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Logans At Home
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ó leocháin as Gaeilge. Other spellings: Loghan, Loughan, Lohan.
Welcome to the newest additions to the Logan Genealogy extended family: I was contacted by descendants of the Samuel Logan => Walter Denham Logan => Kenneth Clark Logan family last week. We are in the process of exchanging pictures and information. John Logan Deed, 1822, Shaler
Township, Allegheny County Located the graves of John and Jane McCully Logan - Union Dale cemetery, Brighton Rd., Northside. Their son Samuel moved the graves from the farm. Also buried there are:
Samuel Logan volunteers for
service in 1861 William Logan 1798 - 1870, brother of
John Logan who settled in Allegheny County from Betty Anne Logan Parker Logan graves in Racavan and Ahoghill graveyards, County Antrim John A. Denham Plot at Homewood Cemetery, Final Resting place for Mary Logan Denham James McCully buried in Allegheny Cemetery, Section 16, Lot 150. Trust agreement signed by most relatives in 1919 lists more than 27 - including two "new" Shannons and several "new" Frews Congratulations to Claire Logan Forester and her husband Jeff Forester - parents of a new baby: Thomas Edward Forester, born 9/5/2007. Link to Jon W. Logan's website - Fiat parts Alex Logan Brown Graduated in June 2007 WWII Memorial for Frederick Baer Logan and Howard William Logan, Mercer, PA Martha Logan Johnston - graves in Ironton, OH William McCully - cousin of James and Jane McCully Church of Mary Elizabeth Denham Taylor Dr. James V. Shoemaker - husband of Mary Jane Steen Logan Joshua Logan Luxbacher graduates Albert J. Logan graves at Allegheny Cemetery Logan-Bailey-Brown-Chafuen Picnic, 2002 Broughshane, Home of our ancestor, John Logan Logan News, 12/2003 - Send me your news!! Lenne Logan received a Kiwanis award - October, 2004 Update 01/22/05 -New Logan Cousin - Pat Van Druff from the Arminta Maude Logan-Reed B. Coyle line.
12/21/2007
Our Logans may have been native Irish or they may have been Scots. There were 28 Logan families in County Antrim in 1660; The earliest documented Logan I know of in "our" area of Northern Ireland was John Logan, Gentleman of Stroan, 7/20/1679. He was a tenant on the Brownlows-Derry Estate. However, Logan is an ancient Irish name spelled ó leocháin or ó leogháin and they were in Westmeath and Galway long before the Plantation. There was also a McAughhelly family in County Armagh, Tegnavin in 1711. McAuley(McCully) is a Viking name brought to Ireland in the 800s A.D. The Irish spelling is Mac Con Uladh or Mac Cú Uladh. Our ancestors may have moved to Ulster in the North of Ireland, where they mingled with OLeoghains and Lagans and Loggans and Lachans, and many other variations in the spelling until the British tried to anglicize the name. The British apparently confused the name 'Lagan' with another name 'lacha' which means "duck." There is another word in Gaelic -Logan - which means a "little hollow, meadow, or low-lying place." It is a common place name in Scotland and there is a river Logan. According to The Logans of Old Ninety-Six by Lida E. Logan and Richard K. Logan: "In about the 11th or 12th centuries, surnames were first adopted by commoners. Two separate groups of Scots, who do not claim kinship, took the name of Logan as a surname." The Highland Logans were of Celtic origin; the Logan family (no clans on the east coast of Scotland) "had been under English rule several times so were already a mixture of Celts and Anglo-Saxons before they took the name Logan." When John Logan and Jane McCully settled in Pittsburgh around 1816-1818, they are reported as associated with the Reformed Presbyterian Church. There was a congregation of so-called "Old Lights" in the area where they lived. The split occurred in 1833. The Old Lights did not believe in becoming Citizens of the United States because the U.S. Constitution did not have any mention of the word "God." That may be why I cannot find their naturalization papers. I have confirmed that they left on the Brig Nancy in 1814 from Newry. Where they were during the next year, I do not know. Jane came from Ballylig near Larne. John listed his townland as Monaghan. That is in the Civil Parish of Kirkinriola; Registrar's District of Ballymena; Electoral District of Kirkinriola and Barony of Toome Lower. The boundaries of counties have changed over the years. This combination of townlands and districts now includes parts of County Antrim and County Monaghan. A memo written by Albert J. Logan in 1923 long after he interviewed his grandparents, gives Jane's hometown as Ballylig. There are McCulloughs (pronounced McCully) buried in the Racavan graveyard with a town of Ballyligpatrick. Our Logans lived in Brekagh near Buckna for years. After marrying Mary Galt, William Logan moved down to Broughshane. His son John Logan (who came to Allegheny County, PA in 1814) bought a grave plot for his parents in the First Presbyterian Church of Broughshane churchyard. It is registered to John Logan of Algany(variation of Allegheny.) Why they came to the US?
