SURNAMES (Primary): McQuown McQuowen McQueen McEwen McCoon McCuean McQuein McCreary Sillik Sillick Sillicks Sillix Galloway Gallaway Galleway Cord Felby Feely Forbes Davidson Stewart Stuart Graham Erskine Vance Gilliland Gist Little

SURNAMES (Secondary): Condover Conover Candow Candew Jameson Scott Tate Fleeming Flemming Fleming Barnett Cochrane McDowell Bayley Bailey Anderson Cookson Patterson McCreal Blackburn Good Colmery Montgomery McBratney Maxwell Abel

SURNAME NOTE: The use of the surname McEwen/McQueen in this analysis comes from the most common spellings found in records that refer to the individual(s) referenced. Using both spellings together is to emphasize this fact so they may be further researched more accurately and completely by others.

ISSUE TO RESOLVE: The father of Thomas McQuown. He was a son of Laurance McQuown. He was not a son of John and Susanna(h) McEwen/McQueen.

PROBLEM: Due to past research mistakes, copiers and collectors are posting family lines that incorrectly list my ancestor, Thomas McQuown, as a son of a John McEwen/McQueen, who was of Scottish descent. He was NOT. He was a son of Laurance and Jean McQuown. Over a very short period of time these mistakes are growing exponentially.

BACKGROUND: Thomas McQuown, was born in 1744. He died in 1794, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, with a Will. He married Margaret (Sillik) Galloway and they had a son James and a daughter Margaret. My DNA, on file at Ancestry, proves that my ancestor Thomas McQuown, in some ancestral way, can be traced to ancient Scotland. However, Thomas McQuown was absolutely NOT a son of John McEwen/McQueen and I will prove it here beyond the shadow of a doubt.

ROOT OF THE PROBLEM: Researching the colonial period in America (1600s-1700s) is very difficult. Compiling and collecting, rather than researching, is cheap, easy, but very unreliable. Sadly, it is the most common method used today, to find information prior to the Federal 1850 census, which was the first American census to list family member names. However, the root of the problem begins and ends with well-meaning McQuown research that was published variously between 1960 and 1985. It has been widely distributed and it is now naively accepted by others on faith alone, with absolutely no meaningful research whatsoever. The root of the problem is two-fold: (1) Published documents that contain inaccurate data; (2) Amateurs naively spreading the mistakes on-line in websites and family tree postings at Rootsweb/Ancestry. For a more detailed explanation of the specific documents and research errors, see the McEwen-McQuown Study Group under Analysis Part 2 below.

DISCUSSION: Various versions of website and family tree postings show the following unresearched father-son relationship. This unproven data and the accompanying research notes below illustrate the issue for discussion:

John McEwen/McQueen, the son: John McEwen/McQueen (hereinafter John III) was born in 1700, in Chester [probably County not City], Pa., died in 1770, and married to Susannah Condover (or Conover, etc.) about 1730, in Lancaster, Dauphin County, Pa. He was said to be a militia Captain who fought in the colonial Indian wars. Old genealogy variously and erroneously states that they had a son **Thomas among the following issue:
Rosanna, b. c1735 Lancaster, Dauphin Co, Pa, d. 1790, m. c1755 James Jameson;
Josiah (Joseph), Capt. in Rev. War, b. c1735 Lancaster, d. 1794, m. c1760 unknown;
Sarah, b. c1739 Lancaster, d. ?, m. c1769 Capt. Abraham Scott;
*David (Capt. in Rev War), b. 1740 Lancaster, d. 1799, m. c1777 Margaret Tate;
Margaret, b. c1742 Lancaster, d ?, m. c1765 John Fleeming (or Flemming);
**Thomas, (Rev War), b. 1744 Lancaster, d. 1794, m Margaret Galloway. [IN DISPUTE]
Rachel, b. c1746, d. ?;
Robert, (Lt. Rev War), b. 1747, d. c1800.
*David – see notes under John II next.
** This is the son Thomas that is in dispute. They did not have a son Thomas.

John McEwen/McQueen, the father of John III: Some websites and family tree postings show John III to be a son of a John McEwen/McQueen (hereinafter John II), born c1665 in Dundee, Scotland, died in 1748, and married Martha Barnett, who was born c1665 in Cecil County, Md. John II the father relocated from Scotland to Chester (probably Chester County not city) Pennsylvania, where he was a farmer, a member of the local militia, and fought in colonial Indian wars. John and Martha Barnett had issue, some of whom may have relocated to North Carolina:
John III (data given previous)
Elizabeth C., b. c1705, d. ?, m. Unknown, Lancaster.
Margaret, b. c1708, d. ?, m. (Robert?) Tate, Lancaster.
Richard (Capt. Rev War), b. c1710 Lancaster, d. 1788, m. c1740 Lancaster Co.
Mary, b. c1714;
Thomas, b. 1717 Lancaster, d. 1781, m1 Elizabeth (Hill?), m2 c1769 to E.(Woodside) Cochrane;
***Hugh, b. 1725 Lancaster, d. 1792, m. c1748 Margaret McDowell.

Neither of the above John II and John III McEwen/McQueen genealogies are totally correct and they should be further researched. John II’s son ***Hugh above, if he had a son Hugh, was probably born c.1704, not 1725 when his mother was age 60. John III did not have a son **Thomas and his son *David above married Margaret Tate. Also, David Samuel McQuown, a younger brother of Thomas McQuown, was born in the 1750s, married Margaret Harris, a daughter of John Harris of Harrisburg, Pa. Brothers Thomas and David Samuel were not sons of John and Susannah McEwen/McQueen. They were sons of Laurance and Jean McQuown.

Research Note: There is obviously a lot of confusion about the John II and John III McEwen/McQueen families listed above. They are listed on many different websites, including http://www.vnla.com/vnl/gen/mcq/Mcquown.htm, and in family tree postings, with different combinations of the same sons and daughters mixed up between two different generations. For example: John III the son is sometimes listed as having a son David, born 1740, who married Margaret Tate, and his daughter Margaret is listed as married to (Robert?) Tate, possibly Tate siblings. However, other listings show David as a son of John II the father; born about 1706, married Margaret Tate, had three children - Jean, Mary and John - and he died in 1788, which is probably correct. Birth dates for all of the children in both generations vary also, as do the children’s spouses. Some postings are even listing Thomas McQuown’s brother David Samuel McQuown as a son of John III. Others list him as a son of John II. Birth dates appear to be arbitrarily changed at random just to fit them into the other siblings.

All of the above genealogy is certainly convoluted, confusing, and proves a total lack of research and analysis. Now, after all that, ask yourself the following: Are you sure you are really related to them? Can you prove it? Would you post it if you couldn’t prove it? Will you correct your mistakes when presented with proof?

