Immigration of John and Jane (Carothers) McCandless

| McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County Pennsylvania , 1977, researched & compiled by Joseph A. Ferree, Sr.; ed. & publ. by Joseph A. Ferree, Jr., Natrona Heights. PA.

Pg.4: "In 1763 a George McCandless leased land in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. He had several sons who fought in the Revolutionary War. George kept a tavern in the hamlet of Milton...

Subsequently, a second George McCandless, at nineteen years of age, came from County Antrim, Ireland, and leased land in Cumberland County, PA. With him were cousins by the name of Carothers (his mother's maiden name.) This second George had left in Ireland his parents, John and Jane (Carothers) McCandless, 3 brothers and 2 sisters. .... This second George McCandless, later known as Butler County George,.. sent favorable reports to Antrim Co. Ireland from Cumberland Co. PA. These letters influenced his eldest brother, John, with wife and small daughter, to join him. John's report to relatives corroborated that which George had sent, and so (the parents) John and Jane (Carothers) McCandless and the remaining children all came over.

With them came three nephews of John and Jane, cousins of the brothers John and George. The three nephews were Robert, David and William McCandless. Robert had married Jane McCandless, daughter of John and Jane (Carothers) McCandless, before leaving Ireland. At the same time came cousins by the name of Carothers."