Borelands of Clondavaddog (Donegal, Ireland)

There are presently two known branches of the Borland family of Clondavaddog, Donegal, Ireland, that have migrated to the United States. John Boreland appears to have been the first emigrant, followed by John's nephews William and Mark (most likely the sons of John's brother "Archibald" Boreland). Both families first settled in Pennsylvania. Based on the DNA results of one of Mark Boreland's descendants, the family is of haplogroup E1b1b1, and (along with the Boreland family of Ballymoney/Lisburn/Kilraughts) descends from the Borlands of Strathclyde, Scotland.

"Archibald" Boreland of Clondavaddog

The following chart represents the descendants of "Archibald" Boreland of Clondavaddog, whose name has not been proven, but rather reconstructed through the names of Sarah Boreland's children. Note that none of the listed children have been proven to be siblings, but based on naming patterns, family histories, immigration patterns, and common McCoach marriages, the following tree is believed to be mostly accurate:

• Archibald Boreland (b. circa 1740, given name based on names of daughter Sarah Boreland's children, Irish Flax Growers 1796 Clondavaddog)
  • Andrew Boreland (Irish Flax Growers 1796 Clondavaddog)
  • Robert Boreland (b. 1767 Donegal, Irish Flax Growers 1796 Clondavaddog, m. Ireland, Jane, arrival 1820 USA, r. 1821 Salem, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA, c. 1830 Salem, r. 1831 Wayne, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, d. 15 Dec 1850 Wayne)
    • William Borland (b. 1803 Donegal, m. 19 Mar 1831 Pennsylvania, Margaret Gartley, d. 1874 Wayne)
      • Robert Borland (b. 1832, d. before 1840)
      • John W. Borland (b. 1833)
      • Mary Jane Borland (b. 1834)
      • George G. Borland (b. 1836, d. 1895)
      • William P. Borland (b. 1839, d. 1905)
      • Robert J. Borland (b. 1840, d. 1909)
    • Robert Borland
    • James Borland
    • John Borland
  • James Archibald Boreland (b. circa 1770, Irish Flax Growers 1796 Clondavaddog, m. Elizabeth McCoach)
    • James Boreland (b. 27 May 1802 Tamney, Clondavaddog)
  • William Boreland (b. circa 1774 Ireland, Irish Flax Growers 1796 Clondavaddog, m. Mary Magdalene Herold)
    • John Campbell Borland (1800-1879)
    • Elizabeth Borland (1802-1843)
    • Catherine Borland (1804-1878)
    • William Henry Borland (1807-1882)
    • Sarah Borland (b. circa 1808)
    • Nancy Borland (1809-1863)
    • Christopher Borland (1812-1898)
  • Mark Boreland (b. circa 1775, m. 17 Feb 1795 Clondavaddog, Martha McCoach, Irish Flax Growers 1796 Clondavaddog)
    • Moses Howard Boreland (b. circa 1796 Clondavaddog, arrival 1825 Pennsylvania, USA, m. Pennsylvania, Sallie Taggart, c. 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 Allegheny, Pennsylvania, d. 11 Nov 1883)
      • Mark Borland (b. 16 Dec 1827 Pennsylvania, m. Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Jane Peterson, c. 1870, 1880 Monongahela, Washington, Pennsylvania, d. 13 Jul 1893 Pennsylvania)
        • John P. Borland (b. Aug 1855 Pennsylvania, c. 1880, 1900, 1910 Monongahela)
        • Howard Borland (b. circa 1857 Pennsylvania, c. 1880 Monongahela)
        • Ida M. Borland (b. Oct 1858 Pennsylvania, c. 1880, 1900, 1910 Monongahela)
        • Sallie Borland (b. circa 1861 Pennsylvania, c. 1880 Monongahela)
        • Charles Diehl Borland (b. circa 1865 Monongahela, c. 1880, 1910 Monongahela, m. Monongahela, Elsie McCoy, c. 1920 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, d. 1945 Monongahela)
          • William C. Borland (b. circa 1913 Pennsylvania, c. 1920 Pittsburgh, 1930 Monongahela)
          • Virginia Borland (b. circa 1914 Pennsylvania, c. 1920 Pittsburgh)
          • Jane McCoy Borland (b. 6 Mar 1915 Pennsylvania, c. 1920 Pittsburgh, m. John Lockwood Morrison, d. 8 Dec 2000 Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA)
          • Charles Borland (b. circa 1915 Pennsylvania, c. 1920 Pittsburgh, 1930 Monongahela)
        • Bessie E. Borland (b. Nov 1866 Pennsylvania, c. 1880, 1900, 1910 Monongahela)
        • David Hunter Borland (b. Mar 1871 Pennsylvania, c. 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 Monongahela)
      • Jane P. Borland (b. circa 1830 Pennsylvania, c. 1880 Allegheny)
      • Joseph H. Borland (b. circa 1852 Pennsylvania, c. 1880 Allegheny)
    • Elizabeth Boreland (b. 4 Oct 1803 Moross, Clondavaddog)
    • Mark Boreland II (b. 11 Mar 1809 Moross)
  • Sarah Boreland (b. circa 1795, m. 31 Mar 1818 Clondavaddog, George McCoach)
    • James McCoach (b. 4 Jul 1820 Glenfanet, Clondavaddog, d. 24 Sep 1863 Glenfanet)
    • Nancy McCoach (b. 8 Sep 1822 Glenfanet)
    • Archibald McCoach (b. 14 Feb 1825 Glenfanet)
    • Isabella McCoach (b. 15 Feb 1827 Glenfanet)
    • George McCoach (b. 25 Mar 1833 Glenfanet)

