Nuts From the Family Tree blog has a "Plenty of Porters" post. The first sentence, "I get a headache whenever I think about the Porters of Allegany County, Maryland," expresses my sentiments exactly!
Jim's known Porters (all three of them!) are illustrated above via Wikitree. Eliza (Porter) McFadyen was an Allegany County Porter.
The 1794 Moses Porter will *(transcription here) recorded in Allegany County, Maryland, names his wife, Margaret, as well as his children.
*"Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved children viz: to Aaron Porter, John Porter, William Porter, Joshua Porter, Bethel Porter, Eleanor Porter, Thomas Porter, Moses Porter & Sarah Porter all that farm or plantation I may live on at my decease...".
Is Jim related to this Porter family? I don't know. He does have DNA matches to various Porter descendants from the Allegany County area.
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