My 6x great grandfather Robert was born to parents John McAuslan and Janet Miller probably in Scotland.
A true pioneer he emigrated with his wife and 3 sons arriving in Philadelphia from Dublin port, Ireland, in about 1772.
They were the first of this line of "McCaslins" to come to America & may have descended from the Scots who first settled in Northern Ireland.
From Philadelphia the family moved to a Scotch settlement in Western Pennsylvania in what is now Washington County near the line between Washington & Allegheny counties.
A number of Robert's descendants were millwrights. Along with the millwrights there were the wheelrights who made wagons, looms & spinning wheels. They combined their trade with farming.
Robert & his family may have emigrated to America because of the trouble in Ireland between the Protestants (the McCaslins were primarily reformed Presbyterians) & the Catholics or because he wanted to own his own home & land. Some research shows the reason was persecution of Reformed Presbyterians by Catholics in Northern Ireland.
He married Joanna Simpkins (born abt. 1732) before 1758.
They had five living together: Andrew McCaslin b: 1758 in Scotland, m Christina Brown (my 5x great grandparents), John McCaslin b: 1768 in Scotland, James McCaslin b: 1772 in Scotland and George b: 1774 in Pennsylvania.
It is assumed that Robert died sometime before 1790 in Washington County and is buried in Brush Run Cemetery. A record of his death has not been found. A grave marker if ever found may not be readable.
bio by Jill
Ancestor
"Flood Tides Along the Allegheny" published by Francis R. Harbison, re-printed by Massy
"William Brown Family", by W. H. Taylor, 1905
"Genealogy of the McCasland/McCaslin/McCausland/McCouslin/McCashland Families", by Theta Kennedy Scogland, published by Gateway Press, Baltimore,
Surname may have been McAusland at the time of his arrival in America.
A true pioneer he emigrated with his wife and 3 sons arriving in Philadelphia from Dublin port, Ireland, in about 1772.
They were the first of this line of "McCaslins" to come to America & may have descended from the Scots who first settled in Northern Ireland.
From Philadelphia the family moved to a Scotch settlement in Western Pennsylvania in what is now Washington County near the line between Washington & Allegheny counties.
A number of Robert's descendants were millwrights. Along with the millwrights there were the wheelrights who made wagons, looms & spinning wheels. They combined their trade with farming.
Robert & his family may have emigrated to America because of the trouble in Ireland between the Protestants (the McCaslins were primarily reformed Presbyterians) & the Catholics or because he wanted to own his own home & land. Some research shows the reason was persecution of Reformed Presbyterians by Catholics in Northern Ireland.
He married Joanna Simpkins (born abt. 1732) before 1758.
They had five living together: Andrew McCaslin b: 1758 in Scotland, m Christina Brown (my 5x great grandparents), John McCaslin b: 1768 in Scotland, James McCaslin b: 1772 in Scotland and George b: 1774 in Pennsylvania.
It is assumed that Robert died sometime before 1790 in Washington County and is buried in Brush Run Cemetery. A record of his death has not been found. A grave marker if ever found may not be readable.
bio by Jill
Ancestor
"Flood Tides Along the Allegheny" published by Francis R. Harbison, re-printed by Massy
"William Brown Family", by W. H. Taylor, 1905
"Genealogy of the McCasland/McCaslin/McCausland/McCouslin/McCashland Families", by Theta Kennedy Scogland, published by Gateway Press, Baltimore,
Surname may have been McAusland at the time of his arrival in America.
My 6x great grandfather Robert was born to parents John McAuslan and Janet Miller probably in Scotland.
A true pioneer he emigrated with his wife and 3 sons arriving in Philadelphia from Dublin port, Ireland, in about 1772.
They were the first of this line of "McCaslins" to come to America & may have descended from the Scots who first settled in Northern Ireland.
From Philadelphia the family moved to a Scotch settlement in Western Pennsylvania in what is now Washington County near the line between Washington & Allegheny counties.
A number of Robert's descendants were millwrights. Along with the millwrights there were the wheelrights who made wagons, looms & spinning wheels. They combined their trade with farming.
Robert & his family may have emigrated to America because of the trouble in Ireland between the Protestants (the McCaslins were primarily reformed Presbyterians) & the Catholics or because he wanted to own his own home & land. Some research shows the reason was persecution of Reformed Presbyterians by Catholics in Northern Ireland.
He married Joanna Simpkins (born abt. 1732) before 1758.
They had five living together: Andrew McCaslin b: 1758 in Scotland, m Christina Brown (my 5x great grandparents), John McCaslin b: 1768 in Scotland, James McCaslin b: 1772 in Scotland and George b: 1774 in Pennsylvania.
It is assumed that Robert died sometime before 1790 in Washington County and is buried in Brush Run Cemetery. A record of his death has not been found. A grave marker if ever found may not be readable.
bio by Jill
Ancestor
"Flood Tides Along the Allegheny" published by Francis R. Harbison, re-printed by Massy
"William Brown Family", by W. H. Taylor, 1905
"Genealogy of the McCasland/McCaslin/McCausland/McCouslin/McCashland Families", by Theta Kennedy Scogland, published by Gateway Press, Baltimore,
Surname may have been McAusland at the time of his arrival in America.
A true pioneer he emigrated with his wife and 3 sons arriving in Philadelphia from Dublin port, Ireland, in about 1772.
They were the first of this line of "McCaslins" to come to America & may have descended from the Scots who first settled in Northern Ireland.
From Philadelphia the family moved to a Scotch settlement in Western Pennsylvania in what is now Washington County near the line between Washington & Allegheny counties.
A number of Robert's descendants were millwrights. Along with the millwrights there were the wheelrights who made wagons, looms & spinning wheels. They combined their trade with farming.
Robert & his family may have emigrated to America because of the trouble in Ireland between the Protestants (the McCaslins were primarily reformed Presbyterians) & the Catholics or because he wanted to own his own home & land. Some research shows the reason was persecution of Reformed Presbyterians by Catholics in Northern Ireland.
He married Joanna Simpkins (born abt. 1732) before 1758.
They had five living together: Andrew McCaslin b: 1758 in Scotland, m Christina Brown (my 5x great grandparents), John McCaslin b: 1768 in Scotland, James McCaslin b: 1772 in Scotland and George b: 1774 in Pennsylvania.
It is assumed that Robert died sometime before 1790 in Washington County and is buried in Brush Run Cemetery. A record of his death has not been found. A grave marker if ever found may not be readable.
bio by Jill
Ancestor
"Flood Tides Along the Allegheny" published by Francis R. Harbison, re-printed by Massy
"William Brown Family", by W. H. Taylor, 1905
"Genealogy of the McCasland/McCaslin/McCausland/McCouslin/McCashland Families", by Theta Kennedy Scogland, published by Gateway Press, Baltimore,
Surname may have been McAusland at the time of his arrival in America.