Betsy Logan asked me a long time ago about why I thought the Logans and
McCullys came to Pennsylvania when they did in 1814. I think I might have a
good answer now.
I did some reading at the Ballymena library in February about the time just
after the 1798 Rebellion by the United Irishmen in the Ballymena, Broughshane
and Buckna area. And I have just been re-reading the Presbyterianism in Buckna
1756-1992. The Buckna Presbyterian Church broke away from the
Broughshane Presbyterian Church about 1756 because the trip to Broughshane was
too long for many of the members.
Our William Logan lived in Breckagh which is about 2 miles north of Buckna and
belonged to this congregation before he was married about 1780 or so. We know
from the library records that the farmers in this area were growing flax, oats
and potatoes and most of them were suppliers to the linen business which
was doing very well in Ireland at the time. So, most likely they were
comfortable farmers or linen makers.
The Test Act of 1673 which barred Catholics and Presbyterians from holding
office and which made any religious rites such as marriages, baptisms, etc.
illegal unless they were performed by Church of Ireland (Anglican) clergy had
finally been repealed in 1780, but the Irish Parliament (no northern ireland
or republic at that time) was corrupt and an agent of the British government.
It still ran the country with a heavy hand and restricted trade and kept the
best of everything for Britain. Ireland was anticipating an invasion by France
in 1788 so a bunch of volunteer militias arose. Some of them later became the
United Irishmen who mounted a rebellion against Britain in 1798. We know from
Albert J. Logan's memo in 1927 that Mary Galt Logan's two brothers were United
Irishmen. We also know from newspaper accounts at the time that some of the
Logans were murdered on their farm - perhaps William Logan's cousins. We
know that the area around Buckna was especially active in the United Irishmen
movement and that the Presbyterian Pastor of the Buckna church - Reverend
David Park was a leader of the revolt. He was supposedly a friend of Henry
McCracken and the two of them hid in the hills around Slemish (right behind
the Buckna church) for a number of years after the revolt was put down by the
British military.
At the same time the Presbyterians were in upheaval with the Seceders and
those who favored subscribing to the Westminster Confession competing for the
attention of the congregations. Then, the Buckna church had borrowed heavily
from the Gordon family and could not or would not pay back the money to
the widow Gordon, so the Broughshane church was dunning them for the debt.
By 1814 when John Logan and Jane McCully came to the US, the William Logan
family had moved down to Broughshane; the Buckna church was looking for
another minister (Park had retired in 1809 and died in 1812; Rev. Dill came in
1810 but stayed only 2 years because he wanted to marry the Gordon
daughter and her mother did not think him suitable). I think that their
entire lives were in upheaval - there were hard feelings as a result of taking
sides in the 1798 uprising; they could not get a good price for their flax; the church - which was the center of everyone's life there and still is - was
in upheaval; Mary Galt Logan's two brothers had fled to the US and got
property; several of the Logans had been murdered during the 1798 rising. And
many of their neighbors were leaving for Canada, Australia and the US. And you
can bet they were none too popular with the British government. So, Betsy, I
think that's why they chose to come then.
