John McBurney
M, b. circa 1686, d. 3 August 1765
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John McBurney was born circa 1686 at Ireland. He died on 3 August 1765 at Lisowen townland, Down, Ireland.
Devlin, Harriet. "The McBurney Family of Saintfield." Saintfield Heritage (Saintfield Heritage Society), No. 5, p. 1:
However what is not so well known is the part played in the development of Saintfield by an extremely industrious family of lowland Scots origins, the McBurneys. The McBurney name is visible to the observant eye on the Parish church, the Market House, on five local mills and the original Saintfield Academy. In the late 13th and 19th centuries they were a wealthy and prestigious family, but natural, economic and political events conspired against them and the last member of the Saintfield branch of the family (Alexander) died is 1927 with no issue and no fortune to his name....
It is not certain when the McBurneys came over to Co. Down from Dumfries. However by the beginning of the 18th century several branches of the family were settled in Ballynahinch and in Saintfield. The gravestones in the Parish church record "the body of John McBurney of Lissoan who departed this life August ye 3rd 1765 aged 79 years". From the rent books we know that John was a man of substance as he was paying a large rent for his property in Lisowen townland in 1751 and it is possible that he was the miller at the mill that still exists on Pear Tree Road....
Devlin, Harriet. "The McBurney Family of Saintfield." Saintfield Heritage (Saintfield Heritage Society), No. 5, p. 1:
However what is not so well known is the part played in the development of Saintfield by an extremely industrious family of lowland Scots origins, the McBurneys. The McBurney name is visible to the observant eye on the Parish church, the Market House, on five local mills and the original Saintfield Academy. In the late 13th and 19th centuries they were a wealthy and prestigious family, but natural, economic and political events conspired against them and the last member of the Saintfield branch of the family (Alexander) died is 1927 with no issue and no fortune to his name....
It is not certain when the McBurneys came over to Co. Down from Dumfries. However by the beginning of the 18th century several branches of the family were settled in Ballynahinch and in Saintfield. The gravestones in the Parish church record "the body of John McBurney of Lissoan who departed this life August ye 3rd 1765 aged 79 years". From the rent books we know that John was a man of substance as he was paying a large rent for his property in Lisowen townland in 1751 and it is possible that he was the miller at the mill that still exists on Pear Tree Road....
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Samuel McBurney
M, b. say 1737, d. after 1798
| Father | John McBurney b. c 1686, d. 3 Aug 1765 |
| Charts | John McBurney (c.1686-1765) Descendants |
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
Samuel McBurney, son of John McBurney, was born say 1737 at Lisowen townland, Down, Ireland. Samuel McBurney married Mary (?) at ireland. Samuel McBurney died after 1798 at Ireland.
Devlin, Harriet. "The McBurney Family of Saintfield." Saintfield Heritage (Saintfield Heritage Society), No. 5, pp. 3-4:
At the age of 28 Samuel McBurney, son of John of Lisowen, took over the lease of the windmill at Ballyaugherty for £5 2s 6d. He and his wife Mary and their three year old son John moved up to the small millers cottage on the corner of the present Windmill Road and Station Road. This cottage still exists inside the modern house. I believe that Samuel was a very forceful and hardworking man for 10 years later he was not only a Church Warden but he was able to take over the Saintfield Mills at Glasdrumman from the 'Mcobroghs' and to pay a huge rent of £165 17s 8d. By this time Samuel had moved to the two roomed cottage next door (now known as 20 Windmill Road), which he greatly extended to a two storey house with a kitchen at one end and a barn at the other. By 1780 Samuel McBurney was leasing three mills - the old family mill in Lisowen, the mills at Glasdrumman and the windmill at the top of the steep hill in Ballyaugherty. Wars in Europe and America meant there was a huge need for corn and Ireland became the breadbasket for the British troops, helped by Foster's Corn Law of 1784 that granted bounties on grain exported from Ireland. Although much of the corn was grown in the Lecale, mid-Down was also very productive and many corn mills were built in the last decades of the 18th century.
The McBurney empire continued to expand and in 1787 Samuel moved on again, this time to the mill at Carsontown, while his son John took over the helm at Glasdrumman.... Whatever their loyalties in July 1798, both John and Samuel were among the first signatories on a petition asking for leniency for the Reverend Ledlie Birch, one of the firebrands of the rising, yet by 1800 they both show total allegiance to the Crown and proclaim as much in the Belfast Newsletter where they publicly endorse the Act of Union.
Who knows if they were driven by political expediency, by opportunism or conviction. In spite of the Napoleonic Wars, the family fortunes were still growing. In 1798 Samuel was paying a great deal of rent: £21 13s 0d for Glasdrumman, £9 13s 0d for Ballyaugherty windmill and the small farm, £27 7s 10d for the flax and corn mills at Carsontown, £45 11s 0d for the mill in Lisowen and he also rented land in Drumnaconnal and owned two houses in Saintfield itself.
Devlin, Harriet. "The McBurney Family of Saintfield." Saintfield Heritage (Saintfield Heritage Society), No. 5, pp. 3-4:
At the age of 28 Samuel McBurney, son of John of Lisowen, took over the lease of the windmill at Ballyaugherty for £5 2s 6d. He and his wife Mary and their three year old son John moved up to the small millers cottage on the corner of the present Windmill Road and Station Road. This cottage still exists inside the modern house. I believe that Samuel was a very forceful and hardworking man for 10 years later he was not only a Church Warden but he was able to take over the Saintfield Mills at Glasdrumman from the 'Mcobroghs' and to pay a huge rent of £165 17s 8d. By this time Samuel had moved to the two roomed cottage next door (now known as 20 Windmill Road), which he greatly extended to a two storey house with a kitchen at one end and a barn at the other. By 1780 Samuel McBurney was leasing three mills - the old family mill in Lisowen, the mills at Glasdrumman and the windmill at the top of the steep hill in Ballyaugherty. Wars in Europe and America meant there was a huge need for corn and Ireland became the breadbasket for the British troops, helped by Foster's Corn Law of 1784 that granted bounties on grain exported from Ireland. Although much of the corn was grown in the Lecale, mid-Down was also very productive and many corn mills were built in the last decades of the 18th century.
The McBurney empire continued to expand and in 1787 Samuel moved on again, this time to the mill at Carsontown, while his son John took over the helm at Glasdrumman.... Whatever their loyalties in July 1798, both John and Samuel were among the first signatories on a petition asking for leniency for the Reverend Ledlie Birch, one of the firebrands of the rising, yet by 1800 they both show total allegiance to the Crown and proclaim as much in the Belfast Newsletter where they publicly endorse the Act of Union.
Who knows if they were driven by political expediency, by opportunism or conviction. In spite of the Napoleonic Wars, the family fortunes were still growing. In 1798 Samuel was paying a great deal of rent: £21 13s 0d for Glasdrumman, £9 13s 0d for Ballyaugherty windmill and the small farm, £27 7s 10d for the flax and corn mills at Carsontown, £45 11s 0d for the mill in Lisowen and he also rented land in Drumnaconnal and owned two houses in Saintfield itself.
