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Marriage: Children:
  1. John McPHERSON: Birth: 1754 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. Death: 30 DEC 1775 in Quebec, Canada

  2. William McPHERSON: Birth: 1755 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. Death: 18 NOV 1813 in Stouton, PA

  3. Margaret McPHERSON: Birth: 1763 in Mount Pleasant, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. Death: 25 NOV 1785 in McIntosh, County GA

  4. Mary McPHERSON: Birth: 1765 in Mount Pleasant, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. Death: 24 DEC 1832


Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Charles McPHERSON: Birth: 1774 in Mount Pleasant, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. Death: 1832 in Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica

  2. Amelia Sophia McPHERSON: Birth: 23 OCT 1776 in Mount Pleasant, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. Death: 1 APR 1831 in Hotel Schniederff, Florence, Italy

  3. Mary Ann McPHERSON: Birth: 26 AUG 1778 in Mount Pleasant, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. Death: 9 AUG 1829 in Trenton, Mercer County, NJ

  4. John Mntgomery McPHERSON: Birth: SEP 1780 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. Death: 1848

  5. Eliza Gates McPHERSON: Birth: 21 AUG 1782 in Poole’s Bridge, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. Death: SEP 1787

  6. Robert Hector McPHERSON: Birth: 6 NOV 1784 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. Death: 1 JAN 1817 in Island Of Madagascar


Notes
a. Note:   N6919 Birth:  1726 Death:  Sep. 6, 1792
  1726 John MacPherson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the nephew of Clunie MacPherson – from an old clan dating back to the twelfth century, and noted for their war-like behavior. John was the second son of the chief of the clan at Clunie.
  1746 Came to America, was about 20 years old.
  1751 Member of St Andrews Episcopal Society (Scottish) in Philadelphia.
  1751 Commander of 20 gun British privateer Britannia at 25 years old.
  1752 Married 1st wife, Margaret Rogers (1732 – 1770) and had:
  1. Major John MacPherson (1754 – 1775)
  2. General William MacPherson (1755 – 1813 3. Margaret MacPherson (1763 – 1785) m. John Berrien.
  4. Mary MacPherson (1765 – 1832) m. 1 Prior 2. Dr William Berrien
  1757 King George II gave MacPherson a "writ of marsque" , French and Indian
  Wars. Commander of British Privateer Britannia. Title ‘Privateer" applies to both the commander and the vessel.
  1757-60 Sailed the Caribbean (Martinique, St. Eustache, Antigua). Amassed a fortune
  From his privateering.
  1762 Resigned his command of the Britannia.
  1763 "Treaty of Paris" meant no more privateering.
  1769 Confined to home, arrested in straight jacket.
  1770 First wife died.
  1772, Oct. 29 Married Mary Ann MacNeal
  1. Charles MacPherson (1774 – 1840)
  2. Amelia Sophia MacPherson (1776 – 1831)
  3. Mary Ann MacPherson (1778 – 1829)
  4. John Montgomery MacPherson (1780 – 1844)
  5. Eliza Gates MacPherson (1782 – 1787)
  6. Colonel Robert Hector MacPherson (1784 – 1817)
  1775, Dec. 31 Son, John, killed in Battle of Quebec
  1775 Offered his services to command Navy for Colonies, was refused.
  1778 Leased Mount Pleasant to Spanish Minister, Don Juan de Mirailles
  1792, Sept. 6 John MacPherson died. Buried in Philadelphia at St Paul's Church  
  This final day of 1775 Major John MacPherson, Jr. of New Castle became the first Delaware officer to die in the American Revolution when he was killed in the storming of Quebec with Richard Montgomery (an Ulster-Scot) the first American General killed in the war. MacPherson was a graduate of Princeton and admitted to the bar, though but twenty-one years old when the war began. H is father, Captain John MacPherson (1726-1 792), son of William MacPherson and Jean Adamson of Edinburgh was notable in the British navy and afterward settled in Philadelphia.


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