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Irish Ancestors
Irish Ancestors
James
Morton
John Rebecca
Blackburn III Harlan
d 1767 1715 -1766
John
Isabel
Shepphard
possibly
John Allen II
Jane Harris Solomon Margaret
1668 - ca 1714 Jane Wilson
b 1667 Shepherd Blackburn
b ca 1812
d bef 1749 1740 -1810
John Allen II Amy Cox Samuel Hill
1694 -1771 1698 -1778 b ca 1709 Solomon
Shepherd Jr.
1738 -1816
Joseph Allen Deborah Hill
1733 -1816 1735 -1800
Amy Rebecca
John Allen III
Shephard
1756 -1837
1764 -1817
Frances
John Allen IV
Thompson
1786 -1841
1800 -1881
John Blackburn Jr. was born about 1675 in Loughall, County Armagh, the son of John Blackburn and Elizabeth.
He first married Mary Courtney on October 2, 1701 and they had five children. Mary died in 1713. On May 16, 1717 John SS
married Rachel Morton in a Friends ceremony at Ballyhagen Meeting, Kilmore, County Armagh. Rachel was from Creenagh in
the same area and between 1718 and 1730 , they had eight children, all born in Loughall. John and his family emigrated in
1736 and were one of the earliest settlers to Menallen Township, York County. John died October 1, 1752 and Rachel died
after June, 1768. Both are probably buried in the Friends Burying Ground at Menallen Meeting.
George Harland was born March 11, 1650 in Monkwearmouth, Durham, England and baptized at the Monastery there.
As a young man, along with his two brothers and others, he crossed to Donnahlong, County Down. In a Friends ceremony on November 17, JA
1678, he married Elizabeth Duck of Lurgan, County Down. For nine years they lived in Donnahlong but during this time, William Penn was
urging Friends to settle on his lands, so in the early months of 1687, George brought his wife and four young children to America [they
had five more children in Pennsylvania]. The family first settled upon land near Centreville, New Castle County, Delaware that
George, his father and brother had purchased in mid-1686. About 10 years later they moved to Pennsbury Township, Chester
County. George was elected Provincial Governor of the three lower counties in 1695, and served as a member of the Colonial
Assembly in 1712. He died in July, 1714. It is not known exactly when Elizabeth died, but she did pre-decease George as his will
requests that he be buried beside his deare wife in the new burying grounds.
Moses Harlan was born February 20, 1683 in Donnahlong, County Down. He emigrated with his parents and
three siblings when he was four years old. In 1712, he married, by a ceremony of Friends, Margaret Ray who was from
the same county and Meeting as the Harlans. They had two daughters. Moses acquired quite a bit of land: 280 acres
from his father plus 855 acres he purchased in October, 1745. In July, 1747, he deeded 250 acres to John Blackburn III,
the husband of his daughter Rebecca. He died between December 10, 1747 and May 27, 1749, the date his will was
written and when it was probated. His wife outlived him by several years but both are probably buried at Menallen Meeting.
[Note: the d was dropped from the Harlan name after they came to America.]