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Mary (?)
F, b. say 1740
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Mary (?) was born say 1740 at Ireland. She married Samuel McBurney, son of John McBurney, at ireland. Her married name was McBurney. Mary (?) died at Down, Ireland.
Family | Samuel McBurney b. s 1737, d. a 1798 |
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John McBurney
M, b. circa 1763, d. 23 May 1837
| Father | Samuel McBurney b. s 1737, d. a 1798 |
| Mother | Mary (?) b. s 1740 |
| Charts | John McBurney (c.1686-1765) Descendants |
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
John McBurney, son of Samuel McBurney and Mary (?), was born circa 1763 at Down, Ireland. John McBurney died on 23 May 1837 at Down, Ireland.
Devlin, Harriet. "The McBurney Family of Saintfield." Saintfield Heritage (Saintfield Heritage Society), No. 5, pp. 3-7:
It is not certain what part John McBurney played in the 1798 rebellion for he had become an influential member of the community, being the Land Agent for the Price estate as well as the owner of many mills and so should have sided with his paymaster. However according to the testimony of the government informer Nicholas Magin, over 100 pike men gathered at the McBurney windmill on the night of the 31st October, 1796. He mentions that John Barnett was to lead the rebels and that they proceeded past John McBurney’s mills. He doesn’t say whether the McBurney family were actively involved, although it was suggested by Aiken McClelland that a John McBurney was a colonel in the rebel army in 1798. I believe that this may be John McBurney the shoemaker that lived in Saintfield at the time, rather than John the miller....
But Samuel's son John McBurney was even more ambitious. He realized that the future lay in flax and flour, not oats. And so in 1801 he constructed a flour mill 72 feet long by 24 feet wide and 31 feet high with stores of 69 feet and 110 feet also in Glasdrumman, now the site of the Dorphin warehouse. The mill dam now forms the gardens at Cotswold Down. The old Ballyaugherty windmill proved too inconvenient so in 1805 John McBurney built the much larger 4 storey windmill in Glasdrumman with an additional flour mill beside it, which still remain as romantic ruins. John was involved in the building of the Market House in 1803, where he presided over the petty sessions of the Manor Court.
John McBurney went on building, the water flow at Carsonstown was very sluggish, so in 1811 the mile long canal named Carsonsdam was dug at the expense of £700. The new watercourse improved the flow and in 1813 the millers house and mills were rebuilt with a splendid Latin plaque commemorating the event.
He now turned his hand to his own mill at Glasdrumman which he felt needed modernising, and this was done in 1815. McBurney despite all his building programme was not content, as he did not feel that his house befitted his important status as a Gent. So between 1817 and 1830 he began to improve the house and added a very much higher third floor and built extensive farm buildings around a hollow square. The Saintfield poet William Anderson has several stanzas of his poem about the town devoted to the mills and the McBurney house itself:
His dwelling place is handsome, very grand,
Near to the mills as you will understand,
Completely it is walled in along,
The wall well built, and neat and very strong.
The hall door it doth face the south quite fair,
A fine enclosed avenue is there
With plots of flowers so fine on every side,
The avenue is handsome, large and very wide...
Fine office houses, all in good repair,
Built rear of the mansion do form a square,
And there a handsome neat farm yard it be,
Well placed it is, its equal rare to see:
A gate there is upon the western end
Of this neat house, as you will comprehend,
In the yard so grand it does you lend,
For neatness and convenience nought exceed.
The poem goes on and on describing the worthy character of John McBurney, the construction of the mills and the details of the vegetable garden with several classical references to Phoebus and buzzing bees! However flowery, it does paint a fairly accurate picture of the McBurney empire in 1830, and another poem by William Anderson rather in the vein of Chaucer's Miller's Tale, describes a conversation between the miller and a farmer discussing the various taxes and dues that the miller extorts to furnish his fine lifestyle.
However the empire was about to undergo a dramatic change. On May 23rd 1837 at the age of 74 John McBurney died. By 1838 the mill at Lisowen was sold, in 1839 the Big Wind struck and the windmill had its sails and shaft blown off never to be repaired. The large flour and flax mill complex at Glasdrumman was sold to John Thompson, the mill at Carsonstown fell into disrepair, so that all that John's heir Alexander was left with was the original mill at Glasdrumman dating from the beginning of the 18th century.
What had happened? Firstly I believe that John McBurney was seriously in debt due to the huge capital cost of his building programme. Secondly Alexander McBurney did not inherit the post of Land Agent to the Prices and so lost an important source of income and thirdly Alexander was perhaps not of the same metal as his father and grandfather.
Devlin, Harriet. "The McBurney Family of Saintfield." Saintfield Heritage (Saintfield Heritage Society), No. 5, pp. 3-7:
It is not certain what part John McBurney played in the 1798 rebellion for he had become an influential member of the community, being the Land Agent for the Price estate as well as the owner of many mills and so should have sided with his paymaster. However according to the testimony of the government informer Nicholas Magin, over 100 pike men gathered at the McBurney windmill on the night of the 31st October, 1796. He mentions that John Barnett was to lead the rebels and that they proceeded past John McBurney’s mills. He doesn’t say whether the McBurney family were actively involved, although it was suggested by Aiken McClelland that a John McBurney was a colonel in the rebel army in 1798. I believe that this may be John McBurney the shoemaker that lived in Saintfield at the time, rather than John the miller....
But Samuel's son John McBurney was even more ambitious. He realized that the future lay in flax and flour, not oats. And so in 1801 he constructed a flour mill 72 feet long by 24 feet wide and 31 feet high with stores of 69 feet and 110 feet also in Glasdrumman, now the site of the Dorphin warehouse. The mill dam now forms the gardens at Cotswold Down. The old Ballyaugherty windmill proved too inconvenient so in 1805 John McBurney built the much larger 4 storey windmill in Glasdrumman with an additional flour mill beside it, which still remain as romantic ruins. John was involved in the building of the Market House in 1803, where he presided over the petty sessions of the Manor Court.
John McBurney went on building, the water flow at Carsonstown was very sluggish, so in 1811 the mile long canal named Carsonsdam was dug at the expense of £700. The new watercourse improved the flow and in 1813 the millers house and mills were rebuilt with a splendid Latin plaque commemorating the event.
He now turned his hand to his own mill at Glasdrumman which he felt needed modernising, and this was done in 1815. McBurney despite all his building programme was not content, as he did not feel that his house befitted his important status as a Gent. So between 1817 and 1830 he began to improve the house and added a very much higher third floor and built extensive farm buildings around a hollow square. The Saintfield poet William Anderson has several stanzas of his poem about the town devoted to the mills and the McBurney house itself:
His dwelling place is handsome, very grand,
Near to the mills as you will understand,
Completely it is walled in along,
The wall well built, and neat and very strong.
The hall door it doth face the south quite fair,
A fine enclosed avenue is there
With plots of flowers so fine on every side,
The avenue is handsome, large and very wide...
