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PENNSYLVANIA 


GENEALOGIES; 


SGOTCH-IRISH  and  GERMAN. 


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WILLIAM  HENRY  EGLE,  M.  D.,  M.  A. 


HAREISBURG : 

Lane  S.  Hart,  Printer  and  Binder. 

1886. 


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PREFATORY. 


This  volume  is  the  author's  contribution  to  the  Genealogy  of  his 
native  State.  It  is  the  result  of  years  of  conscientious  labor  in  this 
neglected  field  of  our  State  History,  and  comprises  only  a  portion  of 
the  material  which  he  has  gathered.  On  the  reception  of  this  vol- 
ume, with  its  limited  edition,  will  depend,  in  a  measure,  whether 
another  volume  shall  follow.  In  this  brief  prefatory  note,  he  takes 
the  occasion  to  acknowledge  his  especial  obligations  to  James  H. 
Shields,  of  Chicago,  Eliot  McCormick,  of  New  York,  Bucher 
A'iRES,  of  Philadelphia,  John  Blair  Linn,  of  Bellefonte,  Isaac 
Craig,  of  Allegheny  City,  James  B,  Lyon,  of  Pittsburgh,  and 
A.  Boyd  Hamilton,  of  Harrisburg,  for  very  valuable  assistance. 

Harrisburg,  Penn'a,  February  i,  1886. 


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SamueV)  b.  Januafj  28,  1802;  m.  Februaiy  3,  1831,  Mar- 
G^ARET  Eamsey,  and  had  issue  (surname  Andrews) : 

i.  Mary -Eliza,  h.YQhrwaxy  19,  1832;  m.  October  18,  1849, 
Rev.  Patterson  Reece,  d.  January  23,  1855,  and  had 
Patter  son- A  n  dreios . 
ii.  Hugh,  b.  March  16, 1834  ;  a  lawyer  of  Jonesboro',  Illinois. 
in.  James-Bamsey,  b.  May  25, 1836;  m.  Alice  Hagenbach. 
iv.  John,  b.  December  15, 1837. 
V.  Elizabeth-Agnes,  b.  March  9,  1840;  m.  Rev.  James  T. 

Pollock. 
vi.  George- Washington,  b.  February  22,  1842;  a  lawyer  of 

Murfreesboro',  Illinois. 
vii,  ;Sar«/i-JE'ZZen,  b.  January  14, 1844. 
via.  Anna-Isabella,  b.  August  8, 1846. 
ix.   William-Chalmers,  b.  August  13, 1850 ;  d.  August  17, 1866. 
X.  Margaret-Effie,  b.  August  25, 1852. 

XII.  James  Andrews, *  (Elizabeth, ^  John,^  Samuel)  b. 
November  26, 1805  ;  m.  November  20, 1827,  Mary  Cornelia 
Yan  Cleve,  b.  December  2,  1807.  They  had  issue  (surname 
Andrews) : 

i.  Benjamin-Van  Cleve,  b.  September  5, 1828;  m.  Samantha 

Bucher. 
ii.  America,  b.  April  8,  1835. 
iii.  Franklin- Morrow,  b.  August  22,  1838;   m.  Mary  Eloisa 

Price. 
iv.  John-Van  Cleve,  h.  May  5,  1842. 
V.  Samuel-Dover,  b.  October  11,  1844. 
vi.  Laura-N.,  b.  April  8,  1849. 

XIII.  Eliza  Andrews, *  (Elizabeth, ^  John,^  Samuel,^)  b. 
December  17,  1807;  d.  Februaiy  4,  1860,  at  Xeuia,  Ohio;  m. 
Al>jxander  Stephen.     They  had  issue  (surname  Stephen) : 

i.  Elizabeth-Ann,  m. Loomis. 

ii.  Ifancy'-Jn.ne,  m. Williams. 

iii.  Hugh-Andrews,  m.  Artemisia 


iv.  Eloise- Margaret,  m.  Luther  Haines. 
V.  Charles- Alexander,  m.  Mary  Lester. 

vi.  John-Ainsworth,  m.  Harriet  Galbraith. 

vii.  Martha-Isabella,  m. ■■ —  Dunn. 

via.  George-  Washington. 

ix.  Eleanora. 

XIV.  Hugh  Andrews, 4  (Elizabeth, 3  John, ^  Samuel, i)  b. 


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Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 


September  2,  1810 ;  d.  March,  1862 ;  ra.,  Januarj^  18,  1831, 
Phcebe  Cook,  b.  March,  1810.  They  had  issue  (surname 
Andrews) : 

i.  Angelina,  b.  Jan.  7, 183.3;  m,  Jan.  18,  1855,  Levi  Kirby. 
n.  Abraham,  b.  July  12, 1835 ;  m.  Dec.  30, 1855,  Jane  Pearson. 

Hi.  Samuel,  b.  Jan.  10,  1841 ;  m. Hollingshead. 

iv.  Eleanora,  b.  May  7, 1846;  m.  John  Cochran. 
V.  Joseph-Wilbur,  b.  Dec.  4,  1848. 
vi.  Eliza,  \).  Oct.  11, 1851. 


Allen  of  Hanover. 


ALLEN  OF  HANOVER. 


1.  William  Allen,'  b.  in  Scotland ;  left  his  native  coun- 
try on  account  of  religious  persecution,  and  settled  in  the 
Province  of  Ulster,  Ireland.  Whether  he  came  to  America 
cannot  now  be  determined.  He  had,  among  other  children, 
two  sons  : 

2.  i.   William^  b.  February.  1709 ;  m.  Elizabeth . 

3.  ii.  Joseph. 

II.  William  Allen,  ^  (William,  i)  b.  February,  1709,  in 
county  Antrim,  Ireland;  d.  Decemoer  26,  1784.  He  came  to 
America  about  1730.  and  settled  in  Hanover  township,  Lan- 
caster, now  Dauphin  county.  Pa.  His  name  appears  on  all  the 
early  Provincial  tax  lists,  and  in  1777  took  the  oath  of  alle- 
giance. His  wife,  Elizabeth,  b.  March,  1705  ;  d.  May  3, 1800. 
They  had  issue,  all  b.  in  Hanover:  ~  . 

i'  John. 

ii.  Sarah,  m.  James  Dixon. 
Hi.  Jean.,  m.  John  Sawyer. 
iv.  Elizabeth.,  m.  Samuel  Mann. 

V.  Mavy^m.  John  Snodgrass. 

4.  vi.  Samnel,  m.  Rebecca  Smith. 

5.  vii.  William, h.nH;  m.  Rebecca  Green. 

III.  Joseph  Allen, ^  (William,  i)  arrived  in  the  Province 
of  Pennsylvania  about  the  year  of  his  brother's  coming  (1730) 
and  died  soon  after  in  Philadelphia ;  m.  in  Ireland,  and  had 
issue : 

6.  i.  Joseph,  m.  Jane  Riddle. 

lY.  Samuel  Allen,  ^  (William,  ^  William,  i )  b.  in  the  county 
Antrim,  Ireland,  and  died  prior  to  1788 ;  m.,  by  Rev.  John 
Roan,  of  Deny  church,  Rebecca  Smith.  Samuel  Allen's 
name  appears  on  the  petition  against  the  division  of  Hanover 
township,  February,  1769,  and  also  on  the  Provincial  assess- 
ment lists.     They  had  issue,  all  born  in  Hanover : 


8  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

I.  Mary.,  b.  September  9,  1765 ;  d.  March  10, 1806  ;  m.  Captain 
John  Barnett.     (see  Barneit  record.) 
7.     il.   William,  h.Mny  16,  1761 ;  m.  Nancy  Ainsworih. 
in.  Robert,  h.  July  14,  1769. 

iv.  EUzaheth,  b.  July  20,  1771;  m.  October,  1792,  by  Rev.  J. 
Snodgrnss,  David  Strain,  and  had  William,  James,  ax\A 
a  daughter,  who  married  Samuel  Hiser. 
V.  David,  b.  1773;  m.  Price,  of  Barren  county,  Ken- 
tucky, where  be  lived  and  died. 
vi.  Samuel,  b.  1776. 

Y.  William  Allen,  ^  (William,  ^  William,  i)  b.  1744;  d. 
October  16,  1794.  He  was  a  lieutenant  in  Colonel  Green's 
battalion,  Eevolutionary  army,  and  was  wounded  in  the  arm 
at  the  battle  of  White  Plains,  and  taken  prisoner.  He  was 
accidentally  killed  at  a  cider-press,  and  buried  in  old  Hanover 
churcliyard.  Colonel  Allen  m.,  in  1780,  Eebecca  Geeen, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Timothy  Green.  After  his  death  his 
children  were  sent  to  school  at  Litiz  and  Philadelphia.  Mrs. 
Allen  remained  a  widow  some  years,  and  then  married  Moses 
Barnett.  She  died  July  30,  1837.  Colonel  Allen's  children 
were : 

i..  Elizahetk,  (1st,)  b.  1781:  d.  1786. 

a.  Effy,  b.  October  19,  1783 ;  d.  January  25, 1811 ;  m.,  Febru- 
ary  16, 1804,  by  Rev.  James  Snodgrass,  Robert  Rogers, 
and  had  Rebecca,  b.  May  1,  1805,  m.  Thomas  Mitchell 
McCormick;  ^adrew;,  b.  1806,  d.  1845;  Williajn  Allen,  h. 
1808,  d.  1851 ;  was  judge  of  the  courts  at  Springfield,  O. ; 
and  Robert-Henderson,  b.  June  25, 1811. 
Hi.  William,  h.  1785;  d.in  Philadelphia,by  accidental  poison- 
ing. 
iv.  Elizabeth,  (2d,)  b.  April  16,  1789;  bap.  July  26.  1789;  m., 
March  13, 1813,  Joseph  Barnett,  of  Hanover,  [see  Barnett 
record-) 

V.  Timothy-Green,  b.  June,  1791 ;  bap.  July  11,  1791.  In  the 
war  of  1812,  he  and  his  cousin,  Joseph  Barnett,  enlisted 
in  the  Chambersburg  Union  Volunteers,  Captain  Mc- 
Clintock.  He  was  taken  ill  on  the  march  to  Buffalo, 
Kew  York,  and  died  at  an  inn,  seven  miles  from  that 
town,  on  the  12th  of  December,  1812.  In  1867,  Isaac 
Moorhead,  of  Erie,  had  his  remains  removed  to  Penn- 
sylvania and  placed  beside  those  of  his  mother. 

VI.  Joseph  Allen ^  (Joseph,  ^  William i)  was  brought  to 


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this  countr}^  when  a  boy  by  his  father,  who  died  iu  Philadelphia. 
Settled  on  the  Manady,  in  Hanover  township,  and  d.  March  24, 
1817.  Joseph  Allen  signed  the  petition  against  the  division  of 
Hanover  township  in  1769.  His  name  is  on  the  Provincial  as- 
sessment lists.  He  was  a  contributor  and  member  of  old  Han- 
over church,  where  he  and  his  wife  were  buried.  He  m.  Jane 
EiDDLE,  daughter  of  James  and  Janett  Eicldle  of  Hanover,  b. 
1729,  d.  January  6,  1804.     They  had  issue: 

James,  m.  Elizabeth  Painter. 

Jane^  d.  in  infancy. 

Joseph.,  b.  Jan.  25, 1768  ;  m.  Eleanor  McEwen. 

Margaret,  m.  March  25, 1790,  by  Rev.  J.  Snodgrass,  Charles 

Brown ;  settled  in  Miami  county,  Ohio,  about  1800,  and 

had  three  sons  and  four  daughters. 
John,  m.  Hannah  Sawyer. 
Robert,  m.  Nancy  McISTamara. 
Tristram,  d.  July  8, 1817  ;  buried  at  Hanover  church. 

VII.  William  Allen, ^ (Sam ael,^  William,  i)  b.  iu  Hanover 
May  16,  1767;  d.  Nov.  14,  1844  ;  m.  March  18,  1790,  by  Eev, 
J.  Snodgrass,  Nancy  Ainsvtokth,  daughter  of  John  Ains- 
worth  and  Margaret  Mayes,  b.  Jan.  8,  1767;  d.  Jan.  2,  1845. 
Their  children,  all  born  in  Hanover,  were : 

12.  i.  Samuel,  b.  1791;  m.  Eleanor  Brown. 

ii.  Margaret,  b.  1794;  m.  John  Mahargue ;  lived  and  died  in 

Halifax,  Dauphin  county,  Pa. 
Hi.  Rebecca,  b.  July  24,  1796;  m.  Dec.  15,  1816,  by  Rev.  J. 

Snodgrass,  David  Espy,    [see  Espy  record.) 
iv.  iV^ancy,  b.  Aug.  10,1799;  m.  Samuel  Todd,  {see  Tocldrecord.) 
V.  Mary,  (Polly,)  b.  1802  ;  d.  in  Hanover  July  4,  1822. 
vi.  Sally,  b.  1803;  m.  George  W.  Dumars;  d.  Sept.  15,  1869, 

near  Tivoli,  Peoria  county,  HI. 

13.  vii.   William,  b.  March  1,  1809 ;  m.  Mary  Albright. 

VIII.  James  Allen,*  (Joseph, ^  Joseph, 2  William, i)  m. 
Elizabeth  Painter,  who  died  in  1818.  They  had  issue,  all 
born  in  Hanover: 

i.  Joseph,  moved  to  Illinois  in  1829. 
ii.  John,  d.  near  Linglestown  in  1878. 
Hi.  Thomas,  moved  to  Iowa. 
iv.  James,  moved  to  Iowa. 

V.  Mary,  d.  at  14  years  of  age. 
vi.  Jane,  d.  at  24  years  of  age. 
vii.  Eleanor,  moved  to  Iowa. 


10  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

IX.  Joseph  Allen,  ^  (Joseph,  ^  Joseph,  ^  William,  i)  b.  in 
Hanover,  Jan.  25,  1768 ;  d.  Oct.  1,  1839 ;  m.  May  6,  1794,  by 
Rev.  James  Snodgrass,  Eleanor  McEwen,  b.  Sep.  12,  1769 ; 
d.  Feb.  1,  1834;  both  buried  in  Hanover  grave-yard.  Major 
Joseph  Allen  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Hanover  township, 
and  a  contributor  and  a  member  of  old  Hanover  church  from 
1795  until  his  death.  Their  children,  all  born  in  Hanover, 
were: 

i.  Jane  (1st),  b.  July  22, 1795  ;  d.  May  3, 1803. 

a.  John,  b.  March  5,  1797 ;  merchant  in  Harrisburg,  and 
moved  tlience  to  Springfield,  111. ;  m.  Mary  llarasey,  and 
d.  1874,  leaving  three  sons  and  three  daughters. 

14.  Hi.  Joseph.,  b.  Nov.  10,  1798;  m.  Mary  Kiider. 

iv.  Eleanor,  h.  Sept.  27,  1800;  d.  Sept.,  1873;  m.  James  B. 
Oliver,  of  West  Newton,  Westmoreland  county,  Pa. 

15.  V.  Robert,  b.  May  7, 1803;  m.  Eleanor  Bueher. 

VI.  Mary -Elizabeth  (1st),  b.  Nov.  5, 1805;  died  in  infancy. 

vii.  Margaret,  b.  -June  24, 1809  ;  d.  1881,  in  Blair  county.  Pa. 

via.  Jane  (2d),  b.  July  27,  1812. 
ix.  Mary-Elizabeth  (2d),  b.  Oct.  6,  1814  ;  m.  Oct.  27, 1842,  b" 
Rev.  Jas.  Snodgrass,  the  Rev.  A.  K.  Bell,  D.D.,  of  Blair 
county,  Pa.,  and  liad  five  children,  viz:  Mary,  b.  in 
Hollidaysburg,  and  m.  Rev.  A.  Wilson  of  Rocliester, 
Pa. ;  Robert- Allen,  d.  early  in  youtli ;  Ellen-Allen,  b.  in 
Logan's  Valley,  Feb.  15,  1848,  and  m.  Calvin  Roller, M. 
D.,  of  Hollidaysburg;  Martin,  b.  in  Logan's  Valley, 
Sept.  30,  1849,  attorney  at  law,  Hollidaysburg,  and  m. 
Irene  Lemon  ;  Bavid,  d.  in  infancy. 

X.  John  Allen,  ^  (Joseph,  ^  Joseph,  ^  William,  i)  b.  in  Han- 
over township ;  m.  Feb.,  1780,  Hannah  Sawyer  of  Derry 
township  in  now  Dauphin  county.  Pa.,  who  died  1818,  and 
buried  in  Hanover  graveyard.  John  Allen  moved  to  Frank- 
lin, Warren  county,  Ohio,  about  1823,  and  d.  1837.  From 
thence  the  family  moved  to  Covington,  Fountain  county,  In- 
diana, where  many  of  his  descendants  now  reside.  They  had 
issue,  all  born  in  Hanover  township  : 

i.  John,  m.  1836,  Sarah  Pressley  of  Franklin,  Warren  county, 
O.,  and  d.  March  9, 1874,  leaving  Hannah,  Mary  J.,  Al- 
bert, Charles,  and  Lee. 

ii.  Joseph,  m.  Nov.  18,  1841,  Mary  J.  McFadden  of  Wayne 
county,  Ind.,  leaving: 


Allen  of  Hanover.  11 

16.  1.  James  L.,  b.  May  24,  1845. 

2.  Frank. 

3.  Viola. 

in.  Nancy,  m.  C.  S.  Vickers  ;  d.  1867. 
iv.  Jane,  h.  1801 ;  d.  Aug.  27,  1812. 

V.  Margaret,  m.  John  B.  Grain  of  Warren  county,  O.;  d.  1858. 
vi.  Sarah,  m.  Wm.  V.  Dubois  of  Warren  county,  O. :  d.  in 
Covington,  Ind.,  1882. 

XL  Robert  Allen/  (Joseph, ^  Joseph, ^  William, i)  m, 
Nakcy  McNamara,  and  iu  1822  moved  from  Hanover  to 
Frankstown,  on  the  Juniata,  where  he  died  in  1830.  They 
had  issue: 

i.  Anna-Jane,  d.  in  Frankstown,  1832. 
n.  Margaret,  d.  in  Hollidaysburg,  1878. 
in.  Sarah,  d.  in  Altoona,  1874. 
iv.  Joseph,  d.  in  Ohio. 
V.  Robert,  lives  in  Hastiugs-on-Hudson. 

XII.  Samuel  Allen, ^  (William,*  Samuel, ^  William, ^  Wil- 
liam,!) b.  in  Hanover  in  1791;  bap.  Feb.  3,  1792 ;  d.  Jan.  23, 
1863,  in  Three  Rivers,  Mich. ;  m.  1822,  Eleanor  Brown,  who 
d.  Nov.  23,  1859.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Nancy-Jane,  b.   1823;    m.  Elias  E.  Millman  of  Three 
Rivers,  Mich, 

a.  Mary,  b.  1825  ;  na.  Joseph  W.  Marshall  of  Bellefonte,  Pa. 
Hi.  William,  b.  1827;  m.  Sally  McKee  of  Vincennes,  Ind., 
and  had  Williarn- Archibald,  Anna-Mary,  Ella,  and 
Samuel-Brown, 
iv.  Samuel-Brown,  b.  1830  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Smith,  of  Franklin 
county,  Ohio,  and  had  Nellie,  Bumney,  and  William- 
Smith. 

V.  Sally-Margaret,  b.  1832. 

XIII.  William  Allen, ^  (William,*  Samuel, ^  William,^ 
William,!)  b.  March  1,  1809 ;  m.  Mary  Albright,  and  d.  in 
Hanover,  1380.     They  had  issue: 

i.   William, 
ii.  Mary-Jane. 
Hi.  Rebecca-Emerson. 
iv.  John-Marshall. 

XI Y.  Joseph  Allen, ^  (Joseph, ^  Joseph,^  Joseph, ^  Wil- 
liam, i)  bom  in  Hanover,  November  10,  1798;  d.  in  Washing- 


12  Pennsylvania  Oeneahgies. 

ton  county,  Iowa,  November  23,  1869 ;  m.  Maey  Kridee,  of 
Selinsgrove,  Snyder  county,  Pennsylvania,  who  was  b.  in  1808, 
and  d.  January  18,  1879.  Tl^ey  moved  to  then  Iowa  Terri- 
tory, near  Burlington,  November  10,  1841.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Ellen  M.,  b.  February  5,  1837;  m.,  September  20,  1863,  J. 

B.  Goble.  of  Cass  county,  Michigan. 
ii.  Mary  E.,  b.  N'ovember  20,  1838  ;  d.  early. 
m.  JRohert,  b.  December  4,1840;  d.  February  6, 1862,  in  the 

War  of  the  Rebellion. 
iv.  John  G..  b.  September  29, 1844 ;  d.  May  20, 1863,  in  the  War 

of  the  Rebellion. 
V.  Joseph,  b.  March  4.  1846  ;  m.,  July  3, 1877,  Eva  Craig,  and 

lives  near  Riverside,  Washington  county,  Iowa. 
vi.  Mary  C,  b.  February  26, 1850  ;  m.,  March  5,  1876,  D.  W. 
Ott,  of  Riverside,  Washington  county,  Iowa. 

XV.  Egbert  Allen;  ^  (Joseph,  *  Joseph,  ^  Joseph,  ^  Wil- 
liam,!) b.  in  Hanover,  May  7,  1803 ;  d.  July  29,  1872,  and  is 
buried  in  Laurel  Hill  Cemetery,  Philadelphia ;  m.  January  21, 
1830,  Eleanor  Bucher,  daughter  of  Jacob  Bucher,  of  Harris- 
burg,  Pa.  {see  Bucher  record.)  Robert  Allen  commenced  mer- 
chandising in  Harrisburg,  but  changed  his  residence  to  Phila- 
delphia in  1828,  where  he  became  a  wholesale  merchant  and 
manufacturer.  He  was  prominent  in  politics  and  in  the 
church,  and  held  numerous  public  and  responsible  positions, 
as  bank  director,  railroad  director,  and  commissioner  of  the  old 
Richmond  district  before  consolidation  in  1854.  They  had 
one  daughter,  Susan- Bucher^  b.  May  21,  1832. 

XVI.  James  L.  Allen, ^  (Joseph,^  Joseph, ^  Joseph, 2  Wil- 
liam, i)  b.  May  24,  1845,  in  Covington,  Indiana;  m.,  November 
7,  1866,  Louisa  Campbell,  daughter  of  Abram  Campbell,  of 
Fountain  county,  Indiana.  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  and  Common 
Pleas  Courts  of  Fountain  county,  to  which  he  was  elected 
consecutive  terms.  His  children  are  Grace.  Joseph,  Wilbur, 
Helen,  James  L.,  and  Russell  C. 


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Alricks  Family,  13 


ALRICKS  FAMILY. 


I.  On  the  19th  of  December,  1656,  Jacob  Alricks,  son  of 
Claes  Alricks,  bom  in  1603,  at  Amsterdam,  was  appointed  in 
Holland,  by  the  Burgomasters  and  Council  of  the  city  of  Am- 
sterdam, Governor  of  that  city's  colony  on  the  Delaware.  He 
sailed  from  the  Texel  on  the  25th  of  the  same  month,  in  the 
ship  Printz  Maurits,  and  reached  the  American  coast  on  the 
8th  of  March  following.  The  vessel  was  wrecked  on  Long 
Island,  but,  fortunately,  every  man  was  saved,  as  well  as  their 
baggage,  the  vessel  being  merely  stranded.  He,  subsequently, 
through  the  kindness  of  some  natives,  reached  Manhattan 
Island  (jSTew  York).  On  the  16th  of  April,  he  sailed  in  the 
ship  Bever  from  the  harbor  of  New  Amsterdam,  and  arrived  at 
Fort  New  Amstel,  on  the  Delaware,  five  days  after.  He  at  once 
assumed  command,  and  sent  forward,  by  the  first  opportunity,  a 
full  report  of  the  condition  of  the  Dutch  Colony  on  the  Delaware. 
His  position  was  far  from  an  easy  one.  Not  only  the  Swedes, 
who  had  been  the  first  settlers,  and  whose  conquest  had  been 
made  by  the  Dutch  under  Stuveysant,  Grovernor  of  all  the 
New  Netherlands,  bat  the  English,  as  also  the  Maryland  col- 
onists, gave  him  considerable  concern.  Besides,  the  Dutch 
themselves  were  more  or  less  dissatisfied  on  account  of  the  fail- 
ure of  the  crops  for  several  years  in  succession,  and  this 
operated  in  retarding  emigration.  By  direction  of  the  com- 
missioners, he  made  treaties  with  the  Indians  for  lands,  pre- 
pared a  map  of  the  country,  and  employed  his  utmost  exertions 
to  promote  trade  on  the  Delaware.  On  the  30th  of  December, 
1659,  aged  fifty-six  years.  Governor  Jacob  Alricks  died  at  New 
Amstel.  His  papers  and  property  were  sequestrated  by  his 
successor,  Governor  D'Hinayossa,  but  Govern  or- General  Stu- 
veysant ordered  their  release  "on  pain  of  disgrace."  Jacob 
Alricks  left  no  issue. 


14  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

II.  PiETER  Alricks,  SOU  of  Pieter  Alricks,  and  cousin  of 
Jacob  Alricks,  had  been  sent,  in  1658,  by  the  Dutch  Govern- 
ment, with  instructions  for  New  Netherlands,  and,  more  than 
probable,  with  the  intention,  of  remaining  in  the  new  country. 
In  March,  1659,  we  find  him  carrying  on  trade  in  the  "Hore- 
Kihl."  In  January,  1660,  D'Hinayossa  appointed  him  com- 
mander there.  On  the  6th  of  September,  1664,  New  Amster- 
dam was  captured  by  the  English,  and  Governor-General 
Stuveysant  expelled.  Thirteen  days  after.  Sir  Robert  Can- 
appeared  on  the  Delaware,  and  in  a  fortnight  thereafter  took 
the  Dutch  forts.  The  estate  of  Pieter  Alricks  was  confiscated ; 
but  some  years  afterward  the  Dutch  again  obtained  possession 
not  only  of  the  banks  of  the  Delaware,  but  also  of  Fort  Amster- 
dam, now  New  York  city,  and  held  possession  until  the  Eng- 
lish Governor,  Andross,  arrived,  and  then  the  annals  inform 
us:  "Nov.  10,  1674,  Fort  Amsterdam,  New  York,  was  this 
day  surrendered  to  Governor  Andross,  and  all  the  magistrates 
in  of&ce  at  the  time  of  the  Dutch  comng  here  to  be  re-instated 
for  the  Delaware  river,  except  Pieter  Alricks,  he  having  prof- 
fered himself  to  the  Dutch  at  their  first  coming,  of  his  own 
motion,  and  acted  very  violent  as  their  chief  officer  ever  since." 
Commissary  Alricks  subsequently  swore  fidelity  to  the  Eng- 
lish, and  continued  his  trade  on  the  South  river.  In  August, 
1672,  he  was  appointed  bailiff  for  New  Castle,  on  the  Dela- 
ware ;  in  October,  1677,  commissioned  one  of  its  justices,  and 
re-commissioned  June  7,  1680,  being  one  of  the  justices  in 
commission  when  the  Proprietary  Government  was  formed. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  first  Assembly  of  the  Province,  1682 
and  1683,  and  from  1685  to  1689  served  as  one  of  the  Pro- 
vincial Coancillors.  In  1685,  William  Penn  bought  out  the 
title  of  the  Indians  in  a  large  body  of  land  lying  between 
Philadelphia  and  Wilmington,  extending  back  from  the  Dela- 
ware river  as  far  as  a  man  "can  ride  in  two  days  with  a  horse." 
The  first  witness  to  this  Indian  deed  is  Pieter  Alricks.  He  was 
commissioned  one  of  the  justices  of  the  peace  for  the  Lower 
Counties,  April  13,  1690,  and  again  May  2,  1693.  On  the  2d 
of  September,  1690,  he  was  also  appointed  a  judge  of  the 
Provincial  Court,  serving  until  1693.     He  probably  died  about 


Alrichs  Family.  15 

that  period.  From  him  for  two  generations  it  has  been  found 
difficult  to  trace  the  full  descent,  save  that  a  son  of  Pieter  last 
named  was  probably  named  Pieter,  and  his  son  Wessels,  or 
Weselius  Alricks.  The  latter  was  born  in  Delaware,  after- 
ward removed  to  Philadelphia,  where  he  became  quite  prom- 
inent in  Provincial  affairs,  and  held  several  important  offices. 
He  died  there,  leaving  a  son  : 

3.  i.  Hermanus,  b.  about  1730. 

III.  Hekmanus  Aleicks^,  (Wessels, 3  Pieter, ^  Pieter, i)  b. 
about  1730,  in  Philadelphia;  d.  December  14,  1772,  in  Car- 
lisle, Cumberland  county.  He  resided  some  years  in  his  na- 
tive city,  but  afterwards  settled  in  Cumberland  county.  He 
was  chosen  the  first  member  of  the  General  Assembly  from 
that  county,  and  was  commissioned  prothonotary,  etc.,  of  Cum- 
berland, and  also  a  justice  of  the  peace.  Until  his  death,  he 
was  a  man  of  mark  and  influence  in  the  valley  west  of  the 
Susquehanna.  Hermanus  Alricks  was  twice  married,  for  we 
find  by  the  Administration  book  F,  p.  822,  at  Philadelphia, 
that  letters  of  administration  were  granted  to  Hermanus  Al- 
ricks of  Cumberland  county,  on  the  estate  of  Sarah  Alricks, 
June  19,  1750,  he  being  designated  as  her  husband.  There 
was  probably  no  issue.  He  m.  secondly,  Ann  West,  b.  1783, 
in  the  north  of  Ireland;  d.  November  21,  1791,  in  Donegal 
township,  Lancaster  county,  and  is  buried  in  the  old  church 
graveyard  there.     They  had  issue: 

i.   William,  b.  1758. 

4.  ii.  Ann,  b.  October  7,  1760;  m.  Alexander  Boggs. 
Hi.  Hermanns,  b.  1762. 

iv.   West,  b.  1765. 

5.  V.  James,  b.  December  2, 1769;  m.  Martha  Hamilton. 

Mrs.  Alricks  subsequently  married  Col.  Alexander  Lowre}^* 
of  Donegal,  and  by  him  there  was  issue  (surname  Lowrey) : 

i.  Fannie,  b.  Feb.  1, 1775  ;  m.  Samuel  Evans. 

*  Alexander  Lowrey,  the  son  of  Lazarus  Lowrey,  was  born  in 
the  north  of  Ireland,  in  December,  1727.  His  parents,  with  several 
elder  children,  came  to  America  in  1729,  and  settled  in  Donegal  town- 
ship, Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania.  His  father  became  an  Indian 
trader,  which  occupation  Alexander  entered  about  1748,  in  partner- 


16  Pennsylvania  Oeneilogies. 

IV.  Ann  ALRiCKS,s(Hermanus,^  Wessels, ^  Pieter, ^  Pieter/) 
b.  October?,  1760,  in  Cumberland  county,  Penn'a;  cl.  September 
20,  1847,  in  Donegal  township,  Lancaster  county,  Penn'a;  m. 
Alexander  Boggs,  b.  October  7, 1755,  in  Donegal  township, 
Lancaster  county,  Penn'a ;  d.  March  30,  1839  ;  and  with  his 
wife  are  interred  in  Old  Donegal  church  graveyard.  They 
had  issue  : 

^.  Andrew^  m.,  1810,  Eliza  Cook,  daughter  of  David  Cook; 

removed  to  Hagerstown,  Maryland. 
a.  Francis^  m.  1818,  Maria  Jefferis. 
Hi.  Hermanns,  removed  to  Baltimore,  Maryland. 

ship  with  Joseph  Simon  of  the  town  of  Lancaster,  the  fur  trade  with 
the  Indians  being  at  that  period  quite  lucrative.  The  connection 
with  Mr,  Simon,  continuing  for  forty  years,  was  finally  closed  and 
settled  without  a  word  of  difference  between  them,  with  large  gains 
resulting,  over  many  and  severe  losses  from  Indian  depredations  on 
their  trains  and  trading  posts.  Mr.  Lowrey  was,  from  the  first,  out- 
spoken and  ardent  for  separation  from  the  mother-country.  In  July, 
1774,  he  was  placed  on  the  Committee  of  Correspondence  for  Lancas- 
ter, and  was  a  member  of  the  Provincial  Conference  held  in  Pliila- 
delphia  on  the  15th  of  that  month  ;  and  of  that  convened  in  Carpen- 
ters' Hall,  18th  of  June,  1776;  and  of  the  Convention  of  the  loth  of 
July  following.  He  was  chosen  to  the  Assembly  in  1775,  and,  with 
the  exception  of  two  or  three  years,  served  as  a  member  of  that  body 
almost  uninterruptedly  until  1789.  In  May,  1777,  he  was  appointed 
one  of  the  commissioners  to  procure  blankets  for  the  army.  In  1776 
he  commanded  the  Third  Battalion  of  the  Lancaster  County  Asso- 
ciators,  and  was  in  active  service  in  the  Jerseys  during  that  year. 
As  senior  colonel,  he  commanded  the  Lancaster  county  militia  in  the 
battle  of  the  Brandywine.  At  the  close  of  the  Revolution,  Colonel 
Lowrey  retired  to  his  fine  farm  adjoining  Marietta.  Under  the  Con- 
stitution of  1789-90,  he  was  commissioned  by  Governor  Mifflin  jus- 
tice of  the  peace,  an  office  he  held  until  his  death,  which  occurred  on 
the  31st  of  January,  1806.  His  remains  lie  interred  in  Donegal 
.  church  graveyard.  Colonel  Lowrey  was  a  remarkable  man  in  many 
respects,  and  his  life  was  an  eventful  one,  whether  considered  in  his 
long  career  in  the  Indian  trade,  a  patriot  of  the  Revolution,  or  the 
many  years  in  which  he  gave  his  time  and  means  to  the  service  of 
his  country.  He  was  greatly  beloved  by  his  neighbors,  and,during 
his  long  life,  shared  with  his  associate  and  friend,  Colonel  Galbraith, 
the  confidence  and  leadership  accorded  to  both  in  public,  church,  and 
local  affairs.    Col.  Lowrey  was  thrice  married  : 

1st,  September  26,  1752,  Mary  Waters,  b.  1732;  d.  1767;  and 
there  was  issue : 


Alricks  Family.  17 

iv.  Ann.h.  1790;  d.  1864. 
V.  Jane,  b.  1794;  d.  1860. 
vi.  John, 
vii.   Willinm. 
via.  James- Alricks,  b.  1802;  d.  August  18,  1824. 

V.  James  Alkicks^,  (Hermanns'^,  Wessels,^  Pieter,^ 
Pieter/)  b.  December  2,  1769,  at  Carlisle,  Peun'a;  d.  October 
28,  1833,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  He  received  a  good  education  in 
the  schools  of  the  day,  and  was  brought  up  to  a  mercantile 
life.  In  1791-92,  he  was  engaged  in  business  in  Maj^  Town, 
Lancaster  county,  and  in  1814  he  removed  with  his  family 

i.  Alexander,  b.  April  21.  1756;  settled  near  Frankstown, 
Penna. ;  m.  and  left  issue. 

ii.  Elizabeth,  b.  October  31,  1757  ;  m.  Daniel  Elliott  of  Cum- 
berland county,  who  subsequently  removed  to  St.  Clair 
township,  Allegheny  county,  Penna.,  where  he  deceased 
in  1794,  his  wife  dying  several  years  prior ;  and  they  had 
John,  West,  Mary,  m.  James  Hamilton  of  Middletown, 
and  William. 

Hi.  Mary,  b.  May  21,  1761;  m.  1st,  John  Hays;  2d,  Joseph 
West;  went  to  Allegheny  county,  Penna.,  where  they 
lived  and  died. 

iv.  iazarws,  b.  January  27,1764;  m.  Miss  Holliday,  daughter 
of  Capt.  John  Holliday,  and,  with  hisbrother  Alexander, 
settled  in  what  is  now  Blair  county,  Penna. 

V.  Margaret,  h.  September,  1765;  d  June  24,  1818;  m.  Au- 
gust, 1784,  George  Plumer,  b.  December  5, 1762,  at  Fort 
Pitt ;  d.  June  8,  1843,  near  West  Newton,  Westmore- 
land county,  Penna. ;  served  in  the  Legislature  from 
1812  to  1818;  represented  the  Westmoreland  district  in  the 
Seventeenth,  Eighteenth,  and  Nineteenth  Congresses. 
Their  children  were  :  Jonathan,  d.  unm.;  Alexander, m. 
Susan  Robinson  ;  John- Campbell,  Lazarus- Lowrey, 
Mary,  Nancy,  Sarah,  William,  Elizabeth,  and  Rebecca. 
Col.  Lowrey  m.  2d,  in  1774,  Ann  (  West)  Alricks,  widow  of  Her- 
manus  Alricks,  and  had  issue  (as  above) : 

vi.  Fanny,  b,  Feb.  1,  1775;  m.  Samuel  Evans  of  Chester 
county,  Penna.,  b.  1758;  d.  April  21,  1805,  at  Col.  Low- 
rey's  homestead  in  Donegal ;  son  of  Evan  Evans  and 
Margaret  Nevin  ;  and  had  Alexander,  Evan-Iieese,  A^in, 
Margaret,  Jane  H.,  and  Elizabeth.  Mr.  Evans  had 
served  in  the  Legislature,  and  was  also  an  associate 
judge  of  Chester  county. 
Col.  Lowrey  m.  3d,  in  1793,  Mrs,  Sarah  Cochran  of  York  Springs. 


18  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

from  Lost  Creek  Yalley  to  Harrisburg.  He  was  a  man  of  ex- 
tensive reading,  passionately  fond  of  books,  and  he  regarded 
an  honest  man,  of  fine  education  and  refined  manners,  as  the 
most  remarkable  object  on  the  face  of  the  earth.  After  his 
father's  death,  he  was  raised  on  a  farm  in  Donegal,  Lancaster 
county,  and  nsed  to  say  that  at  that  period  no  one  could  get  an 
education  for  want  of  teachers.  "While  lamenting  his  own 
want  of  edncation,  he  was  remarkably  well  acquainted  with 
history,  ancient  and  modern,  and  with  geography.  He  was 
likewise  quite  familiar  with  the  writings  of  Shakespeare, 
Groldsmith,  Burns,  Campbell,  etc.  While  living  in  the  prime 
of  life  on  the  Juniata,  he  was  delighted  to  meet  and  converse 
with  such  men  as  the  Rev.  Matthew  Brown,  the  first  Dr. 
Watson,  of  Bedford,  Judge  Jonathan  Walker,  (the  father  of 
Robert  J.  Walker,)  William  R.  Smith,  etc.  On  March  10, 1821, 
he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  orphans'  court  and  quarter  ses- 
sions, serving  until  January  17,  1824  He  subsequently  served 
as  one  of  the  magistrates  of  the  borough.  Mr.  Alricks,  m.,  July 
21,  1796,  at  Harrisburg,  by  Rev.  N.  R.  Snowden,  Maetha 
Hamilton,  b.  August  5,  1776;  d.  March  16,  1830;  daughter 
of  John  Hamilton  and  Margaret  Alexander.     Thevhad  issue: 

i.  Ann   ^yesi.,  b.   1799;  d.  1828;   m.   Samuel  Thompson  of 

Juniata  countj^  Penn'a;  no  issue. 
a.  Ilargaret,  d.  September  19, 1856. 

6.  in.  Hermanns,  b.  August  22,  1803  ;  m.  Mary  Elder  Kerr. 

7.  iv.  HamiHon,  b.  June  1,  1806  ;  m.  Caroline  Jacobs  Bull. 

8.  V.  Jane,  m.  Ovid  Frazer  Johnson. 
vi-  Frances- E.,  d.  Jul}^  19,  1875. 

vii.  Catharine  Allen,  d.  s.  p.  , 

YI.  Hermanus  Alricks'',  (James, s  Hermanns,'^  Wessels,^ 
Pieter,2  Pieter,ij  b.  August  22,  1803,  at  Oakland  Mills,  Lost 
Creek  Yalley,  now  Juniata  county,  Penn'a ;  d.  January  28, 1871, 
at  Harrisburg,  Penn'a.  His  father  removed  to  Harrisburg  in 
1811,  and  there  the  son  grew  to  man's  estate,  thereafter  one  of  tlie 
most  respected  citizens,  receiving  his  education  in  the  Harris- 
burg Academy.  He  read  law  in  the  ofiice  of  Thomas  Elder, 
Esq.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Dauphin  county  bar.  He  quickly 
obtained  a  lucrative  business  before  the  courts,  became  one  of 


Alricks  Family.  19 

the  prominent  men  at  the  bar,  and  at  his  death  the  eldest 
practitioner  in  Dauphin  county.  He  was  averse  to  holding 
office.  The  only  one  of  prominence  held  by  him  was  that  of 
deputy  attorney-general  in  1829.  He  frequently  served  his 
fellow -citizens  in  municipal  office,  was  a  popular  man  with 
them,  and  his  counsel  sought  upon  all  questions  of  importance. 
In  addressing  a  jury,  his  manner  was  quiet,  his  statement  clearly 
presented,  and  argument  logical.  His  rule  was  to  undertake 
no  cause  unless  his  client  was  able  to  demonstrate  the  justness 
of  his  case.  His  early  training  in  the  practice  of  the  orphans' 
and  register's  courts  soon  gave  him  a  lucrative  business  in  that 
branch  of  his  profession,  where  clear,  concise  expositions  are 
of  far  more  weight  than  the  stirring  eloquence  of  the  quarter 
sessions.  He  was  an  excellent,  precise,  real-estate  lawyer. 
No  one  was  a  better  reference  upon  questions  of  town  or 
county  history.  His  personal  acquaintance  was  extensive,  and 
his  taste  ran  in  acquiring  the  family  traditions  of  the  earliest 
settlers.  His  fund  of  information  was  at  the  service  of  his 
friends,  always  pleasantly  and  accurately  retold,  with  the  au- 
thonty  for  each  fact  or  anecdote,  and  he  abounded  with  inany 
curious  and  fascinating  ones.  His  presence  was  imposing, 
qilite  six  feet  in  stature,  large  frame,  erect,  and  neatly  clad, 
quite  "like  a  lawyer  of  the  olden  time,"  Mr.  Alricks  m.,  in  1831, 
Maey  Elder  Kerr,  b.  May  5,  1809;  d.  March  30,  1857,  at 
Harrisburg;  daughter  of  Eev.  William  Kerr*  of  Donegal, 
and  his  wife,  Mary  Wilson.     They  had  issue : 

*  The  Rev.  "William  Kerr  was  born  in  Bart  township,  Lancaster 
county,  Penn'a,  October  13,  1776.  His  father  dying  early,  he  was 
left  to  the  tender  care  of  a  pious  mother.  After  some  years  spent  in 
the  schools  of  the  neighborhood,  he  was  sent  to  Jefferson  College, 
Cannonsburg,  where  he  graduated.  For  some  years  thereafter,  he 
was  principal  of  an  academy  at  Wilmington,  Delaware.  He  subse- 
quently placed  himself  under  the  care  of  the  Presbytery  of  New 
Castle,  and  was  shortly  after  ordained  by  that  body.  He  preached 
in  Harrisburg  about  the  years  1804-5,  and  upon  the  resignation  of 
the  Rev.  Mr.  McFarquhar  was  sent  to  supply  the  pulpit  of  the  Old 
Donegal  church.  In  the  fall  of  1808,  the  congregation  at  Columbia 
made  application  to  Mr.  Kerr  for  part  of  his  time ;  it  was  not,  how- 
ever, until  the  year  following  that  he  assented  to  give  them  a  portion 
of  his  ministerial  labors.    He  continued  to  be  the  stated  supply 


20  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

i.  Jfim^s,  d.  s  p. 
ri.  Mary-Wilson,  m.  James  McCormick.  jr.     (see  McUormick 

record.) 
iii.  Jane,  cl.  s.  p. 
iv.   WilUiim-Kerr  ;  cashier  of  tlie  Dauphin  Deposit  Bank  at 

Harrisburg. 
V.  Hamilton,  a  civil  engineer  ;  m.  Mary  Barr. 
vi.  Herman,  d.  s.  p. 
viL  Clara-Bull. 
via.  Martha-Orth. 
ix.  Rosanna- Hamilton,  d.  s.  p. 

VIL  Hamilton  Alricks,''  (James, ^  Hermanus,^  Wessels,^ 
Pieter,2  Pieter/)  b.  June  1,  1806,  at  Oakland  Mills,  in  Lost 
Creek  valley,  now  Juniata  county,  Pa,  He  was  educated  at 
the  Harrisburg  Academy  at  such  a  period  as  those  who  passed 
tlirough  it,  from  1816  until  1826,  know  that  the  whole  land 
was  stricken  with  poverty,  and  collegiate  education  out  of  the 
question.  Indeed,  out  of  the  thirty  students  of  the  classics  at 
the  academy,  and  among  them  the  son  of  Governor  Findlay, 
but  one  is  remembered  who  went,  or  could  afford  to  go,  to 
college.  With  such  an  education  as  the  school  could  afford, 
and  the  study  of  history  on  top  of  it,  Hamilton  Alricks  com- 
menced reading  law  with  Samuel  Douglas,  Esq.,  afterward  ilt- 
torney  General,  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  1828.  During 
his  professional  career  of  half  a  century,  Mr.  Alricks  has  been 
encao-ed,  at  every  term  of  the  court,  in  the  trial  of  many 
of  the  most  important  civil  and  criminal  cases,  and  in  nu- 
merous cases  in  the  Supreme  Court,  as  the  reports  will 
show  from  2d  Watts  to  the  last  volume  of  Outerbridge.  In 
the  outset  of  his  practice,  he  was  engaged  as  counsel  by  Mr. 

there  until  the  first  Sunday  in  January,  1814,  wlien  he  preached  his 
farewell  sermon.  Mr.  Kerr  also  preached  at  Marietta  in  addition  to 
his  charge  at  Donegal.  He  died  at  that  town  oh  the  22d  of  Septem- 
ber, 1821,  aged  forty-five  years,  and  is  interred  in  Old  Donegal  church 
graveyard.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Kerr  married  Mary  Elder,  daughter 
of  James  Wilson  and  Mary  Elder,  of  Derry.  b.  1788;  d.  February 
22,  1850,  at  Harrisburg,  and  their  children  were  Mary  E.,m.  Her- 
manus  Alricks,  of  Harrisburg;  William  M.,  J.  Wallace,  James- Wil- 
son, and  Martha,  m.  Dr.  Edward  L.  Orth,  of  Harrisburg.  As  a 
minister,  there  were  few  who  stood  higher  in  the  estimation  of  his 
brethren  in  the  Presbytery  than  the  Rev.  William  Kerr. 


Alricks  Family.  21 

Gest,  in  the  case  of  Gest  vs.  Espy,  2d  Watts,  266,  after  Thomas 
Elder,  Esq.,  a  senior  member  of  the  bar,  had  abandoned  the 
case,  upon  a  verdict  being  found  for  defendant.  Mr.  Alricks 
removed  the  case  to  the  Supreme  Court,  where  he  succeeded 
in  reversing  the  judgment.  On  one  occasion,  in  arguing  a  case 
in  the  Supreme  Court,  and  while  reading  an  authority,  he  was 
abruptly  interrupted  by  Judge  Houston,  saying,  "  That  is  not 
the  law."  "But,"  said  Mr.  Alricks,  "I  am  citing  from  the 
opinions  of  the  court."  Judge  Houston  sharply  responded : 
"I  don't  care;  no  judge  ever  declared  such  to  be  the  law." 
To  which  Mr.  Alricks  further  replied:  "T  have  been  reading 
the  opinion  of  the  court,  delivered  by  your  Honor."  "  Then," 
said  the  judge,  "  the  reporter  took  me  down  wrong ;  let  me  see 
.  the  book."  After  examining  it  for  some  time,  the  judge  closed 
it  with  the  remark,  "After  all,  I  don't  think  this  authoiity  has 
any  application  to  the  case  in  hearing."  Proceedings  were 
commenced  before  the  Legislature  of  Pennsylvania,  about  the 
year  1845,  and  testimony  taken  for  the  purpose  of  framing  ar- 
ticles of  impeachment  against  the  Hon.  William  N.  Irvine, 
judge  of  the  York  and  Adams  judicial  district,  and  the  only 
counsel  of  the  respondent  was  Mr.  Alricks,  who  conducted  the 
defense  with  such  skill  and  ability  that  the  committee  refused 
to  report  articles.  The  then  State  Treasurer  and  Auditor 
General  on  several  occasions  selected  Mr.  Alricks  to  argue  cases 
on  the  part  of  the  Commonwealth  involving  questions  of  Con- 
stitutional law.  His  argument  before  the  Supreme  Court  of 
the  United  States,  in  Butler  et  al.^  late  Canal  Commissioners 
of  Pennsylvania,  vs.  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania,  10th 
Howard,  United  States  Supreme  Court  Reports,  402,  was  not 
only  well  received  by  the  })rofession  as  a  sound  exposition  of 
the  law  as  to  what  constitutes  a  contract  within  the  meaning  of 
the  Tenth  Section  of  the  Fii'st  Article  of  the  Constitution  of 
the  United  States,  prohibiting  a  State  from  passing  any  law  im- 
pairing the  obligation  of  contracts,  but  also  an  able  definition 
of  the  power  of  the  Legislature  to  create  and  abolish  offices, 
to  impose  taxes,  etc.;  and  will  remain  a  lasting  memorial  of 
his  research,  industry,  and  ability  as  a  lawyer.  He  was  one 
year  a  member  of  the  Legislature ;  was  a  member  of  the  Chicago 


22  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Convention  in  1864,  which  nominated  General  McClellan  for 
President,  and  the  series  of  resolutions  drawn  up  and  offered 
in  the  convention  by  him  abounded  in  patriotic  sentiments, 
evincing  marked  ability.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Constitu- 
tional Convention  for  the  revision  of  the  Constitution  of  the 
State,  in  1872-73,  that  held  its  sessions  first  in  Harrisburg  and 
subsequently  in  Philadelphia,  and  acted  on  the  committees  on 
Cities  and  Charters,  and  on  Religious  and  Charitable  Corpora- 
tions and  Societies.  Mr.  Alricts  married,  December  28,1837, 
Caroline  Bull,  daughter  of  Rev.  Levi  Bull,  D.  D.,  of  Chester 
county.  Pa.,  a  son  of  Colonel  Thomas  Bull,  of  Revolutionary 
fame.     She  was  born  August  3,  1811.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Annie-Bull,  m.,  June  8,  1864,  Benjamin  Law  Forster,  a 
lawyer  of  Harrisburg,  and  had   CaroUne-Alricks  and 
John-Dnuglass. 
a.  Martha,  b.  May  24,  1840;  d.  January  10, 1866. 
m.  Caroline- J((cohs,  d.  s.  p. 

iv.  Levi-Bull,  m.\  October  1,  1872,  Anna  Henderson;  d.  Au- 
gust 1,  1S80;  daughterof  Jolin  G.  Henderson, and  Iiad 
John- Hamilton. 
V.  Eliza-Jane,  b.  September  19,  1846 ;  d.  September  28,  1849. 

YIII.  Jane  Alricks,*'  (James, ^  Hermanns,'^  Wessels,^ 
Pieter,2  Pieter,i)  b.  at  Oakland  Mills,  in  Lost  Creek  Valley, 
now  Juniata  county.  Pa. ;  resides  at  Harrisburg ;  m.  OviD 
Frazer  Johnson,  b.  in  the  year  1807,  in  the  Valley  of  Wy- 
oming, near  the  town  of  Wilkes-Barre ;  d.  February,  1854,  in 
Washington  city,  D.  C.  He  was  descended  from  some  of  the 
early  settlers  of  that  historic  locality.  His  paternal  grand- 
father, the  Rev.  Jacob  Johnson,  was  a  superior  linguist  and 
man  of  rich  education  and  culture  ;  a  graduate  of  Yale  Col- 
lege, he  took  his  degree  as  early  as  1740,  with  distinguished 
honor.  In  1778,  he  was  called  from  his  home  in  Connecticut 
to  reside  in  Wilkes-Barre.  After  that  terrible  event,  the  mas- 
sacre of  Wyoming,  he  assisted  Col.  Dennison  with  his  advice 
and  influence,  in  protecting  the  inhabitants  that  remained,  and 
the  original  articles  of  capitulation  were  in  the  proper  hand- 
writing of  Mr.  Johnson.  In  quite  a  lengthy  biography  writ- 
ten of  him  in  the  vear  1836,  by  the  venerable  writer  and  his- 


Alrichs  Family.  23 

torian  of  Wyoming,  Charles  Miner,  appears  this  :  "  A¥hen  the 
Re^^olutionary  war  broke  out,  Mr.  Johnson  took  his  stand 
early  and  firmly  in  behalf  of  freedom.  And  through  the 
whole  contest  he  rendered  the  utmost  service  in  his  power, 
which,  from  his  learning,  talents,  and  the  respect  he  com- 
manded, was  very  considerable.  A  son  born  while  the  ani- 
mated discussions  preceding  the  Revolution  were  going  on,  and 
the  elder  Pitt  was  thundering  his  anathemas  against  ministers 
for  their  tyrannous  conduct  to  the  Colonies,  Mr.  Johnson  named 
Jehoiada  Pitt.  .  ,  .  Jehoiada  is  sometime  since  deceased, 
but  a  son  of  his  with  hereditary  genius  is  winning  his  way  to 
enviable  distinction."  This  latter  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
At  the  close  of  his  early  education,  in  which  he  had  as  school 
and  class-mates  many  who  afterwards  rose  to  positions  of  emi- 
nence and  distinction,  he  commenced  the  study  of  the  law 
with  John  N.  Conyngham,  of  Wilkes-Barr^,  afterwards  Judge 
Conyngham.  He  was  duly  admitted  to  the  bar  and  entered 
into  the  practice  of  the  law  at  that  place.  In  1833,  he  removed 
to  Harrisburg,  and  there  married.  In  1839,  at  the  early  age 
of  thirty-two  years,  his  talent  secured  for  him  the  appointment 
as  attorne37-general  of  Pennsjdvania.  In  1842,  his  term  of  office 
having  expired,  he  was  re-appointed  and  served  through  a 
second  term  until  1845.  As  an  orator,  Mr.  Johnson  was  bril- 
liant ;  as  a  lawyer,  he  had  superior  abilities,  and  somewhat  of 
a  wide-known  reputation,  being  frequently  employed  to  try 
cases  in  different  States  of  the  Union.  It  may  be  here  remarked 
that,  in  addition  to  Mr.  Johnson's  legal  ability,  he  had  a  high 
reputation  as  a  political  writer.  He  was  the  author  of  the  cele- 
brated "Governors  Letters,"  published  during  the  administra- 
tion of  Governor  Pitner,  and  which  purported  to  give  the 
ludicrous  side  to  the  political  characters  then  figuring  in  the 
politics  of  the  State.  Jane  Alricks  and  Ovid  Frazer  Johnson 
had  issue  (surname  Johnson) : 

i.  Fanny- Alricks,  m.  Hon.  Samuel  T.  Shugert,  of  Bellefonte. 
n.  Hannah-Ianlhe. 
in.  Martha -Alricks. 

iv.  Ovicl-Frazer,  a  lawyer,  now  practicing  his  profession  in 
Philadelphia. 


24  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 


ANDERSON   OF  DONEGAL. 


I.  James  Anderson, ^  b.  November  17,  1678,  in  Scotland; 
was  educated  at  Edinburgh,  under  the  care  of  Principal  Stirl- 
ing, of  Glasgow.  He  was  ordained  by  Irvine  Presbytery,  No- 
vember 17,  1708,  with  a  view  to  his  settlement  in  Virginia. 
He  sailed  March  6,  1709,  and  arrived  in  the  Pappahannock  on 
the  22d  of  April  following;  but  the  condition  of  affairs  not 
being  favorable  for  introducing  any  other  religion  than  that  of 
the  established  Church  of  England  in  that  Colony,  he  came 
northward,  and  was  received  by  Presbytery  September  20 
following.  He  settled  at  New  Castle,  where  he  was  installed 
pastor  in  1710.  In  1714,  out  of  regard  to  the  desolate  condi- 
tion of  the  people  in  Kent  county,  he  was  directed  to  supply 
them  monthly  on  a  Sabbath,  and  also  to  spend  a  Sabbath  at 
Cedar  Creek,  in  Sussex.  In  1717,  receiving  a  call  from  the 
first  church  organization  of  New  York  city,  he  went  there  and 
labored  with  his  accustomed  zeal  and  energy ;  but  his  strict 
Presbyterianism  and  rigid  Scottish  habits  and  doctrines  were 
distasteful  to  the  people,  and  his  charge,  consequently,  did  not 
prove  to  be  happy  or  comfortable,  and  he  desired  a  removal. 
He  was  called  September  24, 1726,  to  Donegal,  on  the  Susque- 
hanna, and  accepted.  He  was  installed  the  last  Wednesday 
in  August,  1727.  In  September,  1729,  he  gave  every  fifth 
Sabbath  tb  the  people  on  Swatara,  and  joined  the  congregation 
of  Derry,  thus  becoming  the  first  settled  pastor  over  that 
church,  until  the  call  to  Rev.  William  Bertram,  in  1732.  He 
died  July  16,  1740.  In  the  language  of  Presbytery,  "he  was 
high  in  esteem  for  circumspection,  diligence,  and  faithfulness 
as  a  Christian  minister."  His  name  and  fame  are  associated 
with  the  early  history  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  America. 
He  was  a  man  of  talent,  learning,  and  piety,  a  graceful  and 
popular  preacher — a  leader  among  men.     Mr.  Anderson  was 


Anderson  of  Donegal.  25 

twice  married:  m.,  first,  February,  1713,  Mistress  Suit  Gar- 
land, clau.  of  Sylvester  Garland  of  the  Head  of  Apoquinimy, 
Delaware,  who  d.  December  24, 1736,  and  lies  buried  in  Done- 
gal churchyard,  where  a  large  flat  stone  marks  the  resting- 
place  of  herself  and  her  distinguished  husband.  From  a  mu- 
tilated leaf  in  the  Rev.  James  Anderson's  Bible,  (Imprint 
"Edinburgh,  A.  D.  1676,")  on  which  was  recorded  the  family 
registry,  is  copied  the  following  imperfect  list  of  births  and 
deaths.  In  his  will  he  names  only  James,  Susannah,  and 
Thomas,  but  refers  to  all  his  children.  He  left  a  large  estate, 
including  most  of  the  land  upon  which  Marietta  now  stands, 
a  valuable  ferry-right  called  "Anderson's  Ferry,"  land  on  the 
opposite  side  of  the  river,  together  with  several  slaves: 

2.  i.  GarZ«nr7,  b.  Nov.  21,  1714;  m.  Jane  Chevalier. 
a.  [  .    .    .  ],  b.  July  24,  1716,  in  New  Castle. 

Hi.  [  .   .    .  ],  b.  Feb.  17, 1717-8,  in  New  Yorlc. 
iv.  [  .    .    .  ],  b.  Feb.  23,  1718-9,  in  New  Yorlc. 

3.  V.  James,  b.  May  14,  1721 ;  m.  Ruth  Bayley. 
vi.  {A  son].,  b.  Dec.  18, 1722,  in  New  York. 

vii.  John,  b.  Jan.  13,  1724-5,  in  New  York. 
viii.  iS'wsanna/;,  b.  Oct.  4,  1725-6,  in  New  York. 

ix.  [J.  son],  b.  March,  — ;  d.  s.  p.  in  Md. 

X.  [  .   .   .  ],  b.  July  — ,  in  Md. 

xi.  Thomas. 

The  Rev.  James  Anderson  m..  secondly,  December  27, 1737, 
Rebecca  Crawford  of  Donegal.  After  his  death,  the 
Widow  Anderson  married  Joshua  Baker,  whose  daughter, 
Mary  Baker,  became  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  John  Elder,  of 
Paxtang.  Several  of  his  children  appear  to  have  died  young, 
and  none  of  his  descendants  remain  in  Lancaster  county. 

II.  Garland  Anderson,  ^  (James,  i)  b.  November  21, 
1714.  in  New  Castle,  Del. ;  m.  Jane  Chevalier,  daughter  of 
Peter  Chevalier,  of  Philadelphia,  whither  he  removed,  and 
died  young.  He  administered  on  his  father's  estate,  in  con- 
junction with  his  stepmother,  Rebecca  Anderson,  (who  re- 
nounced as  executrix.)  He  left  a  daughter,  Elizabeth,  of  whom 
it  is  recorded  that  she  was  "a  woman  of  great  excellence." 
License  to  marry  issued  January  6,  1768,  to  Samuel  Breeze 
and  Elizabeth  Anderson  {Penna  Archives^  2d  ser.,  v).     They 


26  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

lived  in  New  York.  The  Rev.  E.  Hazzarcl  Snowden,  of  the 
Presbyterian  cliurch  of  Kingston,  Pa.,  is  a  descendant  of  this 
branch. 

III.  James  Anderson, ^  (James, i)  b.  May  14,  1721.  in 
New  York;  bap.  May  28,  1721 ;  d.  June  1,  1790,  on  his  pat- 
rimonial estate,  at  Anderson's  Ferry,  Lancaster  county,  Pa.  ; 
bur.  at  Donegal  church ;  was  twice  married ;  m.,  first,  March 
5,  1741,  Ruth  Bayley,  b.  in  1722;  d.  January  2,  1784;, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Bayley.     They  had  issue : 

4.  I.  Jftmes,  b. 'December  26, 1741 ;  m.  Jane  Tate. 
n.  Mary,  b.  April  6,  1744;  d.  July  14,  1749. 

in.  Suit,  b.  February  22,  1746;  d.  May  24,  1747. 

iv.  Anna,  b.  jSTovember  23,  1748  ;  d.  at  an  early  age. 
V.  Susannah,  b.  May  7,  1751  ;  d.  June  13,  1777 ;  ni.  William 
Kelly,  and  had  Elizabeth,  Ruth  (first,)  John,  and  Ruth 
(second). 

vi.  Thomas,  b.  June  13,  1753  ;  d.  November  11, 1778 ;  m.,  No- 
vember 30,  1774,  Anna  Allison,  of  Donegal;  had  one 
child,  Ruth,  b.  November  26,  1775;  d.  March  10,  1785. 

vAi.  Mary,  b.  April  18,  1756 ;  d.  October  16,  1757. 
via.  [  .    .    .  1,  b.  June  13,  1758;  died  in  infancy. 

James  Anderson  m.,  secondly,  MARGARET  Tate,  the  widow 
of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Tate,  of  the  Donegal  Presbytery.  She  d. 
May  18,  1801.  The  Rev.  Joseph  Tate  left  surviving  him  nu- 
merous chiklren,  who  were  settled  principally  in  Virginia. 

IV.  James  Anderson,  ^    (James,  2,  James,>)  b.  December 

26,  1741  ;  bap.  January  31,  1742  ;  d.  December  13, 1799  ;  was 

twice  married;  m.,  first,  April  3, 1766,  Jean  Tate,  b.  February 

22,  1751;  d.  February  7,  1777;  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Joseph 

and  Margaret  Tate.     They  had  issue  : 

I 

5.  i.  James,  b.  October  18,  1767  ;  m.  Mary  Bayley. 

ii.  Margaret,  b.  December  4,  1769;  d.  June  3,  1800  ;  m.,  No- 
vember 10,  1791,  Nathaniel  Weakley. 

Hi.  Joseph  Tate,  b.  June  6,  1771. 

iv.  Ruth,  b.  November  4,1773;  m.,  April  6,  1794,  Thomas 
Williamson,  of  Cumberland  county.  Pa. 

James  Anderson  m.,  secondly,  February  19,  1778,  by  Rev. 
John  Elder,  Margaret  Chambers,  of  Cumberland  county ; 
b.  June  22,  1757.     They  had  issue: 


Anderson  of  Donegal.  27 

6.  V.   Tkomas,  b.  Jan.  28,  1779  ;  m.  Mary  Addams. 
vi.  Jean,  b.  Oct,  4,  1780. 

7.  vii.  John,  b.  Jan.  4,  1783;  m.  Margaret  McAllen. 

via.  Mary,  (Polly.)   b.  Jan.  1,1785;  d.  Sept.  6,  1804 ;  bur.  at 
Silvers  Spring,  Cumberland  county. 
ix.   William,  b.  March  6, 1787  ;  d.  July  20,  1838. 
X.  Michael- Simpson,  b.  August  13,  1789. 

8.  xi.  Chambers,  b.  Nov.  1,  1791  ;  m.  Ellen  T.  Peeples. 
xii.  Garlavd,  b.  Dec.  14,  1793 ;  d.  April  27,  1846. 

xiii.  Mizabeth,h.  March  8,1796;  d.  October  7,  1807;  bur.  at 

Silvers  Spring  church, 
xiu.  £^Zearjor,  b.  February  6, 1799 ;   m. Kincaid.     ■ 

After  the  death  of  her  husband,  the  Widow  Anderson  moved 
to  Fannetsburg,  Franklin  county,  Pa,,  where  she  died  March 
28,  1836. 

Y.  James  Andeeson,*  (James, ^  James,  ^  James,  ^ )  b.  Oc- 
tober 18,  1767;  d.  June  7,  1815;  bur.  at  York,  Pa.  He  was 
a  man  of  enterprise  and  progress^ — laid  out  the  town  of  Mari- 
etta, in  Lancaster  county,  on  his  patrimonial  estate ;  run  the 
ferry  at  the  same  place,  known  as  Anderson's  Ferry,  and  con- 
structed, at  great  expense,  a  road  leading  to  York,  whither  he 
removed.  He  was  overtaken  by  reverses,  the  result  of  circum- 
stances beyond  his  control,  and  thus  the  estate,  which  had  de- 
scended through  three  generations,  passed  from  the  family ; 
was  twice  married;  m.,  first,  December  31,  1795,  Mary  Bay- 
ley,  daughter  of  John  Bayley,  who  d.  January  31,  1797. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  Mary-Bayley,}).  Jan.  12,1797;  d,  at  Baltimore,  Sept.  6, 
1832;  m.,  Nov.,  1824,  David  B.  Prince,  b.  Nov.  22, 
1790,  in  Cumberland,  Maine;  d.  March  30,  1876,  in 
York;  was  principal  of  the  York  Academy  from  1819 
to  1866.  They  had  issue  (surname  Prince):  David- 
Oaks,  b.  Nov.  18,  1826;  James- Anderson,  b.  Dec.  7, 
1828;  d.  March  15,  1856,  and  Mary-Elizahelh,  h.  Feb. 
6,1831. 

James  Anderson  m.,  secondly,  in  Carlisle,  March  22,  1798, 

Mary  McQuEEisr,  a  grand-daughter  of  Rev.  Joseph   Tate,  b 

July  7,  1781  ;  d.  February  4,  1845,  in  York,  Pa.     They  had 

issue : 

ii.  James,  b.  Dec.  12, 1798;  d.  Jan.  12,1839  ;unm.,an  attorney- 
at-law,  York,  Pa. 


28  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

9.  in.  Joseph-Tate,  b.  Ausf.  19, 1800  ;  m.  Jane  McMordie. 
iv.  [a  daugliter],  b.  September  9,  1802  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

V.  Margaret.,  b.  September  9,  1804 ;  d.  May  14,  1854. 
iv.  Jane,  b.  August  25,  1806  ;  d.  December,  1808. 
vii.  Benjamin.,  b.  July  6,  1808;  d.  Auo^ust  12,  1844. 
via.  Eliza- Ann,  b.  February  4,  1810  ;  d.  May  1,  1824. 
ix.  David,  b.  June  12,  1812;  moved  to  Los  Angelos,  Califor- 
nia ;  d.  March  24, 1876. 
X.  Sarah-Jane,  b.  Septei^ber  4,  1814;  d.  May  21, 1865, 

VI.  Thomas  Anderson,  ^  (James,  ^  James,  ^  James,  i) 
farmer,  b.  January  28,  1779,  at  Anderson's  Ferry,  (now 
Marietta) ;  bap.  February  2,  1779 ;  settled  on  a  farm,  about 
the  year  1800,  in  Silvers  Spring  township,  Cumberland  county, 
Pennsylvania,  (James  Anderson  and  Mr.  Waugh  made  an  ex- 
change of  farms,  which  new  farm  was  bequeathed  to  his  son 
Thomas,  and  is  now,  a  very  valuable  property,  owned  and  oc- 
cupied by  his  descendants,)  where  he  d.  December  29,  1850  ; 
m.,  April  15,  1811,  Maey  Addams,  b.  1787;  d.  March  8, 1840; 
daughter  of  Abraham  Addams,  of  Cumberland  county ;  both 
buried  in  Silvers  Spring  church-yard;  they  had  issue: 

10.  i.  James,  b.  March  7,  1812;  m.  Mary  Elizabeth  Ayres. 

ii.  Abram-Acldaras,  b.  January  25,  1815 ;  d.  December  29, 

1841. 
Hi.  Elizabeth- Addams,  b.  June  24,  1819 ;  m.  June  2,  1842,  John 
Slaughter,  of  Ohio. 

VII.  John  Anderson,  *  (James,  ^  James,  ^  James,  i)  b. 
January  4:,  1783  ;  d.  March  5,  1863,  in  Minneapolis,  Minnesota; 
m.,  April  27,  1821,  Margaret  McAllen;  they  had  issue: 

11.  ii.  Drusilla,  b.  February  10,  1822;  m.,  1st.,  Abner  Perkins ; 

m.,  2d.,  Alexander  McCormick. 

12.  ii.  Marqant-Geddes,  b.  August  19,  1824;  m.  David  Edwards. 

13.  '  Hi.  James-Garland-McAllen,  b.  July  8,  1827 ;  m.  Margaretta 

J.  Keiuiedy. 

VIII.  Chambers  Anderson,  *  (James,  ^  James,  ^  James,  i) 
b.  November  1,  1791,  on  his  father's  farm,  in  Silvers  Spring 
township,  Cumberland  county ;  bap.  by  the  Rev'd  Samuel 
Waugh,  of  Silvers  Spring  church ;  removed  to  Chester,  Illi- 
nois, where  he  d.  December  28,  1858;  m.,  February  15,  1837, 
Ellen  T.  Feeples,  of  Fannetsburg,  Franklin  county,  Penn- 


Anderson  of  Donegal.  29 

sylvania:    b.   April   22,  1813;  d.   December  21,  1882;   both 
buried  at  Chester,  Illinois ;  they  had  issue : 

14.  i.  ^f7oZp/m.'i-^??jfri,  b.  November  29, 1837;  m.  Eunice  Eliza- 

beth Jones. 
ii.  Thomas- Chcnnhers,  b.  at  Fannetsburg;  killed  May  9, 1862, 

in  the  great  Eebellion,  at  the  battle  of  Farmington, 

Mississippi. 
Hi.   William-Curtis-PcepJes.  b.  April  10,   1843,    at    Chester, 

Illinois;  d.  August  25, 1867. 
iv.  Jlfar2/-i^ra7ices,  b.  January  15, 1846;  m„  John  M.  Wright. 
V.  S(th-Allen,  b.  February  13, 1852;  d.  January  30, 1854. 
vi.  Joshua-Tate,  b.  November  29, 1856. 

IX.  Joseph-Tate  Andeeson,^  (James,  ^  James,  ^  James,  ^ 
James,  1)  b.  Aug.  19,  1800,  at  Marietta,  Lancaster  county.  Pa. ; 
d.  Jan.  17,  1854  ;  m.,  first,  March  25,  1835,  Jane  McMoedie: 
d.  March  28,  1837.     They  had  issue : 

15.  i.  Jamcs-McMordie,h.  July  15,  1836;  m.  Elizabeth  P.  Barker. 
Joseph-Tate  Anderson  m.,  secondly,  April  15,  1847,  Cor- 
nelia S.  Rock.     They  had  issue : 

ii.  Mary-Susan,  b.  Marcli  14,  1848. 
Hi.  Joseph-Tate,  b.  July  19,  1851. 

X.  James  Anderson,  ^  (Thomas, ^  James,  ^  James,  ^  James,  ^ ) 
b.  March  7,  1812 ;  d.  Dec.  15,  1882,  in  the  house  in  which  he 
was  born,  on  his  patrimonial  estate.  He  was  prominent  and 
influential  in  his  political  associations,  and  represented  Cum- 
berland county  in  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature  of  1856  and 
'57.  A  director  of  the  Carlisle  Bank.  His  undeviating  integrity 
and  practical  wisdom  caused  him  to  be  sought  after  in  counsel 
and  in  private  and  public  trusts.  He  m.,  June  20,  1843,  Mary 
Elizabeth  Ayres,  daughter  of  William  Ayres,  Esq.,  of  Har- 
risburg.  {see  Ayres  record.)     They  had  issue : 

i.  Mary-JElizaleth,  b.  April  18, 1844;  d.  April  15, 1870 ;  buried 
at  Silvers  Spring  church;  ra.,  June  6, 1867,  Dr.  Richard 
M.  Crain,  of  Hogestown,  Cumberland  county,  (see 
Grain  record.) 

ii.  Ellen-Allen,  b.  June  14,  1845. 

Hi.  Thomas,  b.  Jan.  4,  1847. 

iv.  Althea,  b.  May  20,  1849;  m.,  Dec.  23, 1873,e7o/m  C.  Parker 
of  Cumberland  county.  Fa.,  and  had  (surname  Parker) 
Mary -Anderson,  Sarah-Chamhers,  and  Eleanor-Ander- 
son. 


30  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

V.   William- Ayres,  b.  March  1,  1852;  d.  March  3,  1856. 
vi.  Susan-Ayres,  b.  Dec.  19,  1853  ;  d.  Jan.  29,  1883. 
vii.  Jenny-Ayres,  b.  Aug.  4,  1856. 

XL  Drusilla  Anderson, 5  (John,*  James, ^  James, ^ 
James,  1)  b.  February  10,  1822;  was  twice  married:  first, 
Abner  Perkins,  b.  October  10, 1821 ;  d.  September  14,  1853. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Perkins) : 

i.  Sarah  Jf.,  b.  August  8,  1847;  m.,  Dec.  24,  1872,  William 
E.  Clarke  ;  and  had  four  children. 

Drusilla  Anderson  (Perkins)  m.,  secondly,  Nov.  28,  1858, 
Alexander  McCormick  of  Lock  Haven,  Pa.,  b.  Nov.  25, 
1817;  d.  Jan.  14,  1877;  and  had  Agnes  A.  Mrs.  McCormick 
resides  at  Clarinda,  Page  county,  Iowa. 

XII.  Margaret-Geddes  Anderson,^  (John,*  James, ^ 
James.  2  James,  i)  b.  August  19,  1824;  m.,  Nov.  12,  1845, 
David  Edwards,  now  of  Sherman,  Texas.  They  had  issue 
(surname  Edwards) : 

i.  Drusilla-Elizabeth. 
ii.  Catharine. 
Hi.  Sarah-Isabella, 
iv.  Mary-Ellen. 
V.  David-Anderson, 
vi.   William- Alexander. 
vii.  John-Walter, 
viii.  Margaret- Mg Allen. 

XIII.  James-Garland-Mc Allen  Anderson, ^  (John,* 
James,3  James,^  James,i)  b.  July  8,  1827;  d.  Oct.  21,  1862, 
at  Chester,  III. ;  was  a  graduate  of  Dickinson  College ;  m.  Mar- 
garetta  J.  Kennedy  of  Chester,  111.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  John-Kennedy^  b.  Aug.  14, 1854;  d.  Jan.  7,  1855. 
ii.  Hettie-Margaret,  b.  Oct.  31,  1856;  d.  Dec.  26,  1857. 
HI.  Francis- Chambers,  b.  March  12,1859;  m.,  May  19,  1883, 
Georgie-Hyse  McKeig ;  now  living  in  Louisville,  Ky. 

XIV.  Adolphus-Albert Anderson, 5  (Chambers,*  James, ^ 
James, 2  James, i)  b.  Nov.  29,  1837,  in  Fannetsburg,  Franklin 
county.  Pa.;  taken  to  Chester,  111.,  in  1841;  m.,  Feb.  8,  1865, 
Eunice  Elizabeth  Jones  of  Chester.     They  hadissue : 

i.  Elle^i- Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  23,  1865. 
ii.  Eunice-Euth,  b.  April  27, 1868. 


Anderson  of  Donegal,  31 

in.  Mabel-Dean,  h.  April  30, 1870. 
iv.  Albert-Clark,  h.  June  2,  1872. 
V.  Eloise,h.  Feb.  7,1881. 

XY.  James  McMordie  Andersojst,  ^  (Joseph-Tate,  ^  James, '^ 
James,  2  James,  ^  James,  ^)  b.  July  15,  1836,  at  Marietta,  Lan- 
caster county,  Pa. ;  m.,  July  6,  1860,  ELIZABETH  P.  Barker  ; 
now  residing  at  Daisey,  Leavenwortli  county,  Kansas.  They 
had  issue : 

i.  Jennie-Elizabeth,  b.  May  28, 1861. 
a.  Nellie-Boyd,  b.  Oct.  23, 1865, 
Hi.  Maggie,  b.  Oct.  21, 1873. 


32  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 


AWL  OF  PAXTANG. 


I.  Jacob  Awl,  b.  August  6,  1727,  in  the  north  of  Ireland; 
d.,  September  26, 1793,  in  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin  county, 
Pa.     The  name  should  properly  be  spelled  Auld,  and  the  first 
settler  wrote  it  AuL,  which  the  descendants  have  changed  into 
Awl.     He  learned  the  trade  of   a   tanner.     Was   a   man   of 
means  when  he  came  to  America,  and  settled,  at  an  early  date, 
■  in  Paxtang,  near  his  relative,  John    Harris,   of  Harris'  ferry, 
where  he  took  up  a  large  tract  of  land,  which  he  improved, 
erected  a  tannery,  and  on  which  he  lived  to  the  time  of  his 
death.     He  became  a  prominent  personage  in  Paxtang,  was  an 
ensign  and  lieutenant  in  Colonel  John  Elder's  battalion   of 
rangers  in  the  frontier  wars  from  1756  to  1764,  and  at  the  out- 
set of  the  war  for  independence,  aided   by  his  counsel  and 
his  purse,  in  organizing  the  associated  battalions  of  Lancaster 
county,  which  did  such  effective  service  in  the  Revolution. 
When  the  new  county  of  Dauphin  was  erected,  Mr.  Awl  was 
appointed  one  of  the  commissioners  in  the  act  relating  thereto, 
and  John  Harris  afterwards  appointed  him  one  of  the  trustees 
or  commissioners  for  the  public  grounds  ceded  by  him,  at  the 
laying  out  of  the  town  of   Harrisburg,  for  public  uses.     He 
was  a  representative  man,  influential  and  potential  in  the  county, 
yet  preferred  domestic  retirement  to  the  struggle  of  office,  and 
when  he  was  offered  the  nomination  for  representative  in  the 
General  Assembly,  he  positively  declined.     Over  his  grave,  in 
the  burial  ground  of  old  Paxtang  church,  is  a  stone  with  this 
inscription : 

it  acred  to  the  memory 

of 

JACOB  AWL 

Who  departed  this  life  Sept.  26th  1793 
Aged  66  Years  1  month  and  20  Days 


Awl  of  Paxtang.  33 

Tliis  stone  is  placed  over  his  remains  by 
his  relict  and  children  as  a  testimony  of 
their  Regard  for  his  many  virtues. 
Is  he  perhaps  your  Guardian  Angel  still 
O  widow,  children,  live  as  would  obey  his  will 
So  shall  you  join  him  on  that  happy  shore 
Where  death  or  grief  will  visit  you  no  more. 

Jacob  Awl  m.,  July  26,  1759,  by  Eev.  John  Elder,  Sarah 
Sturgeon  ;  b.  September  1,  1739  ;  d.  June,  1809,  in  Paxtang, 
and  with  her  husband  there  buried.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
Jeremiah  Sturgeon,  one  of  the  first  settlers.     They  had  issue : 

i.  James,  b.  May  10,  1760  ;  d.  s.  p. 

a.  Elizabeth,  b.  N'ovember  18,  1761 ;  d.,  1850,  at  Harrisburg; 
m.  John  Elder,  b.  August  3,  1759 ;  d.  April  27,  1811 ;  son 
of  Kev.  John  Elder,    (see  Elder  record.) 

2.  Hi.  Sarah,  b.  February  24, 1764;  m.  Timothy  Green,  jr. 

iv.  Samuel,  b.  July  1,  1766;  d.  in  early  life  in  Pliiladelphia. 
V.  Margaret,  b.  September  8,  1768. 
vi.  Jacob,  b.  Marcli  26, 1771 ;  m.  and  left  issue. 

3.  vii.  Samuel,  b.  March  5,  1773;  m.  Mary  Maclay. 

4.  via.  Jane,  b.  September  25,  1774;  m.  Thomas  Gregg. 

ix.  Rachel,  b.  March  17,  1778. 
X.  Agnes,  b.  June  17,  1780. 
xi.  Thomas,  b.  October  13,  1782. 
xii.  James,  b.  August  17,  1784. 

II.  Sarah  Awl,^  (JacoD,i)  b.  February  24,  1764,  in  Pax- 
tang townsliip,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  ;  d,  about 
1835,  in  Chillicothe,  0.  ;  m.,  February  25,  1783,  by  Eev. 
John  Elder,  Timothy  Green,  Jr.,*  b.  September  7,  1765,  in 

*  Timothy  Green,  son  of  Kobert  Green,  was  born  about  1733,  on 
the  "  Monoday,"  Hanover  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin  county, 
Pa. ;  d.  February  27,  1812,  at  Dauphin,  Pa.,  and  is  buried  in  the  old 
graveyard  there.  His  father,  of  Scotch  ancestry,  came  from  the 
north  of  Ireland  about  1725,  locating  near  the  Kittochtinny  moun- 
tains on  Manada  creek.  The  flrst  record  we  have  of  the  son  is  sub- 
sequent to  Braddock's  defeat,  when  the  frontier  settlers  were  threat- 
ened with  extermination  by  the  marauding  savages.  Timothy  Green 
assisted  in  organizing  a  company,  and  for  at  least  seven  years  was 
chiefly  in  active  service  in  protecting  the  settlers  from  the  fury  of  the 
blood-thirsty  Indian.  In  the  Bouquet  expedition  he  commanded  a 
company  of  Provincial  troops.  For  his  services  at  this  time,  the 
Proprietaries  granted  him  large  tracts  of  land  in  Buffalo  valley  and 


34  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Hanover  township,  now  Dauphin  county,  Pa. ;  d.  in  1820,  at 
ChilHcothe,  O.,  where  he  was  among  the  earliest  settlers.  We 
have  the  following  account  of  that  wedding : 

"On  the  morning  of  the  wedding,  the  party  accompanying 
Mr.  Green  came  riding  '  down  the  lane '  to  M]'.  Awl's  house, 

on  Bald  Eagle  creek.  At  the  outset  of  the  Kevolution,  Captain 
Green  became  an  earnest  advocate  for  independence,  and  the  Hanover 
resolutions  of  June  4, 1774,  passed  unanimously  by  the  meeting  of 
which  he  was  chairman,  show  that  he  was  intensely  patriotic.  He 
was  one  of  the  Committee  of  Safety  of  the  Province,  which  met 
November  22, 1774,  in  Lancaster,  and  issued  hand-bills  to  the  import 
that  "  agreeable  to  the  resolves  and  recommendations  of  the  Ameri- 
can Continental  Congress,  that  the  freeholders  and  others  qualified 
to  vote  for  representatives  in  Assembly  choose,  by  ballot,  sixty  per- 
sons for  a  Committee  of  Observation,  to  observe  the  conduct  of  all 
persons  towards  the  actions  of  the  General  Congress  ;  the  committee, 
wlien  elected,  to  divide  the  country  into  districts  and  appoint  mem- 
bers of  the  committee  to  superintend  each  district,  and  any  six  so 
appointed  to  be  a  quorum,  etc."  Election  was  lield  on  Thursday, 
15th  December,  1774,  and,  among  others,  Timothy  Green  was  elected 
from  Hanover.  This  body  of  men  were  in  correspondence  with 
Joseph  Reed,  Charles  Thompson,  George  Clymer,  John  Benezet, 
Samuel  Mereditli,  Thomas  Mifflin,  etc.,  of  Philadelphia,  and  others. 
They  met  at  Lancaster  again,  April  27,  1775,  when  notice  was  taken 
of  General  Gage's  attack  upon  the  inhabitants  of  Massachusetts 
Bay,  and  a  general  meeting  called  for  the  1st  of  May,  at  Lancaster. 
Upon  the  erection  of  the  county  of  Dauphin,  Colonel  Green  was  the 
oldest  justice  of  tlie  peace  in  commission,  and,  under  the  Constitu- 
tion of  1776,  he  was  presiding  justice  of  the  courts.  He  continued 
therein  until,  under  the  Constitution  of  1790,  wliich  required  the 
presiding  judge  "to  be  learned  in  the  law,"  Judge  Atlee  was  ap- 
pointed. After  his  retirement,  Judge  Green  returned  to  his  quiet 
farm  at  the  mouth  of  Stony  creek,  where  he  had  erected  a  mill  and 
other  improvements.  He  was  thrice  married  :  m.,  first,  in  1760,  Effy 
EiNNEY  Robinson,  daughter  of  James  and  Jean  Finney,  and  widow 
of  Thomas  Robinson.  She  d.  December  28, 1765,  and  is  buried  in  old 
Hanover  church  graveyard.     They  had  issue  : 

^.  Jbsep/t,b.  March  29,  1761. 
ii.  Behecca,  b.  1763 ;  d.  July  30,  1837 ;  m.  Colonel  William 

Allen,     [see  Allen  record.) 
in.  Timothy,  b.  September  7,  1765;  m,  Sarah  Awl. 

Colonel  Green  m.,  secondly,  in  1771,  Jean  Edmundston;  d.  Feb- 
ruary 18.  1774;  interred  in  Hanover  church  graveyard.  They  had 
issue : 


Alvl  of  Paxtang.  35 

all  in  the  style  of  the  day.  The  groom  wore  his  hat  with  three 
black  plumes,  long  stockings,  knee-breeches,  buckles,  &c.  It 
was  a  gay  affair  for  those  days.  On  the  Sunday  following,  all 
went  to  the  Eev.  Mr.  Elder's  church.  Jenny  Awl,  sister  of 
the  bride,  it  seems,  was  one  of  the  singers  for  tune  raising  on 
that  occasion.  She  had  made  her  debut,  having  sent  to  Phila- 
delphia for  a  handsome  pair  of  stays,  which  she  wore  that  day ; 
but  caused  some  stir  by  fainting,  and  having  to  be  carried  out." 
They  had  issue  (surname  Grreen)  :    * 

i.  Jacob-Awl,  was  a  successful  merchant  of  Lancaster,  O., 
a  member  of  the  Ohio  Legislature,  and  a  prominent 
citizen  of  that  State ;  m.  and  left  issue. 
a.  Timothy-Awl,  m.  and  left  issue. 
Hi.   William- A^vl,  m.  and  left  issue. 

iv.  Joseph-Awl,  m.   and  left  issue ;  owned  extensive  paper 
mills  at  Lancaster,  0.,and  was  largely  engaged  in  busi- 
ness operations. 
V.  Effie,  d.  unm.,  at  the  age  of  forty  years. 

III.  Samuel  Awl,^  (Jacob,  ^ )  b.,  March  5,  1773,  in  Pax- 

iv.  Bosavna,  b.  July  2, 1772 ;  d.  December  80, 1820  ;  m.  Robert 
Sterrett,  son  of  David  Sterrett  and  Rachel  Lmis.  The 
Sterretts  were  early  settlers  in  Donegal  township,  from 
which  locality  the  family  has  spread  over  the  State, 
The  father  of  Robert  Sterrett  settled  in  Hanover  about 
1741,  but  subsequently  removed  to  the  old  homestead  in 
Donegal.  The  Sterretts,  however,  became  allied  to 
many  of  the  Hanover  families,  and  the  history  of  this 
family  would  elucidate  much  of  the  history  of  the 
others.  Robert  Sterrett  and  Rosanna  Green  removed 
to  the  Kishacoquillas  valley,  where  some  of  their  de- 
scendants yet  reside.  They  had  a  large  family,  seven 
sons  and  six  daughters. 
Colonel  Green  m.,  thirdly,  in  1775,  Mary  Ijstnes,  daughter  of 
Brice  Innes  and  Elizabeth  Graham  of  Hanover.  She  survived  her 
husband  twenty  years.    They  had  issue : 

V.  Innes,  b.  March  25,  1776;  d.  August  4,  1839;  m.  Rebecca 

Murray,     [see  Murrays  of  Sioatara.) 
vi.  Elizabeth,  b.  December  17,  1779;  m.,  January  10,  1805,  by 
Rev.  JST.  R.  Snowden,  John  Lytle,  b.  1772;  d.  1808;  son 
of  Joseph  Lytle  and  Sarah  Morrison  of  Lytle's  Ferry, 
on  the  Susquehanna. 
vii.  Bichard,  d.  January  10,  1789;  d.  May,  1852;  unm. 
via.  Mary,  b.  October  24,  1792;  d.  November  14,  1857, 


36  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

tang  township,  then  Lancaster  county,  Pa.  ;  d.,  July  1,  1842, 
in  Augusta  township,  ISTorthumberland  county.  Pa.  ;  in  the 
early  part  of  his  life  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in 
Harrisburg,  but  about  1800  removed  to  a  farm  in  Augusta 
township,  Northumberland  county,  one  mile  east  of  Sunbury, 
where  he  resided  during  life ;  served  as  commissioner  of  the 
county,  was  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  filled  other  offices  of 
trust ;  he  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity, 
and  during  the  anti-masonic  crusade,  one  of  the  few  who  kept 
vip  old  Lodge  No.  22,  at  Sunbury.  Mr.  Awl,  m.,  April  27, 
1795,  Mary  Maclay;  b.,  March  19, 1776,  at  Harris'  Ferry;  d. 
August  13,  1823  ;  daughter  of  Hon.  William  Maclay  and  Mary 
McOlure  Harris.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  William- Maclay,  b.,  May  24,  1799,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  d.," 
November  19,  1876,  in  Columbus,  O.  He  studied  medi- 
cine and  graduated  at  Jefferson  College,  Philadelphia. 
He  at  first  located  near  Lancaster,  O.,  in  1825;  bu-t 
shortly  after  removed  to  Somerset,  in  that  State.  In 
1833,  he  went  to  Columbus,  and  was  appointed  physician 
at  the  State  prison.  While  acting  in  that  capacity,  the 
lamentable  condition  of  the  few  insane  persons  there 
confined  for  want  of  a  better  asylum,  first  awoke  in  him 
a  desire  to  ameliorate  their  condition.  Out  of  this  sym- 
pathy came  his  suggestion,  in  1835,  for  the  organization 
of  the  Ohio  Medical  Association,  through  which  grew 
all,  save  one,  of  the  benevolent  institutions  of  that 
State.  Upon  the  incorporation  of  the  Ohio  Lunatic 
Asylum  in  1837,  he  was  appointed,  first,  a  director,  and 
afterwards  superintendent.  He  occupied  the  position 
for  twelve  years,  resigning  in  1850.  In  1844,  at  the 
meeting  of  the  American  Medical  Association,  Dr.  Awl 
first  proposed  the  education  of  feeble-minded  persons. 
Governor  Todd,  in  1862,  appointed  him  Superintendent 
of  the  State  Capitol,  which  office  he  held  six  years.  In 
his  declining  years,  he  served  as  physician  to  the  Ohio 
Institution  for  the  Blind,  which  he  had  been  largely  in- 
strumental in  organizing.  He  was  alike  useful,  dis- 
tinguished, and  respected  in  the  church.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of  Columbus, 
and  chosen  an  elder  in  1856,  in  which  office  he  served  to 
the  day  of  his  death  with  distinguished  devotion  and 
fidelity.  Dr.  Awl  m.  January  28,  1830,  Rebecca  Loug- 
hey, of  Circleville,  O.,  and ha.d Mar y-Harris,  John,  Wood- 
ward, Maggie,  and  Jennie. 


Awl  of  Paxtang.  37 

ii.  Mary-Harris,  h.  September  1, 1802;  d.  Kovember  29, 1870 ; 
m.  William  C.  Gearliart,  of  Rush  township,  Northum- 
berland county,  Pa.,  and  they  had  Maclay,  Mary-Ann^ 
Washington,  and  Charles. 

Hi.  Charles- Maclay ,  b.  January  5,  1804;  d.  s.  p. 

iv.  Eleanor- Maclay ,  b.  November  22, 1806 ;  a  widow,  residing 
in  Sunbury,Pa. ;  m.Ezra  Grosman,  many  years  engaged 
in  the  printing  business  in  New  York  city;  their  only 
child,  John-Ira,  was  wounded  in  the  first  battle  of  Bull 
run,  and  died  soon  after. 

V.  Charles- Samuel,  b.  August  1, 1808;  removed  early  in  life 
to  Peoria  county,  111.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming ;  was 
a  justice  of  the  peace  several  years,  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death;  m.  Lucy  Duncan,  of  New  Berlin,  Pa.,  and  they 
had  Ellen,  George,  Harriet,  Lucy,  William,  Samuel,  and 
Robert- Harris. 

vi.  George-  Washington,  b.  July  27, 1810 ;  d.,  September  4, 1829, 

in  Augusta  township,  Noithumberland  county.  Pa. 
vii.  Sarah-lr^vin,  b.  June  1,  1812  ;  resides  in  Sunbury,  Pa. ;  m. 
Hon.  George  C.  Welker,  of  Sunbury,  and  they  had 
Amelia-E.,  Annie-M.,  William-I.,  Bachael,  J.-Cares, 
Sarah- A.,  Eliza,  George- J.,  and  3Iary. 
via.  Hester-Hall,  b.  August  16,1814;  I'esides  in  Sunbury,  Pa. ; 
m.  William  Brindel,  a  nephew  of  Governor  Ritner,  and 
they  had  Behecca,  Dyson,  Ezra,  Jane,  and  Ann. 

ix.  Elizabeth- Jane,  b.  November  28,  1816;  m.  Daniel  Rohr- 
bach,  and  they  had  Ellen,  Harris,  Elmira,  Clara,  Eliza- 
beth, and  Jerome. 

X.  Bobert- Harris,  b.  December  27,  1819;  studied  medicine 
and  graduated  from  Pennsylvania  Medical  College, 
Philadelphia,  in  1842 ;  practiced  medicine  at  Gratztown 
and  Halifax,  in  Pennsylvania,  and  afterwards  at  Colum- 
bus, O.,  where  for  three  years  he  was  an  assistant  phy- 
sician in  the  State  Lunatic  Asylum,  resigning  on  ac- 
count of  ill-health;  he  returned  to  Sunbury  in  1849, 
where  he  again  resumed  practice,  and  now  resides ;  was 
elected  treasurer  of  Northumberland  county  in  1863. 
Dr.  Awl  was  twice  married ;  m.  first,  Eliza  Bower,  who 
deceased  shortly  after;  m.  secondly, November  21, 1849, 
Rebecca  Pursel,  and  their  children  'AYQWilliam-Maclay , 
Elleyi-E.,  and  Mary-Pursel. 

lY.  Jane   Awl,^    (Jacob,  i)   b.,    September  25,    1774,    in 
Paxtang;    cI,   May,  1832,   in  Chillicothe,  O. ;  was  twice  m.  ; 


38  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

first,  to  Thomas  Gregg,  b.  about  1770 ;  d.  in  1805,  at  Cliilli- 
cothe  0.  ;  was  several  years  a  prominent  merclaant  in  Harris- 
bnrg,  Pa.,  where  he  married  the  daughter  of  Jacob  Awl;  sub- 
sequently removed  to  the  ''  Far  West,"  in  that  day  the  State 
of  Ohio — at  Chillicothe,  where  he  lived  and  died.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Grregg): 

i.  Sarah- Sturc/eon,  d.  in  Chillicothe,  O.,  December  1830  ;  m. 
William  Steele,  son  of  Rev.  Robert  Steele  of  Pittsburgh, 
and  had  Jane,  Isabell,  m.  Joseph  R.  Porter,  and  Freder- 
ick-R. 
4.  ii.  Margaret-Ferguson,  m.,  first,  William  D.  Clarie;  second, 
William^T).  Skerrett. !  1 1  i  i  i  .  /  '\  '•  .  .  ( ' 
Hi.  Bohert-Natlian-Awl,  d.  at  tneage  of  twenty-three,  unm. 

Mrs.  Jane  Awl  Grregg,  m.,  secondly,  Hon.  Archibald 
Macleak     Xo  issue. 

Y.  Margaret  Ferguson  Gregg,  ^  (Jane,^  Jacob,  i)  b. 
January  2,  1799,  in  Harrisburg;  d.  August  24,  186-1,  in  Cin- 
cinnati, O.  ;  was  twice  married:  m.  first,  in  1817,  William  D. 
Clarie,  of  Philadelphia ;  d.  1822.  They  had  issue  (surname 
Clarie) : 

i.  Jane-Mary,  b.  May  11,  1820,  in  Chillicotlie',  O. ;  m.  Lewis 
French,  b.  January  24,  1814,  in  Troy,  O. ;  son  of  Asa 
French  and  Sarah  Benham ;  graduated  from  Denison 
University  in  1840;  was  an  educator  ten  years;  gradu- 
ated from  the  Law  School  of  the  Cincinnati  University 
in  1853,  and  was  in  the  active  practice  of  his  profession 
until  1882,  since  which  time,  occasionally,  in  the  higher 
courts  of  his  own  State  and  of  the  United  States;  their 
only  son,  Morris- Stroud  French,  b-  September  28,  1856, 
in  Cincinnati,  O. ;  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
University  of  Cincinnati ;  a  two  years'  course  in  medi- 
cine in  the  medical  college  at  Cincinnati,  graduating 
from  Jefferson  Medical  College  in  1876;  is  in  the  active 
practice  of  his  profession  at  Philadelphia,  where  he  now 
holds  the  office  of  police  surgeon  ;  he  m.  in  1877,  Fannie 
Boyd,  only  daughter  of  Thomas  A.  and  Susan  W.  Boyd, 
and  they  have  Susan-  Whitmore. 

Mrs.  Clarie,  m.,  secondly,  April  7,  1825,  William  Henry 
Skerrett,  of  Philadelphia,  b.  February  4,  1792;  d.,  July  17, 


Awl  of  Paxtang. 


39 


1864,  at  Cincinnati,    0.  ;   son  of  Joseph   Skerretf*  and  Marj 
Eva  Humbert.     They  had  issue  (surname  Skerrett) : 

i.  Ann,  b.  December  27  1825;  d.  s.  p. 

n.  Mary-Ann,  m.  Morris  Robeson  8troud,  of  Philadelphia. 

in.  Elizabeth. 

iv.  Joseph-Salathiel,  captain   in   United   States  Navy  ;    m. 
Maggie  Love  Taylor,  daughter  of  Captain  Algernon 
Sidney  Taylor,  United  States  Marine  Corps. 
V.   William-Henry,    m.    Ella-Virginia    Delemere    Browne, 
daughter  of  John  M.  Browne  of  California. 

vi.  Margaret-3£aria-Denning,  d.  December  14,  1879  ;  m.  Ben- 
jamin Evans  of  Cincinnati,  O. 

*JosEPH  Skerrett,  b.  September  17,  1752;  d.  June  11, 1804;  m., 
June  20, 1776,  by  Rev.  Henry  Muhlenberg,  Mary  Eva  Humbert, 
d.  in  1812;  both  of  Philadelphia.    They  had  issue: 

i.  Eliza,  b.  March  19,  1777. 

ii.  Margaret,  b.  February  2, 1779;  m.  George  Tryon. 
Hi.  Mary,  b.  January  15,  1781 ;  d.  January  23,  1857. 
•^-    iv.  Joseph- Warner,  b.  December  24,  1782;  d.  s.  p. 
V.  James,  b.  December  18,  1784;  m.  Jane  Armatt. 
vi.  George-Adam,  b.  March  22,  1787;  d.  June  27,  1862;  m. 

Ann  Pan  coast. 
vii.  Kitty,  b.  March  22,  1787;  d.  1812;  m.  John  Parham. 
via.   William-Henry,  b.  February  4,  1792;  d.  July  17,  1864;  m. 
Mrs.  Margaret  Ferguson  Gregg  Clarie.     ' 
ix.  Dxvid-Ckristie,  b.  August  6, 1796  ;  m.  Fannie  Bailey. 


40  Pennsylvania  Oenealogi.es. 


AYRES  FAMILY. 


[The  name  "Aj^res,"  with  its  s3''noiiyms  Ajers,  Ayre, 
Eyre,  &c.,  is  not  uncommon;  commentators  differ  as  to  its 
origin.  Lower  in  "Family  Names,"  London,  1860,  derives  it 
from  "Hseres,''  an  heir.  Whilst  Ferguson  in  his  "Name 
System,"  derives  it  from  old  Saxon  "Hari,"  warrior.] 

L  Samuel  Ayres,  of  the  county  Antrim,  Province  of 
Ulster,  Ireland,  born  of  Scottish  Covenanter  ancestors,  arrived 
in  Philadelphia  with  his  wife  and  daughters  in  1745.  The 
voyage  across  the  ocean  was  protracted,  causing  much  suffer- 
ing for  want  of  water.  His  wife  was  Margaret  Richmond, 
who  died  in  Philadelphia  in  1746.  He  then  moved  to  the 
Scotch-Irish  'settlement  at  Deep  Run,  Bucks  county.  Pa., 
where  he  died  in  1747.     They  had  issue,  all  born  in  Ireland : 

2.        i.   William.,  b.  1720  ;  m.  Mary  Kean. 
ii.  John,  d.  young. 
Hi.  Mary,  m.  John  Kean,  of  Philadelphia  county,  Pa. ;  and  d. 

soon  after  marriage  ;  s.  p. 
iv.  Mizaheth,  b.  1731 ;  d.  December  28, 1818  ;  buried  in  Abing- 
ton  cemetery  ;  m.  Anthony  McNeil,  a  fellow-passenger, 
also  from  the  north  of  Ireland,  who  founded  the  McNeil 
family  of  Montgomery  county,  Pa.  Their  children 
were,  Samuel,  m.  Mary  Palmer,  whose  daughter,  Sarah 
McNeil  Heaton,  of  Philadelphia,  in  1875,  at  the  age  of 
eighty-nine,  could  relate  many  incidents  connected  with 
her  grandmother  and  family,  and  seemed  to  be  the  con- 
necting link  between  the  present  generation  and  the  kin- 
dred who  came  over  nearly  a  century  and  a  half  before  ; 
Margaret;  Hiram,  m.  Elizabeth  Reed  of  Dauphin 
county,  and  was  an  associate  judge  of  Montgomery 
county  over  twenty  years ;  Ayres  ;  and  Mary. 
V.  Margaret^va.  John  Moore, andleft  one  daughter,  Elizabeth. 

II.  William  Ayres,  ^  (Samuel,  i)  b.  in  1720,  in  the  county 
Antrim,  Ireland,  came  to  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania  previous 
to  1745,  in  advance  of  his  father's  family,  and  settled  in  the 


Ayres  Family.  41 

country  contiguous  to  the  Pennepack,  then  Philadelphia  county, 
Pa.  In  the  j^ear  1773,  William  Ayres  with  all  his  family,  ex- 
cepting Samuel  and  Charles,  who  remained  in  the  old  locality, 
moved  to  the  West,  then  in  Paxtang  township,  Lancaster 
county,  now  Middle  Paxtang,  Dauphin  county.  Pa.,  and  settled 
the  farm  on  the  east  side  of  Peter's  mountain,  where  the  turn- 
pike crosses,  three  miles  above  Dauphin.  The  common  road 
terminated  at  that  point,  and  in  the  course  of  time,  he  constructed 
the  first  road  across  the  mountain.  In  the  map  of  purchase 
from  the  Indians,  only  twenty-four  years  previously,  the  country 
west  of  the  mountain  is  entitled  "  Saint  Anthony's  wilderness." 
Although  nearly  sixty  years  old,  we  find  him  doing  Pevolution- 
arv  service  in  Caj)tain  Richard  Manning's  Company  of  the  4th 
Battalion  of  Lancaster  county.  Colonel  James  Burd,  March  13, 
1776.  In  the  winter  of  1784-5,  he  was  accidentally  drowned 
in  Fishing  creek,  near  old  Fort  Hunter,  his  wife  having  died 
previously,  and  both  were  buried  in  the  old  graveyard  above 
Dauphin,  where  sleep  all  the  oldest  residents  of  that  section  of 
the  country.  William  Ayres  m.  Mary  Kean,  daughter  of 
Charles  Kean,*  of  the  same  locality.  They  had  issue,  all  born 
in  Philadelphia  county,  now  Moreland  township,  Montgomery 
county,  Pennsylvania : 

3.  i.  Samuel,  b.  March  28, 1749 ;  m.  Deborah  Yerkes. 

4.  ii.  Charles,  b.  1750;  m.  Esther  Yerkes. 

5.  Hi.  John,  b.  February  9, 1752 ;  m.  Mary  Montgomery. 

w.  Margaret,  b.  October  9,  1754;  d.  December  24,  1823;  m. 
William  Forster.    (see  Forster  record.) 

V.  Esther,  (Hetty,)  b.  1755 ;  d.  March  2,  1830  ;  m.,  March  81, 
1782,  by  Rev.  John  Elder,  James  Eeed,  of  one  of  the 
oldest  families  of  Paxtang  township,  and  located  on 
Scull's  map  of  1759,  and  for  whom  Eeed  township,  Dau- 
phin county,  was  named.  Their  children  (surname 
Reed)  were,  John,  Deborah,  Elizabeth,  b.  September  11, 
1787;  m.  her  cousin,  Judge  McNeil,  of  Montgomery 
county  ;  William,  b.  July  9, 1789  ;  d.  November  6, 1864 ; 
m.,  first,  Elizabeth  Steele  ;  m.,  secondly,  Clara  Hatfield ; 
he  was  a  highly  esteemed  and  prominent  man  in  his 
county;  and  Mary,  m.  Thomas  McConnell. 

*  Charles  Kean,  d.  September  5,  1747,  aged  forty-six.    His  tomb- 
stone bears  nearly  the  earliest  date  in  Abington  graveyard. 


42  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

III.  Samuel  Ayres,^  (William,  2  SamueV)  b.  March  28, 
1749  ;  became  a  prominent  citizen,  a  substantial  farmer,  and  an 
elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Abington ;  license  to 
marry  issued  December  12,  1772,  (Penn'a  Arch.,  2d  ser.,  vol. 
V.,)  and  January  17, 1773,  m.  Deborah  Yeekes,  eldest  daugh- 
ter of  Silas  Yerkes  and  his  wife,  Hannah  Durgan,  of  Welsh 
descent,  and  Baptists  in  religion,  whose  ancestors  arrived  at  an 
early  period  from  Holland,  whither  they  had  fled  from  their 
fatherland  on  account  of  religious  persecution,  and  settled  in 
that  part  of  Montgomerj^  county  called  "North  Wales"  to  this 
day,  Samuel  Ayres  d.  October  26,  1804,  and  his  wife  d.  Feb- 
ruary 11,  1826 ;  both  buried  in  the  cemetery  of  old  Abington 
church,  a  stronghold  of  Presbyterianism  founded  in  1709. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  Silas,  b.  June  15, 1774;  d.  Kovember  13,  1795. 

6.  a.   William,  b.  December  23,  1776 ;  m-  Mary  Shelmire. 

Hi.  Esther,  (Hetty,)  b.  September  15,  1781 ;  m.,  November  20, 
1800,  John  Carr,  of  Mo;itgomery  county.  Pa. 

7.  iv.  Eiizaheth,  b.  February  25,  1791 ;  m.  James  Comly. 

8.  V.  Hiram,  b.  August  13,  1795;  m.  Mary  Ralston. 

lY.  Charles  Ayres,^  (William,^  Samuel,^)  b.  1750;  d., 
1806,  in  Montgomery  county.  Pa. ;  m.  Esther  Yerkes,  sister 
of  his  brotb^er  Samuel's  wife.  Had  one  child,  Mary ;  b.  Janu- 
ary 10,  17^0  ;  d.  July  24,  1869  ;  buried  in  the  Baptist  cemetery 
a'u  ?^avisville,  Bucks  county ;  she  m.  Jonathan  Yerkes  of 
Moreland  township,  Montgomery  county.  Pa.,  leaving  issue. 

V.  John  Ayres,  ^  (William,  2  Samuel,  i)  b.  February  9 
1752.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  accompanied  his  father 
and  family  in  their  movement  to  Paxtang  township,  Lancaster, 
now  Dauphin  county.  Pa.;  subsequently  became  the  owner  of 
the  homestead  there  established,  and  added  thereto  a  certain 
tract  of  land  called  "Ayresburg."  In  1775,  on  the  first  call  for 
volunteers  for  the  Revolutionary  army,  he  enlisted  in  Captain 
Matthew  Smith's  company  of  riflemen,  formed  in  Lancaster 
county,  and  joined  the  expedition  against  Quebec  under  Mont- 
gomery, but,  whilst  the  army  lay  before  Boston  waiting  orders, 
he  took  sick  and  was  invalided.  On  the  13th  March,  1776, 
he  again  enlisted  in  Captain  Manning's  company,  4th  Battalion 


Ay  res  Family.  43 

of  Lancaster  county,  commanded  by  Colonel  James  Burd.  His 
father  and  several  of  his  connections  belonged  to  the  same 
company.  The  Oracle  of  Dauphin^  in  announcing  his  death, 
August  17,  1825,  remarks  that  "he  was  the  last  of  the  Revo- 
lutionary |)atriots  in  his  neighborhood."  John  Ayres  was 
twice  married;  m.  first,  in  1781,  Mary  Montgomery,  daughter 
of  Greneral  William  Montgomery  of  Mahoning,  now  Danville, 
Pa.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-three  years,  without  issue. 
He  m.,  secondly,  in  1786,  Jane  Lytle,  eldest  daughter  of 
Joseph  Lytle  of  Lytle's  Ferry,  in  Upper  Paxtang  township, 
Dauphin  county,  Penna.  Jane  Lytle  was  born  near  Ander- 
son's Ferry,  March  1,  1767;  d.  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  May  7,  1831. 
The  old  burying-ground.  one  mile  above  Dauphin,  contains  the 
remains  of  this  branch  of  the  Ayres  family,  with  one  exception. 
They  had  issue,  all  b.  in  Middle  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin 
county.  Pa. : 

i.  Sarah-Ellen,  b.  March  9,  1787;  d.  August  17,  1864;  unm. 

9.       a.   TFi'ZZiarii,  b.  December  14, 1788;  m.  Mary  Elizabeth  Bucher. 

in.  Mary,  b,  December  17,  1790;  d.  September  17, 1868;  unm. 

iv.  Margaret,  b.  February  25, 1793;  d.  December  23,  1867  ;  m. 

James  Forster.     [see  Forster  record.) 
V.  John-Lytle,  b.  .June  7,  1795;  d.  August  10,  1857;  unm. 
vi-  Matilda,  b.  June  7,  1797  ;  d.  July  2,  1872;  m.,  April  30, 
1826,  William  Armstrong  of  Daupliin  county,  Pa.,  and 
had  Jane,  John,  Charles,  and  William. 
vii.  Eliza-Jane,  b.  January  17,  1806;  d.  August  2,  1830;  unm. 

YL  William  Ayres,  ^  (Samuel,  ^  William,  ^  Samuel,  ^j  far- 
mer, of  Huntingdon  Yalley,  Morelancl  township,  Montgomery 
county.  Pa.,  b.  December  23,  1776;  d.  December  14,  1854; 
m.,  January  22,  1801,  Mary  Shelmire  of  the  same  locality, 
who  was  b.  February  24,  1776 ;  d.  August  30,  1846 ;  both 
buried  in  Abington  churchyard.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Charles,  b.  December  24, 1801 ;  unm. 
a.  Deborah,  b.  March  21,  1803  ;  d.  July  10, 1854 ;  m.,  Decem- 
ber 14, 1825,  David  Ships. 
Hi.  Samuel,  b.  September  20, 1805;  d.  June  24, 1866  ;  m.,  June 

15,  1829,  Emily  W.  Sheetz,  and  had  William,  b.  Feb. 

16,  1831 ;  m.,  December  23,  1858,  Sarah  B.  Blake,  and 
had  one  daughter,  Margaret;  Catharine;  and  Mary-Ann, 
m.  Edwin  R.  Rose. 

iv.  Eachael,  b.  November  8, 1816;  m.  William  H.Hart. 


44  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

VII.  Elizabeth  Ayres,'^  (Samuel,^  William,^  Samuel/ 
b.  February  25,  1791,  in  Montgomery  county,  Pa.  ;  cl.  August 
25,  1863.  Her  name  and  memory  have  been  perpetuated  in 
"  Betliayres,"  an  important'  station  on  the  North  Pennsylvania 
railroad.  She m.,  in  1812,  James  Comly,  a  descendant  of  Henry 
Comly  and  Joan.  Tyler,  who  came  to  Philadelphia  with  Wil- 
liam Penn  in  1682.  He  was  a  prominent  man  in  his  county, 
a  member  of  the  Legislature,  and  a  justice  of  the  peace.  They 
lived  at  the  "  Manor  House  "  in  Moreland  township,  Mont- 
gomery county.  (This  township  was  named  for  Nicholas  More, 
who  bought  the  land  from  William  Penn,  established  it  as  a 
"Manor,"  and  wielded  authority  as  "Lord  of  ihe  Manor"  dur- 
ing his  life.)     They  had  issue  (surname  Comly) : 

i.  FravlcUn-Ayres,  b.  March  12, 1813  ;  president  of  the  jSTorth 
Pennsylvania  railroad ;  unm. 

U.  Sarali-W.,  b.  October 29, 1814;  m.,  1839,  William  L.  Pax- 
son,  whose  ancestors  arrived  with  William  Penn  in  1682, 
and  settled  in  Bucks  county.  They  had  Franklin  C, 
Eliza  A-,  and  Aanie  W. 

Hi.  Joshua,  b.  April  7,  1819  ;  m.  Catharine  Peters. 

iv.  Samuel  W.,  b.  DeceraberlT,  1820;  d.  May  25,1884,  in  San 
Francisco  ;  m.  Julia  E.  Peters. 

yill.  PIiRAM  Ayres,'^  (Samuel,  3  William,  ^  Samuel,  i)  b. 
in  Montgomery  county,  Pa.,  August  13.  1795;  d.  October  17, 
1870.  Moved  to  Philadelphia  in  1828,  when  his  name  ap- 
pears in  the  Directory  as  a  "  teacher,"  at  Schuylkill  Seventh  and 
Eace.  December  14,  1848,  appointed  by  Governor  Wm.  F. 
Johnston,  "  Bank  Inspector"  for  the  city  and  county  of  Phila- 
delphia, and  held  this  office  until  February  12,  1862.  Elected 
one  of  the  Commissioners  of  the  old  Spring  Grarden  District 
previous  to  the  "  consolidation  "  in  1854.  An  elder  in  the 
Presbyterian  church.  He  was  a  man  of  exemplary  character^ 
learning,  and  ability.  Mr.  Ayres  m.,  first,  May  22,  1817, 
Mary  Ralston,  of  Philadelphia;  b.  in  1796;  d.  July  11, 
1864  ;  both  buried  at  Abington  church.     They  had  issue: 

i.  George  Ralston,  b.  in  Montgomery  county,  Pa.,  March  20, 
1818:  d.  July  16,1881;  m.,  December  23,  1852,  Ellen 
Weatherly,  daughter  of  David  Weatherly  of  Philadel- 
phia ;  b.  November  17,  1826;  d.  May  20,  1880;  both 
buried  in  Woodland  cemetery ;  and  had  Mary,  Hiram, 
Isabella,  and  Ellen. 


Ayres  Family.  45 

10.      ii.   TFi7h'am,b.  March  27,1820:  m.,  1st,  Elizabeth  DeArmand 
Chambers;  2d,  Ellen  L.  Wolf. 

Hiram  Ayres  m.,  secondly,  January  12,  1865,  in  Holmes- 
bnrg,  Philadelphia  county,  Elizabeth  Neville,  daughter  of 
Charles  and  Elizabeth  Neville,  of  Somerset  county.  New  Jer- 
sey, who  survived  her  husband,  and  d.  May  2,  1873 ;  buried  in 
the  old  Pennepack  church  cemetery,  near  Bustleton. 

IX.  William  Ayees,^  (John,^  William, ^  Samuel, i)  b., 
December  14,  1788,  at  the  homestead  in  Middle  Paxtang  town- 
ship, Dauphin  county.  Pa. ;  d.,  May  26, 1866,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
William  Ayres,  in  1819,  quit  the  farm  to  enter  upon  more  con- 
genial pursuits.  First,  a  justice  of  the  peace  by  commission  from 
Governor  Findlay,  and  afterwards  by  Governor  Shulze ;  then  ap- 
pointed, in  1824,  by  Governor  Hiester,  major  of  the  16th  regiment 
Pennsylvania  militia.  Becoming  a  citizen  of  Harrisburg,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  of  Dauphin  county  May  3,  1826.  Elected 
to  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature  for  the  years  1833,  '34,  and  '35, 
he  became  prominent  in  the  political  party  to  which  he  was  at- 
tached, and  one  of  the  most  eloquent  and  persistent  advocates 
for  the  establishment  of  the  free-school  system  of  Pennsylvania. 
Elected  to  the  councils  of  the  borough,  he  projected  the  water- 
works, which  were  constructed  and  completed  in  1841,  mainly 
through  his  individual  efforts.  In  1841,  he  was  elected  a  di- 
rector of  the  United  States  Bank,  at  Philadelphia.  In  1850,  he 
organized  the  Harrisburg  gas  compan}^,  and,  as  first  president, 
constructed  the  works,  which  were  a  success  from  the  begin- 
ning. In  1853,  on  the  solicitation  of  the  citizens  of  Huntingdon, 
he  became  president  of  the  Huntingdon  and  Broad  Top  rail- 
road ;  put  the  road  under  contract,  and  in  course  of  construc- 
tion, which  insured  its  early  completion.  He  organized  the 
Harrisburg  and  Hamburg  railroad  company,  and  was  engaged 
in  this  improvement,  as  president,  with  engineers  in  the  field, 
at  time  of  his  death.  Possessing  public  confidence,  he  was  the 
recipient  of  many  honorable  and  responsible  trusts.  He  was 
a  man  of  large  'physique — impressive  and  handsome  appear- 
ance— popular  manners,  with  untiring  energy  and  ambition, 
and  unselfish  to  a  fault.  His  life  was  a  useful  one,  and  his 
works  live  after  him.     William  Ayres  m..  May  16,  1817,  Mary 


46  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Elizabeth  Buchee,  b.  April  23,  1795,  in  Harrisbiirg,  Pa. ; 
d.  July  31,  1817  {see  Bucher  record) ;  with  her  husband  buried 
in  the  Harrisburg  cemetery.     They  had  issue  : 

11.  i.  Bucher,  b.  February  3,  1818;  m.  Jane  Alice  Lyon. 

ii   John,    b.   September  16,   1819;    cl.   September  17,  1821; 

buried  in  old  Dauphin  graveyard. 
Hi.  Mary-Elizabeth,  b.  June  8,1821 ;  m.,  June  20,1843,  James 
Anderson,     (see  Anderson  record.) 

12.  iv.   WiUiam,  b.  Marcli  8,  1823  ;  m.  Ellen  Criswell. 

V.  Susan-Bucher,  b.  October  6.  1826;  d.  August  7,  1861;  m., 
December  11,  1856,  Andrew  J.  Jones  of  Harrisburg,  and 
had  Mary-Ellen,  Andrew,  and  Susan;  all  died  in  in- 
fancy, and,  with  their  parents,  are  buried  in  Harrisburg 
cemetery. 

13.  V'i.  George-Bucher,  b.  February  12,  1829;  m.  Mary  R.  Smith. 
vii.  Eliza-Jane,  b.  .January  10,   1831;   d.  May  10,  1879;   m., 

September  23,  1852,  Samuel  L.  Addams  of  Cumberland 
county,  Pa. ;  b.  January  19,1821  ;  d.  May  22,  1881;  both 
buried  in  the  Shippensburg  cemetery.  They  had  Wil- 
Uavi-Ayres  and  Mary  (twins),  b.  May  12,  1853. 

14.  viii.  John,  b.  February  27,  1834;  m.  Matilda  Scott. 

X.  William  Ayres,^  (Hiram, ^  Samuel,  ^  William,  2 
Samuel,!)  b.  March  27,  1820,  in  Moreland  township,  Mont- 
gomery county.  Pa.;  d.  September  LO,  1881,  in  Philadelphia; 
by  occupation  a  merchant  and  manufacturer,  he  was  eminently 
successful;  elected,  November  29,  1851,  by  the  commissioners 
of  the  old  Spring  Garden  district,  a  director  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Eailroad  Company,  a  high  and  honorable  position,  which 
he  retained  until  February  6,  1854;  m.,  first,  Elizabeth  De- 
Armand  Chambers,  daughter  of  John  Chambers  of  Philadel- 
phia ;  d.  March  4,  1873 ;  both  buried  in  Woodland  cemetery. 
They  had  issue,  all  b.  in  Philadelphia : 

George-Balston,  b.  June  25,  1846;  m.  Laura  Hayes. 
John- Chambers,  b.  October  22,  1848;  m.  Mary  C.  Beach. 
William-Montgomery,  b.  May  3, 1851 ;  m.  Sarah,  daughter 

of  Benjamin  T.  Stauffer  of  Manheim,  Pa. 
Louis- Harlotv,  b.  March  2,  1855;  m.  Anna  T.  Cox. 
Mary-Balston,  m.  James  Edwin  Huston  of  Philadelphia. 

William  Ayres  m.,  secondly,  March  10, 1871,  Ellen  Louise 
Wolf  of  Philadelphia. 


15. 

i. 

16. 

ii. 

Hi. 

17. 

iv. 

V. 

Ayres  Family.  47 

XL  BucHER  Ayres,  ^  (William,'*  John,  ^  William,  ^  Samuel,  i) 
b.  February  3,  1818,  in  Ilarrisburg,  Pa.  ;  civil  engineer  and 
railroad  superintendent;  was  appointed,  by  Governor  William 
F.  Johnston,  lieutenant  colonel  and  aide-de-camp ;  resides  in 
the  city  of  Philadelphia;  m.,  April  11,  1854,  Jane-Alice 
LyOjST,  b.  March  24,  1829 ;  daughter  of  John  Lyon  of  Penn- 
sylvania Furnace,  Huntmgdon  county.  Pa.  {see  Lyon  record.) 
They  had  issue  : 

i.  (7/eome,  b.  September  25,  1855,  in  Memphis,  Tenn. 

ii.  Anvie-Lyon,  h.   February  1,  1857,  in   Mempiiis,  Tenii. ; 

d.  April  1,  1875,  in  Pliiladelphia. 
in.  Lyonel,  b.  September  4, 1858,  in  Memphis,  Tenn. 
iv.  Mary-Bucher.  b.  ISTovember  110, 1860,  in  Centre  county,  Pa. 

V.  Jenny-Lyon^  b.  May  24,  1862,  in  Centre  county,  Pa. 
vi.  Budier,  b.  ISTovember  18,  1869,  in  Centre  county,  Pa. 

XIL  William  Bucher  Ayres, ^  (William,-*  John,^  Wil- 
liam, ^  Samuel,!)  b.  March  8,  1823,  in  Middle  Paxtang  town- 
ship, Dauphin  county,  Pa.  ;  a  wholesale  merchant,  in  Philadel- 
phia, Pa. ;  m.  Ellen  Criswell,  b.  August  17,  1821 ;  d.  De- 
cember 8,  1863  ;  buried  in  McVeytown,  Pa. ;  daughter  of  Hon. 
James  Criswell  of  Mifflin  county,  Pa.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Mary -Elizabeth,  b.  October  4,  1847. 
ii.  James- Criswell,  b.  March  16,  1849;  d.  July  16,  1851. 
Hi.  Charles- Criswell,  b.  November  27,  1852. 
iv.  Jacob-Bucher,  b.  May  16,  1856. 
V.  John-Vance-Criswell,  b.  June  7,  1859;  d.  October  21,  1875. 

XIIL  GeorCxE  Bucher  Ayres,  ^  (William, ^  John,^  Wil- 
liam, ^  Samuel,  1)  b.  February  12,  1829,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;  an 
artist,  and  author  of  a  work  on  painting ;  resides  in  Philadel- 
phia; m.,  October  10,  1867,  Mary  Robbhsts  Smith,  b.  March 
29.  1838;  d.  February  1,  1878;  daughter  of  Spencer  C.  Smith 
of  Bloomsbur}^,  Hunterdon  county,  New  Jersey.  They  had 
issue : 

i.  Edith-Lyon,  b.  February  5,  1875, 
ii.  Annie- Smith,  b.  September  15,  1876. 

XIV.  John  Ayres,  5  (William, -i  John,  ^  William,  ^  Samuel,  i) 
b.  February  27,  4834,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  a  machinist,  AUe- 


48  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

glieny  Yallej  railroad  ;  m.,  October  27,  1858,  Matilda  Scott, 
and  they  had  issue : 

i.  ;S?tsan-Bwc/ier,  b.  iNTovember  12,1862. 
ii.  Mary-Lile,  b.  January  1,  1865. 
in.   William-Frederick,  b.  January  20,  1867. 
iv.  Bertie-Kate,  b.  April  11,  1869. 

V.  George-Bucher,  b-  May  14,  1871. 
vi.  Charles  IScott,  b.  Nov.  28,  1874. 

XY.  GrEORGE  Ralston  Ayres,  "^  (William,  ^  Hiram, ^ 
Samuel,^  William, ^  Samuel, i)  b.  June  25,  1846;  a  manu- 
facturei-,  residing  in  Philadelphia ;  m.,  March  7,  1867,  Laura 
Hayes,  daughter  of  Robert  Hayes,  of  Philadelphia.  They 
had  issue : 

i.   William- Graham,  b.  February  18,  1868. 
ii.  George-Balston,  b.  January  10,  1871. 
Hi.  Albert-Hayes,  b.  August  14,  1873;   d.   March  25,  1882; 

buried  in  Laurel  Hill  cemetery,  Pliiladelphia. 
iv.  EVizabeth-DeArmand,  b.  November  23,  1874 ;  d.  April  30, 

1875;  buried  in  Laurel  Hill  cemetery,  Philadelphia. 
V.  Helen,  b.  August  8,  1879. 
vi.   Walter-Chambers,  b.  December  16, 1880. 

XYI.  John  Chambers  Ayres,'^  (William,  ^  Hiram,  ^ 
Samuel,3  William, 2  Samuel,  1)  b.  October  22,  1848;  d.  March 
22,  1883  ;  buried  in  Laurel  Hill  cemetery ;  m.,  October  9,  1873, 
Mary  C.  Beach,  of  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Charles- Sturdevant,  b.  February  18, 1876. 

ii.  Eobert-Cox,  b.  February  16,  1879. 
Hi.  Lucy,  b.  March  11,  1880  ;  d.  August  18,  1880. 
iv.  Mary-Kathleen,  b.  August  21, 1882. 

XYII.  Louis  Harlow  Ayres,^  (William, ^  Hiram, ^ 
Samuel,^  William, ^  Samuel,  1)  b.  March  2,  1855;  m.,  April 
19,  1877,  Anna  T.  Cox,  daughter  of  Stephen  Cox,  of  Phila- 
delphia.    They  had  issue : 

-    i.  Elizabeth-Cox,  b.  February  28,  1878. 
ii.  Marion-Kent,  b.  January  3,  1884. 


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BARNETT  FAMILY. 


I.  JoHisr  Barnett,  1  b.,  1678,  in  the  neighborhood  of  Lon- 
donderry, Ireland,  in  company  with  his  brother,  William  Bar- 
nett, emigrated  with  his  family  to  Pennsylvania  prior  to  1730, 
locating  in  Hanover  township,  then  Lancaster  county,  being 
among  the  earliest  settlers  in  that  township.  He  died  in  Septem- 
ber, 1734,  his  will  being  probated  at  Lancaster  on  the  first  day 
of  October  following.  John  Barnett  left  a  wife,  Jeistnett,  and 
the  following  children,  all  born  in  county  Deny,  Ireland : 

i.  Robert,  b.  1701 ;  m.  and  removed  to  Virginia. 
ii.  James,  h.  1703;  m.  and  went  to  Virginia  witli  bis  brotber  ; 
from  tbem  most  of  tbe  names  in  tbe  South  bave  sprung. 

3.  in.  John,  b.  1705;  m.  Margaret  Koan. 
iv.  Joseph,  b.  1708. 

V,  Mary,  b.  1710.  -' 
vi.  Jennett,  b.  1713;  d.  in  1787;  unm. 
vii.  Jean,  b.  1715;  m.  Moses  Swan,    [see  Swan  record.) 

II.  William  Barnett,  brother  of  the  foregoing,  b.  in  Lon- 
donderry, Ireland,  came  to  America  with  his  brother  John'; 
he  died  in  February,  1762,  leaving  a  wife,  Margaret,  and 
children,  besides  other  daughters  : 

i.  Joseph. 
a.  Sarah. 

III.  John  Barnett,  ^  (John,i)  b.  1705,  in  County  Derry, 
Ireland;  d.  in  January,  1785,  in  Paxtang  township,  Lancaster, 
now  Dauphin  coanty.  Pa. ;  came  to  America  with  his  father, 
having  previously  married  Margaret  Eoan;  b.  1710,  in 
Greenshaw,  Ireland  ;  d.  January,  1790,  in  Paxtang.  They  had- 
issue  : 

4.  i.   William,  b.  1729;  m.  Reloecca . 


ii.  [A  son],  whose  wife  was  Agnes ,  and  liad  Joseph. 

5.      Hi.  Samuel,  b.  1733;  m.  Martha . 

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50                               Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 
6.      iv.  Joseph,  h.  1735;  m.  Elizabetli  . 


v.  Sarah,  h.  1737  ;  m.  Curry. 

7.  vi.  Ann,  b.  1739;  m.  James  Johnston. 

vii.  Margaret,  b.  1741 ;  m.  William  Patterson,  and  had  John 

and  Andrem. 
viii.  Andretc,  b.  1743. 
ix.  John,  b.  1745. 
X.  Jennett,h.  nil;  d.  March,  1788;  unm. 

IV.  William  Barnett,^  (John,^  John,i)  h.  1729;  d.  in 
September,  1764,  in  Hanover,  leaving  a  wife,  Rebecca,  and 
issue  as  follows : 

i.  John,  b.  1754;  d.  September  2,  1797;  m.  Jean  Grain;  b. 

December  22,  1762;  d.  May  9,  1830. 
ii.   Williairi',  b.  1756. 
iii.  Mary,  b.  1758. 
iv.  Eebecca,  b.  1760. 

V.  Isabel,  b.  1762. 
vi.  Jean,  b.  1763. 

y.  Samuel  Barnett,^  (Jolm,^  Jolin,^)  b.  1733,  in  county 
Deny,  Ireland ;  d.  August,  1758 ;  was  twice  married ;  second 
wife,  Martha,  survived  her  liusband.  There  was  probably 
issue  by  both : 

i.  Samuel,  b.  1746;  d.  s.  p. 

8.  ii.  Elizabeth,  b.  1748;  m.  William  Moorhead, 
iii.  Martha,  b.  1750 ;  d.  s.  p. 

9.  iv.  John,  b.  1753  ;  m.  Rachel  Crosby. 

V.  Sarah,  b.  1755. 
vi.  Bebccca,  b.  1757. 

VI.  Joseph  Barjs^ett.^  (JohD,^  John,i)  b.,  1728,  in  county 
Derry,  [reland.  He  married  in  1749,  Elizabeth  GtRAHAM. 
Concerning  him  and  his  family,  we  have  these  incidents  of  pio- 
neer life  in  1757,  communicated  in  a  letter  by  the  late  Samuel 
Barnett  of  Springfield,  O.  "  Mr.  Barnett's  son  William,  with  a 
son  of  Mr.  Mackey,  a  neighbor,  of  Hanover,  were  taken  prison- 
ers by  a  band  of  prowling  Indians.  The  parents  of  the  boys 
tried  in  vain  to  raise  a  party  to  pu^rsue  the  savages,  and  rescue 
the  captives,  but  could  obtain  no  assistance.  Mr.  Barnett  and 
Mr.  Mackey,  however,  armed  with  rifles,  mounted  their  horses 
and  went  in  pursuit.     They  came  up  to  the  Indians,  several  in 


Barnett  Family,  51 

number,  between  Hugh  Grimes'  (Graham's)  farm  and  Beaver 
creek,  likely,  not  more  than  three  fourths  of  a  mile  from  Hugh 
Grimes,  immediately  in  the  neighborhood  of  where  Thomas 
Bel],  Squire,  Wilson,  and  grandfather  Allen  lived.  They  fired 
on  the  Indians,  who  returned  it  briskly.  Mr.  Barnett  and 
Mr.  Mackey  were  near  together.  Mackey  in  putting  down  the 
bullet  in  his  rifle  observed  that  he  run  down  the  bullet  hard 
to  kill  dead.  By  this  time  the  savages  were  close  on  them, 
and  just  as  Mackey  presented  his  gun  a  bullet  passed  through 
his  arm,  and  his  rifle  fell  to  the  ground.  At  this  moment  an 
Indian  near  by  picked  up  his  gun  and  shot  Mackey  dead.  By 
this  time  Mr.  Barnett  had  receive  a  shot  in  the  arm  and  one  in 
the  shoulder.  This  bullet  he  carried  with  diim  to  the  grave. 
So  Mr.  Barnett  retreated.  By  the  time  he  reached  a  little  east 
of  where  Mr  Grimes  lived,  and  between  his  house  and  Robert 
Elder's,  he  got 'faint  from  loss  of  blood,  when  he  dismounted 
and  hid  himself  in  a  field  of  buckwheat.  I  give  the  names  of 
Grimes  and  Elder,  as  they  occupied  these  farms  in  my  dav. 
Grandfather  Barnett  resided  east  of  these  farms.  His  horse 
ran  home,  and  the  neighborhood  tui-ned  out.  As  they  passed 
along  the  road  Mr.  Barnett  got  out  of  his  hiding  and  resting 
place.  He  had  but  little  use  of  his  arm  the  rest  of  his  days. 
I  will  continue  the  history  of  the  captive  boys.  The  Indians 
had  left  their  encampment  before  they  were  sighted  b}^  the 
party  who  went  in  pursuit.  They  passed  up  Beaver  creek 
toward  the  mountain,  then  through  an  orchard  once  owned  by 
Andrew  Kerr,  afterwards  Samuel  Finney.  The  Indians  told 
the  boys  to  take  plenty  of  apples  as  these  were  the  last  they 
would  get  for  a  length  of  time.  They  then  took  to  the  mountain, 
and  this  was  the  last  of  the  boys.  Tedious  days,  nights,  and 
years  passed  away.  For  nearly  seven  years  a  kind  Providence, 
who  hears  and  answers  the  prayers  of  His  children,  watched 
over  the  boys.  It  appears  the  Indians  had  their  cabins  on  or 
near  the  headwaters  of  the  Allegheny  river,  on  a  branch 
called  something  like  Miskelitas.  At  length  an  Indian  trader 
discovered  the  party  who  held  William  Barnett  and  Mackey. 
They,  with  the  boys,  had  been  several  times  across  what  is  now 
the  State,-of  Ohio  to  Detroit.     This  Indian  trader  was  employed 


52  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

by  Grandfather  Barnett  to  procure  William,  for  whicli  he  was 
to  give  the  trader  an  elegant  horse.  *  *  *  *  It  was  with 
some  difficulty  the  traders  got  him  away,  William  not  being 
very  willing  to  leave  at  first,  and  the  squaw  who  had  him  to  part 
with  him.  At  last  be  succeeded,  and  was  returning  with  him. 
Mr.  Barnett  went  to  Carlisle,  on  his  way  to  meet  them,  and 
stopped  at  the  same  tavern  which  his  son  had  reached  the  early 
part  of  the  evening.  The  boy  was  tired  traveling,  and  had 
retired.  When  this  became  known  Mr.  Barnett  desired  to  see 
him,  but  the  landlord  at  first  objected ;  but  a  fond  father,  who 
had  not  beheld  his  son  for  seven  years,  who  had  been  the  sub- 
ject of  anxious  thoughts  and  prayers,  now  answered,  could  not 
be  put  off  until  the  morrow.  The  son  awakened  from  his 
;  sleep  knew  his  father  and  embraced  him.  As  may  be  readily 
i  supposed  there  was  great  rejoicing  in  Hanover,  not  only  in  the 
houses  of  the  Barnetts,  but  all  through  the  country,  at  the  re- 
.turn  of  the  captive.  Young  Mackey  was  sold  to  a  French- 
man at  Detroit,  afterwards  taken  to  England,  and  at  the  outset 
■  of  the  war  of  the  Revolution  came  over  with  the  British 
troops,  and  subsequently  reached  his  home  in  old  Hanover. 
His  mother  was  yet  living ;  but  she  insisted  that  her  son  was 
killed  by  the  Indians,  and  would  not  own  hiin.  He  assured 
her  that  he  was  her  boy ;  when,  at  length,  she  told  him  that  if 
he  was  her  son  he  had  a  scar  on  his  leg  from  a  cut,  tliat  she 
would  know.  This  was  shown  her,  when  she  acknowledged 
that  he  was  her  long-lost  child."'  There  is  extant  an  extended 
account  of  this  thrilling  episode  in  frontier  life;  but  Mr. 
Barnett's  simple  story  differs  little  in  detail  thereof.  Joseph 
Barnett,  d.,  in  1808,  in  Allegheny  county.  Pa.,  and  was  buried 
in  Lebanon  churchyard,  ten  miles  from  Pittsburgh.  His  wife. 
Bliza.beth,  d.  a  few  years  subsequent,  and  was  interred  in  old 
Hanover  graveyard.     They  had  issue : 

William^  b.  1750 ;  m.  Mary  Eshercombe. 

John,  b.  1752  :  m.  Mary  McEvven. 

Joseph,  b.  1744;  m.  Sarah  Dickson./ 

James,  h,  1756;  m.  Mary  Allen. 

Thomas,  b.  1758;  m.  Jane  Finney. 

Elizabeth,  b.  1761 ;  m.  Samuel  Sherer. 

Moses,  b.  November  24,  1764;  m.  Martha  Siiodgrass. 


10. 

^. 

11. 

ii. 

12. 

in. 

13. 

iu. 

14. 

V. 

15. 

vi. 

16. 

vii. 

Barnett  Family.  53 

VII.  Ann  Barnett,^  (Johu,^  John/)  b.,  about  1735,  in 
Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa. ;  m.  first,  James 
Johnston,  who  was  killed  by  the  Indians  in  1755.  They 
had  issue  (surname  Johnston) : 

^.  Joseph. 
ii.  Margaret. 
in.  Jane. 

Mrs.  Johnston,  m.,  secondly,  William  McIlhenny.  They 
had  issue  (surname  McIlhenny) : 

I.  Thomas, 
ii.  Agnes. 
Hi.  Mary. 
iv.  JSlizabeth. 
V.  Ann.  ' 

YIII.  Elizabeth  Barnett,  *  (Samuel,  ^  John,^  John,i) 
b.  1748  ;  m.  William  Moorhead.  They  had  issue  (surname 
Moorhead) : 

i.  Josiah, 

ii.  Samuel^  was  grandfather  of  Eev.  George  Hill,  D.  D.,  of 
Blairsville,  Pa.,  Kev.  J.  D.  Moorhead,  of  Beaver  Falls, 
Pa.,  and  Bev.  W.  W.  Moorhead,  of  Greensburg,  Pa. 
Hi.  Eev.  William, m.  Jane,  daughter  of  Eev.  Dr.  McMillan. 
iv.  James. 

V.  Martha,  m. Hamilton. 

vi.  Nancy.,  m. Craig. 

vii.  Elizabeth,  m. Gibson. 

viii.  Esther-., ra.  Gibson. 

ix.  Uebecca,  m. Wilson. 

X.  Sarah,  m.  [John]  McMillan. 

xi.  Bachel,  m. Pollock. 

xii.  Lydia,  m.  Marquis;  their  son  was  Bev.  D.  C. 

Marquis,  D.  D.,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

IX.  John  Barnett, ^  (Samuel,  ^  John,^  John,i)  b.  1755,  in 
Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa. ;  d.  July  7,  1825,  in 
Deny  township,  Westmoreland  county.  Pa. ;  served  in  the  war 
of  the  Revolution ;  removed  to  Westmoreland  county.  Pa.,  in 
1784  ;  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  from  1808  until  his  death ; 
m.  Rachel  Crosbt,  of  Fagg's  Manor ;  b.  1758 ;  d.  April  28. 
1833.     They  had  issue  : 


54  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

i.  Samuel,  m.  Rebecca  McClure. 

17.  a.   William,  m.,  first,  Jane  Wallace;  second, Mrs.  Johnston. 

18.  Hi.  Jo/ni,  b.  September  19,  1795  ;  m.  Nancy  Morrison.  , 
iv.  Elizabeth,  m.  William  Huj^lies. 

V.  Martha,  m.  Isaac  Taylor. 
vL  Bachel,  m.  John  Laird. 

X.  William  Baenett,*  (Joseph,  ^  John,^  John,^)  b.  1750. 
At  the  age  of  seven  he  was  taken  captive  by  the  Indians,  as 
previously  noted.  His  harsli  treatment  by  the  savages  impaired 
his  health.  He  subsequently  married  Maey  Eshercombe, 
of  Philadelphia,  by  whom  he  had  one  daughter,  Mary^  b.  May 
11,  1782,  who  married  a  Mr.  Franks,  of  New  York,  and  whose 
descendants  now  reside  in  that  city.  Mr.  Barnett  died  about 
the  close  of  the  Eevolution. 

XI.  John  Barnett,'*  (Joseph, ^  John,^  John.i)  b.  August 
29,  1752,  in  Hanover  township.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupa- 
tion. At  the  outset  of  the  Revolution  he  was  appointed  a  lieu- 
tenant in  the  Hanover  battalion  of  Associators,  commanded  by 
ColoDcl  Timothy  Green.  He  served  with  distinction  at  Long 
Island,  August  27,  1776,  and  through  the  campaign  of  1777 
was  in  constant  active  service.  During  the  remainder  of  the 
war,  he  was  in  command  of  a  volunteer  company,  which  was 
formed  for  the  protection  of  the  frontiers  from  the  encroach- 
ments of  the  Tories  and  their  allies,  the  savage  Indians  of  JSTew 
York.  The  sword  which  he  carried  through  the  war  is  now  in 
the  possession  of  William  Barnett,  of  Dayton,  Ohio.  Major 
Barnett  was  rather  under  middle  size,  and  of  a  lively  disposi- 
tion. "  He  was  a  noted  fox -hunter,  kept  a  pack  of  hounds, 
and  a  fine  horse,  named  'Pad,'  and  was  much  of  his  time,  in 
hunting  season,  upon  the  Blue  Mountain."  Major  Barnett 
died  May  12,  1823,  and  is  buried  in  Hanover  graveyard.  He 
married,  April  29,  1784,  Mary  McEwen,  of  Hanover,  a  very 
estimable  lady.  She  was  born  September  9, 1762  ;  died  March 
10,  1806,  and  is  interred  by  the  side  of  her  husband.  They 
had  issue : 

i.  Mary,  b.  June  2,  1785;  d.  July  7,  1840  ,  m.,  December  19, 
1819,  Frederick  Hatton,  b.  1774;  d.  June  3,  1835. 
a.  Eleanor,  b.  1787;  d.  1822;  m.,  February  17,  1807,  David 
Johnson,  and  had  John. 


Barnett  Family.  55 

Hi.  Joseph,  b.  1789;  d.  1858,  at  Dayton,  Ohio  ;  m.,  first,  Eliza- 
beth Allen  ;  second,  Jane  Rogers.  Joseph  Barnett 
and  his  brother,  James  S.,  were  contractors  on  the 
Pennsylvania  canal,  and  subsequently  partners  in  the 
great  Sligo  Iron  Works,  at  Pittsburgh,  firm  of  Barnett, 
Shorb  &  Co.  Joseph,  in  the  war  of  1812,  was  in  service 
on  the  Niagara  frontier.  He  represented  Montgomery 
county,  Ohio,  two  terms  in  the  Senate  of  that  State. 

iv.  Jolm-McEwen,  b.  1791;  m.,  first,  Jane  Sherer;  second, 

Julia  Barnett,  daughter  of  John  Barnett. 
V.   William,  b.  1793;  d.  1821 ;  m.,  December  11,  1817,  Ann, 
daughter  of  Hugh  Graham  and  Mary  Wallace,  and  had 
William.    At  his  death  she  m.  Colonel  Jacob  Wonderly, 
of  Dayton,  O. 

vi.  Elizabeth,  b.  1795 ;  d.  1862. 

vii.  James- Snodgrass,  b.  1798;  d.  about  1836;  m.  Hannah 
Shaw,  daughter  of  the  late  John  Shaw,  who  went  to 
Pittsburgh  at  an  early  day.  She  was  a  sister  of  William 
Shaw,  of  the  Pennsylvania  railroad.  When  a  widow, 
in  1845,  she  married  Reverend  William  Martin,  of 
Philadelphia,  went  there  to  reside,  and  died  about  1865. 
via.  Margaret,  h.  1800;  d.  1844. 

ix.  Jean,  h.lSOS;  d.  1804. 

XII.  Joseph  Barnett,  *  (Joseph,  ^  Jolin,^  Joliii,i)  b.  1754 
m.  Sarah  Dickson  of  Chambersburg.     He  died  at  Pittsburgh, 
in  1812,  at  the  residence  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  McClure.    Thej 
had  issue : 

19.  i.  Joseph,  b.  August  27,  1784 ;  m.  Mai'y  Boyd. 

ii.  Polly,  b.  1786;  m.  John  Hume;  settled  in  the  Genesee 
country,  N.  Y.,  but  subsequently  removed  to  near  In- 
dianapolis, Ind.,  and  was  appointed  one  of  the  first  as- 
sociate judges  there. 
Hi.  Sarah,  b.  1788;  m.  Andrew  McClure;  resided  at  Pitts- 
burgh, and  had  William  and  Alexander. 

iv.  Bichard,  b.  1790 ;  removed  to  and  died  in  Missouri. 

XIII.  James  Barnett, *  (Joseph,  ^  John,^  John,i)  b.  1756; 
d.  May  1,  1805 ;  m.  Mary  Allen,  daughter  of  Samuel  Allen  ; 
b.  1760  ;  d.  August  13,  1813  ;  both  buried  in  Hanover  church 
graveyard.     They  had  issue  : 

20.  i.  Joseph,  b.  1787;  m.  Sarah  Harrison. 

21.  ii.  Samuel,  b.  September  30,  1790  ;  m.  Mary  Mitchell. 

22.  Hi.  James,  b.  1792;  m.  Louisa  Shira. 

iv.  John,  b.  1791 ;  d.  in  1818,  in  Lebanon,  Pa. 


56  ,        Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

V.  Allen, h.Vl%Q\  m. Sliaffer;  resided  in  Clark  county, 

Ind.,  and  had  issue. 
vi.  Thomas,  b.  179S;  d.  1866,  in  St.  Louis. 
vii.   William,  b.  1800  ;  d.  in  Warren  county,  Ohio,  about  1822. 
via.  Moses,  b.  1802;  d.  s.  p. 
ix.  Mary,  b.  1805;  unni. 

XIY.  Thomas  Barnett,-*  (Joseph,  ^  John,3  Jolin,i)  b.  No- 
vember 13,  1761;  d.  Marcb  28,  1836;  m.,  April  27,  1790, 
Jane  Finney,  daughter  of  Samuel  Finney ;  b.  December  22, 
1769  ;  d.  May  9,  1830.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Mary,  b.  1791 ;  d.  1848 ;  m.  Thomas  Snodgrass,  son  of  John ; 
d.  1855.     One  of  their  daugliters  m.  Wilson  Todd,  son 
of  John  Todd  of  Warren  county,  O.     (See  Todd  record.) 
a.   William,  b.  1791 ;  d.  September  6,  1828;  m.  Mary  Hum- 
mel, b.  1798;  d.  February  19,1829,  and  had  Tlunnas,  Jo- 
siah,  and  Harriet,  b.  1829 ;  d.  1881 ;  m.  Joseph  Barnett. 
Hi.  Thoma'^,  b.  1793;  d,  March  13,  1858  ;  unm. 
iv.  Susanna,  b.  1794;  d.  March  7,  1862;  unm. 
V.  Joseph- Sherer,  b.  1796;   removed  to  Southern  Missouri, 
then  to  Arkansas,  where  he  d.  in  1858;  m.  and  had 
Carrie  J.,  m.  D.  W.  Percy;  and  Marion. 
vi.  Samuel-Finney ,  b.  1797  ;  d.  s.  p. 
vii.  Jane,  b.  1799  ;  m.  Henry  Lutz  ;  both  deceased. 
-^       via.  Elizabeth,  b.  1801 ;  d.  s.  p. 

ix.  Eliza-Sherer,  b.  1803;  m.  James  B.  Robinson;  both  de- 
ceased; and  had  Jane,  Elizabeth,  Margaret,  and  Jlar- 
shall. 
X.  Sarah,  b.  March  13,  1806  ;  m.  Robert  Stewart,     [see  Steio- 

art  record.) 
xi.  Margaret,  b.  1817;  m.  James  A.  Elder  of  Elder's  Ridge. 

(see  Elder  record.) 
xii.  Nancy -Rebecca,h.  1809;  d.  1829;  unm. 
xiii.  John,  b.  1811;  d.  1878;  unm. 

XV.  Elizabeth  Barnett,^  (Joseph,  =^  John,^  John,i)  b. 
1761 ;    d.   September  21,   1816 ;  m.   Samuel  Sherer,"^"  son  of 

*  Among  the  earliest  of  the  Scotcli-Irish  emigrants  was  Samuel 
Sherer.  He  came  from  near  Londonderry,  Ireland,  to  the  Province 
of  Pennsylvania  in  tlie  autumn  of  1734,  and  located  in  Paxtang  town- 
ship, Lancaster,  now  Dauphin,  county.  He  was  a  man  of  means,  was 
well  educated,  and  became  quite  prominent  in  the  Scotch-Irish  set- 
tlement.   His  son,  Joseph  Sherer,  was  about  three  years  old  when 


Barnett  Family.  57 

Joseph  Sherer  of  Paxtang,  b.  1755 ;  d.  December  26,  1821, 
and  are  interred  in  Paxtang  cliurchyard.  They  had  issue, 
(surname  Sherer :) 

i.  Mary,  b.  September  29,  1782;  d.  October  21,  1807;   m. 
ISTovember  17, 1803,  James  Stewart. 

ii.  Josejyii,  b.  September  6, 1785;  d.  March  5, 1825,  near  Hum- 
melstown,  Pa. ;  m.  MarySnodgrass.    She  died  in  Claris 
county,  O.    Their  daughter  Mari/  m.  a  Mr.  Heymer, 
who  removed  to  Clark  county,  Ohio. 
m.  Margaret,  b.  September  8,  1787;  d.  July  17,  1822;  unm. 

iv.  Martha-Montgomery,}).  November  3, 1789;  d.  January  30, 
1824;  m.  John  Graham  and  removed  to  Ohio,  and  after- 
wards to  Kentucky. 

his  parents  came  to  America.  He  secured  a  fair  English  education 
and  was  brought  up  to  the  life  of  a  frontiersman,  that  of  a  farmer. 
During  the  French  and  Indian  war,  he  served  as  a  non-commissioned 
officer,  and  was  in  active  service  as  a  scout  or  ranger  on  the  frontiers. 
When  the  thunders  of  the  Revolution  reverberated  along  the  valley 
of  the  Susquehanna,  with  all  his  Scotch-Irish  and  Geruian  neighbors, 
he  entered  into  the  contest  for  liberty.  In  1775  and  1776,  he  was  in 
command  of  one  of  the  companies  of  Colonel  James  Burd's  battalion 
of  Associators,  a  roll  of  which  is  to  be  found  in  the  recent  history  of 
Dauphin  county.  Colonel  Burd's  farm  at  Tinian  joined  the  Sherer 
homestead,  and  the  two  patriots  were  intimate  friends.  Captain 
Sherer  was  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Observation  for  the 
county  of  Lancaster,  and  was  chosen  by  the  vote  of  the  people  a 
member  of  the  first  Constitutional  Convention  of  the  State  of  Penn- 
sylvania, which  met  at  Philadelphia,  on  the  15th  of  July,  1776.  While 
in  attendance  on  this  representative  body  of  the  Revolutionary  era, 
he  took  ill,  returned  home,  and  died  on  the  1st  or  2d  of  December 
following.  His  remains  were  interred  in  the  burial  ground  of  old 
Paxtang  church,  of  which  he  was  a  consistent  member,  but  no  stone 
marks  the  spot  where  repose  the  ashes  of  that  hero  of  tlie  days  of 
Independence.  Captain  Sherer  m.,  first,  February  6, 1759,  Mary  Mc- 
Clure;  subsequently  m.  Mary  McCracken  of  Northumberland  county, 
Pa.    There  was  issue  : 

i.  Mary,  m.  Samuel  Cochran. 
ii.  Samuel,  b.  1755;  m.  Elizabeth  Barnett. 
Hi.  John, 
iv.  Jean. 
V.  Bichard. 
vi.  Joseph, 
vii.   William, 
via.  Catharine. 


58  Pennsylvania  Genealogies^ 

V.  Jcme,  b.  February  22, 1792;  d.  1829 ;  m.  John  Barnett,  and 

removed  to  Ohio. 
vi.  Elizabeth,  b.  July  19,  1794  ;  d.,  February  26,  1860,  in  Can- 
field.  Ohio;  m.,  March  2, 1820,  Robert  Elder  (miller). 

(see  Elder  record.) 
vii.  Sarah,  b.  March   14,  1797;  d.  N'ovember  25,  1836;  m., 

June  8, 1824,  Robert  R.  Elder,     [see  Elder  record.) 
via.  Juliana,  b.  May  23,  1799;  d.  March  7, 1879  ,  m.,  December 

8,  1825,  David  Elder, of  Indiana  county,  Pa.     {see  Elder 

record.) 
ix.  Eleanor  W.,  b.  1803  ;  d.  April  2,  1837;  m.,  March  12, 1826, 

Joshua  Elder,     (see  Elder  record.)    ' 
X.  Samuel  B.,h.  1805;   d.  September  6,1866,  in  St.  Louis; 

m.,  in  1827,  Mary  Oves,  of  Harrisburg. 

XVI.  Moses  Baenett/,  (Joseph,^  John,^  John,i)  b.  No- 
vember 24,  1764 ;  d.  November  19,  1848 ;  resided  on  a  tract  of 
land,  deeded  to  him  bjhis  father,  called  "Barnett's  Conquest," 
in  the  "  Forks  of  Beaver  Creek  ;  was  twice  married  ;  m.,  first, 
Maetha  Snodgeass,  daughter  of  William  Snodgrass,  b.  1773  ; 
d.  June  1,  1802,  and  had  issue  : 

i.  Bichard,  b.  1792  ;  d.  November  8,  1868. 

a.  Ann,  b.  1794;  m.,  June,  1813,  Samuel  Johnson. 
Hi.  Molly,  h.  1795;  d.l877. 
iv.  Matilda,  b.  1797  ;  m.  George  Moorhead. 

V.  Margaret,  b.  1799  ;  d.  1843. 
vi.  Martha,  b.  1801 ;  d.  1803. 

Moses  Barnett  m.,  secondly,  March  27, 1805,  Rebecca  [Green] 
Allen,  b.  1763;  d.  July  27,  1837,  {see  Allen  record^)  and  had 
issue : 

23.     I'M.  Bebecca,  b.  February  19, 1806;  m.  Thomas  Moorhead. 
via.  Moses,  b.  February  19,  1806. 

XVII.  William  Baexett,^  (John,-^  Samuel,  3,  John,^ 
John,i)  b.  about  1793 ;  was  twice  married:  m.,  first,  Jane 
W^  LLACE,  and  had  issue : 

i.  Peter  W. 

H.  Samuel. 
Hi.   Williayn. 
iv.  James. 

V.  Jane,  m.  James  Patterson. 
vi.   Rachel,  m.  John  Shields. 
vii.  Joseph-Craia. 


Barnett  Family.  59 

William  Barnett,  m.,  secondly,  Mrs.  Johnston;  cl.  s.  p. 

XVIII.  John  Barnett, ^  (John,^  Samuel,^  Jolin,^  JoUn,i) 
K,  October  19,  1795,  in  "Westmoreland  county.  Pa.  ;  m.,  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1822,  Nancy  Morrison,  b.  Marcla  9,  1799 ;  d.  May 
27,  1876.     They  had  issue:   ■ 

i.  Jane-Elizabeth,  h.  October  12,  1822;  d.  s.  p. 

ii.  Rachel,  b.  June  27, 1«24-,  d.  April  6,  1854;  m.,  June  12, 
1849,  Rev.  W.  M-  Donaldson,  and  had  Sarah,  John-B., 
and  Alexander-M. 

in.  John- Morrison,  b.  May  20,  1826;  m.  Martha  R.  Elder, 
daughter  of  James  Elder  of  Elder's  Ridge,  and  had 
James-Elder,  Mary-Agnes,  and  Maggie-Bright. 

iv.  Ma.rtha-Jane,  b.  March  26,  1828;  m.,  October  14,  1845, 
Thomas  C.  Pollock,  of  Ligonier  valley,  and  had  Agnes- 
Morrison,  m.  Rev.  S.  S.  Gilson,  Elizabeth- Herr on,  m. 
Robert  J .  Smith,  Mary-Emma,  m.  Albert  Shnpe,  Annie- 
Rachel,  Martha-Jane,  m.  H.  F.  Stark,  Jesse  Irvin,John- 
Barnett,  Kate-Mnhel,  and  Thomeis  Cathcart. 

V.  Elizaheth-Irvin,  b.  June  25,  1830;  d.  May  27,  1839. 

vi.  Nancy,  b.  July  16,  1833,  m.  Rev.  James  Sherer  Elder. 

(see  Elder  record.) 
vii.  ilfaj-y,  b.  January  27,  1837;  m.  Thomas  Barnett  Elder. 

(see  Elder  record.) 
viii.  James-Wilson,  b.  May  27, 1839,  was  in  the  United  States 
army  nearly  five  years;  m.  Sophronia  C.  Gore,  and  had 
John-Irvin,  Ella-Amanda,  Nannie-Elder,  and   Mary- 
Olin. 

XIX.  Joseph  Barnett,  ^,  (Josepli,^,  Joseph,^  Jolin,^ 
John,i)  b.  August  27, 1784,  in  Hanover  township  ;  removed  to 
Fayette  county.  Pa.,  and  m.  Mary  Boyd,  of  that  locality. 
They  had  issue : 

i.   William-Boyd,  b.  1810. 

ii.  Hamilton,  b.  1811 ;  d.  about  1870  ;  m.  Ann  Clokey. 
Hi.  Clarissa,  b.  1814. 
iv.  Edtcin,h.  1816. 

V.  Joseph,  b.  May  14, 1823  ;  m.,  first,  Sarah  Stewart, of  Mont- 
gomery county,  Ohio  ;  second,  Harriet  Barnett,  of  Blair 
county,  Pa. 

XX.  Joseph  Barnett,^  (Jaraes,^  Joseph, ^  John,^  John,i) 
b.  March,  1787,  in  Hanover;  d.  in  Warren  county,  Ohio  ;  m, 
Sarah  Harrison,  sister  of  General  John  Harrison,  of  Han- 
over ;  died  about  1837  ;  and  there  was  issue  : 


60  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

i.  James.,  m. Barker. 

ii.  Sarah-Jane,  m.  William  Silvers. 

XXI.  Samuel  Baenett,^  (James,  ^  Joseph,  ^  Jolin,^  John,i) 
b.  September  30,  1790,  in  Hanover;  d.  June  10, 1869,  in  Clark 
county,  Ohio.  He  married,  first,  August  22,  1815,  Mary 
Mitchell,  of  Hanover;  she  died  May  17,  1851;  was  one  of 
tlie  most  amiable  of  Christian  women.  He  m.,  secondly,  Ann 
J.  Torrence,  (Ann  J.  Stewart,)  daughter  of  James  Stewart 
and  Jane  Elder,  of  Paxtang.  Mr.  Barnett  was,  in  many  re- 
spects, a  remarkable  man.  At  the  age  of  seventy- seven,  near 
the  close  of  a  long  life  of  industry,  his  miemory  was  most  ex- 
cellent, and  to  him  are  we  indebted  for  what  is  here  given  rel- 
ative to  the  Barnetts — as  also  what  is  in  our  possession  con- 
cerning the  Aliens,  Sawyers,  and  other  Hanover  families.  It 
is  to  be  regretted  that  the  information  that  he  could  have  given 
as  to  the  olden  time  was  not  taken  down  by  some  faithful 
chronicler,  and  thus  preserved,  unto  us.  He  removed  to  Ohio, 
in  1817,  locating  in  Warren  county.  He  subsequently  re- 
moved to  Butler  county,  and,  in  1841,  to  Springfield,  0.,  where 
he  spent  tlie  remainder  of  his  days.     He  had  issue : 

i.  Susanna  TF.,  m.  William  Carothers,  and  had  issue. 

ii.  Sarah,  m.  Dr.  John  B.  Hunt,  of  Clinton,  111. 
Hi.  Nancy-Allen,  m.  Reverend  Samuel  Wallace,  of  Piqna,  O. 
iv.  Mary,  m.  Dr.  Joseph  Gr.  Paulding,*  of  Mason,  Warren 
county,  O. 

V.  David- Mitchell,  m.  Mary  Graybill.  t 
vi.  Williani- Allen,  m.  Belle  Grove. 
vii.  Levi,  m.  a  daughter  of  Allen  Sturgeon,  of  Hanover. 
viii.  George  W.,  m.  Sarah  Ann  Bane,  of  Kenton  county,  O. 
ix.  Samuel,  m.  Mary  Campbell. 

X.  James,  m.  a  daughter  of  Reverend  Jackson  Duff. 

*  "In  1847,  the  Associate  Reformed  church  (prior  to  the  union) 
had  no  foreign  missionary  in  the  field.  Dr.  Paulding,  as  a  physician, 
and  Mary,  his  wife,  with  the  Reverend  James  Barnett,  were  sent  as 
missionaries  to  Turkey.  After  studying  the  language  at  Beyrout, 
they  settled  near  the  ancient  Mt.  Lebanon,  and  established  a  school. 
After  a  residence  of  twelve  years.  Dr.  Paulding  returned  to  America. 
Rev.  James  Barnett  was  sent  to  Cairo,  Egypt,  and  subsequently  to 
Damascus,  but  recently  [1867]  returned  to  Egypt,  where  he  is  now  in 
charge  of  a  large  school." — Samuel  Barnett. 


Barnett  Family.  61 

XXII.  James  Ba.ekett,s  (James,^  Joseph, ^  John, ^  John,"^) 
b.  1792 ;  d.  1861 ;  m.  Louisa  Shira,  of  Louisville,  Kj.,  but 
a  native  of  Hummelstown,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.,  and  had  issue  : 

i.  Henry  C. 
it.  Jacob, 
in.  Jmnes  W. 
iv.  Diana,  cl.  s.  p. 

•The  sons  are  all  sugar  planters  in  Louisiana. 

XXIII.  Eebecca  Barnett, 5  (Moses,*  Joseph, ^  John,^ 
John,i)  b.,  February  19,  1806,  in  Hanover  township,  Dauphin 
county,  Pa.  ;  d.,  February  22,  1867,  in  Erie  county  Pa.  ;  ro., 
March,  1827,  Thomas  Mooehead.*  They  had  issue  (sur- 
nanae  Moorhead): 

i.  Isaao,  b.,  January  28, 1828,  at  Erie,  Pa. ;  cl..  June  4, 1881, 
at  Easton  Eapids,  Mich.  Mr.  Moorlieacl  received  a  good 
academic  education.  Entered  mercantile  pursuits  for 
a  few  years,  but  relinquished  the  same  owing  to  his 
delicate  constitution,  and  accepted  the  appointment  of 
conductor  on  the  Lake  Shore  railway,  a  position  he 
filled  acceptably  almost  twenty-eight  years,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  several  winters,  when,  obtaining  leave  of 
absence,  he  served  as  transcribing  clerk  of  the  House 
of  Representatives  at  Harrisburg.  In  the  early  part  of 
the  year  1880  he  was  appointed  postmaster  at  Erie.  Ac- 
commodating, attentive,  and  polite,  the  appointment 
was  an  exceedingly  popular  one.  The  relinquishment 
of  an  active  railroad  life  for  the  humdrum  cares  of 
official  position,  no  doubt,  was  the  primary  cause  of  the 
disease  of  which  Mr.  Moorhead  died,  at  Eaton  Rapids, 
Mich.,  whither  he  had  gone  for  the  restoration  of  his 
health.  In  historic  research  he  was  deeply  interested, 
and  the  citizens  of  Erie  are  indebted  to  him  for  many 

*  The  great  grandson  of  Thomas  Moorhead,  a  native  of  county 
Donegal,  Ireland,  who  settled  in  Donegal,  Penn'a,  in  1732.  His  wife 
was  Cliiistine  Robinson,  sister  of  Andrew  Robinson.  Robert,  second 
in  descent,  m.  Margaret  Boal,  and  had  issue  among  others : 

i.  Captain  John  B.,h.  January  3, 1774;  d.  May  15,  1854;  bu- 
I'ied  in  Derry  graveyard  ;  m.  Ann  Snodgrass;  b  1779;  d. 
December  14,  1848. 
u.  Jane,  b.  October  7,  1776;  d.  June,  1864;  m.,  February 

11, 1800,  Jeremiah  Sturgeon. 
in.  Thomas,  m.,  March  17, 1792,  Ann  Clark,  and  had  issue, 
Iicbert,  John,  Tliomas,  and  Sarah. 


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Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 


iv. 


pleasant  reminiscences  of  their  city,  over  the  signature 
of  "John  Ashbough,"  He  wrote  for  the  Centennial 
year  a  historical  review  of  Erie  county,  and  was  the  au- 
thor of  the  Erie  county  sl^etcli  in  Egle's  History  of 
Pennsylvania,  which  contains  the  best  and  most  lucid 
account  of  Perry's  battle  on  Lake  Erie  extant.  In  the 
performance  of  a  great  duty,  he  prepared  a  genealogy  of 
his  own  and  allied  families,  and  few,  in  our  State,  pos- 
sessed as  full  knowledge  as  lie  of  the  French  occupation 
in  western  Pennsylvania.  He  had  made  this  subject 
one  of  study  and  reseai'ch,  and  it  was  confidently  ex- 
pected tliat,  in  due  time,  the  results  of  his  investigation 
would  have  been  given  to  us.  Mr.  Moorhead,  m.,  Sep- 
tember, 1853,  Caroline  Hoskinson,  daughter  of  William 
and  Eleanor  Hoskinson  of  Erie,  and  had  Buth^  m.  Fred. 
Metcalf,  and  Maxwell-Wood. 

Mizaheth,  m.  Charles  W.  Stone,  of  Warren,  Pa.,  Lieu- 
tenant-Governor of  Pa.,  1879-1883. 

Annie,  m.  Charles  Derrickson,  of  Meadville,  Pa. 

Emily,  m.  Calvin  Leet,  of  Erie  county,  Pa. 


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Beatty  Family.  63 


BEATTY  FAMILY. 


1.  JjiMES  Beatty, 2  son  of  John  Beatty,^  b.,  about  1670, 
in  Ayrshire,  Scotland,  emigrated  to  Ireland  shortly  after  the 
battle  of  the  Boyne,  in  1690,  when  occurred  that  large  influx 
of  Scotch  families  into  the  northern  counties  of  the  Green  Isle, 
in  company  with  his  brother  John.  The  latter  settled  in  county 
Antrim,  and  was  the  father  of  the  Kev.  Charles  Beatty.  James 
located  in  the  county  Down,  at  what  is  now  called  Ballykeel- 
Ednagonnel,  in  the  parish  of  Hillsborough.  He  was  the  head 
of  a  large  family,  having  nineteen  children  by  three  wives.  He 
died  in  Ballykeel-Ednagonnel,  in  1745.  We  have  the  Christian 
name  of  only  one  of  his  wives — Agnes,  who  was  the  mother 
of  at  least  WilUaTn^  John.  Agnes.,  and  Alexander.  The  names 
of  tbe  children  which  have  come  down  to  us  are : 

i.  James, 
a.  Robert. 
Hi.  George. 
iv.  Thomas. 

V.  Bichard. 
vi.  Alexander. 

2.  vii.   WiUiani,  m.  Mary  McKee. 
viii.  Agnes. 

3.  ix.  John,  m.  Jane  Swan. 

II.  William  Beatty,  3  (James,  ^  John,  i)  b,  about  1718;  d. 
in  February,  1784,  at  Ballykeel-Ednagonnel.  "  Buried  in  Ana- 
hilt  glebe.  The  grave  is  covered  with  a  fiat  tombstone,  and, 
with  the  exception  of  the  name,  nothing  can  be  traced,  owing 
to  the  wear  and  tear  of  the  weatber  and  the  continual  friction 
of  passing  feet.  The  central  portion  of  the  stone  has  been 
worn  perfectly  smooth." — {Letter  of  Miss  M.  Beatty^  1878.) 
William  Beatty  m.,  in  1741,  Maey  McKee,  b.,  about  1720, 
at  McKee's  Dam,  Clogher,  county  Dow^n,  Ireland;    d.  about 


64  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

1796,  and  buried  in  Anahilt  churclward,  Ballykeel-Ednagon- 
nel.     Tliey  had  issue : 

4.  i.  George,  b.  1743;  m.  Mary  Blackburn. 

5.  ii.  James,  b.  1746;  m.  Alice  Ann  Irwin. 

6.  Hi.  Agnes,  b.  1751 ;  m.  Robert  Finlay. 
iv.  Jftne,  b.  1752  ;  d.  1777  ;  unui. 

7.  V.  Jlfar?/,  b.  1758 ;  m.  James  Nelson. 

III.  John  Beatty,^'  (James, ^  Jolin,i)  b.  about  1722;  d. 
about  1765,  at  Ballykeel-Ednagonnel,  county  Down,  Ireland ; 
m.  Jane  Swan,  b.  about  1727 ;  d.  about  1817,  at  Ballykeel- 
Ednagonnel.     They  had  issue : 

8.  i.  Agnes,  \).  1757;  m.  William  Dawson. 

9.  a.   William,  b.  1759  ;  m.  Elizabeth  llutlierford. 

10.  Hi.  James,  b.  1761 ;  m.  Jane  Nelson. 
iv.  John,  b.  1763;   d.  1771. 

lY.  Geoege  Beatty,^  (William,^  James, ^  John,i)  b.,  1743, 
at  Ballykeel-Ednagonnel ;  d.,  1815,  at  Ballykeel-Ednagonnel, 
and  there  buried  ;  m.,  in  April,  1771,  by  Rev.  Robert  McClure, 
Maey  Blackbuen,  b.,  about  1749,  at  Ballylinlagh,  county 
Down,  Ireland ;  d.  in  the  city  of  London,  England.  They 
had  issue :  .  '  "  ■ 

i.  Charlotte,  h.  January,  1772;  d.  in  America;  m.  William 
Beatty ;  they  had  two  children  when  they  emigrated  to 
the  United  States. 

11.  M.  An?-!,  b.  April,  1773  ;  m.  Robert  McUloy. 

12.  Hi.  Steward,  b.  1775;  m.  Mary  Wilson. 

13.  iv.  Greorge,  b.  1777;  m.  Jane  Beatty. 

Y.  James  Beatty,  *  (William,  ^  James,  ^  John,i)  ]3_  1746, 
in  the  townland  of  Ballykeel-Ednagonnel,  parish  of  Hillsbor- 
ough, county  Down,  Ireland ;  d.  December  1,  1794,  at  Harris- 
burg,  Pa.  From  the  family  record,  in  the  possession  of  his 
descendants,  we  have  this  entry :  "  That  my  children  may  know 
the  place  of  their  nativity,  I,  James  Beatty,  was  born  in  the 
Kingdom  of  Ireland,  and  Couuty  of  Dowm,  Parish  of  Hills- 
borough, and  Townland  of  Ballykeel-Ednagonnel,  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  1746,  and  came  to  America  in  the  year  1784. 
My  wife.  Ally  Ann  Irwin,  was  born  in  said  kingdom,  county, 
and  parish,  and  Townland  of  Tillynore,  within  two  miles  of 
Hillsborough,  three  of   Lisburn,  three  miles  of  Dromore,  and 


Beaity  Family.  65 

six  miles  of  Bally-naliinch,*  and  ten  of  Belfast,  which  last 
place  we  sailed  from  the  27th  of  June,  1784."  In  the  fall  of 
this  year,  he  settled  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and  thus  became  one  of 
its  first  inhabitants.  He  subsequently  was  the  purchaser  of 
a  number  of  lots  in  the  town,  some  of  which  remain  in  pos- 
session of  his  descendants.  He  was  quite  prominent  in  his 
adopted  home,  and  held  several  official  positions  under  the 
borough  charter.  He  was  buried  in  the  Presbyterian  grave- 
yard, of  which,  church  he  held  membership.  In  personal  ap- 
pearance, Captain  Beatty  was  about  five  feet  eight  inches,  thick- 
set, florid  complexion,  dark  hair,  and  blue  eyes.  He  was  an 
active  and  energetic  business  man,  and  his  death  was  a  great 
loss  to  the  young  town.  James  Beatty  m.,  in  1768,  at  Tully- 
nore,  Alice  Ann  Irwin,  b.  1750  in  the  townland  of  Tully- 
nore,  parish  of.  Hillsborough,  county  Down,  Ireland,  daughter 
of  Grawin  Irwin  and  Mary  Brereton ;  d.  June,  1805,  at  Har- 
risburg, Pa.,  and  there  buried.  They  had  issue,  all  b.  in  Ire- 
land: 

i.  Mary -Brereton,  b.  July  14,  1769;  m.  Patrick  Murray,  [see 
Murray  record.) 

14.  a.  Nancy,  h.  May  2,  1771  ;  m.  Samuel  Hill. 

15.  in.  Gawin-Irwin,  b.  September  13, 1773  ;  m.  Letitia  Greer. 
io.   William,  (1st,)  b.  1774;  d.  s.  p. 

16.  V.  i?e&fcca,  b.  December  4,  1775:  ra.  Daniel  Houseman. 

17.  vi.  Alice-Ann,  b.  February  12,  1777;  m.  John  Downey. 

vii.   William,  (2d,)  b.  June  30,  1778;  d.  September  3,  1790,  at 

Harrisburg,  Pa. 
via.  Sarah,  h.  October  6,  1779;  d.  August  4,  1861,  unm.,  at 
Ashland,  O. 

18.  ix.  George-Washington,  h.  January  4,  1781;  m.,  first,  Eliza 

White  ;  second,  Sarah  Shrom  ;  third,  Catharine  Shrom. 

VI.  Agnes  Beatty,^  (William, ^  James,^  John,i)  b.,  1751, 

at  Bally keel-Ednagonnel,  county  Down,  Ireland;  d.  1844;  m., 

in  1772,  by  Eev.  Eobert  McClure,  Robert  Finlay,  b.  1746; 

d.  August  15,  1803.     They  had  issue  (surname  Finlay) : 

19.  i.  Elizabeth,  h.  177 i;  m.  William  Haliday. 

20.  ii.   William,  h.  177Q;  m.  Mary  McKee. 

21.  Hi.  David  (twin),  b.  1776  ;  m.  Agnes  McKee. 

iv.  Jame^,  b.  1780;  emigrated  to  America,  and  died  there  in 
1872. 

.*Means  "  Town  of  the  Island." 


66  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

V.  Eohert,  b.  1784;  d.  1811 ;  unm. 

22.  vi.  George,  b.  1786  ;  ra.  Mary  Frazer. 
viL  Matthew,  h.  1790;  d.  1845;  unm. 

23.  viii.   TFiison,  (twin),  b.  1790;  m.  Mary  Greer. 

24.  ix.  Agues,  b.  1795  ;  ra.  David  McKee. 

yil.  Mary  Beatty,^  (William,  ^  James,  ^  Jolm,i)  b.  1758; 
d.,  July  13,  1847,  at  Ballykeel-Ediiagonnel,  county  Down,  Ire- 
land; m.,  in  1781,  by  Rev.  Robert  McClure,  James  Nelson, 
b.  1769 ;  d.  December  19,  1829.  There  was  no  issue.  In 
Anahilt  glebe  is  a  large  tombstone  with  this  inscription : 

Erected 

To  the  memory  of  James 

Nelson  who  departed  this 

life  19th  Dec.  1S29  aged  69  years 

Also,  his  wife  Mauy  who 

died  13th  July  IF 4.7  aged 

89  years. 

VIII.  Agnes  Beatty,*  (John,^  James,^  John,i)  b.,  1757, 
in  county  Down,  Ireland ;  d.  there  about  1780 ;  m.  William 
Dawson;  he  lived  and  died  in  the  townland  of  Rathvarneth, 
county  Down,  Ireland.     They  had  issue  (surname  Dawson) : 

i.  John,  d.  s.  p. 
a.   William,  m.  Catliarine  Gibson  ;  d.  s.  p. 

IX.  William  Beatty,^  (John,^  James,^  John,i)  b.  1759; 
d.,  1844,  in  county  Down,  Ireland;  m.,  in  1784,  Elizabeth 
Rutherford,  b.  1758;  d.,  October  23,  1830,  in  county  Down, 
Ireland.     They  had  issue  : 

James,  b.  March  17,  1780;  m.  Dorothy  Jefferson. 
William,  b.  May  21,  1782;  m.  Mary  McCormiclf. 
Hi.  John  {1st),  b.  October  9, 1784;  d.  s.  p. 

John  (fcZ),  b.  July  29,  1786;  m.  Jane  Hanna. 
Adam,  b.  November  23,  1788;  d.  1813;  unm. 
Martin,  b.  February  19,  1790;  m.  Eliza  Matthews. 
Thomas,  b.  March  16,  1794;  ra.  Margaret  Chambers. 
viii.  Jane,  b.  August  13,  1797;  m.  Sarauel  Beatty. 
ix.  Bichard,  b.  1804;  d.  1828;  unm. 

X.  James  Beatty,^  (John,^  James,^  John,i)  b.,  1761,  in 
county  Down,  Ireland;  d.  1843;  m.,  in  1780,  Jane  Xelson. 
b.  1755  ;  d.,  January  17,  1839,  in  county  Down,  Ireland.  They 
had  issue : 


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26. 

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27. 

iv. 

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28. 

vi. 

29'. 

vii. 

Beatty  Family.  67 

i.  Jol}n,h.  1781;  d.  1783. 

30.  n.  Ellen,  h.  1783;  m.  James  McKee. 

31.  Hi.  J'nie,  b.  1785  ;  m.  William  Carothers. 

iv.  Jnhn.h.  1788;  d.  1861;  m.,  in  1826,  Dorothy  Ben,  b.  1805; 
and  had  James,  b.  1826. 

32.  x\   T'Finin?)!,  b.  1790;  m.  Eliza  Carson. 
vi.  Elizn,  b.  1793;  d.  1797. 

33.  vii.  James,  b.  March  26,  1795;  m.  Mary  Ann  McCloy. 

34.  L-iii.  iSamnti,  b.  1797;  m.  Jane  Beatty. 

ix.  Davi'l,  h.  1800;  d.  1804. 

XI.  Ank  Beatty,  5  (George.  ^  William,  ^  James,  ^  Johii,i) 
b.  1773,  in  Ballykeel-Ednagonnel,  county  Down,  Ireland;  d. 
1803;  m.,  1793,  by  Rev.  Eobert  McClure,  Robert  McCloy; 
b.,  1760,  in  Londonderry,  Ireland;  d.,  1854,  in  Belfast,  Ireland; 
son  of  William  and  Susannah  McCloy.  They  had  issue,  all 
b.  at  Carrickfergus,  Ireland,  (surname  McCloy) : 

'i.  Susannah,  b.  1795;  d.  1869;  m.  Samuel  Hogg. 
ii.  (>eorqe,h.  1798;  emigrated  to  America;  m.  Esther  McComb, 
iii.  Mary-Ann,  b.  1800;  ra.  James  Beatty.     [xxxiii.) 
iv.   William,  b.  1802;  d.  in  Barbadoes,  West  Indies. 

XII.  Steward  Beatty,  ^  (George,  ^  William,  ^  James,  ^ 
John, ^)  b.,  1775,  in  Ballykeel-Ednagonnel,  county  Down,  Ire- 
land ;  d.  1853  ;  m.,  in  1815,  by  Rev.  William  Wright,  minister  of 
Anahilt,  Mary  Wilson,  b.  1793 ;  d.  June  1,  1879,  at  Birming- 
ham, England.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Mary-Ann,  b.  1816;  d.  1853 ;  m.  Eobert  Beatty. 
ii.  Rebecca,  b.  1818;  d.  1871 ;  m.  Samuel  Bingham. 
iii.  Charlotte,  b.  1820;  d.  1853,  unm. 

iv.  Phebe,  b.  1822;  m.  James  Kempof  Birmingham,  England. 
V.  George,  b.  1824;  m.  Sarah  Cordner. 
vi.  Agnes,  b.  182S;  m.  George  Scott. 
vii.  tteward,  h.  18S0;  d.  184:9,  nwm. 

XIII.  George  Beatty, ^  (George,^  William, ^  James, ^ 
John,^)  b.,  1777,  in  Ballykeel-Ednagonnel,  county  Down, 
Ireland;  d  1847;  m.,  in  1812,  Jane  Beatty,*'  (William, ^ 
James, '^  John,^  James, ^  John^,)  b.  1820.     They  had  issue: 

i.   William,  b.  1843;  m.  Eliza  Jane  Cargiu. 
ii.  George,  b.  1844. 
iii.  James,  b.  1846;  resides  at  Hillsborough,  county  Down. 

Ireland. 
iv.  Margaret,  (twin)  b.  1846;  m.  John  McKee. 


68  Peniisylvania  Oenealogies. 

XI Y.  Nancy  Be a.tty,  ^  (James,  ^  William,  ^  James,  ^  John,  ^ ) 
b..  May  2,  1771,  at  Ballykeel-Ednagonnel,  coanty  Down,  Ire- 
land ;  d.,  May  7,  1839,  at  Steubenville,  O. ;  m.,  at  Harrisburg, 
Pa.,  February  5,  1790,  by  Eev.  John  Elder,  Samuel  Hill,  b. 
about  1765,  in  England,  son  of  Arundel  and  Charlotte  Hill. 
His  ancestors  belonged  to  one  of  tlie  representative  families  of 
that  country.  He  received  a  good  English  and  classical  educa- 
tion, and  learned  the  trade  of  clock  and  watchmalrer  in  London. 
He  came  to  Pennsylvania  about  1785,  and  shortly  afterward 
established  himself  in  business  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  He  was  a 
skilled  and  ingenious  workman.  He  was  quite  prominent  in 
the  early  affairs  of  the  new  town,  and  was  among  the  first  to 
jump  into  the  water  to  tear  down  the  obnoxious  mill-dam  in  the 
Paxtang  creek,  in  1795.  He  was  a  volunteer  in  Captain  Reit- 
zell's  company  on  the  expedition  westward  in  179-1;  and  twice 
visited  England  on  matters  connected  with  his  father's  estate, 
then  considered  quite  an  undertaking;  and  what  particularly 
distinguished  his  last  visit  was  his  reception  by  his  fellow-citizens 
of  Harrisburg  on  his  return,  which  was  an  ovation,  showing 
what  a  strong  hold  he  had  upon  his  friends  in  America.  He 
died  very  suddenly,  while  sitting  in  his  chair  on  Monday  eve- 
ning, JSfovember  6,  1809,  aged  forty -four  years,  and  the  Oracle  of 
Daujohin  speaks  of  his  loss  to  the  community  as  "irreparable." 
They  had  issue  (surname  Hill) : 

35.        i.  Arundel^  b.  December  5,  1791 ;  m.  Hettie  Shields, 
n.  George^  b.  April  1,  1793  ;  d.  at  Harrisburg,  d.  s.  p. 
in.  C/w(7'?oi?e,  b.  September  25,1795;   d.  January  25,  1809,  at 
Harrisburg. 
36./    iv.  Anna,  b.  December  19,  1798;  ra.  William  Kilgore. 

