Major
Richard
William
McDonald
Born in New Jersey
Ancestors 
Husband of
Catherine Levinusse Lansing
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Richard Lansing McDonald, Sally Mcdonald, Elizabeth (Mcdonald) Wells, Catherine Mcdonald, Jacob Mcdonald, Jane Mcdonald, Alida Mcdonald, Levinus Mcdonald and Abraham Mcdonald
Died
at age 50
in Lansingburgh, Rensselaer, New York, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Richard was born in October 1761.
He married[1] Catherine Lansing and had nine children.
He passed away in 1812. He is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA.[2]
Richard McDonald BIRTH Oct 1761 New Jersey, USA DEATH 20 Dec 1812 (aged 51) Rensselaer County, New York, USA BURIAL Oakwood Cemetery Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, USA MEMORIAL ID 154784713 · View Source MEMORIAL PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 2 SON OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERAN MAJ. RICHARD MCDONALD
Richard died of a fever and his wife, Catharine, two days later of a sore throat. He was 51 years old.
Sources: 1) "The McDonalds of Lansingburgh, Rensselaer County, New York: The Pioneering Family of Richard and Catharine (Lansing) McDonald and Their Descendants," by Laurence Overmire (Indelible Mark Publishing, imarkbooks.com, 2015). Available only on Kindle at Amazon. 2) "A Revolutionary American Family: The McDonalds of Somerset County, New Jersey," by Laurence Overmire (Indelible Mark Publishing, imarkbooks.com, 2015).
Sources
- ↑ William Arnold Lansing, The Lansing Family Journal, 2nd Edition, April 2003, North Bend, Oregon, Page 136
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154784713/richard-mcdonald
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Anne Massey
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Anne Massey
Mcdonald-8861 and McDonald-445 appear to represent the same person because: they are duplicates. Please review and merge.
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Manuela Thiele
McDonald-20144 and McDonald-445 appear to represent the same person because: potential duplicate - same spouse
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by Manuela Thiele
Nate Eaton
McDonald-7254 is the correct entry, I believe, for this person.
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TC Mcdonald
The title major belongs to his father. His brother was Wm R. McDonald. So the " Major" and "William" do not belong
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Rejected matches › Richard Falconer MacDonald (1890-abt.1915) › Richard McDonald (abt.1869-) › Richard William McDonald (1734-1820)
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