Research Note: With reference to John II the father above, a John McEwen, Covenanter, was captured at Crawfordmuir, Scotland, imprisoned at Canongate, Dunottar, and the Tolbooth at Leith, among a group of Covenanters (see 1.1a, 1.1b, 1.1c below), that were banished from Scotland and sent to the “plantations” in 1685 on the ship Henry & Francis, which landed in December at (Perth) Amboy, New Jersey. The group was fed and sheltered for the winter by kindly souls in Woodstock, NJ. We cannot prove here that this John the Covenanter was the same John McEwen that married Martha Barnett, but information is provided below for those who wish to more fully research the issue.

It is beyond the scope of this analysis to further research ancestry and/or relationships between Johns II and III and a John McEwen/McQueen I (or Sr.), and their children, who have been referred to variously as Jacobite, Covenanter, and/or Presbyterian minister in Scotland, who either remained there, or went to Ulster and/or America. We do believe the John McEwen/McQueen in question, who married Susannah Condover (or Conover, etc.) about 1730 in Lancaster, was born in America.

MCEWEN-MCQUOWN STUDY GROUP

Our McQuown-McEwen study group, affectionately called the “Stumpers,” was formed in the 1990s to research McEwen and McQuown family lines in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, with extensions into Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and elsewhere. There were always seven or eight active members interfacing with each other and with many other researchers working on similar and/or overlapping family lines. We assisted in sorting out individual family members, their intermarriages, and separating the truth from the fantasies. We researched the hard way by traveling and corresponding, with historical societies, cemeteries, state and local governments, libraries, etc. We studied only official documents from federal, state and local governments, published 19th century histories with biographies, etc. The Internet was used only to access census and other official government records, and as a last resort to point the research. The effort was challenging, sometimes discouraging, but always rewarding.

Errors listing Thomas McQuown as a son of John and Susanna McEwen/McQueen first came to light c1995. We obtained original, first party, correspondence between McQuown researchers and that is how we discovered the root of the problems we were encountering in a number of McQuown lines. About fifty years ago (late1950s) and prior to 1960, a researcher, Boyd Clifford McQuown, first added Thomas McQuown and his brother David Samuel McQuown to a list of John and Susanna McEwen/McQueen’s children. The reasons given were that Thomas and his brother David Samuel McQuown were found in official records in Pennsylvania; they were otherwise unattached to any known family line at the time; and “because [generationally] they fit.” Since John and Susanna McEwen/McQueen did have a proven son David, who married Margaret Tate, this appears to have been an honest but poorly researched and arbitrary mistake. Unfortunately, this was only one mistake among many others that he shared with another researcher, Albert Newton McQuown. (Boyd and Albert McQuown were not closely related.) Separately and together, between 1960 and 1985, they published their McQuown research as follows:

1. “McQuown Genealogy – Graphs, Compiled by Albert N. McQuown, Sr., Austin, Texas” Microfiched on April 25, 1983, Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Project and Fiche # ZLIB 7-105 #2246, G.S. Call # 6018746, Gifted August 1961, Received Oct. 17, 1961, #64313;

2. “McQuown from 1679 to 1963 Taken from Court House Records, Family Bibles and Letters. Compiled by Boyd C. McQuown, Indiana, Penn., A. N. McQuown, Austin, Texas;” Microfiched on January 31, 1983, Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Project and Fiche # ZLIB 7-105 #1650, G.S. Call # 6018150, Gifted July 1963, Received Aug. 19, 1963, #66216;

3. “McQuown Genealogy, A Study and Analysis of Lines of Descent For The McQuown Families In The United States 1680 – 1984, Compiled By John Harvey McQuown Englewood, Colorado;”

4. Item 3 was revised in 1988; not published; many red lined revisions since 1988.

For those interested, the 1985 version, compiled by John Harvey McQuown, son of Albert Newton McQuown, is in the Library of Congress:
LC Control Number: 85167575
Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
Personal Name: McQuown, John Harvey, 1913-
Main Title: McQuown genealogy : an analysis of lines of descent for the McQuown families in the United States, 1685-1984 / compiled by John Harvey McQuown.
Published/Created: Englewood, Colo. (5861 S. Geneva St., Englewood) : J.H. McQuown, [1985]
Description: 345 p. in various pagings : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes: "March, 1985."
Includes index.
Subjects: McEwan family.
LC Classification: CS71.M47537 1985
Dewey Class No.: 929/.2/0973 19
Geog. Area Code: n-us---

The genealogical errors in these publications and excerpts from them have become widespread and pervasive after copies ended up in the Library of Congress, the LDS Library in Salt Lake City, many state and local libraries, and historical societies across a number of states, particularly Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio.

Sadly, under Mormon tradition, some of my ancestors’ children are actually being “sealed” to the wrong parents as a result of these publications.

CAUTION!! RESEARCH NOTE: Listing the above publications and names of the “compilers,” along with a discussion of the genealogy research problems they have created, is not an attempt to embarrass or humiliate anyone, living or dead. It is absolutely necessary to properly reference these documents and their compilers so that researchers can properly identify them as not 100% reliable, They absolutely should not be used as reliable sources without other independent proof. They are useful only to point directions for research. Anyone seeing any one of these documents as a “source” should question the accuracy of the referenced material.

Fortunately for everyone, John Harvey McQuown, the author of the 1985 edition, was also an active member of our study group. He was very much aware of the problems and was committed to making any necessary revisions, which were supported by our research. One of our goals was to assist him with these issues. We learned as we researched and we had great discussions with him on many issues. He was always eager to teach, clarify and resolve issues, and he gave us valuable perspective on the research. When we first discovered hard evidence of the “son Thomas McQuown error,” the author encouraged us to resolve it for his planned third edition by the end of the 1990s or early 2000s.

This was particularly challenging for me personally. I too, had believed, that my ancestor, Thomas McQuown, was a son of John McEwen and Susanna Conover. In 1988, John Harvey McQuown called me several times to discuss the genealogy. He then sent me his 1985 publication with his notes and comments. We discussed issues and corresponded for more than twenty years. By 1997 our study group had enough evidence and we recommended correcting Thomas McQuown to his father Laurance McQuown, in his next publication. However, due to an unfortunate series of events in the author’s personal life, the third McQuown edition was never published.

Since then, research on my own family has been very pressing and very difficult because the 18th century is so very difficult to research. Irrefutable evidence is very hard to come by for the colonial period and I still wanted more proof. It was difficult and tedious research in the bowels of musty old court houses and libraries across Pennsylvania. There was a criss-crossing, back-and-forth, between a number of counties, the Pennsylvania Archives in Harrisburg, Pa., various libraries, cemeteries, historical societies, demanding travel, renting microfilms, expenses, and time. In the meantime (twelve years), three key members of our McQuown-McEwen study group have passed away, including the author of the 1985 edition. All died not knowing the depth of the research and the analysis details we are now about to share.

