Pennsylvania: 1776 – Daniel McNeneh (McNinch?) married Mary Smith, 11 June 1776;

Mercersburg (Franklin Co., Pa.) Presbyterian Church Records, Marriages by John King, D.D.,

1765-1811; list extracted from original records, Pioneer Library, John St., Bedford, Penn. 15522;

same list of “Marriages by John King D.D.” published in Bedford County Archives, Vol. II, by

James B. Whisker, Editor, pg. 102; pub. 1985, Closson Press, Apollo PA. (ISBN 0-933227-17-5).

Could this be (our) Daniel McAninch, on his way west, the classic Ulster-Scot migration pattern?

Forward Reference: (July 2019) "Daniel McAninch 1776 Marriage, Cumberland County, Penn."


Pennsylvania: 1797, Allegheny River, Buffalo Creek, and Fort Hand - “$4 Reward for a dark bay

mare which strayed from William Patton in May last. Whoever takes up said mare and leaves her

at William Green's, on the Allegheny River, John Craig's near the mouth of Buffalo creek, or

William (McN???) [sic] near Fort Hand, shall receive the above reward, and reasonable charges,

paid by /s/ William Patton, Forks of Loyalhannon and Conemagh, Aug. 22”, transcribed from the

Pittsburgh Gazette newspaper, Saturday, Sept. 23, 1797; Pittsburgh Gazette Abstracts 1797-1803,

Clara E. Duer, compiler, published 1986, Closson Press, Apollo, Pennsylvania 15613; pgs. 43, 47.

Could this be William Mc(A)Ninch, born Abt. 1772, early pioneer, Buffalo Twp., Armstrong Co.?


Scotland: “The Scots had a very highly developed system of naming children. It went

  The eldest son after the paternal grandfather. The eldest daughter after the maternal grandmother..

  The 2nd son after the maternal grandfather.    The 2nd daughter after the paternal grandmother.

  The 3rd son after the father.                              The 3rd daughter after the mother.

Subsequent children would be named after still earlier forebears, but generally the naming pattern

in their cases would be less structured.” Family Tree, June 1998, p.A9, Odom Lib., Moultrie GA


Tennessee: Giles County- “in response to the question about old Giles Co. marriage records, I was

told by the Old Records Section [Pulaski, Tenn.] that all marriage records prior to 1868 burned”,

posted on e-mail list for Giles County, Tennessee, TNGILES-L, at <http://www.rootsweb.com>.


Ulster: County Antrim, 1777 - from “The Old Churchyards Of Glenarm” -- “The interment of a

sojourner from a far country is recorded on a stone near the center of the churchyard as follows:

Here lyeth the body of James McInnish, son of John McInnish and Margaret McNeill, tacksman

in the Parish of Killen in the Shire of Argyle, North Britain [Argyle. Scotland], who died in the

year of our Lord 1777, aged 26 years. This stone was erected to his memory by his father.”

From “Antrim County Gravestone Inscriptions”, 6th part of series, reported by Lewis Gregory Jr.

<lgregory@top.monad.net>, on Scotch-Irish-L, Jan. 25, 1998, at <http://www.rootsweb.com>.


Ulster: County, Antrim, 1803 – on a list of inhabitants pertaining to a farm called “The Cairn”

  “Patrick McCurdy, wife Jane McIlpatrick, sons David (weaver), Alex., daus. Molly, Nancy.

    James McCurdy, wife Jane McAulay (dissenter), sons David, John, daus. Molly, Jane Matty,

    Betty Michael McCormack, Catholic, wife Elspey McCurdy, daus. Ann, Betty, Peggy, Cath.

    Daniel McCurdy, wife Peggy McNinch, sons Patrick, James, Archibald, Dan, John, Jackson,

    dau.  Mary, Madge. Widow, mother Molly McKelman”.

Archie Campbell, 124 14th St, Apt. 2, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada R7A 4T1, a descendant of

Daniel and Peggy (McNinch) McCurdy, cites source “Ballintoy Parish Vestry Book, with Key

for Apploting Cess [sic] in the Barony of Cary, 1791-1803, and list of Inhabitants, 1803”, from

the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland, T. 679/69 [PRONI, Belfast, Northern Ireland].


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McAninch Family History NL v.VI n.4  October 1998  Copyright Frank McAninch  pg.1998-33


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