V.  ISamuel-Truxton,    b.   March  15,  1800;    went   to  Bogota, 
South  America,  and  tliere  m.  an  English  lady;  d,  on 
voyage  to  England,  leaving  two  children. 
vi.  J{ebecGa,h.  December  19, 1802;  d.  s.  p.  at  Harrisburg. 
'vii.  Sarah,  b.  1805;  d.  s.  p. 
37.      ix.  ilictry,  b.  January  8,  1808;  m.  Joseph  G-.  Davidson. 

XV.  Gawik-Irwin  Beatty,^  (James,  ^  William,  ^  James,  ^ 
John,i)  b.  September  13,  1773,  at  Ballykeel-Ednagonnel, 
county  Down,  Ireland ;  d.  December  14,  1843,  at  Harrisburg, 
Pa.  ;  ra..  May,  1799,  by  Eeverend  Nathaniel  Snowden,  Letitia 


Beatty  Family.  69 

GrEEER,  daughter  of  James  and  Anna  Greer,  b.  1778 ;  d.  April, 
1838,  at  Harrisburg,  and  there  buried.     They  had  issae : 

38.  i.  Isabella,  b.  February  26,  1800;     m.    Christian    Charles 

Fechtig. 

39.  n.  James,  b.  September  16,  1802;  m.,  first,  Jane  Ann   Mc- 

Mullin  ;  second,  Judith  Towles. 
Hi.  Mary,  b.  1804;  d.  1828;  m.   Bartis  Crangle,  b.   1799;  d. 
1830,  and  had  James- Beatty,  m.  Dortai  Emilie  Kuhne, 
and  Isabella-Fechtig,  m.  George  F.  Gilmore. 

XVI.  Eebecca  Beatty,  ^  (James, ^  William,  ^  James,  ^  John,  ^ ) 
b.  December  4,  1775,  at  Ballykeel-Ednagonnel,  pounty  Down, 
Ireland;  d.  1819,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  m.,  December  12,  1809, 
by  Eeverend  James  Buchanan,  Daniel  Houseman,  son  of 
U'rederick  Houseman,  b.  1774,  at  York,  Pa. ;  d.  1818,  at  Har- 
risburg.    They  had  issue  (surname  Houseman) : 

i.  Frederick,  b.  November  2,  1812 ;  bap.  March  4,  1813,  by 
Eeverend  Philip  Gloninger,  of  Harrisburg;  resides  in 
the  South. 

40.  ii.  James-Downey,  b.  September  17, 1817;  m.  Emily  Watson. 

XVII.  Alice  Ann  Beatty, ^  (James, ^  William, ^  James, ^ 
John,i)  b.  February  12,  1777,  at  Ballykeel-Ednagonnel,  county 
Down,  Ireland  ;  d.  May  14,  1841,  in  Orange  township,  Ashland 
county,  0. ;  m.,  June  5,  1798,  by  Reverend  N.  Snowden,  John 
Downey,  b.,  in  1765,  at  G-ermantown,  Pa.  He  was  a  son  of  Cap- 
tain John  Downey  and  Sarah,  his  wife.  The  elder  Downey 
was  an  officer  of  the  Revolution,  under  General  Lacey,  and 
was  inhumanly  massacred  at  the  battle  of  the  Crooked  Billet. 
The  son  received  a  classical  education  in  the  old  academy  at 
Grermantown,  and,  in  1793,  located  at  Harrisburg,  where  he 
opened  a  Latin  and  grammar  school.  At  this  period,  in  a  letter 
to  Grovernor  Thomas  Mifflin,  he  proposed  a  "Plan  of  Educa- 
tion," remarkably  foreshadowing  the  present  common-school 
system,  and  which  has  placed  him  in  the  front  rank  of  early 
American  educators.  He  was  for  many  years  a  justice  of  the 
peace,  and  served  as  town-clerk  for  a  long  time.  He  was  the 
first  cashier  of  the  Harrisburg  bank,  largely  instrumental  in 
securing  the  erection  of  the  bridge  over  the  Susquehanna,  and 
one  of    the  corporators  of   the  Harrisburg   and   Middletown 


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70  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Turnpike  company ;  was  a  mfember  of  the  Legislature  in  1817 
-18,  and  filled  other  positions  of  honor  and  profit.  He  died  at 
Harrisburg,  on  the  21st  of  July,  1827,  and  the  Oracle  speaks 
of  him  as  "a  useful  magistrate  and  a  pious  man."  He  wrote 
much  for  the  press,  and  a  series  of  articles  published  in  the 
Dauphin  Guardian^  entitled  "  Simon  Easy  Papers,"  were  from 
his  pen,  sparkling  with  wit.  They  are  worth  a  permanent  set- 
ting, as  a  valuable  contribution  to  literature.  Their  daughter, 
Ellen  Downey,  b.  1811,  at  Harrisburg ;  d.  1869,  at  Springfield, 
O. ;  m.,  April  5,  1831,  Hon.  Daniel  Kilgore,  of  Steubenville, 
O.,  and  had  issue. 

XVIII.  George  Beatty,^  (James,  ^  William,  ^  James,  ^ 
John,^)  b.  January  4,  1781,  at  Ballykeel-Ednagonnel,  county 
Down,  Ireland.  He  received  a  good  early  education  in  the 
Latin-school  of  John  Downey,  and  learned  the  watch  and 
clock-making  with  his  brother-in-law,  Samuel  Hill,  whose 
clocks  are  more  or  less  celebrated  to  this  day.  In  1808.  Mr. 
Beatty  established  himself  in  business,  which  he  continued  un- 
interruptedl_y  for  upwards  of  forty  years.  He  was  an  ingeni- 
ous mechanician,  and  constructed  several  clocks  of  peculiar  and 
rare  invention.  In  1814,  he  was  orderlj^-sergeant  of  Captain 
Thomas  Walker's  company,  the  Harrisburg  Volunteers,  which 
marched  to  the  defense  'of  the  city  of  Baltimore.  Mr.  Beatty 
in  early  life  took  a  prominent  part  in  local  affairs,  and,  as  a 
consequence,  was  frequently  solicited  to  become  a  candidate  for 
office,  but  he  almost  invariably  declined.  He,  nevertheless, 
served  a  term  as  director  of  the  poor,  and  also  as  county  auditor. 
He  was  elected  a  burgess  of  the  borough,  and  was  a  member 
of  the  town-council  several  years,  and,  while  serving  in  the 
latter  capacity,  was  one  of  the  prime  movers  in  the  efforts  to 
supply  the  borough  with  water.  Had  his  suggestions,  how- 
ever, been  carried  out,  the  water-works  and  reservoir  would 
have  been  located  above  the  present  city  limits.  Mr.  Beatty 
retired  from  a  successful  business  life  about  1850.  He  died  at 
Harrisburg,  on  the  10th  of  March,  1862,  aged  eighty-one  years, 
and  is  interred  in  the  Harrisburg  cemetery.  He  was  an  active, 
enterprising,  and  upright  Christian  gentleman.  Mr.  Beatty  was 
thrice   married;    first,   May    18,  1815,  by  Reverend     George 


Beatty  Family.  71 

Lochman,  D.  D.,  Eliza  White,  daughter  of  William  White, 
b.  January  20, 1797  ;  d.  September  10, 1817.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Margaret,  b.  February  18, 1816  ;  d.  December  3,  1837  ;  m. 
Keverend  Allen  John,  and  ha,d  George-Beatty. 

Mr.  Beatty,  m.,  secondly,  ISTovember  22,  1820,  by  Reverend 
George  Lochman,  J).  D.,  Saeah  Smith  Shrom,  daughter  of 
Casper  Shrom*  and  Catharine  Van  Gundy,  b.  January  15, 
1796,  at  York,  Pa. ;  d.  August  25,  1828.     They  had  issue : 

a.  Eliza-  White,  b.  August  11, 1823;  d.  November  24, 1832. 
Hi.  Mary-Ann-Jefferson,  h.  September  15, 1824:\  m.  Immanuel 
Meister  Kelker.    {see  Kelker  record.) 

Mr.  Beatty,  m.,  thirdly,  September  21,  1830,  by  Rev. 
Eliphalet  Reed,  Catharine  Shrom,  b.  December  26,  1807, 
at  York,  Pa.     They  had  issue : 

*  Casper  Shrom,  b.  May  29, 1768  ;  d.  November  28,  1844,  at  Har- 
risburg ;  son  of  Jacob  Shrom  and  Christiana  Smith  ;  m.,  March  5, 1789, 
Catharine  Yan  Gundy,  b.  December  13, 1767  ;  d.  April  21, 1855, 
at  Harrisburg;  daughter  of  Captain  Joseph  Van  Gundy,  of  the  army 
of  the  Revolution.    They  had  issue  (surname  Sln-om) : 

i.  Henry,  (first,)  b.  February  9,  1790;  d.  July  4,  1801. 
ii.  Jacob,  b.  February  22,  1792;  d.  June  18,  1855,  at  Harris- 
burg, Pa.;  unm. 
Hi.  Mary,  h.  December  15,1793;  d.  May  5,  1879,  at  Harris- 
burg; m.  Andrew  Findley  Laird,  b.  November  5,  1789; 
d.  September  13, 1832,  at  Columbia,  Pa.;  son  of  John 
Laird  and  Sarah  Ann  Findley.     They  had  issue  (sur- 
name Laird) :  John-Findley,  b.  July  4.  1811 ;  d.  s.  p. ; 
Sarah -Ann- Findley,  b.   October  16,   1812;  m.   Samuel 
Shoch  Bigler;  Cai/ia7'irje->S/irom,b.  February  4, 1815;  d. 
June  12,  1866;  m.  Thomas  Robinson;  Harriet- Smith, 
b.  February  5, 1818;  d.  October  2,  1871;  Doctor  John- 
Wesley,  b.  March  4,  1824;  and  George-Beatty,  b.  October 
17,  1826;  d.  October  27, 1856;  unm. 
iv.  5oro/i-6Y'Mi/i,b.  January  15, 1796;  m.  George  Beatty.  (see 
Beatty  record.) 
V.  Catharine,  (first,)  b.  February,  1798;  d.  August,  1802. 
vi.  Henry,  (second,)  b.   April  24, 1801 ;  d.   May  31,  1822,  at 

Williamsport,  Pa. ;  unm. 
vii.  Elizabeth,  b.  .January,  1804;  d.  August,  1807. 
via.  Catharine,  (second,)  b.  December  26,  1807;  m,  George 
Beatty.     [see  Beatty  record.) 


72  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

41.      iv.  Sarah-Shromyh.  Octob?r  2,  1831;  m.  Reverend  Beverly 
Roberts  Waiigh. 
V.  Eliza-White,  b.  January  5,  1833;  m.  William  Henry  Egle, 

M.  D.     (see  Eijle  record.) 
vi.  Margarett.a,  b.  December  25, 1837;  d.  December  9,  1841. 
vii.  G<orge-Washington-Irmn,  b.  May  11,  1840;  m.,  June   5, 

1873,  Eliza  Watson  Anderson,  b.  June  25, 1848. 
via.  (J'ltharine-Shrom,  b.  March  27,  1842. 
ix.  Henry- Jacob,  b.  April  2,  1847. 

XIX.  Elizabeth  Finlay,^  (Agnes,  ^  William,  ^  James,  ^ 
John,i)  b.  in  1774,  in  county  Down,  Ireland;  m.  William 
Haliday  ;  emigrated  to  America  and  both  died  there.  They 
had  issue  (surname  Haliday) : 

i.  Agnes, 
ii.   William. 
Hi.  David. 
iv.  Barbara. 
V.  Maria. 
vi.  Armstrong, 
vii.  Eliza, 
via.    Ann-Jane, 
ix.  Robert. 

XX.  William  Finlay,  ^  (Agues,  ^  William,  ^  James,  ^ 
John,i)  b.  1776,  in  Ballykeel-Bdnagonnel ;  d.  1856;  m.  Mary 
McKee,  b.  1779  ;  d.  March  7,  1849.  They  had  issue  (surname 
Finlay) : 

i.  Robert,  b.  1808;  d.  1856;  unm. 

ii.  Agnes,h.lSlO;  m.  Doctor  Hood;  emigrated  to  Australia. 
Hi.  Eliza,  b.  1812;  m.  Robert  Bell. 
iv.  Mary,  b.  1816;  d.  1842;  unm. 

V.  Margaret,  b.  1817 ;  m.  Ralph  Walsh;  emigrated  to  America. 
vi.  John,  b.  1819;  d.  1845;  unm. 
vii.  Rebecca,  b.  1821 ;  d.  1864;  m.  Alexander  Brownlee. 

XXL  David  Finlay,  ^  (Agnes, -^  William,  ^  James,  ^  John,i) 
b.  1778,  in  county  Down,  Ireland;  d.  in  1853;  m.,  in  1812, 
Agnes  McKee,  b.  June  2,  1795  ;  d.  September  6, 1872.  They 
had  issue  (surname  Finlay) : 

i.  John,  b.  1813;  m.  Christiana  Brownlee. 
ii.  Robert,  h.  1815;  d.  1854. 
m.  DartcZ,  b.  1817;  d.  1844. 

iv.  George,  h.  1820;  d.  1848. 


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V.  Agnes.h.  1822;  d.  1850. 
vi.  Mary,  b.  1826  ;  d.  1846. 
vii.  Eliza.,  b.  1834;  resides  in  Belfast,  Ireland. 

XXII.  Geoege  Finlay.  ^  M.  D.,(Agnes,*  William, ^  James, ^ 
John,i)  b.  1786,  in  county  Down  Ireland;  d.  1854,  at  Strang- 
ford;  m.  Mary  Frazer,  b.  September  26,  1798;  d.,  Septem- 
ber, 1877,  at  Strangford,  county  Down,  Ireland,.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Finlay) : 

I.  Dr.  Robert.,  d.  November,  1850,  at  Strangford. 

ii.  Eliza,  b.  October  28, 1828 ;  d.  November  21 ,  1876, in  Pointz- 
pass;  m.  Rev.  Thomas  Irvine  of  Pointz-pass,  and  had 
Dr.  Oeorge-EflwarcU  Dr.  Robert-Finlay,  Mary- Louisa, 
Lizzie-Ann,  and  Caroline-Emma. 

Hi.  Dr.  George, h.  1831 ;  d.  1852,  at  Strangford. 

iv.  Mary,  b.  1833;  d.  March  1854,  at  Strangford. 

XXIII.  Wilson  Finlay,  ^  (Agnes, ^  William,  ^  James, ^ 
John.i)  b.,  1790,  in  county  Down,  Ireland;  d.  1856;  m.,  in 
1842,  Mary  Greer,  daughter  of  Thomas  Greer,  of  Carnreagh, 
county  Down,  Ireland.     They  had  issue  (surname  Finlay) : 

i.  Eohert,  b.  1843  ;  d.  1863  ;  m.,  and  left  one  son. 
ii.  Agnes, h.  1845;  d.  1867;  m.  1865,  Alexander  Brownlee;  left 

one  daughter. 
Hi.  James,  h.  1847. 

iv.  Thomas,  b.  1849 ;  resides  at  Belfast,  Ireland. 
V.  John,  b.  1851. 
vi.  Margaret,  b.  1852. 

XXIV.  Agnes  Finlay,  ^  (Agnes,  ^  William,  ^  James,  ^ 
John,i)  b.  1795,  in  county  Down,  Ireland;  d.  1872  ;  m.,  1815, 
David  McKee,  b.  1788;  d.  1850.  ^hey  had  issue  (surname 
McKee) : 

i.  John,  b.  1816;  m.  Alice  Brownlee. 
ii.  Agnes,  h.  1817;  d.  1841. 
Hi.  Mary,  b.  1819;  d.  1844. 
iv.  Margaret,  b.  1822;  d.  1844. 

V.  Robert,  b.  1827  ;  d.  1834. 
vi.  Sarah,  h.  1880;  m.  Jolin  Gibson. 

XXV.  James  Beatty,^  (William, ^  John,  ^  James, ^  John,i) 
b.  March  17,  1780,  in  county  Down,  Ireland  ;  d.  1832 ;  m., 
1809,  Dorothy  Jefferson,  b.  1792;  d.  April  17,  1875. 
They  had  issue: 


74  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

i.   William,  b.  1810;  d.  18(52;  m.  Sarab  Gibson,  b.  1816. 
a.  Pearse,  b.  1812;  d.  1828. 
m.  Eliza.,  b.  1817. 
iv.  Margaret,  b.  1819. 

V.  Adam.h.  1821. 
vi.  Martin,  b.  1828;  m.  Mary  Finlay. 

XXVI.  William  Beatty,^  (William,^  Jolin,^  James, ^ 
John,i)  b.  May  21,  1782,  in  county  Down,  Ireland;  d.  1842; 
m.,  1818,  Mary  McCormick,  b.  August  16,  1784;  d.  1837. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  Mary,  b.  1819  ;  m.  William  Cowan, 
n.  Eliza,  b.  1821 ;  d.  1871 ;  m.  Samuel  Carothers. 
Hi.  Margaret,  b.  1823  ;  m.  James  Taylor. 
iv.  Letilia,  h.  1826 ;  m.  Thomas  Young. 

XXVI.  John  Beatty,^  (William, ^  John,  ^  James,  ^  John,  i) 
b.  July  29,  1786,  in  county  Down,  Ireland;  d.  December  21, 
1828 ;  m.,  in  1820,  Jane  Hanna,  b.  1783,  in  Hillsborough, 
county  Down,  Ireland ;  d.  1867,  in  Hollywood,  county  Down, 
Ireland,  and  buried  in  Belfast.  They  had  issue  : 
i.  Eliza,  b.  1821 ;  m.  Dr.  William  Mawhiney. 

XXVIII.  Martin  Beatty,^  (William,'^  John,^  James, ^ 
John,i)  b.  February  19,  1790,  in  county  Down,  Ireland;  d. 
1839  ;  m.,  1831,  Eliza  Matthews,  b.  1802  ;  d.  June  26, 1861. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  John,  h.  1832;  m.  Mary  Moorhead. 
ii.  Eliza,  b.  1834;  resides  at  Ballycrune. 
Hi.  Alice-Anyi,  h.  1836;  m.  John  Anderson. 
iv.   William,  b.  1838 ;  m.  Fanny  Wallace. 

XXIX.  Thomas  Beatty,^  ( William,  ^  John,^  James,  ^ 
John,i)  b.  March  16,1794,  in  county  Down,  Ireland;  d.  1849  ; 
m.,  in  1820,  Margaret  Chambers,  b.  1788 ;  d.  Xovember 
12.1866.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Joseph,  b.  1821 ;  emigrated  to  America. 
ii.    William,  b.  1822 ;  emigrated  to  America  in  1849. 
Hi.  E'iza,  h.  1824;  d.  1859;  m.  William  Coburn. 
iv.  ISamuel,  b.  1826. 

V.  Marij-Ann,  b.  1829;  d.  November  17, 1878. 

XXX.  Ellen  Beatty,^  (James, '^  John,^  James,  ^  John,i) 
b.  1783,  in  county  Down,  Ireland  ;  cl.   1816  ;  m.,  1804,  James 


Beaity  Family.  75 

McKee,  elder  brother  of  David  McKee  (xxiv) ;  emigrated  to 

America  in  1817.     Thej  had  issue  (surname  McKee)  : 

i.  Mary,  b.  1805. 

ii.  Agnes,  b.  1807. 

in.  Thomas,  b.  1808. 

iv.  Jolm,\).  1809. 

V.  James,  b.  1811. 

XXXI.  Jane  Beatty/'  (James, "^  John,^  James, ^  John,^) 
b.  1785,  in  county  Down,  Ireland;  d.  1872;  m.,  1809,  Wil- 
liam Carothees,  b.  September  17,  1777;  d.  February  18, 
1857.     They  had  issue  (surname  Carothers) : 

i.  James,  b.  1810. 

n.  John,  b.  1811  ;  d.  1814. 
Hi.   William,h.  ISU;  (\.} SI 6. 
iv.  Margaret,  h.  1815;  d.  1834. 

XXXII.  William  Beatty,^  (James,-*  John,-''  James, ^ 
John,^)  b.  1790,  in  county  Down,  Ireland;  d.  1872  ;  m.,  1811, 
Eliza  Carson,  b.  1792;  d.  August  20,  1867.  They  had 
issue : 

i.  George,  b.  1815;  m.  Bella  Eden. 
ii.  James,  b.  1816  ;  d.  1840. 
Hi.  Robert,  b.  1819;  emigrated  to  America;  m.   Mary- Ann 

Beatty. 
iv.  Jane,  b.  1820;  m.  Georgre  Beatty.    (see  xiii.) 
V.  Margaret-Ann,  b.  1822;  m.  John  Todd. 
vi.   William,  b.  1823  ;  d.  1859  ;  m.  Mary  Moore. 
vii.  John,h.  1825;  d.  1859. 
viii.  Eliza,  b.  1826;  d.  1851. 
ix.  Samuel,  b.  1828 ;  emigrated  to  America. 
X.  Nelson,  b.  1830;  ra.  Mary  Bell. 
xi.  Ellen,  b.  1832;  d.  1868;  m.  John  Kennedy. 

XXXIII.  James  Beatty,  ^ (Jam es,^  John,^  James,  ^  John,i) 
b.,  March  26,  1795,  in  county  Down,  Ireland;  d.  October  18, 
1873;  m.,  October  10,  1827.  Mary  Ann  McCloy,^  (Ann,^ 
George,^  William, ^  James,^  John,i)  (xi,)  b.  1800  ;  d.  Novem- 
ber 24,  1884,  at  Ballykeel-Ednagonnel.     They  had  issue: 

i.  John,  b.  April  4,  1828;  m.  Jane  McCauley,  of  Ballycrune, 

county  Down,  Ireland. 
ii.  James,  b.  November  4,  1829. 
Hi.  Mary,  b.  December  26,  1831 ;  d.  July  14,  1881 ;  m.  William 

Coburn,  d.  April  1,1884;  left  one  daughter. 


76  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

iv.  Bobert,  b.  May  4,  1834 ;  d.  May  5,  1859. 
V.  Ann,  b.  November  12,  1836. 

vi.  Jane,  (twin,)  b.  November  12,  1836. 

vii.  Ilargaret,  b.  May  18,  1840;  resides  near  Hillsborowgh, 
Ireland  ;  to  her  we  are  indebted  for  much  of  the  genea- 
logical data  herewith  given. 

XXXIV.  Samuel  Beatty  ,^  (James,-*  Jolm,^  James,  ^ 
John,^)  b.  1797  in  count}?'  Down,  Ireland;  d.  1836;  m.,  in 
1826,  Jane  Beatty, ^  (William,-*  John,^  James, ^  John,i)b. 
August  13,  1797,  in  county  Down,  Ireland;  d.  1832.  Thej 
had  issue : 

i.  Elizabeth,  b.  1827. 
ii.  Eichard,  b.  1828  ;  m.  Eliza  Watson. 
iii.  Jane,  b.  1830. 
iiK  Sxmuel,  b.  1832;  d.  s.  p. 

XXXV.  Arundel  Hill,^  (Nancy,  ^  James,  *  William,  ^ 
James, 2  John,*)  b.  December  5,  1791,  at  Ilarrisbm-g,  Pa. ;  d. 
April  5,  181:8,  at  Steubenville,  O. ;  was  twice  married ;  first,  at 
Steuben ville,  O.,  May  29,  1823,  by  Eev.  Thofnas  Hunt,  IIettie 
Shields;  d.  March  12,  1829,  at  Steubenville.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Hill) : 

i.  Mary-Anti,  b.  March  27, 1824  ;  d.  July  11 ,  1825. 
ii.  Mary,  b.  June  20,  1826  ;  d.  September  17,  1827. 
iii.  Samuel,  b.  June  29, 1828 ;  d.  December  19,  1828. 

Mr.  Hill  m.,  secondly,  at  Steubenville,  O.,  August' 31,  1830, 
by  Rev.  Elisha  Swift,  Margaret  Semple,  daughter  of  John 
M.  Semple,  and  his  wife  Margaret  Whiteside,  b.  1806 ;  d.  Au- 
gust 20,  1864.     They  had  issue  (surname  Hill) : 

iv.  Mary-Jane,  b.  August  2,  1831 ;  d.  June  26,  1833. 
42.       V.    Margaretta,  b.  December  22,  1833  ;  m.  James  Hunter. 
vi.  Mary,  b.  June  3,  1836  ;  d.  June,  1840. 
vii.  Alice- Ann-Bovmey,  b.  Nov.  24,  1837 ;  d.  August  29,  1839. 
viii.  Martha- Semple, h.  August  9, 1840  ;  m.,  September 21, 1865, 
Rudolphus  B.  Zoll ;  b.May  6,  1826,  and  had  Hettie-Hill, 
Annie-Hill,  and  George- Arundel, 
ix.  Ann-Elizabeth-Hair,}:).  SeY>temheY  15,1842;  m.,  September 
15,  1868,  Frank  B.  Aldrich,  b.  March  15,  1843;  and  had 
Frank-Edward  and  Ella- Margaretta. 
X.  Hettie- Sabrah-Marsh,  b.  February  17,  1844  ;  m.,  April  13, 
1869,  Caleb  Newton  Wells,  b.  February  3,  1843,  and  had 
Birdie,  May,  and  Sherman, 
xi.  Sarah-Beatty,  b.  July  11,  1847  ;  d.  August  20,  1847. 


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XXXVI.  Akka  Hill,  6  (Nancy,  ^  James,  ^  William,  3 
James,"  Jolm,i)  b.,  December  19, 1798,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;  cl, 
October  8,  1872,  at  Steubenville,  O. ;  m.,  at  Stenbenville,  O., 
September  16,  1824,  by  Eev.  Charles  C.  Beatty,  D.  D., 
William  Kilgore,  b.,  July  18,  1796,  near  King's  creek, 
Virginia;  d.,  January  1,  1877,  at  Steubenville,  O.  Mr.  Kil- 
gore located  at  Steubenville  in  1815,  where  he  subsequently 
established  himself  in  mercantile  business.  In  1854,  he  erected 
the  Jefferson  Iron  Mills  in  that  city,  and  was  for  many  years 
president  of  the  Jefferson  National  Bank.  He  was  an  enter- 
prising and  prominent  business  man.  The  children  of  Anna 
Hill  and  William  Kilgore,  were  (surname  Kilgore) : 

i.  Nancy-Aim,  b.  January  6,  1826;  d.,  January  19,  1878,  at 
Philadelpliia;  m.  William  Sinclair,  b  ,  1824,  in  Ireland; 
and  they  had  Ann-Eliza,  d.  s.  p.,  William-Kilgore, 
Charles-Ricketson^d.  s.  p.,  Mary-Alice,  Geovqe-Mar shall, 
and  Eleanor-Kihjore. 

ii.  Daniel,  b.  August  3,  1827;  m.,  August,  1858,  Emily 
Mossgrove. 

in.  Mary,  b.  June,  1829. 

iv.  Eleanor,  b.  1831,  d.  s.  p. 

V.  John-Downey,  b.  March  18,  1833;  m.  Sarah  P.  James,  and 
has  issue. 

vi.   Willia^n,  b.  1837 ;  d.  August  11,  1845. 

XXXVII.  Mary  Hill,^  (Nancy,  ^  James,  4"  William,  3 
James, ^  John,i)  b.,  January  8,  1808,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  re- 
sides at  Steubenville  O. ;  m.,  March  20,  1832,  by  Hev.  Charles 
C.  Beatty,  H.  D.,  Joseph  Gordon  Davidson",  b.,  September 
19,  1801,  in  Washington  county.  Pa;  d.,  April  2,  1888,  at 
Steubenville,  0. ;  son  of  Joseph  Davidson  and  his  wife,  Jane 
Grordon.     They  had  issue  (surname  Davidson) : 

i.  Anna-Elizabeth,  b.  June  17,  1833 ;  d.  February  25,  1836. 
ii.  Mary-Jane,  b.  October  15,  1835;  d.  March  13,  1880. 
Hi.  Joseph-Hill,  b.  March  26,  1838;  d.  June  22,  1839. 
iv.  Ellen-Kilgore,  b.  September  20,  1840. 
V.  Jostphine,  b.  January  17,  1845;  d.  October  18,  1865. 
vi.  Annie,  b.  February  17,  1848;  d.  March  4,  1851. 
vii.   William-Kilgore,  b.  October  23,  1851. 

via.  Giorge-Beatty,  b.  May  6,  1855;  d.,  March  7,  lb80,  at 
Ponghkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  studying  for  the 
ministry.  A  young  man  of  rich  promise  and  rare  mental 
endowment. 


78  Pennsylvania  Qenealogies. 

XXXVIII.  Isabella  Beatty,**  (Gawin-Irwin/'  James, * 
William, 3  James.  2  Jolin,i)  b.  February  26,  1800,  at  Harris- 
burg,  Pa.;  d.  August  20,  L870,  at  Gralveston,  Texas;  m.,  No- 
vember 28,  1819,  at  Cliambersburg,  Pa.,  by  Revereud  Caleb 
Reynolds,  Christian  Charles  Fechtig,  b.  February  6. 1794, 
in  Washington  county,  Md.  ;  d.  September  7,  1835,  at  Wil- 
liamsport,  Md. ;  son  of  Christian  Feclitig  and  his  wife,  Susan 
Folk.     They  had  issue  (surname  Fechtig) : 

43.  i.  James-Irwin,  b.  September  30,  1820;  m.  Catharine  Jane 
Emmert. 

a.  Christian-Charles,  b.  Angust  23, 1822 ;  d.  August  28, 1846  ; 
m.  Sarah  Ann  Carver,  b.  March  9,  1825,  and  they  had 
Christian-Charles. 

Hi.  Louis-Randolph,  b.  January  12, 1825 ;  m.  Mary  Ann  Oden, 
b.  December  5,  1825,  and  had  William-Christian,  Jacob- 
Louis,  and  Mary-Louisa. 

iv.  George-Frederick,  h.  Angust  21,  1827;  d.,  1883,  at  Balti- 
more, Md. ;  m.  Mary  Elizabeth  Berger,  b.  June  18, 1835; 
no  issue. 

V.  Christian,  b.  1829;  assassinated  in  Brenliam,  Washington 
county,  Texas,  in  1864. 

vi.  Letitla-Ann,  b.  March  29,  1834,  at  Williamsport,  Md.;  d. 
May  23, 1869,  at  Galveston,  Texas;  m.  Henry  Baldwin, 
b.  July  25,  1835,  at  Broolifield,  Conn.;  d.  at  Galveston, 
Texas,  and  they  had  Isabella-Tamer^  Cora-Efitella, 
Katie-Fly nn,  and  Henry-Smith. 

XXXIX.  James  Beatty,^  (Gawin-Irwin,^  James, ^  Wil- 
liam, ^  James, 2  Jobn,!)  b.  September  16,  1802,  at  liarrisburg. 
Pa, ;  a  physician ;  resides  at  Henderson,  Ky. ;  was  twice  mar- 
ried ;  first.  May  2,  1833,  in  Mason  county,  Ya.,  by  Reverend 
Benjamin  Smethers,  Jane- Ann  McMullin,  b.  in  Mason 
county,  Va. ;  d.  in  Buffalo,  Putnam  count}^,  Va.  :  dau.  of 
Joseph  and  Jane  McMullin.     They  had  issue : 

i.  George-Frederick,  b.  May  5,  1834,  in  Buffalo,  Putnam 
connty,  Va.;  m.  Mary  Posey,  b.  March  18,  1840,  in 
Henderson  county,  Ky. ;  dau.  of  WiJliam  Thornton 
Posey  and  Eliza  J.  Dixon. 
ii.  Gawin-Ivwin,  b.  October  16,  1835,  in  Buffalo,  Putnam 
county,  Va. ;  m.  Susan  Rudy,  dau.  of  John  and  Mar- 
garet Rudy,  of  Henderson,  Ky.,  and  had  Ann  and 
Sarah. 


Beatty  Family.  79 

Dr.  James  Beattj  m.,  secondly,  May  19,  1857,  at  Henderson, 
Ky.,  by  Eeverend  D.  H.  Deacon,  Judith  Towles,  dau.  of 
Captain  Henry  Dixon,  and  widow  of  Judge  Thomas  T. 
Towles.     Tliej  had  issue  : 

m.  Fannie-Dixon,  b.  March  16, 1858;  m.  Ira  F.  Ball. 

XL.  James  Downey  Houseman,®  (Rebecca, ^  James,^  Wil- 
lifam,3  James,2  John,i)  b.  September  17,  1817,  in  Cumberland 
county,  Pa. ;  resides  at  Paris,  Texas ;  m.,  December  23,  1846, 
at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  by  Reverend  William  S.  Potts,  M.  D.,  Emily  "^^ 
Watson,  b.  November  17,  1824,  at  JSTewbern,  K  C,  dau.  of 
Thoman  Watson  and  his  wife,  Sarah  Hannis.  They  had  issue 
(surname  Houseman) : 

i.  EHzaheth-Hannis,  b.  October  25,  1847  ;  d.  December  28, 

1857. 
ii.  Alice-Downey,  b.   November  26,  1849;    m.   William    F. 
Fisher,  of  Paris,  Texas. 
I  in.  Jumes-Dovcney,  b.   February  8,  1851;  m.   Lillie  Powell 
O'Neal,  b.  January  24,1855,  dau.  of  James  O'Neal  and 
Rachel  Powell,  and  had  Lillie-IEmily,  d.  s.  p. 
iv.  Emily,  b.  December  1, 1853  ;  d.  April  3, 1857. 
L'.  Ellen-Kilgore,  b.  August  18,  1860. 

XLI.  Sarah  Shrom  Beatty,  ^  (George,  ^  James,  ^  William,  ^ 
James,2  John,i)  b.  October  2,  1831,  at  Harrisbarg,  Pa.,  and 
there  resides;  m.,  August  25,  1853,  at  Harrisburg,  by  Rev. 
John  R  Mesick,  D.  D.,  Rev.  Beverly  Roberts  Waugh,  b. 
July  28,  1834,  at  Liberty,  Md. ;  son  of  Right  Rev.  Beverly 
Waugh,*  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,   and  his  wife 

*  Beverly  Waugh,  b.,  October  25,  1789,  in  Fairfax  county, 
Va. ;  d.  February  9,  1858,  in  the  city  of  Baltimore,  Md.  He  was  the 
son  of  James  Waugh  and  Henrietta  Turley,  and  received  a  good 
classical  education,  In  his  twentieth  year,  he  was  admitted  to  trial 
as  a  traveling  minister  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and,  in 
1810,  had  charge  of  the  Greenbrier  circuit,  Virginia.  In  1811 ,  he  was 
ordained  a  deacon,  and  in  1818,  ah  elder, and  stationed  in  Baltimore. 
From  that  period  until  1828,  he  was  in  active  pastoral  life.  That  year 
he  was  elected  assistant  book-agent,  head-quarters  in  New  York  city, 
and  in  1832,  the  principal  in  that  work.  In  1836,  he  was  chosen  a 
bishop  of  the  church,  and  in  1852,  became  the  senior  ofhcer  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Cluirch.  In  1857,  he  presided  over  six  confer- 
ences scattered  from  the  Atlantic  seaboard  to  Michigan  and  Indiana, 


80  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Catharine  Busliby.  He  received  a  tliorough  English  and 
classical  education,  and  entered  Dickinson  College,  where  he 
graduated.  His  alma  mater  subsequently  conferred  upon 
him  the  degree  of  A.  M.  Mr.  Waugh  was  licensed  to  preach 
bj  the  Baltimore  Conference;  but  accepted  the  position  of  Pro- 
fessor of  Mathematics  and  English  Literature  in  the  Baltimore 
Female  College,  an  institution  then  in  the  full  tide  of  success. 
In  1853,  the  trustees  of  the  Pennsylvania  Female  College  at 
Harrisburg  secured  him  as  principal  of  that  institution,  in  which 
position  he  labored  faithfully  and  successfully  to  the  day  of 
his  death.  It  was  not  alone  in  the  capacity  of  "teacher  that 
Mr.  Waugh  devoted  his  energies  and  talents ;  but  his  labors 
were  varied,  incessant,  faithful,  in  season  and  out  of  season, 
for  the  good  of  humanity.  His  devoted  Christian  life-work 
ended  on  the  24th  of  March,  1861,  in  his  thirty-seventh  year. 
There  was  issue  (surname  Waugh) : 

besides  aiding  his  colleagues  in  three  or  four  others.  During  his 
term  of  episcopal  service,  his  toil  and  peril,  fatigue  and  suffering, 
were  very  great ;  but  always  without  complaint.  He  was  a  faithful 
Soldier  of  the  Cross,  and  universally  loved  and  respected.  He  was  a 
man  of  God — a  consistent  Christian,  a  devoted  minister,  and  scrupu- 
lous in  the  performance  of  every  known  duty.  Bishop  Waugh  m., 
April  21,  1812,  in  the  city  of  Washington,  by  Rev.  Nicholas  Snetlien, 
Catharine  Bruce  Busiiby,  b.  September  4,  1791,  in  Fairfax 
county,  Va. ;  d.  March  23,  1865,  in  the  city  of  Baltimore  ;  daughter 
of  William  Busliby  and  Mary  (Haight)  Manning.  They  had  issue 
(surname  Waugh) : 

i.  Ja7nes- Beverly ^  b.  January  5, 1813 ;  d.  December  9,  1850  ; 

m.  Mary  Elizabeth  Darke  Manning,  and  had  Mary- 
Virginia,  d.  s.  p.,  and  Henrietta, 
a.  Eliza,  b.  August  10, 1815;  d.  November  12,  1822. 
Hi.   William- Bushby,  b.  September  3,1817;  d.  May  18, 1877 ; 

m.  Caroline  M.  Kettlehume,  and  had  four  children,  all 

d.  s.  p.  ' 
iv.  Alexander-Toxonsend,  b.  December  22,  1819. 
V.  Henrietta-Maria,  b.  September  11,  1821 ;  d.  June  17,  1845. 
vi.  Beverly-Roberts,  b.  July  28,  1824;  d.  March  24,  1861 ;  m. 

Sarah  Shrom  Beatty. 
vii.  John-Wesley,  b.  October  5,  1827  ;  d.  1880 ;  m.  Margaret  A. 

Disney,  and  left  issue. 
viii.  Catharine- Virginia,  b.  January  9,  1830;  m.  Charles  M. 

CuUen,  a  lawyer  of  Georgetown,  Del.,  and  had  issue. 


Beatty  Family.  81 

%.  Eliza- Beverlina,  b.  November  21,  1855,  at  Harrisburg; 
baptized  December  18,  1855,  by  Rev.  Beverly  Waugh, 
D.  D. ;  m.  Charles  Augustus  Kunkel.  (see  Kimlcel 
record.) 
ii.  jBeverly-Boherts,\>.Octo\)erl5, 1861 :  baptized  December  1, 
1861,  by  Eev.  Francis  Hodgson, D.  D.,  of  the  Metliodist 
Episcopal  Church  ;  d.  March  9,  1863. 

XLII.  Maegaeetta  Hill,"^  (Arundel, <*  ISrancy,^  James,^ 
William,-'^  James, ^  John,i)  b.  Decern ter  22,  1835,  at  Steuben- 
ville,  O. ;  resides  at  Bynumsville,  Mo;  was  twice  married;  first, 
April  10,  1855,  at  Steubenville,  O.,  by  Rev.  William  P.  Breed, 
James  Huntek,  b.  February  1,  1831,  at  Steubenville.  O. ;  d. 
June  24,  1868,  at  West  Quincy,  Mo.  ;  son  of  Samuel  D.  Hunter, 
and  his  wife  Mary  Ann  Buell.  They  had  issue  (surname 
Hunter) : 

i.  (Jharles-Cole,  b.  January  6, 1856. 
n.  jyJary-Davidson ,  h.  August  24,  1857. 
in.  Mla-Margaretia,  b.  August  24, 1862. 
iv.   IVillie-Arimdel,  b.  July  25,  1866. 

Margaret  Hill  Hunter,  m.,  secondl}^,  February  17,  1872,  in 
Macon  county,  Mo.,  by  Rev.  John  W.  Scott,  Emeey  Bissel 
Dowkee,  b.  June  8,  1824,  in  Jefferson  county,  N.  Y.,  son  of 
Avery  Downer  and  Electa  Mitchell. 

XLIII.  James  Ie^in  Fechtig,'  (Isabella,  ^  Grawin-Irwin,  ^ 
James,*  William,^  James,^  John,i)  b.  September  30,  1820,  in 
Hagerstown,  Md. ;  d.  August  31,  1860;  m..  May  7,  1846,  at 
Hagerstown,  Md.,  by  Rev.  David  Steele,  Cathaeine  Jane 
Emmeet,  b.,  April  8,  1826,  in  Meadville,  Washington  county, 
Md.,  daughter  of  Michael  Emmert  and  Annie  Myers.  They 
had  issue  (surname  Fechtig) : 

i.  Alice-Ann.  b.  April  11, 1847;  d.  December  1, 1848. 
ii.  Clara-Jane,  h.  August  18,  1848;  m.  Allen  Tingling,  b. 
October  31,  1841,  and  they  had  Katie,  Harvey-Allen, 
Margaret,  and  Walter. 
Hi.  Michael-Emn.ert,  h.  November  17, 1850. 
iv.  Isabella- B eatty ,  b.  December  6,  1851 ;  d.  April  13, 1854. 
V.  Millard-Fillmore,  b.  March  14,  1856. 
vi-  Annie-Amelia,  b.  June  20, 1858;  d.  May,  1860. 


82  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 


BOAS    FAMILY, 


I.  William  Boas,^  son  of  Frederick  Boas/  was  born  in 
1739,  in  the  Canton  of  Zurich,  not  far  from  the  city  of  Berne, 
Switzerland.  He  was  of  the  Eeformed  faith,  as  "  all  his 
fathers  were,"  some  of  his  ancestors  being  distinguished  min- 
isters in  the  church  of  Zwingli.  William  passed  through  a 
regular  course  of  scientific  and  theological  training  at  the 
University  of  Halle,  after  which  he,  in  1770,  came  to  America 
under  the  auspices  of  the  congregations  at  Berne,  but 'not  with 
the  necessary  credentials  from  the  Fathers  of  the  Reformed 
church  in  Holland,  from  whom  that  denomination  in  this 
country  received  its  authority.  In  the  Cotal  minutes  of  the 
Reformed  church  for  the  year  1771,  mention  is  made  of  the 
fact  that  he  "  had  been  joyfully  expected  from  Europe  for 
several  years;  that  he  had  now  arrived,  but  that  Cotus  felt 
disappointed  because  he  brought  no  testimonals  with  him; 
that  they  declined,  on  that  account,  receiving  him."  However, 
the  congregration  at  Reading,  Pa.,  earnestly  petitioned  Cotus 
that  he  might  be  given  them  as  their  pastor,  because  they  had 
been  so  long  destitute.  The  Fathers  in  Holland  were  very 
tenacious  of  their  rights,  and  warned  Cotus  against  acknowl- 
edging the  Reverend  Boas  a  member,  but  had  the  considera- 
tion, in  1773,  to  say :  "As  Pennsylvania  is  a  free  country,  we 
cannot  drive  him  away  from  his  congregation,"  by  whom  he 
was  dearly  loved.  He  labored  faithfully  in  the  Master's  vine- 
yard, and  Cotus,  in  a  letter  to  the  Fathers,  under  date  of  May, 
1777,  bestowed  the  highest  praise  upon  Rev.  Mr.  Boas,  stating 
"  that  his  congregation  in  Reading  is  in  a  most  flourishing  con- 
dition, through  his  industry  and  zeal ;  that  he  is  at  this  time  a 
learned  and  expert  laborer  in  the  kingdom  of  Christ;  that  he 
is  beloved,  not  only  in  Reading,  but  by  all  the  members  of 


Boas  Family.  83 

Cotus."  About  the  year  1781,  he  resigned  the  charge  of  the 
Reading  church,  to  which  he  had  been  a  faithful  pastor  for 
ten  years.  He  afterward  appears  to  have  had  charge  of  the 
same  congregation  at  Reading,  for  in  the  record-books  of 
the  church  in  Cocalico,  Lancaster  county,  Pa.,  we  find  that 
"  the  Rev.  Mr.  Boas,  of  the  Reading  congregation,  on  the  15th 
of  September,  1786,  preached  the  funeral  sermon  of  Reverend 
John  Waldschmid,  from  Psalm  Ixxiii :  23,  24."  During  the 
Revolution,  when  every  able-bodied  man  (save  those  having 
conscientious  scruples)  was  enlisted  in  the  patriot  cause,  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Boas  served  a  tour  as  chaplain  to  one  of  the  asso- 
ciated battalions  of  Berks  county,  namely,  that  in  and  around 
Philadelphia  in  the  summer  of  1777.  He  did  not  cease  his 
pastoral  work  until  late  in  life,  but  was  the  same  devout  and 
earnest  minister  of  the  ISTew  Testament.  He  was  a  good,  earn- 
est preacher,  had  a  remarkably  strong  voice,  and  nothing  could 
move  him  from  the  path  of  duty.  Full  of  years,  he  d.  ISTo- 
veraber  28,  1814.  at  Reading,  Pa.,  and  is  there  buried.  He 
married  [Susanna]  Eppler.     They  had  issue : 

i.  John;  was  a  hatter  by  trade,  and  d.  in  Beading,  Pa. ;  ra. 
Herbein,  and  had, among  others,  John  and  Daniel. 

a.  William  ;  removed  to  Allen  town,  Pa.,  where  he  succeeded 
Charles  Deshler — whose  daughter  he  had  married— in 
merchandising.  He  was  register  and  recorderof  Lehigh 
county,  and  held  other  offices  of  honor.  Of  his  children, 
we  have  the  names  of  Dr.  Charles, d.  s.  p.;  William, 
Henry.,  Jacob,  and  Mary- Ann. 

Hi.  Susanna;  m.  [Samuel]  Warner,  of  Kutztown,  Berks 
county,  Pa.,  and  had,  among  others,  William,  Samuel, 
Catharine,  Maria,  d.  s.  p.,  and  Harriet. 

iv.  Daniel;  was  also  a  hatter:  d.  in  Beading;  m.,  and  had, 
among  others,  William,  Augustus,  Franklin  G.,  Jacob, 
a  minister  of  the  Gospel ;  (Jbediah,  and  Jeremiah. 

2.  V.  Jacob,  b.  1779  ;  m.  Sarah  Dick, 

vi.  Catharine;  m.  Frederick  Bapp,  and  had,  among  others, 
Williain,  Anna,  and  Susan-Boas. 

3.  vii.  Frederick,  h.  July  8,1785;  m.  Elizabeth  Krause. 

via.  Barbara;  m.  Jacob  Levan,  a  coppersmith,  residing  in 
Kutztown,  and  had  Hester  m.  Mr.  Bunstine,  Elmina, 
•and  Juliann. 

11.  Jacob  Boas,^  (William, ^  Frederick, i)  b.  1779,  at  Read- 


84  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

ing,  Pa. ;  d.  October  8,  1815,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  He  learned, 
at  first,  the  trade  of  tinsmith,  but  subsequently  entered  mer- 
cantile life,  removing  to  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  in  1805,  where  he 
established  himself  in  business.  He  served  as  a  member  of 
the  borough  council,  and  was  appointed  and  commissioned  by 
Governor  Snyder,  February  6,  1809,  prothonotary  and  clerk 
of  the  courts  of  quarter  sessions — an  office  he  held  at  the  time 
of  his  death.  He  was  a  man  of  sterling  integrity,  and  prom- 
inent and  influential  in  the  afi:airs  of  the  community  in  which 
he  lived.  Mr.  Boas  m.,  April  20,  1802,  at  Eeading,  Pa., 
Sarah  Dick,  b.  September  2,  1781,  in  Eeading,  Pa.;  d.  Oc- 
tober 23,  1859,  in  Reading,  Pa. ;  dau.  of  Jacob  Dick,  They 
had  issue  : 

4.  i.   William-Dick,  b.  September  6,  1803:  m.  Martha  Smith 

Ingram. 

5.  n.  Jacoh-Dick,  b.  October  5,  1806 ;  m.,  first,  Elizabeth  Seiler ; 

second,  Emeline  Yeakel  Krause. 
Hi.  John-Philip,  b.  July  12,  1809;  d.  in  New  Jersey;  m.  Miss 
Stem,  and  left  several  children. 

6.  iv.  Augustus- Frederick,  b.  March  1,  1813. 

7.  V.  Danid-Dick,  b.  February  19,  1816. 

ni.  Frede"rick  Boas,  =^  (William,  ^  Frederick,  ^ )  b.  July  3, 
1785,  at  Reading,  Pa. ;  d.  June  13,  1817,  at  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  a  coppersmith  and  tin-plate  worker  at 
Reading,  Pa.,  but  commenced  business  for  himself  at  Reading. 
He  removed  to  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  in  1811,  where  he  carried  on 
his  trade  successfully.  He  was  an  enterprising  citizen,  and,  al- 
though quiet  and  unobtrusive,  a  representative  man  in  the 
community.  He  m..  May  17,  1811,  Elizabeth  Krause,  b. 
September  23,  1796,  in  Lebanon,  Pa. ;  d.  April  23,  1847,  in 
Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  dau.  of  David  Krause  and  Regina  Orth. 
They  had  issue : 

8.  i.  Elmina-Elizaheth,  b.  July  7.  1813  ;  m.  William  Jennings. 

9.  n.  Frederick-Krause,  b.  April  5,  1815;  m.  Sarah  C.  Nolen. 

IV.  William  Dick  Boas,^  (Jacob,  ^  William,  ^  Frederick,  i) 
b.  September  6,  1803,  in  Reading,  Pa.;  learned  the  art  of 
printing  with  Oeorge  Getz,  of  Reading,  on  the  Berks  and 
Schuylkill  Journal,  and  afterward  worked  at  his  profession  in 


Boas  Family.  85 

Philadelpbia,  AUentown,  and  Hamsbarg.  In  1837,  lie  pur- 
chased an  interest  in  the  Reporter  office,  at  Harrisbnrg,  in  part- 
nership, first,  with  Samuel  D.  Patterson,  and  then  with  William 
F.  Copeland,  retiring  in  1842.  During  this  period,  he  was 
printer  of  the  journals  and  bills  of  the  House  and  Senate.  He 
was  cashier  and  clerk  in  the  State  Treasurer's  Department  dur- 
ing the  administrations  of  Bickel,  Bailey,  Magraw,  and  Mc- 
Grath,  about  nine  years  in  all ;  was  a  clerk  in  the  Surveyor 
General's  office,  and  four  years  prothonotary  of  the  county  of 
Dauphin.  From  1866  to  1868,  he  was  one  of  the  publishers 
of  the  Patriot.  Mr.  Boas  m.,  March,  1828,  Martha  Smith 
Ingram,  b.  November  30,  1808 ;  d.  August  23,  1850,  in  Har- 
risbnrg, Pa.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Jacob-Dick,  b.  November  10, 1830  ;  d.  December  8, 1840. 
ii.  Margaret-Lu/ram. 
Hi.  Emma-Elizabeth. 

V.  Jacob  Dick  Boas,^  (Jacob,  ^  William,  ^  Frederick,  i) 
b.,  October  5,  1806,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  After  hig  father's 
death,  went  to  live  with  his  uncle,  Jacob  Levan,  at  Kutztown, 
where  he  remained  until  his  fifteenth  year,  when  he  went  to 
learn  the  trade  of  a  hatter.  He  subsequently  worked  as  a 
journeyman  until  1831,  when  he  established  himself  in  busi- 
ness at  AUentown,  Pa.  A  year  or  two  after,  he  was  chosen  a 
member  of  the  borough  council,  and,  in  1840,  elected  treasurer 
of  the  county  of  Lehigh.  He  represented  his  district  in  the 
State  Senate  during  the  years  1847, 1848,  and  1849.  In  1850, 
he  removed  to  Harrisburg,  where  he  established  himself  in  the 
jewelry  business,  in  which  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son.  With 
Mr.  Forster  he  was  afterwards  engaged  in  the  forwarding  busi- 
ness until  his  election  as  sheriff  of  Dauphin  county  in  1860. 
In  1868,  he  was  appointed  United  States  guager  in  the  Internal 
Revenue  Department  of  the  Government,  resigning  upon  being 
elected  Mayor  of  the  city  of  Harrisburg,  in  1873,  which  office 
he  held  one  term.  He  resides  at  Harrisburg.  Mr.  Boas  m., 
in  1831,  Elizabeth  Seiler,  b.  April  22,  1807 ;  d.  August 
26,  1850,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  dau.ghter  of  Christian  Seiler. 
They  had  issue: 


86  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

i.  Sarah- Eliznheth,  m.  Jacob  Horter  Smith,  of  Philadelphia, 

and  had  Bessie.,  Sallie,  and  Edith, 
a.  Charles- Augustus,  n\.  Mary  A.  Reel,  and  liad  Charles-Ross 
and  Sarah-Beel ;  reside  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Jacob  D.  Boas,  m.,  secondly,  Mrs.  Emeline  Yeakle 
Krause;  d.,  ISTovember,  1873,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  s.  p. 

VI.  Augustus  Frederick  Boas,^  (Jacob,  ^  William,  ^ 
Frederick,  1)  b.  March.  1,  1813,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  studied 
law  at  Allentown  with  Charles  Davis,  a  leading  lawyer  there, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  Lehigh  county  bar,  February  1, 1836 ; 
it  is  not  known  if  he  ever  practiced  his  profession,  for  shortly 
after,  on  returniug  to  Reading,  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  Berks 
County  Bank.  In  1855,  he  was  largely  interested  in  the 
lumber  trade,  and  subsequently  the  banking  business.  During 
the  Rebellion,  he  sold  for  the  Government  about  fifteen  million 
dollars'  worth  of  bonds.  He  now  resides  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
Mr.  Boas  m.  Emma  Elizabeth  Boyer,  daughter  of  Jacob 
K.  Boyer,  of  Reading,  and  had  issue: 

i.  Sarah-Jane,  d.  s.  p. 

ii.  Edwarcl-Payson,  m.  and  resides  in  Reading,  Pa. 
Hi.  Martha-Jane,  m.  William  S.  Manus;  resides  at  Thurlow, 

near  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
iv.  Emma- Elizabeth,  m.  William  A.  Sober,  a  lawyer,  at  Sun- 
bury,  Pa. 
V.  Catharine-M. 

YII.  Daniel  Dick  Boas.^  (Jacob,  ^  William.  ^  Frederick,  i) 
b.  February  19,  1816,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  d.  May  9,  1878, 
in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and  there  buried.  Received  the  limited 
education  afforded  by  the  public  schools  prior  to  the  establish- 
ment of  the  common-school  system.  In  1834,  was  appointed  a 
clei'k  in  the  Harrisburg  post-office,  a  position  he  held  until 
the  year  1845,  when  he  went  into  business  with  0.  Bellman, 
and  subsequently  established  himself  in  the  lumber  trade,  in 
which  he  was  successfully  engaged  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  was  a  public-spirited  and  enterprising  citizen,  and  his  life 
was  a  useful  one.  He  was  a  church- warden  and  treasurer  of  St. 
Stephen's  Episcopal  church,  Harrisburg — a  marble  tablet  and 
memorail  window  within  that  edifice  bear  testimony  to  his  ser- 


Boas  Family.  87 

vices  and  virtues.     Mr.  Boas  m.  Margaret  Bates;  resides  at 
Harrisburg,  Pa.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Sarah- 2\;ler.  m.  John  Wister,  iron  manufacturer,  of  Dun- 
cannon,  Pa.,  and  had  Jave-Boas,d.  s.  p.,  Elizabeth^  Sa- 
rah-Logan, and  Margant. 
ii.  William- Stnart,  resides   at   Harrisburg,  and,  with  his 

brother,  has  succeeded  to  his  father's  business. 
Hi.  Jane-Eliza,  m.  Josepli   Wood,  and  had    William-Boas, 

Cooper,  and  Margaretta. 
iv.  Henry- Daniel,  m.  Susanna  Espy,  and  had  Mary-Espy  and 

Sarah-  Wister. 
V.  Belen-Margartt. 

YIIT.  Elmijsta  Elizabeth  Boas,^  (Frederick, ^  William, ^ 
Frederick,  1)  b.  July  7,  1813,  in  Harrisburg.  Pa.;  d.  October 
10,  1884,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  m.  William  Jennings,  b.  Sep- 
tember 23,  1807,  in  Juniata  valley,  Pa. ;  d.  October  6,  1876, 
in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and  there  buried  ;  son  of  William  Jennings, 
who  raised  a  company  for  the  war  of  1812-14,  but  who  died 
suddenly  before  the  company  left  home ;  he  went  to  Harris- 
burg. Pa.,  about  the  year  1823,  to  learn  blacksmithing,  subse- 
quently establishing  a  foundry,  which  he  successfully  carried 
on  until  near  the  close  of  his  life.  He  was  an  enterprising  cit- 
izen, active  and  influential  in  the  public  affairs  of  the  munici- 
pality from  1830  to  1850,  and  in  the  church,  of  which  he  and 
his  wife  were  consistent  members,  (the  first  Methodist,)  prom- 
inent and  zealous.     They  had  issue  (surname  Jennings) : 

i.  Elmer-Frederick,  b.  May,  1833;  d.  December  22,  1876, 
10,     a.   William- JVesley ,  h.  July  22, 1838  ;.m,  Emma  Yan  Horn. 
Hi.  Elizaheth-M.,  b.  September  3,  1843  ;  m.  B.  Frank  Scheffer 
October  15,1867,  of  Harrisburg,  and  had  isssue,  (sur- 
name Scheffer,)  Tliecdore-William  and  Nellie-Boas. 
iv.  Elmina-Begina,  b.  January  8, 1845;  d.  August  17,  1846. 
V.  Mary-En^ma,  b.  September  26,  1847  ;  d.  January  16, 1857. 
vi.  Eannie-Boas,  b.  March  9,  1854;  d.  December  23, 1869. 

IX.  Frederick  Krause  Boas,^  (Frederick,  ^  William,  ^ 
Frederick,!)  b.  April  5,  1815,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  where  he 
now  resides.  In  1825,  he  went  into  the  printing  office  of 
Messrs.  Krause  &  Cameron  to  learn  that  art,  where  he  con- 
tinued three  years.     In   1829   and   1830,  he  was  a  mercantile 


88  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

clerk,  and  afterward  went  one  year  to  school.  The  latter  part 
of  1831  he  was  again  in  mercantile  life,  in  which  he  remained 
until  August,  1832,  when  he  entered  the  post-offi.ce  at  Harris- 
burg,  under  James  Peacock.  In  the  meantime,  he  studied  law 
under  his  uncle,  David  Krause,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Dau- 
phin county  bar.  August  22,  1837.  He  opened  his  law  office 
in  1838,  but  remained  connected  with  the  post-office  depart- 
ment until  1813,  assisting  in  the  accounts,  etc.  In  that  year 
he  entered,  into  law  partnership  with  David  Krause,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Krause  &  Boas.  In  1815,  Mr.  Krause  was  ap- 
pointed presiding  judge  of  the  Montgomery  county  district, 
since  which  time  Mr.  Boas  ha?  continuously  practiced  his  pro- 
fession ;  was  appointed  by  Governor  Porter  aid  on  his  staff, 
with  the  rank  of  colonel,  which  he  held  from  1839  to  1845 ; 
was  school-director  from  1839  to  1818,  being  treasurer  of  the 
board  from  1840  to  1842,  and  also  served  in  the  borough  coun- 
cil six  years,  from  1847  to  1853.  Colonel  Boas  m.,  February 
6,  1871,  Sarah  Catharine  Nolen,  dau.  of  William  and 
Maria  H.  Nolen,  of  Harrisburg,  Pa.. 

X.  William  Wesley  jENJsriisrGS,^  (Elmina-Elizabeth,^ 
Frederick,  3  William,  ^  Frederick,  i)  b.  July  22,  1838,  in  Har- 
risburg, Pa.,  where  he  now  resides.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Harrisburg  until  his  fifteenth  year,  when  he  com- 
menced to  learn  the  trade  of  iron-niolder  in  his  father's 
foundry.  From  1860  to  1875,  he  was  engaged  in  the  iron  busi- 
ness. During  the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  he  raised  the  One  Hun- 
dred and  Twenty-seventh  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers, 
a  nine  months'  regiment,  and  was  in  the  battles  of  Fredericks- 
burg and  ChancelloVsville.  (For  a  history  of  the  regiment,  see 
History  of  Dau-phinVounty,  Pa.,  p.  202.)  Shortly  after  being 
mustered  out  of  serviqe,  the  Gettysburg  campaign  opened,  and 
Colonel  Jennings  was  placed  in  command  of  the  Twenty-sixth 
Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Militia.  The  following  account  con- 
cerning it  we  have  from  Jacobs'  "  Battle  of  Gettysburg '' :  "  The 
Twenty-sixth  regiment  arrived  at  Gettysburg  on  Friday  the 
26th  of  June,  and  by  order  of  Major  Haller,  although  contrary 
to  the  earnest  remonstrances  of  Jennings,  colonel  of  tlie  regment, 
was  sent  forward  at  10:30,  A.  M.,  on  the  Chambersburg  turnpike. 


Boas  Family.  89 

This  was  a  suicidal  movement  of  a  handful  chiefly  of  inexpe- 
rienced men,  in  the  face  of  a  large  body  of  experienced  troops. 
The  rebels  afterwards  laughed  at  the  folly  of  the  order.  But, 
advancing  to  the  distance  of  about  three  miles  westward,  our 
little  band  encamped,  and  threw  out  their  pickets.  At  about 
3,  P.  M.,  the  rebels  in  force  made  their  appearance,  and  cap- 
tured nearly  all  their  pickets,  forty  in  number.  Colonel  Jen- 
nings, who  had  on  several  occasions  shown  himself  to  be  an 
officer  as  skillful  as  he  is  cool  and  brave,  seeing  the  trap  into 
which  he  had  been  led,  immediately,  upon  sight  of  the  enemy, 
divided  the  regiment  into  three  squads,  in  order  to  deceive 
them  with  the  appearance  of  a  large  body  of  infantry.  The 
deception  proved  so  far  successful  that  the  rebels  did  not  press 
them,  fearing  that  a  direct  attack  might  prove  more  serious 
than  a  mere  skirmish.  Jennings'  command,  however,  hastil}^ 
retreated  eastward  over  the  fields  and  by  country  roads,  occa- 
sionally skirmishing  with  the  enemy's  calvary,  which  was  sent  in 
pursuit  of  them;  and,  after  losing  one  hundred  and  twenty  men 
of  their  number  near  Hunterstown,  and  zigzagging  very  fre- 
quentl}^,  being  often  within  hearing  distance  of  their  pursuers, 
they  reached  Harrisburg  on  Sunday,  the  28th  of  June,  much 
fatigued,  having  marched  fifty-four  out  of  sixty  continuous 
hours.  Too  much  praise  cannot  be  awarded  Colonel  Jennings 
for  the  skillful  manner  in  which  he  conducted  this  retreat  and 
saved  the  regiment  from  caj)ture."  From  1863  to  1866,  Colonel 
Jennings  served  as  sheriff  of  the  county  of  Dauphin,  and  again 
from  1876  to  1879,  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  railroad  riots 
in  July,  1877,  Colonel  Jennings  was  absent  from  home,  but, 
hastening  to  the  State  capital,  he  at  once  assumed  control,  or- 
ganized the  citizens,  and  restored  peace  to  the  city,  seriously 
threatened  with  mob  violence.  His  example  was  favorably 
commented  upon  at  the  time,  not  only  by  the  newspaper  press 
in  general,  but  by  the  Governor  of  the  State  in  his  annual 
message,  and  was  deserving  of  all  praise.  Upon  the  death  of 
Mr.  Calder,  president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Harris- 
burg, in  1880,  he  was  elected  to  that  position,  in  which  he  con- 
tinues, and  is  the  president  of  the  Commonwealth  Guarantee 
Trust  and  Safe  Deposit  Company,     In  1884,  he  was  chosen  a 


90 


Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 


director  of  the  Cumberland  Valley  Railroad  Company.  Col- 
onel Jennings  m.,  December  17,  1861,  Emma  Yan  Horn,  b. 
November  26,  1842.     They  had  issue  (surname  Jennings) : 

i.  Frederick-Boas,  b.  November  13,  1862;  d.  February  28, 

1870. 
ii.  Mary,  b.  September  7,  1864. 
Hi.   William,  \).  August  18,1868. 
iv.  Fannie,  b.  January  7,  1870. 
V.  Harry,  b.  March  31, 1872. 


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Eomberger  Family.  91 


BOMBPJRGER  FAMILY. 


1.  Cheistian  Bombergeei  and  Mnria,  his  wife,  emigrated 
from  Eshelbrun,  Baden,  Germany,  and  arrived  in  Pennsylvania 
on  the  12th  day  of  May,  1722.  He  took  up  and  settled  upon 
a  tract  of  lanri  in  "Warwick  township,  Lancaster  county,  a  por- 
tion of  which  remains  in  the  possession  of  his  descendants  to 
this  day.  The  original  patent  bears  date  May  22,  1734,  and  in- 
cluded 548  acres  in  the  survey.  Tliis  patent  is  now  in  the 
hands  of  Reverend  Christian  Bomberger,  a  preacher  of  the 
Mennonite  church.  The  first  Christian  died  prior  to  1750,  and 
left,  among  other  children : 

2.  ^.  Jolin^  b.  1703;  m.  Mary  Bausman. 

3.  ii.  Christian;  m.  and  had  issue. 

II  John  Bomberger,  ^  (Christian,  i)  b.  about  1703:  m. 
Mary  Bausman.  They  had  issue,  all  b.  in  Warwick  town- 
ship, Lancaster  county : 

i.  Michael,  b.  1737;  m.  and  settled  in  Maryland. 

4.  ii.  John,  b.  January  31, 1739;  m.  Catharine  Flora. 

5.  Hi.  O/irisf-ian,  b.  1740;  m.  Elizabeth  Dussinger. 

iv.  Joseph,  b.  1742;   m.  and  had  Peter,  who  settled  in  Canada. 

V.  Jacob,  b.  1744.  He  received  the  rudiments  of  a  German 
education  at  Litiz,  and  was  brought  up  on  his  father's 
farm.  During  the  Provincial  era,  he  served  as  an  officer 
in  the  Second  battalion  of  the  Pennsylvania  troops,  under 
General  Forbes  and  Colonel  Bouquet.  During  the  Rev- 
olution, he  was  some  time  in  service,  but  turning  his 
attention  to  religion,  he  began  to  study  such  theological 
works  as  were  within  his  reach.  After  the  peace  of 
1783,  he  went  into  the  Western  country,  and  for  many 
years  missionated  among  the  Indians  in  the  North-west. 
During  the  war  of  1812-14,  well  advanced  in  life,  he  re- 
turned to  Pennsylvania,  and  remained  with  his  friends. 
He  died  near  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  on  the  4th  of  August, 
1829,  at  the  age  of  eighty-five,  and  was  buried  inSherer's 


92  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

burying-ground.  The  labors  of  Mr.  Bomberger,  for 
many  years,  were  of  that  self-sacrificing  spirit  and  de- 
votedness  wliich  proved  that  others  there  were  beside 
the  zealous  Jesuit  and  tlie  faithful  Moravian  whose  re- 
ligious fervor  and  Christ-like  example  stand  out  as  shin- 
ing lights  in  the  galaxy  of  the  followers  of  the  doctrines 
and  teachings  of  Jesus  of  Nazareth. 

III.  Christian  Bomberg-er,^  (Christiau,i)  m.,  and  had 
issue,  amon^  others : 

6.  i.  John;  ra.  Maria  Reist. 
ii.  Chrhtian. 

in.  Jacob,  d.  s.  p. 

io.  Joseph;  m.  Miss  Erb;  settled  near  Manheim,  Lancaster 

county,  Pa.,  and  they  had  GhrUtian,  Joseph,  and  John. 

The  latter  m.  and  had  Elias,  John,  Martin,  David,  and 

Christian. 

IV.  John  Bomberger,  ^  (John,^  Christian,  i)  b.  January 
31,  1739,  in  Warv^ick  township,  Lancaster  county.  Pa. ;  d. 
May  6,  1798,  near  Middletown,  Pa. ;  m,  Catharine  Flora. 
They  had  issue  : 

i.  Elizabeth;  m.  Michael  Rodenberger;  removed  to  Centre 
county,  Pa. 

7.  a.  John,  h.  July  13,  1763;  m.,  first,  Rachel  Blattenberger ; 

second,  Elizabeth  (Cauffman)  Heppich. 
Hi.  Joseph,h.  1772;  d.  March  20,1814;  unm. 

8.  iv.  Jacob,  b.  July  25,  1775;  m.  Sophia  Ettley. 

V.  Michael,  d.  s.  p. 

vi.  George;  m.  and  removed  to  Lancaster,  Oliio. 
vii.  Jonas;  m.  and  removed  to  Centre  or  Clearfield  county, 
Pa.,  and  had  one  daughter,  Sophia. 

V.  Christian  Bomberg-er,^  (John,^  Christian,^)  b.  about 
1740,  in  Lancaster  county,  Pa. ;  m.,  first,  Elizabeth  Dus- 
singer  ;  second,  Julia  Dussinger  ;  and  there  was  issue, 
among  others  : 

i.  Joseph;   m.  and  had  two  sons,  one  of  whom,  Elias,  re- 
moved to  Virginia. 
ii.  David;    m.  and  left  issue — Isaac  and  Doctor  Christian, 

both  of  whom  left  families. 
Hi.  Moses,  d.  s.  p. 
iv.  Peter,  d.  s.  p. 

V.  Samuel;  m.  and  settled  in  Canada. 
vi.  Christian ;  m.  and  settled  in  Canada. 
vii.  John,  d.  s.  p. 


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VI.  John  Bombeeger,^  (Cliristian, ^  Christian, i);  m. 
Maeia  Eeist,  and  there  was  issue  : 

i.  Christktyi ;  m.  and  settled  in  Lebanon  county,  Pa. 
n.  John  ;  m.  and  had,  amo]:ig  otliers,  Christian  and  Jacoh. 
Hi.  Jc'C6&;  m.  and  bad  Henry, 
iv.  Josejjh. 

V.  Abraham;  ni.  Veronica ,  and  located  in  Dauphin 

county,  Pa. 
vi.  Daniel. 

vii.  Peter;  m.  and  located  in  Conestoga  township,  Lancaster 
county,  Pa. 

VII.  John  Bombeegee,^  (John,^  JohD,^  Christian,  i)  b. 
April  11,  1763 ;  cl.  September  2,  1847,  in  Micldletown,  Pa.  ; 
m.,  first,  Eachel  Blattenbeegee,  b.  August  5,  1771;  d. 
August  19,  1814,  and  they  had  issue: 

i.  Catharine,  b.  December  22, '1796;  d.  May  19,  1829:  in., 
November  7,  1822,  Isaac  Simcox,  and  had  Buchd,  m. 
Samuel  McElfatrick  ;  and  Abraham. 
9.       ii.  MugdaJena,  b.  September  16,  1799;  in.  James  Ringland. 
Hi.  John;  killed  by  a  runaway  horse  ;  s.  p. 
vi.  Eliza,  h.  February  24, 1802 ;  d.  June  8, 1838 ;  m.  Jacob  Al- 
bert, and  had  John  and  Elizabeth. 
V.  Christiana,  b.  November  22, 1810;  d.  February  7, 1870  ;  m. 
Henry  Schreiner,  and  had,  among  others,  Mary,  m. 
Henry  A.  Etter  ;  Janies-B.,  d.  s.  p.;  Ann,  m.  Eckert 
Sheaffer;  Henry- J-,  and  Lavinia,  m.  John  D.  Myers. 

John  Bomberger  m.,  secondly,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  (Cauffman) 
Heppich,  b.  July  19,  1784 ;  d.  January  31,  1857.     They  had 


issue : 


vi.  Jeicob-Cavffmon,  b.  December  16, 1817,  at  Middletown,Pa. 
His  education  was  received  in  the  schools  of  the  town, 
which,  at  that  period,  was  quite  limited.  His  early  life 
was  passed  in  merchandising,  and  subsequently  in  the 
business  of  banking.  During  the  sessions  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania State  Senate  for  1851  and  1852,  he  served  as  as- 
sistant clerk  of  that  body  ;  the  year  following,  upon  the 
establishment  of  the  Mechanics'  Bank,  at  Harrisburg, 
Pa.,  as  cashier  of  that  institution.  Mr.  Bomberger  sub- 
sequently became  its  sole  owner,  and  through  his  energy, 
financial  tact,  and  ability,  it  has  become  one  of  the  most 
successful  banking-houses  in  Pennsylvania.  For  many 
years  Mr.  Bomberger  held  the  position  of  one  of  the 


94         •  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

trustees  of  the  State  Lunatic  Hospital,  at  Harrisburg, 
under  the  appointment  of  the  Governor.  Few  men  are 
held  in  higher  esteem  for  integrity,  and  in  the  com- 
munity where  he  is  among  its  leading  citizens,  he  has 
its  respect  and  confidence. 
mi.   Rac/ieZ;  m.  Samuel  Kunkel.    {see  KunJcel  record.) 

VIII.  Jacob  Bomber(1er,'^  (Jolin,^  JolLn,^  Christian,  i)  b. 
July  25,  1775,  in  Dauphin  county,  Pa. ;  d.  August  21,  1842, 
at  Midclletown,  Pa. ;  m.  Sophia  Ettley,  b.  Marcli  6,  1778 ;  d. 
December  11,  1839,  in  Middletown,  Pa.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Elizabeth,  d.  in  1866;  m.  Jacob  Erb;  removed  to  Centre 

county,  Pa. ;  and  left  issue. 
a.  John,\).  February  14,  1806;  d.  April  5,  1852;  m.  Elizabeth 
Parthemore,  b.  February  2,  1809 ;  d.  .January  31, 1865  ; 
and  removed  to  Ohio,  leaving  issue. 
10.      in.  Mary,  m.  Jacob  Rife. 

iv.  William,  m.  Sarah  Parthemore  ;  resides  in  Fairview  town- 
ship, York  county,  Pa. 
V.  Joseph-H.,  d.  in  1845;  was  a  minister  of  the  "  Churcli  of 
God." 
^        vi.  Catharine,  m.  David  Hotter,  and  had  issue ;  resides  in 
Washington  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa. 

IX.  Magdalena  Bomberger,^  (Jolin,*  John,^  John,^ 
Christian,^)  b.  September  16,  1799,  in  Middletown,  Pa.;  m. 
James  Pingland,  b.  December  6,  1795,  in  Chester  county. 
Pa.  His  father  was  a  native  of  county  Down,  Ireland,  and 
came  to  America  in  1793  ;  he  died  at  Lancaster,  Pa.,  in  1842. 
James  Pingland  settled  at  Middletown,  Pa.,  about  1821,  where 
be  entered  mercantile  life,  subsequently  establishing  himself 
in  business,  which  lie  successfully  carried  on.  They  bad  issue 
(surname  Eingland) : 

11.        i.  John  b.  January  9,  1825;  m.  Margaret  E.  Smith. 
ii.  James,  d.  April,  1855. 

Hi.  Eliza- Jane,  m.  Samuel  L.  Yetter,  of  Middletow^n,  Pa. 
iv.  Mary-M.,  m.  Benjamin  F.  Kendig. 

X.  Mary  BoMBERGER,  5  (Jacob,  ^  John,^  John,^  Christian,  i) 
b.  in  Middletown,  Pa. ;  m.  August  12,  1828,  Jacob  Eife,  b. 
March  2,  1805,  in  Londonderry  township,  Dauphin  county, 
Pa. ;  son  of  Henry  Rife  and  Susan  Shelly  ;  be  was  educated  in 
the  schools  of  the  time,  and  worked  on  a  farm  until  be  .went 


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to  learn  the  tanning  trade  with  William  King,  of  Middletown ; 
afterwards  carried  on  the  business  for  himself,  several  years,  at 
what  is  known  as  the  Kej^stone  tannery,  at  the  same  time 
conducting  a  small  farm,  now  within  the  limits  of  that  borough. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Rife) : 

i.  ^SMsar),  m.  Lewis  P.  Brady. 

n.  Sophia,  m.  Enoch  Matlack. 

iii.  Henry-Jacob. 

iv.  Mary,  m.  William  C.  Boss,  of  Iowa. 

V.  Joseph-B. 

vi.  Margaret- Shelly,  m.  David  C.  Kolp,  of  Iowa,  and  had 

issue. 
vii.  Clara-Lauman. 

via.  John-Winehrenner^h.  Kxxgwiii  14,1846.  Was  educated  in 
the  common  schools  and  Crittenden's  Commercial 
College,  from  which  latter  he  graduated  in  1862.  He 
learned  tanning  with  his  father,  and  when  the  latter 
retired  from  active  business  l\e  and  his  brother  Jacob 
took  charge  of  the  Keystone  steam  tannery,  where 
they  are  extensively  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
leather.  He  served  in  the  One  Hundred  and  JSTinety- 
fourth  regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers. 

ix.  Jacob-Flake,  b.  September  29, 1848.  Was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  at  the  Pennsylvania  College,  Gettys- 
burg. He  learned  the  tanning  trade  with  his  father, 
and  is  now  associated  with  his  brother,  above  named,  in 
the  business. 

X.   William-Bo7'i}berger. 

XI.  John  Ringland, 6  (Magdalena,^  John,*  John,^  John,^ 
Christian,  1)  b.  January  9,  1825,  in  Middletown,  Pa.,  where  he 
now  resides.  He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of 
Middletown.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  entered  the  Examiner 
and  Herald  office,  at  Lancaster,  to  learn  the  art  of  printing 
with  R.  White  Middleton,  who  afterwards  sold  the  office,  and 
removed  to  Carlisle,  where  he  purchased  the  Carlisle  Herald, 
John  accompanying  him,  as  also  back  again  to  Lancaster, 
when  he  sold  out  the  Herald  and  purchased  the  Lancaster 
Union.  Here  he  remained  until  1845.  In  1846,  Mr.  Ring- 
land  commenced  the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr.  Benjamin  J. 
Wiestling,  of  Middletown,  and  graduated  from  the  medical  de- 
partment of    the  University  of   Pennsylvania  in   1850.     He 


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located  at  Portsmouth,  now  Middletown,  where  he  entered 
upon  the  practice  of  medicine;  but  was  subsequently  com- 
pelled to  relinquish  it  owing  to  impaired  hearing.  In  the  fall 
of  1852,  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  at  New  Cumber- 
land, in  which  he  continued  until  the  spring  of  1855,  when  he 
returned  to  Middletown,  and  established  himself  in  the  drug 
business.  In  1860,  he  was  elected  recorder  of  deeds  and  clerk 
of  the  orphans'  court  of  Dauphin  county,  and  reelected  in 
1863.  While  at  Portsmouth,  in  1850,  a  post-ofhce  was  estab- 
lished, there,  and  Dr.  Pingland  appointed  postmaster.  He  has 
served  as  justice  of  the  peace,  was  census  enumerator  in  1880,  and 
filled  various  borough  offices.  Dr.  Ringland  married,  in  1850, 
Margaret  E.  Smith,  daughter  of  Henry  Smith,  of  Middle- 
town.     They  had  issue  (surname  Ringland) : 

i.  James-Henry, 
a.  Bohert  Wiestling,  d.  s.  p. 
Hi.  John- Augustus, 
iv.  Kate-Shelly,  d.  s.  p. 

V.  Mary- Jane;  m.  M.  L.  Emmingev. 
vi.  Loidsa-Bomberger . 
vii.  Hurry-Smith,  d.  s.  p. 
via.  Margaret- Smith,  d.  s.  p. 
ix.  Anna- Laura- 

X.  Edvcin-Shoit,  d.  s.  p. 
xi.  Edith-Matilda,  d.  s.  p. 
xii.  Almeda-Kunkel. 


Boyd  of  Derry.  97 


BOYD  OF  DERRY. 


1.  William  Botd,i  a  native  of  county  Antrim,  Province  of 
Ulster,  Ireland,  emigrated  to  Pennsylvania  prior  to  1730,  set- 
tling in  Derry  township.  He  had  a  large  family  of  children, 
of  whom  we  have  the  following: 

i.  Robert,  b.  1705,  who  took  up  severa  tracts  of  land  in  Derry 

township  ;  m.  and  had  Ulizaheth,  Catharine,  and  Mary. 

ii.  Alexander,    b.    1707;    m.    and    had    Alexander,    Bohert, 

Williaiyi,  and  Margaret, 
in.  Jennett,  b.  1710 ;  d.  October  17,  1757 ;  m.  John  McCosh  ; 
d.  ISIovember,  1754.  At  his  death  he  left  considerable 
of  an  estate,  which  his  widow  disposed  of  as  follows :  To 
her  brothers,  William,  John,  Alexander,  and  Robert 
Boyd ;  her  niece,  Marg;iret,  daughter  of  John  Boyd ;  to 
Alexander,  Robert,  William,  and  Margaret,  children  of 
Alexander  Boj^d ;  to  Benjamin,  Joseph,  and  William, 
children  of  William  Boyd ;  niece  Catharine  Boyd,  who, 
we  presume,  was  a  daughter  of  William  Boyd ;  to  her 
sister-in-law,  Jean  Boyd;  to  her  nieces,  Elizabeth, 
Catharine,  and  Mary,  daughters,  we  suppose,  of  Robert 
Boj'd;  to  Rev.  John  Roan;  and  "the  sum  of  twenty 
shillings  to  Derry  congregation." 

2.  iv.   William,  b.  1712;  m.  and  left  issue. 

V.  John,  b.  1715 ;  m.  and  had  Margaret. 

II.  William  Boyd,^  (William,  i)  b.  1712,  in  county  An- 
trim, Ireland,  d.  prior  to  1760,  in  Derry  township,  Lancaster 
county,  Pa. ;  m.  and  had  among  others  the  following  issue : 

3.  i.   TTiMiam,  b.  1733;  m.  Jennett  Brisben. 

4.  ii.  Benjamin,  b.  1738;  m.  Jennett  Elliott. 

5.  Hi.  Joseph,  b.  1740 ;  m.  Elizabeth  Wallace. 
iv.  Catharine,  b.  1743. 

III.  William  Boyd,^  (William, ^  William,  i)  b.  about 
1783  in  Derry  township,  then  Lancaster  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  was  brought  up  as  a  farmer,  became  quite  promi- 
nent in  Provincial  days,  and  was  an  officer  during  the  French 

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and  Indian  war,  and  the  struggle  for  independence.  He  be- 
longed to  the  Paxtang  Boys,  whose  zeal  in  defense  of  their 
firesides  compelled  them  to  destroy  the  murdering  savages  of 
Conestoga.  During  the  latter  part  of  his  life,  he  served  in  the 
commission  of  a  justice  of  the  peace.  He  was  one  of  the  char- 
ter members  of  Lodge  21,  at  Paxtang,  and  its  second  Master. 
In  his  will,  he  left  a  legacy  to  the  lodge's  charity  fund.  Mr. 
Boyd  died  May  17,  1808,  and  is  buried  in  Derry  church  grave- 
yard.    Hem.  Jejstnett  Brisben.     They  had  issue: 

i.  James,  b.  1759. 

6.  a.  John^h.  1761;  m.  Mary  Williams. 
in.  Jennett,  b.  1763;  m. Moore. 

iv.  Mary,  b.  1765;  m. Strawbridge. 

V.  Margaret,  b.  1767;  m.  William  Williams. 
vi.   William,  b.  1769  ;  d.  December,  1807  ;  m.  and  left  issue. 

IV.  Benjamin  Boyd,^  (Will  iam,^  William,  i)  b.  1738;  d. 
May  8,  1803  ;  m.  December  31,  1761,  by  Reverend  John  Roan, 
Jennett  Elliott,  b.  1737  ;  d.  November  21, 1820 ;  and,  with 
her  husband,  lie  buried  in  old  Derry  church  graveyard.  They 
had  among  other  issue  : 

i.   William,  h.  1768;  d.  September  19,1803;  leaving  a  wife, 
Mary,  and  a  daughter,  Bachel,  b.  June,  1803. 

V.  Joseph  Boyd,^  (William,  ^  William,  i)b.  1740;  d.  Sep- 
tember 20,  1781,  in  Londonderry  township,  Dauphin  county, 
Pennsylvania;  m.  in  1766,  by  Reverend  John  Elder,  Eliza- 
beth Wallace,  daughter  of  Robert  Wallace,  b.  1746 ;  d. 
April  13,  1802,  in  Londonderry  township,  Dauphin  county, 
Pennsylvania;  both  buried  in  old  Derry  church  graveyard. 
They  had  issue : 

7.  r.  Jfcu-y,  b.  1768;  m.  William  Baird. 

ii.  Margaret,  b.  1770 ;  m.  William  McDonald,  of  Dickinson 

township,  Cumberland  county,  Pennsylvania. 
Hi.  Elizaheth,  b.  1772;  d.  October  15,  1805. 
iv.  Ann,  b.  1774. 

8.  V.   William,  b.  1776  ;  m.  Martha  Cowden. 
vi.  Jean,  b.  1778. 

vii.  Isabel,  b.  1780;  d.  December  1,  1789. 

VL  John  Boyd,^  (Winiam,^  Winiam,^  William,  i)  b. 
about  1761,    in  Derry  township,    Lancaster   county.  Pa. ;  d. 


Boyd  of  Derry.  99' 

April  6,  1799,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  He  was  one  of  tlie  first 
settlers  in  the  new  town,  locating  there  in  1785 — the  year  it 
was  laid  out — and  became  quite  prominent  and  influential. 
He  m.,  the  year  previous,  Mary  Williams,  dau.  of  George 
Williams,  b.  1761,  in  Paxtang  township ;  d.  September  25, 
1844,  at  Harrisburg,  and  there  buried.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Mary,  b.  July  21,  1785;  d.  s.  p. 
ii.   TF^7Zi'■am,  b.  November  12,1786  ;  d.  s.  p, 
in.  George,  b.  July  17,  1788, 
iv.  Elizabeth,  (twin,)  b.  July  17,  1788. 
9.       V.  James- ff iti/ier/o7-(Z,  b.  October  13, 1790;  m.,  first,  Margaret 
Emerson  ;  second,  Eliza  Keller ;  third,  Eliza  Sloan  Baird. 
vii.  John-Brisbcn,  b.  June  27,  1793;  d.  s.  p. 
10.   via.  George-Williams,  b.  November  12,1796;  m.  Elizabeth  S. 
Misii. 

After  the  death  of  John  Boyd,  his  widow  m.  Stacy  Potts, 
concerning  whom,  as  he  was  a  man  of  mark,  we  have  this  in- 
formation :  Thomas  Potts,  the  ancestor  of  Stacy  Potts,  was  a 
Quaker,  who  emigrated  from  England  with  his  wife  and  child- 
ren, in  company  with  Mahlon  Stacy  and  his  family,  in  the  ship 
"Shield,"  and  landed  at  Burlington,  N.  J.,  in  the  winter  of 
1678,  she  being  the  first  ship  that  went  so  far  up  the  Delaware. 
Stacy  was  a  leading  man  in  the  Society  of  Friends  and  in  the 
government  of  West  Jersey.  At  Trenton,  1731,  Stacy  Potts 
was  born.  He  received  a  good  education,  and  learned  the 
trade  of  a  tanner,  a  business  which  he  successfully  carried  on 
at  least  up  to  the  time  of  the  Kevolution.  Mr.  Potts  seems  to 
have  been  a  very  enterprising  and  public-spirited  citizen.  In 
1776,  besides  owning  a  tannery,  he  built  the  steel-works  on 
Front  street,  Trenton,  and  after  the  close  of  the  Revolution 
was  largely  interested  in  the  erection  of  a  paper-mill  in  the 
same  locality.  This  was  prior  to  the  publication  of  Collins' 
Bible.  In  December,  1788,  it  was  advertised  by  its  proprie- 
tors, Stacy  Potts  and  John  Reynolds,  as  "  now  nearly  com- 
pleted." About  this  period  Stacy  Potts  removed  to  Harris- 
burg, Pa.  It  is  difficult  to  divine  what  were  his  motives  in 
leaving  his  native  town,  where  he  was  very  popular,  and  with 
his  ample  competency,  to  settle  in  the  then  new  town  on  the  Sus- 
quehanna.    His  second  marriage  may,  perchance,   have  had 


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somewliat  to  do  with  his  removal  from  Trenton.  Going  to 
Harrisburg,  he  made  large  purchases  of  land,  and  whether  it  was 
due  to  this  fact,  or  his  agreeable  manner,  Stacy  Potts  became 
quite  prominent ;  was  chosen  to  the  Legislature  in  1791  and 
in  1792.  During  the  mill-dam  troubles  of  1794-95,  Mr.  Potts 
was  quite  active,  and  was  one  of  the  committee  of  citizens  who 
were  willing  to  take  upon  themselves  all  responsibility  accru- 
ing by  the  destruction  of  the  obnoxious  dam.  He  served  as 
burgess  of  the  borough,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Town  Coun- 
cil. From  1799  to  1803  he  again  represented  Dauphin  county 
in  the  State  Legislature.  About  the  year  1805,  he  returned  to 
Trenton  ;  subsequently  became  mayor  of  that  city,  an  office  he 
held  for  several  years.  He  died  in  that  city  April  28,  1816, 
in  his  eighty-fifth  year.  Mr.  Potts  was  thrice  married.  We 
have  no  knowledge  as  to  his  first  wife.  He  married,  secondly, 
Miss  Gardiner,  of  Philadelphia,  a  Presbyterian  lady  of  super- 
ior intelligence.  She  died  at  Harrisburg  in  1799.  His  third 
wife  was  Mrs.  Mary  Boyd.  Upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Potts,  his 
widow  removed  to  Harrisburg,  where  she  resided  with  her  son, 
George  W.  Boyd,  until  her  death  in  1844. 

VII.  Maey  Boyd, 4  (Joseph, ^  William, 2  William,  1)  b. 
1768,  in  Derry  township,  Lancaster  county.  Pa. ;  d.  1866,  in 
West  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa. ;  m.  William 
Baird.     They  had  issue,  (surname  Baird :) 

%.  Ja7nes,  b.  1794. 
11.       a.  Joseph-Boyd,  b.  October,  1796;  m.  Mary  Todd. 

in.   William,  b.  1798;  m. McISTair. 

iv.  Elizabetk,  b.  1800. 
V.  John,  b.  1802. 

vi.  Wallace,  b.  1804;  d.  September  2,  1858;  m.  Martha  Todd, 
(see  2'odd  record.) 

YIII.  William  Boyd,^  (Joseph,  ^  William,  ^  William,  i) 
b.  1776 ;  removed  to,  and  died  in,  Cumberland  county.  Pa. ;  m. 
June  4,  1807,  Martha  Cowden,  daughter  of  James  and  Mary 
Cowden.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Elizabeth,  m. Dallas. 

ii.  James,  xn. McMurray. 

Hi.  Joseph, 
iv.  Mattheio. 


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V.  William. 

vi.  Edward, 

vii.  Martha, 

vii'i.  Mary. 

IX.  James  Eutherford  Boyd,^  (Joliiij^  William,  ^  Wil- 
liam, ^  William,!)  b.  October  13,  1790,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;  d. 
December  29,  1865.  He  learned  the  trade  of  cabinet-making, 
at  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  and  for  many  years  successfully  car- 
ried on  that  business.  He  served  as  third  sergeant  in  Captain 
Richard  M.  Grain's  company,  the  Harrisburg  Artillerists,  in  the 
war  of  1814,  and  for  a  long  time  was  a  member  of  the  borough 
council.  Mr.  Boyd  was  thrice  married;  m.,  first,  Margaret 
Emerson;  d.  May  2-4,  1824.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Mary,  d.  ;  m.  Dr.  William  S.  Cresap,  d.  ;  had 

Mary,  Boyd,  Wade,  and  William. 
a.  John-B.,  b.  December  26, 1815 ;  d.  March  26, 1862 ;  m.  Car- 
oline E.  Truman,  and  had  Annie,  Truman,  Margaret, 
Albert,  Peter,  and  Caroline,  d.  s.  p. 
iii.  Sarah-Ann,  b.  May  29,  1818 ;  d.  October  8, 1854 ;  m.  John 
B.  Bratton,  and  had  Laura  and  Edward. 

Mr.  Boyd  m.,  secondly,  Eliza  Keller  ;  b.  June  12,  1803 ; 
d.  February  27,  1828;  daughter  of  John  Peter  Keller  and 
Catharine  Shaeffer,  {see  Keller  record.)     They  had  issue  : 

iv.  Peter-Keller,  b.  1826;  m.  Caroline  E.  Barnitz;  resides  at 
Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Mr.  Boyd  m.,  thirdly,  February  3,  1831,  by  Rev.  William 
R.  Be  Witt,  Eliza  Sloan  Baird  ;  b.  1800  ;  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard Sloan  and  Sarah  McCormick;  resides  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
They  had  issue : 

V.  Bohert- Sloan,  d.  1884. 
vi.  Isabella-McCormick,  b.  October  4,  1833;  d.  February  10, 

1850. 
vii.  George-William,  m.l^ettie'H.eYshej. 
viii.  Eliza-Potts,  m.  James  Murphy;  reside  in  Philadelphia. 
ix.  Maria;  resides  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

X.  James- Alexander,  m.  Dessie  Spahr ;  b.  September  28, 1847  ; 
d.  February  13, 1870. 

X.  George  Williams  Boyd,^  (John,^  William,  ^  Wil- 
liam,^ William,!)  b.  November  12,  1796,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.; 


102  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

d.  August  31,  1863.  He  was  a  chair-maker,  and  carried  on  tlie 
business  many  years  at  Harrisburg.  Was  also  a  member  of 
tlie  council  of  that  borough,  and  a  man  of  influence  in  the 
community.  He  m.,  October  31,  1822,  by  Rev.  William  R 
DeWitt,  D.  D.,  Elizabeth  S.  Mish,  b.  November  23,  1802 ; 
d.  March  26,  1849,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and,  with  her  husband, 
there  buried.     They  had  issue : 

12.        i.  John-BHshen.,  m.  Elizabeth  J.  Carson. 

ii.  Jacob-Mish,  m. 

Hi.  Elizabeth,  m.  William  S.  Rowson,  civil  engineer ;  reside 
at  Perth  Amboy,  JSTew  Jersey,  and  had  Mary  and  Wil- 
liam. 

iv.  Mary-Ellen,  m.  John  B.  Bratton,  of  Carlisle,  Pa.,  and 
had  Mary,  Bessie,  John-B risben,  and  Georgie. 

V.  Catharine- Mish. 

vi.  Caroline-Virginia,  m.   John   H.  Tennent,  of  Alabama  ; 

reside  in  New  York  city. 
vii.  George-Williams,  b.    December  21,  1836;   d.  January  6, 
1867;  served  in  the  quartermaster's  department  during 
the  Rebellion, 

XI.  Joseph  Boyd  Baird,^  (Mary,-  Joseph, ^  William, ^ 
William,  1)  b.  October  1796  ;  removed  to  Franklin  county.  Pa., 
where  he  died;  m.,  October  7,  1834,  Maey  Todd,  b.  Novem- 
ber 1,  1805,  in  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  In 
1880,  was  residing  in  Franklin,  Warren  county,  Ohio.  They 
had  issue  (surname  Baird) : 

i.  Martha- Ann,  h.Fehvimry  3,  1836;  m.,  October  12,  1854, 
John  Smith  ;  reside  in  Taylorsville,  Christian  county, 
Illinois. 

ii.  Harriet- Jemima,  b.  May  12,  1838. 

Hi.  Caroline-Todd,  b.  May  14,  1841;  m.,  January  11,  1866, 
Manlius  T.  Leachman ;  i-eside  in  Christian  county,  Illi- 
nois. 

iv.  Francina,  b.  March  12,  1844, 

XII.  John  Brisbejst  Boyd,*5  (Greorge- Williams,  ^  John,^ 
William,  3  William,  ^  William,  i)  b.  September  4,  1824,  in  Har- 
risburg, Pa.,  where  he  resides ;  m.,  in  1849,  Elizabeth  J.  Car- 
son; b.  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;  daughter  of  William  M.  Carson 
and  Sarah  Kunkel.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Emma-Louise,  m.  William  II.  Henderson,  and  had^nna. 
ii.  Elizabeth- Carson. 


Bucher  Family.  103 


BUCHER    FAMILY. 


1.  Claus  Bucher,^  bom  in  Neukiroh,  in  the  Canton  of 
Schaffhausen,  Switzerland,  Anno  Domini  1524,  lieads  tlie 
family  record.  This  record,  beginning  about  the  dawn  of  the 
Eeformation,  in  the  land  of  its  source,  is  inscribed  on  an  an- 
tiquated sheet  of  paper,  in  the  German  language,  with  the  coat 
of  arms*  emblazoned  thereon.  There  is  also  a  copy  of  the 
family  record  from  Schaffhausen,  certified  by  the  seal  of  the 
United  States  consul  at  Basle.  Claus  Bucher  m.,  April  6, 
1545,  Dorothea  Zeller.     They  had  issue :' 

2.  i.  John,  b.  February  13, 1547  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Lutzen. 

n.  George,  h.  October  27,1548;  m.,  August  31,  1572,  Chris- 
tiana Muller,  and  had  Dorothea,  who  m.  Adam  Diller, 
of  Andelfing;  /o/m,  and  Elizabeth. 

in.  Anna,  b.  April  7, 1550. 

iv.  Elizabeth,  b.  May  5,  1554. 

V.  Nicholas,  (Claus,)  b.  April  2,  1559. 

vi.  Margaretta,  b.  May  7,  1565 ;  m.,  May  15,  1596,  George 
Botts. 

vii.  Agnes,  b.  November  27, 1569. 

II.  JoHX  Bucher,^  (Claus,^)  b.  February  13,  1547;  m., 
October  18, 1572,  Elizabeth  Lutzex,  of  Ellenhausen.  They 
had  issue : 

i.  Anna,  b.  July  17,  1573;  m.,  first.  May  5,  1594,  Jacob 
Veith;  m.,  second,  in  1607,  George  Yunker,  oC  Wick- 
enshine. 
a.  Barbara,  b.  August  9,  1578;  m.  Conrad  Mosher. 

*Coat  of  ^rms.— Shield,  emblazoned,  with  a  beech  tree,  (from  which 
the  family  name  is  derived,)  and  a  hunter's  horn  suspended  from  the 
main  branch.  Crest. — The  beech  tree,  with  the  horn  suspended  there- 
from in  the  same  manner.  This  coat  of  arms  is  worn  by  the  large 
family  of  Buchers  in  Germany  at  the  present  day.  The  crest  varies 
with  the  position  and  condition  of  the  head  of  the  particular  family. 


104  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Hi.  Martin,  b.  July  18,  1580;  m.,  November  13,1605,  Agatha 
Kolii-baus,  of  Barrington,  and  had  Martin,  Casper,  b. 
October  24,  1609,  and  Catharine;  m.,  second,  Anna 
Ulmer,  and  had  John,  who  m.,  October  25,  1642,  Doro- 
thea Blank. 

3.  iv.  Jb/m,  b.  January  20,  1583  ;  m.  Barbara  Ryschacker. 

V.  Stephen,  b.  January  30,  1584. 
vi.  Catharine,  b.  February  16,  1589. 

III.  John  Bucher,^  (John,^  Glaus,  i)b.  January  20,  1588; 
m.,  November  15,  1604,  Biebara  Eyschacker,  of  Freithaler. 
Thej  bad  issue  : 

i.  Anna,  b.  September  8, 1605. 
a.  Verina,  b.  July  13, 1614. 
Hi.  Barbara,  b.  August  10,  1615. 

4.  iv.  Jb/m,  b.  December  4, 1619;  m.  Maria  Burtln. 

V.  Elizabeth,  b.  April  14,  1622. 

IV.  John  Bucher,4  (JobD,^  Jobu,^  Claus,i)b.  December 
4,  1619 ;  d.  July  4,  1675;  Landschreiber  (clerk  of  the  courts) 
in  Neukircli,  in  the  Canton  of  Schaffhausen,  from  1642  to 
1648  ;  m.,  May  20,  1644,  Maria  Burtin.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Catharine,  b.  August  1,1645;  m.  John  Kolbmar,  M.  D. 
n.  Dorothea,  h.  May  31, 1650 ;  m.  Jeremiah  Oswald. 

5.  Hi.  John,  b.  1652  ;  m.  Maria  Bellar. 

6.  iv.  Henry,  h.  1654;  m.  Barbara  Biggler. 

7.  r.  Jo/i)?- OonracZ,  b.  1656;  m.  Margaretta  Mentrengern. 

8.  vi.  John-Jacob,  b.  1658;  m.  Elizabeth  Steiner. 

Y.  John  Bucher,^  (John,^  John,^  John,^  Glaus,'')  b.  1652  ; 
clerk  of  the  courts,  1683  ;  Vogt,  (magistrate,)  April  15,  1696  ; 
Oberlandtmeister,  (superintendent  of  woods  and  forests,)  April 
14,  1702 ;  Zumftmeister,  (master  of  a  corporation  or  guild,) 
July  1,  1703  ;  Ohervogt  ilber  Lohn,  (master  of  loans,)  August 
24,  1705  ;  m.  Maria  Bellar,     They  had  issue  : 

i.  John,  b.  May  2,  1676. 
ii.  Henry,  b.  January  10,  1678. 
Hi.  Anna-Maria,  b.  April  16,  1679;  m.  J.  Fogle. 
iv.  Margaretta,  b.  September  7,  1680. 

13.  Barbara,  b.  June  24,  1683. 

vi.  Ferdinand,  (first,)  b.  August  12,  1685 ;  died  in  infancy. 
vH.  Ferdinand,  (second,)  b.  April  7,  1691. 

YI.  Henry  Bucher,^  (John,^  John,^  John,^  Glaus, ^)  b. 
1654 ;  Haiiptman  ilber  eine  stadt  comp.,  (chief  burgess ;)    Wage- 


Biicher  Family.  105 

meister  in  der   Oherzee  waag,  (weighmaster,)  Oberzee,  July  2, 
1683  ;  m.  Barbaea  Biggler.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Maria,  h.  July  19,  1672;  ni.  William  Moorbach. 

ii.   Veronica,  (first,)  b.  Mny  20,  1674. 

Hi.  Casper,  b.  February  1,  1677. 

iv.  JnJm,  (first,)  b.  June  2,  1679. 
V.  John,  (second,)  b.  July  7,  1680. 

vi.  Henry,  b.  July  30,  1682 ;  d.  July  8, 1753  ;  goldschmidt ;  m., 
August  22,  1706,  Catharine  Yeith,  and  Lad  Barbara, 
Henry,  John,  Conrad,  Catharine,  John-Casper,  b.  June 
6,  1720,  and  John-George. 

vii.   Veronica,  (second,)  b.  July  24,  1686. 

VII.  John  Conrad  Bucher.s  (John,*  JoTiiij^  John,^ 
Glaus,  1)  b.  1656;  d.  August  30,  1739;  m.  Margaretta 
Mentrengerk     They  had  issue : 

i.  Margaret,  b.  June  22.  1690. 
ii.  John,  (first,)  b.  May  30,  1691. 
Hi.  Magdalena,  b.  May  16,  1693. 
iv.  Barbara,]).  December  19,  1695;  m.,  1715,  Sebastin  Nie- 

wiler,  of  Englisshausen. 
V.  Elizabeth,  h.  April  15,  1698;  m.  J.  Conrad  Swenck. 
vi.  Dorothea,  b.  June  14,  1700;  m.  George  Shultze. 
vii.  John,  (second,)  b.  April  4, 1703;   goldschmidt;    m.,  first, 

Elizabeth  Yeith  ;  m.,  second,  Elizabeth  Stabin. 
viii.  Catharine,  b.  July  9,  1706. 
ix.   ZJrsitZa,  b.  August  9,  1713. 

YIII.  John  Jacob  Bucher,^  (John,*  John,^  JohD,^  Glaus,  ^) 
b.  1658;  d.  July  28,  1707;  May  16,  1687,  Grosswaihel,  (an 
officer  of  the  court;)  m.  November  5,  1685,  Elizabeth 
Steiner.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Maria,  b.  April  30,  1691. 
ii.  John,  b.  July  9,  1692. 
Hi.  Emanuel,  (first,)  b.  February  3,  1695. 
iv.  Elizabeth,  (first,)  b.  July  5,  1696. 
V.  Emanuel,  (second,)  b.  August  ],  1697. 
9.      vi.  John- Jacob,  b.  January  1,  1699;  m.  Dorothea  Burgauer. 
vii.  Emanuel,  (third,)  b.  June  30,  1700. 
viii.  John-Henry,  b.  May  24, 1702. 
ix.  Bernhart,  b.  June  1,  1704. 
X.  Elizabeth,  (second,)  b.  June  15,  1706. 


106  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

IX.  JoH^^  Jacob  Bucher,"  (John- Jacob,  ^  John/  Jolin,^ 
John,2  Claus,!)  b.  January  1,-1699;  d.  in  1788;  Landvogt  im 
Neukirch.^  (Grovernor  of  Neukirch  ]y^  m.  December  13,  1725, 
Dorothea  Burgauer.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Anna-Maria,  (first,)  b.  ISTovember  2,  1726. 
a.  John- Jacob,  b.  August  9,  1728. 
10.      Hi.  John-Conrad,    h.    June  10,   17.30;    m.   Mary   Magdalena 
Hoch. 
iv.  Mary -Elizabeth,  b.  May  16,  1732;  d.  March  26,  1826  ;  m. 
first.  Doctor  Ott ;  m.  secondly,  the  Hon.  John  COnrad 
Pyre;  d.  February  22,  1812. 
V.  Anna-Maria,  (second,)  b.  August  19,  1734. 
vi.  John,  b.  August  26,  1737. 

X.  John"  Conrad  Bucher,''  (John -Jacob,"  John-Jacob,^ 
John,^  John,3  John,^  01aus,i)  b.  Juue  10,  1730,  in  Neukirch, 
Canton  of  Schaffhausen,  Switzerland.  Educated  for  the  minis- 
try of  the  Grerraan  Reformed  Church  at  the  Universities  of 
Gottingen,  Basle,  and  St.  Gall.  Arrived  in  the  Province  of 
Pennsylvania  in  1755.  The  French  and  Indian  war  being  in 
progress  he  entered  the  Provincial  army,  and  was  commissioned 
ensign  April  1,  1758,  and  stationed  at  Fort  Louther,  Carlisle. 
Served  in  Forbes'  great  expedition  against  Fort  Duquesne  in 
1758.  April  19,  1760,  promoted  to  the  lieutenancy,  and  July 
12,  1764,  commissioned  as  adjutant,  and  promoted  to  a  cap- 
taincy on  the  31st  of  the  same  month.  Served  in  Bouquet's 
expeditions  against  the  Indians  in  1763  and  1764,  {Peyin^a 
Arch.  sec.  series,  vi.)  As  remuneration  and  rewa^^d  to  the  officers 
for  their  services,  the  Proprietaries  appropriated  twenty-four 
thousand  acres  of  land  to  be  distributed  among  them  accord- 
ing to  rank,  of  which  Captain  Bucher  drew  six  hundred  and 
sixteen  acres  in  Buffalo  valley,  now  Union  county,  and  five 
hundred  and  forty  acres  on  the  north  side  of  Bald  Eagle,  in- 
cluding mouth  of  Marsh  creek,  in  Centre  county.  This  was 
known  as  the  officer's  survey.  Peace  witli  the  French  and 
Indians  having  been  secured,  he  resigned  liis  commission  in 
1765,  and  thenceforward  devoted  his  time  and  labors  to  the 

*His  seal  of  office  was  in  the  possession  of  his  great-grandson,  the 
late  George  Horter  Bucher. 


Bucher  Family.  107 

ministry,  serving  with  zeal  and  self-abnegation  the  churches 
at  Falling  Spring.  (Chambersburg,)  Shippensburg,  Carlisle, 
Humraelstown,  etc.,  etc.,  until  the  year  1768,  when  he  accepted 
the  call  to  the  German  Reformed  Church  at  Lebanon,  then 
Lancaster  connty,  whither  he  removed  his  family  in  1769. 
Here  he  remained,  oflEiciating  statedly  and  serving  the  several 
congregations  in,  then,  Lancaster  and  Cumberland  counties, 
until  his  death,  actually  dying  "in  harness,"  August  15,  1780, 
and  was  buried  in  the  graveyard  of  the  church  of  which  he 
was  pastor.  An  ancient-looking  sandstone,  inscription  in  Ger- 
man, in  which  language  he  usually  preached,  marks  the  spot. 
The  Rev.  Bucher  m.  February  26,  1760,  at  Carlisle,  by  the 
Rev.  George  Duffield,  Mary  Magdalena  Hoch,  daughter  of 
George  Hoch,  one  of  the  very  earliest  citizens  of  York,  Pa., 
(and  of  his  wife,  who  was  of  the  Lefevre  family — French 
Huguenots;)  b.  February  2, 1742  ;  d.  at  Alexandria,  Pa.,  March 
11,  1819.     They  had  issue: 

11.  i.  John-Jacoh^  b.  January  1,1764;  m.  Susannah  Margaret 

Hortter. 
ii.  John-George,  b.  October  4, 1766,  at  Carlisle,  Pa. ;  d.  March, 

1843,  at  Lebanon,  Pa. 
m.  Anna-Borothea,h.  July  1,1769,  in  Lebanon  ;  d.  September 

3, 1770. 
ir.  Eleanorn-Borothea,  b.   April  23,  1772,  in  Lebanon;   d. 

October  18,  1772. 
V.  Maria- Elizabeth,  b.  April  8,  1773,  in  Lebanon  ;  d.  April, 

1791. 

12.  vi.  John-Conrad,  b.  June  18,  1775;  m.  Hannah  Mytinger. 

XL  John  Jacob  Bucher,'^  (John-Conrad,^  John- Jacob, ^ 
John-Jacob,^  John,*  John,'''  John,^  Claus,^)b.  January  1,  1764, 
in  Carlisle,  Pa.  In  1790,  located  in  Harrisburg  as  a  haticr 
and  furrier ;  in  1796,  elected  coroner  of  Dauphin  county ;  in 
1798,  appointed  justice  of  the  peace  by  Governor  Mifflin ;  and 
represented  Dauphin  county  in  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature, 
sitting  at  Lancaster,  nine  successive  terms  from  1803.  In  1810, 
he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Snyder  one  of  the  commis- 
sioners for  the  erection  of  the  public  buidings  at  Harrisburg. 
In  1818,  appointed  by  Governor  Findlay  an  associate  judge 
for  the  county  of  Dauphin.     Endowed  with  great  wisdom  and 


108  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

sagacity,  and  of  unimpeachable  integrity  and  honesty,  he  was 
called  upon  to  fill  many  public  and  private  trusts  of  honor 
and  responsibility.  He  d.  October  16,  1827,  and  his  remains 
now  lie  in  the  Harrisburg  cemetery.  Judge  Bucher  m.  March 
27,  1792,  Susannah  Maegaret  Hortter,  one  of  the  five 
daughters  of  John  Valentine  Hortter,  of  Spires,  Bavaria,  who 
settled  in  Harrisburg  in  1785.  She  was  born  in  Germantown 
September  24:,  177-1 ;  d.  in  Harrisburg,  December  30,  1838. 
They  had  issue,  all  born  in  Harripburg : 

13.  i.  John-Conrad,  b.  December  28,  1792;  m.  Ellen  Isett. 

'  a.  Mary-Elizabeth,  b.  April  23,  1795;   m.   William    Ayres. 

(see  Ayres  record.) 

14.  in.  Georcie-Horter,  h.  Jnne  15,1797;  m.,  first,  EebeccaPool; 

m.,  secondly,  Hannah  Hough. 
iv.  Maria-Magdalena,  b.  January  27, 1800;  d.  April  27,  1801. 
-  15.       V.  Maria,  b.  March  4, 1802 ;  m.  Joseph  Lawrence. 

vi.  Eleanor,  b.  August  15.  1804  ;  d.  April  15,  1884  ;  m.  Kobert 

Allen,      (see  Allen  of  Hanover.) 
vii.  Jacob,  b.  March  26,  1807  ;  drowned  in  the  Susquehanna 
river,  July  21,  1809. 
16.    via.  Susan-Dorothea,  b.  August  22,1810;  m.,  first,  David  M. 
Johnson  ;  secondly,  Robert  Bryson. 

XII.  John  Conrad  Bucher,  ^  (John-Conrad,^  John- 
Jacob,^  John- Jacob, s  John,*  John,^  John,^  Claus,i)  b.  in 
Lebanon,  Pa.,  June  18,  1775  ;  d.  October  21,  1852  ;  merchant 
in  Alexandria,  Huntingdon  county.  Pa. ;  postmaster  from  1812 
to  1815 ;  represented  Huntingdon  county  in  the  State  Legis- 
lature, 1815  to  1818  ;  county  commissioner,  1825  to  1828  ;  m., 
December  10,  1799,  H^^nnah  Mytinger,  dau.  of  Captain 
Jacob  Mytinger,  of  the  Revolutionary  army,  and  member  of 
the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati.  She  d.  August  15,  1863 ;  both 
buried  in  Alexandria  cemetery.     They  had  issue : 

Maria,  b.  May  3,  1801 ;  m.  John  Porter. 

Ann  Dorothy,  b.  October  22,  1803;  m.  Charles  Porter. 

Elizabeth,  b.  June  30,  1806  ;  d.  Febuary  20,  1869  ;  unm. 

Susannah,  b.  November  17,  1808 ;  m.  Daniel  Houtz. 

Hannah,  b.  May  17,  1811  ;  d.  July  10,  1884;  m.,  June  10, 
1830,  William  Swoope,  M.  D.,  of  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  and 
had  (surname  Swoope)  :  H.  Bucher,  United  States  Dis- 
trict Attorney,  Pittsburgh ;  Caroline  E.,  Granville, 
William,  Hannah,  Clara,  and  George. 


17. 

i. 

18. 

a. 

Hi. 

19. 

iv. 

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vi.  CaroZwe,  b.  May  8, 1814 ;d.  September  10, 1884;  m.,  January 
5,  1841,  John  Hatfield,  iron-master,  of  Chester  county, 
Pa.,  who  d.  1843.  They  had  Charles-P.;  m.  Ellen  Kry- 
der.  dau.  of  George  S.  Kryder. 

vii.  John-Jacoh,  M.  D.,  b.  March  25,  1817;  d.  May,  1845;  m. 
Ann  Thompson,  dau.  of  Reverend  James  Thompson,  of 
Alexandria,  Pa. 

20.  viii.  George-Conrad,  b.  November  15, 1821 ;  m.  Susan  Scott. 

XIII.  John  Conrad  Bucher,  ^  ( John- Jacob, ^  John-Con- 
rad,''' John- Jacob, "^  John- Jacob, ^  John,"*  John,^  John,^  Claus,^) 
b.  December  28,  1792;  d.,  suddenly,  October  26,  1851.  In 
early  life  v^^as  engaged  in  merchandising;  in  1830,  elected  to 
represent  Dauphin  and  Lebanon  counties  in  the  twenty-second 
Congress  of  the  United  States ;  appointed  by  Grovernor  Porter, 
in  1839,  an  associate  judge  of  the  courts  of  Dauphin  county, 
which  office  he  held  for  twelve  years.  He  was  a  man  of  en- 
larged views  and  of  public  spirit,  unsullied  reputation  and  un- 
impeachable integrity,  engaged  in  all  the  public  enterprises  of 
his  day,  and  held  various  positions  of  honor  and  responsibility. 
Many  years  a  school-director  and  president  of  the  board  of  ed- 
ucation of  his  native  city,  Hamsburg.  A  member  and  an 
officer  of  the  German  Reformed  congregation  at  home,  he  was 
one  of  the  leading  laymen  in  the  ecclesiastical  councils  of  the 
church ;  treasurer  of  one  of  its  boards  and  of  its  theological 
seminary.  Judge  Bucher  m.,  January  17,  1820,  Ellen  Isett, 
daughter  of  Jacob  Isett,  of  Huntingdon  county.  Pa.,  b.  Sep- 
tember 10,  1797 ;  d.  March  6,  1881 ;  both  buried  in  Harris- 
burg  cemetery,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  founders.  They 
had  issue,  all  b.  in  Harrisburg : 

i.  Maria-Elizabeth,  b.  May  8,  1821 ;  d.  April  18, 1824. 

21.  ii.  John-Conrad,  b.  April  14,  1827;  m.  Isabella  M.  Jacoby. 
Hi.  ISusan,m.,  June  4,  1867 ,  Alexander  Ray,  esquire,  of  Wash- 
ington city,  who  d.  July,  1878. 

iv.  lillen  (twin);  d.  January  25, 1877,  in  Harrisburg. 
V.  Eliza-Isett,  m.,  September  18,  1855,  Richard  H.  Hummel, 
of  Harrisburg. 

XIV.  George  Horter  Bucher,^  (Joh n- Jacob, ^  John- 
Conrad,''  John- Jacob, ^  John- Jacob, ^  John,'*  John,^  John,^ 
Clans,  1)  b.   June  15,  1797.     He  was  educated  in  the  Latin 


110  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

schools  of  the  borough  and  in  the  Ilarrisburg  acadeinv.  In 
early  life  he  was  engaged  in  merchandising.  In  1836,  he  re- 
moved to  Cumberland  county,  Pa.,  locating  at  what  is  known 
as  Bucher's  Mill,  on  the  Conedoguinet.  He  soon  became  one 
of  the  men  of  mark  of  the  valley,  and  quite  prominent  in 
public  affairs.  He  represented  Cumberland  county  in  the 
State  Senate  during  the  years  1863,  '64,  and  '65.  Since  that 
period  he  has  been  leading  a  retired  life  at  Mechanicsburg, 
honored  and  respected  by  his  fellow-citizens.  He  died  there, 
of  paralysis,  on  Thanksgiving  Day,  November  27,  1884,  in 
his  eighty-eighth  year,  and  his  remains  were  interred  in  Chest- 
nut Hill  cemetery.  Mr.  Bucher  was  twice  married  ;  m.,  first, 
October  15,  1822,  Rebecca  Pool,  of  Harrisburg,  who  d.  June 
19,  1829,  s.  p. ;  m.,  secondly.  May  19, 1831,  Hannah  Hough, 
b.  April  15,  1811 ;  dau.  of  Joseph  Hough,  of  Bainbridge,  Lan- 
caster count}^,  Pa.     They  had  issue  : 

%.  Mary-Houqh,h.  March  9,1832;  m.  Abraham  H.  Mussel- 
man,  iron-master,  of  Marietta,  Pa.,  who  d.  February 
17,  1877,  and  had  (surname  Musselman) :  Annie- Bertha, 
George-B.j  Charles-H.,  Ellen-JB.,  and  Henry-P. 
ii.  Bebecca,  b.  May  20,  1834;  m.,  September  9,  1854,  George 
W.  Scott,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  and  had  (surname  Scott): 
George-Bucher,     Annie-IrtDin,      Mary-Hough,     Nellie- 
Bucher,  and  Bessie-Hough. 
Hi.  George,  b.  September  6,  1835;  d.  March  8,  1837. 
iv.  Susan-Bofothea,  b.  April  8,  1837  ;  d.  November  24,  1838. 
22.       V.  RoheH-Allen,  b.  February  18,  1840;  m.  Mary  Young. 

vi.  Ellen,  b.   December  24,  1841 ;   m.,  November  29,  1883, 
George  Mytinger  Cresswell,of  Petersburg,  Huntingdon 
county,  Pa. 
vii.  Anna-Caroline,  b.  October  11,  1843. 

viii.  Clara-Maria,  b.  November  10,  1846;  m.,  first,  September 
19,  1867,  Alfred  M.  Scott,  of  Alexandria,  Huntingdon 
county.  Pa.;  d.  September  21,  1876,  in  Savannah,  Ga., 
of  yellow  fever;  and  they  had  (surname  Scott) :  Ralph- 
B.,  Carrie,  and  Irwin;  m.,  secondly,  September  11, 1884, 
L.  Mallard  Cassels,  of  Decatur,  Ga. 
ix.  Hannah- Cordelia,  b.  March  24,  1849. 
X.  John-George,  b.  March  23,  1851;  m.  Elizabeth   Addams 

Small  wood,  of  New  Jersey. 
xi.  Joseph-HouQh,  b.  July  27,1857;  d.  April  8,  1860. 


Bucher  Family.  Ill 

XY.  Maria  Bucher,'^  (John- Jacob, ^  Jolm-Conrad,''  John- 
Jacob, 6  John- Jacob, 5  John,^  John,^  Jobri,^  Clans,!)  b.  March 
■'.  1802,  in  Harrisbui'g,  Pa.;  d.  April  19,  1861;  bnr.  in  the 
cemewpy  at  Harrisbnrg ;  m.,  September  4,  1823,  Joseph  Law- 
^.ZHQ^,  b.  in  1788,  in  Adams  county,  Pa.  ;  d.  April  17,  1842, 
in  the  city  of  Washington  ;  bnr.  in  the  Congressional  burying- 
ground.  His  grandfather,  John  ..Lawrence,  of  English  birth, 
emigrated  to  America  at  an  early  day,  and  settled  near  Hun- 
terstown,  Adams  connty ,  Pa.  There  he  married  Sarah  Moffitt, 
by  whom  he  had  ten  children.  John  Lawrence  died  about 
1789,  and  three  years  afterward  his  widow  removed  with  her 
family  to  Washington  connty.  Pa.,  and  settled  on  a  farm  lying 
upon  the  headwaters  of  Pigeon  creek.  Of  the  sons  of  John 
Lawrence,  John  settled  at  Beaver,  Pa. ;  twice  represented  the 
county  in  the  Legislature,  subsequently  removing  to  Delaware 
connty,  Ohio,  where  he  died.  Samuel  followed  his  brother  to 
Beaver  county,  and  located  upon  a  farm.  He  was  nine  years 
prothonotary  of  the  connty,  and  twice  elected  to  the  State  As- 
sembly. He  died  about  1828.  Joseph  Lawrence,  the  youngest 
of  the  family,  remained  in  Washington  connty ;  in  1818  was 
chosen  to  the  Legislature,  and  served  continuously  nntil  1826, 
being  Speaker  of  the  House  during  the  sessions  of  1820  and 
1822.  From  1825  to  1829,  he  was  a  member  of  Congress;  in 
1834  and  1835,  returned  to  the  Legislature,  and  in  1836  elected 
State  Treasurer.  In  1838,  he  was  a  candidate  for  Congress,  de- 
feated by  seventeen  votes,  but  elected  in  1840,  and  died  during 
service  therein.  Mr.  Lawrence  had  been  previously  married. 
His  first  wife  was  Pebecca  Yan  Eman,  and  their  children  were 
Joseph^  George-  Y.,  SaraA^  and  Samuel,  d.  s.  p.  Maria  Bucher 
and  Joseph  Lawrence  had  issue  (surname  Lawrence): 

i.  John- Jacob, h.  March  7,1827;  railroad  superintendent;  re- 
sides in  Alleglieny  City,  Pa.;  m  ,  May  10, 1854,  Annie 
E.  Watson,  (b.  January  15,1830,)  of  I^ortluimberland 
county.    They  had  issue  : 

1.  William- Watsooi,  b.  April  22,  1859. 

2.  Maria-Teresa,  b.  March  31,  1861. 

3.  Ann  a- Margaret,  b.  January  1,  1864. 

4.  John-Jacob,  b.  October  5,  1865. 

5.  Susan-Mary ,  b.  January  17,  1868. 


il2  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

%%.  Ja^nes-Kennedy,  b.  January  14,  lcS30,  in  Washington 
county,  Pa.-,  an  officer  of  the  United  States  army  dur- 
ing the  war  of  the  Rebellion ;  resigned  to  enter  into 
mercantile  pursuits  ;  resides  at  Reynoldsville,  Pa.;  m., 
first,  Mary  Sbmerville,  of  Elk  county,  Pa.,  and  h'*'^ 
Charles  and  Julia ;  m.  secondly,  Eleanor  Isett. 

in.  Willia7n-Caldwell- Anderson,  b.  May  18,  1832;  d.  April  21, 
1860,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  was  educated  at  Washington 
College,  where  he  graduated  in  1850 ;  came  to  Harris- 
burg, and  began  the  study  of  law  with  John  C.  Kunkel. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  Dauphin  county  bar  August  31, 
1853,  and  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  at 
Harrisburg,  as  law  partner  of  Mr.  Kunkel.  He  was 
elected  to  the  Legislature  in  1857, 1858,  and  1859,  and  was 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  sessions  of  1859 
and  1860.  Mr.  Lawrence  was  remarkable  for  genius  of  a 
rare  order,  and  his  success  at  the  bar  and  in  public  life 
at  the  commencement  of  his  career  gave  promise  of  a 
future  of  extraordinary  brilliancy,  frustrated  by  his 
early  death. 

iv.  Samuel-Moffitt,  b.  December  14,  1835,  in  Washington 
county,  Pa. ;  d.  October  17, 1864,  in  Warren,  Pa. ;  buried 
in  the  cemetery  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  His  father's  death 
occurring  when  he  was  six  years  old,  his  mother  re- 
moved, two  years  later,  to  Harrisburg,  her  former  home, 
where  she  continued  to  reside  during  the  remainder  of 
her  life,  and  there  Samuel  received  his  principal  educa- 
tion, although  attending  Jefferson  College  for  a  time. 
From  boyhood  he  was  a  remarkable  student,  and  had  a 
perfect  hunger  for  knowledge.  At  an  early  age  he 
adopted  the  profession  of  civil  engineering,  and  was 
engaged  in  the  survey  of  the  Huntingdon  and  Broad 
Top  railroad,  and  afterwards  on  the  Sunbury  and  Erie, 
(now  Philadelphia  and  Erie,)  and  continued  on  it  until 
its  completion  in  1864.  He  was  perfectly  familiar  with 
every  part  of  the  road,  and  had  traveled  it  all  on  foot 
from  Sunbury  to  Erie.  He  was  one  of  the  four  original 
contractors  who  built  the  Oil  Creek  railroad,  and  was 
chief  engiheer  of  it.  He  was  also  engaged  in  the  survey 
of  the  Warren  and  Franklin  railroad  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  was  nominated  by  the  Republican  party  in 
the  counties  of  Clearfield,  McKean,  Jefferson,  and  Elk 
for  the  Legislature,  and  represented  them  in  the  term  of 
1860-61,  thus  spending  this  winter  in  Harrisburg,  his  old 
home.  Not  having  a  taste  for  politics,  he  declined  fur- 
ther nomination.    The  last  three  or  four  vears  of  his 


Backer  Family.  113 

life  he  resided  at  Warren.  Mr.  Lawrence  m.  April  4, 
1864,  Hannah  Green,  daughter  of  Hon,  John  Green,  of 
German  town.  Pa.;  no  issue. 
V.  Susan-Bucher,  b.  October  19,  1838 ;  m.  Myron  Sanford,  of 
Erie.  Pa.,  where  they  reside,  and  had  issue,  (surname 
Sanford):  Henry-Lawrence^  h.  May  16,  1870. 

XVI.  Susan  Dorothea  Bucher,^  (John- Jacob, «  John- 
Conrad,''  John-Jacob,  "^  John-Jacob,  ^  John,^'  JohD,^  John,^ 
Glaus, ^)b.  August  22,  1810,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  -was  twice 
married;  m.,  first,  June  17,  1830,  David  M.  Johnson^,  of 
Beaver  county.  Pa.,  of  Irish  descent,  whose  ancestral  family 
included  the  difitinguished  Sir  William  Johnson,  Superinten- 
dent-General of  Indian  Affairs  in  North  America.  He  d. 
March  23,  1836.     They  had  issue  (surname  Johnson): 

i.  Anna- Catharine,  b.  April  8,  1831;  m.  October  13,1853, 
William  B.  Irwin,  of  Cumberland  county,  Pa.,  and  had 
Allen  and  James-Irvine, 
a.  John-JBucher,  b.  January  26, 1833,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the  town  and  in 
Captain  Partridge's  military  school,  but  completed  his 
education  at  Washington  College,  Pa.,  where  he  gradu- 
ated in  the  class  of  1852.  He  adopted  civil  engineering 
as  his  profession,  and  until  1861  was  engaged  in  several 
of  the  public  improvements  in  this  State.  At  the  break- 
ing out  of  the  Rebellion  he  entered  the  Eleventh  Penn- 
sylvania regiment,  Colonel  Jarrett,  and  was  appointed 
captain  of  a  company  from  Pittston.  On  May  14,  1861, 
he  was  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  General 
Cameron,  first  lieutenant  in  the  Sixth  Cavalry  of  the 
Regular  Army,  and  was  subsequently  made  brevet- 
major  and  lieutenant-colonel  for  meritorious  service. 
He  became  captain  by  regular  promotion  February  3, 
1875.  He  served  on  the  staff  of  General  Hancock  at 
Baltimore,  and  at  New  Orleans,  and  was  afterwards  as- 
signed to  several  stations  in  Texas.  In  April,  1870,  he 
was  obliged  to  leave  Texas  on  account  of  failing  health, 
and  returned  to  his  home  at  Harrisburg,  where  he  died 
June  24,  1871. 

Mrs.  Johnson,  m.,  secondly,  June  8,  1841,  Eobert  Bryson 
Esq.,  of  Cumberland  county,  Pa. ;  was  elected  associate  judge 
of  Cumberland   county  in   1861 ;   resides  in   Harrisburg,  Pa. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Bryson) : 
8 


114  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

in.  William-  ffarkness,  b.  March  14, 1842 ;  resides  in  Dillsburg, 

York  county,  Pa. 
iv.  George-Bucher,  h.  September  27,  1844. 
V.  Robert,  b.  October  30, 184(>;  d.  August  16,  1880 ;  educated 

at  the  Pennsylvania  Agricultural  College. 
vi.  James  McCormick,  b.  December  14, 1848 ;  d.  March  13, 1851 . 
vii.  Ellen. 

viii.  Susan-JBucher,  m.  May  14, 1880,  Henry  J.  Maris,  of  Phila- 
delphia, and  had  issue,  Dorothea. 

XYII.  Maria  Bucher,'^  (John- Conrad,^  John-Conrad, '^ 
John-Jacob,^  John-Jacob,^  John,'*  John,^  John,^  Claus,^)  b. 
May  3,  1801;  m.  March  13,  1821,  John  Porter,  b.  Septem- 
ber 9,  1797 ;  d.  March.  24,  1881 ;  a  merchant  of  Alexandria, 
Huntingdon  county.  Pa.     They  had  issue  (surname  Porter) : 

i.  Thomas-Conrad.,  a  Doctor  of  Divinity,  and  at  present 
Professor  of  Botany,  etc.,  in  Lafayette  College,  Easton  ; 
has  published  several  works  of  value;  m.  Susan  Kunkel, 
of  Hanisburg,  Pa.,  (see  Kunkel  record,)  and  had  issue: 

1.  Mary,  m.  Peter- Vivian-Daniel  Conway. 

2.  John-Kunkel. 

3.  Catharine-Kunkel,   m.    Eev.    Samuel   A. 

Martin  of  Lebanon,  Pa. 
ii.  Mary-E.,  m.  Samuel  Milliken,  of  Lewistown,  Pa.,  and 
they  had  issue  (surname  Milliken) :  James,  Allan,  Bosa- 
Gemmill,  and  Anna-Potter. 
Hi.  George-Budier,  m.  Sarah  W.  Lyon,  of  Pennsylvania  Fur- 
nace,   (see  Lyon  record.) 
iv.  Clara,  m.  Samuel  T.  Charlton,  M.  D.,  a  prominent  physi- 
cian at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and  had  issue  (surname  Charl- 
ton) :    Paul,  an  attorney  at   Harrisburg,  John-Porter, 
and  Clara. 
V.  Anna- Caroline,  m.   George   W.   Lyon,   of  Pennsylvania 

Furnace,    (see  Lyon  record.) 
vi.  Jokn-Montgomerv,  m.  Rebecca  Moore,  of  Alexandria. 
vii.  Howard,  m.  Kathleen  Banks,  daughter  of  Hon.  Thaddeus 

Banks,  of  Hollidaysburg. 
viii.  Eleanor,  m.  oSTovember,  1865,  Augustus  S.  Landis,  of 
Hollidaysburg,  Pa.,  b.  June  4,  1834,  in  Pennington,  N. 
J.,  son  of  Dr.  Joseph  A.  Landis;  studied  law  with 
Samuel  Calvin,  and  admitted  to  the  Blair  county  bar 
in  1857,  of  which  he  has  become  one  of  the  leaders.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Constitutional  Con- 
vention of  1873. 

XVIII.  Ann   Dorothy  Bucher,"  (John-Conrad, »  John- 


Bucher  Family.  115 

Conrad,''  John- Jacob,  ^  John -Jacob,  ^  John,4  John,^  John,^ 
Glaus,!)  b.  October  22, 1803  ;  d.  April  19, 1879,  in  Alexandria, 
Huntingdon  county,  Pa. ;  m.  March  3, 1824,  Charles  Porter, 
merchant  at  Alexandria.     Thej  had  issue  (surname  Porter) : 

i.  Caroline. 

a.  John. 

in.  Alfred. 

iv.  Calvin. 

V.  Mary. 

XIX.  Susannah  Bucher,''  (John-Conrad, ^  John-Conrad,'' 
John- Jacob, '^  John- Jacob, ^  John,*  John,^  John,^  CIaus,i)  b. 
November  17,  1808  ;  d.  February  14, 1878  ;  m.  July  21,  1829, 
Daniel  Houtz,  b.  April  15,  1807,  in  Lebanon,  Pa. ;  d.  Sep- 
tember 20,  1873,  in  Alexandria,  Huntingdon  county,  Pa.  ;  son 
of  Christian  Houtz  and  his  wife,  Anna  Elizabeth  Zellers ;  re- 
ceived an  academic  education,  studied  medicine  with  Doctor 
James  Charlton,  and  graduated  from  Jefferson  Medical  College 
in  1832;  located  at  iilexandria,  where  he  practiced,  his  profes- 
sion until  near  the  close  of  his  long  life;  both  he  and  his  wife 
are  buried  in  the  Alexandria  Presbyterian  cemetery.  They 
had  issue,  all  born  in  Alexandria,  Pa.  (surname  Houtz) : 

i.  Hannah-Elizabeth,  b,  August  24,  1830;  m.  Ueorge  M. 
Brisbin,  a  banker,  and  editor  of  the  Osceola  Reveille, 
and  had  Sicsan-B. 

a.  John- Bucher,  b.  jSTovember  30, 1832;  d.  April  30,1836. 

iii.  George- BlcClellan,  b.  September  24,  1835;  graduated  at 
Jefferson  College,  Canonsburg  ;  studied  law  with  Hon. 
John  Scott,  of  Huntingdon  ;  admitted  to  the  bar  April 
13,  1857 ;  located  at  Lock  Haven  until  failure  of  health 
compelled  him  to  relinquish  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion ;  d.  June 9, 1861,  in  Alexandria,  Pa. 

iv.  Eliza-Bucher,h.  June  27,  1838;  m.  Daniel  Good,  M.  D.,  of 
Osceola,  and  had,  among  others,  George-M.  H.,  Eliza- 
beih-B.,  David-D.,  and  Clara-Houtz. 
V.  Clara-Porter yh.  April  16, 1841 ;  m.  H.  J.  McAteer,  esquire, 
member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature  in  1870  and 
1871,  and  elected  Senator  from  the  Huntingdon  district 
in  1884 ;  resides  in  Alexandria,  Pa.  They  had  Dorothea- 
Bucher. 

XX.  George  Conrad  Buchee,^  (John-Conrad,  ^  John-Con- 
rad,'' John- Jacob,  6  John- Jacob,  ^  John,-^  John,^  John,^  Clans,  i) 


116  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

b.  November  15,  1821 ;  d.  February  3, 1868  ;  merchant  of  Al- 
exandria, Huntingdon  county,  Pa.;  m.  December  9,  1845, 
Susan  Scott,  dau.  of  the  Hon.  John  Scott,  of  Alexandria, 
Pa.,  and  had  issue : 

i.  John-Conrad,  b.  January  12,  1847  ;  m.  December  20, 1880, 

Marian  Bidwell,  of  Rome,  Ga. 
ii.  Hannah-M.,  b.  January  15,  1850. 
m.  Annie-Irwin,  b.  Marcli  2,  1852;   m.  December  12,  1872, 

John  N.  Hatfield,  of  Alexandria,  Pa. 
iv.  Eliza,  b.  July  27,  1851;  m.  March  21,  1878,  John  Phillips, 

of  Alexandiia,  Pa. 
V.  Mary^h.  October  10, 1857. 
vi.  Oeorge-Scott,  b.  February  13,  1859;  m.  August  26,  1884, 

Rose  Douglass,  of  Altoona. 
vii.  Susnn-Scott,  b.  January  15,  1863. 
via.  Caroline,  b.  December  31,  1865. 
ix.  Alfred-Scott,  b.  March  10, 1867. 

XXI.  John  Conrad  Bucher,!",  (John-Conrad, ^  John- 
Jacob,^  John-Conrad, '^  John- Jacob, "^  John- Jacob, ^  John,* 
John,3  John,3  Claus,i)  b.  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  April  14,  1827; 
d.  in  Clinton,  Iowa,  March  12,  1870;  merchant;  m.  October 
3,  1853,  Isabella  M.  Jacoby,  b.  September  15,  1832 ;  dau. 
of  Samuel  Jacoby,  of  Montgomery  county,  Pa.  They  had 
issue,  all  born  in  Clinton,  Iowa : 

i.  John-Conrad,  (first,)  b.  January  8, 1855;  d.  in  infancy. 
ii.  Susan,  b.  August  15, 1856;  m.  February  14, 1878,  George 

Gilbert  Bauder,  of  Clinton,  Iowa. 
Hi.  Eleanor,  b.  February  1,1859;  m.,  May  10,  1881,  Edgar 

Marshall  Robison,of  Dubuque,  Iowa. 
iv.  John-Conrad,  (second,)  b.  April  12,  1861 ;  d.  May  1, 1870. 
V.  Isabella,  (twin,)  b.  April  12,  1861 ;  d.  December  30,  1883. 
vi.  George-Horter,  b.  September  15, 1865;  d.  in  infancy. 

XXII.  Robert  Allen  Bucher,!"  (Greorge  H.,**  John- 
Jacob,^  John-Conrad,'''  John- Jacob, ^  John- Jacob, ^  John,* 
John,  3  John,  2  Claus,i)  b.  February  18,  1840;  m.  December 
1,  1870,  Mary  Young,  b.  December  27, 1840 ;  dau.  of  Dr.  Rob- 
ert G.  Young,  of  Mechanicsburg,  Cumberland  county.  Pa. 
They  had  issue,  all  born  in  Mechanicsburg : 

i.  Annetta-Culbertson,  b.  April  27,  1873. 
ii.  George-Hough,  b.  July  11,  1874. 
m.  Mary-Roberta,  b.  July  13,  1878. 


Grain  of  Hanover.  117 


GRAIN  OF  HANOVER. 


1.  William  Crahst,  ^  and  Jean,  his  wife,  natives  of  county 
Down,  Province  of  Ulster,  Ireland,  came  to  America  in  1732, 
and  located  on  the  Manada,  a  branch  of  the  Swatara  creek,  in, 
now,  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  William 
Grain,  b.  1704;  d.  in  1780  ;  his  wife  Jean,  b.  1795 ;  d.  Febru- 
ary 15,  1754,  and  are  buried  in  old  Hanover  Church  grave- 
yard.    They  had  issue,  among  others : 

i.  Ambrose,  b.  1734;  received  a  good  English  education,  and 
was  brought  up  a  farmer.  At  the  outset  of  the  Eevo- 
lution,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Captain  John  Marshal's 
company,  March  25,  ;i776,  and  was  promoted  quarter- 
master sergeant.  Colonel  Samuel  Miles'  battalion  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Line,  July  15, 1776.  At  the  expiration  of 
his  term  of  service,  he  returned  home,  became  lieutenant, 
and  subsequently  captain  of  a  company  of  Associators, 
and  was  in  active  service  during  the  inroads  of  the 
British,  Tories,  and  their  Indian  allies,  in  the  closing 
years  of  the  war  for  independence.  Captain  Crain  re- 
moved to  Loudoun  county,  in  the  Valley  of  Virginia, 
in  1793  or  1794,  and  died  there  a  few  years  subsequent. 

2.  ii.  George,  b,  1736 ;  m.  and  had  issue, 

3.  in.  Joseph,  b.  173S;  m.  Mary  Moore. 

4.  iv.   TTiZh'am,  b.  1740;  m.  Ann  Espy. 

5.  V.  Bidiard,  b.  1743  ;  m.  and  left  issue. 

II.  George  Crain,^  (William, i)  b.  1739;  d.  May  12, 1796; 
was  twice  married;  m., first,  in  1760,  Jean  Sturgeon.  They 
had  issue: 

6.  i.  George,  b.  1761 ;  m.  Martha  Ritchey. 

7.  ii.    William,  h.  1763  ;  m.  Mary  Sawyer. 

Hi.  Jean,  h.  1765 ;  m.  Andrew  Robinson,    (see  Bobinson  of 

Derry  ) 
iv.  James,  b.  1767;  m.  Margaret  McClure. 
V.  Lydia,  b.  1770  ;  m.  James  Ainsworth.    (see  Ainsworth  and 

Andrews.) 
vi.  Jeremiah,  b.  1772;  m.  November  3, 1803,  Ann  Cochran. 


118  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

■  George  Grain,  m.,  secondly,  January  22,  1778,  by  Rev. 
John  Elder;  but  we  have  no  information  as  to  her  name. 
There  was  no  issue. 

Ill  Joseph  Grain,  ^  (William,  i)  b.  1741;  d.  February, 
1789  ;  m.  about  1764,  Mary  Moore,  b.  1744 ;  d.  April  8, 1789  ; 
daughter  of  Andrew  and  Sarah  Moore.*     They  had  issue: 

i,  Andrew,  b.  1765 ;  m.  December  20,  1790,  Jean  Strain  ;  was 
residing  in  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.,  in 
1792. 
ii.  Jean,  b.  December,  1767  ;  d.  May  9,  1830  ;  m.  June  3, 1788, 

John  Barnett,  and  liad  issue,     (see  Barnett  record.) 
in.  George,  b.  1769;  d.  November,  1824. 
iv.   William,  h.  1711. 
v.,  Sarah,  b.  1773;  m.  William  Knox. 
vi.  Joseph,  b.  1775. 
8.     vii.  Bichard- Moore,  b.  1777  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Wliitehill. 
via.  Mary,  b.  1779. 
ix.  John,  b.  1781. 
X.  Nancy,  b.  1783  ;  m.  James  Humes,  of  Lancaster. 

IV.  William  Grain, 2  (William, i)  b.  1740;  d.  January  8, 
1802;  was  a  private  in.  Captain  William  Brown's  company  of 
Associators  in  1776;  m.  Ann  Espy,  b.  1739;  d.  December  12, 
1802.  Mrs.  Ann  Grain's  sister  Abigail  d.  March  5,  1804 ;  m. 
Anthony  McGreight,  d.  February  26,  1804,  leaving  children 
(surname  McGreight) :  Jane,  Sally,  John,  Thomas,  and  Ben- 
jamin. 

Y.  Richard  Grain, ^  (William, i)  b.  about  1741,  in  Han- 
over township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin  county.  Pa. ;  d.  prior 
to  1790,  in  Middleton  township,  Gumberland  county.  Pa. ;  he 
located  west  of  the  Susquehanna  previous  to  the  Revolution, 
and  during  the  struggle  for  independence  was  an  officer  in  one 

*  Andrew  Moore,  of  Deny  township,  Lancaster  county,  Pa., 
d.  October,  1767.    His  children  were : 

i.  Mt2a6e</i,  m.  James  Forster.    (see  For ster  Record.) 

ii.  Agnes,  vl\. Craig. 

Hi.  Mary,  m.  Joseph  Crain. 

iv.  John,  m.  Agnes  Torster,  and  had  William,  Sarah,  and 
Agnes. 
•   V.   William,  m.  June  1,  1761,  Margaret  Wright,  and  had 
Andrew. 


Crain  of  Hanover.  '  119 

of  the  associated  battalions ;  was  at  the  battle  of  Long  Island 
undoT-  Colonel  Frederick  Watts,  and  captured  there,  but  pa- 
roled soon  after  on  account  of  wounds  received  in  the  etigage- 
ment.  We  have  no  knowledge  to  whom  he  was  married.  He 
left  issue : 

i.  Espy,  d.  in  October,  1804,  in  Middleton  township,  Cum- 
berland county,  Pa.;  it  is  stated  that  he  was  a  man  of 
good  education,  and  taught  school  a  number  of  years. 
a.  Elizabeth, 
iii.   William,. 
iv.  George. 

V.  Mary,  m.  James  Hamilton. 
vi.  Jane,  m.  Joseph  Vanhorn,  d.  prior  to  1804,  and  they  had 

Espy  and  Mary, 
vii.  Ann,  m.  Matthew  DilL 
via   Richard. 

VI.  Geoege  Ckain,3  (Greorge,3  William,  i)  b.  1761 ;  d.  prior 
to  1800;  m.  Martha  Eitchey.  Mrs.  Martha  Crain,  subse- 
quently, in  1803,  m.  Major  Egbert  Boal  ;  they  afterwards 
removed  to  Ohio.  The  children  of  George  and  Martha  Crain, 
were : 

^.  Joseph,  b.  July  1, 1789. 
ii.  AndrexD-Lee,  b.  December,  1791. 
Hi.  Martha,  b.  1793. 
iv.  Frances,  b.  1795. 

VII.  William  Grain,  »  (George, ^  William,  i)  b.  1763;  d. 
January  8,  1802  ;  m.  June  24,  1788,  Mary  Sawyer,  daughter 
of  William  and  Jane  Sawyer,  b.  in  1767 ;  d.  about  1820.  They 
had  among  others: 

i.  Mary,  b.  May,  1789. 
ii.   William- Sa'wyer,h.  October,  1791. 

VIII.  EiOHARD  Moore  Crain,  ^  (Joseph,  ^  William,  i)  b.  in 
November,  1777,  in  Hanover  township,  Lancaster  county.  Pa.  ; 
d.  Friday,  September  17,  1852,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  He  re- 
ceived a  fair  education,  and  was  brought  up  on  his  father's 
farm.  He  became  quite  prominent  in  public  affairs  the  first 
decade  of  this  century,  and  during  the  incumbency  of  General 
Andrew  Porter  as  Surveyor  General  of  Pennsylvania,  Mr. 
Crain  received  the  appointment  of  Deputy  Secretary  of  the 
Land  Office,  a  position  he  acceptably  filled  through  all   the 


120  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

clianges  of  administration  for  forty,  years,  until  the  advent  of 
Grovernor  Ritner,  when  he  was  displaced.  He  then  retired  to 
his  farm  in  Cumberland  county,  from  wliich  district  he  was 
sent  a  delegate  to  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  1837,  in 
which  he  was  a  leading  spirit.  During  the  war  of  1812-14, 
he  commanded  a  company  of  volunteers  from  Harrisburg,  and 
was  subsequently  commissioned  colonel  of  the  Pennsylvania 
militia.  Colonel  Crain  m.  Elizabeth  Whitehill,  b.  1771 ; 
d.  October  2, 1848;  daughter  of  Robert  Whitehill  *  and  Eleanor 
Reed.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Br.  Joseph,  b.  December  25,  1803;  d.  April  18,  1876:  m., 
first,  Rebecca  Gibson  Wills ;  second,  Ellen  Chambers, 
and  had  issue  by  both. 
ii.  Eleanor,  m.  Dr.  William  Wilson  Rutherford,    (see  liiither- 

forcl  record.) 
in.  Mary-Adeline,  d.  Marcli  3,  1881,  in  Camden,  N.  J. ;  m., 
first,  Dr.  Joseph  Junkin,  of  Cumberland  county.  Pa. ; 
m.,  secondly,  Dr.  Alexander  T.  Dean  ;  d.  ISTovember  4, 
1834,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  m.,  thirdly,  Isaac  Yanhornof 
Bucks  county,  Pa. 
iv.  Elizabeth,  m.  Leopold  N .  Wikoff ;  b.  August  30,  1800,  in 

Philadelphia;  d.  October  30, 1874,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
V.  Agnes,  d.  unm.  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

*  Robert  Whitehill,  son  of  James  and  Rachel  Whitehill,  wash. 
July  24, 1738,  in  the  Pequea  settlement,  Lancaster  county,  Pa.  He 
was  educated  at  the  school  of  Rev-  Francis  Alison.  In  the  spring 
of  1771,  he  removed  to  Cumberland  county,  locating  on  a  farm  two 
miles  west  of  Harrisburg.  He  was  a  member  of  the  County  Com- 
mittee of  1774-t5;  of  the  Convention  of  July  15,  1776;  of  the  Assem- 
bly, 1776-8;  Council  of  Safety  from  October  to  December,  1777  ;  mem- 
ber of  the  Supreme  Executive  Council,  December  28,  1779,  to  No- 
vember 30, 1781 ;  of  the  Assembly,  1784-7;  under  the  Constitution  of 
1790,  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  from  1797  to  1801, 
and  of  the  Senate  from  1801  to  1804.  During  his  term  as  Senator,  he 
was  Speaker  of  that  body,  and  presided  at  the  celebrated  impeach- 
ment of  the  judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania.  In  1805, 
he  was  elected  to  Congress,  and  continued  to  be  a  member  thereof 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  at  his  residence  on  the  7th  of  April, 
1813.  His  remains  are  interred  at  Silvers  Spring  Presbyterian  grave- 
yard. Mr.  Whitehill  m.  in  1765,  Eleanor  Reed,  daughter  of  Adam 
and  Mary  Reed,  of  Hanover,  in  Lancaster  county,  Pa.,  b.  March  11, 
1734  ;d.  July  15,  1785. 


Cowden  of  Paxtang.  121 


COWDEN  OF  PAXTANG. 


1.  Matthew  Cowden,  ^  son  of  William  Cowden/  b.  about 
1707,  in  the  north  of  Ireland;  d.  July,  1773,  in  Paxtang  town- 
ship, then  Lancaster  county,  Pa.  He  came  to  America  prior 
to  1729,  and  took  up  a  tract  of  land  hi  Paxtang,  upon  which 
he  resided  until  his  death.  He  m.,  in  1730,  Martha  John- 
son, who  survived  her  husband  several  years  ;  both  buried  in 
Paxtang  Church  graveyard.     They  had  issue : 

^.  William^  b.  January  11,  1731  ;  was  a  soldier  of  the  Eevo- 
lution  ;  was  at  Yorktown,  and  died  of  camp  fever  while 
in  the  service,  February,  1782. 

2.  a.  Margaret,  b.  1733;  m,  John  Gilchrist. 

3.  Hi.  Jolin,h.  1735;  m.  Mary . 

4.  iv.  James.,  b.  June  16, 1737 ;  ra.  Mary  Crouch. 

V.  Mary,  b.  December  10,  1739;  d.  July  5,  1809;  m.  David 
Wray,  b.  1728;  d.  April  3, 1805  ;  both  buried  in  Derry 
Church  graveyard. 
vi.  Elizabeth,  b.  1741 ;  m.  Kobert  Keys. 
vii.  Bebecca,  b.  1743. 

via.  Benjamin,  b.  1745;  m.  and  removed  to  South  Carolina 
prior  to  the  Eevolution,  where  he  was  killed  by  the 
Tories. 

II.  Margaret  Cowden,  ^  (Matthew,  ^  William,  i)  b.  about 
1733;  m.  John  G-ilchrist,  son  of  John  Gilchrist.*  They 
had  issue  (surname  Gilchrist) : 

i.  Martha,  m.  October  14, 1773,  John  Bell. 
ii.  Matthew,  m.  November  13, 1781,  Elizabeth  Crouch. 

III.  John  Cowden,  ^  (Matthew,  ^  William,  i)  b.  1735,  in 
Paxtang;  d.  August,  1776,  in  Cumberland  county,  Pa.;  m. 

*JoHN  Gilchrist,  senior,  a  native  of  Londonderry,  Ireland,  came, 
with  his  family,  to  America,  in  1730,  locating  in  Paxtang  township, 
Lancaster  (now  Dauphin)  county,  Pa.,  where  he  died  in  February, 
1745-6,  leaving  a  wife  and  children— Ja«ies;  John,  m.  Margaret  Cow- 
den ;  Elizabeth;  and  Bobert,  m.  Sarah  Ellis. 


122  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Mary -.     The  family  afterward  removed  to  "  Crooked 

Creek  Settlement,"  in  Westmoreland  county,  Pa.     They  had 
issue : 

i.  John, 
ii.  Joseph. 
Hi.  Matthew, 
iv.   William. 
V.  Esther. 
vi.  Margaret, 
vii.  Jane. 

lY.  James  Cowden,  ^  (Matthew, ^  William, i)  b.  June  16, 
1737,  in  Paxtang  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin,  county. 
Pa.  ;  d.  October  10,  1810,  in  Paxtang.  He  was  brought  up  on 
his  father's  farm,  enjoying,  however,  the  advantages  of  that 
early  education  of  those  pioneer  times,  which,  among  the 
Scotch-Irish  settlers,  was  remarkably  comprehensive  and  ample. 
Apart  from  this,  he  was  well-grounded  in  the  tenets  of  the 
Westminster  Confession,  which  among  our  pious  ancestry 
formed  a  part  of  the  instruction  given  to  all.  Until  the  thun- 
ders of  the  Revolution  rolled  toward  the  Susquehanna,  Mr. 
Cowden  remained  on  the  paternal  acres,  busily  engaged  in 
farming.  At  the  outset,  he  was  a  strong  advocate  for  active 
defensive  measures,  and  in  favor  of  independence.  He  was 
one  of  the  leading  spirits  at  the  meeting  at  Middletown,  June 
9,  1774,  of  which  Colonel  James  Burd  was  chairman,  and 
whose  action,  in  conjunction  with  those  of  Hanover,  nerved 
the  people  of  Lancaster  in  their  patriotic  resolves.  Suiting  the 
action  to  the  word,  Mr.  Cowden  and  the  3^oung  men  of  his 
neighborhood  took  measures  toward  raising  a  battalion  of  asso- 
ciators,  of  which  Colonel  James  Burd  was  in  command,  and  a 
company  of  which  was  intrusted  to  Captain  Cowden.  His 
company,  although  not  belonging  to  the  Pennsylvania  Linci 
was,  nevertheless,  in  several  campaigns,  and  did  faithful  service 
at  Fort  Washington,  in  the  Jerseys,  at  Brandywine  and  Ger- 
mantown,  and  in  the  war  on  the  Northern  and  Western  fi'on- 
tiers,  defending  them  from  the  attack  of  the  savage  Indian  and 
treacherous  Tory.  At  the  close  of  the  war.  Captain  Cowden 
returned  to  his  farm.  Under  the  Constitution  of  179Q,  he  was 
appointed  the  justice  of  the  peace  for  the  district  of  Lower 


Cowden  of  Paxtang.  123 

Paxtang,  April  10,  1793,  which  he  held  up  to  the  time  he  was 
commissioned  by  Governor  Thomas  Mifflin  one  of  the  associate 
judges  of  the  county  of  Dauphin,  on  the  2d  of  October,  1795, 
an  office  he  filled  acceptably  and  creditably.  In  1809,  he  was 
chosen  Presidential  elector,  and  was  an  ardent  supporter  of 
Madison.  Judge  Cowden  m.  March  20,  1777,  by  Eeverend 
John  Elder,  Maey  Crouch,  b,  1757,  in  Virginia ;  d,  October 
14,  1848,  in  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.,  and  bur. 
in  Paxtang  Church  graveyard  ;  dau.  of  James  and  Hannah 
Crouch.*     They  had  issue: 

*James  Crouch  was  b.  about  1728,  in  Virginia.  The  Crouches 
were  an  old  family,  who  emigrated  at  an  early  day  from  England,  and 
settled  in  King  and  Queen  county,  near  the  court-house.  James 
Crouch  received  a  good  education,  came  to  Pennsylvania  prior  to 
1757,  purchasing  about  three  thousand  acres  of  land  in  York  county, 
where  the  town  of  Wrightsville  now  stands,  on  which  he  settled  for 
a  few  years,  but  which  he  subsequently  sold,  and  removed  to  then  Pax- 
tang township,  Lancaster  county,  Pa.,  where  he  bouglit  one  thousand 
acres  of  land.  He  was  a  soldier  of  Quebec,  being  a  sergeant  of  Cap- 
tain Matthew  Smith's  company  of  Paxtang  volunteers.  On  his  re- 
lease from  captivity,  he  became  an  officer  of  the  associators,  and  sub- 
sequently paymaster  of  the  battalion.  He  served  during  the  whole 
of  the  Revolutionary  war  with  honor  and  distinction.  He  died  at 
his  residence.  Walnut  Hill,  near  Highspire,  Pa.,  on  the  24th  of  May, 
1794,  aged  sixty-six  years.  Colonel  Crouch  m.  September  22,1757, 
Hannali  Brown,  b.  1727  ;  d.  May  24,  1787.  Their  children  were  :  Ed- 
ward; jMary,  m.  Colonel  James  Cowden  ;  Elizabeth,  m.  Matthew  Gil- 
christ, removed  to  Washington  county,  Pa. ;  and  Hannah,  m.  Roan 
McClure. 

Edward  Crouch,  son  of  Colonel  James  Crouch,  was  b.  at  Wal- 
nut Hill,  in  Paxtang,  JSTovember  9, 1764.  He  was  a  merchant  by  oc- 
cupation. At  the  ageof  seventeen,  he  enlisted  in  the  army  of  the 
Revolution,  and  commanded  a  company  in  the  Whisky  Insurrection, 
in  1794.  He  served  as  a  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives 
from  1804  to  1806,  and  was  a  Presidential  elector  in  1813.  Governor 
Snyder  appointed  him  one  of  the  associate  judges  of  tlie  county  of 
Dauphin,  April  16,  1813,  but  he  resigned  upon  his  election  to  the 
Thirteenth  United  States  Congress.  He  d.  on  the  2d  of  February, 
1827,  and  is  buried  in  Paxtang  graveyard.  "  In  private  life  he  was  an 
able  and  an  honest  man,"  wrote  one  of  his  contemporaries,  and  the 
record  of  his  life  shows  him  to  have  been  a  gentleman  of  uprightness 
of  character, and  as  honorable  as  lie  was  influential.  Mr.  Crouch  m., 
first,  Margaret  Potter,  b.  1775  ;  d.  February  7,  1797  ;  dau.  of  General 


124  Pennsylvania  Oenealoqies. 

5.  i.  Hannah,  h.  1778;  m.  John  Cochran. 

ii.  Martha,  b.  1780;  m.  June  4,  1837,  William  Boyd,  {see 
Boyd  record.) 

in.  Margaret,  b.  1782;  cl.  August  19,  1818;  unm. 

iv.  Elizabeth,  b.  March  27,  1784;  d.  October  17, 1857 ;  m.  Wil- 
liam Gillmor.     [see  Wallace  of  Hanover.) 

6.  V.  Matthew-Benjamin,  b.  June  24,  1786;  m.  Mary  Wallace. 
vi.  James. 

vii.  Mary,  m.  May  30,  1821,  Joseph  Jordan. 

y.  Hannah  Cowden,  ^  (James,  ^  Matthew, ^  William,  i) 
b.  1778,  in  Paxtang  township,  Lancaster  county,  Pa. ;  d.  May 
31,  1850 ;  m.  November  16,  1819,  John  Cochran,  b.  1773  ; 
d.  November  16,  1845 ;  bur.  in  Paxtang  Church  graveyard ; 
son  of  James  Cochran.  His  father,  b.  1742  ;  d.  July  16,  1822, 
in  Paxtang;  m.  November  22,  1770,  by  Keverend  John  Elder, 
Mary  Montgomery,  b.  in  1744 ;  d.  August  6,  1803,  in  Pax- 
tang, and,  with  her. husband,  buried  in  the  old  churchyard 
there. 

VI.  Matthew  Benjamin  Cowden, ^  (James, ^  Matthew,^ 
William,  1)  b.  June  24,  1786,  in  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin 
county,  Pa. ;  d.  January  15,  1862 ;  was  an  associate  judge  of 
Dauphin  county,  a  gentleman  of  sterling  integrity,  and  of 
marked  influence  in  the  community ;  m.  Mary  Wallace,  b. 
1788  ;  d.  May  26,  1844,  and,  with  her  husband,  buried  in  the 
graveyard  of  old  Paxtang  church  ;  dau.  of  James  Wallace  and 
Sarah  Elder  {see   Wallace  record).     They  had  issue : 

i.  James,  b.  1815;  d.  July  21,  1877  ;  m.  Anna  M.  Chambers, 
d.  June  28, 1882,  in  Columbia,  Pa.;  with  her  husband, 
bur.  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  They  had:  Matthew- A.,  Anna, 
Sarah,  and  Williayn-Chambers. 

ii.  John-Wallace,  b.  August  29,  1817,  in  Lower  Paxtang 
township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa. ;  was  brought  up  as  a 
farmer,  but  as  he  grew  to  maturer  years  his  attention  was 
turned  to  surveying,  and  he  came  to  Harrisburg,  where 
his  latter  days  were  passed  as  a  practical  surveyor,  and 
where  he  died  on  the  22d  of  July,  1872 ;  "  he  was,"  writes 
a  contemporary,  ''an  unobtrusive,  modest,  and  estimable 

James  Potter,  of  the  Revolution.  Their  only  daughter,  Mary,  b. 
October  23,  1791;  d.  October  27,  1846;  m.  Benjamin  Jordan,  who 
succeeded  to  tlie  estate  of  Walnut  Hill.  He  m.,  secondly,  Rachel 
Bailey,  b.  April  16, 1782;  d.  March  2,  1857. 


Coivden  of  Paxtang.  125 

citizen,  successful  in  his  business,  trustworthy  in  all  the 
relations  of  life,  and  a  sincere  and  earnest  Christian." 
Mr.  Uowden  m.  Mary  E.  Hatton,dau.  of  Frederick  Hat- 
ton  and  Mary  Barnett,  of  Lower  Paxtang.  They  had 
issue:  Margaret;  Frederick-Hatton ;  Mary,  d.  s.  p.; 
Sarah,  va.  H.  H.  Cummings ;  Mattheiv-Benjamin,  city 
surveyor  of  Harrisburg;  Ellen  ;  Elizabeth,  m.  Matthew 
Beck;  Josephine;  and  Williatn-Kerr . 

Hi.  Sarah;  resides  in  Harrisburg. 

iv.  William-Kerr,  b.  January  5,  1822,  in  Lower  Paxtang 
township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  He  was  brouglit  up  a 
farmer,  receiving  such  facilities  of  education  as  the 
schools  of  the  township  afforded  prior  to  the  adoption 
of  the  common-school  system.  He  continued  the  occu- 
pation of  a  farmer  until  1868,  when  he  removed  to  Har- 
risburg, and  engaged  in  the  coal  and  lumber  business, 
subsequently  establishing  a  planing-mill.  For  a  decade 
of  years,  he  has  been  one  of  the  inspectors  of  the  Dau- 
phin County  prison.  Mr.  Cowden  m.  Elizabeth  M. 
Elder,  dau.  of  Joshua  Elder  and  Mary  C.  Gillmor  [see 
Elder  record).  Tliey  had  issue,  among  others:  Mary. 
Wallace,  Helen- Gillmor,  John-Edward,  and  Anna- 
Chambers. 

V.  Mary,  m.  David  R.  Elder,     (see  Elder  record.) 

vi.  Edward,  d.  s.  p. 

vii.  Margaret,  d.  s.  p. 


126  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 


DIXON  OF  DIXON'S  FORD. 


I.  James  Dixon/  a  native  of  the  north  of  Ireland,  of  Scotch 
descent,  emigrated  to  America  about  1735.  In  1738,  he  took 
np  a  tract  of  four  hundred  acres  of  land  on  the  Swatara  in  the 
county  of  Lancaster,  Province  of  Pennsylvania,  at  what  was 
named  and  known  for  a  century  as  Dixon's  ford.  This  ford 
is  directly  back  of  the  town  of  Palmyra,  in  Lebanon  county, 
leading  into  Hanover  township,  and  upon  Smith's  map  of  the 
county  of  Dauphin,  in  Pennsylvania,  published  in  1816,  it  is 
Fo  marked.  "A  few  years  ago,  "  wrote  the  late  Hermanns 
Alricks,  Esq.,  in  1873,  "  bridge  viewers  located  a  bridge  a  short 
distance  above  the  fording  where  the  banks  of  the  creek  were 
high,  on  land  of  Mr.  Loudermilch,  and  now  it  is  called. Louder- 
milch's  bridge  or  ford."  In  1765,  James  Dixon  obtained  pos- 
session of  the  Graham  tract  on  Bow  creek.  AYe  have  no 
record  of  his  death,  but  presume  it  was  prior  to  the  Eevo- 
lution.  Of  his  family,  we  have  the  record  of  one — John 
Dixon, 3  b.  about  1724,  in  Ireland;  d.  in  December,  1780,  in 
Hanover.  It  is  stated  that  the  loss  of  his  eldest  son,  Robert, 
who  had  been  killed  at  Quebec,  and  the  non-return  of  another 
favored  child,  who  had  "gone  to  the  war,"  hastened  his  death, 
through  grief.  The  father  had  been  an  officer  during  the 
Indian  wars,  and  served  in  several  civil  positions  of  honor. 
His  wife,  Arabella,  died  in  the  autumn  of  1775.  Thc}^  had 
quite  a  large  family,  and  the  authority  just  quoted  states  that 
he  had  heard  his  old  Scotch-Irish  friends  say  that  the  Dixons 
belonged  to  the  best  blood  of  the  Revolution.  John  Dixon 
and  wife,  Arabella,  had  issue: 

%.  Robert,  b.  1749 ;  was  sergeant  in  Captain  Matthew  Smith's 
company  of  Faxtaiig,  Colonel  William  Thompson's 
battalion  of  riflemen,  in  June,  1775 ;  and  fell  at  Quebec, 
in  December,  1775,  "the  first  martyr  of  the  Revolution," 
wrote  William  Darby. 


Dixon  of  Dixon^s  Ford.  127 

a.  Isabella,  b.  1751 ;  d.  May  10, 1824,  at  Harrisburg ;  m.  James 
McCormick,  who  removed  to  theWhite  Deer  valley,  about 
1774.  Mr.  McCormick  enlisting  in  tlie  patriot  army,  his 
wife  and  children  fled  from  the  valley  in  1778,  owing  to 
the  incursions  of  the  Indians  on  the  West  Branch. 
Mr.  McCormick  never  returned  from  the  war,  and  she 
remained  among  her  friends  at  Dixon's  ford.  They  had 
Hugh,  m.  Esther  Barbara  Kumbel,  of  New  York  city, 
(see  McCormick  record^)  and  Sarah,  m.  Robert  Sloan  of 
Hanover,    (see  Sloan  record.) 

Hi.  Richard,  b.  1753;  d.  February,  1848;  served  as  a  private 
in  Captain  Matthew  Smith's  company  in  1775  ;  but  sub- 
sequently enlisted  for  the  war,  serving  until  its  close* 
was  promoted  to  quartermaster-sergeant  in  the  Conti- 
nental Line;*  m.  Elizabeth ,  and  had  Anna,  and 

Maria,  who  m..  and  went  West. 

iv.  James,  b.  1756 ;  d.  September  19, 1782;  m.  Sarah  Allen,  of 
Hanover,  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Allen,  and 
had  Allen.    James  Dixon  and  his  wife  are  buried  in  old 
Hanover  churchyard. 
2.       V.  Sankey,  b.  1759;  m.  Anna  Cochran. 

vi.  Mary,  b.  1761 ;  m.  James  Breden,  and  had  Anabella  ;  they 
removed,  in  1786,  to  Western  Pennsylvania,  and  it  is 
thought  died  there. 

m.  Anna,  b.  1763;  m.,  first,  Samuel  Carson,  and  had  Samuel 
and  Robert ;  secondly,  Duncan  Campbell.  Mrs.  Carson, 
with  her  husband,  removed  in  1786,  to  Washington 
county.  Pa.,  where  Mrs.  Carson  shortly  after  died. 
Nothing  is  known  of  their  descendants. 

*  Robert  Strain,  a  native  of  Hanover,  and  until  his  removal  to  Oliio, 
about  the  commencement  of  the  present  century,  a  member  of  Rev. 
Snodgrass'  church,  under  date  of  "•Dayton,  Ohio,  November  24, 
1835,"  gives  this  record  of  Richard  Dixon: 

"^1  statement  of  facts  with  regard  to  the  services  of  Richard  Dixon 
in  the  war  of  the  Revolution. 

"Richard Dixon,  of  Lancaster  county.  Pa.,  enlisted  in  Lancaster, 
Pa.,  in  the  early  part  of  the  year  1775,  under  Matthew  Smith,  a 
captain,  and  remained  under  Captain  Smith  until  his  term  of  enlist- 
ment was  ended.  He  then  enlisted  for  and  during  the  war,  and  said 
Dixon  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  quartermaster-sergeant  or  ser- 
geant-major. I  am  very  distinct  in  my  recollection  of  Richard 
Dixon.  When  he  first  enlisted  I  made  a  sliot-pouch  for  him,  and 
stamped  on  the  cover  the  motto  of  '  Liberty  or  death  ! '  The  whole 
of  the  four  brothers  of  the  Dixon  family  were  in  the  service  until  the 
war  was  ended,  and  were  of  the  truest  kind  of  Whigs  and  Patriots. 

Robert  Strain." 


128  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

via.  John;  nothing  is  known  of  him ;  he  went  into  the  Revolu- 
tion, and  his  father,  at  the  date  of  writing  his  will, 
(1780,)  in  making  a  bequest  to  him,  provided  for  him 
"if  he  ever  returns."    He  probably  died  in  battle. 
ix.  Anabella,  m.  James  Gibson. 

11.  Sankey  Dixon,  ^  (John,^  James,  ^)  b.  1759,  in  London- 
derry township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  ;  d.  No- 
vember 11,  1814,  at  Knoxville,  Tenn.  He  entered  the  army 
of  the  Revolution  in  Jane,  1775,  and  served  until  the  close  of 
the  war  for  independence,  holding  the  rank  of  ensign  and 
lieutenant  in  tlie  Pennsj/lvauiaLine ;  was  wounded  at  Brandy- 
wine  and  Yorktown;  settled,  in  1786,  in  the  Buffalo  valley, 
where  he  married;  the  year  following  removed  to  Rockbridge 
county,  Virginia ;  in  the  spring  of  1800,  emigrated  to  East 
Tennessee,  near  Knoxville;  m.  in  1787,  Anna  Cochran,  b. 
August  16,  1763,  in  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin  county.  Pa. ;  d. 
April  12,  1857,  at  Winchester,  Tenn.,  daughter  of  George 
Cochran  and  Anna  Henry.     They  had  issue: 

i.  John,  b.  August  14, 1789  ;  d.  April  1, 1791,  in  Rockbridge 
county,  Ya. 

ii.  Matthew- Lyle,  b.  January  24,  1792,  in  Rockbridge  county, 
Va. ;  d.  September  30, 1836,  at  Talladega,  Ala. ;  received 
a  good  education,  and  studied  medicine;  served  as 
surgeon's  mate  during  tlie  war  of  1812-14,  and  after- 
wards located  at  Talladega,  where  he  practiced  his  pro- 
fession, lived  and  died,  honored  and  respected. 

in.  Bobert,  b.  April  18, 1794;  d.  October  28, 1834,  near  Selma, 
Ala. ;  became  a  minister  in  the  Cumberland  Presbyter- 
ian church. 

iv.  Nancy-Henry,  h.  January  17,  1796;  d.  May  12,  1848,  at 
Louisville,  Ky. ;  m.  Charles  G.  Nimmo,  of  Winchester, 
Tenn. ;    and    had  issue,   (surname   Nimmo,)    Hiram, 
Samuel,  E'izaheth,  and  Joseph- Warren. 
V.  Isabella,  b.  October  19, 1801 ;  d.  December  4,  1801. 

vi.  Mary-Uoan,  b.  December  3, 1804;  d.  in  1837,  at  Shelby- 
ville,  Tenn. ;  m.  James  H.  Martin,  and  had  issue,  (sur- 
name Martin,)  William-H.,  Jane,  and  John. 

vii.  Margaret,  h.  April21,1807  ;  d.  June  3, 1850,  in  Winchester, 
Ya. ;  m.  in  1830,  M.  W.  Robinson,  of  Winchester,  and 
had  issue,  (surname  Robinson,)  Hachael-A.,  m.  James 
R.  Mankin,  of  Rutherford  county,  Tenn.,  Samuel, 
Isabella-  White,  William-Darby ,  Henry-Clay,  and  Mary. 


Tht  Family  of  Eglf.  129 


THE    FAMILY    OF    EGLE. 


[The  family  of  Egle^  or  Egli,  belonged  to  the  ancient  German 
tribe  of  the  Langobards,  (Longbeards,)  which  settled  in  the  northern 
part  of  Italy  in  the  fourth  or  fifth  century.  The  ancestor  of  the 
Swiss  Egli's  emigrated  from  the  Canton  Tessino  to  St.  Gall,  about 
the  twelfth  century,.  This  ancestor  had  five  sons,,  three  of  whom 
settled  in  the  department  of  the  Loire,  in  France,  subsequently,  upon 
the  revocation  of  the  Edict  of  Nantes,  removing  to  the  Canton  of 
Zurich,  where  they  became  followers  of  the  Swiss  reformer,  Zwingli, 
whilst  the  other  two  remained  in  the  Canton  of  St.  Gall.  A  branch 
of  the  latter,,  somewhat  later,  emigrated  to  the  Canton  of  Lucerne. 
The  St.  Gall  and  Lucerne  families  adhered  to  the  Roman  Catholic 
faitli,  but  a  friendly  relation  with  the  Zurich  branch  was  constantly 
maintained.  It  is  more  than  probable  that  some  one  of  the  same 
family  reached  England  at  an  early  period^  for  we  find  that  in  the 
seventh  year  of  the  reign  of  Edward  I,  (A.  D.  1278,)  "  Wilelmus 
Egle  et  Custancia  uxor,"  had  holdings  in  the  Hundred  of  North- 
stowe,  county  of  Cambridge.  The  English  family  of  Eagle  is  dif- 
ferent in  its  origin.  The  orthography  of  the  name  is  somewhat  per- 
plexing, from  the  fact  that  Egle  is  that  adopted  bythe  Zurich  branch, 
while  that  of  Egly  by  those  of  St.  Gall.  Although  the  first  settlers  in 
America  wrote  their  name  Egle,  there  are  changes  in  different  sec- 
tions of  the  Union,  chiefiy  due  to  ignorance  or  carelesbness.  The 
New  York  and  Central  Pennsylvania  families  write  it  correctly, 
Egle;  those  in  Ohio  and  Illinois, ^agf^e;  while  in  the  Southern  States 
it  is  EgUy  or  Eagley,  and  in  iJalifornia,  Ekd,  all  having  the  same 
origin — descendants  of  Marcus  Egle.  In  the  genealogy  which  is 
herewith  presented,  we  have  given  the  uniform  spelling  Egle. 
Arms — 1  &  2,  de  sable  un  leon  d'or;  2  &  3,  d'argent  a  I'emauche  de 
trois  pisces  de  gules.  Crest. — Le  leon  entre  un  vel  coupe  a  dexter 
I'argent  sur  gules  k  sinister  d^or  sur  sable.     Motto :  "  Tien  la  Foy."] 

I.  Marcus  Egle,i  the  first  of  the  name  in  Pennsylvania, 
was  born  about  the  year  1690,  in  the  Canton  of  Zurich,  Switz- 
erland, not  far  from  the  city  of  Berne,  from  whence  he  and 
his  family  emigrated  to  America,  in  1743.  He  took  up  a  tract 
of  land  in  Cocalico  township,  Lancaster  county,  Pa.,  where  he 
9 


130  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

died  in  September,  1767,  leaving  a  wife,  Elizabeth,  and  five 
chil(iren.      We  have  the  names  of  only  four :  • 

2.  i.  John,  b.  1723;  m.  Rosina  Dick. 

3.  ii.  Casper,  b.  October  16,  n25:  m.  Catharine  Bintling. 

4.  m.  Adam,  b.  1730. 

iv.  [Elizabeth],  m.  Colonel  Philip  Cole,  who,  prior  to  the  Rev- 
olution, settled  in  the  Buffalo  Valley,  Pa.,  and  owned 
the  tract  of  land  upon  which  the  town  of  Hartleton, 
Union  county,  is  located.  He  was  quite  prominent  dur- 
ing the  early  part  of  the  war  for  independence,  but  in 
the  "Great  Runaway,"  left  tlie  valley,  probably  return- 
ing,, with  his  family, to  his  former  home  in  Berks  county. 
We  have  not  been  able  to  obtain  any  farther  trace  of 
him,  or  of  his  descendants. 

II.  John  Egle,  ^  (Marcus,  *- )  b.  1723,  in  the  Canton  of  Zurich, 
Switzerland  ;  d.  April,  1796,  in  Reading,  Pa.  He  seems  to 
have  been  a  pei"son  of  means;  was  a  storekeeper  at  New 
Providence,  Philadelphia  .(subsec[uentlv  Montgomery)  county. 
Pa.,  from  1750  to  1763,  afterward,  in  1772,  residing  in  Alsace 
township,  Berks  county,  and,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  at  Read- 
ing. His  will,  which  was  probated  May  6,  1796,  makes  Rev- 
erend William  Boas  executor,  the  witnesses  being  John  Spyker 
and  Jacob  Dick.  His  wife,  Rosina  [Dick],  died  prior.  They 
had.  issue : 

i.  Joseph,  b.  1753;  m.  and  left  issue,  but  notliing  further 
known. 

6.       ii.  John,  b.  1755  ;  m.  Elizabeth . 

Hi.  Jacob,  b.  1757. 

iv.  Catharine^  b.  1763;  m.,  first,  Robert  Copeland ;  second, 
William  Lauer. 

III.  Casper  Egle,^  (Marcus, i)  b.  October  16,  1725,  in  the 
Canton  of  Zurich,  Switzerland;  d.  September  3,  1804,  in  Har- 
risburg,  Pa.  He  was  brought  up  on  his  father's  farm,  a  wine- 
grower; received  a  good  education,  and,  with  the  other  mem- 
bers of  his  family,  came  to  America  in  1743.  His  father,  as 
before  stated,  located  in  Cocalico  township,  Lancaster  county. 
Pa.,  but  his  son  settled  in  Alsace  township,  Berks  county. 
He  was  naturalized  in  October,  1762,  as  appears  by  the  Penn- 
sylvania Archives.  In  1770,  he  was  engaged  in  merchandising 
at  Reading,  while  in  1774  he  established  a  brewery  in  Lancas- 


The  Family  of  Egle.  131 

ter.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  August  24,  1777.  He  re- 
mained at  Lancaster  until  1794,  when  lie  and  his  wife  removed 
to  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  where  they  both  died  at  the  residence  of 
their  sod,  Yalentine.  Casper  Egle  was  twice  married.  By 
first  wife,  name  unknown,  who  died  about  1758,  there  was 
issue : 

6.  i.  Jacob,  b.  December  12, 1754;  m.  Catharine  Backenstose. 

7.  iv.   FaZe)iii)ie,  b.  October  27,  1756;  m.  Elizabeth  Thomas. 

Casper  Egle  ra.,  secondly,  in  1763,^  Catharine  Bintling-, 
b.  about  1738,  in  Switzerland  ;  d.  1811,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
They  had  issue : 

8.  Hi.  John,  b.  September  20, 1764;  m.  Catharine  Spencer. 
iv.  Christian,  b.  July  6,  1766  ;  bap.  August  17, 1766. 

V.  Catharine,  b.  March  21,  1768;  bap.  April  16,  1768. 
vi.  Anna-Maria,  b.  March  22, 1770;  bap.  March  28,  1770. 
vii.  George-Frederick,  b.  October  6,  1773;  bap.  December  7, 

1773;  d.  April,  1816,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  unm. 
via.  Philip,  b.  April  9,  1775;  was  captain  of  a  merchant  ves- 
sel, and  d.  prior  to  1830,  in  the  city  of  Baltimore  ;  unm. 

9.  ix.   William,  b.  March  6,  1777  ;  m.  Sarah  Thorn. 

X.  jWa7\//,  b.  January  5,  1780;  m.  Moses  Guest.  They  settled 
in  Ohio.  He  was  the  author  of  a  work,  published  in 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  1823  :  "  Poems  on  several  Occasions ; 
To  which  are  annexed  Extracts  from  a  journal  kept  by 
the  author  during  a  journey  from  ISTew  Brunswick,  'E. 
J.,  to  Montreal  and  Quebec."  They  left  descendants  in 
the  Western  States. 

IV.  Adam  Egle,^  (Marcus,  i)  b.  about  1726,  in  the  Canton 
of  Zurich,  Switzerland ;  d.  about  1779,  in  Lancaster,  Pa. ;  was 
wagon-master  of  Colonel  William  Thompson's  battalion  in  the 
army  of  the  Revolution.  He  married  in  Lancaster  county,  and 
had,  among  others,  children  : 

i.  John,  b.  1750;  m.  and  removed  to  Rowan  county,  N.  C, 
where  he  died  in  1826.    He  had,  among  other  children, 
David  and  John. 
10.       a.  George,  b.  1752  ;  m.  [Mary]  Heilig. 

m.  Philip,  b.  1758 ;  m. Lang;  removed  to  Rowan  county, 

]Sr.  C. ;  later  in  life,  to  Newton  county.  Mo.,  where  he 
died  in  1822,  and  had  Joseph,  James,  John,  and  Samuel. 

V.  John  Egle,^   (John,^   Marcus, i)  b.  in  1755,  in  Provi- 


182  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

dence  township,  Philadelphia  (now  Montgomery)  county,  Pa. 
He  removed  to  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  prior  to  1804,  for  on  the  8th 
of  November,  that  year,  he  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  gave  a 
deed  for  a  lot  of  ground,  on  Second  street  in  that  borough,  to 
their  sons : 

i.  Samuel, 
ii.  Marcus. 

It  is  not  known  what  became  of  this  family,  but  more  than 
probable  thex'  all  I'emoved  to  the  Western  country  a  year  or 
two  afterward. 

