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From: "Mccracken, John C, WCITS" <>
Subject: RE: [MCCRACKEN] Re: McCracken family
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:52:57 -0500


Do you have any more information on James son Robert born 1777? I have been searching
for a Robert McCracken who I have as being born in 1779 (but that could be incorrect) in Pa.
and married a Hannah (don't have a last name) and had a son William H. McCracken (1808-1885).

Thanks,
John McCracken

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Here is one of the culminations of information about James McCracken.

· Name: James MCCRACKEN
· Surname: McCracken
· Given Name: James
· NPFX: Pvt.
· Sex: M
· Birth: BET 1751 AND 1753
· Death: 1813/1814 in Clearfield County,Pa
· Burial: McClures Cemetery,Curwensville,Pa
· _UID: B5E07DC045FCD411BA670080AD863D4F5827
· Event: Military 1776/1777 Cumberland County,Pa
· Event: Military 1776/1777 Cumberland County,Pa
· Note:
Tradition has him being born on board the vessel bringing his parents to
America.

History of Clearfield Co., PA - Aldrich
"The McCrackens, who are to be numbered among the pioneers of Clearfield
Co., PA, and who are now (1887) a numerous family in this locality, came to
the then unsettled river country about the begining of the 19th century,
soon after the advent of 'Squire" Arthur Bell, to whom they were related; a
relationship that has ever since been maintained. The pioneer of the
McCracken family was James. He is remembered as having been a man of great
physical strength and activity, a trait that was transmitted to his sons,
and of which they made frequent use in all athletic sports."

A. Y. Straw
"James, first settled with his family on the river above Curwensville (now
Pike Twp.) on a farm owned later by George Addleman. He then moved on the
ridge where Bloomington is located, (Ferguson Twp.) The land was later owned
by the Peal Coal Company."

The following are listed in the first count of Clearfield County in Jan.
1807.
James McCracken; Thomas McCracken; Joseph McCracken, freeman; James
McCracken Jr., freeman; Robert McCracken, freeman; Daniel McCracken,
freeman.


THE GREENWOOD, BELL, McCRACKEN, and HOCKENBERRY CONNECTION:
Food for thought...

From Perry Co., PA the Greenwood (and probably the Hockenberry) family fled
after Braddock's defeat and the Indian war that followed in July of 1756.
They crossed the Susquehanna River to Fort Hunter in Paxton Twp., Lancaster
Co. Sarah Rebecca Greenwood was born in July of 1756, probably at Fort
Hunter or nearby. (William Bell the father of Arthur Bell, moved to Paxton,
between 1753 to 1755.)

The James McCracken family of Lancaster Co. had purchased 55 A just south of
Three Mile Island on Conewago Creek in Newberry Township, York Co. in 1753.

The family of Arthur Bell lived in Middletown, just north of Three Mile
Island, in 1761 when Arthur was born.

Mr. Greenwood joined the war in May of 1758 and since his 3rd daughter, Mary
Elizabeth was born in Philadelphia in May of 1759, it's probably safe to
assume that he relocated his family to the city for safty during that time.

Mr. Greenwood returned to Perry Co. where he is taxed from 1763 to 1768. His
next 4 children were born during this time. The Greenwood family again fled
from their home in 1764 this time to Middletown. Probably seeking refuge
with his friend William Bell.

In 1769 and 70 he is taxed in Carlisle, PA where his last child was born. He
returned to Philadelphia before 1774 where he was taxed through 1783. The
records of St. James and Zion Church record a marriage on Dec. 29, 1772 of
Joseph Greenwood, widower and Jane Caruther, widow.

Rebecca, Mary and maybe Ann were married during this time probably in
Cumberland Co.
Did the family stay behind when he went to Phila.? Did his wife die in
Carlisle?

He joined the American revolution from Philadelphia in 1777 under Capt. John
Downey.

The 3 sons-in-law James McCracken, Arthur Bell and Casper Hockenberry all
served in the Cumberland Co. Malitia during the American revolution.

Letters of administration were taken out by sons Joseph and William on 7 Jan
1814.

Served as a Private in Thomas Askey's Company, 6th Battalion of the
Cumberland County Malitia, commanded by Colonel James Dunlap.

Tradition has him being born on board the vessel bringing his parents to
America.

