When Col. James Alexander McFarlane was born on 22 November 1754, in Hopewell Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Patrick McFarlane, was 27 and his mother, Rosanna Howard, was 19. He had at least 4 sons and 7 daughters with Mary Loudon. He died on 9 November 1830, in Armagh Township, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Reedsville, Brown Township, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Pharthaláin, a patronymic from the personal name Parthalán, which is most probably from Latin Bartholomaeus (see Bartholomew ). Parthalán, regularly shortened in speech to Parlán, has also been Anglicized as Bartlett . Compare McPartland .
History: McFarlane is a Scottish clan originally associated with Arrochar on Loch Long. — Robert McFarlane came to NY in 1835 and was editor of Scientific American magazine (1848–65).
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