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Thomas Buchanan (abt. 1680 - 1748)

Thomas Buchanan
Born about in Rathmelton, Co. Donegal, Irelandmap
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Died at about age 68 in Rathmelton, Donegal, Irelandmap
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Biography

This person is an ancestor of President James Buchanan, Jr.[1]

No sources exist to prove who and when Thomas Buchanan married. However, it is believed that he had a son that was the father of John Buchanan, the Paternal Grandfather of President James Buchanan, Jr.[2]

However , the SOLID ANCESTRY of the United States President,James Buchanan, has not been sufficiently sourced. The two main sources for Presidential Ancestries [3] and the most modern one published in 2009[4] even differ on his ancestry. What is certain is that he came from a Buchanan family that originated in Tyrone ( probably Blairlusk and Derorane) . The pedigree in Tyrone stems from a George Buchanan of Doune, Stirling, Scotland, specifically at Gartincaber.

Sources

  1. Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents
  2. American Presidential Families, Hugh Brogan and Charles Mosley, 1993, Page 428
  3. Pg. 275.Burke's Presidential Families. Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of America. London: Burke's Peerage, 1981. Print.
  4. Pg.48. Roberts, Gary Boyd., and Julie Helen. Otto. Ancestors of American Presidents. Santa Clarita, CA: Published in Cooperation with the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass. by C. Boyer, 3rd, 1995. Print.




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after a lot of research, it is clear that this is a mixture of John born c. 1730 who married Jane Russell and his grandfather Thomas, born1685 and the son of George. I am going to do my best to straighten this all out
posted by Robin Lee
Robin;

Thank you for taking this on and best wishes for success. Please let me know if there's any help I can provide. Mike Bissell [Bissell-517]

Buchanan-1783 and Buchanan-691 appear to represent the same person because: Not clear why this was set as an unmerged match
Buchanan-2817 and Buchanan-1783 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicates

(also BTW Just a reminder that Donegal and Tyrone are two separate counties in Ireland)

Pg.48. Roberts, Gary Boyd, Ancestors of American Presidents, says that the father of John Buchanan-851 is Unknown Buchanan. The father of Unknown Buchanan is thie (said to be) Thomas Buchanan of Ramelton, born ca. 1685.

A generation was skipped.

posted by J. (Pearson) Salsbery

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