Maxwell -- IRE (Donegal) --> Jefferson Co., PA
Looking for information on the following family, as Child #5 might be my ancestor:
Found on: www.familysearch.org
Source or reference not given.
Husband: John Maxwell
Birth:c. 1793, Donegal, Ireland
Marriage:c. 1815, Donegal, Ireland
Death:MAR 1838, Donegal, Ireland
Wife: Rebecca
Birth:c. 1795, Ireland
Marriage:c. 1815, Donegal, Ireland
Death:1874, Beechwoods, Jefferson, Pennsylvania
Children
1. William Maxwell
Birth: c. 1816, Donegal, Ireland
Death: Scotland
2. Thomas Maxwell
Birth: c. 1818, Donegal, Ireland
Death: Dublin, Ireland
3. Mary Maxwell
Birth:c. 1820, Donegal, Ireland
Death: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
4. Jane Maxwell
Birth:c. 1822, Donegal, Ireland
Death: Creston, Union, Iowa
5. Joseph Maxwell
Birth: c. 1824, Donegal, Ireland
Death: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
6. John Maxwell
Birth: c. 1828, Donegal, Ireland
Death: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
7. Samuel Henry Maxwell
Birth: c. 1830, Donegal, Ireland
Burial: 1882, Beechwoods Cem, Jefferson, Pennsylvania
8. Isabella Maxwell
Birth:c.1833, Donegal, Ireland
Death: Before 1838, Donegal, Ireland
9. Sarah Maxwell
Birth: c. 1835, Donegal, Ireland
Death: Before 1838, Donegal, Ireland
10. James Maxwell
Birth:c. 1837, Donegal, Ireland
Death: Before 1838, Donegal, Ireland
11. Alexander Maxwell
Birth:28 FEB 1838, Donegal, Ireland
Death:1924Beechwoods, Jefferson, Pennsylvania
Burial:1924Beechwoods Cem, , Jefferson, Pennsylvania
Beechwoods Cemetery lists 20 Maxwells, including three in the above family:
http://www.pa-roots.com/jefferson/cemetery/beechwoodsmr.htmlhttp://www.pa-roots.com/jefferson/cemetery/beechwoodsmr.html
Maxwell Alexander1924 86yrs
Maxwell Rebecca1874 80yrs
Maxwell Samuel Henry1882 52yrs
About Alexander (#11), he appears in the following pedigree (second entry):
http://frostdnaproject.home.comcast.net/~frostdnaproject/results.htmhttp://frostdnaproject.home.comcast.net/~frostdnaproject/results.htm
078,239 is a child of Elva Mary Sibley Frost.This direct maternal pedigree follows:
* Elizabeth McElhaney b. circa 1812 in Ireland; d. 1886 in Jefferson Co., PA, USA; m. Robert Harrison Smith (b. 1809 in Co., Donegal, Ireland; d. 1896 in Beechwoods, Jefferson Co., PA, USA)
* Mary Ann Smith b. 1837 in Philadelphia, PA; d. 1916 in Lanes Mills, Jefferson Co., PA; m. Alexander Maxwell (b. 1838 in Co. Donegal, Ireland; d. 1924 in Beechwoods, Jefferson Co., PA)
* Elizabeth Maxwell b. 1860 in Lanes Mills, Jefferson Co., PA; d. 1934 in Warren, Warren Co., PA; m. 1879 to Orman Alonzo Sibley (b. 1855 in Snyder Township, Jefferson Co., PA; d. 1929 in St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co., FL)
* Elva Mary Sibley b. 1881 in Brockwayville, Jefferson Co., PA; d. 1947 in Manatee Co., FL; m. 1905 to Halsey Wilson Frost (b. 1882 in Brockwayville, Jefferson Co., PA; d. 1956 in Robeson Co., NC)
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