The third edition of the McQuown lines, with many pending red-lined corrections, was not, and probably never will be, published. It is, therefore, the sole-purpose of this analysis to publically, respectfully, and properly present the problem, the causes and effects, review all of the evidence, discuss and clarify the issues openly. This effort, now singular by me alone, is dedicated to the selfless and dedicated work of Thomas Edward McQuown, John Harvey McQuown, and Edgar Peterson, the now deceased members of our research team, that we lovingly called the “Stumpers.” Those of us still living have gone our separate ways, but each individual “Stumper,” now living or dead, contributed greatly to the accurate McQuown genealogy that is “out there” today. We have made all of our discoveries public. If you are researching McQuowns in Pennsylvania, you are almost certainly researching one of my ancestor Laurance McQuown’s descendants.

ANCESTRY DNA: If, after studying this analysis, you have doubts about proving your own ancestral past, consider Ancestry DNA. I am a seventh generation direct descendant of Laurance McQuown’s son Thomas. My proven McQuown descendancy is: Laurance, Thomas, James, Thomas, Thomas M., Thomas Franklin, Donald Edward, and me, Thomas Hayward McQuown. My DNA is on file at Ancestry and it is a perfect match with a cousin from another side of the family who participated with me. We both share a rare allele from ancient Scotland but we both know we arrived in America via Ireland.

FACTS NOT IN DISPUTE:
1. John McEwen/McQueen III was probably of Scottish descent.
2. Thomas McQuown was born in 1744, died in 1794 in Washington Co., PA., and married Margaret Galloway.

FACT IN DISPUTE: The father of the Thomas McQuown; who was he?

RESOLUTION: Research and prove the father of the Thomas McQuown, who married Margaret Galloway. Who was this Thomas McQuown’s father?

METHODOLOGY TO RESOLVE THE DISPUTE: Use a Two Step Analysis
Step 1: Determine if Thomas McQuown was a son of John and Susanna McEwen/McQueen.
Step 2: Determine who was Thomas McQuown’s father and prove it.

RESEARCH NOTE: All spellings used in analysis steps 1 & 2 were transcribed as they appeared in the original referenced material. There are spelling variations within the individual documents such as Wills. Individual sources have notations that are difficult to distinguish. Some use brackets [ ] and some use parenthesis ( ). Designations for analysis notes vary depending on the source document notations. See “Research Notes” for individual source documents to distinguish between analysis notations and notations in the original source documents.

ANALYSIS: Step 1: Disprove the erroneous genealogy. The provenance of “a John McEwen” being an banished Scottish Covenanter and a colonial Indian fighter would be naturally attractive to any collector or copier who is hungry for a colorful family lineage. The Scottish heritage alone is seductive. This is not to say that John McEwen the Covenanter is the same John McEwen/McQueen who married Martha Barnett. That is not proven here. However, proof that “a John McEwen” and others phonetically similar did arrive on the Henry and Francis is included here for the benefit and enjoyment of their proven “legitimate” descendants, and to assist other researchers.

Analysis Step 1: Evidence

Item 1.1a: Whitehead, William A. "Names of Those Who Sailed on the Henry and Francis, 1685 from Leith, Scotland, to Perth Amboy, New Jersey, 5th September 1685." In Contributions to the Early History of Perth Amboy and Adjoining Country. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1856, pp. 21-35.

Whitehead (1.1a) tells us the following: George Scot, Laird of Pitlochie, was issued a Warrant “By the Right Honourable Earl of Perth, Lord High Chancellour of Scotland, &c. These are permitting and allowing Mr. George Scot, of Pitlochie, with his Lady, Children and Family, and other such Persons as he shall ingage, to pass from this Kingdom either by sea or Land, to any of His Majestie’s Forreign Plantations…Given at Edinburgh the first of January, 1685…PERTH CANCELL.” [Perth Council] “On 11th February, the Council authorized Scot by warrant to transport ‘To the plantations” a hundred of the prisoners confined at Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stirling, if they were willing to go, excluding those who were ‘heritors above 100 pounds of rent’…” “Under dates of August 17th, 21st, and 25th, one hundred and five persons who had refused the oath of allegiance to the King, or had been previously banished, and then in the tolbooth of Leith, were ordered to be delivered to Scot, to be transported to East Jersey, on his giving security to land them there, as, bay a certificate from the governor or deputy-governor, might be made to appear, prior to September, 1686; the penalty to be five hundred merks in case of failure in any instance…” “Scot, as early as May, had chartered the “Henry and Francis of Newcastle, a ship of three hundred and fifty Tun and twenty great Guns, Richard Hutton, Master, but it was not until the 5th September, 1685, that the vessel left the harbor at Leith, the banished persons being on board for some time...” “…those distinguised by a * left a written protest against the measures that led to their banishment…John McEwen, Walter McEwen* (McIgne?), Robert McEwen* , John McQueen* (McEwen?)…the charge for transportation, as publically announced, was five pounds sterling for each adult, and to each of those who were unable to pay for their passage, was promised 25 acres of land and a suit of new clothes on the completion of four years of service, to those who advanced the requisite amount. Many of the passengers of the ‘Henry and Francis’ were consequently such as were known at a later period of American history as ‘Redemptioners.” George Scot, Laird of Pitlochie, his wife, and up to seventy others died on the voyage of a malignant fever.

Research Note: Mentioned above are surnames, McEwen and McQueen, that are relevant to this analysis. These spellings were derived from records found in New Jersey. The spelling of these surnames is more accurately illustrated in the Scottish records below, taken from the “Directory of Scots Banished…” See Item (1.1b) next.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Contrary to popular belief, the Henry and Francis was not destined for “southern” plantations. Whitehead (1.1a) tells us Scot was populating a new settlement in New Jersey with fellow countrymen sharing his same beliefs. Scot too was persecuted, fined, and imprisoned a number of times over many years in Scotland and was taking advantage of the promise of religious freedom in the colonies. The trip was miserable – fever sickness, death, bad weather and calms, two leaks in the ship, and a cruel captain who denied them basic religious services. Upon Scot’s death, John Johnstone assumed responsibility to fulfill the Warrant and land, as originally intended, in Amboy [now Perth Amboy], East New Jersey. However, the ship’s master, Richard Hutton, pressed the case to divert to Virginia or Jamaica for better employment opportunities for the passengers but this was unsuccessful when strong prevailing winds forced the ship to land at Amboy anyway.

