William Calhoon^{[1, 2]}

1727 - 1801  (74 years)

• Name	William Calhoon
  Born	12 Feb 1727	Drummontolen, Donegal, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Died	Oct 1801	Warrier Run, Luzerne, PA   [3]
  Buried	Delaware Run, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America   [4]
  Person ID	I3780	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	John CALHOUN (theory),   b. 1692-1696, Donegal, Ireland ,   d. 1772, Virginia, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mary (Theory)
  Family ID	F495	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha CALHOUN,   b. 1732, LANCASTER, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 27 Dec 1804, Watsontown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 72 years)
  Married	1752	Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
  Children	1. Captain George CALHOUN,   b. 1 Feb 1754, , Lancaster, PA ,   d. 20 Oct 1835, Sorgho, Daviess County, Kentucky, United States of America  (Age 81 years)   2. James CALHOUN,   b. 1759, Drummontolen, Donegal, , Ireland ,   d. 8 Feb 1830, Gabe, Green, Kentucky, United States  (Age 71 years)   3. Martha CALHOUN,   b. 1767, Drummontolen, Donegal, Ireland ,   d. 22 Feb 1843, Watsontown, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 76 years)   4. Mary CALHOON,   b. 1770, Watsontown, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 22 Jan 1842, Watsontown, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 72 years)   5. Jane CALHOON,   b. 1772, , Donegal, Ireland ,   d. 19 May 1806, Watsontown, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 34 years)   6. Johnny Caldwell CALHOUN,   b. 22 Feb 1776, Drummontolen, Donegal, Ireland ,   d. 22 Feb 1838, Watsontown, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 62 years)   7. Matthew CALHOUN,   b. 1777, Drummentolen, Donegal, Ireland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F3742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William Calhoun, 1727-1804 William, son of Hugh and Agnes Calhoun was born in Ireland and was about 6 years of age in 1733 when the family immigrated to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In about 1752, he married his cousin, Martha Calhoon and they started their married life in the well-known Calhoun area of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Later, they moved to a more outlying area of Lancaster County by the time their first child, George, was born on February 1, 1754. This area still was troubled by Indian attacks and George was kidnapped by the Indians when he was about 2 years old. After this incident, William and Martha were devastated. They sold everything they owned and returned to Ireland, as they thought it was a safer place to raise a family. When they arrived back in Ireland, they settled at Drumotolin in County Donegal, where they continued to live and have the rest of their eight known children. Meanwhile, back in America, a small white boy of about 7 years old was discovered living with Indians by Judge Ralph Cotton. The child was determined to be George Calhoun and the Judge took him in and raised him and educated him as one of his own sons. George served in the Revolutionary War and was commissioned as a lieutenant. George later married Judge Cotton

  
  

• Sources

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