Individual Details

Information about the family and descendants of James McCuistion are from THE MCQUISTON, MCCUISTON AND MCQUESTEN FAMILIES 1620-1937 by Leona Bean McQuiston, 1937, page 318 and following; Rowan County, North Carolina will Book A, pages 124 and 126; Guilford County, North Carolina marriage bonds.

James McCuistion immigrated on 6 August 1735 to New Castle, Delaware. He moved after September 1735 to Pennsylvania. He moved after 1736 to North Carolina. He owned 420 acres of land on 18 December 1753 in North Carolina. He owned 640 acres of land on 22 February 1759 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He died on 6 November 1765 in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. His will was probated in July 1766 in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. He was a farmer. He was also known as James, "the settler."

Birth	May 2, 1700	Derry County, Ireland
Marriage	Abt, 1726	County Derry, Ireland - Sarah "Jenat" Behol
Death	November 6, 1765	Rowan County, North Carolina

Spouse	Sarah "Jenat" Behol (1706 - 1773)
Child	Robert McCuistion (1728 - 1758)
Child	Thomas McCuistion (1731 - 1783)
Child	Gustavus McCuistion (1733 - )
Child	Jane McCuistion (1735 - 1802)
Child	James McCuistion (1737 - 1812)
Child	Sarah McCuistion (1739 - 1822)
Child	Lavinia McCuistion (1742 - 1804)
Child	Mary McCuistion (1744 - )
Child	Dorcas McCuistion (1746 - )

Father	John McCuistion ( - )
Mother	Isabella Crelon ( - )
Sibling	Alexander McCuistion ( - )
Sibling	Thomas McCuistion (1704 - 1758)
Sibling	Robert McCuiston (1710 - 1765)
Sibling	Margaret McCuistion ( - )
Sibling	Ann McCuistion ( - )