VI.  Jacob  Egle,^  (Casper,  ^  Marcus,  i)  b.  December  12, 
1754,  in  Alsace  township,  Berks  county,  Pa. ;  d.  September  6, 
1796,  in  Lebanon  county,  Pa. ;  m.  about  1785,  Cathaeine 
Backexstose,  b.  about  1765,  in  Berks  county,  Pa. ;  d.  May 
3,  1847,  near  Decatur,  Macon  county.  111. ;  dau.  of  John  Back- 
enstose.     They  had  issue  : 

11.  i.  John,  b.  March  19, 17S8;  m.  Elizabetli  Morrett. 

12.  ii.  Sarah,  b.  March  15,  1795;  m.  Jonathan  Barlett. 

YII.  Valentine  Egle,^  (Casper,  ^ Marcus,  i)  b.  October  27, 
1756,  in  Bern  township,  Berks  county,  Pa. ;  d.  November  23, 
1820,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  At  the  age  of  nineteen,  he  enlisted 
in  the  war  for  independence,  and  served  in  the  First  Regiment 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Line  of  the  Revolution  until  the  close  of 
that  struggle.  He  then  learned  the  trade  of  a  hatter,  and  set- 
tled in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  where  he  established  himself  in  busi- 
ness. He  was  a  gentleman  universally  respected  and  esteemed. 
He  died  suddenly  from  nervous  shock  and  over-exertion, 
caused  by  the  complete  distraction  of  his  property  by  fire  a  few 
months  prior.  Hem.  in  1796,  by  Rsv.  Anthony  Hautz,  pastor 
of  Frieden's  Kirche,  in  Cumberland  county,  Pa.,  Elizabeth 
Thomas,  b.  May  2, 1772,  in  Londonderry  township,  Lancaster, 
now  Lebanon  county,  Pa. ;  d.  August  5,  1867,  at  Harrisburg, 
Pa.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Martin  Thomas  and  Ursula 
Miiller.  {see  Thomas  and  Aluller  records.^  Says  a  contem- 
porary, at  the  time  of  her  decease:  "During  her  long  and 
eventful  life  she  was  highly  esteemed  by  all  who  knew  her. 
She  was  an  eye-witness  of  many  interesting  scenes,  not  only 


The  Family  of  Egle.  133 

in  frontier  times,  at  a  period  when  the  red  man  was  occasionally 
to  be  seen  revisiting  his  old  hunting  grounds,  but  during  the 
struggle  for  liberty — the  war  of  the  Kevolution."  She  was 
indeed  a  remarkable  woman,  and  the  incidents  of  her  life  were 
such  as  few  persons  have  experienced.  To  her  the  writer  of 
this  record  is  indebted  much,  for  she  was  to  him  more  than  a 
mother.  She  was  faithful  and  loving  to  him  in  his  orphanage, 
and  her  memory  is  respected  and  honored  as  few  mothers  could 
be.  She  was  a  devoted  Christian,  and  her  good  deeds  are  the 
heritage  of  her  descendants.  Yalentine  Egle  and  his  wife,  Eliza- 
beth Thomas,  had  issue,  all  born  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. : 

13.  i.  John,  b.  February  7,  1798;  m.  Elizabeth  von  Treupel. 

a.  Sarah,  b.  December  25, 1801 ;  baptized  November  29, 1814 ; 

d.  March  30,  1870 ;  m,  William  Bomgardner,  and  left 

issue. 
in.   William,  b.  May  2,  1803  ;  baptized  November  29,  1814 ;  d. 

June,  1839 ;  unm. 
ii}.  Thomas,  b.  December  18,  1808 ;  baptized  November  29, 

1814;  d.  May,  1838;  m.  Nancy  McCallum,  and  had  An- 

drew-J.,  d.  s.  p.,  and  Adelaide. 

14.  V.  Mary-Ann,  b.  December  22, 1811 ;  m.  Francis  John  Smith. 
vi.   Valentine,  b.  August  26,  1813  ;   baptized  November  29, 

1814;  resides  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  unm. 
vii.  Hiram,  b.  August  20,  1817 ;  m.  November  14,  1851,  by 
liev.  Charles  A.  Hay,  D.  D.,  Margaret-Elizabeth  Myers, 
b.  July  20,  1821,  in  Mount  Joy  township,  Lancaster 
county,  Pa. ;  daughter  of  George  Myers  and  Margaret 
Elizabeth  Bishop, 

VIII.  John  Egle,  ^  (Casper,  ^  Marcus,  ^ )  b.  September  20, 
.1764,  in  Alsace  township,  Berks  county.  Pa. ;  d.  January  10, 
1838,  in  Licking  county,  Ohio.  He  learned  the  trade  of  hatter  in 
Philadelphia,  and  about  the  year  1796,  accompanied  his  brother, 
William  Egle,  to  the  Genessee  country,  IST.  Y.,  where  he 
purchased  land  in  Livingston  county.  Becoming  dissatisfied, 
he  returned  to  Pennsylvania,  and  settled  near  Alexandria, 
Huntingdon  county,  where  he  married.  In  1825,  he  removed 
to  Licking  county,  Ohio,  where  he  resided  until  his  death. 
He  m.  in  1802,  Catharine  Spencer,  b.  August  2,  1785  ;  d. 
June  28,  186 1 ;  daughter  of  John  Spencer  and  Mary  Holihan  ; 
her  remains,  with  those  of  her  husband,  rest  in  Spencer's  grave- 


V. 

16. 

vi. 

vii. 

17. 

viii. 

ix. 

18. 

X. 

19. 

xi. 

xii. 

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yard,  four  miles  north  of  the  city  of  Newark,   Ohio.     They 
had  issue,  all  save  Elizabeth  born  in  Huntingdon  county,  Pa. : 

i.  Mary,  b.  August  17,  1803  ;  d.  s.  p. 
15.       ii.  John,  b.  January  19,  1805;  m..  Susan  Wltitlock. 

Hi.   William,  h.  April  19,  1807;  d.  1863,  in  St.  J.ouis,  Mo. ; 

unm. 
iv.  Bohert,  b.  June  8, 1809  ;  d.  September  10, 1837,  in  Brighton, 
Ohio. ;  unm. 
Mary,  b.  August  27,  1811 ;  d.  s.  p. 
Valentine,  b.  October  17, 1813;  m.  Mary  Louisa  Hines. 
George,  b.  June  15,  1816;  d.  s.  p. 

Emily -Holihan,  b.  June  15,  1817  ;  m.,  first,  William  Reily  ; 
second,  Daniel  Emerson. 

Margaret,  b.  December  30, 1819 ;  d.  1849 ;  m. Patterson. 

Hiram,  b.  March  4, 1822 ;  m.  Rebecca  Glover. 
David,  b.  April  22,  1824;  m.  Susan  Cornelia  Martin.. 
Elizabeth,  b.  October  31, 1827 ;  m.  James  Patheal ;  reside 
at  Salem,  111. 

IX.  William  Egle,^  (Casper,  ^  Marcus,  i)  b.  March  6, 
1775,  at  Lancaster  Pa.  ;  d.  November  28,  1847,  at  Groveland, 
Livingston  county,  N.  Y. ;  an  early  settler  in  the  "  Genessee 
country ; "  m.  September  5,  1804,  Sarah  ThorjST,  b.  Decem-. 
berlO,  1785,  at  Newtown,  Bucks-county,  Pa. ;  d.  May  11, 1869, 
at  Groveland,  N.  Y. ;  daughter  of  Lerein  Thorn.  They  had 
issue : 

20.  i.  Mary,  b.  December  24,  1805;  m.  William  Bodine. 

ii.  Valentine,  b.  June  28, 1808 ;  d.  at  Farmington,  Mich. ;  m., 
first,  September  24,  1834,  Sarah  Sage  ;  d.  at  Farmington, 
Mich.,  and  had  Malissa,  d.  s.  p.,  Sarah-Ann,  Joseph- 
Warren,  and  Effie ;  no  information  as  to  second  marriage. 

21.  Hi.  George,  b.  December  25,  1811  ;  m.  Almira  l^ycetta  Wright. 

22.  ii.   William-Henry,  h.  October  18,  1814;  m.,  first,  Ilosanna 

Keith  Bennett ;  Secondly,  Synthia  Webb. 

23.  V.  James,  b.  Septernber  18,  1815;  m.  Emeline  Bird. 

X.  GEORaE  Egle,3  (Adam,  2  Marcus,  i)  b.  1752,  in  Lan- 
caster county,  Pa.,  removed  to  Rowan  county,  N.  C,  where 
he  died  about  1820 ;  m.  [MaryJ  Heilig,  of  Germantown,  Pa. ; 
d.  about  1825,  in  Cabarras  county,  N.  C.  They  had  issue, 
among  others : 

i.  Mary,  b.  1776. 

ii.  Margaret,  b.  1778. 

24.  Hi.  George,  b.  1780;  m.  Mary  Haldeman. 


The  Family  of  Egle.  135 

XL  JoHisr  Egle,  ^  (Jacob,  ^  Casper,  ^  Marcus,  i)  b.  March 
19,  1788,  in  Womelsdorf,  Berks  county,  Pa.  ;  d.  February  6, 
1863,  near  Decatur,  111.  For  many  years  he  was  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business  in  Pennsylvania,  and  was  a  leading  con- 
tractor during  the  period  of  internal  improvements  in  that  State. 
He  afterwards,  in  1837,  removed  to  a  tract  of  land  near  De- 
catur, 111.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming.  He  m.  October  26, 
1812,  Elizabeth  Moerett,  b.  November  13,  1791,  near 
Lebanon,  Pa.  ;  d.  March  15,  1879,  near  Decatur,  111. ;  daughter 
of  Mathias  Morrett  and  Barbara  Orth.  {see  Orth  record.) 
They  had  issue,  all  born  in  Lebanon  county.  Pa.  : 

i.  Jeremiah- Morrett.,  b.  December  19,  1813;  d.  April  14,1859, 
near  San  Francisco,  Cal. ;  was  twice  married;  m.,  first, 
Ann  Thompson,  d.  near  Springfield,  111.,  and  had  John- 
Joseph;  Henry;  and  William,  d.  1881,  m.  daugliter  of 
John  Kline,  of  Macon  county.  111.,  and  left  five  children. 

He  m.,  secondly,  Sarah  M. ,  and  left  four  children. 

25.       a.  iSarah-Morrett,  b.  January  30,  1815;   m.   Robert  Henry 
Jones. 

Hi.  Rosanna- Morrett,  b.  August  8,  1817 ;  m.,  first,  George 
Raush,  d.  at  Napierville,  111.,  and  had  issue,  (surname 
Raush,)  John ;  Margaret^  m. ,  first,  Mr.  Sheldon,  secondly, 
Mr.  Vogelsang ;  James- J.,  Sarah,  m.  Charles  Williams ; 
Sind.  Luther.  She  m.,  secondly,  John  Baughman  ;  resides 
in  Macon  county,  111. 

iv.  Mary-Ann,  b.  April  10,  1820;  d.  March  19,  1854,  in  Macon 
county,  111. ;  m.  October  18, 1842,  Michael  Elson,  and  had 
three  children,  d.  s.  p. 
I'.  Elmira,  b.  February  10, 1823;  d.  May  24, 1862,  in  Macon 
county,  111. ;  m.  March  14, 1854,  Herman  Mears,  and  had 
issue  (surname  Mears)  two  children,  d.  s.  p.,  and  Mary, 
m.  Robert  Huddlestone. 

vi.  Bebecca,  b.  May  8,  1824;  d.  February  6, 1864,  at  Boody, 
111.;  m.  Frederick  Nintker,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Nintker)  John;  Elizabeth;  Mary;  Amanda,  deceased, 
m.  Mr.  Fisher;  Minnie,  and  a  daughter,  m.,  residing  in 
Kansas. 

XIL  Sarah  Egle, -^  (Jacob,  ^  Casper,  ^  Marcus,  i)  b.  March 
15,  1795,  in  Womelsdorf,  Berks  county.  Pa.;  d.  about  1881, 
in  Lebanon  county.  Pa.;  m.  JoNATHi^N  Barlett,  b.  April  9, 
1804;  d,  April  24:,  1874,  in  Lebanon  county,,  Pa;  son  of  Elias 


136  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

Barlett  and  Rebecca  Winter.     They  had  issue  (surname  Bar- 
lett) : 

i.  Reuben. 

a.  Lavinia,  m.  Henry  Wagner. 

Hi.  Nathan. 

iv.  Adam. 

XIII.  John  E,gle,*  (Valentine,^  Casper.^  Marcus, i)  b. 
February  7, 1798,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  bap.  November  29, 1814, 
by  Reverend  George  Locbman,  D.  D.;  d.  June  5,  1834,  at  Har- 
risburg, Pa,;  m.  December  13,  1829,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  Eliza- 
beth VON  Teeupel,*  b.  December  21,  1810,  in  Schuylkill 
township,  Montgomery  county.  Pa.;  bap.  April  12,  1811,  by 
Reverend  Beverly  Waugh ;  d.  September  10,  1841,  in  Harris- 
burg, Pa.     They  had  issue,  all  b.  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. : 

26.  i.   WiUinm-Henrij,h,.  September   17,  1830;  m.   Eliza-White 

Beatty. 

27.  ii.  Gevrg^-Boyd,.  h.  December  21, 1831 ;  m.  Martha  Kerr. 

XIY.  Mary  Ann  Egle,*  (Valentine,^  Casper, ^  Marcus, i) 
b.  December  22,  1811,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  bap.  November  29, 
1814,  by  Reverend  George  Loohman,  D.  D.;  d.  May  29,  1837, 
in  Plymouth,  Luzerne  county,  Pa.,  and  there  buried;  m. 
Francis  John  Smith,  b.  June  3,  1809,  at  Stratford,  Conn.;  d. 
October  19,  1865,  on  Put-in-Bay  Island,  Ohio ;  bur.  at  Four 
Corners,  Ohio.  He  was  the  son  of  John  Smith  and  Frances ' 
Halliburton,  and  a  man  of.  intelligence,  energy,  and  enterprise. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Smith) : 

28.  i.   Welding-Egle,  b.  March  6,  1833;  m.  Charlotte  Ashton. 

29.  ii.    [yct2/man--Frmc/i,  b.  March  31,  1836;  m.  Susan  Fox. 

*She  was  the  daughter  of  John  von  Treupel,  b.  December  12,  1782, 
in  Haigerseelbach,  Nassau,  Germany;  d.  September  13,1832,  in  Har- 
risburg, Pa.;  son  of  John  Conrad  von  Treupel,  magistrate  of  Haiger- 
seelbach, and  Christine  Thielmann,  of  Oberossbach,  Germany.  He 
married  in  Haigerseelbacli,  December  15,  1803,  by  the  Reverend  Ph. 
CI.  Schmidt,  Elizabeth  Catharine  Yiing,  b.  March  16, 1783,  in  Haiger- 
seelbach, Nassau,  Germany;  d.  February  11,  1860,  in  Harrisburg, 
Pa.;  dau.  of  John  Adam  Yiing,  schoolmaster,  of  Haigerseelbach,  and 
Elizabeth  Kring,  of  Obersdorf ,  in  Siegen,  Germany.  They  emigrated 
to  America  in  1805,  and  took  up  their  residence  in  Montgomery  county, 
Pa.,  where  all  their  children  were  born.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the  war 
of  1812-14,  and  in  active  service  on  the  Delaware  during  that  contest. 


The  Family  of  Egle.  137 

XV.  John  Egle,^  (Joliu,^  Casper,  ^  Marcus,  i)  b.  January 
19,  1805,  in  Alexandria,  Huntingdon  coantj,  Pa.;  resided  near 
Carthage,  Illinois,  until,  in  1854,  the  second  great  rush  was 
made  for  California,  when  he  set  out  for  the  gold  regions,  but 
died  on  the  way  in  Utah  ;  m.  SuSAN  Whitlock,  and  they  had 
issue,  among  others : 

i.  Jane,  m.  John  Nicliols,  of  St.  Louis. 

ii.  William. 

Hi.  Elizabeth,  m.,  and  had  issue. 

iv.  John,  m.  and  had  Catharine;  resided  near  Quincy,  111. 

V.  Tlwmas-Jefferson ;  studied  medicine  in  St.  Louis. 

vi.  Gassandana. 

vii.  Valentine, 

via.  liufus. 

XVI.  Valentine  £&!.£,•*  (John,^  Casper,  ^  Marcus,  i)  b. 
October  17,  1813,  in  Alexandria,  Huntingdon  county,  Pa.;  re- 
sides near  Hunt's  Station,  Knox  county,  Ohio ;  m.  in  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  September,  1837,  Maria  Louisa  Hines,  b.  June 
11,  1815,  in  Franklin  county.  Pa.;  dau.  of  Jeremiah  Hines 
and  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Captain  Michael  Baymiller,  of  the  army 
of  the  Eevolution.     They  had  issue  : 

30.       i.  John,  b.  February  7, 1840;  m.  Martha  Ann  McDonald. 
3L      ii.   TFi^Kam->Spencer,  b.  September  18,  1842;  m.  Martha  Ann 
Smith. 
Hi.  Mary-Virginia, h.  October  3,  1844,  in  McDonough  county, 

Illinois. 

io.  Hiram-Hines,  b.  December  12,  1846;  m.  in  Knox  county, 

Ohio,  Anna  Elizabeth   Rowe,  b.  January  1,  1850,  in 

Johnstown,  Licking  county,  Ohio ;  dau.  of  David  liowe 

and  Scottie  Kidner. 

V.  Catharine- May,  b.  March  18, 1849,  in  Licking  county, Ohio. 

vi.  Margaret- Louisa,  b.  June  18,  1851,  in  Licking  county,  O. 

XVII.  Emily  Holihan  Egle,*  (John,^  Casper, ^  Marcus,^) 
b.  June  15,  1817,  in  Alexandria,  Huntingdon  county.  Pa.;  d. 
February  11,  1883,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  was  twice  married;  first, 
January  10,  1838,  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  by  Reverend  Reed, 
William  Reily,  of  Columbus,  Ohio.  They  had  no  issue,  as 
far  as  we  can  learn.  Mrs.  Reily,  m.,  secondly,  August  14, 1841, 
at  Columbus,  Ohio,  by  Reverend  John  Eager,  Daniel  Emer- 
son, b.  January  5,  1812,  in  Vermont ;  d.  in  1870,  at  Salem,  111.; 


138  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

son  of  John  Emerson  and   Elizabeth    Patterson.     They  had . 
issue  (surname  Emerson) : 

i.  William- Styles,  b.  February  26, 1839,  in  Columbus,  Ohio ; 
resides  in  tlie  city  of  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

XVIII.  Hiram  Egle,^  (John,^  Casper,  ^  Marcus,  i)  b. 
March  4,  1822,  in  Alexandria,  Huntingdon  county,  Pa.;  re- 
sides near  Xewark,  Ohio ;  m.  July  1,  1849,  near  Newark, 
Ohio,  by  Eeverend  John  B.  Fry,  Rebecca  Q-lover,  b.  June 
28,  1824,  in  Hardy  county,  Ya.;  dau.  of  Alfred  Glover  and 
Jane  Finch.     They  had  issue,  all  b.  near  Newark,  Ohio : 

i.  David -Emerson,  b.  April  14,  1850. 
n.  Milton -Lorenzo,  b.  October  28,  1851 ;  m.  November  12, 

1878,  Clara  L.  Bowlby. 
in.  Jennie,  b.  August  9,  1856. 
iv.  Francis-Elmer,  b.  October  18,  1864. 

XIX.  David  Egle,*  (John,^  Casper, ^  Marcus,  ^j  b.  April 
22,  1824,  in  Huntingdon  county,  Pa.;  resides  near  Carlyle,  HI.; 
m.  February  18,  1858,  in  Newark,  Ohio,  by  Reverend  William 
Robinson,  Susan  Cornelia  Martin,  b.  November  2,  1835, 
in  Newark,  Ohio:  dau.  of  William  Martin  and  Margaret  Wil- 
son.    They  had  issue : 

i.   William-Eenic-Sei/mour,  b.   April  20,   1859;   d.   May  13, 

1878,  near  Carlyle,  111. 
ii.  Kaddie-May,  b.  June  1,  1863. 
Hi.  Tig,  b.  February  6, 1870. 

XX.  Mary  Egle,^  (William,  ^  Casper,  2  Marcus,  i)  b.  De- 
cember 24,  1805,  in  Groveland,  N.  Y.  ;  d.  May  28,  1865,  in 
Pine  Run,  Geuessee  county,  Mich.,  and  there  buried ;  m.  No- 
vember 17,  1825,  in  Groveland,  N,  Y.,  by  Rev.  Silas  Pratt, 
William  Bodine,  b.  July  11, 1803, in  Pa.;  d.  April  13, 1868, 
in  Pine  Run,  Genessee  county,  Mich.  They  had  issue,  all  born 
at  Groveland,  N.  Y.     (surname  Bodine) : 

i.  Catharine,  b.  September  25,  1826  ;  m.  May  8, 1847,  by  Rev. 
John  C.  Wright,  John  H.  Francisco,  b.  1823,  at  White 
Hall,  Washington  county  N.  Y. ;  son  of  Robert  Fran- 
cisco. 

ii.  Oscar-Fitzler,  b.  December  1,  1828. 


The  Family  of  Egle.  139 

m.  Mortimer -Charles^    b.    April    10,   1831 ;    member   of    the 
Twenty-third  Regiment  Michigan  Volunteers,  and  d.  in 
service,  November  12,  1862,  at  Lebanon,  Ky. 
iv.  Sarah-Jane,  b.  August  2,  1836. 

V.  Oakley,  b.  September  5, 1839 ;  m.  September  18, 1865,  Bar- 
bara Celeste  Devoe,  b.  1848,  in  Otsego  county,  N.  Y. ; 
daughter  of   Philip  and  ^Eliza  Ann  Devoe,  and    had 
Flora-Ada,  d.  s.  p.,  and  Daisy-May. 
vi.  Ellen-Eugenie,  b.  September  17, 1842. 
vii.  Charlotte- Rossell,  b.  May  31,  1846. 

XXI.  George  Egle,^  (William, ^  Casper, ^  Marcus, i)  b. 
December  25,  1811,  in  Grroveland,  K  Y.  ;  cl.  in  1882,  near 
Otisville,  Grenessee  county,  Mich. ;  m.  January  1,  1835,  at 
Perez,  ISF.  Y.,  by  Rev.  Samuel  Gridley,  Elmira  Lycetta. 
Wright,  b.  in  Scipio,  Genoa  county,  N.  Y.  Her  parents 
were  Edmund  Wright,  b.  in  1760,  in  county  Tyrone,  Ireland; 
d.  June  e,  1849 ;  m.  Sarah  Fields,  b.  in  1786,  at  Trenton,  K 
J. ;  d.  January  24,  1839,  at  Perez,  N.  Y.  George  Egle  had 
issue : 

i.  Sarah-Jane,  b.  September  25, 1835,  in  York  Centre  N.  Y. ; 
m.,  flrst,  December  20, 1855,  John  Waters  Webber;  d. 
in  Holly,  Oakland  county,  Mich. ;  son  of  Edward  Free- 
man Webber,  and  had,  (surname  Webber,)  John-Waters 
and  Harriet-Louisa.  Mrs.  Webber,  m.,  secondly,  Oc- 
tober 27,  1867,  Lyman  Witter  Spalding,  b.  January  18, 
1814,  in  Monroe  county,  N.  Y. ;  son  of  Ephraim  Spald- 
ing and  Lydia  Stephens, 
n.  Edmund-  Wright,  b.  July  29, 1837,  in  Perez,  N .  Y.  ;  enlisted 
in  Company  K,  First  Michigan  Cavalry,  in  1861,  and 
was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Coal  Harbor,  Va.,  June  1, 
1864,  at  10,  A.  M.,  and  buried  on  tlie  field  where  he  fell, 
under  an  apple  tree — grave  marked  on  the  tree — name 
and  age. 
Hi.  Mary,  b.  July  4,  1839,  in  Mount  Morris,  jST.  Y.  ;  m.  Janu- 
ary 1,  1856,  Frank  Lemuel  Palmer,  b.  October  11,  1845, 
in  Boston,  Mass.;  son  of  William  Palmer  and  Mary 
Ridgway ;  served  in  the  civil  w^ar,  in  Company  A,  First 
Michigan  Regiment. 
iv.  Helen- Louisa,  b.  November  4,  1841,  in  Mount  Morris,  N. 
Y. ;  m.  September  20, 1861,  George  Ives,b.  in  Newtown, 
Pa.,  and  had,  (surname  Ives,)  Frank,'  Minnie,  May, 
and  George-Edward. 
V.  William-Henry,  b.  March  23,  1843,  in  Groveland,  N.  Y.; 
m.  May  18,  1875,  Agnes  Ralph  Simons, b.  May  3, 1853,  in 


140  Pennsylvania  Qenealogies. 

Sterling  county,  Canada  West ;  daughter  of  Timothy 
Potter  Simons  and  Maria  Jane  Goodrich. 

vi.  Adelaide-Victoria,  b.  January  18,1845,  in  Grand  Blanche, 
Genessee  county,  Mich. ;  m.  July  4,  1866,  Eobert  Alex- 
ander, b.  November  24,  1843,  in  Flint,  Mich.,  and  had, 
(surname  Alexander,)  Ida,  d.  s.  p.,  and  Robert-Edez. 

vii.  Betsy- Ann,  b.  April  18,  1849,  in  Flint,  Mich. ;  ni.  October 

19,  1873,  Donald  Ferguson,  b.  in  Glasgow,  Scotland. 
viii.  John- Jefferson,  b.  July    6,    1851,    in    Buston,   Genessee 
county,  Mich. 

ix.  Harriet-Lijcetta,  b.  January  9,  1853,  in  Flint,  Mich.;  m. 
December  4,  1870,  William  W.  Alexander,  b.  January 
26,  1851,  in  Flint,  Mich.,  and  had,  (surname  Alexander,) 
Julia-Almira,  Mary-Ermina,  and  Arthur- Eugene. 

X.  Margaret-Ermina,  b.  August  6,  1856,  in  Flint,  Mich. 

xi.  George-Clinton,  b.  January  12, 1859,  in  Davidson  Centre, 
Genessee  county,  Mich. 

XXII.  William  Henry  Bgle,*  (William,  ^  Casper,  3 
Marcus,!)  b.  October  18,  1814,  in  Groveland,  K  Y.  ;  d.  August, 
1853,  in  Burns,  Allegheny  county,  N.  Y. ;  m.,  first,  July  4, 
1839,  in  Grroveland,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Brown,  Rosannah  Keith 
Bennett,  b.  1818,  near  Newtov^rn,  Bucks  county.  Pa. ;  d.  Sep- 
tember 25,  1849,  in  Burns,  N.  Y.  ;  daughter  of  Greorge  Bennett 
and  Martha  Torbert.     They  had  issue : 

32.  i.  Aramanda,  b.  April  15,  1842;  m.  Charles  V.  Craven. 

33.  n.  Alburtis,  b.  March  31, 1843  ;  m.  Lydia  McNair. 

William  H.  Egie,  m.,  secondly,  July  4,  1850,  by  Rev  Mr. 
Brown,  Synthia  Webb,  d.  in  Burns,  N.  Y. ;  daughter  of 
William  and  Sarah  Webb.     They  had  issue  : 

Hi.  Frank,  b.  October  9,  1851 ;  d.  March  25,  1864. 

XXIII.  James  Egle,^  (William, ^  Casper, ^  Marcus, i)  b. 
September  18,  1815,  in  Groveland,  Livingston  county,  N.  Y.  ; 
d.  January  11,  1863 ;  m.  May  8, 1845,  in  Groveland,  Emeline 
Bird,  b.  in  Hacketstown,  IST.  J.  ;  d.  April  4,  1872,  in  Grove- 
land, N.  Y.,  and  with  her  husband  there  buried.  They  had 
issue,  all  born  in  Groveland,  N.  Y. : 

i.  William-Henry,  b.  November  1,  1846  ;  m.  April  29,  1S75, 
by  Rev.  J.  B.  Countryman,  Mary  Smock,  b.  March  9, 
1855,  in  Groveland,  JST.  Y. ;  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Hannah  Smock,  and  had  Charles,  d.  s  p.,  James,  and 
a  daughter. 


The  Family  of  Egle.  141 

ii.  Mary,  b.  February  25,  1848;  resides  in  Groveland,  N.  Y. 
Hi.  Elizabeth,  b.  October  15,  1849;  m.   October  12,1876,  by 

Rev.  David  Conway,  George  Bennett,  b.  January,  1852, 

in  Groveland,  N.  Y. ;  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Bennett ; 

and  had  three  boys. 
iv.  James  Orlendo,  h.  Ma.vch  11,1851;  resides  in  Groveland, 

AT.  Y. 
V.  Lerein- Thorn,  h.  April  8, 1853  ;  resides  in  Groveland,  N.  Y. 

XXIV.  George  Eg-le,^  (Greorge,^  Aclam,^  Marcus,  i)  b. 
1780,  in  Lancaster  county,  Pa. ;  removed  with  his  parents  to 
Eowan  county,  IST.  C. ;  d.  in  Newton  county,  Mo.  ;  m.  Mary 
Haldeman,  b.  1782,  in  Lancaster  county,  Pa.  ;  d.  in  1864,  in 
Newton  county,  Mo.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Leah,  b.  1802 ;  resides  in  I^ewton  county,  Mo. 
n.  Mary,  b.  1804;  d.  1878. 

in.  Elizabeth,  b.  1806;  resides  In  Cabarras  county,  N.  C. 
iv.  Solomon,  b.  1808;  d.  1878. 
V.  John,  b.  1810;  d.  1870. 
33       vi.  6reo7'(/e- Adam,  b.  December  25,  1815;  m.  Nancy  Shandy. 
vii.  Sophia,  b.  1817  ;  resides  in  Kewton  county,  Mo. 
via.  Moses,  b.  1819 ;  resides  in  Newton  county,  Mo. 

XXV.  Sarah  Morrett  Eglb,^  (John,^  Jacob, ^  Casper,-' 
Marcus,  i)b.  January  80, 1815,  in  Myerstown,  Lebanon  county, 
Pa.;  resides  in  Bainbridge,  Pa.;  m.  October,  1833,  in  Sunbury, 
Pa.,  by  Eeverend  John  Peter  Schindel,  Robert  Henry  Jones, 
b.  March  22,  1803,  in  county  Donegal,  Ireland;  d.  April  29, 
1863,  in  Bainbridge,  Pa.  His  father,  Robert  Jones,  b.  March 
28,  1772,  in  county  Donegal,  Ireland ;  d.  September  22,  1840, 
in  Bainbridge,  Pa.;  came  to  America,  landing  at  Philadelphia 
on  the  12th  of  June,  1806,  and  was  in  active  mercantile  life 
for  a  period  of  twenty-five  years.  He  m.  April  20,  1792. 
Margaret  Williamson,  b.  June  5,  1772,  in  county  Monaghan, 
Ireland;  d.  March  30,  1844,  in  Bainbridge,  Pa.  Their  son 
Robert  Henry  Jones,  received  a  good  education,  studied  medi- 
cine with  Doctor  David  Watson,  of  Donegal,  and  graduated 
from  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Pennsvl- 
vania.  He  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Bain- 
bridge, in  which  he  continued,  very  successfully,  up  to  the  time 
of  his  death.     For  many  years,  there  was  no  ph3^sician  in  the 


142  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

neighborhood,  and  his  labors  were  very  arduous.  Apart  from 
his  professional  duties,  he  became  interested  in  various  busi- 
ness operations ;  was  a  contractor  on  the  old  Philadelphia  and 
Columbia  railroad,  and  assisted  in  laying  out  the  village  of 
Bainbridge.  Doctor  Jones  was  highly  respected  and  honored 
in  the  community  in  which  he  resided,  and  his  memory  re- 
mains green  with  many  who  honored  him  with  the  title  of  ''the 
good  doctor."  Doctor  Jones  and  his  wife,  Sarah  Morrett  Egle, 
had  igsne,  all  b.  in  Bainbridge,  Pa.,  (surname  Jones): 

i.  Amanda-Egle,  b.  August  29,  1834;  d.  January  8,  1839. 
ii.  Samuel-Jeremiah,  b.  March  22,  1886.  He  received  a  good 
preliminary  education,  and,  in  1853,  entered  Dickinson 
College,  from  which  institution  he  graduated  with  dis- 
tinguislied  honors  in  1857.  After  his  graduation,  he 
commenced  the  study  of  medicine  under  his  father,  and, 
in  1858,  matriculated  in  tlie  medical  department  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  taking  his  degree  as  M.  D. 
from  that  institution  in  1860.  In  the  same  year,  he  en- 
tered the  United  States  navy  as  assistant  surgeon,  was 
attached  to  the  United  States  steamer  Minnesota — the 
flag-ship  of  the  Atlantic  squadron — which  participated 
in  the  battle  with  the  Merrimac,  upon  which  steamer  he 
remained  for  two  years,  except  when  absent  as  Admiral 
Goldsborough's  staff  surgeon  at  the  battle  of  Roanoke 
Island,  and  Admiral  Rowan's  staff  surgeon  at  the  battle 
of  Newbern,  when  he  was  promoted  to  the  grade  of  sur- 
geon. Doctor  Jones  was  United  States  examining  sur- 
geon for  the  appointment  of  volunteer  medical  officers 
during  1863  and  1864,  with  his  head-quarters  at  Chicago. 
He  was  one  of  the  youngest  surgeons  ever  appointed  in 
the  United  States  navy,  being  not  yet  twenty-eight 
years  of  age  when  he  received  his  promotion.  When 
relieved  from  duty  in  Chicago,  in  1864,  he  was  ordered 
to  New  Orleans  as  surgeon-in-charge  of  the  United 
States  naval  hospital  at  that  place,  during  an  epidemic 
of  yellow  fever,  and  as  medical  purveyor  of  Admiral 
Farragut's  (blockading)  squadron.  After  the  close  of  the 
war,  he  was  transferred  to  the  naval  hospital  at  Fensa- 
cola,  Florida,  as  surgeon  of  that  hospital,  and  surgeon 
of  the  navy-j'ard  at  Pensacola.  He  was  also  the  sur- 
geon of  the  sloop-of-war  Portsmouth,  at  New  Orleans, 
and  of  the  frigate  Sabine,  the  practiceship  for  naval  ap- 
prentices on  the  Atlantic  coast.  He  continued  in  the 
naval  service  until  1868,  when  he  resigned..    In  that 


The  Family  of  Egle.  143 

year  he  was  chosen  as  a  delegate  from  the'^  American 
Medical  Association  to  the  European  Medical  Associa- 
tions, which  held  meetings  at  Oxford,  Heidelberg,  and 
Dresden.  The  late  Professor  Samuel  D.  Gross,  with 
Doctor  Goodman,  of  Philadelphia,  and  Doctor  Barker, 
of  New  York,  were  his  associates.  He  was  also,  at 
the  same  time,  commissioned  by  Governor  Geary,  of 
Pennsylvania,  to  investigate  and  report  upon  sanitary 
matters  abroad,  in  tlie  interest  of  tliat  State.  Upon 
his  return  from  Europe,  he  located  in  Chicago,  and 
commenced  a  general  practice,  and  was  appointed*  presi- 
dent of  tlie  Chicago  board  of  examining  surgeons  for 
United  States  pensions.  In  1S70,  he  was  appointed 
professor  of  ophthalmology  and  otology  in  the  Chicago 
Medical  College,  a  chair  which  had  just  been  established. 
His  studies  had  been,  partly  by  the  natural  trend  of  his 
mind  and  partly  by  circumstances,  directed  to  dis- 
eases of  the  eye  and  the  ear,  and  the  call  to  this  chair  in 
the  Chicago  Medical  College  determined  his  life-work. 
He  has  held  this  chair  ever  since,  and  after  establishing 
the  eye  and  ear  department  of  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  was 
appointed  attending  surgeon  of  that  department,  and 
has  held  the  post  for  sixteen  years.  He  also  established 
the  eye  and  ear  department  of  Mercy  Hospital  and  of 
the  South  Side  Dispensary,  and  was  their  attending 
surgeon  for  ten  years.  He  was  also  connected,  as  at- 
tending surgeon,  with  the  Illinois  Charitable  Eye  and 
Ear  Infirmary,  a  State  institution,  located  in  Chicago. 
In  1880,  Doctor  Jones  was  elected  permanent  secretary 
of  the  Illinois  State  Medical  Society,  to  succeed  Doctor 
N.  S.  Davis,  who  had  held  the  position  for  twenty  years. 
He  is  an  active  member  of  that  society,  of  the  American 
Medical  Association,  American  Academy  of  Medicine, 
the  American  Ophthalmological  and  Otological  societies, 
and  has  been  thrice  a  member  of  the  International  Medi- 
cal Congress  ;  and  to  these  bodies,  and  to  the  American 
Journal  of  Medical  Sciences,  and  other  medical  journals, 
his  contributions  to  the  literature  of  his  profession  have 
been  chiefly  made.  A  partial  list  of  some  of  his  valuable 
monographs,  in  which  are  condensed  the  knowledge  and 
discoveries  of  centuries,  and  his  own  addition  to  that 
knowledge  and  those  discoveries  in  his  favorite  branch 
of  study,  are  herewith  given  :  "  The  Present  State  of 
Ophthalmology,"  was  delivered  before  the  Illinois  Med- 
ical Association,  in  May,  1879.  "  The  Present  State  of 
Otology,"  "A  Report  on  Otology,"  ''Iritis:   Some  of 


144  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Its  Dangers,"  and  "Affections  of  the  Lachrymal  Appa- 
ratus," were  also  delivered  before  the  Illinois  Medical 
Society.  "Strabismus:  Its  Nature  and  Effects,"  was 
contributed  to  tlie  Chicago  Medical  Gazette.,  of  Jan- 
\mry  5, 1880.  "On  the  Introduction  of  Liquids  into  the 
Eustachian  Tube  and  Middle  Ear,"  was  delivered  be- 
fore the  American  Medical  Association,  at  New  York, 
in  June,  1880,  and  "Modifications  of  the  Methods  of 
Treating  Chronic  non-8uppurative  Inflammation  of  the 
Eustachian  Tube  and  Middle  Ear,"  was  delivered  before 
the  International  Medical  Congress,  in  1876.  In  1884, 
his  alma  mater.,  Dickinson  College,  at  its  one  hundred 
and  first  annual  commencement,  conferred  upon  him  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  in  recognition  of  his  valu- 
able services  in  medical  and  surgical  science. 

Hi.  Georgianna,  b.  May  22,  1838 •,  d.  June  18,  1846. 

iv.   William-Henry -Harrison,\).  October  16,  1840;  d.  March 

16,  1841. 
V.  Jiobert-Henry,\).  July  30,  1843;  d.  December  8,  1848. 

vi.  Sarah- Williamson,  b.  May  10,  1848;  d.  August  19,  1859. 

XX YI.  "William  Henry  Egle,^  (Jolin,^  Valentine,  ^  Cas- 
per, ^  Marcus,  1)  b.  September  17,  1830,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa., 
wliere  he  now  resides.  His  father  dying  when  he  was  four  years 
of  age,  he  went  to  his  paternal  grandmother's,  to  whom  he  was 
indebted  for  his  careful  training  during  childhood  and  youth. 
He  was  educated  in  the  private  and  public  schools  of  Harris- 
burg, and  for  two  years  attended  the  Harrisburg  Military  In- 
stitute, under  the  care  of  Captain  Alden  Partridge,  where  he 
pursued  the  study  of  the  classics  and  higher  mathematics.  Not 
having  the  opportunity  of  entering  college,  he  determined  to 
learn  the  art  of  printing,  and  for  this  purpose  spent  three  years 
in  the  office  of  the  Pennsylvania  Telegraph,  during  most  of 
which.time  he  was  foreman  of  the  establishment.  Subsequently, 
he  had  charge  of  the  State  printing.  In  1853,  having  been  a 
frequent  correspondent  to  the  monthly  magazines,  he  undertook 
the  editorship  of  the  Literary  Companion,  which  was  discon- 
tinued at  the  end  of  six  months,  at  the  same  time  the  editing 
of  the  Daily  Times,  afterwards  merged  into  one  of  the  other 
newspaper  ventures  of  Harrisburg.  In  1854,  he  began  the 
study  of  medicine  with  Doctor  Charles  C.  Bombaugh,  of  Harris- 
burg, during  a  portion  of  which  period,  that  and  the  following 


The  Family  of  Egle.  145 

year,  lie  was  assistant  teacher  in  the  boys'  schools  of  the  then 
North  ward  ;  afterwards  mailing  clerk  in  the  post-office  under 
Messrs.  Brant  and  Porter.  In  the  fall  of  1857,  he  resigned  his 
position  and  entered  the  medical  department  of  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  from  which  institution  he  graduated  in  March, 
1859.  The  same  year  he  located  at  Harrisburg,  and  was  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession  tbere  when,  in  1862,  after  the  battles 
of  Chantilly  and  the  second  Bull  Run,  he  was  telegraphed  by 
Adjutant  General  Russell,  of  Pennsylvania,  to  go  to  Washing- 
ton to  assist  in  the  care  of  the  wounded,  which  duty  he  per- 
formed. In  September  of  that  year,  he  was  commissioned  as- 
sistant surgeon  of  the  Ninety-sixth  regiment,  Pennsylvania 
volunteers,  and  in  the  summer  of  1863  surgeon  of  the  Forty- 
seventh  regiment,  Pennsylvania  volunteer  militia.  At  the  close 
of  service  with  the  latter  command,  he  resumed  his  practice, 
but  afterwards,  at  the  earnest  solicitation  of  Adjutant  General 
Thomas,  of  the  United  States  army,  he  accepted  the  appoint- 
ment, by  President  Lincoln,  as  surgeon  of  volunteers,  and  was 
ordered  to  Camp  Nelson,  Kentucky,  to  examine  the  colored 
regiments  then  being  organized  in  that  State.  He  was  sub- 
sequently detailed  with  the  cavalry  battalion  under  Colonel 
James  Brisbin,  now  of  the  United  States  army,  thence  ordered 
to  the  Department  of  the  Ja,mes  under  General  Butler,  and  as- 
signed to  the  Twenty-fifth  army  corps.  During  the  Appo- 
mattox campaign,  he  was  chief  executive  medical  officer  of 
General  Birney's  division.  Twenty-fourth  army  corps,  and 
upon  the  return  from  that  campaign  ordered  to  Texas  with 
General  Jackson's  division.  Twenty-fifth  army  corps,  as  its 
chief  medical  officer.  In  December,  1865,  he  resigned  the  ser- 
vice and  returned  home,  when  for  a  brief  period  he  partially 
resumed  the  practice  of  his  profession.  Upon  the  organization 
of  the  National  Guard  in  1870,  Doctor  Egle  was  appointed 
surgeon-in- chief  of  the  Fifth  division  with  the  rank  of  lieuten- 
ant colonel,  and  subsequently,  in  the  consolidation  of  the  com- 
mands, transferred  to  surgeon  of  the  Eighth  regiment,  and  is 
the  senior  medical  officer  in  the  National  Guard  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  has  been  honored  by  election  as  corresponding  mem . 
ber  of  a  number  of  historical  and  learned  societies  in  America 
10 


146  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

and  England.  Turning  his  attention  to  historical  research,  he 
commenced  the  preparation  of  his  "  History  of  Pennsylvania," 
which  was  published  in  1876 ;  at  the  same  time,  in  connection 
with  Honorable  John  Blair  Linn,  edited  twelve  volumes  of  the 
second  series  of  the  "Pennsylvania  Archives."  Following 
these,  have  appeared  a  number  of  historical  works  from  his  pen, 
the  latest  of  which  are  the  histories  of  the  counties  of  Dauphin 
and  Lebanon,  and  this  initial  volume  of  "  Pennsylvania  Grene- 
alogies."  He  resides  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  Doctor  Egle,  m.  July 
24,  1860,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  by  the  Eeverend  Daniel  Gans, 
D.  D.,  of  the  Keformed  church,  Eliza  White  Beatty,  b.  Jan- 
uary 5,  1833,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  dan.  of  George  Beatty  and 
his  wife  Catharine  Shrom,  {see  Beatty  record.)  They  had  issue, 
all  born  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  : 

i.  Beverly-Waugh,}).  Thursday,  May  2, 1861 ;  bap.  Sunday, 
December  1, 1861,  by  Reverend  Francis  Hodgson,  D.  D., 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church ;  d.  Wednesday,  June 
21, 1882,  at  Chicago,  111. ;  bur.  Monday,  June  26,  1882, 
at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  Beverly,  at  the  age  of  six  years, 
was  sent  to  the  school  of  Miss  Sabina  Kelker,  under 
whose  instruction  he  continued  until  he  was  far  enough 
advanced  to  enter  the  select  school  of  Professor  L.  H. 
Gause,  where  he  remained  two  years.  He  subsequently 
went  to  the  Harrisburg  Academy  under  the  care  of  Pro- 
fessor Jacob  r.  Seiler,  A.  M.,  continuing  there  until  his 
eighteenth  year.  Expressing  a  wisli  to  study  medicine, 
special  courses  were  given  him  in  chemistry  and  materia 
medica,  and  in  the  early  part  of  September,  1880,  he  was 
sent  to  Chicago  to  the  care  of  his  relative,  Professor  S. 
J.  Jones,  M.  D.,  of  the  Chicago  Medical  College,  an  ad- 
vanced medical  institution  in  the  West,  where  the  ad- 
vantages afforded  him  for  pursuing  his  studies  were  un- 
surpassed. Remaining  there,  with  the  exception  of  a 
few  weeks'  visit  to  his  home  in  the  spring  of  1881,  he  re- 
alized the  necessity  of  the  highest  education  in  the  pro- 
fession he  had  selected  for  his  life-work,  and  became  a 
devoted  student.  His  hospital  and  clinical  experience 
lifted  him,  as  it  were,  into  the  front  rank  of  his  class, 
while  fellow-students  and  professors  alike  admired  his 
mental  achievements  and  his  courteous  manners.  He 
was  the  acknowledged  leader  of  the  senior  class,  and  a 
bright  future  was  seemingly  before  him  of  position,  and 
honor,  and  usefulness  in  the  profession.    Although  com- 


The  Family  of  Egle.  147 

pletely  absorbed  in  his  studies,  he  was  not  unmindful 
of  other  duties  devolving  upon  him,  and  his  rare  social 
qualities  gained  him  many  friends  in  the  city  of  Chicago. 
He  never  swerved  in  the  performance  of  his  mission, 
and  a  few  weeks  before  his  death  he  remained  by  the 
bedside  of  a  young  man  near  his  own  age,  dying  of  diph- 
theria, when  others  had  fled  the  room.  About  the  1st 
of  June  he  complained  of  a  small  boil  on  his  left  upper 
lip.  Little  attention,  however,  was  paid  to  it,  save  to 
lessen  the  swelling  of  the  face,  yet  alarming  cerebral 
symptoms  soon  set  iu,  and,  notwithstanding  the  best 
medical  skill  in  the  country,  he  breathed  his  last  at  11.30, 
p.  M.,  on  Wednesday,  June  21 — St.  Aloysius*  day — 1882. 
And  tlius,  in  the  opening  years  of  manhood,  with  pros- 
pects as  brilliant  as  any  could  possibly  desire,  he  passed 
from  out  tlie  circle  of  loving  hearts  to  the  blessed  reali- 
zations of  the  life  eternal.  He  was  a  noble  boy,  intelli- 
gent, manly,  upright,  loving,  and  dutiful,  and  it  need 
not  be  wondered  at  ihat  liis  sudden  departure  from  tliis 
earthly  life  caused  wounds  which  time  can  never  fully 
heal- 

a.  Sarah-Beatty,  b.  Friday,  July  13,  1866 ;  bap.  Saturday, 
February  9, 1867, by  Rev.  B.  B.  Leacock,  D.  D.,  Rector 
of  St.  Stephen's  Episcopal  Church,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

in.  Catharine-Irwin,  b.  Tuesday,  January  19, 1869 ;  bap.  Tues- 
day, March  14,  1871,  by  Rev.  Robert  J.  Keeling,  D.  D., 
Rector  of  St.  Stephen's  Episcopal  Church,  Harris- 
burg, Pa. 

XXVII.  GrEORGE  BoYD  Egle,^  (John,*  Valentine, 3  Casper, ^ 
Marcus,  i)b.  December  21,  1831,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  served  in 
the  three  months'  service  at  the  outbreak  of  tlie  civil  war;  in 
1868,  removed  to  W.  Va.,  near  Martinsburg,  where  he  now 
resides  ;  m.  August  29,  1852,  by  Rev.  William  McFadden, 
Martha  Kauffman  Kerr,  b.  December  25,  1834,  in  York 
county,  Pa. ;  d.  December  1,  1879,  near  Martinsburg,  W.  Va. ; 
buried  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  daughter  of  James  Kerr  and 
Jane  Atkinson.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Mary-Elizabeth,  b.  August  11,  1853,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ; 
d.  August  7, 1874,  near  Martinsburg,  W.  Y. ;  buried  at 
Harrisburg,  Pa. 
n.  Lavinia,  b.  February  14,  1830;  d.  July  12, 1856. 
iii.  Lucinda,  b.  January  6,  1857  ;  d.  February  3,  1857. 
iv.  William-Henry,  b.  October  30,  1858 ;  m.  Nettie  Dallas 
Sigler  ;  resides  at  McKeesport,  Pa. 


148  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

V.  Martha,  b.  January  10,  1861 ;  resides  at  Martinsburg,  W, 

Va. 
vi.  Margaret-Mary,  b.  January  2,  1862;  d.  February  6,  1864. 
vii  Hiram,  b.  December  5, 1864 ;  d.  December  10, 1865. 
via.  Virginia,  b.  February  5,  1874 ;  d.  September  13,  1878,  near 

Martinsburg,  W.  Va. ;  buried  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
ix.  Margaret,  b.  May  23, 1875. 

XXVIII.  Welding  Egle  Smith,  ^  (Mary- Ann,  *  Valen- 
tine, ^  Casper,  2  Marcus,  i)  b.  March  6,  1833,  in  Plymouth, 
Luzerne  county,  Pa.  ;  m.  April  13,  1857,  in  Huron  county, 
Ohio,  Charlotte  Ashtoist,  b.  September  19,  1837,  in  Lyme, 
Huron  county,  Ohio  ;  daughter  of  Thomas  Ash  ton '^'  and  Mary 
Edgar.  They  had  issue,  all  b.  in  Four  Corners,  save  the  last 
four,  who  were  b.  in  Monroeville.     (surname  Smith)  : 

i.  Slielclen-Egle,  b.  August  16, 1858. 
ii.  Allison-Halliburton,  b.  January  18,  1861. 
Hi.  Francis-Draper,  b.  April  26, 1862;  resides  near  McCook, 

Neb. 
iv.   Walter- Ashton,  b.  February  16, 1864;  a  teacher  in  Hast- 
ings, Neb. 
V.  Hiram-Eqle,  b.  February  21,  1866. 
vi.  Charles-L.,  b.  April  2, 1868. 
vii.  Evelyn- Charlotte,  b.  September  4,  1870. 
via.  Mahel-M.,h.  July  27, 1872 ;  d.  February  5, 1884,  at  Monroe- 
ville, Ohio. 
ix.  Lottie-Nine,  b.  August  6,  1877 ;  d.  February  9, 1884,  at 
Monroeville,  Ohio. 

XXIX.  Wayman  French  Smith,  ^  (Mary- Ann,  ^  Valen- 
tine,^ Casper, 2  Marcus,  i)  b.  March  31,  1836,  in  Plymouth, 
Luzerne  county,  Pa.  ;  resides  in  Monroeville,  Oliio  ;  m.  May  19, 
1863,  Susan  Fox.     They  had  issue,  (surname  Smith) : 

i.  Mary- Ann,  b.  July  24,  1864 ;  d.  February  3, 1881. 
ii.   Welding-M.,  b.  January  9,  1866. 
Hi.   Wilson-B,  b.  July  5,  1868  ;  d.  July  15,  1869. 
iv.   Wayman-H.,  b.  May  11,  1870. 

V.  Lucy,  b.  August  19,  1872. 
vi.  Fannie-L.,  b.  April  20, 1875. 

*  Thomas  Ashton  was  b.  in  1810,  in  Prescott,  Lancashire,  Eng- 
land, came  to  America  in  1831 ;  d.  June  2, 1879,  in  Huron  county, 
Ohio;  m.  Mary  Edgar,  b.  in  1815,  in  Somersetshire,  England, 
coming  to  America  in  1832.  Mrs.  Ashton  resides  near  Monroeville, 
Huron  county,  Ohio. 


The  Family  of  Egle.  149 

vii.  6reorge-TF.,  b.  July  5,  1880. 
mil.  IdorMay,  b.  October  6, 1883, 

XXX.  John  Egle,^  (John,^  Jolin,^  Casper, ^  Marcus/)  b. 
February  7,  18-iO,  in  Franklin  county,  Ohio  ;  m.  October  18, 
1861,  Maetha  Ann  McDonald,  b.'  October,  1840,  in  Knox 
county,  Ohio  ;  d.  October  18,  1876 ;  daughter  of  William  Mc- 
Donald.    They  had  issue,  all  b.  in  Knoxville,  Ohio : 

i.  Mary-Bell,  b.  July  28,  1862 ;  d.  September  8, 1864. 
n.  Maria-Zerena,  b.  A>ril  4, 1864;  d.  December  28, 1865. 
in.  Edward,  b.  September  7,  1868;  d.  September  15, 1868. 
iv.  Ortendo-Benton'l).  September  20, 1869. 
V.  Martha- Adelia,  b.  November  20, 1871. 
vi.  Matilda-Maude,  b.  January  15, 1875. 

XXXI.  William  Spencek  Egle, 5  (John,*  John,^  Casper, 2 
Marcus,^)  b.  September  18,  1842,  in  McDonough,  111.  ;  m.  De- 
cember, 1869,  Martha  Ann  Smith,  b.  August  14,  1850,  in 
Knox  county,  Ohio,  dau.  of  Henry  D.  Smith  and  Elizabeth 
McVeagh.     They  had  issue,  all  b.  in  Licking  county,  Ohio : 

i.  Mla-Mahel,  b.  December  1, 1870. 
ii.  Charles-Oran,  b.  June  12,  1873. 
Hi.  Daisy-Dell,  b.  June  11 ,  1875. 
iv.  Bes.^ie,  b.  August  14,  1877  ;  d.  September  20,  1877. 

XXXII.  Aramanda  Egle,s  (William-Henry,*  William, ^ 
Casper,  2  Marcus,  i)  b.  April  15,  1842,  at  Groveland,  N.  Y. ; 
m.  December  20,  1865,  near  Newtown,  Bucks  county.  Pa.,  by 
Eeverend  J.  M.  Milliken,  Charles  Yanartsdale  Craven,  b. 
March  16,  1837,  at  Ilatboro',  Pa.,  son  of  John  Craven  and  Eliza- 
beth Hart;  reside  near  ISTewtown,  Bucks  county,  Pa.  They 
had  issue  (surname  Craven)  : 

i.  John-Burroughs,  b.  ISTovember  7,  1866. 
ii.  Frank-Bennett,  b.  July  26,  1869. 
Hi.  George- Washinqton,  b.  October  7, 1873. 
iv.  Bessie-Wynkoop,h.  December  9, 1875. 

XXXIII.  Alburtis  Egle,s  (William-Henry,*  William, ^ 
Casper,  3  Marcus,  i)  b.  March  31,  1843,  at  Groveland,  X.  Y. ; 
m.  November  25,  1868,  at  Addisville,  Bucks  county.  Pa.,  by 
Eeverend  Hugh  L.  Craven,  Lydia  McXair,  b.  March  3, 1847, 
at  Addisville,  Bucks  county.  Pa.,  dau.  of  James  S.  McXair  and 
Eliza  CruU  ;  reside  near  Newtown,  Pa.     They  had  issue : 


150  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

i.  James-McNair,  b.  December  23, 1870;  d.  August  6,  1871. 
a.  Charles-Wilson,  b.  May  27, 1872. 
Hi.  G'eorge-Newman,  b.  December  6, 1875. 
iv.  Bosany\ah,h.  May  12,  1879. 

V.  Alice-Vanartsdale,  b.  October  23, 1883. 

XXXIV.  Geoege  Adam  Egle,  ^  (G-eorge, ^  Greorge, ^  Adam, ^ 
Marcus,^;  b.  December  25,  1815,  in  Cabarras  county,  IST.  C. ; 
resides  in  Iredell  county,  N.  C.  ;  m,  in  1831,  in  Cabarras  county, 
N.  C,  Nancy  Shandy,  b.  February  5,  1814,  in  Davidson 
county,  N.  C,  dau.  of  Sidney  Shandy  and  Harriett  Grrouf. 
They  had  issue :  *  ' 

i.  Daniel- Alexander,  b.  May  31, 1835  ;  d.  1863;  m.  June  19, 
1859,  Martha  M.  Weems,  of  Mo.,  and  had  Sterling- 
Price  and  Wancy- Virginia. 

ii.  Peyton- Wesley,  b.  January  14,  1838;  m.  August  15,  1867, 
Caroline  Lazenby,  and  had  George-Adam  and  Jane; 
resides  in  Iredell  county,  JS .  C. 

Hi.  Julia- A.,  b.  October  4, 1839 ;  d.  October  16,  1859. 

iv.  Edwin-D.,  b.  May  17, 1842;  d.  November  17, 1844. 

V.  Lydia-Ludemia,  b.  February  26,  1844 ;  m.  D.  L.  Dry,  and 
had  Leroy- Whitfield,  William- Alfred,  John- Wesley, 
Henry-Lueco,  Fanny- Jidia,  Viola- Eveoxia,Linny- Clara, 
and  Nannie-Elizabeth ;  resides  in  Iredell  county,  N.  C. 

vi.  William- Sidney,  b.  April  24,  1846;  m.  March  12,  1867, 
Mary  Elizabeth  Barnsley,  and  had  William-Barnsley, 
Sarah-Elizabeth,  George,  and  Zebidon-Vance  ;  resides  in 
Iredell  county,  N".  C. 

vii.  Nancy-Jane,  b.  August  2, 1848;  d.  April  26,  1877 ;  m.  Au- 
gust 24, 1863,  Thomas  Melmoth  Beard,  and  had  Mary- 
Etta,  Washington-Henry,  John-Franklin,  and  James- 
Albert, 
via.  George-Washington,  b.  September  13, 1850;  resides  in  Ellis 
county,  Texas. 

ix.  Harriet-Josephiyie,  b.  October  21, 1852  ;  m.  July  26,  1871, 
Joseph  Stanhope  Martin,  and  had  George- Alexander , 
Charles-Leroy ,  William- Theophilus,  and  Lilly  and  Julia, 
(twins)  ;  resides  in  Iredell  county,  N".  C. 
X.  John-Franklin-C. ,h.lSlovemhev  18, 1854;  resides  in  Iredell 
county,  N.  C. 

xi.  James-Albert,  b.  February  21 ,  1857  ;  resides  in  Ellis  county, 
Texas. 

xii.   Wilburn-W.,  b.  March  5, 1859 ;  d.  October  14, 1859. 


Elder  Family.  151 


ELDER  FAMILY. 


1.  EoBEKT  Elder,  b.  about  1679  in  Scotland,  emigrated 
from  Longh  Neagh,  county  Antrim,  Ireland,  where  lie  had 
previously  settled,  to  America,  about  1730,  locating  in  Paxtang 
township,  then  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin  county,  Pa.,  on  a  tract 
of  land  near  the  first  ridge  of  the  Kittochtinny  mountains,  five 
miles  north  of  Harrisburg.  He  died  the  28th  of  July,  1746,  in 
Paxtang,  and  is  buried  in  the  old  church  grave-yard.      He 

married,  in  1703,  EleajSTOR ,  b.  in  1684 ;  d.  October  25, 

1742.     They  had  issue : 

2.  i.  Robert,  b.  1704 ;  m.  and  had  issue. 

3.  u.  John,  b.  January  26,  1706 ;  m.,  1st,  Mary  Baker  ;  2d,  Mary 

Simpson. 

4.  iii.  Thomas,  b.    1708;  m.  Mary  Patterson,  dau.  of  William 

Patterson,  of  Paxtang. 

5.  iv.  David,  b.  1710 ;  m.  Hannah  Anderson. 

V.  James,  b.  1712  ;  settled  in  Fannett  township,  Cumberland 

(now  Pranklin)  county,  Pa. 
vi.  Ann,  b.  1713 ;  m.  [John]  Anderson,  of  Octoraro.    We 

have  no  further  information  of  this  the,  perchance, 

only  sister  of  Reverend  John  Elder. 

II.  Egbert  Elder, ^  (Robert, i)  b.  in  1704,  in  Scotland; 
m.  and  had  issue  :  . 

i.  John,  b.  1730  ;  d.  December,  1756,  in  Hanover;  probably 
unm. 

6.  a.  Robert,  b.  1732 ;  m.  Mary  Taylor. 

7.  iii.  Samuel,  b.  1734;  m.  Mary  Robinson. 

iv.  Isabel,  b.  1736;  m.  Adam  Breaden,  concerning  whom  we 

have  no  record. 
V.  DomcZ,  b.  1738 ;  m.  and  removed,  late  in  life,  to  Ohio, 

where  he  died.    He  had,  among  other  children,  Joshua 

and  Robert. 
vi.  Elizabeth,  b.  1740. 


152  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

III.  John  Elder, 2  (Robert,  i)  b.  January  26,  1706,  in  the 
city  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland ;  d.  July  17,  1792,  in  Paxtang 
township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  He  received  a  classical  edu- 
cation, and  graduated  from  the  University  at  Edinburgh.  He 
subsequently  studied  divinity,  and,  in  1732,  was  licensed  to 
preach  the  gospel.  Four  or  five  years  later,  the  son  followed  • 
the  footsteps  of  his  parents  and  friends,  and  came  to  America. 
Coming  as  a  regularly  licensed  minister,  he  was  received  by 
New  Castle  Presbytery,  having  brought  credentials  to  that 
body,  afterward  to  Donegal  Presbytery,  on  the  5th  of  October, 
1737.  Paxtang  congregation  having  separated  from  that  of 
Derry  in  1735,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Bertram  adhering  to  the  latter, 
left  that  of  Paxtang  vacant,  and  they  were  unanimous  in  giv- 
ing Rev.  John  Elder  a  call  This  he  accepted  on  the  12th 
of  April,  1738,  and  on  the  22d  of  November  following,  he  was 
ordained  and  installed,  the  Rev.  Samuel  Black  presiding.  The 
early  years  of  Mr.  Elders  ministry  were  not  those  of  ease  ; 
for  in  the  second  year  the  Whitfield  excitement  took  a  wide 
spread  over  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  preached  against 
this  religious  furore^  or  the  "great  revival,"  as  it  was  termed, 
and  for  this  he  was  accused  to  the  Presbytery  of  propagating 
"false  doctrine."  That  body  cleared  him,  however,  in  Decem- 
ber, 1740  ;  "but  a  separation  was  made,"  says  Webster,  "and 
the  conjunct  Presbyters  answered  the  supplications  sent  to 
them  the  next  summer,  by  sending  Campbell  and  Rowland  to 
those  who  forsook  him.  He  signed  the  protest.  His  support 
being  reduced,  he  took  charge  of  the  '  Old  Side '  portion  of 
the  Derry  congregation."  Following  closely  upon  these  eccles- 
iastical troubles  came  the  French  and  Indian  war.  Associa- 
tions were  formed  throughout  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania 
for  the  defense  of  the  frontiers,  and  the  congregations  of  Mr. 
Elder  were  prompt  to  embody  themselves.  Their  minister  be- 
came their  leader — their  captain — and  the}^  were  trained  as 
scouts.  He  superintended  the  discipline  of  his  men,  and  his 
mounted  rangers  became  widely  known  as  the  "Paxtang 
Boys."  During  two  summers,  at  least,  every  man  who  at- 
tended Paxtang  church  carried  his  rifle  with  him,  and  their 
minister  took  his.     Subsequently,  he  was  advanced  to  the  dig- 


Elder  Family  153 

nity  of  colonel  by  the  Provincial  authorities,  the  date  of  his 
commission  being  July  11,  1763.  He  had  command  of  the 
block-houses  and  stockades  from  Easton  to  the  Susquehanna. 
The  Grovernor,  in  tendering  this  appointment,  expressly  stated 
that  nothing  more  would  be  expected  of  him  than  the  general 
oversight.  "His  justification,"  says  Webster,  "lies  in  the 
crisis  of  affairs  .  .  .  Bay.  at  York,  Steel  at  Conecocheague, 
and  Griffith  at  New  Castle,  with 'Burton  and  Thompson,  the 
church  missionaries,  at  Carlisle,  headed  companies,  and  were 
actively  engaged."  During  the  latter  part  of  the  summer  of 
1763,  many  murders  were  committed  in  Paxtang,  culminating 
in  the  destruction  of  the  Indians  on  Conestoga  Manor  and  at 
Lancaster.  Although  the  men  composing  the  company  of 
Paxtang  men  who  exterminated  the  murderous  savages  re- 
ferred to  belonged  to  his  obedient  and  faithful  rangers,  it  has 
never  been  proved  that  the  Rev.  Mr.  Elder  had  previous 
knowledge  of  the  plot  formed,  although  the  Quaker  pam- 
phleteers of  the  day  charged  him  with  aiding  and  abetting  the 
destruction  of  the  Indians.  When  the  deed  was  done,  and  the 
Quaker  authorities  were  determined  to  proceed  to  extreme 
lengths  with  the  |)articipants,  and  denounced  the  frontiersmen 
as  "riotous  and  murderous  [rish  Presbyterians,"  he  took  sides 
with  the  border  inhabitants,  and  sought  to  condone  the  deed. 
His  letters  published  in  connection  with  the  history  of  that 
transaction  prove  him  to  have  been  a  man  judicious,  firm,  and 
decided.  During  the  controversy  which  ensued,  he  was  the 
author  of  one  of  the  pamphlets  :  "Letter  from  a  Grentleman  in 
one  of  the  Back  Counties  to  a  Friend  in  Philadelphia."  He 
was  relieved  from  his  command  by  the  Grovernor  of  the 
Province,  who  directed  that  Major  Asher  Clayton  take  charge 
of  the  military  establishment.  Peace,  however,  was  restored 
— not  only  in  civil  affairs,  but  in  the  church.  The  union  of 
the  synods  brought  the  Pev.  John  Elder  into  the  same  Pres- 
bytery with  Messrs.  John  Roan,  Robert  Smith,  and  Greorge 
Duifield,  they  being  at  first  in  a  minority,  but  rapidly  settling 
the  vacancies  with  New  Side  men.  By  the  leave  of  synod, 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Elder  joined  the  Second  Philadelphia  Presbytery 
May  19,  1768,  and  on  the  formation  of  the  Greneral  Assembly, 


154  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

became  a  member  of  Carlisle  Presbytery.  At  the  time"  the 
British  army  overran  New  Jersey,  driving  before  them  the 
fragments  of  our  discouraged,  naked,  and rhalf -.starved  troops, 
and  without  any  previous  arrangement,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Elder 
went  on  Sunday,  as  usual,  to  Paxtang  church.  The  hour  ar- 
rived for  church -service,  when,  instead  of  a  sermon,  he  began 
a  short  and  hasty  prayer  to  the  Throne  of  Grace ;  then  called 
upon  the  patriotism  of  all  effective  men  present,  and  exhorted 
them  to  aid  in  support  of  liberty's  cause  and  the  defense  of  the 
,  country.  In  less  than  thirty  minutes,  a  company  of  volunteers 
was  formed.  Colonel  Robert  Elder,  the  parson's  eldest  son,  was 
chosen  captain.  They  marched  next  day,  though  in  winter. 
His  son  John,  at  sixteen  years,  was  among  the  first.  His  son 
Joshua,  sub-lieutenant  of  Lancaster  county,  could  not  quit  the 
service  he  was  employed  in,  but  sent  a  substitute./'  Until  his 
death,  for  a  period  of  fifty-six  years,  he  continued  the  faithful 
minister  of  the  congregations  over  which  he  had  been  placed  in 
the  prime  of  his  youthful  vigor,  passing  the  age  not  generally 
allotted  to  man — that  of  fourscore  and  six  years.  His  death 
was  deeply  lamented  far  and  wide.  Not  one  of  all  those  who 
had  welcomed  him  to  his  early  field  of  labor  survived  him^ 
Charles  Miner,  the  historian  of  Wyoming,  gives  this  opinion 
of  Rev.  John  Elder:  "I  am  greatly  struck  with  the  evi- 
dences of  learning,  talent,  and  spirit  displayed  by  him.  He 
was,  beyond  doubt,  the  most  extraordinary  man  of  Eastern 
Pennsylvania.  I  hope  some  one  may  draw  up  a  full  memoir 
of  his  life,  and  a  narrative,  well  digested,  of  his  times  ... 
He  was  a  very  extraordinary  man,  of  most  extensive  influence, 
full  of  activity  and  enterprise,  learned,  pious,  and  a  ready 
writer.  I  take  him  to  have  been  of  the  old  Cameronian  blood. 
Had  his  lot  been  cast  in  New  England,  he  would  have  been  a 
leader  of  the  Puritans."  He  had,  with  one  who  well  remem- 
bered  the  oldjninister,  "  a  good  and  very  handsome  face.  His 
features  were  regular — no  one  prominent — good  complexion, 
with  blue  eyes  .  .  .  He  was  a  portly,  long,  straight  man,  over 
six  feet  in  height,  large  fi'ame  and  body,  with  rather  heavy 
legs  .  .  .  He  did  not  talk  broad  Scotch,  but  spoke  much  as 
we  do  now,  yet  gi'ammatically."     His  remains  quietly  repose 


Elder  Family.  155 

amid  the  sceaes  of  his  earthly  labors,  in  the  burying-ground 
of  old  Paxtang  church,  by  the  side  of  those  who  loved  and 
revered  him.  Over  his  dust  a  marble  slab  bears  the  inscrip- 
tion dictated  by  his  friend  and  neighbor,  William  Maclay,  first 
United  States  Senator  from  Pennsylvania.  The  Rev.  Mr. 
Elder  was  twice  married  ;  m.,  first,  in  1740,  Maky  Baker,  b. 
1715,  in  county  Antrim,  Ireland;  d.  June  12,  1749,  in  Pax- 
tang; dau.  of  Joshua  Baker,  of  Lancaster,  Pa.  They  had 
issue : 

8.  i.  JSo&eri,  b.  Friday,  June  11,1742;  ra.  Mary  J.  Thompson. 

9.  a.  Joshua,  b.  March  9,  1744-5  ;  m.,  1st,  Mary  McAllister;  2d, 

Sarali  McAllister. 
in.  Eleanor,  b.  December  3,  1749 ;  m.  John  Hays. 
iv.  Grizel,  b.  May  2,  1749:  d.  September  18,  1769. 

Mr.  Elder  m.,  secondly,  November  5,  1751,  Mary  Simp- 
son, dau.  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Simpson,  of  Paxtang;  b. 
1732,  in  Paxtang;  d.  October  3,  1786,  at  6,  A.  M.,  and  had 
issue : 

V.  Sarah,  b.   October  19,  1752;  d.  February  14,  1822;  m. 
James  Wallace,    (see  Robert  Wallace  record.) 

10.  vi.  Ann,  b.  October  8, 1754  ;  m.  Andrew  Stephen. 

11.  vii.  John,  b.  August  3, 1757  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Awl. 

via.  Mary,  b.  January  12, 1760 ;  m.  James  Wilson,     (see  Wil- 
son record.) 
ix.  Jane,  b.  May  21,  1762 ;  d.  August  6, 1763. 

12.  X.  James,  b.  Friday,  June  15, 1764  ;  m.  Lucinda  Wallace. 

13.  xi.  Thomas,  b.  January  30,  1767  ;  m.,  1st,  Catharine  Cox  ;  2d, 

Elizabeth  Shippen  Jones. 
~    14.     xii.  David,  b.  May  7, 1769 ;  m.  Jane  Galbraith. 
-15.   xiii.  /SamrteZ,  b.  February  27, 1772;  m.  Margaret  Espy. 
16.    xiv.  Michael,  b.  August  9, 1773 :  m.  ISfancy  McKinney. 

XV.  Bebecca,  b.  March  1,  1775 ;  m.  James  Awl.     (see  Awl 
record.) 

IV.  Thomas  Elder,^  (Robert,i)  b.  1708;  d.  July,  1752; 
m.  Mary  Patterson,  dau.  of  William  Patterson.  They  had 
issue : 

i.  John, 
a.  Rachel. 
Hi.  Robert. 


156  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Y.  David  Elder, 2  (Robert,  i)  b.  1710;  d.  1753;  m.  in 
1730,  Hannah  ANDERSOisr,  of  Donegal;  d.  about  1811,  in 
Westmoreland  county,     Tliey  had  issue: 

\    17.       i.  Bobert,  b.  1751 ;  m.  Mary  Whiteside. 

VI.  Robert  Elder,  ^  (Robert,  ^  Robert,  i)  b.  1734,  in  Han- 
over township,  then  Lancaster  county.  Pa.;  was  twice  married. 
His  first  wife's  name  was  Cole,  and  they  had  one  son,  Joseph. 
After  her  death,  he  removed  to  Maryland,  afterwards  returning 
to  his  old  home  near  Harris'  Ferry.  About  1786,  he  went  to 
Indiana  county,  Pa.,  where  he  died  in  1790.  His  second  wife 
was  Mary  Taylor,  who  d.  April  15, 1813.     They  had  issue : 

18.  t.  James,  b.  1763,  in  Penn'a;  m.  Martha  Robinson. 

19.  it.  David,  b.  October  16, 1764,  in  Maryland ;  m.  Ann  Nesbit. 

20.  m.  JSo&eri,  b.  1767  ;  m.  Mary  Smith. 

>    21.       iv.  Anne,  b.  1770  ;  m.  Archibald  Marshall. 

YII.  Samuel  Elder,  ^  (Robert,  ^  Robert,  i )  b.  about  1734; 
removed  to  Maryland  prior  to  the  Revolution,  where  he  died ; 
m.  Mary  Robinson,  of  Hanover  township,  Lancaster  (now 
Dauphin)  county.  Pa.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Samuel,  b.  1758;  m.  Mary ,  b.  1759;  d.  October  21, 

1830,  and  had  issue : 

1.  Joseph-BoMnson,  b.  1801 ;  d.  November  16,1825. 

2.  Samuel,  accidentally  drowned,  s.  p. 

ii.  Jb^ji,  d.  prior  to  1823;  m.  Esther  McKinley,  b.  1763;  d. 
July  24,  1823,  and  had  issue : 

1.  John,  b.  March  25,  1784. 

2.  Mary,  b.  March  29, 1785  ;  d.  April  10, 1857  ;  m. 

James  Harwood,  and  had  issue  (surname  Har- 
wood) :  James,  Mary,  d.  s.  p.;  Margaret,  d.  s. 
p.,  and  Henry. 

3.  James,  b.  March  26,  1787,  d.  s.  p. 

4.  Margaret,  b.  August  9,  1789  ;  m.  Henry  White, 

of  Baltimore,  and  had  (surname  White):  Wil- 
liam, b.  1815. 

5.  John,  (first,)  b.  September  19, 1792. 

6.  McKinley,  b.  October  21,  1791. 

7.  Stephen,  b.  April  11,  1794. 

8.  Samuel,  b.  ITovember  9, 1795 ;  d.  March  8, 1866 ; 

unm.;  a  flour  merchant  in  Baltimore,  Md. 

9.  Elizabeth,  b.  January  14, 1798. 


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10.  James,  b.  July  26,  1802;  d.  November,  1860; 

m.  August  8,  1848,  Deborah  D,  Keene,  of 
JSTashua,  N.  H.,  and  had  issue,  Samuel-J., 
counsellor-at-law,  Boston,  Mass. 

11.  John,  (second,)  b.  July  30, 1804. 

YIII.  Robert  Elder,  ^  (Jolin,^  Robert,  i)  was  b.  June  11, 
1742,  in  Paxtang ;  d.  September  29,  1818.  He  was  educated 
at  the  academy  in  Chester  county,  and  was  destined  by  his 
father  for  the  ministry.  His  inclinations,  and  the  breaking 
out  of  the  French  and  Indian  war,  when  the  boy  enlisted  with 
his  father  as  a  ranger  on  the  frontiers,  determined  otherwise. 
With  his  Scotch-Irish  neighbors,  he  entered  heartily  into  the 
contest  for  independence,  a -id  throughout  the  war  of  the  Rev- 
olution was  in  the  field  or  engaged  in  organizing  the  associ- 
ators,  of  which  he  was  ■  colonel,  succeeding  Colonel  Burd  in 
the  command  of  the  companies  raised  in  Paxtang.  At  the 
close  of  the  conflict,  he  continued  his  occupation  of  farming, 
avoiding  public  office,  preferring  the  quiet  of  domestic  life. 
Colonel  Elder  m.  Mary  J.  Thompson,  of  Derry ;  b.  October 
19,  1750  ;  d.  August  18,  1813. 

IX.  Joshua  Elder,  ^  (John,^  Robert,  i)  b.  March  9, 17-14-6, 
in  Paxtang  township,  then  Lancaster  county.  Pa.;  d.  Decem- 
ber 5,  1820,  and  is  interred  in  Paxtang  Church  graveyard. 
He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  ;  served  in  the  Provincial  forces 
during  the  French  and  Indian  war ;  one  of  the  sub-lieutenants 
of  the  county  of  Lancaster  during  the  Revolution,  and  a  jus- 
tice of  the  peace.  Under  the  Constitution  of  1790,  he  was 
appointed,  by  Grovernor  Mifflin,  one  of  the  associate  judges  of 
the  county  of  Dauphin.  Governor  McKean,  a  warm  personal 
friend,  commissioned  him  prothonotary  January  5,  1800,  which 
position  he  filled  nine  years  ;  was  afterward  chosen  chief  burgess 
of  the  borough  of  Harrisburg,  in  1810.  Joshua  Elder  was 
twice  married  ;  m.,  first,  September  15, 1773,  by  the  Rev.  John 
Elder,  Mary  McAllister,  b.  1753 ;  d.  November  21,  1782 ; 
m.,  secondly,  on  May  23,  1783.  by  the  Rev.  John  Elder, 
Sarah  McAllister,  b.  1762;  d.  December  6,  1807.  By 
neither  marriage  did  Judge  Elder  leave  any  issue,  and  his 
estate  was  devised  to  a  large  number  of  relatives. 


158  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

X.  Ann  Eldee,3  (John,^  Robert,  i)  b.  October  8,  1754;  d. 
August  10,  1814:  m.  September  23,  1779,  by  Eev.  Jobn 
Elder,  Andkew  Stephen  [Steen],  b.  1753 ;  d.  December  3, 
1800  ;  both  bur.  in  Paxtang  graveyard.  They  bad  issue  (sur- 
name Stephen) : 

i.  Bobert-Mder. 

a.  A7in,  b.  1785 ;  d.  April  20,  1800 ;  bur.  in  Paxtang  grave- 
yard. 

in.  Andreiv,h.  May  30,  1791;  d.  January  12,  1832;  bur.  in 
Paxtang  Church  graveyard. 

iv.  John,  a  physician,  who  practiced  near  Halifax,  Pa. 

XI.  John  Elder, ^  (John,^  Robert, i)b.  August  3,  1757; 
d.  April  27, 1811,  in  Paxtang.  He  was  educated  under  Joseph 
Hutchinson,  a  celebrated  teacher  in  his  day,  and  gave  special 
attention  to  land-surveying.  He  was  a  farmer.  At  the  com- 
mencement of  the  Revolution,  although  a  youth  of  eighteen, 
be  was  enrolled  among  the  associators,  and  was  an  ensign  in 
Colonel  Burd's  battalion.  On  the  18tli  of  April,  1780,  be  was 
appointed  deputy-surveyor,  and  for  several  years  filled  that 
position.  He  was  elected  sheriff  of  the  county  of  Dauphin  in 
1794.  serving  from  the  19th  of  November,  that  year,  until  Oc- 
tober 17,  1797.  Like  the  majority  of  persons  who  have  filled 
that  responsible  office  in  this  locality,  he  came  out  of  it  the 
poorer.  Captain  Elder  m.  December  16,  1778,  Elizabeth 
Awl,  b.  November  18,  1761 ;  d.  about  1850,  at  the  residence 
of  her  son-in-law,  General  John  Forster.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Mary,  b.  1779  ;  m.  John  Forster.  (see  Forster  record.) 
a.  Jacob,  h.  1783 ;  d.  October,  1816 ;  received  a  thorough 
English  and  classical  education,  learned  the  art  of  print- 
ing at  Lancaster,  and,  in  1802,  commenced  the  publica- 
tion of  the  Dauphin  Guai'dian,  one  of  the  most  influential 
newspapers  publislied  in  the  early  days  of  Harrisburg,  as 
it  was  the  first  Democratic  English  newspaper  there. 
In  1815,  he  prepared  and  published  "A  History  of  the 
Late  War,"  and  was  the  author  of  a  preliminary  work 
on  the  history  of  the  United  States.  Under  his  arduous 
literary  labors,  Mr.  Elder's  health  failed  him,  and  he 
died  at  the  early  age  of  thirty-three  years.  He  never 
married.  His  entire  life  was  an  active  and  busy  one, 
and  he  exerted  a  great  influence  in  the  times  he  lived. 


Elder  Family.  159 

in.  John.,  m.  October  17, 1826,  Mrs.  Mary  Thompson,  dau,  of 

John  McCammon,  of  Middletown. 
iv.  Robert. 
V.  Joshua, 
vi.  Sally-Ann. 
vii.  Miza-Awl,  m.  Henry  Alward. 

XII.  James  Eldee,^  (John,^  Robert, i)  b.  June  15,  1764; 
d.  January  14,  1827  ;  m.  December,  1801,  Luciistda  Wallace, 
of  Virginia  ;  b.  May  28,  1781 ;  d.  July  26,  1846  ;  removed  to 
Clarkesville,  Tenn.  After  tire  death  of  James  Elder,  bis 
widow  m.  in  February,  1829,  James  B.  Reynolds,  of  Tennes- 
see.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elder  had  issue : 

i.  Joshua,  b.  January  31, 1803 ;  m.  and  left  issue. 

XIII.  Thomas  Elder,  3  (John,^  Robert,  i)  b.  January  30, 
1767 ;  d.  April  29,  1853,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  He  received  a 
good  English  and  classical  education,  especially  under  Joseph 
Hutchinson,  a  celebrated  teacher  in  his  day.  He  subsequently 
attended  the  academy  at  Philadelphia,  where  he  graduated. 
Studied  law  with  General  John  A.  Hanna,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  Dauphin  county  bar  at  the  August  term,  1791.  He  at 
once  began  the  practice  of  a  profession  in  which  he  became 
distinguished,  and  which  he  followed  with  great  success  for 
upward  of  forty  years,  and  "was  eminent  as  a  safe  and 
sagacious  counselor,  a  laborious  and  indefatigable  lawyer." 
During  the  Whisky  Insurrection,  he  volunteered  as  a  private 
in  Captain  Dentzel's  company,  which  marched  westward,  pre- 
ferring the  ranks  to  that  of  a  commissioned  office,  which  his 
company  offered  him.  He  subsequently  held  the  office  of 
lieutenant  colonel  of  the  militia,  and  was  frequently  designated 
by  the  title  of  colonel.  As  a  citizen  in  the  early  years  of  the 
borough  of  Harrisburg,  Mr.  Elder  possessed  public  spirit  and 
enterprise  in  advance  of  his  contemporaries  generally.  He  was 
the  prominent  and  leading  spirit  in  organizing  a  company  to 
erect  the  Harrisburg  bridge,  the  first  constructed  over  the  Sus- 
quehanna, and  for  many  years  the  longest  in  the  Union.  Upon 
the  permanent  organization,  he  was  unanimously  elected  the 
president,  which  office  he  held  by  annual  reelection  of  the  di- 
rectors, until  his  resignation  in  June,  1846,     He  was  chosen 


160  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

president  of  tlie  Harrisburg  Bank  in  June,  1816,  "wliich  oifice 
he  held  until  his  death.  Grovernor  Hiester  appointed  him  At- 
torney General  of  the  Commonwealth,  a  position  he  filled  with 
marked  ability  from  December  20, 1820,  to  December  18, 1823, 
but  he  ever  after  positively  refused  to  accept  ofiice,  although  he 
took  a  deep  and  active  interest  for  many  years  in  the  political 
affairs  of  the  State  and  Nation.  He  was  blessed  with  a  physical 
constitution  which  enabled  him  to  accomplish  an  extraordinary 
amount  of  labor  without  diminishing  the  elasticity  of  his  spirits 
or  the  vigor  of  his  mind.  He  lived  to  the  advanced  age  of 
over  eighty-six  years.  Mr.  Elder  was  twice  married  ;  m.,  first, 
March  23,  1799,  Cathaeine  Cox.  d.  June  12,  1810 ;  dau.  of 
Colonel  Cornelius  Cox,  of  Estherton,  Pa.     They  had  issue: 

i.  George-Washington,  d.  s.  Y). 

ii.  Mary-B.,  m.  June  13,  1816,  Amos  Ellmaker,  b.  February 
2, 1787,  in  New  Holland,  Lancaster  county.  Pa.;  d. 
November  28, 1851,  in  Lancaster,  Pa.;  son  of  Nathaniel 
Ellmaker.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College,  and  after 
completing  his  law  studies  at  the  celebrated  law- 
school  under  Judge  Eeeves,  at  Litchfield,  Conn.,  he 
came  to  Harrisburg,  and  continued  his  studies  under 
Thomas  Elder,  and  was  subsequently  admitted  to  the 
bar  at  the  December  term,  1808.  He  was  commis- 
sioned deputy  attorney  general  for  the  county  of 
Dauphin,  January  13,  1809,  serving  until  1812,  and 
represented  Dauphin  county  in  the  Legislature  from 
1812  to  1814.  He  was  appointed,  by  Governor  Snyder, 
president  judge  of  that  judicial  district,  July  3, 1815. 
In  1814,  he  accompanied  the  volunteers  to  Baltimore, 
as  an  aid  to  General  Forster.  On  the  30th  of  Decem- 
ber, 1816,  he  resigned  to  accept  the  position  of  At- 
torney General  of  the  State,  serving  to  1819.  In 
June,  1821,  he  removed  to  Lancaster,  resuming  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  the  anti-Masonic 
candidate  for  Vice  President  of  the  United  States  in 
1832.  "  Mr.  Ellmaker,"  says  Mr.  Harris,  in  his  "  Rem- 
iniscences," "  was  reported  to  be  a  good  lawyer,  and 
his  addresses  to  the  jury,  when  at  the  bar,  were  clear, 
distinct,  and  argumentative."  As  a  gentleman,  he 
possessed,  in  an  eminent  degree,  those  characteristics 
which  distinguish  men  of  rare  endowment;  He  was 
well-informed,  and  of  a  lively  social  disposition,  and 
in  all  the  relations  and  positions  of  life  was  a  model 


Elder  Family.  161 

worthy  of  imitation.    Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ellmaker  had 
issue  (surname  Ellmaker) : 

1.  Nathaniel,  a  lawyer  at  Lancaster,  Pa.;  m,  Oc- 

tober 1,  1844,  Cecilia  M.  Hager. 

2.  Franklin,  d.  s.  p. 

3.  Catharine- Cox,  d.  s.  p. 

4.  Elizabeth-Elder,  d.  s.  p. 

5.  Thomas,  resides  at  Lancaster,  Pa. 

6.  Levi,  m.  January  13,  1859,  Elizabeth  Carson, 

and  had  Mary-Elder,  d.s. p.;  Elizabeth- Elder, 
Susan-Carson,  and  Amos,  d.  s.  p. 

Thomas  Elder  m.,  secondly,  May  30,  1813,  Elizabeth 
Shippen  Jones,  b.  December  13,  1787,  in  Burlington,  IST.  J.; 
d.  October  31,  1871,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  dan.  of  Robert  Stret- 
tell  Jones  and  Ann  Shippen  {see  note  to  Fisher  record).  Thej 
had  issue  : 

Hi.  Ann-Shippen,'^.  October  19,  1814  ;  d.  March  5, 1818. 
iv.  Catharine- Jones,  b.  July  20,  1816;    m.    Samuel    Bethel 
Boude,  and  they  had  issue  (surname  Boude),  Elizabeth- 
Shippen,  Helen-Mary,  Thomas-Elder,  d.  s.  p.,  Charles- 
Henry,  and  Samuel-Bethel. 
22.       V.  TTiomas,  b.  June  28,  1818;  m.  Margaretta  Wilson. 

vi.  John,  b.  May  27,  1820  ;  d.  April  27, 1867, near  Atlanta,  G-a. 
vii.  Sarah- Wallace,  b.  January  13,  1822;  d.   December  19, 

1832. 
via.  Elizabeth- Shippen,]).  October  6,  1824;  d.  December  19, 
1832. 
^    28.       ix.  James- Shippen,  b.  April  29, 1826;  m.  Mary  Carpenter. 

Xiy.  David  Elder,  ^  (John,^  Robert,  i)b.  May  7,  1769, 
in  Paxtang;  d.  May  22,  1809  ;  m.  Jean  Galbraith,  b.  1772 ; 
d.  January  13,  1842 ;  dau.  of  Colonel  Bertram  Galbraith  (see 
Galbraith  record).     They  had  issue : 

i.  Mary,  m.,  1st,  Doctor  Henry  B.  Dorrance,  d.  October  1, 
1828,  and  bur.  at  Paxtang;  m.,  2d,  Judge  David  Scott, 
of  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. 

ii.  Ann,  d.  unm. 

Hi.  Elizabeth-Galbraith,  b.  March  17,  1806;  m.  Robert  R. 
Elder,     [see  Elder  record,  xxxi.) 

iv.  Bobert,  b.  1808  ;  m. Deitrick,  and  left  issue. 

Xy.   Samuel  Elder,  ^  (John,^  Robert,  i)b.  February  27, 
1772 ;  d.    September  26,   1815,  in   Harrisburg,  Pa.     He  was 
11 


162  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

educated  at  the  schools  of  Joseph  Hutchinson  and  Joseph 
Allen,  and  followed  farming  in  his  early  years.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  expedition  westward  in  1794,  and  held  a  position 
in  the  military  establishment  of  1798.  He  filled  the  office  of 
sheriff  of  Dauphin  county  from  October  23,  1800,  to  October 
21,  1803,  which,  as  in  the  case  of  his  brother  John,  financially 
crippled  him.  Mr.  Elder  died  at  Harrisburg  on  the  26th  of 
September,  1815,  aged  forty-three  years.  In  paying  brief 
tributes  to  his  memory,  the  newspapers  of  the  day  speak  in 
the  warmest  terms  of  his  faithfulness  as  a  public  officer,  his 
prominence  as  a  citizen,  and  the  upright  character  of  his  en- 
tire life,  passing  away  in  the  vigor  of  his  manhood.  Mr. 
Elder  m.  March  7,  1793,  Margaret  Espy,  b.  1772 ;  d.  Sep- 
tember 4,  1851 ;  dau.  of  Josiah  Espy  and  Anne  Kirkpatrick, 
They  had  issue : 

24.        i.  Ann-Espy,  b.  1794;  m.  Alexander  M.  Piper. 
.     25.      a.  John,  b.  1796  ;  m.  Jane  Henderson  Richey. 

26.     Hi.  Mary-S.,  b.  1798;  m.,  1st,  Adams  Campbell;  2d,  William 
Line. 
iv.  Josiah,  b.  1801 ;  d.  October  30, 1844. 
^  27.       V.  Sarah-McAllister,  b.  September  16,  1803 ;  m.  William  H. 
Doll. 

XVI.  Michael  Elder, ^  (John,^  Robert,  i)  b.  August  9, 
1773;  d.  September  25,  1850,  at  Columbia,  Pa.;  was  twice 
married ;  m.  first,  June  4, 1795,  Nancy  McKinney,  of  Middle- 
town.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Myra,  m.  Christian  Haldeman. 

ii.  Preston-Billings,  b.  February  6, 1810;  d.  January  6,  1840, 
in  Columbia;  m.  in  1834,  Henrietta  E.  Y.  Claiborne; 
was  cashier  of  the  Columbia  Bank  and  Bridge  company, 
at  the  same  time  editor  of  the  Spy;  was  a  brilliant 
writer  of  prose  and  verse,  a  volume  of  which  was  pub- 
lished after  his  death. 

Michael  Elder  m.,  secondly,  April  5,  L827,  Charlotte  Gib- 
ERSON.     They  had  issue : 
Hi.  William,  d.  s.  p. 

XVII.  Robert  Elder,  ^  (David,  ^  Robert,  i)  b.  in  1751,  in 
Paxtang  township;  d.  October.  1837,  in  Deny  township.  West- 


Elder  Family.  163 

moreland  county,  Penn'a.  At  the  close  of  the  War  of  the  Rev- 
olution, Robert  Elder  accompanied  his  mother  to  Westmoreland 
county,  where  they  settled.  He  had  previously  married  Mary 
Whiteside,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Whiteside,  an  early  Eng- 
lish settler  in  Lancaster  county,  most  of  whose  descendants  re- 
side in  Ohio  and  Illinois.  Mary  Whiteside  Elder  d.  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1823. '    They  had  issue : 

28.  i.  Hannah^  h.  1779  \  m.  James  Richards, 

29.  ii.  Thomas,  b.  1781 ;  m.  Mary  McConnell. 

XYIII.  James  Elder,  ^  (Robert,  ^  Robert,  ^  Robert,  i)  b. 
1763,  in  Dauphin  county ;  removed  to  Indiana  county,  Pa.,  in 
1786,  where  he  d.  April  13,  1813 ;  m.  December  25,  1792, 
Martha  Robinson,  daughter  of  Robert  Robinson,  b.  1772  ;  d. 
May  27,  1812.     They  had  issue: 

30.  ^.  Bobert  R.,  b.  October  8,  1793  ;  m.  Sarah  Sherer. 

31.  ii-  David,  b.  August  22, 1795  ;  m.  Juliana  Sherer. 

32.  in.  John,  b.  October  2,  1797  ;  m.  Elizabeth  McKee. 

33.  u'.  PoZZi/^  b.  October  2-'.  1799;  m.  Samuel  Russell. 

^  34.       V.  Joshua,  b.  January  18,  1802  ;  m.  Eleanor  Sherer. 

35.  vi.  James,  b.  February  18, 1804;  m.  Margaret  Barnett. 

36.  vii.  Rachel,  b.  December  18, 1806;  m.  Rev.  Jesse  Smith. 

37.  via.  Thomas,  h.  March  1, 1810;  m.  Elizabeth  Coleman. 

XIX.  David  Elder,  ^  (Robert,  ^  Robert,  ^  Robert,  i)b.  Octo- 
ber 28,  1764,  in  Maryland  ;  d.  January  8,  1834,  in  Fontaine 
county,  Ind.  ;  m.  June  3,  1790,  Ann  Nesbit,  b.  December  27, 
1771,  in  Lancaster  county.  Pa. ;  d.  July  22,  1854,  in  Clark 
county,  Ohio.     They  had  issue  : 

38.  i.  Robert,  b.  May  28, 1791 ;  m.  Elizabeth  Sherer. 

ii.  Sarah,  b.  May  23,  1793 ;  d.  July  16, 1835,  in  Ohio;  m.  in 

1816,  Robert  Johnson. 
Hi.  Mary,  b.  April  21.  1795;  d.  August  IS,  1796. 
iv.  John-Nesbit,  b.  March    23,  1797 ;    resided    in    Fontaine 

county,  Ind.,  in  1850. 
V.  Ann,  b.  March  18,  1799  ;  m.  in  1820,  Abram  Brewer,  and 

had  issue. 
vi.  James,  b.  July  7,  1800 ;  d.  December  9, 1837 ;  m.  in  1830, 

Susan  N'oble,  and  left  issue. 
vii.  Polly-Taylor,  b.  October  31,  1802;  d.  August  17,  1819. 
viii.  Nancy,  b.  December  25,  1804;  m.  Robert  Elder,  son  of 

Robert  Elder  and  Ann  Ingram. 


164  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

ix.  Joshua-David.,  b.  February  18,  1807 ;  d.  October  30,  1836, 
in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  in.  in  1825.  Eliza  Murray,  who  d.  at 
Lewisburg,  Pa.,  and  had  issue  :  Glorvina,  m.  James  C. 
MciJlure,  of  ISTorthumbei'land  county,  and  Andrew. 
X.  EHza-Moorhead,  h.Fehvuary  7, 1809  \  m.  Jacob  Tice ;  re- 
side in  Fontaine  county,  Ind. 

xi.  Martha-Bobinson,  b.  May  19, 1811 ;  m.  James  A.  White  ; 
reside  in  Yermillion  county,  Ind. 

XX.  EoBEET  Eldek,^  (Robert, 3  Robert^,  Robert^,)  b.  1767  ; 
d.  April  12.  1813,  at  Elder's  Ridge,  Pa. ;  m.  Mary  Smith  ;  d. 
December,  1857.     They  had  issue : 

39.  i.  Jfargaret,  b.  1796;  m.  "William  Ewing. 

a.  Joshua,  h.  1198;  d.  November  11,  1825,  unm.,  at  Harris- 
burg,  Pa. 

40.  m.  PoZZy,  b.  1800;  m.  John  Laird. 

iv.  Ann,  b.  1802  ;  d.  1816. 
V.  John,  b.  1804;  d.  1823,  unm. 
vi.  Hannah,  b.  1807  ;  d.  1832,  unm. 
■^  41.     vii.  Eobert,  b.  December  23, 1809  ;  m.  Nancy  Douglass. 

XXI.  Annie  Elder,  ^  (Robert,  ^  Robert,  ^  Robert,  i)  d.  in 
Indiana  county,  Pa. ;  m,  Archibald  Marshall.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Marshall): 

i.  Anne,  m.  .Tames  Mowry. 

it.  Polly,  m.  Alexander  Templeton. 

XXII.  Thomas  Elder, ^  (Thomas,  ^  Jolin,^  Robert,  i)  b. 
28,  1818,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  d.  April  29,  1855,  in  A¥averly, 
Mo. ;  m.,  May  7,  1850,  Margaretta  Wilson,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Low  Wilson  and  Julianna  Margaretta  Bender.  They 
had  issue : 

i.  Thomas,  b.  February  21, 1851 ;  resides  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
ii.   Wilson,  b.  January  13, 1853. 

XXIII.  James-Shippen  Elder, *  (Thomas,  ^  John,^  Rob- 
ert, ^ )  b.  April  29,  1824,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  enlisted  in  the 
Cameron  Guards  in  the  war  with  Mexico;  appointed  second 
lieutenant  Eleventh  infantry,  July  24, 1847 ;  disbanded  August 
17,  1848  ;  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion,  appointed  cap- 
tain Eleventh  infantry.  May  14,  1861,  remaining  in  the  service 
until  January  6,  1864.  Captain  Elder  m.  Mary  Carpenter, 
daughter  of  Israel  and  Catharine  Carpenter.     They  had  issue: 


Elder  Family.  165 

i.  Bohert- James,  b.  November  14,  1850;  m.  Annie  Nesbit, 
d.  April  3,  1872,  s.  p.,  dau.  of  "William  and  Martha 
Nesbit. 

ii.  Thomas,  b.  February  18,  1852 ;  d.  July  1, 1852. 

Hi.  William- Smedley,  b.  July  25, 1854 ;  resides  in  Wellington, 
Mo. 

iv.  Jcslma,  b.  March  23,  1857  ;  m.  Emma-Jane  Schroover, 
and  they  had  James-Henry,  Mary-Elizabeth,  and  John- 
Thomas. 
V.  Thomas-Brown,  b.  February  19, 1859 ;  resides  in  Elderton, 
Mo. 

iv.  John-James,  b.  March  4,  1861. 

vii.  Charles- Mclntire,  b.  June  18,  1866. 

XXIY.  Ann  Espy  Elder,  ^  (Samuel,  ^  John,^  Kobert,i)  b. 
1794;  resides  in  Carlisle,  Pa.;  m.,  in  1816,  Alexander  M. 
Piper,  b.  in  1786,  in  Bedford,  Pa. ;  d.,  1868,  in  Carlisle,  Pa. 
They  had  issue,  all  b.  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  (surname  Piper) : 

i.  John,  b.  1817  ;  d.  1825. 

ii.  Samuel,  b.  1819 ;  d.  1843 ;  m.,  1842,  Lucinda  Wall,  of  Phil- 
adelphia, and  left  one  daughter. 

Hi.   William,  b.  1821 ;  d.  in  infancy. 

iv.  Margaret-Elder,  h.l82S;  m.  May  1, 1845,  Erkuries  Beatty, 
b.  May  6,  1817,  in  Columbia,  Pa. ;  d.  1880,  in 

Carlisle,  Pa. ;  son  of  William  Pitt  Beatty,  and  grand- 
son of  Rev.  Charles  Beatty,  the  first  Presbyterian  mis- 
sionary west  of  the  Allegheny  mountains ;  Erkuries 
learned  the  profession  of  printing  and  commenced  the 
publication  of  the  Columbia  Spy ;  in  1843,  removed  to 
Carlisle,  Pa.,  where,  for  a  period  of  fourteen  years,  he 
conducted  the  Herald  establishment;  during  the  Re- 
bellion, he  entered  the  volunteer  service  as  second  lieu- 
tenant in  the  Seventh  regiment.  Pennsylvania  Reserves ; 
appointed  ordnance  officer  of  McCall's  division,  partici- 
pated in  the  seven  days'  battles  on  the  Peninsula,  in 
June,  1862,  and  was  severely  wounded  at  Kew  Market 
X  Roads ;  he  subsequently  reentered  the  service,  and 
mustered  out  with  his  regiment  in  June,  1864.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Beatty  had  issue  (surname  Beatty)  : 

1.  William-Pitt,  b.  February  18,  1846. 

2.  Alexander-Piper,  b.  January  12, 1848. 

3.  Annie-Elder,  b.  August  14,  1849;  d.  July  8,  1852. 

4.  PYmnie,  b.  October  13,  1852;  d.  in  infancy. 

5.  Helen- Ansley ,  b.  December  15, 1853. 

6.  George,''^.  December  30, 1855;  d.  January  2, 1856. 


166  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

V.  William-Kir kpatrick,  b.  1825;  living  a  quiet  business  life 
in  Carlisle,  Pa. 

vi.  Alexander,  b.  1828;  graduated  from  West  Point;  com- 
missioned brevet  second  lieutenant,  third  artillery,  July 
1,  1851 ;  second  lieutenant,  December  12,  1851 ;  first 
lieutenant,  January  31,  1855 ;  appointed  captain  of  the 
Eighteenth  infantry,  May  14,  1861,  but  declined,  and 
commissioned  captain  Third  artillery  same  day;  for 
gallant  and  meritorious  service  during  the  campaign  in 
Northern  Virginia,  commissioned  brevet  major  August 
30, 1862 ;  appointed  colonel  Tenth  New  York  artillery, 
January  7, 1863;  for  gallant  and  meritorious  service  in 
the  seige  of  Petersburg,  Ya.,  appointed  brevet  lieuten- 
ant colonel,  June  15,1864;  mustered  out  of  volunteer 
service,  July  6,  1865 ;  commissioned  major  Fourth 
artillery,  December  20, 1875,  and  subsequently  lieutenant 
colonel  of  First  artillery.  Colonel  Piper,  m.,  in  1870, 
Adelaide  Cozzens,  of  West  Point,  N.  Y. 
I'M.  James-Wilson,  b.  1832;  left  civil  life  for  the  army  upon 
the  breaking  out  of  the  war  for  the  Union,  and  con- 
tinued in  the  service  until  his  death,  October  30, 1876, 
in  consequence  of  wounds  received  in  front  of  Rich- 
mond;  m.,  in  1863,  Sarah  B.  Ross,  of  Fort  Hamilton, 
Long  Island,  and  had  Alexander  and  Vandyke. 
via.  Annie,  b.  1834  ;  d.  young. 

ix.  Mary-Cam2Jbell,h.  1836;  d.  1875;  m.  John  J.  White,  of 
Loudoun  county,  Va.;  had  three  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters, now  living  with  their  father  at  Atlanta,  Ga. 

X.  Annie-Elder  b.  September  23,  1842;  m.,  May  19,  1863, 
Agib  Ricketts,  b.  October  12, 1834,  at  Eohrsburg,  Col- 
umbia county,  Pa.,  son  of  Elijah  Green  Ricketts.  Agib 
Ricketts,  b.  1834,  in  Rohrsburg.Columbia  county, 

Pa.,  son  of  Elijah  Green  Ricketts,  an  early  settler  in 
that  county;  was  educated  at  Wyoming  Seminary, 
taught  school  several  years,  afterwards  graduating  from 
Dickinson  College,  Carlisle  :  then  entered  the  law  office 
of  William  G.  Hurley,  at  Bloomsburg,  admitted  to  the 
Columbia  county  bar  in  1856,  and  on  January  6,  1857, 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Luzerne  county,  where  he 
has  been  in  continual  practice  since.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ricketts  had  issue  (surname  Ricketts): 

1.  Miriam,  b.  May  3, 1864. 

2.  Alexander,  b.  October  29,  1866. 

3.  John,  b.  November  18,  1870. 

4.  Avnie-Piper,  h.  Marcli  30, 1873. 

5.  Margaretta-Beatty,  b.  February  19,  1877. 


Elder  Family.  167 

XXV.  John  Elder,*  (Samuel, ^  John,^  Kobert/)  b.  Sep- 
tember 2,  1796,  in  Dauphin  county.  Pa. ;  d.  ]Srovember  3,  1857, 
in  Sacramento  city,  California ;  in  1833,  removed  to  Indian- 
apolis, Ind.,  where  he  followed  his  profession  of  architect  suc- 
cessfully, being  for  many  years  the  prominent  one  of  Indiana; 
■evidences  of  his  talent  remain  in  many  public  buildings 
tiiroughout  the  State ;  notably  the  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  at 
Indianapolis ;  in  1850,  went  to  California,  where  he  died  of 
typhoid  fever,  at  the  age  of  sixty-one  years ;  m.  March  2, 1820, 
near  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  by  Eev.  James  R.  Sharon,  Jane  Hen- 
derson RiTCHEY,  b.  May  20,  1800,  in  Dauphin  county.  Pa. ; 
she  was  a  woman  possessed  of  rai"e  ease  and  grace  of  manner, 
and  the  honored  center  of  her  household ;  only  daughter  of 
John  and  Margaret  Pitch ey.  John  Eitchey  was  a  prominent 
and  wealthy  member  of  the  community  in  which  he  lived, 
honored  and  esteemed  by  all ;  Margaret,  his  wife,  a  cultured, 
refined  woman,  of  strong  christian  character,  was  devoted 
throughout  her  life  to  the  promotion  of  the  cause  of  Christ. 
John  and  Jane  Henderson  Elder  had  issue : 

i.  John  Bitchey^  b.  December  7, 1820,  hi  Dauphin  county,  Pa.; 
at  the  time  of  liis  birth,  there  were  present  in  the  house 
three  grandmotliers,  [Elder,  Ritcliey,  and  Ritchey  No. 
2,]  and  two  great-grandfathers,  [Espy  and  Ferguson,] 
showing  he  comes  of  a  long-lived  race;  when  he  was 
thirteen  years  old,  his  parents  removed  to  Indianapolis, 
where  his  boyhood  was  spent ;  was  educated  at  Dickin- 
son College,  Carlisle,  Pa.,  from  whence  he  entered  the 
publishing  house  of  Robert  Craighead,  New  York  city ; 
ill  1848,  returned  to  Indianapolis,  and  has  since  been 
identified  with  the  public  interests  of  that  city ;  in  1849 

'  became  editor  and  publisher  of  The  Locomotive,  a  popular 
weekly  paper,  which  he  conducted  until  1860,  when, 
with  John  H.  Harkness,  purchased  the  Indianapolis 
Daily  Sentinel,  which  they  published  until  1866;  he  was 
for  some  years  president  of  the  "Water  Works  Company, 
at  the  same  time  holding  the  honorable  position  of  Pre- 
sident of  the  Board  of  City  Schools ;  later  treasurer  of 
the  Indianapolis,Decatur  and  Springfield  railroad.  Since 
1882  has  been  engaged  in  the  construction  of  the  Missis- 
sippi, Terre  au  Bceuf  and  Lake  railroad  of  Loiiisiana, 
running  into  New  Orleans,  and  is  president  of  the  road, 
Mr.  "Elder  was  twice  married;    m.,  first,  December  19, 


168  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

1848, at  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  by  Kev.  W.  Myers,  Julia  Ann 
Olir,  who  d.  April  9, 1853,  and  there  was  issue : 

1.  Henry-David,  b.  December  31, 1850;  d.  March  6, 

1853. 

2.  JuUa-Ohr,  b.  March  31,  1853  ;  d.  October  21,  1854. 
Mr.  Elder  m.,  secondly,  October  19,  1854,  by  Rev.  C.  P. 

Wing,  Amelia  Ann  Line,  dau.  of  Judge  William  Line, 
of  Carlisle,  Pa.,  and  they  had  issue  : 

3.  William-Line,  b.  July  31, 1855. 

4.  Mary-Jane,  b.  May  15,  1858. 

5.  John-Henry,  b.  November  19,  1860 ;  d.  August  16, 

1861. 

6.  Edward-Clinton,  b.  August  15,  1863. 

a.  Samuel-Piper,  b.  October  25, 1822,  near  Harrisburg,  Pa. ; 

d.  October  3, 1857,  at  Bradford,  Iowa;  for  a  number  of 

.  years  was  a  dry  goods  merchant  in  Chicago,  111. ;  m.  in 

1850,  in  Rockford,Ill.,  Helen  Holmes,  d.  1882,  in  Nashua, 

Iowa ;  they  had  issue : 

1.  Jane-Henderson, h.  February  24, 1853,  in  Rockford, 

111. ;  m.,  at  Bradford,  Iowa,  December  1, 1871,  J. 
D.  Knapp ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Knapp) : 
Willis-Adelhert,  b.  September  1, 1872,  at  Nashua, 
Iowa. 

2.  Frances-Mary,  b.  August  11, 1855,  in  Monroe,Wis.; 

m.,  October  23,  1879,  at  Nashua,  Iowa,  to  La 
Fayette  Lamberson  ;   and  had  issue   (surname 
Lamberson):   Flora-Sarah,  born  November  17, 
1880,  at  West  Union,  Iowa. 
Hi.  Margaretta,  b.  October  25,  1824,  near  Harrisburg,  Pa. ; 

d.  August  15,  1825. 
iv,  Alexander-James, h.  January  17, 1827,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ; 
in  1833  removed  with  his  parents  to  Indianapolis,  and 
was  educated  at  the  University  in  that  city ;  he  entered 
the  printing  office  of  John  D.  Defrees,  where  he  learned 
his  trade ;  in  1849,  went  to  California,  wliere  he  re- 
mained for  fifteen  years,  with  the  exception  of  two  years 
spent  in  Chili,  South  America ;  while  in  California  he 
spent  a  number  of  years  in  the  mines,  and  for  four  years 
was  State  Printer  at  Sacramento ;  returned  to  the  East, 
and  engaged  in  the  wholesale  mercantile  business  in 
Chicago  ;  in  1872,  removed  to  Boulder  Valley,  Montana, 
where  he  now  resides,  and  occupies  the  position  of  Cir- 
cuit Judge,  and  is  prominently  connected  with  school 
interests  of  the  territory;  m.,  August  31,  1879,  Rilla 
Preston ;  no  issue. 


Elder  Family.  169 

David-Iiitchey,  b.  June  25,  1830,  in  Harrisburpj,  Pa.  ;  d. 
March  19, 1850,  of  congestion  of  the  brain,  caused  by 
over-exertion  wljile  preparing  to  enter  the  ministry. 

Adaline,  b.  March  16,  1834,  in  Indianapolis,  Ind. ;  m. 
March  29,  1854,  at  Rocliford,  111.,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Goodwin, 
John  Addison  Bradshaw,  who  was  born  near  Staunton, 
Ya.,  and  removed  with  his  parents  to  Indianapolis, 
where  he  has  since  resided  ;  no  issue. 

Ann-Mary,  b.  July  10, 1836,  at  Indianapolis,  Ind. ;  m.,  N"o- 
vember  12,  1856,  William  Moore  Guilford ;  b.  Novem- 
ber 26,  1832,  in  Lebanon,  Pa.,  son  of  Simeon  Guilford 
and  Catharine  E.  Doll ;  received  a  classical  education  at 
the  Lebanon  Academy,  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  with  Professor  Henry 
Childs,  of  Berkshire  Medical  College,  Pittsfield,  Mass. ; 
in  1849,  attended  a  course  of  lectures  in  that  institution, 
and  also  the  lectures  of  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  of  New  York  city ;  then  returned  to  Leb- 
anon, entered  the  office  of  Dr.  John  W.  Gloninger  as 
a  student,  subsequently  attending  two  full  courses  of 
lectures  in  the  Medical  Department  of  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  from  which  he  graduated  in  April, 
1852 ;  the  winter  of  1852-3  he  spent  in  the  hospitals  of 
Philadelphia,  and  in  November  of  the  latter  year  en- 
tered upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Lebanon, 
where  he  has  continued  to  reside;  for  fifteen  successive 
years  was  "appointed  by  the  directors  of  the  poor  physi- 
cian to  the  county  hospital,  was  one  of  the  examining 
surgeons  for  the  Ninety-third  Regiment  of  Pennsyl- 
vania Volunteers  before  it  was  mustered  into  service 
during  the  late  war,  second  lieutenant  of  the  Lebanon 
county  cavalry  company  during  the  emergency  in  1863, 
and  subsequently  examining  pension  surgeon  for  the 
Government ;  was  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Lebanon 
National  Bank,  one  of  the  founders  and  directors  of  the 
Farmers'  and  Mechanics'  Bank,  and  a  director  of  the 
Lebanon  Manufacturing  Company ;  and  their  children 
living  are  (surname  Guilford) :  Jane-Bitchey,  William- 
Moore,  Paul,  Adaline- Elder ,  and  Arthur  Bryant. 

Thomas- Josiah,  b.  November  25,  1838,  at  Indianapolis? 
Ind. ;  was  a  Union  soldier  in  the  Rebellion ;  shortly 
after  the  close  of  the  war  went  to  California,  where  he 
remained  until  his  death,  February  26, 1870,  near  Tuo- 
lumme  City,  Stanislaus  county,  in  that  State. 

Mar  gar  etta- Sarah,  b.  July  21,  1842,  at  Indianapolis,  Ind. 


170  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

XXYI.  Mary  S.  Elder,  ^  (Samuel,  ^  Jolin,^  Robert,  i)  b. 
1798;  d.  April  17,  1882,  at  Carlisle,  Pa.  ;  was  twice  married; 
m.,  first,  April  19,  1827,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  by  Rev.  William 
R.  DeWitt,  Adams  Campbell,  d.  January  25,  1840 ;  buried  in 
Donegal  Churcli  grave-yard,  Lancaster  county,  Pa. '  They  had 
issue  (surname  Campbell)  : 

i.   William-KirTcpatrich,  h.  March  17,  1828;   m.,  1874,  Mrs. 
Eebecca  Sordis,  of  Cumberland  county,  Pa.;  no  issue. 
ii.  Samuel-Elder^  b.  November  18,  1830:  d.  September  12, 

1835. 
in.  Margaret-Myra-Elde7-,  p.  January  15,  1833;    m.,  May  31, 
1857,  John  W.  Duvall,  of  Prince  George  county,  Mary- 
land ;  and  tliey  had  issue  (surname  Duvall) : 

1.  William-Benjamin,  h.  Msij  29^1859.'^ 

2.  Anna-Mary.  b.  February  6,  1861. 

3.  Martha-Bebecca,  b.  November  12,  1862. 

4.  Margaret-Elder,  b.  January  21,  1867. 

iv.  Anna-Martha,  b.  October  15, 1835 ;  m.,  December  16, 1858, 

Samuel  Coyle,  d.  August  23,  1879 ;  no  issue. 
V.  Sarah-Jane,  b.  August  19,  1838;  d.  March  22,  1841. 

Mary  S.  Campbell,  m.,  secondly,  July  10,  1815,  at  Carlisle, 
Pa.,  by  Rev.  T.  Y.  Moore,  William  R.  Line;  no  issue. 

XXVII.  Sarah  McAllister  Elder, ^  (Samuel,-''  John,^ 
Robert,"^)  b.  September  16,  1803  ;  resides  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.; 
■  m.,  April  13,  1824,  by  Rev.  William  R.  DeWitt,  D.  D.,  Wil- 
liam H.  Doll;  b.  1796,  in  Harrisburg;  d.  August  16,  1852,  in 
Harrisburg,  Pa.;  son  of  Joseph  Doll,  silversmith.  They  had 
issue,  besides  three  children  died  in  infancy,  (surname  Doll): 

i.  Smiiuel-Elder ,  b.  1828;  d.  1853,  in  Callao,  Peru. 
ii.  Ann-Espy,  b.  1830  ;  died  1847. 

Hi.  Esther-Mary,  b.  1832;  m.,  1862,  James  Martin  Bradshaw, 
of  Indianapolis,  Ind.;  was  captain  and  acting  quarter- 
master in  the  Rebellion  ;  they  had  issue  (surnamed  Brad- 
shaw): 

1.  Charles-Bailey,  b.  January  28,  1864;   d.  December 

12, 1866. 

2.  John-Edward,  b.  December  2,  1869. 

iv.  Catharine-Elizabeth,  b.  1884;  m.,  first,  in  1858,  John 
Whitehill  Reily,  d.  1860;  eldest  son  of  Dr.  Luther 
Reily ;  and  they  had  issue  (surname  Reily)  Bebecca- 
Elizabeth  and  J ohn- Whitehill ;  m.,  secondly,  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Hall  Harris,  and  had  issue  (surname  Harris)  ■ 
Sarah  Esther. 


Elder  Family.  171 

Emma-Harriet,  b,  1836  ;  m.  in  1856,  Charles  Lukens  Bailey, 
b.  Mai'ch  9, 1821,  in  Chester  county,  Pa. ;  son  of  Joseph 
Bailey  and  Martha  Lukens.  He  obtained  his  early  edu- 
cation at  the  Westtown  school,  Chester  county.  In  1838, 
he  began  to  clerk  for  his  father  at  Coatesville,  where  he 
became  thorouglily  conversant  with  the  details  of  the 
iron  business  carried  on  at  that  place.  He  removed  with 
his  parents  to  Berks  county,  where  he  continued  his 
clerkship  for  five  years,  and  from  1849  to  1852  was  a 
partner  with  his  father  in  the  Pine  Iron  Works.  In 
August  of  the  latter  year,  Mr.  Bailey  removed  to  Har- 
risburg,  Pa.,  and  founded  the  old  Central  Iron  Works. 
Here  he  continued  business  until  1859,  when  he  became 
interested  in  the  nail-works  at  Fairview,  Cumberland 
county,  rebuilt  the  works,  and  carried  them  on  success- 
fully until  1866,  when  he  retired  from  the  firm,  and  in 
connection  with  his  brother,  Dr.  George  Bailey,  founded 
and  erected  the  Chesapeake  Nail-Works  in  Harrisburg, 
now  carried  on  under  the  firm  name  of  Charles  L.  Bailey 
&  Co.  In  1869,  Mr.  Bailey  removed  to  Pottstown,  and 
until  1875  was  the  treasurer  and  general  manager  of  the 
Pottstown  Iron  Company,  manufacturing  nails,  boiler- 
plate, and  pig-iron.  Closing  out  his  interests  there,  he 
returned  to  Harrisburg,  and  in  1877-78  erected  the  Cen- 
tral Iron-Works  contiguous  to  the  Chesapeake  Nail- 
Works,  of  which  he  is  president.  He  is  one  of  the  di- 
rectors of  the  Harrisburg  National  Bank,  and  in  1880 
was  appointed  by  Governor  Hoyt  a  trustee  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Insane  Asylum.  He  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  select  council  of  the  city  of  Harrisburg  in  1877,  was 
a  member  of  the  State  Legislature  in  1879,  and  in  1881 
was  again  elected  a  member  of  the  select  council  of  the 
city.  Emma  H.  Doll  and  Charles  L.  Bailey  had  issue 
(surname  Bailey) : 

1.  Joseph;  d.  s.  p. 

2.  William-Elder ;  a  graduate  of  Yale,  class  1882. 

3.  Edward;  a  graduate'of  Yale  Scientific  Course, 

1881. 

4.  Uharles-Lukens. 

5.  Morris-Patterson ;  d.  s.  p. 

6.  James-Bradshaiv. 

7.  Emma-Doll. 

8.  Henry-Bent ;  d.  s.  p. 

Henry-Clay,  b.  1838;  m.,  1874,  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah, 
Catharine  Geisey,  of  Lancaster,  O.,  and  had  Howard, 
Gilbert,  Henry,  and  Ether;  reside  in  Denver,  Col. 


172  Pennsylvania  Oenealoqies. 

vii.  Sarah-Elder,  b.  1844 ;  m.,  1869,  Gilbert  Martin  McCauley, 
of  Ashland,  O. ;  served  during  the  late  war  in  the  quar- 
termaster's department  of  tlie  army,  is  now  engaged  in 
the  iron  manufacture  in  Barrisburg,  Fa. 

XXVITI.  Hannah  Elder,  *  (Robert,  ^  David,  ^  Robert,  i) 
b.  in  1779,  in  Lancaster  county;  d.  in  September,  1855,  in 
Indiana  county,  Pa. ;  m.,  in  1809,  James  Richards,  who  died 
in  April,  1833,  in  Indiana  county.  Pa.  Mr.  Richards,  in  con- 
junction with  his  brother  Alexander,  introduced  the  first 
machine  for  carding  wool  in  Western  Pennsylvania.  They 
established  a  small  factory  opposite  Saltsburg,  on  the  Kiski- 
minetas,  which,  owing  to  the  discovery  of  salt  wells  in  the 
neighborhood,  they  sold  about  1815,  and  erected  works  for  the 
manufacture  of  salt  on  Crooked  creek,  in  Armstrong  county. 
Hannah  Elder  and  James  Richards  had  issue  (surname  Rich- 
ards) : 

i.  Mary,  m.  James  Smith,  of  Erie  county. 
a.  Martha,  d.  unm. 

in.  Eliza,  m.  Samuel  Holmes;  they  were  cousins-germaine, 
being  grandchildren  of  Thomas  Whiteside ;  she  is  a 
widow,  and  resides  at  Livermore,  Westmoreland  county, 
Pa. 
iv.  James,  d.  in  Erie  county  in  1880,  leaving  a  large  family. 
V.  Robert,  d.  in  1857  ;  his  widow  resides  in  Saltsburg,  Pa. 
vi.  Lucinda,  m.  Thomas  Richards,  a  distant  relative ;  she, 
now  a  widow,  resides  at  Shippensburg,  Pa. 

XXIX.  Thomas  Elder,  ^  (Robert,  ^  David,  ^  Robert,  i )  b.  in 
1781,  in  Lancaster  county ;  m.  Mary  McConnell.  They 
had  issue : 

i.  Eliza,  m.  John  Cannon,  and  had  a  son,  Calvin,  and  three 

daughters. 
a.  Thomas,  m.,  and  resides  in  Armstrong  county,  Pa. 
Hi.  John;  who  resides  in  the  old  homestead. 

XXX.  Robert  RoBiNsoisr  Elder,  ^  (James,  ^  Robert,  ^  Rob- 
ert, ^  Robert,!)  b.  October  8,  1793;  died  April  5,  1858,  near 
Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  was  twice  married;  m.,  first,  Sarah  Sherer, 
b.  1798,  d.  November  25,  1836.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  James,  b.  August  18, 1826 ;  d.  January  12, 1877,  in  Harris- 
burg, Pa. ;  m.  March  2, 1854,  Rebecca  Orth  Whitehill, 
dau.  of  John  Whitehill,  and  they  had  Catharine-Orth, 
Bohert-R.,  Martha-K.,  Edward,  and  Ida. 


Elder  Family.  173 

a.  Robert,  b.  May  2,  1830 ;  d.  March  8,  1861. 
in.  Martha.,  m.  Samuel  Hemphill  Wallace,  and  had  Samuel. 
iv.  Sarah,  m.  John  Montgomery  Forster  {see  Forster  record). 

Eobert  R  Elder  m.,  second,  May,  1840,  Elizabeth  Galbraith 
Elder,  b.  March  17,  1806 ;  d.  February  16,  1862.  They  had 
issue: 

V.  Scott;  m.  and  resides  in  California. 
vi.  Thomas;  m.  Tacy  Jewett ;  resides  in  Dayton,  Ohio. 

XXXI.  David  Elder,  ^  (James,  *  Robert,  ^  Robert,  ^  Rob- 
ert, i)  b.  August  22,  1795,  in  Maryland;  d.  April  5,  1879,  at 
Elder's  Ridge:  m.  Julianna  Sherer.     They  had  issue: 

^'  42.        i.  Bev.  James- Sherer ;  m.  JS'ancy  Barnett. 
n.  Sarah-E.;  m.  S.  J.  Craighead. 

XXXII.  John  Elder,  ^  (James,  *  Robert,  ^  Robert,  ^  Rob- 
ert,!) b.  October  2,  1797;  d.  at  Elder's  Ridge,  April  4,  1870; 
m.  Elizabeth  McKee,  and  had  issue : 

i.  Elizabeth,  m.  Robert  Bills. 
a.  Martha- J.,  d. ;  Alexander  Thompson. 
Hi.  Bev.  Thomas-B.,  d. ;  m.  Maria  J.  Elder. 
iv.  Caroline. 
V.  J.  McKee,  d.  unm. 

XXXIII.  Polly  Elder,  ^  (James,  ^  Robert,  ^  Robert,  ^  Rob- 
ert,'')b.  October  22,  1799;  resides  at  Clarksburg,  Pa.;  m. 
Samuel  Russell,  of  Westmoreland  county,  and  had  issue : 

i.   William,  d.  s.  p. 
ii.  Bachel,  d.  s.  p. 
Hi.  Dorcas,  m. 
iv.  Martha,  resides  at  Clarksburg,  Pa. 

V.  Polly,  d.  unm. 
vi.  Samuel,  d.  s.  p. 

XXXIV.  Joshua  Elder,  s  (James,  *  Robert,  ^  Robert,  ^ 
Robert,!)  b.  January  13, 1802  ;  d.  August 25, 1883  ;  was  thrice 
married;  m.,  first,  March  12, 1849,  Eleanor  Sherer,  b.  1802 ; 
d.  April  2,  1837.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Joshua-Beed. 

ii.  David-Bobison,  m.,  February  18,  1858,  Mary  E.  Cowden; 
and  had  issue : 

1.  Joshua- Wallace,  b.  February  25,  1861. 

2.  William- Cowden,  b.  April  20,  1864. 

3.  Eleanor- Sherer,  b.  December  21, 1870. 


174  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

in.  John.,  m.,  October  29, 1863,  Mary  J.  Eutherford;  and  had 
issue : 

1.  Herbert,  h.  October  14,  1864. 

2.  Charles,  b.  August  2,  1866. 

3.  John-Park,  b.  January  1, 1872;  d.  s.  p. 

4.  Eliza-Butherford,  b.  February  5,  1874 ;  d.  s.  p. 

5.  Jannet-tSherer,  b.  August  20,  1875. 

Mr.  Elder  m.,  secondly,  January  1,  1839,  Mary  C.  Gill- 
MOR,  d.  February  26,  1844,     Tliey  had  issue : 

iv.  Mizabeth-M.,  m.  William  Kerr  Cowden.      (See   Cowden 
record.) 

Mr.  Elder  m.,  thirdly,  December  4,  1845,  Nancy  Brown. 
They  had  issue : 

V.  Margaret,  m.  John  Quincy  Adams  Rutherford. 
vi.  Matthew-Brown. 

vii.  Eleanor  -  Sher  er ,  m.  Francis  W.  Rutherford. 
via.  Matilda. 
ix.  Mary  A.,  d.  s.  p. 

XXXY.  James  Elder,  ^  (James,  ^  Robert,  ^  Robert,  ^  Rob- 
ert, i)b.  February  18,  1804;  d.  February  5,  1877,  at  Elder's 
Ridge;  m.  Margaret  Barnett,  daughter  of  Thomas  Barnett. 
They  had  issue : 

43.        i.  Martha-Robinson,  m.  Rev.  J.  M.  Barnett. 
a.  Thomas-Bar nett,  m.  Mary  Barnett. 

XXXVI.  Rachel  Elder, ^  (James, ^  Robert,-^  Robert, ^  Rob- 
ert, i)  b.  December  18,  1806;  d.  Februarj^,  1840,  in  Jefferson 
county.  Pa.,  m.  April,  1829,  Rev.  Jesse  Smith.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Smith): 

i.  Sybil-M.,  d.  unm. 

XXXVII.  Thomas  Elder, ^  (James,*  Robert, »  Robert, ^ 
Robert,  1)  b.  May  1,  1810  ;  resides  at  Elder's  Ridge  ;  was  thrice 
married;  m.,  first,  Elizabeth  Coleman.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Sarah,  m. ;  resides  at  Blairsville,  Pa. 
ii.  Robert,  d.  s.  p. 

Thomas  Elder  m.,  secondly,  Jane  Cook,     They  had  issue : 

iii.  Maggie,  m.  Rev,  Moorhead. 
Thomas  Elder  m.,  thirdly,  Martha  Caldwell. 


Elder  Family.  175 

XXXVIII.  Robert  Elder, s  (David,^  Robert,^  Robert,^ 
Robert,!)  b.  Maj  29,  1791 ;  d.  October  19,  1827;  m.  March  2, 
1820,  Elizabeth  Sherer,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth 
Sherer,  b.  1795;  d.  February  26,  1860;  both  mterred  in  Pax- 
tang  churchyard.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Annie.,  m.  John  Ferguson,  of  Lawrence  county,  Pa. 

a.  Joshua-Nesbit,  d.  January  7,  1874,  at  Helena,  Ark.;  was 
twice  married ;  first,  Sophia  Patton ;  second,  Sarah 
Summers ;  no  issue. 

in.  Samuel  Sherer,  entered  the  United  States  army  in  1853, 
as  a  private ;  appointed  second  lieutenant  First  artil- 
lery, March  23,  1861 ;  promoted  first  lieutenant  May 
14,  1861 ;  brevet  captain,  September  17,  1862  ;  captain 
First  artillery,  August  1, 1863 ;  brevet  major,  February 
20,  1864,  and  brevet  lieutenant  colonel,  May  15,  1864 ; 
m.  Elizabeth  Garland,  of  Henderson,  Ky. 

iv.  Elizabeth^.,  m.  Rev.  Mr.  March. 

XXXIX.  Margaret  Elder, ^  (Robert,^  Robert, ^  Robert, ^ 
Robert,!)  b.  179(3.  ±  j^ne  7,  1837;  m.  in  1820,  William 
EwiNG-,  of  Indiana  county ;  d.  August  31,  ISM.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Ewing) : 

i.  John, 
ii.  Joshua. 
Hi.  Bobert. 
iv.  Bev.  James- A. 
V.   William. 

XL.  Polly  Elder, ^  (Robert,^  Robert, ^  Robert, 2  Robert, i) 
b.  1800 ;  m.  John  Laird.     They  had  issue  (surname  Laird) : 

i.  Zacharia. 

ii.  Maria. 
Hi.  Judith. 
iv.  Margaret. 
V.  Bobert-Elder . 

XLL  Robert  Elder,  s  (Robert,  *  Robert,  ^^  Robert,  2  Rob- 
ert, i)  b.  December  23,  1809;  resides  in  the  old  homestead  at 
Elder's  Ridge,  Indiana  county.  Pa.;  m.,  March  20, 1834,  Nancy 
Douglass.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Maria-J.,  m.  Rev.  Thomas  R.  Elder. 

ii.  John-Douglass,  killed  in  the  Army  in  Tennessee. 


176  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

in.  Bobert-T.,  m.  and  resides  on  part  of  old  homestead. 
iv.  Cordelia,  m.  and  had  issue. 
V.  Julia-M.,  m.  and  had  issue. 
vi.  Lydia-A.,  m. 
vii.  Josephine,  m. 
via.  Agnes-V. 
ix.  Lizzie- E.,  m. 

XLII.  James  Sherer  Elder,*'  (David, ^  James, ^  Robert, ^ 
Robert,  2  Robert,  i)  m.  December  22,  1858,  Na1s"CY  Barnett, 
daughter  of  John  Barnett  and  Nancy  Morrison,-  of  Westmore- 
land county,  Pa.,  {see  Barnett  record.)     They  had  issue  : 

i.  John-Barnett. 
ii.  James-M. 
Hi.  David-Judson,  d.  s.  p. 

XLIII.  Thomas  Barnett  Elder,*'  (James, ^  James, *  Rob- 
ert, ^  Robert,  2  Robert,  i )  m.  December  22,  1858,  Mary  Bar- 
nett, daughter  of  John  Barnett  and  Nancy  Morrison.  They 
had  issue,  all  residing  at  Elder's  Ridge : 

i.  Nettie. 
ii.   Wilson-B. 
Hi.  Margaret. 
iv.  May. 

V.  John. 


Espy  Family.  177 


ESPY  FAMILY. 


1.  George  Espy,^  son  of  Josiah  Espy,i  d.  in  March,  1761, 
in  Deny  township,  Lancaster  county.  Pa.,  where  he  was  a  set- 
tler as  early  as  1729,  an  emigrant  from  the  north  of  Ireland. 
He  m.  in  Ireland,  Jean"  Taylor.     They  had  issue : 

i.  John,  b.  1716  ;  m.  and  had  a  daughter  Jean.    • 

2.  a.  Josiah,  b.  1718;  m.  Elizabeth  [Grain.] 

Hi.   William,  b.  1720;  d.  in  August,  1761,  leaving  his  estate, 
which  was  considerable,  to  his  brothers  and  sisters. 

3.  iv.  Marii,  b.  1722;  m.  John  Woods. 

V.  Jean,  b.  1725. 

vi.  Elizabeth,  (twin,)  b.  1725 ;  m.  James  Forster,  [see Forster  re- 
cord.) 

4.  vii.  James,  b.  1727  ;  m.  and  left  issue. 

5.  via.  David,  b.  1730  ;  m.  Jane  Woods. 

ix.  George,  b.  1732;  ra.  and  had,  among  others,  Thomas,  who 
d.  in  1808,  leaving  a  wife,  Anna,  and  children,  A-YilliamL,- 

James,  Robert,  Margaret,  m. Wilson,  and  Rachel, 

m. Bell. 

X.  Anne,  h.  1736;  m.  William  Crain,  (see  Grain  record.) 

II.  Josiah  Espy,^  (George,^  Josiah,^)  h.  1718,  in  the  north 
of  Ireland ;  d.  1762,  in  Hanover  township,  Lancaster  county, 
Pa. ,  leaving  a  wife,  Elizabeth  [Grain,]  and  issue  as  follows ; 
it  may  be  possible  that  Josiali  Espy  was  twice  married — his 
first  wife's  name  being  Priscilla  : 

6.  i.  Josiah,  b.  March  10,  1742;  m.  Anne  Kirkpatrick. 
a.  Susanna,  b.  1743 ;  m.  John  Patton. 

7.  Hi.  Mary,  b.  1745;  m.  James  McClure. 

iv.  Martha,  h.  1747  ;  m.  Captain  Lazarus  Stewart. 

8.  V.  George,  b.  1749 ;  m.  Mary  Stewart. 
vi.  John,  b.  1751;  d.  s.  p. 

vii.  Priscilla,  b.  1753. 
via.  Robert,  b.  1755. 
ix.  Samuel,  b.  1757. 
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178  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Espy  subsequently  marned  Robert  Ewing, 
who  d.  in  1787,  s.  p. 

III.  Mary  Espy,^  (George,  ^  Josiah,i)  ^^  1722,  in  thenortii 
of  Ireland  ;  m.  John  Woods.  *  The  latter  died  in  Hanover, 
then  Lancaster  county,  Pa.,  in  December,  1769,  leaving  issue 
(surname  Woods:) 

i.  George,  b.  1740. 

a.  Anclre'io,  b.  1742. 

m.  John,  b.  1745. 

if.   Willimn,  b.  1747. 

V.  Scwiuel.  b.  1749. 

vi.  Martha,  (twin,)  b.  1749.  / 

vii.  Sarah,  b.  1751 ;  m.  William  Clark,   v 
via.  Anna,  b.  1753;  m.  .James  Montgomery. 
ix.  Margaret,  b.  1755. 
X.  Jennett,  b.  1758. 
xi.  Marii,  (twin,)  b.  1758. 
xii.  Elizabeth,  b.  1760. 

lY.  James  Espy,^  (George,^  Josiah,i)  b.  about  1727,  in  the 
north  of  Ireland  ;  was  a  small  child  when,  his  parents  emigrated 
to  America  and  settled  on  the  Swatara ;  about  1760,  accom- 
panied his  brother  David  to  what  is  now  Bedford  county,  and 
shortly  after  to  Westmoreland  county,  Penna ;  subsequently 
emigrating  to  Kentucky,  where  he  lived  and  died.  He  had 
twelve  children — the  names  of  a  portion  we  glean  from  Josiah 
Espy's  "  Tour  in  Ohio,  Kentucky,  and  Indiana  Territory,  in 
1805:" 

i.  George  ;  remained  in  Pennsylvania. 

ii.  Thomas;  in  1805,  resided  on  the  Little  Miami,  seventeen 
miles  above  Columbia,  O.,  having  a  wife  and  children  as 
follows:  Mary,  m.  John  Kibby,  Anna,  Josiah,  Williamy 
Betsy,  Nancy,  Sally,  Thomas,  a.nd  James. 

*  John  Woods  was  the  second  son  of  Andrew  and  Sarah  Woods,  of 
Hanover.  Andrew  Woods  died  in  August,  1756,  and  left  issue  (sur- 
name Woods)  : 

i.  Andrew,  d.  1761,  leaving  a  wife  Jean,  [see  Ferguson  record.) 

ii.  John,  m.  Mary  Espy. 

Hi.  Margaret.  / 

iv.  Jennett,  m.  Jolm  Calhoun.    ^ 

V.  Agnes,  m.  Neal  McAllister. 

vi.  /Sara/i,  m.  Andrew  Cochran. 

vii.  Martha,  m.  James  McClenaghan. 


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9.   m.  Josiali,  b.  1771  ;  m.  Maria  Moore  Murdock. 

iv.  David ;  resided  a  short  distance  from  liis  brother  Thomas  ; 
m. Dorcas  Keene,  and  had  Mary  m.  John  Westcott,  Eliza 
m.  Rev.  David  Powell,  James  and  Eunice. 
V.  Hugh  ;  resided  "  at  Springville,  a  little  town  in  Clarke's 
grant,  in  the  Indiana  territory." 

vi.  Martha  ;  resided  on  the  Little  Miami,  about  forty-five  miles 
from  its  mouth  ;  m.  James  Mitchell,  and  had  Margaret.^ 
David.,  Eliza,  Anna,  Maria,  and  James-Espy. 

vii.  Anna ;  resided  at  Mount  Sterling,  Kentucky ;  m.  Joseph 
Simpson,  and  had  Eliza,  Jane,  Maria,  Martha-Mitchell, 
and  James-  Wilkinson. 
via.  James,  b.  May  9,  1786,  in  ^Westmoreland  county.  Pa.  His 
fatlier  removed  to  the  State  of  Kentucky  when  James 
was  in  his  fourth  year.  His  thirst  for  knowledge 
was  from  his  childhood  insatiable,  and  his  means  being- 
limited,  he  began,  while  yet  in  his  teens,  teaching, 
during  a  portion  of  each  year,  to  pay  for  the  instruc- 
tion received  in  the  Transylvania  University,  Lexing- 
ton, where  lie  graduated  at  the  age  of  twenty-one. 
The  following  year  he  was  invited  to  Cumberland, 
Maryland,  to  take  charge  of  a  classical  academy  at 
that  place,  then  newly  endowed  by  the  Legislature. 
His  zeal  for  instructing  the  young  vv^as  such  that  he 
soon  made  it  a  well-known  institution,  to  which  students 
came  from  every  part  of  the  country.  In  the  mean  time 
he  studied  law,  went  to  Bedford,  Pa.,  and  was  admitted 
to  tlie  bar  there,  subsequently  going  to  Xenia,  Ohio, 
whither  his  father  had  previously  removed,  where  he 
practiced  law  four  years.  His  profession  did  not  seem 
to  accord  with  the  literary  and  scientific  tendencies  of 
his  mind,  and  he  accepted,  in  1817,  a  call  to  the  classical 
department  of  the  Franklin  Institute,  Philadelphia,  anu 
that  city  became  his  home  for  twenty  years.  During 
this  period  he  published  several  pamphlets  reviewing  and 
rejecting  the  theories  of  storms  and  currents  which  pre- 
vailed, and  these  attracted  the  notice  of  the  scientists 
of  America.  Professor  Espy,  having  formed  his  own 
theory,  brought  it  practically  to  the  test  of  many  storms. 
In  1841  he  published  his  great  work,  "  The  Philosophy  of 
Storms."  Prior  to  its  publication  in  this  form,  the  new- 
theory  had  caused  a  sensation  in  the  principal  cities  of 
England  and  France,  and  Professor  Espy  was  invited  to 
visit  Europe  and  compare  his  results  witli  those  which 
had  been  reached  by  Eedfield,  Forbes,  Pouillet,rournet, 
and  others.    He  accordingly  visited  Europe,  and  in  Sep- 


180  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

tember,  1840,  the  British  Association  appointed  a  day  to 
entertain  the  professor's  statement,  which  was  made  in 
the  presence  of  Professor  Forbes,  Mr.  Redfleld,  Sir  John 
Herscliel,  Sir  David  Brewster,  and  other  eminent  natu- 
ralists. The  discussion  wliich  followed  was  one  of  the 
most  interesting  ever  reported  in  the  journals  of  the  as- 
sociation. In  the  Academy  of  Sciences  at  Paris  the  in- 
terest was  equally  great,  and  a  committee,  consisting  of 
Arago  and  Pouillet,  was  appointed  to  report  upon  Espy's 
observations  and  theory.  They  were  satisfied  of  the  im- 
portance of  the  theory  at  once,  and  so  reported.  It  was 
in  the  debate  which  took  place  in  the  Academy  at  this 
time  that  Arago  said,  "  France  has  its  Cuvier,  England 
its  Newton,  America  its  Espy."  On  his  return  from 
this  satisfactory  visit,  Professor  Espy  was  appointed  cor- 
responding member  of  the  Smithsonian  Institute.  In 
1843  he  was  employed  by  the  War  Department,  in  the 
Washington  Observatory,  to  prosecute  his  investiga- 
tions and  collate  the  reports  from  the  different  observers 
throughout  the  country.  Several  quarto  volumes  of  this 
matter  were  published  by  the  department.  The  remain- 
der of  his  life  was  spent  at  the  National  capital,  although 
his  vacation  days  were  enjoyed  at  Harrisburg,  amid  the 
society  of  endeared  friends.  On  the  17th  of  January, 
1860,  while  on  a  visit  to  Cincinnati,  Professor  Espy  was 
stricken  with  paralysis,  from  which  he  died  on  the  24th 
of  the  same  month.  His  remains  rest  in  the  Espy  burial 
lot  in  the  Harrisburg  Cemetery.  He  married,  at  the  age 
of  thirty-seven,  Margaret  Pollard,  of  Cumberland, 
Maryland,  born  September  28, 1795,  whose  maiden  name, 
for  some  fancied  reason,  he  assumed,  and  was  ever  after- 
ward known  as  James  Pollard  Espy.  She  died  May  30, 
1850,  and  is  buried  by  the  side  of  her  husband  at  Harris- 
burg, Pennsylvania.    They  left  no  issue. 

Y.  David  Espy,^  (Greorge,^  Josiali,i)  b.  about  1730,  in 
Derry  townsliip,  Lancaster  county,  Pa. ;  d.  June  13,  1795,  in 
Bedford,  Penna.  Studied  law,  and,  early  in  life,  removed  to 
the  county  of  Bedford,  where  he  became  quite  prominent  in 
public  affairs.  At  the  outset  of  the  Revolution  he  entered 
heartily  into  the  contest;  was  a  deputy  to  the  Provincial  Con- 
ference held  at  Carpenter's  Hall,  Philadelphia,  June  18,  1775 ; 
member  of  the  Council  of  Safety,  July  23,  1776,  serving  until 
March,  1777,  and  also  colonel  of  battalion  of  associators  ;  was 
appointed  prothonotary  of  the  county  of  Bedford,  December 


Espy  Family.  181 

18,  1778 ;  one  of  the  justices  of  that  county,  December  18, 
1778 ;  and,  under  the  Constitution  of  1789-90,  prothonotarj^ 
register,  etc.,  from  December  23,  1790,  to  June  13,  1795,  the 
date  of  his  death.  He  filled  other  positions  of  honor  and  use- 
fulness— was  one  of  the  original  trustees  of  Dickinson  College, 
and  a  member  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State.  The 
provincial  records  contain  numerous  references  to  him  and  his 
actions.  Colonel  Espy  married  Jane  Woods  of  Bedford,  b. 
1735  ;  d.  1813  ;  sister  of  Ceorge  Woods,  a  man  of  mark  in  that 
section  during  and  subsequent  to  the  Revolution.  They  had 
issue : 

i.  Captain-David.,  d.  unm.  in  Bedford. 
ii.  Mary.,  b.  1779;  d.  1815;  m.  1807,  Dr.  John  Anderson,  of 

Bedford,  and  left  issue — (see  Lyon  record.) 
Hi.  George,  b.  1781  ;  d.  1855. 

YI.  JosiAH  Espy,  4  (Josiah,^  George, ^  Josiah,i)  b.  March  10, 
1742  ;  d.  July  22,  1813 ;  m.  July  8,  1769,  by  Rev.  John  Roan, 
Anne  Kikkpatrick,  b.  January  11,  1750;  d.  May  31,  1842  ; 
daughter  of  William  and  Margaret  Kirkpatrick  ;*  both  buried 
in  Paxtang  church  grave-yard.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Margaret,  b.  ISTovember  8, 1771 ;  d.  September  4,  1851;  m. 
Samuel  Elder,  (see  Elder  record.) 

10.  ii.  Priscilla.,  (twin,)  b.  Novembers,  1771 ;  m.  Robert McClure. 
Hi.  Josiali,  b.  1774  ;  d.  April  13, 1811,  in  Bloom  township,  North- 
umberland county,  Penna. 

11.  iv.   WilUayn,  b.  June  2,  1776  ;  m.  Susanna  Gray. 

12.  V.  James  Snodgrass,  b.  July  18, 1788  ;  m.  1st,  Mary  Huling  ;  2d, 

Mary  H.  Pollard. 
vi.  John  Elder,  b.  October  12,  1790;  d.  April  26,  1831 ;  unm. ; 
was  a  physician  of  ability — studied  with  Dr.  Whiteside, 
subsequently  entering  into  partnership  with  him  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

13.  vii.  David,  b.  June  11,  1792;  m.  "Rebecca  Allen. 

*  William  KiRKrATRiCK,  of  Paxtang,  died  in  September,  1760, 
leaving  a  wife,  Margaret,  and  children  as  follows : 
i.  John,  m.  Jane,  daughter  of  John  Wilkins. 
ii.   William,  was  a  merchant  in  Lancaster,  and  died  there. 
Hi.  Anne,  m.  Josiah  Espy. 

iv.  Sarah,  h.  March  27,1754;  d.  February  25,1826;  m.  Cap- 
tain Samuel  Kearsley,  of  the  Revolution. 
Margaret  Kirkpatrick,  b.  1726  ;  d.  November  3, 1802,  and  is  buried 
in  Paxtang  church  grave-yard. 


182  Pennsylvania   Oenealogles. 

VII.  Mary  Espy,^^  (Josiah,^  George,  2  Josiah,i)b.  1745,  in 
Hanover  township,  then  in  Lancaster  county.  Pa.,  d.  1818,  in 
what  is  now  Columbia  county,  Pa. ;  m.  James  McClure,  b. 
1733,  in  Paxtang  township,  then  in  Lancaster  county,  Pa.  ;  d. 
November  14,  1805,  at  McClure's  Fort,  now  Columbia  county. 
Pa.  He  removed  in  1769  to  the  "  Wyoming  settlement,"  and 
settled  upon  the  west  bank  of  the  North  Branch  of  the  Susque- 
hanna river,  about  one  mile  above  the  mouth  of  Fishing  creek, 
where  he  built  a  log  house,  surrounded  by  a  stockade,  which  was 
known  as  McClare's  Fort.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Committee 
of  Safety  during  the  Revolution,  and  a  man  of  prominence 
during  that  illustrious  era.  Of  his  children  we  have  little 
knowledge.  One  of  his  daughters  became  the  wife  of  the  some- 
what famous  Major  Moses  Van  Campen.  A  son,  James  Mc- 
Clure, who  died  upon  the  old  homestead  on  October  4,  1850, 
was  the  youngest  child,  and  the  first  one  of  white  parents  born 
in  that  section  of  Pennsylvania. 

VIIL  George  Espy, *  (Josiah,^  George,  ^  Josiah,i)  b.  1749, 
in  Hanover  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin,  county,  Pa.,  d. 
April,  1814,  in  Luzerne  county,  Pa.  His  father  in  March, 
1775,  conveyed  to  him  a  tract  of  land  granted  him  by  the  Pro- 
prietaries in  then  Northumberland  county.  Pa.,  to  which  here- 
moved  the  same  j^ear.  The  tract  of  land  was  situated  not  far 
from  the  present  borough  of  Nanticoke,  upon  which  he  built 
a  log  house.  He  was  commissioned  May  31,  1800,  a  justice  of 
the  peace  for  the  district  consisting  of  the  townships  of  Hanover 
and  Wilkes-Barre,  which  office  he  held  at  the  time  of  his  death  ; 
was  a  mason  by  trade,  and  built  by  contract  the  old  stone  jail 
which  was  situated  on  East  Market  street,  AVilkes-Barre.  George 
Espy  married  Mary  Stewart,  who  died  about  the  year  1820, 
daughter  of  John  Stewart.     They  had  issue,  among  others  : 

^.  Ann^  b.  April  5, 1777;  m.  Ambrose  Tilly;  d.  in  Hanover, 
Luzerne  county,  s.  p. 
14.      n.  John,  b.  July  26,  1779  ;  m.  Lovina  Inman. 

m.  Mary,  [Polly,']  b.  November  29, 1781 ;  m.  Thomas  Bennett ; 
resided  in  Nanticoke,  and  botli  died  there  and  had  issue 
(surname  Bennett) : 

1.  Allen. 

2.  Samuel,  d.  s.  p. 


Espy  Family.  •  183 

3.  Mary-Ann,  m.  in  1829,  Alden  I.  Bennett,  third 
son  of  Isaac  Bennett ;  studied  medicine  with 
Gains  Halsey,  M.  D.,  and  located  at  Nanticoke, 
Pa.,  in  1825,  being  the  first  physician  of  that 
borough  ;  in  1831  removed  to  Bolivar,  Ohio ; 
was  a  member  of  the  constitutional  conven- 
tion of  that  State  in  1851;  in  1S53  located  at 
Beloit,  Wisconsin  ;  was  a  State  Senator,  and 
d.  therein  1862.  Twoof  liis  sons,  T/iomas  and 
PJiineas,  served  'during  the  late  civil  war  as 
lieutenants  of  Wisconsin  regiments ;  subse- 
quently Thomas  Bennett  became  chief  clerk, 
and  then  Quartermaster  under  General  Sher- 
man, of  the  military  division  of  Mississippi; 
he  married  Jennie  Ewing,  daughter  of  Hon. 
James  Ewing,  of  Ohio. 
in.  George,  b.  Dec.  19,  1784;  after  his  father's  death,  received 

his  portion  of  the  estate,  went  to  the  then  far  West,  and 

was  never  heard  of. 

XI.  JosiAH  Espy, 4  (James,  ^  G-eorge,^  Josiah,i)  b.  about 
1771,  Bedford,  Pa;  d.  in  1847,  in  Columbus,  Ohio.  When  his 
father  removed  to  Keutucky,  Josiah  remained  with  his  uncle, 
David,  who  was,  at  the  time,  prothonotary  of  Bedford  county, 
which  gave  him  some  social  and  educational  advantages  he 
would  not  otherwise  have  had.  In  1791,  he  received  an  ap- 
pointment as  clerk  in  the  War  Department  at  Philadelphia, 
where  he  remained  several  years,  returning  to  Bedford  and 
took  a  prominent  part  in  politics,  and  was  elected  to  the  State 
Legislature.  In  1805,  he  visited  Ohio,  of  which  tour  he  pre- 
served a  brief  journal,  which  has  been  published  in  the  "Ohio 
Valley  Historical  Series."  Later  in  life  he  located  permanent- 
ly in  Columbus,  Ohio ;  in  1826  was  elected  cashier  of  the  Frank- 
lin Bank  at  that  place,  and  continued  to  fill  that  position  until 
the  final  winding  up  of  the  bank,  upon  the  expiration  of  its 
charter  in  1813.  Mr.  Espy  married,  in  1812,  Maeia  Moore 
MuRDOCK  , daughter  of  Judge  Murdock,  of  Cumberland,  Mary- 
land. At  the  date  of  his  marriage  he  adopted  the  family  name 
of  his  wife,  and  ever  after  signed  his  name  Josiah  M.  Espy. 
They  had  ten  children,  five  of  whom  died  in  youth ;  those  liv- 
ing are : 

i.  Henry-P. ;  m. ;  a  banker,  resides  in  Urbana,  O. 


184  Pennsylvania    Genealogies. 

a.  Lavinia-M. ;  resides  in  Columbus,  O. ;  m.,  in  1839,  James  T. 
Morehead,  b.  May  24,  1797,  near  Shepherdsville,  Bullitt 
county,  Kentucky.  Was  educated  at  Transylvania  Uni- 
versity, and  studied  law  under  Judge  H.  P.  Brodnax,  of 
the  circuit  court  of  Kentucky,  and  Hon.  John  J.  Critten- 
den. In  the  spring  of  1816,  he  began  the  practice  of  law  at 
Bowling  Green,  and  was  elected  to  the  State  Legislature  in 
1828,  serving  until  1830.  In  1832,  he  was  elected  Lieuten- 
ant Governor  of  Kentucky, and,  in  1834,  upon  the  death 
of  Governor  Breathitt,  succeeded  that  gentleman  in  the 
executive  oflice.  He  served  another  term  in  the  Legisla- 
ture, and,  in  1841,  was  elected  to  the  United  States  Sen- 
ate for  the  full  term  of  six  years.  Upon  his  retirement 
from  that  body,  he  located  at  Covington,  where  he  died. 

in.  James;  m. ;  a  banker,  resides  in  Cincinnati,  O. 

iv.  Isabel,  m.  Dr.  Francis  Carter,  Dean  of  Starling  Medical 

College,  Columbus,  O. 
V.  Ellen-Graham ;  m.  first,  Col.  James  C.  McCoy,  chief  of  staff 
to  General  Sherman ;  second,  Judge  T.  W.  Bartley,  of 
Washington,  D.  C. 

X.  pRisciLLA  Espy,  5  (Josiah,^  Josiah,^  George,  ^  Josiahj'i) 
b.  December  8,  1771,  in  Paxtang  ;  d.  September  29,  1845  ;  m. 
Egbert  McClure,  b.  December  18,  1763 ;  d.  July  21,  1889, 
in  Paxtang ;  son  of  William  McClure  and  Margaret  Wriglit ; 
both  buried  in  old  Paxtang  church  grave-yard.  They  had 
issue  (surname  McClure) : 

i.   William,  b.  February  1,  1795 ;  d.  August  16,  1852  ;  m.  and 

left  issue. 
a.  Ann,  b,  1797. 

Hi.  Bohert-Wriyht,  b.  1800;  d.  September  26,  1865. 
iv.  Priscilla-Jane. 
V.  Josiah-Espy :  removed  to  Franklin  county  Pa. ;  m.  and  left 

issue. 
vi.  Margaret. 
vii.  Behecca,  m.  May  27,  1834,  Matthew  Brown. 

XL  William  Espy,  5  (Josiah,*  Josiah,^  George,  ^  Josiah,i)  b. 
June  2,  1776  ;  d.  July  28, 1850,  in  Harrisburg.  Pa.  ;  m.  June  2, 
1807,  by  Rev.  James  R.  Sharon,  Susanna  Gray,  b.  June  18, 
1782 ;  d.  July  10,  1854  ;  daughter  of  Joseph  Gray  and  Elizabeth 
Forster;  both  buried  in  Paxtang  church  grave-yard.  They 
had  issue  : 


Es2^y  Family.  185 

i.  Elizaheth-Gray ,  resides  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  m.  December 
29, 1859,  Samuel  W.  Sharp  of  Cumberland  county,  Pa. ; 
b.  March  27, 1822 ;  d.  December  6,  1877,  s.  p. 
n.  Josiali,  m.  Mary  McKeehan  daughter  of  Samuel  McKeehan  ;. 
reside  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  and  had  issue : 

1.  William,  b.  April  19, 1844 ;  d.  September  10, 1852. 

2.  Samuel- McKeehan,  b.  April  14,  1847  ;  d.  Decem- 

ber 19,  1849. 

3.  James-G.,  b.  September  12,  1849;  d.  September 

22,  1852. 

4.  Susanna,  b.  November  1, 1852 ;  m.  Harry  D.  Boas,. 

(see  JBoas  record.) 

5.  Helen,  b.  July  21,1857. 

Hi.  Ann,  b.  August  3,1812;  m.  Abner  Rutherford,  [see  Ttuther- 
ford  record.) 

XII.  James  Sjstodgrass  Espy,^  (Josiah,^  Josiah,^  George,^ 
Josiah,!)  b.  July  18,  1788;  d.  September  21,  1872,  in  Harris- 
burg, Pa.  ;  was  a  merchant,  and  a  prominent  citizen ;  m.  first, 
March  30,  1817,  at  Isle  Benvenue,  Mary  Huling-,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Huling.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Thomas- Hiding,  b.  December  30,  1817 ;  studied  medicine 
with  Dr.  W.  W.  Rutherford ;  graduated  at  Jefferson  Medi- 
cal College;  ra.  January  1,1845,  Elizabeth  M.  Wilson,  and 
had  twelve  children. 
ii.  Anna-Elizabeth,  h  January  1,  1820;  d.  June  15,1854;  m. 
January  1, 1838,  Hugh  H.  Stockton,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Stockton) : 

1.  James-Es2jy,  d.  s.  p. 

2.  Mary-Pollard,  m.  Captain  Dean  Monahan,  U. 

8.   A.,  and  had    Dean- Stockton,    Anna,    and 
Henry,  d.  s.  p. 

3.  Hugh,  d.  s.  p. 

4.  William,  d.  s.  p. 

5.  Henry-2\,  Lieut.  U.  S.  N. ;  m.  Kathleen  Onslow^ 

of  Cornwall,  England,  and  had  Beginald-  WaU 
lace-Ledgerwood ,  Hugh-Cyril-Onslow,'di\d  Kath- 
leen-Gicendolin-Violet. 
Hi.  Mary,  b.  December  22,  1823  ;  d.  1832. 

James  S.  Esp}^,  m.,  secondly.  March  10,  1825,  Mary  H, 
Pollard,  b.  December  15,  1802  ;  resides  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
They  had  issue : 

J     iv.  Margaret-Pollard,  b.  December  20,  1825  ;  d.  November  26^ 
1847. 
V.  James-Pollard,  b.  1827  ;  d.  February  26,  1880. 


186  Pennsijlvania   Genealogies. 

vi.  Louisa,  b.  September  20,  1829 ;  d.  September  27,  1846. 

vii.  William-Kirkpatrick,  b.  1831 ;  d.  March  4,  1868,  at  Clouter- 
ville,  Louisiana ;  graduated  in  medicine,  and  was  in 
active  practice  at  the  time  of  liis  death  ;  m.  Rectina  St. 
Croix  Coclifleld  ;  and  had  Mary. 

via.  Eliza-Laiorence,  m.,  November  8,  1853,  William  Sergeant, 
b.  1829,  in  Pliiladelpliia,  Pa.,  son  of  Hon.  John  Sergeant ; 
graduated  from  Princeton  College  in  1847 ;  studied  law 
under  Benjamin  Gerhard,  and  admitted  to  the  Philadel- 
phia bar  in  1850  ;  he  held  a  prominent  position  at  the  bar, 
and  was  for  a  time  a  representative  in  the  State  Legis- 
lature ;  on  the  breaking  out  of  tlie  rebellion  was  commis- 
sioned captain  of  the  Twelfth  infantry  U.  S;  A. ;  after- 
wards colonel  of  tiie  Two  Hundred  and  Tenth  regiment 
Pennsylvania  volunteers;  on  the  31st  of  March,  1865,  was 
wounded  in  his  thigli  by  a  ball,  while  resisting  an  attack 
of  the  enemy  on  tlie  White  Oak  road,  near  the  Boynton 
plank-road,  in  front  of  Petersburg,  Ya.,  from  which  he 
died  on  board  of  the  hospital  boat,  while  on  his  way  home, 
April  11,1865;  he  was  a  gentleman  of  marked  ability, 
and  a  gallant  officer.    They  had  issue  (surname  Sergeant) : 

1.  Mary. 

2.  Margaretta,  m.  November  27,  1878,  Alexander 

James  Dallas  Dixon. 
8.  Louisa. 

4.  John,  d.  s.  p. 

5.  Sarah-Haly. 

6.  Eliza,  m.  October  15,  1884,  William  Heyward 

Meyers. 

XIII.  David  Espy,  5  (Josiali,^  Josiali,^  George,  ^  Josiali,i)  b. 
June  11,  1792;  d.  April  21,  1810,  in  Paxtang;  m.,  December 
17,  1816,  Rebecca  Allen,  b.  July  24,  1796 ;  d.  1872.  Tiiej 
had  issue : 

i.  Josiah,  b.  September  29,. 1817  ;  m.  Mary . 

a.   William-Kirkpatrick,  b.  October  9,  1819  ;  m.  Martha  Stur- 
geon ;  reside  near  Groveland,  Tazewell  county,  Illinois. 
Hi.  Anna-Maria,  h.  May  11,1822;   m.  March  1,  1849,  James 

Todd,  (see  Todd  record.) 
iv.  David,  h.  September  28,   1826;  m.  August  19,  1851,  Ann 

Catliarine  Jackson. 
V.  John- Alexander,  b.  July  26,  1829;  m.  Martha  Fry. 
vi.  8usanna-Mar(jaret,  b.  February  1,  1833;  m.  Dr.  Marvin  S. 
Carr. 

XIV.  John  Espy,"  (George, ^  Josiali,^  George, ^  Josiah, i) 


Espy  Family.  187 

b.  1779,  in  Hanover  township,  then  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin, 
county,  Pennsylvania ;  d.  March  25,  1843,  in  Hanover  town- 
ship, Luzerne  county,  Pennsylvania.  A  contemporary  news- 
paper states  that  he  "  was  a  man  of  honorable  feelings,  hospit- 
able, and  generally  beloved."  He  m.,  April  5,  1809,  Loviista 
Inman,  b.  1787 ;  d.,  1876,  in  Luzerne  county.  Pa.  ;  daughter 
of  Colonel  Edward  Inman,  of  the  Revolution.     They  had  issue : 

15.  i.  James,  b.  1811;  m.  Mary  A.  Miller. 

16.  a.  Fannie,  b.  March  21,  1813;  m.  Abram  Line. 

Hi.  Lochia,  b.  1820;  m.  Peter  Miller,  and  had  John  and  Win- 
field;  reside  at  Irving  Mills,  Micliigan. 

iv.  Mary,  b.  1822;  m.,  April  10,  1845,  John  E.  Line,b.  March 

25,  1825 ;  reside  at  Wilkes-Barre,  Pennsylvania. 
V.  Priscilla,  b.  1827;  m.  Jjevi  M.  Miller,  and  had  Edward, 
Dollie,  Ida,  (His,  Mary,  Oscar,   Wallace,  3.116.  Paul;  re- 
side ir)  Des  Moines  county,  Iowa. 

XV.  James  Espy,^  (John,^  George,'*  Josiah,^  George, 2. 
Josiah,^)  b.,  1811,  in  Nanticoke,  Luzerne  county,  Pa.  ;  d., 
1872,  at  Rummerfield  Creek,  Bradford  county.  Pa.,  whither 
he  removed  in  1863.  He  married,  in  1841,  Mary  A.  Miller, 
b.  December  26,  1818  ;  d.,  February  15,  1878,  in  Wilkes-Barre, 
Pa. ;  daughter  of  Barnett  Miller  and  Mary  DeWitt.  Barnett 
Miller  was  the  son  of  Andrew  and  Christina  Miller,  of  Har- 
mony^ New  Jersey ;  and  Mary  DeWitt  the  daughter  of  Peter 
DeWitt  and  Hannah  Hill,  emigrants  from  France.  Barnett 
Miller  and  his  wife  removed,  about  1830,  to  Hanover  town-, 
ship,  Luzerne  county,  Pa.,  where  they  died.  James  Espy  and 
his  wife,  Mary  A.  Miller,  had  issue,  all  born  in  Hanover  town- 
ship, Luzerne  county.  Pa.  : 

i.  John,  b.  Sept.  21,1842;  is  a  lawyer  by  profession,  resides  in 
St.  Paul,  Minn. ;  m.  MartliaM.  Wood,b.  March  12, 1843, 
in  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  daugliter  of  John  B.  Wood  and 
Sarah  Gore  ;  and  they  had  issue  : 

1.  John-B.-W.,  b.  February  23,  1869. 

2.  Lila-W.,  b.  June  22,  1872. 

3.,  Maude-M.,  b.  February  22,  1875. 

4.   Olin,h.  July  29,  1878. 
ii.  Theodore-Frelinghuysen,  b.  ISTovember  5,  1844;  resides  in 
Towanda,  Pa. ;  m.  February,  25, 1873,  Mary  Catharine 
Schoonover,  b.    March    8,  1844,  in    Stillwater,  Sussex 
county,  N.  J. ;  and  they  had  issue : 


188  Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 

1.  Mary-Lines,  b.  November  27,  1873. 

2.  Bertha-Blanch,  b.  July,  14,  1874. 

3.  Carrie-Louisa,  b.  December  16, 1876. 

Hi.  Barnett-Miller,  b.  May  16,  1846  ;  is  a  lawyer  by  profession, 
of  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  and  secretary  arid  treasurer  of  the 
Wilkes-Barre  Water  company,  m.  Sept.  23, 1873,  Caro- 
line Wood,  b.  1847,  daughter  of  Abraham  Wood  and 
Caroline  Bowers ;  and  they  had  issue  ; 

1.  Blanche- Wood,  b.  January  18,  1880. 

2.  Bidgway-Bowers,  b.  September  2,  1881. 

iv-  Frank,  b.  December  9,  1848;  m.  Effie  F.  Harding,  b.  No- 
vember 2, 1851,  of  Herrick  Centre,  Bradford  county,  Pa., 
where  they  reside,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  James-Byron,  h.  January  26,  1873. 

V.  LJdward-Inman,  b.  July  23,  1852  ;  m.  July  25,  1880,  Fanny 
Maltby,  of  Marshalltown,  Iowa  ;  reside  in  Chicago,  111. ; 
they  had  issue,  Balph-Edioard  and  Harrold-Maltby . 

vi.  Minnie-M.,  b.  October  29, 1859 ;  resides  at  Wilkes-Barre. 

XVI.  Fannie  Espy,''  (John,^  George,^  Josiah,^  George, ^ 
Josiah,  1)  b.  March  21,  1813,  in  JSTanticoke,  Luzerne  county. 
Pa.,  d.  November  1,  1881 ;  ra.  Abeam  Line,  b.  November 
28,  1811.     They  had  issue  (surname  Line) : 

i.  Frances-V.,  b.  May,  1838;  m.,  first,  William  H.  Lueder,  d. 
1862,  and  had  issue  (surname  Lueder.) 

1.  Fanny,  h.  April  10,  1862;    m.  October  28,  1884, 

Frank  Garringer.  b.  March  1857. 
Mrs.  Frances  V.  Lueder,  m.,  secondly,  in  1869,  Dr.  A. 
A.  Lape,  b.  1842:  d.  December  7, 1884;  and  had  issue 
(surname  Lape) : 

2.  Vienna,  b.  January  10,  1871. 

3.  Mary,  b.  August  27,  1874. 

a.  Lovina,  b.  October  5,  1839 ;  m.,  1864,  W.  S.  Smythe,  and 
had  Genevieve  and  Win  field. 

Hi.  Annette-C,  b.  September  27,  1842;  m.  October  12,  1864,  C. 
D.  Wells,  b.  May  6, 1839 ;  reside  at  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. ;  and 
had  issue  (surname  Wells) : 

1.  Edith,  b.  January  7,  1869. 

iv.  Augusta  M.,  b.  June  7,  1844 ;  m.  October  12,  1865,  C.  W. 
Hollenback,  and  had  Camilla ;  reside  in  Kingston  town- 
ship, Luzerne  county.  Pa. 

V.  Edward-Espy ,  b.  January  29, 1850  ;  m.  Eosa  Moyer,  and 
had  Camilla. 


Ferguson  of  Hanover.  189 


FERGUSON  OF  HANOVER. 


1.  William  Ferguson^  and  his  wife  Margaret,  natives  of 
the  north  of  Ireland,  emigrated  to  America  about  1740,  and 
settled  in  Hanover  township,  then  Lancaster  county.  Pa.  Wil- 
liam Ferguson  d.  about  1755,  his  wife  a  few  years  later.  They 
had,  among  others,  the  following  children : 

i.  James,  b.  1720;  d.  in  April,  1750,  in  Paxtang,  leaving  a 
wife,  and  children  Francis  and  Margaret.  Nothing  fur- 
ther is  known  of  them,  but  it  is  more  than  probable  the 
widow,  with  her  children,  accompanied  some  of  her  rela- 
tives to  the  southward. 

2.  ii.  Samuel,  b.  1723;  m.  and  had  issue. 

3.  m.  David,  b.  1725;  m.  and  had  issue. 
iv.  Margaret,  b.  1727  ;  m.  and  left  issue. 

II.  Samuel  Ferguson,  ^  (William,  i )  b.  1723;  d.  Septem- 
ber, 1785  ;  m.  Mary .     They  had  issue : 

i.  Elizabeth,  \).  11 5n  ;  d.  October  4, 1792 ;  m.  Samuel  G-raham. 
ii.  Agnes. 

Hi.  Margaret,  m.  James  Taggart. 

iv.  Mary,  m.  David  Ramsey;  b.  1745;  d.  September  18,  1787. 

V.  Bobert. 

vi.  Samuel. 

vii.   William. 

via.  Thomas. 

III.  David  Ferguson,^  (William, i)  b.  about  1725,  in  the 
north  of  Ireland ;  d.  July,  1775,  in  Hanover  township,  Lan- 
caster, now  Dauphin,  county,  Pa. ;  came  to  Pennsylvania  with 
his  father  about  1740,  and  located  in  the  Swatara  region;  was 
twice  married  ;  the  name  of  his  first  wife  is  not  known ;  by  her 
there  was  issue : 

i.   William,  b.  1757  ;  m.  [Sarah  Woods.] 

ii.  John,  b.  1759 ;  d.  1813 ;  his  wife  Sarah  b.  1760 ;  d.  August 
5, 1823  ;  buried  in  old  Hanover  Church  grave-yard, 

4.  Hi.  Elizabeth,  b.  1761;  m.  Henry  Graham. 


190  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

David  Ferguson,  m.,  secondly,  in  1763,  Jean  Woods,  widow 
of  Andrew  Woods,*  of  Hanover.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Fer- 
guson, his  widow  married  the  third  time,  becoming  the  wife  of 
Thomas  Greorge,  of  Upper  Paxtang  township,  now  Dauphin 
county.  Pa.     David  Ferguson  and  his  wife  Jean  had  issue : 

5.  iv.  David,  b.  May  10,  1764;  m.  Jane  (Henderson)  Rogers. 

6,  V.  Andreio  Woods,  h.  1766;  m.  Hester  Graham. 

vi.  Thomas,  b.  1768:  never  married;  was  a  graduate  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania  ;  studied  theology — licensed 
to  preach,  but  never  entered  the  ministry  ;  very  eccentric  ; 
was  last  known  as  a  teacher  in  the  city  of  New  York. 

IV.  Elizabeth  Ferguson,  3  (David, 2  Winiam,i)b.,  1761,  in 
Hanover  township,  then  Lancaster  county,  Pa.;  d.  1805,  inNorth- 

*  I.  Andrew  Woods,  an  emigrant  from  the  north  of  Ireland,  came 
to  Pennsylvania  prior  to  1740.  He  died  in  Hanover  township,  then 
Lancaster  county,  in  August,  1756,  leaving  a  wife,  Sarah,  and  the 
following  issue  (surname  Woods): 

2.      ^.  Andreiri,  m.  Jean . 


a.  John,  m.  Mary  Espy,  (see  Espy  record.) 

Hi.  Margaret,  m. Patton. 

iv.  Jennett.  m.  John  Calhoun.  1/ 
V.  Agnes,  m.  Neal  McAllister. 
vi.  Sarah,  m.  Andrew  Cochran. 
•  vii.  Martha,  m.  James  McClenaglian. 

II.  Andrew  Woods,  (Andrew,)  b.  in  Hanover  township,  then 
Lancaster  county,  Pa. ;  d.  prior  to  1761,  leaving  a  wife,  Jea.n,  who 
afterwards  became  the  wife  of  David  Ferguson,  and  issue  (surname 
Woods:) 

i.  Matthew,  b.  1758;  d.  September  13, 1784,  in  Hanover  town- 
ship. Little  is  known  of  him,  save  that  he  studied  for 
the  ministry,  and  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presby- 
tery of  Carlisle  in  1780.  He  was  called  to  Hanover  con- 
gregation July  20,  1781,  accepted  it,  and  was  ordained 
and  installed  pastor  thereof  on  the  19th  of  June,  1782. 
He  proved  to  be  a  faithful  and  zealous  minister  of  the 
Gospel,  but  he  died  in  the  midst  of  his  great  usefulness. 
The  members  of  old  Hanover,  to  show  their  affection  and 
reverence,  erected  a  tombstone  to  his  memory  over  his 
remains  in  the  church  burying  ground.  He  left  a  wife, 
and  issue — Andrew,  and  a  posthumous  child. 
ii.  Sarah;  m.  [William]  Ferguson. 
Hi.  Ag7ies. 


Ferguson  of  Hanover.  191 

umberlancl  county,  Pa.  ;  m.,  June  24,  1788,  Henry  Graham, 
b.,  1760,  in  Hano\=^er  township,  then  Lancaster  county,  Pa., 
cl.  in  1836,  son  of  John  Graham ;  removed,  about  1804,  to 
Northumberland  county,  Pa.,  near  Warrior  Run  church,  six 
miles  from  Milton.     They  had  issue  (surname  Graham) : 

i.  John,  b.  April  17,  1789;  d.  July  14,  1849,  in  Adams  county, 
O.  Mr.  Graham  was  educated  at  the  Philadelphia  ac- 
ademy under  Drs.  Wylie  and  Gray,  and  studied  theology 
at  the  seminary  in  New  York.  In  the  spring  of  1819,  he 
was  licensed  by  the  Monongahela  Presbytery,  and  on  the 
SOtli  of  August,  1820,  was  ordained  by  the  same  body. 
He  was  pastor  of  Cross  Roads  and  Washington,  Wash- 
ington county,  Pa.,  from  August  30,  1820,  to  October  8, 
1829,  during  a  portion  of  which  period,  from  1823  to  1828, 
he  filled  the  position  of  professor  of  languages  in  Wash- 
ington college.  From  1830  to  1834,  he  was  the  stated 
minister  of  the  congregations  of  Sycamore  and  Hopkins- 
ville,  Warren  county.  Ohio  ;  of  Greenfield  and  Fall  Creek, 
Ohio,  from  1834  to  1839.  From  1839  to  1840,  he  was  prin. 
cipal  of  the  academy  at  Chilicothe,  Ohio,  which  position 
he  resigned  to  accept  a  call  to  the  cliurches  of  West 
Union  and  West  Fork,  Adams  county,  Ohio,  in  1841,  in 
which  field  he  ministered  until  his  heath.  Columbia  col- 
lege conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  doctor  of  divinity. 
He  was  an  able  teacher  and  a  faithful  and  conscientious 
minister  of  the  Gospel.  A  sermon  by  him,  published  in 
the  second  volume  of  the  "  Pulpit  of  the  Associate  Re- 
formed Church,"  shows  his  deep  theological  learning, 
n.  James,  b.  1791 ;  d.  1861,  unm. 

in.  David-E.,  1793;  d.  in  Illinois  at  an  advanced  age ;  m.  Eliz- 
abeth Foster. 

ii\  Matthew-Woods,  b.  1795;  d.  1870,  near  Freeport,  Illinois; 

m.  Martha  Shannon. 
V.  Henry. 

7.  li.  Jane,  m.  William  McGuire. 

8.  vii.  Eleanor,  m.  Robert  Finney. 
via.  Elizabeth,  m.  Joseph  Philips. 

Y.  David  Fergusok,^  (David,  ^  William,  i)  b..  May  10, 
1764,  in  Hanover  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin,  count}^, 
Pa.  ;  d.,  March  20,  1848,  in  Hanover;  m.,  February  14,  1787, 
Jea]N'  (Henderson)  Rogers,  b.,  1753,  in  Bucks  county.  Pa. ; 
d.,  November  18, 1824,  in  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county, 
Pa.,   daughter  of  Robert  Henderson,  of  Bucks  county,   and 


192  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

widow  of  Kobert  Rogers ;  by  her  first  husband  she  had 
Hobert,  Frances  m.  John  Harrison,  and  Margaret  m.  John 
Ritchey.     David  Ferguson  and  wife.  Jean,  had  issue : 

i.  Jean,  b.  December  27,  1787 ;  d.  January  2,  1819  ;  m.  John 

Graham,  (see  Robert  Wallace  record.) 
ii.  Elizabeth,  b.  November  12,  1789  ;  m.  John  Stinson. 
in.  David,  b.  April  14,  1791 ;  d.  August,  1793. 
iv.  Aiidrew,  b.  May  5,  1793  ;  d.  August  29,  1804. 
V.  Agnes,  b.  March  14,  1795;    d.  July  20,  1848;  m.  Thomas 

McNair,  (.see  McNair  record.) 
vi.  David,  b.  January  16, 1797  ;  d.,  October  24,  1822,  near  Ship- 

pensburg,  Penna.,  and  buried  in  Middle  Spring  Church 

grave-yard — was  preparing  for  the  ministry  at  the  time 

of  his  deatli. 

VI.  Andrew  Woods  Ferguson,  ^  (David,  ^  William,  i)  b. 
1766  in  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county.  Pa. ;  i-emoved  to 
near  Jersey  Shore,  Lycoming  county.  Pa.,  where  he  died  ;  m. 
Hester  Graham,  of  Cumberland  county.  Pa.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Jane,  m.  Andrew  McKinney. 

ii.  Ruth,  m.  Matthew  McKinney. 
Hi.  Elizabeth,  d.  s.  p. 
iv.  Priscilla,  m. Brown. 

V.  JS'ellie;  m. Brown,  his  second  wife. 

vi.  Sallie,  m. Hunt. 

vii.  Rebecca,  m.  Samuel  Deyarmond,  of  Warrior  Eun,  North- 
umberland county,  Pa.,  and  left  issue. 
viii.  Ja.ynes. 
ix.  Hattheiv- Woods. 

X.  David,  d.  s.  p. 

YII.  Jane  Graham, 4  (Elizabeth,  s  David, ^  William,  M  b. 
about  1797,  in  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa. ;  died 
about  1867,  near  Warrior  Run,  Northumberland  county.  Pa.  ;  m. 
William  McGuire.     They  had  issue  (surname  McGuire) : 
i.  David. 

ii.  Henry. 

Hi.   Williani,  d.  s.  p. 

iv.  Dr.  John. 

V.  Matthew-Woods ;  killed  at  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Kun. 

vi.  Jane. 

vii.  Ellen. 

VIIL  Eleanor  Graham, ^  (Elizabeth,  ^  David, 2  William,  i) 
b.  1799,  in  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county.  Pa.  ;  d.   Sep- 


Ferguson  of  Hanover.  193 

tember,  1881,  near  Warrior  Run,  Penn'a ;  m.  Robeet  Finney,  of 
Union  county,  Pa. ;  b.  1794 ;  d.  1870.  They  bad  issue  (sur- 
name Finney) : 

L  Eliza,  d.  1880 ;  m.  O.  P.  Peiper. 

ii.  Jane-Graham^  m.  James  R.  Caldwell,  of  Lawrenceville, 
New  Jersey. 

Hi.  Spencer-L.-F.,  a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  m.  Isabella  Mat- 
thews, of  New  York. 

iv.  Mary-Agnes,  d.  1870 ;  m.  J.  Edward  Haekenburg,  a  lawyer 

of  Philadelphia. 
V.  Henry-Graham,  a  minister  of  the  Gospel;  m.  Sallie  Gard- 
ner. 

vi.  Eleanor-Graham,  m.  William  Matthews,  of  Rye,  N.  Y. 

vii.  Hadassa;  resides  near  Winchester,  Ya. 
via.  Bohert-Bines ;  resides  near  Winchester,  Ya. 


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194  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 


FLEMING  FAMILY. 


1.  Egbert  Flemhstg,  a  native  of  Argyleshire,  Scotland, 
where  he  was  born  in  1716,  with  his  wife  emigrated  to 
America  in  1746,  and  settled  near  Flemington,  Chester  county. 
Pa.  In  1760  he  removed  to  Cecil  county,  Md.,  thence  to  the 
West  Branch  of  the  Susquehanna,  near  the  mouth  of  Bald 
Eagle  creek,  from  which  he  and  his  family  were  driven  by  the 
Indians  in  the  "Great  Runaway."  Until  the  close  of  the  Rev- 
olution, they  located  in  Hanover  township,  then  Lancaster,  now 
Dauphin,  county,  Pa.,  when,  about  1784,  they  removed  to 
Western  Pennsylvania,  and  settled  on  Harmon's  creek,  in 
Washington  county,  where  Mr.  Fleming  died  on  the  3d  of 
April,  1802.  Robert  Fleming  married,  about  1745,  in  the  prov- 
ince of  Ulster,  Ireland,  Jane  Jackson,  b.  1719  ;  died  June  16, 
1803.     They  had  issue : 

i.  [A  son,]  b.  1746 ;  died  at  sea. 
a.  Jesse,  b.  1748 ;  d.  s.  p. 

2.  in.  John,  b.  1752;  m.  Mary  Jackson. 

3.  iv.  Bohert,  b.  June  6,  1756  ;  m.  Margaret  Wright. 

4.  V.  James,  b.  1758  ;  m.  Jane  Glen. 

5.  vi.  Samuel,  b.  October  30, 1761 ;  m,  Sarah  Becket. 

6.  vii.  Mary,  b.  February  15,  1767  ;  m.  Alexander  McConnell. 

