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William Lawlin Rankin 1658–1730 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1658

Birth Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1730

Death Location: Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvaia, USA

Father: Lt. McCloude)

Mother: Mary Reid

Spouse(s): Dorothy Black

Children(s): Robert Rankin, Lt. Rankin, John Rankin, Adam Rankin

The story of William Lawlin Rankin began in 1658 in Ayrshire, Scotland. William Lawlin Rankin married Dorothy Black, and had children including Adam Rankin, John Thomas Rankin, Lt Robert Estes Rankin, Robert William Rankin. William Lawlin Rankin passed away in 1730 in Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvaia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of William Lawlin Rankin began in 1658 in Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • William Lawlin Rankin married Dorothy Black, and had children including Adam Rankin, John Thomas Rankin, Lt Robert Estes Rankin, Robert William Rankin.
  • William Lawlin Rankin passed away in 1730 in Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvaia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lt. McCloude)
1635–1703
Birth Location: Duart, Sorn Parish Ayrshire, Scotland
LM
Mary Reid
1629–1667
Birth Location: St Nicholas orTurriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
MR

Spouses(s)

Dorothy Black
1668–1747
Birth Location: Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
DB

Children(s)

Robert Rankin
1727–1818
Birth Location: Frederick, Virginia, USA
RR
Lt. Rankin
1708–1795
Birth Location: Letterkenny, County Donegal, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
LR
John Rankin
1690–1748
Birth Location: Derry, Ulster County, Ireland
JR
Adam Rankin
1688–1747
Birth Location: Sterlingshire, Sterling, Aye or Isle of Mull, Scotland
AR

William Rankin's Ancestors

Self
William Rankin
1658–1730
Birth Place: Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Lt. Alexander P. Rankin (of Clan Mac Lean or McCloude)
1635–1703
Duart, Sorn Parish Ayrshire, Scotland
Mary Reid
1629–1667
St Nicholas orTurriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James Rankin
1595–1667
Aryshire or Kinross, Kinross-shire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Marion (Lindsay Steedman Steidman) Steadman
1604–1659
Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Sir (Williame Christian R) Reid
1585–1678
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Jane\Jonat (Roberts Reid (born) Schankis\Shanks)
1590–1647
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
WILLIAM STEIDMAN
1578–1605
Catherine Willson
1573–1689
Sir Reid
1560–1600
Laura Nairn-Reid
1561–
Robert\Roberts Shanks\Schanks
1570–1650
Lady Andrew
1559–1655
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Steadman
1532–1606
Margaret Anderson
1532–1606
John 12GG
1538–1599
Janet Pirnie
1541–1593

William Rankin's Descendants

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William (Lawlin) Rankin (1658–1730) m. Dorothy Black (1668–4 May 1747)
  1. 1. Robert (William) Rankin 1727–1818 m. Margaret (Masena) Marshall 1733–1808
    1. 1. Isabella Park 1756–1828 m. Robert (Arthur) McGee~ 1756–1797
      1. 1. William (Park) McGee 1796–1870 m. Tamar Thom 1807–1873
        1. 1. Eliza (Josephine) McGee 1835–1911 m. Cyrus Bottorff 1829–1864
        2. 2. Amanda (Melvina) Mcgee 1842–1927
        3. 3. William (H.) McGee 1837–1896
        4. 4. Robert (Clark) McGee 1827–1902 m. Elizabeth Hampton 1856–1886
        5. 5. Charlotte (Isabella) Wilson 1831–1899
        6. 6. Sarah (Jane) Bottorff 1828–1886 m. Lorenzo (David) Bottorff 1826–1922
        7. 7. James (Park) Mcgee 1847–1912
      2. 2. Samuel McGee 1785–1837
      3. 3. Jane McGee 1789–1803
      4. 4. John McGee 1794–1796
      5. 5. James McGee 1787–1804
      6. 6. Robert (Arthur) Mcgee 1791–1866
      7. 7. Margaret McGee 1783–1800
      8. 8. Patrick McGee 1781–1800
    2. 2. Benjamin Rankin 1760–1807
    3. 3. John Rankin 1749–1790
    4. 4. Margaret Rankin 1757–
    5. 5. Christofer Rankin 1755–1813
    6. 6. James Rankin 1757–1822
    7. 7. Moses Rankin 1755–1845
    8. 8. Col. (Richard Robert ✧) Rankin 1753–1837
  2. 2. Lt. (Robert Estes) Rankin 1708–1795
  3. 3. John (Thomas) Rankin 1690–1748
  4. 4. Adam Rankin 1688–1747

William Rankin's Timeline

2 Records

1658
1658
Birth of William Lawlin Rankin in Ayrshire, Scotland
Ayrshire, Scotland
1730
1730
Age 72
Death of William Lawlin Rankin in Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvaia, USA
Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvaia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1658
    Event Place: Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1730
    Event Place: Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvaia, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, Abstracts of Wills, 1685-1825

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Place: Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, Abstracts of Wills, 1685-1825
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