bullet SHERIFF JOHN M. MACLAY(1) was born in 1789 in ROXBURY, FRANKLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. He was a SHERIFF in Nov 1820 in FRANKLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. HE HELD THIS POSITION UP TILL THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. He died in Jun 1823. He served in the military WAR OF 1812. ON THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR OF 1812, HE ENTERED THE ARMY WITH HIS BROTHER CAPTAIN SAMUEL MACLAY, AND DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF IN THE BATTLES OF CHIPPEWA ON 5 JULY 1814, AND LUNDY'S LANE ON 25 JULY 1814.
(FROM THE NILES REGISTER: "QUARTERMASTER JOHN M. MACLAY WOUNDED SEVERELY, SHOT TWICE THROUGH THE LEG AND A MUSKET SHOT IN THE HEAD JUST GRAZING THE SCALP".
HE WAS A MEMBER OF CAPTAIN SAMUEL GORDON'S WAYNESBORO COMPANY.

FROM THE FRANKLIN REPOSITORY, 9 FEB 1876, IN REGARDS TO THE BATTLE OF LUNDY'S LANE:
THE DUTIES OF SHERIFF MACLAY AS QUARTERMASTER DID NOT REQUIRE HIS ACTIVE SERVICE AS A SOLDIER IN THE FRONT, BUT HIS WARLIKE SPIRIT WOULD NOT SUFFER HIM TO REMAIN IDLE. HE PROCURED A MUSKET AND RUSHED INTO THE THICKEST OF BATTLE. IT IS SAID OF THESE LAST TWO NAMED SOLDIERS (JOHN AND CAPTAIN SAMUEL MACLAY) THAT THEY STOOD UNDISMAYED AMIDST THE HOTTEST FIRE AND REFUSED TO BE CARRIED OFF THE FIELD WHEN SEVERELY WOUNDED, BUT CONTINUED TO LOAD THEIR GUNS AND CHEER THEIR COMRADES UNTIL THE CONFLICT WAS OVER. SHERIFF MACLAY, WE ARE TOLD, WAS A FINE LOOKING MAN, FULL SIX FEET HIGH. IT IS SAID OF HIM, WHEN CANVASSING THE COUNTY FOR SHERIFF, THAT HE WORE THE SAME HAT WHICH HE WORE IN THE BATTLE OF LUNDY'S LANE, PERFORATED BY THREE BULLET HOLES. "



HE WAS FAMILIARLY KNOWN AS "LONG JOHN" MACLAY, BEING A MAN OF UNUSUAL PHYSICAL AND INTELLECTUAL POWERS.

HE DIED UNMARRIED. Parents: JOHN MACLAY and ELEANOR MACLAY.

