Rev. Colin McFarquhar and Elizabeth [Unk]

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Husband Rev. Colin McFarquhar ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Colin McFarquahr 3
           Born: Abt 1729 - Scotland
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           Died: 1822 - Hagerstown, Washington Co, MD 1
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Wife Elizabeth [Unk] ¹

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           Died: 1805 1
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Children

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1 F Janet McFarquhar ⁵

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            AKA: Janette McFarquher 4
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           Died: 1818 5
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         Spouse: Rev. Alexander Reed (1776-1842) 4 5
           Marr: 1799 4 5

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2 F Mary McFarquhar ⁶

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           Born: 1766 6
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           Died: 1820 6
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         Spouse: David Cook (1750-1824) 6

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3 F [Unk] McFarquhar

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         Spouse: Hugh Willson (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Colin McFarquhar

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From Inverness, Scotland, he came to America during the Revolutionary War, and for thirty years preached in an old church in Donegal, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

He was born in Scotland, and educated at Edinburgh University, where he also filled a position as teacher in that institution. He was a fine Greek and Latin scholar. In 1775 he came to America to seek a place where he could settle, leaving his family behind him until he was permanently located. He preached at several of the churches in Cumberland Valley and in Virginia, and was a stated supply at Bedford. He came to Donegal, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and preached a trial sermon in the fall of 1775. The congregation were pleased with him, and they gave him a call, which he accepted. He boarded at the tavern of Samuel Scott, at Big Chikis, known as Capt. Hugh Pedan's tavern, where he continued to board for several years.
After he gave up his charge, after the death of his wife, in 1805, he removed to Lancaster and resided with his daughter, Mrs. Hugh Willson. Subsequently he went to Hagerstown, where he died, aged ninety-three.

1 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 775.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 189.

3 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 644.

4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 481.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 190.

6 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 643.