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Descendants of Daniel McFarland b. 1664 Ulster, Ireland d. 1738, Worcester, Massachusetts

Generation No. 2

2. Daniel² McFarland (McFarland¹) was born Abt. 1664 in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland, and died May 08, 1738 in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Notes for Daniel McFarland:
Daniel McFarland came from the Province of Ulster, Ireland, in 1718. For nearly a century the McFarlands had resided there, having removed thither from Argyleshire, Scotland. Daniel and his brother Duncan came over in company with a long list of Scotch-Presbyterian immigrants, they having taken passage in five ships which sailed into Boston Harbor August 4, 1718.

Daniel and other members of his family, including a son Andrew, then twenty-eight years of age, lived some years in the town of Marblehead, Massachusetts, before settling in Worcester.

Duncan, the brother of Daniel, settled in neighboring town of Rutland.

Source: Descendants of Daniel McFarland One of the Scotch Presbyterians who Settled in Worcester, Massachusetts, Ellery B. Crane, 1907, Blanchard Press, Worcester, Massachusetts.

MCFARLAND, Daniel, of Worcester, Mass.; from Ulster, Ireland, 1718, husbandman; arrived in Boston, August 4; he and Andrew, laborers of Marblehead, buy 185 acres in south part of Worcester near Prospect Meadow, 26 Oct. 1727; will probated May 12, 1738 “being very aged and infirm in body”; Children: James of Brunswick, Me., Margery McKolney of South Carolina, Margaret Campbell of Tyrone, Ireland, Andrew, Daniel and John of Worcester, Elinour Gray of Worcester, Patience, Elizabeth, Samuel; (Andrew McFarland & Matthew Gray exrs.).—Some Worcester McFarlands and Descendants, pp. 3-6, Worcester Probate Series A, 39918, Worcester Inscriptions, p. 49.

Source: IMMIGRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND, 1700-1775.

The will of Daniel McFarland, who died in Worcester in 1738, states that he had a daughter Margaret Campbell living in County Tyrone, Ireland. Daniel may have been a brother of John McFarland, mentioned in a paper in the Suffolk County, Massachussetts files, number 163,586, which shows that three eimgrants of the name, probably thoses of Boothbay a little later, appear to have come from Artstraw, County Tryrone, Ulster, Ireland, in 1720.

The paper reads, "This Bill bendeth us, John McFarland, Sr., John McFarland, Jr., Andrew McFarland in the sum of 13.16.0 pounds for the payment of 6.18.0 pounds unto Rev. Mr. Isaac Taylor or order within 30 days after arrival at New England for value read. Dated August 10, 1720. In presence of Robert Temple and Alexander Hamilton."

Taylor was assistant to the Rev. Mr. Haliday, minister at Ardstraw, Ireland. He may, however, have been at Brunswick for a few months in 1719 and 1720.

James son of Daniel McFarland of Worcester, was at Brunswick in 1738. Duncan McFarland of Rutland was probably a son of Duncan who died in Boston in 1696, although perhaps closely related to the Worcester family. An Andrew McFarland married at Billerica in 1725.

Source: Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America Charles Knowles Bolsten Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company, 1986 Library of Congress card catalogue number 67-29400 and ISBN 0-8063-0046-9

"Early in the spring of 1718, Rev. William Boyd arrived in Boston as an agent of some hundreds of people who had expressed a desire to come to New England should suitable encouragement be offered them. With him he brought a brief memorial to which was attached three hundred and ninteen names, all but thirteen of which were in a fair and vigorous hand. Governor Shute gave such general encouragement and promise of welcome, that on August 4, 1718, five small ships came to anchor at the wharf in Boston, having on board one hundred and twenty Scotch-Irish families, (from Ulster, Ireland) numbering in all about seven hundred and fifty individuals." p. 46

"In a measure these people were under the charge of Governor Shute. He must find homes for them. He dispatched about fifty of these families to Worcester. That year marked the fifth of its permanent settlement, and was composed of fifty log-houses, inhabited by two hundred souls." p. 46

Source: An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Prior to the Peace of 1783 J.P. MacLean, Phd, 1968

