James McFarland

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ID: I403 Name: James McFarland Sex: M Birth: 1795 in county Tyrone? Ireland Burial: Hopewell, (presently New Bedford), Lawrence co, Pennsylvania ("age 43 years") Emigration: 1796 Ireland Immigration: 1796 America Reference Number: 403 Occupation: Farmer and Distiller Death: 11 JUN 1838 in Coitsville, Trumbull co, (later Mahoning co), Ohio Note: JAMES MCFARLAND/MCFARLIN - SCOTS/IRISH IMMIGRANT and OHIO DISTILLER (1795 - 1838) (Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012)

ARRIVAL IN PENNSYLVANIA James McFarland, was just one year old when he arrived in America with his family in 1796. This date of arrival is chosen since his two older brothers, Alexander and William, both stated that was the year when they had immigrated from Ireland (*1). I assume the whole family arrived in America together, including their father John. As shown before, in the notes for his mother and older brothers and sisters, the family spent seven years elsewhere in America, at least one year in Hopewell (New Bedford), Mercer county, Pennsylvania. In 1803/1804, the widow Margery McFarland, with her four sons and two daughters, came to Coitsville, Ohio. James was nine then and no doubt helped out on the family farm. He remained with his mother, Margery for the rest of her life (she died in 1835). By the 1820 census, he is newly married and head of his own family, having settled "...on the road leading west from the village..." (*2 p 168). His wife is Melissa Hard, possibly a weaver, since she is from the sheep farming area of Huntsburg (Franklin co), Vermont. James is said to have had one of four early distilleries in Coitsville, his older brother William having another (*2 p 171). They "...pushed their business with energy for some years, consuming about twenty-four bushels of grain daily at least one hundred and fifty days out of the year, thirty-six hundred bushels per annum, and putting upon the market nine thousand gallons, more or less, of ardent spirits". James, the distiller, may be the person in his 1820 household, 'engaged in manufactures' (unless it might be his wife Melissa, running a loom?). When his first son is born in 1823, they name him John Anderson McFarland; the John after James' father, and the Anderson for his mother's maiden name. By 1830, they have three children living with them; probably Mary, John and Louisa. Also in their household is James' mother, widow Margery, the original pioneer matriarch from Ireland. However, she dies in 1835, seventy-nine years old. James then died in June of 1838 at age 43 (*3). His estate was probated from 21 June 1838 to June 1841. At the latter date, a John Stewart was chosen guardian by both his son John Anderson McFarlin, age 18, and daughter Louisa McFarlin, age 14, and the same John Stewart is appointed guardian to the younger children; Sarah M McFarlin, age 8, Lysander J McFarlin, age 6 and Robert W McFarlin, age 4. The 'McFarlin' spelling of the surname is the probate record's (*4). James is buried near his mother in the Hopewell Presbyterian cemetery, New Bedford, Pennsylvania (*5). This is where most of the early settlers of Coitsville were interred, since it was the nearest church in the early 1800's. The Hopewell Cemetery records indicate that his mother's name was MARGARET, 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 manufactures) 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 McFarland 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; "died June 11, 1838, 43y, son of Margaret"

Father: JOHN MCFARLAND b: ABT 1750 in Ardstraw? co Tyrone, Northern Ireland Mother: MARGERY ANDERSON b: ABT 1756 in Ardstraw? co Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Marriage 1 Melissa Hard b: 07 APR 1803 in Franklin, Franklin co, Vermont Married: ABT 1820 in Coitsville? Ohio Children Has Children Mary Jane McFarland b: 18 OCT 1821 in Coitsville, Trumbull co, (later Mahoning co), Ohio Has Children John Anderson McFarland b: 03 JUN 1823 in Coitsville, Trumbull co, (later Mahoning co), Ohio Has Children Louisa McFarland b: JUL 1826 in Coitsville, Trumbull co (later Mahoning co), Ohio Has Children Sarah M McFarland b: OCT 1832 in Coitsville, Trumbull co (later Mahoning co), Ohio Has Children Lysander J McFarland b: 1835 in Coitsville, Trumbull co (later Mahoning co), Ohio Has No Children Margery McFarland b: ABT 1830 in Coitsville, Trumbull co. (later Mahoning co), Ohio?