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Source for: James McClurken, BET 1720 AND 1725 - 1794
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Birth source: S141Text: James McClurkin's family as per Lois C. Meyer
Below is my transcription of 1st few pages of Lois C. Meyer's file as found in following referenced LDS file/film:
Title
Craig families of Ireland : also descendants of Robert Houston . . .
Stmnt.Resp.
compiled by Miss Lois Myer
Authors
Myer, Lois C (Main Author)
Craig families of Ireland - FHL BRITISH Film [ 547593 ]
TRANSCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
Family of - James McClurken and Wife (Name unknown)
B. abt 1720-25 Ireland B. abt 17?? Ireland
D. Sept 1795 Chester Co., SC D. bfr 1788 Laurens Co., SC?
Married in Ireland about 1747-8
James McClurken came to America on the Ship "Lord Dunluce" in 1772, sailed from Larne under Capt. James Gillies, bringing ten (10) children to America. He was granted 350 acres on Durbin's Creek Camden District, Craven County, South Carolina, - Council Journal 37 Pages 16-25, Meeting of Jan 8, 1773. Deed was recorded Aug 19, 1774 Plat Book 18-298 South-West side of Durbin's Creek, Bowen, all sides vacant.
Deed I-387 Fairfield County, S.C. 2/10 1788
James McClurken, of Chester Co., S.C. granted 8/19 1774 350 Acres in Laurens Co., S.C.
N.W. side Durbin's Creek to James Kirkpatrick. No wife signs the deed.
James McClurken left a Will, which is on file in the court house at Chester, S.C. Nine (9) children are named in the Will, only the daughter, Mary is missing.
1. James McClurken, Junior (Revolutionary War Soldier) Claim 121: Paid 8/31 1786 James McClocklin
B. abt 1748-9 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland
D. between 1786-90 (not given in 1790 census)
Married abt 1775-80
(name unknown)
B.
D.
He had children, as James McClurken, Senior's Will says: "To the children of my son, James" All must be girls.
He received 100 Acres of land 1/6 1773 On South side Enoree River, bounded by Mordicai Moore's land, all other sides vacant. Land now Union or Fairfield County. Plat Book 18-149 2/22 1773
(Land is actually in what is now Laurens County at Harris Bridge - a Butch Sanders note).
2. Lillias McClurken
B. abt 1750 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland
D. abt 1792-3 (Mentioned as deceased daughter in her father's Will)
Her father's Will says "To the children of my daughter Lillias"
Married
John Baird ? (This not yet proved) 4 Baird children fit the requirements.
B.
D.
Lillias McClurken came to America on the Ship "Lord Dunluce" received 100 Acres of land, thus single, on 1/6 1773 Plat Book 18-150 96th District - Enoree River, Beaver Dam Branch. Land now in either: Chester or Fairfield County.
3. Mary McClurken
B. abt 1752 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland
D. before 1790-4 (Not mentioned in her father's Will, thus she did not leave any children)
Married?
B.
D.
Mary McClurken received 100 Acres of land 1/6 1773 - Her name also on the list of passengers on the Ship "Lord Dunluce". Her land on N.E. side of Rayburn Creek, Lick Branch. Plat Book 18 - Page 150 land now in Laurens County, S.C. ?
4. Eleanor McClurken (2 children in her Will: Mary Young McDill & Andrew Young); Her Will written May 16, 1826.
B. 1754 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland
D. 11/24 1838 Hopewell Cem., Preble Co., Ohio
Married abt 1775 Laurens Co., S.C.
William Young
B. abt 1750
D. abt 1780-84 (He was a British patriot & Tory in the Revolutionary War, possibly killed.)
She second married abt 1785 (no children)
John Maben
B. 1744 in Ireland
D. 1/15 1819 Hopewell Cem., Chester Co., S.C.
He had children by a previous marriage, had a son Andrew Maben, who died 1810 in Todd Co., Ky.
