The Material Herein Found Is the Work of About 45 Clingan Researchers
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• To whom it may concern: The material herein found is the work of about 45 Clingan researchers. Much of the material I've included is copied from other studies made before our group of researchers came into being. Therefore, I cannot vouch for the accuracy of it, although I am 90 percent sure it is alright. Also, much information has been included from the internet which is sometimes inaccurate. Therefore, users must be on the alert and check information against any other material they come in contact with to prove which may or may not be correct. In addition, I am adding some stories from the book "The Clingan Clan" by Floyd Bulock, because I know the book is unaccessable to so many of the Clingan cousins. If you find some thing which you believe to be wrong, please send me proof of the correction to be made and I will change it. If you have something which I do not have, and wish it included, please send it and I will add it. Wally [email protected] INTRODUCION TO THE CLI NGAN BROTHERS This is the story of what I, through other Clingan researchers, the internet and personal research have been able to find out about a group of brothers who came to this country c.1739 from Donegal Ireland (This according to: http://rabyfunk.tripod.com/Robt_McFarland.htm) c1739. Nancy Bier one of our Clingan researchers has found a book by Egles called Pennsylvania Genealogies in which he states the Clingans originated in Grenshawe , County Down, Ireland. It seems the origin is not, at this time, nailed down hard and fast and awaits future research. I have been told there were five brothers, but, to this point only three have been confirmed: George, Thomas and William. My son, Paul Clingan, has found a query about another man named Orrin Clingan who is reported to have migrated from Scotland in 1771, and is said to be the brother of William. I have found a James Clingan who married An Elizabeth Stauffer c.1786 in Lancaster County PA who appears to have moved to Mercer County PA and had at least one child, one James Clingan. I believe it is very possible that this James was one of the five Clingan brothers. He was born c.1732 which would make him younger than George, 1920;Thomas, 1922; and William,1924. James was the second husband of Elizabeth Stauffer and I believe it probable he also had a first wife as well, although I have not been able to prove it to this date. Elizabeth was the daughter of German parents, Jacob and Magdalena Stauffer and was married first to one Abraham Hackman by whom she had ten children. According to Family Search they were married in 1755. The Hackman's youngest son was born about 1775 so, as I said earlier, I do not believe James married her until after that. If I am right that they moved to Mercer County PA after their wedding, and I believe I am, they had a son named James and a daughter named Jane which would sow they were married previous to 1778. I believe James and his first wife, were parents to at least three sons in Lancaster County, before her demise or departure. There was a son named James who was born circa 1755 and died in 1805. In his will, we discover that this James was married to a second wife, first wife and children were not named, but the widow was Nancy Clingan and the son was Thomas. It is possible that the son left with Nancy was from James' first marriage since he is said to speak the German language, as we remember that his grandmother was of German desent. Other Clingans to be found on the 1790 census are: Philip Clingan,Pikeland Township, Chester County PA; John Clingan, Pikeland TWP Chester Co. PA Charles Clingan, was married to one Ann Smith October 14, 1775, which means he was born circa 1755. He died in 1777 at York County PA. John Clingan Northumberland James Clingan Northumberland William Clingan John Clingan Philedephia County John Clingan Richard Clingan Washington County Anne Clingan Philedelphia County These names were all in the 1790 census. Any or all could have been James' children. I recently came across another Clingan whom I can't place. His name is Rueben and he was in the 1880 census at West Fallowfield, Chester Co PA His family was listed as follows: Rueben Clingan 1837 +Martha ??? 