bullet REV JOHN M. MACLAY(1) was born on 10 Mar 1814 in CONCORD, FRANKLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. He died on 18 Feb 1891 in SARATOGA, SANTA CLARA CO., CALIFORNIA. AT THE AGE OF 18, HE ENTERED DICKINSON COLLEGE, AT CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA. BUT CLOSE APPLICATION BORE HEAVILY UPON HIS CONSTITUTION SO THAT HE WAS COMPELLED TO ABANDON HIS COLLEGE COURSE AND GO UPON THE OLD FARM NEAR ROXBURY.
IN 1837, HE WENT INTO BUSINESS WITH HIS UNCLE, JAMES ERWIN, IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, BUT ILL HEALTH COMPELLED HIM TO RETURN TO CONCORD.
WHILE ON A VISIT TO HIS SISTER, MRS. WIDNEY, IN OHIO, HE MET THE REV. JAMES B. FINDLY, OF THE WYANDOTTE MISSION, AND BECAME IMBUED WITH THE MISSIONARY SPIRIT. HE STARTED FOR THE FAR WEST, BUT THE HARDSHIPS OF THE JOURNEY WERE TOO MUCH FOR HIS DELICATE CONSTITUTION. RETURNING TO CONCORD HE ENTERED UPON A THEOLOGICAL COURSE IN BUSH COLLEGE AND RECEIVING A LICENSE TO PREACH WAS ADMITTED INTO THE BALTIMORE CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
AFTER MARRYING, HE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA IN 1854, WHERE HE WENT INTO BUSINESS WITH HIS BROTHER, CHARLES, IN SANTA CLARA. IN 1859, HE ENTERED THE CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE AND WAS APPOINTED TO HONOLULU, SANDWICH ISLANDS, WHICH HAD A CONGREGATION OF FOREIGN RESIDENTS.
RETURNED TO CALIFORNIA, IN 1861, HE WAS APPOINTED TO PLACER COUNTY. AT THIS TIME THE CIVIL WAR BROKE OUT AND HE RETIRED TO SANTA CLARA WHERE HE WENT INTO BUSINESS WITH HIS BROTHER, CHARLES. THIS HOWEVER, WAS SWEPT AWAY BY FIRE AND RETAINING ABOUT THIRTY ACRES OF FOOTHILL LAND HE IMPROVED IT AS A FRUIT ORCHARD.
HE WAS APPOINTED PRESIDING ELDER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH WHICH HE TRAVELED FOR 2 YEARS. BUT FAILING HEALTH ADMONISHED HIM TO SEEK THE QUIET OF HIS FARM IN SARATOGA, SANTA CLARA COUNTY.
HE HAS WRITTEN MANY NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES ESPECIALLY FOR THE CALIFORNIA ADVOCATE AND THE LADIES REPOSITORY. Parents: ROBERT MACLAY " OF CONCORD " and ARABELLA ERWIN .

He was married to GEORGIANA GRIFFITH in Mar 1849 in BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. Children were: MINNIE MACLAY , ROBERT HALL MACLAY, JENNIE MACLAY, HENRY BERRY MACLAY, AGNES MACLAY.

bullet JOHN MILLS MACLAY(1) was born on 21 Sep 1864 in SHIPPENSBURG, CUMBERLAND CO., PENNSYLVANIA. Parents: ROBERT SNODGRASS MACLAY and CATHERINE E. WILLIS .

He was married to AGNES CATHERINE MEYERS on 11 Jun 1885. NO CHILDREN

bullet JOHN ORR MACLAY (Private). Parents: DR. CHARLES WYLIE MACLAY and MARGARET JOSEPHINE JOHNSTON.

He was married to JOANN GEPHART. Children were: LINDA ANN MACLAY, MARJORIE MACLAY, TIMOTHY JOHN MACLAY, WENDELIN MACLAY.

bulletJOHN PALMER MACLAY(1) was born on 9 May 1832 in FANNETTSBURG, FRANKLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. He served in the military CIVIL WAR. IN 1860 HE MOVED TO MISSOURI. ON THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR HE SERVED FOR SIX MONTHS IN A COMPANY ORGANIZED FOR DEFENCE AGAINST THE RAVAGES OF BUSHWAKERS. He was buried in PHILLIPSBURG, BEAVER CO., PENNSYLVANIA. HE WAS EDUCATED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HIS NATIVE TOWN AND AT MILLWOOD ACADEMY WHERE HE GRADUATED WITH THE FIRST DEGREE.
IN 1864, HE RETURNED TO PHILIPSBURG, CENTRE CO., PENNSYLVANIA WHERE HE ENGAGED IN BUSINESS. IN 1878, OWING TO BAD HEALTH HE TOOK THE ROAD AS TRAVELLING SALESMAN WHICH HE SUCCESSFULLY FOLLOWED FOR THREE AND ONE HALF YEARS WHEN HAVING RECOVERED HIS HEALTH HE RETURNED TO THE PHILIPSBURG AREA. Parents: WILLIAM MACLAY and MARY PALMER.

