Jeremiah and Rhoda lived in Antrim Township, Franklin County, PA where Jeremiah founded Rankin’s Mill. Born about 1720, he is said to have died at his mill about 1760. His children are Adam, William, Thomas, Jeremiah and Mary 'Polly' Rankin. Thomas married in 1789 to a Miss Young of Woodford County, Kentucky. Rev. Adam Rankin
was born 24 Mar 1755 in Greencastle, PA, married Mary McPhatter and went to Kentucky with a colony in 1784. There he established a Presbyterian church in the present-day city of Lexington where he died in 1827. He has descendents living in Texas and other western states.