James
McFarland
Born in Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph McFarland
and Catherine (Dean) McFarland
Brother of
Robert McFarland [half], John McFarland [half], Joseph McFarland [half] and William McFarland [half]
Husband of
Margaret (Downing) McFarland
— married
13 Sep 1763 in Bedford, Virginia
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 68
in Cumberland, North Carolina, United States
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Biography
James, son of Joseph McFarland and Catherine Dean (uncertain), was born about 1732 at Ireland and died in 1800 at Cumberland County, North Carolina.[1]
He married Margaret W DOWNING, daughter of John DOWNING and Mary (—?—), on 13 Sep 1763 at Bedford County, VA; with John Downing as Surety. Children (surname MCFARLAND):[2][3][4]
- Elizabeth - b. c1768; d. 1815; m. Benjamin CARPENTER
- Mary 'Polly' - b. 12 Oct 1772; d. 6 Dec 1832; m. Thomas SHEPHERD
- Margaret - b. c1777
He may be the James McFarland on the tax rolls of Washington County, VA, in 1782 under Col. Arthur Campbell with 1 tithable, 3 horses, and 3 nett cattle and listed right after Robert McFarland.[5]
On 26 Mar 1793, James was one of only 4 who escaped an Indian attack on a group of settlers from Caswell Co NC on Boone's Trace at Laurel County, KY.[5]
Research Notes
Various websites and trees have conflicting dates and different parents for this James, and figuring out which are correct is difficult without solid dates to work from.
Sources
- ↑ MacFarlane Families & Connected Clans Genealogies, #I88013, James McFarland; giving c1732, Ireland, s/o Joseph McFarland and Catherine Dean. Online: [1]
- ↑ "South Virginia Early Land Records"; giving date, place. Online: [2]
- ↑ Earle S Dennis and Jane E Smith, Marriage Bonds of Bedford County, Virginia 1755-1800, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975); digital images, Google Books, p 43; giving date, place, John Downing surety.
- ↑ William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607–1943, Ancestry.com, (Provo UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2013), Marriage Bonds of Bedford Co., Virginia, v6, p 254 (image 957 of 1053); giving "McFarland, 1763, 9, 13. James & Margaret Downing. John Downing, Surety."
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ancestry.com, Mary Helen Haines CMW Genealogist, "#1 McFarland, Hill, ...," tree 6970917, person 432243747717, James McFarland.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 James:
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~0.39%
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