Eleanor received 100 Acres of land 1/6 1773 North-west side of Durbin's Creek, Bowen's Branch Craven County, Now: Fairfield or Chester Co., S.C. Plat Book 18-Page 148
(Land is actually in what is now Laurens County just west of Young's Station and just north of Friendship Church. It bounded north side of her father, James Sr.'s grant - a Butch Sanders note).
5. Samuel McClurken Revolutionary War Soldier - Claim #54, Paid 1783 & 1786
B. 1756 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland
D. Feb 1795 in Laurens Co., S.C.
Married abt 1776-8
Jane Ghent?
B.
D. 1792 (at birth of son Samuel?)
1. Girl, wife of Thomas Lewers
2. James McClurken
3. Samuel McClurken
2nd Married abt 1773
Nancy ?
B.
D.
She second Married abt 1796
Robert Hazlett
B.
D.
His estate in 5 parts:
2 parts to Nancy Hazlet in her right or dower.
1 part to Thomas Lewers
1 part each to the two minor sons, James & Samuel McClurken.
Samuel McClurken came to America on Ship "Lord Dunluce". Received 100 Acres of land 1/6 1773 - 96th District North side of Rayburn's Creek - Laurens County, S.C. Plat Book 18-151 Recorded 3/20 1773
6. Jane (Jean) McClurken (9 children)
B. abt 1758 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland
D. abt 1849-50 Fairfield Co., S.C.
Married abt 1775 S.C.
David Weir
B. abt 1750 Ireland
D. Apr 1797 Chester Co., S.C.
David Weir also on the Ship "Lord Dunluce" & received 100 Acres of land. Plat Book 21-379 2/8 1773
David Weir Will written 4/5 1796; probated 4/27 1797.
Deed: Bk-B-Page 138 David Weir & wife, Jean, sell to Haistings Dial 10/19 1786 100 Acres on Saluda River.
Wit: William Boyd, Catherine Boyd, Samuel McClurken.
Jane McClurken received 100 Acres of land 1/6 1773
Plat Book 18-Page 149 4/13 1773
Rayburn Creek, all sides vacant - Fairfield or Laurens Co.
7. Thomas McClurken (yoeman) (Minor in 1772) (Revolutionary War Soldier: Lt Thomas McClurken from Laurens Co., S.C.)
B. abt 1760 (Minor in 1772) Did not receive land grant.
D. He was given a suit of clothes in his father's Will, the first son or child named in his Will.
Married
Jane (Jean) McWilliams
B.
D. bfr 1793?
Her name from Deed in Laurens County, S.C.
Jennet McWilliams on Ship "Dunluce" in 1772.
Thomas McClurken of Fairfield Co., S.C. also owned land in Spartanburg County, S.C.
Deed: Book-E-Page 42 Laurens Co., S.C. 3/13 1793
Thomas McClurken of Fairfield Co., S.C. to Adam Gordon 100 Acres, land granted to Jennet McWilliams Long Branch, Duncan Creek, Bounded by Robert Taylor & Cradock by inheritance in fee simple.
Wit: William Hall, Lydia Brown
Deed: Book ?-37 Recorded 8/11 1793 Laurens Co., S.C.
Thomas McClurken & wife, Jenny to William Glidwell 150 Acres Duncan Creek - land granted to Thomas Cunningham 4/2 1773 to Thomas McClurken 1/27 1780 - land on Saluda River
Wit: Frances Lufey, Robert Glidwell, Abraham Myers.
8. Catherine McClurken (11 children)
B. abt 1762 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland Catherine was a minor in 1772. She did not receive land grant
D. between 1800-1809 in Laurens Co., S.C.
Married abt 1778 in Laurens Co., S.C.
William Boyd
B. 1738 Ireland
D. 12/7 1829 Laurens Co., S.C. (Death date from his son: Isaac P. Boyd's Bible)
Buried: west of Madden Station, Laurens Co., S.C.