II.  John  Fleming,  ^  (Robert,  i)  b.  1752,  in  Chester  county, 
Penna. ;  d.  December  15,  1800,  in  Montgomery  count}^,  N.  Y. 
In  1774,  he  married  Maey  Jackson,  b.  about  1756,  in  Orange 
county,  New  York,  d.  December  5,  1816,  eldest  daughter  of 
John  Jackson  (1730-1820)  and  Elsie  Armstrong,  of  Pine 
Creek,  Lycoming  county,  Penna.  At  the  time  his  father's 
family  abandoned  the  Big  Island,  he  sought  protection  at  Fort 
Hunter,  where  he  remained  until,  in  1790,  he  removed  to  the 
"  Military  Tract " — lands  lying  between  Cayuga  and  Seneca 


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9. 

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10. 

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11. 

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12. 

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Fleming  Family.  195 

Lakes — in  the  State  of  New  York.     Here  be  and  bis  wife  re- 
sided until  their  death.     Thej  had  issue : 

Jesse.,  b.  1777;  d.  April  20,  1795,  in  Romulus,  !N.  Y. 
John.,  b.  February  6, 1780;  m.  Susannah  Harton. 
Bohert.1  b.  November  26,  1781 ;  m.  Lettice  Smith. 
3£ary^  b.  June  20, 1784;  m.  Samuel  MeMath. 
James,  b.  January  28, 1787  ;  m.  Martha  Wade. 
Elsie,  b.  July  21, 1791 ;  m.  Josiah  Jacobus. 
Samuel,  b.  December  5, 1793  ;  m.  Phebe  Wade. 

III.  RoBEET  Fleming, 2  (Robert,  i)  b.,  June  6,  1756,  in 
Chester  county,  Penna.  ;  d.  February  4,  1817.  When  his 
parents  removed  to  Western  Pennsylvania,  Robert  remained 
in  Dauphin  county ;  purchased  land  in  Hanover  township,  on 
which  he  resided  during  his  lifetime.  On  the  6th  of  Febru- 
ary, 1783,  he  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  John  Wright. 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Harrisburg  Bank,  and  in- 
strumental in  the  erection  of  the  Harrisburg  bridge.  He  was 
an  officer  in  the  volunteer  force  of  1812,  and  filled  acceptably 
various  local  offices.  He  was  an  elder  in  old  Hanover  Church 
during  the  ministration  of  Rev.  James  Snodgrass.  Mr.  Flem- 
ing m.,  February  6,  1783,  Margaret  Wright,  b.  1754;  d. 
December  12,  1843.     They  left  no  issue. 

IV.  James  Fleming,  ^  (Robert,  ^ )  b.  1758,  in  Chester  county, 
Penna. ;  d.  February  1,  1830,  in  Washington  county,  Penna. ; 
accompanied  his  father's  family  during  their  frequent  changes, 
and  finally  about  1781,  to  a  farm  on  Harmon's  creek,  Han- 
over township,  Washington  county,  Penna.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 5, 1797,  Jane  Glen,  d.  March  1, 1841.     They  had  issue : 

13.  i.  John,  b.  October  27,  1799  ;  m.  Eliza  McClurg. 

u.  Martha,  b.  February  26, 1801 ;  d.  April  1, 1841 ;   m.,  Octo- 
ber 17, 1831,  James  Patterson. 
in.  Eobert,  b.  August  23,  1802  ;  d.  July  8,  1824. 

14.  iv.  David'S.,  b.  August  16,  1804;  m.  Martha  Steele. 

15.  V.  James,  b.  August  5, 1806;  m.  Catharine  B.  Parks. 

16.  vi.  Samuel,  b.  June  20, 1811 ;  m.  Rebecca  McCombs. 

V.  Samuel  Fleming,  ^  (Robert,  i)  b.  October  30,  1761,  in 
Cecil  county,  Md.  ;  d.  August  3,  1851,  in  Harrisburg,  Daujohin 
county,  Penna.  Removed  with  his  father's  family  to  Western 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  and  sur- 


196  Pennsylva  n  ia   Oen  ealogies. 

veyor  for  Washington  county  ;  was  captain  of  a  ranging  com- 
pany on  the  frontiers  to  protect  them  from  the  Indian  ma- 
rauders from  the  Ohio;  was  one  of  the  local  committee  to 
treat  with  the  insurgents  during  the  Whisky  Insurrection.  In 
1812  he  removed  to  West  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county, 
where  he  resided  until  a  few  years  before  his  death.  Mr.  Flem- 
ing m.  September  24,  1789,  Sarah  Becket,  b.  1771 ;  d.  Jan- 
uary 21,  1831,  in  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county,  Penna. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  liobert,  b.  August  3,  1790  ;  d.  February,  1793. 

17.  ii.  Mary,  b.  Julj'  17,  1792;  m.  James  JSTewell. 

18.  in.  Jane,  b.  May  22,  1794;  m.  Ilobert  Gilchrist. 

iv.  Samuel- BecTiet,  b.  July  31,  1797,  in  Hanover  townsliip, 
Washington  county,  Pa. ;  d.  January  19,  1855,  at  Mt. 
Yernon,  O. ;  was  a  farmer  and  merchant,  a  man  of  up- 
right character  and  stern  integrity ;  m.  in  1833,  Mary 
Cathcart,  of  Dauphin  county,  Pa. ;  d.  1836 ;  and  they  had 
two  sons,  one  died  young.  Samuel- Wright,  d.  October 
19,  1848,  aged  fourteen  years. 
r.  Ilargaret,  b.  October  17,  1799;  d.  February  13, 1802. 

vi.  Eliza,  b.  October  23,  1801  ;  d.  February  14, 1828;  m.  Wil- 
liam Smith,  and  had  Sarah-Jane,  m.  Mr.  Merriman,  a 
planter  in  Louisiana. 

19.  vii.  Bvhert- Jackson ,  b.   November  16,  1803;   m.   Sarah    Aim 

Poor. 
viii.  John,  b.  1805  ;  d.  s.  p. 
ix.  Sarah,  b.  October  1,  1807  ;  d.  July  18,  1828. 

20.  X.  James,  b.  June  25,  1810  ;  m.  Jennette  Street. 

21.  xi.  David,  b.  July  17,  1812;  m.  Susan  Mowry. 

xii.  Margaret-Wright,  b.  July  14, 1815;  d.  March  30,  1857. 

VI.  Mary  Fleming, ^  (Robert, i)  b.,  February  15,  1767,  in 
Cecil  county,  Md. ;  d.,  July  3,  1849,  in  Hanover  township, 
Washington  county,  Penna.  ;  m..  May  7,  1791,  Alexander 
McCoNNELL,  b.  1769  ;  d.  October  24,  1839.  They  had  issue 
(surname  McConnell j : 

i.  John,  b.  March  11,  1792;  d.  s.  p. 

22.  ii.  Bohert,  December  5,  1794;  m.  Edith  Hamlin. 

23.  Hi.  James,  b.  October  27,  1796;  d.  May  29,  1852;  m.  Nancy 

Shipley. 

24.  iv.  Elizabeth,  b.  April  9,  1798;  m.  Samuel  McCarrell. 

V.  Alexander,  b.  October  16,  1804;  d.,  August  30, 1829,  while 
a  member  of  senior  class  in  Washington  College,  Pa. 


Fleming  Family.  .  197 

yil.  JoHM  Fleming, 3  (John, 2  Eobert,i)  b.,  February  6, 
1780,  at  Pine  Creek,  Lycoming  county,  Penna. ;  d..  May  8, 
1863,  near  Albion,  Michigan.  Settled  upon  a  part  of  his 
father's  farm  in  Komulus,  Seneca  county,  N.  Y.,  where  he  re- 
sided about  forty  years.  Was  a  captain  of  infantry  in  the  war 
of  1812.  In  1844  removed  to  Michigan,  where  he  settled  on 
a  farm.  He  married,  March  4,  1802,  Susannah  Harton,  b. 
1785  ;  d.  February  28,  1860.     They  had  issue  : 

%.  Polly,  1).  April  3,  1803;  d.  s.  p. 
ii.  Hannah,  b.  January  25,  I8U0  ;  m.  Jolui  Gillihind  ;  and  had 

issue. 
Hi.  Miry  Ann,  b.  January  14,  1807  ;  d.  May  7,  1848;  m.  Silas 

H.  More,  d.  June  23,  1852  ;  and  left  issue. 
Id.  Elsie,  b.  January  2,  1809;  d.  February  22,  1844;  m.  Jesse 

Gardner  ;  and  left  issue. 
V.  Eusebia,  b.  IsTovember  26, 1811 ;  m.  Hiram  H.  Slauson  ;  and 

liad  issue. 
vi.  Susan-M.,  b.  March  7,  1814;   ra.  Jeptha  H.   Wade,  tlie 

artist,  b.  August  11,  1811,  at  Romulus,  N.  Y. 
vii.  Ahiyail,  b.  August  2,  1816;  d.,  IS'ovember  17,  1852,  at  Ha- 
vana, K.  Y.;   m.  Rev.  Morrison   Huggins,  b.  1816;  d. 
February  15,  1859,  at  Rockford,  111. ;  and  left  issue. 
viii.  Newell,  b.  September   16,  1818;  m.   Mary  M.  YanDwyn  ; 
and  liad  issue. 
ix.  John-Mark,  b.  February  20, 1821 ;  m.  Maria  Belcher ;  and 

had  issue. 
X.  Cornelia-Elizabeth,  b.  February  10,  1823;    m.  Ralph  Gid- 

dings ;  and  had  issue. 
xi.  Amanda-Watson, h.  April  12, 1825 ;  m.  Orlando  M.  Barnes  ; 

and  had  issue. 
xU.   William,]).  August  1,  1827;  m.  Elizabeth  Janette  Leon- 
ard ;  and  had  issue. 
xiii.  James,  b.  May  3,  1831 ;  m.  Sarah  R.  Soule ;  and  had  issue. 

YIII.  Egbert  Fleming,  ^  (John,^  Eobert,i)b.  November 
26,  1781,  in  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county,  Penna.  ;  d. 
February  3,  1858,  at  Eomulus,  N".  *Y.  ;  m.,  first,  January  15, 
1806,  Lettice  Smith,  b.  1789 ;  d.  March  4,  1826.  They  had 
issue : 

i.  John  S.,  b.  June  26,  1807  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Ayres. 
ii.  Charles-Mosher,  b.  October  31,  1809;    m.  Peninah  Ames- 
bury,  d.  August  1,  1838. 
Hi.  Jervis,  h.  January  28,  1812;  m.  Amanda  Ciane. 


198  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

iv.   Rohert.h.  A\:>x\\  23,  1814;  d.  October  10,  1838;  ra.  Juliet 
Smith. 

V.  liev.  Samuel,  b.  May  9, 1816 ;  m.  Juliet  Fleming,  d.  January 
25,  1862. 

vi.  Asa,  b.  November  16, 1818 ;  m.,  first,  Julian  Smith,  d.  1848  ; 
second,  Mary  A.  Gilbert. 

vii.  Sarah,  b.  February  12,  1821 ;  m.  William  Eogers,  d.  Oc- 
tober 2,  1862. 
viii.  Lettice,  b.  August  27, 1824;  m.  James  H.  Gage. 

Eobert  Fleming  m.,  secondly,  December  7,  1826,  Mrs.  Ara- 
zina  Ledclick. 

IX.  Maey  Fleming,  3  (John,^  Eobert,  i)  h.  June  20,  1784:, 
in  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county,  Penna. ;  d.  November 
20,  1860,  at  Niles,  Mich.;  m.  May "24,  1805,  Samuel  Mc- 
Math  ;  b.  1782  ;  d.  September  16,  1826,  near  Ypsilanti,  Mich., 
They  had  issue  (surname  McMath) : 

i.  Archy,  b.  May  13, 1806;  m.  Elizabeth  Kimmel. 

ii.  Fleming,  b.  January  14,  1806;  m.  Eliza  Prudden. 

in.  Boxanna,]:).  September  26,1809;  m.  Orrin  Derby,  d.  June 
14, 1855,  at  San  Francisco. 

iv.  Mabel,  h.  June  13,  1811;   died  April  14,  1839,  at  Berrian, 
Mich.;  m.  Uzal  Williams. 

V.  Samuel-K.,  b.  March  23,  1813  ;  m.  Caroline  Stuart. 

vi.  Bev.  Bohert,  b.  February  15, 1815;  m.  Betsy  Caroline  Hug- 
gins. 

vii.  Mary,  b.  August  2,  1817;  d.  January  14,  1850,  at  Niles, 

Mich. ;  m.  Albert  Percels. 
viii.  Elsie,  b.  July  21,  1819;  d.  June  5,  1849,  near  Niles,  Mich. ; 
m.  William  Brewer. 

ix.   Williavi-E.-B.,  b.  July  22,  1821 ;  d.  January  23,  1824. 
X.  John-  Watson,  b.  June  3,  1824  ;  m.  Ella  Boyse. 

X.  James  Fleming,  ^  (Johu,^  Robert,  i)  b.  January  28, 1787, 
at  Pine  Creek,  Lycoming  county,  Penna. ;  d.  1870,  at  Rome, 
Lenawee  county,  Mich. ;  m.  Martha  Wade,  of  Romulus,  N. 
Y.     They  had  issue  :         • 

i.  Jtptha-Wade,  b.  November  13,  1808;  m.  Lucy  Eldridge. 
ii.  Jesse,  b.  May  14,  1811 ;  m.  Susan  McConnell. 
Hi.  Jane,  b.  June  12,  1812;  d.  .July  26,  1843,  at  Laporte,  Ind.  ; 

m.  William  K.  Parker. 
iv.  Josiah-Jacohus,  b.  August  6,  1814;    d.  1855,  at  Marengo, 
Midi.  ;  m.  Clarissa  Horner. 


Fleming  Family.  199 

V.  John,  b.  October  6,  1816;    d.  July  21,  1856,  at  Warsaw, 

Micb.;  m.  N"ancy  8buart. 
vi.  Charles,  b.  October  30,  1818  ;  m.  Jane  Shuart. 
vii.  Miranda,  b.  February  28,  1821 ;  d.  August  9,  1822. 
viii.  Lettice-S.,  born  January  11,  1823;  m.  Selek  W.  Chase. 
ix.  Martha,  b.  February  17,  1825  ;  m.  Wilson  Matthews. 
X.  Sarah-Eliza,  b.  July  11,  1828  ;  m.  Thomas  McConnell. 
xi.    William-Allen,  b.  February  21, 1832 ;  m.  Angeline  Stevens. 

XI.  Elsie  Fleming,  •"'  (John,^  Robert,  i)  b.  July  21,  1791, 
at  Romulus,  N.  Y.;  d.  April  10,  1816;  m.,  January  2,  1810, 
JosiAH  Jacobus,  d.  at  Lodi,  Michigan,  aged  eighty-five  years. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Jacobus) : 

i.  Mary,  b.  October  17, 1813,  at  Eomulus,  IST.  Y.;  m.,  Kovem- 
ber  19, 1835,  Calvin  Townsend,  and  they  had  issue  (sur- 
name Townseud) : 

1.  Edward-Calvin,  b.  1836. 

2.  Julius-L.,  b.  March  7,  1838. 

XII.  Samuel  Fleming,  ^  (John,^  Robert,  i)  b.  December  5, 
1793,  at  Romulus,  N.  Y.;  d.  December  5,  1858,  in  Lenawee 
county,  Michigan ;  m.  Phebe  Wade.     They  had  issue. 

i.  Mary,  b.  November  19,  1816. 
a.  Martha,  b.  January  28,  1819;  m.  W.  H.  Clark. 
Hi.  Clarissa,  b.  September  15,  1821 ;  m.  Jesse  Gardner. 
iv.  Sarah,  h.  January  4,  1824;  d.  July  27,  1S54;  m.  Thomas 

Older. 
V.  FranTdin-B.,  b.  May  29,  1826;  m.  Louise  Stoddard. 
vi.  Jesse-L.,  b.  March  3, 1829;  m.  Mary  H.  More. 
vii.  Jeptha,  b.  July  27, 1831 ;  m.  Nancy  Bust. 
viii.  Rehecca-Louise,  h.  June  12, 1833 ;  m.  Dr.  Luman  S.  Stevens. 

XIII.  John  Fleming,  ^  (James, ^  Robert,  i)  b.  October  27, 
1799,  in  Washington  county.  Pa. ;  m.  December  24, 1835,  Eliza 
McClurg.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  James,  b.  December  11,  1836;  m.  April  17, 1858,  Margaret 
Ralston. 

a.  Joseph-M.,  b.  April  25,  1839 ;  m.  January  27,  1860,  Isabel 

Mercer. 
Hi.  Mary-Jane,  b.  August  18,  1841. 

iv.  Martha-E.,  b.  February  24, 1844;  m.  July  30,  1864,  Alex- 
ander Ingraham. 

V.  Sarah-A.,  b.  February  19, 1846;  d.  1852. 

vi.  John-C,  b.  February  7, 1848. 


200  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

t'w.  22o6ert-J..,  b.  September  12, 1849. 
viii.  Bachel-A.,  b.  May  18,  1852. 
ix.  David-H.,  b.  April  15, 1855. 

Xiy.  David  S.  Fleming,  s  (James,  ^  Eobert,i)b.  August 
16,  1804;  m.  August  29,  1841,  Martha  Steele.  They  had 
issue : 

i.  Thomas- Steele,  b.  May  31, 1842. 

a,  Jane-Glen,  h.  October  9, 1844. 
in.  James-Samuel,  b.  August  7,  1846. 
iv.  Robert,  b.  August  30,  1849. 

V.  Rachel- Amanda,  b.  April  27, 1852. 
vi.  Martha-Ann,  b.  May  11,  1856. 
vii.  David-Wilson,  b.  March  17,  1859. 

XV.  James  Fleming,  ^  (James.  ^  Eobert,i)  b.  August  5, 
1806,  in  Washington  count}^  Pa  ;  graduated  from  Washing- 
ton College,  Pa.,  in  1833,  and  was  for  two  years  principal  of 
an  academy  in  Baltimore  county,  Md.  ;  licensed  as  a  minister 
June  26, 1839,  and  installed  pastor  of  West  Union  Presbyterian 
Church,  Marshall  county,  Ya.,  where  he  continued  seventeen 
years ;  in  1858  was  installed  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
Washington,  Pa.  Pev.  James  Fleming  m.  October  31,  1839, 
Catharine  B.  Parks.     They  had  issue : 

i.  David-Brainerd,  b.  July  22,  1840,  in  West  Union,  Ya. ; 
served  in  the  army  three  years,  and  afterwards  studied 
for  the  ministry. 
a.  Martha-Jane,  b.  November  13, 1842;  m.  February  13, 1868, 

James  F.  Craighead. 
Hi.  James-Calvin,  b.  May  31,  1844. 
iv.  Mary -Isabella,  b.  January  26, 1846  ;  m.  November  27, 1867, 

Martin  G.  Parks,  of  Nesponsit,  111. 
V.  John-Samuel,  b.  November  7, 1847. 
vi.  Louise- Amanda,  b.  September  28, 1850. 
vii.  Harriet-Newell,  b.  June  18,  1853. 
viii.   William-Henry ,  b.  September  17, 1856. 
ix.  Alfred-Paul,  b.  May  31,  1859. 
X.  Henry-B.,  b.  December  20,  1861. 

XYI.  Samuel  Fleming,  ^  (James,  ^  Eobert,i)  b.  June  20, 
1811 ;  resides  in  Armstrong  county,  Pa. ;  m.  July  4,  1839, 
Rebecca  McCombs.     They  had  issue : 

*.  James-Robert,  b.  May  29, 1840;  d.  October  1, 1864,  in  the 
armv. 


Fleming  Family.  201 

a.  B avid- Mc Combs,  b.  June  1, 1841. 
in.  John-Anderson,  b.  April  10,  1843;  killed  iii  battle  May  3, 

1865. 
iv.  KosciusTco-Glen,  b.  September  2,  1844;    wounded  in   the 

shoulder  in  front  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  which  has  disabled 

him  for  life. 
V.   William- Kinney,  b.  February  13,  1815. 
vi.  (SamueZ-iJ^ers,  b.  September  19,  1848. 
vii.  Elizabeth,  b.  May  1,  1851. 
via.  Irene-Margaret,  b.  February  24,  1853. 
ix.   Vinet-Jane,  (twin,)  b. -February  24, 1S53. 
X.  Stockton- McConnell,  b.  August  5, 1865. 

XVII.  Mary  Fleming,  ^  (Samuel, ^  Eobert/)  b.,  July  17, 
1792,  in  Hanover,  Washington  county,  Pa. ;  d.,  April  15, 
1850,  near  Mt.  Yernon,  0. ;  m.,  June,  1811,  James  Newell, 
b.  1782 ;  d.,  December  9,  1848,  near  Mt.  Yernon,  O.  They 
had  issue  (surname  Newell) : 

i.  Margaret,  b.  August  1,  1812;  m..  May  29,  1834,  Elias 
Murphy  ;  resided  near  Newton,  Iowa.  They  had  issue 
(surname  Murphy) : 

1.  Mary-Ellen,  b.  July,  1835 ;  m.  George  Blackman, 

and  had  issue  (surname  Blackman)  Clarence, 
Franklin, 'Mid  George. 

2.  Hannah-Jane,  b.  May  3, 1837-;  m.,  July  10, 1863  , 

Mr.  Uox,  of  Tennessee. 
8.  Sarah-JSTewell,  b.  March  15,  1840. 

4.  James-F.,  b.  September  25,  1842;  d.  August  23, 

1844. 

5.  Eliza-Olive,  b.  December  12,  1844. 

6.  Levois-Mordello,  b.  February  21,  1846. 

7.  Almeda,  b.  May  31,  1850. 

8.  Martha- Luelle,  b.  January  8,  1856. 

ii.  Samuel-Fleming,  b.  June  10,  1814;  m.,  December,  1838, 
Julia  Ann  Tugard ;  and  they  had  issue  (surname 
Newell) : 

1.  Harriet-Ann,  b.  December  15,  1839;   m.  Simon 

Galulia,  of  Newton,  Iowa,  and  had  issue 
(surname  Galulia)  Harry,  Franklin,  Malcolm, 
and  Murray. 

2.  Mary-Aieline,  b.  December  11, 1845. 

3.  Jackson-Fleming;   mortally  wounded  at  Yicks- 

burg,  February,  1863. 

4.  Margaret-Ellen,  b.  May,  1854. 

5.  Ellsworth-Lore. 


202  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

Hi.  Sarah,  h.  July  4,  1816,  d.  April  3,  1849;  m.,  March  20, 
1845,  Caleb  Hipsley  ;  and  they  had  issue  (surname  Hips- 
ley) : 

1.  Jonathan,  b.  July  6,  1846. 

iv.  Jane,  b.  September  20, 1818 ;  m..  May  15, 1851,  Peter  Loire  ; 

reside  near  Mt.  Yernon,  O. 
V.  Eliza-Ann,  b.  December  25,  1821. 

vi.  Hugh,  b.  December  25,  1821 ;  an  attorney,  at  Newton, 
Iowa;  m.,  December  25,  1851,  Lucinda  Lee;  and  had 
(surname  Newell) :  Oneda-Ida-Irene,  Duane,  and  Lunet. 

vii.  James-Scott ;  an  attoruey-at-law  ;  m.,  August,  1854, 
Amanda  Cook,  and  had  (surname  aSTewell) :  Emma, 
d.  s.  p. 

XYIII.  Jane  Fleming,  ^  (Samuel, ^  Robert,  i)  b.  May  22, 
1794-,  in  Hanover,  Washington  county.  Pa.;  d.  ISTovember  30, 
1843,  in  Knox  county,  Ohio;  m.,  March  12,  1816,  Robert 
GriLCHRiST ;  in  1822  removed  to  Knox  county,  Ohio ;  thence 
in  1857  to  Yernon  Springs,  Howard  county,  Iowa.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Gilchrist) : 

i.  James,  b.  December  29,  1816 ;  accidently  killed  April  6, 
1831,  in  Knox  county,  Oliio. 

ii.  Samuel-Fleming,  b.  August  21, 1819;  educated  in  Kenyon 
College,  Ohio,  and  Washington  College,  Pa.;  studied  law 
in  Mt.  Yernon,  Ohio ;  was  a  member  of  the  Ohio  Legis- 
lature in  1849-50;  afterwards  probate  judge  of  Knox 
county,  Ohio ;  in  1855,  removed  to  Howard  county,  Iowa, 
and  thence  to  San  Francisco,  California  ;  m.,  December 
25, 1843,  Mary-Ann  Blackman  ;  and  they  had  issue  (sur- 
name Gilchrist) : 

1.  Francis-Marion,  b.  October  10,  1844. 

2.  Inez- Augusta,  b.  August  10,  1847. 

3.  William-Murray,  b.  June  19,  1849. 

4.  John-Haider,  b.  August  21,  1851. 

5.  Frederick,  d.  in  infancy. 

Hi.  Robert- Jackson,  b.  February  5,  1822;  d.  October  12,  1822. 

iv.  liobert-Scott,  b.  August  5, 1823,  in  Knox  county,  Ohio ;  edu- 
cated at  Kenyon  College,  Ohio;  studied  medicine,  and 
graduated  from  Cleveland  Medical  College  in  1853;  lo- 
cated at  DeGraff,  Ohio ;  m.,  first,  August 31 ,  1852,  Philena 
H.  Brooks,  of  Columbus,  Ohio ;  d.  November  18,  1854, 
and  they  had  Mary,  d.  s.  p.;  m.,  secondly,  May  15, 1856, 
Annie  M.  Brooks,  of  DeGraff,  Ohio ;  and  they  had  Fay- 
H. 
V.  Elizabeth,  b.  September  12, 1826 ;  d.  March  2, 1845. 


Fleming  Family.  203 

vi.  Sarah-Jane,  b.  September  12, 1830 ;  d.  August  20,  1845. 
vii.  Mary-E.,  b.  July  6,  1836 ;  m,,  August  4, 1855,  iu  Granville, 
Ohio,  Rev.  A.  Nichols,  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  and  they 
Iiad  (surname  Nichols)  James,  Inez,  William,  and  Gura. 

XIX.  Robert  Jackson  Fleming,  ^  (Samuel,  ^  Eobert,  ^ )  b. 
November  16, 1803,  in  Hanover  township, Wasliington  county, 
Pa.;  d.  December  2,  1874,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  He  received  an 
academical  education,  and  while  yet  a  young  man  became  a 
teacher  and  lecturer  on  English  grammar  and  on  music,  and 
took  a  trip  to  the  then  West,  lecturing  on  his  favorite  topic.  In 
1834  he  established  the  coach-making  business  on  an  extensive 
scale  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and  continued  it  with  success  until  his 
entire  establishment  was  destroyed  by  fire  June  15,  1865.  He 
did  not  resume  it.  lie  built  at  his  shop  the  first  eight-wheel 
passenger  car  which  ran  on  the  Pennsylvania  railroad  between 
Columbia  and  Philadelphia,  also  the  first  on  the  Williamsport 
and  Elmira  railroad,  taking  it  up  the  canal  on  a  flat  boat.  He 
was  appointed  notary  public  in  1861,  and  held  the  office  until 
his  death,  for  years  doing  the  business  of  the  Harrisburg 
National  Bank  in  this  official  capacity.  He  was  deservedly 
honored  in  his  adopted  city  as  an  upright  and  enterprising  citi- 
zen, a  man  of  intelligence  and  high  moral  character,  and  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  of  which  he  was  a  life-long  member,  he 
was  one  of  its  elders  for  twenty  years.  Mr.  Fleming  married, 
June  5,  1845,  at  McConnellsville,  Morgan  county,  Ohio,  Sarah 
Ann  Poor,  b.  January  30,  1814,  at  York  Haven,  Pa.;  dau.  of 
Charles  Merrill  Poor  and  Elizabeth  (Karg)  Roberts  ;  resides  at 
Harrisburg,  Pa.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Sarah-Elizabeth,  b.  January  25,  1847 ;  d.  July  18,  1850. 
n.  Mary-Frances,  b.  February  27,  1848;  d.  January  28,  1852. 
iii.  »yamt(eZ-TFi?son,  b.  December  11, 1849;  m.,  October  7, 1875, 
Mary  Malvina  Sausser,  b.  March  4, 1852,  in  Massillon, 
Ohio ;  dau.  of  Benjamin  F.  Sausser  and  Lucetta  Dangler, 
and  they  had  issue : 

1.  Lucetta,  b.  December  16, 1876 ;  d.  March  30, 1881. 

2.  Bohert- Jackson,]:).  Februarys,  1878;  d.  October 

17,  1878. 

3.  Elizabeth,  b.  August  7,  1879;  d.  June  30,  1880. 

4.  Mary,  b.  November  22, 1880. 

5   Margaret,  b.  October  30,  1882. 


204  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

6.  Alice,  b.  March  2,  1884. 

7.  Samuel-Wilson,  b.  July  7, 1885. 

XX.  James  Fleming,  =^  (Samuel,  ^  Eobert,^-)  b.  June  25, 
181Q,  in  Hanover  township,  Washington  county.  Pa.  ;  d.  Jan- 
uary 30,  1875,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  In  1812  his  parents  re- 
moved to  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county.  Pa.,  where  his 
early  years  were  passed.  His  boyhood  was  marked  by  a  laud- 
able ambition  to  excel  in  his  studies,  and  the  influence  of  his 
mother  in  this  direction  had  its  good  effect,  not  only  during  his 
youth,  but  throughout  his  life.  Thrown  upon  his  own  re- 
sources, at  the  age  of  eighteen,  he  resolved  to  educate  himself 
by  alternately  acting  as  teacher  and  pupil,  and  pursued  this 
course  for  seven  years,  thereby  becoming  conversant  with  the 
higher  mathematics,  the  ancient  languages,  and  French.  Much 
of  his  time  was  passed  in  the  States  of  Kentucky  and  Ohio. 
About  1885  he  commenced  the  study  of  medicine,  and  gradu- 
ated at  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  in  March,  1838. 
For  four  years  he  practiced  his  profession,  but  finding  the  du- 
ties too  arduous  for  his  slender  constitution,  his  attention  was 
drawn  to  the  science  of  dental  surgery,  then  comparatively  in 
its  infancy.  Observing  the  necessity  for  good  operators  in  this 
field,  he  went  to  Philadelphia  and  acquired  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  that  specialty.  Peturning  to  Harrisburg,  he  met  with 
deserved  and  well-marked  success.  During  the  remainder  of 
his  life  he  was  a  frequent  contributor  to  both  medical  and  den- 
tal journals,  and  occasionally  to  the  newspaper  press.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Association  of  Dental  Surgeons 
and  of  the  American  Society,  and  one  of  the  original  advo- 
cates of  the  establishment  of  a  dental  college  at  Philadelphia, 
in  which  he  was  subsequently  tendered  a  professorship,  but  de- 
clined. He  was  twice  the  recipient  of  the  honorary  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Dental  Surgery.  He  was  a  director  of  the  Harris- 
burg National  Bank,  president  of  the  board  of  school-direc- 
tors, and  an  elder  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  there.  Dr. 
Fleming  married,  June,  1852,  Jennette  Steeet,  daughter 
of  Col.  Thaddeus  Street  and  Martha  Davenport  Reynolds,  of 
Cheshire,  Conn.,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Rev.  John  Davenport, 
the  founder  of  New  Haven.     Her  maternal  grandmother,  Mar- 


Fleming  Family.  205 

tha  Davenport,  was  a  descendant  of  Oliver  Wolcott,  a  signer 
of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  She  resides  in  Harris- 
barg,  Pa.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Helen-Street.,  b.  June  2, 1853;  m.  I^ovember  10, 1881,  Daniel 
Pastorious  Bruner,  of  Columbia,  Pa.,  a  lawyer  and  civil 
engineer. 
n.  James-Lewis,  b.  February  28,  1856 ;  d.  June  8,  1858. 
in.   William-Bey nolds,  h.  May  9,  1862. 

XXI.  David  Fleming,  ^  (Samuel,  ^  Eobert,i)  b.  July  17, 
1812,  in  Hanover  township,  Washington  county.  Pa.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  the  day,  and  in 
the  Harrisburg  acaden:iy,  alternating  later  in  life  by  teaching 
the  classics  and  higher  mathematics.  In  1838,  he  began  the 
editing  of  a  newspaper  at  Harrisburg,  at  the  same  time  re- 
porting the  proceedings  of  the  Legislature  for  several  of  the 
Philadelphia  journals.  In  1839,  he  commenced  the  study 
of  law  with  William  McOlure,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Dau- 
phin county  bar  at  the  November  term,  1841,  and  has  been  in 
active  practice  at  the  courts  there  ever  since.  From  1813, 
he  practiced  in  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State.  In  1817,  he 
was  elected  chief  clerk  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  and 
served  during  that  session.  In  1854,  he  was  elected  district 
attorney.  In  1863,  elected  to  the  State  Senate,  and  was  Speaker 
of  that  body  at  the  closing  session  of  his  term.  In  the  various 
business  enterprises  of  the  city  of  Harrisburg,  he  has  taken  a 
very  prominent  part,  and  largely  interested  in  a  number  of 
them.  Mr.  Fleming  married,  January  1, 1852,  Susan  Mowey, 
daughter  of  Charles  Mowry*  and  Mary  Eichmond.  They  had 
issue :  .  • 

*  Charles  Mowry  was  born  in  Litchfield,  Providence  county,  R. 
I.,  in  1777.  He  received  a  classical  education,  and  came  to  Pennsyl- 
vania about  1800,  and  engaged  in  teaching.  In  1808  he  began  the 
publication  of  the  Temperate  Zone,  at  Downingtown,  Chester  county. 
This  was  subsequently  changed  to  the  American  Bepuhlican,  and. 
Mr.  Mowry  continued  its  publication  until  1821,  when  he  came  to 
Harrisburg  in  the  interest  of  William  Pindlay,  who  was  a  candidate 
for  Governor  of  Pennsylvania  for  a  second  term,  and  became  editor 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Intelligencer,  previously  the  Harrisburg  Repub- 
lican.   This  paper  he  eventually  disposed  of  to  Gen.  Simon  Cameron, 


206  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

i.  Charles-Moiory,  b.  March  9, 1853;  d.  March,  1883;  a  grad- 
uate of  Princeton,  studied  law  with  his  father,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  September  1,  1877 ;  naturally  gifted, 
he  was  entering  upon  a  career  of  usefulness,  when  he 
was  stricken  down  by  disease, 
n.  Sallie,  b.  April  15,  1855  ;  graduated  at  Vassar  College, 
m.  David,  b.  May  4,  1857  ;  graduated  at  Princeton  College,  N . 
J.;  m.,  1884,  Mary  Curwen,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  VV. 
Curwen. 
iv.  George-Hidimond,    b.  September  19,  1860 ;   graduated  at 
Princeton  College,  iN".  J.  • 

XXII.  Egbert  McCoNNELL,  3  (Maiy,^  Eobert/)  b.  Decem- 
ber 5,  1794 ;  m.,  June  13,  1825,  Edith  Hamlin.  They  had 
issue  (surname  McConnell) : 

i.  Fleming,  b.  July  14, 1826  ;  m.,  December  27, 1858,  Elizabeth 

M.  Donald. 
ii.  Alexander,  b.  November  1,  1828;  m.  October  23,  1856. 
Hi.  Bobert  Simpson,  b.  May  25,  1831. 

XXIII.  James  McConnell,  ^  (Mary,^  Eobert,i)  b.  October 
27,  1796 ;  d.  May  28,  1852  ;  m.  Nancy  Shipley.  They  had 
issue  (surname  McConnell) : 

i.  John,  b.  1821 ;  m.  Margery  Steele,  and  they  had  James- A., 

John-C,  liacliel-A.,  Nancy-C,  and  Tkomas-N. 
ii.  Henrietta,  b.   January  10,   1823;   m.   November  2,   1850, 
Nathaniel  Gillespie,  and  they  had  issue  (surname  Gilles- 
pie) : 

1.  Emma- Virginia,  b.  September  1, 1852. 
■     2.  Ella-Amanda,  b.  November  2,  1853. 

3.  Clara-Bell,  b.  Novem])er  19,  1854 ;  d.  September 

14, 1856. 

4.  Maggie- Jane,  b.  December  20,  1855. 

who  had  been  associated  with  him  as  co-partner  in  its  management, 
in  order  that  he  might  assume  the  duties  of  Canal  Commissioner,  to 
which  he  had  been  appointed  by  Governor  Shulze.  During  his  career 
as  editor,  he  acquired  considerable  celebrity  as  a  political  writer,  and 
exercised  a  marked  influence  upon  the  policy  of  his  party.  He  died  at 
Harrisburg,  July  29, 1838.  He  married,  March  31, 1812,  Mary  Rich- 
mond, daughter  of  George  Riclimond,  of  SadsbUry  township,  Chester 
county.  She  died  March  28, 1862,  aged  seventy-six  years.  They  had 
six  children — three  sons,  since  deceased,  and  three  daughters— ilfart/, 
married  Samuel  D.  Young,  and  is  a  widow ;  Susan,  married  David 
Fleming;  and  Jcme,  unmarried. 


FJemivg  Family.  207 

5.  Adalizci' Clarissa.,  b.  January  12,  1857. 

6.  Mary-Mabel,  b.  September  29, 1859. 

7.  Laura-Etta,  b.  December  16, 1860. 

8.  WilUam-McConnell,  b.  February  22, 1862. 

9.  James-Anderson,  b.  February  26,  1863. 

10.  John-Orlando,  b.  May  27,  1864. 

11.  Sarah-Eva,  b.  August  7, 1865. 

^^^ii.  Martha-Ann,  m.  Nelson  Maxwell,  and  they  had  issue  (sur- 
name Maxwell)  J^ancy-Ann,  Sarah-Jane,  and  Joseph. 
iv.  Rachel,  m.,  September  30,  1857,  Brown  McKay,  and  had 

issue. 
V.  Mary-Elizaheth,  m.  John  Steele,  and  had  issue. 
vi.  Sarah,  m.  William  Keed,  and  they  had  issue   (surname 
Reed)  Alexander,  James-Clement,  John-Willis,  and  Wil- 
liam-H.  Franklin, 
vii.  Jane,  m.  John  Ryenearson. 
via.  Nancy -Adaline,  d.  s.  p. 
ix.  Rohert-A.,  d.  in  hospital  at  Gallatin,  Tennessee,  in  1865. 

XXI Y.  Elizabeth  McConnell,^  (Mary,^  Eobert,^)  b. 
April  9,  1798 ;  d. ;  m.  June  6,  1816,  Samuel  McCaeeell,  b. 
March  1,  1788,  in  York  connty,  Pa.  ;  d.  June,.  1881,  in  Han- 
over township,  Washington  county,  Pa.  They  had  issue  (sur- 
name McCarrell) : 

i.  ./I?ca;aric7er,b.  September  22, 1817;  d.  May,  1881;  graduated 
from  Washington  College,  Pa.,  in  1841  ;  licensed  by  Wash- 
'  ington  Presbytery  April  17,1844;  pastor  of  the  Presby- 
terian church,  Claysville,  and  was  commissioner  to  the 
general  assembly  of  his  .church  at  St.  Louis,  in  1851,  and 
at  Newark,  N.  J.,  in  1664;  m.  January  22,  1842,  Martha 
McClain,  and  they  had  issue  (surname  McCarrell) : 

1.  Samuel- John- Milton,  b.  October  19,  1842;  gradu- 

ated from  Washington  College,  Pa.,  1864; 
studied  law  with  David  Fleming,at  Harrisburg, 
Pa.,  and  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1866  ;  elected 
district  attorney  for  Dauphin  county.  Pa.,  1880, 
and  reelected  in  1883 ;  m.  Rebecca  Wallace, 
and  had  issue: 

«.  Tra^?ace-^?fa;a?i(;7er,  b.  November  26,1 876  ; 
d.  December  16, 1880. 

h.  Samuel- John-McClain,  b.  December  7, 
1881. 

2.  William- Alexander,  b.  August  20,  1846. 

3.  Joseph- James,  b.  July  9,  1849. 

4.  Thomas-Calvin,  b.  September  29, 1856. 

5.  Elizabeth- Mary,  b.  July  28,  1862. 


208  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

n.  Louise-Jane,  b.  December  25, 1819. 

m.  Mary-Elizabeth,  b.   October  28,  1822  ;    d.  September  12, 
1826. 

iv.  Samuel- 31iUon,h.  July  22, 1825;  d.  September  24,1851;  a 
physician. 

V.  Mary-Eleanor,  b.  November  6, 1830 ;  graduated  from  Fe- 
male College,  Washington,  Pa. ;  d.  November,  1858. 

vi.  Jarn€s-Fle7ning,  h.  October  26,1832;  a  physician;  residing 
at  Eldersville,  Washington  county.  Pa. ;  m.  November 
16,  1865,  Jennie  E.  Hayes,  and  they  had  issue : 
1.  John- Milton,  b.  August  17, 1866. 

vii.  Lysander-Thomas,  b.  July  22,  1840. 
viii.  Elizaheth-Alvira,  b.  December  17, 1842. 


Family  of  Forster.  209 


FAMILY  0¥  FORSTER. 


I.  John  Fokster/  a  native  of  county  Antrim,  Ireland,  of 
Scotch  parentage,  emigrated  to  America  prior  to  1722,  and  lo- 
cated in  Paxtang  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin,  county, 
Penna. ;  he  was  twice  married,  dying  prior  to  1749.  By  his 
first  wife,  Elizabeth  Chambers,  who  was  a  daughter  of 
Arthur  Chambers,  dying  in  Ireland,  there  was  issue : 

i.  Thomas,  b.  1696 ;  d.  July  25, 1772.  He  came  to  America 
with  liis  father's  family,  and  was  among  the  first  who 
took  up  land  in  what  is  now  Dauphin  county,  Penna. 
He  was  a  gentleman  of  means,  had  received  a  good  edu- 
cation, and  was  for  many  years  one  of  the  Provincial 
magistrates.  He  was  removed  late  in  life,  on  account  of 
his  refusal  to  oust  some  squatters  on  Proprietary  lands. 
He  was  a  prominent  personage,  on  the  then  frontiers  of 
the  Province,  in  civil  affairs.  During  the  Indian  trou- 
bles he  greatly  assisted  in  preparing  for  the  defense  of 
the  border  settlements,  and  his  name  appears  frequently 
in  the  voluminous  correspondence  preserved  in  the  ar- 
chives of  the  State.  He  died  in  Paxtang,  aged  seventy- 
six  years,  and  is  buried  in  the  old  church  graveyard. 
Mr.  Forster  was  never  married ;  the  principal  part  of  his 
estate  went  to  his  brother,  John,  and  nephew,  Thomas 
Forster,  the  latter  named  for  him. 

ii.  Arthur,  b.  1700 ;  d.  unm. 

in.  Agnes,  b.  1702,  m.  John  Moore,  son  of  Andrew  Moore,*  of 
Derry. 

*  Andrew  Moore,  of  Derry,  where  he  was  an  early  settler,  died 
there  in  October,  1767,  leaving  children  as  follows: 
i.  Elizabeth,  m,  James  Forster. 

ii.  Agnes,  m. Craig. 

Hi.  Mary,  m.  Joseph  Grain,  (see  Crain  record.) 
iv.  John,  m.  Agnes  Forster. 

V.  William,  m.  and  had  Andrew,  who  married  Catharine 
Forster,  daughter  of  James  Forster  and  Elizabeth  Moore. 
14 


210  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

iv.  William,  b.  1704;  m.  Eacliel  Kelly,  daughter  of  Patrick 
and  Rachel  Kelly,  of  Londonderry  township,  then  Lan- 
caster county,  Pa.,  and  had  James,  m.  Elizabeth  Espy. 
I".  Elizabeth,  b.  1706;  m.  Jacob  Ellis,  of  Hanover;  descend- 
ants removed  to  Virginia;  their  daiighter,  Sarah,  m. 
Robert  Gilchrist. 
J        vi.  Margaret,  b.  1710  ;  m.  John  Graham,  d.  1764. 

2.  vii.  Jb/in,b.  1715;  m.  Catharine  Dickey. 

By  his  second  wife,  Sarah,  there  was  issue : 

3.  via.  James,  b.  1722  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Moore. 

ix.  Isabel,  b.  1724. 

4.  X.  Stephen,  b.  1726 ;  m.  Mary  Chambers. 

II.  John  Foester,^  (John,i)  \)^  1715,  in  comity  Antrim, 
Ireland ;  d.  September,  1789,  in  Lower  Paxtang  township, 
Dauphin  county,  Pa. ;  m.  Catharine  Dickey  ;*  b.  1738,  in 
Chester  county,  Penna.,  d.  November  23,  1804,  in  Lower  Pax- 
tang township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.,  daughter  of  Moses  and 
Agnes  Dickey.     They  had  issue : 

5.  i.  Thomas,  b.  May  16, 1762;  m.  Sarah  Pettit  Montgomery. 
ii.  Mary,  b.  1767,  d.  August  2,  1810  ;  m.  Cornelius  Cox. 

6.  Hi.  John,  b.  September  17,  1777;  m.  first,  Mary  Elder;  sec- 

ond, Margaret  S.  Law. 

7.  iv.  Dorcas,  m.  William  Bell. 

V.  Agnes,  m.  George  Nelson. 
vi.  Elizabeth, 
vii.  Margaret. 

III.  James  Forster,^  (John,i)  b.  1722,  in  Paxtang  town- 
ship, Lancaster,  now  Dauphin  county,  Penna.,  d.  in  London- 

*  MosES  Dickey  settled  very  early  in  Chester  county,  near  the  Oc- 
torara,  subsequently  removing  to  Paxtang.  With  others  of  his  fam- 
ily, he  emigrated  from  the  north  of  Ireland.  He  was  a  mill-wright 
by  trade,  and  erected  a  mill  on  Spring  Creek,  which  subsequently  be- 
came Elder's  mill,  now  Walker's.  He  died  on  the  1st  of  June,  1776, 
and  was  buried  in  the  graveyard  "  belonging  to  Mr.  Elder's  meeting- 
house." By  his  will,  proved  on  the  12th  of  June  following,  he  left 
wife  Agnes  and  children  : 

i.   William. 
ii.  John. 

Hi.  Sarah,  m.  John  Carson. 
iv.  Catharine,  m.  John  Forster. 

V.  Agnes,  m.  Robert  Dickey. 
vi.  Moses. 


Family  of  Forster.  211 

derry  township ;  m.  Elizabeth  Mooee,  daughter  of  Andrew 
Moore,  of  Derrj^     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Andrew. 

ii.  Mary^  d.  March  15, 1796  ;  married  James  Cavet,  removed 
to  Westmoreland  county,  Penna.,  and  had  James-Forster 
and  Mary. 
Hi.  Sarah,  m.  David  Patton. 
^v.  Elizabeth,  m,  James  Kelly,  Esq. 
V.  Catharine,  m.  Andrew  Moore. 

vi.  David,  m.  and  removed  to  Eowan  county,  N.  C;   had 
John,  and  other  children. 
8.    vii.   TFiZZiam,  b.  1749 ;  m.  Margaret  Ayres. 
viii.  Josiah. 

lY.  Stephen  Forstee,^  (John,i)  b.  1726,  in  Paxtang 
township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin  county,  Penna. ;  d.  February 
1792,  in  Turbut  township,  Northumberland  county,  Penn.  ;  m. 
Mary  Chambers,  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  Chambers, 
of  Paxtang.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Chambers. 
ii.  Stephen. 
Hi.  Thomas. 

V.  Thomas  Forster, s  (John,^  John,i)  b.  May  16, 1762,  in 
Paxtang  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  ;  d. 
June  29, 1836,  at  Erie,  Pa.  He  received  a  good  education,  and 
was  brought  up  as  a  surveyor.  During  the  latter  part  of  the 
Revolution  was  in  arms  for  the  defense  of  the  frontiers.  In 
1794,  during  the  so-called  Whiskey  Insurrection,  he  served  as 
colonel  of  one  of  the  volunteer  regiments  on  that  expedition. 
He  was  one  of  the  associate  judges  of  Dauphin  county,  ap- 
pointed October  26,  1793,  by  Governor  Mifflin,  resigning  De- 
cember 3,  1798,  having  been  elected  one  of  the  representatives 
of  the  State  Legislature  that  year.  At  the  close  of  1799  or 
early  in  1800,  as  the  agent  of  the  Harrisburg  and  Presquo  Isle 
Land  company,  he  permanently  removed  to  Erie.  In  the  affairs 
incident  to  the  early  settlement  of  that  town  and  the  organiza- 
tion of  that  county,  he  took  a  prominent  part.  He  was  one  of 
the  first  street  commissioners  of  the  town,  president  of  the  Erie 
and  Waterford  Turnpike  company,  one  of  the  directors  of  the 
first  library  company  and  its  librarian,  and  captain  of  the  first 


212  Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 

military  company  formed  at  Erie,  and  which,  in  1812,  was  in 
service  at  Buffalo,  Capt.  Forster  being  promoted  brigade  inspec- 
tor. In  1823  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Shulze  one  of 
the  commissioners  to  explore  the  route  for  the  Erie  extension 
of  the  Pennsylvania  canal,  and  in  1827  was  chairman  of  the 
meeting  organizing  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church.  In  1799  he 
was  appointed  by  President  Adams  collector  of  the  port  at 
Erie,  and  successively  commissioned  by  Presidents  Jefferson, 
Madison,  J.  Q.  Adams,  and  Jachson,  filling  the  office  until  his 
death.  Col.  Forster  m.  October  5, 1786,  Sarah  Pettit  Mont- 
gomery, b.  July,  1768,  at  Georgetown,  Kent  county,  Md. ;  d. 
July  27,  1808,  at  Erie,  Pa.  ;  daughter  of  Rev.  Joseph  Mont- 
gomery* and  Elizabeth  Peed.     They  had  issue  : 

*  Joseph  Montgomery,  son  of  John  and  Martha  Montgomery, 
emigrants  from  Ireland,  was  born  September  23, 1733,  (O.  S.,)  in  Pax- 
tang  township,  then  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin,  county,  Pa.  He  was 
educated  at  the  College  of  !New  Jersey,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1755,  and  was  afterwards  appointed  master  of  the  grammar  school 
connected  with  the  college.  In  1760  the  College  of  Philadelphia  and 
Yale  College  conferred  upon  him  the  Master's  degree.  About  this 
time  he  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presbytery  of  Philadelphia,  and 
soon  after,  by  request,  entered  the  bounds  of  the  Presbytery  of  Lewes, 
from  which  he  was  transferred  to  that  of  New  Castle,  accepting  a 
call  from  the  congregations  at  Georgetown,  over  which  he  was  settled 
from  1767  to  1769.  He  was  installed  pastor  of  the  congregations  at 
Christiana  Bridge  and  New  Castle,  Delaware,  on  the  16th  of  August, 
1769,  remaining  there  until  the  autumn  of  1777,  when  he  resigned, 
having  been  commissioned  chaplain  of  Col.  Small  wood's  (Maryland) 
regiment  of  the  Continental  Line.  During  the  war  his  home  was 
with  his  relatives  in  Paxtang.  On  the  23d  of  November,  1780,  he 
was  chosen  by  the  General  Assembly  of  Pennsylvania  one  of  its  dele- 
gates in  Congress,  and  reelected  the  following  year.  He  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  Assembly  of  the  State  in  1782,  serving  during  that 
session.  He  was  chosen  by  that  body,  February  25,  1783,  one  of  the 
commissioners  to  settle  the  difficulty  between  the  State  and  the  Con- 
necticut settlers  at  Wyoming.  When  the  new  county  of  Dauphin 
was  erected,  the  Supreme  Executive  Council  appointed  him  recorder 
of  deeds  and  register  of  wills  for  the  county,  which  office  he  held 
from  March  11, 1785,  to  October  14, 1794,  the  date  of  his  death.  "  Mr. 
Montgomery  filled  conspicuous  and  honorable  positions  in  church 
and  State  in  the  most  trying  period  of  the  early  history  of  the  coun- 
try. In  the  church  he  was  the  friend  and  associate  of  men  like 
Witherspoon,  Rodgers,  and  Spencer,  and  his  bold  utterances  in  the 


Family  of  Forster.  213 

i.  Elizabeth-KacheU  b.  July  25, 1787,  in  Paxtang;  d.  1852  at 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.;  ni.  Major  James  E.  Herron,  d.  in  1860 
J  or  1862  at  Syracuse,  I^T.  Y.;  no  surviving  issue. 

9.     n.  John- Montgomery,  b.  June  21,  1789;  m.  Jennette  AVright. 
m.  Catharine- Ann,  b.  June  10,  1791,  in  Paxtang ;  d.  December 
17,  1889,  at  Erie, Pa.;  m.,  first,  February  6, 1816,  Richard 
T.  Timberlake,  purser  U.  S.  N.;  d.  October  2,  1816;  m., 
secondly,  Capt.  Bailey,  and  had  Theodore,  d.  s.  p.;  and 
Sarah  m.  Mr.  Rathbone,  of  Elmira,  N.  Y. 
iv.  Mary-Theodosia,  b.  August  16, 1793,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  d. 
1820;  m.  Col.  John  Harris,  w^ho  died  at  Washington  a 
few  years  ago,  commandant  of  the  marine  corps ;  no  issue. 
V.  Joseph-Montgomery,  b.  March  21,  1795;  d.  s.  p. 
vi.  Thomas,  b.  September  13, 1796,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  d.  Oc- 
tober 17,  1864,  at  Westfield,  IST.  Y.;  m.  Julia  Bell,  and 
had  Harris,  Sumner,  WilUam,  Sarah,  and  Anna. 
vii.  Sarah,  b.  November  24,  1797,  at  Harrisburg;  d.  1879  in 
Erie  county,  Pa. 

cause  of  independence  stamp  him  as  a  man  of  no  ordinary  courage 
and  decision.  *  *  *  He  enjoyed  to  an  unusual  degree  the  respect 
and  confidence  of  the  men  of  his  generation."  The  Rev.  Mr.  Mont- 
gomery was  twice  married;  m.,  first,  in  1765,  Elizabeth  Reed,  d. 
March,  1769,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Sarah  Reed,  of  Trenton,  N. 
J.,  and  they  had  issue  : 

i.  Sarah-Pettit,  b.  July,  1766  ;  m.  Thomas  Forster. 
a.  Elizabeth,  b.  July  17, 1768;  d.  October  12,  1814,  in  Harris- 
burg, Pa.  ;  m.  Samuel  Laird,  b.  at  Carlisle,  Pa.,  15th  Feb- 
ruary, 1769,  son  of  Samuel  Laird  (1732-1806)  and  Mary 
Young,  (1741-1833,)  daughter  of  James  Young.  His 
father  was  for  many  years  one  of  the  provincial  magis- 
trates of  Cumberland  county,  and,  under  the  Constitu- 
tion of  1776,  one  of  the  justices  of  the  courts.  Mr.  Laird 
received  a  classical  education,  studied  law  at  Carlisle, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  Pauphin  county  bar  at  the  Sep- 
tember term,  1792.  He  located  at  Harrisburg,  and  soon 
secured  a  large  and  successful  practice.  In  the  early 
years  of  the  borough  he  took  an  active  part  in  its  local 
affairs,  and  was  a  prominent  actor  in  the  first  decade  of 
its  histoiy.    He  died  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  January  15, 1815. 

Mr.  Montgomery  m.,  secondly,  July  11,  1770,  Rachel  (Rush) 
BoYCE,  b.  1741,  in  Byberry ;  d.  July  28, 1798,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  she 
was  the  widow  of  Angus  Boyce,  and  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Rachel 
Rush,  who  were  the  parents  of  the  celebrated  Dr.  Benjamin  Rush. 
They  had  issue  : 

Hi.  John,  b.  December  23, 1771 ;  probably  d.  s.  p. 


211  Pen nsylvania   Genea logies. 

via.  Eleanor-Reed,  b.  August  20, 1799;  d.  s.  p. 
ix.  Samuel- Laird,  b.  August  8,  1801,  at  Erie,  Pa.,  where  he  d. 
in  1860;  m, Baird,  and  liad  issue. 

10.  X.  Hannah-  Wickersham,  b.  January  31, 1804  ;  m.  Edwin  Yose 

Sumner. 

11.  xi.  Margaret- Wallace,    b.    September    10,  1806;    m.    George 

Wright. 

YI.  John  Fokster,^  (John,^  John,i)  b.  September  17, 1777, 
in  Paxtang,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin,  county,  Pa.;  d.  May  28, 
1863,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa,;  he  received  a  good  education,  and 
was  at  Princeton  when  a  call  was  made  by  President  Washing- 
ton for  volunteers  to  march  to  Western  Pennsylvania  to  put 
down  the  so-called  "Whisky  Insurrection"  of  1794,  and  was 
on  that  expedition  as  an  aid  to  Greneral  Murray.  He  subse- 
quently read  law  with  Greneral  Hanna,  but  never  applied  for 
admission,  turning  his  attention  to  mercantile  pursuits,  in  which 
he  was  very  successful.  During  the  military  era  of  the  Gov- 
ernment prior  to  the  war  of  1812,  he  was  colonel  of  State  mi- 
litia, and  in  1814,  when  the  troops  from  Pennsylvania  marched 
to  the  defense  of  the  beleaguered  city  of  Baltimore,  he  was 
placed  in  command  of  a  brigade  of  volunteers.  For  his  gal- 
lant services  in  that  campaign  the  thanks  of  the  general  com- 
manding were  tendered  in  special  orders.  He  served  in  the 
State  Senate  from  1814  to  1818.  Greneral  Forster  was  cashier 
of  the  Harrisburg  Bank  for  a  period  of,  at  least,  sixteen  years, 
established  the  Bank  of  Lewistown,  and  in  1840  was  cashier 
of  the  Exchange  Bank  of  Pittsburgh.  He  subsequently  be- 
came president  of  the  branch  bank  at  HoUidaysburg,  but  in  a 
few  years  retired  from  all  business  pursuits  and  returned  to  his 
home  at  Harrisburg.  He  died  there  at  the  advanced  age  of 
almost  eighty-six  years.  General  Forster  was  faithful,  honest, 
and  upright  in  all  his  business  connections,  and  a  good  finan- 
cier. He  was  twice  married;  m.,  first,  September  26,  1798, 
Mary  Elder,  b.  1779;  d.  December  18,  1831,  at  Harrisburg, 
Pa.;  dau.  of  John  Elder  and  Elizabeth  Awl,  (see  Elder  record.) 
They  had  issue : 

^.  John-Elder,  b.  1799;  d.  May  15,  1879,  at  Washington  city, 
D.  C;  m.  Elizabetli  Culbertson  Law,  dau.  of  Benjamin 
Law,  of  Mifflin  county,  Pa,  and  they  had  issue : 


Family  of  Forster.  215 

1.  John-Theodore^  m.  Annie  McMicken. 

2.  Henry -Kirkland. 

3.  William-Law^  m.,  first,  Euphemia  North,  and 

had  Jfari/and  Lewis;  second, Frances-Welles. 

4.  James-Henry -Stuart^  d.  s.  p. 

5.  Thomas^  d.  s.  p. 

6.  Eebecca-Lvsk^  m.  Alfred  Foot,  major  U.  S.  A. ; 

d.  September  1,  1869,  and  liad  (surname  Foot) 
Samuel-Alfred. 

7.  Mary-Elder,  d.  s.  p. ;  m.  Prescott  Hosmer. 

8.  Eliza-Heron,  m.  Charles  Duncanson. 

9.  Annie-Cowden,  m.  Thomas  Young,  and  had  (sur- 

name Young)  Charles,  Elizabeth- F., and  Jennie. 
10.   Wilson-Butherford,  m.  Alice  B.  Weizgarver. 
ii.  Joshua-Elder,  h.  1800;  m.  August  11,1832,  Elizabeth  Lewis 
Alder,  eldest  daughter  of  Joshua  William  Alder,  and 
they  had  issue : 

1.  Joshua-Alder,  h.  May  27, 1833. 

2.  Oscar-Elder,  b.  December  22, 1834. 

3.  Charles,  b.  June  23,  1836. 

4.  John-Adams,  b.  November  1,  1838;  d.  October 

13,  1841.. 

5.  Frank- Emlin,  b.  June  9,  1845. 

Hi.  Catharine,  b.  1802;  d.  February  9, 1872  ;  m.  Henry  Antes, 
b.  December  4, 1784;  d.  January  8, 1860,  at  Harrisburg, 
Pa.;  son  of  Philp  Antes  and  his  wife  Susanna,  daughter 
of  Charles  Williams,  of  Paxtang;  was  in  mercantile  life 
many  years  at  Harrisburg ;  was  a  soldier  of  the  war  of 
1812-14;  clerk  in  the  Land  Department  of  the  State;  and 
frequently  a  member  of  the  borough  council  of  Harris- 
burg; they  had  issue  (surname  Antes) : 

1.  John-Forster,  m.  and  resides  in  Missouri. 

2.  Henry-P. 

3.  Emory,  d.  s.  p. 

4.  Mary-Forster,  m.  M.  R.  Simons,  and  had  (sur- 
\     n-dme  Hixnons)  Ayites-Marcus  and  Marcus- Antes. 

5.  Lucy,  m.  Signor  Muzio. 

6.  Josephine,  d.  s.  p. 

7.  Elizabeth,  d.  s.  p. 
iv.  Mary,  d.  s.  p. 

V.   Washington,  d.  unm. 
vi.  Rev.  Thomas,  m.  Eliza  Rich  Hall,  dau.  of  Dr.  Ebenezer 

Hall,  and  had  Mary-Elizabeth,  Thomas-Hall,  John-Eben- 

ezer,  and  George- Chalmers;  reside  in  Mount  Clement, 

Michigan. 
vii.  WilUam-M,  m.  Rachel  Elvira  Whiteley,  b.  in  Baltimore 

county,  Maryland ;  reside  in  Lancaster,  Pa. 


216  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

viii.  Theodore,  d.  January  9,  1883,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  was  twice 
married  ;  m.  first  Mary  Bryan,  daughter  of  Judge  Bryan, 
of  Geneseo,  N.  Y.,  and  they  had  issue  : 

1.  Bryan,  m.  Jennie  T.  Cole,  daughter  of  Capt. 

George  Cole,  of  Potosi,  Mo.,  and  had  Theodore, 

Catharine,  George,  and  Bryan. 

He  m.  secondly,  April  14, 1875,  Virginia  Hamilton,  second 

dau.  of  Hon.  Alexander  Hamilton,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and 

Julia  A.  Keen,  his  wife,  who  was  a  dau.  of  Keynold 

Keen  and  Nancy  Lawrence ;  Alexander  Hamilton  was  a 

son  of  Hugh  and  Sarah  Hamilton,  of  Philadelphia,  who 

entered  upon  his  professional  career  when  quite  young, 

in  the  west,  and  it  was  said  of  him  that  he  brought  his 

code  of  practice  with  him — atttaining  high  rank  as  a 

lawyer  and  judge  in  Missouri.    No  issue. 

Gen.  Forster  m.,  secondly,  July  9,  1833,  Margaret  Snod- 
GRASS  Law,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Law,  of  Miflflin  co..  Pa., 
and  widow  of  Rev.  James  H.  Stuart,*  a  Presbyterian  minister 
of  the  Kishacoquillas  valley.     They  had  issue : 

ix.  Benjamin- Law,  m..  Annie  Bull  Alricks,  (see  AlricTcs  record,) 
and  had  issue : 

1.  Caroline- Alricks,  b.  June  20, 1865. 

2.  John-Douglass,  b.  October  12, 1866. 
X.  Orsan-Douglass,  d.  November  30,  1865,  unm. 

xi.  Margaret-Hnodgrass,  m.  Major  Edwin  Vose  Sumner,  U.  S. 
A.,  and  had  (surname  Sumner)  Edwin-Vose,  Margaret- 
Forster,  and  Hannah. 
xii.  Ellen- Rutherford,  m.  George  C.  Bent,  and  had  (surname 

Bent)  Bessie- Conway, 
xiii.  Mary -Elizabeth,  m.  James  Edward  Cann,  paymaster  U. 
S.  N.  and  had  (surname  Cann)  Barry-Bingay. 

YII.  Dorcas  Forste r,^  (John,  ^  John,  i)  b.  in  Lower  Paxtang 
township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin,  county,  Penna.,  d.  there 
prior  to  1783 ;  m.  William  Bell,  of  Paxtang,  who  died  in 
November  1783 ;  resided  on  a  tract  of  land  called  "  Bell's  In- 
crease."    They  had  issue  (surname  Bell) : 

i.  John,  m.  Elizabeth . 

ii.  George,  m.  Mary . 


Hi.  William,  m.  Dorcas 


*They  had  one  son,  Dr.  James  H.  Stuart,  assistant  surgeon  TJ.  S. 
N.,  who  was  lost  on  the  "  Porpoise,"  which  went  down  in  the  China 
Sea,  in  1854. 


Family  of  Forster.  217 

iv    Thomas. 

V.  Artliur,  m.  Eleanor . 

vi.  Andrew, 
vii.  Jean, 
via.  Mary, 
ix.  Sarah. 
X.  Dorcas, 
xi.  Margaret. 

yill.  William  Forster, ^  (James, ^  John,!)  b.  about  1749, 
in  Londonderry  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin,  county, 
Pa.;  d.  in  1789  in  Upper  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin  qounty, 
Pa. ;  m.  November  1,  1773,  by  Kev.  John  Elder,  Margaret 
Ayres,  b.  October  9,  1754 ;  d.  December  24,  1823  ;  daughter 
of  William  Ayres  and  Mary  Kean.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Mary,  b.  September  8, 1781 ;  m.  James  Kirk, 
it.   TFi7ZtaTO,b.  March 21, 1784;  d.  July,  1829;  m.  Martha  Coch- 
ran. 
12.   in.  James,  b.  August  25,  1787  ;  m.  Margaret  Ayres. 

Margaret  Ayres  Forster,  m.  secondly  Reuben  Lockhart,  of 
Middlq  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin  county.  Pa;  no  issue. 

IX.  John  Montgomery  Forster,^  (Thomas, ^  John,^ 
John, ^)  b.,  June  21,  1789,  in  Paxtang;  d.  September  21, 
1858,  at  Harrisburg,  Penna.  He  passed  his  youth  partly  at 
Harrisburg  and  partly  at  Erie,  where  his  father  removed  about 
1799.  He  studied  law  with  his  uncle,  Samuel  Laird,  at  Har- 
risburg, and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Dauphin  county  at  May 
term,  1814.  He  marched  with  the  volunteers  from  this  section 
of  the  State  to  Baltimore,  in  1814,  and  was  elected  or  appointed 
brigade  major  of  the  brigade  commanded  by  his  uncle,  Gren- 
eral  John  Forster.  After  his  return,  he  practiced  law  at  Har- 
risburg, and  was  Deputy  Attorney  General  for  the  counties  of 
Dauphin  and  Lebanon,  under  the  administration  of  Governor 
Hiester,  Thomas  Elder  being  Attorney  General.  Upon  the 
occasion  of  General  Lafayette's  visit  to  Harrisburg,  he  com- 
manded the  military.  He  was  president  of  the  branch  bank  of 
Pennsylvania,  at  Harrisburg,  until  it  was  discontinued.  He 
represented  this  judicial  district  in  the  first  Board  of  Revenue 
Commissioners,  convened  in  1844,  to  equalize  taxation  between 
the  several  counties  of  the  State,  and  was  elected  secretary  of 


218  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

the  board  at  the  session  of  1847  and  1850.  In  1846  he  was 
commissioned,  by  Governor  Shunk,  as  president  judge  of  the 
counties  of  Chester  and  Delaware,  and  served  for  several 
months  in  this  capacity.  Major  Forster  ra.  Jenjstette  Weight, 
b.,  1790,  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey;  d.,  July  30,  1880,  at  Harris- 
burg,  Penna.,  daughter  of  John  Wright*  and  Rose  Chambers. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  Thomas,  b.  December  21,  1819;  d.  January  31,  1858,  at 
Harrisburg. 

n.  James,  b.,  1823,  at  Harrisburg;  d.,  February  1,  1879,  in 
]S^evv  York  city. 

in.  TFfi'7ma)x,m.  Mary  Carroll,  and  had  Carroll  and  Mirgaret; 
reside  near  Mercersburg,  Pa. 

iv.  John-Montgomery ,  Insurance  Commissioner  of  Pennsyl- 
vania; m.  Sarah  Elder,  and  had  Rohert-Elder  and  Jen- 
nette. 

X.  Hanxah  Wickersham  Forster,*  (Thomas, ^  John,^ 
Johni,)  b.  January  31, 1804,  at  Erie,  Pa. ;  d.  December  9, 1880at 
Charlottesville,  Va. ;  m.  EinviN  Vose  Sumner,  b.  January  1796, 
Boston  Mass;  d.  March  21,  1863,  at  Syracuse,  K  Y.,  son  of 

*JoHN  Wright  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  born  about  1745.  He 
came  to  America  in  early  life,  and  located  in  New  Jersey,  where  he 
probably  taught  school  until  the  opening  of  the  war  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. He  held  the  position  of  a  quartermaster  of  the  N'ew  Jersey 
troops  during  the  struggle  for  independence,  and  at  the  close  of  the 
conflict  settled  at  Paterson,  in  that  State,  from  which  place  he  re- 
moved to  Harrisburg,  about  thefyear  1797,  and  opened,  on  the  10th 
of  August  of  that  year,  "  an  English  school  in  the  German  school- 
house"'  there.  On  the  removal  of  John  Wyeth,  as  postmaster,  by 
President  Adams,  in  1798,  Major  Wright  was  appointed  to  that  oftice. 
This  he  took  charge  of  in  connection  with  his  school,  holding|the 
office  until  his  death,  which  occurred  on  the  4th  of  January,  1814. 
He  married,  at  Trenton,  N.  J.,  August  14,  1778,  Rose  Chambers, 
daughter  of  Alexander  Chambers,  one  of  the  leading  merchants  of 
that  town  during  the  last  half  of  last  century.  Her  mother,  Eliza- 
betii  Chambers,  was  one  of  the  matrons  who  received  Washington 
at  the  bridge  at  Trenton  on  the  21st  of  April,  1789.  Mrs.  Wright 
was  one  of  Harrisburg's  most  estimable  women,  and  on  the  death  of 
her  husband,  succeeded  to  the  post-office,  which  she  retained  until  her 
death,  in  March,  1822.  Major  Wright  was  an  ardent  patriot,  an  ex- 
cellent teacher,  a  faithful  officer,  an  active,  energetic  citizen,  and  one 
of  the  leaders  of  public  opinion  seventy  and  eighty  years  ago. 


Family  of  Forster.  219 

at  Seth  Sumner ;  entered  the  U.  S.  Army  in  March  1819,  and 
rose  to  be  a  major-general  and  corps  commander  in  the  army 
of  the  Potomac  during  the  war  for  the  Union.  They  had  is- 
sue (surname  Sumner)  : 

i.  Nancy,  m.  Leonidas  Jenkins,  U.  S.  A.,  d.  October  18, 1847, 
in  Mexico. 

u.  Margaret,  m.  Eugene  E.  McLean,  U.  S.  A.,  afterward  ^ 
colonel  in  the  Confederate  service. 

in.  Sarah,  m.  William  W.  Teall,  of  Syracuse,  X.  Y. 

iv.  Mary,  m.  Armistead  L.  Long,  U.  S.  A.,  b.  1826,  in  Virginia  ; 
graduated  from  West  Point  in  1850 ;  commissioned  first 
lieutenant,  second  artillery,  1854;  aid-de-camp  to  General 
Sumner  from  May  20, 1861,  to  his  resignation  June  10, 
1861 ;  was  military  secretary  to  General  Lee,  and  briga- 
dier general  C  S.  A. ;  reside  (1885)  at  Charlottesville,  Va., 
where  Mrs.  Long  is  postmistress. 

V.  Echvin  Vose;  entered  the  U.  S.  A.  in  1861,  at  present  major 
Fifth  Cavalry ;  m.  Margaret^Snodgrass  Forster,  {see  Fors- 
ter record,  VL) 

vi.  Sar)iuel  S.;  entered  the  U.  S.  A,  in  1861  ;,at  present  major 
of  Eighth  Cavalry. 

XL  Margaeet  Wallace  Forster,  ^  (Thomas,  ^  John,^ 
John,i)  b.  September  10,  1806,  at  Erie,  Pa.;  lost  in  wreck  of 
steamer  "  Brother  Jonathan"  on  voyage  from  San  Francisco, 
to  Portland,  Oregon,  July  30,  1865 ;  m.  George  Wright,  b. 
1803  in  "Vermont,  graduated  from  West  Point  in  1822,  pro- 
moted adjutant,  January,  1831-6,  captain,  October  30,  1836, 
brevet  major  for  meritorious  conduct  in  the  Florida  war, 
March  15,  1842,  brevet  lieutenant  colonel  for  gallantry  at 
Contraras  and  Churubusco,  Mexico,  August  20,  1847,  and 
brevet  colonel  for  gallantry  in  command  of  the  storming-party 
at  Molino  del  Hey,  September  8,  1847,  in  which  he  was 
wounded,  major  Fourth  infantry,  January  1,  1848,  colonel 
Ninth  infantry,  March  3,  1855,  greatly  distinguished  in  cam- 
paigns against  the  Indians  of  Washington  Territory,  1856  and 
185$,  brigadier  general  of  volunteers,  September  28,  1861,  and 
commanded  the  Department  of  the  Pacific  from  October,  1861, 
to  July,  1864,  and  the  district  of  California,  1864,  to  the  time 
of  his  loss  on  board  the  "  Brother  Jonathan,"  July  30,  1865. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Wright) : 


220  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

i.  Thomas  Furster,l>.  in  Missouri;  educated  at  West  Point; 
served  as  artillery  officer  to  General  Walker  in  the  Nica- 
rague  expedition  ;  was  Colonel  of  a  California  regiment 
during  the  Rebellion ;  appointed  to  the  United  (States 
army  by  President  Lincoln ;  and  was  killed  in  action 
April  26,1872,  in  the  Lava  beds  in  the  Modoc  war. 
ii.  John  Montgomery;  resides  at  Louisville,  Ky. ;  was  adju- 
tant general  of  that  State. 
Hi.  Eliza,  m.  Captain  Wesley  Owens,  U.  S.  A.,  d.  August  11, 
1867. 

XII.  James  Forster,^  (William, ^  John,i)  b.  August  25, 
1787;  d.  October  4,  1840;  m.,  April  6,  1812,  Margaret 
Ayres,  b.  February  25,  1793 ;  d.  December  23,  1867.  They 
had  issue  (besides  four  d.  in  infancy)  : 

*.  Eliza,  m.  Samuel  F.  Sigmund,  of  Clinton  county,  Pa. 
ii,  Maria. 

Hi.   William,  m.  Sarah  M.  Irwin. 
iiK  Margaret,  m.  John  B.  Till,  of  Dauphin,  Pa. 

V.  John, 
vi.  Mary. 


Fulton  of  Paxtang.  221 


FULTON  OF  PAXTANG. 


T.  EiCHARD  Fulton,  1  b.  in  1706,  in  Londonderry,  Ireland  ; 
d.  jSTovember,  1774,  in  Paxtang  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dau- 
phin, county,  Penna.  Ho  came  to  America,  in  1722,  in  com- 
pany with  some  relatives,  and  was  among  the  earliest  settlers 
in  Paxtang.  His  farm  was  situated  on  the  bank  of  the  Sus- 
quehanna river,  just  below  Harrisburg,  a  portion  of  it  being  now 
included  in  the  limits  of  that  city.  .  His  will  was  probated  at 
Lancaster,  November  11,  1774,  of  which  his  sons-in-law,  Moses 
Wallace  and  Hugh  Wilson,  were  the  executors.  The  inven- 
tory of  the  estate,  made  by  them  on  the  6th  of  December  fol- 
lowing, give  the  value  of  his  plantation  £1,200,  and  that  of  his 
farming  implements,  etc.,  £340  6s.  6d.,  making  a  total  of  £1,540 
6s.  6d.  Richard  Fulton  married,  in  December,  1744,  Isabel 
McChesney,  or,  as  often  written  in  early  records,  Chesney,  the 
Mc  being  omitted.  She  was  the  daughter  of  William  McChes- 
ney ;  was  born  in  1714,  and  died  April,  1779,  in  Paxtang,  and, 
with  her  husband,  buried  in  the  old  church  grave-yard  there. 
They  had  issue : 

i.   William^  b.  1746;  under  certain  conditions,  his  father  left 
him,  by  his  will,  three  hundred  pounds.     We  have  no 
further  record  of  him. 
a.  Jean,  b.  1748;  d.  May,  1786  ;  m.  Moses  Wallace,  (see  Eobert 
Wallace  record.) 

2.  in.  Bichard,  b.  February  20, 1750;  m.  Mary  Willson. 

3.  iv.  Isabel,  b.  1753;  m.  Hugh  Wilson. 

r.  Grizzle,  b.  1755;  m.  Alexander  AVilson,  (see  Wihonrecorel.) 
vL  Joseph,  b.  1759;  d.  January  28,  1787  ;  m.  January  25, 1780, 

by  Kev.  John  Elder,  Elizabeth  ;   and  they  had 

Michehrd. 

II.  RiCHAKD  Fulton,-  (Richard, i)  b.  February  20,  1750, 
in  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin  county,  Penna. ;  d.  1806 ;  m. 


222  Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 

Maey  Willson,  b.  1760  ;  d.  November  23,  1815  ;  daughter  of 
Hugh  Willson  and  Margaret  McKnight,  and,  with  her  husband, 
interred  in  Paxtang  church-yard.     They  had  issue : 

4,      i.  Isabel^  b.  October  9, 1793;  m.  John  Buffington. 
n.  John-William,  b.  July,  1795. 
'  Hi.  Bichard,  b.  August  4, 1797  ;  d.  February  23, 1851 ;  m.  Mary 
Ann  Boal;  no  issue. 
iv.  Hayes,  b.  October  2, 1799 ;  d.  s.  p. 

V.  Mary- Wilson,  b.  August  26, 1801 ;  m.  James  Kelton,  Esq., 
of  Chester  county,  Penna ;  no  issue. 

Ill  Isabel  Fulton, ^  (Richard,^)  b.  1753,  in  Paxtang  town- 
ship, Lancaster  county,  Pa. ;  d.  1796,  in  Derry  townshp,  Dau- 
phin county.  Pa. ;  m.  April  30,  1772,  by  Rev.  John  Elder, 
Hugh  Wilson,  b.  September  24,  1743 ;  d.  April  20,  1796,  in 
Derry  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  ;  buried  in  Derry  church 
grave-yard.     They  had  issue  (surname  Wilson) : 


7 


i.  Isabel,  b.  March  9, 1773;  m.  Henry  Fulton. 
a.  Jean,  b.  1775;  d.  1823;  m.  William  McTeer,  d.  1801 ;  and 

had  issue  (surname  McTeer)   William,  James,  Alice,  m. 

William  Ross,  and  Jane. 
Hi.  Richard,  b.  1777  ;  d.  January,  1809. 
iv.  Hugh,  b.  April  23, 1780 ;  d.  March  31, 1810 ;  buried  in  Derry 

church  graveyard. 


IV.  Isabel  Fulton,  ^  (Richard,  ^  Richard,  i)  b.  October  9, 
1793,  in  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa. ;  d.  February 
12,  1826,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and  there  buried;  m.  Januarj"  9, 
1816,  by  Rev.  James  Buchanan,  John  Buffington,  b.  1786 ; 
d.  January  23,  1856,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  son  of  Thomas  Buf- 
fington and  Elizabeth,  his  wife.  They  had  issue  (surname  Buf- 
fington) : 

6.  %.  Mary-Hayes,  b.  November  3, 1816;  m.  Dr.  John  H.  Fager. 

7.  ii.  Thomas- Wilson,  b.  December  9, 1819 ;  m.  Elizabeth  Sydney 

Chayne. 

8.  m.  ^h'zaftei/i-S.,  b.  May  21, 1822;  m.  James  Clark. 

9.  iv.  Isabella-Fulton,  b.  November  20, 1824 ;  m.  A.  Fleming  Slay- 

maker. 

Y.  Isabel  Wilson,  ^  (Isabel,  ^  Richard,  i)  b.  March  9, 1773  ; 
d.,  August  1,  1832,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  m.,  1788,  Henry 
Fulton,  b.,  1768,  in  Cecil  county,  Md. ;  d.,  1824,  at  Jefferson- 


Fulton  of  Paxtang.  223 

ville,  Ind. ;  was  related  to  the  first  Kichard  Fultou,  was  a  mer- 
chant, and  resided  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  They  had  issue  (surname 
Fulton;) : 

i.  Jane-Ann^  b.  August  11,  1789;  m.  Neville  B.  Craig,  (see 
Neville  and  Craig.) 
10.     a.  Jefferson- Wilson,  b.  1791 ;  m.  Susan  Thompson. 
Hi.  Hi(gh,h.  1793;  d.  s.  p. 
iv.  Robert-Gait,  (twin,)  b.  1793;  d.,  October  24, 1824,  at  New 

Orleans,  La. 
V.  George-  Washington,  b.  1795 ;  d.,  December  12, 1818,  at  Hen- 
derson, Ky. 

yi.  Maey  HayesBuffington,*  (Isabel,  3  Eichard,^  Eich- 
ard,i)  b.,  November  8,  1816,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;  m.,  March 
29,  1836,  by  Eev.  Mr.  Grerrj,  John  Heney  Fager,  b.,  March 
31,  1806,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;  d.,  August  18,  1872,  in  Harris- 
burg, Pa.,  and  there  buried.  He  received  careful  training  and 
a  good  education ;  read  medicine  with  Dr.  Martin  Luther,  one 
of  the  more  prominent  of  the  early  physicians  at  Harrisburg, 
and  attended  medical  lectures  at  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. In  1829,  he  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at 
Harrisburg,  which  he  continued  until  his  death,  a  period  of 
forty-three  years.  In  1840,  his  attention  being  called  to  ho- 
moeopathy, the  Doctor  commenced  the  stud}^  of  that  theory, 
and  afterwards  adopted  it  in  his  practice.  He  was  quite  a 
successful  physician,  and  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  the  com- 
munity. Apart  from  his  professional  life.  Dr.  Fager  was  a 
valued  citizen.  For  thirty-three  years  he  was  a  member  of  the 
school-board,  during  most  of  which  period  he  was  secretaiy  or 
treasurer ;  for  several  terms  a  member  of  the  borough  council, 
and  for  fifty  years  an  active  worker  in  the  Sunday-school  of 
the  First  Lutheran  Church.  He  had  been  previously  married 
to  Eliza  Jones,  b.  1810,  d.  October  17,  1834,  daughter  of 
James  and  Mary  Jones,  and  had  Albert- J..,  who  served  as  first 
lieutenant  company  B,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-seventh 
Eegiment  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  and  now  an  alderman  of 
the  city  of  Harrisburg.  Mary  Hayes  Buifington  and  John  H, 
Fager  had  issue,  all  b.  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  (surname  Fager) : 

i.  Sarah-UIeckner ;  d.  s.  p. 
ii.  Jolin-Buffington ;  d.  s.  p. 


224  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

Hi.  Charles-Buffington,  b.  1841;  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Harrisburg,  read  medicine  with  his  father, 
graduated  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1864, 
and  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Harris- 
burg ;  was  a  medical  cadet  in  the  United  States  army  in 
1862,  and  contract  assistant  surgeon  in  1864 ;  vaccine 
pliysician  of  Harrisburg,  1866-67,  and  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  Homcepathic  Medical  Society  of  Dauphin  County 
in  1866;  m.,  in  1865,  Susan  A.  Hummel,  daughter  of 
Valentine  Hummel,  of  Harrisburg,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Fager) : 

1.  Valentine-Hummel,  b.  December  17, 1866. 

2.  Cliarles-Buffington,  b.  September  4, 1869. 

3.  John-Henry,  b.  October  26,  1877. 
r.  Ella- Elizabeth. 

.  Bella-Fulton. 
vii.  Annie-Mary. 

viii.  John-Henry,  a  physician,  m.  April  29,  1880,  Alice  West- 
brook,  and  had  issue  (surname  Fager)  : 

1.  Lucy,\).  June  26,  1881. 

2.  Paul,  b.  June  22,  1884. 

VII.  Thomas  Wilson  Buffington,'*  (Isabel,  ^  Eichard,^ 
Eichard,^)  b.  December  9,  1819;  has  been  ticket-agent  for  the 
Philadelphia  and  Eeading  Eailroad  company  at  Harrisburg  for 
a  long  time — where  he  resides;  m.,  October  8,  1843,  by  Eev. 
A.  Atwood,  Elizabeth  Sydney  Chayne.  They  had  issue 
(surname  Buffington) : 

i.  Elizabeth-C hayne,  d.  s.  p. 
ii.  John-Buffington,  d.  s.  p. 
Hi.  Mary-Keltin,  d.  s.  p. 
iv.  Henry -Augustus,  m.  Nettie  Thomas. 

V.   William-Urie. 
vi.  Maria-Mytinger ,  d.  s.  p. 

VIII.  Elizabeth  S.  Buffington,*  (Isabel, ^  Eichard,^ 
Eichard,!)  b.  May  21,  1822;  m.  October  23,  1845,  James 
Clark,  b.  February,  9,  1818,  in  Dauphin  county,  Pa. ;  d.  March 
23,  1851,  in  Huntingdon,  Pa.  He  learned  printing  in  Harris- 
burg with  his  elder  brother,  Samuel  H.  Clark.  In  August, 
1845,  he  removed  to  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  and  became  the  editor 
of  the  Journal^  continuing  as  such  until  his  death.  Governor 
Johnston  appointed  him,  January  11,  1849,  an  aid-de-camp  on 
his  staff,  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant  colonel.     As  a  political 


Fulton  of  Paxtcmg.  225 

journalist,  Mr.   Clark  had  few  equals  in  the  State.     He  left 
issue  (surname  Clark) : 

i.  Isabel-Fulton,  d.  s.  p.' 

ii.  Mary- Martin,  m.  Rev.  J.  Spangler  Kieffer,  a  minister  of  the 
Keformed  Church,  residing  at  Hagerstown,  Md.,  and  had 
issue  (surname  Kieffer)  iLlizabeth-Evffiy-igton ,John- Brain- 
ard,  James-Clark,  Eleanor- Spanqler , Benri- Grandlenard, 
and  Paul. 

Hi.  Sydncy-Biffincjion,  m.  Willism  N.  Knist]y,and  had  issue 
(surname  Knisely)  Elizabeth- Clark. 

(  IX.  Isabella  Fulton  BuFFiNGTOisr,^  (Isabel, ^  Eichard,^ 
Eichard,!)  b.  November  20,  1824;  d.  May  21,  1885,  at  the 
Gap,  Lancaster  county,  Pa.  She  was  a  woman  much  loved 
and  respected,  and  a  consistent  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  at  Bellevne ;  m.  September  5,  1850,  A.  Fleming 
Slaymaker,  b.  March  7,  1823.  They  had  issue  (surname 
Slayinaker) : 

i.  So2jliia-Elizab€th,  b.  June  13, 1851 ;  m.  November  26, 1872, 
Dr.  David  F.  linger,  b.  September  28, 1843,  and  had  issue 
(surname  Unger) : 

1.  John-Buffivgton,  b.  January  19, 1874. 

2.  Frederic-F leaning,  b.  February  14,  1876. 

3.  Henry-SJaymaker ,  b.  November  9, 1877. 

4.  OsimW-T^osephiis,  b.  January  22, 1879. 
o.  Isahel-Fidton,  b.  August  7,  1883. 

ii.  Tho7nas-Buffington,  b.  January  26, 1853 ;  d.  January  13, 1857. 
Hi.   Eebeccei- Cochran,  b.  March  2, 1858. 
iv.  Henry-Fleming,  b.  August  28, 1863. 

X.  Jeffeeson  Wilson  Fulton, ^  (iFabel,^  [Wilson'] 
Isabel,  2  Eichard,!)  b.  1791,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  d.  December 
23,  1826,  in  Allegheny  city,  Pa.  ;  was  twice  married;  m.,  first, 
Susan  Thompson,  of  Jeffersonville,  Ind.,  d.  December  8, 1825. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  Susan- Thom2json,d.  1879;  m.  Augustus  F.  Washington,  of 
Virginia,  and  had  issue  (surname  Washington)  Herbert 
and  Elizabeth. 

Mr.  Fulton  m.,  secondly,  Ann  Decatur  Lee,  of  Maysville, 
Ky.     No  issue. 

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226  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 


GALBRAITH  OF  DONEGAL. 


1.  The  family  of  Galbraitli  is  of  the  remotest  antiquity — 
the  tiame  being  derived  from  the  Celtic.  It  was  in  the  parish 
of  Baldunoch,  county  Stirling,  that  the  Galbraiths  of  Baldu- 
noch,  chiefs  of  the  name,  had  their  residence.  In  Frazer's  sta- 
tistical account  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  Isle  of  Gigha,  the  fol- 
lowing occurs:  "The  majority  of  them  are  of  the  names  of 
Galbraith  and  McNeill,  the  former  reckoned  the  more  ancient. 
The  Galbraitiis  in  the  Gaelic  language  are  called  Breatannieh, 
that  is  Britons,  or  the  children  of  the  Briton,  and  were  once 
reckoned  a  great  name  in  Scotland  according  to  the  following 
lines  translated  from  the  Gaelic : 

"  Galbraiths  from  the  Eed  Tower, 
Noblest  of  Scottish  surnames." 

The  first  of  the  name  of  whom  we  have  any  mention  is 
John  Galbraith i,  who  was  the  father  of  the  following.  He 
probably  died  before  the  emigration  of  his  sons  from  Ireland 
to  America : 

2.  i.  James,  b.  1666;  m.  Kebecca  Chambers. 

n.  John ;  m.  and  left  issue,  but  further  than  tliis  fact  we  have 
no  knowledge.  After  his  arrival  in  America  he  remained 
several  years  in  Philadelphia.  Some  of  his  children  set- 
tled west  of  the  Susquehanna,  in  now  York  or  Adams 
county,  and  their  descendants  emigrated  to  Kentucky. 

II.  James  Galbraith,  ^  son  of  John  Galbraith,  ^  of  Scotch 
parentage,  was  born,  in  1666,  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  from 
whence  he  emigrated  about  the  year  1718,  settling  in  Cones- 
toga  afterwards,  Donegal,  township,  then  Chester  county,  Prov 
ince  of  Penna.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  old  Deny 
church,  a  man  of  prominence,  and  the  head  of  a  remarkable 


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family.  He  died  August  28,  1744,  and  is  buried  in  the  old 
grave-yard  at  Derry.  His  wife  was  Bebecca  Chambees, 
daughter  of  Arthur  Chambers.  Of  his  children,  we  have  the 
following : 

3.      i.  Johti,  b.  1690 •,  m.  Janet . 

,  4.     ii.  Andrew,  b.  1692;  m.  and  left  issue. 
5.    Hi.  James,  b.  1703;  m.  Elizabeth  Bertram. 

iv.  Eleanor,  m.,  February  27,  1735,  Patrick  McKinley,  and 
had  issue,  (surname  McKinley),  John,  Joseph,  and  Janet. 
V.  Isabel,  m.,  October  21, 1735,  Alexaiider^JMcMillaru) 
iv.  Bebecca,  d.  in  1748;  m. Stewarf,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Stewart)  Charles,  Eobert,  William,  Frances,  and 
Margaret. 

III.  John  Galbeaith,^  (James, ^  John,i)  b.  about  1690,  in 
Ireland  ;  d.  October,  1753,  in  Donegal  township,  Lancaster 
county.  Pa. ;  settled  along  Donegal  Meeting- House  run,  about 
one  and  three  fourths  miles  below  his  brother,  Andrew,  in  1718  ; 
was  a  miller  by  trade,  and  built  a  grist  and  saw-mill,  in  1721, 
at  the  run  along  the  "great  road,''  which,  very  likely,  branched 
from  the  Paxtang  and  Conestoga  road  some  miles  east  of  Mount 
Joy,  and  extended  through  the  Scotch-Irish  settlement  to  the 
Conoy  Indian  town;  he  also  kept  an  "ordinary;  "  was  elected 
sheriff  of  the  county  of  Lancaster  in  1731 ;  and  was  a  member 
of  the  first  jury  drawn  in  that  county.  He  married  Janet 
,  b.  about  1693,  and  they  had  issue: 

6.      i.  Robert,  b.  1715;  m.  Rebecca . 

ii.  Elizabeth. 
Hi.  Margaret. 

IV.  Andeew  GrALBEAiTH,3  (James,^  John,i)  b.  about  1692, 
in  the  North  of  Ireland ;  came  to  America  with  his  father,  and 
settled  along  the  run  which  has  its  source  at  Donegal  meeting- 
house, now  Lancaster  county,  Penna.,  in  the  year  1718.  Upon 
the  organization  of  the  county  of  Lancaster,  he  was  appointed 
the  first  coroner,  afterwards,  in  1730,  one  of  the  justices  of  the 
court  of  common  pleas  and  quarter  sessions,  a  position  he  held 
six  years.  In  1732,  he  and  his  neighbor,  George  Stewart,  were 
candidates  for  the  General  Assembly.  At  that  time  none  but 
freeholders  were  allowed  to  vote,  and  the  only  polling  place 


228  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

was  the  town  of  Lancaster,  where  all  voters  were  obliged  to 
go.  Mr.  Galbraith  took  no  active  part  in  the  canvas  himself, 
bnt  his  wife  mounted  her  favorite  mare,  Nelly,  and  rode  out 
through  the  Scotch-Irish  settlement,  and  persuaded  them  to  go 
with  her  to  the  county  town.  She  appeared  at  the  court-house 
leading  a  procession  of  mounted  men,  whom  she  halted  and  ad- 
dressed. The  effect  was  that  her  husband  was  triumphantly 
elected.  After  his  first  election  he  seems  to  have  had  no  op- 
position. He  took  out  a  patent  for  two  hundred  and  twelve  and 
one  half  acres.  May  2,  1737;  and  was  one  of  the  first  ruling 
elders  of  old  Donegal  church  ;  appointed  a  justice  of  the  peace 
in  1730,  a  position  he  held  until  1747,  when  he  removed  west 
of  the  Susquehanna;  he  served  several  years  in  the  Provincial 
Assembly,  and  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  of  the  pioneer 
settlers — a  safe  and  trustworthy  offi.cer.  After  the  year  1746, 
when  he  disposed  of  his  farm,  very  little  is  of  record  concern- 
ing him.     Of  his  children,  we  have  only  the  following : 

i.  John^  b.  1717;  m.  Jennett  McCullough. 
a.  Arthur;  on  the  22d  of  September,  1766,  took  up  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  acres  of  land  on  Shaver's  creek. 
Hi.  Bohert,  d.  prior  to  1768;  m.  and  left  Ann,  aged  sixteen 
years. 

Y.  James  Galbraith,^  (James,  ^  John,)i  b.,  1703,  in  the 
north  of  Ireland;  d.,  June  11,  1786,  in  East  Pennsboro'  twp., 
Cumberland  co.,  Penna.;  buried  in  Derry  Church  grave-yard; 
he  took  up  a  tract  in  now  Derry  township,  Dauphin  county,  on 
Spring  creek  not  far  from  the  church  glebe,  the  warrant  therefor 
being  granted  him  the  13th  of  March,  1737;  he  became  a  man 
of  note  on  the  frontiers,  and  the  early  provincial  records  of 
Pennsylvania  contain  frequent  reference  to  him;  was  elected 
sheriff  of  the  county  in  October,  1742 ;  for  many  years  was 
one  of  the  justices  for  the  count}^  of  Lancaster,  and  served  as 
an  officer  during  the  Indian  wars  of  1755-1763;  towards  the 
revolutionary  period  he  removed  to  Cumberland  county.  He 
married,  April  6,  1734,  in  Chrifet  church,  Philadelphia,  Eliz- 
abeth-Bertram,  b.,1714,  in  the  north  of  Ireland;  d.,  Febru- 
ary 2,  1799,'  in  Derry  township,  Dauphin  county,  Penna.,  the 


G 'libra ith  of  Donegal  1%) 

daughter  of  Rsv.  William  Bertram ;  *  she  was  a  woman  of  rare 
acomplishments  and  excellence.     The}^  had  issue: 

%.   Willinm,  b.  1736 ;  nothing  further  is  known  of  him. 

8.  ii.  Bertram,  b.  September  2i,  1738;  m.,  first,  Ann  Scott;  sec- 

ondly, Henrietta  Huling. 
Hi.  Bobert,  h.  17 iO;  d.  January  1804,  in  Huntingdon  county. 

Pa.;  was  commissioned  president  judge  of  the  county, 

November  23, 1787. 
iv.  Dorcas,  b.  1742;  m.  John  Buchanan. 
V.  Elizabeth,  b.  1744;  m.  Clarence  Torrance. 
vi.  Thomas,  b.  1746. 

9.  vii.  John,  b.  1748;  m.  and  had  issue. 
10.  via.  Andrew,  b.  1750  ;  m.  Barbara  Kyle. 

*  William  Bertram  was  born,  February  2, 1674,  in  the  city  of 
Edinburg,  Scotland.  He  received  his  education  in  the  university  of 
his  native  place,  studied  for  the  ministry,  and  was  licensed  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Bangor,  Ireland,  who  gave  him  "ample  testimonials  of 
his  ordination,  ministerial  qualifications,  and  regular  Christian  con- 
versation." He  married,  about  1706,  Elizabeth  Gillespie,  and  their 
children  were  John  and  Elizabeth.  During  one  of  those  periodical 
political  excitements  in  the  British  Isles,  the  son  disappeared,  and 
his  parents,  under  the  impression  he  had  come  to  America,  determ- 
ined, if  possible,  to  ascertain  his  whereabouts,  and  came  to  Pennsyl- 
vania about  the  year  1730.  Failing  in  their  search  they  decided  to  re- 
main in  this  country,  and  the  following  year  we  find  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Bertram  unanimously  received  by  Donegal  Presbytery,  which  he 
joined.  At  the  same  time  George  Renick  presented  him  an  invitation 
to  settle  at  Paxtang  and  Derry,  which  he  accepted.  He  was  installed 
November  17, 1732,  at  the  meeting-house  on  Swatara.  The  congre- 
gations then  appointed  representatives,  who  executed  to  Bertram  the 
right  and  title  to  the  "Indian  town  tract,"  situated  in  Hanover 
township,  on  the  north  side  of  the  Swatara,  containing  three  hundred 
and  fifty  acres.  On  the  settlement  of  Rev.  Bertram  the  congregation 
in  Swatara  took  the  name  of  Derry,  and  the  upper  congregation,  on 
Spring  Creek,  was  styled  Paxtang.  In  1735,  Mr.  Bertram  complained 
of  the  "intolerable  burden"  he  was  under  with  the  two  congregations, 
and  September  13, 1736,  he  was  released' from  tiie  care  of  Paxtang. 
The  Rev.  William  Bertram  died  on  the  2d  of  May,  1746,  aged  seventy- 
two,  and  his  remains  are  interred  in  Derry  Church  grave-yard,  his 
wife  dying  prior  thereto.  He  was  a  faithful  minister  of  the  Gospel. 
It  may  be  stated  that,  thi-ough  his  marriage  with  Miss  Gillespie,  his 
descendants  became  heirs  to  a  handsome  estate  in  Edinburgh.  Ef- 
forts were  made  to  secure  this,  but  the  difficulties  inherent  upon 
proving  descent,  we  presume,  have  been  the  means  of  keeping  the 
rightful  parties  from  enjoying  this  patrimony. 


230  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

VI.  Robert  Galbraith,'^  (John,^  James,  ^  John,^)  b.  about 
1715,  in  the  north  of  Ireland;  d.  March  8,  1748,  in  Donegal 

township,  Lancaster  county,   Penn'a. ;    m.   Rebecca  . 

The  J  had  issue : 

11.  i.  John,  b.  1739;  m.  Mary  McCormick. 

12.  ii    Behecca,  b.  1742;  m.  Ephraim  Blaine. 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Gralbraith,  subsequently  married  Captain  John 
Byers,  son  of  David  Byers  of  Donegal ;  who  afterwards  remov- 
ed to  Cumberland  county,  Penn'a. ;  he  was  an  officer  in  the 
French  and  Indian  wars,  and  a  man  of  prominence  in  provincial 
days. 

YII.  John"  Calbraith,*  (Andrew,  ^  James,  ^  John,i)  b. 
about  1717,  in  Donegal  township,  Lancaster  county  Pa. ;  d. 
January  20,  1757,  in  Cumberland  county,  Penn'a.,  and  was 
buried  in  Silvers  Spring  church-yard ;  m.  A|)ril  23,  1742,  Jen- 
NETT  McCuLLOUGH.     They  had  issue : 

13.  i.  James,  b.  1743;  m.  Martha  McClellan. 
ii.  Jennett,  b  1745. 

m.  Sarah,  b.  1747. 

14.  iv.  Robert,  b.  1748;  m.  Mary . 

YIII.  Bertram  G-albraith,^  (James,  ^  James,  ^  John,i) 
b.,  September  24,  1738,  in  Deny  township,  Lancaster,  now 
Dauphin,  county,  Penna. ;  d.,  March  9,  1804,  in  Cumberland 
county,  Penna.,  while  on  a  visit  to  his  brother,  Andrew.  He 
received  the  best  education  the  schools  of  that  day  afforded, 
and  studied  surveying,  a  profession  he  followed  many  years. 
During  the  French  and  Indian  wars,  Colonel  Galbraith  served 
as  an  officer  in  a  company  of  rangers  formed  for  the  protection 
of  the  frontiers.  From  1760  to  1775,  acting  in  his  professional 
capacity,  he  surveyed  the  greater  portion  of  the  lands  located 
in  the  present  counties  of  Dauphin,  Perry,  and  Juniata.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  provincial  convention  of  January  23, 
1775 ;  delegate  to  the  provincial  conference  of  June  18,  1776, 
and  member  of  the  Constitutional  convention  of  July  15,  1776. 
During  that  year  was  elected  colonel  of  one  of  the  Lancaster 
battalions  of  associators,  and  on  duty  in  the  Jerseys  during 
the  greater  portion  of  that  year,  serving  also  as  a  member  of 


Oalbraith  of  Donegal.  231 

the  Assembly  1776-1777.  On  June  3,  1777,  he  was  appointed 
county  lieutenant ;  November  8,  one  of  the  commissioners  to 
collect  clothing  for  the  army ;  and  December  16,  appointed  by 
the  Assembly  to  take  subscriptions  for  the  continental  loan. 
He  acted  as  one  of  the  commissioners  which  met  at  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  November  22,  1777,  to  regulate  the  prices  of  commodi- 
ties in  the  States.  After  four  years  of  excessive  and  exhaustive 
labor,  Colonel  Galbraith  was  compelled  to  resign  the  office  of 
county  lieutenant,  but  remained  in  service  as  an  officer  of  the 
militia  until  the  restoration  of  peace.  In  1789,  he  was  ap- 
pointed one  of  the  commissioners  to  view  the  Juniata  and  Sus- 
quehanna, and  mark  the  places  where  locks  or  canals  were 
necessary  to  render  these  streams  navigable.  He  was  ap- 
pointed deputy  surveyor  November  4,  1791,  and,  while  acting 
as  such,  took  up  large  tracts  in  Lykens  Yalley,  but,  dying  be- 
fore patents  were  issued  to  him,  his  heirs  lost  them  all  in  the 
numberless  litigations  which  ensued.  Colonel  Gralbraith  was 
twice  married;  m.  first,  March  30,  1759,  Ann  Scott,  b.  De- 
cember 26,  1741 ;  d.  June  29,  1793  ;  daughter  of  Josiah  Scott, 
of  Donegal.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Josiah;  m.  and  had  two  sons,  one  of  whom,  5erirom,  m. 
his  cousin,  Mary,  and  settled  in  Milton,  Pa. ;  they  also 
had  two  sons;  Josiah 's  family,  except  Bertram's  son, 
William,  went  to  the  West  at  an  early  day,  and  there  is 
no  record  of  any,  save  that  the  younger  son  was  engaged 
in  the  Indian  war  in  Minnesota  in  1862. 

a.  Samuel- Scott;  studied  medicine ;  assisted  in  laying  out  the 
town  of  Bainbridge  ;  was  twice  married ;  first  wife, 
Margaret,  b.  1772,  d.  April  29,  1801 ;  second  wife,  Juliet, 
b.  1774;  d.  April  1, 1813;  he  had  two  sons,  Dr.  Bertram 
and  James ;  the  former  married,  first,  a  Miss  Reigart,  of 
Lancaster,  and  secondly,  Miss  Lehman,  of  the  same 
place,  who,  after  the  Doctor's  death, ^became  the  wife  of 
Colonel  James  Cameron.  (>  ^       : 

Hi.  Elizabeth;  d.  near  Washington  village, Lancaster  county. 

Pa. ;  m.  Dr.  Leckey  Murray,  of  Lancaster,  Pa. 
iv.  Mary;  d.  s.  p. 

V.  Henrietta;  d.  prior  to  1804;  m.  David  Cook,  and  had  issue 
(surname  Cook)  Bertram.,  d.  s.  p.,  and  Mary -Ann.,  m. 
Henry  Carpenter,  who  left  issue  (surname  Carpenter) 
James-Cook,  Dr.  Henry,  Maria-Louisa,  and  Isaac-A. 


232  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

vi.  Jean,  b.  1772;  d.  January  13,  1842;  m.  David  Elder,  [see 

Elder  record.) 
vii.  Ann;  m.  Thomas  Bayley,  b.  January  6, 1762;  d.  February 

9,  1807 ;  son  of  John  Bayley,  of  Donegal ;  no  issue. 
via.  James;  m.,  April    6,  1810,  liosetta  Work,  daughter  of 

Joseph  Work,  of  Donegal:  they  lived  on  the  island  in 

the  Susquehanna,  opposite  the  village  of  Bainbridge ; 

there  was  issue  : 

1.  Sarah-Worh ;  d.  unra. 

2.  Julia;  d.  unm. 

3.  Mary;  m.  her  cousin,  Bertram  Galbraith,   of 

Milton,  Pa. 

4.  Annetta;  m.  a  physician  ;  no  issue. 

5.  Work,  went  to  Ohio  when  a  lad,  and  d.  there  at 

the  age  of  twenty-one. 
ix.   William-Bertram,  b.  October  19,  1779;   d.  November  24, 
1835;  m,  Sarah  Hays,  b.  December  11,1774;  d.  July  11, 
1839 ;  daughter  of  John  and  Eleanor  Hays. 

Colonel  Galbraith  m.,  secondly,  February  15,  1798,  Henri- 
etta HuLlNG,  of  Isle  Ben  venue.     They  had  issue : 

X.  Sarah,  m.  Samuel  Morris,  of  Philadelphia,  and  they  had 
issue  (surname  Morris) :  Henrietta,  Elizabeth,  Sarah, 
Samuel,  and  Bichard. 

15.  xi.  Bertram-Gillespie,  b.  May  9, 1804;  m.  Eliza  Eager  Bell. 

After  Colonel  Gralbraith's  death,  his  widow  married  George 
Green,  of  Easton,  Penna.,  and  they  had  issue  (wsurname  Green) : 
Charles,  d.  unm. ;  George,  of  Princeton,  N.  J.,  and  Henrietta, 
of  Easton,  Pa. 

IX.  John"  Galbraith,*  (James, ^  James, ^  John,^)  b.  about 
1748  ;  served  in  the  war  of  the  Eevolution  ;  was  taken  prisoner 
at  the  battle  of  Long  Island,  and  suffered  great  hardships  while 
in  captivity;  after  the  close  of  the  war,  he  resided  some  time 
in  Huntingdon  county,  from  whence  he  removed  to  Butler 
county.  Pa.,  about  1798,  and  where  he  remained  until  his  death. 
Of  his  children,  we  have  the  following : 

i.  Alexander,  m.  and  left  issue  in  Butler  county.  Pa. 
ii.  James;  became  a  physician  of  prominence. 

16.  m.  Jy/iH,  b.  1794;  m.  Amy  Ayres. 

X.  Andrevs^  Galbraith,'*  (James,^  James, ^  John,i)  b. 
about   1750,   in   Derry  township,   Lancaster  county.   Pa. ;    d. 


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March.  1806,  in  East  Pennsboro'  township,  Cumberland  county, 
Pa. ;  m.  in  1780,  Barbara  Kyle,  b.  in  Donegal  township, 
Lancaster  county.  Pa. ;  daughter  of  John  Kyle.  They  had 
issue : 

i.  Jean,  b.  1781 ;  m.  Matthew  Miller,  and  had  (sui-name  Mil- 
ler) Andrew-Galbraith. 
ii.  Elizabeth,  b.  1784.  ^ 

17.  Hi.  Julianna,  b.  1786;  m.  AVilliam  McITeill  Irvine. 

iv.  Mary,  [Molly,]  b.  1789  ;  m.  February  13, 1810,  Micliael  Ege. 

18.  V.  Sarah  [Sally]  TT.,  b.  January  25,  1791 ;  m.  John  Bannister 

Gibson. 
vi.  Barhara,  b.  1793. 
vii.  Dorccts,  b.  1795. 
via.  J\ra7ick,  [Agnes,]  b.  1797. 

XI.  John  G-albraith,^  (Robert,^  John,^  James, ^  John,i) 
b.  about  1739,  in  Donegal  township,  Lancaster  county,  Penna. ; 
d.  prior  to  1803,  in  East  Pennsboro'  township,  Cumberland 
county,  Penn'a ;  served  in  the  EevolutionaRy  war,  and  was 
taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  Long  IslaitdT;  m.  Mary  MeCeft-  y>l< 
MICK.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Thomas, 
ii.  James- Mc Cor mick. 
Hi.  John,  m.  and  left  issue. 
iv.  Elizabeth,  m.  Patrick  Hays. 

V.  Dorcas. 

19.  vi.   Robert,  xn.  and  left  issue. 
vii.  Arjnes. 

via.  Mary, 
ix.   William  Bertram. 

XII.  Rebecca  GrALBRAiTH,^  (Robert, ^  John,^  James,  ^ 
John,i)  b.  1747,  in  Donegal  township,  Lancaster  county.  Pa. ; 
d.  about  1780,  in  Middleton  township,  Cumberland  county.  Pa. ; 
m.  June  26,  1765,  Ephraim  Blaine,  b.  May  26,  1711,  in  the 
north  of  Ireland;  d.  February  16, 1804,  in  Middleton  township, 
Cumberland  county.  Pa. ;  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  Blaine. 
The  elder  Blaine,  born  of  Scotch  ancestry,  came  with  his  fam- 
ily from  the  north  of  Ireland,  in  the  vicinity  of  Londonderry, 
to  America  prior  to  1745,  and  settled  in  Toboyne  township, 
Cumberland  county.  Pa.  He  took  up  a  large  tract  of  land  on  the 
south  side  of  the  Juniata  river,  as  did  each  of  his  children  a 


234  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

few  years  later.  He  became  an  influential  man  on  the  then 
frontiers  of  the  Province,  and  was  quite  prominent  in  affairs 
during  the  French  and  Indian  wars,  as  well  towards  the  close 
of  his  life  in  the  struggle  for  independence.  He  died  at  his 
residence  in  Toboyne  township,  in  July,  1792,  well  advanced 
in  years,  leaving  a  wife,  EHzabeth,  and  nine  children.  The 
eldest  of  these  was  Ephraim,  who  received  a  classical  educa- 
tion at  the  school  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Alison,  in  Chester  county, 
and  was  recommended  by  him  for  an  ensigncy  in  the  provin- 
cial service  as  being  "a  gentleman  of  good  family."  He  was 
appointed  commissary  sergeant,  and,  during  the  Bouquet  expe- 
dition to  the  westward  in  1763,  was  connected  with  the  Second 
Provincial  regiment.  From  1771  to  1773,  he  served  as  sheriff 
of  Cumberland  county.  At  the  outset  of  the  revolutionary 
struggle,  he  entered  heartily  into  the  contest,  and  assisted  in 
raising  a  battalion  of  Associators,  of  which  he  was  commissioned 
lieutenant  colonel,  holding  the  position  until  his  appointment, 
by  the  Supreme  Executive  Council,  as  county  lieutenant  of 
Cumberland,  April  5,  1777.  This  office  he  resigned  in  August 
following,  when  he  entered  the  commissary  department  in  the 
continental  establishment.  He  was  commissioned  commissary 
general  of  purchases,  February  19, 1778,  a  position  he  held  over 
three  years,  including  one  of  the  most  trying  periods  of  the 
war — the  cantonment  at  Yalley  Forge.  He  was  a  man  of  large 
fortune,  and  the  record  shows  that,  during  that  long  and  severe 
winter,  with  the  aid  of  personal  friends,  he  made  an  advance 
of  $600,000  for  the  use  of  the  patriot  army.  Millions  of  dol- 
lars passed  through  his  hands  without  a  suspicion  of  his  purity 
and  disinterestedness.  Owing  to  his  personal  sacrifices,  how- 
ever. Col.  Blaine's  estate  became  impaired,  although  his 
fortune  remained  ample.  While  in  the  service,  he  enjoyed  the 
confidence  of  Washington  and  his  fellow  officers.  It  was  at 
his  home  that  the  first  president  remained  during  his  week's 
stay  at  Carlisle  when  on  the  so-called  Whisky  Insurrection  of 
1794.  Subsequently,  Col.  Blaine  retired  to  his  farm  in  Middle- 
ton  township,  Cumberland  county,  where  he  closed  his  emi- 
nently patriotic  and  honorable  career  in  his  sixty-third  year.  He 
was  twice  married — his  second  wife  being  Sarah  E.  Duncan; 


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widow  of  John  Duncan,  of  Carlisle,  and  daughter  of  Col.  Samuel 
Postlethwaite,  and  they  had  one  son,  Ephraim^  who  d.  s.  p.  Bj 
first  wife,  Eebecca  Galbraith,  there  was  issue  six  children,  of 
whom  we  have  only  the  following  (surname  Blaine) : 

i.  James,  d.  1832;  m.,  first,  Jean ;  secondly,  Margaret 

Lyon,  (see  Lyon  record.) 
ii.  Bohert,  d.  January,  1826;  m.  Anna  Susanna  Metzgar,  and 
there  was  issue  (surname  Blaine) : 

1.  Rebecca,  m.  Rev.  Jeremiah  Chamberlain,  D.  D. 

2.  Anna- Susanna,  ra.  Samuel  Alexander. 

3.  Ephraim-Metzgar. 

4.  JLleanor,  b.  1789;  d.  January  9,  1839;  m.,  first, 

Dr.  Levi  Wheaton,  b.  September  6,  1796;  d. 
September  24,  1824,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Wheaton):  Ellen-Blaine,  d.  s.  p.,  and  Mary- 
Blaine,  d.  s.  p.;  m.,  secondly,  John  Hays,  b. 
1794;  d.  April,  29,  1854,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Hays) :  Bohert,  d.  s.  p.,  John,  m.  Jenny 
Smead,  and  Mary-Blaine,  m. Richard  Mulligan. 

5.  Mary. 

6.  James,  d.  s.  p. 

Hi.  David,  d.  December,  1804;  m.  Isabella  Hill,  and  they  had 
issue,  among  others  (surname  Blaine) : 

1.  Bohert,  m.  and  liad  John,  David,  and  William. 

2.  .JEjjhraim. 

XIII.  James  G-albraith,^  (John,-*  Andrew, ^  James, ^ 
John,i)  b.  about  1741 ;  d.  prior  to  1790  ;  was  a  soldier  of  the 
PeDnsylvania  Line  in  the  Revolution;  in  1783,  resided  in 
"  Washington  borough,  near  Carhsle ;  "  m.  Martha  McClel- 
LAN,  daughter  of  John  McClellan,*  of  Donegal.  They  had 
issue : 

i.  John, 
ii.  Behecca,  m.  July  18, 1793,  David  Herron. 

XIV.  Robert  Galbraith,^  (John,*  Andrew, ^  James, ^ 
John.i)  b.  about  1748,  in  Cumberland  county,  Penna.  d.  in 

*J0HN  McClellan  had  sons,  William-Georqe,  d.  a  prisoner  of 
war  in  New  York,  Colonel  James,  d.  at  Mercersburg,  and  Dr.  John, 
d.  at  Greencastle.  His  daughters  were  Martha,  m.  James  Galbraith, 
and  others,  who  married,  respectively,  John  Holliday,  William  Holli- 
day.  Captain  John  Blair,  of  Blair  county,  and  Samuel  Culbertson, 
Mr.  McDowell,  and  Mr.  Ramsey,  of  Franklin  county,  Penna. 


236  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

1795,  in  Allen  township,  Cumberland  county,  Pa.  ;  m.  Mary 
.     They  had  issue : 

i.  J^ancy,  [Agnes,]  m.  James  Pollock. 
n.  Elizabeth,  m.  Benjamin  Hunt. 
Hi,  Mary,  m.  William  Wray 
iv.  James. 

V.  Jane,  m.  Joseph ^V^il^i^i^s 
vi.  Eohert,h.  1782. 
vii.  John,  b.  1784. 

XV.  Bertram  Gillespie  Galbraith,^  (Bertram,'^  James, ^ 
James, 2  John,!)  b.,  May  9,  1804,  at  Bainbridge,  Lancaster 
county,  Pa.;  d.  April  80,  1848,  at  Bainbridge;  m.  February 
23,  1832,  Eliza  Fager  Bell,  the  youngest  daughter  of  John 
Bell  and  Elizabeth  Clouser,  of  Middle  Paxtang  township, 
Dauphin  county,  Pa.  John  Bell  was  the  only  child  of  William 
Bell  and  his  wife,  Catharine  Park,  of  Scotch-Irish  birth,  and 
who  came  to  America  on  the  same  vessel  which  conveyed  John 
and  Charles  Wesley,  the  founders  of  Methodism.  Mrs.  Gal- 
braith,  for  a  period  of  twenty  3' ears,  was  postmistress  at  Bain- 
bridge, resigning  only  by  reason  of  her  advanced  years;  being 
left  a  widow  with  a  large  family,  she  felt  the  necessity  of 
bringing  into  action  all  her  energies  and  business  qualifications 
to  the  better  support  of  her  children.  All  her  six  sons  were 
in  the  civil  war  and  did  faithful  service.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gal- 
braith  had  issue : 

i.  William-Bell,  b.  October  15, 1833,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  m. 
Elizabeth  Lane,  of  Mount  Joy,  Pa.,  and  had  Frank-Lane ; 
resides  in  Havana,  111. 

ii.  James- Carpenter,  b.  July  9,  1835,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  d. 

July  18,  1872,  unm.,  in  Bainbridge,  Pa. 
Hi.  John-Fager,  b.  July  23,  1837,in  Bainbridge,  Pa.;  m.  Henri- 
etta Hoff,  of  Bainbridge,  and  had  Eliza,  Laura,  William, 
Catharine,  John,^  d.  s.  p.,  Henry,  Bohert,  and  John';  re- 
sides in  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

iv.  Jefferson-Green,  b.  July  28, 1839,  in  Marietta,  Pa. ;  m.  Mary 
Filbert,  of  Bainbridge,  Pa.,  and  had  Emily,  Charles, 
Mary,d.  s.  p.,  Wildey,d.  s.  p.,  and  Annie- Filbert ;  re- 
sides in  Philadelphia. 

V.  FranUin-Grush,  b.  March  7,  1842,  in  Marietta,  Pa. ;  m. 
Annie N.  Meyer,  of  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  (deceased,)  and  had 
Nettie- Elizabeth  and  Annie-Meyer,  d.  s.  p. ;  resides  in 
Bainbridge,  Pa. 


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vi.  Bertram-Gillespie^  b.  September  7, 1845,  in  Bainbridge,  Fa. ; 
m.  Miriam  Keese,  of  Mount  Joy,  Pa.,  and  had  Miriam., 
Helen.,  and  Aurelia\  resides  in  Wrightsville,  Pa. 

XVI.  John  GtALBEAITHj^  (Jolin,^  James, ^  James, ^  John,i) 
b.  1794,  in  Huntingdon  county,  Penna. ;  d.  June  15,  1860,  in 
Erie,  Pa.  His  father  removing  to  Butler  county,  Penna.,  to- 
wards the  close  of  the  century,  he  was  brought  up  on  the  farm^ 
When  a  young  man  he  commenced  teaching  school,  and  later 
on  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Gen.  William  Ayres 
of  Butler,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
three.  He  shortly  after  removed  to  Franklin,  Yenango  county, 
Penn'a,  where  he  rose  rapidly  both  in  his  profession  and  in 
popular  esteem.  His  first  official  position  was  as  a  member  of 
Assembly,  to  which  he  was  elected  three  times.  He  was  elected 
to  Congress  as  a  democrat  in  1832,  1831:,  and  1838.  In  1837 
he  removed  to  Erie,  where  he  resided  until  his  death.  On  retir- 
ing from  Congress  in  1840,  he  practiced  law  until  the  fall  of  1851, 
when  he  was  elected  president  judge  for  Erie,  Crawford,  and  War- 
ren counties.  His  death  occurred  before  the  expiration  of  his  term 
of  office.  Judge  Galbraith  was  one  of  the  foremost  men  in  pro- 
moting the  various  public  enterprises  that  gave  the  first  strong  im- 
pulse to  Erie  county.  He  was  the  pioneer  in  projecting  the  rail- 
road from  Erie  to  the  Ohio  State  line,  and  aided  greatly  in  reviving 
the  long  dormant  proposed  railroad  from  Erie  to  Sunbury,  now 
the  Philadelpia  and  Erie  railroad.  One  of  his  favorite  ideas, 
the  establishment  of  a  prison  for  youthful  offenders  exclusively, 
has  been  adopted  by  the  State  in  the  institution  at  Huntingdon 
and  elsewhere.  Judge  Galbraith,  married  in  May,  1822,  Amy 
Ayees,  daughter  of  Kev.  Robert  Ayres  an  Episcopalian  min- 
ister, long  a  resident  of  Brownsville,  Fayette  county.  Pa.,  and 
a  brother  of  Gen.  William  Ayres.  Mrs.  Galbraith  died  March 
2,  1868,  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia.     They  had  issue : 

20.      i.  William- Ayres,  b.  May  9, 1823;  m.  Fanny  Davenport. 

a.  Elizabeth- Ann,  m.  William  S.  Lane,  of  Erie,  now  a  prac- 
ticing lawyer  of  Plailadelpliia. 

XYII.  JuliannaGalbeaith, 5  (Andrew,*  James, 3  James, 2 
John,  ^ )  b.  about  1786,  in  Cumberland  county,  Pa. ;  d.  Janu- 
ary 13,  1862,  in  Philadelphia,  at  the  residence  of  her  son  Wil- 


238  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

liam  Callender  Irvine ;  buried  m  Laurel  Hill  cemetery ;  m. 
July  26,  1808,  William  McNeill  Irvine,  b.  about  1778,  in 
Carlisle,  Pa.  ;  d.  September  25,  1854,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and 
there  buried.  He  was  the  second  son  of  Gen.  William  Irvine, 
of  the  Revolution,  and  Anne  Callender,  daughter  of  Capt. 
Robert  Callender,  of  Middlesex,  Cumberland  county,  Pa.  He 
was  educated  at  Dickinson  College,  where  he  graduated;  sub- 
sequently studied  law  with  Judge  Thomas  Duncan,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  Cumberland  county  bar  in  1702.  He  after- 
wards located  at  Harrisburg,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Dauphin 
county  bar  at  an  adjourned  court  March,  1807.  He  entered 
the  United  States  army  as  captain  May  8,  1808,  in  the  regiment 
of  light  artillery,  and  was  stationed  several  years  at  New  Or- 
leans. He  left  the  army,  by  resignation,  about  1811  or  1812, 
and  resumed  the  practice  of  law  at  Sunbury.  In  July,  1813, 
he  was  acting  Adjutant  General  of  Pennsylvania,  which  duties 
he  performed  until  his  appointment  by  the  President  of  the 
United  States  as  colonel  of  the  Forty-second  regiment  United 
States  infantry,  August  4,  1813.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he 
resigned,  and  located  at  Harrisburg,  and  was  appointed  deputy 
attorney  general  for  the  counties  of  Dauphin  and  Northumber- 
land ;  subsequently  commissioned  by  Gov.  Snyder,  Septem- 
ber 14,  1815,  escheator  general  of  the  State,  which  position  he 
filled  until  the  abolishment  of  the  office.  From  1819  to  1821 
he  was  Adjutant  General  of  Pennsylvania,  and  had  previously, 
1818-19,  represented  the  county  of  Dauphin  in  the  State  Leg- 
islature, and  to  him  is  due  the  credit  for  originating  the  bill  au- 
thorizing and  directing  the  erection  of  the  capitol  building  at 
Harrisburg.  From  about  the  year  1826  to  1850,  he  resided 
at  Gettysburg.  In  1847,  Gov.  Shunk  appointed  him  law  judge 
for  the  York  and  Adams  district  on  the  expiration  of  Judge 
Durkee's  term,  but  he  resigned  shortly  after,  owing  to  some 
difficulty  with  the  members  of  the  bar  and  efforts  made  to  im- 
peach him.  Col.  Irvine  was  a  brilliant  pleader,  but  not  a  law- 
yer, and  hence  his  failure  in  the  judicial  station  to  which  he 
had  been  elevated.  He  returned  to  Harrisburg,  where  he  re- 
sumed the  practice  of  the  law  for  awhile,  and  subsequently 
died  there.     He  was  an  excellent  military  officer,  a  gentleman 


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of  fine  personal  appearance,  tall  and  commanding,  of  good 
conversational  powers,  a  delightful  companion,  and  for  a  period 
of  thirty  years  was  quite  prominent  and  influential  in  public 
affairs.     They  left  issue  (surname  Irvine) : 

i.  Andrew-Galbraith,  a  physician  of  prominence  in  Warren 

county,  Pa.,  and  died  a  few  years  since. 
a.   William-Callender,  formerly  in  the  quartermaster's  depart- 
ment, United  States  Army;  now  residing  in  Philadel- 
phia. 

XYIII.  Sarah  W.  GrALBRAiTH,^  (Andrew,  ^  James,  ^  James,  ^ 
Eobert,!)  b.  January  25,  1791;  d.  May  2,  1853,  in  Carlisle, 
Pa. ;  m.  in  1810,  John  Bannister  Gibson,  b.  November  8, 
1780,  in  Shearman's  Yalley,  now  Perry  county.  Pa. ;  d.  May 
2,  1853,  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia ;  buried  in  Carlisle,  Pa. 
He  was  of  Scotch-Irish  descent,  and  the  son  of  Colonel  Greorge 
Gibson,  who  fell  in  the  defeat  of  St.  Clair,  on  the  4th  of  Nov- 
ember, 1791.  He  entered  Dickinson  College,  graduated  there- 
from, and  entered  the  law  office  of  his  kinsman,  Thomas  Dun- 
can. He  was  admitted  to  the  Cumberland  county  bar  at  the 
March  term,  1803.  In  1810,  be  was  elected  to  the  Pennsylva- 
nia Legislature,  and  in  1812,  appointed  president  judge  for  the 
Eleventh  judicial  district,  composed  of  the  counties  of  Tioga, 
Bradford,  Susquehanna,  and  Luzerne.  Upon  the  death  of 
Judge  Brackenridge,  in  1816,  Governor  Snyder  appointed 
Judge  Gibson  associate  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Penn- 
sylvania. Under  the  act  of  Assembly  of  April  8, 1826,  the  num- 
ber of  Supreme  Court  judges  was  increased  from  three  to  five. 
The  year  following.  Chief  Justice  Tilghman  died,  when  Judge 
Gibson  succeeded  him.  In  1838,  at  the  date  of  the  adoption  of 
the  then  new  Constitution  of  the  State,  he  resigned  his  office,  but 
was  immediately  re-appointed  by  Governor  Eitner.  In  1851, 
when  the  judiciary  became  elective,  his  seat  became  vacant. 
He,  however,  was  reelected  an  associate  justice,  and  discharged 
the  high  functions  of  that  office  until  his  death.  No  greater 
enconium  can  be  passed  upon  him  than  is  inscribed  upon  the 
marble  shaft  which  marks  the  place  of  his  repose — from  the 
pen  of  that  late  eminent  jurist.  Jeremiah  S.  Black.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Gibson  had  issue  (surname  Gibson) : 


240  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

i.  Margaretta,  m.  Col.  Cliarles  McClure,  and  left  issue, 
n.  Annie^  m.  Milnor  Roberts,  civil  engineer,  and  left  issue, 
m,  Sarah,  m.  liichard  Anderson,  U.  S.  army,  and  had  issue. 
iv.  John-Bannister,  d.  unm. 
V.  George,  U.  S.  A. ;  m.  Fannie  Hunt. 

XIX.  Robert    Galbraith,^    (John,^    Robert,^    Jolan,^ 
James, 3  Robert, i)  d.  March,  1787.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Samuel,  m.  Feb.  27, 1789,  Mary  Decker. 
ii.  James. 
Hi.  John, 
iv.  William. 

V.  Elizabeth, 
vi.  Mary. 

XX.  William  Ayres Galbraith, ^  (John, ^  John,*  James, ^ 
James, 2  Robert, ^)  b.  May  9,  1823,  in  Franklin  county.  Pa.. 
He  was  educated  at  Allegheny  College,  Meadville,  and  at  the 
academy  in  Erie,  upon  his  father's  removal  to  that  town  in 
1837 ;  studied  law  with  his  father,  being  admitted  to  the  bar 
May  9,  1844,  on  his  twenty-first  birthday.  In  September  of 
the  same  year  he  entered  Dane  Law  School,  Harvard  Univer- 
sity, of  which  Judge  Joseph  Story  and  Prof.  Simon  Greenleaf 
were  the  instructors,  and  there  graduated  in  1845.  Returning 
to  Erie,  he  began  the  practice  of  the  law.  In  1846  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  Judge  Kane,  then  Attorney  General  of  the  State, 
Deputy  Attorney  General  for  Erie  county,  in  which  oflice  he 
continued  until  1850.  Taking  an  active  part  in  politics,  he 
was  a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  State  convention  of  1846, 
and  of  several  succeeding  ones.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the 
JSTational  convention  at  Charleston  in  1860,  and  at  Chicago  in 
1864.  In  1876  he  was  elected  president  judge  of  Erie  county, 
as  a  people's  candidate,  although  the  Republican  party  ticket 
had  about  2,600  majority.  His  term  of  office  expires  in  1887. 
Judge  Galbraith  m.,  May  25,  1846,  Fanny  Davenport, 
daughter  of  Captain  William  Davenport,  of  Erie.  They  had 
issue. 


Oregg  and  Curtin.  2-il 


■  GREGG  AND  CURTIN. 


Hon.  Andrew  GtREGG,  who  served  as  member  and  Senator 
in  the  councils  of  the  nation  from  1791  to  1813,  left  anfinished 
a  sketch  of  family  history  which  he  commenced  preparing  in 
his  old  age,  for  "  my  own  satisfaction,"  as  he  expresses  it,  "  than 
for  any  other  reason,"  which  is  interesting  enough  to  excite  a 
general  regret  that  he  did  not  complete  it.     He  says : 

My  parents  were  both  natives  of  Ireland.  My  father,  whose 
name  was  Andrew,  was  born  within  the  Liberties  of  London- 
derry, where  the  family  resided.  His  father's  name  was  John, 
and  there  my  knowledge  of  ancestry  in  that  line  stops.  I 
never  heard  him  say  from  whom  his  father  had  descended, 
but  believe,  from  information  derived  through  other  channels, 
that  they  were  a  Scotch  family,  which  migrated  to  Ireland  soon 
after  the  accession  of  William  and  Mary  to  the  British  throne. 

My  grandfather  had  three  sons,  John,  David,  and  Andrew, 
and  one  daughter  named  Eachel,  John  remained  in  Ireland 
engaged  in  the  business  of  trading,  and  became  wealthy.  He 
had  a  son  called  Andrew,  who  came  to  this  country  on  business 
of  his  father's  while  I  was  at  the  academy  in  Newark,  (Dela- 
ware,) where  he  called  to  see  me,  but  I  unfortunately  happened 
to  be  away,  and  we  never  met.  He  returned  to  Ireland,  and 
on  his  father's  death  succeeded  him  in  the  management  of  his 
business. 

David  and  my  father  and  their  sister  Eachel  all  married  in 
Ireland,  and  all  came  to  this  country  in  the  same  vessel.  They 
landed  at  Boston,  and  traveled  into  New  Hampshire,  where 
David  settled  and  raised  a  large  family,  some  of  whose  de- 
scendants occupy  the  very  spot  where  he  made  his  first  estab- 
lishment. I  have  received  letters  from  three  young  men.  who 
trace  their  origin  back  to  that  root,  and  who,  I  would  pi-esume, 
16 


242  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

judging  from  their  letters,  are  men  of  considerable  promise. 
One  of  tLem,  a  full  namesake  of  mine,  is  living,  as  a  trader, 
in  the  northern  part  of  the  State  of  New  York  or  at  Montreal. 
Another,  I  think,  is  a  clergyman,  settled  near  Salem,  Mass., 
where  his  father  resides  pursuing  the  business  of  a  chemist. 
The  third  became  a  lawyer,  and  is  now  settled  at  Indianapolis. 

I  will  here  just  mention  two  anecdotes  calculated  to  show 
that  family  relationship  is  often  discovered  by  family  likeness 
in  branches  far  removed  from  the  original  stock.  While  in 
Congress,  in  1793  or  '94,  Mr.  Forster,  a  member  of  that  body 
from  the  State  of  New  Hampshire,  asked  me  if  I  had  any  re- 
lations in  that  State.  On  my  answering  in  the  affirmative,  he 
said  he  had  been  led  to  make  the  inquiry  struck  with  the  im- 
posing likeness  betwixt  me  and  Colonel  Gregg,  who  had  been 
the  opposing  candidate  to  him  at  the  late  election. 

On  my  first  introduction  to  Governor  Clinton,  when  he  be- ' 
came  Yice  President,  he  asked  me  whether  I  was  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania.  I  told  him  I  was.  He  then  said  there  is  so  strik- 
ing a  resemblance  betwixt  you  and  a  young  man  named  James 
Gregg,  who  was  a  lieutenant  in  my  brigade  during  the  Eevo- 
lution,  that  when  I  saw  you  my  first  impression  was  that  you 
must  be  his  brother.  He  was  of  a  New  England  family  then 
settled  in  the  State  of  New  York.  He  then  related  the  story, 
often  published  in  the  newspapers,  of  that  officer  having  been 
shot,  scalped,  and  left  for  dead  by  the  Indians,  and  rescued  by 
a  detachment  sent  by  the  commanding  ofiicer  of  the  garrison,* 
where  he  had  been  stationed,  and  directed  to  the  place  where 
he  lay,  by  his  dog. 

My  father  and  Solomon  Walker,  the  husband  of  their  sister, 
Rachel,  not  pleased  with  the  prospect  of  a  settlement  in  New 
Hampshire,  returned  to  Boston,  and  shipped  for  Philadelphia, 
but  landed  at  Newcastle.  I  do  not  recollect  the  particular 
year  of  their  arrival,  but  it  was  during  the  administration  of 
Sir  William  Keith,  and  most  probably  in  the  autumn  of 
1732.f     The   winter  immediately   succeeding   their  landing 

*Fort  Schuyler,  N.  Y.,  Dr.  Lossing  relates  the  story  in  1st  vol. 
Field  Book  of  the  Revolution,  page  252. 
t  Quaere,  1726  ? 


Oregg  and  Cartin.  243 

they  spent  at  a  furnace,  belonging  to  Keith,  on  Christiana 
creek  near  the  town  of  Newark  in  the  State  of  Delaware,  In 
the  following  spring  thev  moved  up  the  country  and  com- 
menced their  settlement  at  a  place  called.  Chestnut  Level,  near 
the  southern  bounds  of  Lancaster  countj^  In  making  their 
location  they  were  both  unfortunate,  my  father  doubly  so. 
Not  being  qualified  to  judge  of  land  by  superficial  appearance, 
their  attention  was  arrested  by  the  flourishing  growth  of  young 
chestnut  timber  with  which  that  district  was  covered,  and  they 
concluded  that  land  which  produced  such  thrifty  timber  was 
just  what  they  were  in  pursuit  of.  In  proceeding  onwards  the 
fine,  fertile  valleys  of  Pequea  and  Conestoga  lay  before  them, 
and  a  five  pound  warrant,  followed  up  by  settlement,  would 
have  insured  them  four  hundred  acres  of  land,  which,  at  the 
present  time,  would  sell  from  $50  to  $100  per  acre.  In  addi- 
tion to  the  injudicious  selection  made  by  my  father,  a  warrant 
had.  issued,  for  it  to  William  Meteer,  of  a  date  anterior  to  his 
settlement.  He  continued  to  reside  on  it  until  1748,  when,  to 
avoid  a  law  suit,  he  sold  his  claim  to  his  adversary. 

During  the  residence  of  my  father  at  Chestnut  Level,  his 
wife  died,  leaving  him  with  six  children.  He  became  the  hus- 
band of  my  mother  in  somewhat  less  than  two  years  after  the 
death  of  his  first  wife.  My  mother's  maiden  name  was  Jane 
Scott.  Her  father,  AVilliam  Scott,  lived  in  the  county  of  Ar- 
magh, Ireland,  whence  he  emigrated  and  settled  at  Chestnut 
Level.  His  family,  at  the  time  of  his  arrival,  consisted  of  him- 
self, wife,  two  sons,  Moses  and  Thomas,  and  four  daughters, 
Elizabeth,  Margery,  Jane,  my  mother,  and  Fanny.  Moses  set- 
tled, and  lived  until  his  death,  near  Newark,  Delaware.  He 
was  a  respectable  man,  and  possessed  good  standing  both  in 
church  and  State.  He  raised  a  large  family,  the  majority  of 
them  sons. 

Thomas,  with  his  family,  migrated  to  the  western  part  of 
Virginia.  I  never  heard  anything  farther  of  them.  Elizabeth 
married  David  Montgomery,  they  settled  and  died  near  the 
Rock-fish  gap  in  Virginia.  I  remember  having  seen  them  once 
on  a  visit  at  my  father's,  and  some  time  after,  two  of  their  sons 
and  a  daughter  paid  us  a  visit.     The  young  men,  I  well  recol- 


244  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

lect,  had  a  genteel  appearance,  and  the  daughter  was  accounted 
a  beauty,  and  was  nick-named  the  "  Morning  Star,"  on  account 
of  the  effulgence  of  her  complexion. 

Margery  was  married  to  Hugh  Caldwell.  They  lived  and 
died  in  Lancaster  county,  near  McCall's  ferry.  They  had  three 
sons  and  two  daughters.  The  eldest  son,  Matthew,  was  killed 
at  the  battle  of  Long  Island ;  their  second  son,  Samuel,  was 
drowned  in  the  Susquehanna,  at  McCall's  ferry,  m  a  manly  at- 
tempt to  save  some  of  the  passengers  of  a  sinking  boat.  He 
was  in  the  store  when  the  fiat  went  down,  and  being  a  good 
swimmer,  he  plunged  in  and  brought  one  person  to  the  shore, 
but  in  the  second  attempt  he  failed,  some  of  the  drowning  per- 
sons got  hold  of  him,  and  all  sank  together. 

Fanny,  the  younger  sister,  was  married  to  Andrew  Baxter, 
who  owned  a  valuable  property  in  liancaster  county,  which  he 
imprudently  sold,  and  moved  to  North  Carolina,  and  there  was 
inhumanly  murdered  by  the  Tories  during  the  Eevolutionary 
war.  The  family,  I  believe,  is  extinct,  except  one  son,  who 
lives  in  Georgia. 

My  father  having  sold  his  claim  in  Chestnut  Level,  set  out 
some  time  in  the  year  1748  in  quest  of  another  residence.  He 
traveled  up  the  Susquehanna  river  to  Swatara  creek,  and  was 
nearly  purchasing  two  plantations  on  the  south  side  of  the 
creek  where  the  turnpike  road  now  crosses  it.  Eighty  pounds 
Pennsylvania  currency  was  the  price.  He  crossed  the  river 
where  Harrisburg  now  stands,  and  traveled  up  Cumberland 
A^alley.  He  met  a  certain  Robert  Amon,  of  Chester  county,  from 
whom  he  purchased  a  warrant  for  three  hundi^ed  acres  of  land, 
including  an  improvement  on  the  north  side  of  the  Conedoguin- 
ett.  Here  terminated  his  expeditionary  survey.  He  returned 
home  and  made  the  necessary  arrangements  for  the  removal  of 
his  family  to  his  new  purchase. 

On  the  settlement  in  Chestnut  Level  becoming  sufficiently 
numerous,  they  formed  a  Presbyterian  congregation,  built  a 
meeting-house,  and  invited  Rev.  Mr.  Thorn  to  become  their 
pastor.  He  accepted  their  call,  and  on  organizing  a  session,  my 
father  was  elected  a  member  of  it,  and  continued  so  until  his 


Oregg  and  Gurtln.  245 

removal.  Mr.  Thorn's  certificate  of  this  circumstance  is  some- 
where among  my  papers. 

When  very  young,  I  have  noticed  an  old-fashioned  sword  and 
espontoon  laying  up  stairs  among  other  lumber.  I  recollect  my 
mother  saying  that  her  grandfather  had  worn  the  sword  in  King 
William's  army,  at  the  battle  of  Boyne,  and  my  father  saying- 
he  carried  the  espontoon. 

Mr.  Gregg's  manuscript  ends  abruptly,  but  from  it,  and  other 
data  in  our  possession,  we  have  the  following  record  of  the 
family  : 

1.  John  Gregg,  ^  of  Bally-arnat,  near  Londonderr}^,  Ireland, 
was  the  son  of  An'DREW  Gregg,^  a  native  of  Ayreshire,  Scot- 
land. The  son  was  possibly  born  in  Caledonia,  and  with  his 
father's  family  migrated  to  Ireland  during  the  great  influx. 
Andrew  Gregg  was  within  the  walls  of  Londonderry  during 
the  great  siege,  1688-89.     Tlie  children  of  John  Gregg  were  : 

%.  John;  probably  lived  and  died  at  Bally-arnat,  Ireland. 
His  son,  William,  emigrated  to  America,  and  settled  in' 
Paxtang  township.  Lancaster  county,  Penn'a,  where  lie 
died  in  July,  1744: ;  by  his  will  he  left  his  estate  to  his 
uncle,  Andrew  Gregg,  then  in  America,  to  his  father, 
and  to  his  sister,  Elizahetli  Lang,  of  Bally-negallah,  near 
Londonderry,  Ireland. 
ii.  David;  came  to  America,  in  1722,  and  settled  in  London- 
derry, New  Hampshire;  he  married,  in  1713,  Mary 
Evans,  of  Londonderry,  Ireland,  and  their  descendants 
have  not  only  been  numerous,  but  many  of  them  quite 
prominent  in  public  affairs. 
Hi.  Rachel;  m.  Solomon  Walker;  they  settled  in  the  Cumber- 
land valley. 

2.  iv.  Andrew;  m.  and  left  issue. 

II.  Andrew  Gregg,  ^  (John,^  Andrew,  i)  b.  about  1710  ; 
cl.  November  18,  1789;  removed,  in  1750,  to  a  farm  two  miles 
north- westwardly  of  Carlisle,  Penn'a,  adjoining  the  glebe-farm 
of  Meeting-House  Spring,  which  was  within  sight  of  his  dwell- 
ing; was  twice  married;  name  of  first  wife  unknown;  by  her 
there  was  issue : 

3.  i.  John  ;  m.  and  left  issue. 

ii.  James ;  served  in  the  army  of  the  Eevolution. 
Hi.  Rachel. 


246  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

iv.  Margaret. 
V.  Jean. 
vi.  Elizabeth. 

Andrew  Grregg  m.,  secondly,  Jean  Scott,  b.  1725 ;  d.  Sep- 
tember 80,  1783,  near  Carlisle,  Cumberland  county,  Penna ; 
daughter  of  "William  Scott,  of  Chestnut  Level,  Lancaster 
county,  Pa.     They  had  issue : 

4.  vii.  ^iKZrfitc,  b.  July  10,  1755 ;  m.  Martha  Potter. 

via.  Matthew ;  was  a  wagon-master  in  the  army  of  the  Revolu- 
tion from  January  9, 1778,  to  August  14, 1780. 

IIL  John  Gregg,'*  (Andrew, ^  John,^  Andrew, i)  served 
in  the  army  of  the  Eevolution  ;  m.  and  had,  among  other  chil- 
dren : 

i.  Elizabeth:,   d.  October  11,  1801,  in  Bellefonte,  Pa.;   m. 
George  McKee. 

5.  ii.  Margery^  b.  1776;  m.  Roland  Curtin. 

IV.  Andrew  Gregg,  ^  (Andrew,  ^  John,^  Andrew,  i)  b. 
June  10,  1755,  near  Carlisle,  Penn'a;  d.,  May  30,  1.835,  at 
Bellefonte,  Penn'a.  Andrew  Gregg  received  his  early  educa- 
tion at  Eev.  John  Steel's  Latin  School  in  Carlisle,  and  com- 
pleted his  education  at  Newark,  Delaware ;  while  at  the  latter 
place  he  served  several  tours  in  the  militia  of  the  Revolution. 
In  1779,  he  accepted  the  tutorship  in  the  college  (now  univer- 
sity) at  Philadelphia,  under  Drs.  Smith  and  Ewing,  where  he 
remained  until  his  removal  to  Middletown,  Pa.,  where  he  was 
engaged  for  four  years  in  the  mercantile  business.  On  his 
marriage  he  removed  to  Lewistown,  which  was  then,  1787, 
being  laid  out  by  General  Potter  and  Major  Montgomery,  and 
in  1789  he  removed  to  Penn's  Valley,  Centre  county,  two  miles 
east  of  the  ''  Old  Fort."  His  public  services  commenced  No- 
vember 8,  1791,  as  a  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives 
of  the  L^nited  States,  where  he  remained  sixteen  years,  and  in 
1807  was  chosen  United  States  Senator,  which  exalted  station 
he  occupied  until  the  3d  day  of  March,  1813.  In  1814,  he 
removed  to  Bellefonte,  ip  order  the  better  to  educate  his  family, 
and  was  elected  first  president  of  the  "  Centre  Bank."  On  the 
19th  of  December,  1820,  Mr.  Gregg  was  appointed  Secretary 
of  the  Conmionwealth,  by  Governor  Hiester,  and  on  the  15th 


Oregg  and  Curtin.  247 

of  May,  1823,  nominated  for  Governor,  in  opposition  to  Mr. 
Shulze.  Mr.  Grregg  had  strong  party  predelictions,  but  was 
remarkable  for  independence,  always  acting  according  to  the 
convictions  of  liis  conscience,  though  they  differed  sometimes 
from  the  views  of  his  party  associates.  He  was,  while  in  office, 
the  representative  of  the  interests  of  his  constituents,  not  of 
their  limited  views  of  subjects  of  moment  He  was  an  elegant 
classical  scholar,  and  had  acquired  extensive  general  informa- 
tion which  large  experience  and  deep  reflection  had  molded 
to  practical  purposes.  He  was  a  man  of  vigorous  constitution, 
preserved  intact  by  a  life  of  temperate  habits  and  industry 
until  he  reached  the  age  of  four  score  years.  Andrew  Gregg 
m.,  January  29,  1787,  Martha  Potter,  b.  April  10,  1769 ; 
d.  August  20,  1815,  daughter  of  General  James  Potter  of  the 
Eevolution.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Mary,h.  November  2,  1788;  d.  January  9,  1826;  m.  Wil- 
liam McLanahan,  of  Antrim  township,  Franklin  county, 
Pa.,  and  had  issue  (surname  McLanahan) : 

1.  Andreto,  b.  1807. 

2.  Janies-X.,  b.  1809;  d.  1864;  represented  his  dis- 

trict in  the  Senate  of  Pennsylvania  from  1842 
to  1844,  and  in  the  United  States  Congress 
from  1849  to  1853;  left  one  son,  James-X.,  of 
New  York  city. 

3.  Isabella;    m.  Dr.  J.    P.  Hiester,  of   Franklin 

county.  Pa. 

4.  Mary:  m.  Dr.  Richards,  of  Chambersburg,  Pa. 
a.  Jean,  b.  February  17, 1791,-  m.  Roland  Curtin,  (see  V.) 

Hi.  Martha,  b.  June  7, 1793 ;  d.  December  31 ,  1829 ;  m.  Dr.  Con- 
stans  Curtin,  b.  1785;  d.  April  10, 1842  ;  was  a  native  of 
Ireland  and  came  to  America  in  1806 ;  completed  his  pro- 
fessional studies  under  Dr.  Benjamin  Rush  of  Phila- 
delphia, and  located  in  Bellefonte,  Pa.,  in  1810 ;  was  an 
accomplished  and  skillful  physician,  whilst  his  hospitality 
and  generosity  endeared  him  to  a  numerous  circle  of 
friends  and  acquaintances. 

iv.  Eliza,\>.3m-ie  2,  1795;  d.  December  22,  1882;  m.  David 
Mitchell  of  Bellefonte,  Pa. ;  b.  November  28,  1790;  d. 
March  27, 1843 ;  served  in  Captain  Record's  company  from 
Centre  county,  in  the  war  of  1812;  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Mitchell): 

1.  Margery,  m.  John  D.  Leib,  of  Bellefonte. 

2.  Julia,  m.  Rev.  J.  S.  McMurray,  of  Tyrone,  Pa. 


248  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

6.  i\  Jidianna,  b.  June  26, 1797  ;  m.  Gen.  James  Ifvin. 

7.  vi.  Andrew,  h.  November  30, 1799;  m.  Margaret  Irvin. 

vii.  James  P.,  b.  April  28,  1802;  d.  September  8,  1845,  in  Vir- 
ginia; m.  Eliza  Wilson. 

8.  viii-  Matthew-Duncan,  b.  April  5,  1804;  m.  Ellen  McMurtrie. 

ix.  Sara/i,,  b.  January  23,  1807;  d.  March  28,1836;  m.  Henry 

Kinney,  b.  ;  d.  ;  and  had  issue  (surname 

Kinney) : 

1.  Andrew-Gregg. 

2.  Martha,  m.  John  Brotherline. 

3.  Sarah-L,  m.   Dr.  James  F.  Wilson,  (see  Hugh 

Wilson  record. ) 
X.  Margery,  b.  September  14, 1811 ;  resides  iu  Lewisburg,  Pa. ; 
m.  Rev.  Charles  Tucker,  now  deceased,  of  the  Baptist 
church,  and  they  had  issue  (surname  Tucker) : 

1.  Andrew  Gregg,  Lieut.  Co,  E.  142d  Regt.  Pa.  Vols. 

killed  iu  battle  of  Gettysburg,  July  1,  1863. 

2.  Augusta,  m.  Rev.  J.  R.  Loomis,  LL.  D.,  of  Levv- 

isburg.  Pa. 

Y.  Margery  Gregg,  ^  (John,  *  Andrew,  ^  John,  ^  Andrew,  ^ ) 
b.  1776  ;  d.  January  15, 1813,  in  Bellefonte,  Pa.  ;  m.  November 
25,  1800,  Roland  Curtin^,  b.  1764,  in  Ireland ;  was  educated 
in  Paris,  where  he  narrowly  escaped  the  guillotine  during  the 
Reign  of  Terror:  came  to  America,  and  located  first  at  Phil- 
lipsburg,  Centre  county,  Penn'a,  then  at  Milesburg,  where  he 
became  a  merchant,  was  coroner  of  Centre  county  in  1803,  and 
elected  sheriff  in  October,  1806 ;  in  1810,  with  Moses  Boggs, 
erected  a  forge  at  Eagle  Works,  Centre  county,  of  which  he 
became  sole  owner  in  1815,  and  in  1818  built  Eagle  furnace ;  in 
1825,  purchased  the  Antes  grist  and  saw-mills  near  Curtin  station, 
and  in  1830,  erected  the  rolling-mill  there ;  was  prominently 
identified  with  all  the  public  improvements  made  within  the 
county ;  shortly  before  his  death  he  removed  to  Bellefonte. 
Margery  Gregg  and  Roland  Curtin  had  issue  (surname  Curtin)  : 

i.  Austin,  b,  August  26,  1801 ;  d.  July  27,  1871. 
ii.  James,  b.  September  18,  1806  ;  d.  January  5,  1873. 
'Hi.  J?oZancZ,  b.  September  2, 1808;  d.  August  15, 1875  ;  m.  June. 
17, 1834,  Eliza  Irvin,  daughter  of  John  Irvin  ;  and  had 
issue  (surname  Curtin);  Gen.  John-I.,  Col.  of  45th  Pa., 
Capt.  Austin,  Co.  D,  45th  Pa.,  Andrew-G.  Jr.,  and  Wil- 
liam, of  Bellefonte. 

9.  iv.  John,  b.  September  24, 1810;  m.  Julia  Barnhart. 


Gregg  and  Curtin.  2i9 

Eolancl  Curtin,  m.  secondly,  in  1814,  Jean  Gkegg,  b.  Feb- 
ruary 17, 1791  ;  d.  March  14, 1854,  in  Bellefonte,  Penn'a,  daugh- 
ter of  Andrew  Grregg,  {see  YL)  Tliey  had  issue  (surname  Cur- 
tin): 

10.  i.    Andrew-Gregg,  h.  April  23,  1815;  m.  Catharine  I.  Wilson. 
a.  Constans,  b.  March  8, 1817 ;  iron-master,  residing  at  Roland, 

Centre  county ;  unm. 

11.  Hi.  Mnrtha-3L,  b.  August  29,  1819;  m.  Dr.  William  Irvin. 

iv.  Ellen-Honor  a ;  m.  William  H.  Allen,  M.  D.,  LL.  D.,  b. 
March  22, 1808,  in  Augusta,  Maine ;  graduated  at  Bow- 
doin  College ;  professor  of  chemistry  and  of  natural  phil- 
osophy at  Dickinson  College,  Carlisle,  from  1836  to  1848 ; 
in  January,  1850,  he  became  president  of  Girard  College  ; 
resigned  in  December,  1862,  and  became  president  of 
8tate  College,  in  Centre  county ;  in  1867,  he  was  re-called 
to  Girard  College;  d.  August  29,  1882,  in  Philadelphia. 
Mrs.  Allen  is  also  dead,  and  their  only  daughter,  Honora, 
m>  Henry  Sheldon,  now  deceased,  of  Philadelphia.  She 
resides  in  Philadelphia,  and  has  one  son,  Allen  Sheldon. 
V.  Margery,  h.  December  23, 1823 ;  m.  Thomas  R.  Reynolds, 
of  Bellefonte,  and  had  issue  (surname  Reynolds) :  Wil- 
liam-F.  and  Jennie,  m.  James  Pierepont. 
vi.  Nancy-J.,  b.  May  4, 1828;  m.  Dr.  Clark,  of  Philadelphia. 
vii.  Julia,  b.  October  3, 1831 ;  resides  in  Philadelphia. 

VL  JuLIANNA  Gregg, 5  (Andrew,^  Andrew, ^  John,^  An- 
drew,!) b.  June  26,  1797;  d.  July  4,  1856;  m.  September  24, 
1822,  James  Irvust,  b.  February  18,  1800,  at  Linden  Hall, 
Centre  county,  Pa. ;  d.  November  26,  1862,  at  Hecla,  Centre 
county.  Pa. ;  son  of  John  Irvin  and  Ann  Watson.  General 
James  Irvin  was  many  years  a  leading  iron-master  of  Centre 
county,  interested  in  Centre  furnace.  Mill  Creek,  Mercer  Iron 
Works,  Monroe,  Washington,  Martha,  Julian,  Hecla,  and 
Hopewell.  He  was  elected  to  Congress  in  1840,  and  took  a 
large  part  in  the  passage  of  the  tariff  act  of  1842  ;  he  was  re- 
elected in  1842,  and  served  until  March  3,  1845.  In  1847, 
General  Irvin  was  nominated  by  the  Whig  party  for  Governor, 
but  was  defeated  by  Francis  R.  S.hunk,  and  after  the  campaign 
resumed  business  with  his  accustomed  energy.  He  was  one  of 
the  best  business  men  of  Centre  county ;  kind  hearted  and  be- 
nevolent, he  saved  many  a  fireside  from  sheriff's  sale.  He  do- 
nated a  farm  of  two  hundred  acres  to  the  State  College,  and 


250  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

gave  it  large  contributions  of  money.  In  1801,  lie  was  ap- 
pointed naval  store-keeper  at  Philadelphia  navy-yard.  He  left 
no  issue. 

VII.  Andrew  Gregg, ^  (Andrew,^  Andrew, ^  John, 2  An- 
drew,!) b.  Nov.  30,  1799  ;  d.  May  15,  1869.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent iron-master  in  Centre  county,  and  an  active  business  man, 
and  represented  the  district,  composed  of  the  counties  of  Ly- 
coming, Clinton,  and  Centre,  in  the  State  Senate  from  1856  to 
1861.  He  died  at  Milesburg,  Pa. ;  m.  Margaret  Irvin, 
daughter  of  John  Irvin  and  Ann  Watson ;  still  living  in  Miles- 
burg, Centre  county.  Pa.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Jolm-Irvin,  b.  July  19,  1826;  educated  at  Boalsburg  and 
Mifflinburg;  volunteered  as  private  in  tlie  Mexican  war, 
and  was  appointed  lieutenant  in  11th  infantry,  U.  S.  A. ; 
promoted  captain  September  5,  1847 ;  honorably  dis- 
charged August  15,  1848,  when  he  engaged  in  the  iron 
business  in  Centre  county ;  June  21,  1861,  entered  service 
again  as  captain  of  Co.  E,  5th  Penn'a  reserves,  and  pro- 
moted, in  U.  S.  service,  captain  of  6th  cavalry ;  in  Nov- 
ember, 1862,  commissioned  colonel  of  16th  Penn'a  cav- 
alry, continuing  in  service  during  the  war ;  he  was  finally 
promoted  brevet  major  general  of  volunteers  at  the  close 
of  hostilities  for  distinguished  services  during  the  war; 
after  the  war,  he  was  sent  to  Lynchburg,  Va.,  and  put 
in  command  of  that  part  of  Virginia;  afterwards,  in- 
spector general  of  freedmeu  in  Louisiana  ;  under  the  es- 
tablishment of  July  28, 1868,  he  became  colonel  of  8th  U. 
S.  cavalry  performing  many  arduous  duties  in  Arizona 
and  New  Mexico ;  was  wounded  several  times  in  service, 
and  was  placed  on  the  retired  list  in  October,  1878 ;  m., 
first,  Clarissa  H.  Everhart ;  secondly,  Harriet  C.  Marr ; 
resides  in  Lewisburg,  Penn'a. 

a.  Andrew,  m.  Mary  J.  Smith,  dau.  of  Col.  Jolni  Smith,  of 
Clinton  county.  Pa.;  reside  in  Centre  Hall,  Pa.,  and  had 
issue:  Anne-Mary,  James,  Ayidrew,  and  John-Irvin. 
in.  Martha,  d.  1852;  m.  Dr.  John  B.  Mitchell;  both  dead. 

iv.  Anne. 

V.  James-P.;  was  first  lieut.,  Co.  D.,  45th  Pa.  Vols.;  killed  in 
battle  at  Poplar  Spring  church,  on  Peeble's  farm,  Va., 
September  30, 1864. 

vi.  Julia. 

V.  Jane, 
vii.  Margaret. 

YIII.  Matthew  Duncan  Gregg, ^  (Andrew,^  Andrew, ^ 


Gregg  and  Curtin.  251 

John, 3  Andrew,!)  b.  April  5,  1804;  d.  July  27,  1845;  m. 
Ellen  McMurteie,  b.  January  3, 1802  ;  d.  August  17,  1847; 
daughter  of  David  McMurtrie  and  his  wife,  Martha  Elliott. 
They  had  issue: 

i.  David-McMurtrie,  b.  April  10,  1833;  educated  at  Lewis- 
burg,  Pa,;  cadet  U.  S.  Military  Academy,  West  Point, 
1851  to  July  1, 1855,  when  appointed  second  lieut.  of  dra- 
goons, after  which  he  served  on  the  frontiers,  notably  on 
the  Spokane  expedition  of  1858 ;  was  promoted  first  lieu- 
tenant of  dragoons,  March  21, 1861 ;  captain  of  sixth  cav- 
alry, May  14, 1861,  and  January  24, 1862,  appointed  colonel 
of  the  8th  Penn'a  Cavalry  Volunteers ;  served  in  the  cam- 
paign on  the  Peninsula,  and  covered  the  movement  from 
Harrison's  Landing  to  Yorktown,  in  August,  1862  ;  was 
promoted  brigadier-general  U.  S.  volunteers,  November 
29, 1862,  continuing  with  the  army  of  the  Potomac  and 
participating  in  the  actions  and  battles  in  which  it  was 
engaged  ;  was  promoted  brevet-major-general  U.  S.  Vol- 
unteers, August  1, 1864,  "for  highly  meritorious  and  dis- 
tinguished conduct  throughout  the  campaign,  particu- 
larly the  reconnoissance  on  the  Charles  City  road. "  After 
participating  in  subsequent  important  engagements,  he 
resigned  February  3, 1865.  Gen.  Gregg  m.  October  6, 
1862,  Ellen  F.  Sheafer,  a  descendant  of  Gov.  Joseph  Hies- 
ter  and  Frederick  A.  Muhlenberg,  and  they  had  issue: 
George-Sheafer  and  David-McMurtrie;  reside  at  Reading, 
Pa. 

IX.  John  Curtin,*'  (Margery, ^  John,^  Andrew, ^  John,^ 
Andrew,!)  b.  September  24,  1810,  in  Centre  comity,  Penn'a; 
resides  in  Bellefonte,  Pa. ;  m.  January  3,  1837,  Julia  Barn- 
hart,  b.  March  14,  1811 ;  daughter  of  Colonel  Henry  Barn- 
hart.     They  had  issue  (surname  Curtin) : 

i.  Margery-I;  m.  General  John  I.  Curtin,  of  Bellefonte,  Pa. 
a.  James-B.;  m.  Jane  Holden ;  reside  in  Eoland,  Pa. 
m.  Sarah-C;  m.  J.  F.  Larimer,  M.  D. 
iv.  Harry-B.;  m.  Eliza  McMinn ;  reside  in  Roland,  Pa. 
V.  Jolm-G. ;  m.  Stella  Lowden ;  reside  in  Philadelphia. 

X.  ANDREysr  Gregg  Curtin,^  (Margery, ^  John,^  An- 
drew, ^  John,  2  Andrew,  1)  b.,  April  23,  1815,  in  Bellefonte, 
Pa.  Educated  under  Dr.  Kirkpatrick,  at  Milton ;  he  studied 
law  at  Carlisle  and  Bellefonte,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
April,  1837.  In  1840,  took  an  active  part  in  politics  in  the 
Harrison  campaign,  and  in  1844  canyassed  the  State  for  Henry 


252  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Claj.  On  the  17tli  of  January,  1855,  he  was  appointed  Sec- 
retary of  the  Commonwealth  bj  Governor  Pollock,  and  in 
virtue  of  his  office  became  Superintendent  of  the  Public 
Schools.  His  superintendence  has  one  great  landmark,  the 
institution  of  normal  schools.  In  1860,  he  was  elected  Gov- 
ernor of  Pennsylvania.  His  administration  of  that  office  dur- 
ing the  war  gave  him  renown  throughout  the  country,  and 
added  historic  grandeur  to  the  annals  of  his  native  Common- 
wealth. His  foresight  caused  the  organization  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Reserves,  and  contributed  largely  to  save  our  National 
Government,  imperilled  by  the  disaster  of  Bull  Run.  His  ever 
enduring  record,  however,  in  connection  with  the  war,  was  the 
establishment  of  orphan  schools  for  the  children  of  those  who 
fell  in  the  service  of  their  country.  In  1869,  he  was  appointed, 
by  President  Grant,  Minister  to  Russia.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Constitutional  Convention  of  1873,  and  now  represents  the 
Twelfth  District  in  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States.  Governor  Curtin,  m..  May  80,  1844,  Cathaeine  I. 
Wilson",  {see  Hugh  Wilson  record.)  They  had  issue  (surname 
Curtin) : 

i.  Mary-W-;  m.  George  F.  Harris,  M.  D.,  of  Bellefonte,  Pa. 
ii.  Jennie;  m.  William  H.  Sage,  of  Ithaca,  l!^.  Y. 
Hi.   William- Wilson;    m.    Harriet    F.    Harding,   of   Wilkes- 
Barre,  Pa. ;  reside  in  Philadelphia. 

XL  Martha  M.  CuRTi]sr,<5  (Margery,  ^  John,-^  Andrew,  ^ 
John,2  Andrew,  1)  b.  August  29,  1819;  d.  August  6,  1880,  in 
Lancaster,  Pa.  ;  m.  in  1836,  William  Irvin,  b.  November  15, 
1805,  at  Linden  Hall,  Centre  county.  Pa. ;  d.  September  9,  1865, 
at  Amoy,  China;  educated  at  Dickinson  College,  Carlisle,  Pa., 
pursued  his  medical  studies  at  Jefferson  College,  Philadelphia, 
graduating  in  a  class  with  Dr.  Pancoast  and  others ;  located  in 
practice  at  Bellefonte,  afterwards  removing  to  Milesburg  Iron 
Works,  where  he  entered  into  business  partnership.  In  1862, 
he  relinquished  the  iron  business,  and  accepted  a  clerkship  in 
the  second  comptroller's  office  in  the  U.  S.  Treasury,  Washing- 
ton city.  In  1864,  was  appointed  consul  to  Amoy,  where  he 
died  the  following  year  of  Asiatic  cholera.  They  had  issue 
(surname  Irvin) : 

i.  Roland-Curtin,  otBelletonte^'Pa.. 


Greenawcdt  of  Lebanon.  253 


GREENAWALT  OF  LEBANON. 


I.  Philip  Lorextz  Greenawalt/  b.  June  10,  1725,  in 
Hasslock,  in  Boehl,  Germany;  baptized  June  22,  1725,  the 
sponsors  being  Philip  Lorentz  Eeehrn  and  his  wife ;  d.  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1802,  in  Lebanon,  Pa,  His  ancestors  were  of  the 
best  known  families  of  his  native  place.  He  received  a  good 
German  and  classical  education,  and  came  to  America  in  1749, 
on  the  ship  "  Phoenix,"  John  Mason,  master,  from  Potterclam, 
arriving  at  Philadelphia  on  the  loth  of  September.  He  at  first 
located  in  Cocalico  township,  Lancaster  county,  where  he  took 
up  one  hundred  acres  of  land,  February  28,  175-1,  subsequently 
removing  to  Lebanon  township.  At  the  outset  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, he  entered  heartily  into  the  struggle,  and  during  the  en- 
tire war  was  more  or  less  in  active  service.  Upon  the  organ- 
ization of  the  associated  battalions,  he  was  commissioned  colo- 
nel of  the  First  battalion  of  Lancaster  county.  He  was  with 
Washington,  during  the  Jersey  campaign  of  1776,  at  Trenton  and 
Princeton.  His  battalion  was  at  Brandy  wine  and  Germantown, 
and  the  conduct  of  Colonel  Greenawalt  during  the  former  en- 
gagement received  the  commendation  of  the  commander-in- 
chief  for  efficiency  and  gallantry,  especially  in  the  protection  of 
the  Continental  supplies.  He  was  appointed.  May  6,  1778,  one 
of  the  agents  for  forfeited  estates.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he 
retired  to  his  farm,  and,  like  many  more  of  the  brave  officers  of 
that  struggle  for  independence,  poorer  in  purse,  but  conscious 
of  having  done  his  duty  to  his  country.  The  Assembly  of  the 
State  appointed  him  one  of  the  commissioners  to  take  subscrip- 
tions for  the  Continental  loan,  December  16,  1777,  and,  during 
the  darkest  hour  of  the  struggle,  he  did  effective  service  in  col- 
lecting blankets,  food,  and  forage  for  the  half-starved  and  half- 
clad  army  at  Valley  Forge,  and  for  most  of  which  he  was  never 


2. 

i. 

3. 

a. 

4. 

Hi. 

in. 

5. 

V. 

6. 

vi. 

vii. 

254  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

recompensed.  But  such  was  the  fate  of  many  who  sacrificed 
their  fortunes  on  the  altar  of  liberty.  Colonel  Greenawalt 
reached  a  good  old  age,  honored,  loved,  and  respected  by  his 
neighbors  and  fellow-citizens.  He  was  twice  married;  first, 
to  the  widow  Uhland,  of  Muddy  Creek,  who  died  the  same 
year;  secondly,  in  1755,  Maria  Margaret  Foeser,  b.  May 
10,  1735 ;  d.  May  10,  1806,  at  Lebanon,  and  with  her  hus- 
band there  buried.     They  had  issue  : 

John-Philip,  h.  June  17,  1756;  m.  Catharine  Shaffner. 

Christian,  b.  December  14, 1758  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Kellier. 

John,  b.  October,  1760  ;  m.  Regina . 

Elizabeth,  b.  March  1, 1763  ;  d.  August  24, 1820 ;  m,  Henry 
Kelker,  [see  Kelker  record.) 

Margaret,  b.  July  17,  1765  ;  m.  Philip  Stoehr. 

Matthias,  b.  October  17,  1767  ;  m.  Anna-Barbara  Hetrick. 

Jacob,  b.  February  14,  1770;  d.  November  11,  1824,  at 
Hummelstown,  Dauphin  county,  Penn'a;  m,  Elizabeth 

,  b.   1769;  d.  May  26,  1849;  buried  in  Lutheran 

grave-yard,  Hummelstown,  Pa.;  left  no  descendants. 

7.  via.  Catharine,  b.  July  20,  1772;  m.  John  Jacob  Zinii. 

ix.  Michael,  (twin,)  b.  January  21,  1775;  d.  s.  p. 

8.  X.  Leonard,  b.  January  21,  1775;  m.  Catharine  Pool. 
xi.  Maria-Magdaleno. ;  d.  s.  p. 

II.  John  Philip  Greenawalt,  ^  (Philip-Lorentz,i)  b.  June 
17,  1756,  near  Ephrata,  Cocalico  township,  Penn'a ;  sponsors 
at  baptism,  John  Weaver  and  wife;  d.  July  18,  1834,  at  Leb- 
anon, Penn'a;  appointed  one  of  the  commissioners  in  the  act 
erecting  the  county  of  Lebanon ;  m.,  April  17,  1782,  Catha- 
rine Shaffner,  b.  March  17,  1760  ;  d.  January  25,  1850,  at 
Lebanon,  Pa.;  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Elizabeth  Shaffner.  They 
had  issue : 

i.  John-Philip,  b.  May  2,  1783  ;'d.  January  25,  1785. 

9.  ii.  Jacob,  b.  December  6,  1784;  m.  Catharine  Krause. 
Hi.  Catharine,  b.  April  27,  1786. 

iv.  John-Philip,  h.  September  29,  1788;  d.  June  20,  1834. 
V.  Matthias,  b.  September  9,  1790;  d.  unm. 
vi.  David,  b.  November  19, 1792. 
vii.  John,h.  April  17,  1795;  m.  Ann  Brown,  and  had  Henry 

and  Philip, 
via.  Elizabeth,  b.  April  17, 1795 ;  d.,  August  4, 1856,  in  Lebanon, 
Pa.;  m.  Daniel  Frantz,  b.  August  18,  1792;   d.  Decem- 
ber 12, 1839 ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Frantz) : 


Greenawalt  of  Lebanon.  255 

1.  Uriah. 

2.  Theodore;  m.  Susan  Giitelius. 

3.  Daniel. 

4.  Charles. 

5.  Lydia. 

ix.  Charles,  h.  August  3,  1797;  d.' September  18,  1880;  m. 
Mary  Ann  Shaffner,  b.  March  7, 1805;  d.  September  14, 
1867  ;  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Anna-Elizabeth. 

2.  Catharine. 

3.  Charles. 

4.  Philip. 

5.  Calvin. 

6.  Alfred. 

7.  Eliza- Jane. 

8.  Mary-Ann. 

9.  Emma. 

X.  Lydia,  b.  June  22,  1799 ;  m.  Benjamin  Stees ;  and  had 
issue  (surname  Stees) : 

1.  Charles. 

2.  Alfred. 

3.  Clinton. 

4.  Washington. 

5.  Matthias. 

6.  Philip. 

7.  Catharine. 

8.  Mary. 

III.  Christian  Greenawalt,  ^  (Philip-Lorentz,  ^ )  b.  Decem- 
ber 14,  1758,  in  Cocalico  township,  Lancaster  county,  Pa. ;  d. 
February  3,  1796,  in  Harrisburg,  Penn'a. ;  m.  Elizabeth 
Kelker,  b.  April  1,  1766,  near  Lebanon,  Pa.  ;  d.  July  30, 
1825,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and  with  her  husband  there  buried ; 
daughter  of  Anthony  Kelker  and  Mary  Magdalena  Meister. 
They  had  issue : 

10.  i.  Cai/mrine,  b.  1790 ;  ra.  John  Brooks. 

11.  ii.  Cassandra,  b.  December  9, 1794;  m.  George  Ackerman. 

12.  Hi.  Margaret,  h.l79Q;  m.  Samuel  Swartz. 

Elizabeth  Kelker  Greenawalt,  subsequently,  October  29, 
1799,  married  John  Gillum,  tanner,  of  Harrisburg,  who  d.  Jan- 
uary 2,  1804,  leaving  two  children,  Jesse  and  Rachel,  both 
under  fourteen  years  of  age,  but  whether  by  this  or  a  previous 
marriage  is  not  known. 


256  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

lY.  John  Greenawalt,  ^  (Philip-Lorentz/)b.  October  11, 
1760,  in  Lebanon  township,  Lancaster,  now  Lebanon  county. 

Pa. ;  d.  November,  1823,  in  Lebanon,  Pa. ;  m.  Regina . 

They  had  issue: 

i.  Jacob,  m.  October  1, 1816,  Margaret  Sweeny. 
a.  Philip. 

Hi.  Elizabeth.,  m. Lenimon. 

iv.  iif ar?/,  m.  [Henry]  Poorman. 

V.  Margaret,  m. Mannon. 

vi.  Sarah,  m.  [John]  Shatzer. 

vii.  Cai/(arine,b.  September  22, 1786;  d.  September  7, 1861 ;  m. 
Daniel  Miller,  b.  May  19,  1781 ;  d.  June  23,  1859. 

V.  Margaeet  Greenawalt,^   (Philip-Lorentz,  1 )  b.  Jnly 

17, 1765,  in  Lebanon  township;  d. ;  m.  Philip  Stoehr, 

son  of  Henry  and  Barbara  Stoehr.     They  liad  issue  (surname 
Stoehr): 

i.  Philip, 
a.  John. 
Hi.  Jacob, 
iv.  Catharine,  vn. Kissel. 

V.  Mary,  m, Grossman. 

vi.   William, 
vii.  Margaret,  m.  [Samuel]  Carper. 

YI.  Matthias  Greenawalt,  ^  (Philip-Lorentz,  ^ )  b.  Octo- 
ber 17, 1767;  d.  iSTovember  2, 1808,  in  Lebanon,  Pa.;  m.  Anna 
Barbara  Hetrick;  b.  March  3, 1776  ;  d.  May,  1842,  in  Leb- 
anon, Pa.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Samuel. 

a.  David;  d.,  1876,  in  South  Bend,  Ind.;  unm. 
Hi.   William,  resides  in  Plymouth,  Indiana;  m.  Sarah  Haart. 
iv.  Philip),  d.  s.  p. 

V.  Eosanna,  m.  John  George ;  d.  prior  to  1822 ;  and  bad  issue 
(surname  George): 

1.  William. 

2.  Ann. 

3.  Charles. 

4.  Edward. 

5.  David. 

6.  Rtbecca. 

YII.  Catharine  Greenawalt,^  (Philip-Lorentz,^)  b.  July 
20,  1772,  in  Lebanon  township,  Lancaster,  now  Lebanon,  county, 


Oreenavmlt  of  Lebanon.  257 

Pa.:  d.  September  1, 1823,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  m.  John  Jacob 
ZiNN",  b.  April  9,  1761 ;  d.  June  1,  1832,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
Tliej  had  issue  (surname  Zinn): 

13.  i.  Elizabeth,  b.  April  8,  1793;  m.  David  S.  Forney. 

ii.  John,  b.  1806;  d.  August  26,  1868;  m.  Catharine  Gulp,  and 
had  issue : 

1.  Edzabeth,  m.  Dr.  John  A.  Stehley,  and  had  issue. 

2.  Catharine,  m.  David  Hummel,  and  had  issue. 

14.  Hi.  (JeorQ'e,  b.  April  6, 1810  ;  m.  Anna  Margaretta  Miller. 

yill.  Leonaed  Greenawalt,  2  (Philip-Lorentz,!)  b.  Jan- 
uary 21,  1775,  in  Lebanon  township,  Lancaster,  now  Lebanon, 
county.  Pa;  d.  January  30,  1855,  in  Lebanon,  Pa.;  was  a  tan- 
ner by  occupation;  was  elected  county  treasurer  in  1836;  m., 
November  2,  1796,  Cathaeine  Pool,  b.  January  14,  1780, 
in  New  Hanover  township,  now  Montgomery  county,  Pa.;  d. 
December  18,  1850,  in  Lebanon,  Pa.,  dau.  of  John  Pool  and 
Mary  Barbara  Eotharmel.*     They  had  issue: 

^.  Sarah,  b.  December  27,  1797 ;  d.  February  4,  1859 ;  m. 
Micliael  Fichthorn,  b.  January  4, 1788;  d.  September  14, 
1863,  and  had  issue  (surname  Ficlithorn) : 

1.  Augustus;    m.    Eliza    Stover,    and    had    issue: 

Amanda,  Barbara,  Mary,  Sallie,  Alcott, Frank, 
and  Augustus. 

2.  Catharine;  m.  Charles  Moore,  and  had  issue  (sur- 

name Moore),  Em^ua- Clarissa. 

15.  ii.  Josiah,  b.  September  11, 1799  ;  m.  Mary  Laub. 

Hi.  George,  b.  1801 ;  d.  in  New  Orleans,  La. ;  m.  Catharine 

Hauer ;  no  issue. 
iv.  Maria-Barbara,\).  1803. 

V.  Samuel,  b.  1805 ;  d.  1863  ;  m.  Maria  Ziaimerman ;  d.  1869 ; 
and  had  issue : 

1.  Leonarcl-Tkomas-Calvin,  d.  July  31,  1871. 

IX.  Jacob Greena WALT, 3  (John-Philip, ^  Philip-Lorentz,i,) 
b.  December  6,  1784,  in  Lebanon  Pa.  ;  d.  May  13,  1854,  in 
Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  learned  the  trade  of  a  tanner,  and  in  1810 
went  to  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  where  he  became  an  extensive  leather 

*  John  Pool,  m.,  August  16, 1770,  in  Pottsgrove,  Pa.,  Mary  Bar- 
bara Rotharmel,  b.  April  1, 1751,  in  New  Hanover  township,  Phila- 
delphia, now  Montgomery,  county,  Pa.,  baptized  by  Rev.  Henry 
Muhlenberg,  of  Falkner  Swamp  church ;  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Eliza- 
beth Rotharmel. 
17 


258  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

manufacturer ;  was  a  man  of  energy  and  enterprise,  and  quite 
prominent  in  the  early  years  of  his  adopted  home  ;  m.  Catha- 
rine Krause,  b.  March  20, 1789  ;  d.  Jane  3,  1864,  in  Harris- 
burg  ;  daughter  of  John  Krause.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Louisa-C,  b.  July  29,  1809 ;  d.  1882;  m.  Philip  Fisher,  of 

Lebanon  ;  d.  1882. 
ii.  Elizabeth,  b.  March  21, 1811 ;  resides  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
Hi.  Tkeophilus-P.,  b.  March  3, 1815  ;  d.  December  31,1860. 
iv.  Camilla;  d.  s.  p. 

V.  Theodore- D.;  served  in  the  army  as  paymaster  ;  resides  in 
Harrisburg,  Pa. 
16.    vi.  Begina- Camilla,  b.  August  10,  1823  ;  m.  William  Calder. 
vii.  Jacob;  m.  Julia  Peifer. 

I'm.  Jeremiah-Krause,  b.  1830;  m.,  September  18,  1858,  Anna 
Wolfersberger ;  and  had  issue  : 

1.  William,  h.  1859  ;  died  in  infancy. 

2.  Edwin-J.,  b.  July  1,  1861. 

3.  Begina-Calder,  b.  November  12, 1863. 

4.  Jeremiah-Krause,  b.  December  2, 1865. 

X.  Catharine  G-reenawalt,  ^  (Christian,  ^  Phih'p-Lo- 
rentz,  1)  b.  1790,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  d.  August  30,  1859  ;  m. 
John  Brooks,  b.  March  18, 1778,  at  Carlisle,  Pa. ;  d.  December 
6,  1845,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa ;  son  of  John  Brooks'"^  and  Sarah 

*JonN  Brooks,  b.  1727,  near  Enniskillen,  county  Fermanagh, 
Ireland ;  d.  December  7, 1803,  at  Elizabethtown,  Lancaster  county. 
Pa.,  buried  at  Harrisburg,  Penn'a.  His  parents  were  descendants  of 
what  is  known  in  Ireland  as  "  Cromwellians,"  a  people  who  have  ever 
proved  the  most  loyal  subjects  of  England,  and  the  history  of  Brit- 
ish arms  is  their  patrimony.  At  the  age  of  twenty-seven  years  we 
find  him  in  His  Majesty's  service  in  the  Enniskillen  regiment  of 
foot,  as  sergeajit,  served  with  that  command  in  North  America; 
disabled  by  a  wound  in  the  left  hand,  June  8, 1767,  and  honorably 
discharged  therefor.  Left  Montreal  and  went  to  Newburyport,  in  the 
Massachusetts  colony,  where  he  resided  until  the  breaking  out  of  the 
Kevolutionary  war.  In  1775,  he  i-emoved  to  Carlisle,  Penn'a,  and  on 
the  9tli  of  January,  1776,  he  was  commissioned  second  lieutenant  in 
the  Penn'a  Line.  During  the  occupancy  of  York  by  Congress  in 
1778,  he  was  appointed,  by  General  Gates,  town  major  with  rank  of 
captain,  and  acting  commissary  of  supplies.  At  the  close  of  the  war 
he  was  at  Elizabethtown,  Lancaster  county,  Penn'a,  where  he  re- 
mained a  brief  period,  subsequently  returning  to  Carlisle.  About 
1784,  he  removed  to  Paxtang  near  Harris'  Ferry,  where  he  purchased 
land,  and  where  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  days.    The  Grade  of 


Oreenawalt  of  Lebanon.  259 

Pardon ;  he  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Pastang,  and  at 
the  age  of  eighteen  went  to  Lancaster  to  learn  the  trade  of  a 
gunsmith ;  completing  his  apprenticeship,  he  returned  to  Har- 
risburg  where  he  established  himself  in  business  ;  he  marched 
with  his  fellow-citizens  to  the  defense  of  Baltimore,  in  the  war 
of  1812-14 ;  prior  to  the  era  of  public  improvement  he  erected 
a  warehouse  on  the  Susquehanna  at  Harrisburg,  and  was  the 

Dauphin,  alluding  to  his  death,  says :  "  On  Thursday  his  remains 
were  brought  to  this  place,  and  deposited  by  the  side  of  his  late  con- 
sort, a  daughter,  and  three  grand-children ;  Major  Brooks  was  an 
old  Revolutionary  character,  and  for  many  years  a  peaceable  and  re- 
spectable inhabitant  of  this  borough,  as  well  as  a  distinguished  mem- 
ber of  the  lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  this  place."  He 
was  made  a  Mason  in  the  year  1755,  in  Lodge  213,  Registry  of  Ire- 
land, was  Master  of  Lodge  205,  in  the  Enniskillen  regiment,  and,  at 
the  home  of  his  adoption,  of  lodge  21,  at  Harrisburg.  Major  Brooks 
married,  January,  1767,  in  the  city  of  Montreal,  and  Province  of 
Quebec,  by  Rev.  D.  Chabrand  De  Lisle,  chaplain  to  Montreal,  Sarah 
Pardon,  d.  April  9, 1789,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  daughter  of  Thomas 
Pardon,  of  Ii^orwich,  county  Norfolk,  England.    They  had  issue : 

i.  Bebecca,  b.  January  17,  1768,  at  Kewburyport,  Mass.;  d. 

