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Mary ECCLES

Female 1782 - 1868  (86 years)


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  • Name Mary ECCLES 
    Born 1782  Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 15 Apr 1868  Esquesing,Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Glen Williams Cemetery, Esquesing Twp. Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I392  David Falconer Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2020 

    Family 1 Thomas MCCLURE
              b. 8 Apr 1763, Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 10 Aug 1827, Streetsville, Toronto Twp.,Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F153  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Samuel MCCLURE
              b. 1765, Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1818, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married Abt 1806  Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth MCCLURE
              b. 10 Mar 1808, Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 25 Nov 1880, Chingacousy Twp., Peel Co. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)  [natural]
     2. William MCCLURE
              b. 28 Nov 1810, Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 18 Feb 1887, Esquesing Township, Halton County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)  [natural]
     3. Maria MCCLURE
              b. Abt 1812, Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 16 Sep 1876, Chingacousy Twp., Peel County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)  [natural]
     4. Jane MCCLURE
              b. Aug 1814, Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 26 Apr 1850, Esquesing Township, Halton County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)  [natural]
     5. Nancy Ann MCCLURE
              b. 12 Feb 1816, Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 22 Oct 1906, Hamilton, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)  [natural]
     6. James MCCLURE
              b. Abt 1817, Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 1 May 1877, Brooke Township, Lambton County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)  [natural]
     7. Samuel MCCLURE
              b. Abt Aug 1818, Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 14 Jan 1883, Chingacousy Twp., Peel County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 8 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • An obituary of Mary Eccles McClure appeared in the May 1, 1868 Brampton Times, written by her grandson Dr. Thomas Chisholm. It is reproduced in the book "The "Clan" McClure: Historical Highlights", by B. Gilchrist.

      "An old settler gone - In memory of Mrs. McClure, who died April 15, 1868, aged 86, at the residence of her son Wm. McClure, Esq., of Esquesing.
      To the Editor of the Brampton Times.
      Sir, - On Friday, 17th April, Mrs. McClure, one of the first settlers of Chinguacousy, was carried to the grave, amid the lamentation of three generations of her desendants. She was born in Antrim, Ireland, in 1782. Her first husband, Samuel McClure, died in 1818, leaving her a widow with seven children, the youngest only one year old. Her second husband, Thomas McClure - no relative to the first - died in 1827, just as he was starting with Mrs. McClure and her family for Canada. The widow, however, continued the journey, and arrived in Chinguacousy, where she settled during the autumn of the same year. Her eldest son was scarcely sixteen, and small for his age, but she struggled bravely, and with God's help, successfully, against all the difficulties usually attendant upon a residence in the wilderness. All her children are living, with the exception of Jane, her youngest daughter, who died during the spring of 1850. For the last five years of her life,Mrs. McClure resided with her son William, whose wife and family gave her all the care which her age required. James and Thomas McClure, brothers to her first husband, emigrated to Canada, and died near Churchville. James' widow died near Brampton, in the year 1866, aged 86. Thomas' widow is stillliving in Chinguacousy, aged 82.
      (signed) Thomas Chisholm, Esquesing, April 18, 1868."

  • Sources 
    1. [S25] "The "Clan" McClure: Historical Highlights" by J.B. Gilchrist, 2009.