James McClung, II

James McClung

• b.Abt 1668 / 1679 / 1685 prob. County Tyrone, Ireland
• d.Abt 1744 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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By the late 1600s, the McClung name had become established in the Protestant circles of the Grampian Mountains around Loch Lamond. Religious strife and tyranny had swept the land and it was in about 1690 that a band of McClungs moved with other Scots across the Atlantic narrows to Ireland from their homes in Wigtownshire and Greenock.

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:James_McClung_%284%29

James McClung b.ABT 1679 prob. County Tyrone, Ireland d.ABT 1744 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

!BIRTH: b. about 1670, probably in County Tyrone, Ireland (R.D. Campbell, CAM 100, p 2);

!MISC: He had 7 children and most of them came to Pennsylvania or Virginia but James probably never came to America. One son, William, and his children arrived in Lancaster County, PA about 1745-46. (CAM 100);

Wife: unknown

Children

1. William McClung, of Rockbridge County, VA Bef 1704 - Bef 1784
2. John McClung, Sr. of Rockbridge County, VA Abt 1705 - 1787
3. Matthew McClung Bet 1705 & 1720 -
4. Mary McClung Bet 1705 & 1720 -
5. Isabel McClung Bet 1705 & 1720 -
6. Charles McClung Bet 1705 & 1720 -
7. James McClung, Sr. Est 1707 - Abt 1779
8. Hugh McClung Bet 1725 & 1730 - Abt 1786

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From The McClung Family Association Web Site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rootsr/PA-Jms-Sr.htm

James McClung of Pennsylvania

1-1 JAMES McCLUNG PAXXXX

James was born in Scotland. He emigrated from Scotland to Ireland, and from there to Pennsylvania about 1740. He landed with his family at Philadelphia, PA and was thought to have settled in Lancaster County, PA. The name of his wife is unknown. He died about 1744. They had eight children.

Kristen Ingram has found: James and Agnes McClung buried at Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church in Daretown (Elmer NJ). Since this is so close to Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania , they could have come from any of these states.

James' tombstone reads, "In Memory of James McClong, one of the elders of this church. Departed this life 28th Day of February 1788 in the 87th year of his age." Agnes' tombstone says, "Here lies the body of Agnes McClong who died 5th of September 1769 age 56 years. All ye who come to my grave to see - and as I am so must you be -Repent in Time, no time delay - prepare to follow me."

Kristen notes: So far, no McClongs or McClungs are found in New Jersey prior to this couple, who were apparently married before they came to this country.

This reference may be to a different James and may be a cousin to James (1-2)

Several McClung/McClongs have been active in Salem and Cumberland Counties. Their names are listed in *350 Years of American Ancestors* on page 305.

CHILDREN OF JAMES (1-1)

1-2 JAMES McCLUNG, II

2-2 WILLIAM McCLUNG

3-2 HUGH McCLUNG died about 1786 in TN

4-2 CHARLES McCLUNG

5-2 MATTHEW McCLUNG

6-2 MARY McCLUNG

7-2 ISABEL McCLUNG

8-2 JOHN McCLUNG

Note: This listing begins on p. 9 of McC Gen, 1904

▼References ↑ World Family Tree, Cd#16, Tree #1003. ↑ IGI Record.

1800 U.S. Census, Pennsylvania
Charles McClung, Turbet, Northumberland, household of 7
John McClung, Salisbury, Lancaster, household of 7
Marty McClung, Leacock, Lancaster, household of 9
Ezekial McClung, Martick, Lancaster, household of 4

http://www.on-sitetraining.com/Ancestors/p85.htm#i2122

James McClung was born circa 1685 at New Galloway, Kirkcudbright, Scotland.1 He immigrated say 1740 to at Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, (now Pennsylvania).1

James died in 1744 at Christiana, Lancaster County, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, (now Pennsylvania). He was buried at Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Family

Wife unknown

Children

Combined list on 14 June 2024 of http://www.on-sitetraining.com/Ancestors/p85.htm#i2122 with https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~rootsr/genealogy/PA-Index.htm (“McClung Genealogy, 1904 and Updates” from Updates from McClung Association Membership)

