Family tree for Andrew McFarland (the elder)

Andrew McFarland

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Andrew McFarland

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Andrew McFarland (the elder)

Martha Delap (Dunlop)

John Hackit

Eliza

Martha

Cathrine

Andrew (the younger)

William

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Griffith's Valuation

Father and grandfather of Andrew McFarland (the elder). The Carnteel Church of Ireland Vestry book contains at least 10 pages entitled "Names Legend for Vestry book from X to Y" (where X and Y are years), altogether covering the entire period from 1711 to 1805. Three of these pages contain the name "Andrew McFarland", namely page 36 (1748-1754), page 52 (1771-1778), and page 72 (1795-1801). The Andrew McFarland in 1795-1801 would reasonably need to be born between 1735 and 1770 to be the father of Andrew (the elder, born 1790), and in 1754, this person would be no more than 19 years old, probably too young to be listed in 1754. Therefore, the Andrew McFarland listed in 1748-1754 must be a father or grandfather of Andrew (the elder, born 1790).

PRONI (Public Records Office of Northern Ireland) retains Church of Ireland parish records, including records for the parishes of Carnteel, Errigal Keerogue, Cappagh, and for both Church of Ireland and Presbyterian Church. In 2008, Carnteel baptism, marriage, and burial records, and Errigal Keerogue baptism records were searched from earliest (1805) to 1860 for persons named "McFarland" linked to the townland Armaloughy. Searching after 1860, and searches of Presbyterian records was not requested.

The father of Andrew (the elder) appears to be listed on page 72 from the Carnteel Vestry book
(Mormon microfilm #1279327). Andrew (the elder) was about 11 years old in 1801.

Andrew McFarland (the elder): Robert J. McFarland (in 1899) claimed that Andrew (the elder) died at age 98, and his wife died at age 89. This claim is probably incorrect, since there is an Andrew McFarland buried 1857 in the churchyard of the Ballygawley Church of Ireland (died at age 67, hence born 1790); this Andrew is from "Ardmaloughy" (=Armaloughy) and therefore is very likely the father of Andrew (the younger) , buried with his daughter Eliza (Elizabeth? 1814-1837). Andrew (the elder) is identified as the father of the groom on the marriage registration of Andrew (the younger) in 1862, reproduced below, though at the time of the marriage, Andrew (the elder) had probably died since [1] he is not a witness to the marriage and [2] he is likely the person buried in the churchyard in 1857. He is listed in the Tithe Applotment for 1827 in Armaloughy, and listed as one of the wealthier landowners in Griffith's Valuation. He is identified as "of Ardmaloughy" on his headstone, an Irish-influenced spelling of the townland Armaloughy which is the place of residence of Andrew (the younger) given on birth registrations for all his children, such as for Matilda, reproduced below. Carnteel parish records (on page 23) reveal the birth on 24 February 1819 of "Martha to Andrew McFarland of Armaloughy and Matty Delap his wife"

Martha (Matty) Delap , married Andrew McFarland (born 1790) having at least one daughter Martha (from Carnteel parish records). "Delap" is an alternate spelling of the Scottish surname "Dunlop", since the two names were pronounced alike in the mid 1800s.

Eliza (Elizabeth?) McFarland, born about 1814, died 1837. Known only from the headstone of her father's grave. It is possible that this is the mother of William, from Errigal Keerogue parish records below:

From Church of Ireland Errigal Keerogue parish baptism records (PRONI microfilms MIC 1/2)
Page 15
Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Errigal Keerogue in the County of Tyrone in the Year 18 29
When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parent's names		Abode	Quality, Trade or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was Performed
		Christian	Surname
July 26 No. 422	William	John Eliza	Hackit McFarland	Findrum	Shoemaker	Tho Murray

A photocopy of the above registration is the second entry row below.

Martha McFarland, born 24 February 1819, daughter of Andrew McFarland (the elder) of "Armaluckey" (Armaloughy) and Matty Delap, from Carnteel parish records. There is a record of a marriage of a Martha McFarland to John Fulton on 17 October 1845 at 1st Newtownstewart Presbyterian church, Omagh in County Tyrone (Mormon microfilm 101271 vol. 10, pg.251), but the father of this Martha is William McFarland, not Andrew.

From Church of Ireland Carnteel parish baptism records (PRONI microfilms MIC/583/27, 29-32)
(The year 1819) Page 23
Martha of Andrew McFarland of of Armaluckey & Matty Delap wife (See map)
was Born 24^th Feb'y and Christened 28^th Feb'y
Registered by me Wm Wolseley

A photocopy of the above registration is below. The name "McFarland" is written over a printed "of", making it hard to read.

Cathrine, born 21 March 1822 .

From Church of Ireland Errigal Keerogue parish baptism records (PRONI microfilms MIC/1/2)
(The year 1822) Page 20
Cathrine daughter of Andrew & Martha McFarland of Armalughey (See map)
was Born 21^st (March) and Christened 28^th (March)
Registered 28^th by me N Falls Curate

The above registration is the 2nd item in the image below; in the original record, the McFarland baptism was the 5th item.

