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m. Abt 1744
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[edit] NotesResearchers believe that Rebecca Stuart was likely the 2nd wife of John McClung and NOT the mother of all his children. The following Chalkley's record proves that John McClung's first wife was Janet "Jennet" Thompson:
Rebecca Stuart was born in Galloway, Scotland in 1710, the daughter of Andrew Stuart and Eleanor Dalloway. According to Church records, she was Christened in Londonberry, Ireland, in 1710.(W.H.Egle's N&Q) After her fathers death in 1715, Rebecca resided with her brother, Archibald Stuart. She eventually accompanied him to the American Colonies, where he traveled to escape religious persecution (Source-US and Canada Passenger and Immigrations Lists-1500-1900, Source Publication Code #9255.7. While living in Lancaster County,Pennsylvania, Rebecca met and married John McClung, a Scotch-Irish immigrant who came to America in 1720 as an indentured servant. Their marriage bond (dated August22, 1726)was posted in the Presbyterian Church of a small Scotch-Irish settlement (now Pequea,PA) near Chickies Creek that had been founded in 1724 (Source-book 'Early Stuart Family Immigrants in America') Rebecca and John originally had a homestead near the Natural Bridge in Virginia (Source-Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia). Eventually, John McClung bought 279 acres of land in Augusta County, Va, 249 acres of which were part of Benjamin Borden's tract and 30 acres were part of King's land adjoining the same. (Source- Augusta Co. Deed Book, pg 15, 388).Rebecca and John had ten children, three of whom were heros in the Revolutionary War (Source- Sons of the American Revolution). Rebecca Stuart McClung died in 1781 at the age of 71 and was buried on the family farm, which her husband John later sold to his son Edward. Rebecca was related to the Hon. Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, who was Secretary of State in President Franklin Pierce's cabinet. He was Rebecca's brother Archibald's grandson (Source-The McClung Genealogy). In 2015 DNA testing done on the descendants of Rebecca Stuart and John McClung proved that Rebecca was the mother of John McClung's children. References
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