Margaret Jane (McElwee) Rankin (1692 - 1734)

Born 1692 in Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland

Wife of John Thomas Rankin — married 1700 in Juniata River, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 14 Jan 1734 at about age 42 in Chester, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Marriage

Husband: John Rankin

Wife: Margaret Jane McElwee

Child: William Rankin

Child: Mary Rankin

Child: Agnes Nancy Rankin

Child: Molly Rankin

Child: Richard Rankin

Child: Peggy Rankin

Child: Elizabeth Rankin

Child: Thomas Rankin

Child: Ann Rankin

Child: Sarah Rankin

Child: James Rankin

Child: Catrin Catherine Rankin

Child: Richard Rankin

Child: Rebecca Rankin

Child: Agnes Rankin

Marriage:

Date: 1700

Place: Juniata River, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States^[1][2]

This is Margaret Jane (McElwee) Rankin. There is some debate on her date of death and first name. Some trees show her as dying in 1749 and her name listed as 'Ann". McElwee seems to be a common thread though.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-2059538038 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=954485&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1690Birth place: Donegal, IrelandDeath date: 1749Death place: Lancaster, PennsylvaniaResidence date: Residence place: United States APID: 1,2204::954485
2. ↑ Source: #S-2059538038 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=sarmemberapps&h=954486&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: APID: 1,2204::954486

• Marriage: "Pennsylvania, Church Records - Adams, Berks, and Lancaster Counties, 1729-1881"
  Original data: Extracted from microfilmed transcriptions of the original church records. The microfilmed records are located at the Family History Library
  Ancestry Record 7830 #36154 (accessed 29 February 2024)
  Margaret Erwin marriage to undefined on 28 Jul 1767 in Lancaster Co., PA.

• Burial of son Thomas Rankine: "Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935"
  Norfolk Record Office; Norwich, Norfolk, England; Norfolk Church of England Registers; Reference: BT ANW 1819_l-m
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61636 #77305278 (accessed 29 February 2024)
  Margaret Rankine's son Thomas Rankine burial on 23 Jul 1819 in South Lynn All Saints, Norfolk, England.

• http://www.luginbuel.com/genealogy/person/i10562

• Weight, V. F., & Cox, C. W. (1962). As a tree grows: (a preliminary history) : a genealogy of the Cox and allied families of Northwestern North Carolina and the known descendents who have scattered thru out [sic] the United States. Carmichael, CA: V.F. Weight. p. 29

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile McElwee-17 created through the import of My Ancerstors.ged on Jul 2, 2011 by Mike Snider.
• Terry Lane, firsthand knowledge.