William McDowell

1682 - 1759  (77 years)

• Name	William McDowell
  Born	1682	Rockland, Antrim, Northern Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Sep 1759	Lancaster County, Colonial Pennsylvania
  Person ID	P4249	Woelfel Test
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas McDowell,   b. 1628, Antrim, Northern Ireland ,   d. 1692, Larne, Antrim, Northern Ireland  (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Anne Locke (McDowell),   b. 1640, Donegal, Ireland ,   d. 1705, Antrim, Northern Ireland  (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Irvine (McDowell),   b. 1684, Northern Ireland ,   d. 17 Feb 1782, Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 98 years)
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F1024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In the year 1737, there came into the lower part of the Cumberland Valley, the family of William McDowell. He settled at the foot of Parnell's Knob, about 10 miles west of Chambersburg, but was driven away by Indians, subsequent to Braddocks defeat. It was during this absence from home, that he died at the residence of friends near the Susquehanna and was buried at the old Donegal Church graveyard. (USGenWeb Archives). William McDowell was a refugee from the Conococheague Valley in Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War. A tombstone in this cemetery commemorates William McDowell, "In memory of William McDowell, late of Conococheague, who was a tender parent, careful instructor and an example of piety to a numerous progeny, when the settlement was obliged to fly (flee) by the barbarous Indian War. He deceased in these parts, so was interred here September 12, 1759 aged 77 years."