McCollum Ancestry

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John Blevin McCollum (1625-?) of Argyll Scotland; married Source: ancestry.com

Janet Jean Cambell McCollum (1624-?) said to be a "Lady"

John Neil McCollum (1657-1760) likely many more children

John Neil McCollum (1657-4/18/1760??) born at Craignish Castle, Arinagour, Argyll, Scotland; John was a Covenanter, trying to overthrow King James II, so was imprisoned in London, then transported with other prisoners in 1685 to Perth Amboy in the British colony of NJ.  Tombstone attests to this death date.

      Mary Burns McCollum (1675-4/2/1760) born in Monmonth, NJ,  married Philadelphia on  9/19/1645

        John Neil McCollum Jr (1690–4/4/1777)  married Susannah Wells (1694–1768)

 Dugal McCollum (1695–10/23/1746)

        David McCollum Sr (1/14/1714–1777)    Note: was Mary Burns really the mother of the following children?   Aged between 41 and 53.

        Reuben McCollum (1718–?)

        Daniel McCollum (1719–4/1/1779)

        Mary McCollum (1720–?)

        Dr. Jacob McCollum (1722–9/10/1791)

        Benjamin McCollum (1726–?)

        Thomas McCollum (1728–?) Note: another alleged child Duncan born in North Carolina probably not related

Note: Covenanters were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs. Wikipedia

Source: Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations 1650-1775, by David Dobson

David McCollum I (1714-1777) died in Mahoning County, OH

    Mary Henry McCollum (1725-?) David's wife; married 1750

        Anna McCollum (?-?)

        Betsey McCollum (?-?)  

        Nancy "Anne Laurie" McCollum (1743-1800)

        David McCollum II (1/20/1752-11/22/1830)

        Daniel McCollum V (1754-8/1776) married 

        Robert McCollum (1/14/1765-2/11/1830)

        Margaret McCollum (~1770-1847)

        James McCollum (?-?)

        Polly McCollum (?-?)

        Susan McCollum (?-?)  

        John I. McCollum (12/25/1770-4/1849) married  Jane Ayres (9/27/1767) Sussex NJ; died Austintown OH

David McCollum II (1/20/1752-11/22/1830) born Mendham, Morris County NJ; died Prosperity, PA

    Lucy Cook McCollum (1753-1797) David's first wife, married 1775

        Samuel McCollum (1775-2/20/1852)

        Mary Jane McCollum (10/28/1778-10/16/1851)

        Anna "Annie" McCollum (1784-1870)

        Asa McCollum (8/10/1785-8/16/1845)

        Sarah McCollum (8/12/1790-4/4/1809)

        Lydia McCollum (10/10/1792-8/28/1860)

    Susanna Lindley McCollum (?-?) David's second wife, married 1797

        Daniel McCollum (12/16/1797-1/27/1867)

        Lucy McCollum (1/16/1800-11/30/1886)

        Abigail McCollum (1801-?) 

        Melinda McCollum (1803-?)

Samuel McCollum (1775-2/20/1852) born Morris County NJ; died Franklin County OH

    Nancy Wells McCollum (1777-9/5/1859) married 1798 in Stouchberg, Berks Co., PA

        George Washington McCollum (1799-1880)

        Daniel McCollum (~1800-?)

        David McCollum (1800-1880) born Violet Twp, Fairfield Co, OH

        Rachel McCollum (~1802-~1877)

        William A. McCollum (1/17/1801-6/1/1884) buried Woodland Cemetery, McHenry County

             Catherine Robinault McCollum (1813 - 5/13/1901), William's wife; son George (1839-1895) buried Wauconda Cemetery, Lake County IL

        John McCollum (12/6/1808-1/24/1877)

       Asa McCollum (~1810-before 1852)

       Thomas McCollum I (~1811-1/25/1873)

       Rebecca McCollum (~1812-?)

       Jesse McCollum (~1818-?)