Fine office houses, all in good repair,
Built rear of the mansion do form a square,
And there a handsome neat farm yard it be,
Well placed it is, its equal rare to see:
A gate there is upon the western end
Of this neat house, as you will comprehend,
In the yard so grand it does you lend,
For neatness and convenience nought exceed.
The poem goes on and on describing the worthy character of John McBurney, the construction of the mills and the details of the vegetable garden with several classical references to Phoebus and buzzing bees! However flowery, it does paint a fairly accurate picture of the McBurney empire in 1830, and another poem by William Anderson rather in the vein of Chaucer's Miller's Tale, describes a conversation between the miller and a farmer discussing the various taxes and dues that the miller extorts to furnish his fine lifestyle.
However the empire was about to undergo a dramatic change. On May 23rd 1837 at the age of 74 John McBurney died. By 1838 the mill at Lisowen was sold, in 1839 the Big Wind struck and the windmill had its sails and shaft blown off never to be repaired. The large flour and flax mill complex at Glasdrumman was sold to John Thompson, the mill at Carsonstown fell into disrepair, so that all that John's heir Alexander was left with was the original mill at Glasdrumman dating from the beginning of the 18th century.
What had happened? Firstly I believe that John McBurney was seriously in debt due to the huge capital cost of his building programme. Secondly Alexander McBurney did not inherit the post of Land Agent to the Prices and so lost an important source of income and thirdly Alexander was perhaps not of the same metal as his father and grandfather.
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Alexander McBurney
M, b. say 1790, d. circa 1865
| Father | John McBurney b. c 1763, d. 23 May 1837 |
| Charts | John McBurney (c.1686-1765) Descendants |
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
Alexander McBurney, son of John McBurney, was born say 1790 at Down, Ireland. Alexander McBurney married Mary Moffat say 1852 at Down, Ireland. Alexander McBurney died circa 1865 at Down, Ireland.
Devlin, Harriet. "The McBurney Family of Saintfield." Saintfield Heritage (Saintfield Heritage Society), No. 5, pp. 6-8:
By 1838 the mill at Lisowen was sold, in 1839 the Big Wind struck and the windmill had its sails and shaft blown off never to be repaired. The large flour and flax mill complex at Glasdrumman was sold to John Thompson, the mill at Carsonstown fell into disrepair, so that all that John's heir Alexander was left with was the original mill at Glasdrumman dating from the beginning of the 18th century.
What had happened? Firstly I believe that John McBurney was seriously in debt due to the huge capital cost of his building programme. Secondly Alexander McBurney did not inherit the post of Land Agent to the Prices and so lost an important source of income and thirdly Alexander was perhaps not of the same metal as his father and grandfather. He was love lorn; two love poems survive hidden away in the pages of the rent book telling of his passion for a girl named Nora:
Oh, my Nora Creina dear!
My gentle, bashful Nora Creina!
Beauty lies
In many eyes,
But love is thine, my Nora Creina!
The second poem written in distracted, untidy script tells of her rejection and his despair:
Oh why beats thus my foolish heart
For one who little cares how soon we part.
Alexander did marry, not his Nora, but Miss Mary Moffat, the sister of the Presbyterian minister.
Natural disasters took their toll, the Famine hit surrounding Parishes worse than Saintfield, for in February 1847 the Down Recorder reported from Ballygowan "three or four funerals pass the door daily" with deaths due to the fever. The privation had a direct impact on the millers, with heavy poor rates to be paid and less grain coming to the mill to be ground. The repeal of the Corn laws and the subsequent influx of imported grain from America was the nail in the coffin for the rural corn miller.
Alexander McBurney did undertake one building enterprise - he had a steam boiler installed with a tall chimney, however the boiler man was killed ty the fly-wheel in the engine house in 1860, and then a disastrous fire consumed his flax mill and all the stores of flax, which were not insured. The Down Recorder published a vivid account of the fire commiserating with McBurney "who is highly respected by all classes in and around Saintfield".
By the time Alexander McBurney died in the 1860s all his flax and corn mills were derelict, and his son William Walter Moffat McBurney (born in 1854) inherited a decayed set of ruins.
Devlin, Harriet. "The McBurney Family of Saintfield." Saintfield Heritage (Saintfield Heritage Society), No. 5, pp. 6-8:
By 1838 the mill at Lisowen was sold, in 1839 the Big Wind struck and the windmill had its sails and shaft blown off never to be repaired. The large flour and flax mill complex at Glasdrumman was sold to John Thompson, the mill at Carsonstown fell into disrepair, so that all that John's heir Alexander was left with was the original mill at Glasdrumman dating from the beginning of the 18th century.
What had happened? Firstly I believe that John McBurney was seriously in debt due to the huge capital cost of his building programme. Secondly Alexander McBurney did not inherit the post of Land Agent to the Prices and so lost an important source of income and thirdly Alexander was perhaps not of the same metal as his father and grandfather. He was love lorn; two love poems survive hidden away in the pages of the rent book telling of his passion for a girl named Nora:
Oh, my Nora Creina dear!
My gentle, bashful Nora Creina!
Beauty lies
In many eyes,
But love is thine, my Nora Creina!
The second poem written in distracted, untidy script tells of her rejection and his despair:
Oh why beats thus my foolish heart
For one who little cares how soon we part.
Alexander did marry, not his Nora, but Miss Mary Moffat, the sister of the Presbyterian minister.
Natural disasters took their toll, the Famine hit surrounding Parishes worse than Saintfield, for in February 1847 the Down Recorder reported from Ballygowan "three or four funerals pass the door daily" with deaths due to the fever. The privation had a direct impact on the millers, with heavy poor rates to be paid and less grain coming to the mill to be ground. The repeal of the Corn laws and the subsequent influx of imported grain from America was the nail in the coffin for the rural corn miller.
Alexander McBurney did undertake one building enterprise - he had a steam boiler installed with a tall chimney, however the boiler man was killed ty the fly-wheel in the engine house in 1860, and then a disastrous fire consumed his flax mill and all the stores of flax, which were not insured. The Down Recorder published a vivid account of the fire commiserating with McBurney "who is highly respected by all classes in and around Saintfield".
By the time Alexander McBurney died in the 1860s all his flax and corn mills were derelict, and his son William Walter Moffat McBurney (born in 1854) inherited a decayed set of ruins.
Family | Mary Moffat b. s 1834, d. 1886 |
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Mary Moffat
F, b. say 1834, d. 1886
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Mary Moffat was born say 1834 at Down, Ireland. As of say 1852,her married name was McBurney. She married Alexander McBurney, son of John McBurney, say 1852 at Down, Ireland. Mary Moffat died in 1886 at Down, Ireland.
Family | Alexander McBurney b. s 1790, d. c 1865 |
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William Walter Moffat McBurney
M, b. 1854, d. 1927
| Father | Alexander McBurney b. s 1790, d. c 1865 |
| Mother | Mary Moffat b. s 1834, d. 1886 |
| Charts | John McBurney (c.1686-1765) Descendants |
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
William Walter Moffat McBurney, son of Alexander McBurney and Mary Moffat, was born in 1854 at Saintfield parish, Down, Ireland. William Walter Moffat McBurney married an unknown person in 1884 at Antrim, Ireland.1 He died in 1927 at Saintfield parish, Down, Ireland.
