McFarlands Who Served in the American Revolution
Compiled by Mary Helen Haines
When the Revolutionary War broke out in 1775, men with the surname McFarland, or a variant, signed up to fight, either for the Continental Army, or for the various regiments organized by the separate colonies. Other men, especially in the frontier regions, served in local militias, and those men who were too old, and some women as well, contributed to the war effort with goods that fed or clothed the men fighting.
Below is a compilation of men and women known for their service. This list is compiled from Ancestry.com, the National Archives, Footnotes.com, and DAR records, as well as other resources.
If you have an ancestor not on this list, please inform me at
Original 13 Colonies
New Hampshire, NH
Massachusetts, MA
Connecticut, CT
Rhode Island, RI
New York, NY
Pennsylvania, PA
New Jersey, NJ
Delaware, DE
Maryland, MD
Virginia, VA
North Carolina, NC
South Carolina, SC
Georgia, GA
Revolutionary War Information |
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McFarlin, Alexander |
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served in: |
NC, 1st Batt., Col. Thomas Clark |
rank: |
Private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
Enlisted Nov. 77 for 3 yr. , roll dated 1778 |
source: |
National Archives through Footnote.com, DAR |
McFarling, Andrew |
also McFarland |
served in: |
VA, 12th Regiment, Col. James Wood, Capt. Langdon |
rank: |
Pvt., Corporal |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
Enlisted 1777, wounded at Brandywine, Sept.'77 |
source: |
National Archives through Footnote.com |
McFarland, Andrew |
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served in: |
NY |
rank: |
Pvt, Cpl, Orderly Sergeant |
birth: |
1751, Scotland |
death: |
1833, New York |
service description: |
Capt. Hasbrouck, Childs, etc. |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, Andrew |
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served in: |
PA |
rank: |
Captain |
birth: |
1729, Lancaster Co., PA |
death: |
1777, Philadelphia, PA |
service description: |
Cumberland Co. Militia, 3rd Batt. |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarlin, Adam |
(same person as below?) |
served in: |
Continental Troops |
rank: |
matross |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
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source: |
National Archives, Roll/Box 118 |
McFarlin, Andrew |
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served in: |
Continental Troops, 2nd Artillery Reg., New York |
rank: |
bombadier, matross |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
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source: |
National Archives, Roll/Box 119 |
McFarlin, Andrew |
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served in: |
Continental Troops, Capt. Bedken, Gen. Count Pulaski |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
May 1779 for 3 yrs. Taken prisoner by enemy Jan. 25, 1780 |
source: |
National Archives, Footnote.com |
McFarland, Benjamin |
also McFarlin |
served in: |
VA, 3rd and 7th Regiments, Lt. Col. Wm. Heth |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
1747, Virginia |
death: |
1823, TN |
service description: |
enlisted 1777 for 3 yrs., on furlough Jan. 1779 |
source: |
D.A.R. and Archives 97, 98, 99, Footnote.com |
McFarlin, Bradford |
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served in: |
MA, 23rd Cont'l Troops, Capt. Samuel Bradford's Co. |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
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source: |
National Archives, Footnote.com |
McFarland, Daniel |
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served in: |
PA (Virginia Militia, acc. to Service Rolls in Nat.Archives) |
rank: |
Private to Colonel |
birth: |
1731, Worcester Co., Massachusetts |
death: |
1817, Washington Co., PA |
service description: |
Militia for Monongalia, Co. of Rangers, Gaddis Command |
source: |
D.A.R., National Archives in Footnote.com |
McFarland, Daniel |
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served in: |
MA |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
1723, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts |
death: |
1797, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts |
service description: |
Capt. Hurd, Col. Stafford, 1777-1778 |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, Daniel |
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served in: |
MA., 4th Regiment, Col. Shepard, Capt. Learnerd |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
Enlisted July 10, 1779, Deserted July 23, 1779 |
source: |
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McFarlin, Daniel |
also McFarlane, McFarling |
served in: |
VA, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 11th Reg., Col. McClenachan, Russell |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