He was married to ANNIE KILAND on 15 Sep 1859. Children were: ANNIE CULBERTSON MACLAY, ANNA MARIA MACLAY, MARY GARDNER MACLAY, JAMES ROSS MACLAY, HENRY MACLAY, MARGARETTE ELIZABETH MACLAY, CYRUS CULBERTSON MACLAY, WILLIAM PALMER MACLAY .

bullet JOHN REYNOLDS MACLAY(1) was born in 1819. He died INFANCY. Parents: HON. JOHN MACLAY and HANNAH REYNOLDS.

bullet JOSEPH ANDREW MACLAY (Private). Parents: JEFFREY TODD MACLAY and MARY CLARE WEBSTER.

bullet HON. JOSEPH HENDERSON MACLAY(1) was born on 21 Nov 1825 in BELLEVILLE, MIFFLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. BORN ON THE OLD HOMESTEAD, NEAR BELLEVILLE. He Politics 1879 TO 1881 in MIFFLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. HE REPRESENTED MIFFLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA IN THE LEGISLATURE FROM 1879 TO 1881.
THE MOST IMPORTANT MEASURE BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE DURING HIS TERMS OF SERVICE WAS THE PITTSBURG RIOT BILL, WHICH HE OPPOSED.
HE WAS ALSO WITNESS IN THE BRIBERY SUITS WHICH FOLLOWED.
IN 1881 THERE WAS A LONG CONTEST FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP, JOSEPH MACLAY BEING ONE OF THE 56 REPUBLICANS WHO REFUSED TO SUPPORT GENERAL OLIVER.
LIKE HIS BROTHERS, HE IS A REPUBLICAN, HAVING VOTED FOR FREMONT IN 1856 AND FOR EVERY REPUBLICAN AFTERWARD. Parents: HON. WILLIAM PLUNKET MACLAY and JANE HOLMES.

He was married to MARY ELIZABETH MACLAY on 15 Nov 1854. Children were: MARGARET LASHELLS MACLAY.

bullet HON. JOSEPH HENDERSON MACLAY(1)

He was married to MARY ELIZABETH MACLAY on 15 Nov 1854. THESE TWO PEOPLE ARE COUSINS.

bullet JOSEPH POMEROY MACLAY (Private). Parents: DR. DAVID MACLAY and MARY POMEROY.

He was married to LORETTA SHANNOBROOK on 14 Oct 1922. Children were: MARY POMEROY MACLAY.

bullet JOSEPHINE HORTON MACLAY(1) Parents: ARCHIBALD IRWIN MACLAY and ANNA J. HORTON.

bullet JOSEPHINE LLOYD MACLAY(1) was born on 25 Nov 1865 in SANTA CLARA, SANTA CLARA CO., CALIFORNIA. Parents: REV\SENATOR CHARLES MACLAY and CATHERINE (KATE) PAXTON LLOYD.

She was married to THOMAS J. WALKER .

bullet JUSTIN SCOTT MACLAY (Private). Parents: WILLIAM RALPH MACLAY and LEIGH FLORA.

bullet KAITLYN ELIZABETH MACLAY (Private). Parents: JEFFREY TODD MACLAY and MARY CLARE WEBSTER.

bullet KATE MACLAY(1) was born in 1869 in ILLINOIS. She died in NEBRASKA. Parents: LIEUTENANT JOHN HOG MACLAY and TRYPHENA M. WICKIVERE.

bullet KATHERINE MACLAY(1) was born on 7 Jul 1849. Parents: ALEXANDER CULBERTSON MACLAY and MARY MCNAUGHTON.

She was married to ALBERT A. WENZEL on 7 Jul 1879. Children were: ALBERTA WENZEL .

bullet KATHERINE PAXTON MACLAY(1) was born on 20 Feb 1868 in SANTA CLARA, SANTA CLARA CO., CALIFORNIA. Parents: REV\SENATOR CHARLES MACLAY and CATHERINE (KATE) PAXTON LLOYD.

She was married to COLONEL HENRY CUTLER HUBBARD on 25 Nov 1885. Children were: CATHERINE PORTER HUBBARD, HUBBARD.

bullet KATHRYN MAE MACLAY(1) was born in 1917 in MISSOULA, MISSOULA CO., MONTANA. SHE WAS BORN ON THE MACLAY RANCH ON O'BRIEN CREEK WEST OF MISSOULA. She died in 1972 in MISSOULA, MISSOULA CO., MONTANA. She was buried in 1972 in MISSOULA, MISSOULA CO., MONTANA. She was a TEACHER. SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF OF THE TARGET RANGE GRADE SCHOOL, MISSOULA CO. HIGH SCHOOL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA.
SHE TAUGHT SCHOOL IN MISSOULA, BROADVIEW, THOMPSON FALLS, HAMILTON, DEER LODGE AND COLD SPRINGS. Parents: HARRY DAVID "SLIM" MACLAY and JESSE MAE JOHNSON.

