Person:Quintin McAdams (1)

Notes on Quintin McAdams

Quintin McAdams came to Pennsylvania in April, 1741, based upon several accounts (some listed below). His family was located in Adams County, Pennsylvania and later migrated to Washington County, Pennsylvania before 1790. The name Quintin McAdams is a very famous name throughout early Scottish history. Quintin McAdams family was located in the Marsh Creek area of Freedom Township in Adams County, Pennsylvania and were among several "squatters" families during that time period.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcadams/Penn.html

Warrington Township

Quintin McAdams, cb. 1700 is found at the Manor of Maske in Warrington Township as early as 1741. This area was described as being settled by the Quakers and the poorest of the Irish. Quintin's wife was Eleanor (probably Kerr). They later moved to Hamilton's Bann Twp. near present day Gettysburg in Adams Co. where he died 13 Oct 1787. His children were: i.. Gilbert, ii..Archabald, iii..Jane, iv.David, v..Lettice, wife of James Marshall. Most of this family had moved to Washington Co., Penn. before 1790

http://www.mcadamshistory.com/Estates.html

1741 - Quintin McAdam spouse Elizabeth, maybe Kerr as listed with William and Robert Kerr and James Thompson,residents of Manor of Maske, Penn. Children, Gilbert, Archibald, Jane, David and Lettice who married James Marshall

Part III, History of Adams County, Pages 261-262

CHAPTER XXXII.

FREEDOM TOWNSHIP.

The township was set off from Liberty in 1838. As early as 1740 it was included in “the Manor of Maske,” and the original settlers shared in all the troubles and uncertainties, regarding titles to their land peculiar to those times. Among the first land improvers on this part of the “Manor” were many of the men whose names will be forever identified with the settlement of the western part of Adams County. Samuel Gettys owned land on Middle Creek, and it is supposed that the following named settled here on the dates given: QUINTIN McADAMS, Robert McNeil, Robert Anan, later of Emmittsburg, in May, 1741; Robert Long, in September, 1739; Hugh Woods, in March, 1741; Samuel Gibson, Duncan Evans and Robert Gibson, in October, 1736; Thomas Martin, in May, 1741; Robert Brumfield, in September, 1739; Thomas Tedford, in May, 1740.

From Genforum.com post:

Re: Janat McAdam m. John McKaa 1709/23Apr Posted by: Theodore P. Wright, Jr. Date: November 13, 2000 at 20:02:14 In Reply to: Janat McAdam m. John McKaa 1709/23Apr by Beth of 1218

Dear Beth: (Nov.13, 2000) My wife and I visited Ayrshire, including Straitton in August in search of her McAdams ancestor, John who settled in York PA in 1755. with wife, Sarah Sloss. We did find his baptism in 1729 to an earlier John and Agnes McConchie. Your Janet may have been a sister of Quintin McAdam who had several wives (or there were several Quintins) including Janet Weil in1708 and Agnes McClure in 1712, both too late to be her parents. I do have a note, James McAdam ca.1663-1726 married Janet Crawford in 1688 in Straitton from notesbookds at the heritage center at Carsphairn.One of the Quintons was Laird of Waterhead.Sincerely, Ted Wright