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| Elizabeth Aiken m. 1773 Co. Antrim, Ireland b. 1752 Co. Antrim, Ireland d. Feb 6, 1838 Caldwell Co. NC |
Margaret (Patsy) b. Jan 12, 1775 Co. Antrim, Ireland d. Jul 19, 1855 Caldwell Co. NC |
William b. 1776 York Co. PA |
Samuel b. Feb 2, 1779 York Co. PA d. Jan 18, 1854 |
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| John b. 1780 York Co. PA d. Oct 26, 1838 Burke Co. NC |
James L. b. 1782 Franklin Co. VA d. 1845 |
Elizabeth b. 1784/6 Franklin Co. VA d. Jun 1, 1871 Caldwell Co. NC |
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Robert b. 1789 Franklin Co. VA |
Jane (Jennie) (twin) b. 1790 Franklin Co. VA d. Aug 20, 1820 Burke Co. NC |
Nancy (twin) b. 1790 Franklin Co. VA d. May 4, 1870 |
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Henry b. 1792 Franklin Co. VA d. 1851? |
Alexander b. 1794 Franklin Co VA d. 1839 |
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Robert and Elizabeth McCall arrived in America with their baby in 1775 and
settled in York Co. near Gettysburg PA. It is said that Elizabeth was of royal
descent, and had to elope with Robert who was a weaver by trade. Robert may have
been escaping from a charge of treason after presenting the King with a tablecloth
that had an American Eagle on it. About 1781, the family moved from York Co. PA
to near the present town of Rocky Mount VA, in a part of Henry Co. VA that became
Franklin Co. in 1785. |
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Franklin Co. VA was formed in 1785 from Henry and Patrick counties (see
present day map
for location). |
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Robert and Elizabeth moved to Burke Co. NC after all of their children were born,
circa 1800. They lived first on the Catawba River near Lovelady Ford, then on
Lower Creek near Hartland, Lenoir Twp., Caldwell Co. Robert is considered one
of the early landowners in the area of Chesterfield, Burke Co. (now Caldwell Co.) NC.
See History of Chesterfield. |
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Daughter Jane (Jennie) was the first wife of
Benedict Bristol. In 1809, daughter Elizabeth
married Andrew Hull Tuttle who came with Benedict to NC in 1807/8. Their daughter
Nancy Caroline Tuttle married Andrew Washington Hood (1811-1907), son of
John Hood. |
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Son James L. married Catherine (Katy) Kincaid, the daughter of
James Kincaid in Jan, 1830. |
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Son Alexander married Jane Rector in 1812 and they had 10 children before he
died in 1839. |
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Photos of Tombstones of Robert McCall,
and of Elizabeth McCall
who are buried together in
Littlejohn Methodist
Church Cemetery in Caldwell Co., NC. Also buried there is daughter
Elizabeth Tuttle. |
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Biography of Robert McCall submitted by
Charles William McCall, D.D.S. for the book Heritage of Burke County 1981. |
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Sources: Alexander, Nancy, Here Will I Dwell, The Story of Caldwell County, Rowan Printing, 1956, p.52. McCall, Charles William D.D.S., "Robert McCall", in The Heritage of Burke County 1981, The Burke County Historical Society, Morganton, NC, 1981, entry no. 448. McCall, James L., The McCall Family in Ireland and America, Morganton NC, no date. Poe, Allen, "Lineage of the Bristol & McCall Families - Some Comments", typewritten, copy in possession of GN Holloway. Tombstones, Littlejohn Methodist Church Cemetery, Caldwell Co., NC. WPA pre-1914 graves index, NC Archives, Raleigh NC. |
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