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John Wesley McFarland 1708–1784 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Mar 1708

Birth Location: Arroquhar, Loch Lomond, Scotland

Death Date: 1784

Death Location: Virginia

Father: Robert McFarland

Mother: Linnie Buchanan

Spouse(s): Mary Montgomery

Children(s): Rachel McFarland, Benjamin McFarland

John Wesley McFarland was born in 1708 in Arroquhar, Loch Lomond, Scotland, the child of Robert B Mcfarland And Linnie Jannet Buchanan. John Wesley McFarland married Mary Montgomery, and had children including Benjamin Mcfarland, Rachel Mcfarland. John Wesley McFarland passed away in 1784 in Virginia.

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Biography

  • John Wesley McFarland was born in 1708 in Arroquhar, Loch Lomond, Scotland, the child of Robert B Mcfarland And Linnie Jannet Buchanan.
  • John Wesley McFarland married Mary Montgomery, and had children including Benjamin Mcfarland, Rachel Mcfarland.
  • John Wesley McFarland passed away in 1784 in Virginia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John McFarland's Ancestors

Self
John McFarland
1708–1784
Birth Place: Arroquhar, Loch Lomond, Scotland
Parents
Robert B McFarland
1680–1751
Arrochar, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Linnie (Jannet) Buchanan
1680–1720
Ayr, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert (Merrill McFarland) IV
1640–1700
Arrochar, Loch Long, Argyle, Scotland
Jean Genot
1640–1745
Bouhans, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France
Janet Bucannan
1645–
Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert McFarland
1610–1700
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert McFarland
1580–1610

John McFarland's Descendants

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John (Wesley) McFarland (17 Mar 1708–1784) m. Mary Montgomery (1712–1782)
  1. 1. Rachel McFarland 1737–1790 m. John (Madison) Hunter 1737–1796
    1. 1. Alexander ("Devil Aleck") Hunter 1763–1804 m. Nancy (Taylor Jones) ... 1770–1833
      1. 1. Nancy Hunter 1790–1863 m. William ('Major Billy' Saunders) Jones 1783–1858
        1. 1. Elizabeth Jones 1820–1868 m. William Vanconey 1820–1917
        2. 2. Alexander (Washington) Jones 1827–1865
        3. 3. Evaline Jones 1816–1878
        4. 4. Jane (R.) Jones 1824–
        5. 5. Jesse Jones 1805–1876
        6. 6. Lamach (Lamar) Jones 1831–1906
        7. 7. Lynch Jones 1810–1864
        8. 8. Nancy (Mae "Nannie") Jones 1825–1903
        9. 9. Peter (Rhodes) Jones 1807–1865
        10. 10. Thomas (Hunter) Jones 1815–1868
        11. 11. William (Windham) Jones 1818–1881
    2. 2. Robert Hunter 1766–1827
  2. 2. Benjamin McFarland 1747–1823

John McFarland's Timeline

2 Records

1708
17 Mar 1708
Birth of John Wesley McFarland in Arroquhar, Loch Lomond, Scotland
Arroquhar, Loch Lomond, Scotland
1784
1784
Age 76
Death of John Wesley McFarland in Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Mar 1708
    Event Place: Arroquhar, Loch Lomond, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 984.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CJF
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 159 : 1920
    [3] Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M85.0588

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1733
    Event Place: Worcester, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Worcester, Massachusetts; Year: 1733; Page Number: 183

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Se

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1784
    Event Place: Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 159 : 1920

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source: U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019, National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites

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