1846 2.William Clingan 1865 2.Sadie Clingan 1868 2.Clara Clingan 1872 Another possible son is a man named William Clingan living in Lancaster County,Pennsylvania. His name was William Clingan Esq. b. c 1756 in Ireland, died intestate in 1826 and lived in West Fallowfield twp. His family looks like this: 1.William Clingan b.c1756 d.1826 in West Fallowfield A.+Margaret b.c1763 d.July 6,1787 age 24; buried Faggs Manor Cem. m. c1783 probably in Chester Co.PA. Her stone reads: MARGARET herest 1787; Wife of William Clingan. Died about Harvest time. B.+Jane Black m.Sept.18,1788 b.c1764 d.Aug.3,1822 57yr.11mo. buried Faggs Manor Cem. Parents: Charles & Francis Black 2.Mary Clingan b.c.1788 d.1874 m.1806 +Col. James Parke b.9-29-1776 d.5-15-1862 James parents were Col. Joseph Parkes 1737-1823 and Agnes Maxwell. 3.William C. Parkes b.c.1806 3.Margaret Parkes 42 1808-1859 +George Fleming 49 4.Arther 9 1850 census 3.Keziah Parkes 1810- 40 +John Rutherford 40 4.Mary G. 15 4.Eliza June 13 4.Adeline 11 4.Samuel?? 9 4.John J. 7 4.Francis 5 These names were hard to read, and I had to omit one altogether, while Samuel is only a guess! , 3.Nathaniel Parkes 1813- 3.James M. Parkes 1815-1842 2.William W.Clingan Jr. b.Dec.11,1792 d.Oct.27,1825 buried Faggs Manor Cem. He was the owner of the Laurel Iron Works in Chester Co PA. +Sarah Waters Deweese m.1-19-1815 She was the granddaughter of a famous revolutionary war veteran named Col. Thomas Bull. 3.Sara Jane Clingan b.c1816 d.Aug.21,1822 age6 3.Thomas J.Clingan b.c1824 d.April 12,1850 age26 3.Charles Miller Clingan Dr. b.1820 d.March 27,1875 +Marie Theresa Brooks. Her father was Clement Brooke, owner of the Hopewell Furnace. 4.Clement Brooke Clingan b.December 1843 +Ann Thomas m.c.1867 4.Charles Brooke Clingan b.August 27,1851 +Rosaland Hunter Wood;b.August 16,1855 m.January 13,1875 Her parents were Charles & Laura Gilpin Wood 5.Laura Theresa Clingan b.March 6.1876 +Joseph Coles Brick m.October 1,1904 5.Clementine Brooke Clingan b.August 1,1882 d.12-22-1961 +William Poyntell Kemper b.1870 d.7-1-1959 6.Laura Gilpin Kemper b & d.1905 6.Jackson Kemper 3 b.1909 d.!(() in KY +Anne Muhlenberg 5.Ann Hunter Clingan b.June 11,1882 ST PET FL +William Poyntell Kemper m.November 23, 1904 5.Charles Brooke Clingan b.May 19, 1887 4.Anna Louise Clingan b.March 12, 1864 +Edward Brook m.October 20,1887 5.George Brook b.3-7-1888 5.Edward Brook b.1-15-1890 5.Charles Brook 4.Alan Hunter Clingan March 5,1857 Birdsboro PA 3.Martha J. Clingan m.May 8,1838 +John Alexander Morrison b.1814 in Colerain Lancaster Co PA +#2Sarah Boyd The following is a congressional biography of John A.Morrison MORRISON. JOHN ALEXANDER, A representative from Pennsylvania; born in Colerain, Lancaster County PA, Jauary 31,1814. Attended public schools, studied medicine; was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia PA in 1837 and commenced practice in Cochranville PA; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-Second Congress (March 1851- March 1853); inspector and appraiser of imports and drugs at the port of Philadelphia 1853-1861. resumed practice of Medicine in Cochranville PA in 1861-1865; engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits and again resumed practice in Cochranville PA. He died there July 25,1904, internment at Fagg's Manor Presbyterian Church, Chester County PA. I found the information concerning his wife and children in another biography sometime back which I failed to copy and cannot seem to find it again. I will copy it when I find it, but until then, the outline is correct. 4.William M.Morrison b.1842 4.Thomas S. Morrison d.1865 atthe battleof Antietame;Civil war J 3.Annie J. Clingan b.May 8,1826 +William Wood m.1845 in Philidelphia PA 4.Sallie A. Clingan b.c.1862 d.c.1894 d.& buried Pike Co AL +William Ellis Rodgers m.1881 in Pike Co.Alabama d.FL 5.Phocian Ellis Rodgers [email protected] 4.Charles H. Clingan 2.Frances Clingan b.c1797 2.Jane P. Clingan +Isaac Grantham Israel of Christiana Del. 2. Martha B. Clingan b.1796 d, Jan.13,1844 A.+Warwick Miller Dr. b.1785 d.1825 m.Nov.20,1820 B.+A.Murphy Dr. Children of Warwich Miller: 3.William Clingan Miller 3.James Edwin Miller 2.Elizabeth (Eliza)W. Clingan b.1798 d.1868 Chester Co PA +James A.Best b1798 d.1854 m. 1820 Chester Co 3.Jane Eliza Best b.1821 d.1886 Harrisburg PA 3.Emma C. Best b1823 d.1878 3.William Thomas Best b.1824 d.1897 Red Oak IA +Margrat M. Truman 3.Martha Clingan Best b.1826 d.1865 3.Samuel M.