McCLURES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Prof. Charles F. W. McClure, of Princeton University, kindly gave me the following outline of his family:
A. David McClure, founder, was born about 1720; emigrated from the north of Ireland, possibly Londonderry, to Boston, 1740, thence to Chester, N. H., and in 1743 located in Candia, N. H., then, or a little later, called Charmingfare. His home was a mile or two from the Green in Raymond. He married in Ireland, Martha Glenn, who came with him to Boston. He perished in a snow storm about 1770.
They left three children:
I. Elizabeth, born Nov. 25, 1738, m. Oct., 1761, Alexander McClure, b. 1734.
Twelve children:
1. Jane, or Jean, b. 1763, d. i.
2. Jane, b. June 2, 1765, m. Ezekiel Fullerton of Raymond, N. H. Issue—
- (1). John M., (2) James, (3) Betty. About 1793 the family moved from Raymond to Cambridge, Vt.
2. Martha, b. June 31, 1766, m. ——— Smith.
4. Mary, b. Dec. 1768.
5. James, b. June 9, 1771, d. s.
6. Alexander, Jr., b. Oct. 11, 1773, d. Feb. 8, 1850.
7. Betty, b. June, 1775, d. i.
8 and 9. Twine, b. Oct. 1777, died at birth.
10. Elizabeth, b June 19, 1780, m. Jonathan Nay, of Georgia, Vt.
11. Hannah.
12. Fanny, b. April 24, 1784, d. July 5, 1815.
6. Alexander McClure, Jr., sixth child of Elizabeth and Alexander McClure, Sr., married, first, Sarah Nay, of Raymond, N. H.. Nine children:
- (1). Samuel, m. Mary Gilman, of Raymond, N. H. three children: H. G. McClure, T. F. McClure, a daughter who m. S. B. Gove.
- (2). James, d. in N. Y.
