James CALHOUN^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1735 - 1799  (64 years)

• Name	James CALHOUN  [5, 6]
  Born	1735	Drummontolen, Donegal, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Died	2 Feb 1799	Mifflin, (now historic Pittsburgh, Allegheny) PA USA   [7]
  Person ID	I14966	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	John CALHOUN,   b. 1717, , Donegal, Ireland ,   d. 8 Jul 1776, Paxton Twp, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Sarah,   d. 1737
  Family ID	F149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah TAYLOR,   b. 1732, Octorara, Chester County, Pennsylvania Colony ,   d. 1799, Mifflin Twp., Allegheny, PA  (Age 67 years)
  Married	17 May 1753	Stewart's Home, Paxtang, Lancaster, PA   [3]
  Children	1. Matthew CALHOUN,   b. Bef 1 Sep 1754, Paxtang, Lancaster, PA ,   d. Bef 16 Aug 1828, Union Township, Muskingham, Ohio, USA  (Age ~ 74 years)   2. David CALHOUN,   b. 12 Mar 1757, Paxtang, Lancaster, PA ,   d. 18 Aug 1834, Mifflin, Allegheny, PA, USA  (Age 77 years)   3. Martha CALHOUN,   b. Bef 16 Mar 1760, Paxtang, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 6 Dec 1807, Davidson, Tennessee, USA  (Age ~ 47 years)   4. Agnes Nancy CALHOUN,   b. 1763, Paxtang, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America ,   d. 29 Aug 1823, Pennsylvania, United States of America  (Age 60 years)   5. Sarah CALHOUN,   b. 12 Jun 1763, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Aft 1799, of Mifflin, Franklin, PA  (Age 36 years)   6. Mary Polly CALHOUN,   b. 24 Nov 1765, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America ,   d. 13 Jul 1839, Posey, Harrison, Indiana, USA  (Age 73 years)   7. John CALHOUN,   b. 21 Oct 1767, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. Bef 1775, Mifflin Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania  (Age 7 years)   8. James CALHOUN,   b. 21 Oct 1767, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA ,   d. 14 Aug 1847, Alleghany, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 79 years)   9. Isobel Jane CALHOUN,   b. 5 Mar 1770, York, York County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 2 May 1819, Venango, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 49 years)   10. William CALHOUN,   b. Bef 15 Jan 1772, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 20 Aug 1847, Mifflin, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age ~ 75 years)   11. John CALHOUN,   b. 1775, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 7 Mar 1853, Mifflin, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F3605	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Will of James Calhoon, Page 1 of 2.jpg
  		Will of James Calhoon, Page 2 of 2.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  He might have been born in 1723 and be the son of James Patrick Calhoun instead. If so, our James could be the son of this Hugh than where I have placed him. He purchased 300 acres of land in Paxton Twp. (which includes the town of Paxtang), Lancaster Co., PA in 1770. "Deed Book Vol. 6 pg. 475. Here is his bio by bergerpbharms on ancestry. " On May 17, 1753, he married Sarah Taylor at the home of Andrew Stewart of Paxtang Society, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (this has also been recorded as having been in Derry Township, Cumberland County, and Dauphin County). Their marriage was recorded on page 106 of the Journal of Rev. John Cuthbertson, an itinerant Presbyterian minister who rode from Lancaster County to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, baptizing, marrying and preaching. (These journals are in the Department of History of the United Presbyterian Church, at Philadelphia.) James and Sarah had ten children. Also listed are the dates of their births: Matthew 1754 David 1757 Martha (Taylor) 1760 Agnes (Stewart) 1762 Sarah (McCormick) 1763 Mary 1765 James 1767 Isobel Jane (Peden) 1769 William 1771 John 1775 Later, Rev. Cuthbertson would baptize the first eight of James and Sarahs children at the society where he had performed their parent’s marriage. All of their children except William were baptized at William or Ben Browns home in Paxtang, Cumberland County. William, their ninth child, was baptized at Muddy Run Society, York County, Pennsylvania. When grown, William moved to Kentucky. His son was the captain of a Mississippi River Boat. Matthew, David, and James, three of the sons of James and Sarah Taylor Calhoon served in the Revolutionary War. One record states that James Calhoon, Sr. also served in the Revolution. His older brother, Captain George Calhoon, (1717-1778) born in Ireland, served in the Revolutionary War as well. Later, his son David was Commander of Fort Pitt during the War of 1812.James Calhoon of Mifflin Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, purchased a farm of 213 acres on May 1, 1797 (Deed Book 6 or 7, page 475) less than two years before his death at age seventy-six. His will was made September 9, 1796, and was recorded March 25, 1799 (Will Book 1, page 122, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania). His will was proved July 6, 1799, and was the first Calhoon will to be filed in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. (Throughout the will his name was spelled Calhoon.) In his will he lists ten children and James Alexander. It is thought that James Alexander was James Alexander Calhoon, his grandson by his son Matthew and received a bequest of twenty pounds because he was a namesake.It appears that James and Sarah had begun moving westward across Pennsylvania about the time of Williams birth in 1771. By 1790, James had made his way to Mifflin Township, Allegheny County, where he would spend the rest of his life. Matthew, their eldest child, and Amelia, his second wife, bought the home place in Northumberland County and lived there at the time of the birth of their son, James Alexander. James Calhoon died on February 4, 1799 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and was buried in Lebanon Cemetery near his grandsons James and John, sons of David and Eleanor (King) Calhoon. Lebanon Cemetery is located in Mifflin Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. James will and that of his son Matthew, gave proof that James Alexander Calhoon was Matthew’s son, and by virtue of that fact, was a grandson of James and Sarah Taylor Calhoon." Bergerpharms also started her biography of James by stating a common misconception, that he is the son of Hugh and Agnes Calhoun who was born in 1723 and emigrated with his parents in 1733. I DO NOT concur as I descend from a James and Jean Calhoun who have over 10 DNA triangulations with cousins who descend from Hugh and Agnes Calhoun. Many of these triangulations are at the 7 cM range which is astounding for this distance back in time. It occurred because this wealthy family of Ireland and Scotland intermarried to preserve their wealth. Personally, I propose that the James married to Sarah Taylor was the son of John of Paxtang, Lancaster Co., PA where James and Sarah Taylor married. Neither of their birthdates are actually known. Sarah's is stated to be 1830 or 1832 for persons guessing that on one of two sets of parents for her from Philadelphia. It's been my experience that a daughter marries in her own hometown or very nearby. Philadelphia is over 100 miles away from Paxtang. This this just isn't holding up in the light of her guessed at parentage and via DNA evidence. He married Sarah Taylor on May 17, 1753, in Paxtang, Pennsylvania. This is where his brother John's son James lived at the time. The one who was married to Sarah Taylor died on February 2, 1799, having lived a long life of 75 years in Mifflin Twp., Allegheny Co., PA. He possibly died at his grand-daughter, Margaret Lyon's household as she lived in Mifflin Twp. (historic Pittsburgh), PA when she died in 1835. Margaret was the daughter of Agnes Nancy Calhoun.

  
  

• Sources

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