Martha (McElhenny) McCausland (abt. 1742 - abt. 1792)

Wife of James Kirkpatrick — married 18 May 1764 in Carlisle, PA

Wife of John McCausland — married about 1777 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died about 1792 at about age 50 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Martha McCasland's name and age were recorded in Hugh Laughlin's district of parishioners in 1789, a list that includes her brothers and step-mother.^[1] The record places her birth year at about 1742, several years prior to her father's marriage to Rebecca McFarland. She first married James Kirkpatrick on 18 May 1764 in Carlisle, PA.^[2] By this marriage she had four children, who were all named in Orphan's Court on 27 Feb 1781, a few years after their father died:

1. Samuel Kirkpatrick, born in 1767
2. Benjamin Kirkpatrick, born about 1769
3. Rebecca Kirkpatrick, born about 1772
4. Hugh Kirkpatrick, born about 1776

Martha was married a second time, to John McCausland, before 8 Apr 1778, when she signed the inventory of James Kirkpatrick's estate as Martha McCausland. [Proper citation for this loose record not available, so image attached.]^[3] By this marriage she had three more children:

1. James McCausland, born about 1778
2. Martha (Patsy) McCausland, born about 1779
3. Elizabeth McCausland, born about 1780

Sources

1. ↑ History of the Big Spring Presbyterian Church, Newville, Pa. : 1737-1898, by Swope, Gilbert Ernest, 1898 pp. 49-50.
2. ↑ Record of Marriages Performed by Rev. John Conrad Bucher, 1763-1769, The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1902, p. 2.
3. ↑ Original believed to be in the Archives of the Cumberland County Historical Society in Carlisle, PA.

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