When James Reed Fulton was born on 2 February 1747, in Articlave, County Londonderry, Ireland, his father, Abraham Fulton, was 35 and his mother, Margaret Guthry, was 29. He married Sarah Cochrane in 1772, in Articlave, County Londonderry, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1810 and Derry Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1820. He died on 15 February 1833, at the age of 86, and was buried in Fort Barr Cemetery, New Derry, Derry Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1773: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States
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Scottish: habitational name from Fulton in Bedrule, Roxburghshire, Scotland, so named from Old English fugol ‘bird’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. Compare Folden 2.
English: variant of Folden 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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