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Adam RANKIN
1688 - 1747 (58 years)-
Name Adam RANKIN Birth 16 Jul 1688 Sterlingshire, Slirting Co., Scotland 
Gender Male _UID 758466BF3F854408BCCCE538FE95BA628265 Death 4 May 1747 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Person ID I3104 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 5 Jan 2006
Father William RANKIN, b. 1658, Scotland d. Abt 1730, Chester, Chester Co., Pennsylvania (Age 72 years) Mother Dorothy BLACK, b. Abt 1668, Londonderry, Ulster, N. Ireland d. 4 May 1747, Chester County, Pennsylvania (Age ~ 79 years) Marriage 1687 Ireland Family ID F1479 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary STEELE, b. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania d. Yes, date unknown Children 1. Esther RANKIN, b. Abt 1723, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania d. Welch Run, Franklin Co, Pennsylvania 2. William Dinwoody RANKIN, b. 1726, Chester, Chester Co., Pennsylvania d. 20 Oct 1786, Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Age 60 years)3. Jeremiah RANKIN, b. Abt 1733, Louisa County, Virginia d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1481 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
Family 2 Eliazbeth MAY, b. Abt 1689, Sterlingshire, Slirting Co., Scotland d. Yes, date unknown Marriage May 1710 Sterlingshire, Slirting Co., Scotland Children 1. James RANKIN, b. Abt 1711, Londonderry, Ulster, N. Ireland d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1482 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Notes - Alexander Rankin, his son William and grandson Adam migrated to Ireland when Adam was only one year old, Adam having been born in Sterlingshire, Scotland. The Rankins took part in the siegeof Londonderry in 1690, and with other various families, defended that city when it was besieged by James II. This siege lasted for 105 days, and was finally relieved by William of Orange.
Father:
William Rankin
Mother:
Dorothy Black
Married Elizabeth May (died 17 21) May 1710 Sterlingshire, Scotland
Children:
1. James Rankin 1715 Sterl ingshire, Slirting Co., Scotland
Married:
Mary Steele
Children:
1. William Rankin 1727 Fermanagh or Armagh, Ulster, Ireland
2. Jeremiah Rankin 1732
3. Ester Rankin 1733
"RANKIN ROOTS of EAST TENNESSEE"; by Hazel Townsend Tumblin; hazelt@bellsouth.net
- Alexander Rankin, his son William and grandson Adam migrated to Ireland when Adam was only one year old, Adam having been born in Sterlingshire, Scotland. The Rankins took part in the siegeof Londonderry in 1690, and with other various families, defended that city when it was besieged by James II. This siege lasted for 105 days, and was finally relieved by William of Orange.