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McCauley or McCalley Alexander
Male 1707 - 1788

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  • Birth  1707  Ulster Province, north of Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender  Male 
    _UPD  16 AUG 2009 11:41:08 GMT-5 
    Died  11 Oct 1788  Merrimack, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Person ID  I5009  Alan Donald Vibber
    Last Modified  08 Dec 2009 
     
    Father  McCauley or McCalley 
    Family ID  F2108  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Pinkerton Mary,   b. 1712, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1791, Merrimack, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Y  [1, 2, 3] 
    Children 
     1. McCauley or McCalley Alexander
     2. McCauley or McCalley Robert,   b. Abt 1733,   d. 1826, Crown Point, Essex, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. McCauley or McCalley James,   b. 01 Apr 1745, Hillsborough, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1812
     4. McCauley or McCalley Sarah
    Family ID  F2107  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Alexander McCauley, immigrant ancestor of this family, was born in Ulster province, north of Ireland, in 1707. He was of genuine Scotch stock, the seat of the family being in Dunbarton, Scotland. He and his brother James McCauley came to America together, locating first near Boston, then came to Hillsboro, New Hampshire. The descendants of James mostly spell the name McColley and McCalley. Alexander married Mary Pinkerton, who was born in Ireland in 1712, and died in Merrimac, New Hampshire, January 20, 1791. Alexander also died at Merrimac. Mary Pinkerton was a cousin of John Pinkerton, of Londonderry. Children: 1. James of Dunbarton; mentioned below. 2. Robert, born 1733; married Abigail Smith, of Dunbarton, July 11, 1774; left Antrim about 1794 ; wife was niece of General John Stark and his adopted daughter ; Robert died in Crown Point, New York, in 1826, aged ninety-three years ; he was a tailor, and Revolutionary soldier ; children : i. John, settled in Potsdam, New York ; married Polly Moody ; ii. Alexander, born August 25, 1780, died young ; iii. James, born May 2, 1783 ; settled at Ashtabula, Ohio, married Charlotte Hancock ; iv. Isabel Pinkerton, born January 25, 1785 ; died at Mendon, Michigan. October, 1846; married Jesse Everett ; v. Thomas, born March 1, 1787; settled at Ashtabula, Ohio, married Mary Town; vi. Smith, born March 9, 1789; died at Crown Point, Indiana ; married Dorcas Dawley, of Mt. Holly, Vermont ; vii. Moody, born November 15, 1792; removed 1792 to Ashtabula ; married Hannah Hill of Walpole, New Hampshire ; viii. Charles, married Rachel Barrett. 3. Sarah, married Captain Thomas Stuart, of Antrim. 4. Alexander, Jr., had a son David who inherited the property of his uncle Captain Thomas Stuart, at Antrim ; Alexander lived at Merrimac : had also two daughters. Mrs. Betsey, wife of Thomas McCoy, and Mrs. Sally S. ; married, 1808, Sutheric Weston.

      Alexander Mccauley, Mr. McCauley's father, was born in 1707 in the Province of Ulster, Ireland. He was a genuine Scotchman. On his arrival in America he lived for a time in the vicinity of Boston, Mass., and later settled in Hillsborough, N. H., of which town his brother, James McCauley, was one of the first settlers in 1741. Mrs. Mary (Pinkerton) McCauley, his wife, was born in 1712 in Ireland. She was a cousin of the immigrant John Pinkerton of Londonderry, N. H. Alexander and his wife, Mary McCauley, the parents of James McCauley, who married Isabel Jameson, both died in Merrimack, N. H. Mr. Alexander McCauley died Oct. u, 1788, and Mrs. Mary McCauley, his wife, died Jan. 20, 1791. Mr. James McCauley, their son, is mentioned as a public spirited citizen, doing much to promote the development and welfare of the town.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S230] Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter, (Name: Lewis historical publishing company, 1908;), 1345 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S234] History of the town of Antrim, New Hampshire: from its earliest settlement to June 27, 1877, with a brief genealogical record of all the Antrim families, Warren Robert Cochrane, (Name: Mirror Steam Printing Press, 1880;), 590 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S259] The Jamesons in America, 1647-1900: genealogical records and memoranda, Ephraim Orcutt Jameson, (Name: printed, The Rumford press, 1901;), 425 (Reliability: 3).

  

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