Item 1.1b: Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md., 1983, 1984; Compiled by David Dobson from the records of the Privy Council of Scotland, the High Court of Justiciary, Treasury and State Papers, prison records, and a contemporary journal, The Scots Magazine; assisted by staff of the Public Record Office, London, the Scottish Record Office, Edinburgh, and the Library of the University of St. Andrews. The following “phonetically relevant” surnames were transported from Leith, Scotland to East New Jersey in 1685. All but one were on the Henry and Francis and all are of concern to researchers that read this analysis. These surname spellings are from the Scottish records. The information is transcribed as it was published:

Page 101: MCCUEAN WALTER Covenanter. Prisoner in Leith Tolbooth. Banished to the Plantations, at Leith 18 August 1685. (PC) [probably the same Walter McQueen on page 151 below]

Page 112: McEwen Duncan Covenanter. Prisoner in Paul’s Work, Edinburgh. Transported from Leith to East New Jersey by Robert Barclay of Urie July 1685. (PC)

[same page]: * McEwen JOHN Covenanter. Captured at Crawfordmuir. Prisoner at Canongate, Dunottar, and Leith. Banished to the Plantations, at Leith 18 August 1685. Transported from Leith to East New Jersey on the Henry and Francis, master Richard Hutton, by George Scott of Pitlochie 5 September 1685. (PC)

Page 151: McQueen WALTER Transported from Leith to East New Jersey by George Scott of Pitlochie on the Henry and Francis master Richard Hutton, 5 September 1685. (PC)

[same page]: MCQUEIN ROBERT Nithsdale, Covenanter. Prisoner in Canongate and Leith. Transported from Leith to East New Jersey by George Scott of Pitlochie on the Henry and Francis, master Richard Hutton, 5 September 1685. (PC)

SOURCE (1.1b) NOTE: “(PC) = The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland.”

There are many others listed but they were transported to South Carolina, Jamaica, Antigua, St. Kitts, Montserrat, Maryland, Boston, Dumfries in Virginia, not New Jersey. Some are listed with no ship name and no port.

*The above *John McEwen is most certainly the John McEwen/McQueen [II] referred to as the father of John McEwen/McQueen [III], but does not prove it.

HISTORICAL NOTE: These and other Scottish immigrants in colonial New Jersey are credited with changing the name of the colonial New Jersey port city of Amboy to Perth Amboy (1.1a), as in Perth, Scotland.

Item 1.2: Egle’s Notes and Queries was originally published as a series of newspaper columns from 1879 to 1895 by William Henry Egle, in the Harrisburg Daily Telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa., then carried forward and published in five annual volumes between 1896 and 1900. These records were first published in book form by the Pennsylvania State Library, and then later, in 1970, by the Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Md. The following John McEwen and John McQueen items are taken in chronological order as they appeared by Series, Volume, and Page in Egle’s Notes and Queries. Some are relevant and others are mentioned solely to help researchers avoid confusion with unrelated individuals.

Research Notes:

1. Egle was criticized, at the time (1879-1895), for changing name spellings that appeared in his Notes & Queries. His explanation was that he used what he believed to be the correct spelling of the name, based on his research, even though individual records had different spellings for the same individuals. The unique aspect of this to me is that this all transpired over many years in a newspaper forum which was open to public scrutiny, discussion, and ultimately, corrections by Egle in future articles, issues, and volumes published. Something we don’t usually see today.

2. For all references in Egle’s Notes and Queries the following applies: Notes found in Egle’s original publications were by him denoted by brackets, thusly [notes by author Egle]. To clarify specific items in Egle’s information, the transcriber uses parentheses, thusly (notes by transcriber). Source Items are transcribed, spelled, punctuated, and [noted] exactly as published by Egle. All possible John McEwens/McQueens are listed below in order to question and resolve any that might be confused with the John McEwen/McQueen in the issue of Thomas McQuown’s father. Notes designated by (notes) explain relevance or insignificance of the individuals in this analysis.

Item 1.2a: Wm. Henry Egle, 1878-1883, Harrisburg, PA; Egle’s Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, Third Series Volume I, Notes and Queries – XXXII:

1.2a, Page 217: “McQUOWN.”
“[This name is variously spelled, the variations being McQueen, McEwen, McCune and McQuin.]”
“I. John McQueen, of Derry, D. December, 1770, leaving a wife Susanna [Candor], and children:”
“i. ----------, m. John Fleming.”
“ii. Jonas.”
“iii. Sarah, m. Abraham Scott.”
“iv. Rachel.”
“v. Margaret.”
“vi. David”

Analysis Note: The above John McQueen is the John McEwen/McQueen in question. Here Egle is stating information found in John’s probated Will, which is mentioned later. John died in 1770. There is no mention above to a son Thomas.

1.2a, Page 218: “IV. John McEwen, of Hanover, d. April, 1791, leaving a wife Eleanor, and children:”
“i. Margaret.”
“ii. Mary.”
“iii. Elizabeth.”
“iv. Jean, m. William Sturgeon.”
“v. Eleanor, m. Joseph Allen.”
“vi. John.” (Analysis Note: This is NOT John III; see below)
“vii. James.”
“viii. Richard.”
“ix. Thomas.”
“The executors of this estate were his wife and sons-in-law, John Barnett and John Gilchrist, Jr.”

Analysis Note: The above John McEwen of Hanover, who died c1791, is NOT the John in question who married Susanna.

Item 1.2b: Wm. Henry Egle, 1878-1883, Harrisburg, PA; Egle’s Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, Third Series Volume II, Notes and Queries – XCIV:

1.2b, Page 72: “OUR EARLY SETTLERS, South End of East Side of Derry, 1757…John McQueen…Josiah McQueen…John McQueen…”Freemen”…John McQueen…”

1.2b, Page 134: “GENEALOGICAL NOTES.”…McQueen. John McQueen, of Derry, d. prior to 1750. His children were:”
“i. David, d. prior and left issue: 1. Jane, m. John Bayley, of Donegal. 2. Mary, m. James Anderson, of Donegal.”
“ii. Josiah.”
“iii Robert.”

Research Note: The above John McQueen of Derry, who died prior to 1750, is not the John McEwen/McQueen who married Susanna.

1.2b, Page 357: John McQueen is a signature on a road petition, “Aug. ye 1st, 1744.”

Item 1.2c. Wm. Henry Egle, 1878-1883, Harrisburg, PA; Egle’s Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, Third Series Volume III, Historical and Genealogical, Notes and Queries – CLXVII:

1.2c, Page 1: (the very first entry) “McQueen.—John McQueen, of Derry, owned a saw mill on Conewago creek, a short distance from Capt. Thomas Harris. He died in 1770, leaving a wife Susanna, and the following children:”
“i. [A daughter], m. John Fleming.”
“ii. Josiah.”
“iii. Sarah, m. Abraham Scott.”
“iv. Rachel.”
“v. Margaret.”
“vi. Robert.”
“vii. David.”
“The descendants of this family probably went to North Carolina.”

