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Margaret Ray Immigrant Ancestor see FAMILY TREE

Born: 1683 Donnahlong, Down, Ireland

Married: 5 Apr 1712 to Moses Harlan at Newark Meeting

Died: 1749 Menallen

HUSBAND

Moses Harlan

CHILDREN

1. Mary Harlan
    b. Londongrove, Chester, PA
    m. 27 Sep 1735 John Cox
    d. 28 Jun 1753 Butler, PA

2. Rebecca Harlan
    b. 1715 Kennett, Chester, PA
    m Abt. 1739 to John Blackburn
    d. 30 Mar 1766

 

 

Believed to be buried here with husband Moses, Margaret (Ray) Harlan was born in the county of Down, Northern Ireland, the same county as that of her husband's family, and was a member of the same meeting at Lurgan, County Armagh. In 1712, she married Moses Harlan at Newark Meeting, now Newark Co., Delaware. Her certificate of membership from the Lurgan meeting was received by the Newark Meeting on January 7, 1713. She died in Menallen Township, York (now Adams) Co., PA, several years after her husband's death in 1749. Children: Mary Harlan (m. John Cox) and Rebecca Harlan (m. John Blackburn). Sources: "History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family" compiled by Alpheus H. Harlan; "George and Michael Harlan: The Irish Interlude," by John H. Harland.