John McCandless

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR John McCandless is not in my direct ancestry. He is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of Unknown McCandless I Uncle of William "Tailor Billy" McCandless.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth		expect Ireland
Marriage		expect Ireland	To Jane Carothers
Death		Plum Twp., Allegheny Co., PA

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Children

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
John McCandless	M	~1770		Mary Ann Smith	married in Ireland
George McCandless	M	March, 1771		Mary Fish of Carlisle, PA, m.1794
James McCandless	M			Margaret Moore of Center Twp.
William C. McCandless	M	1777		Nancy Fish of Center Twp. m. 1801
Jane McCandless	M			Robert M. McCandless	married in Ireland
Elizabeth McCandless	F			Anthony Thompson of Center Twp.

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
County Antrim, Ireland
Carlisle, Cumberland Co. PA
Plum Twp., Allegheny Co. PA

Sources

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1	The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County Pennsylvania , 1977, self published by Joseph A. Ferree. Natrona Hgts. PA, p.4-6: John and Jane (Carothers) McCandless followed their two older sons from County Antrim, Ireland to America. They resided in Carlisle, Cumberland Co. PA for a time, then continued west with their children and a party of other settlers to Allegheny County. John and Jane McCandless settled in what was then Plumb (now Plum) Township and remained there. John and Jane had six children. A large group of the younger settlers, including many McCandlesses, pushed farther north. These divided up the area that was to become Center and Franklin Townships, Butler Co. PA.	See (Immigration of John & Jane Carothers McCandless, 6 children, & 3 McCandless nephews)
2	Taxables of 1803 from the 1895 History of Butler Co.PA, Brown & Co. p. 52. William McCandless (tailor) 400 acres,1 cow, valuation $570, tax $1.23; William McCandless (distillery) 400 acres, 4 cows, 1 horse or ox, ;valuation $570, tax $1.71
3	Early Settlers of Butler County Pennslyvania 1800-1806, ed. John F. Gall and David K. Webb (a listing of names found in early records indicating residence). p. 10 McCandless, Geo. -06; McCandless, John Esq. (Sheriff) 02-06; McCandless, Robt. -06; McCandless, Wm. (Printer and Distiller) 04-06.
4	1895 History of Butler County , Brown & Co. p.581-582, Centre Township Pioneers. Details the settlement of the township by a large group of about 60 pioneers who came in a body to divide up the land. These included James McCandless, 400 acres; John McCandless, 400 acres; Robert McCandless, no land taxed."Six male members of the McCandless family accompanied the pioneers of 1796, and four of them located in this township. They were the sons of John McCandless, who came from Ireland, and settled in Allegheny county with his family. John, one of the colonists of Centre township, was the first sheriff of Butler county. He died in 1810."	(Portions of complete text)
5	1895 History of Butler County , Brown & Co., p. 587, Franklin Township, First Settlers. "The pioneers of what now constitutes Franklin township were John McCandless and Aaron Moore, who are said to have located lands here in 1795, before the colony of sixty settled in Centre township. In 1796 a branch of the Centre colony drew lots for the cabins built west of the line, and the same year James, George, William, and it is said Garrett Moore, sons of Aaron, came into the township as residents. At the same time Lewis Wilson, the two William McCandless, Robert McCandless,...(others)...all fellow colonists and all natives of Ireland, located here... One of the McCandless settlers was a tailor and afrmer, the other a distiller and farmer. Both were named William, and in order to distinguish between them the former was known as "Tailor Billy" and the latter as "Stiller Billy."
5	1883 History of Butler County , Waterman, p.336-339, Centre Township. Details the settlement of the township by a large group of about 60 pioneers who came in a body to divide up the land. These included John, Robert, George, James and two William McCandlesses.	(Portions of the complete text)
6	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.	N/A