HISTORY: Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia, Chapter 7, McClure, Dauphin County, PA 

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, 
Containing Sketches of Representative Citizens, and Many of the 
Early Scotch-Irish and German Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: 
J. M. Runk & Company, 1896, pages 133-134.
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                    McCLURES OF PAXTANG AND HANOVER. 

  I.  RICHARD McCLURE, an emigrant from the north of Ireland, settled 
prior to 1730 in Paxtang township, then Lancaster county, Province of 
Pennsylvania, where he took up a tract of six hundred acres of land.  
Of his children, all born in Ireland, we have the following:
    2.   i.  Thomas.
    3.  ii.  Charles.
    4. iii.  John.
    5.  iv.  Richard. 

  II.  THOMAS McCLURE, son of Richard McClure, b. in north of Ireland; 
d. in 1765, in Paxtang, whence he emigrated; m. Mary _____, who d. 
April, 1773, in Hanover.  They had issue:
         i.  John, m. Mary _____, in 1773.  They resided in Mt. 
Pleasant township, York county, Pa.
        ii.  William.
       iii.  Mary, m., February 6, 1759, Joseph Sherer.
        iv.  Martha, m. Andrew Wilson.
         v.  Jean, m. James Burney.
        vi.  Thomas, m. Mary Harvey.

  III.  CHARLES McCLURE (Richard), b. prior to 1761, leaving a wife 
Eleanor, and children as follows:

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         i.  Arthur.
        ii.  Rebecca.
       iii.  Jennett.
        iv.  William.
         v.  John.
        vi.  Martha.
       vii.  Eleanor.
      viii.  Charles.
        ix.  Margaret.

  IV.  JOHN McCLURE (Richard), b. in 1762, in Hanover; m. Margery 
_____.  They had issue:
         i.  James, b. 1733; d. November 14, 1805, in Hanover; m. Mary 
Espy.
        ii.  William.
       iii.  Jane, m. William Waugh.
        iv.  Ann.

  V. RICHARD McCLURE (Richard), m., and left issue:
         i.  Alexander, m. Martha _____.
    7.  ii.  William, m. Margaret Wright.
    8. iii.  Jonathan, m. Sarah Hays.
        iv.  Andrew, m. Margaret _____.
         v.  Roan, removed to White Deer Valley, Northumberland county; 
d. October 8, 1833; m. Hannah _____, d. August 20, 1828.
        vi.  Margaret, m., September 7, 1757, John Steel.
       vii.  David, m. Margaret Lecky.
      viii.  Katharine, m. Robert Fruit.

  VI.  THOMAS McCLURE (Thomas, Richard), d. January, 1778, in Hanover; 
m., in 1761, Mary Harvey.  They had issue:
         i.  William, m. Agnes Lewis.
        ii.  Thomas. 
       iii.  Martha, m. Andrew Wilson, and had Martha.
        iv.  Mary, m. James George.
         v.  Sarah, m. Daniel McGuire.
        vi.  Jean, m. Samuel Moor.

  VII.  WILLIAM McCLURE (Richard, Richard), d. April, 1785, in Paxtang; 
m. Margaret Wright, daughter of Robert Wright.  They had issue:
         i.  Robert, b. December 18, 1763; m. Priscilla _____. 
        ii.  Rebecca, m. Peter Sturgeon.
       iii.  Mary, m. Samuel Russell.
        iv.  Sarah, m. David Riddle, of York county, Pa. 
         v.  Margaret, m. James Crain.
        vi.  Jean, b. 1788; d. December 21, 1876, in Buffalo Valley.
  
  VIII.  JONATHAN McCLURE (Richard, Richard), b. 1745, in Paxtang; d. 
December 11, 1799; m., November 10, 1768, Sarah Hays, of Derry.  They 
had issue:
         i.  Roan, removed to Buffalo Valley.
        ii.  Mary.
       iii.  Matthew.
        iv.  Jonathan.
         v.  Sarah.