enlisted Dec. 1777 for three years |
source: |
National Archives, #102, Footnote.com |
McFarlin, Daniel |
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served in: |
South Carolina, 2nd Regiment |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
service description: |
on same page as Malcolm McFarlin, 1779 |
source: |
National Archives, Footnote.com |
McFarland, Duncan |
also McFarlin |
served in: |
PA, 9th Regiment, Capt. Bowen, Lt. Col. Nagel |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
abt. 1750, PA |
death: |
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service description: |
Pay from May, 1777 through July, 1778 |
source: |
National Archives, #83, Footnote.com |
McFarland, Ebenezer |
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served in: |
MA |
rank: |
Private, Sergeant |
birth: |
1751, Hopkinton, Middlesex Co., Mass. |
death: |
1837, Hopkinton, Mass. |
service description: |
Capt. Howe, McFarland, Col. Bullard, Howe |
source: |
D.A.R. (widow's pension rejected for lack of evidence: Nat'l Archives) |
McFarland, Elijah |
MacFarlin, Mackferlin |
served in: |
MA, 23rd Continental Troops, Capt. Bradford's Co. |
rank: |
Private |
birth: |
1722, Plympton, Mass. |
death: |
Enlisted Nov. 1775, died 11-29-77 in war |
service description: |
Capt. Thomas Turner, Col. Samuel Bradford |
source: |
D.A.R., National Archives, Footnote.com |
McFarland, Elijah Jr. |
McFarlin |
served in: |
MA, 23rd Con't Troops |
rank: |
Private |
birth: |
1749, Plympton, Mass. |
death: |
1827, Fairfield, Maine |
service description: |
wounded twice |
source: |
D.A.R., Footnote.com |
McFarland, George |
McFarlin in S.C. pension record |
served in: |
SC |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
abt. 1763, Ireland (abt. 1754 from pension info.) |
death: |
aft. Jan.2, 1834, Abbeville Dist. S.C. |
service description: |
Capt. McGaw, Col. Anderson |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarlan, Hosea |
also Hosiah McFarlin |
served in: |
NY, 1st Reg., Capt. Finck, Wendell; Col. Van Schaick |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
abt. 1780 |
service description: |
Taken prisoner, July 23, 1779, payments made to Executrix |
source: |
National Archives, #65, 66, Footnote.com |
Farland, Isaac |
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served in: |
VA |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
death: |
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service description: |
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source: |
National Archives, #99 |
McFarland, Jacob |
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served in: |
PA, North Carolina |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
1756, Ireland |
death: |
1835, Haywood Co., tN |
service description: |
1776, PA line; 1779, NC Militia |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, James |
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served in: |
PA |
rank: |
Capt. |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
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source: |
National Archives #84 |
McFarland, James |
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served in: |
GA |
rank: |
civil service |
birth: |
1750, VA |
death: |
1820, Wilkes Co., Georgia |
service description: |
Justice of the Peace, 1776, Richmond Co., GA |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, James |
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served in: |
Maine, which was Mass. at the time,Capt. Daniel Sullivan, 3rd Co. 6th Lincoln County Reg., Col Benjamin Foster |
rank: |
1st Lieutenant, app. 4-30-1777 |
birth: |
abt. 1741-42 Brunswick, Mass.(Maine today) |
death: |
1816-18, Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada |
service description: |
Ap. 1777 to Oct. 1777 |
source: |
D.A.R., Genealogy of the McFarland Family of Hancock Co.ME |
McFarland, James |
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served in: |
MA |
rank: |
Private, Corporal |
birth: |
1758, Worcester, Mass. |
death: |
1835, Worcester, Mass. |
service description: |
with Capt. Washburn, Col. Holman and more |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, James Jr. |
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served in: |
MA, 15th Reg., Col. Benj. Tupper, Capt. Farnum, Abbot |
rank: |
Private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
Enlisted Sept. 1777 for 3 yrs., discharged Feb. 1780 |
source: |
National Archives, Footnote.com |
McFarland, James |
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served in: |
PA |
rank: |
Patriotic service |
birth: |
1759, PA |
death: |
1812, Cumberland Co., PA |
service description: |
paid supply tax, 1781 |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, James |
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served in: |
PA |
rank: |
quartermaster |
birth: |
1754, Cumberland Co., PA |
