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Family: James [Cockran] McClanahan / Isabella Craig (F7090)  [1, 2

m. 11 May 1761


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  • Father | Male
    James [Cockran] McClanahan

    Born  1735  Greencastle, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Apr 1823  Greencastle, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Married  11 May 1761  Pennsylvania Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  James McClanahan | F7086 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mary Cockran/Cockrane | F7086 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Isabella Craig

    Born  2 Feb 1742  Greencastle, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Sep 1819  Greencastle, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Father   
    Mother   

    Child 1 | Male
    + James [Craig] McClanahan

    Born  10 Jan 1763  Greencastle, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1844  Baltimore, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Elizabeth Boggs | F7091 
    Married     
    Spouse  Mary Biddle | F8063 
    Married     

  • Notes  Married:
    • Children of James McClanahan and Isabella Craig:
      James McClanahan1763 - 1844
      John McClanahan1764 - 1797
      Robert McClanahan1766 -
      Margaret McClanahan1768 -
      Mary McClanahan1771 - 1848
      William McClanahan1773 - 1833
      Samuel McClanahan1775 -
      Joseph McClanahan1780 -
      Isabella McClanahan1780 -
      Rebecca McClanahan1783 -
      Sarah McClanahan1787 - 1842

  • Sources 
    1. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:James_McClanahan_%2811%29.
      JAMES McLANAHAN, son of James and Mary (Cochrane) McLanahan, was born in Greencastle Pennsylvania, 5 October 1735, and died at Greencastle, Franklin County, PA, 17 Apr 1823. In 1763 he built a house on a portion of his father?s plantation, and there resided. The house is sill standing. He was a Revolutionary soldier, entering the service as a private in Captain John Jack?s Company of Militia regiment commanded by Colonel Abram Smith, 11 September, 1777. (Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, XXIV, 615, 625.) He was a prosperous farmer, and a large land owner. During the lifetime of his father, he visited Ireland. He married Isabella Craig, who is said to have been a daughter of James Craig of Cecil County, Maryland. Mr. McLanahan was buried in what is known as the Old White Church Cemetery, but his remains were removed to Cedar Hill Cemetery, Greencastle. His will, dated 23 October, 1822, was proved 21 April, 1823, and disposed of a large estate. He married Isabella Craig, 11 May, 1761. She was born 2 February, 1743, and died 16 September, 1819. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Reverend Samuel Finley, President of Princeton College. Children of James McLanahan by his wife Isabella Craig, all born at Greencastle, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania: I. James McLanahan, born 10 January, 1763: died in Baltimore 1844. Married Elizabeth Boggs. II. John McLanahan, born 5 November, 1764; died 4 September, 1797: married, Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Thomas Johnston. She was born in 1771, and died, 2 July, 1829. III. Robert McLanahan, born 6 December, 1766; married, Miss Dunlap. IV. Margaret McLanahan, born 4 December, 1768; married, Thomas Brown. V. Mary McLanahan, born 16 December, 1771; married, James Allison VI. William McLanahan, born 25 Apr 1773; died 27 Dec 1833; married, Mary Potter Gregg, daughter of Hon. Andrew Gregg. VII. Samuel McLanahan, born 11 September, 1775; married, Margaret, daughter of Colonel John Allison. From them descends the Reverend Samuel McLanahan, born in Greencastle on 12 February, 1853; died 3 Nov 1912, aged 59 years. He lived in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Married I: Mary Imbrie Married II: Mary Minor, daughter of the late Mary Minor & Bishop James Allen Latine Children: 5 sons I. James Craig II. Allen III. Sherirart Kennedy IV. John Davison V. Samuel Jr. VIII. Joseph McLanahan, born 11 September, 1780; married, Elizabeth Gordon. IX. Isabella McLanahan, born 11 Sep 1780; married Captain Johnston, of Hancock, Maryland. X. Rebekah McLanahan, born 2 January, 1783; married her cousin, John McLanahan, Jr., son of John McLanahan. XI Sarah McLanahan, born 26, 1787; died 10 June 1842 aged 55; married the Reverend Doctor McElroy, of New York. He died 27 Dec 1833, aged 61.

    2. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:James_McClanahan_%289%29.
      Name James McClanahan
      Gender Male
      Birth Abt. 1719
      Death Bef. 07 Jul 1761, Lunenburg County, Virginia
      http://kinnexions.com/smlawson/mcclanah.htm

      James McClanahan - d. 1760, Botetourt Co., VA . Although his will begins,"I, James McClanahan, late of Lunenburg Co., Virginia...," no evidence has been found placing him in that county. Conjecture is that he may have had some non-physical, or social, connection to the Lunenburg County. James received a portion of land from his brother John, which John purchased in May 1750 from Benjamin BORDEN. Immigrated from Scotland (possibly via County Antrim, Ulster), settling finally in Botetourt Co., VA by 1750. James' will of Oct. 20, 1759, recorded May 6, 1760 [Probate Records, Lunenburg Co., VA, Book 1, page 322], bequeaths six cows, "to be evenly divided among the children of my brother John," and names Samuel and William and sons of brother David. No record of a wife or children has been found for James.

      - Note: since Botetourt County was not established until 1769, he obviously could not have died there in 1760. He likely either died in Lunenburg or Augusta Co., (the predecessor county of Botetourt), where the McClanahan family had migrated.
      James McClanahanAbt 1719 - Bef 1761
      Isabella McClanahan1723 -
      John McClanahanABT 1724 - bef 1759
      Elizabeth McClahahanAbt 1725 -
      David McClanahanABT 1726 -