Research Note: This is the John McEwen/McQueen in question, who died in 1770 and married Susanna. Egle’s data is the same as that found in John’s Will. However, Egle “corrected” (see Egle Research Note 1.) the Will name spellings.

There was no mention of a son Thomas in John’s Will above.

Item 1.2d. Wm. Henry Egle, 1878-1883, Harrisburg, PA; Egle’s Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, Fourth Series Volume I, Historical and Genealogical, Notes and Queries – XXXV:

1.2d, Page 103: “CAPTAIN JOHN McQUEEN.—The name Captain John McQueen (vol. 2, page 510 2d ser. Penn’s. Archives) Colonel Thomas Cookson’s Regiment of Associators (1745-1748) should read Captain John McQueen. He lived on Conewago creek and died in 1770 (Samuel Evans, Esq., N. & Q. vol. 2 No. 2 page 95). Capt. McQueen’s daughter Sarah married Abraham Scott (captain and major)…I make this correction for the benefit of some of their descendants who are applicants for membership in the Societies of Sons and Daughters of the Revolution. JOHN B. LYNN. Bellefonte, Pa.”

Research Note: This is the John McEwen/McQueen in question, who died in 1770 and married Susanna.)

1.2d. Page 186: “Members of Donegal Church in 1776” (lists a child “Thomas McQueen,” who is not listed as a son of anyone. This child Thomas in 1776 should not be confused with the Thomas McQuown in question.)

Research Note: For those interested, Egle’s Notes and Queries gives details on marriages and families of some of John’s children that are beyond the scope of this analysis.

Item 1.3. The Will of John McEwen/McQueen III, as probated 13 August, 1770, lists and spells the following children: Josiah, Reatchel, David, Robert. He also mentioned as heirs, “my son John Fleeming and my son Abraham Scott” who were both really sons-in-law. John’s Executers were: Son Josiah McQueen and Joseph Candow/Candew/etc.

There is no son Thomas in John McEwen/McQueen III’s Will.

Analysis Step 1: SUMMARY OF MOST RELEVANT FACTS

1. A “John McEwen” arrived in New Jersey on the ship Henry and Francis in 1685 but there is no proof that he was related to the John McEwen/McQueen who was born in 1700 in Chester Co., Pa., and married Susanna.

2. The John McEwen/McQueen in question, who married Susanna, died in 1770, his Will was probated 13 August, 1770, in Derry Twp., Dauphin Co., PA.

3. John McEwen/McQueen, who married Susanna, did NOT name a son Thomas in his Will.

4. When the John McEwen/McQueen in question, who married Susanna, died in 1770, the Thomas McQuown in question, was still living on his own land next to his father Laurance, in Menallen Twp., York Co., Pa. See Analysis Step 2 below for proof.

5. The Thomas McQuown in question died in 1794, thus Thomas was still alive in 1770. Had he been a son of the John and Susanna McEwen/McQueen in question, Thomas would have been mentioned in his father’s Will. If Thomas had predeceased his father, then he and/or his share would still have been mentioned; as would his children, if he had any before his father died; and/or his share would likely have been stated and redistributed to other siblings. If he was estranged from the family he would still likely have been mentioned and given a token, to prevent challenging the Will.

6. In all references, in Egle’s Notes and Queries, to the John McEwen/McQueen in question, who married Susanna, there is no genealogical proof that they had a son Thomas.

7. Egle’s Notes and Queries proves, by his own Will, that the John McEwen/McQueen in question, who married Susanna, did NOT have a son Thomas.

8. John McEwen/McQueen’s Will, probated 13 August 1770, proves he did not have a son Thomas.

9. From the McEwen-McQueen study group, we have irrefutable first-hand proof admitting the source of the genealogical mistake of listing Thomas McQuown and his brother David Samuel McQuown as children of John and Susanna McEwen/McQueen.

Research Note: See Analysis Step 2 below for proof of additional relevant facts not presented here.

Analysis Step 1: CONCLUSION: No matter how colorful and alluring the provenance of the Henry & Francis, the Covenanters, the colonial Indian fighter, etc. may be, there is absolutely no proof of any kind that John McEwen/McQueen III had a son Thomas. He did not. The Thomas McQuown in question was not a son of John and Susanna McEwen/McQueen. The John McEwen/McQueen, who married Susanna, did not have a son Thomas.

Analysis Step 1: SOURCES: In addition to all of the sources previously mentioned in Step 1, the following were used:

(1.1b) FIELDS, S. HELEN. "Covenanters and the Work of Rev. John Cuthbertson." In National Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 21:1 (Mar. 1933), pp. 16-18.

(1.1c) GLASGOW, WILLIAM MELANCTHON. ["Scottish Prisoners Banished to Pennsylvania and New Jersey (Perth Amboy), 1685."] In History of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in America.... Baltimore: Hill & Harvey, 1888, pp. 230-231.

ANALYSIS Step 2: Determine who was Thomas McQuown’s father.

BACKGROUND: Thomas McQuown was a son of Laurance and Jean McQuown. Laurance McQuown, born c1724, died in 1789 in Menallen Twp., York Co., Pa.; married Jean Unknown, and had thirteen children, which were documented in Laurance’s Will. So far, research shows Laurance McQuown was first documented in the 1762 property tax records of Menallen Twp., York Co., Pa. as “Mccoon.” Laurance’s eldest son was Thomas McQuown, born in 1744 “of Irish descent,” died in 1794 in Washington Co., Pa.; married Margaret Sillik Galloway and had two children, which were documented in Thomas’ Will.

RESEARCH NOTE: The McQuown and Sillik families were very closely associated over several generations. The close association between members of the McQuown and Sillik families, in multiple generations, who intermarried and lived together in both York County and Washington County, Pennsylvania, is the key to resolving the issue: Who was the father of “the Thomas McQuown,” who married Margaret Galloway?

Step 2: Evidence:

Item 2.1. Laurance McQuown had a son Thomas, proven by his Will recorded in Will Book H, York County, PA., Page 67, dated 13 July 1789, probated 22 March 1790, York Co., Pa.; Executors: John McQuown and William Gilliland; Witnesses: Carl Gist, James Patterson, and Thomas Sillik; mentions his wife Jean, names their 13 children, and specifically states “my Well Beloved Son Thomas McQuown…” [Note: Executor John McQuown was a son of Laurance McQuown]

Item 2.1 proves Laurance McQuown had a son Thomas McQuown.