Devlin, Harriet. "The McBurney Family of Saintfield." Saintfield Heritage (Saintfield Heritage Society), No. 5, p. 8:
By the time Alexander McBurney died in the 1860s all his flax and corn mills were derelict, and his son William Walter Moffat McBurney (born in 1854) inherited a decayed set of ruins. His life was also beset by troubles as his wife died in childbirth in 1886 and he lived on at Windmill Road eking out a living with his spinster sister Jane and two house servants William Hawthorne and Matthew Anderson. By 1908 the arrears of rent were so vast that the remaining assets were passed on to the farm servant, Matthew Anderson. In 1910 George Alexander, originally from Carrickmannan, took over the estate. The two elderly McBurneys lingered on in the house, Jane or Jeannie dying at the time of the Great War, and William Walter in 1927. The Glasdrumman water mill was still in use for grinding corn between the two World Wars, the last person to run it being John Kilbright. The Alexander family remained on the property until 1990, the mills were demolished in the late 1950s as they were unsafe, and all that remains of the once vast McBurney empire is a gaunt skeleton of the windmill and the family name on memorial plaques.
Devlin, Harriet. "The McBurney Family of Saintfield." Saintfield Heritage (Saintfield Heritage Society), No. 5, p. 8:
By the time Alexander McBurney died in the 1860s all his flax and corn mills were derelict, and his son William Walter Moffat McBurney (born in 1854) inherited a decayed set of ruins. His life was also beset by troubles as his wife died in childbirth in 1886 and he lived on at Windmill Road eking out a living with his spinster sister Jane and two house servants William Hawthorne and Matthew Anderson. By 1908 the arrears of rent were so vast that the remaining assets were passed on to the farm servant, Matthew Anderson. In 1910 George Alexander, originally from Carrickmannan, took over the estate. The two elderly McBurneys lingered on in the house, Jane or Jeannie dying at the time of the Great War, and William Walter in 1927. The Glasdrumman water mill was still in use for grinding corn between the two World Wars, the last person to run it being John Kilbright. The Alexander family remained on the property until 1990, the mills were demolished in the late 1950s as they were unsafe, and all that remains of the once vast McBurney empire is a gaunt skeleton of the windmill and the family name on memorial plaques.
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- [S508] Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. FamilySearch. Online at: <https://familysearch.org>.
Jane/Jeannie McBurney
F, b. say 1860, d. say 1914
| Father | Alexander McBurney b. s 1790, d. c 1865 |
| Mother | Mary Moffat b. s 1834, d. 1886 |
| Charts | John McBurney (c.1686-1765) Descendants |
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
Jane/Jeannie McBurney, daughter of Alexander McBurney and Mary Moffat, was born say 1860 at Saintfield parish, Down, Ireland. Jane/Jeannie McBurney died say 1914 at Down, Ireland.
James McBurney
M, b. 1740, d. 11 August 1820
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| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
James McBurney was born in 1740 at Ballynahinch, Down, Ireland. He married Jane 'Jeanett' Milligan in 1762. James McBurney died on 11 August 1820 at Washington Co., PA. He was buried at Robinson Run Cemetery, McDonald, Allegheny Co, PA.1
"The McBurney Family." Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), p. 71:
The long ancestral line begins with the name of James McBurney, born in 1740, in Ballynahinch, County Down, Ireland. Little is known of his early life save that he learned and followed the vocation of a merchant tailor, and in 1762, was united in marriage with Jeanett Milligan, who bore him two children: John and Elizabeth, born about 1764, the exact dates being unknown, and they might have been twins. The little family embarked for America in the fall of 1783, on the first vessel which sailed thence on a peaceful errand after the close of the Revolution. Mr. McBurney was a prominent man in public affairs, having received a commission from Thomas Mifflin, a governor of Pennsylvania, to act as justice of the peace in Cecil township, Washington county, the term of which he was appointed being "so long as you shall behave yourself well." On these conditions, he filled that position till 1815, and this fact might well lead the modern politicians to wonder how long they would fill political offices today if the same terms were required. Ah well; times -- and politics -- have changed since the good old days of our forefathers! James McBurney was a remarkably conscientious and upright man. He acted as a member of the Session in the Associated Reformed Church, at Robinson's Run, being one of the first ruling elders of that body. He first located one mile southwest of McDonald, in 1814 moving to a farm not far from Midway, this county, where he died August 11, 1820, at the patriarchal age of eighty years, and rests in the old graveyard.
"The McBurney Family." Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), p. 71:
The long ancestral line begins with the name of James McBurney, born in 1740, in Ballynahinch, County Down, Ireland. Little is known of his early life save that he learned and followed the vocation of a merchant tailor, and in 1762, was united in marriage with Jeanett Milligan, who bore him two children: John and Elizabeth, born about 1764, the exact dates being unknown, and they might have been twins. The little family embarked for America in the fall of 1783, on the first vessel which sailed thence on a peaceful errand after the close of the Revolution. Mr. McBurney was a prominent man in public affairs, having received a commission from Thomas Mifflin, a governor of Pennsylvania, to act as justice of the peace in Cecil township, Washington county, the term of which he was appointed being "so long as you shall behave yourself well." On these conditions, he filled that position till 1815, and this fact might well lead the modern politicians to wonder how long they would fill political offices today if the same terms were required. Ah well; times -- and politics -- have changed since the good old days of our forefathers! James McBurney was a remarkably conscientious and upright man. He acted as a member of the Session in the Associated Reformed Church, at Robinson's Run, being one of the first ruling elders of that body. He first located one mile southwest of McDonald, in 1814 moving to a farm not far from Midway, this county, where he died August 11, 1820, at the patriarchal age of eighty years, and rests in the old graveyard.