John Boreland of Clondavaddog

• John Boreland (b. circa 1745 Donegal, m. USA Catherine Montgomery)
  • John Borland (circa 1770 Pennsylvania, m. 1790 Martha Hutchinson, d. 1817 Pennsylvania)
    • Jane H. Borland (1791-1846)
    • Catherine Borland (1793-1868)
    • Samuel Hutchinson Borland (1796-1837)
    • Esther Borland (1799-1881)
  • Archibald Borland (b. 27 Feb 1774, Margaret McKim, d. 24 Aug 1840 Ferguson, Centre, Pennsylvania)
  • Andrew Borland (b. circa 1774 Pennsylvania, m. Margaret Huston)
    • Andrew Borland (b. 15 Apr 1812 Pennsylvania, m. Elizabeth, d. 13 Apr 1873)
      • James Borland (b. circa 1843)
      • Adam Borland (b. circa 1845)
      • Elizabeth Borland (b. circa 1853)
  • Mary Borland (b. 10 Sep 1776 Pennsylvania, m. James Glenn, d. 12 Feb 1847)
    • John Glenn (1800-1867)
    • Jane Glenn (1801-1870)
    • Alexander Glenn (1803-1881)
    • Catherine Glenn (1805-1870)
    • Margaret Glenn (1806-1876)
    • Mary Ann Glenn (1810-1870)
  • James Borland (b. circa 1778, m. Peggy McBridge)
  • Isabella Borland (b. circa 1782, m. Robert Porter)
  • William Borland (b. 1783, m. Margaret D. Kinter, d. 1829)
    • Archibald Borland (b. 1817 Pennsylvania, d. 1866)
    • Sarah Borland (b. 1820)
  • Martha Borland (b. circa 1784, m. Robert Glenn)
  • Jane Borland (b. circa 1786, m. 1806 William Thompson)
    • William F. Thompson (1808-1889)
    • Moses Thompson (b. circa 1810 Pennsylvania, married Mary I., c. 1880 Centre, Pennsylvania)
      • Annie Thompson (b. circa 1851)
    • Robert W. Thompson
    • John Borland Thompson (1812-1888)
    • James Thompson (1818-1877)

Other Borleand Flax Growers of Clondavaddog

The following Borlands appeared on the 1796 Irish Flax Growers list, and have not yet been integrated into either of the above trees:

• William Boreland
• Daniel Boreland
• Henry Boreland
• John Boreland
• Isabella Bosland (sic)