Table of Contents

Table of Contents                                                                                     iii

Introduction                                                                                                xi

 

I          George McCreary & Mary E. McQuown                                1

 

II          Thomas McCreary & Elizabeth Roberts                               27

          a)  William McCreary, b 1803, m Actious Boring                31

          Harper, Nancy Roberts

          aa) Margaret Jane McCreary, b 1825,                      33

                m David L. Strickler

                    ab) John “Wesley” McCreary, b 1827,             38

                 m Martha M. [-?-]

          ac) Rebecca McCreary, b 1829,                                   41

                 m Abraham Liggett

          ad) Sarah Ann McCreary, b 1831 42                          42

          ae) Thomas J. McCreary, b 1832,                               42

                 m Martha A. Staley

          af) William Miller McCreary, b 1834,                         50

                 m Julia A. Lane

          ag) Mary “Tabitha” McCreary, b 1836,                      56

                 m Pailman Allen

          ah) Nancy “Elizabeth” McCreary, b 1838,                60

                 m George W. Smith

          ai) Virginia “Jenny” McCreary, b 1840,                      61

                m George W. Smith

          aj) George Washington McCreary, b 1842,              62

                m Sarah Elizabeth  Buckey, Emma

                Thompson, & Ida “Mae” Hastings.

          ak) Almira McCreary, b 1845,                                       67

                 m Clarence Andrew C. Smith

          b)  John McCreary, b 1806,                                                       72
  
             m Mary Ann Shoewalter, Nancy McCreary

          ba) Maria McCreary, b  1831,                                       79

                 m William DeWeese

          bb) Albert McCreary, b 1833,                                      79

                 m Lydia Catherine Babb Lowder

          bc) Sarah Jane McCreary, b 1837,                              94

       m John W. Haggerty

          bd) Elizabeth McCreary, b 1840,                                94

                 m William Wellman, David W. Kenworthy

          be) Jones Lafayette McCreary, b 1844,                    100

                 m Nancy Deems, Harriett Springer

                 Kenworthy

          bf) Emily Sophronia McCreary, b 1847,                    104

                 m Philander Wymore

          bg) Deborah Ann McCreary, b 1850,                        108

                 m Mark Deems 108

          bh) Benjamin Franklin McCreary, b 1853,               115

                 m Sarah Minerva Post

          bi) Tunis Ashbrook McCreary, b. 1856,                    127

                 m Emma Ellsworth

          bj) Clarissa McCreary, b 1860,                                     132

                 m George O. Benger

          c)  Mary McCreary, b 1809, m Joseph David James          136

          ca) Eli A. James, b. 1828,                                               140

                 m Elizabeth McCracken

          cb) Mary James, b 1831,  m John Jenkins               144

          cc) James Y. James, b 1832,  m Joanna Davis        144

          cd) Ebenezer James, b. 1837,                                      146

                 m Philena Harris

          ce) Byram E. James, b 1847,  m. Maria McVey       147

          cf) Thomas W. James m Deborah McCracken        148

          d) Ruth McCreary, b abt 1810, m Joseph Evans                149

          e) James McCreary, b about 1817,                                        150

               m Mary Shackleford

          ea) Elizabeth J. McCreary, 1843,                                150

                 m William P. Naylor

          eb) Lucinda F. McCreary, b 1845,                                151

                 m Mathew Degroft

          ec) John R./S. McCreary, b 1849                                152

          ed) Harvey H. McCreary, b 1855,                                153

                 m. Mary E. [-?-] 153

          f)  Jane McCreary, b abt 1817                                                 153

          g) Nancy McCreary, b abt 1820                                               153

          h) Lewis McCreary, b 1825, m Martha Ann                          153

              Shackleford, Margaret Hannah Mahurin Todd,

              Margaret Ellenore Yount

          ha) Miller Brown McCreary, b 1850,                          154

                 m Clarissa Mann

          hb) Rev. Davis Leonard McCreary, b 1858,              157

                 m Anna M. Rawlings

          hc) William Lewis Porter McCreary, b 1864            160

          hd) Charles Watson McCreary, b 1864                     160

          he) Maude Estelle McCreary b 1869                         160

          hf) Arthur Nathaniel McCreary, b 1872                    160

          hg) Martha Agusta McCreary, b 1878                       160

 