Family | Jane 'Jeanett' Milligan b. 1729, d. 27 Aug 1819 |
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- [S602] Find a Grave. Online at: http://www.findagrave.com/
Jane 'Jeanett' Milligan
F, b. 1729, d. 27 August 1819
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Jane 'Jeanett' Milligan was born in 1729 at Ireland.1 She married James McBurney in 1762. Her married name was McBurney. Jane 'Jeanett' Milligan died on 27 August 1819 per the tombstone.1
Family | James McBurney b. 1740, d. 11 Aug 1820 |
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- [S602] Find a Grave. Online at: http://www.findagrave.com/
John McBurney
M, b. circa 1764, d. 1 September 1846
| Father | James McBurney b. 1740, d. 11 Aug 1820 |
| Mother | Jane 'Jeanett' Milligan b. 1729, d. 27 Aug 1819 |
| Charts | James McBurney (1740-1820) Descendants |
| Last Edited | 2 Jul 2016 |
John McBurney, son of James McBurney and Jane 'Jeanett' Milligan, was born circa 1764 at Down, Ireland. John McBurney married Sarah J. Hunter in 1793 at Washington Co., PA. John McBurney died on 1 September 1846 at Midway, Washington Co., PA.1 He was buried at Robinson Run Cemetery, McDonald, Allegheny Co., PA.1
"The McBurney Family." Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), p. 71:
John McBurney, a son of this honored pioneer couple, was born in County Down, Ireland, and at the age of fourteen years joined an Orange company, of which he became the captain when eighteen years of age. In 1783, he immigrated to America where in 1793, he was married to Sarah Hunter. She was born in 1774, near Chambersburgh, and walked across the mountains from Chambersburgh with her parents, when but ten years of age, her mother and the baby alone being allowed the luxury of a horseback ride. In early life she joined the Chartiers Associate Reformed Church, of which Rev. Anderson was then pastor. Though met by heavy obstacles and bearing many burdens of care, she was uniformly cheerful and affectionate. After marriage, John McBurney and his wife settled in this county, where children were born of whom the following is a brief record: Jennie, born May 23, 1794, was married September 20, 1814, to Andrew Donaldson, who was elected as ruling elder of the Associate Reformed Church in 1833, and died in 1843, followed by his widow July 8, 1866 (they had ten children, from whom 107 descendants have sprung, eighty-seven of them yet living); James (of whom further mention is made) was born May 27, 1797; Esther, born September 10, 1799, was married February 3, 1826 to Richard Donaldson, who was born December 30, 1799 and they first settled on a farm near Bavington, Penn., remaining there a number of years, afterward moving to Burgettstown, where the remainder of their lives was passed (Mr. Donaldson was ordained an elder in 1833, in the United Presbyterian Church of Robinson township. He died August 7, 1873, and September 30, 1874, his wife was laid by his side. They have had thirty-two descendants, twenty-one of who are yet living); John (of whom special mention is made further on) was born June 29 1802; Eliza, born June 10, 1805, was first married in 1844, to Maj. James Harper, to whom she bore two children (Maj. Harper died in 1854. He was an elder of the United Presbyterian Church of Frankfort, and resided in Harper's Mills. Mrs. Harper was afterward married to Andrew Miller, Esq. She died January 3, 1879; her husband is yet living. They have had seventeen descendants, fourteen of whom are now living); Robert, born September 25, 1808, was married February 1, 1834, to Eliza Welsh, nine descendants having been the result of this union (Robert McBurney was a ruling elder in the U. P. Church of Centre, and also served his township in a political capacity, having been justice of the peace. He died June 1, 1875); Sarah, born April 7, 1811, on May 31, 1835, became the wife of James McCalmont, who settled on a farm near Candor, Penn. (he was an elder in the U. P. Church of Burgettstown, also at Centre. He died in 1890, leaving thirty-two descendants, of whom three are deceased); David, born December 23, 1813, was married February 3, 1833, to Eliza Jane Lyle, and the young couple settled on a farm near Scroggsfield, Carroll Co., Ohio, where he served as an elder in the U. P. Church (he died October 27, 1878, his posterity having numbered fourteen, of whom four are deceased. His widow is yet living on the old home place); and Samuel, born December 21, 1815, has been twice married, and is the only living representative of this numerous pioneer family (on November 4, 1840, he married Sarah Jane George, and settled near the Conotton, in Ohio. She bore him twelve children. After the death of this wife he was married in 1869 to Mrs. Mary E. (McCauslin) George and to them three children have been born. Samuel McBurney has had twelve grandchildren, now having fifteen living descendants. In 1853 he was elected ruling elder of the North Union U. P. Church).
"The McBurney Family." Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), p. 71:
John McBurney, a son of this honored pioneer couple, was born in County Down, Ireland, and at the age of fourteen years joined an Orange company, of which he became the captain when eighteen years of age. In 1783, he immigrated to America where in 1793, he was married to Sarah Hunter. She was born in 1774, near Chambersburgh, and walked across the mountains from Chambersburgh with her parents, when but ten years of age, her mother and the baby alone being allowed the luxury of a horseback ride. In early life she joined the Chartiers Associate Reformed Church, of which Rev. Anderson was then pastor. Though met by heavy obstacles and bearing many burdens of care, she was uniformly cheerful and affectionate. After marriage, John McBurney and his wife settled in this county, where children were born of whom the following is a brief record: Jennie, born May 23, 1794, was married September 20, 1814, to Andrew Donaldson, who was elected as ruling elder of the Associate Reformed Church in 1833, and died in 1843, followed by his widow July 8, 1866 (they had ten children, from whom 107 descendants have sprung, eighty-seven of them yet living); James (of whom further mention is made) was born May 27, 1797; Esther, born September 10, 1799, was married February 3, 1826 to Richard Donaldson, who was born December 30, 1799 and they first settled on a farm near Bavington, Penn., remaining there a number of years, afterward moving to Burgettstown, where the remainder of their lives was passed (Mr. Donaldson was ordained an elder in 1833, in the United Presbyterian Church of Robinson township. He died August 7, 1873, and September 30, 1874, his wife was laid by his side. They have had thirty-two descendants, twenty-one of who are yet living); John (of whom special mention is made further on) was born June 29 1802; Eliza, born June 10, 1805, was first married in 1844, to Maj. James Harper, to whom she bore two children (Maj. Harper died in 1854. He was an elder of the United Presbyterian Church of Frankfort, and resided in Harper's Mills. Mrs. Harper was afterward married to Andrew Miller, Esq. She died January 3, 1879; her husband is yet living. They have had seventeen descendants, fourteen of whom are now living); Robert, born September 25, 1808, was married February 1, 1834, to Eliza Welsh, nine descendants having been the result of this union (Robert McBurney was a ruling elder in the U. P. Church of Centre, and also served his township in a political capacity, having been justice of the peace. He died June 1, 1875); Sarah, born April 7, 1811, on May 31, 1835, became the wife of James McCalmont, who settled on a farm near Candor, Penn. (he was an elder in the U. P. Church of Burgettstown, also at Centre. He died in 1890, leaving thirty-two descendants, of whom three are deceased); David, born December 23, 1813, was married February 3, 1833, to Eliza Jane Lyle, and the young couple settled on a farm near Scroggsfield, Carroll Co., Ohio, where he served as an elder in the U. P. Church (he died October 27, 1878, his posterity having numbered fourteen, of whom four are deceased. His widow is yet living on the old home place); and Samuel, born December 21, 1815, has been twice married, and is the only living representative of this numerous pioneer family (on November 4, 1840, he married Sarah Jane George, and settled near the Conotton, in Ohio. She bore him twelve children. After the death of this wife he was married in 1869 to Mrs. Mary E. (McCauslin) George and to them three children have been born. Samuel McBurney has had twelve grandchildren, now having fifteen living descendants. In 1853 he was elected ruling elder of the North Union U. P. Church).