His first wife was Miss McClanahan (from family records) 2 daughters.
William Boyd on the Ship "Hopewell" under Capt. John Martin
1/6 1773 - Council Journal applications.
Ship sailed 1772 from Belfast to Charleston, S.C. This acreage fits the size of his family: 250 Acres.
William Boyd - 100 Acres
Miss McClanahan (wife) 50 Acres
2 girls (50 Acres each) 100 Acres - total 250
9. John McClurken (2 sons - James & Andrew)
B. abt 1764 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland (Minor in 1772. Did not receive a land grant)
D. Dec 1792 Fairfield Co., S.C. John McClurken Will written 9/22 1792 Fairfield Co., SC; Probated Dec 12, 1792
Married abt 1786 in S.C.
Margaret Walker
B. 1765 Virginia
D. 1850-60 (living 1850 census Fairfield Co., S.C.)
Daughter of Andrew Walker of Fairfield Co., S.C.
She 2nd Married
Mr. John Boyles
B.
D. 9/1 1819 (Equity Court Records: Fairfield Co., S.C.)
10. Jennet McClurkin (4 children)
B. abt 1766 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland (Minor in 1772. Did not receive a land grant)
D. abt 1797-8 in Chester Co., S.C.
Married abt 1786 in S.C.
Matthew McClurkin (Revolutionary War Soldier)
B. abt 1756 (tombstone) 1761 from Revolutionary War Service records.
D. 5/1 1847 Beechwoods Cemetery - Preble County, Ohio.
(Son of: John McClurkin - brother of James McClurken, Jennet's father)
Thus Jennet & Matthew would be first cousins.
He 2nd Married abt 1800
Mrs. Mary Gaston Elliott (8 children)
B. 8/22 1774 Ireland
D. 2/21 1822 Beechwoods Cem, Morning Sun, Ohio
Birth source: S270Page: July 2000, Vol. 7, Iss.3, Page 8
Text: --- McClurken Family in America ---
My father, Mr. William H. Meyer, began the hobby of family records by making a record of the Meyer family for a reunion. He found it to be so much fun, that following the death of my mother in the fall of 1940, he began building the records of the McClurken family. My mother's maiden name was McClurken. The purpose of the hobby was that we might have a reason to travel, and have an interest in common, as I was an only child. We found this to be such a fascinating hobby, that we began to build a record of the entire McClurken family in America, in addition to my own direct ancestry. I am a descendant of Thomas McClurken, a son of the early family below. This hobby gave us the opportunity to meet and make friends in all sections of the United States. Unfortunately, my father did not live to complete this hobby, as he died in 1944. It was his request that I carry on the hobby, and complete the records, where possible. I am endeavoring to comply with this request.
James McClurken brought a family of ten children to America from County Antrim, Ireland, on the ship "Don Luce" in 1772. He received land in Chester County, South Carolina in 1773. The family is originally Scotch, but I cannot trace the family into Scotland, at present, but perhaps, a trip to Ireland may reveal records that I may be able to trace the family into Scotland. James McClurken and his family lived in South Carolina until his death in 1795. He left a Will that named his children, which is on file in the Court House in the town of Chester, S.C. After 1800, the descendants began migrating to other sections of the United States.
Your ancestry traces back to this same family. Among the children named in the Will was a deceased son, James, who died in 1784, in S.C., who is your ancestor. The elder James McClurken says in his Will "to the children of my deceased son, James McClurken," There was only one widow in the 1790 census, James McClurken, living in Spartanburg County, S.C. She had five daughters and one son, all young in the 1790 census. Since there were no other McClurkens in the entire United States at that time, it seems logical this Jane must have been the widow of the deceased son, James. This Jane took land in her own name in May of 1785, thus the reason for thinking her husband's death year must have been 1784.. She sold her land in S.C. in November 1799, and moved to Rutherford County, North Carolina. There is no trace of the son in the. 1800 census, thus it is supposed he died young between 1790 and.1800. Thus the man McClurken immediately died out with the five daughters.