July  18,  1793;  m.  April  20,  1786,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa., 

James  Brooks,  of  Cumberland  county,  Pa.,  and  whose 

descendants  removed  to  Virginia  and  Tennessee. 

u.  Elizabeth,]:).  April  20,  1770;  d.  October  6,  1772,  at  ISTew- 

buryport,  Mass. 
Hi.  Nicholas,  b.  August  7,  1772,  at  Newburyport,  Mass.;  d. 

September  17, 1777,  at  Carlisle,  Pa. 
iv.  Elizabeth,  b.  June  2,  1775,  at  Carlisle,  Pa.;  m.  Thomas 
Blocher,  resided  near  Waynesboro',  Franklin  county, 
Penn'a.;  left  a  large  family. 
V.  John,  b.  March  18, 1778,  at  Carlisle,  Penn'a,  (see  record.) 
vi.  Thomas,  b.  August  6, 1780,  at  Carlisle,  Penn'a;  d.  Decem- 
ber 7,  1807,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  was  a  clock  and  watch . 
maker;  m.  Martha  Ramsey;  daughter  of  John  Ramsey, 
of  Carlisle  ;  and  had  issue : 

1.  Clarissa;  m.   Henry  S.  Baugher,  president  of 

Pennsylvania  College,  Gettysburg,  and  left  is- 
sue. 

2.  John-Bamisey ;  d.  1860;  learned  merchandizing; 

was  purser's  clerk  in  the  U.  S.  JSTavy  during  the 
Mexican  war ;  settled  at  Pensacola,  Florida ; 
became  a  member  of  State  Senate ;  m.  a  lady 
from  Strasburg,  Germany,  and  left  one  son. 


260  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

factor  for  the  Messrs.  Coleman  and  others,  pioneers  in  the  iron 
industry  of  the  State;  he  served  as  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and 
was  burgess  and  assistant  burgess  of  the  borough  of  Harris- 
burg  several  terms;  was  a  member  and  trustee  of  the  Presby- 
terian church,  and  a  man  of  influence  and  strict  integrity, 
Thoy  had  issue  (surname  Brooks) : 

i.  Thomas;  d.  in  infancy. 
%%.  Sarah-EHzaheth ;  resides  at  Bellevue,  Allegheny  county, 

Pa. 
Hi.  Mary-Catharine ;  resides  at  Bellevue,  Allegheny  county, 

Pa. 
iv.  Eehecca,  b.  March  20, 1815,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  d.  February 

5, 1875,  in  Philadelphia  ;  buried  in  Laurel  Hill  cemetery  ; 

m.,  at  Carlisle,  Pa.,  Gen.  Horatio  Hubbell,  a  member  of 

the  Philadelphia  bar,  an  author  of  some  prominence,  and 

the  projector  of  the  Atlantic  Cable ;  and  they  had  issue 

(surname  Hubbell) : 

1 .  Frederick-Brooks,  b.  July  21, 1842,  in  Harrisburg, 

Pa. ;  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  Phila- 
delphia bar;  resides  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  m., 
1880,  EUa-iSherman  Hubbell,  of  Canandaigua, 
N.  Y.,  and  had  issue  (surname  Hubbell) : 
a.  Stewart-Brooks,  b.  June  2,  1884. 

2.  Bebecca,  b.,  in  Harrisburg,  November  23,  1847  : 

d.  February  1,  1860. 

3.  Julia,  b.  June  14, 1855,  in  Philadelphia  ;  d.  Feb- 

ruary 4,  1860. 
V.  DeWitt-Clinton,  d.  January  14, 1859  ;  a  lawyer  at  the  Dau- 
phin county  bar ;  was  a  clerk  to  the  Pennsylvania  Legis- 
lature, and  author  of  "  Brooks'  Manual." 
vi.  Julia- Par  don ;  m.,  1864,  Boyle  Irwin  McClure,  second  son 
of  William  Denny  McClure,  of  Allegheny  county,  Pa. ; 
reside  in  Bellevue,  near  Pittsburgh,  Pa. ;  and  had  issue 
(surname  McClure) : 

1.  John-Brooks,  b.  September  27,  1865. 

2.  William-Irv;in,  b.  September  28, 1867. 

XI.  Cassandra  Greenawalt,^  (Christian,  ^  Philip-Lo- 
rentz,^)  b.  December  9,  1794,  in  Harrisburg,  Penn'a;  baptized, 
March  19,  1795,  by  Kev.  Henry  Miiller ;  d.  October  15,  1873, 
in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  m.  George  Ackerman  ;  d.  at  Harrisburg, 
Penn'a.     They  had  issue  (surname  Ackerman) : 

i.  Ann  Elizabeth,  b.  July  10, 1821 ;  resides  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ; 
m.,  November  19, 1839,  by  Rev.  John  H.  Smaltz,  William 


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Weidler,  b.  1819,  at  Lancaster,  Pa.;  d.  July  31,  1845,  at 
Harrisburg  ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Weidler) : 

1.  George.,  b.  January  19,  1841. 

2.  William  Frederick,  b.  February  21,  1846;  d.  Oc- 

tober 10,  1846. 

XII.  Margaret  G-reenawalt,^  (Christian,  ^  Pliilip-Lo- 
rentz,!)  b.  in  1796,  in  Harrisburg;  d.  March  28,  1839;  ni. 
Samuel  Swartz,  b.  November  30,  1786 ;  d.  August  7.  1842, 
in  Harrisburg  Penn'a,  and  with  his  wife  there  buried.  He 
was  the  son  of  Ludwick  Swartz,  and  born  in  Berks  county,  Pa., 
from  whence  his  father  removed,  about  1789,  to  York  county. 
The  latter  was  a  substantial  farmer.  They  had  issue  (surname 
Swartz) : 

i.  F rederick-Kelker ,  b.  March  21, 1819;  many  years  a  lumber 
merchant ;  served  as  member  of  the  council  of  the  city 
of  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  where  he  resides;  m.,  October  15, 
1851,  Catharine  Z.  Hoffer,  of  Carlisle  Pa.,  and  had  issue 
(surname  Swartz) : 

1.  Samuel-M. 

2.  Mary-Kepner. 

3.  Frederick-K. 

4.  Catharine-E. 

5.  Margaretta-G. 

6.  Georgiana. 

ii.  Elizabeth  Maria.,  b.  January  9,  1821 ;  d.  July  16, 1821. 

Hi.  George,  h.  January  17, 1822;  d.  April  25,  1885,  in  Harris- 
burg, Penn'a  ;  m.  Emma  L.  Dietrick,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Swartz)  : 

1.  George-W. 

2.  May. 

iv.  Margaret-Eleanora,  b.  February  11,1825;  d.  December  5, 

1825. 
V.  Samuel-Christian,  b.  October  20,  1827  ;  d.  July  28,  1828. 
vi.  Juliana,  b.  July  31, 1834;  d.  September  13,  1834. 

XIII.  Elizabeth  Zinn",^  (Catharine,  ^  Philip-Lorentz,  ^ ) 
b.  April  9,  1793,  in  Lebanon,  Pa.;  d.  March  21,  1816;  buried 
in  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  m.  David  Shriver  Forney,  b.  November  4, 
1787;  d.  December  25,  1839,  in  Carlisle,  Pa.;  and  had  issue 
(surname  Forney) : 

i.  John-Zinn,  b.  October  26,  1812;  d.  March  4,  1859,  unm., 
in  Liberia,  while  American  consul  there  ;  was  a  surgeon 
in  the  Mexican  war. 


262  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

ii.  Catharine.:  b.  October  1,  1815,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  ni. 
March  20,  1834,  Daniel  Zacharias ;  a  prominent  minis- 
ter of  the  Reformed  Churcli :  was  pastor  of  the  congre- 
gation at  Frederick  city,  Md.,  forty  years,  and  there 
closed  his  life's  labors ;  they  had  issue,  all  born  in  Fred- 
erick, Md.,  (surname  Zacliarias) : 

1.  (Tra?ii;ine;  d,  1875,  in  Colorado. 

2.  John-Forney ;  resides  in  Cumberland,  Md. 

3.  EUzaheth-Turhot,  b.  June  14,  1840;  m.  May  22, 

1866,  Thomas  Justus  Dunott,  b.  May  29,  1831, 
in  Philadelphia ;  son  of  Dr.  Justus  Dunott  and 
Sidney-Paul   Lancaster.    Dr.  Dunott  gradu- 
ated from  the  medical  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Penn'a;  located  in  1870  at  Harris- 
burg, Penn'a,  wliere  he  is  in  the  active  practice 
of  his  profession ;  one  of  the  surgeons  to  the 
City  Hospital,  and  a  prominent  member  of  the 
county,  State,  and  ISTational  medical  associa- 
tions; they  had  issue  (surname  Dunott) : 
a.  Justus,  b.  June  5, 1867,  in  Frederick,  Md, 
h.  Daniel- Zacharias,  b.  February  11, 1870,  in 
Frederick,  Md. 

c.  Catharine-Forney,   b.   June    13,   1872,  in 
Frederick,  Md. 

d.  Sydney -Paul-Lancaster,  b.  April  3,  1874, 
in  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

4.  Jane;  resides  in  Baltimore,  Md. 

5.  Laurence-Brengel ;  of  New  York  city. 

6.  Ilerle-Herbine ;  d.  s.  p. 

7.  George-Merle;  a  minister  in  the  Eeformed  church . 

8.  Fdwin-Baniel ;  of  Cumberland,  Md. 

9.  William;  of  New  York  city. 

XIY.  George  Zinn,^  (Catharine,-  Philip-Lorentz,i)  b. 
April  6,  1810,  in  Harrisburg,  Penn'a ;  d.  January  21,  1878,.  in 
Harrisburg,  and  there  buried ;  received  a  fair  English  educa- 
tion, and  learned  the  trade  of  a  tanner  with  his  father,  who  had 
established  a  large  business,  and  to  which  the  son  eventually 
succeeded  and  successfully  carried  on  for  over  thirty  years ; 
served  in  several  local  offices,  and,  in  whatever  trusts  confided, 
was  faithful ;  ra.  April  19, 1836,  Akka  Margaretta  Miller, 
daughter  of  John  Jacob  Miller  and  Elizabeth  Beader ;  resides  in 
Harrisburg,  Pa.     They  had  issue  (surname  Zinn) : 


Greenawalt  of  Lebanon.  263 

i.  Mary,  b.  1837;  m.  December  20,  1864,  William  Henry 
Eckels,  paymaster  U.  S.  army,  and  bad  issue  (surname 
Eckels) : 

1.  Charles-Burd,  b.  January  1,  1866. 

2.  Harry,  b.  1872. 

3.  (Jeorge-Zinn,  b.  1875. 

4.  Mary,h.  May  2,  1881. 

ii.  John;  m.  September  9,  1875,  Alice  M.  Wickersham, 
daughter  of  Cadwalader  Wickersham,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Zinn) : 

1.  Maurice-C,  b.  1879. 

iii.  George;  m.  June  22, 1876,  Nannie  K.  Rogers,  of  Wilming- 
ton, Del.,  and  had  issue  (surname  Zinn)  : 

1.  May~B.,h.  1879. 

2.  George,  b.  1883. 

iv.  Amy;  m.  October  28,  1869,  George  Hamilton  Smith,  and 
had  issue  (surname  Smith) : 

1.  Fanny-Miller,  b.  August  25,  1870. 

2.  Edgar-Zinn,  b.  May  11,  1880. 
V.  Catharine;  d.  s.  p. 

vi.  Charles;  d.  s.  p. 

vii.  Margey ;  m.  March  22,  1883,  J.  Ross  Swartz,  M.  D. ;  reside 
in  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

XV.  JosiAH  Greenawalt,  ^  (Leonard,  ^  Philip-Lorentz.i) 
b.  September  11,  1799;  d.  March  7,  1865,  in  Lebanon,  Penna.; 
was  in  early  life  a  merchant,  but  afterwards  associated  as  part- 
ner with  his  father  in  the  tanning  business ;  m.  August  22, 
1821,  by  Eev  Philip  Pauli,  of  Beading,  Mary  Laub,  b.  June 
24,  1800  ;  d.  October  31,  1880  ;  daughter  of  Michael  and  Mary 
Laub,  of  Berks  county,  Pa,     They  had  issae : 

^.  Dr.  John,h.  September  11,  1822;  d.  August  24,  1866;  m. 
Sallie  Mason,  of  Cincinnati,  O.,  and  had  issue. 

ii.  Wilhelmina-M.,  b.  February  16,  1825;  d.  August  25,  1877  ; 
unm. 

iii.  Lorenzo- Leonard,  b.  January  6, 1827,  at  Lebanon,  Pa. ;  was 
educated  hi  the  schools  of  the  town  and  at  the  old  Leba- 
non academy  ;  learned  tanning  and  leather-dressing,  the 
former  of  which  occupations  he  followed  many  years ; 
made  two  trips  across  the  plains  to  the  Pacific  coast — 
one  in  1852,  when  the  undertaking  was  a  hazardous  one, 
the  other  in  1871 ;  during  the  war  for  the  Union,  he  was 
captain  of  company  E,  127th  regiment,  Pennsylvania 
volunteers,  subsequently  in  the  26th  regiment,  Pennsyl- 


264  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

vania  militia,  as  major ;  and  participated  in  tlie  battles 
of  Fredericksburg,  Chancellorsville,  and  Gettysburg ;  was 
assistant  burgess  of  Lebanon  boi'ougli,  and,  in  1884-5,  a 
mail  agent  in  the  Government  employ.  Major  Greena- 
walt  m.  September  15,  1881,  Anna  Gorgas,  b.  in  Still- 
water, Minn. ;  daughter  of  Colonel  Adam  Gorgas. 

iv.  Josiah,  b.  September  11, 1828. 

V.  Catharine,  b.  December  3, 1831. 

XVI.  Eegina  Camilla  Geeenawalt,-*  (Jacob,  ^  John- 
Philip,  ^  Pbilip-Lorentz,!)  b.  August  10,  1823,  in  Harrisburg, 
Pa.,  and  there  resides ;  m.,  May  l,  1848,  William  Calder, 
b.  July  31,  1821 ;  d.  July  19,  1880,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;  son 
of  William  Calder  (1788-1861)  and  Mary  Kirkwood  (1790- 
1858.)  With  only  a  limited  education,  he  was  inducted  into 
the  business  of  his  father  at  an  early  age.  When  only  sixteen 
he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  Philadelphia  packet  from 
Columbia  to  Pittsburgh.  In  1851  he  assumed  the  entire  man- 
agement of  his  father's  affairs,  and  in  1857  undertook  the  com. 
pletion  of  the  Lebanon  Valley  railroad,  employed  six  hundred 
men,  finished  the  road  and  paid  his  men  in  full.  In  1858,  he 
became  a  member  of  the  well-known  banking  firm  of  Cameron, 
Calder  &  Co.,  which  afterwards  became  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Harrisbarg,  of  whicb  Mr.  Calder  was  chosen  president.  The 
same  year  he  was  elected  a  director  of  the  Northern  Central 
railway,  and  was  active  in  preserving  Pennsylvania's  interests 
in  that  corporation.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion  he 
rendered  the  government  important  service  through  his  large 
knowledge  in  the  purchase  of  horses,  and  supplied  the  govern- 
ment with  no  less  than  forty-two  thousand  horses  and  sixty- 
seven  thousand  mules,  establishing  the  price  (^$125  and  $117  50) 
so  low  as  to  effect  a  very  great  saving  to  the  government  in 
this  department.  Mr.  Calder  was  always  foremost  in  the  pro-  - 
motion  of  industrial  enterprises.  He  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  Harrisburg  Car  Works,  the  Lochiel  Boiling-Mills,  the 
Harrisburg  Cotton-Mills,  Foundry  and  Machine  Works,  the 
Fire-Brick  Works,  the  Pennsylvania  Steel  Works,  &c.  In 
1873  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Hartranft  a  trustee  of  the 
Pennsylvania  State  Lunatic  Hospital,  and  reappointed  in  1876. 
In  1876  he  was  appointed  by  the  same  Governor  a  member  of 


Oreenawalt  of  Lebanon. 


265 


the  commission  to  devise  a  plan  for  the  government  of  cities, 
and  in  1880,  just  prior  to  his  death,  was  elected  a  director  of 
the  Pennsylvania  Institution  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb.  For 
many  years  he  ably  officiated  in  the  management  of  city  af- 
fairs through  its  councils,  and  his  social  qualities  gathered  about 
him  a  host  of  warm  personal  friends.  He  was  among  the 
founders  of  the  Harrisburg  Hospital  and  the  Grace  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  was  an  attendant.  He  was 
formerly  a  Whig,  latterly  a  Republican,  and  influential  in  local 
and  State  politics,  and  one  of  the  Presidential  electors  in  1876. 
William  Calder  and  his  wife  had  issue  (surname  Calder)  : 

i.  Edmund-KirkiDood,  b.  June  21, 1849 ;  d.  December  31, 1862. 
ii.   WilUa7n-Jacob,h.  October  1,1853;  m.  Jessie  Kemington, 

daughter  of  Eliphalet  Remington,  of  Ilion,  IN".  Y.,  and 

had  issue  (surname  Calder)  : 

1.  Helen. 

2.  Ethel-Kirkwood. 

Hi.  Catharine-Krause,  b.  July  27,  1857 ;  m.  William  Eobert 
Turner,  of  Kent,  England  ;  an  Episcopalian  minister  in 
Schuylkill  county,  Pa. 

Tkeodore-GreenawaU,  b.  December  2, 1860. 

Eegina.  b.  July  27,  1862. 

Mary-Kirkwood,  b.  April  10, 1865. 


IV. 
V. 

vi. 


266  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 


HAMILTON  FAMILY. 


[The  original  of  the  family  record  commences  with  the 
words  "Colerain,  1612."  About  this  time,  county  Colerain 
became  "Deny,"  and  the  city  "Londonderry,"  in  what  is 
known  in  the  State  papers  as  "  the  settlement  of  Ulster,"  in 
Ireland.  Thus  the  ancestry  of  this  family  obtained  a  portion 
of  the  15,000  acres  granted,  in  1609,  to  the  English  and  Scots 
of  Colerain.  Mrs.  Judge  McLean,  born  Sarah  Bella  Chambers 
Ludlow,  of  Cincinnati,  who  married,  first,  Hon.  Jeptha  D, 
Garrard,  of  Kentucky,  secondly,  Hon.  John  McLean,  of  Ohio, 
.Postmaster  General  and  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States,  thus  writes  of  her  maternal  ancestry :  "  The 
maiden  name  of  my  grandmother  Chambers  was  Catharine 
Hamilton.  She  was  thie  daughter  of  John  Hamilton  and  Lsa- 
bella  Potter.  This  Hamilton  was  a  descendant,  in  the  second 
degree,  of  a  Duke  of  Hamilton.  The  coat-of-arms  and  records 
of  his  descent  were  carefully  presei-ved  by  the  family  of  my 
grandfather.  General  Chambers,  for  many  years  after  his  mar- 
riage to  Catharine  Hamilton,  as  a  cherished  relic;  but  in  the 
infancy  of  the  American  republic,  and  the  essential  and  con- 
sistent training  of  the  distinguished  patriot  and  his  accom- 
plished wife,  the  children  were  taught  to  abhor  aristocracy  or 
anything  like  it.  So  the  two  tin  cases  containing  the  proofs 
of  these  honors  became  playthings,  and  eventually  disappeared, 
leaving  only  the  certificate  of  General  James  Chambers,  of 
Franklin  county,  Pennsylvania,  commander  of  the  first  Penn- 
sylvania regiment  in  the  Pevolutionary  war,  as  a  member  of 
the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati.  This  has  escaped  fire,  flood, 
misfortunes,  and  emigration,  and  is  carefully  preserved  as  an 
abiding  evidence  of  his  services,  character,  and  patriotism." 
The  American  history  of  this  family  will  be  learned  in  what 


Hamilton  Family.  267 

follows.     It  is  not  necessary  to  repeat  details  of  the  connection 
with  its  Scotch  and  Irish  ancestry.] 

I.  James  Hamilton,  ^  and  Kathaeine,  his  wife,  emigrated 
from  Lanarkshire,  Scotland,  to  the  "  free  lands  of  Ulster,"  in 
Ireland,  where  he  became  "  a  considerable  land-holder,"  An 
only  child  was  born  to  them  on  the  banks  of  the  Foyle,  in  the 
county  Tyrone. 

II.  John  Hamilton,  2  son  of  James,  ^  b.  January,  1702  ;  d. 
June  5, 1755,  and  is  buried  at  New  London  Cross-roads,  Chester 
county,  Penn'a.  By  will,  he  left  a  farm  to  his  daughter,  Katha- 
rine, and  a  farm  and  mill  to  his  son,  John,  in  then  Cumber- 
land, now  Perry  and  Juniata  counties,  Penn'a,  He  was  a  re- 
spectable and  intelligent  man,  of  means  and  standing.  He  re- 
sided on  a  farm  in  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  which  he 
purchased  in  1742,  a  short  time  after  his  arrival  in  this  country. 
At  the  period  of  his  second  marriage  he  was  a  well-established 
farmer  and  miller.  The  family  have  preserved  no  account  of 
the  personal  appearance  of  John  Hamilton,  as  he  died  when  his 
only  son  John  was  a  lad  of  six  years  of  age,  and  his  daughter 
Katharine  a  young  girl ;  but  it  has  been  told  that  he  "  was 
stoutly  built,  of  handsome  stature,  florid  complexion,  and  a 
Presbyterian."  His  will  is  dated  May  31,  1755,  and  is  recorded 
in  Chester  county.  He  m.,  first,  January  6  1735,  by  the  Rev. 
Baptist  Boyd,  of  Aghalow,  Isabella  Potter,  b.  1710;  died 
Friday,  September  25,  1741,  on  shipboard,  and  buried  at  New 
Castle,  September  26,  1741.  She  was  sister  of  John  Potter, 
who  emigrated  with  John  Hamilton  to  America  "  on  the  ship 
Donegal,  arriving  at  New  Castle,  on  the  Delaware,  Friday, 
September  26,  1741."  Mr.  Potter  was  the  first  sheriff  of  Cum- 
berland county,  and  the  ancestor  of  Major  Greneral  James  Potter 
of  the  Eevolution.     By  this  marriage  they  had  issue : 

i.  James.,  b.  Friday,  November,  27, 1736,  d.  s.  p.  , 

3.      a.  Katharine,    b,  Monday,  December    18,  1738;    m.  James 
Chambers, 
Hi.  John.,  b.  Tuesday,  September  30, 1740 ;  d.  Sunday,  October 
17,  K41,  and  is  buried  "at  Archibald  Beard's,  in  Mill 
Creek  Hundred,  Kew  Castle  county,  Del," 

John    Hamilton  m.,  secondly,  in  January,  1748,  by  Rev, 


268  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

Francis  Alison,  D.  D.,  of  New  London,  Chester  county,  Penn'a, 
Jane  Allen,*  b.  1715  ;  d.  February  4,  1791,  and  is  buried 
at  Harrisburg.  Slie  was  the  daughter  of  Eobert  and  Mary 
Allen,  granddaughter  of  Captain  Thomas  Allen,  of  "  His 
Majesty's  ship  Quaker,  on  the  Chesapeake  bay  in  1684,  and 
commander  in  the  Virginia  waters."  She  was  a  woman  of  un- 
usual force  of  character,  and  educated  with  great  care.  They 
had  issue  : 

4.      iv.  John,  b.  June  17,  1749 ;  m.  Margaret  Alexander. 

Mrs.  Hamilton  married,  a  second  time,  John  Mitchell,  an 
Irish  gentleman,  who  died  many  years  before  her.  By  this 
marriage  there  was  no  issue. 

11]^  Katharine  Hamilton,  ^  (John,^  James,  i)  b.  December 
18,  1788,  in  county  Tyrone,  Ireland ;  d.  January  14,  1820,  at 
Ludlow  Station,  Ohio;  m.  James  Chambers,  of  Loudoun 
Forge,  Franklin  county,  Pennsylvania,  only  son  of  Benjamin 
Chambers,  of  Falling  Spring,  and  Sarah  Patterson,  daughter  of 
James  Patterson,  of  Donegal,  Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania. 
James  Chambers  was  a  distinguished  officer  in  the  war  of  the 
Revolution,  having  served  as  captain,  major,  lieutenant  colonel, 
colonel,  and  brigadier  general,  and  in  civil  life  as  judge  and 
other  official  positions.  He  died  April  25,  1805.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Chambers') : 

5.  i.  Sarah  Bella,  b.  1759 ;  m.  first,  Andrew  Dunlop ;  secondly, 

Capt.  Archibald  McAlister. 
ii.  Benjamin,  b.  December,  1760 ;  d.  1835,  in  Saline  county, 
Missouri;  m.  Miss  Pen n,  daughter  of  Dr.  Penn,  of  St. 
Louis.  Mr.  Chambers  entered  the  army  of  the  Eevolution 
as  an  ensign,  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  and  at  the  close 
of  the  war  held  the  rank  of  captain.  After  the  piTrchase 
of  the  Louisiana  Territory  he  removed  to  Missouri.  He 
left  two  sons  and  four  daughters. 
Hi.  Buhamah,  b.  1763;  d.  in  Kentucky;  m.  Robert  Scott,  of 
Kentucky,  and  had  issue,  (surname  Scott,)  Ella,m..  James 
Clarkson,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

6.  iv.  Charlotte,  b.  1765  ;  m.  Israel  Ludlow. 

IV.  John  Hamilton, ^  (John,^  James, ^)  b.  June  17,  1749, 

*  The  looking-glass,  a  wedding  present  from  Captain  Thomas  Allen, 
R.  N.,  to  his  sister  Jane,  is  in  the  possession  of  her  descendant,  A. 
Boyd  Hamilton,  at  Harrisburg. 


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in  New  London,  Chester  county,  Pennsylvauia ;  d.  August  28, 
1793,  at  Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania.  Under  tlie  will  of  his  father 
he  inherited  a  "  plantation  and  fulling-miil,  bought  of  James 
Long,  on  Shearman  creek,  in  Cumberland  county,"  (Perry 
county.)  He  was  but  six  years  of  age  at  the  death  of  his  father. 
He  was  educated,  principally  in  the  celebrated  academy  of 
Eev.  Mr.  Alison,  Chester  county.  When  upon  a  visit  to  his  pat- 
rimony in  the  Juniata  region,  he  was  attracted  to  the  superior 
excellence  of  a  tract  of  land  called  "Fermanagh,"  now  in  Ju- 
niata county.  He  purchased  it.  On  the  Shearman's  creek  farm 
Hugh  Alexander  was  his  adjoining  neighbor ;  he  became  at- 
tached to  his  daughter,  and  at  twenty-three  years  of  age  he 
married  her;  established  himself  at  "Fermanagh,"  and  erected 
a  large  stone  mansion.  This  house  is  standing.  It  has  been 
occupied  by  himself,  his  son  John,  and  now,  with  some  alter- 
ation and  addition,  by  a  grandson,  Hugh  Hamilton.  He  be- 
came, by  successful  industry,  and  in  right  of  his  mother,  Jane 
Allen  Hamilton,  of  great  fortune  for  his  day.  The  inventory 
of  personal  property  at  his  death,  in  1793,  makes  his  effects  in 
money,  £7,500.  At  that  moment  he  had  active  enterprises  of 
various  kinds  in  full  operation — at  Lost  creek,  at  Fermanagh, 
in  Shearman's  valley,  and  at  Harrisburg,  where  he  owned  prop- 
erty appraised  at  more  than  £50,000.  He  also  erected  mills  on 
Lost  creek  and  Shearman's  creek.  He  was  one  of  the  original 
lot-holders  at  Harrisburg  upon  the  laying  out  of  the  town, 
owning  No.  21,  on  Front  street.  One  of  his  largest  houses  was 
that  at  the  south-east  corner  of  the  Market  square ;  another  on 
his  lot.  Front  street  and  Raspberry  alley.  He  was  unques- 
tionably the  most  enterprising  man  in  the  small  community 
that  afterwards  became  Harrisburg.  As  early  as  1772  he  em- 
ployed at  his  warehouse  and  stores,  on  what  is  now  Mulberry 
street,  between  Second  and  Third  streets,  "as  many  as  fifteen 
mules,  and  a  far  greater  number  of  horses,  upon  which  he 
sent  nails  and  salt  and  other  merchandise  to  Pittsbu.ra:h." 
Sending  nails  to  Pittsburgh  at  this  date  would  be  reversing 
the  usual  course  of  trade.  He  was  one  of  the  last  of  those 
in  the  interior  who  held  slaves,  a  half  dozen  in  all.  All  but 
one  continued  in  the  family  until  the  death  of  his  widow,  not 


270  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

as  slaves,  but  as  free  laborers  on  the  farms.  Mr.  Hamilton 
was  the  leader  of  a  company  of  cavalry  during  the  Eevolu- 
tion,  and  was  out  in  two  campaigns,  1776  and  1781.  In  the 
family  records  of  the  McAllisters,  of  Lost  Creek,  Juniata,  one 
of  whom  married  a  grand-daughter  of  Captain  Hamilton,  we 
have  the  following  narrative:  "  The  American  army,  Decem- 
ber, 1776,  shattered,  disheartened,  and  decreasing  daily,  were 
making  precipitate  retreat  across  Jersey  into  Pennsylvania, 
before  the  victorious  army  of  Howe  and  Cornwallis.  In  this 
gloomy  hour  a  meeting  of  the  people  was  called  at  the  farm 
of  Mr.  William  Sharon  within  a  couple  of  miles  of  Mr.  Hugh 
McAllister's,  near  the  present  town  of  Mexico,  to  consult  and 
devise  measures  to  reinforce  Washington  and  the  army.  All 
the  neighbors  below  the  Narrows  met.  John  Hamilton,  of 
Fermanagh,  was  made  chairman.  It  was  unanimously  agreed 
to  raise  a  company  of  mounted  men.  All  were  young  men, 
with  younger  families,  but  they  did  not  hesitate.  They  agreed 
to  marcli.  Hamilton  pledged  himself  to  start  immediately, 
then  McAllister  and  Sharon.  The  former  was  chosen  captain, 
the  latter  lieutenants,  and  in  two  days  they  were  off,  more 
than  eighty  strong,  riding  the  first  day  to  the  mouth  of  the 
Swatara,  over  snow  many  inches  in  depth.  They  reached 
camp,  on  the  Pennsylvania  side,  below  Trenton,  the  day  after 
the  Hessians  were  captured."  None  but  men  with  their  whole 
hearts  in  the  cause  would  have  made  such  a  dreary  march  in 
a  most  inclement  winter,  unless  thoroughly  in  earnest.  This 
was  the  sentiment  that  actuated  all  the  frontier  setlers.  Their 
actions  were  in  accordance  with  this  craving  for  freedom.  It 
made  the  Revolution  a  success.  It  is  only  necessary  to  add 
that  nearly  the  whole  expense  of  this  effort  fell  upon  the 
captain,  and  that  he  was  never  reimbursed.  His  widow,  in 
after  da_ys,  remarked,  the  "  Lord  paid  us  back  in  prosperity, 
and  with  liberty  to  enjoy  our  own."  In  1793,  Harrisburg  was 
scourged  by  a  pestilence  resembling  yellow  fever,  an  epidemic 
that  then  prevailed  at  Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  and  New  York. 
One  of  its  victims  was  Mr.  Hamilton.  He  m.  in  December, 
1772,  MaegarEt  Alexander,  b.  March  17,  1754,  in  Shear- 
man's Valley,  Cumberland,  now    Perry,  county,  Penn'a. ;  d. 


7. 

I. 

ii. 

8. 

in. 

9. 

iv. 

10. 

V. 

11. 

vi. 

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August  22,  1835,  at  "Fermanagh,"  Juniata  county,  Penn'a.  ; 
daughter  of  Hugh  Alexander  and  Martha  Edmeston.  They 
had  issue  :* 

Jean.,  b.  June  1,  1774;  m.  John  Kean. 
,  Martha,  b.  August  5,  1776 ;  d.  March  16, 1830 ;  m.  James 

Alricks.    (See  Alricks  record.) 
John.,  b.  Sept.  10,  1782:  m.  Francisca  Blair  Edmeston. 
Hugh.,  b.  June  30,  1785;  m.  Rosanna  Boyd. 
Margaret,  b.  August  12, 1789  ;  m.  Moses  Maclean. 
Katharine-Allen^h.  November  13, 1792  ;  m.  Jacob  Spangler. 

Mrs.  Margaret  (Alexander)  Hamilton,  m.  secondly,  in  1795, 
Andkew  Mitchel,  b.  November  1,  1754,  in  Dublin,  Ireland ; 
d.  December  21,  1825,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  He  served  as  an 
officer  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  having  arrived  in  America 
in  1774.  After  the  war  taught  school.  He  was  an  accom- 
plished scholar,  highly  esteemed  in  social  and  public  life ;  was 
cautious  and  methodical  in  his  business,  and  precise  in  training 
pupils,  his  own  and  his  numerous  step-children.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Mitchel) : 

i.  Jane- Alexander,  h.  July  17,1799;  d.  February  3,  1876  ;  m. 
November  29,  1819,  Dr.  Thomas  Whiteside,  b.  October 
31,  1790;  son  of  John  Whiteside  and  Mary  Elton,  of 
Lancaster  county,  Pa. ;  and  had  issue  (surname  White- 
side) : 

*In  a  Bible  presented  to  Martha  Edmeston  Alexander,  mother  of 
Margaret  Hamilton,  in  1732,  we  have  the  following: 

"  Record  of  John  and  Margaret  [Alexander]  Hamilton,  1772. 

"Jean  Hamilton  daughter  of  John  Hamilton,  was  Born  on  the 
first  day  of  June  1774  on  Juniata. 

"  Martha  Hamilton,  was  born  on  the  fifth  day  of  August,  1776  in 
Paxton. 

"  The  first  Boy  was  Born  February  1  1781 — on  Juniata,  died  in 
Marcli. 

"  John  Hamilton  was  Born  September  the  10th  day  1782  at  nine 
o'clock  in  the  morning — at  Fermanagh. 

"  Hugh  Hamilton  was  Born  the  30th  day  of  June  1785  at  two  o'clock 
in  the  morning — at  Fermanagh. 

"  Mary  Hamilton  Born  the  30th  of  December  1787— Died  at  Har- 
risburg. 

"Margarets  Hamilton  was  born  the  11th  day  of  August,  at  four 
o'clock  in  th3  morning,  1789 — at  Harrisburg. 

"  Kitty  Alien  Hamilton  was  Born  the  13th  day  of  November  at  four 
o'clock  in  the  afternoon  1792 — in  Paxton." 


272  Pennsylvania   Qenealogies. 

1.  Margaret-Mitchel ;  m.  Dr.  A.  C.  Stees,of  Union 

county,    Penn'a ;    and    had    issue    (surname 
iStees): 
o.  Marion. 

h.  Jane-Whitisicle;  m.  Joseph  R.Orwig,  and 
had  issue  (surname  Orwig)  Margaret- 
Mitchel,  Mary-Gilbert,  Clara-Beaver,  Jo- 
seph-Ralph, Louisa-Hayes,  and  Reuben- 
George. 

c.  T  homas-  Whiteside. 

d.  Clarence;  m.  Elizabeth  Bowers,  of  Orrs- 
town,  Franklin  county,  Pa. ;  no  issue. 

e.  John-Irvine;  m.  Annie  Armstrong;  and 
had  Harry  Armstrong. 

f.  Herman- Alricks ;  m.  Minnie  Sheldon,  of 
Beverly,  N.  J. 

g.  Abraham-Cypher. 

2.  Philip-Syny-Physkk ;  m.  Mary  E.  Simpson,  and 

had  issue,  Amelia^  Jane,   William,  and  Elder. 

3.  Mary-Elton;  m.  William  B.  Brandon,  of  Adams 

county,  Pa.;  and  liad  issue  (surname  Brandon), 
Jane-  Whiteside,  Katharine-Hamilton,  Ellen, 
and  Martha. 

4.  Jane-Gordon;  m.  Leigh  R.  Baugher,  of  Adams 

county,  Pa ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Baugher), 
Mary- Whiteside,  Thomas-Brooks,  and  Henry- 
Lewis, 

V.  Sarah  Bella  Chambees,^  (Katharine, ^  Jolin,^ 
James,^)  b.  1759;  cL,  1884,  at  Ludlow  Station,  O.,  was  twice 
married ;  m.  first,  Andrew  Dunlop,  b.  1756 ;  d.  September, 
1785 ;  an  attorney-at-law,  Franklin  county,  Penn'a ;  and  had 
issue ;  m.  secondly,  Captain  Archibald  McAlister.  of  Foit 
Hunter,  Dauphin  county,  Penn'a,  and  no  issue.  Sarah  Bella 
Chambers  and  Andrew  Dunlop  had  issue  (surname  Duulop) : 

i.  Catharine;  m.  Colonel  Casper  Wever,  of  Weverton,  Ind. ; 
and  had  issue  (surname  Vi evev)  Catharine-H.,m.  William 
J.  Collins. 

ii.  James;  m.  Miss  Madera,  of  Chambersburg,  and  had 
Sarah-Bella,  m.  John  A.  Wilson,  and  Helen. 

Hi.   Charlotte;  m.  Charles  Clarkson,  of  Kentucky. 

iv.  Josephine;  m.  .James  C.  Ludlow,  of  Ohio;  and  had  issue 
(surname  Ludlow)  Janies-Dunlop,  Sarah-Bella-Cham- 
bers, m.  Salmon   P.  Chase,  of  Ohio;  Euhamah,  m.  Ran- 


Hamilton  Family.  273 

•  dall  Hunt,  of  New  York;  Charlotte-Chainhers,  m. 
Charles  Ap  Jones;  Catharine^  m.  Lewis  Whiteman  ; 
Benjamin-Chambers,  m.  Frances  Jones;  and  Israel,  d. 
s.  p. 

YI.  Chaelotte  Chambers,'*  (Katharine, ^  Joh-n,^  James, ^) 
b.  1765 ;  d.  1804 ;  m.,  first,  Israel  Ludlow,  of  Ludlow  Sta- 
tion, Ohio  ;  d.  1804  ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Ludlow)  : 

i.  James-Ckambers ;  m.  Josephine  Dunlop,  his  cousin. 
ii.  Martha- Catharine ;  m.  first,  Ambrose  Dudley,  of  Frank- 
fort, Ky.;  and  had  issue  (surname  Dudley)  Louisa,  m. 

J.  A.  D.  Burrows;  Ethelbert-Ludlow,  m.  Mary  F.  Scott; 

and ,  m.  John  Breckenridge,  son  of  John  C. 

Breckenridge.     She  m.,  secondly,  Eev.  John  W.  Cra- 

craft,  of  Ohio,  and  had  issue. 
Hi.  Sarah-Bella-Chambers];  m.,  first,  Jeptha  D.   Garrard,  of 

Kentucky,  and  had  issue  (surname  Garrard) :  Israel,  m. 

Catharine  Wood;   Gem-ge  Wood,  Kenner,  Lewis  H.,  m. 

Florence  Van  Vliet,  and  Jeptha,  m.  Anna  Knup.   She  m,, 

secondly,  Hon,  John  McLean,  of  the  U.  S.  Court ;  no 

issue. 
iv.  Israel,  m.  Adelia  Stacarn,  of  Alexandria,  Va.,  and  had 

issue :  Louisa,  William,  and  Albert. 

Mrs.  Charlotte  Chambers  Ludlow  m.,  secondly,  Rev.  David 
EiSKE,  of  Missouri,  and  had  issue  (surname  Eiske) : 

V.  iCuhamah,  m.  Butler  Kenner,  of  Louisiana,  and  had  issue 
(surname  Kenner) :  Charlotte,  m.  George  Harding,  of 
Philadelphia,  and  Mary,  m.  Horace  Binney,  of  Philadel- 
phia. 

VI.  Charlotte,  m.  George  W.  Jones,  U.  S.  Senator  from  Iowa. 

vii.  [A  daughter] ;  m.  Xelson  Clement,  of  Kew  York  city. 

IX.  Jean"  Hamilton,*  (John,^  John,^  James, i)  b.  June  1, 
1774;  d.  March  20,  1847,  at  Harrisburg,  Penn'a;  m.  Decem- 
ber 10,  1789,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Hoge,  of  Carlisle,  Johi^  Kean",  b. 
October  3,  1762,  in  Philadelphia  ;  d.  December  9,  1818,  in  Har- 
risburg, Pa. ;  son  of  John  Kean  [1728-1801]  and  Mary  Dun- 
lop [1728-1819.]  His  father  removed  to  what  is  now  Dauphin 
county,  Pa.,  in  1775,  and  there  the  son  grew  to  man's  estate. 
In  1780,  he  entered  the  service,  and  was  with  the  armj^ 
until  after  the  capitulation  at  Yorktown.  Upon  his  dis- 
charge he  was  placed  with  James  Clunie,  a  merchant  at 
Hummelstown,  second  sheriff  of  Dauphin  county,  at  a 
18 


274  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

salary  of  one  hundred  dollars  a  year  and  boarding.  In  this 
period  he  taught  himself  con\reyancing  and  surveying.  In 
1785  he  located  at  Harrisburg,  in  partnership  with  Mr. 
Clunie,  In  1788  he  was  one  of  the  members  of  the  famous 
"Harrisburg  Conference."  He  was  one  of  the  first  managers 
of  the  library  company,  established  in  1787,  and  the  same  year 
elected  a  commissioner  of  the  county ;  one  of  the  trustees  of  the 
Harrisburg  Academy,  1788  ;  treasurer  of  the  Presbyterian  con- 
gregation in  1790  ;  chosen  captain  of  the  first  volunteer  com- 
pany upon  the  resignation  of  General  Hanna,  and  president  of 
the  first  tire  company,  and  in  1792  appointed  an  associate  judge. 
In  1796  Mr.  Kean  purchased,  with  John  Elder,  Jr.,  ISTew 
Market  forge,  about  three  miles  from  Palmyra,  and  removed 
thence.  Was  elected  to  the  State  Senate,  and  reelected  in 
1798,  serving  until  1802.  In  1805  he  was  appointed  by  Gov- 
ernor McKean  Ptegister  General,  serving  for  three  years.  He 
removed  to  Philadelphia  in  1810,  was  a  merchant  there,  re- 
turned to  Harrisburg  in  1813,  was  again  appointed  justice  of 
the  peace  by  Governor  Snyder,  which  office  he  filled  until  his 
death.  He  was  an  active  and  influential  citizen  of  the  Com- 
monwealth for  many  years.  Judge  Kean  married  in  1786 
Mary  Whitehill,  daughter  of  Robert  Whitehill,  of  Cum- 
berland county.  By  her  he  had  one  daughter,  Eleanor,  who 
married,  March  24,  1808,  William  Patton,  M.  D.,  son  of 
Thomas  Patton  and  Eleanor  Fleming,  born  in  1775,  in  Derry 
township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin,  county.  Pa,  Dr.  Patton 
received  a  good  education,  studied  medicine  under  the  elder 
Dr.  William  Simonton,  and  gradu.ated  at  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania.  He  located  at  Hummelstown,  and  was  in  suc- 
cessful practice  there  at  his  death,  which  occurred  the  30th  of 
March,  1816.  He  was  buried  in  Derry  Church  grave-yard. 
After  his  decease,  Mrs.  Patton  married  Christian  Spayd,  and 
left  descendants.  By  his  second  wife,  Jane  Hamilton,  there, 
was  issue,  (surname  Kean) : 

M.  Jo/in,  b.  January  21, 1795,  cl.  s.  p. 

n.  Louisa,  b.  August,  1799  ;  resides  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  m. 

General  Samuel  Power,  of  Beaver,  and  had  one  daughter, 

d.  s.  p. 


Hamilton  Family.  275 

in.  Margaret-Hamilton,  b.  February  17,  1S06;  d.  October  11, 

1855 ;  unm. 
iv.  Jane-Duffield;  resides  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

YIII.  John"  Hamilton/  (John,^  John,2  James,  i)  b.  Sept. 
10,  1782,  at  Fermanagh,  Juniata  county,  Penn'a.  ;  d.  June  2, 
1851,  at  Fermanagh,  and  is  buried  at  Mifflintown.  He  received 
a  careful  preparatory  education  at  Harrisburg,  and  was  sent  to 
Dickinson  College,  where  he  graduated.  The  estate  of  "  Fer- 
managh "  coming  to  him  by  inheritance,  he  resided  on  the  an- 
cestral farm  until  his  death.  Mr.  Hamilton  m.,  by  Rev.  Francis 
Hyndman,  February  14,  1805,  Feancesca  Blaik  Edmeston, 
b.  in  Chester  county,  Penn'a.  ;  d.  March  6,  1818,  at  Fermanagh  ; 
daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  Edmeston  and  Martha  Blair.*  They 
had  issue : 

i.  Samuel- Edmeston,  b.  Nov.  14,1805;  d.  Dec.  18,  1847;  m. 
Sarah  Hawk,  and  bad  Francesca-BIair,  m.  Jacob  God- 
shal ;  John-Andreiv,  Mary,  Sarak-Hawk,  d.  s.  p.,  and 
Marciaret,m.  Wellington  Smith. 

ii.  John-Andrew,  b.  June  27,  1807 ;  d.  Feb.  22,  1840,  s.  p. 

in.  Hugh- Alexander,  b.  Oct.  30,  1808,  d.  s.  p. 

iv.  Margaret-Mitchel,  b.   Oct.  27,  1810;  d.  July  22,  1838;  m. 

John  Alexander ;  no  issue. 
V.  Martha-Edmeaton ,  b.  March  16, 1812 ;  d.  July  25, 1833,  s.  p. 

vi.  Thomas-AlUn,  b.  August  17,  1813  ;  d.  October  28, 1820,  s.  p. 

xii.  Francesca-Blair,  b.  May  16,  1815 ;   m.  first,  Hon.  Amos 
Gustine  ;  secondly  Dr.  James  Frow ;  no  issue. 
12.  viii.  Hugh,  b.  October  16, 1816  ;  m.  first,  Sarah  Gettys  McDow- 
ell ;  secondly,  Sarah  Ann  Kloss. 

ix.   Van-Hook,  b.  March  4,  1818 ;  d.  Sept.  3,  1848,  s.  p. 

IX.  Hugh  Hamilton, *  (John,^  John^,  James, i)b.  June 
30,  1785,  at  Fermanagh,  Juniata  county,  Penu'a.  ;  d.  September 
8,  1836,  at  Harrisburg,  Penn'a.  He  received  a  careful  prepar- 
atory education  at  Harrisburg,  and  with  his  brother  John  was 
sent  to  Dickinson  College,  where  he  graduated.  He  studied- 
law  under  Thomas  Elder,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Dau^^hin 
county  bar  in  1805.     At  the  time  of  his  admission  to  the  bar 

*  Martha  Blair  was  a  daughter  of  Kev.  Samuel  Blair,  D.  D. 
Dr.  Edmeston  was  a  son  of  David,  and  grandson  of  David  and  Mar- 
garet Edmeston,  who  came  to  Maryland  in  1647.  Mrs.  Edmeston 
was  a  granddaughter  of  Jjawrence  Yan  Hook,  a  judge  under  the 
Dutch  rule  in  New  York. 


276  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

Judge  Henry  bad  ordered  the  prothonotary  to  issue  commis- 
sions on  parchment.  Accordingly  the  descendants  of  the  young 
lawyer  have  his  commission  "on  parchment,''  issued  21st  of 
June,  1805,  signed  by  "Joshua  Elder,  Pro'thy,  by  order  of 
the  Court,"'  with  the  seal  of  the  county  attached.  In  1808, 
Mr.  Hamilton  edited  and  published  The  Times,  at  Lancaster, 
and  upon  the  i-emoval  of  the  seat  of  government  to  Harrisbnrg, 
with  William  Gillmor,  The  Harrishurg  Chronicle.^  the  leading 
and  influential  newspaper  at  the  State  capital  for  twenty  years. 
The  Chronicle  was  the  first  paper  in  Pennsylvania  which  gave 
full  and  systematic  legislative  reports.  Mr.  Hamilton  was  a 
vigorous  and  polished  writer,  and  his  editorials  and  letters 
models  of  elegant  composition,  and  much  of  it  has  been  pre- 
served. For  a  quarter  of  a  century  he  wielded  considerable 
political  influence  through  his  newspaper.  He  was  an  active 
and  enterprising  citizen,  twice  chief  burgess  of  Harrisbnrg,  fre- 
quently a  member  of  its  council,  and  highly  esteemed  in  social 
intercourse.  Mr.  Hamilton,  m.  January  6,  1807,  by  Rev. 
James  Snodgrass,  of  Hanover  church,  RosANNA  Boyd,  b. 
December  1,  1786,  at  Harrisbnrg,  Penn'a. ;  d.  April  17,  1872, 
at  Harrisbnrg,  and  there  buried ;  daughter  of  Adam  Boyd  and 
Jeannette  MacFarlane.*     They  had  issue: 

*Adam  Boyd,  son  of  John  Boyd  and  Elizabeth  Young,  was  a  na- 
tive of  Northampton  county,  Pa^.,  born  in  1746.  His  ancestors  were 
of  that  sturdy  and  feJfrless  race  who,  after  winning  religious  liberty 
at  home,  braved  the  perils  of  the  ocean  and  a  life  in  the  wilds  of 
America,  that  they  might  establish  civil  and  religious  freedom  in  the 
Kew  World.  The  ancestor  of  this  family  was  Adam  Boyd,  an  officer 
of  the  rank  of  captain  in  the  army  sent  by  Charles  I  to  Ireland*  on 
the  roll  of  Scottish  division  June  5, 1649.  As  was  usual  in  Scotland, 
one  of  the  sons,  Adam  (2)  went  into  the  Church ;  his  son  Adam  (3) 
was  also  a  Presbyterian  clergyman.  Early  in  1714,  his  son  John  (4) 
and  a  younger  brother,  Rev.  Adam  Boyd  left  their  native  land,  Scot- 
land, arriving  at  Philadelphia  in  the  summer  of  that  year.  John  m., 
the  year  following,  Jane  Craig,  daughter  of  Thomas  Craig,  and  sub- 
sequently became  (1728)  one  of  the  first  emigrants  to  the  "Irish  Settle- 
menl?,"  now  in  Northampton  county.  His  son  John,  born  in  Philadel- 
phia in  1716,  m.,  in  1744,  Elizabeth,  daughtetof  Sir  William  Young, 
"  an  Ulster  baronet."''  Their  eldest  son  was  Adam  Boyd  the  subject  of 
this  sketch.  He  learned  the  trade  of  a  carpenter,  and  was  following  that 
avocation  when  the  war  of  the  Revolution  called  to  arms.     When  the 


Hamilton  Family.  277 

13.  i.  Adam  Boyd,  b.  Sept.  17, 1808;  m.  Catharine  Louisa  Nau- 

dain. 
n.  Alexander,  b.  October  4, 1810;  d.  June  5, 1873,  uDm. 

14.  in.  John,  b.  Oct.  21,  1815;  m.  Amanda  Jane  Thomason. 

iv.  Thomas  Allen,  b.  Feb.  14,  1818;  d.  Dec.  14,  1S74.  He  re- 
ceived a  good  education,  and  learned  the  trade  of  a  prin- 
ter in  his  father'^  office,  at  which  he  worked  until  he  re- 
ceived the  appointment  of  an  assistant  engineer  on  the 

State  of  Pennsylvania  had  formed  its  little  navy  for  the  protection  of 
the  ports  on  the  Delaware,  in  1776,  Adam  Boyd  received  his  first  com- 
mission. In  1777  he  was  honorably  discharged.  He  at  once  entered 
the  army  proper,  holding  the  same  rank  therein.  He  was  at  the  bat- 
tles of  Brandywine  and  Germantown,  with  two  of  his  brothers,  one 
of  whom,  John,  was  killed  in  the  latter  engagement.  Subsequently, 
Lieut.  Boyd  acted  as  "  master  of  wagons,"  with  the  rank  of  captain, 
and  as  such  remained  with  the  army  until  the  surrender  of  York- 
town.  Passing  Harris  ferry,  in  the  spring  of  1782,  to  the  home  of  his 
mother,  near  ISTewville,  Mr.  Boyd  was  struck  with  the  immense  ad- 
vantages offered  by  the  location  of  the  proposed  town.  He  subse- 
quently purchased  of  the  proprietor  a  lot  on  the  corner  of  Second  and 
Mulberry  streets.  1\\  1784  he  became  a  permanent  resident.  The 
dwelling-house  erected  by  him  in  J792  on  lots  210  and  212  of  the  orig- 
inal plan  of  the  borough,  on  Second  below  Mulberry,  is  yet  in  the 
ownership  of  his  descendants.  Under  the  first  charter  of  Harrisburg 
in  1791,  he  was  chosen  a  burgess.  Dr.  Jolui  Luther  being  the  other. 
In  1792  he  was  elected  treasurer  of  the  county,  and  held  the  office 
until  1806,  when  he  declined  a  reelection.  In  1809,  Mr.  Boyd  was 
elqcted  a  director  of  the  poor,  and  during  his  term  of  office,  the  county 
poor-house  and  mill  were  erected  under  his  direction.  Mr.  Boyd  d. 
on  the  14th  of  May,  1814;  was  interred  in  the  Presbyterian  grave- 
yard, of  which  he  was  an  elder.  Subsequently  his  remains  were  re- 
moved to  the  Harrisburg  cemetery.  In  private  trusts  Mr.  Boyd  was 
very  frequently  employed.  His  correspondence  and  accounts  are  pre- 
cise and  methodical,  particularly  the  care  with  which  he  managed 
the  estate  of  the<younger  William  Maclay.  In  person  he  was  five  feet 
eight  inches  in  height,  a  stout,  healthy,  florid  man,  dark  brown  hair 
and  eyes.  At  fifty-two  years  of  age  he  had  no  gray  hairs.  He  is  rated 
on  the  "  Mill  Purchase"  at  £23  2s.,  being  the  fourth  highest  assess- 
ment upon  that  curious  record.  Mr.  Boyd  m.,  1784,  Jeannette  Mac- 
farlane,  b.  June  23. 1764;  d.  December  4, 1790,  buried  at  Harrisburg ; 
daughter  of  Patrick  Macfarlane  and  Rosanna  Howard,  b.  1735. 
Patrick  Macfarlane,  b.  1727,  son  of  James  Macfarlane  and  Jeannette 
Buchanan,  daughter  of  Robert  Buchanan  ;  James,  b.  in  Scotland, 
December  24, 1695,  came  to  America  in  1717,  m.,  1724,  in  Pequea, 
now  Lancaster  county.  The  only  descendant  of  Adam  Boyd  and 
Jeannette  was  Rosanna  Boyd,  who  m.  Hugh  Hamilton. 


278  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

State  caiials,  under  Col.  James  Worrall,  but  soon  aban- 
doned both  avocations,  in  order  to  join  a  brother  in  a 
business,  which  they  successfully  prosecuted  until  his 
death.  He  served  as  a  member  of  the  city  councils  of 
Harrisburg  a  longer  continuous  period  than  any  other 
citizen  has  ever  done,  being  elected  for  about  twenty 
years  in  succession,  generally  without  serious  opposition, 
although  many  epochs  of  great  public  excitement  inter- 
vened to  produce  tierce  and  close  political  contests.  His 
neighbors  never  failed  to  ascertain  his  political  opinions, 
yet,  whether  voting  for  or  against  him,  they  rejoiced  to 
know  that  he  was  their  representative  and  the  leader 
of  the  municipal  legislature.  In  the  language  of  a  con- 
temporary, "Mr.  Hamilton,  in  his  intercourse  with  his 
fellow-citizens,  was  courteous  to  all,  liberal  to  the  poor, 
positive  in  opinion,  methodical  in  business,  reticent,  de- 
liberate, but  prompt  in  judgment."  His  integrity  was 
never  impeaclied  in  public  or  private  transactions.  He 
died,  unmarried,  at  Hari'isburg,  in  the  same  house  in 
wiiich  he  was  born. 
V.  Margaret,  b.  Feb.  2,  1820 ;  d.  April  27,  1876 ;  m.  Hon.  Hugh 
Nelson  McAllister,  of  Belief onte,  Penn'a;  no  issue. 
(See,  proceedings  on  Ms- death  hy  the  Constitutional  Conven- 
tion of  1873, ) 

vi.  Andrew-Mitch  el,  b.  April  9,  1822  ;  d.  May  16, 1827. 
vii.   William,  b.  Feb.  10,  1824;  an  attorney,  residing  at  Belle- 

fonte,  Penn'a. 
via.  Cathariyie-Jane,  b.  June  30, 1826 ;  d.  Nov.  11,  1826. 

ix.  Hugh,  b.  Aug.  9.  1828 ;  d.  Jan.  28,  1830. 

X.  .Margaket  Hamilton, 4  (John,-'^  John,^  James,  "^)  b. 
August  12,  1789,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  d.  November  18,  1814, 
at  Harrisburg,  and  there  buried;  m.,  April  18,  1809,  Moses 
Maclean,  b.  1785,  in  Adams  county.  Pa.;  d.  at  Huntingdon, 
Pa.  His  grandfather,  Archibald  Maclean,  born  on  the  west 
coast  of  Scotland,  in  1716,  came  to  America,  and  had  sons, 
Moses,  William,  Samuel,  John,  James,  and  Alexander.  The 
father,  Moses  Maclean,  was  an  active  and  prominent  official  in 
that  part  of  then  York  county,  both  before,  during,  and  after 
the  Eevolution.  The  son,  Moses,  chose  the  legal  profession. 
After  completing  his  studies,  in  1807  he  removed  to  Harrisburg, 
where  he  could  have  risen  to  a  commanding  position,  if  his  di- 
versified and  unusual  ability  had  been  directed  to  a  close  at- 
tention to  his  profession.     He  represented  Dauphin  county  in 


Hamilton  Family.  279 

the  Pennsylvania  House  of  Eepresentatives.  He  was  well 
educated,  possessed  of  pure  literary  taste ;  was  a  wit  and  a  poet. 
In  person  heavily  built,  of  good  stature,  and  captivating  ad- 
dress. In  one  of  the  best  known  of  his  poetical  eiJusions,  the 
standard  hymn  commencing  "  Come  mourning  souls  rejoice, 
be  glad,"  the  closing  verse  is  an  appeal  so  prophetic,  as  to  ap- 
pear exactly  fitted  to  his  future — ^iong  after  it  was  penned : 

"  Should  persecution's  eager  shaft, 
Pursue  us  while  we  live, 
Jesus,  Benevolent,  Divine, 
Oh,  teach  us  to  ^Forgive.''  " 

Margaret  Hamilton  and  Moses  Maclean  had  issue,  (surname 

Maclean) : 

i.  Sarah,  b.  April  16, 1811 ;  m.  Dr.  William  Elder,  b.  1806  ;  d. 
April  5,  1885 :  and  had  issue,  (surname  Elder) : 

1.  Jessie,  b.   October    7,  1835;  m.   June  15,   1863, 
Luther  Ringwalt. 
ii.  Margaret,  b.  April  3,   1813;  d.  July  21,  1876;  buried  at 

Harrisburg,  Pa. 
in.  Katharine-Hamilion,\).  October  26, 1814 ;  resides  at  Doyles- 
town.  Pa. 

XL  Katharine  Alleist  HAMiLTOisr,*  (John,^  John,^ 
James, ^)  b.  November  13,  1792,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  d.  June 
12,  1873,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  m.,  May  23,  1820,  by  Rev.  Wm. 
R  DeWitt,  Jacob  Spangler,  b.  1768,  in  York  county,  Pa.; 
d.  1843,  at  York,  Pa.,  and  with  his  wife  there  buried;  son  of 
Rudolph  Spangler  and  Dorothea  Dinkle.  Greneral  Spangler 
learned  the  trade  of  a  watchmaker ;  was,  when  a  very  young 
man,  postmaster  at  York ;  county  surveyor  and  county  com- 
missioner ;  a  representative  in  Congress,  1816 ;  Surveyor  Gen- 
eral of  Pennsylvania,  1817  to  1820,  under  Governor  Findlay. 
and  again,  1823  to  1829,  under  Governor  Shulze,  and  was  a 
brigadier  general  of  the  Pennsjdvania  militia.  They  had  issue 
(surname  Spangler) : 

i.  Margaret-Dorothea;  m.  Hon.  Stokes  L.  Roberts,  of  Bucks 
county ,  who  d.  February  21 . 1 884,  and  is  buried  at  Doyles- 
town,  Bucks  county,  Pa;  no  issue. 

ii.  J'aco6--B?«ZoZj5/t,  d.  March  2, 1882;  m.,May  18, 1847,  Frances 
R.  Elliott,  b.  April  12, 1828,  daugliter  of  Com.  Jesse  Dun- 
can Elliott,  U.  S.  N".,  and  Frances  Carr  Vaughn;  and 
had  issue  (surname  Spangler) : 


280  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

1.  EUioU,  b.  May  5,  1848;  m.,  February  20,  1870, 

Sarah  Householder,  and  bad  issue  : 
a.  John-H.^  b.  N'ovember  3,  1875. 
h.  Jesse-E.,  b.  May  27,  1882. 
c.  Ervnn-D.,  b.  October  7,  1884. 

2.  Harry-Allen,  b.  May  12,  1849;  m.  October  27, 
1869;  d.  1870,  leaving  a  daughter,  Catharine- 

Allen,  b.  August,  1870. 

3.  Frances-Elliott,  b.  July  16,  1850  ;  m.  May  3, 1870, 

George    Shultz ;    and    had    issue     (surname 
Shultz) : 

a.  Blanche,  b.  November  6, 1871. 

6.  Valeria-E.,  b.  December  16, 1879. 

4.  Jacoh-Tt.,  b.  October  25, 1852 ;  m.,  and  had  issue. 

5.  Washington,  b.   March   17,  1855;   m.,   and   had 

issue. 

6.  Ellen-Duncan,  b.  December  16, 1856. 

Hi.  Jane-Martha,  b.  1825;  d.  1854;  m.  John  Henry  Small,  of 
York;  and  had  issue  (surname  Small) :  Henry;  m.,and 
resides  at  Leipsic,  Germany. 

iv.  Rosanna-Hamilton,  d.  s.  p. 

V.  Susan-EUzaheth ;  m.  William  Radcliflfe  DeWitt,  M.  D.,  of 
Harrisburg;  reside  in  Florida.     [See  Maclay  record.) 

vi.  Frances,  d.  s.  p. 

XII.  Hugh  Hamilton,  ^  (Joliii,^  Jolm,^  Jolin,^  James,  ^) 
b.  October  16,  1816,  at  Fermanagh,  Juniata  county,  Penn'a  ; 
resides  upon  the  farm  his  ancestor  purchased  in  1770  ;  is  a  suc- 
cessful farmer  and  esteemed  citizen  of  Juniata  county.  He  m., 
first,  Sarah  Gettys  McDowell,  of  Chester  county,  Penn'a. 
They  liad  issue : 

i.  Mary-Mitchell ;  m.  Ezra  Parker,  an  attorney  of  Mifflintown, 

Penn'a,  and  had  issue  (surname  Parker),  Andrew. 
a.  John,  a  professor  in  the  State  College  of  Penn'a  ;  m.  Eliza- 
beth M.  Thompson,  daughter  of  Moses  Thompson,  of 
Centre  Furnace,  Centre  county,  Penn'a;  and  had  issue. 

Mr.  Hamilton  m.,  secondly,  Sarah  Ann  Kloss,  of  Juniata 
county,  Penn'a.     They  had  issue : 

Hi.  Susan  Alice. 

in.  Martha-Ann ;  m.  Milton  Frazer;  reside  in  Akron,  O. 

V,  Emma-Jane- 

vi.  Ossian  Kloss. 

vii.  Rosanna;  m.  James  W.  Goodhart,  of  Lewistown,  Penn'a. 
via.  Francesca-Blair . 


Hamilton  Family.  ^  281 

ix.  Sarah-Ellen ;  m.  Marion  P.  Von  Buskirk,  of  Greenspring, 

Ohio. 
X.  Hugh. 

XIII.  Adam  Boyd  Hamilton, s  (Hugh,'*  Jolin,^  John,^ 
James,  1)  b.  September  18,  1808,  in  Harrisburg,  Penn'a,  where 
he  now  resides.  His  school  training  was  under  private  tutors, 
and  at  the  Harrisburg  Academy.  He  learned  the  trade  of 
printer  in  his  father's  establishment,  the  Harrisburg  Chronicle. 
During  this  training  he  remembers  two  of  the  journeymen  of 
the  office,  who,  afterwards  were  Chief  Justices  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Pennsylvania,  Messrs.  Lewis  and  Thompson,  as  well 
as  many  others  who  became  men  of  political  and  social  em- 
inence. As  he  rose  to  manhood,  he  was  appointed  in  the  en- 
gineer corps  of  the  Janiata  division  of  the  State  works,  under 
DeWitt  Clinton,  Jr.,  as  chief.  The  partner  of  his  father  having 
died,  he  returned  to  Harrisburg,  and  became  part  owner  of 
the  Chronicle.  He  was  chosen,  when  scarcely  of  voting  age,  one 
of  the  printers  to  the  Legislature.  After  spending  a  couple  of 
years  in  the  South,  he  returned  to  Harrisburg,  and  was  ap- 
pointed to  a  position  at  Washington  city  ;  resigned,  taking  con- 
trol of  the  Pennsylvania  Reporter  at  Harrisburg  ;  subsequently 
unanimously  chosen  assistant  clerk  of  the  Senate,  resigning 
that,  and  becoming  joint  partner  in  the  Pennsylvanian,  at  Phil- 
adelphia, with  MifEin  Parry,  Joseph  Neal,  J.  W.  Forney,  and 
S.  I).  Patterson.  At  the  termination  of  this  partnership,  he 
became  printer  to  both  Houses  of  Congress,  and  at  the  repeal 
of  the  contract  law,  i-eturned  to  Harrisburg,  and  for  the  follow- 
ing nine  years  was  State  printer.  He  has  held  a  number  of 
public  ppsitions  :  that  of  school-director  for  twelve  years ;  presi- 
dent of  the  select  council ;  one  of  the  commissioners  of  1860, 
and  of  a  subsequcDt  one  in  1870,  to  make  a  plot  of  the  city  of 
Harrisburg ;  president  of  the  State  Agricultural  Society,  and 
of  the  Dauphin  County  Society ;  a  trustee  of  the  Harrisburg 
Academy  ;  secretary  of  the  board  of  managers  of  the  Harrisburg 
Hospital  from  the  first  meeting  on  the  subject,  in  1872  ;  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Derry  Presbyterian  Church,  and 
president  of  tbe  Dauphin  County  Historical  Society  since  its 
formation.     Mr.  Hamilton  m.,  in  Philadelphia,  December  18, 


282  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

1845,  by  Eev.  Thomas  Brainard,  Catharine  Louisa  Nau- 
DAiJsr,  b.  April  11,  1823,  in  New  Castle  county,  Del.  ;  d.  Sep- 
tember 11,  1883,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and  there  buried  ;  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Arnold  Naudain*  and  Mary  Schee.    *0n  the  death 

*The  family  record  of  Hon.  Arnold  ISTaudain  is  interesting. 
Briefly  stated,  it  is  as  follows : 

Elias  Naudain,  b.  1657;  d.  1694;  m.  Gahel  Arnaud,  1676.     Had 

Elias  Naudain,  b.  1686;  d.  1752;  m.,  in  Philadelphia,  Lydia  Le 
Roux,  1715,  daughter  of  Pierre  Le  Roux.  Both  Naudain  and  Le 
Roux  were,  natives  of  La  Tremblade,  Saintonge,  Prance.  The 
former  received  his  "denization"  in  England,  November  17,  1681. 
Both  were  "  naturalized  "  in  London,  March  8, 1682. 

Arnold  ISJ'audain,  b.  1728;  m.  Catharine  Alfree,  1751 — both  died 
August  6,  1796. 

Andrew  Naudain,  b.  1758;  d.  1819;  m.  Rebeka  Snow,  b.  1770;  d. 
1813. 

Arnold  ISTaudain,  b.  1790;  d.  1872;  m.,  in  1810,  Mary  Schee,  b- 
1787  ;  d.  1860 ;  daughter  of  Hermanns  Schee  and  Mary  Naudain. 

Dr.  ISTaudain's  first  public  service  was  in  the  war  of  1812,  when  he 
was  surgeon  of  the  Delaware  regiment.  In  1822,  he  was  nominated 
for  Congress ;  his  opponent  was  Louis  McLane,  who  was  elected. 
In  1824  and  in  1828,  the  political  race  between  these  distinguished 
gentlemen  was  run  again,  and  with  the  same  result.  At  each  contest 
the  vote  was  nearly  equal.  In  1825,  Dr.  ISTaudain  was  elected  to  the 
Legislature,  a  member  from  New  Castle  county,  sitting  with  his 
brother,  Elias,  who  represented  Kent  county.  The  former  was 
chosen  Speaker,  serving  with  great  acceptability.  In  1828,  he  was 
commissioned  a  judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas,  by  Governor 
Charles  Polk,  tlie  bench  consisting  of  Thomas  Clayton,  Arnold 
Naudain,  and  Jacob  Stout.  In  1829,  Louis  McLane  resigned  his 
seat  as  United  States  Senator,  and  in  January,  1830,  Dr.  Nandain 
was  appointed ;  taking  his  seat  the  day  he  entered  the  forty-flrst 
year  of  his  age.  In  1832,  while  occupying  this  eminent. position, 
he  was  nominated  for  Governor,  although  earnestly  protesting 
"against  a  step  so  impolitic."  In  1833,  he  was  again  chosen 
United  States  Senator.  He  fully  appreciated  this  mark  of  high 
confidence,  but  his  private  business  was  suffering.  After  deliberate 
consideration  he  decided  to  resign  his  public  position,  and  resume 
his  professional  avocation.  He  resigned  June  17,  1836.  In  1841, 
he  again  entered  public  life  as  Collector  of  the  Port  of  Wilming- 
ton, and  Superintendent  of  tlie  Light-houses  on  the  Delaware.  He 
resided  in  Philadelphia  for  some  years,  but  in  1857  returned  to  his 
native  State.  Dr.  ISTaudain,  m.,  in  1810,  Mary  Schee,  b.  1787;  d. 
1860.    They  had  issue  (surname  Naudain) : 


Hamilton  Family.  288 

of  Mrs.  Hamilton,  one  who  knew  her  well,  writes :  "  It  is  no 
eulogy,  but  the  testimony  of  all  who  knew  her,  that  few  ex- 
celled her  in  those  womanly  traits  of  character  and  gentle  at- 
tractions of  manner  and  person  that  are  fitted  to  charm  and 
hold  the  hearts  of  friends.  Under  the  discipline  of  suffering 
and  the  training  of  the  Divine  Saviour,  her  Christian  life  took 
on  a  serene  and  patient,  a  gentle  and  tender  aspect,  that  be- 
tokened its  heavenly  origin."  A.  Boyd  Hamilton  and  wife 
had  issue : 

15.  i.  Howard,  b.  May  18,  1847  ;  m.  Ella-Maria  Harbert. 

16.  n.  Hugh,  (twin,)  b.  May  18, 1847;  m.  Florence  Wallace. 

iii.  Boyd.,  b.,  Wednesday  June  6,  1849,  in  Philadelphia;  d. 
Monday,  March  13,  1854;  buried  at  Harrisburg. 

w.  Mary-Schee-JSFaudain,  b.  Monday  July  24,  1854;  d,  Wed- 
nesday, March  3,  1856  ;  buried  at  Harrisburg. 

V.  Naudain,  b.,  Monday,  February  9,  1857,  at  Harrisburg, 
Pa. 

XIY.  John  Hamilton, ^  (Hugh,'*  John,^  John,^  James, *) 

b.  October  21,  1815,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  went  to  Texas  at  an 

early  period,  and  yet  resides  there ;  participated  in  its  war  for 

independence,  and  for  his  services  received  a  large  tract  of  land 

in  Jasper  county,  on  the  Angelina  river,  near  its  junction  with 

the  Nueces;  m.,  August  1, 1844,  near  Zavalla,  Texas,  Amanda 

Jane  Thomason,  b.  February  4,  1830;  d.  April  26,  1867; 

i.  James-Schee,  b.  September  24, 1811 ;  m.,  September  4, 1832, 

Ann  Elizabeth  Blackiston ;  d.  May  23,  1844,  and  had 

six  children. 
it.  Andrew-Snow,  b.  February  20,  1813;  m.,  March  7,  1833, 

Mary  Pennel  Corbit ;  and  had  two  daughters. 
iii.  Behecka-Ann,  b.   February  22,   1815;   m.,  April  20,1837, 

Hugh  Alexander;  d.  IN"ovember  14,  1883  ;  and  had  eight 

children. 
iv.  Mary-Hamhly,  b.  October  11,  1817;   m.,  March  19,  1845, 

William  Newell  Hamilton  ;  and  had  three  chldren. 
V.  Elizabeth- Biddle,  b.  September  29,  1820;  m.  February  9, 

1842,  James  Edward  Ellis ;  and  had  six  children. 
vi.  Catharine-Louisa,  b.  April  11, 1823  ;  m.  as  above, 
vii.  Lyd.ia-Frazer,  h.   May  29,  1825;    m.,  September  14,  1847, 

Clayton  Augustus  Conegill,  d.  in  Florida,  l!^ovember  17, 

1871 ;  and  had  three  children. 
via.  Caroline- Amelia,  b.   October  27,  1827 ;  d.  April  14,  1848, 

s.  p. 


281  Pennsylvariia   Genealogies. 

daughter  of  Moses  Kelly  Thomason  and  Thjrza  Ann  Camp- 
bell.*    Thej  had  issue : 

i.  liosanna-Catharine^h.  September  25,  184:5 ;  m.  August  31, 
1865,  Lanier  W.  Ludlow,  and  had  issue  (surname  Lud- 
low) : 

1.  John-Lanier,  b.  September  7, 1866. 

2.  Alexander-Franklin,  b.  January  31,  1869. 

3.  Thomas- Riley,  b.  October  8,  1870. 

4.  Josephine-Octavia,  b.  ISTovember  25, 1872. 

5.  Charlotte- Amanda,  b.  June  11,  1877. 

6.  Nancy-Mahala,  b.  April  23,  1880. 

7.  Bobert-Clinton,  b.  April  21,  1882. 

a.  Ann-Elizabeth,  b.  May  31,  1847;  m.,  December''23,  1868, 
"William  Byerly ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Byerly) : 

1.  Adam-Boyd,  b.  September  30,  1869. 

2.  Hugh-Andrew,  b.  June  5, 1872. 

3.  James-William,  b.  May  15,  1875. 

4.  Amanda- Gai-oline,  b.  July  24,  1879. 

5.  Margaret-Penelope,  b.  January  25,  1882. 

6.  John-Hamilton,  b.  September  29,  1884. 
Hi.  Huqh-Moses,  b.  September  26,  1849  ;  d.  s.  p. 

iv.  Margaret-Frances,  b.  April  10,1851 ;  m.,  December  3,  1873, 
Wallace  Ferguson;  d.  March  31,  1882;  and  had  issue 
(surname  Ferguson) : 

1.  Kmily-Jane,  b.  December  13,  1874. 

2.  Arqyle- Hamilton,  b.  April  10,  1877. 

3.  Margaret-An7i,\).  December  2Q,  1880. 

V.  Avianda-Jane,h.  April  18,  1853;  m..  May  16,  1873,  Jolin 
Wallace  Williams ;  and  had  issue  (surname  AVilliams) : 

*  Thyrza  Anne  Campbell  was  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Duncan  Camp- 
bell, of  Flemingsburg,  Ky.  He  was  born  at  Edinburg,  Scotland,  in 
1764,  closely  related  to  tlie  family  of  Argyle-Campbell,  brother  of 
ti-eorge  W.  Campbell,  United  States  Senator  from  Tenn.,  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury,  and  ambassador  to  Russia.  Dr.  Duncan  Campbell 
married  Ann  Washburn,  a  native  of  Virginia  and  of  English  ances- 
try.   They  had  issue  (surname  Campbell) : 

*.  Argyle;  a  prominent  lawyer  of  Mississippi;  d.   prior  to 

1860. 
ii.  Archibald;  a  lawyer  residing  in  Alabama. 
Hi.  Eliza;  m.  David    Hubbard,  member  of    Congress  from 

Alabama. 
iv.  Cynthia;  m..  first,  Alexander  Kerr,  a  merchant ;' second, 

Colonel  Davis,  a  planter  of  Mississippi. 
V.  Thyrza- Ann;  m.  Moses  K.  Thomason,  a  merchant. 
vi.  Mahala;  m.  Andrew  Smythe,  of  Alabama,  father  of  George 
W.  Smythe,  member  of  Congress  from  Texas. 


Hamilton  Family.  285 

1.  Sarah- Catharine,  b.  July  31,  1874;  d.  s.  p. 

2.  Henry -Lewis- Duncan,  b.  May  31,  1875. 
8.  Amavda-Angeline,  b.  March  8,  1880. 
4.  James-Kelly,  b.  August  24, 1883. 

vi.  John-Boyd,  b.  June  16,  1855;  m.,  October  14,  1876,  Eliza- 
beth Nicholas;  d.  May  13,  1884;  and  had  issue: 

1.  Allen-Boyd,  b.  August  27,  18S1. 

2.  Elizabeth;  d.  1884. 

vii.  Alexander -Dun  can,  b.  June  5,  1857. 
I'm.  Thyrza-Mahala,  b.  September  26,  1860. 
ix.   William- Allen,  b.  August  24,  1863. 
,/         X.  Arqyle-Camphell,  b.  February  4,  1867. 

~XV.  Howard  Hamilton,"  (Adam  Boyd,^  Hugh,*  John,^ 
John, 3  James,!)  b.  Tuesday,  May  18,  1847,  in  Philadelphia, 
Pa.  ;  m.,  September  23,  1875,  by  Rev.  Dr.  Parker,  Ella 
Maria  Harbert,  b.  August  29,  1851 ;  daughter  of  Samuel  C. 
Harbert.*     They  had  issue: 

i.  Saynuel-Harhert,h.  July  11,  1877,  at  Overbrook,  Philadel- 
phia. 
ii.  Charles-Nauelain,  b.  February  25.  1883;  d.  July  26,  1883. 

XVI.  Hugh  Hamilton,*'  (Adam  Boyd,^  Hugh,*  John,^ 
John, 2  James,!)  b.  Tuesdaj^,  May  18,  18-17,  in  Philadelphia, 
is  a  practicing  physician  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  m.,  at  Pittsburgh, 
February  25,  1875,  by  Rev.  John  K.  McKallip,  Florence 
Wallace,  b.  February  4,  1843  ;  d.  March  25,  1880,  buried 
at  Harrisburg,  daughter  of  Rev.  Dr.  Benjamin  John  Wallace, 
{See  Maclay  record,)  and  Sarah  Cochran,  daughter  of  George 
Cochran,  (of  Richard,)  Pittsburgh.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Adam-Boy d,  b.  December  5, 1875. 
ii.  Benjamin-Wallace,  b.  November  20,  1877. 
Hi.  Louisa -Naudian,  b.  October  13,  1879;    d.  April  11,  1880; 
buried  at  Harrisburg. 

*  Samuel  Cloke  Harbert,  son  of  Zebedee  Harbert  and  Sarah 
Cloke,  whose  ancestors  settled  in  Maryland  prior  to  1700.  Colonel 
Harbert  entered  the  army  from  New  Jersey,  and  at  the  close  of  the 
civil  war  held  the  rank  and  position  of  a  paymaster.  His  terra  of 
service  was  from  the  beginning  to  the  end  of  the  war.  Mrs.  Harbert 
descends  from  Thomas  Lloyd,  whose  descent  is  known  as  early  as 
1515  —  deputy  Governor  of  Penn'a  in  1684— through  Rachel  Lloyd 
Preston,  whose  daughter  JIannah  m.  Samuel  Carpenter,  1711,  whose 
son  Preston  m.  Hannah  Smith,  1742,  &c.  {See  record  by  Charles  Per- 
rin  Smith,  of  Trenton,  jSf.  J.) 


Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 


HAY  OR  HAYS  FAMILY. 


[This  name  has  had  a  varied  orthography — in  olden  times 
De  la  Haye  and  De  la  Hay  a,  while  in  later,  Hay,  Hays,  and 
Hayes.  The  American  branch  of  the  family  write  it  Hays,  as 
a  general  thing.-  In  Bnrke's  Peerage  is  a  very  interesting  ac- 
count of  the  origin  of  the  Hays  arms,  which  was- — "  argent, 
three  escutcheon  gules,"  to  which  was  afterwards  added 
"  crossed  arms,  each  hand  grasping  a  short  sword  and  support- 
ing the  escutcheon  gules,  surmounted  by  a  crown."] 

I.  William  Hays,  ^  a  native  of  Scotland,  left  that  country 
during  the  religious  persecutions,  and  settled  in  the  county 
Tyrone,  north  of  Ireland.  He  was  at  the  siege  of  Derry,  and 
endured  its  trials  until  relief  came,  being  absent  from  his  family 
twenty-two  months.  His  wife  and  two  small  children  were  of 
the  number  of  those  who  had  been  "  driven  to  the  walls,"  hav- 
ing been  forced  to  walk  with  her  little  ones  twenty  English 
miles — the  only  food,  a  little  oatmeal  secreted  about  her  person. 
A  piece  of  horse  hide,  purchased  during  the  siege  just  before 
relief  came  for  a  guinea,  was  preserved.  Of  two  of  their  chil- 
dren we  have  record : 

i.  ilfari/ia,  m.  John  Wallace,  ('see  Wallace  and  Weir  record.) 

2.  n.  James .1  who  m.,  and  left  issue. 

II.  James  HaySj^  (William,  i)  b.  in  county  Tyrone,  Ireland ; 
married,  and  left  issue,  among  others: 

3.  i.  John,  b.  about  1740 ;  m.  Eleanor  Leach. 

III.  John  Hays,^  (James^,  Wilhami,)  b.  about  1740,  emi- 
grated to  America  in  1789,  arriving  at  Philadelphia  in  Sep- 
tember of  that  year.  After  remaining  the  following  winter  at 
Maytown,  Lancaster  county,  Penn'a,  he  purchased  a  farm  at 
the  head  of  Yellow  Breeches  creek,  on  the  Walnut  Bottom 


Hay  or  Hays  Family.  287 

road,  Cumberland  county,  Penn'a.  He  resided  there  ten  or 
twelve  years,  but  was  unable  to  obtain  a  proper  title  for  his 
property,  and  his  first  payment  of  £500  was  lost.  He  after- 
wards purchased  three  hundred  acres  in  Path  Valley,  Franklin 
county,  Penn'a,  where  some  of  his  descendants  yet  reside.  He 
died  in  1814.  Mr.  Hays  married  Eleanok  Leach,  a  native 
of  the  north  of  Ireland,  who  died  in  1826.     They  had  issue : 

4.  i.  Margaret.,  b.  March  16, 1767  ;  m.  John  Gibson. 

5.  a,  Frances,  b,  August  24,  1768  ;  m.  Robert  Patterson. 

Hi.  James,  b.  January  4,  1770 :  went  South,  m.,  and  died  there. 

6.  iv.  John,  b.  October  14,  1771 ;  m.  Martha  Wallace. 

V.  Elizabeth,  b.  November  29,  1773  ;  d.  December  5, 1779. 
vi.   William,  b.  October  17,  1775;  d.  May  1,  1864;  resided  on 

the  old  homestead  in  Path  Valley,  where  he  died. 
vii.  Dickey,  b.  March  15, 1777  ;  m.  [Margaret]  Lindsey,  and  had 

John  and  Margaret, 
viii.  Jennett,  b.  December  12, 1778,  d.  s.  p. 
ix.  Elizabeth,  h.  1782;  d.  January  21,  1872,  at  the  old  home- 
stead, unm. 

7.  X.  Eleanor,  b.  1785;  m.  William  Gamble. 

8.  xi.  Sarah,  b.  1787  ;  m.  John  Little. 

xii.  Jane,  b.  July  2,  1789  ;  d.  April  20,  1864,  unm. 

lY.  Maegaeet  Hays,-^  (John,-''  James, ^  William, i)  b. 
March  16,  1767,  in  county  Tyrone,  Ireland ;  d.  December  15, 
1834,  in  Philadelphia,  Penn'a;  m.  John  Gtibsok  They  had 
issue  (surname  Gribson) : 

i.  John, 
ii.  Andrew. 
Hi.  Jane. 

Y.  Feances  Hays,^  (John,  3  James,  ^  William,  ^)  b.  Au- 
gust 24,  1768,  in  county  Tyrone,  Ireland;  d.  January  9,  1851, 
in  Cumberland  county,  Penn'a ;  m.  Robeet  Patteeson.  They 
had  issue  (surname  Patterson) : 

i.  Eliza, 
ii.  Eleanor. 

YI.  John  Hays,^  (John,^  James,  ^  Wilham,!)  b.  October 
14,  1771.  in  county  Tyrone,  Ireland;  d.  June  15,  1811,  at 
Somerset,  Penn'a ;  m.,  December,  1797,  Maetha  Wallace, 
b.  April  23,  1773,  in  Allen  township,  Cumberland  county, 
Penn'a ;    d.    September    25,    1843,    at    Harrisburg,    Penn'a ; 


288  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

daughter  of  Samuel  Wallace  and  Margaret  Patton.    They  had 
issue : 

9.      i.  Samuel-  Wallace,  b.  October  30, 1799  ;  m.  Margaret  Moore. 
ii.  John-Leach,  b.  December  28, 1801 ;  m.  first  Jane  Gibson,  d. 
1853,  and  had  Margaret;  secondly,  Margaret  Camblin. 

10.  in.   TF^7h■am-Pa«on,  b.  1803;  m.  Kosanna  Keller. 

iv.  Margaret,  b.  1805;  resides  in  Harrisburg,  Penn'a. 
V.  Eleanor,  b.  September  16, 1807  ;  d.  November,  1808. 

11.  vi.  Joseph- Caldtoell,  b.  1809;  m.  Anna  M.  Betts. 

YII.  Eleai^or  Hays, 4  (John,^  James, ^  William, i)  b.  1785, 
in  count}^  Tyrone,  Ireland ;  d.  February  12,  1877,  in  Path 
Valley,  Franklin  county.  Pa. ;  m.,  William  Gamble.  They 
had  issue  i^surname  Gamble) : 

i.  Mary, 
ii.  Margaret. 
Hi.  John. 
it'.  Eliza. 

V.  Samuel, 
vi.  Sarah. 
vii.  Eleanor, 
via.  Susayi. 
ix.   William. 

X.  Martha. 

VIII.  Sarah  Hays,^  (John,^  James,^  William, i)  b.  1787  ; 
d.  December  15,  1860;  m.,  John"  Little.  They  had  issue 
(surname  Little) : 

i.   WilUam-Hays. 

ii.  Eliza. 
Hi.  Mary. 
iv.  James. 
V.  Eleanor. 
vi.   Tirzah. 
vii.  John, 
via.  Thomas. 

IX.  Samuel  Wallace  Hays,^  (John,'*  John,^  James, ^ 
William,  1)  b.  October  30,  1799,  at  Newville,  Cumberland 
county,  Pa. ;  d.  May  18, 1855,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  He  received 
the  education  so  freely  given  by  the  Scotch-Irish  to  their  chil- 
dren. He  came  to  Harrisburg  in  1821,  where  he  resided  until 
1825,  when  he  went  to  Philadelphia,  returning  to  the  former 
place  in  1828,  which  from  that  period  became  his  permanent 


Hay  or  Hays  Family.  289 

home.  Mr.  Hays  then  began  business,  which  he  successfully 
carried  on  until  a  few  years  prior  to  his  death.  He  was  an 
earnest,  laborious  worker  in  his  church,  (Presbyterian,)  of 
which  he  was  one  of  the  ruling  elders  from  1840  to  his  de- 
cease. For  a  period  of  twenty-seven  years  he  was  superintend- 
ent of  the  first  infant  Sunday-school,  which  he  organized  in 
1828,  in  Harrisburg,  and  only  relinquished  its  care  when  fail- 
ing health  compelled  him  to  give  up  his  charge.  The  Rev. 
Dr.  Robinson  bears  this  testimony  of  him :  "I  remember  him 
as  a  quiet,  modest  man  and  patient  sufferer.  The  little  I  knew 
of'  him  endeared  him  to  me.  *  '^  *  He  was  a  warm  friend 
and  lover  of  the  young,  kind  and  genial  in  his  intercourse  with 
them,  and  an  admirable  teacher."  Mr.  Hays  m.  Margaret 
Moore,  b.  August  7,  1806 ;  d.  February  8,  1851,  at  Harris- 
burg, Pa. ;  daughter  of  Archibald  Moore  and  Rebecca  Junkin, 
of  Locust  Grove,  Mifflin  county.  Pa.     They  hsd  issue: 

i.  Isabella-Moore;  resides  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
X.  William  Patton  Hays,^  (John,^  John,^  James, ^ 
William,  1 )  b.  February  8,  180-1,  in  Cumberland  county,  Pa.; 
d.  March  5,  1844,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  m.  Rosanna  Keller, 
b.  June  8,  1812 ;  d  August  29,  1848,  at  Washington  city,  D. 
C.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Anne-Margaret. 

ii.  John-Keller ;  d.  s.  p. 

in.  William-  Wallace,  b.  October  23,  1836;  d.  Marcli  31,  1870 
at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  He  received  liis  preparatory  educa- 
tion in  tlie  public  sciiools  and  Harrisburg  Academy  ;  en- 
tered the  sophomore  class  of  Jefferson  College,  Cannons- 
burg,  in  1853,  graduating  in  1856.  He  then  went  to  Texas, 
where  he  remained  two  years,  teaching  in  Victoria  and 
Goliad.  After  returning  North,  he  began  the  study  of 
law  with  Robert  A.  Lamberton,  Esq.,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  Dauphin  county  bar  December  6, 1859.  He  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Harrisburg,  continuing 
until  his  appointment  by  Governor  Curtin,  in  1861,  as 
chief  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Common- 
wealth. On  May  1,  1866,  he  was  appointed  Deputy  Sec- 
retary of  the  Commonwealth,  discharging  the  duties  of 
that  office  until  the  close  of  Governor  Curtin 's  adminis- 
tration. He  then  resumed  his  profession  of  the  law,  and 
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290  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

in  connection  with  it  served  as  clerk  to  tlie  Board  of 
Claims  from  January  to  June,  1868.  In  October  follow- 
ing, having  been  nominated  by  the  Kepublicans  of  the 
city  of  Harrisburg,  lie  was  elected  mayor  thereof,  the 
duties  of  which  office  he  entered  upon  January  11, 1869. 
His  health,  however,  soon  began  to  fail  him,  and  he  died 
while  in  office,  in  his  thirty-fourth  year.  "  Mr.  Hays 
was  truly  a  Christian  gentleman,  he  thought  more  of 
right  than  he  did  of  life.  His  nature  was  of  that  in- 
tensity w^hich  inspires  men  to  die  for  the  truth,  wiiile  his 
convictions  on  all  subjects  relating  to  the  ordinary  and 
extraordinary  alfairs  of  life,  here  and  hereafter,  were 
governed  by  the  strongest  principles  of  religion  and  jus- 
tice." Mr.  Hays  married,  March  5, 1861,  Mary  S,  Day, 
of  Wooster,  Ohio,  and  they  had  William.,  d.  s.  p.,  Jessie- 
Wallace,  d.  s.  p.,  Mary-Winifred.,  and  Martha-Wallace, 
the  latter  residing  with  their  mother  in  Wooster,  Ohio. 

XL  Joseph  Caldwell  Hays,^  (Jolni,'^  John,^  James,  ^ 
William,-)  b.  1809;  resides  at  Meadville,  Crawford  county. 
Pa. ;  m.  Anna  M.  Betts.     Thej  had  issue : 


i. 

John-Betts. 

ii. 

Samuel. 

Hi. 

Frederick-  W. 

i\ . 

Joseph. 

V. 

Elizabeth. 

iv. 

Wilson-D. 

Keller  of  Lancaster.  291 


KELLER  OF  LANCASTER. 


1.  JoHANisr  Petek  Keller,  ^  a  native  of  Germany,  emigrated 
to  America  prior  to  1760,  and  settled  in  Lancaster  county, 
Penn'a,  wbcre  lie  died ;  his  wife,  Anna  Maria,  b.  in  Ger- 
many, died  in  the  town  of  Lancaster,  on  the  6th  of  January, 
1782.     They  had  two  children  born  in  Germany  : 

2.  L  Ca:rl- Andrew.,  h.  July  14, 1750 ;  m.  Barbara  Judith  Bigler. 
ii.  Johann-Adam ;  nothing  further  is  known  of  him, 

IL  Caetl  Andkew  Keller, 2  (Johann-Peter^,)  b.  July  14, 
1750,  in  Germany  ;  d.  Februaiy  21,  1805,  at  Lancaster,  Penn'a ; 
m.  April,  1774,  at  Lancaster,  Barbara  Judith  Bigler,  b. 
August  9,  1755;  d.  August  15,  1831,  at  Lancaster,  Penn'a. 
They  had  issue: 

3.  *.  John-Peter.,  b.  Sept.  28, 1776;  m.,  first, Catharine  Schaeffer : 

secondly,  Mrs.  Rachel  Cochran. 

4.  ii,  Adam,  b.  December  7, 1784;  m.  Elizabeth  Schaeffer. 

5.  in.  John,  m.  Susanna  N"ye. 

6.  iv-  Andrew,  m. StahL 

7.  V.  Jacob,  m.,  first, ;  secondly,  Catharine  Heisely. 

8.  vi.  Sophia,  m.  first,  David  Kauff man ;  secondly,  Samuel  Kling. 

9.  vii.  Anna-Maria,  m.  William  Kurtz. 

_  10. via.  Rev.  Benjamin,  m.  first,  Eliza  Graver  Schaeffer;  secondly, 
Maria  Stroup. 
ix.  Jeremiah,  d.  s.  p. 
11.     X.  Michael,  b.  June  17,  1790;  m.,  first,  Margaret  Schaeffer; 
secondly,  Barbara  Margaret  Schaeffer. 

IIL  JoHX  Peter  Keller,  ^  (Carl- Andrew,  ^  Johann-Peter,  ^ ) 
b.  September  28,  1776;  in  Lancaster,  Penn'a;  d.  October  1, 
1850,  at  Harrisburg,  Penn'a;  learned  the  trade  of  a  brass- 
founder,  locating  at  Harrisburg  in  1796.  In  1801  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  business  as  brass-founder  and  roj)e-maker, 
which  proved  successful,  and  afterwards  in  general  merchan- 
dising. He  was  a  member  of  the  borough  council  almost  con- 
tinuously^ from  1810  to  1824,  and  was  quite  prominent  and  in- 


292  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

fluential  in  the  public  affairs  of  his  day.  He  was  identified  with 
nearly  all  the  early  enterprises  of  the  town,  such  as  the  Harris- 
burg  Bridge  Company,  Harrisburg  and  Middletown  Turnpike 
Company,  and  at  his  death  was  the  last  survivor  of  the  original 
board  of  directors  of  the  Harrisburg  Bank.  He  was  a  gentle- 
man of  thrift,  industry,  and  indomitable  energy,  upright,  hon- 
ored, and  raspected  by  his  fellow -citizens.  He  was  no  less 
decided  and  influential  as  a  Christian,  being  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  Lutheran  church  in  Harrisbnrg,  Was  twice  married ; 
first,  Cathaeine  Schaeffee,  b.  November  6,  1774 ;  d.  Octo- 
ber 1,  1859,  at  Harrisburg,     They  had  issue: 

i.  Frederick,  1>.  February,  1796:  d.  1797, 

ii.  George,  b.  1798;  d.  1800. 

Hi.  Bev.  Emanuel,  b.  Sept.  SO,  1801 ;  d.  April  11, 1837,  at  Me- 
chanicsburg,  Penn'a;  buried  in  Trindle  Spring  Cliurch 
grave-yard  ;  he  was  educated  in  the  schools  and  academy 
of  Harrisburg,  and  pursued  liis  classical  studies  under 
the  direction  of  his  uncle,  the  Rev.  Benjamin  Keller. 
He  subsequently  entered  Dickinson  College,  where  he 
remained  two  years,  when  he  began  tlie  study  of  the- 
ology with  the  Rev.  Dr.  Lochman,  of  Harrisburg.  In 
1826  he  was  licensed  by  the  Lutheran  Synod  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  the  same  year  began  his  ministerial  labors  at 
Manchester,  Md.  Thence  he  removed  to  Mechanicsburg, 
Pa.,  where  he  continued  in  the  pastorate  until  a  short 
period  before  his  death,  his  enfeebled  health  obliging  him 
to  resign  his  charge.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Keller  married 
April  14, 1825,  Sabina  Selzer,  and  had  Ann-Victoria  and 
other  children. 

iv.  Eliza,  b.  June  12,  1803;  m.  James  R.  Boyd,  ('see  Boyd 
record.) 

12.  V.  Maria,  b.  February  17,  1805  ;  m.  Lewis  Plitt. 

vi.  Catharine,  b.  November  4, 1806 ;  d.  November  15, 1886  ;  m. 
James  Gilliard,  and  had  John-Peter. 

13.  vii.  John-Peter,  b.  February  25,  1808  ;  m.  Lydia  Kunkel. 

via.  Sophia,  b.  May  20, 1810  ;  d.  August  24, 1840,  at  Harrisburg ; 
m.  Thomas  Montgomery. 

ix.  William- C.,h.,  January  24,  1812,  at  Harrisburg;  m.  Ca- 
milla Lochman,  and  had  Charles,  d.  s.  p.,  and  Annie,  m. 
N.  R.  Miller. 

_«.  Frederick-George,  h.  September  14,  1814;  d.  at  the  age  of 
sixteen  years,  having  become  blind. 

xi.  Benjamin,  b.  April  6,  1816    d.  s.  p. 


Keller  of  Lancaster.  293 

xii.  Peter-Charles,  b.,  April  16, 1817,  at  Harrisburg ;  d.,  Decem- 
ber 30,  1875,  at  Quincy,  111.;  engaged  early  in  life  in  the 
mercantile  business  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  subsequently  re- 
moving to  Philadelphia,  where  he  remained  until  1847 ; 
at  that  time  he  went  West  and  located  in  Quincy,  111., 
where  he  became  quite  prominent,  enjoying  the  confi- 
dence and  respect  of  the  people  of  that  city;  m.  Eliza 

Wells,  and  had  Elvey,  m.  Lockwood,  Levi  and 

Lemuel, 
xiii.  Charles- Andrew,  h.  July  26,  1819;  d.  October  21,  1871,  at 
Harrisburg;  m.  first,  Matilda  Calder,  and  had  William- 
C;  m.,  secondly,  Rachel  Compton,  and  had  Charles-C. 

Mr.  Keller  married,  secondly,  Mrs.  Eachel  Cochran, 
widow  of  William  Cochran,  formerly  sheriff  of  Dauphin 
coLinty,  who  survived  him  thirteen  years. 

lY.  Adam  Keller,  ^  (Carl- Andrew,  ^  Johann-Peter,i)  b. 
December  7,  1784,  at  Lancaster,  Pa.  ;  d.  January  30,  1863 ; 
m.  Elizabeth  Schaeffer  ;  b.  June  15,  1786 ;  d.  January 
23,  1854  ;  she  was  a  cousin  of  John  Peter  Keller's  wife.  They 
had  issue : 

i.  Barbara;  m.  William  Prick;  and  had  Rev.  William-Keller, 
m.  Louisa  Klump. 
14.     a.  John- Andrew ;  m.  Harriet  Tressler. 
Hi.  Adam;  d.  October  6, 1813. 
iv.  Benjamin;  d.*at  the'age  of  nineteen  years.  ^ 
V.  Emanuel;  m.  Harriet  Sharpe,  and  had  Julia,  John,  and 

Mary, 
vi.  Elizabeth;  d.  s.  p. 

vii.  Sophia;  m.  Frederick-William  Beates,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Beates),    William- Adam,  Anna-Maria,  Edward- 
Keller,   Elizabeth-Caroline,    d.    s.    p.,    James-Frederick, 
Louisa- Catharine,  and  Emily- Sophia,  d.  s.  p. 
via.  Anna-Maria. 

ix.  Adam- Schaeffer ;  m.,  first,  Mary ;  m.,  secondly,  Mary 

Elizabeth  Snyder,  and  had  Adam  and  Elizabeth,  both 
deceased. 
X.  Louisa;  d.  s.  p. 

xi.  Margaretta;  m.  William  E.  Heinitsh,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Heinitsh)    Sigmund- William,   Charles-Luther,  d., 
Lizzie-Keller,    d.,     Walter- Augustus,     William- Ed  ward, 
d.,  Margie-Keller,  John- Frederick,  and  Louisa-Keller,  d. 
xii.  Louisa;  d.  unm. 
xiii.  Samuel;  d.  s.  p. 


294:  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Y.  John  Keller,  ^  (Caii-Andrew,^  Johann-Peter,^)  b.  in 
Lancaster,  Penn'a;  d.  at  Hanisburg  in  1816;  ra.  SusajSTKa 
Nye,  b.  March  6,  1777;  d.,  February  7,  1855,  at  Easton, 
Penn'a ;  daughter  of  Johannes  and  Maria  Magdalena  Nye^  of 
Lancaster.     Thej  had  issue  : 

i.  Henry ;  d.  at  Easton,  Penn'a. 
ii.  Andrew;  d.  at  Easton,  Penn'a. 

Hi.  5ar&ara--4.wn,b.,  1807, at  Reading;  m.  Charles  A.  Snyder, 
iv.  John,  b,  at  Reading;  drowned  at  Harrisburg, 
V.  Susan ^  b.  at  Harrisburg ;  d.  at  Easton. 

YL  Andrew  Keller,^  (Carl-Andi'ew,^  Johann -Peter,*)  b. 

in  Lancaster^  Pa.,  where  he  died ;  m. Stahl.    They  had 

issue : 

i.  George;  m. Catharine Strine,andhadMM*y,'m. Mr. Fordny  ; 
Andrew,  d.  s.  p.,  Adam,  d.  s.  p.,  George,  m.  Miss  Yonder- 
smith,  and  Kate,  m.  Mr.  Diller. 

ii.  Maria;  m.  Charles  Demuth,  and  had  issue  (surname  De- 
muih),  Annie,  m.  Peter  Regenne;  Josephine, m.  William 
E.  Kreider  ;  Emma,  m.  Dr.  William  Tabret ;  Caroline,  d. 
h.\).,  Amelia,  xii.  Oliver  Sturges  ;  Jfaria,  m.  Albert  M. 
Zahm  ;  and   William,  d.  nnm, 

YII.  Jacob  Keller,^  (Carl- And rew,^  Johann-Peter,^)  b. 
in  Lancaster,  Pa. ;  d.  at  Frederick,  Md. ;  was  twice  married ; 
by  first  wife  there  was  issue  : 

*'.  Sophia;  m.  Rev.  Harper. 
ii.  Elizabeth;  m.  Rev.  James  Harldey. 

Jacob  Keller,  m.,  secondly,  Catharine  Heisely,  b.  April 
22,  1797  ;  d.  at  Frederick,  Md.  ;  daughter  of  Frederick  Heisely 
and  Catharine  Juliana  Hoff,  and  had  issue  : 

Hi.  Charles;  m.  Miss  Hunt. 
iv.  Frederick. 
V.  Benjamin. 

vi.  Caroline;  m.  Henry  Handshue. 
vii.  Jacob, 
via.  .Muhlenberg. 

YIII.  Sophia  Keller,  ^  (Carl- Andrew,  ^  Johann-Peter,i) 
b.  in  Lancaster,  Pa.;  was  twice  mamed  ;  first  to  David  Kauff- 

MAN,  and  there  was  issue  (surname  Kauffman) : 


Keller  of  Lancaster.  295 

^.  Bosanna;  m.  Samuel  Brumbaugh,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Brumbaugh) : 

1.  Wilhelmina;  m.  Seldon  Spencer  Barrett. 

2.  Mary;  m.  John  Thomas,  and  had  issue  (surname 

Thomas),  Elvin  and  William. 

3.  Samuel. 

4.  Emma;  m.  George  J.  Bolton,  and  had  issue  (sur- 

name Bolton),  Jennie-E.,  Eosa,  George-J.,  Man- 
roe-K.,  and  Emma-Gertrude. 

5.  Jennie, 
ii.   William. 

Hi.  David. 
io.  Benjarniri: 
V.  Sophia;  d.  s.  p. 

Mrs.  Kauffman,  m.,  secondly,  Samuel  Kltjstg-,  and  had  issue 
(surname  Kling) : 

vi.  Susanna-B.;  m.  John  D.  Miller,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Miller) : 

1.  Samuel- Carroll;  m.  Henrietta  Zahm  Killough. 

2.  Eugene-Jasper;  m.  Nellie  Schram. 

3.  Ella-Frances ;  m.  George  Albright. 

vii.  Eliza-K.;  resides  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  m.  Joseph  Jackson  : 
d.  October  18,  1858. 

via.  Mary;  m.   William   Half  man,  and  had  issue  (surname 

Half  man),  George  and  Frank. 

ix.  Henrietta;  m.  William  M.  Buchanan,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Buchanan),  Jb/in-C'/iam&e7-s,  Martha- Weir,  Anna- 
Eliza,  Augusta,  and  David. 

X.  Lydia;  d.  s.  p. 

xi.  Louisa;  m.  Jesse  I.  Kays. 

IX.  Anna  Maeia  Keller,  ^  (Carl- Andrew,  ^  Johann- 
Peter,!)  b.  in  Lancaster,  Pa. ;  m.  William  Kurtz.  Theyiiad 
issue,  besides  several  died  in  infancy,  (surname  Kurtz) : 

i.   William;  m.  Ellen  McCue,  and  had  Mary-Ann,  Marqaretta, 

and  three  sons. 
ii.  George;  m.  Mary  Vandivender. 
Hi.  Goehring;  m.  Sarah  Bowman,  and  had  issue. 
iv.  Anthony;  m.,  first,  Susan  Kauflman,  no  issue;  secondly. 
Miss  Holywort,  and  had  Wesley,  m.  Ann  Bunn  ;  Martin- 
Anthony,  Frank,  m.  Miss  Hubley ;_  Susan,  Annie,  Keller, 
and  a  son  who  d.  at  Pittsburgh. 
V.  Israel;  m.  Caroline  Oswald. 


296  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

vi.  liev.  Michael;  was  twice  married,  and  liad  Sarah-Ann., 
Emma,  d.  s.  p.,  Thomas,  William,  M.-Olin,  Alexander, 
and  Edwin,  d.  s.  p. 
vii.  Harriet;  m.  Andrew  Porter,  and  liad  issue  (surname  Por- 
ter), Mary,  Charles,  Nellie,  and  Scott. 
viii.  Sarah;  m.  Simon  Young, and  had  issue  (surname  Young), 
Emma,  Eliza,  Mary,  Henrietta,  Sarah,  William,  and 
Baker. 

ix.  Sophia;  m. Seibert,  and  had  issue  (surname  Seibert), 

Edward,  William,  John,  Emma,  Ann,  and  Mary. 
X.  Maria;  m.,  first,  Mr.  Mansfield;  secondly,  Mr.  Eossiter, 
and  had  issue. 

X.  Eev.  Benjamin  Kellee,  D.  D.,^  (Carl- Andrew, ^ 
Johann-Peter,  1 ) ;  was  twice  married;  m.,  first,  Catharine 
Eliza  (Craver)  Schaeffer,  widow  of  Eev.  Fredericli  Schaef- 
fer,  D.  D.     Ttiej  had  issue : 

i.  Mary-Ann-Bariara ;  d.  s.  p. 

n.  Eev.  Frederick- Augustus-Muhlenberg,  b.  April  28,  1819,  at 
Carlisle,  Pa.;  d.  March  18, 1864,  in  Heading,  Pa.;  edu- 
cated at  Pennsylvania  College,  Gettysburg,  from  wliich 
he  graduated  in  1838;  studied  theology,  and  licensed  to 
preach  in  1840 ;  founded  St.  James  Lutheran  church  at 
Reading,  serving  it  until  his  death  ;  during  the  war  for 
the  Union  he  was  in  service;  m.,  in  1848,  Susan  Hunter, 
and  had  issue,  Charles-H.  and  Sarah. 

15.  Hi.  Anna-Cecilia;  m.  Herman  Haupt. 

iv.  Mary-Elizabeth ;  m.  Charles  C.  Norton,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Norton),  William- Be^ijamin,  d.  s.  p.,  and  Ann- 
Cecilia,  m.  John  Henry  Hensel;  Mr.  Norton  had  by  a 
former  wife,  Charles-D.,  m.  Maggie  S.  Brown,  and  left 
Mary-Asa. 
V.  Frederick-Emanuel ;  d.  s.  p. 

16.  vi.  Louisa- Caroline;  m.  Lewis  Haupt. 

vii.  Peter-Paul,  b.  October  25, 1830  ;  d.  April  29, 1880  ;  m.,  Sep- 
tember, 1857,  Emma  Hassal,  and  had  Joseph-Henry, 
Pierre-Paid,  and  Paul-Hassal. 
viii.  Paid-Peter,  (twin,)  b.  October  25,  1830;  m..  May  15,  1855, 
Cornelia  M.  Morris,  of  Philadelphia,  and  had  Jane-Mor- 
ris ;  d.  s.  p. 
ix.  Catharine-Eliza;  m.  Henry  W.  Knauff,  and  had  issue 
(surname  Knauff)  Sarah-Emily  and  Muhlenberg-Keller. 

Eev.  Benjamin  Keller,  D.  D.,  m.,  secondly,  Maria  Stroup; 
no  issue. 

XI.  Michael    Keller,  ^  (Carl- Andrew,  ^  Johann-Peter,i) 


Keller  of  Lancaster.  297 

b.,  June  24,  1790,  in  Lancaster,  Pa;  d.,  August  21,  1861,  in 
Washington,  D.  C. ;  was  twice  married ;  first,  Margaret 
SCHAEFFER,  who  was  a  sister  of  John  Peter  Keller's  wife. 
Thej  had  issue : 

%.  Eosannah,  b.  June  8,  1812;  d.  August  29,  1848;  m.  Wil- 
liam P.  Hays,  {see  Hays  record.) 
17.     n.  Harriet,  h.  September  9, 1814;  m^.  Eev.  Samuel  D.  Finckle, 
D.  D. 
in.  George-F.,  b.  December  11, 1816;  d.  May  16,  1855,  and  had 
Michael,  d.  s.  p.,  Ann,  d.  s.  p.,  Samuel,  John,  and  Anna. 
iv.  Caroline,  born  December  29, 1818  ;  m.  Samuel  Berlin,  and 

had  issue  (surname  Berlin),  Emma. 
V.  Mary-Ann,  d.  s.  p. 

Michael  Keller  m.,  secondly,  Barbara  Margaret  Schaef- 
FER,  and  they  had  issue : 

vi.  Luther,  d.  s.  p. 
vii.  Louisa,  d.  s,  p. 

via.  Margaret,'h.  October  20,  1827  ;  m.  Koble  D.  Larner,  and 
had  issue  (surname  Larner) :  Harry,  John,  Charles,  and 
Philip, 
ix.  Adaline,  d.  s.  p. 
X.  Philip,  b.  July  1, 1831 ;  m.  Sarah  M.  Davy,  and  had  Ella, 

Eohert,  and  Gertrude, 
xi.  Cecelia;  d.  unm. 

xii.  Ann-Mary;  m.  John  P.  Stone,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Stone),  John,  d.  s.  p. 

XII.  Maria  Keller,  ^  (John-Peter,  ^  Carl-Andrew,^ 
Johann-Peter,!)  b.  February  17, 1805,  at  Harrisburg ;  m.  Lewis 
Plitt.     They  had  issue  (surname  Plitt) : 

i.  Eev.  John  Keller;  m.  Mary  Horner;  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Plitt),  Horner,  Charles,  Maria,  and  George. 

a.  Catharine;  m.  Albert  Hummel;  and  had  issue  (surname 
Hummel),  Mary,  d.  s.  p.,  Annie,  Kate,  Susa^i,  Emtna, 
George,  d.  s.  p.,  and  Albert. 

Hi.  Ann-Sophia;  m.  George  Sadtler,  and  had  issue  (surname 

Sadtler),  Howard,  and  two  other  children. 
iv.  George;  m.  Susan  Eedsecker. 

XIII.  John  Peter  Keller,  *  (John-Peter,  ^  Carl- Andrew,  ^ 
Johann-Peter,^)  b.  February  25,  1808,  at  Harrisburg,  Penn'a; 
d.  December  13,  1837  ;  m.,  May  6, 1830,  Lydia  Kunkel,  b. 
JSIovember  9,  1811 ;  d.  February  9,  1866,  {see  Kunkel  record.) 
They  had  issue : 


298  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

i.  John-Peter,  b.  February  20, 1831 ;  educated  in  tbe  public 
schools  and  Harrisburg  Academy  ;  studied  dentistry  with 
Dr.  J.  C.  Stouch ;  resides  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  m.  June 
20, 1861,  Emeline  Hannali  Croll,  daughter  of  John  Croll 
and  Eliza  Lauman,  of  Middletown,  Pa.,  and  had  issue: 

1.  John-Peter,  b.  February  15,  1862. 

2.  Croll,  b.  November  8,  1864. 

3.  Helen-Lgdia,  b.  September  30,  1866. 

4.  Gliristian-Kunkel,  b.  May  25,  1869. 

5.  William- JLauman,  b.  September  10,  1875. 

ii.  Christian-Kunkel,  b.  October  1,  1832;  educated  in  public 
schools  of  Harrisburg  and  Pennsylvania  College  ;  by  pro- 
fession, a  druggist,  residing  in  Harrisburg. 

Hi.  Ann-Ellen,  d.  s.  p. 

iv.  Emily-ClaHssa,  d.  s.  p. 

XIY.  John  Andrew  Keller,  ^  (Adam,^  Carl- Andrew,  ^  Jo- 
hann-Peter,!)  m.  Harriet  Tressler;  both  lived  and  died  in 
Lancaster,  Pa.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Samuel;  d.  s.  p. 

ii.  Benjamin-Schaeffer ;  m.  Miss  Leiby  ;  all  deceased. 
Hi.   William-Augustus ;  m.  Mary  Smith,  and  had  Paul,    Wil- 
liam, d.  s.  p.,  Maggie,  d.  s.  p.,  Lillirxn,  and  Harry, 
iv.  Clara;  d.  unm. 
V.  John- Adam ;  m.  Annie  Garrigan. 

vi.  Lizzie ;  m.  John  Frederick  Sener,  and  had  Frank  and  Bosa. 
vj,i.  Kate  ;  d.  unm. 
via.  Harriet-Maria, 
ix.  Ella;  m.  David  Early,  and  had  issue   (surname  Early), 

Leah  and  Harriet. 
X.  Emanuel;  d.  s.  p. 
xi.  Charles-Buchter. 

XV.  Anna  Cecelia  Keller, ^  (Rev.  Benjamin, ^  Carl- An- 
drew, ^  Johann-Peter,  ^ ) ;  m.  Herman  Haupt  ;  was  a  celebrated 
civil  engineer  on  tlie  Pennsylvania  railroad  during  its  original 
construction.     They  had  issue  (sarname  Haupt) : 

i.  John-Stenger;  d.  s.  p. 

ii.  Jacob-Benjamin ;  m.  Mary  E.  Ziegler;  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Haupt),  Charles-Ziegler,  Edward,  Katie,  and  Ann- 
Cecilia. 
Hi.  Louis- Muhlenberg ;  m.  Belle  C.  Cromwell. 
•     iv.  Mary-Cecilia. 

V.  Ella-Catharine;  m.  Frank  Chapman. 
vi.  Herman. 


Keller  of  Lancaster.  299 

vii.  Adelaide;  d.  s.  p. 
viii.  Charles-Edqar. 
ix.  Frank- Span gler. 
X.  Alexander-James-Derhy shire, 
ix.  Gr ace-Her mania ;  d.  s.  p. 

XVI.  Louisa-Caeoline  Keller,*  (Eev.  Benjamin, ^  Carl- 
Andrew,  ^  Johann-Peter,  1 ) ;  m.  Lewis  IIaupt,  by  profession  a 
civil  engineer;  resides  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Haupt) : 

i.  \_A  son;'\  d.  in  infancy. 

ii.  Jiev.  Charles  Elvin;  m.  Mary  M.  Geissinger. 
Hi.  Henry-Eugene ;  m.  Mellie  H.  Witte. 
iv.   William-Keller. 

V.  [A  son ;]  d.  in  infancy. 
vi.  Fannie- Gertrude, 
vii.  Mary-Louisa. 

XVII.  Harriet  Keller, *  (Michael,  ^  Carl- Andrew,  ^  Jo- 
hann-Peter,i)  b.,  September  9,  1814,  at  Harrisburg,  Penn'a; 
m.,  in  1832,  Eev.  Samuel  D.  Finckle,  D.  D..^  b.  February  22, 
1811;  d.,  February  13,  1873,  in  Washington,  D.  C. ;  a  min- 
ister of  the  Lutheran  church;  had  charge  of  the  congregation 
at  Middletown,  Pa.,  and  for  upwards  of  twenty  years  pastor  of 
the  German  Evangelical  Lutheran  Church  of  Washington 
city ;  for  many  years  occupied  an  honorable  and  responsible 
position  in  the  Grovernment  while  serving  his  congregation ;  his 
life  was  one  of  incessant  labor  and  usefulness  in  church  and 
State.     They  had  issue  (surname  Finckle) : 

i.  Caroline. 

ii.  George. 
Hi.  Louisa, 
iv.  Annie;  deceased. 

V.  Rev.  Samuel-G.,  b.  February  23,  1845,  in  Cumberland,  Md. 
vi.   William, 
vii.  Luther, 
viii.  Ruth;  deceased. 
ix.  Lillie;  deceased. 

X.  Frank. 

xi.  Henrietta;  d.  s.  p. 
xii.  Ezra;  d.  s.  p. 


300  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 


KENDIG  OF  SWATARA. 


1.  Maetin  Kendig,!  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  earliest 
Swiss  settlers  in  Lancaster  county,  Penn'a,  located  on  the  Seneca 
lake,  near  Waterloo,  N.  Y.,  at  the  close  of  the  Revolution, 
where  he  died  ;  he  ra.  Mary  Brenneman".     They  liad  issue : 

2.  i.  John,  b.  October  4,  1770  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Hill. 

3.  ii.  Martin,  b.  1772;  m.  Leah  Baer. 

4.  iv.  Joseph,  b.  1774  ;  m.  and  had  issue. 

V.  Daniel,  b,  1776,  d.  s.  p. 

5.  Hi.  Elizabeth,  h.  1778;  m.  "William  Crabb,, 
vi.  Christian;  d.  s.  \). 

6.  vii.   Mary,  h.  1783  ;  m.  Richard  Larrobee. 
via.  Nancy,  b.  1785;  m.  "William  Peacock. 

II.  John  Kendig,^  (Martin,  i)  b.  October  4,  1770;  d.  Octo- 
ber 12,  1831,  at  Middletown,  Penn'a ;  m.  Elizabeth  Hill,  b. 
September  18,  1770  ;  d.  March  20, 1845,  at  Middletown.  They 
had  issue : 

7.  i.  Martin,  h.  December  31,  1797;  m.,  first,  Rebecca  McFar- 

land ;  secondly,  Sarah  Seabaugh ;  thirdly,  Mrs.  Rachel 
Croll. 

8.  n.  Sarah,  b.  1800;  m.  George  Allen. 

9.  Hi.  Daniel ;  m.,  first,  Susan  Shelly ;  secondly,  Sarah  Rutherford . 

III.  Martin  Kendig, 3  (Martin,^)  b.  about  1772  ;  rn.  Leah 
Baer.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  John. 
- — -ii.  Matilda;  m.  Richard  P.  Hunt. 

Hi.  Ann-Eliza;  m.  Samuel  Birdsall,  of  New  York  City,  and 
had  issue  (surname  Birdsall),  Cornelia,  m.  Joseph  "W. 
Runck. 
iv.  Daniel- Waterloo  ;  m.  Mary  South  wick. 
V.  Susan  ;  m.  John  Townsend. 

vi.  Lucretia;  m.,  first.  Sexton  Mount,  of  Illinois;  secondly, 
James  Wilson  ;  thirdly,  "William  Perrine,  of  New  York. 
vii.  Samuel- Washington;  m.  Elizabeth  Carson. 


Kendig  of  Sivatara.  301 

IV.  Joseph  Kendig,  ^  (Martin,  i)  b.  about  1774;  m.  and 
had  issue : 

i.  Mary  ;  m.  David  Barrett, 
ii.  Catharine ;  m. McCook. 

V.  Elizabeth  Kendig, ^  (Martin,^)  b.  September  19, 1778; 
d.  August  6,  1863 ;  m.,  March  17, 1800,  at  Sunbury,  Pa.,  Wil- 
liam Crabb,  b.  1744,  in  county  Clare,  Ireland;  d.  April  12,  i^ 
1812,  in  Middletown,  Pa.  He  came  to  America  prior  to  the 
Eevolution,  and  with  him  a  brother,  Thomas  Crabb,  who  set- 
tled in  Maryland,  and  was  the  father  of  Commodore  Thomas 
Crabb,  of  Princeton,  K.  J.  William  Crabb  was  a  prominent 
man  in  his  day,  and  filled  several  important  official  positions, 
among  which  was  that  of  collector  of  the  United  States  or 
direct  tax  in  1803.  Mr.  Crabb  had  been  previously  married, 
his  first  wife,  Jane,  dying,  December  29,  1794.  Some  of  the 
children  mentioned  were  probably  by  this  marriage.  There 
was  issue  (surname  Crabb)  : 

i.  Horace;  was  an  officer  of  the  U.  S.  army. 

ii.  Henry-S. ;  b.  March  21, 1803  ;  d.  August  1,  1866;  m.  Eliza- 
beth Duane,  b.  April  21, 1801 ;  d.  May  4, 1870 ;  daughter 
of  Col.  William  Duane,  of  Philadelphia,  and  had  William. 

Hi.  Mary,  b.  1808  ;  d.  May  24,  1862;  m.  John  Houser,  b.  1801 ; 
d.  October  22, 1860;  in  connection  with  his  brother,  Jacob, 
entered  mercantile  life;  subsequently,  for  many  years, 
was  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  clerk  to  borough  council. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Houser) : 

1.  Elizabeth ;  resides  at  Elwyn,  Pa. 

2.  Louisa  ;  d.  s.  p. 

3.  Alice;  m.,  September  8,  1868,  Alfred  E.  Eyster, 

b.  August  28, 1828,  at  Harrisburg,  Penn'a  ;  son 
of  Jacob  Eyster  *  and  Mary  Middlecoff ;  grad- 

*  Jacob  Eyster,  eldest  son  of  George  Eyster  and  Margaret  Slagle, 
was  born  three  miles  west  of  Hanover,  in  what  is  now  Adams  county. 
Pa.,  June  8, 1782.  He  was  a  descendant  of  John  Jacob  Eyster,  a  iiative 
of  the  kingdom  of  Wtirtemberg,  Germany,  who  emigrated  to  America 
between  1717  and  1727.  Christian  Eyster,  the  great-grandfather  of  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  wds  born  in  Germany  in  1710.  The  family  set- 
tled first  at  Oley,  in  Berks  county ;  from  thence  Christian  removed, 
in  1736,  to  York  county.  The  eldest  son  of  Christian  was  Elias,  born 
in  1734,  who  lived  until  almost  a  centenarian.  His  eldest  son,  George, 
born  June  6, 1757,  was  a  farmer  and  tanner ;  a  soldier  of  the  Revolu- 


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302  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

uated  from  Pennsylvania  College,  Gettysburg, 
in  1849 ;  read  medicine  witli  Dr.  George  Dock, 
subsequently  in  the  drug  business  ;  taught  in 
the  public  schools  of  Harrisburg  until  1862, 
when  he  was  made  chief  clerk  in  the  provost 
marshal's  office,  Fourteenth  district;  in  1865, 
detailed  to  take  charge  of  the  records  of  the 
office  in  Western  Penn'a ;  resigned  in  Septem- 
ber; engaged  with  the  publisliing  houi-e  of  E. 
H.  Butler  &  Co. ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Eys- 
ter) : 
a.  Bertha-Mary,  b.  August  19,  1869. 
4.  Daniel \  resides  at  Lancaster,   Pa.;  m.  Susan 
Sponsler,  and  had    issue  (surname  Houser), 
Mabel,  Elizabeth,  Ralph,  Reah,  and  Nellie. 
/      iv.  George-W.,h.  December  17,  1807,  at  Middletown,  Pa. ;  d. 
October   17,   1878,  at   Harrisburg,  Pa.      After  passing 
through  the  usual  course  of  education,  at  the  age  of  sev- 

tion  ;  captured  at  Fort  Washington,  and  confined  for  some  time  on 
board  the  British  prison-ships.  He  married,  in  1780,  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Jacob  Slagle,  and  sister  of  Colonel  Henry  Slagle,  of  the 
Revolution.  About  1783,  they  removed  to  near  Hunterstown,  with- 
in five  miles  of  Gettysburg,  where  their  son  Jacob  passed  his  youth 
and  early  manhood.  When  first  enrolled  among  the  militia  of  Adams 
county,  he  was  appointed  first  sergeant,  rose  to  captain,  and  then 
major,  and,  in  1814,  appointed  by  Governor  Snyder  brigadier  general 
Second  brigade,  Fifth  divison,  Pennsylvania  militia.  During  the  in- 
vasion of  Maryland  by  the  British  that  year,  he  was  employed  by  the 
Secretary  of  War  (Armstrong]  and  the  Governor  of  Pennsylvania  in 
distributing  and  forwarding  arms  and  supplies  to  the  militia  who 
were  called  into  service.  In  1811.,  he  removed  to  Gettysburg  and  en- 
gaged in  mercantile  pursuits.  In  1818,  he  was  a  candidate  for  the 
House  of  Representatives  ;  defeated  by  sixty-two  votes,  while  the  re- 
mainder of  the  Democratic  ticket  fell  from  three  hundred  to  fourteen 
hundred  behind.  The  year  following,  (1819,)  he  wa's  nominated  State 
Senator  for  an  unexpired  term,  elected,  and  subsequently  for  a  full 
term.  Previous  to  the  nomination  of  Governor  Shulze,  General  Eys- 
ter  was  spoken  of  as  a  gubernatorial  candidate.  In  1822,  he  removed 
to  Harrisburg,  and,  in  1824,  he  resigned  his  seat  in  the  Senate,  and 
was  appointed  deputy  surveyor  general,  an  office  he  retained  for  fif- 
teen years.  He  afterwards  became  casliier  of  a  bank  at  Hagerstown, 
Md.,  but,  after  a  year's  absence,  returned  to  Harrisburg,  where  he 
passed  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  died  there  on  the  24th  of  March, 
1858.  He  married,  in  1810,  Mary  Middlecoff,  of  Adams  county,  who 
died  at  Harrisburg,  March  24, 1867,  at  the  age  of  seventy-five  years. 


Kendig  of  Swatara.  303 

enteen  he  entered  the  printing  office  of  Simon  Cameron, 
at  Harrisburg,  where  he  acquired  the  knowledge  of  the 
art  preservative.  In  1835,  he  started  the  Democratic 
State  Journal,  which  he  edited  with  ability.  In  1843,  he 
was  editor  of  Tlie  Commonwealth,  which  liad  but  a  brief 
existence,  and,  in  the  same  year,  The  Argus,  in  connec- 
tion with  Valentine  Best,  who  was  proprietor  of  the 
paper.  In  1845-6,  he  was  engaged  as  a  clerk  in  one  of  the 
departments  at  Washington  city.  In  1850,  he  removed 
to  Janesville,  Wis.,  where  he  resided  several  years,  and 
of  which  town  he  was  appointed  postmaster.  In  1852,  he 
returned  to  Harrisburg,  and  at  once  took  a  position  on 
the  Patriot,  which  he  edited  with  much  vigor.  In  1874, 
he  was  appointed  a  clerk  in  the  Harrisburg  post-office, 
which  he  held  up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  As  a  journalist, 
he  ranked  with  the  ablest  writers  of  his  day.  His  fund 
of  knowledge  was  large ;  a  natural  student,  he  read  ex- 
tensively, and  retained  the  valuable  portions  of  what  he 
read,  so  that  his  acquaintance  with  the  English  classics, 
which,  with  the  political  history  of  his  own  country ,  made 
him  a  valuable  attache  of  the  editorial  staff  with  which 
he  was  associated.  Mr.  Crabb  m.  Elizabeth  M.  Mitchell, 
of  Caledonia  county,  N.  Y.,  who  d.  December  21, 1875,  at 
Harrisburg,  Penn'a,  and  had  issue  (surname  Ci-abb): 

1.  (jleorge-W.;  entered  the  army  as  private,  com- 

pany I,  2d  regiment,  Pennsylvania  volunteers, 
April  20,  1861;  discharged  July  2,  1861;  ap- 
pointed, by  the  president,  second  lieutenant, 
5th  artillery.  May  14,  1861 ;  promoted  brevet 
first  lieutenant,  September  17, 1862,  for  gallant 
and  meritorious  service  in  the  battle  of  Antie- 
tam';  promoted  second  lieutenant,  5th  artillery, 
February  22, 1865 ;  brevet  captain,  April  2, 1865, 
for  gallant  and  meritorious  service  during  the 
siege  of  Petersburg,  Va.;  m.  and  had  issue. 

2.  Ella ;  resides  at  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

3.  Louisa;  a  teacher  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

4.  Anna ;  resides  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

5.  Harry-P.,  b.  1843;  d.  February  26,  1865. 

V.  H.-Louisa,  b.  1810 ;  d.  December  7, 1846 ;  m.  George  Myers 
Lauman ;  son  of  William  Lauman  and  Elizabetli  Myers, 
and  had  issue  (surname  Lauman) : 

1.  Ella-Virginia;  m.,  first.  Dr.  Hiester,  of  Bead- 
ing, Pa.,  and  had  issue  (surname  Hiester), 
Anna,  m.  Dr.  McCherry ;  and  Edwardine ;  m., 
secondly,/- — ^ Keim  of  Beading,  Pa. 


304  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

2.  Edwardine-Huhley  \  d.  January  19,  1871  ;  m.  Be- 

verly Randolph  Keim,  b.  Kovember  13,  1837, 
and  had  issue  (surname  Keim),  Florence,  b. 
August  3,  1864. 

3.  George-Somerfield  ;  d.  s.  p. 

4.  Simon- Cameron  ;  d.  s.  p. 

YI.  Mary  Kendig,^  (Martin,  i)  b.  about  1783;  m.  Kichard 
Larrobee.     They  had  issue  (surname  Larrobee) : 

i.  Mary-Ann. 

a.  Henry ;  m.  Jane  Lester,  and  had  issue  (surname  Larrobee): 
Eichard,  m.  Rachel  Taylor;  and  Bavid-W.,  m.  Julia 
Welsh. 
Hi.  Ann-Eliza, 
iv.  Martin. 

YII.  Martin  KENDia,^  (John, 2  Martin,  i)  b.  December  31, 
1797,  in  Sunbury,  Northumberland  county,  Pa. ;  d.  May  28, 
1850,  near  Middletown,  Pa.  After  receiving  a  fair  education, 
he  learned  the  trade  of  saddle  and  harness-making  at  Harris- 
burg,  and,  upon  attaining  his  majority,  established  the  business 
at  Middletown,  carrying  on,  in  company  with  his  brother,  Dan- 
iel, the  lumber  trade.  Subsequently,  the  latter,  with  Judge 
Murray,  erected  a  large  saw-mill  at  the  mouth  of  the  Swatara, 
and  established  an  extensive  business.  He  served  as  one 
of  the  auditors  of  the  county  from  1826  to  1828,  and  repre- 
sented Dauphin  county  in  the  Legislature  from  1837  to  1839. 
Mr.  Kendig  was  an  enterprising  citizen,  and  a  gentleman  of 
probity  and  worth,  highly  esteemed  in  the  community,  and  in- 
fluential in  public  affairs.  He  was  thrice  married;  m.,  first, 
June  15,  1820,  Eebecca  McFarland,  of  Lower  Paxtang  town- 
ship, Dauphin  county.  Pa.,  b.  June  28,  1800;  d.  April  1,  1831. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  Bev.  Dayiiel;  chaplain  in  the  U.  S.  army ;  stationed  at  posts 
of  Fort  Steilacoom,  Washington  Territory,  and  the  Pre- 
sidio, San  Francisco,  from  December  18, 1859,  to  May  27, 
1867  ;  post  chaplain,  April  3,  1867. 

ii.  Walter-Henry  ;  b.  June  3, 1830  ;  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Middletown,  and  learned  merchandizing; 
became  a  railroad  contractor,  and  at  present  engaged  in 
the  lumber  business ;  was  appointed  by  President  Lincoln 
postmaster  at  Middletown,  and  removed  by  President 


Keiidig  of  Sivatara.  305 

Johnson  ;  m.  December  25,  1856,  Jane  E,  McMurtrie, 
daughter  of  William  McMurtrie,  of  Huntingdon,  Pa., 
and  had  issue,  Martin  and  Edith-M. 

Mr.  Kendig  m.,  secondly,  Saeah  Sebaugh,  b.  August  24, 
1808  ;  d.  March  4,  1842 ;  daughter  of  Conrad  Sebaugh,  of  Mid- 
dletown.     They  had  issue  : 

Hi.  John-Allen,  d.  iTsTovember,  1855,  unm. 
iv.  James ;  m.  and  resides  at  York,  Pa. 
V.  Rebecca  ;  m.  Samuel  Landis,  of  Middletown,  Pa. 
vi.   William;  m.  Emma  Nixon,  and  had  Walter, 
vii.  Elizabeth;  m.  Van  Buren  Beane,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Beane),  Horace  and  Alice ;  reside  in  Iowa. 

Mr.  Kendig  m.,  thirdly,  September  1,  1842,  Mrs.  Eachel 
(Shelly)  Croll,  widow  of  Abner  Croll ;  d.  ISTovember,  1875  ; 
no  surviving  issue. 

VIII.  Sarah  Kendig, ^  (John,^  Martin,^)  b.  1800;  d. 
March  1,  1859,  at  Middletown;  m.  George  Allen,  b.  Sep- 
tember 8,  1800 ;  d.  February  14,  1848.  They  had  issue  (sur- 
name Allen) : 

i.  Edward-A.\  m.  Frances  Eice,  and  had  George,  James,  Mary, 

and  Charles, 
a.   Charles ;  m.  Mary  Rice,  and  had  Alvin. 
Hi.  Lot;  An.  Augusta  Bastedo. 

IX.  Daniel  Kendig,  ^  (John,  2  Martin,  1 )  b.  March  16,  1802, 
at  Sunbury,  Penn'a;  d.  December  31,  1876,  at  Middletown, 
Penn'a.  He  went  to  Middletown  when  quite  young,  and  was 
apprenticed  to  his  brother  Martin  to  learn  saddlery,  subsequently 
entering  into  partnership  in  the  lumber  trade,  then  the  great 
business  of  that  town.  In  1862,  he  was  appointed  assessor 
of  internal  revenue  for  the  district,  which  he  held  until  re- 
moved by  President  Johnson.  He  was  at  one  time  a  candidate 
for  sheriff,  but  defeated ;  was  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  a  gentleman  of  high  integrity.  He  died  at  Mid- 
dletown, December  31,  1876,  and  buried  in  the  cemetery  there, 
Mr.  Kendig  was  twice  married — -first  to  Susan  Shelly,  b. 
1810;  d.  March,  1837.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Annie-E. 

ii.  Benjamin ;  m.  Margaret  Ringland,  and  had  Marion. 
20 


306  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

in.  Louisa\  m.  William  D.  Hendrickson,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Hendrickson),  Alice,  Annie.,  and  William. 

Daniel  Kendig,  m.  secondly,  Sarah  Rutheeford.     They 
had  issue : 

iv.  Cktrrt  ;  m.  Van  Camp  Coolbaugli. 

u.  Susan ;  m.  A.  Jackson  Foster;  reside  in  West  Philadelphia. 
vi.  Mary  ;  m.  Joseph  Tackier. 
vii.  Charles  ;  m.  Myra  Hinny. 
via.  John:,  m.  and  had  issue. 


Family  of  Kimhel.  307 


FAMILY  OF  KUNKEL. 


I  CHRiSTlAlsr  KuNKEL,^  SOU  of  Johii-Christian  Kunkel/  b. 
July  10,  1757,  in  the  Palatinate,  Germany ;  d.  September  8, 
1823,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  His  father  arrived  in  Pennsylvania 
September  23,  1766,  subsequently  locating  at  or  near  York. 
Christian  was  brought  up  to  mercantile  pursuits.  In  the  war 
of  the  Revolution  he  was  in  Col.  Slagle's  battalion  of  Associators, 
and  was  in  active  service  during  the  campaign  around  Phila- 
delphia in  1777.  In  1786,  in  company  with  his  brother-in-law, 
George  Iloyer,  he  came  to  Hai*risburg.  There  he  at  once  en- 
tered into  business,  which,  with  his  indomitable  energy  and 
industry,  proved  highly  successful.  He  was  one  of  the  prime 
movers  and  contributed  toward  the  organization  of  the  first 
German  church  in  Harrisburg.  He  was  burgess  of  the  borougli 
in  1796,  and  frequently  a  member  of  the  Council.  He  was 
elected,  in  1809,  one  of  the  directors  of  the  branch  bank  of 
Philadelphia  at  Harrisburg,  and  the  same  year  appointed  by 
Governor  Snyder  one  of  the  commissioners  for  erecting  a  bridge 
over  the  Susquehanna,  and  was  interested  in  other  enterprises. 
His  life  was  an  active  and  busy  one.  Mr.  Kunkel  was  twice 
married;  m.,  first,  on  May  4,  1779,  at  York,  Pa.,  Catherine 
HoYER,  b.  October  31,  1758,  in  the  Palatinate,  German}- ;  d. 
August  27,  1796,  at  Harrisburg,  Penn'a.     They  had  issue : 

2.  i.  George,  b.  December  15, 17S4;  m.  Catharine  Ziegler. 
a.  Jolm,h.  April  22,  1788. 

3.  m.  Susannah,  b.  May  31,  1790;  d.  January  1,  1851 ;  m.  Dcivid 

Hummel. 
iv.  Mary,  b.  June  19,  1792. 

4.  V.  Jacob,  b.  April  23,  1794;  m.  Eebecca  Stine. 

Christian  Kunkel  m.,  secondly.  May  25,  1796,  Akxa  Maria 
Elizabeth  Welshofer,  b.  December  1,  1773,  in  York  county. 
Pa.;  d.  July  21,  1862,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.     They  had  issue: 


308  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

5.  vi.  Elizabeth,  b.  May  9,  1798;  m.  Jolm  Charles  Barnitz. 

6.  m.  BenjanAn,  b.  August  12,  1801 ;  m.  Magdalena  Gross. 

7.  via.  CaLharine,  b.  December  22,  1803;  ro.  Joseph  Ross.  .  . 

8.  ix.  Sarah,  b.  December  6,  1805;   m.,  first,  William  Carson  ; 

secondly,  James  Gilliard. 
X.  Magdalena,  b.  May  26,  1809. 

xi.  Lydia,  b.  November  9, 1811 ;  d,  February  10, 1866  ;  m.  John 
Peter  Keller,  (see  Keller  recon-d.) 

9.  xii.  Rev.  Chrisiian-Frederick,  b.  September  12, 1814;  m.  Aman- 

da M.  Wilhelm. 
lO.xui.  Samuel,  b.  May  26, 1817  ;  m.  Eachel  Bomberger. 

II.  GrEORGE  KuNKEL,^  (Christian,^  John-Christian,'')  b.  De- 
cember 12,  1784,  in  York,  Pa.;  d.  July  29,  1850,  ill  Harris- 
burg,  Pa.;  was  a  prosperous  merchant  at  Harrisburg  for  many 
years ;  m.  November  20. 1814,  Cathaeine  Ziegler,  b.  January 
21,  1797,  d.  July  3,  1883,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  daughter  of 
Greorge  Ziegler.     They  had  issue  : 

11.  i.  John-Christian,  b.  September  18, 1816;  m,  Elizabeth  Grain 

liutherford, 

12.  a.  6reorc/e-Zie(yZer,  b.  1820;  m.  Isabella  Herr. 

Hi.  Elizabeth,  b.  March  1, 1823  ;  d.  June  18,  1882;  m.  Novem- 
ber 18,  1841,  Daniel  W.  Gross,  (see  Gross  record.) 

iv.  Susan;  m.  Prof.  Thomas  C,  Porter,  (see  Bucher  record.) 

V.  Catharine ;  m.  July  10,  1866,  George  H.  Small,  cashier  of 
First  National  Bank  of  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  from  its  organ- 
ization until  September,  1885 ;  and  had  issue  (surname 
Small) : 

1.  John-KunJcel. 

vi.  Sarah  m. ;  John  Wiggins  Simonton,  (sec  Wiggins  and 
Simonton  record.) 

HI.  Susannah  Kunkel,^  (Christian,  ^  John-Christian,  i) 
b.  May  31,  1790 ;  d.  January  1,  1851,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and 
there  buried ;  m.  October  13,  1807,  David  Hummel,  b.  Sep- 
tember 8,  1784,  in  Hummelstown,  Pa,;  d.  June  30,  1860,  at 
Harrisburg,  Pa.  He  learned  the  trade  of  a  sadler,  and  after- 
wards established  himself  in  business  in  Hai'risburg.  He  was 
quite  prominent  in  public  affairs ;  was  deputy  sheriff  under 
Melchior  Pahm  ;  served  as  treasurer  of  the  county  of  Dauphin 
from  1821  to  1824,  and  county  commissioner  from  1839  to 
1841.  They  had  issue  (sm-name  Hummel) : 
i.  C'ai/iaW?ie;  m.  Philip  W.  Seibert. 


Faimily  of  Kunkel.  309 

ii.  David;  m.  Sarah  Bombaugh ;  and  had  Charles-B.,  kiUed 
at  Fredericksburg,  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years  ;  and 
Cutharine,  m.  Augustus  L.  Chayne. 
Hi.   Christain;  d.  s.  p. 
iv.  Mnry  ;  m.  Alexander  W.  Watson. 
V.  Elizabeth;  m.  William  R.  Gorgas. 
vi.  George;  resides  in  Mechanicsburg,  Pa. 
vii.  Albert;  d.  July  27, 1885,  aged  fifty-nine  years. 
viii.  Susan;  m.  James  L.  Reily. 

ix.  Annie;  m.  Eli  H.  Goover,  M.  D.,  of  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
X.  Emma. 

IV.  Jacob  Kuin'Kel,^  (Christian,  ^  Joliii-Cbristian,i)  b. 
April  23,  1794,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  d.  February  23,  1835,  at 
Greencastle,  Franklin  conntj,  Pa.  ;  m,  Rebecca  Stine, 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Elizabeth  Stine,  b.  February  7,  1799  ; 
d.  October  23,  1865,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa,,  and  with  her  husband 
there  buried.     Thej  had  issue : 

i.   Christian. 

ii.  Andrew- Jackson;  d.  July  15,  1856. 

Hi.  Elizabeth- W.;  m.  James  Myers. 

iv.  Harriet- Stine;  m.  Anthony  King,  b.  March  27,  1821;  d. 
September  17, 1884 ;  for  many  years  a  prominent  merchant 
at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and  had  issue  (surname  King) : 

1.  Rebecca- Stine. 

2.  George-Kunhel. 

3.  Lucy;  m.  George  F.  Ross,  and  had  issue  (sur- 

name Ross),  TTa^ier  and  i^rrmfc. 

4.  Lillie-M. ;  d.  September  29,  1881. 

5.  Hallie-C;  d.  May  31,  1873. 

6.  Mary ;  m.  Frank  S.  Keet. 

7.  Caroline ;  m.  Gordon  H,  Mullen,  of  Philadelphia. 
V.  Jacob  ;  m.  Mary  Evans. 

vi.  George,  b.  1823,  in  Greencastle:  d.  January  25, 1885,  at  Bal- 
timore, Md.;  learned  printing  in  Philadelphia;  in  1844 
he  appeared  on  the  stage  as  a  vocalist,  and  was  consid- 
ered one  of  the  ablest  delineators  of  negro  minstrelsy ; 
in  the  character  of  "Uncle  Tom,"  he  became  widely 
celebrated  both  in  this  country  and  England;  while  his 
rendition  of  "The  Old  Sexton,"  remains  unsurpassed; 
in  person  he  was  nearly  six  feet  tall,  with  a  fine  expres- 
sive face;  he  m.  in  1864,  Ada  Proctor  of  Baltimore,  and 
they  had  issue  Ifamie  and  George. 

Y.  Elizabeth  Kuxkel,^  (Christian,^  .John-Christian, i)  b. 
May  9,  1799,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;    d.  January  19,  1880,  in 


310  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;  m.  October  17,  1820,  John  Charles  Bar- 
NiTZ,  b.  February  26,  1795,  in  York,  Pa.  :  d.  January  31,  1872, 
in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  son  of  George  Barnitz  (1770-1844)  and 
Maria  Catharine  Spangler,  (1769-1824);  bis  ancestors  were 
early  settlers  in  York,  and  among  the  more  prominent  in  the 
business  and  political  affairs  of  that  section ;  John  C.  was  edu- 
cated in  the  schools  of  York ;  learned  the  occupation  of  a 
brewer,  and,  in  1831,  removed  with  his  family  to  Harrisburg, 
Pa.,  where  he  built  a  brewery  and  which  he  managed  for  a  long 
period  ;  was  an  active  and  energetic  citizen,  and,  in  the  First 
Lutheran  church,  with  which  he  was  connected  many  years, 
filled  responsible  positions,  and  was  organist  until  the  burning 
of  the  First  church  building,  at  Harrisburg,  and  also  of  the 
German  Lutheran  church  there.  They  had  issue  (surname 
Barnitz) : 

i.  Frederick-Augustus,  b.  September  4,  1821,  in  York,  Pa.  ; 
educated  at  Pennsylvania  College,  Gettysburg  ;  licensed 
to  preach  in  1844;  served  as  pastor  of  the  congregation 
at  Jersey  Shore  1845  to  1849 ;  Bloody  Eun  (Bedford  county) 
1849  to  1852  ;  Sraicksburg,Pa.,  1852  to  1855  ;  Lairdsville, 
Pa.,  1855  to  1861 ;  and  Ashland,  Pa.,  1861  to  1863  ;  when, 
owing  to  impaired  health ,  retired  from  the  ministry  ;  was 
twice  married ;  first,  March  9,  1846,  Sarah  J.  Babb,  of 
Jersey  Shore,  Pa.  ;d.  July  23, 1864;  no  issue;  m.  secondly, 
November  13, 1866,  Dora  Reimsnyder,of  Hummelstown, 
Pa. ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Barnitz),  Margaret-Jane. 

ii.  George-CantIer,h.  October  4,1822;  m.  December  8,  1850, 
Henrietta  Loucks;  and  had  issue  (surname  Barnitz) : 

1.  Clara-Mizaheth,  b.  October  11.  1851  ;  d.  March  3, 

1874. 

2.  Jo/m-CViarZes,b.  June  18, 1854;  m.  October  21, 1879, 

Annie  Evans,  of  Elmira,  N".  Y. ;  and  had  issue 
(surname  Barnitz) : 

a.  Clara-Elizabeth,  b.  June  17, 1885,  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C 

3.  Cassandra- Stisan^h.  September  12,1856;  m.  Au- 

gust 23,  1881,  by  Rev.  A.  H,  Studebaker,  Harry 
A.  Xuiiemacher  ;  and  had  issue  (surname  JSTune- 
maclur) : 

a.  George-Barnitz,  b.  July  17, 1883,  in  Round 

Rock,  Texas. 

b.  Mabel-E.,  b.  March  26,  1885,  in  Harris- 

burg, Pa. 


Family  of  Kiinhel.  811 

4.  Henrietta-Loucks,  b.  September  15, 1862. 
in.  Jerome-Thenphilus,}).  September  30,1830;  m.  October  19, 
1852,  Mary  Henrietta  Denning,  clau.  of  James  Denning 
and  Caroline  Burnett ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Barnitz): 

1.  Jawies,b.]Srovember  19,1853;  m.  1879,  Mary  Bush- 

man, of  Pittsburgh,  Fa.,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Barnitz)  : 

a.  John- Shoemaker,  b.  1882,  in  Pittsburgh, 
Pa. 

h.  Jerome- Denning,  b.  1884,  in  Alcron,  Ohio. 

2.  .FAizabeth-Kunkel,  b.  September  30, 1855  ;  m.  Octo- 

ber 19, 1875,  John  R.  Shoemaker. 

3.  Charles-Henry,  b.  August  12, 1857;  m.  November 

19, 1884,  Clara  Elizabeth  Vance.   - 

4.  George-PUtt,  b.  June  25,  1859. 

5.  Jiary-CaroHne,  b.  June  27, 1861. 

6.  Alice-Boyd,  b.  May  23,  1872. 

7.  iar>'o6e-i¥aurer,  born  November  4, 1874. 

■     iv.  Caroline ;  m.  Peter  Keller  Boyd,  (see  Boyd  of  Berry.) 
V.  Margarei-Jane;  resides  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

YI.  Benjamik  KuNKEL,3  (Christian,  3  John-Christian,  i )  b. 
August  12,  1801,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;  resides  in  the  citj  of 
Philadelphia;  m.,  September  17,  1827,  Magdalejsta  Gross,  b. 
September  15,  1810,  in  Middletown,  Pa.     Thej  had  issue : 

^.  Christian-H.,  b.  October  1, 1828 ;  m.  Louisa  Smith,  daughter 

of  Henry  Smith,  of  Middletown,  Pa. 
ii.  George-Gross,  b.  June  27,  1830  ;  d.  February  28,  1876;  m., 

April  9, 1867,  Elizabeth  Reel,  daughter  of  Jacob  Reel,  of 

Harrisburg,  Fa.,  and  had  issue. 
m.  Lovenia,  b.  February  21, 1832;  d.  September,  1832. 
iv    Mary-Blizabeth,  b.  March  14, 1834 ;  m.  Edward  J.  Lauman, 

son  of  William  Lauman,  of  Middletown,  Pa. 
f.  Benjamin-S.,\).  ^MYiQ  20,  1836;  m..  May  15,1862,  Almeda 

C.  Zollinger,  daughter  of  Ellas  Zollinger,  of  Harrisburg, 

Pa. 
vi.  Adaline,  b.  June  24, 1838  ;  d.  May  9, 1870 ;  m.  Henry  J.  Rife, 

son  of  Jacob  Rife,  of  Middletown,  Pa. 
vii.  Samuel- Augustus,  b.  April  11,  1841;  d.  July  8,  1870;  m., 

February  18, 1854,  Mary  E.  Reel,  daughter  of  John  Reel, 

of  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  and  had  John  A.,  d.  s.  p. 
via.  Edioin-F.,  b.  March  15, 1843. 
ix.  TFii7Zmm-J^.,  b.  July  20, 1846;  m.  Mary  Ron mfort,  daughter 

of  Charles  E.  Roumfort,  of  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
X.  Charles-H.,  b.  November  23,  1849. 


312  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

VII.  Catharine  Kunkel,!  (Christian, ^  John-Christian,  3) 
b.  December  22,  1803,  at  Harrisburg,  Penn'a ;  resides  in  Mid- 
dletown.  Pa.;  m.,  September  19,  1822,  by  Kev.  George  Loch- 
man,  D.  D.,  Joseph  Ross,  b.  July  14,  1798,  at  Elizabetbtown, 
Pa. ;  d.  January  26, 1863,  at  Middletown,  Pa.  At  a  proper  age  he 
went  to  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  to  learn  the  mercantile  business. 
Afterwards  lie  engaged  in  said  occupation  in  that  place,  and 
then  moved  to  Middletown,  where  he  continued  keeping  store 
till  near  the  close  of  his  life.  In  the  year  1824  he  became  ac- 
quainted with  Eev.  John  Winebrenner,  who  visited  Middle- 
town  to  preach  the  Grospel,  and  under  him  became  converted. 
At  the  first  opportunity  he  identified  himself  with  the  Church 
of  God,  being  one  of  the  original  members  of  that  denomination 
in  Middletown,  where  he  continued  to  be  among  its  most  active 
workers  until  his  death.  His  name  appears  as  a  ruling  elder 
in  the  journal  of  the  Fourth  Annual  Eldership,  held  at  Mid- 
dletown, December  25,  1833.  He  was  licensed  to  preach  at 
the  Seventh  Annual  Eldership  which  convened  at  Churchtown, 
Cumberland  county,  JSTovember  5,  1836.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  publication,  and  treas- 
urer of  the  General  Eldership,  as  well  as  treasurer  of  the  East 
Pennsylvania  Eldership.  He  traveled  and  labored  in  the  min- 
istry, at  protracted  and  other  meetings,  "  without  money  and 
without  price,"  and  was  an  eminently  successful  revival  preacher. 
His  liberality  and  benevolence  were  well  known  at  home,  and 
in  all  the  churches.  His  warmth  of  heart  and  affection  made 
him  beloved  by  all  his  acquaintances.  He  was  a  strict  dis- 
ciplinarian, and  a  great  lover  of  order.  Besides,  he  carried  his 
religion  into  his  business,  being  scrupulously  truthful  and 
honest  in  all  his  dealings,  loving  justice  and  hating  sin  in  every 
form.  He  was  devotedly  attached  to  the  doctrines  of  the  Ch urch 
of  God,  fearlessly  defended  them,  and  worked  actively  to  es- 
tablish them.  Catharine  Kunkel  and  Joseph  Ross  had  issue 
(surname  Ross) : 

i.  Christian- Kunkel,  b.  November  6, 1823  ;  m.,  July  24,  1862, 
by  Eev.  Mr.  Sewalt,  Annie  Lewis,  of  Brookfield,  Mass. 

a.  Joseph,  b.  jS'ovember  11,  1825;  m.  March  19,  1849,  by  Eev. 
Abraham  S\vartz,Mary  Bowman,  of  Cumberland  county? 
Penn'a. 


Family  of  Kunkel.  813 

Hi.   William- Car  son,  h.  April  15,1828;  m.,  March  9,  1858,  by 

Eev.  Abraham  Swartz,  Mary  A.  Rife,  of  Middletown. 
iv.  Henry-A.,  b.  August  15, 1830;  m.,  June  22,  1871,  by  Rev. 

George  F.  Stelling,  at  Vernal  Bank,  Chester  county,  Pa., 

Mary  A.  Hartman\'  ; 

V.  t7b/in-J.,b.  August  20, 1832  ;  rn.,  December  25,1860,  by  Rev. 

Benjamin  Hunt,  Lavinia  A.  Bunn,  of  Schellsburg,  Fa. 
vi.  Harriet-Ann,  b.  October  2,  1834;  m.,  October  30,  1862,  by 

Rev.  D.  A.  L.  Laverty,  W.  H.  Beane,  M.  D.,  of  Hagers- 

town,  Md. 
vii.  George-F.,  b.  April  17,  1837. 
via.  Uatherine-E.,  b.  August  11,  1839. 
ix.  Ja^nes-MacJcey,  b.  October  4,  1841  ;  m.  October  15, 1878,  at 

Magnolia,  Delaware,    by  Rev.  Thomas   Terry,   Emma 

Terry. 

YIII.  Saeah  Kunkel^  (Christian, ^  John-Christian,^)  b. 
December  6,  1805,  at  Harrisburg,  Penn'a ;  resides  in  Washing- 
ton, D.  C;  was  twice  married;  m.  first,  William  M.  Carson, 
b.  December  10,  1796;  d.  March  3,  1833.  Thej  had  issue 
(surname  Carson) : 

i.  Elizabeth;  m.  J.  Brisben  Boyd,  (see  Boyd  of  Berry.) 
a.   William-O.,  b.  May  17,  1830 ;  d.  January  22,  1831. 
Hi.  Mary-E.,  b.  January  8,  1832 ;  d.  September  14,  1832. 

Mrs.  Sarah-Kunkel  Carson,  m.,  secondly,  James  Gilliard, 
b.  September  21,  1808 ;  d.  April  5,  1850 ;  buried  at  Harris- 
burg, Pa.     Thej  had  issue  (surname  Gilliard) : 

iv.  Margaret;  m.  October  18, 1864,  George  W.  Parsons;  and 
had   issue   (surname   Parsons)   Jessie,  Harriet,  James, 
Bobert,  Lillie,  and  Hile. 
V.  Sarah. 
vi.  Mary. 

vii.  Carrie ;  m.  Gilbert  B.  Towles,  of  Washington  city,  and  had 
issue  (surname  Towles),  Alice,  Bessie.,  Lucius-Lehman, 
d.  s.  p.,  Caroline,  and  Therett. 
via.  Emma,  b.  March  4, 1849  ;  d.  October  22,  1849. 

IX.  Eev.  Christian-Frederick  Kuxkel,^  (Christian,  ^ 
John-Christian,i)  b.  September  12,  1814,  at  Harrisburg, 
Penn'a;  d.  September  16,  1865;  m.  Amanda  M.  Wilhelm, 
b.  April  17,  1824     They  had  issue  :    . 

i.  Charles-Henry,  b.  A-pril  2,  1842;  resides  in  Greencastle, 
Penn'a;  m.  May,  1870,  Harriet  Redsecker,  and  had  Wil- 
liam, d.  s.  p.,  and  Charles-E. 


314  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

a.   William-F.,  b.  August  6,  1844. 
iii.  Annie-Mizaheth,  b.  July  12,  1846;   m.  Februarys,  1882, 

Charles  C.  Hackett. 
iv.  Ilosheim- Sidney,  b.  December  12,  1848. 
V.  James  B.,  b.  December  2, 1852;  d.  May  24,  1853. 
vi.  Amanda-B.,  b.  August  1, 1854;  m.  November  24, 1880,  P. 

S.  Wilhelm,  and  had  Samuel. 

X.  Samuel  Kunkel,-*^  (Christian,  ^  Johii-Ohristian,i)  b. 
May  26,  1817,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  resides  at  Shippensburg, 
Pa.;  m.  in  1842,  Rachel  Bomberger,  b.  February  26,  1821, 
at  Middletown,  Pa.,  {see  Bomberger  record.)     They  had  issue  : 

i.  George-Jacob.,  b.  April  28,  1843 ;  an  attorney-at-law,  Har- 
risburg, Pa. 

ii.  John-Christian,  h.  July  26,1845;  resides  in  Shippensburg, 
Pa. 

iii.  Charles-Augustus,  b.  June  10, 1847  ;  resides  at  Harrisburg, 
Pa.;  m.  January  18, 1881,  by  Rev.  C.  W.  Buoy,  in  Grace 
M.  E.  Church,  Harrisburg,  Eliza  Beverlina  Waugh,  b. 
November  21, 1855,  [see  Beatty  record) ;  and  had  issue : 

1.  Beverly-Waucjh,h.  October  27,  1881. 

2.  Bachel,  b.  October  17,  1882. 

iv.  Anna-Elizabeth,  b.  November  26,  1848;  m.  "William  S. 
Montgomery,  and  had  (surname  Montgomery),  John- 
Kunkel  and  Eachel-May.  , 

V.  Samuel,  b.  August  28, 1850. 

vi.  Lydia-Josephine,  b.  May  8,  1852;  d.  April  4,  1854. 
y  vii.  Ada-Serene,  b.  February  9, 1854;  m.  October  9, 1878,  Rev. 
,^^  Isaac  Martin  Motter,  b.  January  19,  1852,  at  Emmits- 

burg,  Md.,  and  had  issue  (surname  Motter) : 

1.  Samuel-Lewis,  b.  August  21, 1879. 

2.  Guy-Eunhel,  b.  December  9,  1880. 

8.  Mary,  b.  January  28,  1883  ;  d.  February  11, 1383. 
4.  John- Christian,  b.  December  28, 1883. 
via.  Lilly-May.,  b.  March  11, 1856. 
ix.  Bachel,  b.  Septeoaber  2, 1858;  d.  May  5, 1884. 

XL  John  Christian  Kunkel,^  (George,  ^  Christian,  ^  John 
Christian,!)  b.  September  18,  1816,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  d.  Oc- 
tober 14,  1870,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  he  received  a  liberal  scien- 
tific and  classical  education  in  the  schools  at  Gettysburg  and 
at  Jefferson  College,  Canonsburg,  at  which  latter  institution 
he  graduated.  After  leaving  college,  he  entered  Carlisle  law 
school   under  Judge  Eead,   subsequently   reading   law   with 


Family  of  Kunhel.  315 

James  McCormick,  and  admitted  to  the  Dauphin  county  bar. 
After  his  admission  to  the  bar,  he  remained  several  years  in 
the  office  with  Mr.  McCormick.  He  rapidly  gained  a  large 
practice  and  a  reputation  whicli  few  members  of  the  bar  enjoy. 
He  also  became  active  in  politics,  and,  in  the  earnest  and  ex- 
citing campaign  of  1844,  when  the  young  men  of  the  nation 
had  made  Henry  Clay,  then  in  the  zenith  of  his  career,  their 
standard-bearer,  the  best  talent  and  the  most  brilliant  eloquence 
that  ever  graced  the  American  rostrum  was  called  into  requisi- 
tion. Amid  all  the  magnificent  display  and  power  of  logic, 
that  of  the  young  orator  of  Pennsylvania,  as  Mr.  Kunkel  was 
recognized,  was  conspicuous  as  well  for  force  of  argument  as 
for  grace  of  delivery.  The  same  year  he  was  elected  to  the 
Legislature,  reelected  in  1845,  and  again  in  1850.  In  1851,  he 
was  elected  to  the  State  Senate,  and  was  chosen  Speaker  of  that 
body  at  the  close  of  the  first  session  of  his  term.  As  a  legis- 
lator, Mr.  Kunkel  was  prominent  for  the  wisdom  of  his  coun- 
sel as  well  as  for  the  power  of  his  eloquence.  His  services  at 
the  capital  added  greatly  to  his  already  wide  reputation  as  a 
pure  statesman  and  accomplished  scholar.  In  1854,  and  again 
in  1856,  he  was  elected  to  the  United  States  Congress.  During 
the  four  years  he  spent  in  Washington  city,  he  was  regarded 
throughout  the  country  as  one  of  the  ablest  statesmen  at  the 
National  capital.  In  1858,  he  retired  from  public  life,  and  gave 
his  exclusive  attention  to  the  practice  of  his  profession,  vary- 
ing the  course  of  his  life  by  occasionally  helping  a  friend  in  a 
political  canvass,  and,  wherever  he  went,  he  was  always  the 
favorite  of  the  people.  In  1868,  he  was  stricken  down  with 
paralysis,  and  never  fully  regained  his  health,  dying  as  pre- 
viously-stated. Perchance,  the  loss  of  no  member  of  the  Dau- 
phin county  bar  was  so  severely  felt  as  that  of  Mr.  Kunkel,  if 
we  are  to  judge  of  the  glowing,  sincere,  and  fraternal  tributes 
paid  to  his  memory  by  his  brethren  in  the  profession  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  Mr.  Kunkel  m.,  October  20,  1857,  Eliza- 
beth Ceain  Rutherford,  daughter  of  Dr.  William  Wilson 
Rutherford  and  Eleanor  Crain ;  she  resides  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  John,  b.  September  22, 1858. 


316  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

ii.  William-Butherford,  b.  March  30,  1861;  d.  December  30, 

1864. 
in.  Sarah-Eleanor,  b.  September  27,  1866;  d.  June  11,  1871. 

XII.  GrEORGE  ZiEGLER  KuNKEL,^  (George,  ^  Christian,  2 
John-Christian,  ^ )  b.  1820,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;  a  banker ;  re- 
sides at  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  m.  December  28,  1852,  Isabella 
Here,  daughter  of  Daniel  Herr  and  Sarah  Gilbert.  They  had 
issue : 

i.  Mary;  d.  s.  p. 

ii.  George;  an  attorney-at-law,  Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania. 
Hi.  Baniel-Herr,  b.  1857;  d.  April  21,  1880. 
iv.  Sarah-B. ;  d.  s.  p. 
V.   William- A. ;  d.  s. 'p. 
vi.  A.-Catharine. 
vii.  Paul- A. 
viii.  Carrie-B. 


Linn  of  Lurgan.  317 


LINN  OF  LURGAN. 


I.  William  Lm]sr,i  the  ancestor,  emigrated  from  the  north 
of  Ireland,  in  1732,  and  settled  in  Chester  county.  According  to 
family  tradition,  his  wife  died  in  Ireland,  and  he  brought  with 
him  an  only  son,  William.  They  remained  in  Chester  county 
but  a  few  years,  when,  following  the  tide  of  emigration,  they 
settled  upon  the  frontiers  of  the  Purchase  of  October,  1736, 
near  what  is  now  known  as  Roxbury,  in  Franklin  county. 
The  names  of  William  Linn,  senior,  and  William  Linn,  junior, 
appear  on  the  assessment  list  of  Lurgan  township,  Cumberland 
county,  for  the  year  1751,  one  year  after  the  erection  of  Cum- 
berland county,  (1750.)  Here  the  ancestor  died,  having  nearly 
reached  the  one  hundredth  year  of  his  age.  His  father  fought  on 
the  side  of  "The  Orange"  at  Boyne,  July  1,  1690,  and  w^as  said 
to  have  been  in  Captain  Hugh  Wilson's  company,  the-  first 
Irish  officer  who  crossed  the  river.  Hugh  Wilson's  son  went 
to  the  "Irish  Settlement; "  the  Grreggs  came  to  Chester  county 
the  same  year  the  Linns  came — the  descendants  of  these  three 
soldiers  of  Boyne-water  became  kindred  in  1869,  when  Wil- 
liam H.  Sage,  of  Ithaca,  JST.  Y.,  was  married  to  Jennie, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Andrew  Grregg  Curtin,  {see  Gregg  and  Cur- 
tin  record?) 

II.  William  Linn,  Jr.,^  (William, i)  b.  in  1722,  in  Ireland, 
was  an  officer  in  Middle  Spring  Church,  In  June,  1755,  he 
was  in  Philadelphia  with  his  wagon,  and  was  pressed  into 
service,  with  his  team,  to  haul  supplies  to  General  Braddock's 
army,  and  was  at  the  noted  defeat.  He  died  April  16,  1812, 
and  is  buried  in  the  grave-yard  attached  to  Middle  Spring 
church.  William  Linn,  m.,  first,  SuSANNA  Teimble  ;  accord- 
ing to  tradition,  she  died  in  Shippensburg,  in  November,  1755, 
where,  in  consequence  of  an  Indian  raid,  the  frontier  inhabi- 


318  Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 

tants  had  gathered.     They  had  issue,  all  born  in  Liirgan  town- 
ship : 

3.  i.   William,  b.  Februarj'  27,  1752;  ra.,  first,  Tlebecca  Blair. 

4.  ii.  John,  b.  April  2, 1754;  m.  Ann  Fleming, 

William  Linn^  married,  secondly,  Jane  McCoemick.  They 
had  issue : 

5.  Hi.  James,  b.  October  17,  1761 ;  m.  Griselda  Patterson. 

iv.  Susanna;  m.  June  28, 1788,  Charles  Maclay,  and  removed 
to  Urbana.  Ohio.    Charles  Maclay,  eldest  son  of  John 
Maclay,  of  Lurgan,  b.  May  23,  1757  ;  d.  January  4,  1815, 
(see  Maclay  record.) 
V.  Nancy. 

vi.  Ja«e;  m.,  December  18,  1800,  Abraham  Smith,  removed  to 
Urbana,  Ohio.  Abraham  Smith  was  one  of  the  survivors 
of  the  massacre  at  Crooked-Billet,  now^  Hatboro',  Mont- 
gomery county.  May  1,  1778,  where  his  captain,  Charles 
Maclay,  the  elder,  was  killed. 

vii.  Isaiah,  b.  1772;  d.,  unm.,  April  20, 1809,  in  Union  county. 
Pa.,  buried  in  Buffalo  Cross-Eoads  Presbyterian  church- 
yard. 
via.  CVittrZes;  d.,  unm.,  December,  1813. 

ix.  George;  d.,  unm.,  July,  1808. 

6.  X.  David;  b.  May  28,  1776;  m.  Margery  Coulter. 

III.  William  LinNjS  (William,  ^  William,  i)  b.  February 
27,  1752;  graduated  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  class  1772;  studied 
theology  under  Eev.  Eobert  Cooper,  D.  D.;  appointed  chaplain 
of  Fifth  and  Sixth  Penn'a  battalions,  February  15,  1776 ; 
pas'tor  at  Big  Spring,  now  JSTewville,  Cumberland  county,  until 
1784;  president  of  Washington  College,  Maryland,  1784- 
1785;  pastor  of  Collegiate  Dutch  Church,  N.  Y.,  1786-1808; 
and  first  chaplain  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  U.  S.,  May 
1,  1789.  His  published  works  are  "  Sermons,  Historical  and 
Characteristical,"  K  Y.,  1791 ;  "  Signs  of  the  Times,"  K  Y, 
1794;  "A  Funeral  Eulogy  on  General  Washington,  delivered 
February  22,  1800,  before  the  New  York  Society  of  the  Cin- 
cinnati ;"  "  Sermon  on  the  Death  of  General  Alexander  Ham- 
ilton," &c.  Shortly  before  his  death.  Dr.  Linn  was  elected 
President  of  Union  College,  Schenectady,  but  was  never  in- 
augurated. He  died  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  January  8,  1808. 
Dr.  Linn  m.,  first,  January  10,  1774,  Rebecca  Blair,  daughter 


Linn  of  Lurgan.  319 

.of  Rev.  John  Blair,  vice  president  of  College  of  New  Jersey, 
at  Princeton,  1767-1768.     They  had  issue: 

7.      i.  Elizabeth;  b.  1775;  m.  Charles  Brockden  Brown. 

a.  John-BIair,  b.  March  14,  1777,  in  Shippensburg,  Pa.;  grad- 
uated from  Columbia  College,  N.  Y.,  in  1795;  read  law 
under  Alexander  Hamilton  ;  abandoned  that  profession 
for  the  ministry,  and  licensed  1798;  installed  co-pastor 
of  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Philadelphia,  1799.  Dr. 
Linn's  published  writings  are  "  The  Powers  of  Genius," 
a  poem,  second  edition,  published  1802;  " Valerian,"  a 
poem,  published  in  1805,  after  his  death,  with  a  sketch  of 
his  life,  by  Charles  Brockden  Brown,  his  brother-in-law. 
Dr.  Linn  m.,  in  1799,  Esther  Bailey,  daughter  of  Col. 
John  Bailey,  of  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  They  had  one  son, 
John-Blair,  who  died  in  1858.  Dr.  Linn  died  August  30, 
1804.  His  widow  married  John  E.  Bleeker,  of  Albany, 
and  Mary,  her  daughter  by  Mr.  Bleeker,  is  the  wife  of  Hon. 
Horatio  Seymour,  of  Utica,  ]^.  Y. 
Hi.  Susan, h.  October  30,  1778;  d.  Mayo,  1824,  in  Ithaca,  N. 
Y.;  m.,  October  19,  1810,  Simeon  DeWitt,  b.  December 
26,  1756;  d.  December  3,  1834;  Surveyor-General  U.  S. 
until  July  13,  1796,  and  afterward  Surveyor-General  of 
of  N".  Y.;  Mrs.  DeWitt  was  the  author  of  a  novel,  entitled 
"  Justinea,"  among  the  early  publications  of  the  Harpers ; 
and  of  a  poem  entitled  "  The  Pleasures  of  Keligion." 
They  had  issue  (surname  DeWitt): 

1.  Susan-Linn;   b.  September  3,  1811;  d.  April  1, 

1849,  at  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin;  m.,  May  28, 
1836,  Hon.  Levi  Hubbell,  b.  at  Ballston,  IST.  Y., 
April  15,  1808 ;  graduated  at  Union  College ; 
Adjutant-General  of  N.  Y.,  1833-1836 ;  member 
of  Legislature,  1841 ;  removed  to  Milwaukee, 
1844;  circuit  judge,  1848;  reelected,  1851 ;  cir- 
cuit  judge    and    associate   justice    Supreme 
Court   until  1853;  U.  S.  district  attorney  of 
Wisconsin  ,'1871-1875;  died  December  8,  1876, 
in  Milwaukee.     (See  vol.  viii,  Wisconsin  Hist. 
Collections,  page  453.)    They  had  issue  (sur- 
name Hubbell) : 
a.  Simeon-D.,h.  February  23,  1837;  resides 
in  Lompoc,  Santa  Barbara  county,  Cali- 
fornia. 
6.  Richard-Walter,  b.  1839;  now  judge  in 
Oconto,  Wis. 

2.  William-Linn  ;  b.  January  13,  1817  ;  resides  in 

Ithaca,  N.  Y. 


320  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

3.  Mary-Linn;  b.  February  23,  1819;  d.  March  20, 

1871,  at  Ithaca. 

iv.  jRebecca;  d.  1825;  m.  February  5, 1803,  William  Keese,  Esq., 

attorney-at-law,  New  York  city;  b.  December  7,1780;  d. 

March  19,  1819 ;  son  of  John  and  Ehoda  Keese  ;  and  had 

issue  (surname  Keese): 

1.  Bev.    William-Linn,    rector   of   the    Episcopal 

Church  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and  died  there  ; 
m.  Mary  Drake  ;  their  sons,  James-Drake,  Ho- 
hart,  and  Lawrence,  all  young  men  of  promise, 
died  in  early  manhood.  James  D.  was  a  law- 
yer; Hobart  a  physician. 

2.  John,  b.  November  24,  1805 ;    d.  May  30,  1856 ; 

was  the  John  Keese  of  most  excellent  book- 
selling memory,  an  extraordinary  man  in  the 
humorous  handling  of  books  and  of  an  audi- 
ence, &c.  (See  Keese-ana,  by  E.  A.  Duyckinck, 
Maga.  of  Am.  Hist.,  vol.  i,  (1877,)  page  497 ; 
also  ihicl. ,7M,  Keese-ana  continued  by  his  son, 
Wm.  L.  Keese;  see,  also,  "John  Keese,  Wit, 
Litterateur,  and  Macsenas,"  by  Henry  Morford 
June  and  July  numbers,  New  Monthly  Maga- 
zine, N.  Y.,  1880,  accompanied  by  portrait.) 
John  Keese  m.,  July,  1832,  Elizabeth  Willetts, 
still  living,  and  had  issue  (surname  Keese) : 

a.  Jonathan-L.,  b.  August  8,  1833;  d.  in  U.  S. 
service,  May  9,  1861. 

6.  William-L.,  b.  February  25,  1835  ;  m.,  Oc- 
tober 2,  1864,  Helen  K.  Thorne,  and  had 
issue  (surname  Keese):  E.-Willetts,  b. 
July  2,  1865,  and  William-Lawrence,  b. 
July  4, 1872. 

c.  Charlotte- W.,  b.   November  5,  1839;   m. 

John  A.  Sherer,  and  had  issue  (surname 
ISherer),  John-K. 

d.  Charles-Hoffman,   b.    July    26,   1842;    m. 

Emily  Scriven. 

e.  John,  b.  March  20,  1844. 

/■.  Mary-W.,  b.  November  5,  1845;  m.  Wil- 
liam Fitzhugh. 
g.  Benton,  b.  May  5, 1854. 

3.  Theodore,  of  Port  Chester,  N.  Y. 

V.  Mary ;  d.,  unm.,  at  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  January  29,  1870. 
8.    vi.   Williain,  b.  August  30, 1790 ;  m.  Mary  A.  Biers. 


Linn  of  Lurgan.  321 

vii.  Sarah-Livingston,  b.  May  23,  1793;  cL  August  24,  1840,  in 
Bethlehem,  Pa.;  m.  May  7,  1817,  John  W.  Peters,  of 
Philadelphia,  b.  May  19,  1789  ;  d.  July  21, 1830 ;  and  had 
issue  (surname  Peters): 

1.  Frances-C,  b.   March   1,   1818;    m.   James   R. 

Speed,  of  Caroline,  Tompkins  county,  K.  Y., 
(Mr.  Speed  was  killed  by  stroke  of  lightning 
May  5, 1854,)  and  had  issue  (surname  Speed): 
a.  Mary-C,  b.  February  3, 1839 ;  m.  July  11, 
1862,  Walter  M.  Boyer ;  she  died  in  Win- 
field,  Kansas,  January  23,  1879,  leaving 
issue  (surname  Boyer),  R. -Speed  and 
Fannie- S. 
h.  i2^c/larc7,,b.  February  25, 1841 ;  d.  October 
10, 1882 ;  served  in  the  war  of  Rebellion. 

c.  i?o&ert-(?.-iif.,b,  July  5,  1845;  m.  October 

29, 1872 ;  and  had  issue,  Robert,  Bessie, 
Mary,  and  Reno. 

d.  Henry-L.,  b.  May  4,  1847;  m.  January  1, 

1872,  and  had  issue,  Maude  and  James-R. 

e.  Jessie-H.,  b.  April  23, 1849 ;  m.  Henry  A. 

Graham,  December  17,  1878;  and  had 
issue  (surname  Graham),  Samuel-H., 
and  Fannie- S. 

f.  Sallie-Peters,  b.  March  29,  1851,  of  Slater- 

ville,  N.  Y. 

g.  James-R.,  b.  I^ovember  9,  1854;  d.  April 

3,  1855. 

2.  John- Jordan,  of  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  b.  August  7, 

1825;  m.  May  15, 1848,  Mary  Snow,  b.  August 

3, 1828,  and  had  issue  (surname  Peters) : 

a.  Sarah-L.,  b.  March  19, 1850;  m.  October 

2,  1867,  J.   Hathaway  Clark,  b.  July, 

1847;  d.  February  7, 1883;  and  had  issue 

(surname  Clark),  Herbert-H.,  b.  July  25, 

1870;  Mary-P.,  b.  September  23,  1873; 

and  Harriet-O.,  b.  July  13, 1879  ;  d.  1880. 

6.  Harriet-L.,  b.  May  26;  m.  George  Doty, 

and  had  issue  (surname  Doty),  Floyd, 

and  Jay. 

c.  Richard- S.,\).  March  7,  1856;  d.  August 

25,  1862. 

d.  Henry-Linn.  b.  July  17,  1859, 

3.  Mary-L.,  b.  March  31,  1828,  of  Ithaca,  K.  Y.; 

m.  in  1875,  William  Coryell,  M.  D.;  d.  August 
30,  1880. 
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322  Pennsylvaiiia  Genealogies. 

William  Linn,  D.  D.,  had,  by  his  second   wife,  Catharine 

Moore,  widow  of  Dr.  Moore,  of  New  York : 

viii.  James-Henry.,  b.  February  15, 1798;  at'-^orney-at-law  of  Al- 
bany, N.  Y. ;  d.  in  1837  ;  unm. 

William  Linn,  D.  D.,  had,  by  his  third  wife,  nee  Helen  Han- 
son, d.  in  Schenectady,  in  1846 : 

9.    ix.  Archihald-L.,  b.   October  5,  1802;    m.   Mary  Ten  Eyck 
McClelland. 

lY.  John  Linn, 3  OYilliam,^  William, ^)  b.  April  2,  1754; 
removed  from  Lnrgan  to  Buffalo  Yalley,  now  Union  county, 
Pa.,  in  1775 ;  d.  March  18,  1809 ;  buried  in  Presbyterian 
church-yard,  Buffalo  Cross-roads ;  m.  November  7,  1780,  Ann 
Fleming,  b.  September  6,  1761 ;  d.  September  4,  1841 ; 
daughter  of  John  and  Ann  Fleming,  of  Cumberland  county. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  Susanna,  b.  February  6,  1783;  removed  to  Sugar  Creek, 
Venango  county,  Pa.;  d.  February  22,  1831;  m.  March 
27, 1804,  William  Thompson,  b.  June  7, 1777 ;  d.  April  1, 
1823,  at  Sugar  Creek;  son  of  Captain  James  Thompson, 
of  Buffalo  Yalley;  and  had  issue  (surname  Thompson): 

1.  James,  b.  October  11,  1805;  d.  January  21,  1833. 

On  the  morning  of  that  day  he  was  making  fire 
in  a  stove  in  his  store,  in  Franklin,  Pa.,  and, 
by  mistake,  used  a  powder  keg,  in  which  there 
were  a  few  pounds  of  caked  powder,  and  was 
killed  by  the  explosion. 

2.  Ann,  b.  May  6,  1808;  d.  1849 ;  m.  May  12, 1831, 

John  B.  McCalmont,  b.  September  7,  1806  ;  d. 
at  Altoona,  111.,  February  24,  1884,  and  had 
issue  (surname  McCalmont)  W.  B.,  d.  1853, 
Susan-E-,  Sarak-A.,  and  Henry. 

3.  John-L.,  b.  May  28,  1810  ;  d.  September  9,  1846, 

in  Cooperstown,  Venango  county,  Pa. ;  m.  Oc- 
tober 9,  1883,  Sarah  Snyder,  d.  December  23, 
1880,  and  had  issue  (surname  Thompson)  Su- 
san, Philetus,  James,  d.  187'J,  and  /o/iu. 

4.  Susan  ;  ra. Bailey  ;  resides  in  Union  City, 

Erie  county,  Pa. 

5.  William,  b.  May  12,  1812;  m.  August  4,  1831, 

Mary  A.  Foster,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Thompson),  Samuel,  John,  William,  and  Mrs. 
George  Frederick,  all  of  New  Brighton,  Beaver 
county,  Pa. 


Linn  of  Lurgan.  823 

6.  Elizabeth,  b.  June  6,  1818;  resides  in  Tuscola, 
111.;  m.  November  3,  1835,  James  Murray;  d. 
January  6,  1877,  and  had  issue  (surname  Mur- 
ray), Alfred;  a  soldier  of  1861-5,  of  Ports- 
mouth,  O.  ;  Charity-A.;   m.  Murphey, 

of  Tuscola,  111. ;  Eclgar-T. ;  killed  by  an  explo- 
sion on  Oil  creek,  June  19,  1867;  THchard-II., 
Wilson-L.,  and  James-L.,  of  Sidney.  111. 

ii.  Ann,  b.  Apiil  5,  1787;  d.  October  13,  1873,  at  Greencastle, 
Ind. ;  m.  Andrew  McBeth,b.  September  10, 1777  ;  d.  July 
3, 1854 ;  son  of  John  McBeth,  of  Haines  township,  Centre 
county,  Pa.,  and  had  issue  (surname  McBeth) : 

1.  EUzabeth-A.,  b.  March  24, 1818;  d.  December  20» 

1850;  m.  January  23,  1840,  William  H.  Coates, 
d.  March  21,  1859,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Coates) : 

a.  Mizaheth-A.,  b.  Dec.  11, 1850;  d.  Decem- 
ber 6,  1871;  m.  David  H.  Stevenson, 
January  5, 1871,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Stevenson),  Elizabeth- S.,  b.  November 
21,1871. 