Family | Sarah J. Hunter b. Mar 1774, d. 29 Nov 1863 |
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Elizabeth McBurney
F, b. circa 1764
| Father | James McBurney b. 1740, d. 11 Aug 1820 |
| Mother | Jane 'Jeanett' Milligan b. 1729, d. 27 Aug 1819 |
| Charts | James McBurney (1740-1820) Descendants |
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
Elizabeth McBurney, daughter of James McBurney and Jane 'Jeanett' Milligan, was born circa 1764. Elizabeth McBurney died.
Sarah J. Hunter
F, b. March 1774, d. 29 November 1863
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
Sarah J. Hunter was born in March 1774 at Chambersberg, Washington Co., PA. She married John McBurney, son of James McBurney and Jane 'Jeanett' Milligan, in 1793 at Washington Co., PA. Her married name was McBurney. Sarah J. Hunter died on 29 November 1863 at Midway, Washington Co., PA, at age 89.1 She was buried at Robinson Run Cemetery, McDonald, Allegheny Co, PA.
Family | John McBurney b. c 1764, d. 1 Sep 1846 |
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- [S602] Find a Grave. Online at: http://www.findagrave.com/
Jane 'Jennie' McBurney
F, b. 23 May 1793, d. 8 July 1866
| Father | John McBurney b. c 1764, d. 1 Sep 1846 |
| Mother | Sarah J. Hunter b. Mar 1774, d. 29 Nov 1863 |
| Charts | James McBurney (1740-1820) Descendants |
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
Jane 'Jennie' McBurney, daughter of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, was born on 23 May 1793 at Washington Co., PA.1 As of 20 September 1814,her married name was Donaldson. Jane 'Jennie' McBurney married Andrew Donaldson on 20 September 1814 at Washington Co., PA. Jane 'Jennie' McBurney died on 8 July 1866 at Washington Co., PA, at age 73.1
Family | Andrew Donaldson b. 1789, d. 22 Aug 1843 |
Citations
- [S554] Ancestry.com. Online at: <http://www.ancestry.com>.
Andrew Donaldson
M, b. 1789, d. 22 August 1843
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Andrew Donaldson was born in 1789 at Robinson township, Washington Co., PA. He married Jane 'Jennie' McBurney, daughter of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, on 20 September 1814 at Washington Co., PA. Andrew Donaldson died on 22 August 1843 at Washington Co., PA.1
Family | Jane 'Jennie' McBurney b. 23 May 1793, d. 8 Jul 1866 |
Citations
- [S554] Ancestry.com. Online at: <http://www.ancestry.com>.
James McBurney
M, b. 27 May 1797, d. 15 January 1872
| Father | John McBurney b. c 1764, d. 1 Sep 1846 |
| Mother | Sarah J. Hunter b. Mar 1774, d. 29 Nov 1863 |
| Charts | James McBurney (1740-1820) Descendants |
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
James McBurney, son of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, was born on 27 May 1797 at Washington Co., PA. James McBurney married Jane Acheson on 29 March 1827. James McBurney married Catherine Lindsey on 3 November 1841. James McBurney died on 15 January 1872 at Robinson township, Washington Co., PA, at age 74.1
"The McBurney Family." Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), p. 71:
James McBurney, son of John and Sarah (Hunter) McBurney, grew to manhood on the home farm (which he purchased), and there passed his entire life, afterward bequeathing the property to a son. On March 29, 1827, he married Jane Acheson, who bore him four children: John R., Margaret (Mrs. James Moore), Sarah (wife of Joseph Wallace) and Matthew (deceased). This wife died October 21, 1835, and on November 3, 1841, James McBurney was united in marriage with Catherine (Lindsey) Watson. She died September 10, 1870, at the age of seventy-two years. The offspring of this ancestor have numbered twenty-eight, four being deceased. James McBurney died January 15, 1872. He was a Whig in politics.
"The McBurney Family." Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), p. 71:
James McBurney, son of John and Sarah (Hunter) McBurney, grew to manhood on the home farm (which he purchased), and there passed his entire life, afterward bequeathing the property to a son. On March 29, 1827, he married Jane Acheson, who bore him four children: John R., Margaret (Mrs. James Moore), Sarah (wife of Joseph Wallace) and Matthew (deceased). This wife died October 21, 1835, and on November 3, 1841, James McBurney was united in marriage with Catherine (Lindsey) Watson. She died September 10, 1870, at the age of seventy-two years. The offspring of this ancestor have numbered twenty-eight, four being deceased. James McBurney died January 15, 1872. He was a Whig in politics.
Family 1 | Jane Acheson d. 21 Oct 1835 |
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Family 2 | Catherine Lindsey b. c 1798, d. 10 Sep 1870 |
Citations
- [S554] Ancestry.com. Online at: <http://www.ancestry.com>.
Esther McBurney
F, b. 10 September 1799, d. 30 September 1874
| Father | John McBurney b. c 1764, d. 1 Sep 1846 |
| Mother | Sarah J. Hunter b. Mar 1774, d. 29 Nov 1863 |
| Charts | James McBurney (1740-1820) Descendants |
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
Esther McBurney, daughter of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, was born on 10 September 1799 at Washington Co., PA. As of 3 February 1826,her married name was Donaldson. Esther McBurney married Richard Donaldson on 3 February 1826. Esther McBurney died on 30 September 1874 at Burgettstown, Washington Co., PA, at age 75.1
Family | Richard Donaldson b. 30 Dec 1799, d. 7 Aug 1873 |
Citations
- [S554] Ancestry.com. Online at: <http://www.ancestry.com>.
Richard Donaldson
M, b. 30 December 1799, d. 7 August 1873
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Richard Donaldson was born on 30 December 1799. He married Esther McBurney, daughter of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, on 3 February 1826. Richard Donaldson died on 7 August 1873 at Burgettstown, Washington Co., PA, at age 73.
Family | Esther McBurney b. 10 Sep 1799, d. 30 Sep 1874 |
John McBurney
M, b. 29 June 1802, d. 8 April 1883
| Father | John McBurney b. c 1764, d. 1 Sep 1846 |
| Mother | Sarah J. Hunter b. Mar 1774, d. 29 Nov 1863 |
| Charts | James McBurney (1740-1820) Descendants |
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
John McBurney, son of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, was born on 29 June 1802 at home farm, Robinson township, Washington Co., PA. John McBurney married Jane 'Jennie' Keys on 7 February 1828. John McBurney died on 8 April 1883 at Hickory, Washington Co., PA, at age 80.
"The McBurney Family." Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), p. 71:
John McBurney, son of John and Sarah (Hunter) McBurney, was born on the home farm in Robinson township, this county, where his boyhood was passed. On February 7, 1828, he was united in marriage with Jennie Keys, who was born in 1804, in Smith township. The young people settled on a farm in Mt. Pleasant township, and many years afterward moved to Hickory. They were members of the U. P. Church at Mt. Pleasant, in which he was ordained an elder January 24, 1861. He died April 8, 1883, being followed by his faithful consort, September 26, 1884. He was first a Democrat, then a Republican and radical Abolitionist. The children of this family were as follows: Jane (wife of R. R. Thompson, Chartiers township); John (living in Mt. Pleasant township); Sarah (widow of Robert Jeffrey, living in Canonsburg); James (residing in Hickory, this county); Martha (married to James McIlvaine, of Mt. Pleasant township); Ezra (of whom a sketch follows); William A. (a widower, living in Canonsburg, Penn.); and three deceased. Of the thirty-two descendants of this family, twenty-five are living.
