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Note: OHIO ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL QUARTERLY v. 46 p. 216
THE REV. JOHN RANKIN, EARLY ABOLITIONIST*
By PAUL R. GRIM
<i>The Ancestry and Early Career of John Rankin.
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The ancestors of the Rev. John Rankin were Scotch-Irish
Presbyterians whose lineage can be traced directly to Scotland
during the religious persecutions of the seventeenth century.1
His great-great-grandfather, William Rankin, was compelled to
flee from Scotland during that period after his two brothers had
been killed because of their religious belief. He made his escape
into Derry County, Ireland, in 1689. John, his second son, was
born there and was married to Jane McElwee.
<u><http://home.swbell.net/tjgriffi/weir/alexander_rankin.pdf></u>.
Two of Alexander Rankin's sons were martyred for Presbyterianism in Scotland: one was killed on a highway and the other suffocated in a smokehouse. Their names are unknown. Shortly thereafter, he fled with his family to Ulster, Ireland in 1688. Alexander and his sons Alexander and<b> William</b> were in Londonderry in July 1689 during the Siege of Londonderry. Alexander (the younger) served as a Lieutenant and was killed during the siege. Alexander Rankin (the elder) was one of 145 signatories on a petition of thanks to Almighty God to William and Mary, King and Queen of England, France and Ireland, for their timely assistance in raising the siege.
... "William and his family landed in Philadelphia settling in Chester County, Pennsylvania about 1720."
World Connect:
SOURCES: William, with his family and father, fled Scotland and went to Ireland to escape religious persecution. One record indicates that William may have had a total of seven children. Three of his sons came to the New World to settle in Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia. They were farmers in what is now Cumberland County. Three of his descendents - Richard, Samuel, Thomas - were early pioneer settlers of Dumplin Valley, Jefferson County, Tennessee. A tablet in the Mt. Horeb Presbyterian Church Cemetery honors them.; From RANKIN ROOTS IN EAST TENNESSEE", By Hazel Timblin Townsend
Franklin Co., PA Ancestry.com message board:
<b>Adam Rankin
</b>Posted: 22 Feb 2000 8:00AM
I realize your post was in 98, but thought I would put in my two cents worth just in case! My tree goes back to an Alexander Rankin b. abt 1630's, had three sons, two were murdered-religious persecution. Alexander, son William and family escaped to Scotland, poss. Ulster abt 1688. William had three sons, Adam, born in Scotland, John and Hugh born in Ireland. Adam and Hugh came to America in 1721 landing in Phil. PA. and settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Adam married Mary Steele. Hugh was killed in a mill accident. My family branches from Adam's brother John so that is as far as I have on Adam. I hope this will help!
http://www.miles-shute-kouns-families.com/getperson.php?personID=I174&tree=Powers
...was born in Scotland and escaped religious persecution and went to Ireland and then to America. He died in Chester co., PA.
Source: History of the Republican Party in Ohio page 783....
...In tracing the ancestry of Captain [Richard C.] Rankin, we find that during the religious persecutions in the latter part of the sixteenth century in Scotland, and after the assassination of two brothers, the Rankin family fled to county Donegal, Ireland, in 1688. William Rankin had three sons, who came to America in 1720, - Adam, John and Hugh, - who landed at Pliladelphia, Pennsylvania, and settled on farms in Chester county...
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