Mary Ann McClure

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann McClure was born in 1734, in Paxtang, Chester, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, Richard McClure Sr, was 34 and her mother, Jean Sage, was 23. She married Captain Joseph Sherer on 6 February 1759, in Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1776, in her hometown, at the age of 42, and was buried in Pennsylvania, British Colonial America.

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Family Time Line

Captain Joseph Sherer
1731–1776
Mary Ann McClure
1734–1776
Marriage: 6 February 1759
Mary Sherer
1753–1805
Samuel Sherer
1755–1821
John Sherer
1757–1822
Jean Sherer
1759–1811
William Sherer
1762–1804
Joseph Sherer
1763–1804
Catharine Sherer
1766–
Richard Sherer
1761–1825

Sources (3)

  • Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99B-VZCF?cc=1999196&wc=9PM8-4WY%3A268493801%2C268514701
  • U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
  • Burchfield Family in "Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania," Internet Archive

Name Meaning

Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir ‘son of Gille Odhar’, the ‘swarthy lad’. Compare Irish Mac Giolla Uidhir regularly Anglicized McAleer .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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