Post by daveseibert on Sept 3, 2008 9:31:23 GMT -5
From book, the Scotch-Irish in America, proceedings and addresses of the Tenth Congress at Chambersburg, Pa., May 30-June 2, 1901; published by order of the Scotch-Irish Society of America., pp. 432-433.
McClelland, Thomas S., 417 Superior Street, Chicago, Ill., 1892. Born at Sharon, Beaver Co., Pa.; s/o Thomas and Esther ( Wilson ) McClelland; graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in June, 1864; entered Federal army ( Sherman's command ) in Georgia and mustered out in July, 1865; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in June, 1867; grandfather was William McClelland, who settled at Mt. Jackson, Lawrence County ( formerly part of Beaver ), Pa., in 1808, where his father was born in 1809; great grandfather was Thomas McClelland, who from about 1760 to his death in 1809, lived near Newburg, Cumberland County, Pa.;Presbyterian family; mother's family were Covenanters; tradition says that the family ancestors passed over into Ireland from Kirkcudbright, Scotland, at a period known as the " Ulster Plantation;" his maternal grandfather was Robert Wilson, born in North of Ireland; sailed from Belfast, landing at Philadelphia, Pa. in 1775; in October, 1776, he enlisted as a private in Hawkins Boone's Company, Twelfth Regiment, Pennsylvania Line, commanded by Col. William Cook, enrolled from Northumberland County, Pa.; on July 1, 1778, he was transfered to the Third Pennsylvania Regiment of the Line; he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Valley Forge, and other battles of the Revolution; he served four years and four months in the Revolutionary army under Washington; at close of his military service he married Sarah Friend, in the Path Valley, Franklin County, Eastern Pennsylvania, and moved to South Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pa., where there were born to them eleven children, Esther being the youngest, born in 1807, who married Thomas McClelland about 1830; on April 23, 1818, Robert Wilson, being sixty-nine years old, applied foe a pension, which was granted; he died October 2, 1824; see " Records of War and Pension Offices, " Washington, D.C., also " Pennsylvania Archives, " Second Series, Vol. 10., pp. 764 & 479, also records of probate of his will and estate at Beaver, Beaver County, Pa.; Robert Wilson has descendants living at Beaver Falls, Pa., Lima, Ohio, Darlington, Pa., New Brighton, Pa., and various other places in the United States; in 1820 Robert Wilson filed in the pension office a statement in which he stated that his family consists of his wife, an old woman, one son twenty-one years old, named Robert, and one daughter thirteen years old named Esther; his other children had married or died. If anyone knows any info on James' bio or descendants, would appreciate hearing from them. Many thanks. Dave Seibert.
McClelland, Thomas S., 417 Superior Street, Chicago, Ill., 1892. Born at Sharon, Beaver Co., Pa.; s/o Thomas and Esther ( Wilson ) McClelland; graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in June, 1864; entered Federal army ( Sherman's command ) in Georgia and mustered out in July, 1865; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in June, 1867; grandfather was William McClelland, who settled at Mt. Jackson, Lawrence County ( formerly part of Beaver ), Pa., in 1808, where his father was born in 1809; great grandfather was Thomas McClelland, who from about 1760 to his death in 1809, lived near Newburg, Cumberland County, Pa.;Presbyterian family; mother's family were Covenanters; tradition says that the family ancestors passed over into Ireland from Kirkcudbright, Scotland, at a period known as the " Ulster Plantation;" his maternal grandfather was Robert Wilson, born in North of Ireland; sailed from Belfast, landing at Philadelphia, Pa. in 1775; in October, 1776, he enlisted as a private in Hawkins Boone's Company, Twelfth Regiment, Pennsylvania Line, commanded by Col. William Cook, enrolled from Northumberland County, Pa.; on July 1, 1778, he was transfered to the Third Pennsylvania Regiment of the Line; he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Valley Forge, and other battles of the Revolution; he served four years and four months in the Revolutionary army under Washington; at close of his military service he married Sarah Friend, in the Path Valley, Franklin County, Eastern Pennsylvania, and moved to South Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pa., where there were born to them eleven children, Esther being the youngest, born in 1807, who married Thomas McClelland about 1830; on April 23, 1818, Robert Wilson, being sixty-nine years old, applied foe a pension, which was granted; he died October 2, 1824; see " Records of War and Pension Offices, " Washington, D.C., also " Pennsylvania Archives, " Second Series, Vol. 10., pp. 764 & 479, also records of probate of his will and estate at Beaver, Beaver County, Pa.; Robert Wilson has descendants living at Beaver Falls, Pa., Lima, Ohio, Darlington, Pa., New Brighton, Pa., and various other places in the United States; in 1820 Robert Wilson filed in the pension office a statement in which he stated that his family consists of his wife, an old woman, one son twenty-one years old, named Robert, and one daughter thirteen years old named Esther; his other children had married or died. If anyone knows any info on James' bio or descendants, would appreciate hearing from them. Many thanks. Dave Seibert.