David Hamilton and Margaret McFarland

---

---

Husband David Hamilton ^{1 2}

---

           Born: Abt 1779 - County Derry, Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 1850 or 1851 - ? Perry Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 1 2
         Buried: 

---

         Father: James Hamilton (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

---

       Marriage:  - Ireland

---

---

Wife Margaret McFarland ²

---

            AKA: Elizabeth McFarland 1
           Born: Abt 1778
     Christened: 
           Died: 1821 1 2
         Buried: 

---

Children

---

1 M James Hamilton ^{1 2}

---

           Born:  - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 

---

2 M Joseph Hamilton ²

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in childhood
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

---

3 M Young Hamilton ²

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in childhood
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

---

4 M John Hamilton ^{1 2 3}

---

           Born: 1807 - Perry Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1894 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Martha "Mattie" Hopkins (      -Aft 1898) 1 2 3
           Marr: 1831 1

---

5 M David Hamilton ²

---

           Born:  - Perry Twp, Jefferson Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: May 1895 - Perry Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] North (      -      ) 2

---

6 M Robert Hamilton ^{1 2 5}

---

           Born: Jan 1813 - Perry Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1898
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret Johnston (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1845 4

---

---

General Notes: Husband - David Hamilton

---

He was born in County Derry, Ireland, and in that country was married, one son, James, being born to them before their emigration to America. On coming to the United States they located near Greensburg, Pennsylvania, where Mr. Hamilton spent two years in the employ of Judge Young, a prominent man of that day. In 1805 he purchased 180 acres of land in Perry township, Jefferson County, and in the midst of the forest located his family, their home being a round-log cabin. He afterward built a hewed-log house, in which he lived until his death.

He came in 1803, with his wife and one child, James, to Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he worked for Judge Young for four years, and obtained the money with which to purchase the land above named [a farm within one mile of the corner of Indiana, Armstrong and Jefferson counties, the farm being both in Indiana and Jefferson], at the rate of one dollar and a quarter per acre. In 1807, when the family removed to the land, they came in a wagon to the present site of Shelocta, and thence, there being only a path or trail to their destination, they forwarded their baggage on pack-horses.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 461.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1066.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1449.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1067.

5 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 78.