Item 2.2. Land survey maps show that Laurance McQuown, his son Thomas McQuown, and Thomas Sillik, a witness to Laurance’s Will (2.1), were contiguous neighbors in Menallen Twp., York Co., Pa., from before 1770 until 1790.

2.2a. On 08 October 1770 a Warrant was issued to Samuel McCreal for a survey of 188 acres in Menallin Twp., York Co., Pa. The survey was performed on 24 April 1771. Samuel McCreal’s land is located directly between land owners Thomas Sillik, Laurence McQuown and Thomas McQuown. The survey map shows contiguous land owners: Thomas Blackburn (east border), Thomas Sillik (southeast border), Laurence McQuown (south border), Thomas McQuown (west border), “Vacant Mountains” (north border).

2.2b. On 10 April 1786, Warrant # 426 was issued to Thomas Sillicks for a survey of 200 acres in Menallin township. The survey was completed 21 September 1786 and totaled 261 acres that were patented to Thomas Sillicks; Vol. P, No. 16, page 291. The survey is copied to Book C189, page 291. This 1786 Thomas Sillicks survey map shows contiguous properties of: Laurence McQuown (southwest border), Thomas Blackburn (north border), Samuel McCreal (northwest border and contiguous to Laurence McQuown and Thomas Blackburn).

2.2c. On 30 March 1790 a Warrant was issued to Charles Good for a survey of his property “No. 1” in Manallen Township, York County, surveyed 18 October 1790, 150 acres; and a second Warrant was issued to Charles Good on 09 March 1791 for a survey of his property “No. 2” contiguous to and directly west of property No. 1, which was surveyed on 07 February 1791. Both surveys appear together on one survey map and show “Heirs of Laurence McQuown” on the eastern boundary, which is substantially reduced from the 1770 survey. Without further study, this implies that some of Laurance McQuown’s property was sold off between 1770 and 1790. See Laurance’s Will for his land disposition.

Item 2.2 (a, b, and c) proves that Laurance McQuown, Thomas McQuown, and Thomas Sillik were contiguous neighbors in Menallen Twp., York Co., Pa., starting prior to the 1770 survey, when their land was already on record, and continuing up until Laurance McQuown and Thomas Sillik both died in 1789.

Item 2.3: The Will of Thomas Sillik proves that his daughter Margaret was married to Thomas McQuown. In the Will his surname is variously spelled Sillik, Sillicks, and Sillix. :

2.3a: Thomas Sillik’s Will was recorded on the same page as Laurance McQuown’s Will, in Will Book H, York County, PA., Page 67. The Will was dated 11 March 1788, and was probated on the same day that Laurance McQuown’s Will was probated, 22 March 1790, York Co., Pa.; Executors: “Son Thomas Sillicks and my true and Trusty friend William Gilliland” Witnesses: John Colmery, Robert McClave, Catherine Gilliland; Thomas Sillik does not mention a wife who predeceased him; and names all of his children as follows:
“Daughter Agnys Wife of John Cord,”
* “Daughter Margaret now wife of Thomas Mc2uown” [see Research Note below]
“my well beloved son Samuel Sillik”
“Daughter Mary Sillicks wife to Thomas Felby”
“my well beloved Son Thomas Sillicks”
“my Well Beloved Grandson Hamilton Silliks Son of Thomas Silliks”
At the end of the Will, just ahead of the witness signatures is the entry: “Th words wife to Thomas Felby Lickwis or his heirs being centerlined before Signd”

The Administrator’s account was settled on 29 October 1790 by Thomas Sillicks [son] and William Gilliland, Esquire, Executors.

* Research Note: Some Will “abstracts” books use the spelling “McIuown” in Thomas Sillik’s Will however, after personally reading the actual Will Book entry, it is definitely McQuown with an Edwardian Script flourish 2 for the Q. An easy to understand mistake that is also seen in some of the censes where a script flourish 2 is also used by the enumerator and transcribed as “I” or “D, etc.“

Item 2.4: Thomas McQuown relocated to Washington Co., Pa. before 1784, where his children were born and where other members of the Sillik and McQuown family are found to be his neighbors. His sister Mary McQuown and her husband George McCreary are also there before moving on to Ohio. Thomas next appears in census and tax records in Washington County between 1790 and 1792. In 1792, he purchased land from Robert and Jean McBratney, who bought (2.4c) the parcel “Antiqua” from Thomas Montgomery in 1787. The following land, census, and tax records prove that Thomas McQuown and others relocated to Washington Co., Pa., purchased land there, and prove the close family ties between the McQuown and the Sillik families continued in Washington County into the second generation, after having relocated there from York County:

Item 2.4a: Book P, Vol. 6, Page 161 lists a Warrant issued on 04 March 1785 to Samuel Sellick to survey 300 acres of land called “Content” in Washington Co., Pa. The survey was made on 03 May 1785, copied into Book C-192, Page 47; the patent was recorded on 16 March 1786. The survey map shows Samuel Sillik’s contiguous neighbors, including the following: John Cotton (northwest border), Nicholas Little (west and southwest border), Henry Cotton (south border), John Robarts (west border), Mathew Steen (north border). Nicholas Little was a neighbor and a witness to Thomas McQuown’s Will. Samuel Sillik was Margaret’s brother, Thomas’s brother-in-law, and was mentioned in Thomas McQuown’s Will.

Item 2.4b: On 08 April 1786 a warrant was issued to Nicholas Little for 300 acres called “Littleton.” The survey was executed on Sept. ye 10th 1786 and returned 390 acres, recorded in Book C116, page 191. The survey map shows the following contiguous land owners: Saml Stewart, David Bradford, and Jacob Shively (northeast border), Lodwick Smith and Henry Cotton (southeast border), Saml Sillex (southwest border), John Cotton (northwest border). Nicholas Little was a witness to Thomas McQuown’s Will. Saml Sillex was Margaret’s brother and was also mentioned in Thomas McQuown’s Will.

Item 2.4c: Book P, No. 11, Page 203 lists Chartiers Patent #260, issued on 20 September 1787 to Robert McBratney for a survey of 291 acres, 100 perches called “Antiqua” in Washington Co., Pa., which was warranted on 04 September 1786 to Thomas Montgomery. The survey “on the East Fork of Chartiers Ck in Washington County contains 291 acs & 105 ps …executed on Octr ye 20th 1786 in pursuance of a warrant for 350 acs granted to Thos Montgomery dated Septr 4th 1786…” The survey map was copied to Book C120, Page 229 and lists the following contiguous property owners: Joe McBarney and Wm McComb (northeast border), Wm Montgomery (East border), John Finley (south border), Thos Kerr, Thos Feely and Thos Dill (western border), Jos Riddle (north border).

