John McFarland

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ID: I397 Name: JOHN MCFARLAND Sex: M Birth: ABT 1750 in Ardstraw? co Tyrone, Northern Ireland Immigration: 1796 Philadelphia? PA Reference Number: 397 Death: ABT 1797 in eastern Pennsylvania USA Note:

JOHN MCFARLAND - SCOTS IMMIGRANT (ca 1750 died ca 1798?)

MY MCFARLANDS IMMIGRATE TO AMERICA (Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012) Much of the following is quoted from my article in Clan MacFarlane Worldwide's June 2012 newsletter, LOCH SLOY! Go to; http://www.clanmacfarlane.org/

MY MCFARLANDS IMMIGRATE TO AMERICA The Scottish barons of Arrochar, Dumbartonshire, who became the chiefs of Clan MacFarlane, descended as a cadet line from the 11th century Gaelic stewards and earls of Lennox. (1 T MacFarlane, 2 Neville) Gilchrist, a cadet (which means a younger son of the Chief of the house) of the 2nd Earl of Lennox, was the founder of this family. His great-grandson, Parlan, in turn, became the name founder of the clan. From Parlan's son, Malcolm, about the year 1344 onwards, the surname MacFarlane became fixed. (3 J MacFarlane) These MacFarlanes were a tight-knit, tenacious clan whose living depended on the animals of the forests, and who tended their (and other's) cattle in the glens and mountains of Loch Lomondside. They grew in numbers and strength, building small protective castles and often fighting for Highland causes of importance to them. Then, from these ancestral lands of Arrochar on the western banks of Loch Lomond some MacFarlanes began to spread throughout the Highlands and to Northern Ireland.

McFARLANDS in IRELAND - ca 1609 to 1796 Between 1609 and 1611 the victorious British resettled Ulster province in Ireland (the "Plantation of Ulster") with loyal subjects who would populate the confiscated Irish properties with groups of English and Scottish families. The chief Undertakers were granted thousands of acres throughout Northern Ireland. Among these men were the Stewarts who were friendly to the king and represented the Duke of Lennox. About 1610, the Stewarts brought many various families into the Portlough and Lifford precincts in Raphoe, county Donegal (4 Hill p 293). Some of these were of the MacFarlane clan from Scotland. The common spelling in Ireland became McFarland. (A more detailed study of all the McFarlands in the Early Plantation by Mary Helen Haines will be coming in the September Loch Sloy! issue.) Also in 1610, Sir James Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn, from Paisley, Renfrewshire (near Glasgow), Scotland, was a chief Undertaker (plantation owner) in county Tyrone and brought with him many tenants, all Scots. By 1611 they had built a prosperous Scottish colony of thirty-two houses in or near Strabane (in Urney or Ardstraw area).

LOCATIONS IN COUNTY TYRONE TO SEARCH The MacFarlane ancestor of Peter F McFarlin crossed over from Scotland and into Ireland sometime between the 1610 Plantation and 1750 when Peter's 3rd gr grandfather JOHN MCFARLAND was born in Ireland. John's wife Margery and their children are reported to have come from county Tyrone, so that is the place I started the general search for my ancestors in Ireland. Since I'm looking for both McFarlands and Andersons in county Tyrone, I began by looking further south and east along the river Morne where both families might be living in the 1790's. And yes, in the parish of Ardstraw and surrounds, some McFarland and Anderson families have been noted during the 1600's and the 1700's. From the scanty records that still exist after the devastating 1922 Four Courts Fire in Dublin (which destroyed much of the recorded history and genealogy of Ulster), some McFarland/Anderson leads have shown up.