 III       Nancy McCreary & David Evans                                              171

 

 IV      James McCreary Sr. & Mary Holt, Rachel Westbrook       175

                Cole, Margaret Clapp

          a) George Washington McCreary, b 1812,                           197

              m Mary Hayden, Marilla Stickney

          aa) Roselte D. McCreary, b 1837,                               202

                 m Amos Terrel Ladd

          ab) Samantha “Caroline” McCreary, b 1839,           212

                 m Lewis Householder

          ac) John Hayden McCreary, b 1841,                          218

                 m Aphline Kirkpatrick

          ad) Alfred Biddleton McCreary, b 1843,                  224

                 m Sarah Albina Jones

          ae) Mandana “Jane” McCreary, b 1846,                   243

                 m Jacob Clink

          af)  Vinel Elmore McCreary, b 1848,                         247

                 m Elizabeth “Jane” Muir

          ag) George Lodemas McCreary, b 1850                   266

            b) Jehiel McCreary, b. abt 1813,                                              270

               m  Ann Jackson Winter

          ba) Lewis Snodderly McCreary, b 1850,                   272

                 m Julia Ann Lyons

          bb)  Silas “Ambrose” McCreary, b. 1855,                  293

                 m Iletta Heller

          bc)  Sarah Elizabeth McCreary, b 1858,                   294

                 m Godfrey Nansel

          c) Evan McCreary, b. 1814, m Margaret May Bishop        318

          ca) Albert McCreary, b 1839,                                       320

                 m Harriet Whipple, Mary Jane Jewell

          cb) Pheribe McCreary, b 1842,                                   327

                 m John W. Biggs Jr., Warren Whipple

          cc)  Joseph B. McCreary, b 1857,                               330

       m Mary Katherine Muir

          d)  Charity McCreary, b 1817, m William Piatt,                   340

                & Francis Clement

          da) Christopher c. Piatt, b 1843                                  343

          db)  Oscar Piatt, b. 1846, m Eliza Vanskiver            344

          dc) William Henry Clement, b 1859,                          346

                 m MaryThompson

          e)  Samantha McCreary, b 1819, m Lewis George,            347

                & Cyrus L. Sanford

          ea) Jennet George, b 1841,                                         353

                 m George Washington Lemonds

          eb) Mary George, b 1844,                                             354

                 m Franklin P. Carroll

          ec)  Minerva George, b 1846,                                      357

                 m John S. Wellman

          ed)  Elizabeth George, b 1850,                                   357

                 m Beverly Searcy

          ee) William Henry George, b 1854,                           358

                 m Isadora Conner

          ef) Lewis Franklin George, b 1856                             359

          eg) Iretta George, b 1859, m John M. Hoopes      359

          f) Thomas McCreary, b 1822, m Polly Roloson                  360

          fa)  Wilbert McCreary, b 1854,                                    366

                 m Mary Frances Fuller

          fb) Emma McCreary, b 1859, m George Fuller       378

          fc) Freda McCreary, b 1861                                         379

          g) James McCreary Jr., b 1824, m Sarah Latimer               379

          ga) Samantha McCreary, b 1848,                               379

                  m Monroe Ayers/Ayres

          gaa) James Burrel Ayers Sr, b 1869                     398

          gab) Joseph Lake Ayres/Ayers, b 1871              399

          gac) Maggie Ayres, b 1874,                                    400

                   m John Clipston

          gad) Jacob “Turrel” Ayers/Ayres, b 1878           402

          gae) Cloy Monroe Ayers/Ayres, b 1880              403

          gb) Manerva McCreary, b 1849,                                  405

                 m Albert Harrold

          gba) Amanda Rosetta Harrold, b 1870,             411

                   m Henry M. Reno

          gbb) Lillian N. Harrold, b 1874, m [-?-] Gee       417

          gbc) Minnie Alberta Harrold, b. abt 1876,        419

                   m Mitchell Kepler

          gbd) Edith Iona Harrold, b 1877,                          420

                   m James R. Clipston

          gbe) William Monroe Harrold,                              421

                   m Ida Olena Kolden

          gc) Isaac G. McCreary, b 1851,                                    423

