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." |
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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.? |
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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 |
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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>. |
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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>. |
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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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