John MCBURNEY

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Hi;I am a descendant of Jane (Jennie) McBurney and Andrew Donaldson.Would you be interested in sharing information?Bill Cole

Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).
: 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);


1850 census:  Jane Donaldson Age: 55 Estimated Birth Year: 1794 Birth Place: Pennsylvania Gender: Male Home in 1850 Robinson, Washington, Pennsylvania Page: 28 Roll: M432_833
Jane Donaldson, 55, male (sic), farmer, Penn
Esther                  , 24, female, Penn
James                 , 21, male, Penn
John                    , 19, male, Penn
Margaret             , 14, female, Penn
Thomas               , 11, male, Penn
                  

                   Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).
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

"Attest - Thomas Officer, Prothonotary Washington, June 22, 1833 James McBurney, David Acheson, John K. Wilson, Committee Washington, July 30, 1833 - 3m The U.S. Gazette, Philadelphia, will please publish the foregoing 3 times in the tri-weekly, the remainder of the time in the weekly paper, and the amount will be paid by one of the committee."
Pennsylvania Land Patent List forSouth Strabane Twp.
McBurney, James "Japan" 300 acres & Allowances Warranted 25 Sep 1786 Surveyed 15 Apr 1787 Patented 11 Mar 1788 to Warrantee P 14-3


Early Marriage Records from the Washington Reporter
84. Oct. 12, 1808 Joseph gillespie to Jane McBurney, dau. of James McBurney. By Rev. Matthew Brown
Early Marriage RecordsWashington Co. 1810-1839
576. Joseph McBurney & Margaret Gilchrist. 4-29-1813, John Gilchrist



1850 census:  Mc Browney, James Year: 1850 County: Washington Township: Robinson Twp State: Pennsylvania Roll: M432_833 Page: 23 Image: 50
83, James McBurney, 52, male, farmer, 5000, Pa
       Catherine              , 52, female, Pa
       Margaret               , 22, female, Pa
       John                     , 20, male, Pa
        Sarah                   , 18, female, Pa
        Amanda Jane Ackeson?, 12, female, Pa
84, George Robb, 55, male, farmer, 3000, Pa
         Jane              , 51, female, Pa
          Christiana     , 20, female, Pa
          James          , 18, male, Pa
          Robert          , 17, male, Pa
         Elizabeth        , 15, female,Pa
         John               , 13, male, Pa
          Margaret        , 9, female, Pa
          Thomas         , 7, male, Pa

97, Robert Mc Burney, 42, male, farmer, 6500, Pa
        Elizabeth               , 38, female, Pa
        Elizabeth               , 15, female, Pa
        Joseph Wallace, 22, male, none,  Pa
        Sarah McBurney, 76, female, Pa
2 doors down, William Elder, age 67,


1860 census Index:  James Mcburney Age in 1860: 63 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1860: Robinson, Washington, Pennsylvania Gender: Male  Roll: M653_1192 Page: 825 Year: 1860 Head of Household: James Mcburney,  P. O. Candor
17,16, James Mcburney 63   1796 farmer, Pennsylvania     Robinson, Washington, Pennsylvania Male
              Cathine Mcburney 62   1797 Down, Ireland     Robinson, Washington, Pennsylvania Female
              Margret Mcburney 32  1827 Pennsylvania     Robinson, Washington, Pennsylvania Female
              Sarah Mcburney 28  1831 Pennsylvania     Robinson, Washington, Pennsylvania Female
18, 17, John McBurney 30  1829 Pennsylvania     Robinson, Washington, Pennsylvania Male
              Elizabeth Mcburney 24  1835 Pennsylvania     Robinson, Washington, Pennsylvania Female

1860 census:  Robert Mcburney Age in 1860: 51 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1860: Robinson, Washington, Pennsylvania Gender: Male  Roll: M653_1192 Page: 827 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Robert Mcburney
38, 37, Robert Mcburney 51  farmer, 1808 Pennsylvania     Robinson, Washington, Pennsylvania Male
              Elizabeth Mcburney 48  1811 Pennsylvania     Robinson, Washington, Pennsylvania Female
              Sarah Mcburney 84  1775 Pennsylvania     Robinson, Washington, Pennsylvania Female



1870 census:  George R Mcburney Age in 1870: 7 Estimated Birth Year: 1862 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1870: Robinson, Washington, Pennsylvania Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Florence Roll: M593_1463 Page: 299 Image: 576 Year: 1870
91/93, McBurney, James, 73, male, farmer, Pa
                             , Catharine, 72, female, keeping house, Ireland
            Lafferty, Eliza L., 18, female, domestic servant, Pa
92/94, McBurney, John R., 40, male, farmer, Pa
                             , Elizabeth K., 35, female, keeping house, Pa
                             , James K, 9, male, at home, Pa
                             , George R., 7, male, at home, Pa
                             , Isaac T. E., 5, male, at home, Pa
                             , Catharine W., 4, female, at home, Pa
                             , Jennie G., 2, male??, at home, Pa
                             , Mathew R., 3/4, male, at home, Pa
              Walker, George ., 22, male, black, laborer, East Virginia
                  