                 m Matilda Alice Gallup

          gca) Nellie E. McCreary, b 1878,                           426

                   m James Davis

          gcb) Rilla A. McCreary, b 1882,                             427

                   m Arthur Larkin

          gcc) Chester “Arthur” McCreary, b  1884,          427

                   m Nellie Vernon

          gcd) James Oliver McCreary, b 1888,                 429

                   m Gertrude Bachtell

          gd)  Caroline Priscilla McCreary, b 1855,                  431

                 m Alexander Lewis

          ge)  James M. McCreary, b 1869                                433

          gf)  Daniel Edward McCreary, b. 1871,                    433

                 m Emma V. Beckman, Ida Campbell,

                 Elizabeth Jane Williams

          gfa)  Edward George McCreary, b 1902,           433

                   m Rosalie Torian

          gfb)  Frank Elmer McCreary, b 1903                   454

          gfc)  Thelma Katherine, b 1907                            459

          h) Mary McCreary, b 1825, m William Mattice                   457

          ha) Evan Mattice, b 1844, m Jane Draper              461

          hb) William Lester Mattice, b 1846                          461

          hc) Hester Anna Mattice, b 1849                              462

          hd) Andrew F/Cellon Mattice, b 1851,                    462

                 m Laura Cordelia

          he) Mary Clymencia Mattice, b 1855,                     463

                 m Hiram M. Long

          hf) Ariminda J. Mattice, b 1858,                               467

                 m Louis H. Sroufe

          hg) Lilly F. Mattice, b 1862,                                         467

                 m William Ingersoll

          hh) Frank C. Mattice, b 1864                                      468

          i) John Sylvester McCreary, b 1832,                                       470

              m Mary Creighton

          ia) Edward Sylvester McCreary, b 1860                    480

          ib) James Harry McCreary, b 1862,                            481

                 m Mary Riley

          ic) Charles Frank McCreary, b 1863,                          483

                 m Mary E. Millet

          ica)  John Sylvester McCreary, b. 1887,             484

                   m Grace Langdon

          icb) Mary “Frances” McCreary, b 1888,              487

                  m Thomas Lynch

          icc) Blanche Margerette McCreary,                    489

                  b 1891, m Earl Brown

          icd) Lucile Catherine McCreary, b. 1893            489

          ice) Joseph “Gerald” McCreary, b. 1897,           489

                  m Rosetta Rapelje

          icf) Elizabeth “Agnes” McCreary, b 1898,          491

                 m John Whalen

          icg) James Robert McCreary, 1904                     491

          id) John Andrew McCreary, b 1867,                          492

                m Alice B. Coombe

          ida) Eleanor C. McCreary, b 1889,                        493

                  m Herman Roth, Anthony Printy

          idb) Edward Sylvester McCreary, b 1891,          493

                  m Bernice Elliott

          idc) William “Harry” McCreary, b 1893               494

          idd) Leo Russell McCreary, b 1895,                     494

                   m Genevieve Wallace

          ide) Mary “Arlene” McCreary, b 1899,                495

                  m Clarence Heider

          ie) William Wallace McCreary, b 1869,                      495

                m Catherine Robinson

          iea) Angela McCreary, b 1892/1893                    496

          ieb) William “Sylvester” McCreary, b 1895        496

          icc) James “Raymond” McCreary, b 1896          497

          icd) Alice E. McCreary, b 1899,                              497

                  m Harry Jenkins

          ice) John W. McCreary, b 1901,                            498

                  m Selma Nordeman

          icf) Edward Robinson McCreary, DDS,               498

                 b 1904

          icg) Catherine S. McCeary, b 1906                       499

          ich) Mary Ann McCreary, b 1908                          499

          if) Mary A. McCreary, b 1870,                                     499

                m Matthew Daxon

          ig) Emmet Hughes McCreary, b 1872,                      500

                m Emma Colbert

          iga) Emmet Leonard “Leo” McCreary,                501

                  b 1896

          igb) Cecilia M. McCreary, b 1909,                         501

                  m Theodore Kalamaja

          igc) Emma Margaret McCreary, b 1910             501

 

