John MCCLUNG

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He was a farmer and a miller and lived near Fairfield, VA.

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Or Rockbridge Co.

John married Mary [Polly] Stuart 12 Nov 1788, Augusta Co. VA. Mary (daughter of Benjamin Stuart and Eleanor TATE) was born 02 Mar 1769, Augusta Co. VA; died 26 May 1842, Rockbridge Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

1. John MCCLUNG, Jr. was born 25 Feb 1790, Rockbridge Co. VA.
2. Col. Benjamin Stuart McClung was born 30 Oct 1791, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 27 Aug 1868, Rockbridge Co. VA.
3. Archibald MCCLUNG was born 03 Mar 1794, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 1861.
4. William MCCLUNG was born 23 Feb 1796, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 20 Oct 1861, Rockbridge Co. VA.
5. James MCCLUNG was born 21 Dec 1797, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 20 Aug 1865, Rockbridge Co. VA.
6. Joseph MCCLUNG was born 01 Jun 1799, Rockbridge Co. VA.
7. Eleanor MCCLUNG was born 13 Apr 1801, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 27 Jan 1821, Rockbridge Co. VA.
8. Elizabeth A. MCCLUNG was born 17 Jan 1803, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 15 Feb 1886, Pinellas Co. FL; was buried , Dunedin Cemetery, Dunedin, Pinellas Co. FL.
9. Linus MCCLUNG was born 07 Nov 1804, Rockbridge Co. VA.
10. Isabella MCCLUNG was born 18 Aug 1807, Rockbridge Co. VA.
11. Franklin MCCLUNG was born 11 Apr 1809, Rockbridge Co. VA.
12. Mary MCCLUNG was born 13 Aug 1811, Rockbridge Co. VA.

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John McClung was an early settler of Augusta Co. VA.

Chalkley

Vol. 2 Page 113--John McClung, Sr., aged 73, deposes, same time and place (deposes at Brownsburg, July, 1805).

Vol. 2 Page John McClung, Senior, deposes, 14th December, 1807, has known the land 63 years. Downey lived on it. Believes Downey was a hunter, from seeing bear skins hang about the house. Deponent lived in Borden's grant 63 years; he is now 77 years old.

Place of death was Rockbridge, Co., VA, but records may be in Augusta and Rockbridge.

He was an elder in the Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church, then Augusta County, now in Rockbridge Co. VA. He was a tall man about six feet in height, weighing close to 200 pounds. He was a farmer having considerable estate in land and slaves.

"The Alexander Family of Scotland, Ireland and America", compiled by Francis Austin Arnold of Carrollton, Missouri, 1896

Elizabeth Alexander married John McClung and had issue:

1. Margaret, married Robert Tate of Augusta 2. Jucge William, (see Collin's Kentucky, pg. 333, 442), married Miss Marshall 3. John, married Miss Stuart 4. Archibald, single in 1824 5. Elizabeth, married Robert Stuart 6. Phoeby, married first, James Paxton; he was shot; married second, Samuel Moore 7. Rebecca, married William Steel 8. James, a physician, "drowned in Licken County, Kentucky" 9. Joseph, married first, Elizabeth Wilson, second, Esther McClung

A Lt. John McClung from Rockbridge Co. who fought in the American Revolution is mentioned on p. 51 Bean, Robert Bennett, The Peopling of Virginia, Boston: Chapman & Grimes, c1938,

John married Elizabeth Parks ALEXANDER 1753, Augusta Co. VA. Elizabeth (daughter of Archibald ALEXANDER and Margaret PARKS) was born 28 Oct 1735, County Donegal,Ireland; died 29 Nov 1802, Augusta Co. VA; was buried , Timber Ridge ARP Church Cemetery, Timber Ridge, Rockbridge Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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DOB source: Arnold, Frances Austin, compiled by. The Alexander Family of Scotland, Ireland and America.. (Carrollton, Missouri - 1896), pg. 1.

DAR ID Number 149364 has her DOD as 1802.



Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61036436

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All of his children were born in Ireland.

R.D. Campbell "History of the Campbell Family"

"William McClung and his children arrived in Lancaster County, PA around 1745-46. The family seemed to immediately scatter to Delaware and Virginia. At least one son stayed in Upper Leacock Township, in Lancaster County (PA). William's oldest daughter was Elizabeth McClung."

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Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5016427

William married Jean Dun. Jean died , Timber Ridge, Rockbridge Co. VA; was buried , Timber Ridge Presbyterian Churchyard, Timber Ridge, Rockbridge Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59570427

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He was one of the early settlers of Augusta Co. VA.

A History of Rockbridge County, Virginia by Oren F. Morton, published in 1920 source for the following information:

Archibald, son of William Alexander, Sr., came from near Londonderry, in 1737, and lived about ten years near Philadelphia. He was well-to-do for those days, and was a man of character, education, and influence. Archibald removed in 1747 from the bank of the Schulykill and settled on South River nearly opposite the mouth of Irish Creek.