                   Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).
   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);
                  

                   1860 census:
John Mcburnes 57 1802 Pennsylvania Mount Pleasant, Washington, Pennsylvania Male
Jane Mcburnes 55 1804 Ohio Mount Pleasant, Washington, Pennsylvania Female
Jane Mcburnes 30 1829 Pennsylvania Mount Pleasant, Washington, Pennsylvania Female
James Mcburnes 25 1834 Pennsylvania Mount Pleasant, Washington, Pennsylvania Male
Martha Mcburnes 23 1836 Pennsylvania Mount Pleasant, Washington, Pennsylvania Female
Ezera Mcburnes 16 1843 Pennsylvania Mount Pleasant, Washington, Pennsylvania Male
William A Mcburnes 14 1845 Pennsylvania Mount Pleasant, Washington, Pennsylvania Male
Sarah Key 27 1832 Pennsylvania Mount Pleasant, Washington, Pennsylvania Female
Robert Key 4 1855 Pennsylvania Mount Pleasant, Washington, Pennsylvania Male

1870 census:  John Mcburney Age in 1870: 67 Estimated Birth Year: 1802 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1870: Mount Pleasant, Washington, Pennsylvania Race: White Gender: Male  Post Office: Canonsburg Roll: M593_1463 Page: 248 Image: 474 Year: 1870
191, McBurney, John, 67, male, farmer, Penn
                          , Jane, 66, female, keeping house, Ohio
                          , Jane, 40, female, Penn
                          , Sarah, 37, female, Penn
                          , James, 35, male, farmer, Penn
                          , Ezra, 26, male, farmer, Penn
                          , Wm., 23, male, farmer, Penn
                          , Robert, 15, male, Penn



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.

R. R. Thompson was born October 6, 1830, on the home farm in Chartiers township, this county, and was educated at the subscription and public schools of the vicinity. On October 4, 1871, he was united in marriage with Jane McBurney, a native of Mt. Pleasant township, this county, a daughter of John (2) and granddaughter of John (1) McBurney. John McBurney (the grandfather) was born in 1764 in County Down, Ireland, and in 1783 emigrated to America, locating in Washington county, Penn. In 1798 he was married to Sarah Hunter, a native of Chambersburgh, Penn. Her grandfather was married in 1790, and then settled in Robinson township, Washington county, his son and grandchild Sarah (then a child of ten years) also making their home in this county. The grandfather died September 2,1846, and was followed by his wife in 1863, in her ninetieth year.  John McBurney (the father of Mrs. R. R. Thompson) was born June 29, 1802, in Robinson township, Washington county, and in early life changed his residence in Robinson township. On February 7, 1828, he was married to Jane Keys, who was born in 1806, near Poland, Ohio, coming in 1808 to this county with her parents, and setting in Mt. Pleasant township. She was a daughter of James Keys, who was born in 1766, in Washington county, and growing to manhood was married in Mt. Pleasant to Jane McClellan (born in 1783), and they settled on a farm in Smith township, this county, where seven children were born to them, three of whom are now living: James (in Steubenville, Ohio), Joseph (in Smith township), and Ezra C. (in Emporia, Kans., having located there). The parents of these children are now deceased. Mr. McBurney passed the first years of his married life on a farm in Mt. Pleasant township, this county, and in 1871 moved to Hickory, also in this county. John and Jane (Keys) McBurney were the parents of the following children: Jane (wife of R. R. Thompson); John (living in Mt. Pleasant township); Sarah (widow of Robert Jeffery, of Canonsburg); James (living in Hickory, this county); Martha (Mrs. James McIlvine, of Mt. Pleasant township); Elizabeth (deceased in 1846, aged six years); William (deceased in 1846, at the age of three years); Ezra (living with his family on the old homestead in Mt. Pleasant township), and William A. (who recently lost his wife); he has located in Canonsburg, Penn.; his little daughter, Lizzie, died August 15, 1892. John McBurney was a member of the U. P. Church at Hickory, in which be was an elder for many years. He died April 8, 1883, at his own home in Hickory, Penn.; his wife died at the home of her daughter Jane in Chartiers township, September 29, 1884.  After his marriage to Jane McBurney, Mr. R. R. Thompson settled on his present home of 175 acres of well-cultivated land, where his time is principally employed in farming and stock raising. Mr. Thompson votes with the Republican party, but prefers to devote his principal attention to private business. He and his wife are members of the U. P. Church at Hickory, this county.

Text taken from page 514 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).


