Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Curran and Jane Riddle




Husband James Curran 1

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Wife Jane Riddle 1

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Children
1 M James Curran, Jr. 1

           Born:  - Mifflintown, Juniata Co, PA
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           Died: 26 Jun 1882 1
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         Spouse: Mary Thompson (1809-1887) 1 2
           Marr: 15 May 1833 - Juniata Co, PA 1



General Notes: Husband - James Curran


In the early records of Juniata County the Curran family name seems to have been spelled in several different ways. In the first of warrantees of land in the neighborhood of what is now Mifilintown appears the name of William Curran. On page 854 of the "History of Juniata and Susquehanna Valleys," under Walker Township, Juniata County, it is stated that the name of William Cochran appears among the list of warrantees and he took out a warrant for 103 acres of land, Mar. 8, 1755. From all indications the name is the same as Corran and Curran and the one here given is the ancestor of the family who settled in this section of the country. His name as Curran appears in the assessment of Fermanagh in 1763, as owning 200 acres; in 1768 as William Corran owning 600 acres, and James Curran as in possession of 60 acres. William Corran remained here until 1771 when he appears to have removed to Donegal, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. On Dec. 17, 1772, William Cochran or Corran warranted a tract of land in Tuscarora Valley which he patented June 18, 1773, at "Williamsburg." In 1775 he is mentioned as having 10 acres cleared, and in Lack Township James Corran is assessed on 100 acres, and 20 acres cleared. William Curran, who died in Rapahoe Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1787, designated his sons Samuel and James as executors in his will. This James Curran may or may not have been James Curran, Sr., who married Jane Riddle, but it is probable that, in any event, James Curran, Jr., was a descendant of William Curran.

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Sources


1 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 267.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 1200.


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