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James Andrew Arthur McClure (abt. 1660 - 1732)

James Andrew Arthur (James) [uncertain] McClure
Born about in Raphoe, Donegal, Irelandmap [uncertain]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 72 in At Seamap
Profile last modified | Created 4 Mar 2013
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Biography

The parents for this James Arthur "Andrew" McClure are unknown; the parents listed for him in wikitree, John McClure and Gilbert McClure are born 20 years apart, yet both are listed as a spouse for Andrews, also whose birthdate changes in each profile. The "mother" listed for James Arthur "Andrew" McClure is seemingly listed as his spouse in Kerry Wheeler's genealogy page:

1520.James Arthur McClure28, born 1660 in Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland; died 1732 in At Sea, Atlantic Ocean.He married 1521. Andrew in Ireland. 1521.Andrew, born Abt. 1664 in Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland; died Bef. 1738 in Ireland.

Children of James McClure and Andrew are: i. Samuel McClure, born Abt. 1682 in Ireland; died Bef. 1760 in Virginia. ii. Halbert McClure, born 1685 in Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland; died May 15, 1754 in Rockbridge, Virginia; married Agnes Steele; born Abt. 1688 in Ireland; died 1754 in Augusta County, America (Virginia). Notes for Halbert McClure: "Halberd McCluer/McClewer" bought land and settled in the "Borden Grant". His will was probated in Agusta Co, Va. He served in Capt McDowell's militia in 1742. 19 Mar 1745/46 deed to land, "Borden to McClure." 1753: signed petition for church to be established at Timber Ridge.(Presbyterian) 1747: purchased land in Borden Grant: 203 acres.

More About Halbert McClure: Burial: May 1754, Augusta County, America (Virginia) 760 iii. James McClure, born 1685 in Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland; died August 1761 in Augusta County, America (Virginia); married Agnes iv. William McClure, born 1690 in Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland; died 1761 in Augusta County, America (Virginia); married Unknown; died Aft. 1756. Notes for William McClure: William McClure appears to have lived on the plantation of his son Andrew, adjoing that of his brother James. He witnessed James, His brother's will on 23 Sep 1756 but died intestate prior to 18 Aug 1761 the date of the probate. v. John McClure, born Abt. 1705 in Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland; died 1748; married Nancy; born Abt. 1709 in Ireland. vi. Nathanial McClure, born 1713 in Ballynashanagh, Raphoe, Donegal County, Ireland; died Aft. 1761 in Augusta County, America (Virginia).


James was born about 1660. James McClure ... He passed away about 1732. [1]. See info in book for death in 1738

Find A Grave Memorial

James Arthur Andrew McClure in the Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

Go to website: Find A Grave Memorial No. 169915814

  • Name: James Arthur Andrew McClure
  • Birth Date: 1660
  • Birth Place: Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland
  • Death Date: 1732
  • Has Bio?: Y

Source Information Ancestry.com. Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Description This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find A Grave.

Footnotes

McClure-Owings, Donnell. Ancestry of the Children of Andrew McClure of Montgomery County, Kentucky. (Mattoon, Illinois: June 1937). 34 pp. (No Copyright, free copy at Archive.org). See Andrew McClure (1660 - 1732) Family Group (of Raphoe Parish, County Donegal, Ireland) on p. 10 of 34.

M'Clune, James. History of the Presbyterian Church in the Forks of Brandywine, Chester County, Pa. (Brandywine Manor Presbyterian Church), from A.D. 1735 to A.D. 1885 : with biographical sketches of the deceased pastors of the church and of those who prepared for the Christian ministry under the direction of the Rev. Nathan Grier. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1885). See many references to family of James McClure, notably a reference to James and Robert McClure as contributors to payments for upkeep of Pastor Boyd (1752) on p. 239.

Mervine, William M. "The Scotch Settlers in Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland. A Contribution to Pennsylvania Genealogy" The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 36, 1 Jan 1912. See pp. 271-272 (p. 16 of 17 in the article) which states "Among the ruling elders and commissioners of the Presbyterian congregation of Raphoe between 1672 and 1700 were: . . . John McClure, Arthur McClure . . . Richard McClure . . . ."