"The McBurney Family." Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), p. 71:
John McBurney, son of John and Sarah (Hunter) McBurney, was born on the home farm in Robinson township, this county, where his boyhood was passed. On February 7, 1828, he was united in marriage with Jennie Keys, who was born in 1804, in Smith township. The young people settled on a farm in Mt. Pleasant township, and many years afterward moved to Hickory. They were members of the U. P. Church at Mt. Pleasant, in which he was ordained an elder January 24, 1861. He died April 8, 1883, being followed by his faithful consort, September 26, 1884. He was first a Democrat, then a Republican and radical Abolitionist. The children of this family were as follows: Jane (wife of R. R. Thompson, Chartiers township); John (living in Mt. Pleasant township); Sarah (widow of Robert Jeffrey, living in Canonsburg); James (residing in Hickory, this county); Martha (married to James McIlvaine, of Mt. Pleasant township); Ezra (of whom a sketch follows); William A. (a widower, living in Canonsburg, Penn.); and three deceased. Of the thirty-two descendants of this family, twenty-five are living.
Family | Jane 'Jennie' Keys b. 1804, d. 26 Sep 1884 |
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Eliza McBurney
F, b. 10 June 1805, d. 3 January 1879
| Father | John McBurney b. c 1764, d. 1 Sep 1846 |
| Mother | Sarah J. Hunter b. Mar 1774, d. 29 Nov 1863 |
| Charts | James McBurney (1740-1820) Descendants |
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
Eliza McBurney, daughter of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, was born on 10 June 1805 at Washington Co., PA. As of 1844,her married name was Harper. Eliza McBurney married Maj. James Harper in 1844. As of say 1855,her married name was Miller. Eliza McBurney married Andrew Miller Esq. say 1855. Eliza McBurney died on 3 January 1879 at age 73.
Family 1 | Maj. James Harper b. s 1800, d. 1854 |
Family 2 | Andrew Miller Esq. b. s 1810, d. a 1893 |
Maj. James Harper
M, b. say 1800, d. 1854
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Maj. James Harper was born say 1800. He married Eliza McBurney, daughter of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, in 1844. Maj. James Harper died in 1854.
Family | Eliza McBurney b. 10 Jun 1805, d. 3 Jan 1879 |
Andrew Miller Esq.
M, b. say 1810, d. after 1893
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Andrew Miller Esq. was born say 1810. He married Eliza McBurney, daughter of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, say 1855. Andrew Miller Esq. died after 1893.
Family | Eliza McBurney b. 10 Jun 1805, d. 3 Jan 1879 |
Robert McBurney
M, b. 25 September 1808, d. 1 June 1875
| Father | John McBurney b. c 1764, d. 1 Sep 1846 |
| Mother | Sarah J. Hunter b. Mar 1774, d. 29 Nov 1863 |
| Charts | James McBurney (1740-1820) Descendants |
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
Robert McBurney, son of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, was born on 25 September 1808 at Washington Co., PA. Robert McBurney married Eliza Welsh/Welch on 1 February 1834. Robert McBurney died on 1 June 1875 at age 66.
Family | Eliza Welsh/Welch b. s 1815 |
Eliza Welsh/Welch
F, b. say 1815
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
Eliza Welsh/Welch was born say 1815. As of 1 February 1834,her married name was McBurney. She married Robert McBurney, son of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, on 1 February 1834. Eliza Welsh/Welch died.
Family | Robert McBurney b. 25 Sep 1808, d. 1 Jun 1875 |
Sarah McBurney
F, b. 7 April 1811, d. 20 October 1879
| Father | John McBurney b. c 1764, d. 1 Sep 1846 |
| Mother | Sarah J. Hunter b. Mar 1774, d. 29 Nov 1863 |
| Charts | James McBurney (1740-1820) Descendants |
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
Sarah McBurney, daughter of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, was born on 7 April 1811 at PA. As of 31 May 1835,her married name was McCalmont. Sarah McBurney married James Proudfit McCalmont on 31 May 1835. Sarah McBurney died on 20 October 1879 at age 68. She was buried at Center Cemetery, Candor, Washington Co., PA.
Family | James Proudfit McCalmont b. 29 May 1807, d. 30 Oct 1890 |
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James Proudfit McCalmont
M, b. 29 May 1807, d. 30 October 1890
| Last Edited | 14 Feb 2016 |
James Proudfit McCalmont was born on 29 May 1807 at Franklin Co., PA. He married Sarah McBurney, daughter of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, on 31 May 1835. James Proudfit McCalmont died on 30 October 1890 at Candor, Washington Co., PA, at age 83. He was buried at Center Cemetery, Candor, Washington Co., PA.1
Family | Sarah McBurney b. 7 Apr 1811, d. 20 Oct 1879 |
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- [S602] Find a Grave. Online at: http://www.findagrave.com/
David McBurney
M, b. 23 December 1813, d. 27 October 1878
| Father | John McBurney b. c 1764, d. 1 Sep 1846 |
| Mother | Sarah J. Hunter b. Mar 1774, d. 29 Nov 1863 |
| Charts | James McBurney (1740-1820) Descendants |
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
David McBurney, son of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, was born on 23 December 1813 at Washington Co., PA. David McBurney married Eliza Jane Lyle on 3 February 1833. David McBurney died on 27 October 1878 at Scroggsfield, Carroll Co., OH, at age 64.
Family | Eliza Jane Lyle b. s 1815, d. a 1893 |
Eliza Jane Lyle
F, b. say 1815, d. after 1893
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
Eliza Jane Lyle was born say 1815. As of 3 February 1833,her married name was McBurney. She married David McBurney, son of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, on 3 February 1833. Eliza Jane Lyle died after 1893.
Family | David McBurney b. 23 Dec 1813, d. 27 Oct 1878 |
Samuel McBurney
M, b. 21 December 1815, d. 25 June 1900
| Father | John McBurney b. c 1764, d. 1 Sep 1846 |
| Mother | Sarah J. Hunter b. Mar 1774, d. 29 Nov 1863 |
| Charts | James McBurney (1740-1820) Descendants |
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
Samuel McBurney, son of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, was born on 21 December 1815 at Washington Co., PA. Samuel McBurney married Sarah Jane George on 4 November 1840. Samuel McBurney married Mary E. McCauslin/McCausland in 1869. Samuel McBurney died on 25 June 1900 at Carroll Co., OH, at age 84.
Find A Grave Memorial# 115896389, Created by: Richard Culler, Created by: Richard Culler, Record added: Aug 22, 2013:
Samuel McBurney
Birth: Dec. 21, 1816
Washington County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Jun. 25, 1900
Scroggsfield
Carroll County
Ohio, USA
His obituary in the Carroll Free Press, Carrollton, Ohio, Wednesday, June 27, 1900.
