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Janet Jean McKnight 1702–1780 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1702

Birth Location: Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland

Death Date: 30 Jan 1780

Death Location: Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Father: Alexander II

Mother: Mary MacColman

Spouse(s): Richard McCLURE

Children(s): Richard McClure, Catharine McClure, Eunice McClure, Margaret McClure, Martha McClure, Jean McClure, John McClure, Andrew 1721, Charles McClure, Thomas McClure, Thomas McClure

Janet Jean McKnight was born in 1702 in Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland, the child of Alexander Sanders The Scot Mcknight Ii And Mary Black Maccolman. Janet Jean McKnight married Richard John Mcclure, and had children including Andrew Mcclure 1721, Catharine Mcclure, Charles Humphrey Mcclure, Eunice Mcclure, Jean Mcclure, John Mcclure, Margaret Elizabeth Mcclure, Martha Margaret Mcclure, Richard Mcclure, Thomas Mcclure. Janet Jean McKnight passed away in 1780 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

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Biography

  • Janet Jean McKnight was born in 1702 in Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland, the child of Alexander Sanders The Scot Mcknight Ii And Mary Black Maccolman.
  • Janet Jean McKnight married Richard John Mcclure, and had children including Andrew Mcclure 1721, Catharine Mcclure, Charles Humphrey Mcclure, Eunice Mcclure, Jean Mcclure, John Mcclure, Margaret Elizabeth Mcclure, Martha Margaret Mcclure, Richard Mcclure, Thomas Mcclure.
  • Janet Jean McKnight passed away in 1780 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

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Janet McKnight's Ancestors

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Janet McKnight
1702–1780
Birth Place: Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
Parents
Alexander Sanders "the Scot" McKnight II
1680–1735
Dalry, Argyllshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mary (Black) MacColman
1682–1735
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
SIR (ALEXANDER MCKNIGHT) I
1654–1733
Dalry, Aryll-shire, Scotland
LADY (SARA ELIZABETH ALLEN) Scot-Ireland
1652–1735
Brahan Castle, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
George (Henry III Black) Iii
1641–1740
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Elizabeth ("Bessie") Bell
1665–1740
Kirkliston, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
George (Moor)
1613–1688
Janet Kemp
1622–1655
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Sr.
1580–1632
Lady Forbes
1574–1613

Janet McKnight's Descendants

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Janet (Jean) McKnight (1702–30 Jan 1780) m. Richard (John) McCLURE (1696–06 Oct 1757)
  1. 1. Richard McClure 1718–1774 m. Joan Sage 1711–1801
    1. 1. Mary (Marlun McClure) Sherer 1733–1776 m. Joseph Sherer 1731–1776
      1. 1. John (Shira,) Shirey 1757–1822 m. Anna (Margaret MÜLLER) Freivogle 1758–1848
        1. 1. Mary (Magdalena) Shira 1803–1883 m. Jacob Dowhouer 1805–1881
        2. 2. David Shira 1805–1885
        3. 3. John (W) Shierey 1789–1876
        4. 4. Daniel Shira 1785–1840
        5. 5. Mary (Magdalena Polly) Shira 1788–1880
        6. 6. Susanna (Shira,) Shirey 1787–1842
        7. 7. William Shira 1790–1841
        8. 8. Michael Shira 1792–
        9. 9. Jacob Shira 1798–1887
        10. 10. Jacob Shira 1795–1861
        11. 11. Lewis Shira 1800–
        12. 12. Peter Shira 1800–1894
        13. 13. Polly Shira 1785–1842
        14. 14. Heinrich Shira 1789–1876
      2. 2. Jane Sherer 1756–1816
      3. 3. Joseph Sherer 1763–1802
      4. 4. Richard Sherer –1825
      5. 5. Jean ("Jennie") Sherer 1756–1811
      6. 6. Mary Sheirer 1751–1797
      7. 7. Mary Cochran 1754–1803
      8. 8. Elizabeth Scherer 1768–1784
      9. 9. Juliane Sherer 1762–
      10. 10. Sarah Sherer 1756–
      11. 11. Eleanor Sherer 1760–
      12. 12. Samuel Sherer 1755–1821
      13. 13. John Shirey 1758–1822
      14. 14. William Sherer 1767–
      15. 15. Richard Sherer 1761–1825
      16. 16. Catherine Sherer 1773–1811
      17. 17. John Sherer 1755–1822
    2. 2. Janet McClure 1708–1730
    3. 3. Margaret McClure 1708–1730
    4. 4. Elizabeth McClure 1707–1724
    5. 5. Mary McClure 1708–1733
    6. 6. David (McClure Sr) Esq 1728–1796
    7. 7. Charles (Humphrey) McClure 1735–1758
    8. 8. John McClure 1740–1813
    9. 9. William McClure 1731–1785
    10. 10. Margaret McClure 1737–1800
    11. 11. Alexander McClure 1730–1808
    12. 12. Jean McClure 1750–1807
    13. 13. Andrew (W) McClure 1756–1799
    14. 14. Susannah McClure 1744–1778
    15. 15. Roan McClure 1754–1833
    16. 16. Jonathan McClure 1745–1799
    17. 17. Katherine McClure 1739–1813
    18. 18. John ("Joseph") McClure 1771–1745
    19. 19. Alexander (D.) McClure 1770–1803
    20. 20. David McClure 1745–1749
    21. 21. Jane McClure 1751–1807
    22. 22. Susanna McClure 1735–1803
    23. 23. Andrew McClure 1752–1850
  2. 2. Catharine McClure 1735–1800
  3. 3. Eunice McClure 1738–1810
  4. 4. Margaret (Elizabeth) McClure 1720–1792
  5. 5. Martha (Margaret) McClure 1724–1765
  6. 6. Jean McClure 1731–1815
  7. 7. John McClure 1723–1811
  8. 8. Andrew (McClure) 1721 1721–1750
  9. 9. Charles (Humphrey) McClure 1720–1758
  10. 10. Thomas McClure 1716–1765
  11. 11. Thomas McClure 1721–1794

Janet McKnight's Timeline

2 Records

1702
1702
Birth of Janet Jean McKnight in Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
1780
30 Jan 1780
Age 78
Death of Janet Jean McKnight in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1702
    Event Place: Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Jan 1780
    Event Place: Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

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