Person:James McClure (20)
James McClure
b.1733 Paxtang Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
d.14 Nov 1805 Hanover, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
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  1. Martha McClure1768 - 1814
  2. Stuart McClureEst 1770 -
  3. Ann McClureEst 1772 -
  4. William McClureAbt 1776 -
  5. Francis McClure1778 - 1809
  6. Isabel McClureAbt 1779 - Bet 1830 & 1840
  7. James McClure, Jr.1780 - 1815
  8. John McClure1781 - 1827
  9. Andrew Scott McClureEst 1785 - 1857
  10. Mary McClure1787 - 1815
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Name James McClure
Gender Male
Birth? 1733 Paxtang Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage to Isabella Unknown
Occupation? Farmer
Death? 14 Nov 1805 Hanover, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
Burial? Old Hanover Cemetery, Grantville, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
Religion? Presbyterian
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Information on James McClure of West Hanover Township

The James McClure who lived and died in West Hanover Township, Dauphin County, was married to Isabella (Unknown), and names her and their children in his will. This James McClure is NOT the James McClure that was married to Mary Espy, that is a different James McClure.

This James McClure of West Hanover Township, the husband of Isabella (Unknown), was possibly the son of John McClure of Hanover, Dauphin (then Lancaster) County, and his wife Margery.*

Note: John McClure (who married Margery) was (according to sources) born in 1718, so the likelihood of this James (being born in 1733) being John's son is problematic.

Note: Egle says that John McClure was born "about" 1718.

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    [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 17, Ed. 1, Tree #1661, Date of Import: Jan 18, 1999]

    Of James McClure's early life we know nothing. He first appears in Hanover Township, PA on the Hanover Assessment for the King's Use in 1759.

    James was Constable in Hanover in 1765 and signed the Oath of Allegiance to Pennsylvania on August 19, 1777.

    He served during the Revolutionary War as a Private in Capt. James Rogers' Company, 11th Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia, Col Timothy Green, commanding; "destined for the Camp in the Jerseys, 6th June 1776". What happened to this company is unknown but many of the same men including James were again enrolled in Capt. William Brown's Company and again "destined for the Camp in the Jerseys, August ye 31st, 1776".

    James was assessed for 200 acres of land in Hanover Township in 1781.

    At the time of his death in 1805 at the age of 72 James had a plantation of about 230 acres. This property was adjacent to the of son Francis McClure, his son-in-law James Cathcart and a William Beard with whom he served in the Revolution.

    James, his sons Francis, John and James, Jr., his daughter Martha and her husband Andrew Wilson, and his daughter Mary McClure Snodgrass are all buried in the Old Hanover Presbyterian Church Graveyard, Dauphin County, PA.

    SOURCES
    James McClure Will - Dauphin County, PA
    Military Record - Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
    Military Record - Pennsylvania Archives, 5th Series, Vol. 7
    History of Dauphin County - Engle
    Isabel McClure Will - Dauphin County


    Spelled McCluar in the Historical Sketch of Old Hanover Church.

    Possible first wife named Margaret according to Egle's Notes & Queries of PA.

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