John McElroy Sr (abt. 1690 - abt. 1763)

Born about 1 Jan 1690 in Baltimore, Cecil, Maryland [uncertain]

Husband of Frances (Durham) McElroy — married 1713 in Baltimore, Colony of Maryland

Descendants

Died about 23 Apr 1763 at about age 73 in Wake, Craven, North Carolina

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Biography

John McElroy (Mackelroy) was born on January 1, 1690, the child of Archibald McElroy and Rachel Durham.

He married Frances Durham and they had two children together.

He then married Rebecca JONES on January 24, 1762, in Granville County, North Carolina.^[1]

He died on April 23, 1763, in Wake County, North Carolina, at the age of 73.

Children's Data

Birth

St. George's Parish Register of Births,

Marriages & Death Burials, 1681 - 1799

"Rachel Mackelroy was born August the seventh 1713"

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"John Mackelroy was born December fifth 1715."

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"William Mackelroy was born December twenty third 1717."

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Archabald Mackelroy was born February the thirteenth 1719."

"The Daughter & Sons of John & Francis Mackelroy his wife." ^[2]

Which matches the Records in the Hall of Records in Annapolis, Maryland show the first 4 children of John b. abt 1690, and Frances Spelled Mackelroy

1. Rachel Mackelroy August 7, 1713
2. John Mackelroy December 5, 1715
3. William Mackelroy December 23, 1717
4. Archibald Mackelroy February 13, 1719

Sept. 5, 1732 John Mackelroy a planter sold "John's Beginning" in Baltimore County, Maryland to John Long of Cecil County, L50, 200 acres, John (x) Mackelroy. Wit: Signed Avinton Felps and Stephen Onions. One must assume now that the McElroy family, Avinton and Rachel Felps, had began their Southwest movement along the trail of "The Great Wagon Road" also known as "The Carolina Road". It does appear that both families left Baltimore County Maryland during the later part of 1732. The family of John and Francis McElroy disappeared into the wilderness from the years of 1732 until 1742 before surfacing in the North Carolina frontiers, but it appears from a land deed that Avinton and Rachel Felps, temporarily located in Orange County Virginia.^[3]

Name

Name: John /MCELROY/^[4][5][6][7]

Name: John /Muckleroy/^[8]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using present day John /McElroy/.

Birth

Date: 1 January 1690

Place: Cecil, Baltimore, Maryland, United States^[9]

Death

Death:

Date: 23 APR 1763

Place: Wake, North Carolina^[10]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Baltimore, Maryland^[11]

Residence

Residence:

Place: North Carolina^[12]

Residence:

Date: 1743

Place: Craven, North Carolina^[13]

Residence:

Place: North Carolina^[14]

Name(s)

Personally, I don't like to use these.

• Mcleroy /McElroy
• Muckleroy/Mcelroy
• McElroy
• McElroy/Mackelroy
• [https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48277/SouthernFamiliesIX-004713-10/275956?backurl=&ssrc=&backlabel=Return|Historical Southern Families. Volume IX

McElroy of North Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Texas]

Sources

1. ↑ MacElroy in the North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011 to Rebecca Jones Source Information: Ancestry.com. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC. Description:
2. ↑ St. George's Parish, Harford Co. Register image 1052 / page 226
3. ↑ Felps in Anne Arundel https://bit.ly/2EtgiPk All of this information is From: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mdannear/firstfam/felps.htm
4. ↑ Source: #S20
5. ↑ Source: #S76
6. ↑ Source: #S26
7. ↑ Source: #S47 Page: Loudon Park National Cemetery; Section: B
8. ↑ Source: #S8
9. ↑ Source: #S8
10. ↑ Source: #S8
11. ↑ Source: #S47 Page: Loudon Park National Cemetery; Section: B
12. ↑ Source: #S20
13. ↑ Source: #S26
14. ↑ Source: #S20

• Stokes Library; Box Book with McElroy & Floyd; Family Adventures of John Mackelroy of Maryland; Family Puzzlers
• http://www.stephensonfamily.us/PDF/McLeRoyHartsfield.pdf
• Source: S20 Author: Ancestry.com Title: U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant ApplicationFiles, 1800-1900 Publication: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: Ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S26 Author: Ancestry.com Title: North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index,1790-1890 Publication: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;; Repository: #R1
• Source: S47 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Baltimore, Maryland, Loudon Park National Cemetery, 1862-2010 Publication: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;; Repository: #R1
• Source: S76 Author: Jeffery, Alice Title: Georgia Tax Index, 1789-1799 Publication: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;; Repository: #R1
• Source: S8 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Global, Find A Grave Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and otherSelect Burial Locations, 1300s-Current Publication: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;; Repository: #R1

• Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 Source Information: Title: U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900

• Find A Grave: Memorial #130987014 CAUTION....Please see note from Karen Spencer member 47294998 There is no proof he is the son of Patrick and Rachel Muckleroy. Another researcher found they were not even in Maryland, where John was born. And Durham is not the maiden name of Frances, John's wife. The Frances Durham listed in James Durham's will was a male from other records. The dates for John's birth and death dates are made up as I have never found any dates other than 1690 for birth and possible 1674 for death.