James McGregor (abt. 1788 - 1833)

Born about 1788 in Ireland

Descendants

Died 1833 at about age 45 in Penn Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

(Thomas Booth) His wife, Mary Booth, a daughter of James and Martha (Wilson) McGregor, was born in Penn township, Aug. 2, 1825. Her father was born in Ireland and her mother in Lancaster county, Pa.

James McGregor, was born there. The latter was the youngest of five children, who came with their widowed mother to York county, Pa., when he was eleven years old. There he grew to manhood, and married Martha, daughter of Robert Wilson, of Scotch stock. About 1818 he settled on a farm in Penn township, where he died in 1833, aged forty-five. He was one of the twelve organizers of Unity Presbyterian Church, and was a democrat. His widow died in 1873, aged eighty years. There were ten children in the family, and the six survivors reside in this county. Following are their names, with ages at time of the death of the deceased: John, fifty-five; William, fifty-one; Margaret, twenty-five; Robert. Jane (Barton), Nancy (Peterman), Mary (Booth); Martha, fifteen; Alexander and Rebecca (Elliott).

Sources

• Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968
• Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2: p. 515-516, 729)