1. William McClung was born circa 1690 probably at County Antrim, Ulster Province, Northern Ireland.1 He immigrated circa 1740 to at Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Province of Pennsylvania, British America, (now Pennsylvania). Wife unknown, 8 children.
2. James McClung, Jr. of Pennsylvania was born circa 1700 probably at Ireland.1 James McClung married Mary McKy, daughter of John McKy. d. bt 1779 - 1785. From McClung Genealogy, 1904 and Updates: He probably came with his family from Ireland to Philadelphia, PA about 1740. (We have yet to locate ship passenger list). He moved to Rockbridge Co., VA with his brother, William and Hugh, about 1742. James is also supposed to be the James McClung whose will is recorded at Lexington, VA, in Will Book 1.
3. Isabel McClung was born circa 1710 at Ireland. Isabel McClung married (?) Cowan.
4. Mary McClung was born circa 1716 at Ireland. Mary McClung was blind and died unmarried.1
5. Capt. Charles McClung was born circa 1718 at Ireland.
6. John McClung was born say 1719 at County Antrim, Ulster Province, Northern Ireland.1 He immigrated say 1731 to at Boston, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America, (now Massachusetts).1 married Sarah Laughlin, daughter of William Laughlin and Margaret Rea, say 1739 at Lancaster County. John died on 1 May 1787 at Buffalo Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
7. Matthew McClung was born circa 1720 at Ireland. Matthew died in 1784.1 He was buried at Buffalo Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
8. Hugh McClung was born circa 1739 at Ireland. Hugh McClung married Francis (?) before 1771 at Ireland. Child: Hugh McClung b. s 1763, d. 17 Nov 1830

Charts < Descendants of James McClung (1685-1744) >
Last Edited 29 Oct 2008

Citations: McClung, Rev. William. The McClung Genealogy. A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the McClung Family from the Time of their Emigration to the Year 1804. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: McClung Printing Company, (1904.)

Taken from McClung genealogy: http://archive.org/stream/mcclunggenealog00mcclgoog/mcclunggenealog...

The earliest known record of the McClung family locates them in Galloway, Scotland. The name clearly indicates their Highland Scotch origin. Tradition says that three Mc- Clung brothers named James, John and Robert, left Scotland on account of religious persecution and settled in the province of Ulster, Ireland about 1690. They were Presbyterians of the "true blue" type.

They are believed to have first settled in Lame, County Antrim, Ireland. Later some of the family lived in the same county near Coleraine.

Miss Mary Semple, of Mt. Hill, Larne, Ireland, says: "Hugh Houston, about the time of the persecution, fled from Greenock (others say Wigonshire) in Scotland to Larne, County Antrim, Ireland. His son Samuel married Margaret McClung. The McClungs belonged to Lame, but it is quite recently I heard of them, as it is more than sixty years since the last of the family removed to Belfast. Many of them re- moved to America."

The first to emigrate to America, so far as known, was Thomas, who came from Moate in County West Meath, Ire- land and settled first near Christiana, Pa., in 1729. About the year 1731, John McClung landed at Boston with an aunt and settled in Brookfield, Mass. In 1734, he left Brookfield and went to Lancaster County, Pa. He was joined there by his father and the rest of the family about the year 1740. The reunited family consisted of the father, whose name was James; the mother whose name is unknown, and eight children some of whom were married and had families of their own. The names of the eight are as follows :

1 James, 2 William, 3 Hugh, 4 Charles, 5 Matthew, 6 Mary, 7 Isabel and 8 John. These all settled for a while in Lancaster County, Pa.

About 1742, I James, 2 William, and 3 Hugh emigrated to the "Borden Grant" in Augusta (now Rockbridge) County, Virginia.

3 Charles, 4 Matthew, 5 Mary and 6 Isabel, remained in Lancaster County or vicinity ;

while John, a little later set- tled in the Susquehanna Valley in Buffalo township, Northumberland County, Pa. From there his descendants went east, north and west.

Other emigrations of McClungs from Ireland occurred at various times until within the past ten or twelve years. They are doubtless all descendants of one of the three original brothers. According to the official census of Ireland in 1890, there yet remained about 313 McClungs in Ireland at that date, and all in the province of Ulster.

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James McClung Descendants

In 1740, three brothers, James, John, and Robert came to Pennsylvania, U. S. A., and remained there until 1742, when they came to Rockbridge County, Virginia. James purchased land from Benjamin Borden of the famous Borden Grant, in 1742, and built his house on it, which was located about two miles south of this site under review.

John McClung was a descendant of this James McClung, and he purchased this site, under review, from John Steele in 1804, and built the present stone house.

Benjamin Stuart McClung was a son of John McClung, and he was a Colonel in the War of 1812. He was a farmer and miller and an Elder in the Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church. He was born on October 30, In 1740, , and remained there until 1742,. John McClung was a descendant of this James McClung, and he purchased this site, under review, from John Steele in 1804, and built the present stone house.

Benjamin Stuart McClung was a son of John McClung, and he was a Colonel in the War of 1812. He was a farmer and miller and an Elder in the Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church. He was born on October 30, 1791, and died on August 27, 1868. He was the father of eight children, among whom were Benjamin F. McClung, who was associated with David Brainard McClung in the milling business near Brownsburg; and Dr. John Alexander McClung, who was a physician who practiced medicine in Fairfield over fifty years, and his son, Dr. Oscar Hunter McClung, is a physician in Lexington, and his son, Oscar McClung, Jr., is a third year student in the :Medical School of the University of Virginia, who will make the third physician in line in this family.

https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/H011255.pdfJames McClung

James McClung
This family emigrated from Ireland in 1740. He landed at Philadelphia and lived about two years in Lancaster Co., PA. James moved to the "Borden Grant" in Augusta (now Rockbridge) county, VA and settled on a farm on the east bank of South River, three miles east of Fairfield. He erected his home in a narrow glen between the river and the mountain and about midway between the Little Mary and Big Mary Creeks. The original house was burned but his neighbors assembled and built another for him and had it ready for occupancy within a week. This building is still standing, after the lapse of more than a century. This residence will be referred to hereafter as "Mary Glenn."