This is the parcel “Antiqua” that Thomas McQuown bought into in 1792, although he was probably living on it several years before that, based on the 1790 Federal Census and his neighbors listed therein. Thomas Feely above was married to Mary Sillik, daughter of Thomas Sillik, and sister of Samuel, Margaret, Thomas, and Agnes Sillik.

Item 2.4d: Thomas McQuown’s Land Indenture, dated 09 November 1792, for the sum of 100 Pounds paid in hand for 115 acres purchased from “Robert McBratney and Jean his wife,” for land situate in Straban Township, Washington Co., Pa. “beginning…[and running by] lands of Joseph Riddle…Thomas Kerr…Thomas Feely…William Tovine…the same being part of a tract of land granted by patent unto the said Robert McBratney said patent bearing date September the twentieth on the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred eighty seven and Inrolled in the Rolls Office for the state aforesaid in patent Book No. 11 page 181…;” witnesses Cleazat Jenkins, John Madden, Washington Co., Pa. “on the 24th day of November AD 1792…”

The survey coordinates listed in Thomas McQuown’s indenture are the identical survey landmarks, direction, degrees, and distances found in the northwest, west, and southwest boundary of the “Antiqua” parcel survey map, which was purchased from Thomas Montgomery by Robert McBratney in 1786. In 1792, Thomas McQuown purchased 115 acres, the entire northwest portion and slightly more than one-third of the original 291 acre ”Antiqua” parcel. Specifically listed in Thomas McQuown’s indenture are the following contiguous land owners: Joseph Riddle, Thomas Kerr, Thomas Feely [who was married to Mary Sillik, Thomas’s wife Margaret’s sister], and William Tovine. Nearby, but not contiguous to Thomas and Margaret McQuown, were Margaret’s brother Samuel Sillik, Nicholas Little, William Montgomery, all three of whom were listed as Witnesses to Thomas’ Will in 1794, and others previously mentioned in other surveys above.

Item 2.4e: 1790 Federal Census: Strabane Twp., Washington Co., Pa., Page Hand Numbered 151, lists the following:
Line 03: Samuel Sillex
Line 05: Thos. Kerr
Line 06: James McBurney
Line 15: Thos Feely
Line 17: Thos McEwen

Item 2.4f: The 1791 Straban Township "Property & Valuation" Return lists:
Little Nicholas: 155 Land, 2 Horses, 4 Cows, 1 Still (yup it was legal)
Little John: (no land), 2 Horses, 2 Cows
McBratney Robert (sold Thomas 155 acres, November 1792): 510 Land, 2 Horses, 2 Cows
McCreary George: (no land listed; went on to settle in Ohio), 4 Horse, 3 Cow

Thomas McQuown was not listed above. See Research Note below.

Item 2.4g: The 1792 Return For Straban Township "Property & Valuation”:
Little Nicholas, 164 Acers Land, 2 Horses, 4 Cows
*Montgomery William,320 Acers(sic) Land, 1 Horse, 3 Cows
McBratny Robert, 85 Acers land, 2 Horses, 2 Cows
McKowan Thomas (bought the land November 1792, missing the 1792 land tax), 2 Horses. 2 Cows
George McCreary is not listed in the Straban Twp. taxes in 1792.

* William Montgomery’s son or brother Thomas sold part of this land to McBratney in 1787.

Research Note: Important, but NOT proven here, is the fact that George McCreary married Thomas McQuown’s sister Mary in York County and relocated to Washington County with Thomas and Margaret’s family (Galloway sons). George and Mary later went on to Ohio when it opened for settlement. Since George McCreary and Thomas McQuown are listed in alternate years with the same neighbors in the census and tax records, they probably lived together or near each other. They probably tenant farmed the same McBratney property, and took turns sharing the combined household tangible property taxes, before Thomas actually bought the land from McBratney in November 1792.

Item 2.5: The following items prove that Thomas McQuown’s wife, Margaret Sillik, was first married to Unknown Galloway:

Item 2.5a: The Will of Thomas McQuown, Will Book No. 1, Washington Co., Pa.; signed 07 October 1794, recorded 20 December 1795; Executrix: “my wife Margret;” Witnesses: Nicholas Little, Samuel Sillik, and William Montgomery; States the following:
“beloved wife Margrat McQuown and gardien that will be hereafter mentioned”
* “my dearly beloved wife Margrat McQuown otherwise Sillik”
“the Children, that is to say, James McQuown and Margrat McQuown”
“the above Margrat McQuown my wife”
“Margrat my Wife”
“the above mentioned James McQuown”
“the above mentioned James McQuown is to enjoy full possession of the land at the age of twenty one”
* “to my Stept Son John Galleway”
* “to my Stept Son Samuall Gallaway”
“my Daughter Margret McQuown”
“my wife Margret and do apoint and ordain her to be my hole and sole Executrix and allso my Brother inlaw Samuale Sillik to beaGaurdien with her in all and every thing requeset therein”

Item 2.5b: Boyd Crumrine, "History of Washington County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men" (Philadelphia: L. H. Leverts & Co., 1882); Donegal Twp. (pp. 742-764): Taken from a biography on James McQuown:

2.5b, Page 763: “JAMES McQuown. Thomas McQuown, a gentleman of Irish descent, married Mrs. Margaret Galloway, by whom he had two children, Margaret and James. Margaret married William Davidson. James McQuown was born in Washington County, Sept. 24, 1784, and died in 1864. His father died when he was ten years of age…He was married Sept. 29, 1805, to Sarah McGaw. They had ten children,--Isabella, Margaret, Delilah, Thomas, Sarah, James, Jane, Elizabeth, John, and Agnes. But two of the children, Sarah and James, are now [1882] living.”

2.5b, Page 742: “James McQuown, who died in 1864, at the age of eighty years, was an early settler in this [Donegal] township. In 1805 he married Miss Sarah McGaw, and in 1810 they settled in West Alexander… In 1840 he was county surveyor. He purchased a farm of William Hawkins [1826]…His wife, Sarah McQuown, died in 1858, aged seventy-six years.”

Therefore we know we have the right Thomas McQuown and, proven by his own Will, who married Margaret [Sillik] Galloway. In his Will, Thomas McQuown names:
1. His wife “Margrat McQuown otherwise Sillik;”
2. His wife Margaret’s brother “my Brother inlaw Samuale Sillik”
3. His wife Margaret’s Galloway children, John and Samuel; and
4. Their own McQuown children, James and Margret.

Then, in Crumrine’s History of Washington County published in 1882, in biographical information for James McQuown, he tells us that:

1. James McQuown’s father was Thomas McQuown, who was “of Irish descent;”

2. Thomas McQuown married Margaret Galloway, whom we already know to be the Margaret Sillik, who married Thomas McQuown, as proven by her father Thomas Sillik’s Will (Item 2.3a); and

3. Crumrine names Thomas and Margaret McQuown’s children: James and Margaret;

4. Crumrine also tells us that their Daughter Margaret McQuown married William Davidson, which is important when researching the Will of Agness Cord(2.6).