History of Clearfield Co., PA - Aldrich
"The McCrackens, who are to be numbered among the pioneers of Clearfield
Co., PA, and who are now (1887) a numerous family in this locality, came to
the then unsettled river country about the begining of the 19th century,
soon after the advent of 'Squire" Arthur Bell, to whom they were related; a
relationship that has ever since been maintained. The pioneer of the
McCracken family was James. He is remembered as having been a man of great
physical strength and activity, a trait that was transmitted to his sons,
and of which they made frequent use in all athletic sports."

A. Y. Straw
"James, first settled with his family on the river above Curwensville (now
Pike Twp.) on a farm owned later by George Addleman. He then moved on the
ridge where Bloomington is located, (Ferguson Twp.) The land was later owned
by the Peal Coal Company."

The following are listed in the first count of Clearfield County in Jan.
1807.
James McCracken; Thomas McCracken; Joseph McCracken, freeman; James
McCracken Jr., freeman; Robert McCracken, freeman; Daniel McCracken,
freeman.


THE GREENWOOD, BELL, McCRACKEN, and HOCKENBERRY CONNECTION:
Food for thought...

From Perry Co., PA the Greenwood (and probably the Hockenberry) family fled
after Braddock's defeat and the Indian war that followed in July of 1756.
They crossed the Susquehanna River to Fort Hunter in Paxton Twp., Lancaster
Co. Sarah Rebecca Greenwood was born in July of 1756, probably at Fort
Hunter or nearby. (William Bell the father of Arthur Bell, moved to Paxton,
between 1753 to 1755.)

The James McCracken family of Lancaster Co. had purchased 55 A just south of
Three Mile Island on Conewago Creek in Newberry Township, York Co. in 1753.

The family of Arthur Bell lived in Middletown, just north of Three Mile
Island, in 1761 when Arthur was born.

Mr. Greenwood joined the war in May of 1758 and since his 3rd daughter, Mary
Elizabeth was born in Philadelphia in May of 1759, it's probably safe to
assume that he relocated his family to the city for safty during that time.

Mr. Greenwood returned to Perry Co. where he is taxed from 1763 to 1768. His
next 4 children were born during this time. The Greenwood family again fled
from their home in 1764 this time to Middletown. Probably seeking refuge
with his friend William Bell.

In 1769 and 70 he is taxed in Carlisle, PA where his last child was born. He
returned to Philadelphia before 1774 where he was taxed through 1783. The
records of St. James and Zion Church record a marriage on Dec. 29, 1772 of
Joseph Greenwood, widower and Jane Caruther, widow.

Rebecca, Mary and maybe Ann were married during this time probably in
Cumberland Co.
Did the family stay behind when he went to Phila.? Did his wife die in
Carlisle?

He joined the American revolution from Philadelphia in 1777 under Capt. John
Downey.

The 3 sons-in-law James McCracken, Arthur Bell and Casper Hockenberry all
served in the Cumberland Co. Malitia during the American revolution.

Letters of administration were taken out by sons Joseph and William on 7 Jan
1814.

Served as a Private in Thomas Askey's Company, 6th Battalion of the
Cumberland County Malitia, commanded by Colonel James Dunlap.
· Change Date: 9 Feb 2001 at 00:00:00

Marriage 1 Sarah Rebecca GREENWOOD b: 11 Jul 1756 in Pa
·Married: ABT 1774 in Cumberland County,Pa
Children
1. Joseph MCCRACKEN b: ABT 1775 in Pa
2. Robert MCCRACKEN b: 1777 in Pa
3. James MCCRACKEN Jr. b: 1779
4. Thomas MCCRACKEN b: 1781 in Pa
5. Daniel MCCRACKEN Sr. b: 1784
6. Mary Elizabeth MCCRACKEN b: 26 Apr 1786
7. John MCCRACKEN b: ABT 1787
8. William MCCRACKEN b: 1788
9. Nancy MCCRACKEN b: ABT 1790 in Huntington Co.,Pa
10. Margaret MCCRACKEN b: ABT 1792
11. Sarah MCCRACKEN b: ABT 1794 in Huntingdon Co.,Pa
12. Greenwood MCCRACKEN b: ABT 1797

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Could you provide a little more information about the James McCracken born
ca
1755 enroute from Ireland who settled in PA? In which county and township
did he settle? Who was his wife? Who were his children and whom did they
marry, when and where?

-- Dan Durham


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