John McClung was of the third generation of the McClung name, and this family is of Scotch-Irish descent, dating back to the time of Agricola, the Roman General. The earliest records show that they were located in Galloway, Scotland, and on account of the religious persecution they moved to the Province of Ulster, Ireland, about the year 1690.

James McClung and family
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:James_McClung_%284%29Note: This listing begins on p. 9 of McC Gen, 1904

McClungs
Lancaster, PA
1729-1770
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~rootsr/genealogy/PA-Lncr1.htm

Tradition states that three McClung brothers, John, James, and Robert left Scotland in 1690 and settled in Ulster, Ireland. The first to emigrate to America, so far as known, was Thomas McClung, who came from Moate in County West Meath, Ireland. Thomas settles near Christana, Pa. in 1729. In 1731 John McClung landed in Boston, with an aunt, and settled in Brookfield, Mass. In 1734 he left Brookfield and went to Lancaster County, Pa. He was joined there by his father and the rest of his family about 1740. The reunited family consisted of his father, James, the mother whose name is unknown, and their eight children some of whom were married and had families of their own. The names of the eight children follows; James, William, Hugh, Charles, Matthew, Mary, Isabel, and John, In 1742 James, William, and Hugh emigrated to the "Borden Grant" in Augusta { now Rockbridge } County, Virginia. About the time James, William, and Hugh emigrated to Virginia, there also came John McClung a cousin of James, William, and Hugh.

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mcclunghistory/genealogy/mcclung_we...

A McClung descent

From Gayle Stewart Wilson 8 June 2024 revised 11 June 2024

• James (of Samuel) 1648- ? (and Mary) - NO, James of James
  • John 1670-1774 (and unknown)
    • Robert 1700-1776 (check on parentage)
      • John 1755-1806 (and Elizabeth unknown)
        • Jonas 1787-1867 (and Rebecca Reed)

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References

1. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:James_McClung_%284%29
   1. McClung, William. The McClung genealogy: a genealogical and biographical record of the McClung family from the time of their emigration to the year 1904 pg. 9. 1-1 JAMES MCOLUNG, b. in Scotland. Emigrated from Scotland to Ireland, and from thence to Pennsylvania, U.S.A., about 1740. He died about 1744; landed with his family at Philadelphia, Pa., and is thought to have settled in Lancaster, County, Pa. The name of his wife is unknown. Eight children viz.: 1 James, 2 William, 3 Hugh, 4 Charles, 5 Matthew, 6 Mary, 7 Isabel and 8 John
2. http://www.on-sitetraining.com/Ancestors/p20.htm#i500 Cites
   1. McClung, Rev. William. The McClung Genealogy. A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the McClung Family from the Time of their Emigration to the Year 1804. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: McClung Printing Company, 1904.
3. Family Tree, Cd#16, Tree #1003.
4. IGI Record.
5. https://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/John-McClung/f355286
6. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/G33Z-XQC
7. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rootsr/PA-Jms-Sr.htm
8. Ancestry from George McClung information came from http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~azopp/data/fam/fam02816.ht...
9. http://www.appalachianaristocracy.com/getperson.php?personID=I5781&... (James Jr., son of James)
10. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McClung-228 (James Jr., son of James) cites
    1. S214 Author: [donated by] Mrs. Samuel Holt Orr Title: The Mary Hamilton Thompson Orr Papers, 1791-1896, and Addition 1779-1955 Abbreviation: Orr, Mary "Papers" Publication: Manuscript Sect., Tennessee State Library and Archives/6 May 1998 Note: Data derived from online summary of contents of these papers, plus perusal of genealogical sheets[on microfilm] contained in Box 4, file 6. http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/techsvs/manud/155.pdf
    2. S236 Author: Reid, Russell M. Title: Our Family Abbreviation: Reid, Russell M. Publication: http://www.louisville.edu/~rmreid01/family/ Note: Appears to have done very thorough work on the Reids, McDowells & McClungs http://www.louisville.edu/~rmreid01/family/ (dead link)
11. McClung, William. The McClung Genealogy: A Genealogical and Biographical Record of the McClung Family from the Time of Their Emigration to the Year 1904. (Pittsburgh, Pa.: McClung Printing Company, 1904). See "Earliest Records and Traditions" p. 8 for names of three brothers (James, John and Robert) who left Scotland and settled in Ulster, Ireland, ca. 1690, then moved from Ireland to Pennsylvania. https://archive.org/details/mcclunggenealogy00mccl/page/8