Anne McFarland

Not the wife of Caleb McFarland

Family

Duncan McFARLAND married Anne (or Elizabeth) PORTER (possibly d/o Thomas Porter, a sea captain) bef abt 1720-1721 in Ireland or Pennsylvania

Children:

• 1. Jean "Ann" McFarland b ca 1721 in IRE or PA m 1) Alexander Dunlap of Ulster, IRE, 1737 in Philadelphia, m 2) Robert Bratton of Antrim, IRE, 1745 in Virginia
• 2. Robert McFarland b ca 1725 in IRE or PA m. Unknown (had daughters Mary, Jane and Hannah in VA in the 1750's)
• 3. Alexander McFarland b 1727 in IRE or PA m Mary (Crawford?) (the Alexander who m Mary Crawford may have been Alexander McFarland Jr.) -- Alexander b 1727 is a proven child of Duncan McFarland
• 4. William McFarland b 1732 in IRE or PA m 1) Elizabeth Gibson, m 2) Louisa [Lucy/Lucretia] LNU -- William b 1732 is a proven child of Duncan McFarland

Speculative

• 5. Margaret McFarland b ca 1748 Augusta Co VA m John Irwin Margaret Irwin - detached

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Errors

From https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Duncan_McFarland_%281%29

ERRORS: Note that Robert (2) and John (2) were not children of Duncan McFarland, they were both sons of Robert McFarland of Rapho Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

• i. [ERROR] Robert McFarland (2), died in 1798; married Esther Houston, daughter of John Houston (1669-1755) and Margaret Crawford. He qualified a Lieutenant on November 16, 1752 (Abstracts from the Records of Augusta County, Virginia, Lyman Chalkley, Vol. II, page 55).
• 3. ii. [ERROR] John McFarland (2), called "Old Scotland John", married Mary Montgomery. He was one of the first Elders in the Old Stone Church in Augusta County, Virginia. Two of his grandsons were active in the early settlement of the Tennessee border territory. They were Colonel Robert McFarland (son of Robert McFarland) and Colonel John McFarland (son of Benjamin McFarland). Colonel John McFarland represented Jefferson County, Tennessee in the Legislature at Nashville in 1824. John McFarland (2) qualified as Ensign on November 16, 1752. (Abstracts from the Records of Augusta County, Virginia, Lyman Chalkley, Vol. II, page 55). _____

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• There is no evidence that Duncan was Margaret's father, except one researcher who said he was the only one around who could be her father. By Scottish naming traditions, she would have named her second son after her father, or at least one of her six sons. None are named Duncan. Her father was likely the same as one of the sons' names - Joseph, Isaac, Benjamin, George. By traditional naming patterns, the oldest son, James would be named for Margaret's husband's father, who was James. Their son John would be named after his father, Margret's husband. Although, it's also possible Margaret's father was also James or John.

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References

1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63900911/elizabeth-anne-mcfarland
2. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Anne_Porter_%285%29
3. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Duncan_McFarland_%281%29
4. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Early_Settlers_of_Augusta_County%2C_V...
5. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McFarland-1241
6. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/a/r/Brandy-M-Barr/WEBS...
7. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McFarland-1241