Genealogy Report: Descendants of James Andrew McClure
Descendants of James Andrew McClure
8.JOHN3 MCCLURE (HALBERT2, JAMES ANDREW1)4 was born Abt. 1725 in Rapahoe, County Donegal, Northern Ireland, and died Abt. 1777 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.He married (1) MARY MALCOLM.She died Abt. 1754 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.He married (2) MARY ALLEN5, daughter of MALCOLM ALLEN and MARY CUNNINGHAM.She was born 10 Nov 1741 in Virginia, and died Aft. 1803 in Mercer County, Kentucky.
Marriage Notes for JOHN MCCLURE and MARY ALLEN:
The will of John McClure is recorded in Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia, and is dated May 22, 1777, and was proved "ye 11th day of February, 1778."He and his wife were living in that county in 1764.He is listed in Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776, (edited by Wm. Armstrong Cozier) as a soldier in John Murray's Company from Botetourt County, Virginia September 10, 1774.
We can not find a record of the division of the children of the first and second family of John McClure though it is known that Alexander and Moses were children of Mary Malcolm and that Nathaniel was the son of Mary Allen.We list the children as they are given in their father's will, with the exception of Moses, whose name has been placed next to Alexander since they were known to be brothers, but we can not state that this is the order of the dates of births.Source:Clasping Hands With Generations Past.
More About JOHN MCCLURE and MARY ALLEN:
Marriage: 5
Children of JOHN MCCLURE and MARY MALCOLM are:
17. | i. | SAMUEL4 MCCLURE, b. 1748; d. 29 Dec 1815. | |
18. | ii. | ALEXANDER MCCLURE, b. 1753, Augusta County, Virginia; d. 1801, Mercer County, Kentucky. | |
iii. | MARY MCCLURE, b. 1754; m. WALKER STUART. |
Notes for MARY MCCLURE: The placement of Mary McClure as the daughter of John McClure and Mary Malcolm is not based on fact but speculation. |
Children of JOHN MCCLURE and MARY ALLEN are:
iv. | AGNES4 MCCLURE, b. 1758. | ||
v. | JANE MCCLURE, b. 1760. | ||
vi. | JOHN C. MCCLURE, b. 1760. | ||
19. | vii. | MALCOLM MCCLURE, b. 1762; d. 1791. | |
viii. | HANNAH MCCLURE, b. 1764; m. DAVID WORLEY. | ||
20. | ix. | REBECCA MCCLURE, b. 1766. | |
21. | x. | HOLBERT C. MCCLURE, b. 1770, Augusta County, Virginia; d. 1838, Adams County, Ohio. | |
22. | xi. | NATHANIEL MCCLURE, b. 04 Feb 1774, Botetourt County, Virginia; d. 18 Jan 1848, Grant County, Kentucky. | |
23. | xii. | MOSES MCCLURE, b. 15 Sep 1775, Virginia; d. 19 Mar 1844, Boone County, Kentucky. |