Hi Jane, Thank you so much for that information! That should keep me busy for a while! I can't seem to find a Birmingham, Delaware County, PA. The name of the town must have changed and I have no clue of the new name. Also, is there someplace that I can get a complete list of McCanns who fought in the War of 1812? Thanks again for all of your help! jeff mccann > From: mccann-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: MCCANN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 87 > To: mccann@rootsweb.com > Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 01:00:18 -0600 > > > > Reminders: (1) Enter a meaningful SUBJECT such as: "John A. b. 1851 Hamilton, OH." and (2) Unsub if you expect your mailbox to be full for an extended period. > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Emigrant McCann who settled in Chester City, Delaware > County, PA (Jane McCann Walsh) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 10:11:55 -0400 > From: Jane McCann Walsh <jmwalsh@hughes.net> > Subject: Re: [McCANN] Emigrant McCann who settled in Chester City, > Delaware County, PA > To: mccann@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <20100911141220.2E116532A3BC@smtprelay01.b.hostedemail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > At 09:27 PM 9/10/2010, Jeffrey wrote: > >I am searching for any information on an Emigrant McCann who > >was born around 1793 in Scotland > >and settled in Chester, Delaware > >County, PA. He married a woman with the surname Anderson who was > >born in Ireland and they had 4 children: > >William Anderson McCann > >Ephriam McCann > >Thomas McCann > >Rebecca McCann > >This unknown McCann also fought in the War of 1812. Any > >information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! > > Hi, Jeffrey, > At the time of the 1810 Census, there was one McCann head of > household living in Birmingham, Delaware Co. PA. > His name was Daniel; he was over 45 (born before 1765) but he did > have a male age 10-15 living in his household. > Perhaps your Unknown was b. 1795. > > In 1820 there was a Daniel McCann over 45 in Christiana Hundred, New > Castle, DE. > > An Ephraim McCann age 21 enlisted in the Army in 1818; he was > recorded as born in PA; he enlisted in Easton, PA. > (That is certainly not a common given name for a McCann. Just a > coincidence or was this the father of Wm, Ephraim, Thomas & Rebecca?) > > Regards, > Jane > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the MCCANN list administrator, send an email to > MCCANN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the MCCANN mailing list, send an email to MCCANN@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MCCANN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of MCCANN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 87 > *************************************

At 10:47 PM 9/13/2010, Jeff wrote: >Thank you so much for that information! That should keep me busy for >a while! I can't seem to find a Birmingham, Delaware County, PA. The >name of the town must have changed and I have no clue of the new >name. Also, is there someplace that I can get a complete list of >McCanns who fought in the War of 1812? Thanks again for all of your help! Hi, Jeff, Have found that when a history/geography question like that arises Google is an excellent source of information. Found via Google that Birmingham is a township name in Delaware County: http://history.rays-place.com/pa/birmingham-t-pa.htm I have been told that many of the War of 1812 rosters did not survive. So, I gather that a "complete list" would be impossible to create. The National Archives does have an index at the National Archives on microfilm: "Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812." National Archives, 1965. Call # Microfilm 610. Wonder if that is available now via Footnote. They do have the PA Archive books online. But that costs $$ although they do have a 7 day free trial. The PA Historical and Museum Commission has a War of 1812 Index of Soldiers who served from PA online: http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r2-61War1812Index/r2-61%20WarOf1812Interface.htm However, it appears that there has been no attempt to alphabetize those names other than to list together all those which begin with the same letter. Pages 38-84 list "M" names with "Mc" names sprinkled throughout. Would be a very nice project for someone with good eyesight to extract all the McCan/McCanns for us from that PA Index. Best regards, Jane