John McDonald and Jane Wilson

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Husband John McDonald ^{1 2}

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         Father: John McDonald (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Isabella McCartney (      -      ) 3

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Wife Jane Wilson ^{2 3}

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Children

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1 M James McDonald ^{1 2 4}

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           Born: 1779 2 3
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         Spouse: Catharine Carnahan (Abt 1785-1865) 1 2 4

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General Notes: Husband - John McDonald

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He was the first ancestor of this family in America, and came from Scotland. In 1772, when a young man, he visited his relatives in Rich Hills, county of Armagh, Ireland. While there a company was formed consisting of himself and sixteen other young men, three of whom were his cousins, and they all came to America, landing at Baltimore. When the Revolutionary War broke out he enlisted in Captain Casper Weitsell's company, First Battalion Rifle Regiment from Pennsylvania. He rose to the rank of captain of the Flying Camp and served through the war. Before entering the army he was married, and at its close settled on the lands which he had taken up in York County, Pennsylvania, where they resided until his death more than twenty years afterward. They had nine children.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 122.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 285.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 123.

4 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 409.