McFarland Ancestors of Ruth and Florence Paget – Virtual Genealogy Project by Ruth Paget
My Scottish and modern-day Northern Irish ancestors were most probably Presbyterians when they immigrated to the United States, the national faith of Scotland and Northern Ireland. In Wisconsin, they are a famous family for founding McFarland, Wisconsin outside Madison.
I found most of the information for this virtual genealogy project in cemetery records, which sometimes differ from county records, because burials often happen after the filing of death certificates.
G1 here refers to generation 1 and on back through history.
G1 – Florence Paget
-daughter of Laurent Paget and Ruth Pennington
G2 – Ruth Pennington
-daughter of Clarence Pennington and Beatrice May Sawle
G3 – Beatrice May Sawle
-daughter of Frank Sawle and Daisy May Bardsley
G4 – Frank Sawle
-son of William Stephen Sawle Sr and Jeanette Scott Hodgson
born: 1901
died: 1996
G5: Jeanette Scottt Hodgson
-daughter of Jonathan Hodgson and Elizabeth E. “Lizzie” McFarland born: 1866 died: 1948, Arena, Wisconsin, Dane County
G6 –Elizabeth E. “Lizzie” McFarland
-daughter of George A. McFarland and Janett Scott
born: January 8, 1840
died: May 30, 1840
G7 – George A. McFarland
-son of Robert McFarland and Elizabeth Sinclair -settler of McFarland, Wisconsin born: January 22, 1802 in Hopewell, New York died: October 6, 1884 in town of McFarland, Wisconsin Note: Obelisk Tombstone Inscription reads Born in the Town of Hopewell, New York
G8 – Robert McFarland Sr
-son of James McFarland and Elizabeth Cooke (cemetery note in Hopewell, New York)
born: 1773 or 1776
died: August 2, 1859 buried at South Kortright Cemetary, South Kortright, Delaware county, New York
(Note: Married Elizabeth Sinclair (1784 – 1860) in 1800.
G9 – James McFarland
-son of Robert McFarland and Jennet (or Jenette) Scott
born: c. 1675 in Scotland or Northern Ireland
died: 1751 in Donegal Township, Pennsylvania (information online from will)
G10 – Robert McFarland Immigrant from Northern Ireland to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (from will)
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France Died: in Donegal Township, Pennsylvania
