Samuel MCGINNIS

                   Karyn Miller Staedler 332 N Ontario Burbank Ca 91505 Phone (818) 563-1098From the Magennis Family BookJAMES MCGINNESS was born May 26, 1767 in New Castle, Delaware. His boyhood days were spent principally in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in the vicinity of Oxford. When grown to manhood, he sdettled in the southern part of the adjoining county of Lancaster with his wife Ann Fordham, an English Quakeress of Philadelphia. This portion of the county was largely settled by Irish, and consequently, the township of Colerain was named after a town of Ireland, in County Londonderry. When he located in this town ship, the country was new and thinly settled.James purchased a farm in Colerain which contained 106 acres and 96 perches, on the 21st of March 1796. He lived there until April 29, 1837, when he sold his farm for $2,000 and purchased a smaller one in the same neighborhood. On March 31, 1823, he was appointed Justice of the Peace and held the office until his death. His first wife, Ann, died October 12, 1821 and was buried in the Friends burial ground at Penn Hill, Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Reynolds about 1825 and she died 1 year later. Then in 1826, he married Hannah Miller. James McGinness died of cancer of the lip November 1, 1839 in Colerain Township.James McGinness was a man of great activity in his day. During the time of the transportation of freight to Pittsburgh by pack horses, he was employed for a time as a freighter, and frequently crossed and recrossed the Allegheny Mountains.James and Ann Fordham McGinness had seven children: Elizabeth, Margaret, Sarah, James, Ann, Benjamin, and George.Information kindly shared with us by Kathy Womack 
                  

                   William came from Pennsylvania to Kentucky to Rush County, Indiana to Hancock County, Indiana. Moved to Indiana to get away from the slavery issue in Kentucky
                  

                   Served in the was of 1812 and marched to Black Rock, near Buffalo. His will requested that he be buried in Friends (Penn Hill) in Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, PA, although he was buried in Northumberland instead.