She was married to J. WILLIAM (BILL) BURGESS in 1945. Children were: DONALD WILLIAM BURGESS, BRIAN MACLAY BURGESS.

bullet KIERSTEN KATHERINE MACLAY (Private). Parents: CHARLES ELLWOOD MACLAY JR. and DARLENE RENEE MEETZE.

bullet LAURA MACLAY (Private). Parents: TIMOTHY JOHN MACLAY and BARBARA POWELL.

bullet LAURA MILLER MACLAY(1) was born in 1875 in TIPTON, MISSOURI. Parents: CYRUS CULBERTSON MACLAY and LAURA ISABEL MILLER.

bullet LAURIE RENE MACLAY (Private). Parents: GRANT WILLIAM (JERRY) MACLAY and GERALDINE RUTH (JERRI) HAINES.

Children were: SARAH RENE DEVLIN, TYLER SCOTT DEVLIN.

bulletLILLIAN MACLAY (Private). Parents: ARTHUR COLLINS MACLAY M.A. LL.D. and JESSIE SPERRY.

bullet LILLIE OLIVE MACLAY(1) was born on 11 Mar 1906 in HAGERSTOWN, WASHINGTON CO., MARYLAND. She died on 18 Sep 1998. Parents: JOHN HERRON MACLAY and SUE KATHARINE STACH.

She was married to WILLIAM SCHAFFER .

bullet LINDA ANN MACLAY (Private). Parents: JOHN ORR MACLAY and JOANN GEPHART.

She was married to CHARLES WILLHIDE.

She was married to KENDALL LEHMAN in Oct 1979.

bullet LINDSEY MARIE MACLAY (Private). Parents: CHARLES ELLWOOD MACLAY JR. and DARLENE RENEE MEETZE.

bullet LIVIA ELIZA MACLAY(1) was born in 1816. Parents: HON. JOHN MACLAY and HANNAH REYNOLDS.

She was married to ALEXANDER PLUMER on 13 Mar 1862.

bullet LOUISA IRWIN MACLAY(1) was born in 1858. Parents: REVEREND CHARLES BENJAMIN MACLAY (M. D.) and LOUISA IRWIN.

bullet LUCY KERR MACLAY (Private). Parents: DR. CHARLES WYLIE MACLAY and MARGARET JOSEPHINE JOHNSTON.

She was married to SCOTT KOSER.

bullet LYDIA ELLEN MACLAY(1) was born in 1842. Parents: DR. CHARLES TEMPLETON MACLAY and MARY ANN FRAZER.

bullet MALLERY DAWN MACLAY (Private). Parents: MICHEAL SCOTT MACLAY and LAURIE ANNE GARSKE.

bullet MARGARET MACLAY(1) was born on 31 Mar 1805. She died on 29 Aug 1844. Parents: JUDGE WILLIAM MACLAY and MARGARET CULBERTSON.

She was married to JAMES W. BURBRIDGE.

bullet MARGARET MACLAY(1) was born in 1827. She died on 20 Aug 1863. Parents: SAMUEL MACLAY and ELIZABETH JOHNSTON.

She was married to THOMAS S. BRISCOE. Children were: BESSIE BRISCOE, FANNIE BRISCOE, SAMUEL MACLAY BRISCOE.

bullet MARGARET ANN MACLAY (Private). Parents: DR. CHARLES WYLIE MACLAY and MARGARET JOSEPHINE JOHNSTON.

She was married to HOWARD J. PATTERSON on 31 Mar 1959.

bullet MARGARET BAXTER MACLAY(1) was born in 1855. Parents: HON. HOLMES MACLAY and ISABELLA PLUNKET RICHARDSON.

bullet MARGARET CULBERTSON MACLAY(1) was born in 1830. Parents: WILLIAM MACLAY and MARY PALMER.

