James McElwain

• Name	James McElwain  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I59283	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2005

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Timothy McElwain,   b. 1709   d. 7 Sep 1790 (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F24924	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2009

  
  

• Notes

  "The McElwain Family in America is of Scotch or Scothc0Irish origin, having sojourned for a short time in the north of Ireland on the way from Scotland to America"   From Temple's "History of Palmer, Mass." (page 520), we learn that he bought a tract of 100 acres of the GentleMen Claimers on the Ware River in 1728. For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site

  
  

• Sources

  [S995] Smith, Edward Church and Philip Mack Smith, Middlefield, Massachusetts History, (Menasha, Wisc.: George Banta Publishing, 1924.).