R. R. THOMPSON, a native of Chartiers township, is a son of Andrew Thompson, who was born February 7, 1793, also in Chartiers township, and passed his early life on the home farm, receiving a limited education at the subscription schools. On July 6, 1827, he married Miss Elizabeth Bell, who was born May 23, 1797, in Mt. Pleasant township, this county.  Andrew Thompson passed his married life on the farm in Chartiers township now occupied by our subject, and four children were born to him: Mary Ann (deceased April 22, 1870); R. R.; Elizabeth M. (wife of James McBurney, of Hickory, Mt. Pleasant), and Jane (married to Mark Cowden, farmer, of Mt. Pleasant township). Andrew Thompson was a farmer, and in politics a stanch Whig. In church connection he was formerly a Seceder, afterward uniting with the Hickory U. P. Church, of which he remained a member until his death, that event occurring January 23, 1860. Mrs. Thompson was laid to rest March 10, 1871.  R. R. Thompson was born October 6, 1830, on the home farm in Chartiers township, this county, and was educated at the subscription and public schools of the vicinity. On October 4, 1871, he was united in marriage with Jane McBurney, a native of Mt. Pleasant township, this county, a daughter of John (2) and granddaughter of John (1) McBurney. John McBurney (the grandfather) was born in 1764 in County Down, Ireland, and in 1783 emigrated to America, locating in Washington county, Penn. In 1798 he was married to Sarah Hunter, a native of Chambersburgh, Penn. Her grandfather was married in 1790, and then settled in Robinson township, Washington county, his son and grandchild Sarah (then a child of ten years) also making their home in this county. The grandfather died September 2,1846, and was followed by his wife in 1863, in her ninetieth year.  John McBurney (the father of Mrs. R. R. Thompson) was born June 29, 1802, in Robinson township, Washington county, and in early life changed his residence in Robinson township. On February 7, 1828, he was married to Jane Keys, who was born in 1806, near Poland, Ohio, coming in 1808 to this county with her parents, and setting in Mt. Pleasant township. She was a daughter of James Keys, who was born in 1766, in Washington county, and growing to manhood was married in Mt. Pleasant to Jane McClellan (born in 1783), and they settled on a farm in Smith township, this county, where seven children were born to them, three of whom are now living: James (in Steubenville, Ohio), Joseph (in Smith township), and Ezra C. (in Emporia, Kans., having located there). The parents of these children are now deceased. Mr. McBurney passed the first years of his married life on a farm in Mt. Pleasant township, this county, and in 1871 moved to Hickory, also in this county. John and Jane (Keys) McBurney were the parents of the following children: Jane (wife of R. R. Thompson); John (living in Mt. Pleasant township); Sarah (widow of Robert Jeffery, of Canonsburg); James (living in Hickory, this county); Martha (Mrs. James McIlvine, of Mt. Pleasant township); Elizabeth (deceased in 1846, aged six years); William (deceased in 1846, at the age of three years); Ezra (living with his family on the old homestead in Mt. Pleasant township), and William A. (who recently lost his wife); he has located in Canonsburg, Penn.; his little daughter, Lizzie, died August 15, 1892. John McBurney was a member of the U. P. Church at Hickory, in which be was an elder for many years. He died April 8, 1883, at his own home in Hickory, Penn.; his wife died at the home of her daughter Jane in Chartiers township, September 29, 1884.  After his marriage to Jane McBurney, Mr. R. R. Thompson settled on his present home of 175 acres of well-cultivated land, where his time is principally employed in farming and stock raising. Mr. Thompson votes with the Republican party, but prefers to devote his principal attention to private business. He and his wife are members of the U. P. Church at Hickory, this county.

Text taken from page 514 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).  Transcribed May 1997 by George & Mary Ann Plance of Gainesville, FL as part of the Beers Project <../beers.html>. Published June 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.
                  

                   Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).
   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);
                  

                   Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).
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);

1850 census:Wallace, Joseph Year: 1850 County: Washington Township: Robinson Twp State: Pennsylvania Roll: M432_833 Page: 24 Image: 52
95, 95
Robert Wallace, 65 and Mary Wallace, 62, and 7 children.  includes Joseph Wallace, age 23 family
97,97
Robert McBurney, 42, male, farmer, Penna
Elizabeth     "        , 38, female, Penna
Elizabeth     "        , 15, female, Penna
Joseph Wallace, 22, male, Penna
Sarah McBurney, 76, female, Penna

1860 census:Joseph Wallace Age in 1860: 34 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1860: Robinson, Washington, Pennsylvania Gender: Male  Roll: M653_1192 Page: 827 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Andrew W Wallace
37, Robert McBurney, 51, male, farmer, Pa
Elizabeth         "          , 48, female, Pa
Sarah               "          , 84, female, Pa
40, Andrew W. Wallace, 32, male, farmer, Pa
       Joseph            "        , 34, male, Pa
        Jane              "         , 39, female, Pa
         Mary A.          "       , 37, female, Pa
                  

                   Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).
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);
                  

                   Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).
   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);
                  

                   Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).
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).