Archibald Alexander, the Captain of the Sandy Creek expedition and the first sheriff of Rockbridge County. He married his cousin, Margaret Parks.

Chalkley's:

Page 463 18th February, 1747. £29. Benj. Borden, &c., to Archibald Alexander (sold in testator's lifetime), 980 acres, part of 92,100; corner Thomas McSpaden; corner Alexander McCleary, near a sink hole called the Punch Bowl. Teste: None. Acknowledged as above.

Page 139 20th August, 1765. Archibald Alexander sold to Joseph Alexander, £30, 256 acres, crossing the South River. Teste: John Lowrey, John Peoples, Nathaniel McClure.


DAR ID Number 149364 has the following information:
Archibald Alexander was appointed sheriff and justice of Augusta and Rockingham Counties, Va.

BIOGRAPHY

From Find A Grave

Like nearly all the early settlers of Rockbridge Co, Archibald Alexander was a farmer, but living on the dangerous American frontier. He was commissioned into the military service and fought in the French and Indian Wars between 1750-1760. He captained a company of Rangers at the Sandy Creek expedition and for this service he received several thousand acres of land in Kentucky. Archibald who was an elder in Timber Ridge Presbyterian Church was married twice. In 1734 to his cousin Margaret Parks. She died in 1753, and four years later he married Jane McClure who was also Irish born. He had seven children by the first marriage and eight by the second. (JB orig site creator)

Joseph Waddells' Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, supplement has the data above, adding he was born in County Down instead of County Donegal, per the site I took over.

Archibald Alexander was born on 4 Feb 1708 in Ulster. His will was probated on 1 Feb 1780 in Rockbridge, Co., VA, so he died prior to this date.

He married twice. First to his cousin Margaret Parks (1708-1753, the daughter of Joseph Parks) on 31 Dec 1734 in Ireland and second, to Jane McClure in 1757 in Augusta Co., Virginia.

With Margaret (1708 - 1753), he had 5 known children: Elizabeth, William, Phoebe, Jane and jean.

With Jane (dates unknown), he had 5 known children: Joseph, John, James, Samuel and Archibald, Jr.

Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish settlement in Virginia: extracted ..., Volume 3, page 429 in Deed Book 12:
"Page 139.--20th August, 1765. Archibald Alexander to Joseph Alexander,£30, 256 acres, crossing the South River. Teste: John Lowrey, John Peoples, Nathaniel McClure."

The Westminster Presbyterian site has the "Archibald Alexander Travelogue" by Sherman Isbell:
"The older Archibald Alexander died about 1780 and is apparently buried two miles north, at Muse Cemetery, the older burying ground for Timber Ridge Church, though his grave stone is now gone."1-11.

The site has a LOT OF DATA: http://www.westminsterconfession.org/the-doctrines-of-grace/archibald-alexander-travelogue.php

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Grave location and biography:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40433616

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Now in Rockbridge Co. VA

Archibald married Margaret PARKS 31 Dec 1734, Ulster Ireland. Margaret (daughter of Joseph PARKS and Margaret ALEXANDER) was born 31 Jan 1712, Raphoe, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland; died ca Jul 1755, Augusta Co. VA; was buried , Unknown. [Group Sheet]

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Arnold, Frances Austin, compiled by. The Alexander Family of Scotland, Ireland and America.. (Carrollton, Missouri - 1896), pg. 2.

Margaret, wife of Archibald Alexander, died in July or August, 1755.

Biographical information:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=103136128

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All of his children were born in Ireland.

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"The Alexander Family of Scotland, Ireland and America", compiled by Frances Austin Arnold of Carrollton, Missouri, 1896

Thomas married and left a daughter and a son. The daughter married Joseph Parks and had a daughter named Margaret. The son, William, was "a very fat man". He left four sons:

Archibald, William, who married a widow in Philadelphia, Robert and Peter.

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Some researchers have his place of death as Augusta Co. VA, but there are no records to confirm this. Secondary sources about his children make no mention of his immigrating with them to the colonies. So it is more likely he died in Northern Ireland.

William married Jean McNutt Between 1700 and 1706, Raphoe, County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland. Jean was born 1680, Cunningham Manor, Co. Down Ulster Ireland. [Group Sheet]

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Unconfirmed, but the following from Chalkley indicates a relationship between the Alexanders and the McNutts:
Page 515.--23d May, 1751. James McNutt's orphans. Settlement by Thos. Beard, administrator. [Robert Alexander married Esther Beard] Paid to Robt. Alexander, for schooling James and Robert McNutt. Paid to James Dobbins, for schooling Alex. McNutt. Paid one new Bible, for Alex. McNutt. Paid one new Testament, for James McNutt. Paid one new spelling book, for the children.

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alternate spelling McNaught

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Joseph married Margaret ALEXANDER ca 1700, Donegal, Ulster Ireland. Margaret (daughter of Thomas ALEXANDER and Marion PEADIE) was born Abt 1677, Cunningham Manor, Co. Down Ulster Ireland; died 1755, Donegal, Ulster Ireland. [Group Sheet]

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