"The Scotch settlers retained the characteristic traits of their native stock and continued to call themselves Scotch, alothough molded somewhat by surrounding influences. They demanded and exercised the privelege of choosing their own spiritual advisers, in opposition to all efforts of the hierarchy of England to make the choice and support the clergy as a state concern." p. 43

"From the descendants of these people came the Scotch-Irish emigrants to America, who were destined to perform in important part on the theatre of action by organizing a successful revolt and establishing a new government. Among the early emigrants to the New World, although termed Scotch-Irish, and belonging to them we have such names as Campbell, Ferguson, Graham, McFarland, McDonald, McGregor, ...." p. 43

"On the outbreak of the American Revolution the Thirteen colonies numbered among their inhabitants about eight hundred thousand Scotch and Scotch-Irish, or a little more than one fourth of the entire population. They were among the first to become actively engaged in that struggle, and so continued until the peace, ..." p. 43

Source: An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Prior to the Peace of 1783 J.P. MacLean, Phd, 1968

Potential Additional Resources

History of Clan MacFarlane, MacFarlan, MacFarland, MacFarlin, by C.M. Little. 254p. 1893. $38.00

Genealogy of the McFarland fam. of Hancock Co., Maine, by D.Y. Mcfarland. 58p. 1910. $12.00

Children of Daniel McFarland are:

	4	i.	Elizabeth³ McFarland, born in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland.
	5	ii.	Patience McFarland, born in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland.
	6	iii.	Samuel McFarland, born in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland.
+	7	iv.	Andrew McFarland, born 1690 in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland; died June 04, 1761 in Worcester, Massachusetts.
	8	v.	Daniel McFarland, Jr., born 1692 in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland; died in Worcester, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Thompson May 19, 1723 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Notes for Daniel McFarland, Jr.:
The son, Daniel McFarland, Jr., appears to have remained single and, as under the conditions of his father's will, all his estate passed to only those of his sons who had families, Daniel's rights passed to Andrew and John.

Source: Descendants of Daniel McFarland One of the Scotch Presbyterians who Settled in Worcester, Massachusetts, Ellery B. Crane, 1907, Blanchard Press, Worcester, Massachusetts.

+	9	vi.	John McFarland, born 1694 in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland; died Aft. 1748 in Pemaquid, Maine.
+	10	vii.	Eliner McFarland, born 1696 in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland; died in Worcester, Massachusetts.
+	11	viii.	James McFarland, born 1698 in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland; died in Brunswick, York County, Maine.
	12	ix.	Margaret McFarland, born 1700 in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. She married Campbell.

Notes for Margaret McFarland:
Mentioned in father's (Daniel McFarland) will.

Margery McFarland, born 1702 in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland. She married McKolney.

More About Margery McFarland:
Fact 1: Settled in South Carolina.

3. Duncan² McFarland (McFarland¹) was born Abt. 1685 in County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland, and died September 04, 1747 in Windsor, Connecticut. He married Christian.

Notes for Duncan McFarland:
Came to Boston on August 4, 1718 with brother (Daniel McFarland) and their children from Ulster, Ireland.

Settled in Rutland, Massachusetts.

Children of Duncan McFarland and Christian are:

14	i.	Nancy³ McFarland.
15	ii.	Christian McFarland. She married William Ball.
16	iii.	Alexander McFarland, born 1718; died 1775. He married Jane Harper.

Notes for Alexander McFarland:
Was of Oakham, Massachusetts, and a private in Capt. Seth Washburn's company, Colonel Jonathan Ward's regiment, muster-roll dated August 1, 1775; enlisted May 10, 1775; service, 2 months 26 days; also company return dated October 8, 1775. His will, dated June, 1775, was probated January 1, 1776.

Source: Descendants of Daniel McFarland One of the Scotch Presbyterians who Settled in Worcester, Massachusetts, Ellery B. Crane, 1907, Blanchard Press, Worcester, Massachusetts.

17	iv.	Elizabeth McFarland, born 1719.
18	v.	Janet McFarland, born 1722.
19	vi.	Daniel McFarland, born February 13, 1723 in Rutland, Massachusetts.

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