Mr. Samuel McBurney, a life-long citizen of Scroggsfield, suddenly died Monday evening last, the 23rd instant. He ate a hearty supper, then mounted a young horse to go for the milk cows, and on the way fell from the horse a dead man. His age about 83 years, yet able to attend to family chores. A worthy citizen of cheerful disposition and an ardent temperance friend. Despised drunkenness. In religion a member of the U. P. Church. Was twice married. No children by second marriage. Leaves a widow, with three daughters by his first marriage, his survivors; Mrs. R. G. Kean of Washington township; Mrs. Doctor Lechner and Miss Mary McBurney, of Dellroy. Funeral today, at Scroggsfield cemetery. Rev. McMichael, his pastor, officiating minister.
His obituary in the Carroll Chronicle, Carrollton, Ohio, Friday, June 29, 1900.
Another old pioneer is gone, Samuel McBurney of Scroggsfield. The death messenger came suddenly to the good old man. He had mounted his blind pony to ride after the cows Monday evening and fell from the little animal dead. He was born in December, 1816, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, being a son of John McBurney, a native of Ireland. There were five sons and four daughter in his father's family and Samuel was the last survivor.
Samuel McBurney grew to maturity in his native county, surrounded not only by privations but dangers also. He possessed a sterling integrity and sturdy character, and was a lover of justice and sweet simplicity. He always stood up for the right and was immovable. When he came to Carroll County it was then almost a "forest primeval," and he entered cheerfully upon the work before him. He was a man of great force of character and trifles did not scare him. He was twice married, and had seven daughters. Three of them remained at home with him, Misses Mary, Anna and Ida. The eldest is Mrs. Dr. Lechner of Delroy; the others are Mrs. R. G. Kean of Scroggsfield; Mrs. D. R. Hunter of Loveland, Colorado; Mrs. Sells of Petersburg; and Mrs. W. G. Donaldson of Scroggsfield. He was a member of the U. P. Church of Scroggsfield and on Wednesday his remains were deposited in that churchyard.
Family links:
Spouses:
Sarah Jane George McBurney (1822 - 1867)*
Mary Elizabeth McCausland McBurney (1830 - 1895)*
Children:
Jane McBurney Lechner (1841 - 1931)*
Mary McBurney (1860 - 1932)*
Margaret A. McBurney Sell (1862 - 1948)*
Ida George McBurney Ramsey (1871 - 1952)*
Elva May McBurney Donaldson (1875 - 1963)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Scroggsfield Cemetery
Scroggsfield
Carroll County
Ohio, USA. He was buried at Scroggsfield Cemetery, Scroggsfield, Carroll Co., OH.
Find A Grave Memorial# 115896389, Created by: Richard Culler, Created by: Richard Culler, Record added: Aug 22, 2013:
Samuel McBurney
Birth: Dec. 21, 1816
Washington County
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Jun. 25, 1900
Scroggsfield
Carroll County
Ohio, USA
His obituary in the Carroll Free Press, Carrollton, Ohio, Wednesday, June 27, 1900.
Mr. Samuel McBurney, a life-long citizen of Scroggsfield, suddenly died Monday evening last, the 23rd instant. He ate a hearty supper, then mounted a young horse to go for the milk cows, and on the way fell from the horse a dead man. His age about 83 years, yet able to attend to family chores. A worthy citizen of cheerful disposition and an ardent temperance friend. Despised drunkenness. In religion a member of the U. P. Church. Was twice married. No children by second marriage. Leaves a widow, with three daughters by his first marriage, his survivors; Mrs. R. G. Kean of Washington township; Mrs. Doctor Lechner and Miss Mary McBurney, of Dellroy. Funeral today, at Scroggsfield cemetery. Rev. McMichael, his pastor, officiating minister.
His obituary in the Carroll Chronicle, Carrollton, Ohio, Friday, June 29, 1900.
Another old pioneer is gone, Samuel McBurney of Scroggsfield. The death messenger came suddenly to the good old man. He had mounted his blind pony to ride after the cows Monday evening and fell from the little animal dead. He was born in December, 1816, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, being a son of John McBurney, a native of Ireland. There were five sons and four daughter in his father's family and Samuel was the last survivor.
Samuel McBurney grew to maturity in his native county, surrounded not only by privations but dangers also. He possessed a sterling integrity and sturdy character, and was a lover of justice and sweet simplicity. He always stood up for the right and was immovable. When he came to Carroll County it was then almost a "forest primeval," and he entered cheerfully upon the work before him. He was a man of great force of character and trifles did not scare him. He was twice married, and had seven daughters. Three of them remained at home with him, Misses Mary, Anna and Ida. The eldest is Mrs. Dr. Lechner of Delroy; the others are Mrs. R. G. Kean of Scroggsfield; Mrs. D. R. Hunter of Loveland, Colorado; Mrs. Sells of Petersburg; and Mrs. W. G. Donaldson of Scroggsfield. He was a member of the U. P. Church of Scroggsfield and on Wednesday his remains were deposited in that churchyard.
Family links:
Spouses:
Sarah Jane George McBurney (1822 - 1867)*
Mary Elizabeth McCausland McBurney (1830 - 1895)*
Children:
Jane McBurney Lechner (1841 - 1931)*
Mary McBurney (1860 - 1932)*
Margaret A. McBurney Sell (1862 - 1948)*
Ida George McBurney Ramsey (1871 - 1952)*
Elva May McBurney Donaldson (1875 - 1963)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Scroggsfield Cemetery
Scroggsfield
Carroll County
Ohio, USA. He was buried at Scroggsfield Cemetery, Scroggsfield, Carroll Co., OH.
Family 1 | Sarah Jane George b. c 1823, d. s 1867 |
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Family 2 | Mary E. McCauslin/McCausland b. 15 Feb 1830, d. 9 Oct 1885 |
Sarah Jane George
F, b. circa 1823, d. say 1867
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Sarah Jane George was born circa 1823 at OH. As of 4 November 1840,her married name was McBurney. She married Samuel McBurney, son of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, on 4 November 1840. Sarah Jane George died say 1867 at near Conotton, Harrison Co., OH.
Family | Samuel McBurney b. 21 Dec 1815, d. 25 Jun 1900 |
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Mary E. McCauslin/McCausland
F, b. 15 February 1830, d. 9 October 1885
| Last Edited | 23 Feb 2016 |
Mary E. McCauslin/McCausland was born on 15 February 1830 at OH. As of say 1850,her married name was George. As of 1869,her married name was McBurney. She married Samuel McBurney, son of John McBurney and Sarah J. Hunter, in 1869. Mary E. McCauslin/McCausland died on 9 October 1885 at age 55. She was buried at Scroggsfield Cemetery, Scroggsfield, Carroll Co., OH.
Family | Samuel McBurney b. 21 Dec 1815, d. 25 Jun 1900 |