The following records are from various online sources for County Tyrone: 1622 - In Tyrone, the northern parish of Donaghedy did record a John Anderson in Dunnalong. 1630 - The Muster Rolls of able bodied men for the estates in Tyrone owned by various Hamiltons, including Strabane Barony, showed no McFarlands or Andersons at this date. 1631 - The Muster Rolls for the town of Strabane (in Urney?) gave the names of fifty three men with their arms. One was a Dunkan Mcffarlan who was armed with a sword. (Those bearing arms were between the ages of sixteen and fifty) 1631 - Tyrone Muster Rolls, Donagheady & Leckpatrick parishes; John Anderson - sword and pike 1661/1662 - The few existing parish Poll Books for parish of Tyrone listed Donal McFarlan and wife of Fallasloy (=Killymore?) and John McFarlon and wife of Bunyne (Bunowen). No Andersons. 1664 and 1666 - "Hearth Money Rolls" The government began a tax on hearths as a means of raising revenue. Fairly complete coverage exists for the counties of Ulster, however not all persons reported. In Tyrone we find; The Hearth Rolls for parish of Donaghedy, along the River Foyle, listed 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 the River Morne, listed names in fifty-five of its townlands (no Andersons). 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 Abercorn listed as "having holdings in the town of Strabane" including families of both a John Anderson and a Walter McFarland in Baronscourt. (4 Hill p 529) 1699 - Masters of Families in Badoney Parish - William Anderson Presbyterian, Donald Mcffarland Protestant, Malcolm Mcffarland Protestant. 1699 - Masters of Families in Cappagh Parish - Samuel Anderson Protestant, John Mcffarland Presbyterian, John Mcffarland Presbyterian. 1716 - Hometowns of Ulster Families (5 Bolton p 361) John McFarlin,- Badoney, Tyrone 1720 - Three McFarland immigrants to Boothbay, Maine; John McFarland Sr, John McFarland Jr and Andrew McFarland. They came from Ardstraw, co Tyrone (5 Bolton pp. 183, 186, 187). 1766 - Parish census of Householders does not cover Ardstraw and surrounding parishes. 1775 - Dissenters Petitions need to be looked into at; PRONI T808/15307

1795/1796 - "Spinning Wheel/Flax Seed List" The Irish government gave free spinning wheels (or looms)plus flax seed to landholders to encourage the linen trade. This landholder list was likely compiled during the prior year of 1795, and was published in 1796 for those who would plant in 1796. Since John and Margery McFarland left about 1796 or 1797 they may be listed here. In Ardstraw parish were found the highest number of McFarlands with Andersons. Listed there were five families of McFarlands and eight families of Andersons. These did include one John McFarland, (but no Alexander). There were three William Andersons, and a James, all names carried by Margery's Anderson relatives, who I have found in Pennsylvania. So, here, in and around Ardstraw Parish, is the most likely place to start looking for my four-generation ancestral connection for my particular John McFarland. Start about 1797 and work back in time.

IMMIGRATION FROM COUNTY TYRONE, IRELAND to AMERICA 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, is 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 the Mountains..." (7 Brown - Mercer County). Most of the Scots/Irish immigrants coming into Pennsylvania around 1800, arrived at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia was a bustling, major city at the time and was a center for heading west into the pioneering and settlement lands of Pennsylvania and the just-opened Western Reserve of Ohio. 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, Ireland (8 Williams p 168). Therefore, I have assigned John's probable birthplace there too. His birth date is inferred to be about 1750 from his wife's and children's ages, found later. John and Margery McFarland may also have had other children in (Ardstraw?) co Tyrone, Ireland, one born about 1782 and another about 1788. Following the traditional Scottish naming pattern which his parents were apparently using, the 1782 child was likely their third son and would have been named after his father, John. They likely also had another child in the eight years between Andrew and Isabel (see below). Assuming all six of Margery's immigrating children to be his, I have given John McFarland's date of death as about 1797-1798, since he and wife Margery appear to have had no further children after their youngest son James was born. James's age of 43 at death in 1838 makes his birth to be about the year 1795 (9 Baldwin). James was born while the family was still in Ireland, confirmed by James' various children'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 would have been about forty-six. His wife Margery was forty and the six immigrating children were as follows [two other possible children, in brackets below, did not come to America]. Alexander McFarland, age seventeen to twenty (first son, named after his father's father?) William McFarland, age sixteen (second son, named after his mother's father?) [John McFarland? died in Ireland (third son? named after his father?)] Andrew McFarland, age seven to twelve (fourth son? named after his father's oldest brother?) [son McFarland? died in Ireland (fifth son? named after the father's second oldest brother?)] Isabel McFarland, age about four (first daughter? named after the mother's mother?) Mary McFarland, age three (second daughter? named after the father's mother?) James McFarland, age one (sixth? son named after who? His mother had a brother James.) At the time, immigrant routes into Ohio were just opening up after the American Revolution and the subsequent re-settlement of native indians. The newly opened roads and widened paths from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh included the Lancaster Pike from Philadelphia to Lancaster which then connected to the Great Conestoga Road through Harrisburg, then on to Pittsburgh. This was now the main migration route from the east, and on into the Ohio Valley. The assumed 1797-1801 route of John/Margery McFarland's family likely took them from Philadelphia into and through the Pennsylvania counties "...east of the Mountains..."; Delaware, Chester, Lancaster, Dauphine, over the Susquehanna River and into Cumberland County. All places to look for where they lived and where John died.

