This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JaB.2ACE/2908 Message Board Post: I am searching for any information on the family of Hugh McLaughlin Sr., who appears in various records of Cumberland Co. in the 1770's. I put together the following from my research: Hugh McLaughlin Sr. The first known record of Hugh McLaughlin was as a witness to the will of James Allison of Newton Twp., Cumberland Co., PA, made March 28, 1770, and proven April 11, 1770. He next appears on the Newton Twp. tax list for 1774 as “Hugh McGlaughlin Senr.”, the sole listing for the family in the township. The assessment for 1775 states that he was taxed for 41 acres of land, two horses, three cows, and five sheep. There were no McLaughlins listed in Newton Twp. in 1776, and in 1778, the next extant assessment, there was listed only a “Widow McGlaughlin” with 24 acres and one cow. This would indicate that Hugh died in 1775 or 1776, and that his widow was forced of necessity to sell off much of their property over the next two years. But in 1779, when her name is given as “Isabella McLaughlin” , it appears that her fortunes were beginning to improve , for she is then listed with 50 acres, one horse, and one cow. By 1780, along with the 50 acres, she had two horses and four cows. That was the last record of her in the tax records. Evidently, she remarried about that time. There are no other McLaughlins listed in Newton Twp. until 1788, when “Daniel McGlaughlin” appears as a single freeman. Most likely this Daniel was the son of Hugh and Isabella. Other children may have included Hugh and Alexander, who, along with Daniel, rented pews as members of Big Spring Presbyterian Church in 1790. Also listed as members of the church in 1789 were “Sarah McGlaughlin and family”, perhaps the widow of a fourth son. It was perhaps she who married an R. McElwain that year. Many thanks, Thomas Ridenour restorer@shentel.net