from The Complete Rankin Book Robin Rankin Willis 2911 Keagan Falls Drive, Manvel, TX 77578, USA FOUR PIONEER SETTLERS OF DUMPLIN VALLEY GENEALOGY OF THE RANKIN FAMILY GENERATION 1 ALEXANDER RANKIN, BORN IN SCOTLAND, HAD THREE SONS, TWO WERE MARTYRS TO THEIR RELIGION. OF THESE ONE WAS KILLED ON THE HIGHWAY, THE OTHER SUFFOCATED IN A SMOKEHOUSE5 WHERE HE HAD TAKEN REFUGE TO ESCAPE HIS PURSUERS. THE THIRD BROTHER, WILLIAM, TOGETHER WITH HIS FATHER AND FAMILY ESCAPED TO DERRY COUNTY, IRELAND IN 1688. WILLIAM AND HIS FATHER, ALEXANDER RANKIN, WERE PARTICIPANTS IN THE SIEGE OF LONDONDERRY, WHICH TOOK PLACE IN 1689. ALEXANDER RANKINS NAME IS SIGNED TO THE PETITION OF THANKS TO ALMIGHTY GOD, AND WILLIAM, KING OF ORANGE, FOR HIS TIMELY ASSISTANCE IN RAISING THE SIEGE IN AUGUST, 1689. GENERATION 2 WILLIAM RANKIN HAD THREE SONS, ADAM, BORN IN SCOTLAND, 1699. JOHN AND HUGH BORN IN IRELAND. ADAM AND HUGH CAME TO AMERICA IN 1721, LANDING IN PHILADELPHIA. PA., AND SETTLED IN CHESTER COUNTY, HUGH WAS KILLED IN A MILL ACCIDENT. ADAM MARRIED MARY STEELE. GENERATION 3 JOHN RANKIN MARRIED JANE McELWEE, IN IRELAND, CAME TO AMERICA IN 1727. HE HAD TWO SONS, THOMAS AND RICHARD, AND EIGHT DAUGHTERS. RICHARD MARRIED A MISS DOUGLASS AND SETTLED IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, VA. GENERATION 4 THOMAS RANKIN, 1724 - 1828, MARRIED ISABEL CLENDENON OF PA. AND SETTLED IN THAT STATE. THEIR CHILDREN WERE: JOHN 1754 - 1825 MARRIED MARTHA WAUGH RICHARD 1756 - 1827 MARRIED JENNETT STEELE SAMUEL 1758 - 1828 MARRIED - PETTY WILLIAM 1760 - 1834 MARRIED SARAH MOORE THOMAS 1762 -1821 MARRIED JENNETT BRADSHAW JAMES 1770 - 1839 MARRIED MARGARET MASSEY JANE MARRIED WILLIAM GILLESPIE MARGARET MARRIED SAMUEL HARRIS ANN MARRIED LEMUEL LACY ISABEL MARRIED ROBT. McQUISTON NANCY MARRIED SAMUEL WHITE MARY MARRIED JAMES BRADSHAW THOMAS RANKIN OF GENERATION 4, WAS A CAPTAIN IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. HIS FOUR ELDEST SONS WERE PRIVATES IN SAID WAR. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED IN 1930 BY CHRISTOPHER HOUSTON RANKIN COURTLAND THALES RANKIN, ATTY REV. JOHN GRANT NEWMAN, D.D. MRS. ALMYRA - RANKIN - McMURRA Y MRS. RO ZEE - RANKIN TAYLOR FRANK WALTER RANKIN HARRY JAY RANKIN SAM HULL RANKIN