Person:Richard McClure (5)

Information on Richard McClure

Richard McClure Sr M, b. circa 1700, d. circa 1774

Richard McClure Sr was born circa 1700 (prob. bef. 1696) at Ulster, Ireland.1 He came from northern Ireland and settled before 1730 in Paxtang twp, then Lancaster County, Pennsylvia where he took up a tract of 600 acres.2 He was shown on a tax list in 1749/50 at South End, Paxtang Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.3 Richard McClure Sr died circa 1774 at Paxtang Twp, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.1

Children of Richard McClure Sr

Thomas McClure+ b. c 1716, d. Apr 1765

John McClure+ b. c 1718, d. 1762

Charles McClure+ b. c 1720, d. b 1761

Richard McClure+ d. Nov 1774

Citations [S419] Gedcom from Ancestry.com, submitted by Richard Godown <e-mail address> citing Pioneer McClure Families of the MonongahelaValley, Their Origins and Their Descendants.. [S219] W. H. Egle, Com. Bio. of Dauphin Co, PA, page 133. [S287] Electronic Web Site,, http://genealogytrails.com/penn/dauphin/Census/…; 1749-1750 Assessment of the Taxables of The South End of Paxtang Township, Lancaster County Taken From Middletown on the Swatara, A. Boyd Hamilton, Harrisburg, PA Page 38.

Source: http://www.smallfamilyhistory.com/p137.htm#i1688

1.   "The Richard McClure family of Pennsylvania and Ohio: ca 1700-1924." The Clan MacLeod Society, USA.