2.  John-A.-H.,  h.  November  5, 1821 ;  d.  October  12, 

1854,  near  New  Hope,  Brown  county,. O. 

3.  Jane-P.,h.  August  19,1823;  m.  W.  H.  Coates, 

above,   whom  she  survives.    Mrs.   Coates  is 
founder  of  Coates  College,  Terre  Haute,  Ind., 
the  only  college  in  the  State  devoted  exclusively 
to  the  education  of  young  women  ;  she  has  pro- 
vided means  to  purchase  good  grounds,  and,  in 
addition  to  annual  donations,  will  make  it  the 
legatee  of  her  estate. 
Hi.  William,  h.  November  3,  1793;  died  October  26,  1834,  in 
Miami  county,  Ohio  ;  m.,  October  14, 1824,  Jane  Mprrow, 
b.  March.  1802;  d.  March  15,  1848,  (and  had  issue) : 

1.  Matilda,  b.  August  5,  1827;  d.  May  18,  1849;  m.. 

John  Bobo. 

2.  Williafn-M.,  b.  November  22, 1831 ;  m.,  March  31, 

1852,  Maria  Reed  ;  she  d.  January  28, 1854 ;  and 
had  issue  John-W.,  b.  January  21, 1854;  reside 
near  Piqua,  Ohio. 

10.    iv.  John,  b.  January  8,  1797  ;  m.  Mary  F.  Chamberlin. 

V.  Margaret,  b.  December  27,  1799 ;  d.  February  7,  1873,  at 
Sugar  Creek,  Venango  county ;  m.,  May  13, 1823,  Joseph 
McCalmont,  b.  November  23, 1798 ;  d.  April  22, 1874,  and 
■h^r]  =-  '    '--    -"^e  McCalmont) : 

\ 


824  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

1.  Jemima-L.,  b.  November  22, 1824;  d.  August  23, 

1858 ;  m.,  December  8, 1846,  Andrew  Johnston, 
ef  Huntingdon,  Pa.;  d.  February  17, 1885,  aged 
83  years,  and  had  issue  (surname  Johnston) 
A.-P.-W.,  of  Harrisburg,  Catharine,  of  Green- 
ville, Pa.,  Jemima-L.,  m.  W.  A.  Crawford 
Cooperstown,  Venango  county,  Fa.^Joseph-M., 
Nebraska. 

2.  Emily-A.^h.  August  1,  1827;  m., November  26, 

1846,  Samuel  Cooper,  of  Webster  City,  Iowa, 
and  had  issue  (surname  Cooper),  Ida-B.,  John- 
McC,  Edwin,  William,  and  Charles. 

3.  Sarah-J.,  b.  July  14, 1831  ;  m.,  December  16, 1852, 

T.  W.  Brown,  near  Greenville,  Mercer  county, 
and  had  issue  (surname  Brown) : 

a.  George-H.,  b.  December  6, 1856. 

b.  diaries- McC,  b.  October  27, 1876. 

4.  James-F.-L.,  b.  December  29, 1833 ;  resides  in  Ve- 

nango county, 

5.  Murray-L.,  b.  August  14, 1836;  m.,  October  4, 

1864,  Catharine  Kochler,  and  had  issue :  Anne, 
Charles  and  John,  all  of  Sugar  Creek. 

6.  Margaret-E.,  b.  November  9, 1841 ;  m.,  September 

27, 1860,  Charles  Kochler,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Kochler),  Penelope,  Margaret,  Sarah-L., 
and  Catharine-W.,  all  of  Unatilla county, Ore- 
gon. 

7.  John-L.,  b.  September  4, 1843 ;  m.  Martha  Beggs, 

and  had  issue,  Amy-L.,  Warren-A.,  and 
Sarah-B.,  all  of  Sugar  Creek,  Pa. 

11.  vi.  James-F.,  b.  December  6, 1802;  m.  Margaret  I.  Wilson. 
vii.  Jemima,  b.  April  30,  1806  ;  d.  unm.  April  17, 1873,  at  Sugar 

Creek. 

V.  James  Linn,  ^  (William,  ^  William,  i )  b.  October  17, 1761; 
d.  in  Lurgan,  May  28,  1835 ;  served  in  the  militia  under  Gen. 
Armstrong,  at  Grermantown  ;  ordained  a  ruling  elder  of  church 
at  Middle  Spring,  September  22,  1822 ;  ra.,  February  3,  1786, 
Griselda  Patterson,  b.  June  8,  1759 ;  d.  August  1,  1839. 
They  had  issue : 

12.  i.   William,  b.  1789;  m.  Mary  Galbraith. 

ii.  Mary,  b.  November  7,  1790 ;  d.  march  9, 1854,  at  Burgetts- 
town,  Pa. ;  m.,  .December  20,  1814,  Robert  Patterson,  b. 
October  8,  1784;  d.  January  9, 1861,  son  of  Josiah  Pat- 
terson ;  and  had  issue  (si        ■^^"  ^-^*-'--vson)  • 


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1.  Jane,  b.  October  16,  1815 ;  d.  May  12, 1845;  m., 

first,  September  29,  1835,  J.  Watson  Allen,  and 
had  (surname  Allen),  Eohert-P.,  of  Powe- 
sheik,  Iowa,  m.  Anna  Cleaver;  m.,  secondly, 
in  1842,  James  Ewing,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Ewing),  Jane,  b.  March  3,  1845;  m.,  L.  B. 
Sisson. 

2.  EUza,h.  March  17,  1818;  d.  June  15, 1841. 

3.  Sarah-Smith,h.  August 5, 1820 ;  m.  Jam^s Ewing, 

(ante);  d.  April  28, 1841. 

4.  James-L  ,  of  Burgettstown  ,b.  November  12, 1824 ; 

m.  Sarah  A.  Linn,  of  William  (XI,)  and  had 
issue  (surname  Patterson)  : 

a.  Mary-L.,  b.  February  6,  1855. 

b.  Addie-J.,  b.  January  27,  1857. 

c.  Elizabeth,  b.  February  20,  1861. 

d.  Anna-0.,  b.  November  25, 1862. 

e.  James-F.,  b  April  20,  1865. 

6.  Mary,  b.  October  17,  1829;  m.,  March  15,  1859, 
liev.  James  T.  Frederick,  D.  D.,  of  Burgetts- 
town, and  had  issue  (surname  Frederick) : 
a.  Sarah-E.,h.  Dec.  31,1859;  m.,  November 
18,  1883,  Eev.  Samuel  F.  Marks  of  Fort 
Wayne,  Ind. 
6.   William-J.,  b.  March  6, 1865. 

c.  Jolm-D.,  b.  September  10, 1869. 

d.  David-P.,  b.  January  16, 1872. 

Hi.  Jane,h.  1793;  d.  July  9,  1860;  m.,  May  11,  1826,  James 
Eodgers,  of  Shippensburg ;  d.  September  10,  1831,  and 
had  issue  (surname  Kodgers) : 

1.  Rev.  James-L.,  b.  May  5, 1827 ;  m.  Hetty  B.  Coch- 

ran, of  Eliza  (postea  iv). 

2.  Hon.  A.-Denny,  b.  April  17, 1830  ;  of  Columbus, 

Ohio. 
iv.  Eliza,  b.  1799;  d.  September,  1856;   m.  Robert  Cochran, 
inn-keeper  at   Shippensburg;    d.  at  Springfield,  Ohio, 
April  28, 1873,  aged  eighty-nine  years,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Cochran): 

1.  James-L.,  d.  s.  p. 

2.  Hetty-B.,  b.  1830;  m.  Rev.  J.  L.  Rodgers,  above. 

3.  David. 

4.  A.-P.-L. 

V.  Andrew-P.,  b.  1800 ;  d.  July  5, 1841 ;  a  physician  ;  m. 

Walker. 
VI.  David  Linn,^  (William, s  William,  i)  b.  May  28,  1777  ; 
d.  July  26,  1848 ;   removed  from  Lurgan  to  now  Kelly  town- 


326  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

ship,  Union  county  ;  served  in  the  war  of  1812,  at  Black  Rock  ; 
m.  June  10, 1800,  Margery  Coulter,  b.  December  24, 1780 ; 
d.  November  19,  1865.     They  had  issue : 

i.  FranMin-F.,  b.  April  13, 1801 ;  d.  November  27, 1846  ;  unm 
ii.  William-T.,  of  Buffalo  Cross-roads ;   b.  June  5,  1811;   m. 

February  12, 1835,  (Catharine  Robinson. 
Hi.  Margaret,  h.  November  19,  1825  ;  ra.,  August  10, 1848,  Rev. 
Ephraim  Kieffer,  who  died  at  Carlisle,  Pa.,  May  11 ,  1871 , 
and  had  issue  (surname  Kieffer) : 

1.  Rev.    William-T.-L.,  of   Mercersburg,  Pa.;   b. 

September  8, 1850 ;  m.,  June  24, 1879,  Elizabetli 
Miles,  of  Carlisle,  and  had  issue  (surname  Kief- 
fer) : 

a.  William-M.,  b.  August  13,  1882. 

b.  ThoniYj^on-L.,  b.  May  19, 1884;  d.  July  9, 

1885. 

2.  Mary-C,  b.  June  29, 1854;  m.,  November  9, 1882, 

Phineas  T.  Ball,  of  Clnu-chville,  Maryland,  and 
had  issue  (surname  Ball),  Margaret-L. 

3.  Emma-B.,  b.  March  26,  1859;  m.,  November  6, 

1884,  AY.  B.  Donehower,  of  Lewisburg,  Pa. 

4.  Catharine-L.,  b.  June  17,  1861. 

5.  Anna-M.,  b.  April  3,  1864. 

6.  SLephen-E.,  b.  August  16,  1868. 

VII.  Elizabeth  Linn,^  (William, »  William, ^  William/) 
b.  1775;  d.  July  31,  ISS-I,  at  Philadelphia,  Penna;  she  was  a 
woman  of  taste  and  literary  acquirements.  She  m.  November, 
1804,  Charles  Brockden  Brown,  b.  January  17,  1771 ;  d. 
February  19,  1810.  He  was  of  Quaker  lineage.  His  middle 
name  was  derived  from  his  uncle,  the  skillful  conveyancer  and 
great  scrivener  of  provincial  days.  He  received  a  liberal  edu- 
cation under  Kobert  Proud,  the  historian,  and  at  the  age  of  six- 
teen already  formed  plans  of  extensive  literary  work.  He  was 
apprenticed  to  Alexander  Wilcox,  an  eminent  lawyer,  but  oc- 
cupied himself  with  literary  instead  of  legal  studies.  In  1796, 
he  removed  to  the  city  of  New  York,  where  he  devoted  him- 
self to  letters  with  great  eagerness  to  become  conspicuous  as  a 
writer.  In  1798,  appsared  his  iirst  novel,  "  Wieland,"  a  pow- 
erful and  original  romance,  and  in  1799,  "  Osmond,  or  The 
Second  Witness."  At  this  time  he  had  begun  no  less  than 
five  novels,  two  of  which.  -'Arthur  Mervyn"  and  Edgar  Hunt" 


Linn  of  Lurgnn.  827 

ley,"  were  soon  published.  In  " Arthur  Merwyn"  the  ravages 
of  the  yellow  fever,  which  the  author  had  witnessed  in  New 
York,  in  1798,  and  Philadelphia,  in  1793,  are  painted  with 
terrific  truth.  These  were  followed  by  others  of  more  or 
less  note.  He  published  a  number  of  political  pamphlets,  and 
edited  with  ability  the  American  Register.  He  was  a  man  of 
romantic  temper,  extensive  attainments,  and  great  industry. 
He  was  the  first  in  America  who  ventured  to  pursue  literature 
as  a  profession.  To  him,  his  country  is  indebted  for  the  high 
literary  standard  he  gave  it.  His  life  and  correspondence 
edited  by  William  Dunlap,  in  two  volumes,  was  published  in 
1815.  Elizabeth  Linn  and  Charles  Brockden  Brown  had 
issue  (surname  Brown) : 

i.  William-Linn,  b.  September,  1805  ;  resides  in  Philadelphia ; 
m.  October  10,  1836,  Emily  G.  Burling,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Burling,  of  New  York  city ;  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Vir-ginia-P.,  d.,  Philadelphia. 

2.  Laura-L.,  d.  in  infancy. 

3.  Lmily-B.,  d.,  Philadelpliia. 

4.  Eugene-A.,    d.,    leaving    issue,    one    daughter, 

Emily-B.,  of  Philadelphia. 

5.  William-Linn,  Jr.,  of  Philadelphia. 

ii.  Charles-Brockden,  (twin,)  b.  September,  1805;  d.  1875,  in 

the  South. 
Hi.  Eugene-L.,  b.  1807;  d.  1824;  m.  and  had  issue,  Emily-B. 
iv.  3Iary-C.,h.  1809;  d.  1829. 

VIII.  William  Linn,*  Esq.,  (William, ^  William, ^  Wil- 
liam,!) b.  August  31,  1790;  d.  January  14,  1867,  at  Ithaca,  K 
Y.;  was  a  lawyer,  and  author  of  "A  Life  of  Thomas  Jefferson," 
Ithaca,  1834,  and  of  the  celebrated  "  Rohrbach  Papers ;  "  m. 
Mary  A.  Biees,  d.  July  25,  1848,  aged  fifty.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Susan-L.,  b.  July  12,  1819;  d.  July  11,  1885;  m.,  in  1840, 
Henry  W.  Sage,  Esq.,  of  Ithaca,  founder  of  Sage  College, 
Cornell  University  ;  she  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Brooklyn  (IS".  Y.)  School  for  Training  Nurses,  and  liber- 
ally endowed  the  female  department  of  Cornell  Univer- 
sity. On  Saturday,  July  11,  1885,  while  returning  with 
her  husband  and  Miss  Kate  Linn  from  a  visit  of  mercy 
at  Slaterville,  near  Ithaca,  she  was,  about  half  past  six 
p.  M.,  thrown  from  her  carriage  and  instantly  killed  ;  her 
former  pastor,  Henry  Ward  Beecher,  siid  of  her  in  his 


o  2  8  Pen  n  sylva  n  ia   Gen  ea  log  ies. 

address  at  her  funeral  "  her  soul  had  entered  into  the 
very  spirit  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ ;  to  her  virtues 
were  joined  all  the  graces  which  education  could  give, 
with  great  hopefulness,  and  that  rare  gift,  the  illumina- 
tion of  humor,  which,  together,  formed  a  wondrous  com- 
bination of  Christian  character.  She  was  a  most  noble, 
Christian  woman,  who,  once  known,  can  never  be  for- 
gotten."   They  had  issue  (surname  Sage) : 

1.  Dean\  m.  Sarah  Manning. 

2.  William-H.;  m.  May  20,  1869,  Jennie  Curtin, 

daughter  of  Hon.  A.  G.  Curtin,  of  Bellefonte, 
(see  Gregg  and  Curtin  record,)  and  had  issue 
(surname  Sage) : 

a.  Catharine- G.^  b.  July  2,  1870. 

h.  Henry-W.,  Jr.,  b.  1872. 

c.  Andrew-Gregg-Curtin ,  b.  June  3,  1873. 

d.  DeWitt. 

n.  BeWitt  \  drowned  near  Staten  Island,  N.  Y.,  May  28,1872. 
Hi.  Kate\  residing  in  Ithaca,  1885. 

IX.  Archibald  Laidlie  LmN,^  (William, ^  William, 
William,!)  b.  October  15,  1802 ;  cl.  October  10,  1857,  at  Schen- 
ectady, ]Sr.  Y. ;  graduated  at  Union  College,  Schenectady,  1820 ; 
twice  mayor  of  Schenectady,  N.  Y.  ;  member  of  Twenty-sev- 
enth Congress,  1841-43 ;  of  New  York  House  of  Eepresenta- 
tives,  1844;  and  county  judge;  m.  January  31,  1826,  Mary 
Ten  Eyck  McClelland,  b.  November  8,  1808 ;  living  at 
Schenectady.     They  had  issue  : 

i.   William,  b.  November  14,  1826  ;  d.  January  4,  1844. 
a.  Peter-Van-n.,  b.  October  20,  1828. 
Hi.  Rev.  John  Blair,  of  Corsicana,  Texas  ;  b.  December  5, 

1830  ;  m.  October  20,  1857,  Miss  Morgan. 
iv.  Charles-F.,  b.  October  19,  1833;  d.  June  5,  1861. 
V.  Mary-H.,  b.  October  9, 1835 ;  m.  James  Hastings,  of  Lisha's 

Kill,  Albany  county,  IST.  Y. 
vi.  Archibald-L.,  h.  April  3,  1839;  d.  in  hospital  at  'New  Or- 
leans, September  13,  1864;  sergeant  of  company  B,  2d 
New  York  Veteran  cavalry. 
vii.  Helen-L.,  b.  December  30,  1843. 
via.  Jeanette,  b.  June  26,  1845;  d.  May  21,  1861. 

X.  John  Linn,^  (John,'^  William,  ^  William,  i)  b.  January 
8,  1797  ;  living  at  Mount  Vernon,  Knox  county,  O.  ;  m.,  April 
28,  1825,  Mary  F.  Chamberlin,  b.  September  29,  1804 ;  d. 


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April  3,  1865 :  daughter  of  Colonel  William  Cbamberlin,  of 
Kelh^  towusliip.  Union  county,  Pa..     They  had  issue : 

i.  William-Lawrence,  b.  Jainiarj'^  16, 1826 ;  residence,  Green- 
field P.  O.,  Iowa ;  m.  May  26, 1853,  Rachel  A.  Robertson, 
who  d.  April  16,  1870,  and  had  issue:  E.-G.,  m.  Dema 

Stewart,  Mary-A.,  m. Smith,  William- E.,  Flora- 

E.,  yinna-L.,  and  H.-Wayne. 

ii.  John-F.,  b.  September  29, 1827  ;  resides  at  Greenfield  P.  O., 
Iowa. 

Hi.  Mary-E.,  b.  August  8,  1829;  m.  January  1,  1857,  James 
Patterson,  of  Mount  Yernon,  O.,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Patterson),  Dora-M.,  m.  J.  W.  McDonald,  of  Hampton, 
Iowa;  Elwyn-L.,  and  Otto- A. 

iv.  Bohert-E.,  b.  April  7, 1832;  m.  May  27. 1857,  Anna  J.  Pol- 
lock, and  had  issue : 

1.  Ida-M.,h.  December  1,  1858;  m.  November  30, 

1882,  M.  J.  Pusey,  of  W infield,  Iowa. 

2.  Eenna-M.,  h.  June  19,  I860;  d.  August  10, 1877. 
V.  Ann-E.,  b.  November  14, 1834;  m.  February  1, 1860,  N.  R. 

Ebersole ;  d.  near  Tama,  Iowa,  October  10,  1867. 

vi.  Susan-M.,  b.  February  3, 1838;  d.  October  25, 1875;  m.  J. 
L.  Serviss,  of  Marshall  county,  Iowa. 

vii.  Catharine-J.,h.  May  12,  1840;  m.,  July  4,  1861,  John  Pol- 
lock ;  residing  at  Morning  Sun,  Louisa  county,  Iowa. 

XI.  James  F.  Linn,^  (John,^  William,  2  William,  i)  b.  De- 
cember 6,  1802  ;  d.  October  8,  1869 ;  practitioner  at  law,  in 
Lewisbnrg,  Pa.,  1826-1869;  and  specially  prominent  as  an 
abolitionist,  and  as  an  advocate  of  temperance;  m.,  July  20, 
1826,  Margaeet  I.  Wilsox,  b.  October  12,  1804 ;  d.  June  22, 
1868 ;  daughter  of  Hugh  Wilson  and  Catharine  Irvine,  {see  Hugh- 
Wilson  record.)     They  had  issue: 

i.  Mary  i.,  b.  July  12, 1827,  living  at  Mercersburg,  Penn'a; 
m.,  November  14, 1848,  Rev.  Henry  Harbaugh,  D.  D.,  b.- 
October  28, 1817  ;  died  while  Professor  in  the  Theological 
Seminary  of  the  German  Reformed  Church  at  Mercers- 
burg, December  28, 1867 ;  author  of  "  The  Sainted  Dead," 
"  Heavenly  Recognition,"  "Fathers  of  the  German  Re- 
formed Church,"  and  editor  of  "The  Mercersburg  Re- 
view," and  had  issue  (surname  Harbaugh) : 

1.  Wilson-L.,  b.  July  25,  1851,  druggist,  Mercers- 
burg;  m.,May24, 1876,  RosannaMcNaugh  ton, 
and  had  issue,  Henry  and  Duncan-J. 


330  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

[  2.  Margaret- A. ^  b.  May  20, 1855 ;  teaclier  at  Eadnor, 
Pa. 

3.  H.-Lange,  b.  October  24,  18o7. 

4.  J. -F. -Linn,  b.   April  29,  1860;  attorney-at-law, 

Chambersburg,  Pa. 

5.  M.-Lnuisa,  b.  December  19,  1862. 

6.  John-A.,  b.  February  8,  1867. 

a.  Wilsnn-L,  h.  September  9, 1829  ;  m.,  February  27. 1849,  Eliz- 
abeth Brown,  b.  September  16,  1827;  reside  at  Berwyn, 
Chester  county,  Peun'a,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Edwin-B.,  b.  June  1,  1850;  m.,  ISTovember  20, 

1878, Siney,  and  had  issue,  WiUon-T. 

2.  James-F.,  b.  February  14,  1852,  resides  at  Flour- 

town,  Montgomery  county.  Pa. 

3.  Anna-B.,  b.  October  21 ,  1855  ;  d.  April  17,  1882  ; 

m.,  December  25, 1877,  K.  B.  Sterner,  and  had 
issue  (surname  Sterner),  Emma-S. 

4.  Margaret-W.,  b.  October  10,  1857. 

5.  Mary-B.,  b.  June  29,  1860. 

6.  Merrill-B.,  b.  April  12,  1862. 

7.  FranTc-S.,  b.  February  19, 1864. 

8.  Uharles-E.,  b.  October  6, 1866. 

13.    m.  John-Blair;    m.,  first,  Julia  J.  Pollock;    secondly,  Mary 
E.  D.  Wilson. 
iv.  J. -Merrill,  b.  October  17,  1833  ;  an  attorney-at-law  ;  i^esides 
at  Lewisburg,  Pa. ;  m.,  December  26,1867,  Mary  E.  Bill- 
mej^er,  daugliter  of  Philip  Billmeyer,  and  had  issue  : 
1.  Philip-B.,  b.  May  25,  1869. 
V.  Oi:    r-D.,  b.  January  3,  1836;  d.  May  12,  1840. 
vi.  Anne-C,  b,  July  31,  1839;  m..  May  9,  1878,  Dr.  John  S. 
Angle,  of  Spread  Eagle,  Chester  county,  Pa.,  and  had  is- 
sue (surname  Angle) : 

1.  Laura-L.,  b.  April  9, 1879. 
vii.  Latira-S.,  b.  March  11,  1845;  d.  October  9,  1871;  ra.,  De- 
cember 22, 1864,  Dr.  John  S.  Angle,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Angle)  : 

1.  Linn,  b.  April  29,  1867. 

2.  J^ora,  b.  November  1869. 

XII.  William  LiNJsr,^  (James,  ^  William,  ^  William,  i)  b. 
1787  ;  d.  in  Lurgan  township,  April  5,  1873  :  elder  in  Presby- 
terian cburch  of  Middle  Spring;  served  in  war  of  1812,  in  de- 
fense of  Baltimore ;  m.  September  28, 1819,  Mary  Galbraith, 
b.  December  14,  1796  ;  d.  April  3,  1867.     Thej  had  issue  : 


Linn  of  Lurgan.  -  331 

i.  James,  b.  July  80, 1820;  ra.  IsTovember,  1876,  Jane  E.  Cof- 
fee ;  d.  July  25, 1885,  in  Lurgan  township ;  and  had  issue, 
James-McC,  WilUam-A.,  and  Mary. 
it.  jM"ar(/-(?.,b.  April  2, 1822;  m.  Hayes  Culbertson  ;  resides  at 
Princeton,  Iowa,  and  luid  issue  (surname  Culbertson), 
William-Linn,  Stephen,  Augustus,  Mary,  Robert,  Harry, 
Elizabeth,  and  James. 
Hi.  Griselda,  b.  July  22,  182-4;  m.  December  31, 1844,  David  G. 
Duncan,  of  ZSTewville,  Pa.,  b.  February  14,  1817,  and  had 
issue  (surname  Duncan) : 

1.   William-Linn,  b.  December  5, 1845 ;  m.,  first,  De- 
cember 19,  1866,  Arabella  Davidson  ;  secondly, 
September  21,  1876,  Bell  Tritt. 
■     2.  Mary-Galbraith,  b.  Marcli  18,  1848. 

3.  Samuel- A.,  b  June  23,  1851. 

4.  Mmma-J.,  b.  March  5,  1854;  m.   December  1, 

1875,  John  D.  Mains. 

5.  Bavid-Galbraith,  b.  January  19,  1856. 

6.  John-I\:.,  b.  July  14,  1858. 

7.  Elizabeth- A.,  b.  Octobei-  22,  1860. 

8.  Sarah-P.,  b.  February  7,  1863. 

9.  Theressa-A.,  b.  February  6,  1865;  d.  October  5, 

1867. 

10.  James-M.,  b.  February  5,  1867. 

11.  Flora-G.,  b.  April  2,  1869, 

12.  Em,  b.  August  20, 1873. 

iv.  Elizabeth-S.,h.  June  23,  1826;  d.  March  19,  1884,  in  Ship- 
pensburg,  Pa.;  m.  June  24,  1844,  J.  Anderson  Kelso,  d. 
prisoner  of  war  on  Belle  Island,  near  Ei§'ii<mond,  Va., 
November  1, 1863,  and  had  issue  (surname  Kelso) : 

1.  Rev.  Alexander- P.,  h.  October  4,  1845;  mission- 

ary at  Saharunpur,  North  India;  m.,  October 
12, 1870,  in  India,  Louisa  M.  Bolton,  daughter 
of  an  English  officer. 

2.  Mary-J.,  b.  July  12,  1847  ;  d.  November  22,  1850. 

3.  William-Linn.,  b.  July  30, 1849  ;  m.,  first,  April  7, 

1870,  Martha  Thompson;  secondly,  1881,  Era - 
ma  Sutherland :  resides  at  Putnam,  111. 

4.  Letitia-C,  b.  September  7, 1851 ;  resides  at  Ship- 

pensburg. 

5.  Robert-G.,h.  November  4, 1853;  m.  October  25, 

1883,  .Jane  Lawrence,  of  Shippensburg. 

6.  Sarah-A.,  b.  July  9,  1857. 

7.  James-P.,  of  Burgettstown.  Pa.,  b.  October  2, 

1860 ;  m.  April  16, 1884,  Belle  M.  Henricle. 


382  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

V.  Sarah-A.,  b.  November  7, 1830;  m.  April  20,1854,  James 

L.  Patterson,  of  Burgettstown,  son  of  Robert  Patterson 

and  Mary  Linn,  (see  V.) 
vi.   William- A.- P.,  h.  June  27, 1839;  resides  at  Burgettstown 

P.  O.,  Pa. ;  m.,  October  7, 1862,  Elizabeth  Proudfit,  and 

had  issue : 

1.  Jb/m-P.,  b.  September  11,  1863. 

2.  William-B.,  b.  June  28,  1867. 

3.  James-P.,  b.  February  24,  1870. 

4.  Bobert-F.,  b.  June  26,  1872. 

5.  Edmund-L.,  b.  June  3,  1874;  d.  1882. 

XIII.  John  Blair  Linn,^  (James  F.,^  John,^  William,^ 
William,'' )  b.  October  15,  1831,  at  Lewisburg,  Penn'a.  He  was 
educated  at  Franklin  and  Marshall  College,  and  studied  the 
profession  of  law ;  served  in  the  Eebellion  ;  removed  to  Centre 
county  in  1871 ;  during  the  administration  of  Grovernor  Hart- 
ranft,  he  was  Deputy  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth  from 
1873  to  1878,  and  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth,  1878-1879. 
In  1877,  he  published  "Annals  of  Buffalo  Valley,"  and  edited, 
in  connection  with  William  H.  Egle,  M.  D.,  Pennsylvania 
Archives,  second  series,  12  vols.,  1874-1880;  and,  in  1883, 
History  of  Centre  and  Clinton  counties ;  resides  in  Bellefonte, 
Pa. ;  engaged  in  his  profession.  Mr.  Linn  was  twice  married  ; 
m.,  first,  October  22,  1857,  Julia  J.  Pollock,  b.  February  2, 
1831 ;  d.  July  19,  1862 ;  daughter  of  F.  W.  Pollock,  of  Mil- 
ton, Pa.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Sarah-P-G.,  b.  April  9,  1859. 
ii.  Bessie-W..,  b.  September  13,  1860. 

Mr.  Linn  m.,  secondly,  November  21,  1867,  Mary  E.  D. 
Wilson,  daughter  of  Hunter  and  Mary  Benuer  Wilson.  They 
had  issue : 

Hi.  Mary-H.,  b.  July  26, 1869. 

iv.  Henry-W.-Sage,  b.  January  18,  1873,  at  Bellefonte,  Pa. 


Lyon  Family.  333 


LYON  FAMILY. 


I.  John  Lyon/  with  his  family,  emigrated  from  Bnniskil- 
len,  county  Fermanagh,  Province  of  Ulster,  Ireland,  to  the  Pro- 
vince of  Pennsylvania,  in  the  year  1763,  and  settled  if!  Cumber- 
land county,  now  Milford  townshipj^TTuniata  county,  about  two 
miles  west  of  Mifflintown.  The  warrant  for  his  tract  of  land, 
two  hundred  and  seventy-three  acres  and  sixty-three  perches, 
is  dated  September  18,  1766.  In  1773,  the  Propi'ietaries  grant 
to  John  Lyon  et  al.  twenty  acres  of  land  for  the  use  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  of  Tuscarora,  where  he  is  buried ;  d.  in 
1780 ;  he.  m.  in  Ireland,  Maegaket  Armsteong-,  sister  of 
Colonel  John  Armstrong,  one  of  the  prominent  and  patriotic 
Pennsylvanians  of  Provincial  and  Pevokitionary  times ;  was  a 
woman  of  bright  intellect,  remarkable  intelligence,  and  a  fine 
conversationalist;  d.  about  1793,  and  also  buried  in  Tuscarora. 
They  had  issue,  all  born  in  Ireland: 

3.  i.  William,  b.  March  17, 1729 ;  m.  Alice  Armstrong. 

4.  ii.  James;  m. Martin. 

5.  Hi.  Samuel;  m.  Eleanor  Blaine. 

6.  iv.  John ;  m.  Mary  Harris. 

V.  Mary,  b.  1748;  m.  Benjamin  Lyon,  (see  VIII.) 
vi.  Frances,  b.  1752;  d.  May  4, 1S39 ;  m.  William  Graham,  b. 
1753;  d.  April  4,  1813;  both  buried  in  Tuscarora  ceme- 
tery.   Left  descendants. 

7.  vii.  Margaret-Alice;  m.  Thomas  Anderson,  in  Ireland. 
via.  Agnes ;  d.  unm. 

II.  James  Lyon,i  the  j^ounger  brother  of  John  Lyon,  who 
heads  this  record,  never  emigrated  to  America,  but  his  three 
sons  came  over  with  the  family  of  John  Lyon,  their  uncle,  in 
1763.  Neither  he  nor  his  wife  are  believed  to  have  been  liv- 
ingat  the  date  of  the  emigration.     His  sons  were : 

i.  Williavi ;  who  espoused  the  British  cause  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary war,  settled  in  Canada,  and  became  estranged 
from  the  family. 


334  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

a.  Fohert;  enlisted  in  the  Revolutionary  service;  promoted 
from  sergeant  of  the  12th  Pennsylvania  to  a  lieutenancy 
in  tlie  6th  Pennsylvania  regiment,  Continental  line  ;  set- 
tled in  Northumberland,  Pa.,  where  he  died,  August  19, 
1823,  aged  seventy-seven  years. 

8.  in.  Benjamin,  b.  in  1752;  m.  Mary  Lyon. 

III.  William  Lyon,^  (John,i)  preceded  his  father  and 
family  to  the  Province,  having  arrived  about  1750,  and  attained 
the  position  of  assistant  surveyor  to  his  uncle,  John  Armstrong, 
deputy  sifrveyorand  justice  of  the  peace  for  Cumberiand  county, 
a  well  educated  man,  who  had  arrived  from  Ireland  in  1748. 
Together,  they  laid  out  the  town  of  Carlisle,  by  order  of  the 
Proprietaries,  in  1751,  and  the  seat  of  justice  was  then  perma- 
nently established  there.  William  Lyon  entered  the  provincial 
military  sei*vice  for  the  defense  of  the  frontier  against  the  French 
and  Indians,  and  as  first  lieutenant  of  the  Pennsylvania  regiment, 
appointed  December  6, 1757,  participated  in  Forbes'  great  expe- 
dition against  Fort  DuQuesne,  in  1758  ;  resigned  March,  1759  ; 
appointed  a  magistrate  in  1764,  by  Governor  John  Penn,  then 
in  Carlisle,  dispatching  Col.  Bouquet  on  his  second  expedition. 
On  the  opening  of  the  Revolution  and  the  suppression  of  the 
Provincial  authority,  he  was  appointed,  by  the  "  Supreme  Ex- 
ecutive Council,"  a  member  of  the  "Committee  of  Safety,"  Oc- 
tober 16,  1776  ;  prothonotary  for  Cumberland  county,  March 
12,  1777 ;  clerk  of  the  orphans  court,  February  9,  1779 ;  and 
register  and  recorder,  February  13,  1779  ;  he  was  re-appointed, 
by  Governor  Mifflin,  register  of  wills,  September  4,  1790,  and 
prothonotary,  register,  and  recorder,  and  clerk  of  the  orphans' 
court,  August  17,  1791 ;  he  was  also  re-appointed,  by  Governor 
McKean,  January  29,  1800,  prothonotary  and  clerk  of  the 
courts,  and  continued  prothonotary  by  proclamation  in  1802 
and  1805;  he  was  appointed,  by  the  "Supreme  Executive 
Council,"  to  receive  subscriptions  for  Cumbei-land  county,  for 
a  loan  of  twenty  million  dollars,  authorized  by  Congress.  June 
29,  1779.  William  Lyon,  b.  March  17,  1729,  in  Ireland ;  d. 
in  Carlisle,  Pa.,  February  7,  1809;  m.,  first,  in  1756,  Alice 
Armstrong,  daughter  of  his  uncle.  Col.  John  Armstrong,  of 
Carlisle,  Pa.     They  had  issue: 

9.  i.  James,  b.  October,  1757  ;  m.  Sallie  Eyre. 


Lyon  Family.  385 

He  married,  secondly,  in  1768,  Ann  Fleming,  of  Carlisle, 
Pa.     They  had  issue: 

u.  Margaret,  [Peprgy,]  b.  May  9,1770,;  m.,  in  Carlisle,  July  25, 

1793,  the  Rev.  David  Denny,  of  Chambersburg,  Pa. 
Hi.  John.,  b.  October  13,  1771 ;  m.  Priscilla  Coulter,  of  Gi'eens- 

burg,  Pa.     He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  bar  at 

Uniontown,  Pa. 
i)'.    William.,  b.  June  17, 1773,  went  south  and  died  in  early  life 

at  St.  Francisville,  La.,  where  he  is  buried. 

10.  V.  Samuel,  b.  January  20,  1775;  m.  Hetty  Broome. 
vi.  Mary,  b.  August  20,  1776;  d.  1832:  unm. 

vii.  Alexander- Parher,  b.  August  4,  1778;  d.  1808;  unm;  law- 

yej^^in  Carlisle. 
viii.  Nancy.,  b.  August  16,  1780';  d.  1800;  unm. 

11.  ix.  Alice- Arnutromj .,  b.  September  25,  1781 ;  m.  George  Cham- 

bers. 

12.  X.  GeoTLje-Armstrong^h.  A\)X\\  11,1784;  m.  Anna  G.  Savage. 

IV.  James  Lyon,^  (John,i)  arrived  in  the  Province  of 
Pennsylvania,  landing  in  Philadelphia  in  1763,  and,  about 
1766,  located  on  land  in  Cumberland  county,  now  in  Grranville 
township,  Mifflin  county,  and  near  the  site  of  the  old  Fort 
Granville,  which  was  captured  by  the  French  and  Indians  in 
1756.  The  tract  embraced  all  the  broad  plateau  on  the  south 
bank  of  the  Juniata  river  and  the  mountain  side,  (known  as 
Anderson  station,  Pennsylvania  railroad.)  He  was  assessor  for 
Cumberland  county  in  1777  ;  died  and  buried  on  his  own  do- 
main in  his  family  burial-ground.  He  married,  in  Ireland,  a 
lady  named  Martin,  and  had  issue : 

i.  John,  b.  in  Ireland  ;  settled  in  Butler  county,  and  left  de- 
scendants; was  in  the  Revolutionary  service,  and  lived 
on  a  farm  on  the  north  side  of  the  Juniata  river  until  he 
went  westward. 

II.  Margaret,  [Peggy,]  b.  in  Philadelphia,  three  days  after  the 
family  arrived,  in  1763  ;  d.  June  8, 1847  ;  m,  in  1783,  John 
Oliver,  b.  in  Derrybeg,  county  Derry,  Ireland,  in  1750 ; 
d.  1843,  and  both  buried  in  McYeytown  cemetery.  John 
Oliver  came  over  in  the  ship  "  Sophia,"  in  1770;  became 
a  citizen  of  Cumberland,  now  Mifflin,  county,  and  taught 
school  in  the  neighborhood,  his  future  wife  being  one  of 
his  pupils  ;  he  became  a  prominent  man,  and  was  appointed 
an  associate  judge  for  Mifflin  county  by  Governor  Mifflin ; 
his  residence  was  in  Oliver  township,  (named  after  him,) 


336  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

on  the  Juniata,  six  miles  west  of  Lewistown.    They  had 
issue  (surname  Oliver) : 

1.  James',  m. ■  Cunningham;  d.  s.  p. 

2.  BacJiel;   m.  John  Campbell,  of  Mifflin  county, 

and  had  five  children. 

3.  Elizabeth  ;  m.  Joseph  Campbell,  brother  of  John, 

and  had  eight  children. 

4.  JVajicy  [Agnes];  m.  fSamuel  Campbell,  brother  of 

John  and  Joseph  ;  had  ten  children. 

5.  Margaret  [Peggj'] ;  m.  Rev.  Lochrane ;  d.  s.  p. 

6.  Polly  ;  d.  in  1871 ;  unm. 

7.  Jane;    m.   John  Campbell,  of    Centre  county; 

cousin  to  John,  Joseph,  and  Samuel,  and  had 
six  children. 

8.  Margery ;  d.  in  1882 ;  unm. 

9.  John;  m.  Esther  Strode,  of  Mifflin  county,  and 

had  two  children. 

10.  George ;  m.  Margaret  Jackson ;  had  three  children. 

11.  Sydney;   m.  George  A.  Lyon,  her  cousin,  (see 

XX  VI.) 

12.  Andrew  ;  m. Edwards  ;  d.  s.  p. 

13.  in.   TFi7Zmm,  b.  January  31,  1765;  m.  Rebecca  Graham. 

iv.  Elizabeth;  lived  to  the  age  of  eighty-eight  years;  m.  John 
McVey,  after  whom  the  town  of  McVeytown,  Mifflin 
county,  was  named ;  moved  to  Zanesville,  O. 

14.  V.  Isabella,  b.  August  14, 1770  ;  m.  John  Patterson,  merchant. 

15.  vi.  Nancy;  twin  sister;  m.  John  Patterson,  Esquire. 

vii.  Mary,  b.  May  6,  1774;  d.  February  24,  1861;  m.  Robert 
Forsythe,  of  Mifflin  county.  Pa.,  and  had  eight  children. 

16.  via.  James,  b.  February  11, 1786;  m.  Elizabeth  Lyon. 

Y.  Samuel  LYOisr,^  (John,i)  settled  on  land  adjoining  Ms 
father's  tract,  and  inherited  one  half  of  his  father's  farm,  in 
Cumberland,  now  Juniata,  county,  Pennsylvania;  became  a 
deputy  surveyor  under  his  uncle,  Col.  John  Armstrong;  ap- 
pointed, May  22,  1770,  by  provincial  authority,  a  magistrate 
for  Mil  ford  township ;  re-appointed  justice  of  the  peace,  June 
19,  1777,  by  the  "  Supreme  Executive  Council,"  who  made  all 
appointments  previous  to  the  formation  of  the  State  Govern- 
ment, in  1790.  April  3,  1780,  Col.  Lyon  was  appointed  com- 
missioner of  purchases  for  the  Revolutionary  army  for  the  county 
of  Cumberland,  and  July  7,  1780,  assistant  commissioner  of 
purchases,  and  the  Council  ordered  his  "  quota  of  whiskey  at 
500  gallons  per  month."    Before  1785,  he  changed  his  residence 


Lyon  Family.  337 

to  Carlisle.  November  9,  1789,  appointed  deputy  surveyor 
for  Cumberland  county,  and  re-appointed,  November  3,  1791  ; 
m.  Eleanor  Blaine,  b.  1750 ;  d.  April  9,  1795 ;  sister  of 
Col.  Ephraim  Blaine.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Margaret,  [Peggy,]  b.  March  26,  1772  ;  m.,  in  Carlisle, 
January  16,  1795,  her  cousin,  James  Blaine,  son  of  Col. 
Ephraim  Blaine,  and  had  Ephriam-Lyon,  who  married 
Maria  Gillespie,  of  Washington  county,  Pa.,  and  had 
James- Gillespie,  author  and  statesman,  and  presiden- 
idential  candidate  on  the  Republican  ticket  in  1884.  The 
other  children  of  Margaret  Blaine  were  Jane,  m.  William 
Semple.of  Washington,  Pa.;  Ellen,  m.  Major  John  Ewing, 
a  prominent  citizen  of  Washington,  Pa.;  Anna-Lyon,  m. 
Rev.  D.  Mason;  William,  Samuel,  James,  m.  Miss  De- 
Villemont ;  and  Mary. 

it.  Isabella,  b.  February  14, 1774;  m.,  first,  in  Carlisle,  April 
12,  1798,  William  Hoge,  of  Washington,  Pa.;  m.,  sec- 
ondly, Alexander  Reed,  of  same  place ;  d.  s.  p. 

iii.  John,  b,  February  1, 1776;  d.,  1814,  unm.;  an  eminent  law- 
yer of  Bedford,  Pa. 

ii\  Nancy,  b.  April  27, 1778;  d.  June  22, 1867,  at  Washington, 
Pa.;  unm. 

17.  V.  Rebecca,  b.  l^ovember  2,  1785;  m.  James  M.  Russell. 

18.  vi.  Samuel,  b.  January  19, 1791 ;  m.  Xancy  Campbell. 

VI.  John  Lyon,^  (John,i)  came  into  possession  of  one  half 
of  the  homestead,  Samuel  coming  into  possession  of  the  other 
half,  in  Milford  township,  by  the  will  of  his  father,  dated  De- 
cember 13,  1779,  after  his  death  in  1780.  Eesided  thereon 
until  June  1,  1797,  when  he  conveyed  it  to  Stephen  Dougle- 
man,  who  conveyed  it  to  the  Sterrett  family ;  its  present  owners 
being  Hon.  James  P.  Sterrett  and  his  brother  Dr.  John  P.  Ster- 
rett. John  Lyon  then  removed  to  Butler  county,  and  d.  about 
1820 ;  m.  Mary  Harris,  daughter  of  John  Harris,  the  founder 
of  Mifflin  town,  Pa,  and  had  issue: 

i.  Thomas-Harris, 
a.  William. 
iii.  John. 
iv.  James. 
V.  Margaret, 
vi.  Mary. 
vii.  Catharine, 
viii.  Nancy. 
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338  Fennsylvania  Genealogies. 

YII.  Maeg-aret  Alice  Lyon,^  (Jolin,i)  m.  Thomas  Ajst- 
DERSON,  who  emigrated  to  America  in  1766 ;  he  married,  the 
same  year,  and  probably  came  from  the  home  of  the  Lyon 
family  in  Ireland.  They  had  four  children,  of  whom  we  have 
the  names  of : 

i.  liobert;  d.  in  infancy. 
ii.  Bebecca  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

m.  JoIiQi,  b.  1770,  in  Bedford,  Pa. ;  d.  in  1839 ;  studied  medi- 
cine at  Carlisle,  and  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession in  1796,  in  which  he  became  very  successful ;  for 
years  he  was  the  president  of  the  Allegheny  Bank,  at 
Bedford,  and  also  president  of  the  Chambersburg  and 
Bedford  turnpike  company ;  besides  being  actively  en- 
gaged in  other  enterprises;  m.,  in  1807,  Mary  Espy,  b. 
1779  ;  d.  1815,  (see  Espy  recordj  and  had  issue  (surname 
Anderson) : 

1.  George-  Woods,  b.  Jnne  27, 1805 ;  d.  June  20, 1879  ; 

studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Watson,  and  gradu- 
ated from  tlie  University  of  Pennsylvania ;  m, 
Caroline  Morsell,  of  Prince  George's  county, 
Maryland,  who  died  in  1860. 

2.  Espy-Lyon,  m.  Louisa  Watson. 

3.  Ami-Jane;  d.  in  infancy. 

4.  Mary. 

5.  Elizabeth. 

VIII.  Bexjamin  Lyon,  2  (Jaraes^ ,)  b.  in  Enniskilleu,  county 
of  Fermanagh,  Ireland,  in  1752.  Emigrated  with  the  family 
of  his  uncle,  John  Lyon,  in  1763,  finally  settling  in  Mil- 
ford  township,  where  he  was  assessed  as  a  single  freeman,  in 
1775.  He  enlisted  in  the  Eevolutionary  cause,  and  participated 
in  the  battle  of  Long  Island,  August  27,  1776;  recommended 
by  General  Hand  to  General  Washington  for  promotion,  and 
appoiiitjd  lieutenant,  September  25,  1776.  His  regiment  was 
engaged  in  the  battles  of  Brandy  wine,  Paoli,  and  Germantown, 
in  1777.  Promoted  to  first  lieutenant,  July  16,  1777,  and  to 
a  captaincy,  December  8,  1778.  The  hardships  of  the  service 
affected  his  health,  and,  as  a  consequence,  his  resignation  en- 
sued in  May,  1779,  when  he  returned  to  Mil  ford  township. 
He  removed  about  four  years  after  his  marriage  to  Northumber- 
land, Pa.,  and  returned  to  Tuscarora  valley  about  the  year  1800, 


Lyon  Family.  339 

where  he  remained  till  his  wife's  death,  in  1811,  when  he  went 
to  reside  with  his  daughter,  Elizabeth,  in  Shirleysburg,  Hun- 
tingdon county.  Pa. ,  where  he  died  in  1826.  Advanced  in  years, 
he  appeared  as  a  man  of  medium  height,  weighing  about  150 
pounds,  rather  full  in  the  face,  with  florid  complexion,  blunt 
in  manner,  and  plain  in  speach ;  m.,  in  1780,  his  cousin,  Mary 
Lyoist,  b.  April,  171:8,  daughter  of  John  Lyon,  who  d.  Oc- 
tober 9,  1811,  and  buried  in  Tuscarora.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Elizabeth,  [Betsy,]  b.  in  Tuscarora  valley,  December  15, 
1780;  d.  January  21,  1849;  buried  at  Green  Hill  Presby- 
terian churcli,  Fulton  county,  Pa. ;  m.  James  Lyon,  her 
cousin,  (see  XVI.) 

19.  a.  John.,  b.  August  11,  1782  ;  m.  Jane  Maclay. 

20.  in.  James,  b,  April  12, 1787  ;  m.  Ann  Forman. 

iv.  Margaret,  d.  at  Pennsylvania  Furnace;  aged  25  years; 
buried  in  Bellefonte  cemetery. 

IX.  James  Lyon,^  (William, 2  John,"')  b.  October,  1757; 
d.  November  21,  1811 ;  m.  July  25,  1793,  Sallie  Eyre,  of 
Northampton  county,  Va.,  where  he  was  a  practicing  physi- 
cian.    They  had  issue : 

i.   William;  d.  unm. 

ii.  Margaret;  m.  William  Taylor,  lawyer,  Norfolk,  Ya.,  and 
liad  issue  (surname  Taylor),  Sallie,  William,  Robert,  and 
Archibald. 

X.  Samuel  Lyon",^  (William,  ^  John,i)  b.  January  20, 
1775;  merchant,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  m.  March,  1800,  Hetty 
Broome,  of  Wilmington,  DeL,  and  had  issue : 

21.  i.   William;  m.,  first, Miss  Reynolds;  secondly,  Miss  Mulhol- 

land. 

22.  ii.  Bev.  George-Armstrong ;  m.  Mary  Sterrett. 
Hi.  Jacob  ;  lived  in  Clarion  county,  and  died  there. 
iv.  John ;  residence.  Clarion  county,  Pa. ;  deceased. 

V.  Eachel;  m.  Hugh  Campbell,  M.  D.,  of  Uniontown,  Pa., 
and  had  (surname  Campbell),  Susan,  who  m.  an  Allison  ; 
Bev.  Samuel,  Bev.  William,  Judge  Edward,  Benjamin, 
who  m,  Mary  Hitner  ;  Sarah-Louise,  and  Hugh-Francis. 

XL  Alice  Armstrong  Lyon,^  (William,  2  John,i)  b.  Sep- 
tember 25,  1781;  d.  1848;  m.,  in  Carlisle,  March  6,  1810, 
George  Chambers,  of  Chambersburg,  Pa.  They  had  issue 
(surname  Chambers) : 


340  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

i.  Sally- Ann  ;  d.  unni. 
n,  jMargaretta;  d.  unm. 
in.  George \  d.  unm.  * 

iv.  Benjamin;  m.  Eleanor  Thomas,  and  had  issue  (surname 

Chambers),    George,    Mary,  Benjamin,  Annie,    Emma, 

Oliver,  and  Bertha. 
V.   William;  m.  Emeline  Kennedy,  and  had  issue  (surname 

Chambers),  Alice,  Margaretta,  Mien,  and  Carrie. 

XII.  Geoege  Armstrong  LYOisr,^  (William,  ^  John,i)  b. 
in  Carlisle,  Pa.,  April  11,  1784:  d.  January  6,  1855;  an  attor- 
ney-at-law,  president  of  the  Carlisle  Bank,  and  a  prominent  and 
influential  citizen  of  his  native  place ;  m.  June  14,  1815,  Anfa 
G.  Savage,  daughter  of  Thomas  Lyttleton  Savage,  of  North- 
ampton county,  Va.,  where  she  was  b.  February  10,  1797 ;  d. 
in  Atlantic  City,  August  25,  1876,  and  buried  in  Carlisle,  Pa. 
They  had  issue,  all  born  in  Carlisle,  in  the  house  in  which 
their  father  was  born  and  died : 

i.   Virginia-T.,  b.  July  31,  1817;  d.  1866;  unm. 

23.  a.   TFiZh'am,  b.  August  3,  1819;  m.  Augusta  Baldwin. 
Hi.  John,  (the  reverend,)  b.  July  26, 1821 ;  unm. 

iv.  Susan-Ellen,  h.  May  24,  1823:  d.  October  27,  1852;  m.  J. 

VV.  Burbridge,  of  New  Orleans. 
V.  Mary- Elizabeth,  b.  March  25,  1825  ;  d.  May  25,  1838. 
vi.  Anna-Margaret,  (seeXXX.) 

24.  vii.  Alexander- Parker,  b.  June  29, 1829 ;  m.  Eliza  T.  Denniston. 
via.  Thomas-Lyttleton,  b.  April  29, 1832  ;  d.  March  29, 1883 ;  m., 

first,  Mrs.  A.  Marks;  m.,  secondly,  Beulah  Clark;  d. 
March  29, 1883;  residence,  New  Orleans. 

25.  ix.  Alice-Chambers,  h.  April  13, 1836;  m.  Thomas  C.  Lazear. 

XIII.  William  Lyon,^  (James,  ^  John,i)  b.  January  31, 
1765,  in  Carlisle,  during  the  temporary  residence  of  his  parents ; 
buried  on  the  farm  on  which  he  lived  and  died ;  m.  Eebecca 
Graham.     They  had  issue : 

i.   William-Graham,  b.  March  7, 1799;  d.  April  11,  1816. 
ii.  Ann-Eliza,  b.  January  7,  1801;  d.  October  10,  1811. 

26.  Hi.  George- Armstrong,  b.  December  12,  1803 ;  m.  Jessie  Alex- 

ander. 
iv.  Bebecca- Armstrong,  b.  August  21,  1806;  d.  June  11,  1831 ; 

m.  Stuart  Turbett,  of  Tuscarora  Valley  ;  d.  s.  p. 
V.  Amanda,  b.  August  31,  1808;  d.  in  childhood. 
vi.  John-B.,\).  August  19,  1810;  d.  in  childhood. 


Lyon  Family.  341 

mi.  James;  m.  Mary  Holmes,  of  Pittsburgh;  liad  two  daugh- 
ters :  Ann-Eliz%  and  Sarah. 

XIV.  Isabella  Lyojst.^  (James, ^  Jolm,i)  b.  August  14, 
1770,  at  the  homestead,  west  of  Lewistown,  on  the  Juniata 
river;  d.  June  28,  1858;  buried  at  Tuscarora  church;  m., 
June  20.  1793,  John"  Pattekson",  merchant,  b.  October  2,  1763, 
the  eldest  of  six  children  of  John  Patterson,  one  of  six  brothers, 
coming  from  Ireland  in  1750,  and  settled  in  Bucks  county,  on 
the  Delaware,  on  adjoining  farms ;  the  father  being  dead,  the 
family  sold  the  homestead,  and  in  1791  John  commenced  mer- 
chandizing in  Tuscarora  valley,  in  the  vicinity  of  Academia, 
there  being  no  store  nearer  than  Carlisle ;  d.  October  9,  1836. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Patterson) : 

i.  James,  b.  March  14, 1794;  d.  December  8, 1823 ;  unmarried. 

ii.  Sarah,  b.  June  1,  1795;  d.  May  9,  1835  ;  m.  Wm.  C.  Kelly. 

in.  Margaret,  b.  January  15, 1797;  d.  June  4, 1863;  m.,  Janu- 
ary, 8, 1822,  Robert  Sterrett. 

iv.  William-Hart,  b.  January  1,  1799;  d.  August  3,  1858;  m. 
Mary  Ann  Wilson. 

V.  Robert,  b.  March  20,  1801 ;  d.  March  7, 1873;  m.,  first,  Jane 
Wilson  ;  m.,  secondly,  Lucinda  Blaine. 

vi.  Elizabeth,  b.  May  1,  1803  ;  d.  April  9, 1839;  unmarried. 

vii.  Andrew,  b.  February  2,  1805  ;  d.  August  13,  1884;  m.,  first, 
Ann  Eliza  Walker;  m.,  siecondly,  Mrs.  Mary  Brazee. 
via.  Mary-L.,  b.  January  10,  1807;  d.  1871;  m.  Robert  Patter- 
son. 

ix.  John,  b.  March  26,  1809;  m.,  October  6,  1836,  Ellen  Van- 
Dyke,  of  Mercersburg,  Pa.;  residence,  Peru  Mills,  Ju- 
niata county.  Pa.  Mr.  Patterson  is  the  only  survivor  of 
the  twenty  children  of  the  Patterson  connection. 

X.  Isabella,  b.  January  16, 1811 ;  d.  April  5,  1837 ;  unmarried. 

xi.  Jane,  b.  April  30, 1813 ;  d.  May  25, 1837. 

XV.  Nancy  Lyon,  ^  (James,  ^  John,  ^ )  twin  sister  of  Isabella, 
{see  XrV,)  b.  August  14,  1770  ;  d.  April  16,  1855 ;  buried  at 
the  Presbyterian  church  in  Tuscarora;  m.  John  Patterson, 
Esquire,  b.  in  Bucks  county,  Pa.,  October  6,  1772  ;  d.  October 
10,  1843 ;  first  cousin  and  brother-in-law  of  John  Patterson, 
merchant,  {see  XIV.)  He  was  son  of  Alexander  Patterson, 
whose  father,  with  six  sons,  came  from  Ireland  about  1750,  and 
settled  in  Bucks  county  ;  three  of  the  sons  moved  to  the  Cum- 


342  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

berland  valley,  and  two  to  Tuscarora,  Alexander  locating  him- 
self on  a  farm  two  miles  distant  from  the  Presbyterian  church, 
now  Academia,  where  he  lived  and  died.  John  Patterson 
came  into  possession  of  the  farm,  and  it  is  now  owned  by  the 
fourth  generation  of  the  name.  They  had  issue  (surname  Pat- 
terson) :  ■ 

i.  Alexander,  b.  1795  ;  d.  March  15, 1869  ;  m.,  first,  Elizabetli 

Hackett ;  second,  Polly  Sterrett,  sister  of  Robert  Sterrett. 

a.  James,  b.  May  1,  1797;  d.  March  27, 1869;  m.  Jane  Kelly, 

sister  of  W.  C.  Kelly  ;  had  eight  children, 
m.  Andrew,  b.  March,  1799  ;  d.  November,  1883  ;  m.  Elizabeth 

Fisher. 
iv.  Elizabeth,  b.  1801 ;  d.  March  6,  1870  ;  m.  Moses  Kelly. 
V.  Phebe,  b.  1802;  d.  April,  1884;  m.  William  McClure. 
vi.  Rachel,  d.  1862;  m.  James  McClure. 
vii.  John,  b.   November  1807 ;   d.   March   19,  1877 ;    m.   Jane 

Graham,  grand-daughter  of  William  Graham.  -^ 
via.   William-Lyon,  h.  April  11,  1809;  d.  August  24,1846;  m. 
Mary'Neely. 
ix.  Robert,  b.  1812;  d.  March  13,  1830. 

XVI.  James  Lyoi^,^  (James,  ^  John,i)  b.  on  his  father's 
plantation  in  Mifflin  county,  February  14,  1786;  d.  March  20, 
1872  ;  buried  in  Green  Hill  cemetery,  Fulton  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania; m.  April  12,  1808,  Elizabeth  Lyon,  his  cousin,  {see 
VIII.)  Pesided  at  Shirleysburg,  Huntingdon  county,  and, 
finally,  at  West  Dublin,  Fulton  county,  where  he  died.  They 
had  issue : 

i.  Margaret-Oliver,  b.  June  7, 1810  ;  d.  March  1863  ;  m.  in  1832, 
1).  C.  Ross,  and  had  seven  children. 

27.  ii.  John-William,  b.  December,  1811 ;  m.  Catharine  V.  Ross. 
m.  Benjamin-Alexander,  b.  May  25,  1818;  unm. 

28.  iv.  James-Graham,  b.  October  3, 1820 ;  m.  Margaret  Roberts. 

XVII.  Eebecca  Lyon,  3  (Samuel, ^  John,  ^)  b.  November  2, 
1785;  m.,  February  6,  1812,  James  McPheeson  Russell,  b. 
ISTovember  10,  1786,  in  York,  Pennsylvania;  d.  December  14, 
1870,  in  Bedford,  Pennsylvania;  son  of  Alexander  Russell  and 
Mary  McPherson.  He  read  law  with  James  Riddle,  of  Cham- 
bersburg,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Franklin  county  bar  ISTovem- 
ber 10, 1807.  The  year  following,  he  settled  in  Bedford,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  soon  acquired  a  large  practice.     He  held  a  num- 


Lyon  Family.  813 

her  of  civil  ofS.ces,  was  trustee  of  the  Bedford  academy,  treas- 
urer of  the  Charabersburg  and  Bedford  company  during  its  con- 
struction, and  chief  burgess  of  the  borough.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  constitutional  convention  of  1837-8,  and  served  as  a 
member  of  the  Twenty-seventh  Congress.  They  had  issue  (sur- 
name Eussell): 

i.  Alexander- Ly on,  h.  November  29,  1812,  in  Bedford,  Penn- 
sylvania; d.  in  1885,  at  Montevideo,  South  America;  he 
was  educated  in  the  schools  and  academy  of  Bedford,  and 
at  Washington  College,  Pennsylvania ;  studied  law  under 
his  father,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bedford  county  bar 
August  28, 1834,  but  never  practiced  his  profession ;  was 
appointed,  August  7, 1846,  by  Governor  Johnston,  Deputy 
Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth,  and  January  25,  1850, 
Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth ;  on  January  9,  1862, 
was  appointed  by  Governor  Curtin,  Adjutant  General, 
and  held  the  office  until  October  11,  1867;  was  re-ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Geary  January  8,  1870,  and  con- 
tinued in  office  until  May  17, 1873  ;  in  1879,  was  appointed 
by  President  Hayes,  Consul  at  Montevideo,  IJraguay, 
South  America ;  was  twice  married  ;  first,  Miss  King ; 
secondly,  Elizabeth  Fisher. 

ii.  Samuel-Lyon,  b.  July  30,  1816;  educated  at  Washington 
College,  Washington,  Pennsylvania;  studied  law  with 
his  father,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bedford  county  bar 
November  29, 1837  ;  served  as  a  member  of  the  Thirty- 
third  Congress,  and  was  a  member  of  the  constitutional 
convention  of  1873. 

in.  John-Lyon  ;  m,  Elizabeth  Ogden. 

iv.   William- L. 

V.  James-Sydney. 

vL  A  nn-Lyon ;  m.  James  King,  M.  D.,  and  had  ^?inieand  Effie. 

vii.  Ellen-Lyon ;  m.  Kev. Milligan. 

viii.  Mary-Lyon\  m. Benedict. 

XYIII.  Samuel  Lyon,^  (Samuel, 2  John,i)  b.  January  19, 
1791 ;  m.  Nancy  Campbell,  daughter  of  Parker  Campbell,  a 
distinguished  lawyer  of  Washington,  Pa.  ;  residence,  principally 
in  western  Pennsylvania.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Parker- Campbell;   resided  at  Richmond,  Ya.,  where  his 
widow  and  children  still  live;  a  very  successful  business 
man. 
ii.  Ellen ;  m.  Rev.  Nichols,  of  Mobile,  Ala. 


344  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

XIX.  John  LroN,^  (Benjamin, ^  James,  i)  b.  in  Tuscarora 
Valley,  now  Juniata  county,  Pa.,  August  11,  1782 ;  d.  in 
Allegheny  City,  January  25,  1868,  and  buried  in  the  Allegheny 
cemetery.  He  was  an  iron-master,  and  head  of  the  well-known 
firm  of  Lyon,  Shorb  &  Co.,  among  the  earliest  and  most  ex- 
tensive iron  manufacturers  in  Pennsylvania,  with  works  in 
Huntingdon,  Centre,  Blair,  Clarion,  and  Allegheny  counties; 
principal  ofiice  at  Pittsburgh  ;  principal  residence,  Pennsylva- 
nia Furnace.  Mr,  Lyon  was  a  man  of  large  physique  and  vi- 
gorous constitution,  erect  in  carriage,  dignified  and  courteous 
in  manner,  positive  in  character  and  fearless  in  speech,  terse 
and  concise  in  language,  with  a  well  cultivated  mind,  hospita- 
ble and  generous.  His  business  abilities  were  of  a  high  order, 
and  his  life  was  a  success;  m.,  first,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  April 
29,  1808,  by  Eev.  Mr.  Sharon,  Jane  Maclay,  youngest  daugh- 
ter of  the  Hon.  William  Maclay ;  she  d.  April  30,  1809  ;  aged 
twenty-six  years,  and  is  buried  in  Paxtang  grave-yard.  They 
had  issue : 

i.  William-Maday ,  b.  April 20, 1809,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Lyon,  Sliorb  &  Co. 

John  Lyon  m.,  secondly,  September  7, 1814,  Ann  (Nancy) 
Patton,  daughter  of  General  John  Patton,  of  Centre  county, 
Pa.,  a  Eevolutionary  officer ;  she  d.  May,  1817,  aged  twenty-six 
years ;  buried  in  Bellefonte  cemetery.     They  had  issue : 

29.  ii.  John-Patton,  b.  June  5, 1815;  m.  Westanna  S.  Elliott. 

John  Lyon  m.,  thirdly,  July  20, 1820,  Margaret  E.  Stew- 
art, daughter  of  Samuel  Stewart,  of  Hanover  township,  Dau- 
phin county,  Pa.,  {see  Stewart  record,)  d.  May  26,  1835  ;  buried 
in  the  First  Presbyterian  church-yard,  Pittsburgh.  They  had 
issue : 

30.  m.  James- Ben jaynin,  b.  April  21,  1821 ;  m.  Anna  M.  Lj^on. 

31.  iv.  Samuel- Stewart,  b.  November  11,  1822;  m.  Anna  Valen- 

tine. 

32.  V.  Mary  A.,  b.  December  24,  1824;  m.  J.  Robert  Lowrie. 

33.  vi.  George-W.,  b.  November  7,  1826;  m.  Anna  C.  Porter. 

vii.  Jane-Alice,  b.  near  Centre  Hall,  Penn's  valley,  Centre 
county,  Pa.,  March  24,  1829 ;  m.  April  11,  1854,  at  Penn- 
sylvania Furnace,  by  Rev.  Daniel  Hughes,  Bucher  Ayres, 
(see  Ayres  record.) 


Lyon  Family.  345 

34.  mii.  Margaret-Elizabeth,  (twin,)  b.  March  24, 1829;  m.  Robert 

Hamill. 

35.  ix.  Sarah- Walker,  h.  April  28,  1831;  m.  George  Bucher  Por- 

ter. 

36.  X.  Thomas- Stewart,  b.  May  15, 1833 ;  m.  Nannie  J.  Wriglit. 
xi.  Emma,  b.  in  Pittsburgh,  April  4, 1835  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

John  Lyon,  m.,  fourthly,  Ann  Paer  Hubley,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Hubley,  attorney -at-law,  Lancaster,  Pa.,  and  an  officer 
of  the  Revolutionary  army.  She  was  grand-daughter  of  Michael 
Hubley,  and  Rosina  Strumpf,  both  from  Grermany,  a  magistrate 
and  a  signer  of  a  treaty  with  the  Six  Nations  of  Lidians,  made 
at  Lancaster,  July,  1748.  She  was  b.  October  21,  1788  ;  and 
d.  in  Bellefonte,  Pa.,  JSTovember  13,  1884  ;  buried  in  Bellefonte 
cemetery ;  this  distinguished  lady  enjoyed  extraordinary  and 
uninterrupted  good  health  during  her  long  life  of  over  ninety- 
six  years  ;  survived  her  husband  sixteen  years. 

XX.  James  Lyon,^  (Benjamin,  ^  James,  i)  b.  April  12, 
1787,  at  Northumberland,  Pa.;  d.  August  28,  1851 ;  merchant 
of  Oswego,  N.  Y.;  m.,  April  25.  1811,  Ann  Forman,  of  Rhine- 
beck,  N.  Y.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Joseph-Benjamin,  b.  March  3, 1812,  at  Onondago,  N.  Y.;  d. 
JS'ovember  9,  1872,  at  Cleveland,  O. ;  m.  Ann  , 

37.  ii.  John-Ecltoai'd,  b.  June  18, 1813  ;  m.  Catharine  M.  Tracy. 
iii.  Mary-Elizabeth,  b.  December  24,  1814,  at  Oswego,  N.  Y.; 

m.,  tirst,  Theodore  Morgan,  and  had  issue  (surname  Mor- 
gan), James-Lyon:  killed  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion; 
Mrs.  Morgan  m.,  secondly,  Charles  Whittlesey,  of  Cleve- 
land, O.,  where  she  now  lives. 

38.  iv.  James-H.,  b.  April  6, 1817 ;  m.  Ann  Maloney. 

V.  Margaret,  b.  August  29, 1822,  at  Oswego,  N.  Y.;  m.  George 
W.  J^oxon,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Noxon),  George,  Mary,  and  Margaret,  m.  M.  Pike. 

vi.  Joshua- Forman,  b.  June  6, 1830,  at  Oswego.  N.  Y.;  d.  April 
12,  1856;  unm. 

XXI  William  Lyon, 4  (Samuel,^  William, ^  John,^)  law- 
yer, Bedford,  Pa.;  m.,  first.  Miss  Reynolds;  m.,  secondly, 
Miss  Mulholland,  and  had  issue,  among  others  : 

i.   William;  d. 

ii.  Samuel,  attorney-at-law,  Blairsville,  Pa. 
iii.  Mary,  m.  Gen.  Duchat ;  residence,  Chicago,  111. 
iv.  George-McDonald;  unm.;  Chicago,  111. 


346  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

XXri.  Eev.  George  Armstrong  Lyon,  D.  D.*  (Samuel, ^ 
Wimiam,3  John,i)  of  Erie,  Pa.;  d.  March,  1821;  m.,  1829, 
Mary  Sterrett,  of  Carlisle.     Thej  had  issue : 

i.  Margaret.,  b.  1830;  m.  John  W.  Douglass,  lawyer,  Wash- 
ington city. 

a.  Alexander-McDonald,  \).1S35\  m.,  first,  Anna  Lowry  ;  m., 

secondly,  Maria  Crolby,  and  had  two  children, 
m.  George- Arm  strong,  b.   1837;   m.   Rose  Yincent;   had  two 
children. 

iv.   Wilber,  b.  1841;   m.,  first,  Hattie  Cadwell ;  m.,  secondly, 
Maria  Derrickson ;  had  two  children. 

XXIII.  Rev.  William  Lyon, ^  (George-Armstrong,^.  Wil- 
liam,2  John,i)  b.  August  3,  1819;  d.  June,  1862;  m.  July, 
1846,  Augusta  Baldwin.     They  had  issue: 

i.  George- Armstrong,  b.  July  6,  1847. 
ii.  John-Lyttleton,  b.  August  13,  1849. 
Hi.  Henry-Wehb,  b.  June,  1852. 
iv.  Lucy-Baldwin,  b.  August,  1854. 

V.  Anna-Grace,  b.  June,  1859. 
vi.   Willia7n-Lyttleton,h.  September,  1860. 

XXIY.  Alexander  Parker  Lyon,  ■*  (George- Armstrong,  ^ 
William, 3  John,^)  b.  June  29,  1829;  d.  December  17,  1861; 
m.  May  10,  1855,  Eliza  T.  Denniston,  of  Pittsburgh.  They 
had  issue : 

i.  Catharine-Thaw,  b.  May  6,  1854;  m.  Albert  Fell,  banker 

and  broker,  of  Philadelphia,  and.  had  issue  (surname 

Tell) :  Andrew-Fleming . 
ii.  Charles-Lyttleton,  b.  January  26,  1858;  m.  Annie  E,eed,  of 

Pittsburgh. 
Hi.  Alexa7ider-Par'ker,h.  December  27, 1859  ;  m.  Mary  Suydam, 

of  Pittsburgh  ;  and  had  issue,  Emma, 
iv.  John -Denniston,  b.  January,  1861. 

XXV.  Alice  Chambers  Lyon,  ^  (George- Armstrong,  ^  Wil- 
liam, 2  John,i)  b.  April  13,  1836;  m.  June  13,  1861,  Thomas 
C.  Lazear,  attorney-at-law,  Pittsburgh.  They  had.  issue  (sur- 
name Lazear) : 

i.  Anna-Lyon,  b.  May  24,  1862. 
ii.  Jesse-Thomas,  b.  February  17,  1866. 
ill.  Lyttleton-Lyon,  b.  December  21,  1867. 


Lyon  Family.  347 

XX VI.  George  Armstrong-  Lyon,^  (William,  ^  James,  ^ 
John,  ^)  b.  on  his  father's  estate,  in  Mifflin  county.  Pa.,  Decem- 
ber 12,  1803 ;  d.  in  Kishacoquillas  valley,  October  23,  1873  ; 
m.,  first,  November  11,  1830,  Jessie  Alexander,  of  Mifflin 
county,  who  d.  May  12,  1835.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Rebecca- Armstrong,  b.  November  18, 1831 :  m.,  first,  James 
McAllister,  of  Juniata  county,  Pa.;  m.,  secondly,  Janu- 
ary 16, 1879,  David  Wilson,  Ph.  D.,  of  Port  Royal,  Juni- 
ata county,  Pa.  Professor  Wilson  was  born  in  Lancaster 
county ,in  1813.  Upon  acquiring  the  printer's  art,  he  en- 
tered Jefferson  College  and  graduated  with  first  honors, 
in  1887  ;  after  a  year  in  teaching  and  study,  he  became, 
October,  1839,  principal  of  the  Tuscarora  Academy,  at 
Academia,  a  then  recently  incorporated  institution  of 
learning,  which  soon  attained  a  high  position  through 
the  influence  of  his  scholarship  and  executive  ability.  In 
1859,  Dr.  Wilson  accepted  the  professorship  of  mathe- 
matics— subsequently  changed  to  the  chair  of  belles-lettres 
— in  the  Pennsylvania  State  Agricultural  College,  Cen- 
tre county,  under  the  presidency  of  Dr.  Pugh.  This  was 
the  most  popular  and  flourishing  period  in  the  life  of  this 
institution,  and  the  only  time  in  its  existence  when  its 
halls  were  filled  with  students.  After  four  and  a  half 
years.  Professor  Wilson  returned  to  the  home  of  his 
choice,  at  Port  Royal.  Juniata  county,  which  he  had  pre- 
viously established,  where  his  years  are  passed  in  the  ed- 
ucation of  youth  in  his  "Airy  View  Academy,"  and  in 
scientific  farming ;  he  has  been  recently  reelected  to  the 
executive  committee  of  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture. 
a.  James- Alexander,  b.  April  8, 1833 ;  m.  Orlie  A.  Mitchelson, 
of  Galesburg,  111.,  and  had  Albert-Chase  and  Jaynes-Fark ; 
resides  at  Wymore,  Gage  county,  Nebraska. 

George  A.  Lyon  m.,  secondly,  October  31,  1836,  Sidney  J. 
Oliver,  daughter  of  Judge  John  Oliver,  of  Oliver  township, 
Mifflin  county,  Pa.;  resides  at  Belleville,  Mifflin  county,  Pa. 
They  had  issue : 

in.  Mary-M.,  b.  March  23, 1840. 

XXVII.  John  William  Lyon,*  (James, ^  James, ^  John,^) 
b.  December,  1811 ;  d.  February  27,  18-15  ;  farmer,  Fulton 
county.  Pa.;  m.,  December,  1838,  Catharine  Y.  Ross,  of 
Shirleysburg,  Pa.;  d.  January,  1885.     They  had  issue! 


348  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

i.  Elizabeth,  b.  October  10,  1839;  m.  George  Cliestnut,  of 

Fulton  county,  Pa. 
a.  Margaret,  b.  May,  1841 ;  m.  J.  W.  Patterson,  of  Academia, 

Juniata  county.  Pa. 
Ui.  James-Graham,  b.  February,  1843. 
iv.  John,  b.  January,  1845. 

XXVIII.  James  G-R  AH  AM  Lyon,  4  (James,  ^  James,  ^  Johu,^) 
b.  at  Peru  Mills,  Juniata  county.  Pa.,  October  3. 1820  ;  farmer, 
West  Dublin,  Fulton  county.  Pa. ;  m.  June  27,  1857,  Mar- 
garet Roberts,  of  Somerset,  Pa.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Mary-Ida,  b.  May  10,  1858;  d.  February  14,  1864. 
M.  Ettie-Elizabeth,  b.  October  10,  1859. 
in.  James-El  her,  b.  February  2,  1869. 

XXIX.  John  Patton  Lyon,'*  (John,^  Benjamin, ^  James, i) 
iron  manufacturer,  Sligo,  Clarion  county,  Pa. ;  lieutenant  colo- 
nel and  aid-de-camp  to  Governor  William  F.  Johnston ;  b.  in 
Centre  county,  Pa.,  June  5,  1815 ;  m.  February  11,  1840, 
Westanna  S.  Elliott,  daugliter  of  Rev.  David  Elliott,  senior 
Professor  in  the  Western  Theological  Seminary,  of  Allegheny 
City,  Pa.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  John-Edward ;  d.  in  infancy. 
39.     a.  Bavid-Elliott,  b.  December  26, 1844  ;  m.  Ettie  M.  Smith. 
Hi.  Anna-Ellen  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

iv.  Fanny -Grant;  m.  February  22, 1870,  George  B.  Logan,  of 
Pittsburgli,  and  had  (surname  Logan),  John-Thovias, 
Paiton-Lyon,  Archibald-Hodge,    Alice-Lyon,    Henrietta- 
Bryan,  and  Frances-Elliott. 
V.  Alice-Patton. 
vi.  John-Patton  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

vii.  Edward- West;  m.  August  24, 1882,  Minnie  M.  Reinhart, 
daughter  of  H.  W.  Reinhart,  of  Thomasville,  N.  C,  and 
had  Margori-Minon. 
via.  Marian-Bella, 

XXX.  James  Benjamin  Lyon,^  (John,^  Benjamin,  ^ 
James,  1)  glass  manufacturer,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  b.  at  Pennsyl- 
vania Furnace,  Huntingdon  county,  April  21, 1821 ;  m.,  in  Car- 
lisle, by  Rev.  M.  R.  Johnson,  October  3, 1850,  Anna  M.  Lyon, 
daughter  of  Greorge  Armstrong  Lyon,  Esq.,  {see  XII,)  and  had 
issue : 


Lyon  Family.  349 

i.  Ellen-D.,  b.  April  5,  1852. 

ii.  John-Glamis,h.  July  20, 1855;  glass  manufacturer,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. ;  m.  Adelina  C.  Langworthy,  of  Westerly,  R. 
I. ;  and  had  issue,  James-B.,  b.  October  3, 1883. 
in.  Margaret-Stctvart,  b.  May  19,  1858. 
iv.  James-Beiijamin,  b.  October  9.  1860. 
V.  George-Alcxay^der^  \).Ma.YGh  22, 18Q3. 
vi.  Mary-Loiorie,  b.  Marcli  15,  1866. 
vii.  Tlwmas-Lyttleton ,  b.  February  17,  1869. 

XXXI.  Samuel  Stewaet  Lyon,^  (John,^  Benjamin,  2 
James,  ^)  a  citizen  of  Bellefonte,  Pa.  ;  elected  chief  burgess  in 
1877;  b.  at  Pennsylvania  Furnace,  November  11,  1822;  m. 
October  16,  1855,  Anna  Valentine,  daughter  of  Abraham 
Valentine  ;  b.  May  19,  1829,  at  Logan  Furnace,  Centre  county. 
Pa. ;  d.  April  5,  1885.     They  had  issue : 

i.  John- Stewart,  b.  in  Centre  county.  Pa.,  January  4, 1857; 

m.  April  2, 1885,  Margaret  McKnight,  of  Pittsburgh. 
ii.  Abraham-Valentine;  d.  in  infancy. 
iii.  Anna-Valentine,  b.  in  Bellefonte,  Pa.,  April  1, 1858. 
iv.  Clara-Valentine,  b.  in  Nittany  Valley,  Centre  county.  Pa., 

March  14, 1861 ;  m.  William  J.  Nicols,  civil  and  mining 

engineer  of  Pottstown,  Pa.,  and  had  Clara-Lyon. 
V.  Mary-Lowrie,  b.  September  19,  1868;  m.,  December  25, 

1884,  Ellis  Orvis,  Esq.,  attorney-at-law,  of  Bellefonte,  Pa. 
iv.  Eehecca-Pugh,  b.  January  23, 1872. 

XXXII.  Mary  A.  Lyon,  ^  (John,  ^  Benjamin,  ^  James,  ^ )  b.  at 
Coleraine  Forges,  Huntingdon  county.  Pa.,  December  24,  1824; 
d.  March  7,  1863,  and  buried  in  the  Warrior's  Mark  cemetery  ; 
m.  February  15, 1848,  at  Pennsylvania  Furnace,  by  Eev.  Robert 
Hamill,  J.  Egberts  Lowrie,*  attorney-at-law,  Warrior's  Mark, 
Huntingdon  county,  Pa.     They  had  issue  (surname  Lowrie) : 

i.  Sallie-Eoherts,  b.  December  29, 1854. 
ii.  William-Lyon,  b.  November  18,  1859. 
iii.  Boberts,  b.  Kovember  3, 1861. 

*He  was  the  son  of  the  Hon.  Walter  Lowrie,  born  in  Edinburgh, 
Scotland,  December  10, 1784,  coming  to  America  with  his  parents  in 
1791,  and  who  served  in  the  Pennsylvania  State  Legislature  several 
terms,  and  in  the  United  States  Senate  from  this  State  from  1819  to 
1825;  was  secretary  of  the  Senate  from  1825  to  1836,  and,  the  last 
twenty  years  of  his  life,  secretary  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  of 
Foreign  Missions;  died  in  New  York,  on  January  1,  1868. 


350  Pennsylvania   Qenealogies. 

XXXTII.  George  W.  Lyon,^  (Jolin,^  Benjamin,  ^  James,  ^) 
b.  at  Coleraine  Forges,  Huntingdon  county,  Pa.,  November  7, 
1826;  iron  manufacturer;  residence,  Pennsylvania  Furnace; 
m.  June  25, 1868,  by  Rev.  Thomas  C.  Porter,  Anna  C.  Porter, 
dangbterof  John  Porter,  of  Alexandria,  Pa.,  {see  Bucher  record.) 
They  had  issue : 

i.  Clare- Char  Hon;  d.  in  1865,  in  hifancj'. 
a.  Oeorye-Porter ;  d.  in  1870,  in  infancy. 
iii.  John-Porter,  b.  July  29, 1872. 

XXXIY.  Margaret  Elizabeth  Lyon,^  (John,^  Benja- 
min, ^  James,  M  b.  Centre  Hall,  Penn's  Valley,  Centre  county, 
Pa.,  Marcb  24, 1829  ;  d.  at  Oak  Hall,  same  county,  October  12, 
1867  ;  buried  in  the  cemetery  of  the  Spring  Creek  Presbyterian 
church ;  m.  October  15,  1851,  at  Pennsylvania  Furnace,  by 
Rev.  Daniel  Hughes,  Rev.  Robert  Hamill,  D.  D.  ;  b.  in 
Nonistown,  Pa. ;  son  of  Robert  Hamill,  who  came  from  county 
Antrim,  Ireland,  in  1798,  was  the  first  elder  and  founder  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  church,  atNorristown  ;  and  married  Isabella 
Todd,  of  Bucks  county.  Pa.  The  son  is  pastor  of  Spring  Creek 
church ;  resides  at  Oak  Hall,  Centre  county.  Pa.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Hamill) : 

i.  John-Lyon,  b.  July  23,  1852,  in  (^entre  county,  Pa. ;  a  mer- 
chant of- Philadelphia  ;  m.  Mary  J.  C.  Faries,  daughter 
of  Robert  Faries,  civil  engineer,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Hamill) : 

1.  Margaret-Lyon,  b.  November  14,  1882. 

2.  Mary-Faries,  b.  August  13,  1885. 

ii.  Eobert-H.,  (M.  D.,)  b.  May  24, 1855,  at  Cedar  Spring. 
iii.  Mary-Lyon,  b.  March  6,  1858,  at  Cedar  Spring. 
iv.  James-Lyon,  b.  January  11,  1861,  at  Oak  Hall. 

V.  Samuel- McCUntock,  h.  November  3,  1864,  at  Oak  Hall. 
vi.  Margaret-Isabel,  b.  September  28, 1867,  at  Oak  Hall. 

XXXV.  Sarah  Walker  Lyon,^  (John,^  Benjamin,  ^ 
James,')  b.  Centre  Hall,  Penn's  Valley,  Centre  county,  Pa., 
April  28,  1831 ;  d.  at  her  residence,  "  The  Cedars,"  on  Spruce 
Creek,  Huntingdon  county,  Pa.,  May  15,  1860 ;  buried  in  the 
Spruce  Creek  Presbyterian  cemetery  ;  m.  at  Pennsylvania  Fur- 
nace, by  Rev.  Robert  Hamill,  December  23,  1852,  George 
Bucher  Porter,  b.  March  13, 1826,  of  Alexandria,  Pa.  ;  mer- 


Lyon  Family.  351 

chant,  {see  BncJier  record.)  He  was  a  son  of  John  Porter,  mer- 
chant of  Alexandria,  and  prominent  in  the  Presbyterian  church 
as  one  of  its  most  esteemed  elders,  and,  for  over  fifty  years, 
superintendent  of  Sunday-school ;  represented  Huntingdon 
county  in  Pennsylvania  Legislature  in  1831 ;  son  of  Thomas 
Porter,  of  Donaghedy,  Ireland,  who  emigrated  July  11,  1790, 
and  settled  in  Centre  county.  Pa,  They  had  issue  (surname 
Porterl : 

i.  Maria-Bi(cher,  h.  in  Alexandria,  Pa.,  October  17,  1853;  m. 
at  "Tlie  Cedars"  February  24,  1881,  Adolplnis  M.  J.a 
Porte,  of  Tyrone,  Pa. 
ii.  John-Lyon,  b.  at  Curlsville,  Clarion  county,  Pa.,  September 
15, 1857  ;  m.  November  25, 1880,  Carrie  Phillips,  daughter 
of  William  Phillips,  of  Alexandria,  Pa. 
iii.  William-Lyon,  h.  at  "The  Cedars  "  May  1,1860;  m.  Oc- 
tober 28,  1884,  Elizabeth  Brown,  daughter  of  Robert 
Brown,  of  Erie,  Pa. 

XXXVI.  Thomas  Stewart  Lyon,*  (John,^  Benjamin, ^ 
James,  1)  b.  at  Huntingdon  Furnace,  Huntingdon  county.  Pa., 
March  15,  1833  ;  m.  September  14, 1865,  Nannie  J.  Wright, 
b.  August  17,  1847,  daughter  of  Ezra  Wright,  of  Eensselaer, 
Indiana.     Peside  at  Topeka,  Kansas.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Miriam,  b.  November  12, 1866,  at  Aughnacloy,  Hunting- 
don county,  Pa. 
ii.  Margaret-JIamiil,  b.  February  12, 1873;  d.  in  infancy. 
iii.  WiUiam-Maclay,  b.  March  16, 1874,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

XXXYII  John  Edward  Lyon,*  (James,  =^  Benjamin, ^ 
James,  1)  b.  June  18,  1813.  at  Onondaga,  K  Y.;  m.  Septem- 
ber 6,  1836,  Catharine  M.  Tracy,  of  Attica,  N.  Y.  Resi- 
dence Oswego,  N.  Y.,  Flouring  Mills.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Kate;  married. 
ii.  James ;  lives  in  California. 
iii.  Annie;  unmarried;  Oswego,  N.  Y. 
iv.  Gardiner. 

XXXYIIL  James  H.  Lyon,*  (James,^  Benjamin,^  James, i) 
b.  April  6, 1817  ;  resides  at  Chicago,  111.;  m.  February  23, 1846, 
Ann  Maloney.     They  had  isssue  : 

i.  Mary;  m.  F.  Kichie,  of  Chicago. 

ii.  Kate ;  (artist.) 


352  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

XXXIX.  David  Elliott  Lyon,^  (John-Patton,*  John,^ 
Benjamin,  2  James i)  b.  December  26,  1844,  at  Pennsylvania 
Furnace.  Captain  D.  E.  Lyon,  entered  the  military  service  in 
the  Rebellion  as  first  lieutenant  of  company  H,  One  Hundred 
and  Fifty-fifth  regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers,  and,  having 
been  promoted,  commanded  his  company  in  the  battles  of 
Chancellorsville  and  Gettysburg;  m,  June  23,  1868,  Ettie 
M.  Smith,  daughter  of  Daniel  Smith,  of  Brookville,  Jefi:erson 
county,  Pa.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Alice-Patton-West. 
ii.   Westanna-Elliott. 


Maclay  of  Lurgan.  353 


MACLAY  OF  LURGAN. 


T.  Charles  Maclay  ^  by  Ms  first  marriage  had  three  sons. 
The  name  of  his  wife  has  not  come  down  to  us.  By  a  second 
wife,  a  Miss  Hamilton",  he  had  one  son,  who  was  the  ancestor 
of  the  name  in  America.     By  the  former  there  was  issue : 

i.  Owen ;  was  an  officer  in  the  army  of  James  II ;  followed  the 
fortunes  of  that  royal  personage ;  remained  a  bachelor, 
and  died  in  France. 
a.  Charles ;  an  officer  in  the  same  army  ;  was  killed  in  a  duel 

with  a  French  officer  in  Dublin. 
in.  Henry  ;  also  an  officer  in  the  Royal  army ;  and  fell  in  the 
battle  of  the  Boyne,  1690. 

By  the  marriage  with  Miss  Hamilton  there  was  issue : 

2.  iv.  John  ;  who  married  and  had  issue. 

It  is  stated  that  Owen  Maclay,  returning  from  France,  de- 
sired to  take  his  nephew,  Charles,  to  that  country  and  educate 
him.  His  father,  however,  would  not  consent  without  a  guar- 
antee that  the  boy  would  be  brought  up  in  the  Protestant  faith. 
This  the  uncle  refused,  returned  to  France,  and  dying  left  his 
estate  to  strangers,  probably  to  the  Eoman  church. 

II.  John  Maclay, ^  (Charles ;i)  m.  and  had  issue: 

3.  i.  Charles,  b.  1703 ;  m.  Eleanor  Query. 
4      n.  John,  b.  1707  ;  m.  Janet  McDonald. 

in.  Eleanor,  b.  1709;  m.  a  Mr.  Johnston,  and  remained  in 
Ireland. 

III.  Charles  Maclay,  ^  (John,^  Charles,  i)  b.  1703,  in 
county  Antrim,  Ireland ;  "  sailed  for  America  on  the  30th  day 
of  May,  1734 ;  "  located  in  New  Garden  towmship,  Chester 
county ;  but  in  1742,  settled  in  Hopewell  township,  Lancaster 
county,  now  Lurgan  township,  Franklin  county,  Penn'a.  He 
died  in  September,  1763.  Charles  Maclay  married  in  1733, 
Eleanor  Query,  daughter  of  William  Query,  of  county  An- 

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854  Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 

t]-im,  Ireland.  The  latter  came  to  America  about  1740,  settled 
in  Path  valley,  bat  subsequently  removed  to  North  Carolina. 
Eleanor  Query  Maclay  was  born  in  county  Antrim,  Ireland,  in 
1707,  and  died  in  Lurgan  township,  Franklin  county,  Penn"a, 
July  27,  1789.  Charles  Maclay  and  his  wife  are  both  interred 
at  Middle  Spring  Church  grave-yard.     They  had  issue : 

5.  i.  John,  h.  May  10, 1734;  m.  Jane  Dickson. 

6.  ii.   William,  b.  July  20,  1737 ;  m.  Mary  Harris. 

7.  Hi.  CViarZes,  b.  August  8,  1739;  m.  Mary  Templeton. 

8.  iv.  Samuel,  b.  January  7,  1741 ;  m.  Elizabeth  Plunket. 

V.  Eleanor,  b.  September  20,  1750;  m.  John  Maclay. 

IV.  John  Maclay,  ^  (John,^  Charles,  "i)  b.  1707,  in  the 
county  Antrim,  Ireland;  came  with  his  brother  Charles  to 
America,  in  1734  ;  located  in  Chester  county,  and  subsequently 
removed  to  Lurgan  township,  Franklin  county  ;  buried  in  Mid- 
dle Spring  grave-yard ;  he  m.  Janet  McDonald,  who  is  buried 
by  the  side  of  her  husband.     They  had  issue : 

9.  i.  John,  b.  1748;  re.  Eleanor  Maclay. 

ii.  Charles,  h.  1750;  recruited  a  company  of  militia,  in  the 
winter  of  1777-8,  of  one  hundred  men,  all  six  feet  in  height. 
At  the  battle  of  Crooked  Billet,  on  the  4th  of  May,  1778, 
he  was  killed  with  most  of  his  company,  who  refused  to 
surrender.  Tlie  killed  and  wounded  were  gathered  by 
the  enemy,  thrown  into  a  heap,  covered  with  straw,  and 
fired.  Thus  perished  some  of  the  bravest  spirits  of  the 
Cumberland  valley. 
Hi.  Elizabeth,  b.  1752;  m.  Col.  Samuel  Culbertson,  "of  the 
Row."  Their  descendants  include  liev.  James  Culbert- 
son, of  Zanesville,  Ohio  ;  Mrs.  John  liea,  the  widow  of 
General  Rea,  who  was  a  member  of  Congress  from  Penn- 
sylvania for  several  sessions,  and  Rev.  S.  C.  McCune,  of 
Iowa. 

V.  John  Maclay,*  (Charles, ^  John,^  Charles, i)  wasb.  May 
10,  1734,  in  Ireland,  just  twenty  days  prior  to  the  sailing  of  his 
parents  for  America ;  d.  October  17,  1804,  in  Lurgan  town- 
ship, Franklin  county,  Penn'a.  He  built  the  first  mill  on  the 
Conedoguinet  creek,  and  put  up  a  substantial  log  house  of 
hewn  timber,  strongly  dove-tailed  together,  fortifying  the  doors 
and  windows  by  heavy  bolts  for  the  repulsion  of  Indian  ag- 
gressions.    This  house  is  yet  standing,  and  is  now  occupied  by 


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the  fourth  John  Maclay,  a  lineal  descendant  of  the  builder. 
He  was  appointed  a  Provincial  magistrate  in  1760,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  Provincial  Conference,  held  at  Carpenter's  Hall, 
Philadelphia,  June  J  8,  1776,  and  afterward  served  as  a  member 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Assembly  for  several  terms.  His  ability 
is  attested  to  us  by  the  fact  that  he,  one  of  the  settlers  in  the 
far  western  part,  was  chosen  by  the  people  of  Cumberland 
county  to  represent  both  his  immediate  neighbors  and  the  peo- 
ple of  the  vastly  ni.ore  thickly  populated  eastern  portion  of  the 
county  in  that  conference  which  declared  that  they,  on  behalf 
of  the  people  of  Pennsylvania,  were  "  willing  to  concur  in  a 
vote  of  Congress  declaring  the  United  Colonies  free  and  in- 
dependent States."  His  bearing  on  this  occasion  probably 
had  much  to  do  with  his  election  afterward  to  the  Assembly. 
As  were  all  the  Scotch-Irish  settlers,  Mr.  Maclay  was  deeply 
religious  and  manifested  his  great  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the 
church  by  officiating  for  a  long  time  as  a  ruling  elder  in  Dr. 
Cooper's  church,  at  Middle  Spring.  Mr.  Maclay  married, 
December  17, 1755,  Jane  Dickson,  daughter  of  David  Dickson* 
and  Catharine  Greenlee ;  she  was  b.  in  Ireland,  December  20, 
1734,  and  was  brought  to  America  by  her  parents  in  1741 ;  she 
d.  April  3,  1812,  in  Lurgan  township,  Franklin  county,  Penn'a. 
They  had  issue,  all  born  in  Lurgan  township : 

Nancy ^  b.  1754;  d.  1761. 

Charles,  b.  May  23, 1757  ;  m.  Susanna  Linn. 

Catharine,  b.  Juh'  28,  1760  ;  m.  William  Irwin. 

DavAd,  b.  November  20,  1762;  m.,  first,  Eleanor  Maclay; 

secondly,  Eleanor  Herron. 
William,  b.  November  22,  1765  ;  m.  Peggy  Culbertson. 
Samuel,  b.  November  16, 1767 ;  m.  Margaret  Snodgrass. 
.Eleanor,  b.  February  5, 1769;  m.  David  McKnight. 
Jane,  b.  September  7,  1774  ;  d.  July  9,  1799  ;  unm. 
John,  b.  November  9,  1776  ;  m.  Hannah  Reynolds. 

YI  William  Maclay,*  (Charles, ^  John,^  Charles, i)  b. 
July  20,  1737,  in  New  Garden  township,  Chester  county.  Pa. ; 

*  David  Dickson  was  a  native  of  Ireland,  b.  December  15,  1705;  d. 
in  Lurgan  township,  Franklin  county.  Pa.,  October  18,  1784.  His 
wife,  Ketrain  [Catharine]  Greenlee,  was  born  in  Ireland,  January  1, 
1711 ;  d.  December  28, 1798. 


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ii. 

11. 

Hi. 

12. 

ic. 

13. 

V. 

14. 

vi. 

15. 

vii. 

via. 

16. 

ix. 

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d.  Monday,  April  16,  1804:,  at  Harrisburg,  Penn'a ;  buried  in 
Paxtang  Church  grave-jard.  In  1742,  his  father  removed  to 
now  Lurgan  township,  Franklin  county,  where  his  boyhood 
days  were  spent  upon  the  paternal  farm.  When  the  French 
and  Indian  war  broke  out,  he  was  at  Rev.  John  Blair's  classical 
school,  in  Chester  county,  and,  desiring  to  enter  the  service  of 
the  Province,  his  tutor  gave  him  a  recommendation  "  as  a  ju- 
dicious young  man  and  a  scholar,"  which  secured  him  the  ap- 
pointment of  ensign  in  the  Pennsylvania  battalion  ;  he  was  pro- 
moted lieutenant  in  the  Third  battalion.  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Hugli  Mercer,  May  7,  1758.  Accompanied  General  Forbes' ex- 
pedition that  year,  and  especially  distinguished  himself  at  the 
battle  of  Loyalhanna.  In  Bouquet's  expedition  of  1763,  he  was 
in  the  fight  of  Bushy  Run ;  while  in  the  subsequent  campaign 
of  that  gallant  officer,  he  was  stationed,  witb  the  greater  por- 
tion of  the  Second  PenUsylvania,  on  the  line  of  the  stockade 
forts  on  the  route  to  Fort  Pitt  as  lieutenant  commanding  the 
company.  For  these  services,  he  participated  in  the  Proyincial 
grant  of  land  to  the  officers  connected  therewith,  located  on  the 
West  Branch  of  the  Susquehanna,  and  most  of  which  lie  as- 
sisted in  surveying.  He  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
York  county  bar,  April  28,  1760,  but  it  is  doubtful  if  he  ever 
practiced  his  profession  at  that  court,  the  continued  Indian  war, 
and  bis  subsequent  duties  as  surveyor,  engrossing  his  entire 
time,  although,  from  a  letter  of  John  Penn's,  it  would  seem 
that  he  was  afterwards  admitted  to  the  Cumberland  county  bar, 
and  had  acted  for  the  prothonotary  of  that  county.  At  the 
close  of  the  French  and  Indian  war,  he  visited  England,  and  had 
an  interview  with  Thomas  Penn,  one  of  the  Proprietaries,  relative 
to  the  sui'veys  in  the  middle  and  northern  parts  of  the  Province, 
and  was  the  assistant  of  Surveyor  Lukens  on  the  frontiers.  In 
1772,  he  laid  out  the  town  of  Sunbury,  and  erected  for  himself  a 
stone  house,  which  was  standing  a  few  years  since.  Upon  the  or- 
ganization of  the  county  of  Northumberland,  he  was  appointed 
prothonotary  and  clerk  of  the  courts.  He  also  acted  as  the  re- 
presentative of  the  Penn  family,  and  took  a  prominent  part  in 
the  so-called  Pennamite  war.     In  writing  to  the  secretary  of  the 


Maclay  of  Lurgan.  857 

Province,  in  April  1778,  he  says,  "If  bell  is  justly  considered 
as  the  rendezvous  of  rascals,  we  cannot  entertain  a  doubt  of 
Wioming  being  the  place;''  but,  much  as  he  was  prejudiced 
against  the  Connecticut  settlers,  he  foresaw  the  future  value  of 
the  land  in  that  valley,  and  advised  Penn  not  to  sell  his  reser- 
vation there.  At  the  outset  of  the  Eevolution,  although  an  offi- 
cer of  the  Proprietary  government,  William  Maclay  took  a 
prominent  and  active  part  in  favor  of  independence,  not  only 
assisting  in  equipping  and  forwarding  troops  to  the  Continental 
army,  but  marched  with  the  associators,  participating  in  the 
battles  of  Trenton  and  Princeton.  During  the  Revolution  he 
held  the  position  of  assistant  commissary  of  purchases.  In  1781, 
he  was  elected  to  the  Assembly,  and  from  that  time  forward  he 
filled  the  various  offices  of  member  of  the  Supreme  Executive 
Council,  judge  of  the  Courts  of  Common  Pleas,  deputy  sur- 
veyor, and  one  of  the  commissioners  for  carrying  into  effect  the 
act  respecting  the  navigation  of  the  Susquehanna  river.  About 
this  period  he  visited  England  in  the  interest  of  the  Penn  fam- 
ily. In  January,  1789,  he  was  elected  to  the  United  States 
Senate,  taking  his  seat  there  as  the  first  senator  from  Pennsyb 
vania.  He  drew  the  short  term,  and  his  position  terminated 
March  8,  1791,  his  colleague,  Robert  Morris,  securing  the  long 
term.  His  election  to  this  body  raised  him  upon  a  higher  plane 
of  political  activity,  but  contact  with  the  Federal  chiefs  of  the 
Senate  only  strengthened-  his  political  convictions,  which, 
formed  by  long  intercourse  with  the  people  of  Middle  Pennsyl- 
vania, were  intensely  Democratic.  He  began  to  difi:er  with 
the  opinions  of  President  Washington  very  early  in  the  session ; 
he  did  not  approve  of  the  state  and  ceremony  attendant  upon 
the  intercourse  of  the  President  with  Congress,  he  flatly  ob- 
jected to  the  presence  of  the  President  in  the  Senate  while 
business  was  being  transacted,  and  in  the  Senate  boldly  spoke 
against  his  policy  in  the  immediate  presence  of  President  Wash- 
ington. The  New  England  historians,  Hildreth  and  Goodrich, 
repute  Thomas  Jefferson  as  the  "efficient  promoter  at  the  be- 
ginning and  father  and  founder  of  the  Democratic  party."  Con- 
temporary records,  however,  show  beyond  the  shadow  of   a 


358  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

doubt  that  this  responsibility  or  honor,  in  whatever  light  it 
may  be  regarded,  cannot  be  shifted  from  the  shoalders  or  taken 
from  the  laurels  of  Pennsylvania  statesmanship.  Before  Mr. 
Jefferson's  return  from  Europe,  "William  Maclay  assumed  an 
independent  position,  and  in  his  short  career  of  two  years  in 
the  Senate  propounded  ideas  and  gathered  about  him  elements 
to  form  the  opposition  which  developed  with  the  meeting  of 
Congress  at  Philadelphia,  on  the  24th  of  October,  1791,  in  a 
division  of  the  people  into  two  great  parties,  the  Federalists  and 
Democrats,  when,  for  the  first  time,  appeared  an  open  and  or- 
ganized opposition  to  the  administration.  The  funding  of  the 
public  debt,  chartering  the  United  States  Bank,  and  other 
measures  championed  necessarily  by  the  administration,  whose 
duty  it  was  to  put  the  wheels  of  government  in  motion,  engen- 
dered opposition.  Mr.  Maclay,  to  use  his  own  language,  "  no  one 
else  presenting  himself,"  fearlessly  took  the  initiative,  and  with 
his  blunt  common  sense  (for  he  was  not  much  of  a  speaker)  and 
Democratic  ideas,  took  issue  with  the  ablest  advocate  of  the  ad- 
ministration. Notwithstanding  the  prestige  of  General  Wash- 
ington, and  the  ability  of  the  defenders  of  the  administration 
on  the  floor  of  the  Senate,  such  was  the  tact  and  resolution  of 
Mr.  Maclay  that  when,  after  his  short  service,  he  was  retired 
from  the  Senate  and  succeeded  by  James  Boss,  a  pronounced 
Federalist,  their  impress  was  left  in  the  distinctive  lines  of  an 
opposition  party,  a  party  which,  taking  advantage  of  the  warm 
feeling  of  our  people  towards  the  French  upon  the  occasion  of 
Jay's  treaty  with  Great  Britain,  in  1794,  and  of  the  unpopularity 
of  the  alien  and  sedition  laws,  passed  under  the  administration 
of  President  John  Adams,  in  1798,  compassed  the  final  over- 
throw of  the  Federal  party  in  1800.  While  in  the  Senate,  Mr. 
Maclay  preserved  notes  of  its  discussions,  both  in  open  and 
secret  sessions,  with  observations  upon  the  social  customs  of 
the  first  statesmen  of  the  Republic,  which  have  recently  been 
published  and  edited  by  George  Washington  Harris.  Upon 
his  retirement,  he  resided  permanently  on  his  farm  adjoining 
Harrisburg,  where  he  erected  the  stone  mansion  for  many  years 
occupied  by  the  Harrisburg  Academy.     In  the  year  1795,  he 


Maclay  of  Lurgan.  359 

was  elected  a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  House  of  Represent- 
atives, and  again  elected  in  1803.  He  was  a  presidential  elec- 
tor in  1796,  and,  from  1801  to  1803,  one  of  the  associate  judges 
of  the  county  of  Dauphin.  Mr.  Harris,  who  edited  his  journal, 
gives  us  this  summary  of  Mr.  Maclay's  character;  "He  was  a 
man  of  strict  integrity,  of  positive  opinions,  having  implicit  con- 
fidence in  his  own  honesty  and  judgment ;  he  was  inclined  to  be 
suspicious  of  the  integrity  of  others  whose  sentiments  or  action 
in  matters  of  importance  differed  from  his  own,  and  the  journal, 
to  which  reference  has  been  made,  is  evidence  of  the  strength  of 
his  intellect."  "In  personal  appearance,  Mr.  Maclay  is  said  to 
have  been  six  feet  three  inches  in  height,  and  stout  and  muscu- 
lar ;  his  complexion  was  light,  and  his  hair,  in  middle  age,  appears 
to  have  been  brown,  and  was  worn  tied  behind  or  clubbed." 
Mr.  Maclay  m.  April  11,  1769,  Mary  McClure  Harris, 
daughter  of  John  Harris,  the  founder  of  Harrisburg,  and  Eliza- 
beth McClure,  his  wife,  b.  April  13,  1750,  at  Harris'  Ferry ;  d. 
April  20,  1809,  at  Harrisburg,  and  buried  in  Paxtang  Church 
grave-yard.     They  had  issue:* 

*From  "memoranda"  in  the  hand-writing  of  William  Maclay, 
recently  furnished  us,  we  have  the  following,  which  differs  slightly 
from  that  given  in  our  record.    The  transcript  is  as  in  the  original : 

"  William  Maclay  &  Mary  his  wife  were  married  the  11th 
April  1769— Eleventh  of  April  Anno  Dom :  one  thousand  seven  hun- 
dred &  sixty,  nine — in  Paxton. 

"  John  Maclay  (their  eldest)  was  born  the  fifth  of  February  Anno 
Dom :  one  thousand  seven  hundred  &  seventy — 5th  Feb^  1770— on 
Juniata. 

"  Elizabeth  Maclay  was  born  the  Sixteenth  of  Feb''  Anno  Dom  :  one 
thousand  seven  hundred  &  Seventy  Two — In  Paxton.  Died  29th 
April  1794.    Buried  in  Paxton  Grave  yard. 

"  Eleanor  Ma,clay  was  born  the  seventeenth  of  Jany^'  Anno  Dom  : 
one  thousand  seven  hundred  &  seventy  Four — at  Fort  Augusta. 

"  Mary  Maclay  was  born  the  nineteenth  of  March  Anno  Dom  :  one 
thousand  seven  hundred  &  seventy  six— In  Sunbury. 

"  Esther  Maclay  was  born  the  nineteenth  of  Septem''  Anno  Dom  : 
one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  seventy  Eight — In  Paxton. 

"  Sarah  Maclay,  born  fifth  of  Jan^  Anno  Dom :  one  thousand 
seven  hundred  &  Eighty  one — In  Sunbury. 

"  Jane  Maclay  born  the  nineteenth  of  March  Anno  Dom :  one  thou- 
sand seven  hundred  &  Eighty  three — In  Paxtang. 


I. 

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in. 

iv. 

18. 

V. 

19. 

vi. 

20. 

vii. 

via. 

ix. 

860  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

John-Harris,  b.  February  5, 1770 ;  d.  s.  p. 

Eliza,  h.  February  16, 1772 ;  d.  April  19, 1794 ;  unm. ;  buried 

in  Paxtang  church-yard. 
Eleanor,  b.  January  17,  1774;  m.  William  Wallace. 
Marij,h.  March  19,  1776;  d.  August  13,  1823;  m.  Samuel 

Awl,  (see  Awl  of  Paxtang.) 
Esther,  b.  September  19,  1778;  m.  Dr.  Henry  Hall. 
Sarah,  b.  January  5,  1781 ;  ni.  John  Irwin. 
Jean,  b.  Mai'ch  19,  1783;  m.  John  Lyon. 
William,  h.  1784;  d.  1785. 
William,  (2d)  b.  May  5,  1787  ;  d.  Monday,  March  22,  1813, 

at  Harrisburg,  unm. 

VII.  Chaeles  Maclay,^  (Charles, ^  John,^  Charles, i)  b. 
August  8,  1739,  in  New  Garden  township,  Chester  county, 
Penn'a;  d.  October  30,  1834,  in  Lurgan  township,  Franklin 
county,  Penn'a.  He  lived  a^  long  and  peaceful  life  not  far 
from  the  old  homestead.  He  married  August  23,  1763,  Mary 
Templeton,  b.  about  1742  ;  d.  December  12,  1812.  They 
left  no  issue. 

VIII.  Samuel  Maclay,*  (Charles, ^  John,^  Charles, i)  b. 
June  7,  1741,  in  Lurgan  township,  Franklin  county,  Penn'a  ; 
was  educated  at  the  classical  school  of  the  Kev.  Dr.  Alison, 
and  became  assistant  to  his  brother,  William,  while  surveying 
the  officers'  tracts  in  Buffalo  valley.  He  subsequently  took  up 
a  large  quantity  of  land  and  settled  there.  At  the  outset  of 
the  Revolution,  he  was  chosen  lieutenant  colonel  of  the  North- 
umberland County  Associators,  and  was  in  active  service.  In 
1792,  he  was  appointed  an  associate  judge  of  Northumberland 
county,  which  he  resigned  December  17,  1795.  having  been 
elected  member  of  Congress  for  the  session  of  1795-6.  In 
1797,  he  was  elected  to  the  State  Senate,  of  which  body  he 
was  chosen  Speaker,  December  2,  1801,  and  again  December  7, 
1802.  On  the  14th  of  December  following,  he  was  elected 
United  States  Senator,  and,  being  Speaker,  signed  his  own  cer- 
tificate.    In  January,  1803,  he  presided  at  the  impeachment 

"  William  Maclay  born  the  fifth  of  May  Anno  Dom  :  one  thousand 
seven  hundred  eighty-seven— In  Sun  bury. 

"As  to  our  Three  dear  departed  Babes,  Faith,  Hope,  and  Charity, 
too,  must  conspire  to  place  them  in  celestial  mansions;  and  their 
names  of  course  will  be  found  in  the  Registry  of  Heaven." 


Maclay  of  Lurgan.  861 

trial  of  Judge  Addison,  and  continued  acting  as  Speaker 
(against  the  protest  of  the  opposition,  however,  after  March 
3)  until  March  16,  when  he  resigned  that  position,  and  on  the 
2d  of  September,  that  of  State  Senator.  Owing  to  ill-health, 
he  resigned  his  seat  in  the  United.  States  Senate  on  the  4th  of 
January,  1809.  Mr.  Maclay  was  very  popular  in  his  manners, 
a  good  scholar,  an  effi.cient  writer,  and  was  one  of  Pennsyl- 
vania's ablest  statesmen.  He  died,  at  his  residence  in  Buffalo 
valley  October  5,  1811,  and  is  buried  on  the  farm.  He  married 
in  1773,  Elizabeth  Plunket,  b.  1755,  d.  1823,  daughter  of 
Dr.  William  Plunket,  the  first  presiding  justice  of  Northum- 
berland county,  (1772,)  and  noted  in  the  annals  of  the  State 
for  the  part  he  took  in  the  Pennamite  war.  Dr.  Plunket's  wife 
was  a  daughter  of  John  Harris,  senior,  of  Paxtang.  They  had. 
issue : 

21.      i.   WilUmn-Plunket,  b.   August    23,   1774;    m.,    first,   Sallie 
Brown ;  secondly,  Jane  Holmes. 
a.  Eleanor,  b.  October  4, 1777  ;  m.  David  Maclay. 
Hi.  Charles,  b.  1779;  d.  in  1807,  unm.,  wliile  on  a  visit  to 

Wayne  county,  N.  Y. 
iv.  Esther,  b.  1782;  d,  in  Wayne  county,  N^.  Y, 
V.  Jane-E.,h.  1786;  d.  January,  1848;  m.  Dr.  Josepli  Hender- 
son, b.  1791,  at  Shippensburg,  Penn'a.  He  studied  med- 
icine, and  attended  a  course  of  lectures  in  the  winter  of 
1812-13  at  the  University  of  Penn'a,  In  the  spring  of 
1813,  he  received  and  accepted  the  appointment  of  first 
lieutenant  in  the  army — opened  a  recruiting  office  in 
Philadelphia,  subsequently  joining  the  army  at  Sackett's 
Harbor,  He  was  present  at  the  battles  of  Chippewa, 
Lundy's  Lane,  and  the  other  operations  connected  with 
the  army  on  the  northern  frontier,  and  was  wounded  in 
the  breast  by  an  explosion  at  Fort  Niagara,  He  received 
a  captain's  commission,  and  towards  the  close  of  tlie  war 
was  breveted  a  major.  When  peace  was  declared,  he  re- 
signed, graduated  in  medicine,  and  began  tlie  practice  of 
his  profession  at  Brown's  Mills,  Mifliin  county.  In  1832 
and  1834,  he  was  elected  to  Congress.  After  his  marriage 
with  Miss  Maclay,  he  removed  to  Kishacoquillas  valley, 
where  he  remained  until  her  death  ;  in  1850,  locating  at 
Lewistown,  wliere  he  married  Margaret  Isenberg.  By 
his  former  wife  there  was  no  issue  ;  by  the  latter,  James- 
L.,  Joseph,  and    William-B.     Dr.  Henderson  died  at 


362  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Lewistown,  Penn'a,  December  25,  1863,  aged  seven tj'- 
two  years. 

22.  vi.  John,  b.  1789 ;  m.  Annie  Dale. 

23.  vii.  Samuel,  b.  1792  ;  ra.,  first,  Margaret  Johnston;  secondly, 

Elizabeth  Johnston. 
viii.  David,  h.  1797;  d.  1818;  m.  Isabella  Patterson,  daughter 
of  Galbraith  Patterson  ;  d.  1861. 

24.  ix.  Eobert-Phwket,  b.  April  18,  1799;   m.  Margaret  C.  La- 

shells. 

IX.  John  Maclay,^  (John,^  John,^  Charles,^)  b.,  1748,  in 
Lurgan  township,  Franklin  county,  Pa.  ;  d.  1800 ;  was  a  mag- 
istrate ;  an  elder  in  the  Middle  Spring  church ;  rn.  his  cousin, 
Eleanoe  Maclay,  daughter  of  Charles  Maclay  and  Eleanor 
Query,  b.  September  20,  1750 ;  d.  November  4,  1816.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Maclay  are  interred  at  Middle  Spring  grave-yard. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  Samuel,  b.  1762. 

a.  Charles,  b.  1764. 

iii.  Elizabeth,  b.  1766;  m.  William  Reynolds. 

iv.  Mary,  b.  1769;  m.,  first,  David  Edgar,  of  Baltimore;  sec- 
ondly, John  Clendenin. 
V.  Eleanor,  b.  1782;  m.  Jacob  Smith.    John  M.  Smith,  Esq., 
of  Peoria,  111.,  was  their  son. 

vi.  Jane,  b.  1785;  d.  nnm. 
vii.  Catharine,  h.  1787;  d.  nnm. 

viii.  John-M.,h.  1789;  was  a  member  of  Captain  Samuel  Gor- 
don's Waynesburg  company,  and  fought  heroically  in  the 
battles  of  Chippewa,  July  5,  1814,  and  Lundy's  Lane, 
July  25,  1814,  in  which  latter  contest  he  was  severely 
wounded,  having  been  hit  by  musket  balls  in  the  head 
and  legs.  Notwithstanding  this,  he  refused  to  be  carried 
from  the  field,  but  continued  to  cheer  on  his  comrades 
and  to  load  and  fire  his  rifle  for  the  country  which  he 
loved  so  well,  throughout  the  long  engagement.  After 
his  return  home  he  was  elected,  in  November  of  1820, 
sheriff  of  Franklin  county,  and  held  that  office  until  his 
death,  in  June,  1823.  A  portrait  of  him  is  in  the  posses- 
sion of  the  Miss  Reynolds,  of  Shippensburg,  Pa. 

ix.   William,  h.  1791;  d.  unm. 

X.  Bobert,  of  Concord,  b.  1793 :  had  five  sons  in  the  ministry, 
John,  Charles,  Alexander,  William,  and  Robert  S,,  the  lat- 
ter, formerly  of  the  Chinese,  and  now  of  Japan,  mission. 


Maclay  of  Lurgam.  363 

X.  Charles  Maclay, 5  (John,^  Charles, ^  John,^  Charles,^) 
was  b.  in  Lurgan  township,  Franklin  county,  Penn'a,  on  the 
23d  of  May,  1757 ;  removed,  about  1790,  to  Urbana,  O.,  and 
d.  there,  January  4,  1815  ;  he  m,  June  18,  1788,  Susanna 
Linn,  daughter  of  William  Linn,  and  Jane  McCormick,  {see 
Linn  of  Lurgan  record.)     They  had  issue : 

i.  Charles.,  b.  1789. 
n.  John,  b.  1791. 
in.  Elijah,  b.  1794. 

iv.  James-Linn-Dickson.,  b.  1797  ;  d.  1816. 
V.  Jane. 

XL  Catharine  Maclay,^  (John,'^  Charles, ^  John,^ 
Charles,  1)  was  b.  in  Lurgan  township,  Franklin  county.  Pa., 
July  28,  1760  :  she  m.,  December  28,  1783,  William  Irwin; 
they  removed  to  Lexington,  Ky.,  in  1784;  Mrs.  Irwin  d.  Au- 
gust 20,  1837.     They  had  issue  (surname  Irwin) : 

i.  John  ;  paid  a  visit  to  Franklin  county  while  a  commissioner 
to  the  General  Synod  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  1833, 
and  again  in  1837  ;  nothing  else  is  known  of  him. 
ii.  Stephenson. 

XIL  David  Maclay, ^  (John,*  Charles, ^  John,^  Charles, i) 
was  b.  in  Lurgan  township,  Franklin  county,  Penn'a,  Novem- 
ber 30,  1762 ;  d.  February  9,  1839.  He  was  a  man  of  fine 
literary  attainments,  and  found  more  pleasure  in  the  perusal  of 
his  well-selected  library,  and  in  his  home  and  family  than  in 
the  political  caldron  of  that  period.  At  the  very  earnest  de- 
mand of  his  fellow-citizens,  however,  he  served  two  terms,  from 
1812  to  1814,  in  the  Assembly  or  Legislature  of  this  State,  but 
beyond  this  he  never  could  be  induced  to  accept  office.  He 
was  twice  married ;  m.,  first,  September  8,  1795,  Eleanor 
Maclay,  daughter  of  Samuel  Maclay  and  Elizabeth  Plunket, 
{see  VIII)  b.  October  4,  1777;  d.  April,  1802.  They  had 
issue : 

i.  Samuel,  b.  1797 ;  d.  s.  p. 
ii.  Jane,  b.  1799  ;  d.  s.  p. 
Hi.  Bitty,  b.  1801 ;  d.  s.  p. 

David  Maclay  m.,  secondly,  October  2,  1806,  Eleanor 
Herron,  daughter  of  John  Herron,  and  sister  of  Rev.  Francis 


364  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Herron,  of  Pittsburgh,  b.  June  1,  1784 ;  d.  February  23,  1825. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  John-Herron ;  m.  Margaret  Hemphill. 
ii.  Bavid;  d.  luim.;  served  two  terms  in  the  Legislature  from 

Franklin  county,  1851  and  1852. 
in.  Jane-Eleanor ;  d.  1846  ;  m.,  first,  John  McGinley,  son  of  Dr 

McGinley,  of  Adams  county  ;  secondly,  Joseph  Pomeroy, 

of  Juniata  county. 
iv.  Br.  Charles-Templeton  \   m.  Mary  A.  Frazer;  resides  at 

Green  Village,  Franklin  county,  Penn'a. 
V.  Francis-Herron ;  resides  at  Holla,  Mo. ;  m.  Sarah  Cox. 
vi.  James-Hen-on;  d.  unm. 
vii.  Mary-Ellen\  m.  Samuel  E.  McClure;  removed  to  the  West. 

XIII.  William  Maclay,^  (Johii,^  Charles, ^  John,^ 
Charles,  1)  was  b.  in  Lurgan  township,  Franklin  county,  Penn'a? 
March  22,  1765  ;  was  a  member  of  Assembly  in  1807  and  1808, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Fourteenth  and  Fifteenth  Congresses  ; 
he  was  subsequently  appointed  one  of  the  associate  judges  of  the 
court ;  he  d.  on  the  4th  of  January,  1825  ;  and  was  buried  at 
the  lower  grave -yard,  near  Fannettsburg,  the  Rev.  Dr.  McGinley 
officiating,  he  being  for  many  years  an  elder  in  his  congregation. 
Mr.  Maclay  was  a  large  muscular  man,  six  feet  two  inches  in 
height,  but  very  pleasant  and  affable ;  he  was  m.,  December  22, 
1789,  by  Rev.  John  Craighead,  of  Rocky  Spring,  to  Peggy 
[Margaret]  Culbertsojst,  b.  1773  ;  d.  May  4, 1834,  daughter 
of  Alexander  Culbertson.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Mary-Sharp^  b.  N'ovember  26, 1790  ;  d.  September  11, 1850  ; 
m.  John  King,  of  Cliambersburg. 
25.     ii.  John,  b.  December  1,  1792;  m.  Jane  Findlay. 

Hi.  Jane.,  b.  October  31,  17.91;  d.  1822,  in  Georgia;  m.  Gen. 
Samuel  Dunn;  who  was  a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Legislature  1820-1. 
iv.  Eliza-Culbei-tson,  b.  October  16,  1796;  d.  February  20, 1856  ; 

m.,  first,  John  Dunn  ;  secondly,  John  Graliam. 
V.  Catharine-Irwin,  b.  February  2, 1799  ;  d.  December  22, 1873, 

in  Williamsport ;  m.  Dr.  John  Geddes,  of  JS'ewville. 
vi.  Alexander,  b.  November  12,1801;  d.l877;   m.  Mary  Me- 

Naughton,  of  Pittsburgh. 
vii.   William,  b.  March  12, 1803 ;  d.  February  20, 1849  ;  m.  Mary 
Palmer,  of  Bedford  county,  Pa. 


Maclay  of  Lurgan.  365 

rm.  Margaretta, b.  March  31, 1805 ;  d.  August  29, 1844 ;  m.  James 
W.  Burbridge  of  Pittsburgh. 
ix.  James-Boss,  b.  June  4,  1807  ;  d.  April  27,  1810  ;  unm. 
X.  Charles-Samuel,  b.  May  30,  1809  ;  d.  May  28,  1828,  at  Fan- 

nettsburg. 
xi.  JSFancy-Eleanor,  b.  June  25,  1812;  is  yet  living ;  m.  1836, 

Cyrus  D.  Culbertson,  d.  1870. 
xii.  JDavid-Irwin.h.  September  26,  1814;  d.  December,  1839,  at 
Carrick,  Franklin  county,  Penn'a;  unm. 

XIV.  Samuel  Ma  CLAY,  5  (John,  4  Charles,  •'^  John,^  Charles,^) 
b.  November  16,  1767.  in  Lurgan  township,  Franklin  county, 
Penn'a;  d.  February  5,  1843;  m.  Maegaret  Snodgrass,  d." 
August  1,  1871.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Mary-Janc\  m.  George  Ewing. 
ii.  John-E. 
Hi.  Charles-W. 
w.  Elizabeth. 
V.  Bobert'lSnoclgrass ;  m.  Mary  Willis. 

vi.  Samuel;  m. Fegan. 

vii.  Thomas, 
via.  Ellen;  m.  George  Smith. 

XY.  Eleanor  Maclay,  ^  (John,*  Charles,  ^  John,^ 
Charles,^)  b.  February  5,  1769,  in  Lurgan  township,  Franklin 
county,  Penn'a ;  d.  1846 ;  m.  David  McKnight.  They  re- 
sided near  Shippensburg  until  1812,  when  they  removed  to 
Ohio.  At  the  death  of  their  mother,  the  sons  went  to  Eastern 
Tennessee.     There  was  issue  (surname  McKnight)  : 

i.  John, 
ii.  David. 
Hi.  Elisha. 
iv.  Ehenezer-Fiyxdlay. 

V.  Eleanor. 
vi.  Charles- Maclay. 

XVI  John  Maclay, ^  (John,*  Charles. ^  John,^  Charles, M 
b.  November  9,  1776 ;  d.  December  22,  1862,  while  on  a  visit 
to  his  son-in4aw  Eev.  Dr.  Brownson,  at  AVashington,  Penn'a ; 
resided  for  many  years  on  the  old  homestead,  whence  he  re- 
moved to  Shippensburg,  and  represented  Cumberland  county 
in  the  Legislature  several  terms ;  he  m.,  October  8, 1808,  Han- 
nah Reynolds.     They  had  issue  : 


366  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

i.  Hannah-Jane ;  in.  Prof.  William  Marvel  Nevin,  of  Franklin 
and  Marshall  College,  at  Lancaster,  one  of  the  most 
thoroughly  educated  men  in  the  State,  and  a  writer  of 
unusual  force. 

ii.  Sarah-Ellen  \  m.  Eev.  James  I.  Brownson,  D.  D.,  of  Wash- 
ington, Penn'a. 

Hi.  Abigail-Catharine ;  m.  William  [Benjamin]  8terrett,of  Ohio. 

iv.  Margaret. 

V.  Levinia-Eliza ;  resides  in  Peoria,  111.;  m.  Marcli  13,  1862, 
John  Alexander  Plumer,  of  Westmoreland  county, 
Penn'a ;  b.  December  18,  1786 ;  d.  December  15, 1875,  son 
of  George  and  Margaret  Plumer ;  she  was  his  fourth  wife ; 
no  issue. 

vi.  Charles  B.;  m. Irwin,  of  Mercersbnrg;  resides  near 

Peoria,  111. 

XVII.  Eleaxor  Maclay,3  (William, 4  Charles.  ^  John,3 
Charles,!)  b.  1774,  at  Harris'  Ferry;  d.  January  2,  1823,  at 
Harrisburg,  Penn'a ;  m.  1806,  by  Rev.  Nathaniel  Snowden, 
William  Wallace,  b.  October,  1768,  in  Hanover  township, 
Dauphin  county,  Penn'a;  d.  Tuesday,  May  28,  1816,  and  with 
his  wife  buried  in  Paxtang  Church  grave-yard.  He  was  the 
eldest  son  of  Benjamin  Wallace  and  Elizabeth  Culbertson  ;  re- 
ceived a  classical  education  ;  graduated  at  Dickinson  College  ; 
studied  law  at  Harrisburg  under  Galbraith  Patterson,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  the  June  term,  1792.  He  became  inter- 
ested in  the  Harrisburg  and  Presqu'  Isle  Land  Company,  and, 
about  1800,  removed  to  Erie,  in  the  affairs  of  which  place  and 
in  the  organization  of  the  county  he  took  an  active  and  leading 
part.  About  1810,  he  returned  to  Harrisburg,  and  partly  re- 
sumed his  profession.  Besides  being  a  member  of  the  bar,  he 
was  a  partner  of  his  brother-in-law,  John  Lyon,  at  Pennsylvania 
Furnace.  He  was  nominated  by  the  Federalists  for  Congress 
in  1813,  but  defeated.  He  was  elected  the  first  president  of 
the  old  Harrisburg  Bank,  and  was  burgess  of  the  borough  at 
his  death.  He  was  a  polite,  urbane  man,  of  slight  frame  and 
precise  address ;  Mr.  Wallace  had  previously  married,  in  1803, 
Rachel  Forrest,  daughter  of  Dr.  Andrew  Forrest,  of  Harrisburg, 
who  died  at  Erie,  in  1 801.  Eleanor  Maclay  and  William  Wal- 
lace had  issue  (surname  Wallace)  : 


Maclay  of  Lurgan.  867 

26.  i.  Mary-Elizaheth,  b.  May  7,  1807  ;  m.  Eev.  William  R.  De- 

Witt,  D.  D. 
a.   Willicwi  Maclay,  b.  August  15,  1808;  d.  June  26,  1877,  at 
Erie :  unm. ;  a  physician  of  prominence. 

27.  in.  Tiev.  Benjamin- John,  b,  June  10,  1810;  m.  Sarali  Cochran. 

28.  ic.  It  win -Mad  ay,  b.  October  10, 1813;  m.  Elizabeth  Reed. 

XVIIL  Esther  Harris  Maclay,  s  (William, ^  Charles,  ^ 
John, 2  Charles,  1)  b.  September  19,  1778,  in  Sunbury,  Pa.;  d. 
September  6,  1819.  in  Harrisburg,  Penn'a;  m.,  April  26,  1800, 
by  Eev.  Mr.  Snowclen,  Henry  Hall,  b.  October  18,  1775,  in 
Cecil  county,  Md. ;  d.  May  25,  1808,  in  Harrisburg.  Penn'a ; 
son  of  Elihu  Hall  and  Catharine  Orrick.  His  ancestor,  Eichard 
Hall,  of  Mount  Welcome,  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  at  the 
Head  of  the  Elk.  Henry  studied  medicine,  and  located  at 
Harrisburg,  Penn'a,  in  1794,  where,  as  was  usual  with  early 
physicians,  he  kept  an  "apothecary -shop."  He  was  quite  a 
successful  practitioner,  but  died  early.  They  had  issue  (sur- 
name Hall) : 

29.  i.   William-Maday,  b.  February  16, 1801 ;  m.  Ellen  Campbell 

Williams. 
a.  Mary-Elizaheth,  b.  April   21,  1802;   d.   1884;   m.   George 
Washington  Harris. 

30.  Hi.  Catharine-Julia,  b.  August  14, 1804;  m.  Garrick  Mallery. 
iv.  Henrietta,  b.  1807;  d.  s.  p. 

XIX.  Sallie  Maclay, 5  (William,^  Charles, ^  John,^ 
Charles,^)  b.  January  5,  1781  ;  m.,  March  10,  1804,  by  Eev. 
N.  Snowden,  Major  John  Irwin,  d.  November  16,  1832,  at 
Long  Hollow,  Mifflin  county,  Penn'a.  They  had  issue  (sur- 
name Irwin) : 

i.  Mary-Maday,  m.,  first,  Edmund  Burke  Patterson ;  sec- 
ondly, Richard  Bryson. 

ii.  Henrietta,  m.  Samuel  Purviance,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Purviance),  Sarah,  Mary,  Howard,  John,  and  Ann. 

Hi.  Jane;  m.  Robert  McClelland,  and  had  issue  (surname  Mc- 
Clelland), Sarah,  Mary,  and  Howard. 

iv.  George;  m.  Ann  Bryson,  and  had  Hoivard. 
V.  William-Maday ;  d.  at  Lewistown ;  m.  Mary  Edmeston, 
and  had  Henrietta. 

vi.  Ellen;  m.  Dr.  Caleb  Brinton,  of  West  Chester,  and  had 


368  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

issue  (surname  Brinton),  Sarah,  Mary.,  Caleb.,  Dr.  Wil- 
liam and  George. 

vii.  Ann;  m. Worrall,  and  had  issue  (surname  Worrall), 

Charles  and  John. 

XX.  JeanMaclay,5  (William, 4  Charles, ^  John, 2  Charles,  ^) 
b.  1782 ;  d.  April  30,  1809  ;  m.  April  28,  1808,  by  Eev.  Mr- 
Sharon,  John  Lyon.     They  had  issue  (surname  Lyon") : 

i.   William-Maday ,  b.  April  30, 1809,  (see  Lyon  record). 

XXI.  William  Plunket  Maclay,^  (Samuel, ^  Charles,^ 
Jolin,2  Charles,!)  b.  August  23,  1774,  in  Buffalo  Valley;  d. 
September  2,  1842,  in  Milroy,  Mifflin  county.  Penn'a.  In  the 
year  1808,  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  S.  Sn3"der  Prothono- 
tary  of  Mifflin  county,  which  office  he  held  until  elected  to 
Congress  in  1814,  to  fill  a  vacancy  occasioned  by  the  resigna- 
tion of  Thomas  Burnside,  appointed  judge  of  the  Court  of  Com- 
mon Pleas,  Mr.  Mac!  ay  was  subsequently  elected  to  Congress 
for  two  full  terms,  1816  and  1818 ;  he  was  a  member  of  the 
constitutional  convention  of  1837-8,  and  declined  signing  the 
document  framed  at  that  time,  on  account  of  its  prohibition  of 
the  colored  vote.  He  was  twice  married;  m.,  first,  December, 
1802,  Sallie  Brown,  daughter  of  Judge  William  Brown,  of 
Mifflin  county;  d.  January  2,  1810,  aged  twenty-six  years. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  Dr.  Samuel,}).  October  5,1803;  m.  Margaret  Baxter;  d. 
July  3,  1863;  m.,  secondly,  Nov.  22,  1864,  Mrs.  Harriet 
Gwin  (nee  Patton),  and  had  issue: 

1.  Sallie-Brown,  b.  September  7,  1865. 

2.  Nannie- Patton,  b.  May  7, 1867;  d.  December  1, 

1872. 

3.  Ellen-Margaret,  b.  August  20,  1868. 

a.    William-Brown,  b.  April  5,  1805;  d.  March  29,1853;  m. 

Eleanor  Lashells,  and  had  issue : 

1.  Sarah-Jane,  d.  s,  p. 

2.  Mary-Brown,  d.  s.  p. 

3.  Elizabeth. 

4.  Balph,  h.l8S6;  d.  January,  1866;  captain  in  49th 

regt.,  Penn'a  vols. 

5.  Isabella-Plunket,  m.  A.  A.  McDonald,  of  Cov- 

ington, Virginia. 

6.  Ellen,  a.  1861. 

Hi.  Charles-John,  b.  January  12, 1 807  ;  d.  December,  1828 ;  unra. 


Maclay  of  Lurgan.  369 

William  Plunket  Maclay  m.,  secondly,  in  1812,  Jane 
Holmes,  of  Carlisle.     They  had  issue : 

iv.  Holmes,  b.  1818 ;  was  a  member  of  Pennsylvania  Legisla- 
ture in  1864;  m.  Isabella  Plunket  Richardson,  and  had 
issue:  Mary-Holmes,  WilUam-Plunket  and  Ella  Rich- 
ardson. 

V.  David,  born  1819;  was  a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Sen- 
ate, 1872  to  1875;  m.  in  1846,  Elizabeth  Richardson,  and 
had  issue : 

1.  Jane- Holmes;  m.  S.  Clever;  reside  in  Dakota. 

2.  Mary-Porter  ;  m.  Daniel  Curll,  of  Clarion,  Pa, 

3.  TFiZ^mm-PZMnto;  resides  in  Montana. 

4.  Margaret ;  resides  in  Montana. 

5.  Elizabeth',  m.  and  resides  in  Dakota. 

6.  Samuel,  of  Montana. 

7.  fSa?Zie-i3ro?«n,  of  Clarion,  Pa. 

8.  David,  of  Montana. 

9.  JJarHe(-Paif on,  of  Clarion,  Pa. 
10.  Anna,  of  Clarion,  Pa. 

vi.  Eobert-Plunket,  b.  1821 ;  d.  April  20, 1881 ;  m.  Martha  Barr, 
and  had  issue  : 

1.  William- B arr ;  resides  in  Mifflin  county.  Pa. 

2.  Jennie-Landrum ;  resides  in  Mifflin  county,  Pa. 
vii.  Joseph-Henderson,  b.  1824 ;  was  a  member  of  the  Legisla- 
ture from  1878  to  1882;   m.   his  cousin,  Mary  Maclay, 
daughter  of  Robert  P.  Maclay,  deceased,  having  issue, 
MarQaret-Lashells. 

XXII.  John  Maclay,  ^  (SamueM  Charles,  3  John,  3 
Charles,!)  b.  1789;  d.  June  25,  1855;  m.  February  11,  1812, 
Annie  Dale,  sister  of  Hon.  James  Hale,  of  Union  county, 
Penn'a.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Samuel;  d.  in  Buffalo  valley. 
a.  diaries;  d.  in  Illinois. 
Hi.   William-PlunJcet ;  d.  s.  p. 

iv.  Elizabeth ;  m.,  first, Armstrong ;  secondly,  Dr.  Alex- 
ander, and  had  issue. 
V.  Anne;  d.  July  6,  1835. 

XXIII.  Samuel  Maclay,  ^  (Samuel,  ^  Charles,  ^  John,  3 
Charles,!)  b,  1792  ;  d.  February  17, 1836  ;  m.,  first,  Margaret 
Johnston,  daughter  of  Eev.  James  Johnston.    They  had  issue : 

i.  Dr.  Samuel,  h.  1814;  d.  1851,  in  Cincinnati,  O. 
a.  James- Johnston,  h.  1815;  d.  1848,  unm,,  in  Cincinnati,  O. 
Hi.   William-John  ;  d.  in  infancy. 
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870  Pennsylvania  Genealoqies. 

Mr.  Macla}^  m.,  secondly,  Elizabeth  Johnston,  sister  of 
his  first  wife.     They  had  issue  : 

ii\  Bolert-Plimliet \  b.  1818;  graduated  at  West  Point;  ap- 
pointed brevet  second  lieutenant,  6th  infantry,  Jnlyl, 
1840;  second  lieutenant,  8tli  infantry,  October  1,  1840; 
first  lieutenant,  December  31,  1845 ;  captain,  January  22, 
1849  ;  resigned,  December  31, 1860  ;  resides  in  Waterloo, 
La. 
V.  Charles,  m.  Miss  Cox,  of  Franklin  county,  Pa.,  and  had 
issue :  /  )>t <ru.vCC«u  (Rxd 

^  Elizabeth;  widow, residing  in  Washington  city  ; 

m.  M.  H.'  Candee. 
'^.  Nora,  d.  May,  1885. 
vi.  David;  studied  medicine  in  Missouri. 
vii.  John;  d.  in  North  Carolina,  during  the  war. 
via.  Margaret;  m.  Mr.  Briscoe,  and  had  issue  (surname  Bris- 
coe), Bessie,  Fannie  and  Samuel-Maclay. 
ix.  Elizabeth;  d.  in  1884,  in  Galesburgh,  111. 
X.  Jane;  a  widow,  at  St.  Mary's  Indian  school,  Minnesota; 
m.  Mr.  Johnston. 

XXIV.  RoBEKT  Plunket  Maclay,s  (Samuel, 4  Charles,  ^ 
John, 2  Charles,^)  b.  April  19,  1799,  in  Buffalo  valley,  now 
Union  county,  Penn'a;  d.  August  16,  1884,  in  Kishacoquillas 
valley,  Brown  township,  Mifflin  county,  Penn'a.  His  father 
died  when  the  son  was  in  his  twelfth  year.  The  latter  was 
sent,  however,  to  an  academy  at  Bedford,  Pa.,  where  he  pur- 
sued a  course  of  study  for  sometime,  and  then  returned  to  his 
mother's  home,  in  Buffalo  valley.  In  1833,  he  was  elected  to 
the  Legislature  from  Union  county,  and  served  one  term  ;  and 
January  6,  1836,  he  was  appointed  by  Gov.  Eitner  prothono- 
tary  of  Union  county,  serving  until  1839,  when  he  entered  the 
Senate  of  Pennsylvania,  serving  until  1843.  In  1844,  Mr. 
Maclay  removed  to  Clarion  county,  and  was  afterwards  ap- 
pointed associate  judge  of  that  county  by  Gov.  Johnston.  In 
1854,  he  went  to  Missouri  where  he  remained  about  three 
yeai's  engaged  in  the  construction  of  the  Iron  Mountain  rail- 
road. In  1857,  he  returned  to  Clarion  county,  and  in  1864, 
after  the  decease  of  his  brother-in-law.  Dr.  Joseph  Henderson, 
he  went  to  reside  in  Kishacoquillas  valley,  with  his  sons  and 
grandsons,  where  he  remained  until  his  death.     Judge  Maclay 


Maclay  of  Lurgan.  871 

was  a  very  tall,  well-proportioned  man,  with  an  intellectual  cast 
of  countenance,  a  nobly  shaped  head,  of  commanding- presence, 
standing  straight  as  an  arrow,  he  always  attracted  attention, 
while  his  amiable  and  genial  .disposition  and  social  qualities 
endeared  him  to  his  many  friends.  He  had  wonderful  conver- 
sational powers,  a  great  memory,  well  stored  with  the  tradition- 
ary history  of  oar  State  and  anecdotes  of  its  prominent  citizens 
and  politicians.  His  last  visit  of  any  consequence  from  home 
was  on  the  occasion  of  the  reunion  of  the  surviving  members 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature  in  1875,  when  he  and  his  old 
friend,  John  Williamson,  of  Huntingdon,  emerged  from  their 
retirement  to  delight  their  admiring  juniors  for  a  while  with 
their  old-time  tales,  repartee^  and  humor.  Judge  Maclay  was 
a  firm  believer  in  revelation,  and  had  great  veneration,  as  he 
himself  said,  "For  the  plan  of  salvation  as  given  in  the  four 
Gospels;  magnificently  beautiful  in  its  simplicity."  At  the 
foot  of  Chestnut  mountain,  with  company  and  associations  that 
suited  him,  dispensing  a  liberal  hospitality,  enjoying  good 
health  until  the  spring  of  1884,  the  Judge  passed  a  serene  old 
age,  and  died  sincerely  regretted  by  all  who  ever  had  the  pleas- 
ure of  his  acquaintance.  Mr.  Maclay  m..  May  6,  1825,  by 
Eev.  John  Dreisbach,  Margaret  C.  Lashells,  b.  about  1801 ; 
d.  May  6,  1845,  a  neiceof  John  Lashells,  Esq.,  a  noted  lawyer 
of  New  Berlin,  Pa.,  and  daughter  of  Kalph  Lashells,  of  Gettys- 
burg, Pa.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Samuel- R. 
a.  Charles. 
Hi.  George, 
iv.   Wilhan^-Plunket. 

V.  Mary. 

XXV.  John  Maclay,"  (William, ^  John,'^  Charles, ^  Jolin,^ 
Charles,  1)  b.  December  1,  1792,  in  Lurgan  township,  Franklin 
county,  Penn'a;  d.  April  22,  1854,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Mr. 
Maclay  was  twice  married  ;  m.,  first,  May  6,  1819,  Jane  Find- 
LAY,  of  Chambersburg ;  d.  April  27,  1827 ;  daughter  of  Col. 
John  Findlay.     They  had  issue : 


872  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

31.      %.   WiUiam-Irwin,  b.  March  27,  1820;  m.  Sarah  Stackhouse. 
ii.  John-Findlay,  b.  February  18, 1822  ;  d.  December  13, 1822. 
in.  [A  son,]  b.  September  24,  1823  ;  d.  September  30,  1823. 
iv.  Nancy- Jane,  b.  March  12,  1825;  d.  May  27,  1827. 

Mr.  Maclay  m.  secondly,  September  18,  1832,  Anna  Maria 
Gleim,  of  Pittsburgh  ;  d.  October  18,  1868  ;  daughter  of  Chris- 
tian Gleim.     They  had  issue  : 

V.  Annie-Maria,  b.  January  1,  1834;  m.  Fisk  Gore. 
vi.  John-King,  b.  June  29,  1835;  d.  September  4,  1836. 
vii.  Martha-Gleim,  b.  December  18,  1836;  d.  May  21,  1854. 
via.  James-Brown,  b.  November  7,  1838. 
ix.  John- Gleim,  b.  July  10,  1840. 

X.  Cyrus-Culhertson,  b.  September  7,  1842;  m.  Laura  Miller. 
xi.  Edgar-Gleim,  b.  August  26.  1844;  m.  Blanche  Murphy. 
xii.  Charles-Gleirn,  b.  September  2, 1846  ;  d.  May,  1847. 
xiii.  J£llen-Brown,  b.  July  11,  1849;  d.  August  28,  1849. 

XXVI.  Mary  Elizabeth  Wallace,  *5  (Eleanor,  s  William, ^ 
Charles,3  John, ^ Charles, i)  b.  May  7,  1807;  d.  1881,  at  Harris- 
burg,  Penn'a;  nj.  March  15,  1825,  by  Pev.  Dr.  Duffield,  Rev. 
William  Padcliffe  DeWitt,  b.  February  25,  1792,  at  Paul- 
ding's Manor,  Dutchess  county,  N.  Y.  ;  d.  December  23,  1867, 
at  Harrisburg,  Penn'a;  son  of  John  DeWitt  and  Katharine 
Yan  Yliet.  His  ancestors  were  among  the  iirst  immigrants 
from  Holland  to  New  Netherlands,  in  1623.  His  early  years 
were  spent  in  commercial  pursuits,  but,  about  1810,  he  turned 
his  attention  to  the  sacred  ministry.  He  studied  with  Dr. 
Alexander  Proudfit,  of  Salem,  IST.  Y.,  and  entered  Washington 
Academy.  The  war  of  1812  interrupting  his  studies,  he  vol- 
unteered in  the  regiment  of  Colonel  Rice,  and  was  in  service 
at  Lake  Champlain  at  the  time  of  McDonough's  victory,  Sep- 
tember 11,  1814.  After  the  close  of  the  war,  in  1815,  he  en- 
tered Nassua  Hall,  Princeton,  as  a  sophomore,  but  subsequently 
entered  the  senior  class  of  Union  College,  Schenectady,  where 
he  graduated  with  distinction,  completing  his  theological  studies 
under  Rev.  Dr.  John  M.  Mason,  of  New  York.  He  was  licensed 
to  preach  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  York,  April  23,  1818.  In 
the  fall  of  that  year,  he  went  to  Harrisburg  by  invitation,  and 
was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  Octo- 
'tober  5,  1818.     He  was  received  by  the  Presbytery  of  Carlisle, 


Maclay  of  Lurgan.  373 

April  13,  1819,  but  not  ordained  until  the  26th  of  October,  of 
that  year.  Dr.  DeWitt  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  in  course 
from  Union  College,  and,  in  1838,  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania conferred  on  him  the  title  of  Doctor  of  Divinity.  From 
1854  to  1860,  he  held  the  office  of  State  Librarian,  appointed  by 
Governors  Bigler  and  Pollock.  In  1854,  he  felt  the  necessity 
of  taking  a  colleague — Eev.  T.  H.  Robinson,  D.  D.,  the  recent 
minister.  Dr.  DeWitt  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife  being 
Julia  A.  Woodhull,  daughter  of  Pev.  Nathan  WoodhuU,  of 
Newton,  L.  I.  During  a  ministry  of  nearly  fifty  years  in  Har- 
risburg.  Dr.  DeWitt  enjoyed  the  confidence  of  all  his  ministe- 
rial brethren.  In  the  community,  he  was  greatly  appreciated 
and  respected  by  all  classes.  As  a  theologian,  he  had  few 
equals  in  the  ministry,  and,  although  firm  and  decided  in  his 
views,  he  was  liberal  and  catholic  in  spirit.  His  published 
writings  were  limited  to  twelve  or  thirteen  pamphlets,  the  most 
popular  of  which  was  a  small  volume  entitled  "  Her  Price 
above  Rubies."  He  preached  many  powerful  discourses,  a 
volume  of  which  should  certainly  be  preserved  in  permanent 
form.     They  had  issue  (surname  DeWitt) : 

i.  William-Eadclijfe,  b.  December  5,  1826;  was  educated 
under  tlie  direction  of  his  father  and  the  Rev.  Benjamin 
J.  Wallace,  both  men  of  rare  scholarly  attainments; 
Princeton  College  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  A. 
M.,  and,  in  1852,  he  graduated  in  medicine  at  Philadelphia; 
appointed  assistant  physician  of  the  State  Lunatic  Hos- 
pital at  Harrisburg,  and,  wliile  serving  in  this  capacity, 
visited,  in  1855,  the  various  hospitals  of  England,  France, 
Germany,  and  Belgium;  in  1859,  resigned,  having  been 
appointed  by  the  President  physician  and  surgeon  in  the 
United  States  Hospital  at  Honolulu,  Sandwich  Islands  ; 
in  1862,  returned  to  this  country,  and  was  appointed  an 
acting  assistant  surgeon  at  the  Georgetown  College  Hos- 
pital ;  in  1864,  commissioned  by  President  Lincoln  sur- 
geon-in-chief, First  division,  Fifth  corps  of  the  army  of 
tlie  Potomac,  serving  until  the  close  of  the  war  for  the 
Union  ;  in  November,  1867,  mustered  out  of  service;  re- 
sumed the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Harrisburg  sev- 
eral years ;  afterwards,  on  account  of  his  health,  removing 
to  Florida,  near  Palatka,  where  he  resides;  he  married, 
November  4, 1865,  at  York,  Peiin'a.,  Susan  E.  Spangler,* 


374  Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 

(see   Hamilton  record,)  and   they  had  issue   (surname 
DeWitt :) 

1.  WilUam-Eaddife,  h.  November  22, 1867. 

2.  John- Hamilton,  h.  June  14,  1870;  d.  December 

15,  1871. 

ii.  Julia,  b.  November  5, 1828  ;  resides  at  Carlisle,  Penn'a. 

Hi.  Eleanor-Wallace,  b.  August  21, 1830  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

iv.  Mate-Van  FZiet,  b.  May21, 1833  ;  m., October  3, 1861, George 
Edw^ards  Sterry,  of  New  York  City,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Sterry  :) 

1.  William-DeWitt,\).  July  7,1862. 

2.  George-Edwards,  h.  March  14,  1864. 

3.  John  DeWitt,  b.  November  25,  1865. 

4.  Edward- Augustus,  b.  June,  1867  ;  d.  March,  1868. 

5.  James-Weaver,  b.  December  24,  1869. 

6.  Wallace-Maclay ,  b.  December  25,  1872. 

7.  Thomas-Hunt,  b.  September  6,  1875. 
V.   Wallace,  (first,)  b.  July  21,  1835:  d.  young. 

vi.  Wallace,  b.  August  19, 1837 ;  graduated  at  College  of  New 
Jersey  in  1857 ;  an  attorney-at-law,  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  m., 
September  10,  1885,  Louisa  Bliss,  daughter  of  John  H. 
Bliss,  of  Erie,  Penn'a. 
vii.  Calvin,  h.  May  26, 1840 ;  graduated  at  College  of  New  Jer- 
sey, 1860;  commissioned  October  24,  1861,  captain  in 
Forty-ninth  regiment,  Pennsylvania  volunteers  infantry, 
army  of  Potomac ;  resigned  January  18,  1863 ;  studied 
medicine,  and  graduated  from  Jefferson  Medical  College, 
Philadelphia,  March,  1866 ;  appointed  first  lieutenant  and 
assistant  surgeon  United  States  army.  May  14, 1867  ;  cap- 
tain. May  14,  1870;  promoted  to  major  and  surgeon 
United  States  army,  July  21,  1885;  m.,  April  26,  1877, 
Josephine  Lesesne.  daughter  of  John  F.  Lesesne,  M.  D., 
of  Georgetown,  South  Carolina ;  and  had  issue  (surname 
DeWitt:) 

1.  Wallace,  b.  June  1,  1878. 

2.  Lesesne,  h.  January  9,  1880. 

3.  Mary-Wallace,  b.  February  15,  1884. 

via.  Jo/m,  b.  October  10,  1842;  graduated  at  College  of  New 
Jersey,  1861 ;  studied  theology  at  Princeton  and  Union 
Theological  Seminaries  of  Presbyterian  churcli ;  ordained 
June,  1865;  pastor  at  Irvington,  N.  Y.,  1865-69;  pastor 
Central  church,  Boston,  1869-76;  pastor  Tenth  Presby- 
terian church,  Philadelphia,  1876-1882;  professor  of 
Church  History  Lane  Theological  Seminary,  1882 ;  re- 
ceived degree  of  D.  D.,  from  the  College  of  New  Jersey 


Maclay  of  Lurgan.  375 

1877;  published  "Sermons  on  Christian  Life,"  1885;  m., 
August  20,  1874,  Laura  Aubrey  Beaver,  daugliter  of 
Thomas  Beaver,  of  Danville,  Pa. 
ix.  Mary,  b.  November  25, 1846 ;  d.  April  8,  1870. 

XXVII.  Benjamiist  John  Wallace,''  (Eleanor, s  Wil- 
liam, ^  Charles, 3  John,^  Charles/)  b.  August  10, 1810,  at  Har- 
risburg,  Pa,;  d.  July  25,  1862,  at  Philadelphia.  His  father 
dying  when  he  was  only  six  years  of  age,  he  was  left  to  the 
care  of  an  amiable  and  excellent  mother,  whose  early  training 
fitted  him  for  the  position  he  occupied  with  so  much  success 
in  his  maturity.  When  of  suitable  age  he  became  a  pupil  of 
the  Harrisburg  Academy,  that  institution  being  in  charge  of 
the  ablest  instructors.  The  culture  he  received  at  this  school 
fitted  him  for  admission  to  the  United  States  Military  Academy, 
at  West  Point,  to  which  he  was  appointed,  where  he  was 
rapidly  gaining  a  foremost  place,  when  his  heart  convinced  him 
that  a  higher  vocation  was  to  be  his  calling.  He  left  West 
Point,  was  prepared  for  Princeton  College  and  tlie  ministry  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  under  the  care  of  Pev.  John  Hutch- 
inson, of  Mifflintown,  a  former  tutor  in  the  Harrisburg  Academy. 
After  graduating  with  high  honor  he  was  licensed  to  preach, 
and  was  called  at  once  to  a  western  charge.  The  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Divinity  was  conferred  upon  him  by  his  alma  mater. 
His  elegance  as  a  writer  and  eloquence  as  a  speaker  soon 
brought  him  into  great  prominence  in  his  denomination  and  in 
all  religious  circles,  so  that  when  the  Presbyterian  Quarterly^ 
the  organ  of  the  "New  School,"  was  projected,  he  was  at  once 
selected  as  its  editor.  His  brilliance  of  style  gave  character  to 
this  publication,  and  as  long  as  he  lived  it  was  a  prosperous 
and  popular  publication.  Mr.  Wallace  was  pastor  of  churches 
in  Pittsburgh,  York,  and  at  other  points,  president  and  professor 
of  Delaware  College,  at  Newark,  in  that  State.  Unfortunately 
for  his  fame  as  an  author,  his  literary  productions  are  scattered 
throughout  the  ephemeral  publications  of  his  time.  It  need 
not  be  repeated  that  both  as  speaker  and  writer  he  was  cap- 
tivating and  graceful,  of  fine  stature  and  polished  address,  in 
society  one  of  the  most  entertaining  of  a  long  roll  of  able  men, 
whose  cultivated  minds  directed  the  thouorhts  of  the  generation 


376  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

of  which  lie  was  so  distinguished  an  ornament.  Dr.  Wallace 
m.,  at  Pittsburgh,  November  5, 1832,  Sarah  Cochran,  daughter 
of  George  Cochran,  b.  1812  ;  d.  1869,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  They 
had  issue  (surname  Wallace) : 

i.  Ernest-Cochran  ;  m.  Emma  Deibl ;  no  issue. 
ii.  Inioin-Maclay ;  d.  at  Pittsburgh  ;  was  a  lieutenant,  United 

States  army. 
in.  Ellen;  m.  Preston  Porster;  no  issue. 
iv.  Mary ;  d.  s.  p. 
V.  Florence;  m.  Hugli  Hamilton,  M.  D.,  of  Harrisburg,  (see 

Hamilton  record.) 
vi.  Alfred- Cochr an ;  d.  s.  p. 
vii.  Bar  ah- Cochr  an ;  d.  s.  p. 

viii.  Marion;  m.  Eev.  John  K.  McKallip,  of  fJellaire,  Ohio. 
ix.  Arthur  -  Harris ;  d.  s.  p. 

XXYIII.  Irwik  Maclay  Wallace^,  (Eleanor^,  Wil- 
liam^,  Charles^,  John^,  Charles\)  b.  October  10,  1813;  m. 
Elizabeth  Eeed,  of  Erie.     Tliej  had  issue  : 

i.   William- Maclay. 
ii.  Mary;  d.  s.  p. 

Hi.  Eleanor;  m.  Lieutenant  Samuel  K.  Allen,  United  States 
Navy,  grandson  of  Colonel  Ethan  Allen  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. 
iv.  Bobert-Reed. 
V.  Lillie. 
vi.  Jennie ;  d.  s.  p. 

XXIX.  William  Maclay  Hall«,  (Esther^  William^, 
Charles^,  John^,  Charles,^)  b.  February  16,  1801,  in  Harris- 
burg,  Penri'a. ;  d.  August  28,  1851,  in  Bedford,  Penn'a.,  VN^here 
he  was  interred,  but,  in  1878,' his  remains  removed  to  the  cem- 
etery at  Harrisburg,  Penn'a  He  was  educated  at  the  Harris- 
burg  Academy  and  Princeton  College;  studied  law  with  Fran- 
cis R  Shuuk,  and  admitted  to  the  Dauphin  county  bar  at  the 
April  term,  1822.  He  began  the  practice  of  law  at  Lewistown, 
and  became  one  of  the  most  brilliant  advocates  in  the  Juniata 
valley.  Subsequently,  imbued  with  the  conviction  that  it  was 
his  duty  to  enter  the  ministry,  he  abandoned  the  law,  studied 
theology  at  the  Allegheny  Seminary,  and  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Pittsburgh  Presbytery.  He  was  stationed  at  Milroy, 
Mifflin  county.  Pa,,  but,  owing  to  partial  failure  of  health,  was 


Maclay  of  Lurgan.  377 

appointed  agent  of  the  American  Board  of  Commissioners  for 
Foreign  Missions  at  Philadelphia.  At  this  period  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  New  School  Assembly,  but  afterwards  trans- 
ferred his  relations  to  the  Old  School,  and  joined  the  Presby- 
terj"  of  Carlisle.  After  acting  some  years  as  agent  of  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  he  accepted  a  call 
to  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Bedford,  Pa.,  where  he  labored 
until  declining  health  compelled  him  to  relinquish  his  charge. 
The  Eev.  Mr.  Hall  married  Ellen  Campbell  Williams, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Williams,  and  neice  of  Rev.  Joshua 
Williams,  of  Centre  county,  Pa. ;  d.  January  23,  1878,  at  Har 
risburg.  Pa.     They  had  issue  (surname  Hall) : 

i.  Henry -Williams^  b.  December  12,  1826,  at  Lewistown.Pa.; 
d.  s.  p. 

32.  ii.   William-Maclay ^  b.  November  3,  1828;  m.  Ellen  Rowan 

Cramer. 

33.  Hi.  6reo7'(/e-i>M^eZc^,  b.  February  19,1831 ;  m.,  first,  Louisa  Mil- 

ler; secondly,  Lucretia  Allen. 

34.  iv.  jLoms- TFtHiam."?,  b.  July  4,  1833  ;  m,  Eliza  Warford. 

»;.  Catharine-Julia.,  b.  November  10, 1835,  at  Perryville,  Pa. ; 
m.,  October,  1857,  Nathaniel  Breading  Hogg,  b.  1818,  in 
Uniontown.  Pa.;  son  of  George  H.  Hogg,  and  through 
his  mother,  a  grandson  of  Rev.  Dr.  Ewing  ;  he  graduated 
at  Kenyou  College,  and  read  law  with  his  uncle,  Judge 
Ewing,  at  Uniontown,  Pa.;  settled  at  Newark,  O., where 
he  managed  for  several  years  the  stores  and  farms  be- 
longing to  his  father's  estate ;  is  a  partner  in  the  foundry 
of  Totten  &  Co. ;  resides  in  Allegheny  City,  Penn'a. 

vi.  Mary,  b.  March  7, 1838,  at  Philadelphia,  Penn'a ;  m,  Fran- 
cis Jordan,  b.  February  5,  1820,  in  Bedford  county. 
Pa. ;  he  was  educated  at  Augusta  College,  Kentucky,  and 
at  Franklin  and  Marshall  College,  Pa.;  studied  law  ;  was 
admitted  to  the  Bedford  county  bar,  soon  after  appointed 
district  attorney,  and  subsequently  elected  to  the  same 
position ;  in  1855  was  elected  to  the  State  Senate ;  was 
appointed  by  President  Lincoln  paymaster  in  the  army, 
which,  at  the  close  of  two  and  a  half  years  of  active  ser- 
vice, he  resigned  ;  under  Gov.  Geary  he  held  the  office  of 
Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth,  and  in  1882  filled  the 
same  position  for  a  brief  period ;  resides  at  Harrisburg 
in  the  active  practice  of  his  profession. 

vii.  Ellen,  b.  January  30, 1846,  in  Bedford,  Pa.;  m.,  April,  1872, 
James  Heron  Crosman ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Cros- 
man): 


378  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

1.  James-Herron. 

2.  Mary-Hall. 

3.  Louis-Hall. 

4.  George-Hampden. 

5.  Maclay-Hall. 

XXX.  Catharine  Julia  H^^ll,''  (Esther,  ^  William,  * 
Charles, 2  John,^  Charles,^)  b.  August  14,  1804,  in  Harrisburg, 
Pa.;  d.  July  17,  1832,  at  Reading,  Penn'a;  m.,  June  30,  1830, 
Garrick  Mallery,  b.  April  17,  1784,  in  Middlebury,  Conn.; 
d.  Jul}^  6,  1866,  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.  He  was  of  unmixed 
English  descent ;  being  in  direct  male  line  from  Peter  Mallery, 
who  arrived  in  Boston  in  1638,  and  went  to  New  Haven  set- 
tlements with  Rev.  Theophilus  Eaton's  compan}',  March  7, 
1644.  Through  his  mother,  Hannah  Minor,  he  was  in  direct 
male  line  from  Thomas  Minor,  who  came  to  Pequot  with  John 
Winthrop's  company  and  settled  there  in  1646.  Several  of 
his  ancestors  were  military  oflEicers  in  the  colonial  service,  and 
in  the  Revolutionary  war.  Garrick  Mallery  graduated  at  Yale 
College  in  1808,  and  after  a  term  at  Litchfield  Law  School  went 
to  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.;  the  same  year  read  law  with  Judge 
Wells,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1811.  He  served  in  the 
Penn'a  House  of  Representatives  from  1827  to  1830,  in  which 
he  was  distinguished  for  promoting  the  internal-improvement 
system  of  the  State.  Li  1831  he  was  appointed  president  judge 
of  the  Thii'd  Judicial  District,  composed  of  the  counties  of 
Berks,  Northampton,  and  Lehigh.  He  resigned  his  commission 
in  1836 ;  removed  to  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  where  he  prac- 
ticed law  until  his  death,  for  several  years  before  that  time 
being  master  in  chancery  of  the  Supreme  Court.  In  1840  he 
received  the  degree  of  LL.  D.  from  Lafayette  College.  Judge 
Mallery  was  thrice  married ;  m.,  first,  in  1811,  Sylvina  Pierce 
Butler,  daughter  of  Col.  John  Butler,  of  Wilkes-Barrd ;  secondly, 
Catharine  Julia  Hall ;  thirdly,  in  1838,  Jeanette  Otto,  daughter 
of  Dr.  John  C.  Otto,  of  Philadelphia.  By  the  first  wife  there 
were  five  children  and  by  his  third  wife  four  children  ;  by  the 
second  wife,  Catharine  Julia  Hall,  there  was  issue  (surname 
Mallery) : 

i.  Grarricfc,  b.  April  23, 1831,  in  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.;  was  edu- 


Maclay  of  Lurgan,  379 

cated  at  the  preparatory  department  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1850 ;  in 
1853  received  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  from  tlie  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  tlie  same  year  admitted  to  the  bar 
of  Philadelphia,  where  he  practiced  law  and  engaged  in 
literary  pursuits  until  the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  when 
he  entered  the  service ;  rose  to  the  rank  of  lieutenant 
colonel,  and  brevet  colonel ;  on  the  re-organization  of 
the  regular  army  he  was  appointed  captain  first  infanti'y ; 
was  twice  severely  wounded,  and  received  twice  brevets 
for  gallantry  in  action ;  in  the  reconstruction  period  in 
1869  and  1870,  being  on  military  duty  in  Virginia  as 
judge  advocate  on  the  stqff  of  the  commanding  general, 
he  was  also  Secretary  of  State,  and  adjutant  general 
with  the  rank  of  brigadier  general ;  in  1870  was  placed  on 
duty  with  the  chief  signal  officer  of  the  army  at  Washing- 
ton, remaining  in  that  office  until  1877,  when  he  was  or- 
dered to  report  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior  for  duty 
connected  with  the  ethnology  of  the  North  America  In- 
dians, in  which  work  he  lias  since  been  engaged;  has 
edited  several  works  issued  officially  by  the  Government. 
Mr,  Mallery  m.,  April  14, 1870,  in  Richmond,  Va.,  Helen 
Marian  Wyckoff,  daughter  of  Rev.  A.  Y.  Wyckoff,  of 
New  Brunswick,  N.  Y. 

XXXI.  William  Irwin  Maclay,'^  (Johii,^  William, ^ 
John, 4  Charles,*  John, 2  Charles, i )  b.  March  27,  1820  ;  d.  June 
20,  1825;  m.,  November  16,  1841,  at  Pittsburgh,  Penn'a, 
Sarah  H.  Stackhouse.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Jane-Anne^  b.  August  16, 1842,  in  Pittsburgh;  m.  John  S. 
Tittle;  resides  at  Johnstown,  Pa.,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Tittle) : 

1.  EUzabeth-Findlay,  b.  March  3,  1864. 

2.  William-Maday,  b.  November  19,  1867 ;  d.  May 

8,  1885. 

n.  Emma-S.,  b.  November  11,  1845,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  m., 

November  29, 1877,  William  H.  Bynon,  of  Tipton,  Mo. 
Hi.  Ellen-Maday ,  b.  October  18,  1847,  in  Johnstown,  Pa.;  m., 

first, December  23, 1870,  George  Fritz;  d.  August  5,1873; 

m.,  secondly,  December  8,  1880,  Robert  Murphy. 
w.   William- Stackhouse ^  b.  December  13,  1849,  in  Johnstown, 

Pa.;  d.  September  30,  1853. 
V.  Elizaheth-Findlay ,  b.  February  17,   1852;  d.  August   31, 

1853. 
vi.  Mary-Torrence,  b.  December  15,  1854;  d.  May  25,  1860. 


380  Pennsylvania    Genealogies. 

XXX [I.  William  Maclay  Hall,''  (William-MaclayS 
[Hall,]  Estber,5  William,^  Cliarles,^  John,^  Charles,i)b.  No- 
vember 3,  1828,  in  Lewistown,  Pa.  He  received  a  thorough 
preparatory  education,  and  graduated  from  Marshall  College, 
Gettysburg,  in  1846,  being  the  valedictorian  of  his  class.  He 
read  law  with  AVilliam  Lyon,  of  Bedford,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  August,  1849.  Began  practice  at  Bedford,  and  soon 
achieved  honorable  distinction  in  his  profession.  In  January, 
1865,  he  was  appointed  by  President  Lincoln  judge  advocate 
with  the  rank  of  major,  and  served  one  year.  Li  1868  he 
served  on  a  commission  to  revise  the  statutes  of  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania,  with  Judge  Derrickson  and  Wayne  MacVeagh. 
Upon  the  death  of  Judge  King  in  January,  1871,  Gov.  Geary 
appointed  him  president  judge  of  the  Sixteenth  Judicial  Dis- 
trict, then  comprising  the  counties  of  Bedford,  Somerset,  Frank- 
lin, and  Fulton,  and  at  the  October  election  elected  to  the  same 
position  for  the  term  of  ten  years.  After  declining  a  re-nomi- 
nation. Judge  Hall  quitted  the  bench  on  the  1st  of  January, 
1882,  the  judicial  term  having  been  extended  one  month  by 
the  Constitution  of  1874.  Throughout  the  entire  term  of 
Judge  Hall,  the  business  of  the  district  was  great,  and  an  un- 
usually large  number  of  cases  of  importance  was  adjudicated. 
During  his  administration  very  few  reversals  of  his  decisions 
were  made  by  the  Supreme  Court.  Since  leaving  the  bench  he 
has  not  been  actively  engaged  in  his  profession.  He  resides 
near  the  borough  of  Bedford,  Pa.  Judge  Hall  m.,  September 
9,  1859,  by  Eev.  J.  H.  Symonds,  Ellen  Eowan  Ceamer,  of 
Cumberland,  Md.,  b.  January  4,  1849.  They  had  issue  (sur- 
name Hall) : 

i.  Catharine- Julia,  b.  February  12,  1862. 
ii.   William- Maclay,  b.  September  b,  1864. 
iii.  Qeorge-Louis,  b.  February  25,  1867. 
iv.  John- Cramer,  (twin,)  b.  February  25,  1867;  d.  September 

19,  1867,  at  Cumberlaud,  Md. 
V.  Eniilij-Rowan,  b.  October  15,  1870. 
vi.  Nathaniel-Breading,  b.  August  25, 1872 ;  d.  July  28, 1883,  in 

Bedford,  Pa. 
vii.  Eleanor-Maclay ,  b.  August  4, 1874. 
via.  Richard-Cecil,  b.  May  27,  1882. 


Maclay  of  Lurgan.  .  381 

XXXIII.  GrEORGE  DuFFiELD  Hall,'^  (William-Maclaj*' 
[Hall,]  Esther, 5  William, ^  Charles, ^  John, 2  Charles,!)  b.  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1831,  at  Lewistown,  Pa.;  d.  December  6,  1883,  at 
St.  Louis,  Mo.  He  graduated  in  1849  at  Marshall  College, 
Mercersburg,  Pa.  Began  the  study  of  law,  but  afterwards 
entered  the  banking  house  of  William  Eussell,  at  Lewistown. 
In  1852,  went  to  Pittsburgli  as  a  clerk  in  the  firm  of  Lyon, 
Shorb  &  Co.,  iron  manufacturers;  from  thence,  in  1854,  to  St. 
Louis,  where  he  took  charge  of  the  branch  store  of  the  Sligo 
Iron  Company,  which  he  managed  with  great  energy  and  suc- 
cess. About  I860,  lie  became  part  owner,  and  afterwards  sole 
owner.  He  was  very  hospitable  and  generous,  of  fine  belles- 
lettres  attainments,  and  of  great  conversational  powers ;  an 
active  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  with  high  character 
and  standing  in  tbe  community  for  integrity  and  honor.  He 
left  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  to  the  different  boards  and 
benevolent  enterprises  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  about 
the  same  sum  in  legacies  to  bis  aunts  and  sisters,  with  an  estate 
of  about  half  a  million  of  dollars  to  his  children.  Mr.  Hall 
was  twice  married;  m.,  first,  Louisa  Miller;  no  issue:  m.. 
secondly,  Lucretia  Allen".    They  had  issue  (surname  Hall) : 

i.  Allen. 

a.  Louis-Maday. 

in.  Mabel. 

w.  George-Duffield. 

XXXIY.  Louis  Williams  Hall,''  (William-Maclay" 
[Hall,]  Esther,  5  William, ^  Charles,  ^  John,^  Charles,  1)  b.  July 
4,  1833,  at  Allegheny,  Pa.  He  received  a  good  education ; 
studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1854.  He  was 
soon  after  appointed  solicitor  for  the  Pennsylvania  Kailroad 
company  at  Altoona.  That  road  was  just  opened  over  the 
Allegheny  mountains,  and  Altoona  was  the  location  of  the 
chief  offices  of  the  transportation  of  the  company.  Herman  J. 
Lombaert  was  general  superintendent  with  all  the  powers  of 
the  now  general  manager.  The  office  of  the  chief  engineer  was 
also  at  that  point,  and  the  location  was  being  made  there  for 
the  principal  shops  of  the  company.    It  being  the  headquarters 


882  ^    Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

of  these  offices,  the  position  of  solicitor  there  was  an  important 
and  delicate  one,  and  the  attorney  had  many  questions  before 
him  of  immense  importance  to  the  company  and  its  interests. 
Mr.  Hall's  practice  soon  became  large  and  lucrative,  not  only 
in  Blair,  but  the  contiguous  counties.  In  1859,  when  little 
more  than  eligible,  he  was  elected  to  the  State  Senate  as  the 
Republican  candidate  from  the  strong  Democratic  district  of 
Cambria,  Blair,  and  Clearfield  counties.  He  was  appointed 
chairman  of  the  Judiciarj^  Committee  on  his  first  advent  in  the 
Senate,  of  a  body  composed  of  such  legal  minds  as  Penny,  of 
Allegheny  ;  Clymer,  of  Berks ;  Ketchum,  of  Luzerne  ;  Welsh, 
of  York ;  Palmer,  of  Schuylkill ;  Finney,  of  Crawford ;  Mc- 
Clure,  of  Franklin,  and  others  prominent  in  the  profession  of 
the  State.  The  war  of  the  Rebellion  breaking  out.  Gov.  Cur- 
tin  called  an  extra  session  of  the  Assembly  in  April,  1861, 
when  Mr.  Hall  was  chosen  speaker  of  the  Senate.  It  was  at 
that  extra  session  that  the  famous  Three-million-dollar-loan 
bill  t<D  arm  the  State,  and  other  important  war  measures  were 
passed.  Mr.  Hall  was  again  chosen  speaker  at  the  beginning 
of  the  regular  session  in  January,  1862.  He  was  elected  for 
a  new  term,  and  for  another  district,  in  which  Blair  county  was 
placed  in  October,  1864,  running  largely  ahead  of  his  ticket. 
He  was  again  chosen  speaker  of  the  Senate  at  the  end  of  the 
session  of  1866,  and  also  at  the  commencement  of  the  regular 
session  of  1867,  having  been  chosen  three  times  presiding  offi- 
cer of  that  body,  an  honor  never  before  accorded  to  any  one. 
At  the  close  of  his  term  he  declined  a  re-nomination,  and  since 
then  has  devoted  himself  exclusively  to  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession. Having  been  appointed  solicitor  and  counsel  of  the 
Pennsylvania  railroad,  at  Harrisburg,  on  the  1st  of  October, 
1868,  he  took  up  his  residence  in  that  city.  To-day  he  occu- 
pies the  same  position,  being  connected  with  them  for  over 
thirty  years.  He  is  yet  in  the  prime  of  life,  being  about  fifty 
years  of  age,  and  has  probably  been  connected  with  as  many 
matters  of  importance  in  his  profession  as  any  man  of  his  age. 
Among  the  numerous  leading  cases  in  the  courts  he  has  argued 
within  the  last  few  years  may  be  mentioned  those  of  the  "  Com- 


Maclay  of  Lurgan.  883 

monwealth  vs.  Credit  Mobilier  of  America,"  twice  tried  before 
Judge  Pearson  and  twice  in  the  Supreme  Court ;  "  Common- 
wealth vs.  George  O.  Evans,"  the  claim  of  the  State  for  a  very 
large  amount ;  Mr.  Evans  being  defended  by  Mr.  Hall  and 
the  late  Judge  Black ;  "  The  Commonwealth  vs.  Pennsylvania 
Canal  company,"  being  an  attempt  of  the  State  by  statute  to 
compel  the  canal  company  to  alter  their  dams,  feeders,  and 
works,  without  compensation,  so  as  to  allow  the  passage  of  fish, 
the  case  involved  probably  half  a  million  of  dollars,  and  was 
decided  by  the  Supreme  Court  in  favor  of  the  canal  company ; 
"James  Freeland  vs.  Pennsylvania  Eailroad  company,"  an  at- 
tempt to  hold  the  company  responsible  for  consequential  dama- 
ges caused  by  the  raising  the  great  Clark's  Ferry  dam;  decided 
by  the  Supreme  Court  in  favor  of  the  railroad  company.  Col. 
Hall  m.,  November  26,  1867,  Eliza  Warfoed.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Hall) : 

i.  Eliza  ;  d.  s.  p. 

a.  Ellen,  b.  November  19, 1869. 
Hi.  Mary-Grace.,  b.  November  4, 1871. 
iv.  Louis- Williams,  b.  December  2,  1873. 

V.  Francis- Jordan,  b.  April  1,  1878. 


384  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 


Mccormick  family 


1.  One  of  the  signers  of  "the  humble  address  of  the  Gov- 
ernor, officers,  clergy,  and  other  gentlemen  in  the  city  and  gar- 
rison of  Londonderry,"  to  William  and  Mary,  of  the  date  of 
July  29,  1689,  shortly  after  the  famous  siege  of  that  noted 
strono-hold  of  Protestantism,  was  James  McCormick^  Fur- 
ther  than  that  we  have  little  knowledge  of  him,  save  that  he 
was  the  ancestor  of  the  family  of  whom  we  have  this  record. 
Among  other  children  he  had  issue  : 

2.  i.  Hugh,  b.  about  1695 ;  m.,  and  had  issue. 

3.  u.  ,T/iomos,  b.  1702  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Carruth. 

■-.  II.  Hugh  McCormick,^  (James,  i)  b.  about  1695,  in  the 
Province  of  Ulster,  Ireland ;  emigrated  with  his  family  to 
Pennsylvania  prior  to  1735,  and  located  in  Paxtang  township, 
Lancaster,  now  Dauphin  county,  Peun'a.  He  married,  and 
had  issue : 

4.  i.  John,  b.  1718;  m.  Jane  [Cathay.] 

ii.  James,  b.  1721 ;  m.,  and  had  issue,  but  probably  went  into 
the  valley  of  Virginia. 

5.  Hi.  Samuel,  b.  1723  ;  m.,  and  had  issue. 

6.  iv.  Hugh,  b.  1725  ;  m.  Sarah  Alcorn. 

III.  Thomas  McCormick,^  (James, i)  b.  about  1702,  in  the 
Province  of  Ulster,  Ireland ;  d.  about  1762,  in  East  Pennsboro' 
township,  Cumberland  county,  Penn'a.  He  accompanied  his 
brother  Hugh  to  America,  in  1735.  In  1745  he  and  his  wife 
each  took  out  a  warrant  for  one  hundred  acres  of  land  in  Han- 
over township,  then  Lancaster  county,  Penn'a.  About  that 
time,  or  shortly  after,  he  i^emoved  with  his  family  west  of  the 
Susquehanna,  locating  in  East  Pennsboro'  township,  Cumber- 
land county,  Penn'a.  He  married  in  Ireland  about  1726, 
Elizabeth  Carruth,  b.  about  1705  in  Ireland ;  d.  January, 
1767,  in  East  Pennsboro'  township,  Cumberland  county,  Peun'a. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Adam  Carruth,  and  sister  of  Walter 


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Carruth,  both  early  settlers  in   Hanover  township,  Lancaster 
comity,  Penn'a.     They  had  issue : 

7.  %.  Thomas,  b.  1727  ;  m.  Jean  Oliver, 

8.  ii.  James,  b.  1729 ;  m.  Mary  Oliver. 

9.  m.   William,  b.  1732;  m.  Mary  Wiggin. 

10.  iv.  Hugh,  b.  1735  ;  m.  Catharine  Sanderson. 

11.  V.  Robert,  b.  1738;  m.  Martha  Sanderson. 

12.  vi.  Elizabeth,  b.  1740;  m.  Matthew  Loudon. 

lY.  John  McCormick,  ^  (Hugh,  ^  James,  i)  b.  about  1718, 
in  or  near  Londonderry,  Ireland ;  d.  in  October,  1782 ;  and 
probably  buried  in  Silvers  Spring  church-yard,  of  which  church 
he  was  a  member.  He  located  in  East  Pennsboro'  as  earlj 
as  1745  ;  and  upon  the  formation  of  the  county  of  Cumberland 
in  1750,  was  named  in  the  act  as  one  of  the  trustees  for  the 
purchasing  of  land  on  which  to  build  a  court-house  and  prison. 
During  the  French  and  Indian  war  his  dwelling  was  stockaded 
and  the  refuge  of  the  frontier  settlers,  and  hence  designated  as 
"  McCormick's  Fort  at  Conedoguinet."  He  m.  Jane  [Cathay,] 
who  deceased  the  latter  part  of  January,  1788.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  John  ;  m.  and  had  issue,  Thomas  and  Hudson, 
ii.  Margaret;   m.  Hugh  Quigley,  and  had   issue   (surname 
Qaigley),  Elizabeth,  John,  William,  Samuel,  Esther.,  Jane, 
and  Sarah. 
Hi.  [Jane] ;  m.  David  McClure,  and  had  issue  (surname  Mc- 
Clure),  Samuel,  Thoynas,  John,  James,  William,  Wilson, 
and  David, 
iv.  Elizabeth ;  m.  [James]  Sharon,  and  had  issue  (surname  Sha- 
ron), Elizabeth,   Sarah,  Mary,  Isabella,    William,  and 
Ja7nes. 
V.  [Ann] ;  m.  David  Adams,  and  had  issue  (surname  Adams), 
William  and  Ann. 

.^Y.  Samuel  McCormick, ^  (Hugb,^  James,  ^)  b.  about  1723, 
in  the  Province  of  Ulster,  Ireland  ;  d.  in  July,  1765,  in  the  town- 
ship of  East  Pennsboro',  Cumberland  county,  Penn'a.  He  took 
up  a  tract  of  land  in  that  section,  the  warrant  for  which  was 
issued  the  14th  day  of  August,  1745.  The  land  adjoined  that 
of  his  brother,  John  McCormick,  and  the  Conedoguinet  creek. 
His  wife,  whose  name  is  unknown,  died  prior  to  her  husband. 
They  had  issue : 
25 


386  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

i.  James,  b.  1747. 

n.  Mizaheth^h.  1749-  m.  William  McNitt  [McKniglit]. 
in.  Jane,  b.  1751  ;  m.  Archibald  McGuire. 
iv.  Mary,h.ll5i;  m.  James  Chambers.  ,  .. 

V.  Sara/j,  b.  1756;  m.  Arthur  Chambers.     (\(va  jJL'' 
"^  vi.  Agnesj  b.  1758;  m.  Henry  McElroy.-         ' 
vii,  Margaret,  b.  1761. 
viii.  Ann,  b.  1763. 

