Descendants of James McClure (1777-1865), who was born in Franklin Co., Vermont. He was married to Rebecca Lindsley (Lindsay) (1781-1850). Rebecca was born in New Hampshire. James McClure was a farmer in the St. Albans and Sheldon area of Franklin County, Vermont. Mahala McClure (1821-1878), daughter of James and Rebecca McClure, was born at Highgate, Franklin Co., Vt. She married Stephen Rockwell (1815-1886) born in Vermont or Canada. Family moved from Franklin Co., Vt. to Will Co., Illinois. Mahala and Stephen Rockwell died in Wilmington, Illinois. Descendants live in Illinois, Iowa, Vermont, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and elsewhere.
"No other official record or group of records is as historically significant as the 1790 census of the United States. The taking of this census marked the inauguration of a process that continues right up to our own day--the enumeration at ten-year intervals of the entire American population" -- publisher website (June 2007).