John
Bourland
aka Boreland
Born about in County Londonderry, Ireland
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of John Borland Sr
and Ann (Guthrie) Bourland
Husband of
Catherine (Randolph) Bourland
— married
about 1760 in Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
John Bourland, William M. Bourland, Ebeneezer Jackson Bourland and Benjamin Franklin Bourland
Died about
at about age 55
in North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Jan 2014
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Biography
John Bourland was born about 1740 in Ireland. His parents are uncertain.
From the book Bourlands in America:
- "John Bourland, who according to family legend, left his vast estate in Londonderry to escape the wrath of King George II and landed in Virginia, where he married named Catherine Randolph about 1750. [1]
He would have been 10 years old when he married, if the birth date and marriage date are correct.
American Revolution
John Bourland performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.
John Bourland is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A012296.
John Boreland was a patriot by reason of his supplying items to the Revolutionary forces and this was established by a pay voucher issued to him in September 1781 by the upper board for the District of Salisbury, North Carolina as reimbursement for "sundry publick claims." [2]
- Service: North Carolina
- Rank(s): Patriotic Service
- Birth: c. 1740 Ireland
- Death: post 11- -1790 Wilkes Co North Carolina
- Service Source: HAUN, NC REV ARMY ACCTS, BOOK A, PART XII, PP 1673, 1682
- Service Description: 1) Furnished Supplies
The D.A.R. record also shows links to:
- Spouse Catherine Randolph
- Son Ebenezer Bourland and wife Abigail Loving
- Son Benjamin Bourland and wife Nancy X
- Son John Bourland and wife Nancy Loving
Sources
- ↑ Read, Carl and Read, May"The Bourlands In America. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1978.
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 1 August 2021), "Record of John Boreland", Ancestor # A012296.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
Shelia Hart
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Mmac Stahl :
23andMe, GEDmatch M311472 [compare], yourDNAportal MICb81fd8ca
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~0.78%
James Gunnis :
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~0.39%
Rebecca Wallace :
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member rwaktas63
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~0.39%
John LaChance :
23andMe, GEDmatch 4774897 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member johnjlachance
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~0.39%
Adam Nisbett :
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A069204 [compare], FTDNA kit #B9809
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~0.39%
Rebecca Mitchell :
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~0.39%
David Myers :
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~0.39%
Robert Davis :
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~0.39%
Matt Joinville :
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~0.39%
Shane Morgan :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
James Flack :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H167520 [compare]
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Stephanie Stults
Lawrence Bailey
Borland-1141 and Bourland-46 are not ready to be merged because: Some similarities
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by Lawrence Bailey
Lawrence Bailey
Borland-1141 and Bourland-46 do not represent the same person because: Are not the same person based on place of birth and death
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by Lawrence Bailey
Stephanie Stults
Bourland-153 and Bourland-46 appear to represent the same person because: clear match
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by Stephanie Stults
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