James S. McNary |
JAMES S. McNARY. Of the
McNary family in Washington, the first (of whom there is
any recod) was James, by trade a shoemaker, who was
born in Scotland about the year 1711, and, according to
tradition, moved with his family to the North of Ireland.
After sojourning there for a time he and his wife emigrated
to America, bringing with them their four sons and one
daughter, some of whom had married in Ireland.
In the year 1760 (as records show) James McNary
bought a tract of land in York county, Penn., in which
county he remained for a number of years. He was made
an elder (as was also his son John) in the Seceder
Congregation of Guinston, one of the oldest congregations of
that denomination in America. His sons were:
John, James, Thomas and David his daughter,
Jane, married William Robison, and
remained for life in York county. The son John
came to Washington county in 1801, and bought the tract of
land in North Strabane township on which James S. now
lives, revisited York county in the fall, expecting to
return with his family in the following spring, but died
during the winter. All the other sons of James
McNary also came to Washington county. Thomas
buying land in North Strabane township; James in
Chartiers township, and David in Hanover township.
Their father ame also, and lived, up to the time of his
death, with his son, David,
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Source: Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington Co., PA -
Illustrated - Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893. |
