your irish immigrant ancestors

James
Morton

John William George Elizabeth

Elizabeth Elinor Duck
Blackburn Morton Harland
d 1713 d 1703 1660-
1643 -1723 d 1708 1650 -1714 ca 1714

John Rachel Moses Margaret Ray

Blackburn Jr. Morton Harlan 1691-
1675 -1752 1694 -1768 1683 -1749 aft 1747

John Rebecca
Blackburn III Harlan
d 1767 1715 -1766
John
Isabel
Shepphard
possibly
John Allen II
Jane Harris Solomon Margaret
1668 - ca 1714 Jane Wilson
b 1667 Shepherd Blackburn
b ca 1812
d bef 1749 1740 -1810
John Allen II Amy Cox Samuel Hill
1694 -1771 1698 -1778 b ca 1709 Solomon
Shepherd Jr.
1738 -1816
Joseph Allen Deborah Hill
1733 -1816 1735 -1800

Amy Rebecca
John Allen III
Shephard
1756 -1837
1764 -1817
Frances
John Allen IV
Thompson
1786 -1841
1800 -1881

Thomas Jefferson Allen

1836 -1923 Clara Belle Allen Poland Norton Henry Messenger
1864 -1950 1855 -1936
Orville Norton Messenger
1894 -1981
 John Allen It is believed that John Allen was born October 3, 1694 in Ballyhagen, County Kildare, the son of John Allen who may have been born in England in
1668. His mothers name or the existence of siblings is not known. The family lived in Dublin where his father was a mason and a bricklayer and young John
followed him in that trade. When his father died [circa 1713], John, who had heard of William Penns colony in America, decided to emigrate. It is not known
on what ship he came or which port he disembarked, but its probable that he came to Philadelphia, a popular entry point. John had embraced the Quaker
faith in Dublin and had received from them a Certificate of Removal on March 3, 1713 which he presented to Newark Monthly Meeting on April 3, 1713. GH
He was one of the first settlers in London Grove, Chester County, Pennsylvania and owned 63 acres southwest of the Meetinghouse. He built and
operated the first grist mill there and in 1719, purchased 200 acres over the line in New Garden. On March 14, 1718/19 John requested a certificate from
Center Meeting to marry Ami Cocks [Cox]; they were married in May, 1719 and had 9 children born between 1720 and 1742. He left a detailed will
written February 7, 1769. He died September 16, 1771 and Amy died September 13, 1778, both in London Grove. While no
JB
gravestone has been found, it is presumed that he and Amy are in the burying grounds surrounding the Meeting House.

John Blackburn Jr. was born about 1675 in Loughall, County Armagh, the son of John Blackburn and Elizabeth.
He first married Mary Courtney on October 2, 1701 and they had five children. Mary died in 1713. On May 16, 1717 John SS
married Rachel Morton in a Friends ceremony at Ballyhagen Meeting, Kilmore, County Armagh. Rachel was from Creenagh in
the same area and between 1718 and 1730 , they had eight children, all born in Loughall. John and his family emigrated in
1736 and were one of the earliest settlers to Menallen Township, York County. John died October 1, 1752 and Rachel died
after June, 1768. Both are probably buried in the Friends Burying Ground at Menallen Meeting.

George Harland was born March 11, 1650 in Monkwearmouth, Durham, England and baptized at the Monastery there.
As a young man, along with his two brothers and others, he crossed to Donnahlong, County Down. In a Friends ceremony on November 17, JA
1678, he married Elizabeth Duck of Lurgan, County Down. For nine years they lived in Donnahlong but during this time, William Penn was
urging Friends to settle on his lands, so in the early months of 1687, George brought his wife and four young children to America [they
had five more children in Pennsylvania]. The family first settled upon land near Centreville, New Castle County, Delaware that
George, his father and brother had purchased in mid-1686. About 10 years later they moved to Pennsbury Township, Chester
County. George was elected Provincial Governor of the three lower counties in 1695, and served as a member of the Colonial
Assembly in 1712. He died in July, 1714. It is not known exactly when Elizabeth died, but she did pre-decease George as his will
requests that he be buried beside his deare wife in the new burying grounds.

Moses Harlan was born February 20, 1683 in Donnahlong, County Down. He emigrated with his parents and
three siblings when he was four years old. In 1712, he married, by a ceremony of Friends, Margaret Ray who was from
the same county and Meeting as the Harlans. They had two daughters. Moses acquired quite a bit of land: 280 acres
from his father plus 855 acres he purchased in October, 1745. In July, 1747, he deeded 250 acres to John Blackburn III,
the husband of his daughter Rebecca. He died between December 10, 1747 and May 27, 1749, the date his will was
written and when it was probated. His wife outlived him by several years but both are probably buried at Menallen Meeting.
[Note: the d was dropped from the Harlan name after they came to America.]

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SOLOMON Shepherd may have been born in Killaman, County Tyrone, year not known. His parents were John Shepphard
and Isabel but not much more is known of them. Solomon is found at Grange meetings in Charlemont just north of Dublin just Immigration of Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania
before he emigrated as an unmarried man to Chester County. At a July 22, 1729 New Garden Monthly Meeting, the record shows
that Solomon Shepherd ye younger having transported himself to America as an Aprentice with Jacob Marshill & Desired of us
The History and Genealogy of the Harlan Family
a Certificate. He lived for a time at New Garden and on November 15, 1733, married Jane Wilson of New Garden. They moved to A Bit of Irish Quaker History
Menallen Township and had four children. In 1748, Solomon became a recommended minister at Warrington Monthly Meeting.
He died between July, 1748 [the date of his will], and March 29, 1749, [the probate date]. Solomons son, Solomon Jr. was married Quakers in the American Colonies
October 19, 1763 at Menallen Meeting to Margaret, the daughter of John and Rebecca Harlan Blackburn.