5. Crumrine provides biographical information on son James McQuown and his family; he says that James was born on 24 September 1784 in Washington County, Pa.; and that his father Thomas McQuown died when James was 10 years old.

Item 2.6: Additional proof of the interrelated family members and their relationships is provided by the Will of Agnes Cord, whom we know was Margaret Sillik’s sister that married John Cord, as proven in her father Thomas Sillik’s Will (Item 2.3a). Agnes (Sillik) Cord’s Will provides many important additional details about her sister Margaret. Agnes names Margaret’s eldest Galloway son John, names her sister Margaret’s McQuown son James, and Agnes provides her sister Margaret’s third married name Forbes. Agnes also provides proof of other relationships within the Sillik and McQuown families in three different generations. Some of this confirms other already proven facts in this analysis.

Item 2.6a: The Will of Agness Cord, recorded in Will Book No. 4, Page 488, Washington Co., Pa., signed 14 March 1822, probated 09 August 1826, Executors: “Isaac Vance & the above named James McQuowen,” Witnesses: Walter Maxwell and William Abel; and specifically names the following:
“my sister Margaret Forbes…her grand daughter Agness Davidson”
“John Stuart who formerly lived with us…to his eldest son John Stuart…his second son William Stuart”
“my late husband [unnamed]”
“the children of my late niece Elizabeth Graham viz. Polly John, Nancy & Thomas & Eliza & also Hamilton Graham son of James Graham father of the above by a second marriage”
“the above mentioned Agness & Nancy Davidson” [sister Margaret’s grandchildren]
“John Erskine son to William Erskine who is married to my brother Samuels daughter Isabella [Sillik]”
“my sisters son James Graham”
“Samuel McKee…Anna McKee”
“Isaac Vance”
“my sister Margaret & Isabella Erskine”
“my brother Samuels daughter Nancy & my sister Mary’s daughter Nancy”
“Mary & Polly Graham above mentioned daughters of the above named James Graham”
* “Samuel Sillick sons my brother Samuel & to the children of his brother Thomas who shall take the share that would fall to their father equally among & to John Galloway & James McQuown my sister Margarets sons & to William & John Feely my sister Marys sons the sons the entire remains of my estate to be divided among them so that Thomas Sillicks children shall stand as one of six having each of the above an equal share viz. Thomas Sillicks children altogether to have a sixth part of said remains & each of the above mentionedlegatees a sixth part”
“August 9th 1826. Letters Testamentary with Copy of the Will and probate annexed issued to Isaac Vance and James McQuown Executors.”

Agnes [Sillik] Cord’s Will corroborates all of the evidence entered previously. When added to all of the other Wills, land surveys and indenture, census, tax records, and history book articles, there is more than sufficient evidence to reach a conclusion.

Step 2: SUMMARY OF MOST RELEVANT FACTS

1. Laurance McQuown lived in Menallen Twp., York Co., Pa. prior to 1762 and died there in 1789.

2. Laurance McQuown had a son Thomas McQuown who was “of Irish descent.”

3. Laurance McQuown lived in Menallen Twp., York Co., Pa., contiguous to Thomas Sillik, beginning prior to 1770 and continuing until they both died in 1789.

4. Thomas Sillik was a witness to Laurance McQuown’s Will.

5. Thomas Sillik’s children were daughter Agnys, who married John Cord; Margaret, who married Thomas McQuown; son Samuel Sillik; daughter Mary Sellicks wife to Thomas Felby [Feely]; and son Thomas Sillicks.

6. Laurance McQuown’s and Thomas Sillik’s Wills both named William Gilliland (a lawyer) who appeared in court for both Wills when they were probated on the same day, 22 March 1790 in York Co., Pa.

7. Thomas McQuown married Margaret Sillik, daughter of Thomas Sillik.

8. Margaret Sillik married first an Unknown Galloway and had two sons: John and Samuel.

9. Margaret Sillik married second Thomas McQuown and had two children: James and Margrett.

10. By 24 September 1784, when their son James was born, Thomas and Margaret McQuown had relocated from York County to Straban Twp., Washington Co., Pa., where they lived near Margaret’s brother Samuel Sillik’s family, and also near her sister Mary and her spouse Thomas Feely’s family.

11. After Thomas McQuown died in 1794, Margaret married third an Unknown Forbes.

12. Crumrine names Thomas and Margaret McQuown’s children, James and Margaret, gives us James’ birth date 24 September 1784 and birth location: Washington Co., Pa.

13. Crumrine tells us that their daughter Margarett McQuown married William Davidson.

14. Margaret Sillik’s sister, Agnes Cord, named John Galloway, Margaret’s eldest Galloway son and names James McQuown, Margaret’s eldest McQuown child in her Will; Agnes also referred to sister Margaret’ McQuown grandchildren: Agnes and Nancy Davidson, who were children of Margaret’s daughter Margarett (McQuown) Davidson.

ISSUE RESOLUTION: We have more than enough evidence to prove our conclusion.

Step 2 CONCLUSION: The Thomas McQuown in question was a son of Laurance McQuown. He was not a son of John McEwen/McQueen III. Thomas McQuown was “of Irish descent,” born in 1744, died in 1794 in Washington Co., Pa., was a son of the Laurance McQuown, who came to America prior to 1762, and lived and died in Menallen Twp., York Co., Pa. Laurence’s son Thomas married his neighbor Thomas Sillik’s daughter Margaret Sillik Margaret Sillik married first Unknown Galloway and had two sons: John and Samuel Galloway. Thomas and Margaret McQuown relocated from York County to Washington County, Pa. prior to 1784, where their son James McQuown was born in 1784. In Washington County they lived near Margaret’s siblings: brother Samuel Sillik and sister Mary Sillik Feely. Thomas and Margaret McQuown had two children, both born in Washington County: James, born in 1784, and Margaret [born 1790 in Washington Co., Pa.]. Margaret’s sister Agnes (Sillik) Cord died in Washington Co., Pa. in 1822 and confirmed additional details about the intermarried families. Margaret (Sillik) McQuown married third Unknown Forbes between [Thomas’s death in] 1794 and [Agnes’ Will date of] 1822.

Step 2 SOURCES: All sources used in Step 2 were named within the analysis. In addition, the Wills of Laurance McQuown, his son Thomas McQuown, Thomas Sillik, his son Samuel Sillik and his daughter Agnes Sillik Cord stated above, are all now posted on-line for free access by all interested researchers at Rootsweb.com and Ancestry.com.