She was married to JACOB HENRY ISETT on 13 Jan 1852.

bullet MARGARET ELIZABETH MACLAY(1) was born in 1857. She died in 1862. Parents: THOMAS JAMES MACLAY and ANNIE E. FASSETT.

bullet MARGARET ELIZABETH MACLAY(1) died about 1870. Parents: JOHN MACLAY and ANNIE DALE.

She was married to ARMSTRONG.

She was married to ROBERT ALEXANDER.

bullet MARGARET ELIZABETH MACLAY(1) was born in 1858. Parents: LIEUTENANT CHARLES MACLAY and NANCY OWENS.

She was married to ROBERT ALEXANDER . Children were: LUCY MACLAY ALEXANDER.

bullet MARGARET HEMPHILL MACLAY(1) was born on 26 Jan 1870 in MACLAY'S MILL (MIDDLE SPRING, CUMBERLAND CO., PENNNSYLVANIA). She was buried in Sep 1912 in SPRINGHILL, FAYETTE CO., PENNSYLVANIA. She died on 12 Sep 1912 in NYESVILLE, FRANKLIN CO., PENNSYLVANIA. SHE DIED OF APPENDICITIS. Parents: SGT. JAMES HEMPHILL MACLAY and ANNA MARGARET FICKES.

She was married to JOHN THOMPSON WHITE on 11 Jan 1900 in MACLAY'S MILL (MIDDLE SPRING, CUMBERLAND CO., PENNNSYLVANIA). Children were: CHARLES MACLAY WHITE, JOHN HERRON WHITE, CHARLES MACLAY WHITE, EDGAR THOMPSON WHITE, THEODORE WHITE, ROBERT STEWART WHITE, MARGARET HEMPHILL WHITE.

bullet MARGARET JEAN (PEGGY) MACLAY (Private). Parents: HARRY DAVID "SLIM" MACLAY and JESSE MAE JOHNSON .

She was married to VINCENT GADBOW in 1947 in MISSOULA, MISSOULA CO., MONTANA. She was divorced from VINCENT GADBOW. Children were: DARRYL JOSEPH GADBOW, HARRY GLEN GADBOW, LAURA JEAN GADBOW.

bulletMARGARET JO MACLAY (Private). Parents: WILLIAM RICHARD (BILL) MACLAY and MAYVID JOSEPHINE NORMAN.

Children were: NATHAN JONES, AMBER JONES.

bulletMARGARET LASHELLS MACLAY(1). Parents: HON. JOSEPH HENDERSON MACLAY and MARY ELIZABETH MACLAY .

bulletMARGARET REYNOLDS MACLAY(1) was born in 1821. She died INFANCY. NO CHILDREN Parents: HON. JOHN MACLAY and HANNAH REYNOLDS.

bullet MARGARET RICHARDSON MACLAY(1) was born in 1854. She died in 1934 in VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA. Parents: SENATOR DAVID MACLAY and ELIZABETH PLUNKET RICHARDSON .

She was married to JOHN N. REDMOND.

bullet MARGARET SUSANNAH MACLAY(1) was born in 1852. She died in 1855. Parents: CAPTAIN SAMUEL RALPH MACLAY and SARAH CURLL RILEY.

bullet MARGARETTE AUGUSTA MACLAY(1) was born in 1875. Parents: GENERAL WILLIAM DUNCAN MACLAY (CSA) and MARY LOUISA CROPP.

bullet MARGARETTE ELIZABETH MACLAY(1) was born in 1870. Parents: JOHN PALMER MACLAY and ANNIE KILAND.

bullet MARGARETTE WILLIAMSON MACLAY(1) was born in 1808. She died in 1902 in OHIO. Parents: CHARLES MACLAY and MARY NEVIN.

She was married to DR. JOHN P. BROOKINS. Children were: WILLIAM CHARLES MACLAY BROOKINS.

bullet MARI JO MACLAY (Private). Parents: DR. CHARLES WYLIE MACLAY JR. and PATRICIA RYVER.

She was married to STEPHAN KERWOOD in Aug 1978. Children were: CHRISTOPHER CHARLES KERWOOD, MATTHEW KERWOOD .

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