YI.  Hugh  McCokmick, •''  (Hugh,^  James,  i)  b.,  about  1725, 
in  the  Province  of  Ulster,  Ireland  ;  d.  September,  1777,  in  Mid- 
dletou  township,  Cumberland  county,  Penn'a.  About  1758, 
he  removed  from  Paxtang  to  the  homestead  of  his  father-in- 
law,  on  Conedoguinet  creek,  which  was  deeded  to  him,  Oc- 
tober 30,  1758,  b}^  James  Alcorn,  Sr.,  and  Mary,  his  wife,  of 
Middleton  township,  being  136  acres  of  land  in  said  Middleton 
township,  together  witli  the  houses,  barns,  and  out-houses  on 
same.  About  the  year  1770,  he  purchased  1,300  acres  of  land 
in  the  White  Deer  valley,  now  within  the  boundary  of  Lycom- 
ing county,  Pa.,  and  his  two  sons,  Seth  and  Thomas,  settled 
there.  He  was  a  prominent  man  on  the  frontiers,  and,  at  the 
outset  of  the  Revolution,  rendered  much  aid,  by  his  counsel 
and  his  purse,  to  raise  troops  for  the  continental  service.  In 
the  Provincial  Conference,  of  June,  1776,  he  served  as  a  mem- 
ber, but,  owing  to  ill  health,  declined  further  official  honors. 
He  m.,  about  1749,  Sarah  Alcorx,  youngest  daughter  of 
James  and  Mary  Alcorn.*     They  had  issue : 

13.      i.  James,  b.  1750;  m.  Isabella  Dixon. 

n.  Mary,  b.  1752;  m.  Capt.  Robert  Peebles,  a  wealthy  farmer, 
who  resided  near  Shippensburg,  Pa.;  and  had  issue,  four 
sons,  all  of  whom  married  and  settled  in  the  same  neigh- 
borhood. 
in.  Thomas,  b.  1754;  d.  October  6,1826;  located,  about  1775, 
on  South  creek,  a  branch  of  White  Deer  Hole  creek,  in 
Lycoming  county,  Pa.,  about  three  miles  from  its  moutli ; 

*  James  Alcorn  ;  d.  July,  1761 ;  his  wife,  Mary  Alcorn,  d.  Feb- 
ruary, 1763.    Their  children  were : 
i.  James. 

ii.  Catharine;  m.  David  Steel. 
Hi.  Victoria;  m.  William  Rankin. 
iv.  tSarnh;  m.  Hugh  McCormick. 


McCormivk  Family.  887 

was  a  justice  of  tlie  peace  for  some  years  ;  ni.  Elizabeth 
Crockett ;  their  remains  lie  buried  in  the  old  Presbyte- 
rian, now  Lutheran,  grave-yard,  on  the  south-west  side 
of  Penny  Hill,  in  Buffalo  valley ;  left  no  issue,  he  had 
adopted  liis  great-nephew,  to  whom  he  bequeathed  his 
estate. 

14.  ?■)'.  Seth,  b.  1756;  m.  Margaret  Simmons. 

V.  Sarah,  b.  1758;   m.  Woodrow,  and  lived  in  Ohio, 

when  it  was  so  new  and  so  far  away  that  frequent  inter- 
course with  its  inhabitants  was  impossible,  and  nothing 
more  is  known  of  them. 

i-i.  Eleanor,  b.  1760 ;  d.  unm ;  lived  with  her  mother  and 
younger  sister,  whom  she  survived  several  years, 

15.  vii.  Hugh,  b.  1762;  m.  Elizabeth  Fullerton. 

16.  viii.  John,  b.  1765;  m.  Mary  Curtis. 

xL  Amelia,  b.  1767;  m.  William  Gabby,  a  prominent  farmer, 
who  resided  near  Hagerstown,  Md.;  no  issue. 

VII.  Thomas  McCormick,^  (Thomas,  ^  James,  i)b.  about 
1727,  in  the  north  of  Ireland;  d.  in  1778,  in  East  Pennsboro' 
township,  Cumberland  county,  Penn'a ;  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  at  Silvers  Spring,  his  name  appearing  as 
one  of  the  guarantors  of  the  salary  of  the  Rev.  John  Steel,  pas- 
tor of  that  congregation,  June  26, 1768.  He  m.  in  1756,  Jean 
Oliver,*  b.  1727 ;  d.  December  7,  1804,  in  East  Pennsboro' 
township,  Cumberland  county.  Pa. ;  daughter  of  John  Oliver 
and  Maiy  Patterson.     They  had  issue : 

17.  i.  John,  b.  March  26,  1757  ;  m.  Ann  Sample. 

a.    William,  (twin),  b.  March  26, 1757;  m.  Mary  Williamson ; 

daughter  of  James  and  Prudence  Williamson  ;  no  issue. 
Hi.  Isabella,  b.  December  29, 1759;  d.  September  7, 1823;  m., 

May  15, 1783,  John  Walker,  and  had  issue,  nine  children. 
iv.  Elizabeth,  b.  December  15, 1761 ;  d.  December  15, 1831 ;  m., 

in  1786,  John  Buchanan, 
t'.  Mary,  b.  March  18,  1763  ;  d.  May  22, 1842;  m.,  January  9, 

1790,  John  Sample,  and  had  issue,  nine  children. 

*  James,  Jane,  and  Mary  Oliver,  were  the  cliildren  of  John  Oliver 
and  Mary  Patterson.  They  were  all  born  in  Ireland.  Their  father 
John  Oliver  died  in  Ireland,  and  his  widow  married  Joseph  Clark, 
and  they  witli  her  three  children  emigrated  to  America  in  1737,  set- 
tling eventually  m  East  Pennsboro'  township,  adjoining  the  farm  of 
Elizabeth  McCormick. 


388  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

fi.  Jane,  t).  February  19, 1765 :  d.  November  6,1790;  m.  George 

Hammond  ;  no  issue. 
Hi.  Sarah,  b.  March  1, 1767  ;  d.  1844  ;  m.  William  Lytle  Brown  ; 

no  issue. 
viii.  Grizzle.,  [Griselda],  b.  April  7,  1769  ;  m.,  June,  1818,  Ezra 
Wright ;  no  issue. 

VIII.  James  McCormick,^    (Thomas,  ^   James,  ^)  b.  about 

1729,  in  tlie  Province  of  Ulster,  Ireland ;  d.  in  East 

Pennsboro'  township,  Cumberland  county,  Penn'a ;  buried  in 
Silvers  Spring  church-yard ;  resided  his  entire  life-time  on  the 
old  homestead.  He  m.,  in  1760,  Mary  Oliver,  b.  1729,  in 
Ireland ;  d.  November  24,  1804,  in  East  Pennsboro',  Cumber- 
land count}?-,  Pa.     They  had  issue : 

18.  i.  James,  b.  1761  ;  m.  Margaret  Oliver. 
a.  Boheri,  b.  1764;  d.  1809;  unm. 

19.  in.   William,  b.  1766  ;  m.  Margery  Bines. 
iv.  Elizabeth;  d.  s.  p. 

V.  Isabella ;  d.  s.  p. 

IX.  A¥iLLiAM  McCoRMiCK,3  (Thomas,^  James,  i)  b.  1732, 
in  or  near  Londonderry,  Ireland ;  d.  1812,  in  Perry  county,  O. 
As  early  as  1755,  he  and  his  brothers,  Hugh  and  Robert  Mc- 
Cormick,  are  supposed  to  have  settled  in  what  was  then  the 
far  west  or  frontier,  on  the  Juniata  river,  in  Fermanagh  town- 
ship, now  within  the  boundaries  of  Juniata  county,  Penn'a, 
near  "  The  Narrows.'"  His  property  was  described  as  "  on  the 
north  side  of  Juniata,  joining  the  said  Juniata,  Hugh  McCormick, 
John  McClure,  and  John  Piddle."  Thomas  and  William  took 
out  warrants  for  this  land  in  1755.  Previous  to  1780,  he 
moved  across  the  river  to  Milford  township,  in  the  same  county. 
Among  fhe  records  of  Silvers  Spring  church,  we  find  his  name 
signed  to  a  guarantee  of  the  pastor's  (Rev.  John  Steel)  salary, 
dated  June  27,  1768.  He  sold  his  farm  in  1803,  and  removed 
to  Perry  county,  Ohio,  where  he  died.  He  married  in  1756, 
Mary  Wiggin,  b.  1735  ;  d.  1814 ;  daughter  of  Ennion  Wiggin. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  Elizabeth,  b.  1757  ;  m.  William  Bowland,  and  luid  issue 
(surname  Bowland),  Catharine,  William,  liobert^  Alex- 
ander, Hwjh,  John,  Sarah  and  Mary. 


McCormick  Family.  389 

u.  Margaret,  b.  1759;  m.  Tlioraas  Black,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Black),  James,  William,  John,  Samuel,  Mary, 
Elizabeth,  and  Anna. 

Hi.  Thomas,  b.  1761 ;  m.  Ann  Morrison,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Flora,  b.  1798  •,  m.,  1835,  Christopher  Neil. 

2.  William,  b.  in  1800,  in  Juniata  county.  Pa. ;  d. 

1837,  in  Hancock  county,  O.  ;  m..  in  1827, 
Elizabetli  Hamilton, andhad issue,  Sarah-Ann. 

3.  James,  b.  1802  ;  removed  to  Pauldinp;  county,  O. ; 

m.,  in  1830,  Margaret  Black,  and  had  issue, 
beside  two  others,  Josiah,  Mary-Ann,  and 
Thomas. 

4.  Mary,h.  1805;  d.  1835. 

5.  Anna,  b.  1808. 

6.  Elizabeth,  b.  1810;  m.,  1836,  Henry  Dishong. 

7.  John-Morrison^  b.  1815;  removed  to  Michigan; 

na.,  1840,  Martha  Guyter,  and  had  issue,  beside 
tw^o  others,  Rebecca  and  Thomas. 
iv.  Anna,  b.   1764 ;  m.  in  1793,  David  Hardy,  and  had  issue 
(surname  Hardy),  Thomas,  Eleanor,  Mary,  Jane,  Eliza- 
beth, Margaret,  and  Anna. 
V.   William,  b.  1766 ;  d.,  1832,  in  Logan  county,  (). :  was  twice 
married;   m.,  first,  in  1796,  Elizabeth  Black;  d.  1801; 
and  had  issue : 

1.  James,  b.  1797 ;  d.  1845,  in  Washington  county, 

Iowa  ;  unm. 

2.  William,  b.  1799 ;  resided  in  Seneca  county,  Ohio ; 

m.  Elizabetli  Heck,  and  had  issue,  George  and 
John. 

3.  Elizabeth;  b.  1801 ;  d.  1840;  m.  Nathaniel  Swartz. 
William  McCormick,  m.,  secondly,  in  1802,  Isabella  Shaw, 

and  had  issue : 

4.  Nancy,  b.  1803  ;  m.  John  Gilmore. 

0.  Mary,h.  1804  ;  m.,  first,  James  Meehan  ;  secondly, 
James  Collins. 

6.  Margaret,  h.  1806;  m.  her  cousin,  William  Mc- 

Cormick. 

7.  John,  b.  1808:  resided  in  Logan  county,  Ohio  ;  m. 

Miss  Stewart. 

8.  Jane,  b.  1809;  m. Hemphill. 

9.  Sarah,  b.  1811 ;  m.  Allan  Gilmore. 

10.  Kizia,  b.  1812. 

11.  Isabella,  b.  1814. 

20,    vi.  James,  b.  1769 ;  m.  Rebecca  Cunningham. 

vii.  John,  b.  1771 ;  resided  in  Fayette  county,  Ohio ;  m.  in  1800, 
Elizabeth  Hardy,  and  had  issue  : 


890  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

1.  Elizabeth,  b.  1801 ;  d.  1835. 

2.  William,  b.  1802;  resided  in  Indiana;  m.  in  1832, 

his  cousin,  Margaret  McCormiclv,  daughter  of 
William  McCyoruiick. 
S.  Lois,  b.  1811  ;  d.  1835. 

4.  John,  b.  about  1812;  resided  in  Fayette  county, 

Ohio. 

5.  Calvin,  b.  about  1814;  resided  in  Fayette  county, 

Ohio. 
via.  Hugh,  b.  1775  ;  resided  in  Perry  county,  Ohio  ;  m.  in  1802, 
Martha  Martin,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Mary,  b.  1803  ;  m.  Samuel  Martyr. 

2.  Sarah,  b.  1805;  m.  William  T.. Daily. 

3.  Samuel,  b.  1807  ;  resided  in  Seneca  county,  Ohio  ; 

m.  in  1826,  Lavenia  Pevee,  and  had  issue, 
Joseph,  Margaret,  and  Henry. 

4.  Ahsolem,  b.  1S09 ;  resides  in  Perry  county,  Ohio  ; 

m.  in  1832,  Elizabeth  Ashbaugh,  and  had  issue, 
John  T.,  Samuel,  David,  Mary,  Catharine,  Mar- 
garet, and  Martha. 

X.  Hugh  McCormick,^  (Thomas,  ^  James,  i)  b.  about  the 
year  1735 ;  d.  in  September,  1799,  m  Scott  county,  Kentucky. 
William,  Hugb,  and  Robert  McOormick  were  among  the  first 
settlers  and  land-owners  within  the  present  limits  of  Juniat^ 
county,  Peon'a.  They,  and  their  brother  Thomas,  took  out 
warrants  in  1755  for  a  tract  of  land  located  two  miles  north  of 
Mifflin  town,  along  the  Juniata  river,  in  Fermanagh  township, 
and  the  three  first-named  settled  thereon  about  that  time.  On 
several  occasions  they  were  driven  out  by  the  Indians,  the  last 
being  in  1786,  when  they  fled  for  refuge  to  Huntingdon  county. 
They  returned  home  in  1787,  and  immediately  thereafter  Hugh 
McCormick  erected  a  large  stone  house  on  his  property,  which 
it  is  said  was  built  partly  with  the  view  of  using  it  as  a  fort  in 
case  of  another  Indian  raid,  the  windows  being  made  high  and 
narrow.  This  house  is  yet  standing,  apparently,  without  a  flaw 
or  seam  in  its  walls.  The  brothers  are  described  as  being  very 
large  and  robust  men,  fond  of  frontier  life,  and  in  every  way 
suited  to  its  dangers  and  excitements.  Hugh  served  in  the  war 
for  Independence,  and  Mrs.  Catharine  Laird,  a  grand-daughter, 
says  of  him:  "Grand-father  Hugh  McCormick  lived  at  the 
beginning  of   the   Hsvolutionary  war   on  the   Juniata   river. 


McGormick  Family.  391 

Grand-mother  said  that  when  he  came  home  from  the  war  he 
was  covered  with  rags.  In  his  knapsack  he  had  only  a  conch 
shell,  which  she  kept  until  her  death,  and  gave  to  our  mother 
to  be  handed  down  as  a  memento  of  his  service."  That  shell 
is  now  in  the  possession  of  his  grandson,  Colonel  George  M. 
Chambers,  of  Jacksonville,  Illinois.  By  deed,  dated  October 
18,  1798,  Hugh  McCormick  and  Catharine,  his  wife,  disposed 
of  the  farm  in  Fermanagh  township,  and  soon  thereafter  re- 
moved with  their  family  to  Scott  county,  Kentucky.  Mr.  Mc- 
Cormick, m.,  in  1767,  Ci^THARiN"E  Sanderson";  b.  1742 ;  d.  in 
1810,  in  Scott  county,  Kentucky  ;  daughter  of  George  Sander- 
son,* of  Middleton  township,  Cumberland  county,  Penn'a. 
They  had  issue  :     " 

21.  i.  Martha,  b.  1768;  m.  Rowland  Chambers. 

ii.  Elizabeth,  b.  1770 ;  d.  1824 ;  no.  David  Lo^an,  and  had  issue 
(surname  Logan),  David  M.  and  Hugh\McCormicJc. 

Hi.  George,  h.  1772;  d.  September,  1816,  unm. ;  from  disease 
contracted  in  the  war  of  1812. 

iv.  William,  b.  1774  ;  d.  1839  ;  unm. ;  he  was  in  the  quartermas- 
ter's department  under  Gen.  Harrison  at  the  time  of  the 
battle  of  Tippecanoe. 

22.  u.  Jfary,  b.  1776;  m.  Samuel  Glass. 
vi.  Hugh,  b.  1779 ;  d.  1795. 

XL  Robert  McCormick, ^  (Thomas, ^  James,  i)  b.  in  1738, 

*  George  Sanderson  was  tlie  eldest  son  of  Alexander  and  Jean 
Sanderson,  who  emigrated  from  Scotland  prior  to  1750,  and  settled 
in  Middleton  township,  Cumberland  county,  Penn'a.  His  father 
was  one  of  the  first  elders  in  Monaghan  Presbyterian  church.  He 
died  about  the  first  of  February,  1760,  and  had  issue  (surname  San- 
derson), George,  Alexander,  Barbara,  Martha,  William,  John,  James, 
and  Margaret.  The  son,  George  Sanderson,  b.  about  the  year  1712; 
d.  about  1787.  He  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife  a  Ross,  the  sec- 
ond, Jean  Aitken.  There  was  issue  only  by  first  wife  (surname  San- 
derson) : 

i.  Robert,  b.  1738  ;  m.  Mary ,  and  had  George  and  Robert. 

ii.  John,  b.  1740 ;  d.  1799 ;  m.  Sarah  McMichael ;  no  issue. 
Hi.  Catharine,  b.  1742;  d.  1810;  m.  Hugh  McCormick. 
iv.  Margaret,  b.  1743  ;  m.  James  Elliott,  and  had  a  son  George. 

V.  Mary,  b.  1745 ;  m.  David  Elliott,  and  had  sons,  George  and 

Robert. 
vi.  Martha,  b.  1747 ;  d.  prior  to  1808  ;  m.  Robert  McCormick. 


392  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

in  Hanover  township,  then  Lancaster  county,  Penn'a.  ;  d.  Oct, 
12, 1818,  in  Augusta  county,  Yirginia.  He,  with  his  brothers, 
William  and  Hugh  McCormick,  settled  in  Fermanagh  town- 
ship, now  in  Juniata  county,  about  1755.  He  sold  his  prop- 
erty in  Fermanagh  township,  on  the  22d  of  July,  1779,  and 
from  thence  he  removed  to  the  valley  of  Yirginia,  where  he 
purchased  four  hundred  and  fifty-one  acres  of  land  near  the 
town  of  Midway,  situated  on  both  sides  of  the  line  between  the 
counties  of  Augusta  and  Rockbridge.  He  was  a  Revolutionary 
soldier,  and  fought  in  the  battle  of  the  Cowpens.  By  occupa- 
tion he  was  a  farmer  and  weaver,  and  his  family,  until  a  recent 
date,  have  had  in  their  possession  some  beautiful  linen  table 
cloths  which  he  wove  himself.  He  was  an  elder  in  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  and  a  man  who  was  well  versed  in  the  Scrip- 
tures, and,  in  conversation  on  religious  subjects,  is  said  to  have 
been  very  able  and  entertaining.  He  married,  about  1770, 
Martha  Sanderson,  daughter  of  George  Sanderson,  and  sis- 
ter of  the  wife  of  his  brother  Hugh.  She  died  in  Augusta 
county,  Yirginia,  prior  to  1808,  and  is  buried  by  the  side  of 
ber  husband,  in  the  Old  Providence  Presbyterian  burying 
ground,  about  two  miles  from  the  homestead.     Hiey  had  issue  : 

23.  i.  George-Elliot.,  b.  1771 ;  m.  Jane  Steel. 

ii.  Martha,  b.  1773 ;  m.  Richard  Brient ;  resided  in  Rockbridge 

county,  Va.;  no  issue. 
in.  Elizabeth,  b.  1774;  m.  Hugh  Gibson  ;  removed  from  Rock- 
bridge county,  Va.,  to  Henderson,  Kentucky ;  and  had 
issue  (surname  Gibson): 

1.  John-B.\  d.,  1872,  in  Dayton,  O.;  was  raised  by 

his  uncle,  Robert  McCormick,  and  took  his 
name ;  was,  at  one  time,  Attorney  General  of 
the  State  of  Tennessee  ;  a  man  of  very  bright 
intellect,  and  of  a  most  cheerful  and  genial 
disposition  ;  he  m.  Miss  Raley  ;  no  issue. 

2.  Ellen ;  m.  Mr.  Prewett. 

24.  iv.  William,  b.  April  12, 1776 ;  m.,  first,  Mary  Steel ;  secondly, 

Sarah  McClelland. 

25.  V.  James;  b.  January  7,  1778;   m.,  first,  Irene  Rogers;  sec- 

ondly, Rachel  Nisonger  ;  thirdly,  Rachel  Clark. 

26.  vi.  Bobert,  b.  June  8, 1780  ;  m.  Mary  Anna  Hall. 

Xn.  Elizabeth  McCormick,  ^  (Thomas,  ^  James,  i)  b.  about 


McCormick  Family.  393 

1740,  in  Hanover  township,  then  Lancaster  county,  Penn'a.  ; 
d.  1767,  at  Carlisle,  'Penn'a. ;  m.  1760,  Matthew  Loudon  ;  b. 
about  1737,  in  the  north  of  Ireland ;  d.  about  the  year  1790, 
in  Carlisle,  Penn'a.     They  had  issue  (surname  Loudon) : 

i.  Mary,h.  1761:  d.  1822;  m.  1782,  James  Macfarlane,  and 
had  issue  (surname  Macfarlane) : 

1.  Mizabeth,  b.  June,   1783;   m.,  1805,  Gen.  John 

Thompson,  of  Centre  county,  Penn'a,  and  had 
issue  (surname  Thompson) :  iVanc?/,  m.  Wil- 
1am  Cooper ;  Mary.,  m.  George  Jack  ;  Matthew- 
Loudon,  m.  Maria  Spear;  Moses,  m.  Mary  Ir- 
vin  ;  Jo/in,  m.  Mary  Kyle  ;  Dr.  James,  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. ;  and  Willia^n,  m.,  first,  Priscilla 
Taylor ;  secondly,  Eliza  Allen. 

2.  Eosanna;  m.  Henry  Taylor. 

3.  Janet;  m.  Joseph  Kyle  ;  and  had  nine  children. 

4.  James ;  d.  at  seventy-eight  years ;  m. Henry, 

and  had  William  and  Robert. 

5.  Willia^n ;  d.  1853 ;  m.  Hannah  Means,  and  had 

issue  (surname  Macfarlane),  liosanna,  Elmira, 
James,  and  William. 

6.  Margaret ;'  d.  1840;  m.  William  Thompson,  and 

had  issue  (surname  Thompson),  Nancy-Rosan- 
na,  Sarah-Jane,  m.  John  Sterrett ;  Evima, 
Elizabeth-Loudon,  m.  Joseph  Mitchell;  Wil- 
liam-Josepli,  and  James-Macfarlane. 

7.  Robert,  b.  1801  ;  d.  1825. 

8.  Andrew,  b.  1803 ;  m.  Mary  Smith. 

9.  Nancy;  d.  1842;  m.  William  Smith  ;  no  issue. 
ii.  Archibald,  b.  March  18, 1762 ;  d.  March  22, 1832,  at  Carlisle, 

Penn'a;  was  a  printer  by  profession,  and  published  and 
edited  some  of  the  earliest  publications  west  of  the  Sus- 
quehanna; in  1808,  he  issued  two  small  volumes,  narra- 
tives of  Indian  captivity,  which  have  become  among  the 
rarest  of  American  works ;  he  was  also  postmaster  at  Car- 
lisle, and  kept  the  first  book-store  in  that  town  ;  m.,  Oc- 
tober 24,  1788,  Margaret  Bines,  b.  October  24,  1769 ;  d. 
March  27, 1832  ;  daughter  of  Thomas  Bines  and  Margaret 
Vance,  and  had  issue  (surname  Loudon) : 

1.  MiznJ)eth-McCormick,h.  October  24, 1789;  d.  De- 

cember 21,  1856;  m.  January  29,  1818,  James 
Bell. 

2.  John,  b.  September  15,  1792;  m.  Nancy  Giffen. 

3.  Matthew,  b.  1794 ;  d.  1855  ;  m.,  1839,  Sarah  Fulton. 

4.  ilfargarei,  b.  September  18, 1796 ;  m.,  1826,  Henry 

Ewalt. 


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5.  T/iomas-Bwes,  b.  1799 ;  d.  1849;  m.,  1830,  Sarah 
V  Irvine. 

6.  James,  b.  February,  1802;  d.  December  29, 1878; 

m.,  1855,  ]y[rs.  Ann  Engleheart. 

7.  Mary- Ann,  b.  May  1, 1805 ;  d,  October  25,  1848. 

8.  Margery-Bines,  b.  1808 ;  m.  December  6, 1832,  Dr. 

Isaac  Wayne  Snowden,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Snowden) : 

a.  Nathaniel-Randolph,  b.  October  7,  1833 ; 

d.  s.  p. 

b.  Archibald-London,  b.  August  9,  1885;  m. 

Lizzie  R.  Smith,  and  had  issue,  Caroline, 
Mary,  and  Charles-Bandolph. 

c.  Margaret,  b.  January  10,  1838;  d.  1853. 

d.  Saj-a/?,-6r.,b.  April  5, 1841 ;  m.  Dr.  Thomas 

H.  Stewart. 

e.  Mary-A.,  b.  March  31, 1848 

9.  William-McCormick,  b.  1811 ;  m.,  1837,  Elizabeth 

Patterson  ;  and  had  beside  four  children  d.  in 
infancy,  residing  in  Hannibal,  Mo.,  (surname 
Loudon) : 

a.  Elizabeth,  b.  1838. 

b.  Thomas,  b.  1840. 

c.  Margaret,  b.  1852. 

XIII.  James  McCoemick,*  (Hugli,^  Ilugb,^  James,^)  b. 
about  1750,  in  East  Pennsboro'  township,  Oamberland  county, 
Penn'a ;  he  m.  March  15,  1774,  Isabella  Dixon,  daughter  of 
John  and  Arabella  Dixon,  of  Dixon's  Ford,  Swatara  creek, 
Penn'a,  {see  Dixon  record,)  and  with  his  brothers,  Seth  and 
Thomas,  emigrated  to  White  Deer  Valley,  Lj^coming  county, 
in  the  same  State,  where  his  father,  in  1770,  had  bought  a  large 
tract  of  land.  In  1777  he  represented  White  Deer  township 
in  the  committee  of  Northumberland  county,  and  his  name  ap- 
pears among  a  list  of  the  inhabitants  of  White  Deer,  with  that 
of  his  brother  Thomas,  in  1778.  He  is  believed  to  have  gone 
to  the  Revolutionary  war,  but  this  is  not  certain,  and  nothing 
more  is  definitely  known  about  him  except  that,  in  1782,  he 
was  a  resident  of  Augusta  county,  Va.,  as  shown  by  a  deed 
bearing  date  May  25,  of  that  year.  His  wife,  Isabella,  was  a 
woman  of  strong  character,  and,  during  the  "  Great  Runaway  " 
of  1778,  escaped  from  the  valley  by  fleeing  on  horseback  with 
her  eldest  child  in  her  arms.     She  lived  until  May  10,  1824, 


McGormick  Family.  395 

spending  the  latter  years  of  her  life  with  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
Robert  Sloan,  in  Harrisburg.  On  her  mother's  side,  she  was 
descended  from  the  Mnrrays,  and  was  herself  first  cousin  to 
Lindlej  Murray,  the  grammarian,  and  to  John  Murray,  one 
of  the  earliest  presidents  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  in 
N,  Y.     They  had  issue  : 

26.  i.  Hugh,  b.  February  14, 1777  ;  m.  Esther  Barbara  Kumbel. 

27.  a.  Sarah,  b.  1779;  m.  Eobert  Sloan,  (see  Sloan  record.) 

XIV.  Seth  McCormick,^  (Hugh,^  Hugh,^  James,  ^)  b.  in 
1756,  in  Paxtang  township,  then  Lancaster  county,  Penn'a  ;  d. 
January  17,  1835;  about  the. year  1775,  in  company  with  his 
brother,  Thomas,  settled  on  South  creek,  a  branch  of  White 
Deer  Hole  creek,  three  miles  from  its  mouth,  in  now  Lycoming 
county,  Penn'a.  His  remains,  with  those  of  his  wife,  lie  buried 
in  the  old  Presbyterian,  now  Lutheran,  grave-yard,  at  the  stone 
church  on  the  south  west  side  of  Penny  Hill  in  Buffalo  valley. 
He  m.  Margaret  Simmons.     They  had  issue : 

^.  Eobert,  b.  1785;  d.  1857;  m.  Nancy  Foresman. 
n.  Samuel-S.,  b.  1787  ;  d.  1861;  m.  Elizabeth  Piatt. 
Hi.  Thomas,  h.  1790;  d.  1820;  m.  Maria  Hammond. 
iv.  Seth,  b.  1793  ;  d.  December,  1821 ;  m.  Hannah  Hammond  ; 
d.  1869. 
V.  Hugh,  b.  1795;  d.  1830;  unm. 
vi.  John,  b.  1797  ;  d.  1850;  m.  Sarah  Coryell. 
vii.  Joseph,  b.  1799;  d.  1877;  m.  Margaret  Schooley. 
via.  Sarah,  b.  1802  ;  d.  1870  ;  m.  Robert  J.  Foresman. 
ix.  Cynthia,  b.  1805 ;  resides  at  Tipton, Iowa ;  m.  Samuel  Eason. 
X.  Susan,  h.  1807;  m.  Matthew  B.  Hammond;  reside  near 
South  Bend,  Ind. 

XV.  Hugh  McCormick, ^  (Hugh,  ^  Hugh,  ^  James,  ^ )  b.  about 
1762.  He  resided  on  his  father's  homestead,  two  miles  from 
Carlisle,  until  1815  or  16,  when  he  moved  to  Fauquier  county, 
Va.,  where  he  died.  He  m.  Elizabeth  Fullerton,  of  Green- 
castle,  Pa.,  sister  of  David,  Humphrey,  and  Thomas  Fullerton, 
who  removed  to  Ohio  at  an  early  day.     They  had  issue : 

28.  i.  Charles-N.,  b.  1787  ;  m.  and  had  issue. 
ii.  Hugh,  b.  1789  ;  m.  but  no  issue. 

Hi.  Mary-E.,  b.  1791  ;  m.  Charles  Kemper,  of  Warrenton,  Va., 
and  had  issue  (surname  Kemper.)  : 

1.  Leigh-E. 

2.  Charles-H. ;  m.  and  resides  near  Warrenton,  Va. 

3.  Ellen. 


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iv.  ,7osej;/i,b.l793 ;  m . and renlovecl  to  Linneus,Linn  county , Mo. 

V.  Elvina,  b.  1796  ;  d.  s.  p. 

vi.  Fullerton,  b.  1798;  d.  s.  p. 

vii.  Martha,  b.  1800;  d.  at»the  age  of  seventeen  years. 

XVI.  John  McCormick,^  (Hugli,^  Hugh,^  James,  i)  b. 
about  1765,  in  Middletowii  township,  Cumberland  county, 
Penn'a ;  was  given  a  liberal  education,  and  removed,  when  a 
young  man,  to  Leesburg,  Fauquier  county,  Ya.,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  teaching.  He  m.  Mary  Curtis,  only  child  of  Mrs. 
"Helen  Curtis.*     They  had  issue: 

i.  Emily ;  m.  and  left  one  son. 

a.  Helen,  b.  about  1806;  m.  Eoberdeau  Annan,  b,  March  31, 
1804  ;  d.  December  15,  1852,  son  of  Dr.  Daniel  Annan  and 
Jane,  daughter  of  Gen.  Daniel  Roberdeau,  of  tlie  Revolu- 
tion ;  removed  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where  he  was  a  mer- 
chant. On  being  left  a  widow,  Mrs.  Annan  had  means 
sufficient  for  a  comfortable  support,  but  was  deprived  of 
it  by  mismanagement  and  fraud  combined,  and  now  in 
her  declining  years  finds  a  quiet  and  comfortable  home 
in  an  institution  which,  in  her  more  prosperous  days,, she 
aided  in  establishing. 

XYII.  John  McCormick,^  (Thomas,  ^  Thomas,  ^  James,  i) 
b.  March  26,  1757,  near  Silvers  Spring,  East  Pennsboro'  town- 
ship, Cumberland  county.  Pa. ;  d.  September  22,  1815,  in 
Northumberland  county,  Penn'a.  In  1794,  he  disposed  of  his 
property  and  removed  to  Northumberland  county.  He  m. 
about  1791,  Ann  Sample,  daughter  of  John  Sample.  They 
had  issue  : 

i.  Elizabeth,  b.  Nov.  28, 1792 ;  d.  1814 ;  m.  in  1812,  John  Cook. 
29.     ii.  Bohert,  b.  January  25,  1796;  m.  Elizabeth  Montgomery. 

Hi.  Jane,  b.  May  27, 1798;  d.  Jan.  14,1872;  m.  John  Sample,  Jr. 

iv.  Maria,  b.  July  30,  1800;  d.  December  21,  1854;  unm. 
80.      V.  John,  b.  December  20,  1802 ;  m.  Martha  Giffen. 
31.    vi.   William,  b.  March  13,  1805;  m.  Rachel  Slote. 

vii.  Sarah,  b.  July  28, 1807  ;  d.  April  22, 1838  ;  m.  David  Davis, 

*  Mrs.  Helen  Curtis  was  a  Scotch  lady  of  rare  excellence  of 
character,  and  was  widowed  before  the  birth  of  her  daughter,  at 
Alexandria,  Ya.,  and  took  refuge,  during  the  Revolutionary  war,  in 
Leesburg,  purchasing  there  a  home,  where  she  spent  the  remainder 
of  her  life  in  great  comfort,  dying  at  the  age  of  seventy-three,  having 
lived  to  see  her  two  daughters  arrive  at  maturity,  and  both  filling  im- 
portant positions  at  the  head  of  a  large  and  flourisliing  female  seminary. 


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XVIII.  James  McCoemtck,^  (James. ^  Thomas, ^  James/) 
b.  in  1761,  in  East  Pennsboro'  township,  Cumberland  county, 
Peun'a. ;  d.  April  17,  1814,  at  Carlisle,  Pa.  At  the  time  of  his 
decease,  the  Carlisle  Herald  gave  these  facts  relating  to  him, 
which  we  herewith  incorporate  :  "  He  studied  mathematics  with 
Mr.  Oliver,  and  was,  afterwards,  two  years  teacher  in  the  acade- 
my at  York.  In  1787,  he  was  elected  a  teacher  in  Dickinson 
College.  In  1792,  he  was  made  a  professor,  and  continued, 
for  twenty-seven  years,  to  instruct  with  ability.  During  this 
period,  he  was  associated  with  the  Reverend  Doctors  Nisbet 
and  Davidson,  and'has  been  instrumental  in  imbuing  with 
mathematical  an4'  philosophical  science  many  who  have  sus- 
tained respectabl A  characters  in  church  and  in  state.  In  1792, 
he  received  the  honorable  degree  of  A.  B.,  and,  in  1810,  that 
of  A.  M.  For  some  years,  he  acted  as  a  magistrate,  and,  for 
many  years,  sustained  the  office  of  ruling  elder  in  the  Presby- 
terian church.  In  all  relations,  he  supported  an  unblemished 
character — highly  respected  b}^  his  fellow-citizens — by  the  trus- 
tees of  the  college,  and  has  ever  had  the  warm  attachment  of 
his  pupils.  It  may  be  said  that  he  was  a  laborious  instructor 
and  an  upright  magistrate.  In  his  integrity,  all  men  had  con- 
fidence. His  heart  was  open  to  the  distresses  of  the  unfortu- 
nate, and  his  hand  was  ever  ready  to  afford  relief.  As  a  man, 
he  was  peculiarly  inoffensive,  and  had  scarcely  a  personal 
enemy  in  the  world.  In  the  endearments  of  domestic  life,  he 
sustained  the  relations  of  son,  husband,  parent,  and  friend  much 
beloved.  He  was  a  believer  in  Jesus  Christ  and  in  the  doc- 
trines of  the  reformation.  Having  dismissed  all  concern  for  the 
world,  he  felt  interested  only  for  the  concerns  of  religion,  and 
manifested  a  deep  concern  for  the  congregation  with  which  he 
was  connected.  He  delighted  to  speak  of  his  own  hopes  and 
prospects,  manifesting  an  experimental  acquaintance  with  re- 
ligion, and  giving  to  those  around  him  ample  testimony  of  his 
unshaken  trust  in  the  Redeemer.  He  met  death  without  fear, 
calmly  and  cheerfully  resigning  up  his  soul  into  the  hands  of 
his  Creator.  By  his  lamented  death,  Dickinson  College  has 
lost  one  of  its  earliest  and  ablest  instructors ;  learning  and  re- 
ligion, a  friend ;  and  society,  an  upright  citizen.     He  has  left 


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behind  him  a  bereaved  widow  and  fatherless  children,  whose 
loss  is  very  great,  but  his  friends  may  confidently  trust  that  his 
soul  has  ascended  to  the  regions  of  eternal  day,  '  to  the  joys  of 
his  Lord.'  "  "  Mark  the  perfect  man,  and  behold  the  upright, 
for  the  end  of  that  man  is  peace  !  " 

"  The  sweet  remembrance  of  the  just 
Shall  flourish  when  they  sleep  in  dust." 

In  addition  to  the  foregoing,  it  may  be  stated  that  his  rela- 
tive, Isabella  Oliver,  published  a  monody  on  his  death.  Besides 
his  position  as  professor  of  mathematics  in  Dickinson  College, 
he  held,  as  alluded  to  in  obituary  quoted,  the  office  of  justice 
of  the  peace  for  Carlisle  several  years,  to  which  he  was  appointed 
by  Governor  Mifflin,  April  16,  1795.  Prof.  McCormick  m.  in 
1790,  his  cousin,  Margaret  Oliver,  daughter  of  James  Oliver. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  James,  b.  1791 ;  d.  1807. 
u.   Oliver,  h.  1793;  d.  1810. 
in.   William,  b.  1797  ;  d.  1835,  unm. 
V.  Jl/rtrm,b.  November  27, 1802;  d.  October  1, 1827 ;  m.  March 

13,  1823,  John  McCandlish,  and  had  issue  (surname  Mc- 

Candlish),  Margaret. 
V.  Margaret,  b.  1803;  d.  1831. 

32.  vi.  Eobert,  b.  February  6,  1805  ;  m.  Susan  Ulp. 

XIX.  William  McCormick,*  (James, ^  Thomas, ^  James, ^) 
b.  1766,  near  Silvers  Spring,  Cumberland  county.  Pa. ;  d.  June 
13,  1805 ;  his  tombstone  in  Silvers  Spring  church  grave-yard 
bears  this  testimony,  "endeared  to  all  who  knew  him  by  his 
benevolence  and  integrity;  "  m.,  in  1800,  Margery  Bines,  b. 
August  22,  1767 ;  d.  April  23,  1849  ;  buried  by  the  side  of  her 
husband  in  Silvers  Spring  church-yard.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Margaret,  b.  February  24, 1801 ;  d.  November  29, 1853  ;  unm. 

33.  ii.  James,  (twin),  b.  February  24,  1801 ;  m.  Eliza  Buehler. 

XX.  James  McCormick,'^  (William, ^  Thomas, ^  James, i) 
b.  1769,  in  MiKorcl  township,  now  in  Juniata  county,  Penn'a; 
served  in  the  war  of  1812 ;  resided  in  Perry  count^^,  Ohio  ; 
m.  1801,  Rebecca  Cunningham.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  William,  b.  about  1802;  d.  1857,  in  Perry  county,  O. ;  m., 
1832,  Elizabeth  Jolnison,  and  had  issue  : 


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1.  James-T. 

2.  Shadrack-J. 

3.  Sarah. 

4.  Amos-G. 

5.  Francis- M. 

6.  David-L. 

7.  Mary-E. 

it.  J?o&eri,b.  1804;  d.  1848;  resided  in  Seneca  county,  O. ;  m., 
1830,  Nancy  Hitt,  and  had  issue: 

1.  William-Jackson. 

2.  James-T. 

3.  liobert-W. 

4.  Lydia-Ann. 

5.  Rebecca. 

Hi.  James.,  b.  February  8,  1807;  resided  in  Perry  county,  O. ; 
m.,  1838,  Elizabeth  A.  Tucker,  and  had  issue : 

1.  Rehecca-E. 

2.  George- J. 

3.  Eliza- J. 

4.  Nancy-A. 

iv.  Johnson,  b.  April  28,  1809;  d.  August,  1885,  near  Blakes- 
burg,  Monroe  county,  Iowa;  unm. 

V.  Hugh,  b.  July  11,  1811 ;  d.  March  22,  1871 ;  served  as  a  sol- 
dier in  the  war  for  the  Union  ;  resided  in  Hardin  county, 
(). ;  m.,  in  1847,  Nancy  Parmer;  no  issue. 

vi.  Mary-A.^h.  April  28,1814;    d.  1869;    resided   in   Marion 

county.  Iowa;  m.,  1837,  Samuel  Coen. 
vii.  Rebecca-J.,  b.  June  10,  1819;  d.  1876;  unm. 

XXL  Martha  McCormick,^  (Hugli,^  Thomas, ^  James, i) 
b.  in  the  spring  of  1768  ;  cl.  in  1830,  in  Woodford  county,  Ky.  ; 
m.  EowLAND  Chambers,  son  of  Arthur  and  Jean  Chambers. 
They  had  issue,  beside  six  children  died  in  infancy,  (surname 
Chambers)  :     . 

i.  Catharine,  b.  1796;   m.,  first,  William   I^ogan ;   secondly, 

Mr.  I^aird. 
n.  George-M.,  b.  June  28, 1800 ;  resides  [1885]  in  Jacksonville, 

111.;  one  of  the  earliest  residents,  and  a  highly  esteemed 

citizen  ;  m.  January  15,  1829,  Eleanor  E.  Irwin,  and  had 

issue  (surname  Chambers) : 

1.  Crti/iarine-i.,  b.  January  30,  1830;  m.  Dr.  G.  E. 

Henry,  of  Burlington,  Iowa. 

2.  Roidand-Ross,  b.  January  10,1832;  m.  Georgi- 

anna  Trabue. 


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3.  Nuncy-Maclay,  b.  January  19,  1834;  m.  George 

W.  Moore. 

4.  John-Irivin,  h.  May  15, 1836  ;  m.  Alice  E.  Askew. 

5.  Anna-Elizabeth,  b.  September  15,  1838;   m.  Jo- 

seph H.  Taylor,  of  Columbus,  Neb. 

6.  George- Maxwell,  b.  September  3,  1841. 

7.  Leona rd-W heeler,  h.  November  10,  1844;  m.  P. 

McCartney. 

8.  Martha,  b.  December  13, 1847. 

9.  Ellen,  b.  August  2,  1850;  m.  Charles  E.  Brad- 

ish,  of  Springfield,  111. 

XXII.  Mary  McCor.mick,4  (Hugh,^  Thomas,  2  James,  i) 
b.  1776;  d.  April  8,  1816;  m.,  January  li,  1800,  Samuel 
Glass:  d.  February  1,  1837,  in  Scott  county,  Ky.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Glass) : 

i.  Catharine,  h.  November  26,  1800;   d.  April  30,  1833;    m. 

Samuel  E.  Shaw. 
ii.  Joseph,  b.  November  6,  1802;  d.  June  21,  1804. 
Hi.  Samuel,  b.  October  16, 1804;  resides  in  Shelby  county,  Ky.; 
m.  March  18, 1834,  Sarah  E.  White,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Glass) : 

.    1.   Thomas-W.,  b.  January  13,  1835  ;  d.  s.  p. 

2.  Mary-C,  b.  March  29,  1837  ;  d.  s.  p. 

3.  ,SamueZ-Z).,  b.  April  28,  1840. 

4.  /Sara/i-M.,  b.  July  1, 1843. 

5.  J-Edwin,  b.  August  17,  1847. 

6.  Emma-M.,  b.  March  10,  1853. 

iv.  Paidina,h.  April  19,1807;  d.  August  10,  1859;  m.  Dr.  dI 
N.  Sharp,  of  Shelby  county,  Ky. ;  and  had  issue  (surname 
Sharp) : 

1.  Mary,  b.  December  6,  1840;  m.  W.  B.  Allen. 

2.  Damd,  b.  June  1,  1842  ;  m.  Virginia  McKenny. 

3.  iSamuel-G.;  d.  in  infancy. 

4.  Mildred,  b.   December  2,  1845;    d.  October  31, 

1862;  m.  Cyrus  Reid. 

5.  Kate-li.,  b.  May  12,  1847;  n\.  John  S.  Shainion. 

6.  Bohert;  d.  in  infancy. 

V.  I-Ia(jh-Mc(Jormich,h.  April  24,  1809;  d.  April  15,  1852,  in 
Shelby  county,  Ky. ;  m.  Martha  J..  Venable,  and  had  is- 
sue (surname  Glass) : 

1 .  Lizzie-C,  b.  October  30, 1842 ;  m.  James  Venable. 

2.  Samuel,  b.  September  5,  1844;  d.  June  14,  1871. 

3.  James-  V.,  b.  October  25,  1846. 

4.  Mary-M.,  b.  August  19,  1849;    m.  William   E. 

Crooks. 


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m.  Mary-M.,  b.  March  8,  1811 ;  d.  February  10, 1840 ;  m.  Alex- 
ander Robinson,  and  had  issue  (surname  Robinson) : 

1.  Mary-P.,  b.  May  20, 1831 ;  m,  William  S.  Harbi- 

son. 

2.  Kate-G.,  b.  May  9,  1833;    d.  March,  1855;    m. 

William  R.  Jarvis. 

3.  Samuel'G.,  b.  December  30, 1834;  d.  1836. 

4.  P.aulina,  b.  December  16, 1836. 

XXIII.  GrEOEGE  Elliot  McCormick,  ^  (Eobert,^  Thomas,  ^ 
James, ^)  b.  in  1771,  in  Fermanagh  township,  now  Juniata 
county.  Pa. ;  d.  April  25,  1849,  in  Henderson  county,  Ky.  ; 
was  raised  in  Rockbridge  county,  Ya.,  where  his  father  removed 
when  he  was  eight  years  old ;  removed  to  Henderson  county, 
Kentucky,  where  he  bought  a  large  farm,  and  at  which  place 
he  died.  He  m.,  in  1797,  Jane  Steel,  d.  in  1843 ;  daughter 
of  David  Steel,  of  Rockbridge  county,  Ya.     They  had  issue  ; 

i.  Eobert,  b.  1798;  d.  March,  1842;  resided  on  a  farm  on  the 
banks  of  the  Ohio  river  ;  m.  I^ancy  Griffen,  of  Hender- 
son county,  Ky.,  and  had  issue : 

1.  Carmal ;  resides  in  Newburg,  Ind. 
ii.  Hugh,  b.  1799;  d.  Kovember,  1835,  in  Henderson  county, 
Ky. ;  m.  Sarah  Wright,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  George-W. ;  resides  in  Forest  City,  Ark. 
Hi.  Mary  ,  d.  1856;  m.  Albert  G.  Hill,  and  had  two  children. 
iv.  Milton,  h.  1806;  d.  1870;  m.  Susan  Warren,  of  Warwick 
county,  Ind ;  resided  in  Newburg,  Ind,  and  had  issue : 

1.  Charles- Milton;   resides  in  Henderson  county, 

Ky. 

2.  Dora ;  m.  JST.  G.  Stanley ;  resides  in  Davis  county, 

Ky. 

3.  Cyrus-H. 

4.  John-S. 

V.  Mizaheth  ;  d.  1859 ;  m.  William  Shelby ;  resided  in  Owens- 

boro',  Ky.,  and  had  three  children. 
vi.  John-Steel;  resides  on  a  large  farm  near  Henderson,  Ky 
m.  Martha  Elam,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Sidney  ;  m.  Julia  Walker. 

2.  Nancy. 

3.  George. 

4.  Martha. 

5.  Lee. 

vii.  Jane,  b.  1820 ;  d.  1862;  unm. 
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402  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

viii.  Nancy;  d,  1875;  m.  W.  T.  Shelby;  resided  in  Memphis, 
Tenn,  and  had  three  children. 

XXIV.  William  McCormick,*  (Kobert,^  Thomas, » 
James,  ^)b.  April  12,  1776,  in  Fermanagh  township,  now  in 
Juniata  county,  Penn'a ;  d.  in  the  spring  of  1838,  in  Augusta 
county,  Va.  ;  was  raised  in  Rockbridge  county,  Ya.,  whither 
his  father  removed  when  the  son  was  three  years  of  age.  He 
was  twice  married;  m.,  first,  February  3,  1801,  Mary  Steel. 
They  had  issue: 

34.      i.  Bohert,  b.  July  13,  1802;  m.  Sarah  Steel. 

a.  Willium-Steel,  b.  May  29,  1804 ;  d.  1884,  at  Patterson,  Mo. ; 
m.  January  25,  1838,  Rebecca  Crow. 

William  McCormick  m.,  secondly,  in  1807,  Sarah  McClel- 
land.     They  had  issue : 

m.  Mary-Steel,  b.  August  6, 1808. 

iv.  Thomas,  b.  September  2,  1809  ;  m. Campbell. 

V.  James- Stevenson,  b.  February  7,  1819. 

vi.  George-Brown,  b.  December  18, 1822. 
vii.  Sarah- Sanderson,  b.  1824. 
viii.  Joseph-L,  b.  May  12, 1830. 

XX Y.  James  McCormick,  ^  (Eobert,^  Thomas,  ^  James,  i) 
b.  January  7,  1778,  in  Fermanagh  township,  now  in  Juniata 
county,  Pa.;  and  was  raised  in  Rockbridge  county,  Ya.;  re- 
moved to  Ohio  about  1805  or  1806,  and  settled  at  Grallipolis, 
Gallia  county,  afterwards  at  West  Mill  Grove,  Wood  county, 
that  State,  where  he  died  August  30,  1839.  He  was  thrice 
married ;  m.,  first.  February  9,  1804,  Irene  Rogers.  They 
had  issue: 

i.  Martha,  b.  November  14, 1804 ;  m.,  July  1824,  Joseph  V^^ad- 
dell ;  reside  in  Mason  city,  W.  Va.;  and  had  one  child. 
85.     ii.  John-B.,  b.  August  5, 1806  ;  m.  Sarah  K.  Waddell. 

James  McCormick  m.,  secondly,  December  29,  1807, 
Rachel  Xisonger,  b.  Sej^tember  11,  1785 ;  d.  November  2, 
1826.     They  had  issue : 

Hi.  Harvey,  h.  March  cO,  1809;  d.  Septembers,  1839;  resided 
in  Gallia  county,  O.;  m.,  January,  1836,  Cordelia  Morton, 
and  had  issue  : 

1.  Thomas,  b.  1838. 


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iv.  Hohert,  b.  April  4,  1811 ;  resides  in  Wood  county,  O.;  m., 
October  20,  1836,  Mary  Ann  Shesser,  b.  November  10, 
1818,  and  had  issue: 

1.  Mary-E.,  b.  July  29, 1835;  d.  September  4, 1836. 

2.  Martha,  b.  August  28, 1837. 

3.  Sarah-A.,  b.  July  16, 1840 ;  d.  December  26,  1842, 

4.  Bachel-A.,  h.  June  20, 1844;  d.  May  29, 1848. 

V.  James,  b.  February  1,  1813;  m.,  first,  December  5,  1833, 
Margaret  Waddell,  and  had  issue: 

1.  James-H.,  b.  March  16,  1843. 

2.  George-B.,  b.  February  14,  1845. 

3.  Samuel-B.,  b.  September  17,  1847  ;  d.  December 

7,  1877. 

4.  Elizabeth,  b.  November  8, 1849. 

5.  Ephraim,  b.  P^ebruary  16,  1852. 

James  McCormick  ;  m.  secondly,  Mary  Cherrington,  and 
had  issue : 

6.  Marion,  b.  February  21,  1856. 

7.  Margaret,  b.  October  17,  1857. 

8.  Mary,  b.  February  12, 1864 ;  d.  October  22, 1874. 

James  McCormick ;  m.  thirdly,  Vesta  Trowbridge ;  fourth- 
ly, Deborah  Ray ;  reside  in  Gallipolis,  O. 

vi.  George,  b.  January  10,  1815;  d.  June  3,  1878;  resided  in 
Wood  county,  O.;  m.,  April  16,  1848,  Mary  Bradner,  b. 
May  27, 1828 ;  d.  December  16,  1871 ;  and  had  issue : 

1.  James,  b.  July  28,  1852. 

2.  »SV(ra/i,  b.  August  2,  1854. 

3.  George,  b.  October  16,  1856. 

4.  Mary-M,.,  b.  December  2, 1860. 

5.  Charles,  h.  1864;  d.  1865. 

6.  William-H.,  b.  February  2,  1866. 

vii.  Margaret,  b.  February  9, 1818 ;  d.  August  28, 1856 ;  m.,  Oc- 
tober 4, 1836,  David  Adams ;  resided  in  Wood  county,  O. 
viii.  Christine,  b.  March  30,  1820;  d.  May,  1866;  m.  John  A. 
Rogers;  resided  in  Gallia  county,  O.,  and  had  five  chil- 
dren. 
IX.  Elizabeth,  b.  July  7,  1822;  d.  April  15,  1872  ;  m.,  1841,  Al- 
exander Adams  ;  resided  in  Wood  county,  O. 

X.  Sarah,  b.  November  14, 1824 ;  d.  January  2, 1852 ;  m. 

Brubaker ;  resided  in  Wood  county,  O. 

James    McCormick    m.,    thirdly,    June   5,    1827,    Eachel 
Clark  ;  no  issue. 


404  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

XXVI.  Egbert  McCormick, ^  (Robert,,  3  Thomas, »  James,  ^ ) 
b.  June  8,  1780,  on  Walnut  Grove  farm,  Rockbridge  county, 
Virginia;  d.  July  4,  1846,  on  the  paternal  homestead,  and 
buried  in  the  Old  Providence  grave-jard.  He  received  an  or- 
dinary education  acquired  at  a  private  school  of  his  neigh- 
borhood, and  was  instructed  in  the  strictest  tenets  of  the  Se- 
ceder  branch  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Throughout  his  life 
he  took  great  pleasure  in  the  acquirement  of  historical  and  sci- 
entific knowledge,  and  was  very  fond  of  astronomy.  He  was 
a  man  of  remarkable  mechanical  genius,  and  seldom  failed  to 
accomplish  what  he  undertook.  Having  blacksmith  and  car- 
penter shops,  and  being  himself  naturally  a  good  workman, 
with  almost  any  kind  of  tools,  it  was  no  difficulty  for  him  to 
make  whatever  he  desii-ed,  of  either  wood  or  iron.  The  first 
record  we  have  of  his  endeavors  in  the  line  of  invention,  was 
in  the  construction  of  a  reaping-machine,  on  which  he  worked 
and  experimented  from  and  after  1809.  From  the  nature  of 
the  testimony  concerning  his  early  inventions  in  this  line, 
it  would  appear  that  he  constructed  more  than  one  machine 
between  the  years  1809  and  1825.  At  all  events,  there  is 
evidence  to  show  that  he  was  engaged  at  various  times, 
during  those  years,  experimenting  on  his  reaper,  and  that  he 
used  various  devices  for  cutting,  and  in  all  probability  he 
made  several  complete  machines  during  all  those  sixteen  or 
seventeen  years.  This  would  seem  to  be  corroborated  by  the 
statements,  first,  of  his  two  nephews,  (Robert,  son  of  William, 
and  Robert,  son  of  James  McCormick,)  who  stated  that  their 
fathers  told  them  that  Robert  McCormick  had  invented  a 
reaper  in  1809 ;  second,  of  his  son,  Cyrus,  who  stated  that  his 
father  had  invented  a  reaper  in  1816 ;  thirdly,  by  Robert  Mc- 
Cormick, above  referred  to,  who  stated  that  his  uncle,  Robert, 
showed  him  in  the  year  1825  or  1826,  a  machine  he  had  just 
invented.  His  first  machine  is  described  as  being  in  outline 
and  general  form  very  much  like  the  reaper  of  the  present  day. 
It  ran  on  two  wheels,  with  a  platform  to  receive  the  grain  in 
the  rear  of  the  cutting  apparatus.  One  of  the  cutting  devices 
he  used  on  this  machine  was  a  system  of  rotary  saws,  about 


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eight  or  ten  inches  in  diameter,  wliich  revolved,  shear  fashion, 
past  the  edge  of  a  stationary  knife.  The  saws  were  driven  by 
bands  from  a  cylinder,  which  was  turned  by  the  revolution  of 
the  main  wheels  of  the  machine.  This  machine  had  vertical 
reels  (very  similar  to  some  of  those  used  at  the  present  day)  to 
sweep  the  grain  across  the  cutters,  and  when  cut  delivered  it 
on  a  platform  in  the  rear  of  the  cutters,  and  an  endless  apron 
carried  it  across  the  platform  and  delivered  it  on  one  side  of 
the  machine.  Another  cutting  device  which  he  used  consisted 
of  stationary  curved  sickles,  against  which  the  grain  was  forced 
and  cut  by  vertical  reels  with  pins  in  their  peripheries.  The 
horses  walked  at  the  side  of  the  grain,  drawing  the  machine, 
and  were  attached  to  it  by  shafts  or  a  pole.  The  machine  was 
not  what  would  be  called  a  success,  but  it  had  the  main  fea- 
tures that  are  vital  in  the  construction  of  all  grain  cutting  ma- 
chines of  the  present  day,  and  therein  justifies  the  claim  made 
for  its  author,  of  originality  of  thought,  and  priority  of  inven- 
tion, and  demonstrates  beyond  a  doubt  that  in  him  was  the 
conception  of,  and  to  him  belongs  the  credit  of  inventing,  and 
constructing  the  first  reaper  which  cut  grain  successfully. 
Parts  of  this  early  machine  were,  for  many  years,  stored  away 
in  the  loft  of  the  old  malt-house,  on  the  home  farm,  and  were 
familiar  objects  to  those  about  the  farm.  Recognizing  the  im- 
perfections in  the  machine,  and  always  on  the  alert  for  improve- 
ments, between  the  years  1828  and  J  830,  he  invented  and  ap- 
plied to  it  what  is  known  as  the  vibrating  sickle  and  the  hori- 
zontal reel.  By  this  combination  his  reaper  became  a  practical 
success.  His  neighbors,  who  up  to  that  time  had  made  light 
of  his  efforts,  and  reflected  upon  him  for  wasting  time  that  they 
thought  he  could  have  applied  to  much  better  advantage  by  at- 
tending to  his  farm  duties,  now  began  to  appreciate  the  greatness 
of  his  inventions,  and  to  recognize  in  the  McCormick  Reaper 
the  pioneer  of  the  greatest  labor-saving  farm  implement  that  the 
world  had  produced.  Like  its  predecessor,  but  to  a  greater 
degree,  in  its  characteristics  this  machine  comprised  the  essen- 
tial features  of  all  successful  grain-cutting  machinery  of  the 
present  day.     It  was  drawn  by  two  horses  that  walked  in  front 


406  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

of  the  main  frame,  and  close  to  the  standing  grain.  It  had  one 
main  driving  wheel  in  the  main  frame,  and  a  grain  wheel  or 
slide  at  the  outer  end  of  the  platform.  It  had  a  cutter  bar, 
attached  to  and  back  of  which  was  the  platform  on  which  the 
grain  fell.  The  grain  was  cut  by  a  vibrating  sickle,  and  car- 
ried back  to  the  sickle  and  cast  down  upon  the  platform  by  a 
revolving  horizontal  reel.  The  reel  had  slats,  or  ribs,  which 
dipped  into  the  grain  in  front  of  the  sickle.  The  grain  was 
raked  off  at  the  side  in  bundles  by  a  man  who  walked  beside 
the  machine.  The  driver  did  not  ride  on  the  machine,  but  on 
one  of  the  horses  that  drew  it.  During  the  years  previous  to 
1844,  there  were  a  number  of  machines  built.  In  1844,  there 
were  twenty-five  built.  In  1845,  there  were  fifty  built.  In 
1846,  there  were  seventy-five  built,  in  the  latter  his  son,  Lean- 
der  J.,  'owned  one-third.  All  of  the  work  on  these  machines 
was  done  under  the  direction  of  Robert  McCormick,  who  con- 
tinued to  be  actively  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and  im- 
provement of  his  reaping-machines  until  his  death.  The  reap- 
ing-machine was  not  the  only  mechanical  problem  that  com- 
manded the  thought  and  inventive  genius  of  Robert  McCormick. 
He  found  time  to  exercise  his  ingenuity  in  other  directions  as 
well,  and  reaped  harvests  of  success  in  several  mechanical  in- 
ventions, briefly  described  as  follows:  In  the  winter  of  1830- 
31  there  was  a  great  deal  of  talk,  and  much  in  the  newspapers, 
on  the  subject  of  raising  hemp.  Only  one  thing  seemed  to  be 
in  the  way  of  its  becoming  a  very  profitable  product,  and  that 
was  the  difficulty  of  cheaply  and  profitably  reducing  the  fiber 
to  its  required  marketable  shape.  Acting  on  this  seeming  de- 
mand, Robert  McCormick  invented  a  very  ingenious  and  per- 
fect working  hemp-brake,  and  in  connection  with  it  a  horse- 
power, by  which  it  was  driven,  and  in  the  fall  of  1831  he  op- 
erated it  successfully.  He  also  invented  a  machine  for  clean- 
ing the  hemp  when  broken.  The  excitement  over  hemp-rais- 
ing, however,  dying  out,  the  demand  for  the  machines  never 
amounted  to  much,  although  a  number  of  them  were  built  and 
sold.  At  another  time  he  invented  and  manufactured  a  very 
ingenious  threshing-machine,  in  connection  with  which  he  made 


McCormick  Family.  407 

a  horse-power  of  peculiar  construction.  He  also  built  a  clover 
sheller  of  stone,  resembling  an  ordinary  mill  somewhat,  but  never 
did  anything  with  it  except  for  his  own  use.  He  also  invented 
and  made  a  blacksmith's  bellows,  which  was  of  a  tub  form,  and 
of  which  he  built  and  sold  a  large  number.  He  invented  a 
water  power  that  worked  by  confined  pressure,  somewhat  on 
the  principle  of  the  steam  engine ;  and  also  a  hill-side  plow. 
As  it  was  Mr.  McCormick's  ambition  that  his  sons  should  fol- 
low husbandry  as  a  profession,  he  purchased  a  farm  of  three 
hundred  acres,  situated  a  mile  and  a  half  from  his  own  home- 
stead, and  another  of  seven  hundred  acres  on  the  South  river, 
nine  miles  west  of  his  home.  On  each  of  these  places  he  had 
a  saw-mill,  and  on  the  South  river  farm  and  his  home  place  he 
had  flour-mills,  which  he  operated  successfully.  Prior  to  1837, 
Mr.  McCormick  gave  the  South  river  farm  to  his  son,  Cyrus 
H.,  but  on  account  of  the  losses  sustained  in  the  furnace  busi- 
ness, he  deeded  back  that  property  to  his  father,  in  part  pay- 
ment of  his  share  of  said  losses.  Mr.  McCormick  afterwards 
gave  the  same  property  to  his  son,  Leander  J.  He  gave  the 
home  farm,  at  his  death,  to  his  son,  William  S.  It  will  be 
seen  that  he  was  a  man  of  great  business  and  executive  ability, 
as  well  as  inventive  genius,  when  the  extensive  operations  he 
had  on  hand  constantly  are  considered.  For  many  years  he 
carried  on  farming  on  four  farms,  aggregating  in  all  1,800 
acres,  and  at  the  same  time  operated  two  flour-mills  and  two 
saw-mills,  besides  which  he  kept  carpenter  and  blacksmith 
shops  busy,  manufacturing  various  kinds  of  machinery  of  his 
own  invention.  In  1834,  he  built  what  is  known  as  "  Cotopaxi 
furnace,"  but  through  the  mismanagement  of  his  partner,  fol- 
lowed by  the  financial  panic  of  1837,  he  was  compelled  to  sell 
the  old  Providence  farm  which  belonged  to  his  wife,  as  well  as 
the  furnace  property.  Cyrus  soon  after  left  home  with  the  in- 
tention of  seeing  what  he  could  do  towards  establishing  and 
introducing  the  reaper  into  the  vast  wheat  fields  of  the  West. 
Leander  J.  left  school  and  went  into  the  shop,  William  S.  took 
entire  management  of  the  farming  operations  and  finance,  while 
Mr.  McCormick  and  Leander  manufactured  and  sold  reapers. 


408  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

horse-powers,  blacksmiths'  bellows,  other  machinery  and  tools. 
Thus  through  the  combined  efforts  of  all,  in  due  time  the 
family  were  extricated  from  their  financial  embarrassments. 
Just  as  he  was  beginning  to  feel  the  freedom  of  being  out  of 
debt,  Mr.  McOormick  was  overtaken  by  a  heavy  snow-storm  in 
returning  home  from  his  South  river  farm,  where  he  had  been 
attending  the  shipment  of  reaping-machines  to  Lynchburg. 
He  became  chilled,  took  a  severe  cold,  from  the  effects  of 
which  never  recovered.  Eobert  McCormick  m.,  February  11, 
1808,  Mary  Anka  Hall,  b.  June  24,  1780  ;  daughter  of  Pat- 
rick Hall.*  Mrs.  McCormick  was  a  woman  of  bright  and 
cheerful  disposition,  a  devout  Christian,  and  very  ambitious 
for  the  future  welfare  of  her  children.  She  had  a  fine  consti- 
tution, of  fair  complexion,  with  dark  hair  and  eyes.  They 
had  issue : 

36.  t.  Ciirus-Hall,  b.  February  16,  1809  ;  m.  Nettie  Fowler. 

a.  Bohert-Hall,  b.  May  24,   1810;  d.   June  28,  1826,  at  his 

father's  home  in  Rockbridge  county,  Ya. 
Hi.  Susan-Jane,  b.  August  1,  1813;  d.  June  27,  1826,  at  her 
father's  home  in  Rockbridge  county,  Ya. 

37.  iv.   William- Sanderson,  b.  iSTovember  2,  1815;  m.  Mary  Ann 

Grigsby, 

38.  V.  Mary-Caroline,  h.  A\)ril  18,1817;  m.  Rev.  James  Shields. 

39.  vi.  Leander- James,  b.  February  8, 1819  ;  m.  Henrietta  M.  Ham- 

ilton. 
vii.  John-Priestley,  b.  November  8, 1820;  d.  September  4,  1849, 
at  his  father's  home  in  Rockbridge  county.  Ya. 

40.  via.  Amanda,  b.  September,  1822 ;  m.  Hugh  Adams. 

XXYII.  Hugh  McCormick, ^  (James, ^  Hugh,'  Hugh,^ 
James,  ^)  b.  February  14,  1777,  in  White  Deer  Valley,  now 
Lycoming  county,  Penn'a;  d.  March  28,  1828,  in  the  city  of 
New  York.  He  went  to  New  York  about  the  year  1798,  and 
with  his  cousin  Eichard  Cunningham,  engaged  in  the  leather 
business  under  the  firm  name  of  Cunningham  &  McCormick. 
He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Mechanics  and  Tradesmen's 
society,  and  the  Manumission  society,  and  died  at  the  early  age 
of  fifty-one  years.     Mr.  McCormick  married  in  1801,  Esther 

*  Patrick  Hall  was  born  in  Armagh  county,  Ireland,  in  1751,  emi- 
grated to  America  in  1770,  and  settled  in  Augusta  county,  Ya., 
where  he  married  Susanna  McChesney  about  the  year  1775. 


McCormich  Family.  409 

Baebaea  Kumbel,  daughter  of  William  Kumbel,   of  New 
York.     She  died  there,  September  1,  1854.     They  had  issue : 

t.  Imhella-Fravces,  b,  February  9,  1802;  d.  July  11,  1882; 
unm. 

41.  ii.  Bichard-Cunnwgham,h.  December  5,  1803;  m.  Sarah  Ma- 

tilda Decker. 
Hi.  Amanda,  b.  August  29, 1805;  d.  January  25,  1885;  uuiu. 
iv.  Mary-Ann,  b.  rebruary  3,  1807;    d.  March  27,  1876,  in 

Newark,  N.  J.;  m.  October  22, 1844,  Charles  Augustus 

Carter,  d.  August  23, 1884,  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  and  had 

issue  (surname  Carter) :] 

1.  WilHam-Deocter,  b.  July  8,  1845;  m.  October  9, 

1867,  Kate  Brigden  Badger,  of  Newark,  N.  J., 
and  had  issue  (surname  Carter,) : 
a.  Bichard-Mortimer,  b.  July  21, 1868 ;  d.  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1871. 
h.   William-Eliot,  h.  July  22, 1870;  d.  March 
12,  1874. 

c.  Kale-Frances,  b.  August  17,  1872;  d.  Feb- 

ruary 9,  1874. 

d.  jRaymond- Dexter,  b.  January  5,  1876. 

e.  Edith-Badger,  b.  October  21,  1878. 

f.  Helen-Blwda,  b.  November  16, 1883. 

2.  John-Bichard,  b.  April  22, 1848. 

:  I'.  Emeline,  b.  18(9;  d.  March  30,  1871 ;  unm. 

vi.   William,  b.  1811 ;  d.  1868. 

vii.  Louisa,  b.  September  4, 1813;  d.  January  20, 1876;  ra.  No- 
vember 17,  1840,  William  A.  Cummings;  resided  in  New 
"York  until  1860,  when  they  removed  to  Darien,  Conn., 
afterwards  to  Brooklyn,  where  they  both  died,  the  latter 
in  the  year  1878,  and  had  issue  (surname  Cummings) : 

1.  William-McCormiclc,h.  September  6,  1841;  m., 

1863,  Kate  Downer,  of  Darien,  Conn.,  and  had 
issue  (surname  Cummings) : 

a.  Loui.^e,  b.  1864;  d.  in  infancy. 

ft.  Josephine-H.,  b.  1866. 

c.   William,  h,  1870. 

2.  Charles-Curtiss,  b.  April  6,1846;  m.  December 

24, 1874,  Anna  Haviland,  of  Hudson,  N.  Y. 

3.  Hettie-Louisa,  b.  November  21, 1851 ;  m.  May  28, 

1872,  Isaac  Downer  Weed,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Weed),  Louise,  b.  1873 ;  d.  s.  p. 

4.  Isabella-Frances,  b.  x\ugust  4, 1853. 

42.  via.  John,  b.  January  15, 1818;  m.  Caroline  Pilsbury. 


410  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

XXVIII.  Chaeles  K  McCormick,5  (Hugh,^  Hugh,^ 
Hugh,  2  James,  1)  b.  in  Middleton  township,  Cumberland  county  i 
Penn'a ;  m.  and  had  issue  : 

i.  Bohert-B. ;  settled  in  Dover,  Loudoun  county,  Ya.,  as 
teacher;  m.  Kate  Reynolds,  of  Clark  county,  Ya.,  and 
had  issue : 

1.  Bdbenleau. 

2.  Hugh'Pendleton. 

3.  Charles;  m,  and  had  issue. 

4.  Mary-E. 

5.  Rose. 

6.  Carrie. 

7.  Kate. 

8.  William. 

XXIX.  Robert  McCoRMiCK, 5  (John,*  Thomas,^  Tliomas, 
James,  1)  b.  January  25,  1796;  d.  September  10,  1874,  in  Mil- 
ton, Penn'a;    m.   May  19,   1830,  Elizabeth  Montgomery. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  Cliarles-G. ;  m.  June  30,  1868,  Lotta  Wright. 
a.  Montgomery. 

Hi.  Agnes-Shaw ;  m.  William  Dougal ;  reside  at  Milton,  Pa. 
iv.  John  ;  d.  unm. 

I'.   William;   resides  at  Sharp's  Creek,  McL'herson   county, 

Kansas. 
vi.  Robert;  d.  unm. 

XXX.  John  McOormick,^    (John,*   Thomas, ^   Thomas, 2 

James,!)  })_  December  20,  1802  ;  d.  August  6,  1869,  at  Milton, 

Pa. ;  m.  April  23,  1825,  Martha  Giffen.'    They  had  issue : 

i.  Robert,  b.  September,  1826;  d.  December,  1828. 
ii.  Ann-Elizabeth,  b.  June,  1828;  m.  John  L.  Watson;  reside 

at  Milton,  Pa. 
Hi.  John,  b.  April,  1831 ;  m.  1855,  Rebecca  Yincent ;  reside  at 

Mt.  Yernon,  O. 
iv.  Mary-G.,  b.  April,  1833. 

V.  James-S.,  b.  February,  1835;  d.  February,  1837. 
vi.  Margaret,  b.  1840;    m.  Dr.  James  P.  McCleary,  and  had 

four  children. 
vii.   William,  b.  December,  1845;  killed  at  the  battle  of  Mur- 

freesboro',  January  1,  1863. 

XXXI.  William McCormick, 5  (John,*  Thomas, ^  Thomas, 2 
James,!)  b.  March  13,  1805  ;  d.  in  1884,  at  Centreville,  Mich.  ; 
m.  October  6,  1828,  Rachel  Slote.     They  had  issue  : 


McCormick  Family.  411 

i.   William-Edwin,  b.  February  19,  1830;   d.  December  20, 

1843. 
a.  Sarah-J.,  b.  March  21,  1831 ;  m.  June  16,  1859,  B.  F.  Dres- 

ler. 
Hi.  Clara-Ann,  b.  Septembei- 18,  1833;  d.  October  14, 1838. 
io.  James-Slote,  b.  October  12,  1835;  m.  March  28,  1865,  Mary 

F.  Emery;  reside  at  Knoxville,  Tenn. 
V.  John,  b.  January  4,  1841 ;  d.  February  17,  1841. 
vi.  Martha-E.,  (twin,)  b.  January  4,  1841. 
vii.  Hannah-G.,  b.  June  4,  1843;  m.  January  29,  1867,  Rev. 

William  H.  Blair,  a  Presbyterian  clergyman. 

XXXII.  Egbert  McCormick,  s  (James,  ^  James,  ^  Thomas,  ^ 
James, ^)  b.  February  6.  1805,  in  Cumberland  county.  Pa.;  d. 
January  24,  1877,  in  Chariton,  Iowa ;  studied  medicine,  and, 
at  the  age  of  twenty-two  or  twenty-three,  located  in  Sharon, 
Mercer  county,  Penn'a;  after  the  death  of  his  wife,  he  removed 
to  Chariton  ;  he  m.  in  1829,  Susan  Ulp,  who  d.  in  1847. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  James-Oliver,  b.  October  3,  1830;  d.  s.  p. 
ii.  Elizabeth,  h.  November,  1832;  d.  March,  1876. 
Hi.   WiUiam-Laughlin,  b.  November,  1834;  d.  March,  1884. 
iv.  Alhert-TJlp,  b.  May  4, 1837  ;  m.  and  had  issue. 

V.  Margaret,  b.  April  24,  1840. 
vi.  Robert- Br y son,  b.  1843;  d.  in  infancy. 
vii.  Emily,  b.  June,  1846. 

XXXIII.  James  McCormick.  5  (William,^  James,  ^  Tliomas,^ 
James,')  b.  February  24,  1801,  near  Silvers  Spriug,  Cumber- 
land county.  Pa. ;  d.  January  19,  1870,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
When  less  than  five  years  of  age,  he  lost  his  father  by  a  fatal 
accident.  Paternal  care  thus  devolved  upon  his  mother,  a  bright, 
determined  woman,  and  by  her  his  preparatory  studies  were 
carefully  made,  fitting  him  at  an  early  age  for  Princeton  Col- 
lege, where  he  graduated  with  reputation,  and  began  the  study 
of  law  with  Andrew  Carothers,  Esq.,  of  Carlisle.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  of  Cumberland  county  in  1823,  and  to  that 
of  Dauphin  county  at  the  August  term,  1825.  His  most  suc- 
cessful career  never  faltered  as  long  as  he  was  able  to  give 
his  professional  duties  any  attention,  and,  indeed,  followed  him 
after  his  retirement  from  all  active  pursuits.     He  served  in  the 


412  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

borough  council  a  long  time,  and  was  president  of  that  body, 
also,  of  the  Dauphin  Deposit  bank,  of  the  Harrisburg  cemetery, 
of  the  Harrisburg  bridge  company,  and  one  of  the  trustees  of 
the  Pine  Street  Presbyterian  church.  In  all  these  positions  he 
was  a  cautious  and  able  adviser.  He  uniformly  declined  can- 
didature for  office,  as  also  offers  of  the  higher  honors  of  his  pro- 
fession. Upon  his  retirement,  he  gave  the  powers  of  his  active 
mind  to  the  management  of  a  large  estate,  consisting  of  furnaces, 
rolling-mills,  grist-mills,  and  farms.  All  these  interests  were 
successful,  and,  notwithstanding  his  physical  disability,  con- 
ducted in  a  masterly  and  systematic  manner.  Mr.  McCormick 
m.  in  1830,  Eliza  Buehler,  b.  November  11,  1806,  at  Erie, 
Pa. ;  d.  December  25,  1877,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  only  daughter 
of  George  Buehler  and  Maria  Nagle.  She  was,  indeed,  a  most 
estimable  woman.  To  each  noble  charity,  benevolent  enter- 
prise, philanthropic  movement.  Christian  endeavor.  Hospital  or 
Home  in  the  city  of  Harrisburg  she  was  a  friend,  promoter  and 
benefactor.  From  no  good  cause  or  charitable  work  or  needy 
poor  did  she  withhold  her  hand  or  deny  her  bounty.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  McCormick  had  issue: 

43.  %.  Henry,  b.  March  10,  1831 ;  m.  Annie  Criswell. 

44.  it.  James,  b.  October  31,  1832;  m.  Mary  Wilson  Alricks. 

45.  in.  Mary,  b.  October  10,  1834;  ra.  James  Donald  Cameron. 

XXXIY.  Robert  McCormick,  s  (William,  ^  Robert,  ^ 
Thomas,  2  James,  ^)  b.  July  13,  1802,  in  Augusta  county,  Va.  ; 
d.  December  4,  1879 ;  resided  on  a  farm  near  Old  Providence 
Presbyterian  church  in  the  county  named  ;  m.  March  4,  1824, 
Sarah  Steel,  b.  December  4,  1804,  and  is  yet  [1885]  living. 
They  had  issue : 

i. .  William- Steel,  b.  January  17,  1825. 
ii.  Nathaniel-Davis,  b.  December  3,  1826. 
iii.  Mary-Jane,  b.  December  22,  1828. 
iv.  JSo&ert-J.Zfa;aHfZer,  b.  July  23,  1831. 
V.  Saralx-Martha,  b.  December  22,  1833. 
vi.  John- Addison,  b.  February  4,  1837. 
vii.  Meheeca-Jane,  b.  November  17,  1810. 
via.    Virginia,  b.  August  15, 1843. 
ix.  Phoebe-Ann,  b.  September  12,  1845. 


McCormich  Family.  413 

XXXy.  JohkR  McCoemick,"  (James,  s  William, ^  Robert, ^ 
Thomas,  ^  James,  ^ )  b.  August  6,  1806,  in  Virginia ;  d.  Sep- 
tember 7,  1854,  in  Gallia  county,  0. ;  m.  in  1827,  Saeah  Wad- 
dell,  b.  August  19,  1810.     They  bad  issue : 

i.   William.,  b.  October  22, 1828 ;  m.,' first,  Catharine  Hanson  ; 
secondly,  Hannah  Blake. 

a.  James- A.,  b.  Jnly  23,  1830;  d.  February  3,  1831. 

Hi.  John-  W.,  b.  December  20,  1831 ;  m.,  first,  Caroline  Mills  ; 
secondly,  Sarah  Mills. 

iv.  Mary-W.,  b.  August  17, 1838  ;  m.  John  T.  Halliday. 
V.  Samuel-R.,  h.  January  6,  1836;  d.  September  13,  1836. 

vi.  Sarah-E.,  b.  September  12, 1837;  m.  John  S.  Mills. 

vii.  Irene-E.,h.  November  24,  1839  ;  m.  William  G.  Mills ;  re- 
side in  Columbus,  O. 
viii.  Martha-Ellen,  b.  June  16,  1843;  d.  May  15,  1871 ;  m.  Wil- 
liam Graham. 

ix.  Charles-II.,  b.  April  13,  1847;  m.  Augusta  Halliday. 

[x.  Caroline-Isabella,  b.  March  11, 1850 ;  d.  November  24, 1850. 

\xi.  Eomaine-E.,h.  June  25, 1852;  m.  Dr.  Edwin  S.  Rickets; 
reside  in  Portsmouth,  O. 

xii.  [Son,  twin,]  b.  June  28,  1852  ;  d.  1852. 

XXXYI.  Cyeus  Hall  McCoemick, ^  (Robert,^  Robert, ^ 
Thomas, 2  James, ^)  b.  February  16,  1809,  on  the  old.  home- 
stead, Walnut  Grove  farm,  Rockbridge  county,  Va..  ;  d.  Tues- 
day, May  13,  1884,  at  his  residence  on  Rush  street,  Chicago, 
111.  He  received  a  common  school  education  through  private 
teachers  and  a  district  subscription  school  of  the  neighborhood. 
In  1831,  he  visited  Kentucky,  endeavoring  to  introduce  a  hemp 
brake,  invented  by  his  father,  but  met  with  little  success.  Three 
years  after,  in  connection  with  his  father  and  a  Mr.  Black,  he 
built  and  operated  Cotopaxa  iron  furnace,  four  miles  from  his 
father's  residence,  but  the  enterprise  proved  a  failure  owing  to 
the  dishonesty  of  Black  and  the  depression  caused  by  the  panic 
of  1837,  and  almost  brought  about  the  entire  financial  ruin  of 
his  father,  who  had  furnished  the  capital.  He  subsequently 
left  for  the  north  and  west  for  the  purpose  of  introducing  a 
reaper.  In  1845,  he  contracted  with  a  firm  in  Brockport,  N.  Y., 
who  built  the  McCormick  reapers  for  several  years.  He  and 
his  brother,  Leander,  built  one  hundred  in  Cincinnati,  O.,  for 
the  harvest  of  1847.     In  1846,  he  was  attracted  to  Chicago  by 


414  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

the  superior  advantages  offered  bj  that  city,  and  erected  the 
first  reaper  factory  in  the  West,  near  the  mouth  of  the  Chicago 
river.  Seven  hundred  grain  reapers  were  manufactured  in  those 
works  for  the  harvest  of  1848.  In  1848  and  1849,  fifteen  hun- 
dred machines  were  manufactured  for  the  harvest  of  1849,  and 
found  a  ready  sale  in  the  great  and  rapidly  growing  wheat 
fields  tributary  to  the  Garden  City.  In  1850,  his  brother, 
William  S.  McCormick,  was  induced  to  settle  in  Chicago,  and, 
from  1850  to  1859,  the  affairs  were  conducted  in  the  name  of 
C.  H.  McCormick,  his  two  brothers  being  employed  on  salaries. 
In  1851,  Mr.  McCormick  visited  the  World's  Fair,  at  London, 
and  was  awarded  the  council  medal  for  the  McCormick  reaper. 
Afterwards  at  Paris,  in  1855,  and  at  other  international  exhibi- 
tions in  Europe  and  America  he  was  awarded  the  first  prize. 
From  that  time  onward,  the  business  has  increased  wonderfully, 
until  the  yearly  sales  now  aggregate  over  fifty  thousand  machines. 
In  1859,  Mr.  McCormick  proposed  to  the  general  assembly  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  held  at  Indianapolis,  to  endow  the 
several  chairs  of  the  Theological  Seminary  on  condition  that  it 
be  located  in  Chicago.  To  this  original  endowment  he  after- 
wards contributed  as  the  necessities  of  the  institution  demanded, 
and  his  beneficence  has  placed  it  on  a  sure  and  permanent  basis. 
In  1878,  he  went  to  Paris  to  receive  the  grand  prize  of  that 
renowned  exposition  for  the  McCormick  reaping  and  self- 
binding  machine,  while,  at  the  time,  the  rank  of  the  Legion 
of  Honor  was  conferred  upon  him,  and  he  was  also  elected  a 
corresponding  member  of  the  French  academy  of  sciences. 
While  in  Paris,  he  suffered  from  a  dangerous  carbuncle  on  his 
neck,  but.  owing  to  his  vigorous  constitution  and  most  careful 
nursing,  after  a  slow  convalescence  of  five  months,  he  recovered. 
During  the  next  four  years,  changes  of  residence  in  search  of 
climate  suited  to  his  condition  gave  him  comparative  comfort, 
and,  although  his  physical  infirmities  were  increasing,  his  mental 
faculties  remained  unimpaired  until  life's  close.  Mr.  McCor- 
mick was  a  true  representative  American.  With  the  spirit  of 
enterprise,  success  in  business,  he  was  withal  benevolent  and 
philanthropic,  and  the  world  is  the  better  for  having  the  inheri- 


McCormick  Family.  415 

tance  of  sucn  a  name  and  such  noble  deeds.  Cyrus  H.  McCor- 
mick m.  in  1858,  Nettie  Fowlee,  b.  February  21,  1835, 
daughter  of  Melzar  Fowler,  of  Jefferson  countj^,  N.  Y.  They 
had  issue : 

i.  Cyrus-Hall,  Jr.,  b.  May  16,  1859. 
a.  Mary-Virginia,  b.  May  5,  1861. 
Hi.  Bobert,  h.  October  27,  1864;  d.  December,  1865. 
iv.  Anita- Eugenie,  b.  July  4,  1866. 

V.  Alice,  b.  May  15,  1870;  d.  January,  1871. 
vi.  Harold,  b.  May  2,  1872. 
vii.  Stanley -Eobert,  b.  November  2, 1874. 

XXXYII.  William  Sanderson  McCormick, ^  (Robert,^ 
Robert,^  Thomas,^  James,^)  b.  November  2,  1815,  in  Rock- 
bridge county,  Ya.  ;  d.  September  27,  1865,  at  Jacksonville, 
111 ;  buried  in  Graceland  cemetery,  near  Chicago.  He  acquired 
a  good  education  in  the  ordinary  branches  through  private 
teachers  and  at  a  neighboring  school.  He  was  a  bright  scholar, 
and,  at  an  early  age,  became  an  important  and  valuable  assis- 
tant to  his  father,  taking  charge  of  the  farming  operations  and 
accounts,  thus  relieving  him  from  much  care  and  enabling  him 
to  devote  most  of  his  time  to  mechanical  and  manufacturing 
pursuits.  To  him  the  renewed  prosperity  of  the  family  was 
largely  due  after  the  financial  reverses  of  his  father  in  1837. 
He  was  a  progressive  man  in  whatever  he  did,  and  in  his  early 
farming  operations  he  adopted  the  best  and  latest  improve- 
ments. Upon  the  death  of  his  father  in  1846,  he  inherited 
the  home  farm.  However,  in  1850,  at  the  solicitation  of  his 
brother,  Cyrus,  he  removed  to  Chicago,  where  he  assumed  the 
management  of  the  reaper  business  already  established.  In 
1859,  he  acquired  one  fourth  interest,  and  much  of  its  great 
and  continued  success  is  owing  to  his  untiring  skill,  energy, 
and  executive  ability.  Soon  after  the  breaking  out  of  the  war 
of  the  Rebellion,  he  anticipated  a  great  rise  in  property  and 
values,  and,  taking  advantage  of  the  situation,  he  bought  for 
the  firm  a  large  amount  of  Chicago  real  estate  in  what  is  now 
the  heart  of  the  city.  The  wisdom  of  this  action  was  soon  ap- 
parent, and  the  firm  realized  a  very  large  profit  from  this  in- 
vestment.    From  the  effects  of  close  and  unremitting  applica- 


416  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

tion  to  business  and  great  nervous  strain,  Mr.  McCormick  fin- 
ally broke  down,  and,  in  the  spring  of  1865,  was  compelled  to 
give  up  all  business,  but  to  no  purpose.  Personally,  he  was  of 
a  cheerful  disposition,  quick  spoken,  and  although  diffident, 
was  among  his  friends  a  most  interesting  and  agreeable  man. 
Mr.  McCormick  m.  in  June,  1846,  Maey  Ann  Grigsby,  daugh- 
ter of  Reuben  Grigsby,  a  prominent  farmer  who  resided  on  his 
handsome  estate  called  Hickory  Hill,  between  Lexington  and 
the  Natural  Bridge,  in  Rockbridge  county,  Va.,  where  Mrs. 
McCormick  was  born.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Bobert- Sanderson,  b.  July  26,'1849  ;  resides  in  Chicago,  111.; 
m.  June  8, 1876,  Katharine  Medill,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Medill,  of  Cliicago,  and  had  issue: 

1.  Joseph-Medill,  b.  1877. 

2.  Katrina,  b.  1879. 

3.  liobert,  b.  1880. 

n.  William-Grigsby,  b.  June  3, 1851 ;  resides  in  Cliicago, 111.;  m 
October,  1873,  Eleanor  Brooks,  daughter  of  Walter 
Brooks  of  Baltimore,  and  had  issue: 

1.  Carrie,  b.  July  24,  1874. 

2.  William  S-,  b.  November  22,  1875;  d.  January  1, 

1880. 

3.  Marij-Grigshy,  b.  July  18,  1878. 

4.  Walter-Brooks,  b.  September  10,  1880. 

5.  Eleanor- Harryman,  b.  November  7, 1882.     ' 

6.  Ckauncey -Brooks,  b.  December  7,  1884. 

Hi.  Emma-Louise,  b.  October  14, 1854;  m.  June  18, 1878,  Perry 
H.  Smith,  Jr.,  son  of  Hon.  Perry  H.  Smith,  Sr.,  of  Chi- 
cago, and  had  issue  (surname Smith): 

1.  Perry-H.,  b.  March  18,  1879;  d.  in  infancy. 

2.  E lib y-Mc  Corn dck,  b.  September  11,  1880. 

3.  Perry-Herbert,  b.  March  29, 1885. 

iv.  Anna-Beubenia,  b.  May  22,  1860;  m.  May  29, 1882,  Edward 
Blair,  son  of  William  Blair,  of  Chicago,  and  had  issue 
(surname  Blair) : 

1.  Edith,  b.  May  5,  1883. 

2.  William-McCormick,  b.  May  2, 1884. 

V.  Lucy-Yiryinia,  b.  April  11,  1864;  resides  in  Chicago. 

XXXYIII.  Mary  Caroline  McCormick, ^  (Robert,^ 
Robert,  2  Thomas,  ^  James,  ^)  b.  April  18,  1817,  in  Rockbridge 
county,  Ya.  She  received  a  good  early  education  through  pri- 
vate teachers,  and  completed  her  course  of  studies  at  Staunton. 


McCormick  Family.  417 

After  the  death  of  her  husband,  she  removed  to  Chicago,  where 
she  now  resides.  She  m.  May  11,  1847,  Eev.  James  Shields, 
b.  December  11,  1812,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa. ;  d.  August  19,  1862, 
in  Prairie  du  Chien,  Wis.  ;  son  of  James  Shields  and  Frances 
Perry.  His  parents  came  to  America  from  county  Tyrone, 
Ireland,  in  181 1.  His  father  was  a  contractor  and  builder  by 
occupation",  and,  in  religion,  a  strict  Presbyterian.  Mr.  Shields 
received  a  collegiate  education  at  Western  University,  Pitts- 
burgh, where  he  graduated  in  1830.  After  completing  a  full 
term  at  the  Theological  Seminary  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
church,  he  was  licensed  to  preach  April  2, 1834.  In  the  spring 
of  1835,  he  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  congregations  of  Fer- 
managh and  Tuscarora,  in  Juniata  county,  Pa.,  and  continued 
to  preach  to  the  first-named  church  until  his  death.  He  never 
enjoyed  robust  health,  and,  in  July,  1862,  at  the  solicitation  of 
his  brother-in-law,  William  S.  McCormick,  he  left  home  for  a 
season  of  recreation  among  the  streams  and  lakes  of  Minnesota, 
but,  on  reaching  Prairie  du  Chien,  he  was  taken  seriously  ill, 
and  died  there.  Mr.  Shields  had  been  previously  married ; 
first,  January  20,  1839,  Hannah  McKinstry,  who  died  a  year 
after;  he  m.,  secondly,  Mary  K.  Grracy,  who  left  one  child, 
Mary- Q racy ^  now  married  to  William  J.  Wallace,  of  Newville, 
Pa.  James  Shields  and  Mary  Caroline  McCormick  had  issue 
(surname  Shields) : 

i.  James-Hall,  b.  June  1,  1849;  resides  in  Cliicago,  111.;  m. 
October  17, 1878,  Nellia  Manville  Culver,  of  Chicago,  and 
had  issue  (surname  Shields)  : 

1.  Irene,  b.  November  1, 1879. 

2.  Nellie- Caroline,  b.  February  8,  1881. 

3.  James-Culver,  b.  July  31,  1882. 

4.  Viola,  b.  February  27,  1884. 

ii.  Amanda-McCoi-mick,  h.  December  25,  1850  ;  m.  November 
23,  1880,  Harry  C.  Tillman,  of  Detroit,  Mich. ;  and  had 
issue  (surname  Tillman) : 

1.  Camline-Hogarth,  b.  August  22,  1881  ;  d.  March 
22, 1882. 
Hi.  Cyrus- Sanderson,  b.  September  30,  1852;  d.  December  14, 
1854. 

XXXIX.  Leander  James  McCormick,  5  (Robert,'*  Robert,  ^ 
Thomas, 2  James,  i)  b.  February  8,  1819,  at  the  family  home- 
27 


418  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

stead,  AValmit  Grove.  Rockbridge  county,  Va.  He  received 
an  education  in  the  ordinary  branches  of  study  through  private 
teachers.  As  a  young  man,  his  time  was  mostly  employed  in 
his  father's  shop,  where  he  developed  considerable  mechanical 
talent.  A  number  of  valuable  improvements  were  made  by 
him  to  the  McCormick  reaper  at  an  early  day.  In  1847,  he 
went  to  Cincinnati,  O.,  w^here,  in  partnership  wnth  his  brother, 
Cyrus,  he  built  one  hundred  reapers  for  the  harvest  of  that 
year.  In  the  spring  of  1846,  he  removed  with  his  family  to 
Chicago,  where  he  took  charge  of  the  manufacturing  depart- 
ment of  the  reaper  business,  acquiring  one  sixth  interest  in  the 
same.  From  1850  to  1859,  he  held  the  same  position  on  a 
salary.  In  1859,  he  and  his  brother,  William  S.,  became  in- 
terested in  the  business  to  the  extent  of  one  fourth  each,  the 
firm  becoming  C.  IT.  McCormick  &  Bros.  After  William  S. 
McCormick's  death,  he  acquired  a  full  one  third  interest.  He 
is  now  vice  president  of  the  McCormick  Harvesting  Machine 
Company,  but  takes  no  active  part  in  the  business.  By  the 
Chicago  fire  of  1871,  he  lost  his  home  and  other  valuable  pro- 
perty, but,  by  energy  and  activity,  soon  rebuilt  nearly  all  his 
buildings,  personally  planning  and  superintending  the  construc- 
tion of  the  new  McCormick  reaper  w^orks.  A  few  years  since, 
he  decided  to  make  a  contribution  to  the  cause  of  science  in  his 
native  State.  The  result  was  the  donation  by  him  of  a  magnifi- 
cent refractor  telescope,  the  second  largest  of  its  kind  in  the 
world,  to  the  University  of  Virginia,  at  Charlottesville.  He  re- 
sides in  the  city  of  Chicago.  Mr.  McCormick  m.  October  6, 
1845,  Henrietta  Hamilton,  b.  May  25,  1822  ;  daughter  of 
John  Hamilton,  of  Rockbridge  county,  Va.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Eobert-Hall,  b.  September  6,  1847;  m.  June  1,  1871,  Sarah 
Lord  Day,  of  New  York,  and  had  issue: 

1.  HenricUa-Hamiltnn,  b.  February  22,  1872. 

2.  Eliza-Day,  b.  July  11,  1873. 

3.  Bobert-Hall,  Jr.,  b.  July  10,  1878. 

4.  Fhoebe-Lord,  h.  October  6,  1879. 
u.  Maria. 

m.  Henrutta-L.,  b.  April  27,  1857;  m.  JSTovember  14,  18S3, 
Frederick  E.  Goodhart,  of  London,  England,  and  luid 
issue  (surname  Goodhart) : 


McCormick  Family.  419 

1.  Leamler-McOormicTc,  b.  August  10,  1884. 
iv.  Leander-HamUton ,  b.  May  27,  1859. 

XL.  Amanda  J.  McCormick,  ^  (Eobert,*  Eobert,^  Thomas,  ^ 
James.  ^)  b.  September  17,  1822,  in  Rockbridge  county,  Ya. ; 
resides  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  III — a  woman  remarkable  for 
her  beautiful  Christian  character  and  unselfish  devotion  to  her 
family,  whose  example  and  influence  are  felt  by  all  who  sur- 
round her,  and  her  rare  qualities  acknowledged  by  a  large 
circle  of  warm  friends  and  relatives.  She  married  May  8, 
1845,  Hugh  Adams,  b.  February  10,  1820,  in  Rockbridge 
county,  Va. ;  d.  March  10,  1880,  in  Chicago,  111.,  son  of  James 
Adams.  His  father  was  a  man  of  fine  mind,  intelligent  and 
highly  respected — a  brother  of  Senator  Robert  Adams  from 
Tennessee.  His  jnother  was  a  most  industrious,  practical 
woman,  and  a  devoted  Christian.  While  a  resident  of  Vir- 
ginia, Hugh  Adams  was  a  successful  merchant,  and  one  of  the 
most  popular  business  men  of  that  State.  Soon  after  his  mar- 
riage, he  removed  to  Keer's  Creek,  Rockbridge  county,  where 
he  engaged  in  merchandise.  In  1857,  he  went  to  Chicago, 
where  he  became  interested  in  the  grain  commission  business, 
and  known  as  the  principal  of  the  firm  McCormick,  Adams  & 
Co.  For  twenty-three  years  he  was  prominently  identified  with 
the  commercial  prosperity  of  Chicago.  His  reputation  in  com- 
mercial circles  was  of  the  very  best,  and  his  name  was  looked 
upon  as  the  synonym  of  all  that  was  honorable  and  upright  in 
business  transactions.  He  was  a  consistent  member  of 
the  Fourth  Presbyterian  church,  of  Chicago,  and  an  ardent 
lover  of  its  meetings,  and  of  all  its  work  for  the  Master,  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  A  man  of  simple,  unostentatious  tastes  and 
habits,  and  of  tender  sj^mpathy  for  the  poor.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Adams  had  issue  (surname  Adams) : 

i.  Mary-Caroline,  b.  April  21,  1846,  in  Rockbridge  county, 
Va.;  m.  June  8, 1869,  in  Chicago,  111.,  John  E.  Chapman, 
of  Wareliouse  Point,  Conn.,  b.  September  1, 1836,  and  d. 
January  4, 1882,  in  Kew  York  city,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Chapman) : 

1.  Anna,  b.  June  21,  1870,  in  Chicago,  111. 

2.  John-Adams,  b.  June  29,  1873,  in  Chicago,  III. 


420  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

a.  Bohert-McVormick,  b.  October  21,  1847,  in  Rockbridge 
county,  Va.;  m.  October  21, 1874,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Vir- 
ginia Claiborne  ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Adams) : 

1.  Ilitgh-Claihorne,  b.   September  6,   1875,  at   St. 

Louis,  Mo. 

2.  Mildred-Kyle,  b.  October  20,  1877,  at  St.  Louis, 

Mo. 

3.  A7nanda-McC.,h.  August  26, 1880,  at  Old  Sweet 

Springs,  Va. 

4.  Natalie,  b.  October  19, 1882,  at  Webster  Groves, 

Mo. 

5.  Virginia- Claihoi-ne^h.  August  3,  1885,  at  Web- 

ster Groves,  Mo. 
Hi.  Cyrus-Hall,  b.  February  21,  1849,  in  Eockbridge  county, 
Va.;  m.  September  26,  1878,  in  Chicago,  111.,  Emma  J. 
Blair,  dangiiter  of  Lyman  Blair ;  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Adams) : 

1.  Cyrus-Hall,  b.  July  30,  1881,  in  Chicago,  111. 

ii\  James-W.,h.  January  2,  1853,  in  Rockbridge  county,  Va. 

V.  Sarah-Ella,  b.  March  10, 1855,  in  Rockbridge  county,  Va. 

ri.  Hiigh-L.,  b.  May  5,  1857,  in  Rockbridge  county,  Va.;  ra. 

;  Islovember,   1881,   in   Milwaukee,  Wis,,  Susan   Kirby; 

and  had  issue  (surname  Adams ): 

1.  liuglh,  b.  August  2,  1882,  in  Chicago,  111. 

2.  Lita,  b.  September  21, 1883,  in  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
vii.  Edicard- Shields,  b.  December  12,  1859,  in  Chicago,  111. 

via.  Amanda-Virginia,  b.  March  3,  1862,  in  Chicago,  111. 

XLI.  Richard  Cunningham  McCoemick,  *'  (Hugli,^ 
James,*  Hugh,^  Hugh,-  James, i)  b.  December  5,  1803,  in  the 
city  of  New  York;  d.  October  28,  1857;  and,  during  all  his 
life,  was  actively  engaged  in  business  in  that  city,  being,  for  a 
number  of  years,  secretary  of  the  Merchant's  Exchange.  He 
m.  June  16,  1831,  Saeah  Matilda  Deckee,  of  New  York, 
who  survived  him  twenty-one  years,  dying  at  her  residence  in 
Jamaica,  Long  Island,  January  11,  1878.     They  had  issue : 

46.      i.  Eichard- Cunningham,  h.  May  2S,18S2;  m.,  first,  Margaret 
G.  Hunt ;  secondly,  Elizabeth  Thurman. 
ii.  Alfred -Becker,  b.  November  27,  1834;   m.  November  27, 
1865,  Sarah  Elizabeth  Van  Wicklen,  of  Woodhaven,  L.  I., 
who  d.  October  1, 1874,  and  had  issue : 

1.  Eichard-Cunningham,  b.  December  4, 1866. 
m.  Isabella-Frances,  b.  January  6,  1836;  d.  July  6,  1841. 


McCormick  Family.  421 

iv.  Sarah-Matilda,  b.  December  12,  1838;   m.  June  23,  1864, 
Dexter  H.  Walker,  and  had  issue  (surname  Walker)  : 
1.  Edith-May,  b.  May  29,  1874. 
V.  Mary-Louisa,  b.  July  22,  1841. 

vi.   William-Henry,  b.  October  6,  1846;  d.  June  8,  1850. 
vii.  Florence-Nightingale,  b.  September  3,  1855. 

XLII.  John  McCormick,  6  (Hugh,  5  James, ^  Hugh,^  Hugh,^ 
James,  1)  b.  January  15,  1818,  in  the  city  of  New  York;  in 
■  1845,  became  secretary  of  the  Atlantic  Dock  Company,  Brook- 
lyn, an  office  which,  after  the  lapse  of  forty  years,  he  still  [1885] 
occupies;  he  m.  February  17,  1845,  Caroline  Pilsbury, 
daughter  of  John  and  Abigail  Eliot  Pilsbury,  of  Newburyport, 
Mass.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Eliot,  b.  May  5, 1849 ;  entered  Columbia  College,  N".  Y.,  in 
1866  ;  was  secretary  to  Andrew  H.  Green,  comptroller  of 
the  city  of  Xew  York  from  1873  to  1876;  editor  of  the 
Christian  Union,  1877-1882,  and  of  Neio  York  Observer, 
1883:  now  engaged  in  business  in  New  York. 
ii.  Isabella-Esther,  b.  August  29,  1853;  m.  January  16,  1883, 
Edgar  Wade  Abbot,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  had  issue 
(surname  Abbot) : 

1.  Helen-Barbara,  b.  September  13, 1884. 

XLIJI.  Henry  McCormick, ^  (James, ^  William,-^  James, ^ 
Thomas,  2  James,  i)  b.  March  10,  1831,  in  Harrisburg,  Penn'a. 
He  received  his  education  at  the  Harrisburg  Academy,  Part- 
ridge's Military  Institute,  and  graduated  at  Yale  College  in 
1852.  Upon  his  return  from  college,  he  commenced  the  study 
of  the  law  with  his  father.  His  taste  being  for  a  more  stirring 
pursuit,  he  gave  it  up  and  learned  the  iron  business  at  Bead- 
ing furnace,  now  Robesonia,  at  the  first  opportunity  purchasing 
an  interest  in  the  Henry  Clay  and  Eagle  furnaces,  near  Marietta, 
Lancaster  county.  In  1857,  Paxtang  furnace  came  under  his 
management,  and,  in  1866,  the  nail-works  at  Fairview,  in  Cum- 
berland county,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Conedoguinit  creek,  which 
he  has  successfully  conducted  since.  In  1865,  before  a  rail- 
way spanned  the  continent,  he  crossed  the  great  plain  and 
mountain  range  to  the  Pacific  coast,  returning  by  the  Isthmus 
of  Panama.  In  1877,  he  visited  Europe. '  Long  before  these 
journeys,  he  had  shown  his  devotion  to  his  country.     At  the 


422  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

opening  of  the  Rebellion,  be  offered  bis  life  and  services  to  tbe 
cause  of  patriotism,  gathering  a  company  of  volunteers,  com- 
pany F,  Locbiel  Grays,  of  tbe  Twenty-fiftb  regiment,  Pennsyl- 
vania volunteers,  in  tbe  three  months'  service.  When  tbis  or- 
ganization was  disbanded,  he  was  at  once  chosen  colonel  of 
the  First  regiment,  Pennsylvania  militia,  under  Major  General 
John  F.  Reynolds,  by  whom  he  was  assigned  to  the  command 
of  the  First  brigade.  The  object  of  forming  tbis  division  being 
accomplished  by  the  contest  at  Antietam,  it  was  mustered  out 
of  service.  Under  the  act  relative  to  a  new  geological  survey 
of  Pennsylvania,  be  was  appointed  by  Governor  Hartranft  a 
commissioner,  and  by  bis  colleagues  its  treasurer.  These  posi- 
tions he  occupies  at  present.  As  a  co-trustee  of  bis  fatber's 
estate,  be  has  shown  tact  and  judgment,  and  in  the  pursuit  of 
all  tbe  business  in  which  he  is  engaged,  great  energy  and  suc- 
cess. To  all  benevolent  objects  be  is  a  most  generous  giver, 
without  ostentation  or  publicity.  As  an  evidence  of  tbe  es- 
teem in  which  he  is  held,  it  may  be  stated  that  when  a  candi- 
date for  Congress,  in  1882,  bis  majority  in  bis  native  county 
was  one  hundred  and  lifty-nine,  while  his  party  was  in  a  mi- 
nority of  nearly  fifteen  hundred  on  the  vote  for  otber  offices. 
Colonel  McCormick  m.  June  29,  1867,  Annie  Criswell, 
daughter  of  Jolin  Vance  Criswell  and  Hannah  Dull.  They 
bad  issue: 

i.  Henry-Buehler. 
ii.   Vance, 
in.  Mary  ;  d.  s.  p. 
iv.  Hugh  ;  d.  s.  p. 
V.  Annie. 

XLIV.  James  McCormick,"  (James, ^  Wilbam,*  James, ^ 
Thomas,  2  James.  ^)  b.  October  31,  1832,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools,  Captain  Partridge's 
Military  Institute,  the  Harrisburg  Academy,  graduating  at 
Yale  College  in  1853  ;  studied  law  under  his  father ;  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bars  of  Daupbin  and  Cumberland  counties,  and 
practiced  for  several  years.  Upon  the  deatb  of  his  father  be 
became  one  of  the  trustees  of  his  estate,  a  charge  tbat  absorbed 
his  time  and  attention  to  sucb  a  degree  that  he  abandoned  his 


McCormick  Family.  423 

profession.  The  magnitude  of  this  estate,  and  the  enterprises 
conducted  under  it,  require  caution,  prudence,  and  judgment 
in  its  management.  Mr.  McCormick  has  shown  all  these  quali- 
ties in  the  successful  performance  of  his  duties.  He  has  never 
held  political  office,  but,  in  the  religious  and  charitable  work 
of  the  day,  occupies  a  conspicuous  position.  He  has  been  an 
elder  in  the  Pine  Street  Presbyterian  church  from  its  founda- 
tion, in  1858,  a  successful  Sunday-school  tutor,  president  and 
trustee  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  ;  in  all  the 
active  work  of  his  denomination,  a  most  efficient  and  liberal 
agent ;  a  large  contributor  to  the  Home  for  the  Friendless  in 
this  city  ;  to  all  charitable  objects  ;  and,  from  its  opening,  presi- 
dent of  the  Harrisburg  hospital,  one  of  its  most  active,  atten- 
tive, and  competent  advisers.  He  m.  May  26,  1859,  at  Harris- 
burgh,  Penn'a,  Mary  Wilson  Alricks,  b.  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. ; 
daughter  of  Herman  Alricks  and  Mary  Wilson  Kerr,  {see  Al- 
ricks record.)     They  had  issue: 

i.  Herman- Alricks,  b.  June  3,  1860  ;  d.  January  25,  1867. 
ii.  Henry. 
Hi.   William. 
iv.  James, 
V.  Donald, 
vi.  Eliza. 

vii.  Mary-Kerr,  h.  March  18,  1874  ;  d.  May  7,  1877. 
via.  Bohert. 

XLV.  Mary  McCormick,*'  (James, ^  William,^  James, ^ 
Thomas,  2  James,  ^)b.  October  10,  1834;  d.  March  23,  1874,  at 
Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  m.  James  Donald  Cameron,  b.  1833,  in 
Middletown,  Pa.  ;  son  of  Greneral  Simon  Cameron  and  Margaret 
Brua.  He  received  a  classical  education,  and  studied  at  Prince- 
ton College.  Upon  leaving  college,  he  entered  the  Middletown 
bank  as  clerk,  of  which  he  subsequently  became  cashier.  From 
1866  to  1874,  he  was  president  of  the  Northern  Central  rail- 
road, in  which  latter  year  the  road  was  leased  to  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Eailroad  Company.  Greneral  Grant  appointed  him  Secre- 
tary of  War,  May  22, 1876,  which  office  he  held  until  the  close  of 
that  administration.  In  1876,  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  National 
Republican  Convention  at  Cincinnati,  and,  upon  the  resigna- 


424  Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 

tion  of  his  father,  General  Cameron,  as  United  States  Senator, 
was  elected  by  the  Legislature  to  fill  the  vacancy,  subsequently 
re-elected  for  the  full  term  ending  March  3,  1885,  and  again 
for  the  term  ending  March  3,  1891.  They  had  issue  (surname 
Cameron)  :  i     •■;  'd  '/ 

i.  Eliza-McCormick- \  m.  William  H.  Bradley,  of  Newark, 
N.J. 

ii.  Virqinia-Bolette ;  m.  Lieutenant  Alexander  Rodgers,  U. 
S.  A.,  of  New  Jersey  ;  appointed  Second  lieutenant,  4th 
cavalry,  June  16,  1875 ;  First  lieutenant,  July  6, 1879. 

Hi.  Mary. 

iv.  James-McCormick. 

V.  Margaretta-Brua. 

vi.  Hachel-Burnside. 

Mr.  Cameron  m.,  secondly,  May  9,  1878,  Elizabeth  Sher- 
man, daughter  of  Judge  Sherman,  of  Cleveland,  O. 

XLYI.  EiCHARD  Cunningham  McCormick,''^  (Richard- 
Cunningham,^  Hugh,^  James,  ^  Hugh,^  Hugh,^  James,  ^)  b. 
May  23,  1832.  He  was  educated  in  ISTew  York,  and  went,  in 
1854,  to  the  Crimean  war  as  correspo indent  for  one  of  the  New 
York  journals.  On  his  return,  he  published  two  volumes  of 
travels,  "  A  Yisit  to  the  Camp  before  Sebastopol,"  and  "  St. 
Paul's  to  St.  Sophia."  In  1858  and  1859,  he  edited  the  "  Young 
Men's  Magazine,"  and  was  instrumental  in  founding  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  in  this  country,  being  for  some 
time  corresponding  secretary  of  the  New  York  organization. 
During  the  early  months  of  the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  he  was 
with  the  Federal  army  in  the  field,  as  correspondent  for  the 
New  York  Evening  Post.  In  1861,  President  Lincoln  appointed 
him  chief  clerk  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  and,  in  1863, 
secretary  of  the  Territory  of  Arizona.  In  1866,  he  became 
Governor  of  the  same  Territory,  from  which  he  was  elected,  in 
the  year  1869,  delegate  to  Congress.  In  this  capacity  he  served 
the  Territory  six  years,  while  he  also  represented  the  Territory 
in  the  Republican  National  Convention  of  1876,  and  in  the 
Centennial  Exhibition  of  the  same  year.  During  the  presiden- 
tial campaign  which  immediately  followed,  he  acted  as  secre- 
tary of  the  Republican  National  Committee,  and,  on  the  elec- 


McCormick  Family.  425 

tion  of  Eutherford  B.  Hayes,  was  appointed  assistant  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury,  which  ill  health  subsequently  obliged  him  to 
resign.  In  1878,  he  became  American  Commissioner  to  the 
Paris  Exposition,  and  on  the  successful  completion  of  that  ser- 
vice retired  from  public  life.  He  m.,  first,  Margaeet  Gr.  Hunt, 
who  died  April  30, 1867 ;  and  secondly,  Elizabeth  Thueman, 
daughter  of  Senator  Allen  Gr.  Thurman,  of  Ohio. 


426  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 


McNAIR  OF  DERRY. 


I.  David  McNair,^  b.  in  the  parish  of  Donaghmore,  county 
Donegal,  Ireland,  emigrated  to  America,  in  1733,  and  took 
up  200  acres  of  land  in  then  Derry  township,  Lancaster  count}^ 
Province  of  Pennsylvania.  He  was  the  son  of  Alexander 
McNair,!  a  Scotch  settler  in  the  north  of  Ireland.  Of  his 
children  we  have  no  record.  A  brother,  Egbert  McNair,  ^ 
came  to  Pennsylvania  about  1737.  He  died  prior  to  1752, 
leaving  a  wife,  and  children  as  follows : 

2.  i.  Alexander,  b.  1730  ;  m.  and  liad  issue. 
ii.  ISamuel,  b.  1732. 

m.  Mary,  b.  1734. 
iv.  Robert,  b.  1737, 

II.  Alexander  McNair,^  (Robert,  ^  Alexander,  i)  b.  in 
1730,  in  parish  of  Donaghmore,  county  Donegal,  Ireland ;  d. 
about  the  close  of  the  18th  century  near  Pittsburgh  ;  m.  a  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  Dunning,  and  had  issue : 

3.  i.  Alexander,  b.  1774  ;  m.  Susanne  Marguerite  de  Reilhe. 

ii.  Dunning;  m.  and  had  Dunning,  ot  Washington  City,  m. 
Kitty  Steele;  Anna-Maria,  m.  Mr.  Anderson,  of  Louis- 
ville, Ky. ;  and  Margaret,  m.  Mr.  Steele,  of  the  same  place. 
Hi.  David ;  m.  and  had  David,  m.  Miss  Florettry ;  and  Ella. 
iv.  Bobert;  m.  and  had  Mary,  m,  Mr.  Minton  ;  Eliza,  m.  Mr. 

Baldwin  of  New  Orleans  ;  and  Bobert,  of  same  place. 
V.  Ezekiel ;  located  in  or  near  Erie,  Penn'a. 

III.  Alexander  McNair, 4  (Alexander, 3  Robert, ^  Alex- 
ander,^) b.  in  1774,  in  Derry  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin 
county,  Penn'a ;  cl.  March  18,  1826,  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 
He  received  a  fair  English  and  classical  education  under  Joseph 
Hutchinson,  whose  remains  are  interred  in  old  Derry  grave- 
yard, and  w^ho  was  a  superior  teacher.  He  subsequently  at- 
tended a  term  at  the  Philadelphia  College,  now  University  of 


McNair  of  Berry.  427 

Pennsylvania,  but  his  father  djnng,  he  was  called  home  to  the 
paternal  farm  in  Deny.  The  mother  shortly  after  deceased, 
and  the  sons,  Dunning  and  Alexander,  agreed  to  settle  their 
parent's  estate  in  a  novel  manner — that  whosoever  would  be 
the  victor  in  a  fair  encounter,  should  be  the  owner  of  the  home- 
stead. Alexander  received  a  severe  whipping  at  the  hands  of 
his  brother,  to  which  he  afterwards  acknowledged  he  owed  the 
honor  of  being  Governor  of  Missouri.  In  1799,  through  the 
influence  of  Senator  William  Maclay,  of  Harrisburg,  he  received 
the  appointment  of  lieutenant  of  infantry  in  the  U.  S.  Army, 
having  formerly  served  as  lieutenant  in  command  of  a  company 
from  Dauphin  county  in  the  Whiskey  Insurrection  of  1794. 
In  1804,  he  went  to  the  Missouri  Territory,  then  recently  ac- 
quired, where  he  served  a  number  of  years  as  U.  S.  Commissary, 
stationed  at  St.  Louis.  In  a  St.  Louis  tax  list  for  1811,  he  ap- 
pears taxed  for  one  of  the  nineteen  "carriages  of  pleasure" 
then  held  in  that  city. '"  In  1812,  he  was  appointed  adjutant 
and  inspector  general,  and  during  the  war  with  England,  was 
a  colonel  of  Missouri  militia  in  the  United  States  service.  The 
name  of  Alexander  McISTair  appears  among  a  list  of  merchants 
and  traders  in  1817,  doing  business  in  St.  Louis.  He  was 
the  first  Governor  of  Missouri,  holding  office  from  1820,  when 
the  State  government  was  formed,  to  1824.  At  the  expiration 
of  his  term  of  office  he  filled  an  important  position  in  the  Indian 
department  He  died  in  St.  Louis,  March  18,  1826,  aged  fifty- 
two  years,  and  his  remains  rest  in  Calvary  cemetery,  that  city. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  popularity,  and  strict  integrity,  and  left 

*  We  learn  that  Gov.  Mcl^air  resided  at  one  time  on  the  corner  of 
Main  and  Spruce  streets,  St.  Louis,  in  a  double  house,  two  rooms  deep, 
with  servants' quarters  outside.  This  house  was  built  of  logs  set  up- 
right, as  the  French  custom  was.  It  was  surrounded  by  a  wide  veran- 
da, supported  by  cedar  posts,  with  a  neat  i-ailing  around  it.  This  house 
was  daguerrotyped  by  Easterly  wlien  in  a  state  of  extreme  dilapida- 
tion, and  about  to  be  pulled  down,  and  often  appears  in  the  public 
prints  as  "  the  residence  of  Gov.  McNair,  the  first  Governor  of  Mis- 
souri. "  At  the  time  he  held  office,  and  prior,  he  lived  in  a  house 
west  of  Broadway,  in  what  was  then  the  northern  suburbs  ;  with  im- 
proved grounds  and  an  avenue  bordered  with  roses,  leading  to  the 
front  entrance.  It  was  at  a  later  date,  locally  known  as  the  "  Uiddle 
Mansion." 


428  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

to  his  family  an  honored  name.  Grovernor  McNair  married,  in 
1805,  SusANNE  Maeguerite  de  Reilhe,  a  native  of  St.  Louis, 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Antoine  and  Stella  (Camp)  de  Reilhe, 
and  granddaughter  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Camp,  formerly  of  Amherst 
county  and  parish,  Virginia,  and  the  first  Episcopalian  minister 
to  move  as  far  west,  as  the  Mississippi  of  whom  there  is  any 
record.  Dr.  Camp  went  with  George  Rogers  Clarke's  expedi- 
tion in  1778,  as  far  as  Louisville,  where  Clarke  abandoned  his 
boats  and  crossed  the  country  to  Kaskaskia.  Dr.  Camp  de- 
scended the  river  to  ISTatchez,  and  the  next  year  returned  and 
settled  at  Kaskaskia,  where  he  died  April  20,  1786.  The  same 
year  his  widow,  Mrs.  Ann  (Olivier)  Camp  and  her  four  daugh- 
ters, one  of  whom  had  just  married  Antoine  de  Reilhe,  moved 
to  St.  Louis,  where  the  future  Mrs.  McNair  was  born  January, 
1787.  The  father  of  Mrs.  ISTcNair  was  a  French  gentleman  of 
position,  with  very  polished  manners,  and  his  wife  dying  early, 
he  devoted  himself  to  the  education  of  his  three  children.  Mrs. 
McNair,  the  eldest,  was  highly  educated  for  that  time,  and  pos- 
sessed manners  of  extreme  elegance.  She  married  Mr.  McNair 
when  eighteen  years  of  age,  and  her  bridal  trip  was  to  accom- 
pany her  husband  on  horseback  to  Pittsburgh,  where  he  went 
on  business  and  to  visit  some  relatives.  After  some  months 
they  returned  in  boats,  which  were  taking  government  supplies 
to  western  posts.  She  survived  her  husband  thirty-seven  years, 
and  left  but  four  of  her  large  family  living.  She  died  in  St. 
Louis,  June  17,  1863,  and  rests  in  Calvary  cemetery  by  the  side 
of  her  husband.     They  had  issue: 

i.  [a  dau.'\ ;  d,  at  the  age  of  seventeen. 

a.  [a  son] ;  d,  at  the  age  of  fifteen. 

in.  Dunning  ;  killed  by  lightning,  June  3,  1831, 

iv.  Alexander -W .  \  d,  1849,  at  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico  ;  served 

ill  the  Mexican  war, 
V.  Frederick:,  d.  in  August,  1833,  in  New  Orleans,  of  yellow 
fever, 

vi.  Antoine- Beilhe ;  m,  three  times  ;  of  the  first  marriage,  there 
was  one  son,  Dr,  McNair,  who  d,  in  1880 ;  of  the  second 
marriage,  is  Commander  McNair,  U,  S,  Navy,  residing 
at  Saratoga,  N,  Y, ;  the  last  wife  and  children  reside  in 
St,  Louis. 


McNair  of  Derry. 


429 


Margaret-Caroline  \  m.  first,  Charles  D.  Ward,  a  surveyor 
and  civil  engineer,  of  Maryland ;  m.  secondly,  John  Gar- 
rison, of  Philadelphia,  and  resided  there  until  his  death ; 
resides  in  St.  Louis  with  two  children,  and  has  one 
daughter,  a  nun  in  the  Convent  of  the  Sacred  Heart. 

Louise;  m.  Judge  Samuel  Jones, of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  where 
she  resides. 

Lafayette  ;  served  in  the  Mexican  war ;  d.  in  1854,  at  Kew 
Orleans,  of  yellow  fever. 

Stella  ;  m.  Jules  Cabanne,  of  St.  Louis,  a  grandson  of 
Charles  Gratiot,  on  whose  porch  the  transfer  of  the 
Western  country  was  made  to  Captain  Stoddard  for  the 
United  States ;  Mr.  Cabanne  died  about  1873,  and  his 
widow  and  three  children  reside  in  St.  Paul,  Minn. 


430  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 


MoNAIR  OF  HANOVER. 


1.  Thomas  McIS1air,i  probably  a  grandson  of  David  McNair 
referred  to  in  the  preceding  record,  b.  in  1737,  in  the  parish  of 
Donaghrnore,  county  Donegal,  Ireland ;  d.  July  25,  1830,  in 
Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county,  Penn'a ;  emigrated  to 
America  about  the  year  1762.  and  took  up  land  in  Hanover 
township.  From  some  documen  ts  in  possession  of  his  descendants 
he  left  brothers,  William  and  Robert,  in  Ireland.  A  certificate 
of  character  and  church  membership,  signed  by  Benjamin 
Holmes  and  dated  Donaghmore,  20th  August,  1762,  states  that 
"Thomas  McNair  was  born  and  educated  in  this  parish;  a  de- 
scendant of  an  ancient  Protestant  family,  deservedly  esteemed 
in  their  country,  has  industriously  followed  his  business,  and 
always  maintained  an  unexceptionable  moral  character,  and  was 
admitted  to  church  privileges  with  us."  He  was  a  soldier  of  the 
Revolution  and  a  leading  man  in  Hanover  for  half  a  century. 
He  was  twice  married,  first  Ann  Wallace,  b.  March  15, 1748 ; 
d.  September  22,  1793,  in  Hanover;  daughter  of  Robert  Wal- 
lace and  Mary  Clyde,  {see  Wallace  of  Hanover.)  They  had 
issue : 

i.  Mary,  b.  1772;  d.  December  2,  1774. 
ii.  Martha,  b.  August  12, 1774; ;  m.  Samuel  Sturgeon,  of  Sliip- 

pensburg. 
Hi.  Bohert,  b.  May  13, 1777  ;  d.  in  1800  or  1801,  in  St.  Domingo, 
of  yellow  fever  ;  unm. 

2.  iv.    FFi/Ham,  b.  May  24,  1780;  m.  Edith  Bartles. 

V.  James,  b.  January  13.  1783  ;  d.  October  1,  1799. 

3.  vi.  Moses,  b.  June  11,  1785;  m.  Martha  Williamson. 

vii.  Ann,  b.  August  17,  1787  ;  d.  May  28,  1841,  near  Berwick, 
Penn'a ;  unm. 

4.  via.  Thomas,  b.  March  10,  1790;  m.  Agnes  Ferguson. 

Thomas  McNair  m.  secondly,  Mary  Strain,  b.  1758,  in  Han- 
over;  d.  October  22,  1821,  in  Hanover;  buried  beside  her  hus- 
band, his  first  wife,  and  children,  in  old  Derry  Church  grave- 
yard. They  had  issue : 


McNair  of  Hanover.  431 

ix.  John-Andrew,  b.  May  13,  1797;  d.  June  12,  18-i6,  at  the 
residence  of  his  brother,  William,  near  Dayton,  O.,  and 
buried  in  Bath  church  grave-yard. 
X.  Mary,  b.  September  1, 1798 ;  d.  October  18, 1864,  in  Indiana ; 
m.  William  Baird,  of  Hanover;  left  no  issue. 

xi.  Bober t- Wallace,  h.  Ku^wst  19,1800;  d.  in  Boston,  Mass., 

a  few  years  after  liis  marriage ;  m.  Eliza ■ — ,  and  had 

Ann,  v^iio,  vs^ith  her  mother,  reside  in  Boston. 

II.  William  McNair,  ^  (Thomas,  i)  b.  May  2-i,  1780,  in 
Hanover  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin  county,  Penn'a ; 
d.  October  23,  1842,  near  Dayton,  Ohio ;  m.  June  16,  1829, 
Edith  Bartles  ;  d.  September  2,  1872.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Jfa?'<7arei,  b.  April  8,1830;  m.   William  H.  Kendall,  and 

iiad issue  (surname  Kendall),  Charles- A.,  Jaynes,  George- 

F.,  and  Alverdie. 
ii.  T/iomas,  b.  October  23, 1832 ;  resides  in  Marion,  Ind.;  m. 

Miss  Overmier,  of  Columbus,  O.,  and  had  issue. 
Hi.  John,  b.  August  25,  1835;  d.  July  15,  1877  ;  unm. 
iv.   William,  b.  May  17,  1838;  m.  Anna  Landon,  of  Piqua, 

Ohio,  and  had  Robert. 
V.  Anna-Mary,  (twin,)  b.  May  17,  1838;  d.  ISTovember  5,  1855. 
vi.  James,  b.  May  27,  1841 ;  killed  October  19,  1864,  at  battle 

of  Cedar  Creek ;  buried  in  Bath  grave-yard  beside  his 

parents. 

III.  Moses  McNair,^  (Thomas,^)  b.  Junell,  1785,  in  Han- 
over townsliip,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin  county,  Penn'a ;  re- 
moved, in  1811,  to  the  Mad  Eiver  country,  Ohio,  where  he  died ; 
m,  Martha  Williamson.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Thomas;  a  physician  who  settled  in  St.  Louis,  now  retired 

from  practice  ;  m.  and  had  issue. 
ii.  Ann;  m.  in  October,  1836,  George  Mossier,  a  mercliant  of 

Fairfield,  O.,  and  had  issue  (surname  Mossier),  Buena, 

Ella,  and  a  son,  d.  in  childhood. 
Hi.  Edith;   was  twice  married;  her  second  husband,  

Webster,  and  had  issue, 
io.  Margaret ;  m.  James  McCord,  of  St.  Louis,  and  had  issue 

(surname  McCord),  Edna. 

IV.  Thomas  McNair,^  (Thomas,  i)  b.  March  10,  1790,  in 
Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county,  Penn'a ;  d.  July  23,  1847, 
at  Berwick,  Penn'a,  of  cholera  contracted  while  on  a  visit  to 
Tennessee  just  previous;  m.   December  7,   1819,  Agnes  Fer- 


432  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

GUSON,  b.  March  14,  1795,  iu  Hanover;  d.  July  20,  1848,  at 
Berwick,  Penn'a  ;  daughter  of  David  Fergnson  and  Jean  (Hen- 
derson) Rodgers,  {see  Ferguson  record.)     Thev  had  issue : 

i.  Jane- Ferguson;  m.  May  5, 1841,  William  Wilson  Righter, 
M.  D. ;  d.  at  Beaver  Meadows,  Carbon  county,  Penn'a, 
and  had  seven  children,  of  whom  only  three  are  living 
(surname  Righter) ; 

1.  Uiqohemia-McFee:,     m.    Arthur    P.    Wood,    of 

Omaha,  Neb. 

2.  Thomas- McNair\    m.   Gerti'ude  Leisenring,  of 

Mount  Carmel,  Penn'a. 

3.  John-M.,  civil  engineer  on  Union  Pacific  E.  R. 

in  Arizona. 

4.  Annie-M. ,  d.  at  Mauch  Chunk,  Pa. :  m.  W.  W. 

Weaver. 
a.  Ann-Wallact ;  d.  s.  p. 
5.      in.   T/iomas-S/jeer,  b.  October,  1824;  m.  Mary  Stevens. 
iv.  Anna-Mary  ;  resides  in  Omaha,  Neb. ;  unm. 
V.  David-Henderson  ;  d.  July  18,  1881,  at  Bowie  Station,  Ari- 
zona ;  m.  Mary  E.  Setzer,  and  left  TJiomas-B.  and  David- 
Ferguson. 
vi.   William-Edwards  \  d.  August  6,  1857,  at  Mauch  Chunk, 

Penn'a;  unm. 
vii.  James-Sharon,  b.  October  5,  1838,  in  Foundryville,  Pa.,  a 
civil  and  mining  engineer ;  was  first  lieutenant,  company 
G,  32d  regiment.  Pa.  Vols.,  in  1863 ;  m.  Rebecca  E.  Vin- 
cent, of  Hazleton,  Pa. 

Y.  Thomas  Speee  McNair,^  (Thomas, ^  Thomas,^)  b. 
October,  1824,  in  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county,  Penn'a. 
He  is  a  civil  and  mining  engineer,  Lehigh  Valley  railroad  com- 
pany, residiug  at  Hazleton,  Pa.,  of  which  borough  he  has  been 
chief  burgess,  president  of  council,  and  prominently  identified 
with  its  leading  enterprises.  Mr.  McNair,  m.  August  14,  1866, 
Mary  Stevens,  a  native  of  England.     They  had  issue : 

I.  Annie-Agnes. 
ii.    Thomas- Ferguson. 
Hi.  Bobert- Stevens. 
iv.   William- III ghter. 
V.  Jane-Ferguson. 
vi.  John- Calvin, 
vii.  Donald- Walla/^e. 
viii.  Mary-Stevens. 


Midler  and  Lohingier.  433 


MULLER  AND  LOBINGTER. 


I.  John  Muller,  ^  son  of  Ru])olph  Muller,  ^  b.  about  1715, 
in  the  Palatinate,  Germany ;  emigrated  with  his  family  to 
America  in  1752,  on  the  ship  "  Bawley,"  George  Grove,  captain, 
•'  from  Rotterdam,  last  from  Plymouth."  arriving  at  Philadelphia 
on  the  23d  of  October,  1752.  He  settled  in  Lebanon  township, 
then  Lancaster  county,  Pa.,  where  he  died  in  1760,  leaving  a 
wife,  Barbara,  who  survived  her  husband  several  years,  dying 
in  1783,  and  children  as  follows  : 

i.  John,  b.  1734;  d.  prior  to  1785  •,  m.  Juliana ;  d.  prior 

to  1785  ;  and  had  a  son  Rudolph. 
Ursula,  b.  1736  ;  m.  Martin  Tliomas,  (see  Thomas  record.) 
Anna,  b.  1738 ;  m.  Matthias  Eeigard. 
Rudolph,  b.  1740;   m.  first,  Catharine ;  secondly 

Susanna . 

Milizuhetli,  b.  1743,  m.  Christopher  Lobingier. 

Barbara,  b.  1745;  m.  John  Wolf,  of  Cumberland  county, 

Pa. 
vii.  Mary,h.  1747 ;  m.  Henry  Feiger,  of  Westmoreland  county, 

Pa. 

Subsequently,  after  the  death  of  his  father,  followed  Henry 
Muller,  [Moeller,]  nephew  of  the  foregoing,  and  concerning 
whom  we  have  the  following  record:  He  was  born  in  1749, 
in  Hamburg,  Germany,  and  on  the  occasion  referred  to,  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  years,  came  to  America,  having  received  a  classi- 
cal education  in  the  University  of  Gottingen.  Henry  had  a 
good  instructor.-  He  was  brought  to  the  notice  of  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Muhlenberg,  who  secured  him  the  appointment  as  assistant  in 
a  school  in  which  he  was  himself  at  that  time  giving  instruction, 
in  the  mean  time  devoting  all  his  leisure  to  the  study  of  the- 
ology under  the  direction  of  his  patron.     In  the  year  1774,  he 


2t. 

2. 

in. 

3. 

iv. 

4. 

V. 

Vl. 

434  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Lutheran  Synod  of  Pennsylvania. 
Mr.  Miiiler's  first  regular  pastoral  charge  was  at  Heading,  where 
be  remained  from  August  1775,  to  August,  1777,  when  be  re- 
moved to  Philadelphia.  Having  consecrated  himself  to  the 
work  of  the  ministry,  he  evinced  mucb  of  a  self-denying  spirit 
in  preacbing  the  gospel  to  the  poor,  and  laboring  to  collect  and 
build  up  congregations  in  the  most  obscure  places,  and  under 
the  most  unfavorable  circumstances.  He  served  for  some  time 
as  cbaplaiu  to  an  associated  battalion  in  the  war  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. Mr.  Miiller,  about  1783,  became  the  settled  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Albany,  JST.  Y.,  and  it  was  under  his  ministry  that 
the  first  Lutheran  church  edifice  in  that  city  was  built.  In 
1789,  he  received  and  accepted  a  call  to  New  Holland,  Lancaster 
county.  Pa.,  where  he  continued  very  laboriously  engaged  un- 
til 1795,  when  he  took  charge  of  the  Lutheran  interests  in  Har- 
risburg  and  the  neighborhood.  He  was  the  first  pastor  after 
the  separation  of  the  Lutheran  from  the  Reformed  congregation. 
Here  he  remained  seven  years,  and  although  his  duties  were 
laborious,  his  ministry  was  a  successful  one.  In  the  year  1802, 
much  to  the  regret  of  the  congregation,  he  relinquished  this 
charge,  returned  to  his  former  field  of  work  in  the  State  of  New 
York,  where  he  continued  about  six  years,  (the  period  he  usually 
allowed  himself  for  continuance  in  one  place,)  when  he  accepted 
a  call  to  the  united  churches  of  Sharon  and  New  Rhinebeck, 
Schoharie  county,  N.  Y.,  where  he  ofhciated  until  physical  in- 
firmity rendered  him  incapable  of  attending  to  his  pastoral 
duties.  He  died  at  Sharon,  on  the  16th  of  September,  1829, 
in  the  eightieth  year  of  his  age.  Mr.  Miiller  in  person  was 
rather  thick-set,  somewhat  below  the  medium  height,  and  very 
agreeable  in  manners  and  appearance.  As  a  preacher,  he  was 
not  brilliant,  but  instructive  and  practical,  while  in  the  more 
private  duties  of  the  pastoral  office  waseminently  felicitous  and 
faithful  He  was  a  bright  example  of  the  Christian  spirit,  and 
an  eminently  devoted  minister.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Miiller  was 
twice  married.  He  married  first,  on  September  19, 1775,  EsTHEE 
Ott,  sister  of  John  Nicholas  Ott.  She  probably  died  at  Har- 
risburg.  Pa.  He  married  secondly,  the  widow  of  Baron  Zed- 
wick,  who  lost  his  life  in  the  French   war.     This  latter  con- 


MilUer  and  Lohingier.  435 

nection  proved  every  way  a  liappy  one,  for  bis  wife  was  a 
woman  of  sweet  manners  and  amiable  disposition.  Slie  died 
in  1827.      We  have  no  knowledge  if  they  left  any  descendants. 

II.  Anxa  Mullee,3  (John,  2  Rudolph,  i)  b.  1738,  in  the 
Palatinate,  German}^ ;  d.  February,  1810,  in  Lebanon  township, 
Lebanon  county,  Pa. ;  m.  Matthias  Peigard,  b.  1736;  d.  m 
1790,  in  Lebanon  township.    They  had  issue  (surname  Reigard) : 

i.  Jacob;  m.  and  left  issue. 
a.  Elizabeth;  m.  Henry  Kleber,  of  Mt.  Pleasant  township, 

Westmoreland  county,  Pa. 
m.  Barbara  ;  m.  Jacob  Steinman,  son  of  Conrad  Steinman,  * 

of  Betliel. 
iv.  Henry  ;  m.  Barbara  Henner,  daughter  of  John  Henner.  f 
V.  Christopher. 
vi.  John:,  m,  and  left  issue. 
cii.  Anna, 
via.  David, 
ix.  Matthias, 
X.  Anna-Mary, 
xi.  Catharine. 

III.  PuDOLPH  MULLER,^  (Johu,  2  Rudolph,  i)  b.  about  1740, 
in  the  city  of  Hamburg,  Germany;  d.  JSTovember,  1806,  in 
Annville  township.  Dauphin,  now  Lebanon  county,  Pa.  ;  came 
with  his  parents  to  America  to  then  Lancaster  county,  and 
brought  up  as  a  farmer ;  m.  first,  Catharine ,  and  had 

*CoNKAD  Steikman  of  Bethel  township,  Lebanon  county,  Penn'a, 
d.  prior  to  1788,  leaving  a  wife,  Anna  Maria,  and  cliildren,  Jacob, 
Philopena,  3Iagdalena,  Anna,  John,  Catharine,  and  Bar-bara,  m. 
(Jeorge  Slieaffer. 

t  John  Hennek,  of  Lebanon  township,  now  Lebanon  county,  Pa., 
d.  May,  1797.  His  first  wife,  and  mother  of  his  children,  was  Magda- 
lena  8teinman,  of  Switzerland,  granddaughter  of  Ulrick  Steinman, 
from  whose  estate  there  was  an  inheritance  for  his  children.  His 
second  wife,  Elizabeth,  survived  him.  His  children  were: 
i.  Emanuel. 

ii.  John  ;  d.  prior  to  1797,  leaving  a  wife,  Barbara,  and  a  son 
John  ;  to  the  latter  his  grandfather  left  his  musket,  bay- 
onet, and  sword,  used  in  the  Kevolution. 
Hi.  Magdalena  ;  d.  prior  to  1797. 
iv.  Barbara  ;  m.  Henry  Reigard. 


436  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

issue ;  secondly,  Susanna ,  who  survived  her  husband 

several  years..    They  had  issue  : 

i.  John,  b.  1766. 
ii,  Henry,  b.  1768. 
Hi.  David,  b.  1770. 
iv.  Catharine,  b.  1772;  m.  Henry  Williams. 

5.  V.  Elizabeth,  b.  October  6,  1774;  m.  Jolm  Philip  Imboden. 

vi.  Anna-Maria,  b.  October  9,  1776;  d.  December  6,  1849  ;  m. 
Peter  Killinger,  b.  October  27, 1776  ;  d.  ITovember  6, 1848. 
vii.  Mary;  m.  John  Seegrist. 
inn.  Christiana. 

IV.  Elizabeth  MtJLLER, 3  (John,^  Eudolph,!)  b.  1743,  in 
the  city  of  Hamburg,  Germany ;  d.  September  5,  1815,  in 
Stoystown,  Somerset  county.  Pa. ;  m.  in  1766,  Christopher 
LoBiNGiER,  b.  1740,  in  Paxtang  township,  Lancaster,  now 
Dauphin,  county.  Pa.  ;  son  of  Christopher  Lobingier,  a  native 
of  Wittenberg,  German3',  who  settled  in  then  Lancaster  county, 
Pennsylvania,  prior  to  J  735.  The  sou  removed  to  Mount 
Pleasant  township,  Westmoreland  county.  Pa.,  in  1772;  was 
a  delegate  to  the  first  Constitutional  convention  of  the  State, 
which  convened  at  Philadelphia,  July  15,  1776  ;  an  influential 
member  of  the  Committee  of  Correspondence  for  the  county  of 
Westmoreland,  1775-76 :  and  under  the  constitution  of  1790, 
a  representative  to  the  General  Assembly  from  1791  to  1793. 
He  died  at  his  residence  in  Mount  Pleasant  township,  July  4, 
1798.     They  had  issue  (surname  Lobingier) : 

6.  i.  John,  b.  April  5,  1767;  m.  first,  Sophia  Moyer;  secondly, 

Elizabeth  Cross. 
a.  Christopher,  b.  1769;  m.  and  had  issue. 

7.  Hi.  Catharine,  h.  1771 ;  m.  Jacob  Painter. 

iv.  Barbara,  b.  1773 ;  m.  a  Mr.  Leassure,  and  left  issue, 
r.  Mary,  b.  1775;  ra.  a  Mr.   Kimmel,  of  Somerset  county, 

Penn'a;  removed  to  Michigan. 
ri.  Elizabeth,  b,  1777. 
vii.  Budolph,  b.  1780. 

viii.  Susanna,  b.  1782;  m.  a  Mr.  Kimmel,  of  Somerset  county, 
Penn'a. 
ix.  George,  b.  1784;  m.  and  had  issue. 

Y.  Elizabeth  Muller,^  (Kudolph,^  John,^  Rudolph,  i) 
,b.  October  6,  1774;  d.  March  1,  1862,  near  Annville,  Lebanon 


Muller  and  Lohingier.  487 

county,  Penn'a;  m.  JoHN  Philip  Imboden,  b.  March  26, 1774; 
d.  May  25,  1849,  near  Annville,  Pa. ;  son  of  Johannes  Sweigart 
Imboden,  b.  October  22.  1733 ;  d.  July  20,  1819,  and  his  wife 
Elenora,  b.  July  29,  1741;  d.  July  16,  1813.  They  liad  issue 
(surname  Imboden): 

i.  Philip  ;  m.  and  had  Henry ^  who  resided  in  East  Greenville, 

Stark  county,  O. 
ii.  Solomon\  m.  and  had  Mary,  John,  and  George. 
Hi.  Jacob,  b.  July  6,  1805  ;  d.  February  16,  1836  ;  unra. 
iv.  Samuel,  b.  June  24,   1807;  d.  August  15,  1875;  m.  first, 

Kreider,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Mary. 

2.  Elizabeth. 

3.  Nancy. 

He  m.  secondly,  the  widow  of  his  brother  William,  and 
had  issue : 

4.  Moses;  d.  s.  p. 

5.  Lydia;  d.  s.  p. 

6.  Lavinia ;  d.  s.  p. 

7.  Samuel ;  resides  near  Annville,  Pa. 

8.  /S«saii;  m.  Michael  Moyer  ;  resides  in  Campbells- 

town,  Pa. 
V.  William ;  m. Kreider,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  William ;  m.  a  daughter  of  Daniel  Heilman,  and 

had  two  children. 

2.  Mary- Ann  ;  m.  John  Hotz  ;  reside  near  Annville, 

Pa. 

vi.  Daniel ;  m.  first, Imboden,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Daniel. 
lie  m.  secondly,  Elizabeth  Ellenberger. 
vii.  John. 

via.  George,  b.  November  8,  1814  ;  d.  October  4, 1854 ;  m.  Sarali 
Heilig;  resides  in  Annville,  Pa.,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Emma;  m.  Joseph  Ehrman. 

2.  Philip  ;  m.  Catharine  Smith. 

3.  George;  m.  Amanda  Killian. 

4.  Jacob;  m.  Emma  Black. 

5.  Adam;  m.  Sarah  Herr. 

6.  Clara-Anna,  m.  Abraham  Herr. 

ix.  Nellie;  m.  Philip  Carmony ;  reside  in  Annville,  Pa. 
X.  Elizabeth. 

VI.  John  LoBmGiEE,'^  (Elizabeth, ^  John, ^  Eudolph,i)  b. 
April  5,  1767,  in  Paxtang  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphiin 


438  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

county,  Pa.  ;  d.  February  26,  1859,  in  Mount  Pleasant  town- 
ship, "Westmoreland  county,  Pa. ;  in  1797,  he  built  the  old  home 
at  Laurelville,  and  shortly  after  removed  there  from  the  Ligonier 
valley;  he  was  a  member  of  the  Legislature,  and  an  associate 
judge  of  the  county;  was  engaged  in  the  iron  business,  con- 
trolling several  furnaces,  and  also  sank  a  number  of  oil  wells. 
He  was  twice  married;  m.  first,  July  7,  1789,  Sophia  Moyer, 
b.  July  26,  1770  ;  d.  May  18,  1838.  They  had  issue  (surname 
Lobingier) : 

i.  Elizabeth,  b.  September  11,  1790;  rn.  John  Counell. 
a.  Mary,  b.  September  25,  1792  ;  d.  1880  ;  m.  Casper  Markle, 
brother  of  Gen.  Joseph  Markle. 

8.  m.  Ja'^ob,  b.  February  21,  1795;  m.  Mary  Stauffer. 
iv.  Surah,  b.  May  14,  1797;  m.  Christian  Fetter. 

9.  V.  John,  b.  August  21,  1799;  m.  Elizibeth  Smith. 
vi.  Susanna,  b.  March  12,  1802  ;  d.  s.  p. 

vli.  Christopher,  h.  August  12,  1803:  d.  Dacember  3,1836,  at 

Rodney,  Miss. 
viii.  Hannah,  b.  August  20,  1808  ;  m.  Shepard  Markle,  of  West 
Newton,  Westmoreland  county,  Pa. 
ix.  Sophia,  h.  February  2,1809;  m.  Dr.  Philip  G.  Young,  of 

Washington  county,  Pa. ;  resides  at  Chicago. 
X.  George,  b.  February  7,  1811  ;  d.  February  11,  1829. 
xi.  Catharine,  b.  August  8,  1813;  d.  Mareli,  1860,  in  Fayette 
county,  Pa. ;  m.  Rev.  James  Darsie. 

Judge  Lobingier  ra.  secondly,  Elizabeth  Cross,  b.  1792  ; 
d.  October  3,  1861 ;  no  issue. 

YII.  Catharine  Lobingier,^  (Elizabeth,'  John,^  Ru- 
dolph, i)  b.  1771,  in  Westmoreland  county.  Pa.  ;  d.  at  the  age  of 
eighty-four,  and  buried  in  Markle  cemetery;  m.  in  1793, 
Jacob  Painter,  b.  in  Berks  county,  Penn'a ;  d.  at  the  age  of 
iift3^-nine  years ;  son  of  Jacob  Painter,  a  native  of  Mecklenberg 
Germany.  .  The  son  settled  on  a  farm  in  Hempfield  township, 
Westmoreland  county,  Penn'a,  prior  to  1790,  and  built  a  stone 
grist  mill.  He  was  an  energetic,  active  business  man,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Legislature  several  terms,  and  a  justice  of  the  peace 
for  a  long  period.  He  was  the  Whig  candidate  for  member  of 
Congress,  and  came  within  seventeen  votes  of  being  elected 
over  William   Findley.      Afterwards  served  as  an  associate 


Mulhr  and  Lohingier.  439 

judge  of  the  county,  a  position  he  tilled  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  was  a  man  of  commanding  presence,  being  almost  six  feet 
in  height,  and  heavy  set.  He  had  been  previously  mari'ied, 
his  first  wife  being  a  Miss  Eapiere,  by  whom  he  had  Elizabeth, 
who  became  the  wife  of  Gen.  Joseph  Markle,  Rebecca^  Catha- 
rine, Tobias,  George,  and  Elias.  By  his  second  wife,  Catharine 
Lobingier,  there  was  issue  (surname  Painter) : 

i.  Ilary,  b.  1794. 

n.  John.,  h.  1796. 

Hi.  Jacob,  b.  1798. 

iv.  Christopher,  b.  1800. 
V.  George,  b.  1802. 

vi.  Joseph,  b.  1804. 

vii.  Benjamin,  b.  1806. 
via.  Susanna,  b.  1808. 

ix.  Isrdel,  b.  November  11, 1810  ;  d.  July  4, 1880,  in  Westmore- 
land county,  Penn'a;  remained  on  his  father's  farm  un- 
til the  age  of  seventeen  ;  taught  the  district  school  two 
terms,  and  afterwards  attended  several  sessions  at  .Jef- 
ferson college,  Canonsburg.  Erom  1832  to  1835,  lie  be- 
came interested  in  salt  wells,  and  during  his  whole  life 
was  an  active  and  enterprising  citizen,  greatly  assisting 
in  the  development  of  the  vast  industries  of  his  native 
county;  from  1846  to  1848,  he  represented  his  district  in 
the  State  Legislature,  and  was  canal  commissioner  from 
1849  to  1852 ;  was  a  delegate  to  the  Democratic  National 
Convention  at  Charleston,  S.  C,  in  1860,  identifying  him- 
self with  the  Douglas  wing  of  his  party. 

X.  Sophia,  b.  1812. 

YIII.  Jacob  Lobingier,  ^  (John,-^  [Lobingier,]  Elizabeth,  ^ 
John, 2  Eudolph,^)  b.  February  21,  1795,- in  Mount  Pleasant 
township,  Westmoreland  county,  Pa.,  where  he  d.  October  11, 
1855.  He  was  for  many  years  a  justice  of  the  peace,  served 
as  captain  and  major  of  the  militia,  and  was  president  of  the 
Somerset  and  West  Newton  turnpike  company.  He  m.  Mary 
Stauffer,  b.  April  21,  1801 ;  d.  October  8, 1879.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Lobingier) : 

i.  John-Staufftr,  b.  October  31,  1820;  d.  February  20,  1821. 
ii.  Elizabeth,  b.  April  13,  1822;  d.  in  Greensburg,  Pa.:  m. 
March  18,  1845,  David  K.  Marchand,b.  December  8, 1816 ; 
editor  of  the  Eegister,  from  1841  to  1861. 


440  Fennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Hi.  Jaco?>,  b.  March  20, 1824 ;  educated  at  Bethany  college,  and 
since  1847  resided  on  the  old  estate  at  Laurelville ;  served 
as  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  for  twenty-flve  years  held 
the  office  of  post-master;  he  m.  March  18,  1847,  Lillias 
F.  Stewart,  b.  October  25,  1827,  daughter  of  Andrew 
Stewart,  Esq.,  and  had  issue  (surname  Lobingier) : 

1.  Quincy- Adams,  b.  January  8,  1848;  m.  Anna  E. 

Wells,  of  Steubenville,  O. 

2.  Henry-Schell,  b.  October  22,  1849  ;  graduated  at 

Bethany  college,  1873;    is  a  minister  in  the 
Disciples  church  ;  m.  Annie  H.  St.  Clair. 

3.  Ada-Bonriette,  b.  April  15,  1855. 

4.  J.-Frank,  b.  July  13,  1859. 

5.  Andrew-Stewart,  b.  December  22,  1862. 

6.  Paul,  b.  February  20, 1868  ;  d.  September  5, 1870. 

iv.  Franklin-B.,  b.  May  17,  1826;  d.  April  5, 1852,  at  Laurel- 
ville, Pa. ;  educated  at  Bethany  college,  and  was  a  noted 
minister  of  the  Disciples  church,  preaching  in  Maryland, 
Virginia,  and  Pennsylvania. 
V.  Maria,  b.  January  30, 1829 ;  m.  February  24, 1848,  Jonathan 
]Sr.  Shallenberger  ;  reside  at  Braddock's,  Pa. 

vi.  George,}).  September  20,  1832;  educated  at  Washington 
and  Jefferson  college  ;  read  law  with  Henry  F.  Scliell,  at 
Somerset,  Ph.,  and  admitted  to  that  bar;  practiced  law 
at  Lanark,  III. ;  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Disciples 
church;  now  located  at  Hebron,  Neb.;  m.  September 
23, 1857,  Ada  B.  Stewart. 

vii.  ChristopheT^C.,}).  June  7,  1840;  served  in  Gen.  Burnside's 
corps,  in  tiie  Rebellion;  m.  January  10,  1865,  Helena 
Mills,  of  Bxaddock^s^  Penn'a,  where  he  resides. 

IX.  John  Lobingier, ^  (John,^  [Lobingier,']  Elizabeth, ^ 
John,  2  Rudolph,  1 )  b.  August  21,  1799,  at  Laurelville,  West- 
moreland county,  Pa.  ;  d,  Aiay  16,  1885,  in  Mount  Pleasant, 
that  county.  After  his  farm  life,  his  business  was  teaming, 
and  many  yeai-s  were  spent  in  transportation  service,  the  turn 
pike  filling  the  place  for  commercial  purposes  then,  which  is 
now  occupied  by  the  railroad.  After  his  marriage,  he  became 
the  owner  of  a  large  farm  east  of  Mount  Pleasant,  which  he 
operated  in  conjunction  with  his  other  enterprises.  He  con- 
tinued to  reside  on  his  farm  until  the  increasing  infirmities  of 
an  honorable  old  age  admonished  him  that  the  heat  and  burden 
of  the  day  should  be  borne  by  ^^ounger  shoulders.     He  accord- 


^  Midler  and  Lohmgier.  441 

inglj  built  a  handsome  residence  in  the  town  and  in  1882, 
removed  into  it.  From  that  time  he  spent  the  evening  of  his 
life  in  well-earned  leisure.  In  1840,  he  became  a  member  of  the 
Middle  Presbyterian  church,  and  continued  au  active  supporter 
there  until  the  Memorial  Presbyterian  church  was  formed, 
when  he,  with  his  family,  transferred  their  membership  to  the 
new  congregation.  He  had  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances  by 
whom  he  was  highly  respected  for  his  sterling  qualities  of  mind 
and  heart.  The  Mount  Pleasant  Journal^  in  a  brief  sketch  of 
him  said  :  "  He  goes  to  his  rest  as  a  sheaf  of  golden  grain  ready 
for  the  harvest.  Having  served  the  Master  for  nearly  half  a 
century,  he  has  passed  to  his  reward.  The  funeral  took  place 
on  May  19,  the  services  being  conducted  by  Revs.  Bradley, 
Moore,  and  Reynolds.  The  obsequies  were  held  in  the  Memo- 
rial church,  and  the  interment  took  place  at  the  Middle  Presby- 
terian cemetery."  Mr.  Lobingier  was  one  of  the  most  active 
and  enterprising  men  of  the  county  ;  and  served  in  most  of  the 
local  offices  of  his  locality.  He  m.,  November  25,  1824.  Eliz- 
abeth Smith,  b.  August  22,  1805  ;  d.  July  8, 1856,  in  Mount 
Pleasant  township.     They  had  issue  (surname  Lobingier): 

i.  Sophia- Am,a7ida,h.  April  29,  1826 ;  m.  June  25,  1846,  Dr. 

Francis  M.  McConaughy,  reside  in  JSTebraska. 
n.  Jacob-Smith,  b.  July  24,  1828  ;  m.  December  25, 1860,  Mary 
Jane  Cochran,  b.  November  17,  1837,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Lobingier) : 

1.  Edioard,  b.  September  6,  1861 ;  d.  February  6, 

1865. 

2.  Jo/m,  b.  August  2,  1863. 

3.  Alice-Iona,  b.  January  10, 1865. 

4.  Walter-Smith,  b.  June  11, 1869. 

5.  Bettie-L.,  b.  May  1,  1871. 

6.  Chaimcey,  b.  July  30,  1873. 

7.  Churles-D.,  b.  March  16,  1875. 

8.  Arthur -McMillan,  b.  December  14, 1878. 

Hi.  Mary-Elizabeth,  h.  April  22,  1831;  d.  February  21,  1854, 
m.  January  27, 1853,  Henry  Freed,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Freed) : 

1.  Mary -Elizabeth,  b.  February  8,  1854;  m.  first, 
September  4,  1879,  L.  F.  Wenner ;  d.  April, 
1883;  m.  secondly,  February  3,1885,  G.  W. 
Bailey. 


442 


Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 


iv.  iat'mia-BJmiZ.iy,  b.  March  3,  1835. 

V.  Eliza-Catharine,  b.  November  7, 1837  ;  tn.,  first,  October  16, 
1860,0.  P.  Griffin  ;  m.  secondly,  J.  B.  Evans,  of  Topeka, 
Kansas. 
^■^.  John-MarMe.  b.  November  29, 1840;  d.  November  20,  184:4. 
vii.  Anna-Malinda,  b.  July  27,  1843. 
viii.   William- Henry,  b.  May  1,  1846;  d.  July  29,  1877. 
ix.  Josephine,  b.  May  31,  1849;  m.  May  8,  1879,  G.  F.  P.  Grif- 
fin. 


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Murray  of  Harris'  Ferry.  443 


MURRAY  OF  HARRIS'  FERRY. 


I.  Pateick  Mukeay/  1).  March  17,  1755,  in  county  Done- 
gal, Ireland ;  d.  July  23,  1854,  in  Orange  township,  Ashland 
county,  O.  He  came  to  America  at  the  outset  of  the  struggle 
for  independence,  and  we  find  tliat  on  the  3d  of  June,  1776,  he 
enlisted  in  Captain  James  Parr's  company,  of  the  first  regiment, 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Line,  for  three  years  or  during  the  war. 
He  was  discharged  in  1782,  and  shortly  after  settled  at  Harris' 
Ferry,  on  the  Susquehanna,  and  when  two  years  after- the  town 
of  Harrisburg  was  laid  out,  established  himself  in  business  as  a 
"clothier  and  fashioner."  In  the  year  1800,  he  removed  with 
his  family  to  Greensburgh,  Westmoreland  county,  Penn'a, 
remaining  there  until  1809,  when  he  located  in  Stark  county, 
O.  In  1812,  he  and  his  son,  James,  volunteered  in  the  brigade 
of  Gen.  Reasin  Beall,  organized  for  the  defence  of  the  border  set- 
tlers in  the  North-West.  While  quartered  at  Fort  Meigs,  the 
army  became  much  distressed  for  want  of  provisions  ;  the  roads 
to  the  settlements  were  long,  rough,  and  in  poor  condition, 
passing  mostly  through  dense  forests,  and  across  marshes  and 
bogs.  The  quantity  of  forge  consumed  by  the  cavalry,  as  well 
as  supply  of  the  quartermaster's  department  for  the  troops, 
made  it  difficult  to  furnish  the  necessary  rations  at  the  proper 
time.  On  more  than  one  occasion  the  troops  were  on  the  point 
of  starvation,  and  this,  with,  the  inclemency  of  the  weather, 
made  their  sLifferings  almost  unbearable.  Several  reminiscences 
of  this  period,  in  Mr.  Murray's  history,  have  been  preserved  to 
us,  which  show,  that  under  the  most  adverse  circumstances, 
his  mother  wit,  and  his  indomitable  energy  never  forsook  him, 
while  his  patriotism  was  none  the  less  enthusiastic  by  his  many 
deprivations.  After  Gen.  Beall  returned,  the  father  and  son 
served  a  second  enlistment,  and  were  at  the  battle  of  Fort  Meigs 


444  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

In  that  contest  the  elder  Murray  was  separated  from  his  com" 
pany,  and  the  grass  being  very  tall  it  was  presumed  by  his 
comrades  that  he  had  been  killed  and  scalped  by  the  Indians. 
After  a  few  hours,  he  appeared  in  the  camp  amid  the  cheers  of 
his  companions  at  his  safe  return.  Upon  the  expiration  of  his 
term  of  service,  he  returned  to  his  home  in  Stark  county,  where 
he  remained  until  1815,  when  he  removed  to  what  is  now  Orange 
township,  then  Richland  county,  O.  It  is  said  of  him,  that 
although  his  education  was  defective,  he  had  a  very  retentive 
memory,  and  enjoyed  at  the  close  of  his  long  life,  the  relation 
of  the  exploits  and  border  achievements  of  himself  and  other 
early  pioneers  in  that  section  of  Ohio.  In  many  respects  he 
was  a  remarkable  man,  and  was  all  his  life-time  active,  energetic, 
and  industrious.  On  the  4th  of  July,  the  year  he  was  ninety- 
nine  years  of  age,  he  rode  to  Ashland  in  a  buggy,  walked  about 
one  mile  during  the  day  and  returned  home,  some  three  miles, 
in  the  evening.  He  voted  for  ten  diilerent  Presidents  of  the 
United  States.  Mr.  Murray  m.,  September  2,  1786,  at  Harris- 
burg,  Penn'a,  by  Rev.  John  Elder,  of  Paxtang,  Maey  Beeeeton" 
Beatty,  b.  in  1769,  in  county  Down,  Ireland ;  d.  March  2, 
1853,  in  Ashland  county,  Ohio ;  with  her  husband  buried  in 
Orange  grave-yard  ;  daughter  of  James  Beatty  and  Alice  Ann 
Irwin,  {see  Beatty  record.)     They  had  issue  : 

2.  i.  James,  b.  August  14,  1787  ;  m.  Jane  Hansell. 

3.  a.  Edward,   h.  jSTovember  4,  1789;   m.   Rebecca  Christina 

Youngblood. 
m.  Catharine,  h.  October  4,  1791  ;  d.  s.  p.,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
iv.  Patrick,  b.  September  1,  1793;  d.  s.  p.,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

4.  V.  Susannah,  h.Deceniher  25,  1795;  m.  first,  William  Cazier; 

secondly,  John  Barber. 
William,  b.  March  18,  1797;  m.  Mary  Chalcoat. 
John,  b.  April  5,  1799  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Urie.  -^-'^ 
Mary,  b.  April  13,  1801  ;  m.  James  Ralston. 
Elizabeth,  b.  July  13,  1803;  m.  George  W.  Urie.  -< 
Alice-Ann,  b.  August  14,  1805;  m.  George  Thompson. 
Sarah,  b.  1807. 
xii.   liebecca,  (twin,)  b.  1807  ;  d.  s.  p. 

10.  xiii.  George,  b.  December,  1809  ;  m.  Jane  A.  Urie.  -- 

11.  xiv.  ^ni^e-ifiZZ,  b.  January  1,  1813;  m.  Jacob  Brandeberry. 

12.  XV,  Hugh,  b.  March  4, 1816 ;  m.  Elizabeth  ISTazor. 


5. 

vi. 

6. 

vii. 

7. 

via. 

8. 

ix. 

9. 

X. 

xi. 

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II.  James  Murray, ^  (Patrick/)  b.  August  14,  1787,  in 
Harrisburg,  Peun'a ;  d.  May  28,  1858,  near  Versailles,  Eiplej 
countv,  Ind. ;  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  serving  in  tlie 
North -West  with  his  father ;  studied  medicine,  and  resided  for  a 
time  in  the  city  of  Cincinnati,  afterwards  removing  to  the  State 
of  Indiana,  where  he  died  ;  he  m.,  in  1824,  near  Lawrenceburg, 
Ind.,  Jane  Hansell,  b.  August,  1801,  at  Thirsk,  England; 
d.  July  21,  1883.  at  Guilford,  Ind.  ;  daughter  of  Thomas  Han- 
sell  and  Ann  Collier.  They  had  issue,  all  b.  in  Dearborn 
county,  Ind.  : 

i.  Tho7nas-Hansell,h.  June  27,  1825 ;  d.  October  16,  1858,  in 
New  Orleans,  La.;  m.  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  December  16, 
1852,  Catharine  Salvage  ;  d.  in  Cincinnati,  O.,  and  had 
issue : 

1.  Alber t- Han  sell,  h.  I^Tovember  5, 1853,  in  Cincin- 
nati, O. ;  d.  at  Guilford,  Jnd. 
n.  John-Collier,  b.  March  24,  1827;  d.  1862,  in  ISTew  Orleans, 
La. 
13.   lii.  Francis-Harrison,  b.  February  2,  1829;  m.  Martha  Jane 
Cooper. 
ir.  George-Thompson ,  b.  January  12,  1831 ;  d.  October  4,  1839, 

at  Dillsborougli,  Ind. 
V.  Jacob-Beatty,  b.  September  9,  1832;  d.  November  23,  1839, 

at  Dillsborough,  Ind. 
vi.  Mary-Ann,  b.  September  23,  1834;  d.  December  8,  1839,  at 
Dillsborough,  Ind. 

III.  Edward  Murray,  ^  (Patrick,  M  b.  November  4,  1789, 
in  Harrisburg,  Penn'a ;  d.  November  14,  1862,  in  Ashland 
county,  O. ;  served  in  the  war  of  1812-14;  m.,  March  4,  1813, 
in  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  by  Eev.  Philip  Gloninger,  Eebecca  Chris- 
tina YouNGBLOOD,  b.  August  26,  1788,  in  Lebanon,  Pa.  ;  d. 
December  23,  1871,  in  Ashland  county,  O. ;  daugh  ter  of  John 
Casper  and  Catharine  Youngblood.     They  had  issue  : 

.   14.      i.  Catharine-Elizabeth, h.DecemheiA, 1814:  ^m. Henry  Gerkej. 
ii.  Mary-Ann,  b.  February  23,  1818,  in  Asliland  county,  O. ; 
d.  February  26,  1884';  m.  February  24, 1870,  by  Rev.  Wil- 
liam Saddler,  William  Peters,  (see  xviii.J    No  issue. 

15.  Hi.  John-W.,  b.  February  1,  1820  ;  m.  Christina  Reese. 

16.  iv.  Campbell,  b.  March  28.  1822;  m.  Matilda  Fast. 

17.  0.  ^cZwa;cZ,b.November27,1824;  m.  Mary  Elizabeth  Coleman. 

18.  vi.  Bebecca-Christina,  b.  April  21,  1827  ;  ra.  William  Peters, 


446  Pennsylvania    Oenealogies. 

lY.  Susannah  Mueray,^  (Patrick,  i)  b.  December  25, 
1795,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;  cl.  May  10, 1876,  in  De  Kalb  county, 
Ind. ;  m.,  first,  December,  1811,  William  Cazier,  b.  about 
1788,  in  Penn'a ;  d.  in  1822,  in  Canton,  Starlv  county,  O. ;  son 
of  Abraham  Cazier  and  Mary  Jenkins.  They  had  issue  (sur- 
name Cazier) : 

%.  James,  b.  September  12, 1S12,  in  Stark  county,  O. ;  supposed 

to  have  been  lost  on  the  lakes  in  1837. 
ii.  Abraham,  b.  March  29,  1815,  m  Stark  county,  O. ;  d.  July 

2.  1841,  in  Hancock  county,  O. 
m.  Mary,  b.  March  14,  1817,  in  Stark  county,  O. :  d.  Januaiy 

8,  1843,  in  Sandusky,  O.  ;  m.  September  23, 1841,  Harmon 

E.  Foster;  no  issue. 

19.  iv.  Murrai/,h.  February  6,  1819  ;  m.  Sarah  Colhoun. 

20.  V.  Elizabeth,  b.  March,  14  1821 ;  m.  Eli  Fast. 

Susannah  Murray  Cazier,  m.,  secondly,  in  Montgomery, 
Eichland  county,  0.,  June  5.  1824,  John  Barber,  b.  April 
80,  1798,  in  the  Province  of  Lower  Canada ;  d.  July  9,  1863, 
in  De  Kalb  county,  Ind.  ;  son  of  Augustus  Barber^"  and  Eliza- 
betli  Smith.     They  had  issue  (surname  Barber) : 

i.  Alice-Ann,  b.  January  26,  1825,  in  Ashland  county,  O. ;  d. 
July,  1846,  in  De  Kalb  county,  Ind.;  m.  November  10, 
1842,  Jonas  H.  Roe,  of  De  Kalb  county,  Ind. 
ii.  Levisa,  b.  December  30,  1826,  in  Sandusky,  O. ;  d.  July, 
1846,  in  De  Kalb  county,  Ind.;  m.  October  10, 1844,  in 
De  Kalb  county,  Ind.,  William  Webster,  and  had  issue 
(surname  Webster) : 

1.  Greorg^e,  b.  July  13, 1846,  in  De  Kalb  county,  Ind. ; 
resides  near  JSTewville,  Ind. 

21.  Hi.  John-Wesley,  h.  April  30,  1828;  m.  Jane  Norris. 

iv.  Julia,  b.  May  30, 1830,  in  Sandusky.  O. ;  m.  Norman  Smith. 
V.  Levin  a- Murray,  b.  August  26,1835,  in  Sandusky,  O.  ;  d. 

in  infancy. 
vi.  Sarah-Ellen,  b.  April  17,  1838,  in  Sandusky,  O. ;  resides  at 

Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

V.  William  Murray, ^  (Patrick, ^)  b.  March  18,  1797,  in 
Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  d.  1852,  in  Ashland  county,  O.  ;  m.  Mary 
Chalcoat,  b.  in  Washington  county,  Penn'a.     They  had  issue  : 

*  Augustus  Barber,  b.  in  1758,  in  the  State  of  New  York  ;  d.  Decem- 
ber 10,  1854,  in  Stafford  township,  De  Kalb  county,  Ind. ;  m.  Eliza- 
beth Smith,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Smith,  of  New  York. 


Murray  of  Harris  Ferry.  447 

i.  George. 

ii.  James. 
Hi.  Bachel. 
iv.  Mary. 

V.  Hugh  ;  resides  at  Nora,  Ashland  county,  O. 
vi.  Samuel. 
lii.   William, 
via.  Agnes, 
ix.  Jane- Ann. 

VI.  John"  Murray,^  (Patrick, i)  b.  April  5,  1799,  in  Har- 
risburg.  Pa.  ;  d.  August  4,  1850,  in  Morgan  county,  Mo.  ; 
studied  surveying;  tifterwards  became  treasurer  of  Eichland 
county,  O.,  two  terms,  and  then  removed  to  Missouri;  m.  De- 
cember 25,  1823.  in  Eichland  county,  0.,  Elizabeth  Urie,  b. 
February  22,  1804,  in  Richland  county,  O.  ;  d.  August  5,  1854, 
in  Morgan  county,  Mo.     They  bad  issue : 

22.  ^".  Georf/e-lFfts7a??(/iO)i,  b.  (September  27,1824;  m.  Nancy  War- 

ring Fuqua. 
ii.   William,  b.  July  15,  1826,  in  Richland  county,  O. ;  d.  July 
27,  1844. 

23.  Hi.  J'/a7'(/-JLw«,  b.  May  5, 1828;  m.  lirst,  Robert  Urie ;  secondly, 

Alfred  Jolm  Leary. 

24.  .iv.  Elizabelh,  h.  June  17,  ISSO;  ro.  John  Pardee. 

V.  John,  b.  September  27,  1832,  in  Richland  county,  O. ;  d. 
September,  1863,  by  assassination,  in  Georgetown,  111. 

25.  vi.  Su!^anna]i,h.  May  28,1835;  m.  Andrew  Jackson  Hunter. 
vii.  Bthfxcn-Jave,  b.  March  28,  1838,  in  Richland  county,  O. ; 

d.  of  cholera,  August  6,  1854,  in  Morgan  county,  Mo. 
viii.   Thomas-McGuire,  b.  April  20, 1840,  in  Richland  county,  O. ; 
resides  near  Mexico,  Audrain  county,  Mo. 

26.  ix.  Alvenla,  b.   August  8,   1843;  m.  Samuel   Brandenburgh. 

X.  Hiram,  b.  January  18,  1846,  in  Morgan  county,  Mo. ;  d. 
August  22,  1849. 

27.  xi.  Commodore-Perry ,  b.  March  13, 1848 ;  m.  Elizabeth  T.  Ridg- 

way. 

VII.  Mary  Murray,  2  (Patrick,  i)  b.  April  13,  1801,  in 
Westmoreland  county.  Pa.  ;  d.  April  4,  1827,  in  Montgomery 
township,  Ashland  county,  O.  ;  m.,  March  18,  1824,  by  Josiah 
Gallup,  J.  P.,  James  E Alston,  b.  January  20,  1799,  in  Wash- 
ington county,  Penn'a  ;  son  of  Eobert  Ealston  and  Jane  Wood- 
burn.     They  had  issue  (surname  Ealston) : 


448  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

28.  i.   William.,  b.  December  31, 1824  ;  m.  Agnes  Finney. 

29.  ii.  ^ilexrtncZer,  b.  February  6,  1826 ;  m.  Salome  Trauger. 

VIII.  Elizabeth  Murray,^  (Patrick,^)  b.  July  13,  1803, 
in  Westmoreland  county,  Pa. ;  d.  October  13,  1861,  at  Ash- 
land, Ohio;  in.  January  5,  1832,  at  Ashland,  O.,  by  Daniel 
Campbell,  J.  P.,  George  W.  Urie,  b.  February  22,  1806,  in 
Washington  county,  Pa. ;  son  of  Solomon  and  Elizabeth  Urie, 
and  grandson  of  Col.  Thomas  Urie,  of  the  Eevolution.  In  1815 
lie  accompanied  his  father's  family  to  Ohio,  locating  in  Orange 
township,  in  the  present  county  of  Ashland.  He  learned  the 
trade  of  millwright,  and  also  that  of  carpenter.  Possessing  strong 
military  tastes,  he  was  a  prominent  character  at  drill  and  gen- 
eral muster,  passing  through  all  the  offices  from  captain  to 
colonel.  In  the  fall  of  1845,  he  was  elected  treasurer  of  Rich- 
land county,  and  upon  the  erection  of  Ashland  county,  in  1846, 
resigned  and  was  elected  the  first  treasurer  of  the  new  county, 
which  office  he  held  two  terms.  In  1853,  he  was  elected  a  mem- 
ber of  the  State  Board  of  Equalization  from  the  district  com- 
prising Richland  and  Ashland  counties,  and  in  1857,  appointed 
deputy  U.  S.  Marshal  for  the  northern  district  of  Ohio,  and  aided 
in  taking  the  census  of  1860.  In  1865,  he  was  elected  recorder 
of  Ashland  county,,  serving  until  1874,  when  he  was  elected 
mayor  of  Ashland,  which  office  he  filled  acceptably  two  years. 
He  resides  in  Ashland,  where  he  enjo3^s  the  continued  confidence 
and  esteem  of  his  fellow-citizens;  Has  been  twice  married. 
By  his  first  wife,  Elizabeth  Murray,  there  was  issue  (surname 
Urie) : 

Mary  Jane.,  b.  October  9,  1834;  m.  Giles  Porter. 

Alice-Ann,  b.  January  24,  1836;  m.  Thomas  Milton  Beer. 

Elizabeth-Helen.,  b.  April  30,  1837  ;  m.  William  Wiley  An- 
derson. 

Wilson- Shannon,  b.  February  17,  1839;  d.  July  17,  1844. 

Sarah-Annie,  b.  February  18,  1841,  at  Ashland,  O.  ;  m. 
April  29,  1873,  by  Rev.  John  Robinson,  D.  D.,  Sherman 
Ward  Beer,  h,  May  6,  1839,  near  Ashland,  O. ;  son  of 
Judge  William  Beer  and  his  wife  Mary  Mann  ;  reside  at 
Ashland,  O. 

Adeline-Murray,  b.  June  9, 1844;  d.  September  9,  1852. 


30. 

i. 

31. 

ii. 

32. 

Hi. 

iv. 

V. 

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IX.  Alice  Ann  Murkay,^  (Patrick,  ^ )  b.  August  14, 1805, 
in  Westmoreland  county,  Pa. ;  resides  near  Guilford,  Ind. ;  m. 
in  Dearborn  county,  Ind.,  October  15,  1828,  by  Rev.  George 
Randall,  George  Thompson,  b.  January  22,  1792,  in  York- 
shire, England ;  d.  August  5,  1873,  in  Dearborn  county,  Ind. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Thompson) : 

i.  James-Murray,  b,  August  12,  1829,  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio; 

d.  September  26, 1848,  in  Dearborn  county,  Ind. 
ii.  William,  b.  April  2,  1832,  in  Cincinnati,  Oliio :  d.  July  14, 
1866,  in  Dearborn  county,  Ind.;  m.,  August  24,  1865,  by 
Kev.  Benjamin  Plvimmer,  Eliza  Ann  Smith,  b.  Novem- 
ber 3, 1833,  in  Dearborn  county,  Ind. ;  daughter  of  John 
Smith  and  Catharine  Tucker, (she  subsequently  m.  Robert 
Haddock,)  and  had  issue  (surname  Thompson) : 

1.   William,  b.  May  24,  1866;  d.  December  8, 1868, 
in  Dearborn  county,  Ind. 

iii.  Mary- Ann,  b.  March  20, 1834,  in  Cincinnati,  O. ;  d.  March 
19,  1835. 

33.  iv.  George-  Wilson,  b.  September  7, 1836 ;  m.  Catharine  Cordelia 

Lockridge. 

34.  V.  Jane-Ann,  b.  September  3,  1838;  m.  Luke  Firth. 

vi.  John,  b.  September  2, 1841 ;  resides  in  Cincinnati,  O. ;  m. 
May  2,  1867,  by  Rev.  Maxwell  P.  Gaddis,  Ella  Lowe,  of 
Cincinnati,  O.    They  had  issue  (surname  Thompson): 
1.  Claude,  b.  February  23, 1868. 

35.  vii.  Jacoh-Beatty,  b.  October  10,  1843 ;  m.  Jenny  Jumper. 
SQ.viii.  Ifary-Elizaheth,   b.    October   31,    1847;    m.    Melancthon 

Eleazer  Washburn. 

X.  George  Murray, ^  (Patrick,^)  b.  December,  1809,  in 
Stark  county,  Ohio ;  d.  August  23,  1854,  in  Ashland  county, 
Ohio ;  m.  January  1,  1835,  by  John  Snurr,  J.  P.,  Jane  A. 
Urie,  b.  August  30,  1815,  in  Hopewell  township,  Washing- 
ton county.  Pa.  ;  d.  August  26,  1879,  in  Ashland,  0.  ;  daughter 
of  Thomas  Urie  and  Rebecca  Crosby.     The}^  had  issue : 

37.  i.  Adeline-A.,  b.  February  14, 1838  ;  m.  Ohio  Pancoast. 

38.  ii.  Addison,  b.  January  10, 1840 ;  m.  Agnes  Jourdan. 

XL  Anne  Hill  Murray,^  (Patrick,i)b.  January  1,  1813, 

in  Stark  county,   Ohio ;    resides   at   Paradise    Hill,    Ashland 

county,  Ohio;    m.  in   Ashland,  Ohio,  October  17,  1836,  by 

David  Campbell,  J.  P.,  Jacob  Brandeberry,  b.  December 

29 


450  Pennsylvania    Oenealogies. 

25,  1812,  in  New  Lisbon,  Columbiana  comity,  0. ;  d.  Novem- 
ber 9,  1884,  in  Caiiforoia ;  son  of  Rudolph  Brandeberry  and 
Susan  Reifsnyder.     They  had  issue  (surname  Brandeberry) : 

i.  Milton-Murray,  b.  September  6,  1837,  in  Ashland  county, 
O.;  d.  March  22,  1840. 

39.  ii.  Mary-Jane,  b.  February  12,  1841 ;  m.  IsTehemiah  S.  Carl. 

40.  in.  Annette,  b.  April  16,  1843;  m.  David  Huff. 

iv.  Elizabeth,  b.  February  23,  1845;  resides  at  Savannah,  Ash- 
land county,  O. ;  m.  December  20, 1871,  by  Kev.  William 
Saddler,  Kewton  A.  Craft,  and  had  issue  (surname  Craft): 
1.  Mary-Anna,  b.  May  11,  1873. 
11.  Irwin- Budolph,  b.   January  17,  1847,    in    Eaton  county, 

Mich. ;  when  last  heard  from  was  in  Montana. 
vi.  Adaline,  b.  October  17, 1850 ;  resides  in  Orange,  Ashland 
county,  O. ;  m.  October  17,  1872,  by  Eev.  George  Z. 
Coekel,  Clark  Kendig,  b.  1854,  in  Orange  township,  Ash- 
land county,  O. ;  son  of  Jacob  Kendig  and  Magdalena 
Workman,  and  had  issue  (surname  Kendig) : 
1.  Mary-Annette,  b.  April  25,  1873. 

XII.  Hugh  Murray, ^  (Patrick, i)  b.  March  4,  1816,  in 
Ashland,  county,  0.  ;  d.  June  12,  1850,  in  Orange  township, 
Ashland  county,  O. ;  m.  in  Richland  county,  O.,  October  6, 
1843,  by  Rev.  George  Liller,  Elizabeth  JSTazor,  b.  March  20, 
1820,  in  Lancaster  county,  Pa. ;  daughter  of  Jacob  Nazor  and. 
Susan  Sherk;  resides  near  Nankin,  P.  O.,  Ashland  county,  0. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  Elzy,  b.  July  13,  1844;  resides  at  Bannock  City,  Montana. 

41.  ii.  Frances,  b.  November  11,  1845;  m.  Samuel  Beeghly. 
Hi.  Alexander,  b.  February  22,  1847. 

42.  iv.  Jtfari/,  b.  January  29,  1848;  m.  Joseph  Beeghly. 

V.  James-Patrick,  b.  August  8, 1849 ;  resides  at  Bannock  City, 
Montana. 

XIII.  Francis  Harrison  Murray,  ^  (James,  ^  Patrick,  i) 
b.  February  2,  1829,  in  Dearborn  county,  Ind. ;  resides  at  Day- 
ton, Campbell  county,  Ky. ;  m.  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  December  12, 
1852,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Thornburg,  Martha  Jane  Cooper,  b.  Janu- 
ary 22,  1832,  in  Boone  county,  Ky.  ;  daughter  of  James  Cooper 
and  Mary  Bradley.     They  had  issue  : 


Murray  of  Hams'  Ferry.  451 

i.  Eva-Jane.,  b.  December  9,1853,  in  Cincinnati,  Oliio;  m., 
May  16,  1878,  by  llev.  Mr.  Thomas,  George  Dallas  Stro- 
man,  b.  February  10,  1847,  at  Lebanon,  AVarren  county, 
O. ;  son  of  James  Stroman  and  Phoebe  Thaker ;  reside  at 
Dayton,  Ky. ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Stroman) : 

1.  Harrison-Dallas,  b.  June  22,  1880. 

2.  Anna-Blanche,  b.  January  19,  1882. 

3.  Ilarley,  b.  April  21,  1884. 

ii.  James-Edgar,  b.  July  27,  1855,  in  Cincinnati,  O. ;  m.  Sep- 
tember, 20, 1881,  by  Rev.  E.  R.  TJiompson,  Alice  E.  Hun- 
ter, of  Richland  county,  O.,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Carl,  b.  July  3,  1882. 

2.  Bernice,  b.  June  23,  1884. 

iii.  Anna-Mary,  b.  October  23,  1857,  in  Yersailles,  Ind. ;  m. 
Joseph  Murray,  (see  xlvi.) 

iv.  Jfac?/--B.,  b.  November  13,1859,  in  Versailles,  Ind. ;  m.  Sep- 
tember 22,  1881,  James  I.  Hunter,fof  Richland  county, 
O.,  and  had  issue  (surname  Hunter) : 

1.  Leona-A.,  b.  May  16,  1883. 

2.  B.-ArUe,  b.  November  19, 1884. 

(v.  John-Hansell,  b.  September  27,  1862,  in  Versailles,  Ind.; 
d.  May  13, 1864,  at  Morris  Hill,  Ind. 

vi.  Martha-Effie,  b.  November  10,  1864,  at  Morris  Hill,  Ind. ; 
d.  September  6,  1883,  in  Guilford,  Ind. ;  buried  in  Day- 
ton, Ky. 
vii.  Harrison- Wilher,  b.  September  28,  1867,  in  Dayton,  Ky. 