They next appear in 1816 in Philadelphia, Pa. They are listed by Donald M.Schlegel in "Passengers from Ireland 1811-1817." This was published by the Shamrock or Hibernia Chronicles, Baltimore, Genealogy Publishing Co., Ref 8099, p.88. Jane's name is spelled M'Cauly. On the Brig Nancy list, her name was spelled M'Auley. The land on which they first settled is now bounded on the North by Ross Township; Southwest by Brighton Road; East by Benton Avenue. It was originally in Ross Township, and warranted to Jane McCully by her brother. Later, it became part of the town of Allegheny. The history of Mercer County says that they were buried on a farm to which they moved in 1823 or 1825. That farm has now been identified and is in Shaler Township near the intersection of Little Pine Creek and Thompson Run Road. There is a map supplied by Scott Rimell (Logan Coyle line). We also now have a copy of John Logan's will leaving his farm to Mary Logan Denham and Samuel Logan. Update as of 6/8/2002: Mr. Frank R. Bailey has sent me a document prepared by Albert J. Logan (I believe) detailing John and Jane Logan's families. John's father was William and his mother was Mary Galt. They were living in Broughshane after they were married. It turns out John had a sister Mary, a sister Martha, a brother William, a brother Samuel, and another two sisters: Nancy and Margaret who lived with John and Jane,in addition to brothers James (father of Albert J.) and Thomas (who must have died early). This document says that John Logan "worked at stone masonry in the old penitentiary, Allegheny. Later between 1820 and 1825 he bought a farm in Ross Township[now in Shaler], Allegheny County, seven miles from Pittsburgh for $4.30 per acre where he resided until his death 10/30/1868." Jane died 5/27/1855. Mary Logan, daughter of John & Jane, wife of Alexander Denham, lived at the Presbyterian Home in Wilkinsburg before her death. Her daughter Mary Elizabeth Denham Taylor endowed a room at the Presbyterian Home with family portraits on the walls and wonderful furniture with the provision that her mother would live there until her death and that after her death the room would remain with the portraits and furniture. The Presbyterian Church sold the home and moved the antiques to Oakmont, apparently disposing of the portraits. Mary Elizabeth Taylor's grandfather clock stands in the sitting room at the Presbyterian Home at Oakmont - it has a brass identification tag on it.
The word "lacha" in Gaelic means duck. Some of the Logans' names were anglicized to "Duck." From Jim McGlinn-- I have photocopies of a number of marriage certificates for 3rd May 1848 Robert DUCK aged 22, bachelor, weaver of Muckley (I suspect Robert Duck was really Robert Lagan or Logan) 18th May 1855, Isaac LOGAN, bachelor, farmer of Botteer in the
Hello Deb,
just came across your website by chance. My name is Vincent Duke from Dublin,
Ireland. Our family come from Roscommon where a search of the old graveyard
showed that the name Duke came from O'Lochan which became Duck and then Duke.
Perhaps we are distantly related........?
Regards,
Vincent
Here is the Logan Tartan. It is the Tartan of the MacLennan clan in the 13th century in Scotland. A Logan married a Fraser, forming a Logan clan in East Ross. The Scots chief was Gilliegorm, who was deformed, became a priest and founded churches at Kilmore and Kilchrennan. His son was called Gille Fhinnan and the MacLennan name comes form MacGill'innan.(son of Gille Fhinnan.) It is unlikely that Western Pennsylvania Logans were related to these MacLennans. The early Lowland Logans probably originated various places - recent DNA testing indicates an admixture of Celts, Angles, Saxons, immigrants from Turkey and many others living along the border between Britain and Scotland. Also there were quite a number of families with distinct DNA patterns who now call themselves "Logans" so a variety of names were anglicized to "Logan." It is documented that two of them were killed in Spain in 1329 on their way to the Holy Land with the heart of King Robert I (the Bruce). It is also unlikely that these two were related to Western Pennsylvania Logans.
Stephen Michael Logan has pointed out that the crest below is the Irish Logan crest; the one above is the Scots Logan crest. Go raibh maith agat, a Stephen.
This is the valor of my Ancestors. Uchtach mór dé mó Sinseara. Dum Spiro Spero/While I Breathe, I Hope.
Some Links you might like:
Information on NonSubscribing Presbyterians Pictures of John Logan(1825-1919) and James McCully(1794-1872)courtesyofMelanie Chafuen These are some other Logan Sites you might like:
Other families, some of whom are related to the Mercer County Logans:
Visiting the Logans since 9/2004 May the road rise up to meet you
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