Andrew M^cFarland (the younger), born 1829-31. Married Anastasia Sadleir on Sept. 24, 1862 at the Aughnacloy Church of Ireland, Carnteel Parish. When his children were born between 1864 and 1874 (see Matilda below), he was living in (Town land) Armaloughy, Carnteel Parish, County Tyrone, half mile east of Ballygawley. His son Robert claimed that Andrew died at age 64 in the year 1893 (alt 12 July 1893).The bible owned by Charlotte McFarland records her father (Andrew) dying 12 July 1893. An index of Irish deaths (Mormon microfilm #101597, vol. 3, page 63) records Andrew dying in 1893 at age 62. Apparently many in the town of Ballygawley are familiar with a legend that Andrew McFarland fell off Ruby Rock and broke his head, later dying of "brain fever".

Civil registration of Marriage, Mormon Church microfilm #101434, vol.3, page 607 (The only registration on Page 607)
1862 marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Carnteel in the county Tyrone
No. When married name and
surname Age Condition Rank or
Profession Residence at time
of marriage Father's name
and surname Rank or profession
of father
67 September 24 Andrew McFarland
Anastatia Sadleir full
full Bachelor
Spinster* Farmer
blank Auchnacloy
Innesmagh
See maps Andrew McFarland
John Sadleir Farmer
Writing Clerk
Married in the Parish Church according to the rites and ceremonies of the United Church of England and Ireland, by license , by me , Thomas S. Stokes, curate .
This marriage solemnized between us, Andrew McFarland , Anastasia Sadleir in the presence of John Sadleir , Henry Smith

A photocopy of the above registration is below, made from microfilm

*The term "spinster" in the mid-nineteenth century meant "person who spins or weaves cloth". The "old maid" connotation came later.

Andrew John M^cFarland (#1) born 17 August 1863 (from sister Charlotte's bible), died 19 May 1864

Matilda Jane M^cFarland ; Charlotte's bible and Irish birth records state that Matilda was born 31 October 1864. Matilda emigrated to America in 1894 and married Thomas Farley in St. Patrick's church in New York City on 25 Sept 1894. The couple lived in Trempealeau County, Wis. Matilda J. Farley (born in Ireland) is listed as living in Trempealeau, Wis for the 1900 US census, and in Buffalo, Wis, for the 1910, 1920, and 1930 censuses. Matilda is buried in Fountain City, Wisconsin, where her grave marker states she died in 1944. Matilda's birth registration is below:

Civil registration of Birth, Mormon Church microfilm #101097, vol.18, page 129; bottom of this census-like page reads "Samuel Phillips, registrar of births and deaths, of Ballygawley in the Union of Clogher in the County of Tyrone....."
No.	Date and place of birth	name (if any)	sex	name and surname and dwelling place of father	name, surname, dwelling place, and maiden surname of mother	Rank or profession of father	Signature of informant	When registered
120	Thirty-first October 1864 Armaloughy Caranteel: See maps	Matilda Jane	female	Andrew McFarland Armaloughy	Anastasia McFarland formerly Sadleir	farmer	Andrew McFarland father Armaloughy	First December 1864

A photocopy of the above registration is below, made from microfilm.
Top line reads: Superintendent Registrar's District Clogher Registrar's District Ballygawley
2nd line reads : 1864 Births Registered in the District of Ballygawley in the Union of Clogher County of Tyrone

Nine other pages of baptism records from Errigal Keerogue parish containing the surname McFarland were photocopied by PRONI in May 2008. Some of these photocopies are not very easily read, and the following list should be considered tentative. Transcriptions of baptism records will be made available. The first 5 townlands are in Errigal Keerogue parish; the other two are not, as follow:

Baptised	Child's name	Parents' names	Abode (Townland)	Quality, Trade, or Profession
10th June 1827	John	William McFarland / Martha Huthrington	Altamooskan	Farmer
28th July 1827 same page as above	June	James McFarland / Mary Beaty	Millix	Laborer
4th April 1828	Andrew (Cullen?)	Andrew McFarland / Ellen Caldwell	Culnaha	Lawyer
26 July 1829	William	John Nackit & Eliza McFarland	Findrum	Shoemaker
19 October 1829 same page as above	Mary	John McFarland & Sarah Jackson	Millix	weaver
26 August 1836	Mary Jane	Andrew & Ellen McFarland	Roughan	Surveyor
16th July 1837	Elizabeth Elen	Andrew & Elen McFarland	Moneymore	Surveyor
29th March 1839 (?)	Saml (?) George	Andrew & Ellen McFarland	Moneymore	Surveyor
27th Sept 1840	David	Andrew & Eleanor McFarland	Moneymore	Surveyor
12th May 1844	Matilda Maria	Andrew & Eleanor McFarland	Moneymore (Mullaghmore?)	Surveyor
29th August 1852	William Orange Nassau	Robert & Mary McFarland	Martry (Carnteel)	Gatekeeper

Civil registration of Marriage, Mormon Church microfilm #101434, vol.3, page 607 (The only registration on Page 607)
1862 marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Carnteel in the county Tyrone
No.	When married	name and surname	Age	Condition	Rank or Profession	Residence at time of marriage	Father's name and surname	Rank or profession of father
67	September 24	Andrew McFarland Anastatia Sadleir	full full	Bachelor Spinster*	Farmer blank	Auchnacloy Innesmagh See maps	Andrew McFarland John Sadleir	Farmer Writing Clerk
Married in the Parish Church according to the rites and ceremonies of the United Church of England and Ireland, by license , by me , Thomas S. Stokes, curate .
This marriage solemnized between us, Andrew McFarland , Anastasia Sadleir in the presence of John Sadleir , Henry Smith