death: |
1830, Mifflin Co., PA |
service description: |
Lt. Col. Wm McFarlane Rangers |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, James |
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served in: |
PA |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
before 1746 |
death: |
1825 |
service description: |
6th Regiment, Continental Army, Cumberland Co. Militia |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, James |
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served in: |
New Hampshire militia, Stickney's Reg., Capt. Dearborn's Co. |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
July-Sept. 1777, joined Cont'l Army 1777 |
source: |
National Archives #43, Footnote.com |
McFarland, Jesse |
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served in: |
NH militia, Bedel's Reg, Capt. Stevens |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
4 mo. 1778, defense of frontier at Haverhill, Coos |
source: |
National Archives #49, Footnote.com |
McFarlin, John |
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served in: |
MD, 2nd Reg. |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
1747, Ireland |
death: |
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service description: |
joined June, 1782, lived in PA |
source: |
National Archives, Footnote.com |
McFarland, John |
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served in: |
NH |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
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source: |
National Archives #43, 49 |
McFarland, John |
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served in: |
Continental Troops |
rank: |
matross (gunner's assistant) |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
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source: |
National Archives #118 |
McFarland, John |
also spelled McFarlin, McFarling, McFarlan |
served in: |
NY, 1st Regiment, Capt. Wiley, Col. McDougall |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
1776 with Capt. Wiley; 1780 on with 2nd Co. Capt. Jansen |
source: |
National Archives #70, Footnote.com |
McFarland, John |
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served in: |
NY, 3rd Regiment, Col. Peter Gansevoort |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
1776 till end of war |
source: |
National Archives, Footnote.com |
McFarland, John |
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served in: |
MA |
rank: |
Sergeant |
birth: |
Massachusetts |
death: |
aft. 1800, Maine Dist. Massachusetts |
service description: |
Capt. Benjamin Lemont, Maj. Wm. Lithgow |
source: |
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McFarland, John Porter |
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served in: |
NC |
rank: |
patriotic service |
birth: |
1750, Ireland |
death: |
1824, Wilson Co., TN |
service description: |
paid for services rendered |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, John |
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served in: |
PA |
rank: |
1st Lieutenant |
birth: |
1733 Lancaster Co., PA |
death: |
1787, Hanover TWP, Dauphin Co., PA |
service description: |
6th & 9th Batt., Capt. Wm. Laird, Lancaster Co. Militia |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, John |
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served in: |
PA |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
1738, Ireland |
death: |
1802, Chester Co., PA |
service description: |
Chester Co. Militia, Capt. John Craige |
source: |
McFarland, John |
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served in: |
PA |
rank: |
1st Lieutenant |
birth: |
1748, Philadelphia Co., PA |
death: |
1839, Monongalia Co., VA |
service description: |
Lancaster Co., Militia, Capt. Fridley, Lowers |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarling, John |
filed with John McFarley |
served in: |
VA, 1st State Reg., Capt. John Lee, Col. Gibson |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
reported dead March 1778 |
service description: |
Enlisted Sept. 1777 for 3 years |
source: |
National Archives through Footnote.com |
McFarlin, John |
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served in: |
VA, 14th Reg., Capt. Thomas Thweatt, Col. Charles Lewis |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
sick, but present March, 1778 |
source: |
National Archives through Footnote.com |
McFarlin, John |
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served in: |
Continental Army, 2nd Artillery, Col. Lamb, assigned NY |
rank: |
matross |
birth: |
Scotland, a tailor |
death: |
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service description: |
6th Co., Capt. Bauman, deserted Feb. 26, 1778 |
source: |
National Archives #118 |
McFarland, John |
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served in: |
VA |
rank: |
patriotic service |
birth: |
1708, Scotland (act. Ireland) |