The Will of Jane McClurken is on file in the Court house at Birmingham, Alabama. She migrated from North Carolina to Jefferson County, Alabama. about 1818, according to deeds, of her land grants. The Will was written Dec. 5, 1821, and probated May 25, 1822. Thus she died in the Spring of 1822. She names her five daughters as follows:
1. To my eldest daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Micajay Lindsey. This family moved to Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
2. To my daughter, Nancy, wife of Robert Waldrop. They stayed in Alabama.
3. To my daughter, Jane, who died in Jefferson County, Alabama in 1864, Single.
4. To my daughter, Hester, wife of Zachariah Waldrop. This family also stayed in Jefferson County, Alabama. The above Robert and Zachariah are brothers.
5. To my daughter, Vesta, who was single when the mother died, later married in 1825, Isaac Berger, but left no descendants.
Thus there are three groups to trace of the five daughters.
Event source: S163 Narratives of Randolph County McC - McM. Pages 39 & 41
Death source: S163 Narratives of Randolph County McC - McM. page 43
Event source: S242Page: pages 124-126
Text: THE MCCLURKEN FAMILY
For much of the information contained in this section, your compiler
is indebted to Miss Lois Myers of Kittredge, Colorado, herself
a McClurken descendant, and to Mrs. Price R. Reid of Wichita,
Kansas, who joined the Daughters of the Colonists on her descent
from James McClurken as an Original Landowner. Miss Myers
spent some time in the native town of the McClurkins (as they spell
it in Ireland), Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland, and also traveling
over much of the United States gathering information for a
book which she is writing.
James McClurken settled in Laurens Co. in 1773, but moved to
Chester Co. about 1788. James McClurken brought ten children to
America in the ship "Lord Donluce" in 1772, sailing from Larne,
Co. Antrim to Charleston, S. C. James McClurken died in Chester
Co. between date of his will, Dec. 9, 1794 and the date it was probated,
Sept. 21, 1795. He was born between 1700 and 1720 in Ireland.
The will is recorded in Will Book A on pages 216-217, Chester
Co. A summary of the will follows: He bequeaths to his well-beloved
son, Thomas McClurken, daughter Eleanor, son Samuel,
daughter Jean (Jane), daughter Catherine, daughter Jennet, deed
son James' children, deed daughter Lilly's (Lillias) children, to
grandsons, Andrew and James McClurken, sons of my son John.
Bequeaths to all grandsons named for him, viz. To James McClurken,
son Samuel's son; to James Boyd, daughter Catherine's son;
to James Weir, daughter Jean's son; to James McClurken, Jennet's
son; to Mary Younger, my daughter Eleanor's daughter. Executors,
John Maybin (Maben) and my beloved son-in-law, David Weir.
Witnesses: Stafford Curry, James Brown, James Strong.
James McClurken's children with their approximate births are
as follows:
1. Mary McClurken, b. 1744, m. George Moore. Must have died
without issue before her father's will was made.
2. Thomas McClurken, b. 1746, m. Smith, dau. of David
Smith in Chester Co., S. C.
3. James McClurken, b. 1748, m. Catherine Will in
Laurens Co., S. C. Proved Jan. 22, 1831.
4. Lillias McClurken, b. 1750. Probably married John Baird. Died
before her father s will was made.
5. Eleanor McClurken, b. 1753, m. (1) William Young (2) John
Mabin. Died in Ohio.
6. Samuel McClurken, b. 1756, m. Nancy Died 1795
in Laurens Co., S. C. Son Samuel went to Henderson Co.
Tenn.
7. Jane (Jean) McClurken, b. 1758, m. David Weir.
8. Catherine McClurken, b. 1760, m. William Boyd in 1778 in
Laurens Co. before her father moved to Chester. A minor on
arrival in Charleston.
