PATRIOT Capt. John 'Breckenridge' McClanahan^[1]

1742 - 1774  (31 years)

• Name	John 'Breckenridge' McClanahan
  	John, his brother, [sons of Robert McClanahan] was lieutenant in another company. Lieutenant John McClanahan received from the government one thousand acres of bounty land for the services of his father in this expedition, his father having died about ten years after his return.
  Title	PATRIOT
  Prefix	Capt.
  Born	9 Nov 1742	Augusta County, Virginia Colony
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Jun 1774  [2]
  Person ID	I19114	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	Captain Robert the Founder Immigrant McClanahan,   b. Abt 1710, Ireland ,   d. 1791, Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Mother	Sarah Breckenridge,   b. 1698, Antrim, Northern Ireland ,   d. 1794, Augusta County, Virginia  (Age 96 years)
  Married	1739	Ireland
  Family ID	F7084	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Ann Lewis,   b. 1751, Augusta County, Virginia Colony ,   d. Jan 1834, Augusta County, Virginia Colony  (Age 83 years)
  Married	15 May 1770	Augusta Co., Virginia Colony
  	John McClanahan, the first husband of Margaret Lewis, and Captain John Frogg, the first husband of Agatha Lewis, were both killed at the battle of the point.
  Notes	John McClanahan was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
  Children	1. John [Lewis] McClanahan, Jr.,   b. 8 Dec 1774, Augusta County, Virginia Colony ,   d. 1815, Lewisburg, Augusta Co., Virginia  (Age 40 years)
  Last Modified	22 May 2022
  Family ID	F7087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Map of Part of Augusta County, Colony of Virginia 1755-1760; Shows Tinkling Spring Church, Fort Chiswell, and Fort Dickinson Map_of_Augusta_County_1755-1760.jpg
  		Marriage Records (John Dean and Thomas Poage)[Poague] Marriage Records (John Dean and Thomas Poage).pdf
  		Baptism Records of the Rev. Craig in Augusta County, Virginia Children of Robert McClanahan and Sarah Breckenridge McClenachan Baptisms 1740-9 (Craig List).pdf

  
  

  Histories

  Chronicles of the Scotch Irish Searchable Text Chronicles of the Scotch-search.txt

  
  

• Sources

  [S80] Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=_UU3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=william+mcclanahan+married+sarah+neeley&source=bl&ots=3IXR8bnmca&sig=MJ9Asso72qpEpAhKlE03-83PgFE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgiMD6y9fWAhXD5yYKHYaQBfkQ6AEITTAG#v=onepage&q=william%20mcclanahan%20married%20sarah%20neeley&f=false. Children of Robert McClanahan Alexander, 1st son of Robert the first and his wife, Sarah. He married Miss Shelton [Eleanor] who was sister of Patrick Henry's first wife. John, his brother, was lieutenant in another company. Lieutenant John McClanahan received from the government one thousand acres of bounty land for the services of his father in this expedition, his father having died about ten years after his return. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_McClanahan_%2814%29. John McClanahan died in 1774, leaving a son, named Thomas Lewis, who died in November, 1774. After his death a child was born in December, 1774, and was called John. His widow married William Bowyer. In a personal letter Mr. Waddell writes as follows: John McClanahan, son of John, was educated at William and Mary College, and was a youth of large fortune. He married Mildred Maupin, of Williamsburg, and had seven children, only two of whom lived to maturity. He went to Kentucky in 1807 and, coming back to Virginia, died in 1815, probably in Lewisburg. His son John (the third) married Eliza McClung, of Greenbrier, and died in 1838, leaving children. A daughter of John (the second) married Captain John Gautt, of the United States Army, and their son, N. B. Gautt, lived in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1890. [S80] Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=_UU3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=william+mcclanahan+married+sarah+neeley&source=bl&ots=3IXR8bnmca&sig=MJ9Asso72qpEpAhKlE03-83PgFE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgiMD6y9fWAhXD5yYKHYaQBfkQ6AEITTAG#v=onepage&q=william%20mcclanahan%20married%20sarah%20neeley&f=false. John McClanahan, s/o Robert and Sarah Breckenridge McClanahan, m. Margaret Ann, d/o Thomas Lewis, who was a son of "John Lewis, the founder." The union between these two families, Lewis and McClanahan, beginning at that early period, has been frequently repeated down to the present time.... [S100] Internet Source, https://archive.org/stream/mcclanahans00whitgoog/mcclanahans00whitgoog_djvu.txt. II. ? John McClanahan. His wife was Margaret Ann, daughter of Thomas Lewis, who was a son of "John Lewis, the founder." The union between these two families, Lewis and McClanahan, beginning at that early period, has been frequently repeated down to the present time. " Thomas Lewis, the county surveyor, was disqualified for military service by defective vision, but was a man of culture and influence, and held various important positions. He was a member of the House of Burgesses and of the State Convention in 1775, and commissioner in 1777 to treat with the Indian tribes on the Ohio. He died October 31, 1790." ? WaddelVs Annals, page 80. John McClanahan died in 1774, leaving a son, named Thomas Lewis, who died in November, 1774. After his death a child was born in December, 1774, and was called John. His widow married William Bowyer. In a personal letter Mr. Waddell writes as follows: 'John McClanahan, son of John, was educated at William and Mary College, and was a youth of large fortune. He married Mildred Maupin, of Williamsburg, and had seven children, only two of whom lived to maturity. He went to Kentucky in 1807 and, coming back to Virginia, died in 1815, probably in Lewisburg. His son John (the third) married Eliza McClung, of Greenbrier, and died in 1838, leaving children. A daughter of John (the second) married Captain John Gautt, of the United States Army, and their son, N. B. Gautt, lived in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1890. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_McClanahan_%2814%29. Capt. John McClanahan, Sr. b.7 November 1742 Augusta County, Virginia d.30 JUN 1774 Lt. Col. Alexander McClanahan ABT 1734 - 1797 Agnes McClanahan ABT 1735 - Sarah McClanahan 1736-1750 - Lettice 'Lettis' McClanahan 1736-1750 - Jane "Jenny" McClanahan 1740 - Capt. John McClanahan, Sr. 1742 - 1774 Mary 'Polly' McClanahan BEF 1744 - Capt. Robert McClanahan 1747 - 1774 William McClanahan 1748/49 - [S275] Lyman Chalkley, Lyman Chalkley. 22 Jun 1769 Recommended for appointment as JUSTICES John McClenachan 22 Mar 1771 Augusta Co., VA pp163/(218) John McClenachan qualified Captain of Militia. JUNE 22, 1769. (220) Aaron Hughes, John Moore, Thomas Moore and Jacob VVoodley? to View the road from Hughes's Lane by Mathew Harrison's Mill to County Line. (222) Following recommended for appointment as Justices: Mathew Harrison, William Ingles, William Christian, George Mathews, John McClenahan, James Robertson, Stephen Trigg, VVilliam Horbert, Philip Love, Anthony Bledsoe, John Bowman, John Thomas, Robert Doage and John Montgomery. The following to be left off and reasons given to the Governor by the Clerk: John Chizwell, John Wilson, John Archer, Alexr. Boyd, David Robinson, Ben]. Estill, John Maxwell, Charles Lewis, Andrew Bird, Richard Woods.