death: |
abt. 1784, Bedford Co., VA |
service description: |
Oath of Allegience, provided material |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, John Jr. |
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served in: |
VA |
rank: |
Private, Patriotic Service |
birth: |
1739, Lancaster Co., PA |
death: |
post 1803, Buncombe (Haywood Co.), NC |
service description: |
Montgomery Co. Militia, Oath of Allegiance |
source: |
D.A.R. |
Farland, John W. |
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served in: |
NY |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
source: |
National Archives #66 |
McFarland, Jonathan |
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served in: |
Continental Troops |
rank: |
fifer |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
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source: |
National Archives #132 |
McFarlin, Joseph |
also spelled McFarland, McFarlan, McFarling |
served in: |
NH, 1st Reg., Col. Joseph Cilley, Capt. Frye |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
enlisted 1777 for war, abode is Londonderry, NH |
source: |
National Archives #43, 49, Footnote.com |
McFarland, Joseph |
prob. the same as above |
served in: |
NH |
rank: |
Captain |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
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source: |
National Archives #135 |
McFarland, Margaret |
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served in: |
NC |
rank: |
patriotic service |
birth: |
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death: |
post 1790, Nash Dist., Caswell Co. NC (cor. MO) |
service description: |
provided material, Caswell Co. |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarlane McGee Bell, Martha |
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served in: |
NC |
rank: |
patriotic service |
birth: |
ca. 1735 Alamance Co. NC |
death: |
1822 Randolph Co. NC |
service description: |
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source: |
D.A.R. #A008762 |
McFarlin, Malcolm |
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served in: |
SC, 2nd Regiment |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
1779 pay roll |
source: |
National Archives #89, Footnote.com |
McFarlin, Mordecas |
also appears as Mordeau, Mordicar |
served in: |
SC |
rank: |
Sergeant |
birth: |
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death: |
service description: |
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source: |
National Archives #89 |
McFarlin, Morgan |
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served in: |
NC, 2nd Regiment, Capt. Coleman's Co. |
rank: |
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birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
one card, Feb. 18, 1782, present |
source: |
National Archives, Footnote.com |
McFarland, Moses |
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served in: |
MA, Continental Troops |
rank: |
Capt, and Major |
birth: |
1738, Londonderry, New Hampshire |
death: |
1802, Haverhill, Massachusetts |
service description: |
McFarlands Co.,4th and 5th Regiment, Nixon's Regiment |
source: |
D.A.R., National Archives #132, 136, Invalid Pension |
McFarland, Peter |
also spelled McFarlin, McFarling |
served in: |
CT, 8th Regiment, Col. John Chandler, Capt. Mattock |
rank: |
Corporal |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
Enlisted 1777 for duration |
source: |
National Archives #23, Footnote.com |
McFarland, Robert |
also Robard McFarland, and Farland |
served in: |
MA, 15th Reg., Col. Tupper, Capt. Mayberry |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
Enlisted Jan.1776, 3 yr., lame in camp March 1779 |
source: |
National Archives #39, Footnote.com |
McFarland, Robart |
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served in: |
Continental Troops |
rank: |
Sergeant |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
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source: |
National Archives #123 |
McFarland, Robert |
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served in: |
PA |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
1740, Bucks Co., PA |
death: |
1823, Franklin Co., PA |
service description: |
Militia, Capt. Nicholas Patterson |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, Robert Jr. |
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served in: |
VA |
rank: |
Private, Ensign, Lieutenant |
birth: |
1759, Orange Co., NC |
death: |
1837, Jefferson Co., TN |
service description: |
Capt. Russell, Montgomery, Col. Arthur Campbell |
source: |
Pension #S2004, D.A.R. |
McFarlin, Rob't |
also Robert McFarland |
served in: |
VA, 7th Regiment, Capt. Joseph Crockett, Col. Alex. McClenehan |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
Roll dated 1776 |
source: |
National Archives #104 |
Mcfarland, Sam'l |
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served in: |
