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Elijah McClanahan Sr. aka McClenachan
Born about 1729 in Pennsylvania [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Son of Elijah McClanahan and Ann (Ewing) McClanahan
Brother of Alexander McClanahan, David McClanahan, Robert McClanahan, Jinney McClanahan, James McClanahan, John McClanahan, Nancy McClanahan, Margaret (McClanahan) Crockett, William McClanahan, Hannah McClanahan and Mary McClanahan
Husband of Letitia (Breckenridge) McClanahan ? married Sep 1747 [location unknown]
Husband of Margaret (Trimble) McClenachan ? married 1768 in Virginia
Descendants descendants
Father of Elizabeth (McClenachan) Tate
Died before 29 Jun 1796 in Augusta, Virginia
Biography
Elijah, son of Elijah McClanahan and Ann Ewing, was born say 1729 possibly in PA and died before 29 Jun 1796 at Augusta County, VA, when an inventory of his estate was taken.[1]
He married first in Sep 1749, at Augusta County, VA, Leticia BRECKENRIDGE, daughter of Alexander BRECKENRIDGE and Jane PRESTON.[2][3][4] No records exist of Leticia's death or any children by her. He married second say 1768, Margaret TRIMBLE, daughter of John TRIMBLE of North Mountain and Ann (???).[5] Among their children were:
Elijah III, b. abt. 1770; m. 1) Nancy Moffett and 2) Margaret Gilkeson
Margaret, m. Robert Mayes; d. 22 Oct 1846 in Taylor, KY
Mary, b. abt. 1773; m. William Moffet; d. Nov 1829 in Augusta, VA
Elizabeth "Betsy", b. abt. 1775; m. John Tate; d. 1821 in Green, KY
Lettice Ann, m. Thomas Caldwell; d. 1872 in KY
Elijah's will dated 22 Feb 1793 at Augusta County, VA, mentioned his son Elijah, wife Margaret and his 2 youngest, unmarried daughters Elizabeth and Letucann [sic]. His wife and daughters were to have use of his weaving shop until marriage, suggesting other married daughters. A codicil dated 2 May 1794 named his daughter Elizabeth now married to John Tate, wife Margaret, son Elijah, and daughters Letucann and Margaret Mays. Neither the will nor codicil mentioned daughter Mary who may have died before then.[6]
On 19 May 1773, Elijah was appointed guardian of Sarah Campbell (13) orphan of Robert Campbell and on 20 May 1779, Hugh Campbell, orphan of Robert Campbell chose Elijah as guardian.
He was a weaver by trade, and frequently qualified as a Justice between 1773 and 1790.
On 19 Nov 1776, Elijah qualified as a new commission and took the oath of allegiance on 19 Aug 1777 at Augusta County, VA.[7]
On 21 Oct 1788, James and John Foster were bound out to Elijah.[8]
The designation "Jr" used with the name Elijah McClenachan was first noted in the marriage of William Moffett and Mary McClenachan on 11 May 1791. By 1799 the terms were not used.[9]
Research Notes
It is unclear which Elijah married Margaret TRIMBLE or when they married. There may have been another generation between Elijah Sr and the children born after 1770. There were at least two Elijahs termed "Jr" and 'Sr" in Augusta County records between 1791 and 1799.
According to DAR records, Elijah married three times and one of his children was Hannah, who married John Greenlee.[10]
"John Greenlee, her oldest son, was the first white child born in the grant ? in 1738; he married Hannah, daughter of Elijah McClanahan, a name famous in all the forays of the border land and on many a hard-fought held in the Revolution." - according to this book, which also says that Hannah and John Greenlee had three sons, Elijah, John, and James.
Sources
? Lyman Chalkley, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1965), v3, p 210; giving appraised 29 Jun 1796.
? John Vogt and T William Kethley Jr, Augusta County Marriages 1748-1850, (Athens, GA: Iberian Publishing Co, 1986), p 140, 198; giving dom, place.
? Chalkley, Chalkley's Chronicles, v2, p 275; giving "1749 ... September __, Elijah McClenachan and Lettice Breckenridge."
? Joseph A Waddell, Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, (Staunton VA, C. Russell Caldwell, Publishers: 1902); digital images, Google Books (https://books.google.com), p 119; giving year.
? Chalkley, Chalkley's Chronicles, v3, p 209; giving "to wife Margaret" (Will Book VIII).
? Chalkley, Chalkley's Chronicles, v3, p 209 (Will Book VIII).
? Chalkley, Chalkley's Chronicles, v1, p 188 (Order Book XVI).
? Chalkley, Chalkley's Chronicles, v1, p 172, 206, 255.
? Chalkley, Chalkley's Chronicles, v2, p 297.
? Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 22 Feb. 2020), "Record of Elijah McClanahan", Ancestor # A074900.
WikiTree profile McClanahan-172 created through the import of McClanahan-20121014.ged on Oct 15, 2012 by Anonymous McClanahan. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Anonymous and others.
Elijah McClanahan
WikiTree profile McClanahan-209 created through the import of McClanahan-20121014.ged on Oct 15, 2012 by Anonymous McClanahan. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Anonymous and others.
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