 V         Benjamin McCreary & Deborah Mathews                          527

          a) John McCreary MD, b 1813, m Emily Brown                  533

          aa) Lucy E. McCreary, b 1840,                                     536

                 m Philo R. Wagor

          ab) Anson Brown McCreary, b 1842,                        538

                 m Virginia A. Humiston

          ac) Nathan Barker McCreary, b 1848,                       548

                 m Mary Beatty

          ad) Arrabella T. McCreary, b 1850,                            551

                 m Stephen Osborn

          ae) Alfred Tate McCreary Sr., b 1854,                       553

                 m Roxanna Blackburn

          aca)  Pearl McCreary, b 1879,                                555

                    m Ernest Clifford White

          acb)  Watson Barker McCreary, b 1881,             561

                    m Roxanna Blackburn

          acc) Carl Blackburn, b 1884                                   562

          acd) Alfred Tate McCreary Jr., b 1887,              563

                   m Marian Abel

          ace) Arthur Brown McCreary, b 1897                 569

          b) George McCreary, b 1816, m Elizabeth George            570

          ba) Mary M. McCreary, b 1840,                                   572

                 m Asa Gardner

          bb) Benjamin McCreary, b 1842                                 575

          bc) Davis Miles McCreary, b 1845,                             576

                 m Sarah J. Saunders

          c) Nancy McCreary, b 1821, m John McCreary                   583

              see Chapter II

          d)  Ruth McCreary, b. 1826, Noah McVey,                            583

                Charles McCracken

          da) Samantha Jane McVey, b 1843,                           584

                 m Samuel Virtue

          db) Lafayette McVey, b 1844                                      586

          dc) Wayne McCracken, b 1853,                                  586

                 m Frances George

          dd) Mason Wellington McCracken, b 1862,            587

                 m Eva B. Ulrey

          e) Silas McCreary, b abt 1826, m Martha Allworth           588

          ea) Louisa Jane McCreary, b 1845                             590

          eb) Maria McCreary, b 1849                                        591

                 m. Alexander Brown

          ec) Sarah E. McCreary, b 1851                                     592

                 m Asa McGregory

          ed) Wreatha McCreary, b 1855                                   592

                 m Harvey Geiger

          ee) Mary Etta McCreary, b 1859                                 592

                 m Jacob D. Whiteman

          ef) Asa McCreary, b 1868, m Lizzie J. Conklin        595

          efa)  Eva Jane McCreary, b 1891                          597

          efb)  Hazel McCreary, b 1897                               599

          efc)  Harry “Floyd” McCreary b. 1903                 602

          efd) Florence A. McCreary b. 1906                     604

          efe) Leslie F. McCreary b.1909                             605

          eff) Martha McCreary b. 1915                              605

          f) Asa McCreary, b. 1829, m Elizabeth Williams                607

          g) Eliza McCreary, b. 1832, m Eli Seble                                 610

          ga) Philena “Alice” Seble b 1857,                               612

                 m George Richmond

          gb) Mary E. Seble b 1858                                              612

          gc) John Benjamin Seble b 1859                                612

                 m Cordelia Dutro

          gd) William T. Seble b. 1861 m Lilie Cass                 613

          ge) Kalida Seble b 1864, m Charles Detro               613

 