WHERE IN PENNSYLVANIA DID JOHN MCFARLAND DIE? The above reference for John; "He was killed east of the Mountains" places their first home and John's place of death likely in eastern Pennsylvania. Was it by accident, war, murder? Searches in the 1800 censuses for Pennsylvania, (plus Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut) didn't bring any close matches to the McFarland family group's age-distribution, with or without husband John or additional child. Possibly John had purchased land or received a land grant, so the land records and the non-indexed United States Direct Tax of 1798 for the five Pennsylvania counties (above) should be checked for him. Another lead to follow is the Anderson name, in case the widow Margery (neé Anderson) had stayed with a relative of hers in eastern Pennsylvania between 1797 and 1802. No reference to a widow Margery (Anderson) McFarlin or McFarland for 1800 has yet been found. The family may have been with another 'head of family', or in another place or not recorded at all. It has been found that about 1802 Margery McFarland arrived in Hopewell (New Bedford) village in (then) Mercer co, PA as a widow with her children. They apparently stayed there with her brother John Anderson for about a year before going westward a few miles to Coitsville, Ohio in 1803-1804. At any rate, it appears that the family spent about eight years total in America before John's widow and children finally arrived in Ohio 1803-1804 (8 Williams p 168). Then they all settled, stayed and prospered in the Coitsville area. Each of the six children farmed, worked and raised families there.

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 MacFarlane, with updates to 2012. See also; 2 - Neville; Native Lordship in Medieval Scotland - The Earldoms of Strathern and Lennox, c.1140-1365; Four Courts Press, Dublin, Ireland, by Cynthia J Neville, 2007. 3 - MacFarlane, James; History of Clan MacFarlane; D J Clark Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland, by James MacFarlane, 1922. 4 - Hill, Rev. George: An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century 1608-1620, Belfast, 1877 (Google books) 5 - Bolton - Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America; reprint by Gen. Pub. Co, Baltimore, MD 1967 by Charles Knowles Bolton, 1910. 6 - Depositions - 1809 Depositions on Contested Election; 1984 Ohio Gen Soc; The Report 24:3 p 202. Statements of arrival dates were made by John McFarland's sons; Alexander and William McFarland, of Coitsville, Ohio 7 - Brown - History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Brown, Runk & Co. 1888 p 1024. 8 - Williams - History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Williams, 1882 v 2 9 - Baldwin - Henry R. Baldwin Gen. Records; LDS microfiche 6051349-1, p 101

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 our 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 MCFARLAND. 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. Go to; www.familytreedna.com

PFM's MCFARLAND DESCENT CHART This lineage connects back in time with McFarland/MacFarlanes born in Ireland or Scotland

(Alexander?) MCFARLAND b 1720's in Ireland JOHN MCFARLAND b ca 1750 Tyrone? Ireland, d ca 1798 PA WILLIAM MCFARLAND b 1780 Tyrone? Ireland, d 1853 Coitsville, Ohio ANDERSON MCFARLAND b 1828, d 1890 Coitsville, Ohio WILLIAM MCFARLIN b 1860 Coitsville, OH, d 1943, NJ DONALD WELLES MCFARLIN b 1900 NJ, d 1967 FL PETER FOLSOM MCFARLIN b 1937 NJ

Marriage 1 MARGERY ANDERSON b: ABT 1756 in Ardstraw? co Tyrone, Northern Ireland Married: ABT 1775 in Ardstraw? co Tyrone, Northern Ireland Children Has Children Alexander McFarland b: BET 1776 AND 1779 in county Tyrone? Ireland Has Children WILLIAM MCFARLAND b: 08 MAY 1780 in county Tyrone? Ireland Has Children Andrew McFarland b: 1784 in county Tyrone? Ireland Has Children Isabel McFarland b: ABT 1792 in county Tyrone? Ireland Has Children Mary McFarland b: 1793 in county Tyrone? Ireland Has Children James McFarland b: 1795 in county Tyrone? Ireland Has No Children John? (trad) McFarland b: ABT 1782 in county Tyrone? Ireland Has No Children daughter (trad) McFarland b: ABT 1788 in county Tyrone? Ireland