Individual Details
James McFarland
(10 Feb 1732/33 - Abt Jul 1755)
COURT: "Pennsylvania Vital Records"; 1983; Genealogical Publishing Company,
Baltimore, MD; page 353, James McFarland, son of John McFarland, and devicee
named in will of James McFarland, his uncle, deceased in 1752 (being about age
of 21), chooses the said John McFarland, his father, as Guardian. Ordered that
the said John McFarland give sufficient Security to Janet McFarland, mother of
said James McFarland.
NOTE: That James died before 1757 is documented in Lancaster County, PA Deed
Book D, page 415. See Notes of Robert McFarland 1675-1752. James did not have
any children.
DEATH: "Virginia Military Records" 1983 Genealogical Publishing Company,
Baltimore Md; Augusta County, page 32; 3 Jul 1755; James McFarland, New River,
Augusta county, killed. New River, from 1760 to about 1780 was in that
part that is in Wythe County, SW Virginia. Also in Chronicles of the Scotch
Irish settlement of Virginia by Lyman Chalkley Book 2 page 510 Augusta
County Court Records. July 3, 1755 James McFarland killed at North River.
CONFLICT: Note that one source has New River, the other has North River.
HISTORY: "Families of Jefferson Conty, Tennessee" 1992 found at Seattle
Genealogical Society. Killed by Indians.
Baltimore, MD; page 353, James McFarland, son of John McFarland, and devicee
named in will of James McFarland, his uncle, deceased in 1752 (being about age
of 21), chooses the said John McFarland, his father, as Guardian. Ordered that
the said John McFarland give sufficient Security to Janet McFarland, mother of
said James McFarland.
NOTE: That James died before 1757 is documented in Lancaster County, PA Deed
Book D, page 415. See Notes of Robert McFarland 1675-1752. James did not have
any children.
DEATH: "Virginia Military Records" 1983 Genealogical Publishing Company,
Baltimore Md; Augusta County, page 32; 3 Jul 1755; James McFarland, New River,
Augusta county, killed. New River, from 1760 to about 1780 was in that
part that is in Wythe County, SW Virginia. Also in Chronicles of the Scotch
Irish settlement of Virginia by Lyman Chalkley Book 2 page 510 Augusta
County Court Records. July 3, 1755 James McFarland killed at North River.
CONFLICT: Note that one source has New River, the other has North River.
HISTORY: "Families of Jefferson Conty, Tennessee" 1992 found at Seattle
Genealogical Society. Killed by Indians.
Events
| Birth | 10 Feb 1732/33 | Donegal Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania | |||
| Death | Abt Jul 1755 | New River, Augusta County, Virginia |
Families
| Father | John McFarland (1706 - 1784) |
| Mother | Mary Montgomery (1712 - 1782) |
| Sibling | Robert McFarland (1730 - 1798) |
| Sibling | Nancy McFarland (1731 - 1798) |
| Sibling | Rachel McFarland (1737 - 1790) |
| Sibling | John McFarland (1739 - 1809) |
| Sibling | Arthur McFarland (1741 - 1741) |
| Sibling | Mary McFarland (1743 - 1821) |
| Sibling | Joseph McFarland (1745 - 1785) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Anderson McFarland (1747 - 1823) |