Note: brothers David, William, and John moved to McHenry County IL in 1836; McCollum Lake is named after them.

David McCollum (1800-1880) born Fairfield County OH; died McHenry County IL (also born 1804 or 1806)

    Elizabeth Powell McCollum (?-1844) first wife married 12/30/1826 in Franklin County OH

        Matilda McCollum (?-?) possibly married Jesse F Bolen whose child married in 1908

        Atreus McCollum (10/21/1827-4/26/1905) married 12/15/1851; buried Ostend Cemetery, McHenry County

             Mary L. Parks McCollum (12/15/1834-3/13/1910) Atreus' wife; had four children including Weston McCollum

        Uilla "Willy" McCollum Potter (1829-1886) also born 1832; married 2/12/1851 in McHenry County IL

             Dolphus S. Potter (1827-4/1876) died Clinton, IA; had three children

        Arilla McCollum (1831-?)  born in Fairfield County OH

        Aura Washington McCollum (6/13/1842-3/29/1912) born in McHenry County IL

        Milton McCollum (1843-?)

    Margaret Robinault McCollum (1825-?) second wife married 5/16/1844 in McHenry County IL

        Horace Mc Collum (1847-?)

        Sophrona S. McCollum Chesley (6/15/1853-3/6/1935) died Omaha

             Sylvester Chesley (?-?) married on 9/19/1870 Crystal Lake, IL; had three children

        John McCollum (1857-?)

Note: Catherine Robenault married William A. McCollum; lived in Fairfield County OH; brothers marrying sisters

Aura Washington McCollum (8/13/1837-3/29/1912)

    Rebecca Still McCollum (1842-12/10/1909) married 6/23/1859

        Ednie Corlin McCollum (11/15/1860-7/21/1863)

        Frank Elmer McCollum (4/6/1862-1/17/1947) buried in Allerton Cemetery, Lombard IL

        Emerson Grant McCollum (5/5/1864-10/28/1918)

        Addie H. McCollum (1865-1931) buried Union Cemetery, Crystal Lake IL

        Earl Emmons McCollum (4/29/1868-11/16/1936)  buried in Allerton Cemetery, Lombard IL my grandfather

        Ezra Jay McCollum (3/31/1872-2/10/1954)

        Harry Holmes McCollum (12/1876-1953) married 2/26/1912 to Elizabeth McInturf (1870-1947); buried Union Cemetery, Crystal Lake IL

Earl Emmons McCollum (4/29/1868-11/16/1936) moved to Downers Grove IL in 1913; buried in Allerton Cemetery, Lombard IL

    Nellie DeBolt McCollum (2/29/1864-1/9/1957) married in Fredonia, Wilson County, KS on Sept 14, 1889

        Hazel Mildred McCollum Hawkins (6/18/1890-1/1971) son Robert

        Edgar DeBolt McCollum (9/28/1893-12/20/1991) son Richard, daughter Sarah

        George Willard McCollum (12/7/1895-9/27/1983) son Theodore, daughter Jeanette

        Sidney Robert McCollum (9/21/1900-1/1979) adopted daughters Maureen and Linnie

        Bess Irene McCollum McCoy (9/25/1903-3/3/1989)

        Earl Weston McCollum (3/6/1909-1/12/1997) called "Toad", son Carl, daughters Joy and Linda

 Bess Irene McCollum married Clarence Earl McCoy in 1927

Bess's son Earl Emmons McCoy is named for his maternal grandfather Earl Emmons McCollum

Beulah Deaner married George Williard McCollum having son Ted

Frank Hawkins married Hazel McCollum

Earl Emmons McCollum and subsequent wife Nellie DeBolt

                             Children of Earl Emmons and Nellie McCoy

                                 son Earl (a.k.a. "Toad") is missing

                                 McCollum counsins and Bess McCollum McCoy         Bess McCollum McCoy, her twins, and their cousins

McCollum Family circa 1907