?] the Day and Year first [-----?] Written .. Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of James Grigsby Franky Grigsby
...At a Court held for Rockbridge County December 1st, 1778. James Grigsby and Franky Grigsby his Wife Acknowledge this their B[-----?] Sale for Land to Robert McFarland thereupon the Said Franky (She being first privetly Examined According to Law) Relinquishes her Right [- -----] in the Said within Mentioned Land which is Ordered to be Recorded.

PROBATE: VIRGINIA, Rockbridge County. WILL OF ROBERT MC FARLAND Made 16 Feb 1792 and Probated 6 Feb 1798 WILL BOOK 2, PAGE 65
...In the name of God Amen. I Robert Mcfarland of the County of Rockbridge and state Virginia being in a low State of health but of sound mind and memory thanks be to God, for the same Do make this my last will and testament in the manner and form as followeth. (Viz) I recommend my soul to God who give it and my body to the earth to be buried in a descent Christian manner at the Discretion of my Executors hereafter mentioned and as touching my worldly estate where of it has pleased God to bless me with.
...I bequeath in the following manner after all my lawful debts are paid, I leave unto my wife Easter McFarland one Negro wench named Silory and her increase all to be disposed of at her death as she may think fit as also one feather bed and furniture.
...Item I leave unto my first wife's children Jean, Robert, Martha, James and Benjamin each the sum of five shillings sterling. Item I leave unto my daughter Lettis and Easter the sum of five Shillings Sterling.
...Item I leave unto my son William Mc farlin part of the land I now live on (Viz) Beginning at John Mathews line and Running up the several Courses of the Creek to the mouth of a hollow opposite to the end of my house and up the several courses of the same to Thomas Welch's land also all the meadow land upon the north side of the Creek to him his heirs or assigns forever also one Negro boy named Jonas to him his heirs (?) assigns.
...Item I leave to my son Thomas Mcfarlin the remainder of my land to him his heirs and assigns forever also one negro Boy named George to him his heirs or assigns. Also one sorrel mare.
...Item. I leave unto my daughter Rachel one negro girl named Dinah and her increase, to her heirs or assigns. Also one sorrel hors and saddle, feather bed and furniture, two Mich cows, six sheep, one Chest, two pewter dishes and six plates, one set of knives and forks.
...Item I leave unto my daughter Rebecca one negro girl named Phebe and her increase, to her heirs or assigns
...And the remainder of my moveable Estate to be disposed of as my son Thomas may see fit, and I do hereby Constitute and appoint my two sons William and Thomas Mc farlin Executors of this my last will and testament in witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this Sixteenth Day of February one thousand seven hundred and ninety two forward interlined before signed. Signed sealed and pronounced and declared to be the last will and testament of Robert Mc farlin in the presents of David Edmundson James Wilson
...Robert Mac farland &ltX - HIS MARK&gt Thomas Welch
...At a Court held for Rockbridge County the sixth day of February 1798.
...The foregoing writing purporting the last will and Testament of Robert Mc farland Decd was produced in Court by Thomas Mc farland one of the executors therein named & proved by the oath of David Edmundson James Wilson & Thomas Welch subscribing witnesses and ordered to be recorded.
...And on the motion of said Executors who made oath according to Law Certificate is granted him for obtaining probate thereof in one form he having with James Wilson & Thomas Welch his secure entered into & acknowledged bond in the sum of two thousand Dollars conditioned according to Law.
...Teste A. Reed CRC
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Appraisal of Robert McFarland
Rockbridge County Will Book 2, page 89 Verified by Jonathan Poage, James Poague, and Andew (Cumins?) 4 Sep 1798.

Robert married Esther Dunn on 27 Sep 1748 in Earltown, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Esther was born about 1726 in Ireland; died in 1794 in Rockbridge Co., VA; was buried in FallingSpring Ch, Rockbridge, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married First wife about 1738 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. First was born about 1719; died about 1747 in Donegal township, Lancaster Co. PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: Mifflin, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
• Religion: Abt 1789, Big Spring Presbyterian Church, Newville PA; listing of people visited by the church elder
• Residence: 1800, Mifflin, Cumberland, Pennsylvania

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.

Rebecca married Andrew Mayes in 1735 in Lancaster Co., PA. Andrew was born about 1695 in Northern Ireland; died in May 1754 in Lancaster Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rebecca married Samuel McElhenny in 1755 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. Samuel was born about 1720 in Pennsylvania; died in 1798 in Newville, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]