Ziegler, J.L. An Authentic History of Donegal Presbyterian Church Located in East Donegal Township, Lancaster Co., Pa. (Philadelphia: F. McManus Jr. & Co., 1902). See especially the references to Emma McClure, p. 59 and Mary and Margaret McClure, pp. 72 - 73.

James was born about 1660. [2]

James Andrew McClure. [3]

Born 1670 Raphoe, 5300, , Ireland. [4]

Died 1739 Agusta, Virginia, United States. [5]

Event: Arrival 1740 Virginia[6]

Sources

  1. First-hand information as remembered by Jerry Owen, Saturday, August 16, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
  2. Source will be added by Keith Winstead by 24 Sep 2020.
  3. Source: #S160 Database online. Record for William Halbert McClure Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=488744371&indiv=try
  4. Source: #S160 Database online. Record for William Halbert McClure Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=488744371&indiv=try
  5. Source: #S160 Database online. Record for William Halbert McClure Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=488744371&indiv=try
  6. Source: #S160 Database online. Record for William Halbert McClure Link: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=488744371&indiv=try

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Peggy Shackelford for creating WikiTree profile McClure-1243 through the import of Fisher_Shackelford.ged on Dec 11, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Peggy and others.

  • Source: S160 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R7
  • Repository: R7 Ancestry.com




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There really is no legitimate source for all those middle names, which almost certainly didn't exist at the time.

There's a whole section dedicated to the Find a Grave memorial (which is just awful). There's a link directly to the Find a Grave where all that unsourced info is copied from, but then the citation is for Ancestry's link to Find a Grave.

The footnotes section has the most respectable section of actual sources, but they're all secondary sources. Notably, none of them include any middle names.

The Sources sections, well. Source #1 for James dying about 1732 was "First-hand information as remembered by Jerry Owen." Anybody with "first-hand" knowledge of somebody dying in 1732 definitely isn't around to pass that information along in 2024. Source #2 will be added "by 24 Sep 2020", so I guess we'll just wait until then. Sources 3-6 are all links to the exact same personal tree. Personal trees definitely not sources, but that's OK because all the links are all dead anyway. Bullet point #1 is a link to forum post, but the source for that section is a dead link to a user-submitted Ancestral File on Family Search, so basically the same as the other "sources" but with flair. Bullet point #2 is the a more formalized and verbose (predictably) dead link to another personal Ancestry tree. Bullet point #3 is cruft, and #4 is a link to the FamilySearch's wiki page with generic info about County Donegal, Ireland.

So, yeah, I think unless somebody can provide a document from the 17th or 18th C. that includes the middle names for any of these people, I'm inclined to believe they're all fictitious and should be removed.

posted by Ryan Torchia
McClure-2693 and McClure-838 appear to represent the same person because: same person, it's time to merge them for better research of this family. the middle name, whether A for Arthur or Andrew is less of a concern looking at the records in which both are used.
posted by [Living Martin]
McCluer-76 and McClure-838 appear to represent the same person because: Same spouse and mother; only difference is a discrepancy found in the father; in which case, the father is likely whomever married Miss Andrews and should be removed until the correct relationship is found: unknown McClure father
posted by [Living Martin]
McClure-838 and McClure-5119 appear to represent the same person because: To me these look like they are a match please take a look and if you agree to continue with the merge. Have a great day.
posted on McClure-5119 (merged) by Colleen (Carson) Flannery
McClure-838 and McClure-1243 appear to represent the same person because: Same person
posted by [Living Morgan]
McClure-838 and McClure-1243 appear to represent the same person because: Same person
posted by [Living Morgan]
This warning was generated by the merge.

Warning: Check the dates. 1.A child's birth date should not be before a parent is six years old.

posted by Barry Malcolm
McClure-1540 and McClure-838 appear to represent the same person because: Although middle names don't match, these two look like the same James.
Hi,my grandmothers maiden name was Era Lourina mcClure She married Henry garie shaneyfelt and her father was John t mcclure And her mother was martha childers.I would like to find photos of more mcclures any ideas?
posted by Lisa Shaneyfelt

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