James Colquhoun Calhoun

1741 - 1816  (80 years)

• Name	James Colquhoun Calhoun  [1, 2]
  Birth	1694	Straebane, Ireland
  Birth	1694	Crosh House Estate, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
  Birth	Between 1736 and 1741	Crosh House, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Between 1736 and 1741	Rush Hill, Ballyhallachoun, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom   [1]
  Residence	26 Aug 1756
  Death	Aft 1756	of Ballyhallachan, Tyrone, Ireland   [3]
  Death	1772	Chestnut Level, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
  Death	1772	of co. Tyrone, Ireland
  Burial	23 Feb 1816	Walcot St Swithin, Somerset, England   [4, 5]
  Name	James Calhoun (Clerk)  [6]
  Name	James Colhoun
  Name	James Colhoun* (Not James Patrick from BigYDNA evidence)  [7]
  Death	23 Feb 1816	Bath, Somerset, England   [1, 4]
  Burial	Quarryville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America   [8]
  Person ID	I15715	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Alexander Colhoun Colguboun, - E-Y76642,   b. 1705, Rush-Hill d. Bef 1 Jul 1772, of Drumahoe, Londonderry, Northern Ireland (Age < 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Hazlitt,   b. 17 Apr 1715, Enniskillen, Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom d. 17 Apr 1775, Rush Hill, Sixmile Crossing, County Tyrone, Ireland (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1733	Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Ireland
  Family ID	F5733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sidney Speer,   b. 23 Apr 1735, Balnasaggart, Tyrone, Ireland d. 17 Oct 1778 (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1757	Ireland   [2]
  Family ID	F5395	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Catherine   d. 1798, Walcott, Bath, Somerset, England
  Family ID	F5396	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Documents

  William Calhoun Will Extract

  
  

• Notes

  He is often listed as the son of James and Catherine Montgomery Calhoun instead. If so, his wife with the surname of Long died in the 1760 Cherokee Indian Uprising when 150 settlers were trying to get out of harms way by moving to Augus, VA. He is also attributed to the the same James who died in Lancaster, PA and married a 2nd time in 1766 at about age 70 to Elizabeth Wilson. He is supposedly in Probate records for Lancaster Co., PA in 1772. C 1 137 There are no DNA descendants of this James Calhoun on Gedmatch as of 3/24/2018 to help us determine if he is our ancestor. The first son I have attributed to him is buried in the same cemetery a he is, thus the theory that he is his son. It is possible that he is the father of our James Calhoun m. to Jean Jeannette. My Mom does have triangulations with his parents. The only proven sons of Rev. Alex. are William (who left no issue according to his will), this James (not James Patrick as proven by Big Y-DNA) and Alexander. Rev. Alexander did not have a son named Andrew according to YDNA evidence. If he had a son Humphrey, his only son Humphrey died without issue, eliminating him as a possible father. Alexander's grandson James is theorized to be the father of our James in some trees, but he died in 1816, not in 1795 in Guilford, NC. Our James left a will in 1795 naming the son we descend through. I have to study the possibility that Rev. Alex. had a son Audley who could be his father instead. Adam seems to have ruled out as his son by Big Y DNA evidence. Andrew, James Patrick, and Hugh have been disproven as far as being Rev. Alexanders sons by BigY DNA and therefore are not the brothers of this James. The only proven sons of Rev. Alex. are William (who left no issue according to his will), this James (not James Patrick as proven by Big Y-DNA) and Alexander. Rev. Alexander did not have a son named Andrew according to YDNA evidence. If he had a son Humphrey, his only son Humphrey died without issue, eliminating him as a possible father. Alexander's grandson James is theorized to be the father of our James in some trees, but he died in 1816, not in 1795 in Guilford, NC. Our James left a will in 1795 naming the son we descend through. I have to study the possibility that Rev. Alex. had a son Audley who could be his father instead. Adam seems to have ruled out as his son by Big Y DNA evidence. Andrew, James Patrick, and Hugh have been disproven as far as being Rev. Alexanders sons by BigY DNA and therefore are not the brothers of this James. The only proven sons of Rev. Alex. are William (who left no issue according to his will), this James (not James Patrick as proven by Big Y-DNA) and Alexander. Rev. Alexander did not have a son named Andrew according to YDNA evidence. If he had a son Humphrey, his only son Humphrey died without issue, eliminating him as a possible father. Alexander's grandson James is theorized to be the father of our James in some trees, but he died in 1816, not in 1795 in Guilford, NC. Our James left a will in 1795 naming the son we descend through. I have to study the possibility that Rev. Alex. had a son Audley who could be his father instead. Adam seems to have ruled out as his son by Big Y DNA evidence. Andrew, James Patrick, and Hugh have been disproven as far as being Rev. Alexanders sons by BigY DNA and therefore are not the brothers of this James. There is no solid evidence that I've found that this James is the son of Alexander Colhoun (Jr.) who died in Bath, Somerset, England. It is circumstantial. The James who died in Bath, died at age 80 and was not in the christening or marriage records there, so this connection is possible. However, he could also be a James who moved to the American colonies born about this same time. Or he might never have existed at all.

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;). [S119] Ancestry.com, U.S., Family History Books, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2025;), Descent and Alliances of Croslegh, or Crossle, or Crossley, of Scaitcliffe; and Coddington of Oldbridge; and Evans of Eyton Hall; Author: Croslegh, Charles. [S833] Find A Grave Database (www.findagrave.com). [S1108] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223059818/james-colhoun [S1595] Ancestry.com, Somerset, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1914, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\wal.sw/2/2/18. [S1310] Pennsylvania Marriage Records, 1700-1821 (www.ancestry.com). [S3531] Andrew (Calhoun), Email from andrew@contractit.net.au to ljcoate1@gmail.com, (Date: 2023;), Email from Colquhoun, Andrew to LJCoate. [S426] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Lehi, UT, USA;), 1,60525::0.