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John McClanahan[1, 2]

Male 1688 - Bef 1748  (60 years)


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  • Name John McClanahan 
    Born 1688  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 23 Nov 1748  Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Probate Date
    Person ID I19078  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 17 Jun 2020 

    Father Thomas McClanahan,   b. Abt 1659, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1693, Northumberland Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 34 years) 
    Mother Dorothy Mooney,   b. Est 1659, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F7102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Agnes McCubit/McChubit/McCubbins,   b. 1688, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1706  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Captain Alexander of John McClanahan,   b. Est 1708, Prob. Ireland or Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, Prob. Augusta Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Patriot Elijah 'Old Elijah' McClanahan,   b. 1708, Antrim, Ulster Province, IRELAND Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1794, Augusta County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +3. Captain Robert the Founder Immigrant McClanahan,   b. Abt 1710, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1791, Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years)
     4. Blair McClanahan,   b. Est 1717, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. William of Halifax McClanahan,   b. Est 1715, Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1786, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)
    +6. John [McChubit] McClanahan,   b. 1719, Copal Parish, Westmoreland Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1759, Lunenburg County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     7. Letitia McClanahan,   b. Est 1729, Likely Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, Possibly Augusta Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2021 
    Family ID F7073  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Jane Buchanan,   b. Est 1688, County Armahg, IRELAND Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, IRELAND Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married
    • Two wives are named in independent sources for John McClanahan of Ireland. Perhaps neither is correct; John McClanahan Will in Cumberland PA names wife: Margaret and children, Robert Mary, Thomas, David, Margaret and Martha. Ex.: David Black and William Perkinson.
    Children 
    +1. James McClanahan,   b. Bef 1710, Antrim, Ulster Province, IRELAND Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 27 May 1777, Octorara Ck. Cumberland-Lancaster, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years)
    Last Modified 17 Jun 2020 
    Family ID F7095  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S100] Internet Source, http://www.pa-roots.org/data/read.php?43,437119.
      JAMES McCLANAHAN, son of John and Janet (Buchanan) McLanahan of County Armagh-Ireland, of Scotch-Irish descent, immigrated to Pennsylvania, from Co. Armagh, Ireland, sometime prior to 1734. JAMES McCLANAHAN, son of John and Janet (Buchanan) McLanahan of County Armagh-Ireland, of Scotch-Irish descent, immigrated to Pennsylvania, from Co. Armagh, Ireland, sometime prior to 1734. He seems to have first settled on Octorara Creek, in Lancaster County, where he purchased a tract of 200 acres, the warrant of survey for the same being dated 17 May, 1734. (Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, XXIV, 466.) He later purchased a large tract of land at a point which became Greencastle, Franklin County, to which he removed, and there lived in a log fort.

    2. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McClanahan-129.
      Elijah McClanahan
      Born 1713 in Antrim, Ulster Province, Ireland
      Son of John McClanahan and Agnes McCubit
      Brother of Letitia McClanahan, Agnes McClanahan, Alexander McClanahan, Polly McClanahan, Laura Janet McClanahan, Ann McClanahan, Charles McClanahan, Andrew McClanahan, William McClanahan, John McClanahan, Robert McClanahan Sr., Blair McClanahan, James McClanahan and James McLenahen
      Husband of Ann (Ewing) Owens ? married 1727 in Antrim, Ulster, Ireland
      Father of Alexander McClanahan, Alexander McClanahan, David McClanahan, Elijah McClanahan, Hannah McClanahan, James McClanahan, Jinney McClanahan, John McClanahan, Margaret McClanahan, Mary Polly McClanahan, Nancy McClanahan, Robert McClanahan and William McClanahan
      Died 2 May 1794 in Staunton, Augusta County, VA

    3. [S40] Will, http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/cumberland/wills/willbka-b.txt.
      Cumberland County Pennsylvania Wills
      McCLANAHAN, JOHN Pennsborough Twp. November 23, 1748 LANCASTER COUNTY

      McCLANAHAN, JOHN Pennsborough Twp.
      October 21, 1748 November 23, 1748
      Wife: Margaret McClanahan.
      Children: Robert, Mary, Thomas, David, Margaret and Martha.
      Ex.: David Black and William Perkinson.