Person:Thomas McCalla (1)

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Thomas McCalla
b.15 Sep 1756 Belfast City, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
d.1811 Charleston, South Carolina, United States
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m. 1775
  1. Mary McCalla1776 - 1836
  2. John McCalla1778 -
  3. Elizabeth McCalla1780 -
  4. David McCalla1781 -
  5. Thomas McCalla1783 -
  6. Samuel McCalla1786 - 1881
  7. Hanna McCalla1789 -
  8. Ebenezer McCalla1792 -
  9. James McCalla1794 -
  10. Sarah McCalla1805 - 1873
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Name Thomas McCalla
Gender Male
Birth[1] 15 Sep 1756 Belfast City, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Immigration? 1771
Marriage 1775 Chester, Pennsylvania, United Statesto Sarah Wayne Gardiner
Military[4] Feb 1777 Enlisted in Pennsylvania Line
Death[1] 1811 Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Burial[2] Old Catholic Presbyterian Cemetery, Chester, South Carolina, United States

Came from Ireland to Newcastle, Delaware in 1771, settled in Chester, Pennsylvania. Married Sarah Gardiner in 1775. Her family did not approve because he was a poor man. Served in the Pennsylvania militia, 1776; as sergeant in the Penn troops of the line, 1777; moved with his family to the Chester District of South Carolina in 1778, and was with Steel's Rangers, the South Carolina militia, 1780-1781. He was captured at the Battle of Hanging Rock in South Carolina and held prisoner by the British. His ultimate release after 7 months was due to the persistent efforts of his wife who was called a "Heroine of the Revolution."

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Http://records.ancestry.com/thomas mccalla records.ashx?pid=31375344.
  2. ↑ FindAGrave.com.

    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38233303

  3.   Daughters of the American revolution Magazine
    vol. 14, p. 17-253, 1899.
  4. ↑ Indiana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
    p. 121, 1908.

    "...Thomas McCalla, who en-listed in February of 1777 in the Sixth Company, Eleventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Line. See Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume II, page 68; also Volume 13, page 146."
    https://archive.org/stream/indianasocietyof00sons/indianasocietyof00sons_djvu.txt

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