Thomas McClanahan

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THOMAS McCLANAHAN was born about 1616. A book detailing his descendants says
that he was born in what later became Westmoreland County, Virginia. He certainly was
among the very earliest settlers in America, being here before the Mayflower docked at
Plymouth. Thomas married *DOROTHY MOONEY who was born about 1620. Their
family lived in Virginia's Northumberland and Westmoreland Counties. In 1683,
Thomas's will was probated and in the will he bequeathed items to his wife, his son
*WILLIAM, and several daughters, unnamed.
In the court records of
Old Jamestown in 1673/74 is the following mention - "Our well beloved friend, John
McClanahan, of the city of Londonderry, Merchant, and Master of a vessell". During this
time, ships arrived and departed at a rapid rate bringing people and supplies and returning
to England and Ireland with tobacco cargoes. Thomas and Dorothy must have been of an
upper class people since both could read and write, in a day when most could not. Thomas
was closely related to Nathaniel McClanahan, the shipping man of Princess Anne County,
Virginia who died in 1711, leaving an adult family and mentioning a brother, David, who
had died in Strabine, Ireland. Strabine is located just below Londonderry. After Thomas
died, Dorothy remarried a man named Duncan.

Thomas married Dorothy Mooney Abt 1685. Dorothy (daughter of Nicholas Mooney) was born 1665, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA; died 6 Nov 1717, Cople, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. John McClanahan was born 6 Nov 1689.
2. Sarah McClanahan was born Abt 1643.
3. William McClanahan was born 1692, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA; died 17 Oct 1771, Richmond, Virginia, USA.