NH, Kelley's Regiment of Volunteers |
rank: |
Private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
under Col. Moses Kelley, Aug. 1778 |
source: |
National Archives, Footnote.com |
McFarlin, Solomon |
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served in: |
MA |
rank: |
private |
birth: |
1764, Plympton (Middleborough?), Mass. |
death: |
June 3, 1827 in Fairfield, Kennebec Co., Maine |
service description: |
3 yrs. under Col. Gratin, Capt. Hobby |
source: |
Invalid Pension S37233, Footnote.com |
Fairland, Samuel |
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served in: |
CT |
rank: |
Private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
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source: |
National Archives #19 |
McFarland, Thomas |
also spelled McFarlin |
served in: |
Continental Army, 2nd Artillery, Col. Lamb, assigned NY |
rank: |
matross, 1777-81 |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
Capt. James Lee's Co., Capt. Simonds, wounded |
source: |
National Archives #118 |
McFarland, Thomas |
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served in: |
PA |
rank: |
Sergeant |
birth: |
1750, Lancaster Co., PA |
death: |
1818, Baton Rouge, LA |
service description: |
10th Regt. Cont Line, Capt. Stout, Col. Humpton |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, William |
also McFarlin |
served in: |
PA, Maj. Robert Clugage Volunteers |
rank: |
Private |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
Capt. Henry Black's Co. 9 month volunteers, 1778 |
source: |
National Archives, Footnote.com |
McFarland, William |
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served in: |
PA |
rank: |
Private |
birth: |
1755, Cumberland Co., PA |
death: |
1825, Harrison Co., KY |
service description: |
1st Batt, Cumberland Co. Militia, Capt. Peoples, Col. Lyon |
source: |
D.A.R. #A076838 |
McFarland, William |
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served in: |
PA |
rank: |
Civil Service |
birth: |
1756, Worcester Co., Massachusetts |
death: |
1823, Washington Co., PA |
service description: |
coroner, 1781, Washington Co. |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, William |
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served in: |
PA |
rank: |
Sergeant |
birth: |
1758, Lancaster Co., PA |
death: |
1839, Lancaster, Ohio |
service description: |
9th Batt, Lancaster Co. Militia, Capt.Bradley, Col.Rodgers |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, William |
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served in: |
PA |
rank: |
Captain |
birth: |
1751, Cumberland Co., PA |
death: |
1840, Blacklick Twp, Indiana Co., PA |
service description: |
Co. of Flying Camp, Col. Frederick Watts |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, William |
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served in: |
PA |
rank: |
Patriotic Service |
birth: |
1763, PA |
death: |
1816, Greene Co., Ohio |
service description: |
Frontier Ranger |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, William |
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served in: |
VA |
rank: |
Lieutenant |
birth: |
1738, Scotland |
death: |
1795, Berkeley Co., VA |
service description: |
Monongalia Co. Millitia, 1778, Col. Thomas Gaddis |
source: |
D.A.R. |
McFarland, William |
served in: |
NY, Harper's Regiment |
rank: |
1st Lieutenant |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
appointed March, 1780, County of Tryon(?) |
source: |
National Archives #74, Footnote.com |
McFarland, William |
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served in: |
NY, William's Regiment of Militia |
rank: |
Lieutenant |
birth: |
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death: |
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service description: |
includes James McF. as corporal, and John as private |
source: |
National Archives #114, Footnote.com |
note: |
These three also appear in Webster's Regiment of NY Militia, |
Charlotte Co. (now Washington) |
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McFarland, William |
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served in: |
Montgomery Co. VA |
rank: |
private in local militia |
birth: |
1732 |
death: |
1791 in Wythe Co. VA |
service description: |
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source: |
Militia of Montgomery County, pub. 1990 by MaryKegley |
note: |
add. Possible service in Capt. Daniel Smith's frontier milita in 1774 if proven to be the same William McFarland |
McFarland, William |
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served in: |
Benjamin Flagg's Co. Worcester, Massachusetts |
rank: |
Lieutenant |
birth: |
1722 Marblehead, Mass. |
death: |
1805 Worcester Co., Mass. |
service description: |
Marched to Lexington Ap. 19, 1775 |
source: |
Charles Nutt, History of Worcester and Its People, p. 558 |
note: |