VI        Rebecca McCreary & James McFarland                               619

          a) George McFarlin, b 1821, m Lucy A. E. Linley                 622

              and Annie Dickerson

          aa) Amarilla McFarland, b. abt 1858,                         627

                 m Philander Perkins 627

          ab) James McFarland, b 1850                                      635

          ac) Cyrus Huett McFarland, b 1853                            635

          ad) Cotilda McFarland, b abt 1867                             638

          b) James McFarland, b 1829/1830,                                        638

               m Maria E. Glancy

          ba) Henry Valaningham McFarland, b 1864,           639

                 m Phoebe Irene Perkins

          bb) James H. McFarland, b 1865                                640

          bc) David McFarland, b 1866                                       640

          bd) Andrew John McFarland, b 1875,                       640

                m Jessie B. Helphrey

          c) Ann McFarland                                                                         642

          d) Alexander McFarland, b 1836,                                            643

               m Katherine Degood & Sarah K. Rine Fry

          da) Cyrus Hewett McFarland, b 1875,                       645

                m Almeda Needles

          db) Charles Stephen McFarland, b 1882,                 647

                 m Nora K. Flecknoe

          dc) Elizabeth E. McFarland, b 1884,                           647

                 m James Mosher

          dd) Frederick C. McFarland, b 1887,                          648

                 m Anna Hickman

          de) Harry Campbell McFarland, b 1892                    648

 

VII       Elizabeth McCreary & Alexander McFarland                     653

          a) Melissa McFarland, b. 1843                                                  656

          b)  Elizabeth McFarland, b. 1844                                             656

 

VIII      William McCreary & Matilda Grant                                        661

          a) Castile F. McCreary, b 1832, m Mary Ann Jones            663

          aa)  Tillie McCreary b 1859, m Robert Henkle        665

          ab)  William Alexander McCreary, b 1861,              655

                 m Martha Alice [-?-]

          ac) Elizabeth L. McCreary, b 18866                           668

          ad) Samuel A. McCreary, b 1868, m Hester            668

                 Farnwald, Mary A. (Books) Murray

          ae)  James Henry McCreary, b 1874,                         679

                  m Eva Lee Jacoby

          b)  Benjamin McCreary, b 1842,                                              680

                m Elizabeth Lavering

          c)  Anna McCreary, b 1846, m John Lavering                      681

          d) William H. McCreary, b 1847, m Arabella Kinsey          683

          e) Synthia M. McCreary, b abt 1848,                                      684

               m Adam Boomershine

          f) James Squire McCreary, b 1852,                                        689

              m Martha C. Farber

 

IX        Sarah McCreary                                                                            699

 

X         Mary McCreary                                                                             701

 

XI        McCreary leftovers                                                                     703

          a) William McCreary, b ca 1812,                                              703

              m Caroline Matilda Starks

          b) William McCreary, b ca 1797, m Harriet [-?-],                 721

              Mrs. Abigail Maxfield Beckwith

          c) William McCreary                                                                    725

          d) Jacob McCreary, b ca 1814,                                                 727

              m Mary Matilda Skeen

          e) Lott McCreary, b ca 1818, m Ruth Griffith                      727

 

Appendix                                                                                                   731

          George McCreary Family chart                                                   733

          Thomas McCreary Family chart                                                  733

          James McCreary Sr. Family chart                                               735

          Benjamin McCreary Family chart                                               736

          William McCreary Family chart                                                   737

          New York City and vicinity, 1775, Battle of Long                  738

                  Island

          Migration of George McCreary from 1777-1842 739         739

          United States Military District map, Ohio counties              742

          Chester Baptist Church constitution and                                743

                  transcribed names

          Chester Baptist Church, Abstract of original records         744

          1901 McCreary Reunion transcribed version                        746

          1901 McCreary Reunion original news article                       749

                  with George W. McCreary’s photo

          1901 McCreary Reunion with John Householder’s              751

                  transcribed speech

          1901 McCreary Reunion attendees                                          755

          Eva Gardner’s 1937 letter outlining the                                  756

                  McCreary family

          McCreary Coat of Arms                                                                765

          Maps

          United States                                                                                767

          Pennsylvania                                                                                 768

          West Virginia                                                                                 769

          Ohio                                                                                                 770

          Indiana                                                                                            771

          Iowa                                                                                                 772

 

Index                                                                                                           773

 

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