Cornelius HARKINS b. before 17751 Ireland;2,3 living 1820;1 
Located here is biographical information on Cornelius HARKINS.
m.
Catherine FEGAN6 b. ca. 1780;4,5 living 18405 had 

Biographical information on Cornelius HARKINS.

Cornelius HARKINS and Catherine FEGAN had children:
1. female b. say 18091,7
2. Mary Ann HARKINS b. 218/229 Nov. 1814 Franklin8 Co., PA; m. 1832
   James ALLEN;10 d. 25 Mar. 1889;8,9 bur. Middleswart Cem., Meigs Co., OH9
3. Elenor HARKINS b. ca. 181511 Franklin Co., PA11; living 1850 unmarried11
4. John HARKINS b. ca. 181711 Franklin Co., PA2,11; m. Evaline;11 d.
   3 Oct. 1887;12 bur. Old Dutch Cem.,12 Dry Run, Franklin Co., PA13



1. 1820 Fannet Twp., Franklin Co. PA census.
2. 1880 Franklin Co., PA census, p. 72B, birth location of father of John Harkins.
3. 1880 Meigs Co., OH census, p. 48D birth location of mother Mary (Harkins) Allen.
4. 1830 Fannet Twp., Franklin Co., PA census, Catharine Harkins age 50-60.
5. 1840 Fannet Twp., Franklin Co., PA census, Catharine Harkins age 50-60.
6. Franklin Co., PA Orphans Docket B:151-152, FHL microfilm 0,323,837.
7. 1810 Franklin Co., PA census.
8. Meigs Co., Ohio death records, 1:266, Mary A. Allen 25 Mar. 1889
   age 74y, 4m, 4d, FHL microfilm 0,313,469.
9. Meigs County Genealogical Society, Cemeteries of Lebanon Township,
   Meigs County, Ohio, (n.p.: by author, 1992).
   Mary A. Allen 25 Mar. 1889, age 74y, 4m, 3d
10. "Franklin County Marriage Records (1802-1855)," Your Family Tree,
   Pennsylvania Genealogy and History, XV (Winter 1969): 22. States
   copied from History of the Presbyterian Churches of Path Valley,
   (1916).
11. 1850 Fannet Twp., Franklin Co., PA census as Harkness.
12. Records of Melissa Fegan Seitz, deceased.
13. John Harkins estate 12724, Franklin Co., PA.
14. Evidence for the three children being of Cornelius Harkins and Catherine
    Fegan:
    a) Mary's death in #8 shows she was born in Franklin Co., PA
    b) Mary's marriage record in 1832 in #10 was in Fannett (or Metal) Twp.
    c) Cornelius in 1820 and Catherine in 1830 and 1840 were the only
       Harkins in those years in Franklin Co., PA, all in Fannett Twp.
    d) [Assumed] children's ages in 1820 [1 male, 2 females under 10,
       1 female 10-16] and 1830 [1 male 10-15, 2 females 15-20] correspond
       with ages of Mary Ann, Eleanor, and John in later census.
    e) John Harkins continued in 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 to reside in
       Fannett Twp.
    f) Mary Ann and John in 1880 both gave their father's birth as Ireland.
    g) The only other Harkins found in Franklin Co. when the three children
       were born was Barnabas in 1810 Warren Twp., who died by 7 Mar. 1813
       when letters of adm. were issued on his estate (Wills C:119) before
       the three children were born.
    h) Mary gave her eldest daughter the middle name Catherine, the same
       as her mother.
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