9. John McClurken, b. 1763, m. Margaret Walker. He was a
minor on arrival in Charleston.
10. Jennet McClurken, b. 1765, m. Matthew Henry McClurken,
a cousin. Son James went to Preble Co., Ohio, then to Randolph,
Ill.
According to Miss Lois Myers, the descendants of Andrew
McClurken, the son of John McClurken, are the only ones of the
name in S. C. today. His brother, James went to Tipton Co., Tenn.
Royal Grants to this family of McClurken.
( In the early records the name is written in different ways,
McLurkam, McClurkham, McClurkan, McCluckan, McClurkin,
and McClurken).
From Jane Revills Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to S. C.
1763-1773. Also from Royal Grants, State Department, Columbia,
S. C.
At a Council Meeting in Charleston on Jan. 6, 1773 James
McClurken was given a King's or Royal Grant of 350 A. that is,
100 A. for himself, 50 A. for his wife, name unknown and 50 A.
apiece for 4 minor children, the older children getting grants of
their own. The minor children were Catherine, John, and Jennet.
Another minor child of whom we have no record could have died
soon after arrival. This grant was for 350 A. in Craven Co., southwest
of Durbin s Creek on Bowen's Branch, Aug. 19, 1774.
James McLurkam, the son, unmarried 100 A. Craven Co. south
of Enoree River, bordering on Mordecai Moore's land. May 5, 1773.
Probably came over ahead of his father. Survey Feb. 27, 1773.
Recorded Aug. 20, 1773.
Samuel McClurkam, 100 A. Ninety-Six Dist. on Raburn Creek,
bordering Robert Box, Edward Box, James Williams and Thos.
McClurkam. Survey Sept. 30, 1774. Granted May 4, 1775.
Thomas McClurkam In Book E, p. 16, Chester Co., S. C. Thomas
McClurkam deeds to David Weir of Chester part of the 100 A.
granted to him June 16, 1768 by Wm. Bull, Governor and Commander-
in-chief of State of S. C.
Jane McClurkam 100 A. Craven Co., Raeburn Creek, Mar. 17,
1775.
Mary McClurkam 100 A. Craven Co. Bounded by William Williamson,
Thomas Weir. Mar. 17, 1775.
Lillias McClurkam 100 A. Craven Co. '96 Dist. on branch of
Enoree River called River Dam Branch. (This may be Beaver
dam). Mar. 17, 1775.
Eleanor McClurkam 100 A. Craven Co. North West side of Durbin's
Creek, Bowen's Branch, bordering James McClurkan, Patrick
Cunningham. Mar. 17, 1775.
Ballymena, Co. Antrim, Ireland, from which the McClurkens
came to America is 15 miles northwest of Larne from which port
they sailed to Charleston. Miss Myers says that in her research
there in 1950 she found no McClurken farther than seven miles
from Ballymena. She found five male McClurkins (They spell the
name with an i in Ballymena) in County Antrim in the 1666 Heath
money Tax Rolls and nothing more to 1766 when she found a James
McClurkin and John McClurkin on a voter s list. (Protestant Church
list at Ballymena). She believes this James is the James who settled
in Laurens Co. in 1773. The Irish records, most of them were destroyed
by Cromwell. Those that remained in North Ireland were
destroyed to a very large extent in the war between North and
South Ireland in 1922-23, therefore it is difficult to prove anything.
(For connection with Puckett Family, see descendants of John
Smith Puckett (J20) and his first wife, Catherine Boyd.)
Event source: S248Page: page 452
Text: James McClurken came on Lord Donluce to Charleston
S. C. 1772 chn. ( will ) proved Sept. ct. 1795. Chester Co.
S. C. Catherine and her son James Boyd, Thomas, Samuel,
James, John, Eleanor, Jean, Janet and Lilly.
James and Wm. Boyd, Jr., purchased from their father
tract of land including Boyd Cemetery (grave x) Jan. 1,
1810. (Origin of land dates prior to Revolution).