XIV.  Catharine  Elizabeth  Murray, ^  (Edward, ^  Pat- 
rick, i)  b.  December  4,  1814,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;  resides  near 
Nankin  P.  O.,  Ashland  county,  Pa.  ;  m.  in  Ashland  county, 
O.,  by  David  Campbell,  J.  P.,  November  24,  1840,  Henry 
Gerkey,  b.  August  8,  1818,  in  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  ;  son  of 
George  Gerkey  and  Eegina  Martin.  They  had  issue,  all  born 
in  Liberty,  Hardin  county,  O.,  (surname  Gerkey): 

i.  George,  b.  August  12,  1844,  in  Liberty,  Hardin  county,  O.  ; 
resides  at  Hastings,  Barry  county,  Mich.;  m.  January 
17, 1867,  in^Van  Buren,  Hancock  county,  O.,  by  Eliba 
Hasson,  J.  P.,  Hannah  Snyder,  b.  at  Pickington,  Pair- 
"  field  county,  O.,  and  had  issue,  all  born  in  Carlton,  Barry 
county,  Mich.,  (surname  Gerkey) : 

1.  Marquibell,  b.  November  30,  1873. 

2.  Henrietta,  b.  May  9,  1875. 

3.  Belladonna,  b.  November  30, 1877. 


452  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

ii.  John-Henry,  b.  September  25,  1849,  in  Liberty,  Hardin 
county,  O. ;  resides  at  Hastings,  Barry  county,  Mich. ; 
m.  January  12, 1871,  by  Rev.  Marshall  Chandler,  Minerva 
Garlinger,  b.  February  8, 1850,  in  Liberty,  Hardin  county, 
O.,  and  had  issue  (surname  Gerkey) : 

1.  Mo.ry -Catharine,  b.  February  13, 1877,  in  Carlton, 
Barry  county,  Mich. 

XY.  John  W.  Murray.  ^  (Edward,  ^  Patrick,  i)b.  February 
1,  1820,  in  Ashland  county,  O.  ;  resides  near  Lima,  Allen 
county,  0.  ;  m.  October  27,  1840,  in  Ashland  county,  O.,  by 
David  Campbell,  J.  P.,  Christina  Reese,  b.  May  8,  1824.  in 
Stark  county,  O.  ;  daughter  of  Daniel  Reese.     They  had  issue  i 

i.  Daniel, 
ii.  Melissa- Ann. 

Hi.  Lorenzo-Dow,  b.  September  4,  1849,  in  Ashland  county,  O. 
iv.  Boxilla. 

V.  Mary-Bell,  b.  April  10,  1854,  in  Ashland  county,  O. 
vi.  Charles,  b.  July  18,  1860,  in  Allen  county,  O. 

XYI.  Campbell  Murray,  ^  (Edward, ^  Patrick,  i)b.  March 
28,  1822,  in  Ashland  county,  0.  ;  d.  February  8,  1850,  in  Ash- 
land county,  O.  ;  m.  October  12,  1843,  by  David  Campbell,  J. 
P.,  Matilda  Fast,  b.  January  7,  1823,  in  Ashland  county,  O.  ; 
d.  February  7,  1850,  in  Ashland  county,  O. ;  daughter  of  Jacob 
Fast,  and  grand-daughter  of  Christian  Fast,  a  soldier  of  the  Vir- 
ginia Line  in  the  Revolution.     They  had  issue : 

43.  i.   Wilson- Shannon,  b.  December  9,  1845;   m.  Isabel  Fulks 

Stough. 

XVII  Edward  Murray,  ^  (Edward,  ^  Patrick,  i)  b.  Novem- 
ber 27,  1824,  in  Ashland  county,  O. ;  resides  near  Adario, 
Richland  county,  O.  ;  m.  December  23,  1847,  in  Ashland 
county,  0.,  by  Rev.  Charles  Demming,  Mary  Elizabeth 
Coleman,  b.  January  5,  1830,  in  Columbia  county,  Pa.  ; 
daughter  of  Joseph  Coleman  and  Diadem  Kinney.  They  had 
issue : 

44.  i.  John,  b.  October  20,  1849;  m.  Ellen  Cline. 

45.  ii.  Diadem,  b.  May  26,  1851  ;  m.  Louis  Milton  Viers. 

46.  Hi.  Joseph,  b.  October  21,  1853;  m.  Anna  Mary  Murray. 
iv.   William,  b.  May  9,  1866,  in  Richland  county,  O. 


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XYIII.  Rebecca  Christin-a  Murray,^  (Edward, 2  Pat- 
rick,!) b.  April  21, 1827  ;  d.  July  20,  1869,  in  Ashland  county, 
O. ;  m.  November  2, 1845,  in  Orange  township,  Ashland  county, 
O.,  by  David  Campbell,  J.  P.,  William  Peters,  b.  December 
8,  1823,  in  Lebanon  county.  Pa.  ;  son  of  Edward  Peters  and 
Mary  Trosel] ;  resides  near  Nankin  P.  O.,  Ashland  county,  O. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Peters): 

i.  Jo/m,  b.  December  29,  1846;  d.  July  6,  1871,  in  Ashland 
county,  O. ;  m.  April  23, 1868,  by  Rev.  William  Saddler, 
Virginia  ^Nunemaker,  b.  January  28,  1850,  in  Brooke 
county,  West  Virginia ;  daughter  of  Andrew  jS'unemaker 
and  Rachel  Phillips,  and  had  issue  (surname  Peters) : 

1.  William- Edward,  b.  April  12,  1869,  in  Ashland 

county,  O. 

2.  Eva-May,  b.   September  30,  1870,  in  Ashland 

county,  O. 

ii.  William,  b.  April  27,  1853 ;  resides  near  J^Tankin  P.  O., 
Ashland  county,  O. ;  m.  January  13,  1876,  by  Rev.  John 
Cyrens,  Rosella  Fast,  b.  May  9,  1858,  in  Ashland  county, 
O. ;  daughter  of  Eli  Fast  and  Lydia  Berry. 
Hi.  Mary-Jane,  b.  December  5,  1856;  d.  October  5,  1878,  in 
Orange  township,  Ashland  county  O. ;  m.  JSfovember  12, 
1876,  by  Rev.  George  Worst,  George  William  Pixley,  b. 
April  22,  1851,  in  Lorain  county,  O. ;  son  of  Willard  Pix- 
ley and  Lydia  Smith,  and  had  issue  (surname  Pixley) : 
1.  Leon,  b.  January  29, 1878,  in  Ashland  county,  O. 

iv.  Catharine,  b.  October  30, 1859 ;  m.  November  1,  1877,  by 
Rev.  George  Worst,  William  Franks,  b.  November  11, 
1853,  in  Centre  county.  Pa. ;  son  of  Michael  Franks  and 
AnnaHoman  ;  reside  near  Nankin  P.O.,  Ashland  county, 
O. 

XIX.  Murray  Cazier,  3  (Susannah,  2  Patrick,  i)b.  February 
6, 1819,  in  Stark  county,  O. ;  resides  at  Brimfield;  Noble  county, 
Ind. ;  m.  April  6,  1843,  in  Seneca  county,  O.,  by  Eev.  Mr. 
Turner,  Sarah  Colhoun",  b.  September  11,  1818,  in  Schuyl- 
kill county,  Pa.  ;  d.  September  24,  1874,  in  Noble  county,  Ind.  ; 
daughter  of  Frederick  Colhoun  and  Elizabeth  Baker.  They 
had  issue  (surname  Cazier) : 

i.  Oliva,  b.  January  12, 1844,  in  Seneca  county,  O. ;  d.  Feb- 
ruary 20, 1844. 


454  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

a.  William,  b.  May  14,  1847,  in  De  Kalb  county,  Ind. ;  resides 
at  Melvern,  Mills  county,  Iowa  ;  m.  ISTovember  22, 1872, 
in  Mills  county,  Iowa,  Martha  Williams,  b.  September 
9,  1856,  in  Mills  county,  Iowa ;  daughter  of  Amos  Wil- 
liams and  Caroline  Mclntire,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Cazier) : 

1.  Ray.h.  May  22,  1875. 

2.  Bertha-May,  b.  February  13,  1877. 

in.  Elizabeth,  b.  August  22,  1848,  in  De  Kalb  county,  Ind. ; 
resides  at  Brimfield,  Noble  county,  Ind. ;  m.  January  9, 
1873,  by  Rev.  William  Wilson,  Wesley  Barnes,  b.  No- 
vember 8,  1845,  in  Morrow  county,  O. ;  d.  March,  1875, 
in  Jewell  county,  Kansas ;  son  of  Ashman  Barnes  and 
Sarah  Imes,  and  had  issue  (surname  Barnes) : 

1.  Clyde,  b.  November  3,  1874,  in  Holt  county,  Mo. 

iv.  Marion-Hovxird,  b.  November  29, 1850,  in  De  Kalb  county, 

Ind. ;  resides  at  Albion,  Ind. 
V.  Mary,  b.  September  5, 1853,  in  De  Kalb  county,  Ind. ;  re- 
sides at  Bellevue,  O. ;  m.  September  5,  1877,  in  Noble 
county,  O.,  by  Rev.  Preston  McKinney,  Charles  Fred- 
erick Murray,  b.  July  20,  1844,  in  Oberlin,  O. ;  son  of 
John  Russell  Murray  and  Abigail  Hopkins. 

vi.  George,  h.  December  10,  1855,  in  Williams  county,  O. 

vii.  Alice,  b.  April  7,  1858,  in  Noble  county,  Ind. 

XX.  Elizabeth  Cazier,  ^  (Susannah, ^  Patrick,  i)  b.  March 
14,  1821,  in  Ashland  county,  O.  ;  resides  near  Brimfield,  Noble 
county,  Ind.  ;  m.  first,  JSTovember  8,  1842,  in  De  Kalb  county, 
Ind.,  Eli  Fast,  b.  March  4,  1816,  in  Penn'a;  d.  March  16, 
1861,  in  Ashland  county,  O.  ;  son  of  Jacob  Fast  and  Catharine 
Eex.     They  had  issue  (surname  Fast) : 

i.  Julia-Ann,  b.  August  22,  1843,  in  Ashland  county,  O. ;  re- 
sides near  Nora  P.  O.,  Ashland  county,  O. ;  m.  March  4, 
1876,  by  Henry  Summers,  J.  P.,  George  Phelps,  b.  April 
2,  1884,  in  Benton,  Yates  county,  New  York ;  son  of 
Elisha  P.  Phelps  and  Jane  E.  Kniffin,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Phelps) : 

1.  Ada-Frances,  b.  January  24, 1864. 

2.  Edivard-Bernard,  b.  March  1,  1873. 

ii.  Elzina- Alice,  b.  July  11,  1846,  in  Ashland  county,  O.  ;  re- 
sides near  Nora  P.  O.,  Ashland  county,  O. ;  m.  March 
31,  1875,  by  Rev.  Christian  Weaver,  Emmett  Eddy,  b. 
September  30,  1853,  in  Avilla,  Noble  county,  Ind. ;  son 
of  Ithamar  Eddy  and  Elizabeth  Hite. 


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in.  James-Lafayette, h.  iSTovember  17,  1854;  resides  at  Troj% 
Ashland  county,  O. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Cazier  Fast,  m.  secondly,  March  12,  1876, 
Benjamin  Feanklin  Boots,  b.  May  12,  1823,  in  Penn  Yan, 
N.  Y. ;  son  of  Benjamin  Boots  and  Susan  Basum. 

XXI  John  Wesley  Baebee,^  (Susannah, ^  Patrick, i)  b. 
April  30,  1828,  in  Sandusky  county,  0. ;  resides  at  Butler, 
De  Kalb  county,  Ind. ;  m.  September  20,  1846,  Jane  Noeeis, 
b.  June  14,  1827,  in  Tuscarawas  county,  O.  They  had  issue 
(surname  Barber) : 

i.  Alice-Ann.,  b.  July  19,  1848,  in  De  Kalb  county,  Ind. ;  re- 
sides near  Albion,  Koble  county,  Ind.;  m.  August  28, 
1874,  by  Elder  Ward,  James  Gaby,  b.  July  7,  1848,  in 
l^oble  county,  Ind. ;  son  of  Timothy  Gaby  and  Amanda 
Edmonds. 
a.  Levisa-Ann,  (twin,)  b.  July  19,  1848;  resides  near  Albion, 
ISToble  county,  Ind. :  m.  March  10,  1870,  by  Elder  James 
Hadsell,  William  Henry  Wickard,  b.  June  25,  1843,  in 
Stark  county,  O. ;  son  of  David  Wickard  and  Elizabeth 
Shoe,  and  had  issue  (surname  Wickard) : 

1.  Charles-Edwin,  b.  January  16,  1872. 

2.  Mary -Elizabeth,  b.  January  7,  1876. 
Hi.  JereTfiiah- Augustus,  b.  December  10,  1851. 

iv.  Catharine,  b.  July  12,  1854. 
V.  Susannah,  b.  December  15,  1856. 
vi.  Edwin-Eugene,  b.  March  20,  1859. 
vii.  George-Ellsworth,  h.  June  26,  1861. 
via.  John-Charles,  b.  July  1, 1863. 

XXII.  Geoege  Washington  Mueeay,  ^  (John,  ^  Patrick,  ^ ) 
b.  September  27,  1824,  in  Kichland  county,  Ohio;  resides  near 
Shawnee  Mound,  Henry  county,  Mo.;  m.,  in  Benton  county. 
Mo.,  June  18, 1846,  by  Hosea  Powers,  J.  P.,  Nancy  Waeeing 
FuQUA,  b.  December  4,  1826,  in  Grreenup  county,  Ky.;  d.  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1879,  in  Henry  county,  Mo.;  daughter  of  William 
Fuqua"^  and  Lydia  Warring.     They  had  issue : 

*  William  Fuqua,  b.  March  8, 1800,  in  Virginia;  d.  January  4, 
1853,  in  Jackson  county.  Mo.;  m.  Lydia  Warring,  b.  February  16, 
1802,  in  Mason  county,  Ky.;  d.  May  6, 1877,  in  Henry  county,  Mo. 


456  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

i.  Virginia-Ann^  b.  May  18, 1847,  in  Morgan  county,  Mo.;  m. 
December  24, 1868,  John  B.  Simpson,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Simpson): 

1.  Eddie,  b.  November  14,  1869,  in  Clinton  county. 

Mo.;  d.  August,  1876,  in  Memphis,  Tenn. 

2.  Elizaheth,  b.  March  12,  1871,  in  Henry  county, 

Missouri. 

3.  Albert,  b.  February,  1877,  in  Memphis,  Tenn. 

it.  Gaylord-Canada,  b.  August  20,  1848,  in  Morgan  county, 
Missouri. 

Hi.  Dorcas-Elizabeth,  b.  April  28, 1850,  in  Morgan  county,  Mo.; 
d.  May  11,  1865,  in  Henry  county.  Mo. 

iv.  Mary-Urie,  b.   April  21,  1852;   d.  November  14,  1855,  in 

Morgan  county.  Mo. 
V.  Thomas-Calvin,  b.  December  14,  1853,  in  Morgan  county, 
Missouri. 

vi.  Cynthia-Caroline,  b.  August  8,  1855,  in  Morgan  county, 
Mo.;  resides  near  Shawnee  Mound,  Henry  county,  Mo.; 
m.  July  18, 1877,  by  Rev.  W.  L.  King,  James  Willis  Wi- 
ley, b.  September  14,  1853,  in  Henry  county.  Mo.;  son  of 
John  and  Eliza  Jane  Wiley. 

vii.  Joseph-Wiliary,  b.  May  24,  1857,  in  Henry  county.  Mo. 
viii.  Samuel,  b.  November  10,  1859. 

ix.  Luella,  b.  April  19,  1861. 

XXriI.  Mary  Ann  Murray,  ^  (Jolin,^  Patrick,  i)  b.  May 
5,  1828,  in  Richland  county,  0.  ;  resides  near  Brownsville,  Sa- 
line county,  Mo.  ;  m.,  first,  in  Morgan  county,  Mo.,  May  7, 
1847,  Robert  Urie,  b.  October  1,  1823,  in  Orange  township, 
Ashland  county,  0.  ;  d.  October  1,  1848,  in  Bates  county,  Mo. ; 
son  of  Thomas  Urie  and  Margaret  Culbertson.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Urie) : 

i.  Julia- Ann-Bobert,  b.  August  27,  1848,  near  Versailles,  Mo. 

Mrs.  Urie  m.,  secondly,  in  Morgan  county,  Mo.,  January  20, 
I860,  Alfred  John  Leary,  b.  June  14,  1880,  at  Kingston, 
Canada  West ;  son  of  Benjamin  Leary  and  Mary  Kendall. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Leary) : 

ii.  John-Oeorge,  b.  November  4, 1860,  in  Florence,  Mo. 
Hi.  Pleasant- Alfred,  b.  March  17,  1863,  in  Henry  county,  Mo. ; 

d.  July  27,  1864,  in  Sedalia,  Pettis  county.  Mo. 
iv.  Mary-Susan,  b.  August  18,  1865,  in  Sedalia,  Mo. 
V.   William-Frank,  b.  June  19,  1867,  in  Sedalia,  Mo. ;  d.  Sep- 
tember 11, 1869. 
vi.  Alice-Belle,  b.  August  4, 1869,  in  Sedalia,  Mo. 


Murray  of  Harris  Ferry.  457 

XXIV.  Elizabeth  Murray,  ^  (John,  2  Patrick,  i)  b.  June 

17,  1880,  in  Eichland  county,  O. ;  d.  September  10,  1864,  in 
Bates  county,  Mo.  ;  m.  in  Morgan  county,  Mo.,  February  14, 
1861,  by  'Squire  MulhoUand,  John  Pardee,  b.  May  27,  1820, 
in  Wytheville,  Wythe  county,  Ya.  ;  son  of  Philo  Pardee  and 
Rachel  Montgomery  ;  resides  near  Crescent  Hill,  Bates  county, 
Mo.     They  had  issue  (surname  Pardee) : 

i.  William,  b.  July  23,  1863,  in  Harrisonville,  Cass  county, 
Mo. 

XXV.  Susannah  Murray,-^  (^ John, 2  Patrick, i)  b.  May  28, 
1835,  in  Richland  county,  O. ;  resides  at  Hunter's  Warm 
Springs,  Montana ;  m.  in  Benton  county.  Mo.,  October  12,  1858, 
by  'Squire  Hindsworth,  Andrew  Jackson  Hunter,  b.  March 

18,  1816,  in  Franklin  county,  Va.  ;  son  of  John  Hunter*  and 
Sarah  Price ;  is  a  physician  of  prominence  ;  a  graduate  of  Tran- 
sylvania University,  Ky.,  and  the  owner  of  the  celebrated  Hot 
Springs  of  Montana.     They  had  issue  (surname  Hunter) : 

i.  Mary-Lee,  b.  July  7, 1859,  in  Georgetown,  Randolph  county, 
111. 

a.  Davis-Beauregard,  b.  February  25,  1861,  in  Shamrock,  Cal- 
laway county,  Mo. 

Hi.  Lizzie-Kate,  b.  January  25,  1863,  in  Downeyville,  Jackson 
county.  111. 

iv.  Tliomas-Stonewall-Jackson,  b.  November  25, 1864,  in  Vir- 
ginia City,  Montana;  d.  at  Benson's  Landing,  on  the 
Yellowstone. 

V  Monta7m-Queen,h.  ISTovember  4,  1866,  in  New  York  City, 
Montana;  d.  s.  p. 

vi  Sallie-Price,  b.  November  27, 1867,  in  New  York  City,  Mon- 
tana. 
vii.  Emma- Sidney -Johnson,  b.  October  24,  1869,  at  Confederate 
Gulch,  Montana ;  d.  at  Hot  Springs,  Montana. 

XXVI.  Alverda  Murray,  3  (John,^  Patrick,  i)  b.  August 
8,  1843,  in  Richland  county,  Ohio ;  resides  near  Batchelor,  Cal- 
laway connty,  Mo.;  m.  in  Benton  county.  Mo.,  October  16, 1861, 

*J0HN  Hunter,  b.  1760,  in  Franklin  county,  Va. ;  d.  1819,  in 
Cumberland  county,  Ky. ;  m.  Sarah  Price,  b.  1766,  in  Franklin 
county,  Va. ;  d.  1854,  in  Cumberland  county,  Ky. 


458  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

by  Elder  William  B.  Douglass,  Samuel  Brandenburgh,  h. 
October  17, 1836,  in  Montgomery  county,  Mo.;  son  of  Jonathan 
Brandenburgli  and  Mary  Smith.  They  had  issue,  all  b.  in 
Callaway  county.  Mo.,  (surname  Brandenburgh) :] 

i.  Jackson-Davis,  b.  January  27,  1863. 
a.  Mary-Susan,  b.  April  7,  1865.1 
in.  Nancy-Jane,  b.  June  30,  1867. 
iv.  Carrie-Jerusha,  b.  August  4, 1869. 

V.  Algie-Mason,  b.  April  4,  1872. 
vi.  Emma-Tliomas,  b.  September  28, 1874. 
vii.  Samuel-Eclivard,  b.  April  27,  1877. 

XXYII.  Commodore  Ferry  Murray,  ^  (John,^  Patrick,  i) 
K  March  13,  1848,  in  Morgan  county.  Mo.;  resides  near  Ben- 
ton City,  Audrain  county.  Mo.;  m.  in  Callaway  county.  Mo., 
March  20,  1873,  by  Elder  William  C.  Ridgway,  Elizabeth 
Frances  Ridgway,  b.  June  11, 1855,  in  Callaway  county,  Mo.; 
daughter  of  Ambrose  Dudley  Ridgway  and  Ann  America 
Vest.     They  had  issue,  all  b.  in  Audrain  county,  Mo.: 

i.  Clara-Leelie,  b.  February  2,  1874. 
ii.  Annie-Eliza,  b.  February  4,  1876. 
Hi.   Thomas-PinJcney ,  b.  June  23, 1878. 

XXVIII.  William  Ralston,  ^  (Mary,  2  Patrick,  1)  b.  De- 
camber  31,  1824;  resides  at  Fayetteville,  Tenn.;  m.  in  Mans- 
field, Ohio.,  May  15,  1860,  by  the  Rev.  David  Paul,  Agnes 
Finney,  b.  April  20,  1830,  in  Mansfield,  Ohio ;  daughter  of 
Thomas  Finney  and  Nancy  Culbertson.  They  had  issue  (sur- 
name Ralston) : 

i.  William,  b.  July  10,  1861,  at  Ashland,  Ohio. 
ii.  J.-Huss,  b.  September  1, 1862,  at  Ashland,  Ohio. 
Hi.  Thomas-Franklin,  b.  November  24, 1863,  at  Ashland,  Ohio. 
iv.  Mary,  b.  September  11,  1865,  at  Ashland,  Ohio. 
V.  James,  b.  August  3,  1867,  at  Ashland,  Ohio. 
vi.  Joseph-Guy,  b.  February  10,  1869,  at  Ashland,  Ohio;   d. 

August  16,  1877,  at  Fayetteville,  Tenn. 
vii.  Agnes,  b.  July  16,  1871,  at  Ashland,  Ohio. 
viii.  Columbia,  b.  July  4, 1873,  at  Mansfield,  Ohio ;  d.  Septem- 
ber 15.  1877,  at  Fayetteville,  Tenn. 
ix.  Oscar,  b.  October  24, 1875,  at  Mansfield,  Ohio. 
X.  McNeil,  b.  December  30,  1878,  at  Fayetteville,  Tenn. 


Murray  of  ITarris  Ferry.  459 

XXIX.  Alexandee  E ALSTON",  3  (Mar J,  ^  Patrick,  ^ )  b.  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1826,  at  Ashland,  Ohio;  resides  at  Calhoun,  Eicb- 
land  county.  111.;  m.  at  Plymouth,  Ohio,  November  24,  1855, 
by  Eev.  George  N.  H.  Peters,  Salome  Traug-er,  b.  February 
12,  1834,  in  Bucks  county.  Pa.;  daughter  of  Samuel  Harpel 
Trauger  and  Susanna  Maust.  They  had  issue  (surname  Eal- 
ston) : 

i.  Mary-Lura,  b.  June  10, 1859,  at  Plymouth,  Richland  county, 

Ohio. 
ii.  Mack-Trauger ,  b.  April  5, 1865,  at  Auburn,  DeKalb  county, 
Indiana. 

XXX.  Mary  Jane  Urie,^  (Elizabeth,  ^  Patrick,  i)b.  Oc- 
tober 9,  1834,  in  Ashland,  O.  ;  d.  September  10,  1875,  in  Ash- 
land, 0. ;  m.  November  9.  1865,  bv  Eev.  John  Eobinson,  D. 
D.,  Giles  Porter,  b.  January  1,  1832,  in  Huron  county,  0. ; 
son  of  Ira  Porter  and  Lucy  Smith ;  resides  at  Geneseo,  111. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Porter) : 

i.  Ella,  b.  December  2,  1867. 
ii.  Bertha,  b.  February  14,  1870. 

XXXI.  Alice  Ann  Urie,^  (Elizabeth,  ^  Patrick,  i)  b.  Jan- 
uary 24,  1836,  in  Ashland,  0.  ;  m.  May  8,  1852,  by  Eev. 
Thomas  Beer,  Thomas  Milton"  Beer,  b.  March  2,  1837,  near 
Ashland,  0.  ;  son  of  Eichard  Beer  and  Jane  Anderson;  reside 
in  Ashland,  O.     They  had  issue  (surname  Beer) : 

i.  Lizzie- J anette,  b.  December  24, 1863. 
ii.  Frank,  b.  December,  24, 1868. 
Hi.  Harry -Caleb,  b.  February  12,  1876. 

XXXII.  Elizabeth  Helen  Urie,^  (Elizabeth,  ^  Patrick,  ^ 
b.  April  30,  1837,  in  Ashland,  0.  ;  resides  at  Belleville,  Eich- 
land  county,  O. ;  m.  June  29,  1865,  by  Eev.  John  Eobinson, 
D.  D.,  William  Wiley  Anderson,  b.  November  6,  1839,  in 
West  Eushville,  Fairfield  county,  O.  ;  son  of  Eev.  James  An- 
derson and  Lawrence  Marvin :  is  a  minister  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian church.     They  had  issue  (surname  Anderson) : 

i.  Clara,  b.  June  2,  1868. 
ii.  Dora,  b.  November  4, 1872. 


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XXXIII.  GrEORGE  WiLLiAM  THOMPSON,  ^  (Alice- Ann,  ^ 
Patrick^)  b.  September  7,  1836,  in  Dearborn  county,  Ind. ;  re- 
sides at  Cen'treville,  Iowa ;  rn.  January  1,  1867,  by  Rev.  Ben- 
jamine  Plummer,  Catharine  Cordelia  Lockridge,  b.  Octo- 
ber 18,  1846,  in  Yorkville,  Dearborn  county,  Ind.  ;  daughter 
of  Hollis  Stuart  Lockridge*  and  Hannah  E.  Perrine.  They 
had  issue  (surname  Thompson) : 

i.  Eddie-Stuart,  b.  September  14,  1867,  at  Cameron,  Mo. ;  d. 
s.  p. 

n.    Willie-Loclcridge,  b.  March  20,  1869,  at  Cameron,  Mo. ;  d. 
s.  p. 

in.  Truman-Wilson,  b.  March  8,  1871 ;  d.  February  4.  1872,  at 
Cameron,  Mo. 

iv.  Jenny-Bell,  b.  September  14, 1873,  at  Cameron,  Mo. ;  d.  Sep- 
tember 5,  1876,  at  Centreville,  Iowa. 
V.  John-Murray,h.  February  27,  1876,  at  Centreville,  Iowa; 
d.  s.  p. 

vL  Frederick,  h.  December  19,  1878,  at  Centreville,  Iowa;  d. 
February  23,  1879. 

XXXIY.  Jane  Ann  Thompson,  ^  ( Alice- Ann,  ^  Patrick,  i) 
b.  September  3,  1838,  in  Dearborn  county,  Ind. ;  resides  at 
Mirabile,  Caldwell  county,  Mo. ;  m.  August  30,  1866,  by  Eev. 
Benjamin  Plummer,  Luke  Firth,  b.  July  5,  1836,  in  Boone 
county,  Ky.  ;  son  of  William  Firth  and  Ann  Stubs,  both  na- 
tives of  England.     They  had  issue  (surname  Firth) : 

i.  Alice-Ann,  b.  July  2,  1867. 
a.  Mary -Elizabeth,  b.  September  13, 1869  ;  d.  January  1-5, 1879, 

in  Caldwell  county,  Mo. 
Hi.   Viola-Eliza,  b.  August  6,  1871. 
iv.   William-Thompson ,  b.  February  5,  1873. 
V.  Luella,  b.  June  24,  1874. 
•vi.  Oliver-Francis,  b.  March  11,  1877. 

XXXY.  Jacob  Beatty  Thompson,  ^  (Alice- Ann,  ^  Pat- 
rick,^) b.  October  10,  1843,  in  Dearborn  county,  Ind.  ;  resides 
Melvern,  Osage  county,  Kansas ;  m.  in  Ripley  county,  Ind.,  at 
December  1,  1867,  by  Allen  Campbell ,  J.  P.,  Jenny  Jumper, 
b.  August  31, 1846,  in  Dearborn  county,  Ind. ;  daughter  of  Al- 

*  Hollis  Stuart  Lockridge,  b.  June  2,  1815,  at  Madison,  Ind. ;  m. 
Hannah  E.  Perrine,  b.  March  25, 1820,  at  Yorkville,  Dearborn  county, 
Ind. 


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den  H.  Jumper  and  Amanda  F.  Noyes.  '^     They  had  issue  (sur- 
name Thompson) : 

i.  Albert-Clyde,  b.  December  13, 1868,  in  Dearborn  county, 

Ind. ;  d.  s.  p. 
a.   Willana,  b.  February  11,  1870,  in  Oswego  county,  Kansas. 
in.  Alice- Ann,  b.  June  20,  1872,  in  Osage  county,  Kansas. 
iv.  Mhel-M.,  b.  May  1, 1875,  in  Caldwell  county,  Mo. 

XXXVI.  Mary  Elizabeth  Thompsoin^,^  (Alice- Ann.  ^ 
Patrick,  1)  b.  October  31,  1847,  in  Dearborn  county,  Ind.  ;  re- 
sides near  Guilford,  Dearborn  county,  Ind.  ;  m.  October  31, 
1866,  by  Kev.  Benjamin  Plummer,  Melancthon  Eleazer 
WlSHBURN,  b.  April  20,  1836,  in  Coolville,  Athens  county, 
0.  ;  son  of  Roswell  Washburn  aud  Lura  Cleveland,  f  They 
had  issue  (sui'name  Washburn) : 

i.   Willie-Gordon,  b.  November  3, 1868. 
a.  Charles- Thompson,  b.  September  25,  1873 ;  d.  November  18, 

1874. 
Hi.  Cora-Pearl,  b.  October  4,  1876. 
iv.  John,  b.  August  22, 1878. 

XXXVII.  Adaline  a.  Murray,  3  (George,  ^  Patrick,  i)  b. 
February  14,  1838,  in  Orange  township,  Ashland  county,  O.  ; 
resides  in  Ashland,  0.  ;  m.  June  6,  1867,  by  Rev.  John  Rob- 
inson, D.  D.,  Ohio  Pancoast,  b.  March  6,  1839,  in  AVooster, 
O. ;  son  of  Hezekiah  B.  and  Rebecca  Pancoast.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Pancoast)  : 

i.  Duff,  b.  March  1,  1868. 
ii.  Anna,  b.  January  12,  1870. 
Hi.  Bay,  b.  October  23,  1872. 

XXXVIII.  Addison  Murray,  ^  (George,  ^  Patrick,  i)  b. 
January  10,  1840,  in  Orange  township,  Ashland  county.  Pa. ; 
resides  at  Gabon,  O. ;  m.  May  25,  1869,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Miller, 
Agnes  Jourdan,  b.  in  Gabon,  O.  ;  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Catharine  Jourdan.     They  had  issue  : 

*  Alden  H.  Jumper,  b.  February  16, 1819,  in  Lincoln  county,  Maine ; 
m.  Amanda  F.  Noyes,  b.  September  1, 1825,  in  Dearborn  county,  Ind. ; 
reside  in  Osage  county,  Kansas. 

tRoswell  Washburn,  b.  1792,  in  Deerfield,  Conn. ;  d.  May  17, 1873, 
in  Athens  county,  O.;  m.  in  1827,  Lura  Cleveland,  b.  1803,  in  Athens 
county,  O. ;  d.  July  9,  1839. 


462  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

i.  Alfaretia,  b.  ISfovember  30,  1870,  in  Gallon,  O. 
ii.  Addie,  b.  November  23,  1879. 

XXXIX.  Maey  Jane  Brandeberry,^,  (Anne-Hill,^  Pat- 
rick,^) b.  February  12,  1841,  in -Ashland,  O. ;  resides  at  Dres- 
den, Powshick  county,  Iowa;  m.  April  26, 1866,  Nehemiah  S. 
Carl.     They  had  issue  (surname  Carl) : 

i.  Albert- A.,  b.  February  1, 1867. 
n.  Anne-Hill,  b.  February,  27,  1869. 
in.  Bavid-J.,  b.  September  4,  1870  ;  d.  March  11,  1871. 
iv.  Elias-JSf.,  b.  March  9,  1872. 

V.  Matthew,  b.  January  18,  1874 ;  d.  August  14,  1874. 
vi.  Martha,  (twin,)  b.  January  18,  1874. 
vii.  Isaac,  b.  July  31,  1876  ;  d.  August  9,  1876. 

XL.  Annette  Brandeberry,^  (Anne-Hill, ^  Patrick,^)  b. 
April  16,  1842,  in  Ashland,  O.,  where  she  now  resides;  m. 
December  6,  1860,  by  Thomas  Hayes,  J.  P.,  David  Huff,  b. 
March  3,  1839,  in  Hancock  county,  O.  ;  son  of  Andrew  Huff 
and  Grace  Reeves.     They  had  issue  (surname  Huff) : 

i.   WilUarn-Irwi7i,  b.  October  2, 1861,  in  Hancock  county,  O. 
a.  Eliza-Murray,  b.  July  23,  1864,  in  Ashland,  O. 
Hi.  Mary-Ella,  b.  July  21,  1866,  in  Ashland,  Ohio. 
iv.  Arthur- Evington,  b.  March  27,  1871,  in  Ashland,  Ohio. 

XLI.  Frances  Murray,  ^  (Hugh,^  Patrick,  i)  b.  Novem- 
ber 11,  1845,  in  Ashland,  Ohio,  where  she  now  resides;  m. 
September  6,  1865,  by  Rev.  P.  J.  Brown,  Samuel  Beeg-hly,  b. 
February  1,  1839,  in  Somerset  county.  Pa.;  son  of  John. 
Beeghly  and  Catharine  Peek.  They  had  issue  (surname 
Beeghly) : 

i.  Elzy-Murray,  b.  April  17, 1867. 
ii.  Cora- Alice,  b.  May  27,  1869  ;  d.  September  14,  1871. 
Hi.   Tullius-Cicero,  h.  April  26,  1873. 
iv.  Calvin-Murray ,  h.  July  26,  1876. 

XLII.  Mary  Murray, ^  (Hugh,^  Patrick, i)  b.  January  29, 
1845,  in  Ashland  county,  Ohio,  where  she  now  resides ;  m. 
September  24,  1868,  by  Rev.  WilKam  Saddler,  Joseph 
Beeghly,  b.  March  31,  1837,  in  Somerset  county,  Pa.;  son  of 


Murray  of  Harris'  Ferry.  463 

John  Beeghly  and  Catharine  Peek.     They  had  issue  (surname 
Beeghly) : 

%.  James-Urhana,  b.  March  12, 1870. 
n.  Clark-Edmund,  b.  November  18, 1874. 

XLIII.  Wilson  Shannon  Mueray,'*  (Campbell,  ^  Ed- 
ward, ^  Patrick,!)  b.  December  9,  1845,  in  Orange  county,  O.; 
resides  near  Adario,  Richland  county,  Ohio;  m.  October  8, 
1868,  by  James  Alberson,  J.  P.,  Isabel  Fulks  Stough,  b. 
May  29,  1849,  in  Montgomery  township,  Ashland  county,  O.; 
daughter  of  Jonas  Stough  and  Mary  Ann  Gerhart,  They  had 
issue : 

I.  Sarah-Matilda,  h.  August  10, 1869,  in  Euggles  township, 
Ashland  county,  Ohio. 

n.  Mahel,  b.  February  10,  1871,  in  Orange  township,  Asliland 

county,  Ohio, 
m.  Wiward-A.,  b.  December  16,  1872,  in  Butler  township, 

Ricliland  county,  Ohio. 
iv.   WilUe-Blance,  b.  March  8, 1875,  in  Butler  township,  Rich- 
land county,  Ohio. 

V.  Lizzie- Artimisa,  b.  March  15,  1877,  in  Butler  township, 
Richland  county,  Ohio. 

XLIY.  John  Murray,  ^  (Edward,  ^  Edward,  ^  Patrick,  i) 
b.  October  20,  1849,  in  Orange  township,  Ashland  county,  O.; 
resides  near  Adario,  Richland  county,  O.;  m.  March  2,  1876, 
by  Rev.  Mr.  Lawrence,  Ellen  Cline,  b.  July  16,  1852,  in 
Butler  township,  Richland  county,  O.;  daughter  of  Samuel 
Cline  and  Elizabeth  Baird.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Boy,  b.  October  31, 1876. 
a.  Bay,  [twin,]  b.  October  31, 1876. 
m.  Edward,  b.  March  13, 1884. 

XLV.  Diadem  Murray, *  (Edward,  ^  Edward,  ^  Patrick,  i) 
b.  May  26,  1851,  in  Orauge  township,  Ashland  county,  Ohio ; 
resides  near  Adario,  Richland  county,  Ohio;  m.  February  19, 
1874,  by  Rev.  S.  T.  Boyd,  Louis  Milton  Viers,  b.  Febru- 
ary 14,  1851,  in  Richland  county,  Ohio ;  son  of  Liverton  Viers 
and  Jane  Parker.     They  had  issue  (surname  Viers) : 

i.  Lottie,  b.  December  19,  1874. 
■     a.  Edward,  b.  May  16, 1876. 


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Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 


in.  Nettie,  b.  June  9,  1878. 
iv.  Mary-Jane,  b.  February  16, 1882. 
V.  Bertha-Grace,  b.  September  30, 1883. 
vi.  Clark,  b.  March  26,  1885. 

XLYI  Joseph  Mureay,*  (Edward,  ^  Edward, ^  Patrick,  ■•) 
b.  October  21,  1853,  in  Ashland  county,  Ohio;  resides  near 
Adario,  Richland  county,  Ohio ;  m.  October  9,  1879,  by  the 
Rev.  E,  L.  Sanders,  at  Dayton,  Ky.,  Anna  Mary  Murray, 
b.  October  23,  1857,  in  Versailles,  Ind. ;  daughter  of  Francis 
Harrison  Murray, ^  (James, ^  Patrick,^).     They  had  issue: 

i.  Martha-Blanche,  b.  January  1, 1881. 
ii.  Edna-Lee,  b.  December  27,  1883. 


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MURRAY  OF  SWATARA 


1.  John"  Mukeay,  ^  a  native  of  ScotlaBcl,  came  to  America 
late  in  life  with  his  two  sons  and  their  families.  He  probablj' 
died  a  few  years  afterwards.  The  only  members  of  his  family 
of  whom  we  have  record  are  the  following: 

2.  i.   William^  b.  February  24, 1690;  m.  [Isabella]  Lindley. 

3.  n.  John,  b.  1691 ;  m.  and  had  issue. 

II.  William  Mueeay,^  (John,i)  b.  February  24,  1690,  in 
Scotland,  emigrated  to  America  in  1732.  His  father  and 
brother  John  accompanied  him.  They  settled  on  the  Swatara, 
in  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania.  Hem.  [Isabella]  Lindley, 
sister  of  Thomas  Lindley,  of  Scotland,  who  also  emigrated  to 
Pennsylvania  about  the  same  time,  and  located  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  the  Murrays.  It  is  not  definitely  known  whether  either 
the  Murrays  or  Lindley s  came  direct  from  Scotland  or  had 
sojourned  in  Ireland  for  some  time.  William  Murray  d.  on 
his  farm  July  21:,  1773,  his  wafe  probably  preceding  him.  They 
had  issue,  among  others  : 

4.  i.  James,  b.  1729  ;  m.  Rebecca  McLean. 
[  5.       ii.  John,  b.  1731 ;  m.  Margaret  Mayes. 

in.  Thomas;  settled  at  Muncy,  Pa. ;  m.  and  left  issue. 

III.  John  Mureay,^  (John,i)  b.  about  1691,  in  Scotland; 
emigrated  to  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania  in  1732  in  company 
with  his  brother  and  other  friends.  On  the  10th  of  January, 
1737,  he  obtained  a  land  warrant  from  the  Proprietaries  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  on  the  "  14th  of  ye  9th  month,"  1739,  had 
the  same  located  upon  two  hundred  acres  and  twelve  perches 
of  land  adjoining  the  northwest  side  of  "Swahatawro"  (Swatara) 
creek,  then  in  Hanover  township,  Lancaster  county,  Pa.  Adam 
Eeed,  an  early  settler  and  prominent  in  frontier  times,  held  an 

30 


466  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

adjoining  tract  on  the  north  by  improvement.  On  the  first  of 
March,  1744,  John  Murray  obtained  another  warrant,  which 
was  located,  about  a  year  afterward,  east  of  the  other  tract, 
and  between  it  and  land  of  James  Stewart.  This  latter  tract 
is  now  within  the  limits  of  Lebanon  county,  the  former,  the 
homestead,  being  within  the  present  bounds  of  Dauphin  county 
a  short  distance  from  Dixon"s  Ford  on  the  Swatara.  The  date 
of  death  or  name  of  John  Murray's  wife  we  have  been  unable 
to  gather.     Of  their  children,  however,  we  have  the  following : 

i.  William,  b.  171-1 ;  m.  and  had  issue,  amoncj  others : ' 

1.  John,  b.  1737  ;  known  as  "  Presbyterian  John  "  to 
distinguisli  him  from  his  cousin,  John  Murray, 
son  of  Robert,  (see  VI. J  In  early  life  he  went 
to  New  York  and  entered  the  store  of  his  uncle, 
Robert  Murray,  with  whom  he  became  asso- 
ciated in  1771,  in  business  under  the  firm  name 
of  Robert  &  John  Murray;  subsequently,  he 
withdrew  from  the  co-partnership  and  with  his 
sons  formed  that  of  John  Murray  &  Sons;  in 
hischurch  relations,  he  was  a  Presbyterian,  and 
for  many  years  an  elder  in  Rev.  Dr.  John  Rod- 
gers'  church ;  in  politics,  a  Federalist,  enjoy- 
ing the  intimate  acquaintance  of  such  men  as 
Rufus  King  and  Alexander  Hamilton.  He  was 
greatly  esteemed  in  the  mercantile  community, 
and  presided  over  the  New  York  Ciiamber  of 
Commerce  from  1798  to  1806 ;  d.  at  his  country 
seat,  on  Murray  Hill,  October  17, 1808 ;  his  chil- 
dren were  John-R.,  Hamilton,  Hannah,  and 
Mary, 
a.  Samuel,  b.  1717  ;  about  the  j^ear  1755,  went  to  the  Carolinas  ; 

nothing  further  known  of  him. 
6.      Hi.  Robert,  b.  1721 ;  m.  Mary  Lindley. 

iv.  A'>'ahella,  b.  1725;  d.  1775;  m.  John  Dixon,  (see  Dixon  of 

Dixon'' s  Ford.) 

IV.  James  Murray.^  (William,^  John,i)  b.  about  1729,  in 
Scotland;  d.  March  15,  1804,  in  Upper  Paxtang  township, 
Dauphin  county,  Pa.  In  1768,  he  entered  an  application  for  the 
tract  of  land  on  which  he  resided,  located  in  Upper  Paxtang 
township,  and  it  was  surveyed  to  him.  In  1775,  he  was  chosen 
a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Safety  for  his  township,  and  on 


Murray  of  Swatara.  467 

the  8th  of  November,  of  that  year,  took  his  place  in  the  general 
committee  for  Lancaster  countj.  On  the  4th  of  July,  1776, 
at  a  military  convention  representing  the  fifty-three  battalions 
■of  the  Associators,  he  was  present  as  one  of  the  captains  for  that 
county.  A  roll  of  his  company  is  printed  in  Dr.  Egle's  His- 
tory of  Dauphin  County.  With  John  Eodgers  and  John  Harris, 
on  the  8th  of  July,  1776,  by  appointment  of  the  Provincial 
Conference,  he  superintended  the  election  held  at  Garber's  Mill 
for  the  sixth  district  of  Lancaster  county,  to  make  a  choice  of 
delegates  to  the  convention  that  assembled  on  the  15th  of  the 
month,  and  which  framed  the  fii'st  constitution  of  the  State. 
During  that  and  the  following  year  he  was  in  almost  constant 
active  military  service  with  his  company.  He  commanded  one 
of  the  companies  of  the  Tenth  battalion,  Lancaster  county  militia, 
and  was  with  the  expedition  up  the  West  Branch  in  1779.  The 
exposures  to  which  Capt.  Murray  was  subjected  during  the 
Eevolutionary  struggle,  brought  on  an  attack  of  rheumatism, 
from  which  for  many  years  prior  to  his  death  he  was  a  constant 
sufferer.  He  m.  Eebecca  McLean,  a  native  of  Scotland. 
They  had  issue : 

7.        i.  Margaret,  b.  1756;  m,  John  Simpson. 

n.   TT'lZZmi?!,  b.  1759  ;  settled  in  Tennessee. 

in.  Annie,  b.  1761 ;  m.  Samuel  Davidson. 

iv.  liehecca,  b.  1763  ;  m.  Samuel  Brown,  of  Hanover. 
V.  Isabella,  b.  1765  ;  m.  Robert  Chambers. 

vi.  John,  b.  1768;  settled  on  Chillisquaque  creek,  Northum- 
berland county.  He  was  a  member  of  the  House  of 
Representatives  from  1807  to  1810,  and  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  Congress,  1817  to  1821.  He  married  Margaret 
Murray,  a  daughter  of  Col.  John  Murray,  (see  V.J 

V.  JoHK  MuERAY,3  (William,  ^  John,^)  b.  about  1731,  in 
Scotland ;  d.  February  3,  1798,  in  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  In 
1766,  he  took  up  a  tract  of  land  lying  on  the  Susquehanna, 
immediately  above  his  brother  James'  farm,  which  adjoined 
the  present  town  of  Dauphin.  He  commanded  a  rifle  company, 
which  in  March,  1776,  was  attached  to  Col.  Samuel  Miles'  bat- 
talion, and  participated  in  the  battles  of  Long  Island,  White 
Plains,  Trenton,  and  Princeton.  He  was  promoted  to  major 
April  18,  1777,  and  lieutenant-colonel  of  the  Second  Pennsyl- 


468  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

vania  regiment  in  1780,  serving  until  the  disbanding  of  the 
army  in  1783.  He  then  returned  to  his  family  and  farm. 
Governor  Mifflin  appointed  him  a  justice  of  the  peace  August 
29,  1791,  the  only  political  office  he  ever  held.  He  was  an 
ardent  Whig  of  the  Revolution,  and  a  brave  officer.  Col.  Mur- 
ray, m.  December  29,  1762,  by  Rev.  John  Elder,  Margaret 
Mayes,  b.  1783,  in  the  north  of  Ireland ;  d.  June  22,  1807,  in 
Upper  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin  county.  Pa. ;  buried  by  the 
side  of  her  husband  in  the  old  cemetery  near  Dauphin  borough  ; 
daughter  of  Andrew  and^. Rebecca  Mayes.  They  had  issue, 
among  others : 

i.  William.h.  September  6,1764;  d.  March  IS,  1840  ;  in  1805, 
removed  to  Ohio;  m.  March  17,  1796,  Deborah  Latta, 
and  had  issue. 
ii.  Margaret,  b.  February  5,  1770;  m.  John  Murray,  son  of 
Capt.  James  Murray,  of  Paxtang;  both  buried  in  the 
Chillisquaque  cemetery,  Northumberland  county.  Pa. 
Hi.  Eehecca,  b.  October  19,  1774 ;  d.  January  6,  1837  ;  m.  April 
19,  1804,  Innis  Green,  b.  March  25,  1776;  d.  August  4, 
1830;  son  of  Col.  Timothy  Green  and  Mary  Innis;  re- 
ceived a  tolerably  fair  English  education,  an  essential  in 
the  Scotch-Irish  settlements  ;  his  father  who  built  a  mill 
at  the  mouth  of  Stony  creek,  on  the  Susquehanna  about 
1790,  dying  in  1812,  Innes  took  charge  of  it ;  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  Gov.  Findlay,  one  of  the  associate  judges  of 
the  county  of  Daupliin,  August  10,  1818,  resigning  how- 
ever, October  23, 1827,  having  been  elected  to  the  National 
House  of  Representatives ;  he  served  during  the  twentieth 
and  twenty-first  Congresses;  Gov.  Wolf,  re-appointed 
him,  January  26,  1832,  associate  judge,  a  position  he  held 
at  the  time  of  his  death. 

VI.  Robert  Murray,-''  (John,^  John,i)  b.  about  1721,  in 
Scotland :  d.  July  22,  1786,  in  the  city  of  New  York.  He 
came  to  America  with  his  parents,  and  remained  on  the  Swatara, 
until  about  the  year  1750,  when  he  removed  to  North  Carolina 
when  the  immigration  thither  was  in  full  tide.  Two  or  three 
years  sufficed,  however,  when  he  turned  his  face  northward  and 
settled  in  the  city  of  New  York,  where  he  entered  into  mer- 
cantile pursuits ;  subsequently  purchasing  the  tract  of  land 
known  as  "  Murray  Hill,"  now  in  the  heart  of  the  metro- 
polis.    This  became  historical  as  the  spot,  where  Mrs.  Murray 


Murray  of  Swuiara.  469 

during  the  Revolution,  entertained  Lord  Howe  and  his  officers 
long  enough  to  enable  the  American  troops  under  Putnam  to 
escape.  Although  brought  up  in  the  Westminster  Confession, 
and  members  oi  Old  Derry  church,  whatever  may  have  been 
the  cause  we  know  not,  Robert  Murray  and  his  wife  joined  the 
Society  of  Friends  in  New  York,  and  it  was  therefore  in  the 
tenets  of  this  persuasion  that  his  large  family  of  children  were 
instructed.  Of  his  parents,  the  son,  in  his  autobiography,  thus 
writes  :  "  My  parents  were  of  respectable  characters,  and  in  the 
middle  station  of  life.  My  father  possessed  a  good  flour  mill 
at  Swatara,  but  being  of  an  enterprising  spirit  and  anxious  to 
provide  handsomely  for  his  family,  he  made  several  voyages  to 
the  West  Indies,  in  the  way  of  trade,  by  which  he  considerably 
augmented  his  jDroperty.  Pursuing  his  inclinations,  he,  in  time, 
acquired  large  possessions,  and  became  one  of  the  most  re- 
spectable merchants  in  America.  *  *  ^  *  *  *  ]\|j 
mother  was  a  woman  of  an  amiable  disposition,  and  remarkable 
for  mildness,  humanity,  and  liberality  of  sentiment.  She  was, 
indeed,  a  faithful  and  affectionate  wife,  a  tender  mother,  and  a 
kind  mistress."  Robert  Murray,  m.  in  1744,  Mary  Lindley, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Lindley.  They  had  issue,  twelve  children, 
of  whom  we  have  the  names  of  only  four: 

8.  i.  Lindley,  b.  1745;  tn.  Hannah . 

9.  ii.  John  ;  m.  Catharine  Bowne. 

10.  m.  Beulah;  m.  Martin  Hoffman. 

if.  Susan;  d.  1808;  m,  Gilbert  Golden  Willett. 

YII  Margaret  Murray, ^  (James,  =^  William, ^  John,i)  b. 
1756,  in  Paxtang  township,  Lancaster  county,  Pa.;  d.  April  27, 
1826,  at  Huntingdon,  Pa.;  m.  May  7,  1776,  by  Rev.  John  El- 
der, John  Simpson,  b.  about  1744,  in  Newtown  or  Bucking- 
ham township,  Bucks  county.  Pa.;  d.  February  8,  1807,  in 
Huntingdon,  Pa.  His  parents  went  south  and  were  residing 
in  North  Carolina  in  1783  and  in  Georgia  in  1791.  He  learned 
blacksmi thing,  and,  in  1763,  settled  on  the  Susquehanna,  in 
what  was  then  Upper  Paxtang  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dau- 
phin county.  On  the  15th  of  August,  1775,  he  was  commis- 
sioned second  lieutenant  of  Capt.  James  Murray's  company  in 
the  Fourth  Battalion  of  Associators,  of  Lancaster  county.     On 


470  Fennsylvania  Genealogies. 

the  28th  of  January,  1777,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Cornelius  Cox, 
of  the  battalion,  ordered  him  to  remain  in  the  "Continental 
smith-shop  "  at  Bristol.  He  served  during  the  greater  part  of 
the  Revolution,  towards  its  close  in  command  of  a  company 
of  militia,  when  he  returned  to  his  farm.  In  the  spring  of 
1793  he  removed  to  Huntingdon,  where  he  passed  the  re- 
mainder of  his  days.  They  had  issue,  save  the  last  two,  all 
born  in  Paxtang  (surname  Simpson) : 

11.  i.  Rebecca,  b.  April  8,  1777;  m.  John  Patton. 

ii.  Margaret,  b.  Jannaiy  30,  1779;  d.  March  3,  1829  ;  unm. 
in.  James,  b.  June  20,  1781 ;  d.  January  31,  1851,  in  Hunting- 
don, Pa.;  was  a  surveyor,  and  elected  commissioner  of 
Huntingdon  county,  in  1819;  was,  in  liis  younger  days, 
an  officer  of  the  militia,  and  passed  through  all  the  grades 
from  lieutenant  to  colonel. 

iv.  Martha,  b.  Februai-y  15, 1786;  m.  May  6,  1806,  George  An- 
shutz,  jr.,  who  removed  to  Pittsburgh,  where  they  both 
died,  and  had  issue  (surname  Anshutz) :  George-S.,  Mar- 
garetta-S.,  in.  Thomas  Linford  ;  OUver-B.,  JSdmund- Mur- 
ray and  Theodore. 
V.  Anna,  b.  July  9,  1788;  d.  May  26,  1856,  in  Franklin  town- 
ship, Huntingdon  county,  Pa.;  m.  William  Curry. 

vi.  Sarah,  b.  September  10,  1791 ;  d,  s.  p. 

12.  vii.  Elizabeth-Isabella,  b.  August  22,  1794;   m.  Daniel  Africa. 

13.  viii.  John,  b.  June  21, 1798  ;  d.  July  19,1872;  m.,  first,  Mrs.  Eliz- 

abeth Eamsey ;  secondly,  Mrs.  Mary  McAllister. 

YIII.  LlNDLEY  MuREAY,^  (Robert,  ^  John, 2  John,^)  b.  in 
1745  on  the  banks  of  the  Swatara,  in  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin 
county,  Pa.;  d.  February  16,  1826,  at  his  residence  near  York, 
England.  He  received  a  good  education,  but,  having  a  dislike 
to  mercantile  pursuits,  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
at  the  age  of  twenty-one.  The  year  after  he  married.  His 
limited  practice  was  temporarily  interrupted  by  a  visit  to  Eng- 
land, whither  his  father  had  preceded  him  in  hope  of  benefit- 
ing his  health.  He  returned  to  New  York  in  1771,  and  re- 
newed the  practice  of  law  with  marked  success;  tiring  of  it, 
however,  when  the  Revolution  broke  out  and  New  York  was 
occupied  by  the  British  army,  or,  having  no  sympathy  with 
the  cause  of  Independence,  he  removed  to  Islip,  on  Long  Island, 
and  entered  a  mercantile  life.     We  have  always  given  Lkid- 


Murray  of  Swatara.  471 

ley  Murray  credit  for  his  religions  principles  as  having  pre- 
cluded him  from  taking  part  in  the  struggle  between  the  Col- 
onies and  the  mother  country,  but  in  a  letter  in  our  possession, 
written  by  William  Darbv  to  his  friend,  Mrs.  Anna  Dixon, 
the  true  incentive  is,  perhaps,  given.  Mr.  Darby  was  well 
acquainted  with  the  men  of  his  time — he  was  intimate  with  the 
patriots  of  the  Eevolution,  and  learned  much  of  the  inward 
history  of  the  people,  concerning  whom,  it  is  to  be  regretted, 
he  did  not  give  his  reminiscences.  William'  Darby  was  born 
in  the  same  neighborhood,  and  was  intimate  with  the  Dixons 
and  Roans,  to  the  former  of  whom  Murray  was  related,  and 
through  them  learned  more  of  him  than  biographers  choose  to 
tell.  In  the  success  and  greatness  of  a  man,  we  too  often 
lose  sight  of  the  grave  errors  into  which  he  may  have  fallen. 
But  we  are  loath  to  dispel  the  bright  halo  which  glimmers 
around  the  life  of  the  celebrated  grammarian.  Sabine  classes 
him  among  the  Loj^alists  'of  the  Revolution,  and  Darby,  in  con- 
trasting him  with  his  cousin,  Robert  Dixon,  whose  blood  was 
the  first  Pennsylvania  offering  to  the  cause  of  Independence, 
speaks  of  Murray's  taking  sides  with  the  enemies  of  his  country. 
This  we  can  easily  understand.  Surrounded  by  his  religious 
friends  whose  peace  principles  would  not  allow  them  to  take 
up  arms — although  many  hundreds  did,  who  were  subsequenly 
^disowned  for  it — and  in  a  city  occupied  by  the  king's  troops, 
he  himself  says  he  had  little  faith  in  the  successful  resistance 
of  the  Colonies.  It  was  thus  he  became  a  loyalist.  His 
father's  business  and  his  own  thrived,  and  the  rule  of  England 
was  sufficient, for  him.  We  venture  the  opinion  that  there 
were  really  few  instances  where  religious  principles  made  men 
Tories.  Mercenary  motives  were  generally  at  the  bottom  of 
it.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  Lindley  Murray's  silent  influ- 
ence should  have  been  on  the  side  of  British  oppression  and 
tyranny.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  had  amassed  a  fortune, 
and,  when  peace  had  dawned,  he  sailed  away  from  the  land  of 
his  nativity  and  the  home  of  liberty.  His  attachment  to  the 
home  of  his  fathers,  he  said,  "was  founded  on  many  pleasing 
associations.  In  particular,  I  had  strong  prepossessions  in 
favor  of  a  residence  in  England,  because  I  was  ever  partial  to 


472  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

its  political  cons*"itutioii  and  the  mildness  and  wisdom  of  its 
general  laws.  *  *  *  On  leaving  my  native  country,  there 
was  not,  therefore,  any  land  in  which  I  could  cast  my  eyes 
with  so  much  pleasure,  nor  is  there  any  which  could  have  af- 
forded me  so  much  real  satisfaction  as  I  have  found  in  Great 
Britain.  May  its  political  fabric,  which  has  stood  the  test  of 
ages,  and  long  attracted  the  admiration  of  the  world,  be  sup- 
ported and  perpetuated  by  Divine  Providence."  In  1784,  he 
went  to  England,  and,  after  visiting  several  localities,  purchased 
a  small  estate  at  Holdgate,  about  a  mile  from  York,  upon 
which  he  resided  until  his  death.  Living  in  ease  and  retire- 
ment, he  entered  upon  a  literary  life  which  proved  a  successful 
one,  and  has  inscribed  his  name  high  up  on  Fame's  portals. 
In  1787,  he  published  a  small  work  entitled  "  The  Power  of 
Psligion  on  the  Mind,"  which  passed  through  seventeen  edit- 
ions. His  next  work,  and  that  by  which  he  is  principally 
known,  was  his  "English  Grrammer,"  first  published  in  1795, 
and  such  was  the  unexpected  demand  for  it  that  several  edi- 
tions were  published  during  the  same  year.  Following  this, 
appeared  "English  Exercises"  and  a  "Key,"  an  abridgement 
of  which  treatises  were  published  in  one  volume  in  1797.  His 
other  writings  are  "The  English  Reader,"  with  an  "Introduc- 
tion and  Sequel,"  "The  English  Spelling  Book,"  a  new  edition 
of  his  Grammar,  "Exercises  and  Key"  in  two  octavo  volumes, 
a  selection  from  Home's  "Commentary  on  the  Psalms,"  and 
"  The  Dutv  and  Benefit  of  Reading  the  Scriptures."  Lind 
ley  Murray's  educational  publications  were  not  alone  confined 
to  his  mother  tongue.  He  prepared  two  French  works,  "  In- 
troduction au  Lecteur  Fran93is"and  "LecteurFranQois,"  which 
soon  came  into  general  use,  were  highly  commended,  and 
passed  through  a  large  number  of  editions.  His  life  in  Eng- 
land was  a  busy  one,  as  it  was  an  eventful  one.  No  American 
who  made  a  European  tour  failed  to  visit  Holdgate.  His  per- 
sonal appearance,  his  unassuming  demeanor  and  his  conversa- 
tional powers  excited  in  the  minds  of  all  visitors  great  admir- 
ation.    Lindiey  Murray  m.  June  22,  1767,  Hanjstah ; 

d.  in  England  and  buried  by  the  side  of  her  husband  at  Hold- 
gate.     They  had  no  children. 


Murray  of  Sioatara.  473 

IX.  JoHisr  MuEEAY,*  (Robert,  3  Jolii!,^  John,i)  b.  August 
8,  1758 ;  d.  August  4,  1819,  in  the  city  of  New  York.  He 
was  known  as  "  Quaker  John  ;  "  was  a  member  of  the  Manu- 
mission Society  ;  a  director  of  the  New  York  hospital,  and  in 
1811,  vice  president  of  the  New  York  Free  School  Society  ;  he 
was  deeply  interested  in  the  cause  of  education,  and  the  meet- 
ing of  prominent  citizens  of  New  York,  which  led  to  the  or- 
ganization of  the  old  Public  School  Society,  was  held  at  his 
residence  in  Franklin  square ;  he  m.  Cathaeine  Bowne,  sis- 
ter of  Walter  Bowne,  who  was  at  one  time  mayor  of  New 
York.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Bobert-J.;  m.  Elizabeth  Golden,  and  had  issue,  J).- Co/cZen, 
Bohert,  Caroline,  Mary,  and  Gertrude. 

a.  Linclley;  m.  Elizabeth  Cheeseman,  and  had  Lindley,  Jr., 
John,  Ann-Eliza,  Catharine,  Maryaretta,  Jane,  Hannah, 
Joseph-K.,  William,  Edward,  and  Mary-K.;  Lindley,  Jr., 
m.  and  had  Lindley,  FranJc-T.,  John,  Oeorgianna-T., 
Catharine-B.,  Grace,  Louisa-T.,  Bertha, nwd  Endly  ;  while 
John  had  a  son  John. 

Hi.  Mary;  m.  Dr.  Perkins,  and  had  issue  (surname  Perkins), 
Benjaniin. 

iv.  Susan;  m.  William  O^den,  and  had  issue  (surname  Og- 
den),  Susan-Lhidley ;  m.  Lindley  Murray  Hoifman. 

X.  Beulah  Mueeay,4  (Robert, 3  John,^  John,i)  b.  in  the 
city  of  New  York ;  lived  and  died  there ;  m.  Maetin"  Hoff- 
MAisr,  of  that  city ;  one  of  New  York's  prominent  early  citizens. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Hoffman) : 

i.  Murray,  b.  1792;  d..  1878;  m.,  first,  Prances  Burrall ;  sec- 
ondly, Mary  Ogden,  and  had  issue,  Jidia,  Murray,  Wil- 
liam, Frances,  Burrall,  and  Susan-Ogden. 
a.  Lindley-Murray,  b.  1794;    m.  Susan  Lindley  Ogden,  and 
had  issue,  Susan-Ogden,  William-Ogden,  Edward,  Katha- 
rine, and  Elizabeth;  Elizabeth  Hoffman  m.  George  M. 
Miller,  and  had  issue  (surname  Miller),  Hoffman;  m. 
Edith    McKeever;  Mary-L.,  Leverett-S.,   Elizabeth-H., 
and  Edith-M. 
Hi.  Martin,  b.  1796;  m.  Elizabeth  Hale  Gilman,  and  had  issue, 
Lindley-Murray,  Emily,  Martin,  Arthur,  Matilda,  Leigh- 
ton,  and  Serena;  Lindley  Murray  Hoffman  m.  Margaret 
V,^      L.  Ring,  [nee  Mott,)  and  had  issue,  Louisa-G.,  Emily, 
"^       Virginia- Golden,  and  Martin, 
iv.  Anna-Maria,  b.  1797  ;  m.  Anthony  R.  Livingston. 


474  Pennsylvania  Oenenlogies. 

XL  Rebecca  Simpson, ^  (Margaret,*  James, ^  William, ^ 
John,^)  b.  April  8,  1777,  in  Paxtang  township,  Lancaster 
county,  Penn'a ;  d.  October  15,  1845,  in  IXuntingdon,  Hunting- 
don count}^,  Penn'a;  m.  April  16,  1801,  John  Patton,  b. 
December  25,  1757,  in  Franklin  county.  Penn'a ;  d.  May  23, 
1836,  on  his  farm  in  Woodcock  valley,  Walker  township,  Hunt- 
ingdon county,  Penn'a.  In  his  earlier  years  he  resided  in  the 
town  of  Huntingdon,  and  was  six  times  elected  sheriff,  and 
his  term  of  service  as  principal  and  deputy  extended  over  a 
period  of  twenty  years ;  he  was  an  efficient  public  officer. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Patton)  : 

i.  William-Moore,  h.  February  16,1803;  d.  August  9,1871; 
m.  in  1842,  Rebecca  Boal,  of  Ohio,  and  settled  in  Ken- 
tucky; they  liad  issue  (surname  Patton):  George-Bool, 
William,  d.  s.  p.,  William-A.,  and  Clara-Bell. 

a.  John-Simpson,  b.  June  15,  1806;  d.  August  30,  1850;  re- 
sided a  few  years  on  the  homestead  farm ;  appointed  col- 
lector of  tolls  on  the  canal,  removed  to  Huntingdon  ; 
afterwards  settling  in  Kentucky,  where  he  died  ;  m.  Sep- 
tember 1,  1836,  Catliavine  Huyett,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Patton) :  Elizabeth,  Margaret-Murray ,  Caroline, 
and  William-Penn. 
Hi.  Elizabeth,  b.  June  30, 1808;  d.  March  31,  1811. 

iv.  James,  (twin,)  b.  June  30,  1808;  d.  September  16,  1836; 
m.  March,  1832,  Elizabetli  Yandevander,  daughter  of 
Isaac  Vandevander;  and  had  issue  (surname  Patton): 
Rebecca,  Annie,  and  John. 

V.  Joseph,  b.  October  6,  1810;  resides  in  Kentucky;  was 
thrice  married  ;  m.  first,  January  9,  1840,  IsTancy  Givin, 
daughter  of  John  Givin,  and  had  issue  (surname  Patton): 
Ellen,  John,  Jame^,  and  Silas;  by  a  second  marriage, 
there  was  issne,  William  and  Joseph:  his  second  wife 
dying  about  1857.     He  married  again  in  1864. 

vi.  Benjamin-F.,h.  November  26,1812;  resided  in  Altoona, 

Pa.,  and  died  there ,  1885  ;  for  many  years 

in  the  mercantile  business  at  Warrior's  Mark,  Pa.,  and 
served  two  terms  as  associate  judge  of  Huntingdon 
county  ;  m.  January  23, 1836,  Eliza  Addleman  ;  and  had 
issue  (surname  Patton)  :  Uebecca,  Ettie,  Sarah,  Emma, 
John-T.,  Ceorqe-A.,  William, 'cind  Harry. 
vii.  Bebecca- Simpson,  b.  March  14,  1815 ;  d.  December  13, 
1862;  m.  December  24,  1840,  James  Campbell,  of  Mc- 
Connellstown,  Pa.;  and  had  issue  (surname  Campbell) : 


Murray  of  Swaiara.  475 

Margaretta.  m.  Dr.  G.  L.  Kobb,  of  Huntingdon,  Mnry, 
and  Caroline. 
viii.  George-W.,  b.  September  6,  1817  ;  d.  March  7, 1882,  in  the 
city  of  Philadelphia ;  buried  at  Altoona,  Pa.;  for  several 
years  was  one  of  the  lessees  of  Union  Furnace,  and  man- 
ager at  Blair  Furnace,  but  removed  to  Altoona  at  an 
early  day ;  in  1854,  he  was  chosen  the  first  chief  burgess 
of  that  borough,  and  reelected  in  1855  ;  in  1861 ,  appointed 
postmaster,  serving  eight  yeai's,  and  in  1870,  elected  an 
associate  judge ;  subsequently  removing  to  Philadelphia ; 
he  was  twice  married;  m.  first,  .June  10, 1845,  Mary  B. 
Burket,  d.  March  28, 1856,  and  had  issue  (surname  Pat- 
ton): 

1.  T/iorii as- Blair;  postmaster  at  Altoona. 

2.  Willia7n-A.\  in  the  office  of  the  President  Penn- 

sylvania Railroad  Company. 

3.  John-Howard ;  Pennsylvania  railroad  office,  Al- 

toona. 
Mr.  Patton  m.  secondly,  December  19,  1861,  Emma  J. 
Havvksworth  ;  and  had  issue : 

5.  Mary-V. 

6.  Margaret-Murray . 

XII.  Elizabeth  Isabella  Simpson, ^  (Margaret,"*  James, ^ 
William,^  John,^)  b.  August  22,  1794,  in  the  borougli  of  Hunt- 
ingdon ;  cl.  1867,  at  Atsion,  N.  J.  ;  buried  in  the  cemetery  at 
Huntingdon,  Pa. ;  m.  August  19,  1830,  Daniel  Africa,  b. 
1794,  at  Huntino;don,  Pa.  ;  d.  December  13,  1865,  in  his  native 
town  and  there  buried.  His  grandfather,  Christopher  Africa, 
emigrated  from  near  Hanover,  Grermany,  and  at  first  settled  at 
Germantown,  Pa.,  subsequently  removing  to  Hanover,  York 
county,  that  State.  He  had  two  sons,  Michael  and  Jacob 
Michael  Africa  m.  Catharine  Graffius,  of  York,  and  in  1791, 
removed  to  Huntingdon.  They  were  the  parents  of  Daniel 
Africa.  The  latter  was  a  man  of  prominence  and  influence  in 
the  community ;  was  deputy  surveyor  for  that  county  from 
1824  until  1830,  and  for  twenty-two  years  a  justice  of  the  peace. 
His  knowledge  of  the  law  was  much  more  thorough  than  that 
usually  possessed  by  magistrates.  He  was  familiar  with  many 
of  the  English  and  American  decisions,  especially  with  those 
of  the  Pennsylvania  courts,  and  kept  a  book  in  which  he  noted 
a  great  number  of  important  cases,  many  of  these  relating  to  the 


476  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

land  laws.     Daniel  Africa  and  his  wife  had  issue  (surname 
Africa) : 

i.  Mar qaret- Murray ;  d.  s.  p. 
14.  a.  John- Simpson,  b.  September  15,  1832 ;   m.  Dorothea   C. 
G-reenland. 

XIII.  John  Simpson,  ^  (Margaret,  ^  James,  ^  William,  ^ 
John,i)  b.  June  21,  1798,  in  the  borough  of  Huntingdon,  Pa. ; 
d.  July  19, 1872.  He  was  twice  married ;  m.,  first,  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth E.AMSEY ;  d.  April  14,  1852.  Thej  had  issue,  (surname 
Simpson) : 

i.  John-Murraij ;  a  farmer ;  resides  ia  Oneida  township,  Hunt- 
ingdon county,  Pa. 

ii.  Anna-^M. 
Hi.  Lydia-M. 

iv.  George- A. ;  was  color-bearer  of  the  125th  regiment,  Penn- 
sylvania volunteers,  and  killed  at  the  battle  of  Antietam, 
September  17,  1862. 

V.  James-Bandolph  ;  seriously  wounded  at  Antietam  ;  in  1866, 
elected  protlionotary  of  Huntingdon  county  ;  now  prac- 
ticing law  in  the  borough  of  Huntingdon,  Pa. 

John  Simpson  m.,  secondly,  Mrs.  Mary  McAllister.    They 

had  issue  (surname  Simpson)  : 

vi.  Fannie;  m.  1882. 

XIY.  John  Simpson  Africa,  6  (Elizabeth-Isabella,  5  [Simp- 
son,] Margaret,"^  James, ^  William. ^  John,^)  b.  September  15, 
1832,  in  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  where  he  resides.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  Huntingdon  Academy.  After  leav- 
ing school  he  learned  the  practice  of  surveying  and  civil  en- 
gineering with  his  father  and  uncle,  James  Simpson.  His  first 
work  after  completing  his  studies  was  with  Samuel  W.  Mifflin, 
chief  engineer  in  the  locating  of  the  Huntingdon  and  Broad  Top 
railroad.  In  1853,  he  was  elected  county  surveyor.  During 
the  sessions  of  1858  and  1859,  he  was  one  of  the  clerks  of  the 
State  Senate,  and  in  1859  elected  to  the  Lugislature.  In  1854 
and  1855,  he  served  as  burgess  of  the  borough,  and  in  1871, 
elected  to  the  same  office  for  three  years.  Under  the  Constitu- 
tion of  1873,  the  department  of  Internal  Affairs  was  organized, 
and  Mr.  Africa  was  appointed  deputy  secretary  under  General 


Murray  of  Swatara.  477 

William  McCandless.  "His  knowledge  and  experience  pecu- 
liarly qualified  him  for  putting  the  new  department  into  suc- 
cessful operation.  The  entire  labor  and  responsibility  of  doing 
so  devolved  upon  him,  and  it  is  well  known  to  the  people  of 
the  State  how  faithfully  the  duty  was  performed,  and  how 
creditably  and  honorably  he  acquitted  himself  in  the  important 
trust."  In  1878,  he  was  nominated  ,by  the  Democratic  State 
Convention  for  the  head  of  that  department,  and  although  his 
vote  was  highly  flattering,  he  failed  of  an  election.  Four  years 
afterwards,  in  1882,  however,  he  was  again  nominated  for  the 
same  position,  and  was  elected  for  the  term  of  four  years.  In 
1880,  President  Hayes  appointed  him  supervisor  of  the  census 
for  the  Seventh  district  of  Pennsylvania,  comprising  fourteen 
counties  in  the  central  part  of  the  State.  He  was  elected 
cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Huntingdon  in  1881, 
and  served  until  he  was  sworn  in  as  Secretary  of  Internal  Af- 
fairs in  1883.  In  addition  to  these  public  and  official  duties, 
he  has  been  identified  with  the  leading  business  enterprises  of 
his  native  town.  Mr.  Africa  m.  January  1, 1856,  Doeothea  C. 
Geeenland,  daughter  of  Joshua  Grreenland,  of  Huntingdon. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Africa) : 

i.  Benjamin-Fran'klin^h.  1856;  d.  1857. 

ii.  Benjmriin-FranJiHn,  (second;)  m.  November  5,  1885,  by 
Kev.  Eobert  J.  Keeling,  D.  D.,  Susan  I.  Meyers,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  F.  Meyers,  of  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

iii.  James-Murray. 


iv.   Walter-0.  f 

V.  Bessie ;  d.  February,  1867,  at  Atsion,  N.  J. 


478  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 


NEVILLE  AND  CRAIG. 


I.  John  Neville, ^  son  of  RiGHitftD  Neville,^  and  Ann 
Burroughs,  who  was  a  cousin  of  Lord  Fairfax,  was  b.  July  26, 
1731,  on  the  head  waters  of  Occoquan  river,  Virginia.     His 
father's  residence  is  laid  down  on  Gov.  Pownall's,  and  Fry  and 
Jefferson's  maps,  also  on  map  in  Spark's  "Life  and  Writings  of 
Washington."     On  the  map  in  "  Jefferson's  Notes  on  Virginia," 
edition  of  1787,  it  is  laid  down  near  the  head  of  Bull  Run,  a 
branch  of  the  Occoquan.     He  was  an  early  acquaintance  of 
Washington,  and  served  with  him  in  Braddock's  expedition. 
He  subsequently  settled  near  Winchester,  Frederick  county, 
where  he  held  the  office  of  sheriff.     He  was  in  Dunmore's  ex- 
pedition of  1774.     Prior  to  this,  he  had  made  large  entries  and 
purchases  of  land  on  Chartier's  creek,  and   built  a  house,  now 
owned  and  occupied  by  Mrs.  Mary  Wrenshall,  and   was  about 
to  remove  there  when  the  Revolutionary  troubles  began.     He 
was  elected  a  delegate  from  Augusta  county  to  the  Provincial 
Convention  of  Virginia,  which  appointed  George  Washington, 
Peyton  Randolph,  and  others  to  the  first  Continental  Congress, 
but  was  prevented  by  sickness  from  attending.     On  the  7th  of 
August,  1775,  the  Provincial  Convention  of  Virginia  ordered 
him  to  march  with  his  company  and  take  possession  of  Fort 
Pitt.     December  23,  1776,  he  was  appointed  a  justice  of  Yoho- 
gania  county  court,  but  considering  the  distracted  state  of  the 
country,  occasioned  by  the  boundary  dispute,  and  his  position 
as  commandant  at  Fort  Pitt,  he  prudently  declined  the  appoint- 
ment.    He  was  colonel  of  the  4th  Virginia  regiment  in  the 
Revolutionary  war.     Subsequent  to  the  Revolution,  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Property,  and  of  the  Supreme  Executive 
Council  of  Pennsylvania,  and  of  the  Pennsylvania  Convention 
which  ratified  the  Federal  Constitution  ;  he  was  also  a  member 


Neville  and  Craig,  479 

of  the  Convention  which  formed  the  Constitution  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1789-90.  In  1791,  at  the  urgent  solicitation  of  the 
President  and  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  he  accepted  the 
appointment  of  Inspector  of  the  Revenue  in  the  Fourth  Survey 
of  the  District  of  Pennsylvania,  which  he  held  until  after  the 
suppression  of  the  Whiskey  Insurrection  and  establishment 
of  the  supremacy  of  the  law^s  of  the  United  States.  He  was 
appointed  agent,  at  Pittsburgh,  for  the  sale  of  lands,  under  the 
act  of  Congress,  passed  May  18,  1796,  entitled  "an  act  for  the 
sale  of  the  lands  of  the  United  States  in  the  Territory  north- 
west of  the  Ohio,  &c."  lie  died  on  Montour's  Island,  now  ISTe- 
ville  township,  Allegheny  count}^,  Pa..,  July  29,  1803,  and  was 
buried  in  the  First  Presbyterian  church-yard,  Pittsburgh.  The 
inscription  on  his  tombstone,  now  almost  illegible,  is  as  follows: 

In  memory  of  \  General  John  Neville,  |  who  departed 
this  life  I  July  29,  1803;  |  Aged  12  years  and  3  days.  \  During 
his  long  life  \  he  filled  many  important  offices^  |  hoth  \  Civil  and 
Military ;  \  in  the  former^  he  ivas  virtuous  and  disinterested ;  |  in 
the  latter,  he  was  patriotic  a7id  brave.  |  He  enjoyed]  the  friendship 
and  confidence  of  the  \  illustrious  Washington.  \  The  day  of  his 
death  witnessed  the  \  most  pleasing  Tribute  \  that  can  be  paid  to 
the  I  memory  \  of  a  mortal,  \  Tlie  sincere  regrets  of  his  \  friends  \ 
and  the  |  tears  \  of  the  neighboring  poor. 

Gen.  Neville  was  a  consistent  member  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church  ;  and  the  first  Episcopal  church  west  of  the 
Allegheny  mountains  was  built  at  his  expense,  on  the  site  of 
the  present  stone  church  at  Woodville,  Allegheny  county,  Pa. 
He  m.  August  24,  1754,  Winifred  Oldham, \b.  1736,  in 
Virginia;  d.  1797,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  She  was  descended  from 
John  Oldham,  who  emigrated  to  Virginia  from  England,  in 
March,  1635.  His  son,  Thomas  Oldham,  was  the  father  of 
Col.  Samuel  Oldham,  of  Westmoreland  count}^,  Va.,  b.  1680  ; 
d.  1762  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Newton,  b.  1687  ;  d.  1759.  Their  son, 
John  Oldham,  b.  1705;  m.  Anne  Conway,  and  had  Winifred, 
m.  John  Neville;  Mary- Ann,  m.  Major  Abraham  Kirkpatrick, 
and  Col.  William,  m.  Penelope  Pope.  Major  Abraham  Kirh- 
patrick  had  three  daughters ;  one  of  whom  Mary-Ann,  m.  Dr. 
Joel  Lewis,  and  had  A.  Kirk  Lewis,  and  Mrs.  Maria  L.  Bigham ; 


480  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Eliza,  m.  Christopher  Cowan,  and  was  the  mother  of  Mrs.  Marj 
Wrensball,  Mrs.  Ebbs,  and  Mrs.  Swartzwelder ;  Amelia- Louisa^ 
m.  Judge  Shaler,  and  was  the  mother  of  Conway,  Clarence, 
Louisa- Amelia,  and  Augusta.  Louisa  A.  Shaler  was  killed  by 
a  fall  from  a  horse.  Col.  William  Oldham.,  killed  at  St.  Clair's 
defeat  in  1791 ;  m.  in  1784,  Penelope  Pope,  had  Ahhy,  who  m. 
Samuel  Churchill,  and  had  Samuel  B.  Churchill,  of  Louisville, 
Ky.     The  children  of  Gren.  Neville  were : 

2.  i.  Presley.,  b.  September  6,  1755;  m.  Nancy  Morgan. 

3.  n.  Amelia,  b.  1763  ;  m.  Major  Isaac  Craig. 


II.  Presley  Neville,^  (John, 2  fii^i^,i)  b.  September 
6,  1755,  at  Winchester,  Ya.;  d.  December  1,  1818,  at  his  resi- 
dence near  Neville,  Clermont  county,  Ohio,  thirty  miles  above 
Cincinnati.  After  gi-aduating  at  the  University  of  Philadel- 
phia, with  distinguished  reputation  for  classical  attainments, 
he  entered  the  army  in  1775,  in  the  twentieth  year  of  his  age, 
as  a  lieutenant  in  the  company  commanded  by  his  father.  Gen- 
eral John  Neville.  He  quickly  rose  to  the  rank  of  major,  and, 
as  such,  became  aid-de-camp  to  the  Marquis  de  la  Fayette. 
Similarity  of  feeling  and  manners  created  an  ardent  friend- 
sliip  between  these  accomplished,  and,  at  that  time,  young 
officers,  which  continued  uninterrupted,  and  retained  Major 
Neville  in  the  family  of  the  Marquis  two  years.  In  January, 
1780,  the  Fourth  Virginia  Regiment,  commanded  by  his  father, 
General  John  Neville,  was  ordered  to  Charleston,  S.  G,  with 
Presley  Neville  as  lieutenant-colonel.  He  was  made  prisoner 
at  the  surrender  of  Charleston,  and  returned  thence  to  Vir- 
ginia on  parole,  but  was  exchanged  before  the  close  of  the 
war.  Presley  Neville  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Trenton, 
Princeton,  Brandywine,  Germantown,  and  Monmouth.  At 
Monmouth  he  had  a  horse  killed  under  him.  After  his  mar- 
riage, he  moved  to  a  property  he  owned  on  Chartier  s  creek, 
called  Woodville.  In  1792,  he  removed  to  Pittsburgh,  where 
he  resided  until  1816.  Presley  Neville  was  always  honored 
with  the  friendship  of  General  Washington,  and  held  many  of 
the  most  confidential  ofiices  under  the  general  and  State  gov- 
ernments."    An  obituar}^  notice  of  him  by  Mr.  Ormsby  in  the 


Neville,  and  Craig.  481 

Pittsburgh  Gazette^  of  December  18,  1818,  says:  "It  falls  to 
the  lot  of  but  few  men  to  enjoy  so  great  a  degree  of  personal 
popularity,  as  has  attended  the  subject  of  this  notice  through 
life.  He  was  favored  by  Providence  with  the  possession  of  an 
ample  fortune,  which  enabled  him  to  indulge  to  excess  a  be- 
nevolence as  warm  and  as  expansive  as  ever  glowed  in  a  mortal 
breast.  It  had  a  faalt :  it  was  too  lavish  for  prudential  max- 
ims to  mingle  in  its  council,  and  too  honorable  to  doubt  the 
rectitude  of  its  ardent  impulses.  Like  most  generous  men,  he 
suffered  dearly  for  his  liberality ;  but  he  repined  not  at  this 
dispensation  of  Providence,  nor  repented  of  those  acts  which 
he  performed  with  pleasure  and  reflected  on  with  pride.  He 
was  admired  by  his  equals,  respected  by  his  inferiors,  and 
loved  by  all  who  knew  him ;  the  oppressed  clung  to  him  for 
support,  and  the  prayers  of  the  needy  ascended  to  heaven  in 
his  favor.         *  -^  *  jjg  breathed  his  last  on  the 

banks  of  the  Ohio,  not  surrounded  by  all  the  comforts  of  life, 
for  this  would  have  been  too  great  a  happiness  for  an  old  sol- 
dier, but  he  drew  his  last  sigh  surrounded  by  his  children,  on 
the  soil  granted  to  him  for  his  Revolutionary  services.  At  the 
present  day,  the  remembrance  of  those  services  are  of  little 
value,  except  as  a  theme  of  pride  to  his  descendants ;  but  the 
future  historian  will  rank  him  among  those  heroes  to  whom 
his  country  owes  her  independence."  There  are  some  inci- 
dents in  the  life  of  Louis  Phillipe,  connected  with  the  Nevilles, 
so  creditable  to  him,  that  they  are  here  introduced :  "About 
the  year  1796,  the  Duke  of  Orleans,  afterwards  Louis  Phillipe, 
King  of  France,  accompanied  by  his  two  brothers,  Montpen- 
sier  and  Beaujolais,  came  to  the  western  country.  On  arriving 
at  Pittsburgh,  then  a  small  village,  the}'  found  one  or  two  em- 
igres, who  had  formerly  filled  prominent  stations  under  the 
ancienne  regime,  but  who  were  now  earning  a  scanty  subsist- 
ence in  carrying  on  some  little  business  of  merchandise.  One 
of  them,  the  Chevalier  Du  Bac,  proposed  to  General  Neville, 
whose  house  was  alwa3^s  the  temple  of  hospitality,  where  he 
was  in  the  habit  of  dining  every  Sunday,  and  at  whose  table 
and  fireside  the  unfortunate  emigre  was  sure  to  find  a  heartv 
welcome,  to  introduce  the  travelers.  The  general  at  first  re- 
31 


482  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

ceived  the  proposition  with  coldness.  He  said  he  had  been  a 
soldier  of  the  Eevolution,  the  intimate  of  Rochambeau  and  La 
Fayette,  and,  of  course,  entertained  a  feeling  of  the  deepest  re- 
spect for  the  memory  of  the  unfortunate  Louis,  not  as  a  mon- 
arch, but  as  a  most  amiable  and  virtuous  man.  He  insisted 
that  no  good  could  spring  from  the  infamous  exciter  of  the 
Jacobins,  the  profligate  Egalite.  But,  "mon  General,"  (said 
the  chevalier,  with  a  shrug  of  the  shoulders,  and  most  melan- 
choly contortion  of  his  wrinkled  features,)  "  ils  sont  dans  les 
grande  mis^re,  et  'ils  out  ete  chasse,  comme  nous  autres,  par 
ces  vilains  sans  culottes."  The  chevalier  knew  his  man,  and 
the  hon  hommie.  of  the  General  prevailed.  "  Eh,  bien  !  cheva- 
lier, allez,  rendre  nos  devoirs  aux  voyageurs,  et  qu'ils  dinent 
chez  nous  demain."  The  strangers  accepted  the  courtesy,  and 
became  intimate  with  and  attached  to  the  family  of  the  kind- 
hearted  American ;  the  charms  of  the  conversation  of  the  Duke 
of  Orleans,  and  his  various  literary  attainments,  soon  obliter- 
ated for  the  moment  the  horrible  career  of  his  father  from  the 
minds  of  his  hearers.  The  brothers,  on  quitting  Pittsburgh, 
left  a  most  favorable  impression  on  the  minds  of  the  little 
circle  in  which  they  were  received  so  kindly.  The  recollec- 
tion of  the  amiable  Beaujolais  was  particularly  cherished  ;  and 
when  the  news  of  his  death  in  Sicily,  a  few  years  after,  readied 
the  West,  the  family  of  General  jSTeville  expressed  the  sin- 
cerest  sorrow."  Many  years  later,  the  Cincinnati  Rej^uhlican 
says:  "Immediately  upon  the  landing  of  the  Prince  De  Join- 
ville,  in  this  city,  he  inquired  for  Morgan  Neville,  expressed  a 
desire  to  see  him,  and  regretted  to  hear  of  his  death.  Louis 
Philippe,  the  father  of  the  young  Prince,  when  an  exile  in 
this  country,  became  acquainted  with  Morgan  Neville,  then  a 
lad  residing  at  Pittsburgh,  and  with  the  late  General  Neville, 
his  father,  into  whose  house  the  exile  was  hospitably  received. 
Louis  Philippe  had  remembered  this  little  kindness  amid  the 
varied  and  embarrassing  scenes  of  his  life,  and  gave  it  in  charge 
of  his  son,  when  coming  to  this  country,  to  find  out  Morgan 
Neville  and  renew  the  acquaintance."  A  few  years  later, 
another  son  of  the  General,  '"Captain  Frederick  Neville,  of  the 
United  States  navy,  happened  to  enter  the  port  of  Marseilles; 


Neville  and  Craig.  483 

Louis  Philippe  hearing  of  it,  sent  for  him  and  received  him, 
with  utmost  kindness  and  attention,  into  his  family."  General 
Neville,  m.  October  15,  1782,  Nancy  Morgan,  of  whom 
Breckenridge  in  his  Recollections  of  Persons  and  Places  of  the 
West,  writing  of  Presley  Neville,  says:  "He  married  the 
daughter  of  the  celebrated  General  Morgan,  an  elegant  and  ac- 
complished lady,  who  blessed  him  with  an  offspring  as  numer- 
ous and  beautiful  as  the  children  of  Niobe."'  They  had  issue 
(surname  Neville): 

i.  Morgan,  b.  December  25, 1783 ;  d.  March  1, 1840 ;  attorney- 
at-law,  author  and  editor  of  the  Pittsburgh  Gazette ;  about 
1824,  removed  to  Cincinnati  and  became  secretary  of  an 
insurance  company ;  m.  March  6,1811,  Nancy  Barker; 
and  had  issue: 

1.  Morgan-LaFayette;  m.  a  sister  of  Governor  Den- 

nison,  of  Ohio. 

2.  Julian;  d.  July,  1882;  a  wealthy  mercliant  of 

New  Orleans  before  the  Rebellion ;  an  out 
spoken  Union  man,  who  was  stripped  of  every- 
thing, and  died  poor. 

3.  John ;  d.  in  New  York. 

4.  Eugene;  d.  s.  p. 

5.  Cornelia;  m.  Hon.  James  Graham,  of  New  Or- 

leans, member  of  Congress  and  historian  ;  au- 
thor of  "  Life  of  General  Morgan." 
a.  Emily,  b.  February  15, 1786;  d.  February  5, 1821 ;  m.  No- 
vember 5, 1807,  Col.  W.  D.  Simms,  of  Alexandria,  Ya.; 
and  had  issue  (surname  Simms): 

1.  Virginia;  m.  Frank  Taylor,  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

2.  Neville;  m.  Miss  McGuire. 
Hi.  Fayette,  b.  February  25,  1788;  d.  unm. 

ic.  Elizabeth,  b.  November  18,  1789;  m.  January  24,  1810, 

James  O'Hara,  Jr. ;  no  issue. 
V.  Nancy;  m.  Major  John  Head,  IJ.  S.  A.;  they  had  issue 
(surname  Kead): 

1.  Dr.  Bobert;  d.  in  California. 

2.  Nancy  ;  m.  Jesse  Farmer. 

3.  Emily  ;  m.  in  1863,  Richard  Oldham. 

4.  Winifred-Neville;   m.    William  L.  Kid  well,  of 

Missouri. 
vi.  Fanny;  m.  first,  Charles  Simms,  of  Alexandria,  Va.;  sec- 
ondly, Charles  Wilkins,  of  Pittsburgli ;  and  had  issue 
(surname   Wilkins),   Presley-Neville;   m.  thirdly.  Cap- 
tain Forster ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Forster),  Rhoda. 


•iS-i  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

vii.  Presley,  Jr.;  m.  Olivia  Kerr  ;  and  had  issue : 

1.  Sarah  ;  m.  Hugh  Wilson,  of  Washington,  Pa. 

2.  Frederick ;  went  to  Texas. 
via.  Edgar. 

ix.  Clarence. 
X.   Winifred ;  m., first,  March  22, 1822,  Major  Matthew  Magee, 

U.  S.  A.;  secondly,  Dr.  Nathan  Kouns,  M.  D.;  they  had 

issue  (surname  Kouns) : 

1.  Dr.  J acob-JSfeville',  the  great  traveler. 

2.  Presley-Morgan  ;  d.  in  California. 

3.  Nathan-C.\  author,  &c. 

4.  Dr.  Ivan-Wisy\er \  deceased. 

xi.  Francis ;  lost  on  the  United  States  sloop  ^'■Hornet "  Sep- 
tember, 1829. 
xii.  Ellen-,   d.  1842;  m.  1831,  James  Burns;   and  had,  with 
others,  issue  (surname  Burns) : 

1.  Olivia:,  m.    Walter  Browji,  of   Fort    Leaven- 

worth. 

2.  Winifred. 

xiii.  Frederick;  captain  in  U.  S.  navy  ;  d.  in  Philadelphia,  Oc- 
tober 21, 1877. 
xiv.  Monti7nore;  d.  s.  p.  X  jyT^tlje^ 

III.  Amelia  Neville,  ^  (John,^  Eiefea*d,^)  b.  April  4, 
1763,  at  Winchester,  Va.;  d.  February,  1849,  on  Montour's 
Island,  near  Pittsburgh,  Pa.;  m.  February  1,  1785,  Isaac 
Craig,  ^  b.  1741,  near  Hillsborough,  county  Down,  Ireland  ;  d. 
May  14,  1826,  on  Montour's  Island,  and  is  buried  in  the 
grave-yard  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church,  Pittsburgh.  He 
emigrated  to  America  in  1765,  and  settled  in  Philadelphia, 
wdiere  he  became  a  master-builder.  In  November,  1775,  he 
received  an  appointment  as  ranking  lieutenant  of  Marines  in 
the  Navy  then  being  fitted  out,  and  in  that  capacity  served  ten 
months  on  board  the  Andrew  Doria,  commanded  by  the  gal- 
lant and  unfortunate  Nicholas  Biddle.  "While  on  the  Doria, 
that  vessel  formed  one  of  the  squadron  of  Commodore  Hop- 
kins, which  captured  the  two  Forts,  Nassau  and  Montague, 
upon  the  island  of  New  Providence,  in  the  West  Indies,  cap- 
turing the  Governor  and  a  large  number  of  cannon  and  military 
stores,  then  much  needed  by  the  Americans,  and  subsequently 
used  ill  the  forts  in  Ehode  Island  and  on  the  Delaware.  On 
his  return,  he  received  a  captain's  commission  dated  October 
22,  1776.     In  the  latter  part  of  November,  the  marines  were 


Neville  and  Craig.  485 

ordered  to  join  the  army  and  do  duty  as  infantry,  and  in  that 
capacity,  Captain  Craig  was  present  at  the  crossing  of  the  Del- 
aware, the  capture  of  the  Hessians  at  Trenton,  and  at  the  battle 
of  Princeton.  On  the  3d  of  March,  1777,  he  was  appointed  a 
captain  in  a  regiment  of  artillery  then  formed,  under  the  com- 
mand of  Colonel  Thomas  Proctor,  in  whicli  he  continued  to 
serve  until  it  was  disbanded  at  the  close  of  the  Revolution. 
On  the  11th  of  September,  1777,  he  was  engaged  in  the  battle 
of  Brandywine,  where  he  was  severely  wounded.  The  ensu- 
ing month  he  was  at  the  battle  of  Germantown,  and  his  com- 
pany was  one  of  those  which  cannonaded  Chew's  house,  which 
was  so  gallantly  defended  by  Major  Musgrave.  Having  passed 
the  ordeal  of  Yalley  Forge,  early  in  the  spring  of  1778  Captain 
Craig  and  several  other  officers  were  ordered  to  Carlisle  to  learn 
the  laboratory  art,  under  the  instruction  of  Captain  Isaac  Coren, 
an  officer  of  skill  and  experience.  On  the  29th  of  March, 
1779,  he  was  ordered  to  the  command  of  the  Fort  at  Billings- 
port,  on  the  Delaware,  below  Philadelphia.  May  20th  the  reg- 
iment was  ordered  to  Easton,  and  joined  Sullivan  in  his  expe- 
dition against  the  Six  Nations,  returning  to  Easton  on  the  18th 
of  October  following.  The  severe  winter  of  1779-80  he  was 
with  the  army  at  Morristown,  New  Jersey.  On  the  20th  of 
April,  1780,  Captain  Craig  was  ordered  to  Fort  Pitt  with  a  de- 
tachment of  artillery  and  military  stores,  where  he  arrived  on 
the  2oth  of  June.  Here  he  continued  in  command  of  the  ar- 
tillery until  the  29th  of  July,  1781,  when  he  left  with  his  de- 
tachment for  the  Falls  of  the  Ohio  (Louisville)  to  join  General 
Clark  in  his  intended  expedition  against  Detroit.  He  returned 
to  Fort  Pitt  the  26th  of  November.  During  his  absence  down 
the  river,  he  had  been  prom.oted  to  the  rank  of  major,  from 
the  7th  of  October,  1781.  In  November,  1782,  General  Irvine 
received  intelligence  that  the  British  had  established  a  military 
post  at  Sandusky,  and  were  abont  to  establish  one  either  at 
Cuyahoga  or  Grand  river.  He,  therefore,  ordered  Major  Craig 
to  take  with  him  the  General's  aid,  Lieutenant  Pose,  and  six 
active  men,  and  proceed  to  Cuyahoga  and  Grand  river,  to  as- 
certain whether  the  enemy  were  making  such  attempts.  This 
order  was  eloquent  in  urging  Major  Craig  to  be  cautious,  and 


486  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

not  be  stimulated  by  his  zeal  for  the  service  to  venture  too  far, 
and  concludes  by  saying :  "  One  man  falling  into  the  hands  of 
the  enemy  may  not  only  ruin  your  whole  present  business,  but 
also  prevent  future  .discovery."  The  Major  and  his  party 
started  on  their  expedition  on  the  13th  of  ISTovember,  taking 
with  them  one  horse,  with  a  supply  of  provisions.  They 
crossed  the  Big  Beaver  river  at  its  mouth.  Thence  they  pro- 
ceeded in  a  direction  south  of  west,  as  if  bound  to  the  Indian 
town  at  the  forks  of  Muskingum,  pursuing  that  course  until 
night,  and  then  turned  directly  north,  and  traveled  all  night  in 
that  direction.  This  was  done  to  mislead  and  elude  the  pur- 
suit of  Indians  who  may  have  followed  them.  When  they 
arrived,  as  they  supposed,  within  a  day's  march  of  the  mouth 
of  the  Cuyahoga,  they  left  one  man  with  the  extra  provisions. 
It  was  the  intention,  upon  rejoining  this  man,  to  have  taken  a 
fresh  supply  of  provisions,  and  then  proceed  to  examine  the 
V  mouth  of  Grand  river.  General  Irvine  had,  in  his  instructions, 
treated  this  as  a  point  of  less  importance  than  the  Cuyahoga, 
but  yet  worthy  of  attention.  The  weather  proved  very  unfa- 
vorable after  the  separation,  and  the  Major,  with  his  party,  was 
detained  beyond  the  appointed  time,  and  the  soldier,  with  the 
horse,  had  disappeared ;  so  that  when  they  reached  the  desig- 
nated place,  weary  and  half  famished,  they  found  no  relief,  and 
had  before  them  a  journey  of  more  than  one  hundred  miles 
through  a  hostile  wilderness.  The  examination  of  Grand  river 
had  to  be  abandoned,  and  the  party  was  compelled  to  hasten 
back  to  Fort  Pitt.  Variable  and  tempestuous  weather  made 
the  return  journey  laborious  and  painful.  Pursuing  the  most 
direct  course  homeward,  before  they  reached  the  Conoquenes- 
sing,  the  weather  became  extremely  cold,  and  they  found  the 
stream  frozen  over,  but  the  ice  not  firm  enough  to  bear  the 
weight  of  a  man.  They  resorted  to  the  following  expedient  as 
the  best  the  circumstances  allowed :  A  large  fire  was  kindled 
on  the  northern  bank,  and  when  it  was  burning  freely,  the 
party  stripped  off  their  clothes ;  one  man  took  a  heavy  blud- 
geon to  break  the  ice,  while  each  of  the  others  followed  with 
portions  of  the  clothes  and  arms  in  one  hand  and  a  fire-brand 
in  the  other.     Upon  reaching  the  southern  bank  of  the  stream, 


Neville  and  Craig.  487 

these  brands  were  placed  together  and  a  brisk  fire  soon  raised, 
by  which  the  party  dressed  themselves.  Upon  reaching  the 
Cranberry  plains,  they  were  delighted  to  find  there  a  hunting 
party,  consisting  of  Captain  Uriah  Springer  and  other  officers, 
and  some  soldiers  from  Fort  Pitt.  Here,  of  course,  they  were 
welcomed  and  kindly  treated.  They  reached  the  Fort  on  the 
2d  of  December,  and  Major  Craig  reported  that  there  was  no 
sign  of  occupancy  at  the  mouth  of  the  Cuyahoga.  At  the  very 
time  the  party  were  crossing  the  Conoquenessing,  November 
the  30th,  1782,  the  Treaty  of  Peace  between  the  United  States 
and  Great  Britain  was  signed  at  Paris.  The  treaty  was  ratified 
by  Congress  on  the  19th  of  April,  1783,  and  the  disbandment 
of  the  army  soon  followed.  Major  Craig  and  Colonel  Stephen 
Bayard  formed  a  partnership  to  carry  on  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness in  Pittsburgh,  and  to  deal  in  lands.  On  the  22d  of  Janu- 
ary, 1784,  by  articles  of  agreement,  they  purchased  from  the 
Penns  the  first  ground  that  was  sold  within  the  limits  of  Pitts- 
burgh. In  September,  1787,  an  act  was  passed  by  the  Legisla- 
ture incorporating  the  Presbyterian  Congregation  of  the  town 
of  Pittsburgh  ;  eleven  trustees  were  named,  of  whom  six  were 
officers  of  the  Revolutionary  army,  Major  Craig  being  one.  In 
the  spring  of  1788,  Major  Craig  retired  from  business  to  Farm- 
Hill,  adjoining  the  farms  of  his  father-in-law,  and  brother-in- 
law  Colonel  Presley  Neville.  He  remained  there  but  a  short 
time.  When  the  National  Government  was  organized,  his  old 
commander  ai-d  true  friend.  General  Henry  Knox,  was  ap- 
pointed the  first  Secretary  of  War,  and  in  February,  1791, 
offered  him  the  situation  of  Quartermaster  and  Military  Store- 
keeper at  Pittsburgh,  then  a  frontier  town;  this  he  accepted 
and  held  until  after  the  election  of  Jefferson.  Major  Craig,  like 
the  great  majority  of  the  officers  of  the  Revolution,  belonged  to 
the  party  of  which  Washington  and  Hamilton  were  the  leaders, 
and  not  very  long  after  Jefferson  came  into  power  he  was  re- 
moved from  office.  After  the  declaration  of  war  in  1812,  his 
services  were  again  sought  for,  when  the  knowledge  acquired 
from  Captain  Coren  at  Carlisle  was  found  valuable  in  preparing 
munitions  of  war  for  the  north-western  army.  After  this  war, 
he  removed  to  Montour's  Island,  where  he  died.     Major  Isaac 


488  Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 

Craig  liad  two  brothers,  James  Craig,  who  resided  in  Phila- 
delphia, and  died  there  of  yellow  fever,  August  20,  1798,  had 
a  daughter,  Eliza,  who  m.  Edward  Gray;  their  daughter, 
Elizabeth  Gray,  m.  Hon.  John  P.  Kennedy,  Secretary  of  the 
Navy,  under  Fillmore;  John  Ceaig,  the  other  brother,  was  a 
Loyalist;  he  resided  in  New  York;  his  daughter,  Ann  Craig, 
who  was  very  wealthy,  died  in  Jersey  City  in  1875.  Major 
Craig  had  a  sister,  Jane,  who  never  married  ;  she  died  in  New 
York.  His  father  was  agent  for  the  Earl  of  Hillsborougk,  and 
died  at  Hillsborough.  Major  Craig  and  his  wife,  Amelia  Ne- 
ville, had  issue,  beside  three  children  d.  in  infancy,  (surname 
Craig) : 

i.  Harriet,  b.  December  26, 1785 ;  d.  May  29, 1867 ;  m.  July  5, 
1809,  John  H.  Chaplin.  They  had  issue  (surname  Chap- 
lin): 

1.  William- Or  dig,  b.  April  10,  1810;   d.  April  25, 

1856;  lieutenant  commander,  U.  S.  navy;  m. 
July  31,  1839,  Sarah  J.  Crossan. 

2.  Amelia,  b.   December  1,   1812;   m.  Thomas  L. 

Shields. 
4.       ii.  Neville-B.,  b.  March  29,  1787  ;  m.  Jane  Ann  Fulton. 

Hi.  Matilda,  b.  March  12,  1788;  d. ;  m.  December, 

1811,  Beese  E.  Fleeson,  and  had  issue  (surname  Fleeson): 

1.  Eeese-C. ;  d.  1863 ;  owner  and  editor  of  Pittsburgh 

Dispatch. 

2.  Isaac-Craig  ;  d.  s.  p. 

3.  William  ;  d.  s.  p. 

4.  Thomas-Plunket. 

5.  Eugene;  d. 

iv.  Presley-Hamilton,  b.  May  28, 1789  ;  d.  August  8, 1848 ;  sur- 
geon U.  S.  A. ;  medical  director  of  tiie  army  under  Gen- 
eral Taylor  in  Mexico. 
V.  Henry-Knox,  b.  March  7,  1791 ;  d.  December  7,  1869;  gen- 
eral and  chief  of  ordnance,  U.  S.  A.;  m.  Maria  B., 
daughter  of  Major  Hunt,  of  the  Massachusetts  Line  in 
the  Revolutionary  war,  and  a  descendant  of  Peter  Fan- 
euil,  who,  in  1742,  presented  Faneuil  Hall  to  the  city  of 
Boston.    They  had  issue  (surname  (^raig) : 

1.  Benjamin-Faneuil,    M.    D.,    deceased,    of    the 

Smithsonian  Institution. 

2.  John-Neville;  captain,  U.  S.  A.;  d.  1885. 

3.  Jane-Bethime;  m.  General  Hawkins,  U.  S.  A. 


Neville  and  Craig.  489 

4.  Pres?e.i!/-0?r7/iam;  lieutenant,  U.  S.  artillery  ;  vol- 
unteered in  Hunt's  battery  at  first  battle  of 
,  Bull  Run,  and  killed  in  that  action.     .  iv. 

L,  y^yiAj  ^iMZ^^'"^-  -^fw.V,  deceased:;  m.  General  Hunt.  JL^Jllf^^,  X3\/9  /> 
../V>-^/)    ^  (U         6.  ^melia-Weville.  t      0. 

vi.  John-Neville,  b.  February  7,  1793  ; -d.  July  21,  1870;  unm. 
m.  William,  b.  November  26,  1794 ;  d.  young. 
via.  Isaac-Eugene,  b.  March  3.  1797 ;  a  lieutenant  in  U.  S.  en- 
gineer corps;  fell  in  a  duel  with  I^ieutenant  Maul,  at 
Bay  St,  Louis,  July  25, 1819  ;  the  duel  was  caused  by  re- 
marks of  Lieutenant  Maul  regarding  a  lady  of  Carlisle, 
Pa.;  both  fell  at  the  first  fire.  The  Pittsburgh  Gazette,  of 
September  28, 1819,  says :  "  in  a  farewell  letter  addressed 
to  his  brother  the  minute  before  he  met  his  antagonist, 
he  expressed  his  repugnance  to  the  practice,  but,  like  the 
lamented  Hamilton,  he  submitted,  because  otherwise  he 
feared  his  usefulness  would  be  destroyed," 
ix.  Oldham-G.,  b,  March  14,  1800;  d,  suddenly  of  heart  dis- 
ease at  Cologne,  Germany,  October  4,  1874,  when  on  his 
way  to  visit  his  eldest  son  ;  he  was  for  many  years  teller 
in  the  bank  of  Pittsburgh  ;  m,  Matilda  Roberts,  daughter 
of  Hon.  Samuel  Roberts,  and  had  issue  (surname  Craig) : 

1,  Isaac- Eugene;    an  artist,  residing  at  Florence, 
.  Italy. 

2,  Sa^rniel- Roberts  ;  d, 

3,  Caroline-Roberts,  deceased;    m.  Rev,    William 

Ely,  of  Germantown,  Pa. 

4,  Morgan ;  d, 

X.  Amelia-Neville,  b,  July  7, 1801 ;  d.  October  22,  1877 ;  unm. 

ly.  Neville  B,  Craig,  ^  (Isaac,  i)  b.  March  29,  1787,  in 
Col.  Bouquet's  redoubt ;  d.  March  3,  1863.  He  was  educated 
at  the  famous  Pittsburgh  Academy  and  Princeton  College  ;  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  August  13,  1810  ;  was  city  solicitor  from  1821 
to  1830 ;  owner  and  editor  of  the  Pittsburgh  Gazette^  (which  he 
converted  to  the  first  daily  in  Pittsburgh,)  from  1829  to  1841, 
About  this  time,  he  was  elected  to  the  Legislature ;  subsequently, 
an  investigation  was  made  in  regard  to  members  supplying 
themselves  with  merchandise  at  the  expense  of  the  State,  show- 
ing that  "every  member,  except  Mr,  Craig,  of  Allegheny,  had 
received  a  share."  *'The  Centennial  volume  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian church  of  Pittsburgh"  styles  him  "the  historian  par 
excellence  of  the  city  he  adorned."     His  publications  are  au- 


490  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

thorities;  they  are  "The  Olcleii  Time,"  two  volumes,  1846-7; 
"History  of  Pittsburgh,"  1851;  "Memoir  of  Major  Eobert 
Stobo,''  1854;  "Life  and  Services  of  Major  Isaac  Craig,"  1854, 
and  "  An  Exposure  of  a  few  of  the  many  Misstatements  in  H. 
M.  Brackenridge's  History  of  the  Whiskey  Insurrection,"  1859. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church,  and  of  the 
American  Antiquarian  and  other  societies.  Mr.  Craig  m.  May 
1,  1811,  Jane  Ann  Pulton,  b.  August  11,  1789,  in  Harris- 
burg,  Pa, ;  d.  January  14,  1852,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa. ;  daughter 
of  Henry  and  Isabel  Fulton,  {see  Fulton  record.)  They  had 
issue  (surname  Craig)  : 

5.  i.  Isnhel-Wilson.,  b.  September  25,  1812;  m.  Rev.  Henry  G. 

Comingo. 

6.  a.  Einily-Nei-ille,h.  June  29, 1814;  m.  Lieut.  Alfred  Beckley, 

U.  S.  A. 

Hi.  Mary-Jane,  b.  March  23,  1816;  d.  April  22,  1834,  at  Wash- 
ington, Pa. ;  m.  Rev.  William  Orr. 

it}.  Harriett- Matilda,  b.  September  26,  1817;  d.  January  14, 
1850. 

r.  Margaret-Fulton,  b.  July  16,  1820  ;  d.  August  22,  1821. 

7.  vi.  Isaac,  b.  July  18,  1822;  ra.  Rebecca  McKibbin. 

vii.  Henry-Fulton,  b.  August  5,  1824;  d.  December  12,  1824. 

8.  via.  Eliza-Gray,  b.  August  27, 1828 ;  m.  Alexander  M.  Walling- 

f  ord . 

9.  ix.  Annie-Neville,  b.  July  11,  1830  ;  ni.  John  S.  Davison. 
X.  Fresley-mmlle,  b.  July  12,  1833 ;  d.  April  22,  1834. 

y.  Isabel  Wilson  Craig, ^  (Neville-B.,^  Isaac, i)  b.  Sep- 
tember 25,  1812  ;  m.  April  10,  1838,  Kev.  Henry  C.  Comingo, 
D.  R,  b.  Febuary  2,  1809,  near  Harrodsburg,  Kentucky;  d. 
December  1,  1861,  at  Steubenville,  0.  His  family  were  a  part 
of  a  Dutch  colony  coming  from  Adams  county.  Pa.,  and  before 
that  from  New  York.  He  graduated  at  Centre  College,  Ky.,  in 
1832,  being  chosen  valedictorian  of  his  class.  After  graduation 
he  became  a  tutor  in  the  college.  In  1834,  he  entered  Prince- 
ton Theological  Seminary,  and  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the 
Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  February  3,  1836.  Stopping 
to  preach  in  Steubenville,  O.,  on  his  way  home  to  Kentucky, 
he  was  detained  by  the  ice  in  the  river,  and  called  to  the  pas- 
torate of  the  First  Presbyterian  church,  and  ordained  May  24, 
1837.      Here  he  continued  twenty-five  years.      In  1855,  his 


Neville  and  Craig.  491 

health  being  seriously  impaired,  be  went  abroad  for  nearly  a 
year.  On  the  17th  of  November,  1861,  he  preached  a  sermon 
on  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  his  coming  to  the  church  ; 
preached  again  the  next  Sabbath,  and  the  next,  the  1st  of  De- 
cember, died.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Boards  of  Directors  of 
Washington  College,  Pa.,  and  the  Western  Theological  Semi- 
nary, in  Allegheny  City,  Pa.  He  was  a  man  of  deep  piety, 
broad  sympathies,  emimently  genial  disposition,  and  great  use- 
fulness. A  memorial  of  Dr.  Comingo  was  published  by  his 
church,  and  a  more  extended  one  afterwards  privately  printed 
by  his  widow;  also,  a  sketch  o£  him  is  given  in  Nevin's  Cj^clo- 
pedia  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  They  had  issue  (surname 
Comingo) : 

i.  Henry,  h.  February  25,  1839;  d.  April  25,  1839. 
n.  Edward-Gray,  b.  June  22, 1848 ;  d.  March  22,  1884. 
in.  JSFcville-B. -Craig,  b.  March  8,  1850. 

VI.  Emily  Neville  Craig, ^  (Neville-B.,^  Isaac, M  b.  June 
29,  1814;  d.  March  9,  1845,  at  Fayette  C.  H.,  Ya.  ;  m.  Decem- 
ber 13,  1831,  Alfred  Beckley,  a  native  of  Lexington,  Ky. ; 
appointed  second  lieut.  fourth  artillery,  July  1,  1823  ;  first 
lieut.,  July  31,  1831;  resigned  October  24,  1836.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Beckley) : 

i.  John,  b.  March  26, 1833 ;  m.  Marj^aret  Price,  and  had  Mary- 
Emily,  d,  s,  p.,  Bettie-Bixon,  John,  and  several  who  died 
in  infancy. 

ii.  Neville- Graig,h.  December  5,  1834;  d.  October  16,  1885; 
m.  Elizabeth  O.  Love,  and  had  Emily,  Bobert-Wliitton, 
Annie-Bavison,  Neville  and  Mary-Alice. 

Hi.  Henry-Martyn,  b.  November  23,  1836;  m.  Mary  Johnson, 
and  had  A^inie-Isahel,  d.  s.  p.,  Gilbert-Bee  and  Clarence. 

iv.  William- Gregory,  b.  July  29,  1839;  m,  Margaret  Esther 
Duncan,  and  had  Emily-Virginia,  Baura-Steel,  Walter- 
Bee,  Emily-Neville  and  John-Buncan. 
V.  Isaac-Craig,  b.  March  2,  1841 ;  m.  Mary  Duncan,  and  had 
Clinton- ITieodore,  Bobina,  Edioard-Gray-Comingo  and 
Sarah. 

vi.  Alfred,  b.  Marcli  5, 1843;  m.  Emma  Virginia  Carper,  and 
had  Annie-Bavison,  Eliza- Walling  ford  and  one  child  d. 
in  infancy. 

vii.  Emily-Neville,  b.  January  12,  1845 ;  d.  May  12,  1848. 


492  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

VII.  Isaac  Craig-, ^  (Neville-B.,3  Isaac,  i)  b.  July  18, 1822. 
Few  men  in  Pennsylvania  are  deserving  of  more  grateful  rec- 
ognition than  Mr.  Craig,  As  author  and  historian,  he  is  an 
authority  on  the  history  of  Western  Pennsylvania  and  the 
Ohio  valley ;  and  the  historical  societies  of  Pennsylvania,  Chi- 
cago, Buffalo,  Virginia,  and  the  Aztec  Club  have  testified  their 
appreciation  of  his  services  by  electing  him  a  member  of  their 
organizations.  His  life  has  been  devoted  to  study  and  research. 
Ke  resides  in  Allegheny  City.  Mr.  Craig  m.  January  12, 
1847,  Eebecca  McKibbin",  daughter  of  Hon.  Chambers  Mc- 
Kibbin.     They  had  issue  (surname  Craig) : 

i.  Neville-B.,  b.  December  1, 1847;  m.  Margaret  Sullivan, 
n.  Jane,  b.  July  14,  1849 ;  d.  July  24,  1857. 
m.  Emily-Neville,  b.  May  11, 1851 ;  d.  August  28,  1851. 
iv.   Winifred- Oldham,  b.  November  10,  1852. 

V.  ChamberS'McKihbin,  b.  December  26,  1854. 
vi.  Henry-Fulton,  b.  November  21,  1858;  d.  July  29,  1861. 
vii.  Isaac,  b.  December  27,  1860. 
via.  Rebecca,  b.  May  1, 1863. 
ix.  Presley-Nei-ille,  b.  April  2,  1865;  d.  December  17,  1870. 

X.  Oldham-Gray,  b.  September  3,  1869. 

VIII.  Eliza  Gray  Craig,  ^  (Neville-B.,  ^  Isaac,  "^ )  b.  August 
27,  1828 ;  d.  March  12,  1881 ;  m.  December  80,  1851,  Alex- 
ander M.  Wallingford,  b.  at  Harrodsburg,  Ky.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Waliingford) : 

i.  Annie-Craig,  b.  October  20,  1852  ;  d.  July  25,  1853. 

ii  Presley-mville,  b.  July  8, 1854;  d.  July  19,  1854. 

Hi.  John,  "b.  April  17, 1856;  d.  September  15,  1856. 

iv.  Nerille,  [twin,]  b.  April  17,1856;   d.  September  17,1856. 

V.  Emily -Neville,  b.  May,  1864;  d.  August  19,  1867. 

IX.  Annie  Neville  Craig, ^  (ISreville-B.,^  Isaac,  i)  b.  July 
11,  1830;  m.  May  1, 1855,  John  S.  Davison,  b.  in  New  York 
City.     They  had  issue  (surname  Davison) : 

i.  John-Boberts,  b.  September  25,  1856;  d.  July  2,  1868. 
ii.  N'eville-Oraig,  b.  January  3,  1860. 
m.  _FrecZericfc,  b.  June  11,  1862, 
iv.  Mary -Louisa,  b.  April  6, 1864. 


Orth  oj  Lebanon.  493 


ORTH  OF  LEBANON. 


1.  Balzer  or  Balthaser  Orth,  ^  b.  May  5, 1703 ;  emigrated 
from  the  Palatinate,  Germany,  to  Lebanon  township,  Lancaster, 
now  Lebanon  county,  Pa.,  about  the  year  1730.  On  the  right 
bank  of  the  Danube,  about  fifteen  miles  east  of  Vienna,  is  the 
village  of  Orth,  containing  about  three  thousand  inhabitants. 
In  the  year  1170,  Hartneid  von  Orthe  purchased  the  village 
and  estate  surrounding  it,  founded  a  church,  and  erected  a 
castle.  It  remained  in  the  family  for  several  successive  gen- 
erations, when  the  proprietor,  about  the  close  of  the  seventeenth 
century,  sold  out  and  removed  to  Moravia,  one  of  the  northern 
provinces  of  Austria.  The  family  cannot  be  traced  from  Mo- 
ravia to  the  Rhine.  Balzer  Orth  had  warranted  to  him,  on  the 
25th  of  November,  1735,  three  hundred  acres  of  land  in  Leb- 
anon township,  "whereon  he  has  been  long  settled."  He  d. 
October  20,  1788,  at  the  extreme  age  of  eighty-five  years ;  his 
wife,  Anna  Catharine,  cl.  March  29, 1773,  aged  about  seventy 
years.     Their  children  were  ; 

2.  i.  Adam,  b.  March  10,  1733;  m.  Catharine  Kucher. 

ii.  John,  b.  1735  ;  d.  December  31,  1792;  m.  and  left  issue. 

3.  in.  Balzer,  b.  July  14,  1736;  m.  Rosanna  Kucher. 

II  Adam  Orth, 2  (Balzer, ^)  b.  March  10,  1733,  in  Lebanon 
township,  Lancaster,  now  Lebanon  county.  Pa.  ;  d.  November 
15,  1794,  in  Lebanon  township ;  buried  in  Hebron  Moravian 
grave-j^ard,  near  Lebanon,  Pa.  He  came  with  his  parents  to 
America  in  1730,  and  was  brought  uyj  amid  the  dangers  and 
struggles  of  Pennsylvania  pioneer  life.  He  received  the  limited 
education  of  the  "back  settlements,"  and  yet,  by  self-culture 
and  reading,  became  a  man  well  informed  and  of  more  than 
ordinary  intelligence.     During  the  French  and  Indian  war,  he 


494:  Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 

commanded  the  Lebanon  township  company  in  Eev.  John 
Elder's  ranging  battalion.  In  1769,  he  was  one  of  the  commis- 
sioners of  the  county  of  Lancaster.  During  the  Eevolution,  he 
was  early  identified  with  the  movement,  and,  although  well  ad- 
vanced in  years,  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  associated 
battalions,  and  was  appointed  sub-lieutenant  of  the  county- 
March  12,  1777.  Upon  the  formation  of  the  county  of  Dau- 
jjhin,  he  served  as  a  representative  in  the  General  Assembly 
in  1789  and  1790.  He  was  opposed  to  the  adoption  of  the 
Federal  Constitution,  and  took  an  active  part  in  the  Harrisburg 
Conference  of  1788.  For  a  long  period  he  operated  and  owned 
New  Market  forge,  which,  at  his  death,  he  bequeathed  to  his 
son,  Henry.  One  of  the  pioneers  in  the  manufacture  of  iron 
in  Lebanon  county,  a  man  of  energy  and  indomitable  persever- 
ance, we  are  glad  to  preserve  this  record  of  him  and  his  ser- 
vices. Col.  Orth  m.  May  24,  1757,  by  Eev.  George  Weiser, 
Catharine  Kucher,  b.  January  12,  1738 ;  d.  September  17, 
1794;  daughter  of  Peter  and  Barbara  Kucher,'"^  of  Lebanon 
township,  Lancaster  county.  Pa.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Elizabeth,  b.  June  3,  1758  ;  d.  1764. 
n.  John,  b.  March  9,  1760  ;  d.  July  9,  1764. 

in.  Bosina,  b.  Marcli  19, 1762;  m. Smith. 

iv.  Joseph,  b.  April  3,  1764;  d.  January  29,  1769. 
V.  Maria- Elizabeth,  b.  April  5,  1766;  m.,  first,  John  Keller; 
secondly, Shaffner. 

4.  vi.  Catharine,  b.  October  31,  1767  ;  m.  John  Gloninger. 

5.  vii.  Beyina,  b.  October  9,  1770  ;  m.  David  Krause. 

■6.    via.  Christian-Henry ,  b.  March  24,  1773;  m.  Rebecca  Eahm. 
ix  Johanna,  b.  January  25,  1777. 

*  Peter  Kucher,  of  Lebanon  township,  d.  January,  1775,  leav- 
ing a  wife,  Barbara,  and  children  as  follows: 

i.  Christopher;  m.  Mary . 

ii.  Catharine,  b.  January  12,  1738;  m.  Adam  Orth. 
m.  Hasina,  b.  March  19,  1741 ;  m.  Balthaser  Orth. 
iv.  Peter. 

V.  George-Michael,  h.  February  10, 1747  ;  d.  March  18,  1748. 
vi.  Qottleib,  b.  April  8,  1753;  d.  October  3,  1776  ;  unm. 
vii.  Barbara;  m.  John  Stone,  and  had  issue  (surname  Stone), 
Joseph  and  Margaret. 


Orth  of  Lebanon.  495 

III.  Balzer  Orth, 2  (Balzer,  1 )  b.  July  14,  1736,  in  Leb- 
anon township,  Lancaster,  now  Lebanon  county,  Pa. ;  d.  Oc- 
tober 6,  1794,  in  Lebanon  township;  m.  April  26,  1763,  in 
Hebron  church,  near  Lebanon,  by  Rev.  Zahm,  RosiNA  Kucher, 
b.  March  19,  1741 ;  d.  April  3,  1814,  in  Lebanon  township, 
and  buried  beside  her  husband  in  Hebron  church-yard.  They 
had  issue: 

7.  %.  Gottleib,  b.  February  23,  1764;  m.  Sarah  Steiner. 

ii.  Andreas^  b.  February  11,  1765;  d.  October  16, 1788;  buried 

at  Hebron, 
iii.  Johann-Jacob,  b.  October  11,  1766;  d.  November  6,  1790; 
m.  and  left  issue. 

8.  ii\  Ilaria-Barlara,  b.  Kovember  9,  1768;  m.  firs*",  Matthias 

Morrett ;  secondly,  Martin  Light. 
V.  Joseph,  h.  December  19,  1770;  d.  April  18,1848;  m.  Eliza- 
beth Giesman. 
vi.  Jtistina-Elizabeth,  b.  March  3, 1773  ;  d.  December  2,  1775. 
vii.  Christina- J ulianna,  b.  April  22,  1775;  m.  and  left  issue. 
via.  Johanna-Cathai-ine,  b.  December  21,1777;  m.  October  8, 
1797,  Jacob  Widener,  of  Chambersburg,  Pa. 

IV.  Catharine  Orth,  3  (Adam,^  Balzer,  i)  b.  October  31, 
1767,  in  Lebanon  township,  Lancaster,  now  Lebanon  count}^. 
Pa. ;  d  June  17, 1848,  in  Lebanon,  Pa. ;  m.  John  Gloninger, 
b.  September  19,  1758,  in  Lebanon  township,  then  Lancaster 
county.  Pa. ;  d.  January  22,  1836,  in  Lebanon,  Pa.  ;  with  his 
wife  buried  in  the  Reformed  church  grave-yard ;  son  of  Philip 
and  Anna  Barbara  Gloninger.  His  ancestors  were  among  the 
earliest  settlers  in  that  locality.  His  father,  born  in  1719,  died 
December  11,  1796 ;  his  mother,  born  March  12,  1831,  died 
September  23,  1810,  and  are  both  buried  in  the  old  Reformed 
church  cemetery  at  Lebanon.  John  Gloninger  received  most 
of  his  instruction  from  the  pastor  of  the  Reformed  church,  who 
was  also  teacher  of  the  school.  When  the  Revolution  broke 
out  he  served  as  a  subaltern  officer  in  the  Associators.  Towards 
the  close  of  the  war  he  was  in  command  of  the  battalion  of 
militia.  Upon  the  organization  of  the  county  of  Dauphin  he 
was  appointed  by  the  Supreme  Executive  Council,  county 
lieutenant,  May  6, 1785.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Constitutional 
Convention  of  1790,  a  representative  to  the  General  Assembly, 


496  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

in  1790,  resigning  to  accept  the  position  of  State  senator,  which 
office  he  also  in  time  resigned,  preferring  the  quiet  of  home-life 
to  the  vexations  of  legislative  experience.  He  was  appointed 
\>j  Governor  Mifilin — a  warm,  personal  friend — one  of  the  as- 
sociate judges  of  the  county  of  Dauphin,  August  17,  1791. 
This  position,  owing  to  the  distance  and  the  inconvenience  of 
travel,  he  afterward's  resigned.  However,  upon  the  erection 
of  the  new  county  of  Lebanon,  in  1813,  he  was  commissioned 
one  of  the  associate  judges,  an  office  he  filled  many  years.  Few 
men  had  more  extended  influence,  and  were  more  highly  re- 
spected and  beloved,  than  Judge  Gloninger.  They  had  ipsue 
(surname  Gloninger) : 

i.  Philip,  b.  February  17,  1788,  in  Lebanon,  Pa.  ;  d.  there 
September  10, 1816.  Having  acquired  the  necessary  pre- 
paratory education  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  he 
entered  Dickinson  College,  where  he  early  completed  his 
literary  course.  Subsequently  he  studied  divinity  under 
the  Eev.  C.  L.  Becker,  D.  D.,  of  Baltimore,  one  of  the 
most  distinguished  theologians  and  pulpit  orators  of  the 
age.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Reformed  Synod,  held  at  Ger 
mantown,  in  the  autumn  of  1808,  Mr.  Gloninger  was  pres- 
ent, and  presented  a  call  from  the  Reformed  church  at 
Harrisburg,  with  the  request  that  he  be  "  placed  over 
them  as  their  pastor."  At  the  same  Synod  lie  was  or- 
dained. Beside  the  congregation  at  Harrisburg  there 
were  four  others  in  his  charge — Shoop's,  Wenrick's,  Mid- 
dletown,and  Ilummelstown.  Hesoon  became  prominent 
in  his  church,  and  was  appointed  by  Synod  one  of  the 
first  two  delegates  sent  by  that  body  to  the  Synod  of  the 
Dutch  Reformed  church.  Owing  to  "  bodily  inflrmitie.=," 
he  resigned  his  charge  in  June,  1814.  He  returned  to 
Lebanon,  where  he  died.  He  was  a  man  of  sujierior 
pulpit  talents,  naturally  gifted,  and  reared  under  cir- 
cumstances highly  favorable  to  the  development  of  his 
moral  and  intellectual  endowments,  became  distinguislied 
as  a  preacher,  and  early  attained  a  prominent  position 
among  his  ministerial  brethren.  He  was  a  faithful  pas- 
tor, and  our  paternal  grandmother,  who  was  one  of  his 
parishioners,  in  her  four  score  years,  spoke  veiy  tenderly 
of  the  youthful  preacher,  Gloninger,  so  dearly  beloved  and 
highly  esteemed.  He  m.  in  1810,  Eliza  Clark.  The  widow 
afterward's  married  Lieut.  Robert  H.  Hammond. 


Orih  of  Lebanon.  497 

9.  ii.  Jolin-W.,  b.  September  23, 1798  ;  m.  first,  Mary  Ann  Has- 

singer;  secondly,  Catharine  Arndt. 
in.  Cyrus,  b.  1804;  d.  December  22, 1821. 

y.  Eegina  Orth,3  (Adam, 3  Balzer/)  b.  October  9,  1770, 
in  Lebanon  township,  then  Lancaster  county.  Pa.  ;  d.  Novem- 
ber 3,  1847,  in  Lebanon,  Pa.  ;  m.  Bayid  KRAUSE,*b.  August 
30, 1752,  in  Lebanon  township,  Lancaster,  now  Lebanon  county, 
Pa.  ;  d.  December  22,  1820,  in  Lebanon,  Pa.  ;  son  of  Andrew 
Krause,  a  native  of  Prussia,  a  physician  and  an  early  settler  in 
Lebanon  township,  and  his  wife  Barbara.  David  Krause  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation.  During  the  Revolutionary  war  he  was  an 
active  participant,  commanded  a  company  of  Associators  in  the 
Jersey  campaign  of  1776,  and  the  campaign  around  Philadelphia, 
in  1777;  subsequently  commissary  of  Col.  Greenawalt's  bat- 
talion. He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Assembly  from  Dauphin 
county,  in  1785,  and  under  the  Constitution  of  1790,  served  in 
the  House  of  Representatives  from  17S7  to  1799.  From  1795 
to  1797,  he  was  one  of  the  commissioners  of  Dauphin  county. 
He  was  afterwards  appointed  by  Governor  Snyder  one  of 
the  associate  judges  of  the  county  of  Lebanon,  holding  the  po- 
sition at  his  death.     They  had  issue  (surname  Krause)  : 

i.  Catharine,  b.  March  20, 1788;  d.  June  3, 1864;  m.  Jacob 

Green  await,  (s(e  Grtenawalt  record.) 
ii.  Elizabeth,  b.  September  23,   1796;  d.  April  23,   1847;  m. 

Frederick  Boas,  {see  Boas  record.) 

10.  Hi.  John,  b.  December  17, 1798  ;  m.  Elizabeth  G.  Lineaweaver. 

11.  iv.  David,  h.  November  2,  1800;  m.  Catharine  Orr. 

YL  Christian  Henry  Orth,^  (Adam,^  Balzer,^)  b.  March 
24,  1773,  in  Lebanon  township,  Lancaster,  now  Lebanon 
county.  Pa.;  d.  1816,  in  the  city  of  Baltimore,  Md.;  in  life  went 
by  the  name  of  Henry,  dropping  Christian.  He  received  a 
good  English  education,  and  was  brought  up  in  the  iron  busi- 
ness. Upon  the  death  of  his  father,  he  became  the  owner  of 
New  Market  forge,  but,  being  elected  sheriff  of  the  county  of 
Dauphin,  commissioned  October  17,  1797,  like  the  vast  major- 
ity who  have  followed  him  in  that  office,  he  became  financially 
shipwrecked.  In  1801,  he  was  elected  State  Senator,  serving 
until  1804,  when  he  positively  declined  further  continuance  in 
32 


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office.  Governor  Snyder  appointed  him  flour  inspector  of  the 
port  of  Philadelphia  in  January,  1809,  but  he  resigned  this  of- 
fice in  April  following,  when  be  entered  mercantile  pursuits  in 
Philadelphia.  He  remained  in  that  city  until  about  the  com- 
mencement of  the  late  war  with  England,  when  he  removed  to 
Baltimore,  tmd  had  there  established  a  successful  business  as  a 
merchant,  when  he  suddenly  died,  at  the  age  of  forty-three.  Mr. 
Orth  m.,  in  1794,  Eebecca  Eahm,  b.  November  22,  1773;  d. 
December  31,  1843,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  daughter  of  Conrad 
Eahm  and  Catharine  Weiser.     They  had  issue : 

12,  i.  Catharine^h.  January  1,1795;  m.,  first,  John  Wliitehill ; 
secondly,  Col.  William  Piper. 
ii.  Aclmi-IIenry,  b.  1798;  d.  October  15,  1833,  in  Harrisburg, 
Pa.;  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Daupliin 
county  bar  at  the  November  term,  1822;  he  lield  the  of- 
fice of  district  attorney  for  Daupliin  county  in  1827  and 
1828,  and,- for  several  years,  in  addition  to  the  duties  of 
his  profession,  he  was  transcribing  clerk  of  the  House  of 
Representatives;  he  m.  May  3,  1832,  Elizabeth  Cox,  b. 
1813;  d.  January  13,  1836;  daughter  of  John  B.  Cox,  of 
Estherton,and  had  one  son,  Adam,  who  died  young. 

Rebecca,  b.  1800;  m.  Luther  Reily. 

Henry,  h.  1803;  d.  1821. 

WUlia>m,h.  1806;  d.  1824. 

Caroline,  b.  1812  ;  m.  John  O.  Witman. 

Ed'wardi- Lawrence,  h.  1814;  m.  Martha  Cummins  Kerr. 

YII.  GoTTLEiB  [Godlove]  Orth,^  (Balzer,^  Balzer,^)  b. 
February  23,  1764,  in  Lebanon  township,  then  Lancaster,  now 
Lebanon,  county,  Penn'a. ;  d.,  1831,  in  Lebanon,  Penn'a. ;  m. 
November  3,  1795,  Sarah  Steiner,  b.  1773  ;  cl.  1834.  They 
had  issue : 

i.  Balzer,  b.  August  10, 1796;  m.  and  left  issue. 
ii.  Eosina,  b.  September  30,  1798;  m.  J.  Behm. 
Hi.  Andrew,  b.  February  1,  1801 ;  d.  June  20,  1825. 
iv.  Henry,  b.  May  20, 1803  ;  m.  first,  Sarah  Fox,  of  Harrisburg, 

Penna.,;  secondly,  Maria  Stein;  no  further  knowledge. 
V.  Eebecca,  b.  1805;  d.  June  18, 1805. 
vi.  Adam,  b.   May  8,   1808 ;    m.    Frances  Seibert ;    nothing 

further  is  known  of  him. 
16.  vii.  Oottleib  [Godlove]  Steiner,  h.  April  22, 1817  ;  m.,  first,  Sarah 

E.  Miller;  secondly,  Mary  A.  Ayres. 


13. 

III. 

iv. 

V. 

14. 

vi. 

15. 

vii. 

Orth  of  Lebanon.  499 

yill.  Maria  Barbara  Orth,^  (Balzer,^  Balzer,i)  b.  No- 
vember 9,  1768,  in  Lebanon  township,  Pa.;  d.  May  14,  1861, 
at  the  residence  of  John  Egle,  near  Decatur,  111.;  was  twice 
married ;  first,  to  Matthias  Morrett,  a  Huguenot,  who  died 
in  November,  1795,  leaving  issue  (surname  Morrett) : 

i.  Elizabeth,  b,  November  13,  1791;  d.  March  15,  1879;  m. 
October  25,  1812,  John  Egle,  b.  March  19,  1788;  d.  Feb- 
ruary 6, 1863,  near  Decatur,  111.,  having  issue.  (See  Egle 
record.) 

Mrs.  Morrett  m.  secondly,  Martin  Light,  of  Lebanon,  Pa. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Light) : 

ii.  Orth;  d.  at  Lebanon,  Pa. 
Hi.  Sarah  ;  m.  Samuel  Rice. 

IX.  John  W.  Gloninger,*  (Catharine,  ^  Adam,^  Balzer,i) 
b.  September  23,  1798,  at  Lebanon,  Pa.;  d.  March  10,  1874, 
in  his  native  town.  lie  received  his  education  at  the  principal 
schools  of  Lebanon  and  Harrisburg,  completing  it  in  the  city 
of  Baltimore.  In  1815,  he  returned  home,  and  commenced 
the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr.  King.  Early  in  1816,  he  went 
to  Philadelphia,  and  became  a  private  pupil  of  Professor  Dor- 
sey,  then  in  the  height  of  his  fame,  at  the  same  time  attending 
lectures  in  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania and  at  Blockley  Hospital.  In  1817,  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  Philadelphia  Medical  Society.  He  continued 
his  studies  in  Philadelphia  until  the  death  of  Professor  Hor- 
sey, which  occurred  in  1818,  when  he  went  with  the  majority 
of  Doctor  Dorsey's  private  pupils  to  New  York.  Here  he  en- 
tered the  office  of  the  distinguished  Professor  Hosack,  at  the 
same  time  attending  lectures  in  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons,  where  he  graduated  April  1,  1819.  He  continued 
his  studies  in  the  hospitals  of  New  York  and  Philadelphia, 
and  early  in  1820,  returned  to  Lebanon,  where  he  commenced 
the  practice  of  medicine.  There  he  soon  took  a  leading  posi- 
tion as  a  physician  and  surgeon,  and  maintained  it  for  thirty 
years.  As  a  general  practitioner  he  was  careful,  attentive,  and 
distinguished  for  his  accuracy  of  diagnosis ;  as  a  surgeon  he 
was  eminent,  but  his  specialty  was  diseases  of  the  eye,  and  as 


500  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

an  oculist  be  ranked  among  the  best  in  the  country,  being  par- 
ticularly successful  in  operations  for  cataract.  For  the  first 
twenty  years  of  his  professional  career  he  was  a  frequent  con- 
tributor to  the  medical  journals.  Many  of  the  articles  show 
that  he  was  not  only  a  careful  observer  but  a  close  student, 
and  that  he  was  keeping  pace  with  the  progress  of  medical 
science.  In  1828,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Pittsburgh 
Medical  Society ;  in  1826,  made  a  Fellow  of  the  University  of 
New  York,  and  Jefferson  Medical  College,  the  same  year,  con- 
ferred upon  him  the  honorar}^  degree  of  M.  D.  In  1838,  he 
was  elected  an  honorary  member  of  the  New  York  State  Med- 
ical Society,  and  in  1841,  the  University  of  Maryland  con- 
ferred the  honorary  degree  of  M.  D.  upon  him,  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania  doing  the  same  in  1848.  In  March,  1841,  he 
was  elected  president  of  the  Lebanon  Bank,  a  position  which 
he  held  until  January  14,  1867,  when  he  declined  a  reelection. 
He  always  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  church  of  his  fathers, 
and  was  mainly  instrumental  in  remodeling  the  First  Eeformed 
Church,  at  Lebanon,  about  1844,  and  later  in  the  founding  and 
building  of  St.  John's  Church.  He  freely  contributed  of  his 
means  to  all  church  enterprises,  and  for  many  years  was  a 
trustee  of  Marshall  College,  and  also  one  of  the  founders  and 
trustees  of  the  Lebanon  Academy.  Dr.  Gloninger  was  twice 
married;  m.  first,  December  25,  1820,  Mary  Ann  Has- 
SINGER,  of  Philadelphia,  who  died  in  February,  1846.  She 
was  a  woman  of  much  culture  and  refinement,  and  the  mother 
of  all  his  children.     They  had  issue  (surname  Grloninger) : 

L  miza-B.,h.  August  10, 1825;  m.  May  14,  1848,  David  B. 
Marshall,  b.  October  30,  1823,  at  Annville,  Lebanon 
county.  Pa.;  d.  June  29,  1861,  at  Lebanon,  Pa.,  son  of 
Dr.  John  Marshall  and  Elizabeth  Behm.  He  received  an 
excellent  education  at  Mount  Airy  Academy,  and  in 
early  manhood  entered  the  office  of  his  father  as  a  stu- 
dent of  medicine,  attended  lectures  in  the  medical  de- 
partment of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  from  which 
institution  he  graduated  in  the  spring  of  1844.  After 
graduation,  he  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in 
connection  with  his  father  at  Annville,  wliere  he  re- 
mained three  years,  subsequently  practicing  at  Reading 
one  year,  when  Jie  permanently  located  at  Lebanon.    He 


Orih  of  Lebanon.       '  501 

soon  acquired  an  extensive  and  lucrative  practice,  and 
took  hiffli  rank  in  the  profession.  Endowed  with  strong 
natural  talent,  good  judgment,  and  strong  powers  of  ob- 
servation and  application,  lie  needed  only  the  opportuni- 
ties wliich  a  large  practice  gave  him  to  enable  him  to 
prove  his  ability  as  a  practitioner,  and  to  maintain  a 
firm  hold  upon  the  affections  of  the  people  with  whom  he 
came  in  contact,  and  among  whom  he  labored.  He  died 
in  the  prime  of  life.  Possessed  of  a  generous  nature,  he 
was  greatly  esteemed  and  respected  by  all,  and  his  loss 
deeply  lamented  in  the  community  as  that  of  a  valuable 
and  upright  citizen.  They  had  five  children,  only  one  of 
whom  survives  (surname  Marshall) : 

1.  Eohert-L.;  resides  at  Lebanon,  Pa. 
17.     a.  Ci/rus-Dorsey,  b.  March  13, 1824;  m.  Julia  A.  Beaumont. 

in.  Matikla,  b.  December  12, 1825;  m.  John  Wetherill,  Jr.,  of 
Philadelphia. 

iv.  I)avid-Stanley,h.M.'AYch  28,1828;  graduated  in  medicine 
in  1849,  from  University  of  Pennsylvania;  m.  Mrs. 
Abigail  Smith  ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Gloninger),  Dr. 
Ellwnod,  Jo/m- P.,  an  attornej^-at-law,  and  Lizzie-Mar,  all 
of  Philadelphia. 

V.  Catharine- Alice,  b.  April  15,  1832;  m.  Dr.  A.  H.  Light,  of 
Lebanon,  and  had  issue  (surname  Light) : 

1.  Ralph-Hutchinhon. 

2.  Matilda- Gloninger. 

3.  Warren-Gloninger. 

4.  Helen-Mar. 

Dr.  Gloninger  married,  secondly,  June  15,  1847,  CATHAEiisrE 
Arjstdt  ;  d.  August  8,  1885.  at  Lebanon,  Pa. 

X.  John  Krause,*  (Regina,'"*  Adam,^  Balzer,i)  b.  Decem- 
ber 17,  1798,  in  Lebanon,  Pa.;  d.  December  27,  1866,  in  Leb- 
anon, Pa.  He  received  a  good  English  education,  and  at  dif- 
ferent periods  was  intrusted  with  official  positions  in  the  State. 
He  was  chief  clerk  of  tlie  Auditor  Greneral's  office  under  the 
administration  of  Grovernor  Shulze  ;  chief  clerk  of  the  Treasury 
under  Governor  Porter,  and  was  held  in  high  esteem  by  the 
heads  of  departments  for  his  integrity  and  capability.  He  served 
as  a  member,  of  the  State  Legislature  from  1834  to  1836,  and 
discharged  his  duty  with  signal  ability.  In  social  life  he  was 
genial  and  attractive,  and  always  a  high-toned  Christian  gen- 
tleman.    Mr,  Krause  m.  June  2,  1825,  Elizabeth  Gilbert 


502  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

LiNEAWEAVER,  b.  September  5,  1804 ;  d.  August  26,  1862,  in 
Lebanon^  Pa.;  daughter  of  Peter  Lineaweaver  and  Susanna 
Gilbert.     They  had  issue  (surname  Krause) : 

i.  J.meZm--27.,b.  February  18, 1826;  m.  January  13, 1848,  John 
"Weidman  Mish,  b.  April  22, 1822,  in  Lebanon,  Pa.;  son 
of  John  Bickel  Misli*  and  Maria  Weidman.  He  read 
law  with  his  uncle,  Jacob  Barge  Weidman,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Lebanon  bar  at  the  August  term,  1845.  In 
1850,  he  was  elected  district  attorney  of  Lebanon  county. 
In  1856,  at  the  organization  of  the  Lebanon  Gas  Light 
company,  was  chosen  secretary  and  treasurer,  and  con- 
tinues to  hold  that  position.  Served  as  vice  president  of 
the  Lebanon  National  bank ;  afterwards,  president  of 
the  Lebanon  Dime  Saving's  bank,  and,  subsequently, 
vice  president  and  casliier  of  tlie  First  National  bank, 
from  which  he  retired  June  5,  1885.  He  served  as  bor- 
ough treasurer  several  years,  and  during  his  term  of  of- 
fice succeeded  in  refunding  two  hundred  tliousand  dol- 
lars of  seven  per  cent,  loan  at  four  per  cent.  He  resides 
at  Lebanon,  Pa.    Tliey  had  issue  (surname  Mish): 

*  John  Bickel  Mish,  son  of  Jacob  Mish  and  Catharine  Bickel,  was 
b.  January  12, 1791,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  d.  December  15, 1837,  at  Leb- 
anon, Pa.  He  was  educated  at  the  Harrisburg  private  schools  and 
the  academy,  and  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Samuel  Agnew,  then 
one  of  the  leading  physicians  in  the  State.  He  attended  lectures  at 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  and  graduated  therefrom  in  1816. 
He  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Jonestown,  where  he  re- 
mained some  four  or  Ave  years.  About  the  year  1821,  he  located  in 
the  town  of  Lebanon,  where  lie  continued  the  pi'actice  of  medicine 
until  the  close  of  his  life.  He  was  prothonotary  of  the  county  in 
1837,  and  at  the  same  time  serving  as  cliief  burgess  of  the  borough 
during  the  "  shin-plaster  "  era.  Asa  physician,  he  devoted  his  life 
to  the  work,  and  was  exceedingly  humane  and  philanthropic  in  his 
profession — highly  respected  and  appreciated  in  the  community.  Dr. 
Mish  m.  about  1816,  Maria  Weidman,  daughter  of  Capt.  John  Weid- 
man, of  the  Eevolution,  b.  May  10,  1793;  d.  in  1866,  in  Lebanon. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Mish) : 

^.  John- Weidman;  m.  Amelia  E.  Krause. 
a.  Phy side- Bickel;  m.  Catharine  Hammond,  sister  of  Colonel 

David  Hammond, 
m.  Catharine-Elizabeth. 

iv.  Charles-Carroll ;  studied  medicine  and  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1848 ;  is  in  the  active  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  at  Lebanon,  Penn'a ;  he  m.  Martlia 
Lower,  daughter  of  William  Lower,  of  Philadelphia. 


Orth  of  Lehanon.  503 

1.  John-Krause,  b.  August  3,  1849 ;  d.  September  7, 

1850. 

2.  Matilda-Kline,  b.  December  17, 1852 ;  m.  Charles 

H.  Killinger,  and  had  issue  (surname  Kill- 
inger) : 

a.  Amelia-Kruuse,  b.  February  22,  1880;  d. 
October  18,  1884. 

6.  Catharine-Hittel,  b.  December  11,  1883. 

3.  Mason-Physick,  b.  July  20, 1 854  ;  m.  Carrie  Stack- 

house. 

4.  WilUant'Weidman,  b.  March  18,  1858. 

5.  Elizabetli-Krause,  b.  July  7, 1861 ;  d.  April  17,1862. 

6.  Robert- Coleman,  b.  June  11,  1863. 

7.  John-Weidynan,  b.  April  11,  1867. 

XL  David  Krause/  (EegLna,^  Adam,^  Balzer,^)  b.  No- 
vember 2,  1800,  in  Lebanon,  Pa.  ;  d.  June  13,  1871,  in  Norris- 
town.  Pa.  He  was  educated  under  Eev.  Mr.  Ernst,  of  the  Lu  tlier- 
an  cburch  at  Lebanon,  and  subsequently  studied  law  with  Hon. 
Jonathan  "Walker,  of  Pittsburgh,  and  there  admitted  to  the  bar. 
He  returned  to  Lebanon,  and  began  practice.  He  went  to  Har- 
risburg  as  the  private  secretary  of  Governor  Shulze,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  Dauphin  courts  August  15,  1825.  He  was  ap- 
pointed deputy  attorney -general  in  August,  1826,  and  re-ap- 
pointed in  1829.  From  1825  to  1826,  with  Gen.  Simon  Cam- 
eron, he  published  and  edited  the  Pennsylvania  Intelligencer. 
He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  in 
1835  and  1836.  On  the  election  of  Governor  Porter,  in  1839, 
he  took  editorial  charge  of  the  State  Journal,  which  he  con- 
ducted with  much  ability.  In  January,  1845,  a  vacancy  oc- 
curring in  the  Montgomery  and  Bucks  county  judicial  district, 
Mr.  Kranse  was  appointed  to  that  bench.  He  filled  the  position 
acceptably  and  honorably,  but,  in  L851,  when  the  judiciary  be- 
came elective,  he  positively  declined  the  office.  He  then  retired 
to  private  life.  In  1862,  and  again  in  1863,  upon  the  invasion 
ol  Pennsylvania  by  the  Confederates,  he  volunteered  as  a  private 
sold'ar  in  the  Pennsylvania  militia,  although  then  in  the  sixty- 
third  year  of  his  age.  Judge  Krause  m.  in  September,  1826, 
Catharine  Orr,  of  Philadelphia ;  b.  September,  1800 ;  d.  De- 
cember, 1875,  at  ISTorristown,  Pa.  They  had  issue  (surname 
Kranse) : 


504  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

i.  Emily-Eegina,  b.  1827;  d.  in  infancy. 
ii.  Annie,  b.  1829;  d.  in  infancy, 
m.  Annie-E.,  b.  February  16,  1830. 
iv.  Emily-C,  b.  March,  1833;  d.  September  24,  1854, 

V.  Mary,  b.  February  7, 1835  ;  m.  October,  1867,  Mahlon  Pres- 

ton, b.  January,  1839,  in  Cain,  Chester  county.  Pa. ;  son 
of  Isaac  C.  Preston  and  Mary  Price  ;  he  was  educated  at 
Greenwood  Dell  academy  ;  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  J. 
B.  Wood,  of  West  Chester,  and  graduated  in  1861  from 
the  Homeopathic  Medical  College  of  Pennsylvania,  loca- 
ted at  Philadelphia ;  in  1862,  located  at  Norristown ,  where 
he  continues  in  the  practice  of  his  profession ;  and  had 
issue  (surname  Preston) : 

1.  Frederick-Hahnemann,  b.  September  7,  1868. 

2.  Catharine- Urause,  b.  April  7,  1872. 

3.  Emily -Krause,  b.  March  18,  1875. 

VI.  Frederica,  b.  March  3,  1837 ;  m.  Henry  Orth  Witman. 

vii.  David,  b.  December,  1840;  appointed  first  lieut.,  14th  in- 
fantry, May  14, 1861 ;  captain,  July  31, 1863  ;  brevet  ma- 
jor, March  13, 1865,  for  gallant  and  meritorious  service 
in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg ;  subsequently  promoted  ma- 
jor ;  d.  September  12, 1885,  at  his  post,  Fort  Sully,  Dakota ; 
was  unm. 
via.  William,  b.  April,  1844  ;  graduated  from  West  Point ;  ap- 
pointed second  lieut. ;  and  first  lieut.,  19th  infantry,  June 
23, 1865 ;  transferred  to  37th  infantry,  September  21, 1866 ; 
transferred  to  3d  infantry,  August  11, 1869  ;  subsequently 
promoted  captain  ;  m.  October  1, 1879,  Alice  Higgins,  of 
Montana. 

Xn.  Cathakine  Okth,*  (Henry,  ^  Adam,^  Balzer,i)  b, 
January  1,  1795,  in  now  Lebanon  county,  Pa. ;  d.  July  25, 
1844.  She  was  twice  married,  m.  first,  November  30,  1820, 
JoHi^^  Sanderson  Whitehill,  b.  November  12,  1793,  in  the 
Pequa  settlement,  Lancaster  county,  Pa. ;  d.  August  18, 1829  ; 
son  of  George  and  Abigail  Whitehill.*  They  had  issue  (sur- 
name Whitehill) : 

*  George  Whitehill  (1760-1821)  and  Abigail,  (1762-1825)  his 
wife,  had  issue  (surname  Whitehill) : 

i.  John,  b.  April  26,  1788 ;  d.  September  30,  1790. 
ii.  James-Scull,  b.  December  27, 1789  ;  d.  1799. 
Hi.  Nancy,  b.  November  4,  1791  ;  d.  1794. 
iv.  Jo/in-SancZerson,  b.  November  12, 1793  ;  d.  August  18, 1829  ; 

m.  Catharine  Orth. 
V.  Nancy,  (second,)  b.  March  21,  1797;  d.  1801. 
vi.  Eleanor,  b.  October  8,  1800;  m.  Philip  Frazer. 


Orth  of  Lebanon.  505 

i.  George,  b.  July  4, 1822 ;  resides  at  Hopewell.  Bedford  county. 
Pa. ;  m.  Mary  Roberts,  and  had  issue,  Emma,  Edward, 
Luther,  and  Ella, 
a.  Henry,  b.  August  18,  1825;  d.  October  31,  1856. 
Hi.  Bebccca,  b.  August  14, 1829 ;  a  widow,  resides  at  Harrisburg, 
Pa. ;  m.  March  2,  1854,  James  Elder,  and  had  issue,  (see 
Elder  record.) 

Mrs.  Whitehill  m.  secondly,  in  October,  1834,  William 
Piper,  of  Bedford  county,  Pa.,  b.  1784;  d.  February,  1853; 
son  of  Col.  John  Piper  of  the  Ee volution,  and  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth Lask.  He  represented  Bedford  county  in  the  Legislature 
of  Pa. ;  commanded  a  regiment  of  militia  during  the  war  of 
1812-1814,  and  was  Adjutant  Greneral  of  the  State  during  the 
administration  of  Grov.  Pitner.  He  was  a  remarkable  athlete. 
They  had  issae  (surname  Piper)  : 

u'.  Luther-Reily,h.  October,  1835;  severely  wounded  in  the 
battle  of  Fredericksburg,  December  13,  1862,  from  the 
effects  of  which  he  died,  January  1,  1863. 
V.   William,  (twin,)  b.  October,  1835;  d.  in  infancy. 

XIII.  Eebecca  Orth,  4  (Henry,  ^  Adam,^  Balzer,i)  b.  about 
1800,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  d.  October  15,  1854;  m.,  in  1820, 
Luther  Reily,  b.  1794,  in  Myerstown,  Pa.:  d.  February  20, 
1854,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.;    son  of  Capt.  John  Reily,*  of  the 

*  John  Keily  was  born  at  Leeds,  England,  on  the  12th  of  April, 
1752.  His  father,  Benjamin  Keily,  emigrated  soon  after,  and  was  a 
gentleman  of  some  note  in  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania.  Keceiving 
a  classical  education,  the  former  began  the  study  of  law,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  on  the  eve  of  the  Revolution.  Accepting  a  com- 
mission as  captain  in  the  Twelfth  regiment  of  the  Pennsylvania  Line, 
subsequently  (1778)  transferred  to  the  Third  regiment,  he  served  with 
valor  and  distinction,  and  was  severely  wounded  at  Bonhamton,  N". 
J.,  being  shot  through  the  body.  Returning  home  he  slowly  recovered, 
when  he  resumed  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  was  present  and 
took  part  in  the  first  term  of  the  Dauphin  county  court,  in  May,  1785. 
In  1795,  he  published  at  Harrisburg  "A  Compendium  for  Pennsyl- 
vania Justices  of  the  Peace,"  the  first  work  of  that  character  printed 
in  America,  Capt.  Reily  d.  at  Myerstown,  May  2, 1810.  He  m.,  at 
Lancaster,  on  May  20, 1773,  by  Rev.  Thomas  Barton,  of  the  Episco- 
pal church,  Elizabeth  Myer,  the  daughter  of  the  founder  of  Myers- 
town, Lebanon  county  ;  b.  April  2,  1755 ;  d.  April  2, 1800.  They  had 
a  large  family.    Capt.  Reily  was  not  a  brilliant  orator,  but  was  per- 


506  Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 

array  of  the  EevoluLion,  and  his  wife,  EUzabeth  Myer.  He 
studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Martin  Luther,  a  prominent  physi- 
cian of  that  period,  and  located  at  Harrisburg ;  served  as  a  med- 
ical officer  in  the  war  of  1812-14:;  became  quite  popular  in 
political  affairs,  and  was  elected  to  the  Twenty-fifth  Congress 
of  the  United  States.  Preferring  his  professional  life  to  that 
of  a  public  one,  he  positively  declined  further  honors,  and  de- 
voted the  remainder  of  his  days  to  that  calling  in  which  he 
was  so  successful,  and  on  which  he  shed  a  bright  lustre.  They 
had  issue  (surname  Reily) : 

i.  Catharine^  b.  September,  1822;  d.  July,  1823. 
ii.  Bebecca-Elizaheth,  b.  1824;  d.  August  2,  1882. 
Hi.  Mary-MJmili/,  b.  1827  ;  m.,  December  28,  1854,  George  W. 
Porter,  M.  D.,  of  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  son  of  David  R.  Por- 
ter, Governor  of  Pennsylvania;  he  studied  medicine,  and 
graduated  from  tlie  medical  department  of  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania  in  1851;  located  at  Harrisburg,  and  was 
engaged  in  the  active  practice  of  his  profession  up  to  the 
time  of  his  appointment  by  President  Buchanan,  in  1857, 
as  postmaster — a  position  which  he  filled  until  1861 ;  re- 
sides at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  They  had  issue  (surname  Por- 
ter) : 

1.  Jiebecca-Reily. 

2.  George- W. 

3.  Caroline- Reily. 

4.  Josephine;    m.,  .June  7,  1883,  William  Buehler 

Hammond,  son  of  Charles  Elliot  Hammond, 
and  had  issue  (surname  Hammond),  George- 
Porter. 

5.  Emma-Wagener. 

6.  Elizabeth- Reily. 

io.  John-Whitehill,  b.  1830;  d.  March  20,  1860;  m.,  April  30, 
1858,  Catliarine  Elder  Doll  (see  Elder  record),  and  had 
issue  (surname  Reily) : 

1.  Rebecca-Elizabeth. 

2.  John-Whitehill. 

V.  George-  Wolf,  b.  1834 ;  educated  at  Yale  College ;  studied 
medicine,  and  graduated  from  the  medical  department, 

fectly  reliable  as  a  lawyer,  and  had  an  extensive  practice  at  the  Lan- 
caster, Berks  and  Dauphin  courts.  He  was  a  tall,  courtly  gentleman, 
and  an  ardent  Whig  oC  the  Revolutionary  era ;  was  a  polished  writer, 
and  a  manuscript  book  of  literary  excerpts  in  the  possession  of  his 
descendants  show  a  refined  and  cultivated  taste. 


Orth  of  Lelmnon.  507 

University  of  Pennsylvania,  1857  ;  in  1870,  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  Harrisbur^  National  Bank,  and  relinquished 
the  practice  of  his  profession  ;  m.,  Februai'y  5, 1861,  Eliz- 
abeth H.  Kerr,  daughter  of  William  M.  Kerr,  and  had 
issue  (surname  Reily) : 

1.  Luther.,  b.  November,  1861 ;  d.  1862. 

2.  William-Kerr,  b.  1862;  d.  1863. 

3.  Elizaheth-H. 

4.  George- Wolf. 

5.  CciroUne. 

6.  Mary-Emily. 
vi.  Caroline- Matilda,  b.  1836. 

Xiy.  Caroline    Orth,'*    ( Henry, ^    Adam,^    Balzer,^)  b. 
-,  1812,   in    Harrisburg,   Penn'a;    d.   January   10, 


1848,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  m.,  April  17, 1828,  John  Otto  Wit- 
man,  b.  January  11,  1802,  in  Heading,  Penn'a;  d.  April  12, 
1884,  in  Halifax,  Daupliin  county,  Pa.,  son  of  Benjamin  Wit- 
man  and  Margaret  Otto.  He  was  educated  at  private  schools 
and  the  Eeading  Academy.  He  was  a  clerk  in  the  Surveyor 
General's  office  under  Gabriel  Hiester,  during  Governor  Shulze's 
administration  ;  studied  medicine  under  Doctor  Luther  Reily  , 
attended  lectures  at  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1826-27 ; 
was  physician  to  the  Dauphin  county  almshouse  in  1827-28; 
received  the  honorary  degree  of  M.  D.  from  the  University  of 
Maryland  in  1843 ;  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in 
Harrisburg,  in  1827,  and  continued  till  1832,  when  he  removed 
to  Gratz,  Dauphin  county.  Pa.,  where  he  practiced  till  1837, 
when  he  returned  to  Harrisburg  and  associated  himself  with 
Doctors  Luther  Reily  and  E.  L.  Orth,  which  continued  until 
1840;  then  removed  to  Halifax,  Dauphin  county.  Pa.,  where 
he  continued  in  an  active  and  extensive  practice  till  the  fall  of 
1870,  when  bodily  infirmity  compelled  him  to  relinquish  all 
■except  ofiice-work.     They  had  issue  (surname  Witman) : 

i.  Henry-Orth,  b.  January  22,  1830 ;  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  at  Captain  Alden  Partridge's  Military  and 
Scientific  Institute,  Harrisburg ;  studied  medicine  with 
his  father,  and  graduated  from  Jefferson  Medical  College, 
Philadelphia,  in  1851 ;  for  a  number  of  years  practiced 
his  profession  at  Halifax  ;  subsequently  removing  to 
Harrisburg,  Pa.,  where  he  continues  in  his  profession; 
during  the  war  for  the  Union,  served  as  lieutenant  of 


508  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

company  E,  Sixth  regiment,  P.  V.  M.,  and  captain  of 
company  C,  Thirty-sixtli  regiment,  P.  V.  M.;  he  m., 
October  11,  1866,  Frederica  Krause,  b.  March  3,  1837  ; 
daughter  of  Judge  Krause,  of  Norristown,  Pa.,  (see  xi)  ; 
and  had  issue  (surname  Witman)  : 

1.  Bertha,  b.  August  8,  1867. 

2.  Caroline,  b.  October  23,  1869. 

3.  Tialph,  b.  June  6,  1872. 

4.  Alice,  b.  February  7, 1875. 

n.  Luthcr-Beily,  b.  1836;  d.  August  6,  1864,  at  Chattanooga, 

from  wounds  received  at   Peacli  Tree  Creek,  near  At- 

•    lanta,  Ga.,  July  20,  1864;  appointed  sergeant  major  of 

Fortj^-sixth  regiment,  Pa.  Vols.,  May  1, 1862;  promoted 

adjutant,  February  12, 1863. 

Hi.  Edward-Laxorence,  b.  1838,  entered  the  service  during  the 
Kebellion  as  first  lieutenant  of  company  D,  Forty- 
sixth  regiment.  Pa.  Vols.,  September  2, 1861 ;  promoted 
captain  in  September,  1862  ;  promoted  lieutenant  colonel 
Two  Hundred  and  Tenth  regiment,  P.  V.,  September 
26, 1864 ;  commissioned  colonel  April  12, 1865 ;  mustered 
out  with  regiment  May  30, 1865. 

iv.  Behecca-Catharine,  b.  1844;  m.,  April  26,  1871,  Robert  H. 
Moffitt,  D.  D.  S.;  reside  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  and  had 
issue  (surname  Moffitt) : 

1.  Liither-lieily,  b.  December  28,  1872. 

2.  John- Jordan ,  b.  August  13,  1874. 

3.  Eohert-HopUns,  b.  March  22,  1876. 

4.  CaroUne-Beily ,  b.  January  13,  1878. 

5.  George-Eeily,  h.^oy ember  15,1879. 

6.  Btbecca-Charlotte,  b.  February  8, 1881. 

7.  Thomas-Bohinson,  b.  February  26,  1884. 

Dr.  John  O.  W^itman,  m.,  secondly,  February  14,  1851, 
Margaeet  S.  Eeed. 

XV.  Edward  Lawrence  Orth,'*  (Henry,  ^  Adam,^  Bal- 
zer,  1)  b.  January  4,  1814,  in  the  city  of  Baltimore,  Maryland; 
d.  April  15,  1861,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  His  father  dying  while 
the  son  was  in  early  life,  the  mother  removed  to  her  former 
home,  Harrisburg,  where  the  boy  was  carefully  brought  up. 
He  received  the  education  of  the  borough  schools,  and  entered 
the  Harrisburg  Academy  where  he  pursued  the  higher  branches. 
He  subsequently  began  the  study  of  medicine  with  his  brother- 
in-law,  Doctor  Luther  Reily,  afterwards  attending  the  lectures 
at  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  from  which  institu- 


Orth  of  Lebanon.  509 

tion  he  graduated  March  12,  1834.  Locating  at  Harrisburg, 
he  began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  partnership  with 
Doctor  Reilj,  which  continued  until  the  death  of  the  latter. 
Few  practitioners  became  as  successful  as  these  noted  physicians 
were,  and  none  at  the  Capital  were  ever  so  deservedly  popular. 
For  seven  years  after  the  death  of  his  life-long  friend.  Doctor 
Orth  continued  his  professional  life,  enjoying  not  only  a  large 
practice,  but  the  confidence  and  love  of  his  numerous  patients. 
As  a  physician,  he  was  learned,  skillful,  self-sacrificing,  sympa- 
thetic, and  faithful.  In  the  community  he  was  greatl};-  be-, 
loved  for  his  unassuming,  gentle,  and  gentlemanly  demeanor. 
In  the  language  of  a  contemporary,  "he  was  a  man  of  fine 
culture,  a  careful,  attentive,  and  conscientious  physician,  quiet 
and  unobtrusive  in  manner.''  For  many  years  he  was  one  of 
the  trustees  of  the  Presbyterian  church  ;  was  a  director  of  the 
Harrisburg  Bank,  and  served  in  the  borough  council.  Doctor 
Orth  married  Maktha  Cummins  Kerr,  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
William  Kerr,  of  Donegal,  and  Mary  Wilson.  (^S'ee  note  to 
Alricks^  record^  p.  19.)     They  had  issue: 

i.  Mary-Wilson  \  m.,  September  3, 1860,  Jacob  Fridley  Seller, 
son  of  Jacob  Seller  and  Susan  Fridley,  b.  at  Harrisburg, 
Penn'a;  he  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1854;  con- 
ducted a  private  school  several  years,  and  since  1860  has 
been  principal  of  tiie  old  Harrisburg  Academy ;  they  had 
issue  (surname  Seiler) : 

1.  Martha-Orth. 

2.  Susan. 

ii.  Henry-Luther ;  studied  medicine  with  Doctor  George  W. 
Reily ;  served  some  time  as  a  medical  cadet  in  the 
army ;  graduated  from  medical  department,  University 
of  Pennsylvania  in  1866;  located,  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;  since  1870  has  been  the 
surgeon  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Company  at  that 
point ;  for  ten  years  served  as  a  member  of  the  pension 
board  of  medical  examiners  for  the  district ;  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Dauphin  County  Medical  society  ;  and  is  at 
present  one  of  the  governing  committee  of  the  Harrisburg 
Club.  He  m.,  June  30, 1868,  Elizabeth-Bridgman  Dixon  ; 
and  had  issue : 

1.  Educard-Lawrence. 

2.  Anna- Shipley -Dixon. 
8.  lioberto.-E. 


510  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Hi.  James- Wilson,  m.,  Bertie  E.  lioss,  d.  s.  p. 
iv.  liebecca-Reily. 

XYI.  GoDLOVE  Steinee  Orth,4  (Godlove,3  Balzer,^ 
Balzer,^)  b.  April  22,  1817,  in  Lebanon  township,  Lebanon 
county,  Pa.;  baptised  June  1,  1817,  by  Rev.  Abram  Reinke, 
of  the  Moravian  church  ;  d.  December  16,  1882,  in  La  Fayette, 
Ind.  He-was  educated  at  Pennsylvania  College,  Gettysburg; 
studied  law,  and  upon  his  admission  to  the  bar  in  1839,  re- 
moved to  La  Fayette,  Ind.  From  1843  to  1850,  continuously, 
he  served  as  a  member  of  the  State  Senate  of  Indiana ;  elected 
president  of  that  body  in  1845,  and  thus  became  acting  Lieu- 
tenant Governor  of  the  State.  He  was  Presidential  elector  on 
the  Taylor  and  Fillmore  ticket,  1848,  and  a  member  of  the  Peace 
Conference  in  1861.  In  1862,  he  entered  the  service  as  captain 
in  the  Seventy-sixth  regiment,  Indiana  volunteers,  being  placed 
in  charge  of  the  United  States  ram  "Horner,"  and  assigned  to 
duty  on  the  Ohio  river.  He  was  elected  to  the  Thirt}' -eighth, 
Thirty-ninth,  Fortieth  and  Forty-first  Congresses  from  his  dis- 
trict, and  to  the  Forty-third  Congress  from  the  State  at  large. 
Upon  the  adjournment  of  the  latter  Congress,  he  was  appointed 
and  accepted  the  position  of  United  States  Minister  to  Vienna, 
having  previously  declined  the  mission  to  Brazil,  tendered  him 
by  President  Grant,  filling  the  duties  of  that  position  with  re- 
markable ability.  It  is  stated  that,  upon  his  first  presentation 
to  the  Emperor,  the  conversation,  agreeably  to  Mr.  Orth,  was 
conducted  in  German.  After  a  short  conversation,  the  Em- 
peror asked,  "  Tell  me,  in  what  part  of  Germany  were  you 
born?  "  Mr.  Orth  replied,  "  Not  in  Germany,  but  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  the  United  States."  "But,"  said  the  Emperor,  "you 
speak  the  pleasing  accent  of  the  Rhine."  This  shows  that  the 
so-called  Pennsylvania  German  is  a  dialect  of  the  great  German 
language  of  Europe,  from  whence  it  was  brought,  and  where, 
to  this  dav,  it  is  living  in  all  its  freshness  and  vigor  as  it  did 
centuries  ago.  On  his  return  from  Vienna,  Mr.  Orth  was 
elected  to  the  Forty-sixth  Congress,  and  in  1879,  received  the 
complimentary  vote  of  his  party  for  United  States  Senator 
against  Hon.  Daniel  W.  Voorhees,  and  was  reelected  to  the 
Forty-seventh  Congress  as  a  Republican.     In  August,  1882,  he 


Orth  of  Lebanon.  '  511 

was  unanimonsly  nominated  by  his  party  for  Representative 
in  the  Forty-eighth  Congress.  He  was  a  man  of  warm  ar.d 
sincere  friendships,  a  sturdy  honor,  and  a  clear  and  vigorous 
intellect.  Few  men  had  a  wider  and  more  steadfast  acquain- 
tance and  friendships,  none  more  honest  in  his  duties  to  man 
and  to  his  country.  He  was  devotedly  and  tenderly  attached 
to  his  family  and  fireside,  caring  more  for  those  than  the  honors 
of  success  and  the  applause  of  the  world.  He  left  a  name 
honorable  to  his  memory,  dear  to  his  family,  and  a  part  of  the 
history  of  his  State  and  Nation.  Upon  the  death  of  Matthew 
Carpenter,  he  used  language  in  his  eulogy  fitly  applicable  to 
his  own  life,  career  and  character :  "  Strong  in  the  conviction 
of  a  well-matured  and  equally  well-balanced  mind,  he  stood 
firm  in  the  conscious  rectitude  of  his  position,  and  hence  he 
was  a  safe  legislator,  a  wise  counsellor,  and  a  true  friend.  He 
stood  erect  as  God  created  him,  and  dared  to  do  right  for  the 
sake  of  the  right."  Mr.  Orth  was  twice  married;  m.,  first,  in 
1840,  Sakah  Elizabeth  Miller,  of  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  who  d. 
in  1849.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Dr.  WilUam-M.,  b.  1842. 
n.  Julia,  b.   1844;  d.  1849. 

Godlove  S.  Orth  m.,  secondly,  August  28,  1850,  Mary  A. 
Ayers,  only  daughter  of  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  La 
Fayette,  Ind.,  who  survives.     They  had  issue : 

in.  31ary-B.,  b.  September  29, 1851. 

iv.  Hurry- Ayers,  b.  September  27,  1856;  an  attorney-at-law, 
residing  at  La  Fayette,  Ind. 

XYII.  Cyrus  Dorsey  Gloninger,^  (John  W.*  [Glon- 
mger],  Catharine,  ^  Adam,^  Balzer,  ^)  b.  March  13,  1824;  d. 
August  23,  1872,  at  Lebanon,  Pa.  His  preliminary  studies 
were  pursued  at  the  Lebanon  Academy,  after  which  he  entered 
Marshall  College,  then  at  Mercersburg,  graduating  in  1843. 
He  began  the  study  of  medicine  with  his  father ;  attended  lec- 
tures at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  graduating  in  1846. 
The  two  following  years  were  spent  in  the  medical  universi- 
ties and  hospitals  of  Europe,  his  accu.rate  and  familiar  ac- 
quaintance with  the  French  and  German  languages  greatly  fa- 


512  •  Pennsylvania   Oeneahgies. 

cilitating  his  studies  in  the  scientific  centres  of  the  Old  World. 
Keturning  home,  he  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine,  and 
shortly  acquired  a  marked  reputation  for  ability  and  skill  in 
every  department  of  his  profession.  Like  his  father,  he  de- 
voted much  of  his  attention  to  diseases  of  the  eye,  and,  in  the 
course  of  twenty-six  3'ears,  attained  a  high  rank  in  this  im- 
portant specialty.  He  was  strictly  scientific  and  regular,  faith- 
ful to  his  patients,  and  honorable  to  his  professional  brethren. 
Aside  from  the  science  of  medicine,  Doctor  Gloninger's  literary 
studies  were  extensive.  He  was  especially  well  informed  in 
all  that  relates  to  the  collateral  sciences,  and  his  knowledge  of 
sacred  and  profane  history,  strengthened  by  travel  and  obser- 
vation, made  him  an  agreeable  and  entertaining  companion. 
His  contributions  to  various  journals  and  periodicals,  showed  a 
highly-cultivated  mind.  As  a  public  man  he  was  greatly  es- 
teemed; was  twice  nominated  by  the  Democratic  party,  of 
which  he  was  an  adherent,  a  candidate  for  Congress,  in  1866  and 
in  1870,  but  defeated,  owing  to  the  strength  of  the  opposition 
in  his  district.  In  the  industrial  enterprises  of  his  native  town 
he  took  a  warm  interest.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Lebanon  Manufacturing  company,  of  which  he  was  president ; 
he  was  president  of  the  Lebanon  National  Bank,  and  in  his 
church,  St.  John's  Reformed,  was  an  active  and  zealous  mem- 
ber. His  private  charities  were  numerous,  and  he  gave  a  will- 
ing support  to  the  various  evangelical  and  christianizing  enter 
prises  of  the  day.  The  poor  found  in  him  a  friend,  and  his 
professional  life  was  a  philanthropic  mission.  Doctor  Cyrus 
D.  Gloninger  m.,  December,  1851,  Julia  A.  Beaumont,  b.  at 
Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  daughter  of  Hon.  Andrew  Beaumont  and 
Julia  Colt.     They  had  issue  (surname  Gloninger) : 

i.  Mary-A.;  m.  Harry  E.  Gilroy,  member  of  the  Philadel- 
phia bar  ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Gilroy),  Julia, 
li.  Nellie-B.;  m.  Rev.  Walter  Jorden,  of  Philadelphia;  and 

had  issue  (surname  Jorden),  Walter-B. 
in.  Dr.  Andrexv-B. ;  studied  medicine  under  Doctor  D.  Stanley 
Gloninger,  and  graduated  from  the  medical  department 
of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  April  13,  1883;  is  in 
the  active  practice  of  his  profession  at  ]jebanon,  Penna. 
iv.  Cyrus-Dorsey. 


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PARKER  AND  "DENNY. 


2. 

i. 

3. 

ii. 

4. 

Hi. 

IV. 

T.  Richard  Parker^  and  Janet,  his  wife,  emigrated  from 
the  Province  of  Ulster,  Ireland,  in  1725,  and  settled  three  miles 
from  Carlisle,  acquiring  land  by  patent  near  the  Presbyterian 
Grlebe  Meeting-house,  on  the  Gonedoguinet  creek,  in  Cumber- 
land county,  Province  of  Pennsylvania,  in  17'34  His  applica- 
tion, made  at  that  date,  was  for  the  land  on  which  he  had  "re- 
sided y*  ten  years  past."  We  have  no  record  of  their  death, 
save  that  Richard  Parker  died  prior  to  1-750,  his  wife  surviving 
hfteen  years.  They  had,  among  other  children,  issue  as  fol- 
lows: 

Jo/m,  b.  1716;  m.^Margaret  MbCltttei 
T/iomas,  b.  1720 ;  m.  Eleanor  Ferguson. 
Richard.,  b.  1725 ;  m.  Martha  — ^— -. 

William.,  b.  1727;  m.  and  had  issue,  Dr.  Thomas.,  of  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.,  who  m.  Lydia  McDowell,  and  left  two  sons. 
V.  Martha:,  d.  unm.  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years. 
vi.  Susannah-^  m. Dunning,  and  left  issue. 

5.  vii.  James:,  m.  Mary  [Eleanor] :Boyd. 

II.  John  Parker,^  (Richard, i)  b.  about  the  year  1716;  d. 
prior  to  1785 ;  m.  Margaret  McCldre,  who  d.  May,  1792. 
They  had  issue  : 

6.  i.  Agnes,  b.  1741 ;  m.  William  Denny. 

ii.  Richard,  b.  1743 ;  served  in  tlie  war  of  the  Revolution  ;  m. 
and  removed  to  Kentucliy,  where  he  died;  his  daughter 
m.  Thomas  Crittenden,  brother  of  Hon.  John  J.  Critten- 
den. 
Elizabeth,  b.  1746;  m.  Francis  Campbell. 
Mary,  b.  1748;  m.  William  Fleming. 

Margaret,  b.  1751 ;  m.  John  Caliioun  ;  removed  to  George- 
town, D.  C. ;  no  further  information. 
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ta. 

8. 

iv. 

V. 

514  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

9.  m.  Alexander,  b.  1753;  m.  Rebecca  Blair."^ 

vii.  Andreiv*  served  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  and  accom- 
panied his  brother  Eichard  to  Kentuck}'. 

III.  Thomas  Parker,  ^  (Eichard,  i)  b.  about  1720,  in  the 
north  of  Ireland ;  d.  April  23,  1776,  in  Cumberland  county, 
Pa.  He  was  a  prominent  man  on  the  frontiers  during  the 
French  and  Indian  wars,  and  was  an  officer  in  the  Provincial 
service.  He  m.  Eleanor  Ferguson,  b.  1727,  in  Ireland ;  d, 
July  23,  1775,  at  Carlisle,  Pa.     They  had  issue : 

i.  William,  h.l7i9\  d.  December  24, 1812;  m.  Elizabeth  Tem- 
pleton,  b.  1752 ;  d.  1829,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  David  ;  d.  May  28,  1829  ;  unm. 

2.  Eleanor  ;  d.  s.  p., 

a.  John,  b.  1751 ;  served  in  the  war  of  tlie  Revolution ;  m. 

Graham  ;  no  further  record  of  liim,  save  that  his 

descendants  inter-married  with  the  Ankeneys  and  Till- 
sons.  of  Somerset  county,  Pa. 

10.  Hi.  Jane.,  b.  February  14,  1753  ;  m.  Joim  Dunbar. 

iv.   Susanna ;    m.  Robert  Forbes,  and  had  issue   (surname 

Forbes),  Elizabeth,  Thomas,  Andrew  and  Bobert. 
v.  Martha;  d.  February  11,  1837 ;  unm. 

vi.  Bichard,  b.  September  8,  1763;  d.  April  26,  1814;  unm.; 
he  was  a  major  in  the  U.  S.  army,  and  at  the  time  of  his 
death  military  store-keeper  at  Carlisle,  Fa. 
vii.  Mattheoj ;  probably  d.  s.  p.  , 

IV.  Richard  Parker,  ^  (Richard,  i)  b.  about  1725,  in  Ire- 
land; d.  August,  1774,  in  West  Pennsboro'  township,  Cum- 
berland county.  Pa.;  m.  Martha .     Of  this  branch  of 

the  family  we  have  nothing  definite,  save  that  the  older  mem- 
bers went  into  the  Virginia  valley  about  the  beginning  of  the 
Revolution;  of  the  younger  children,  Dr.  Lemuel  Gustine  was 
the  guardian — he  w^as  their  relative  by  marriage.  They  had 
issue : 

i.  John.,  b.  1749. 
ii.  Alexander,  b.  1751. 
Hi.  Mary,  b.  1753. 

*  So  stated  in  the  Memoir  of  Major  Ebenezer  Denny,  by  his  son, 
as  published  in  the  "  Publications  of  the  Historical  Society  of  Penn- 
sylvania," vol.  VII,  p.  208. 


Parker  and  Benny.  515 

iv.  James,  b.  1755. 

V.  Margaret,  b.  1758. 

vi.  William,  b.  1761. 

vii.  Henry,  b.  1763, 

via.  Bichard,  b.  1765. 

V.  James  Parkee,^  (Eicliard,i)  b.  about  1731:  d.  about 
the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  war;  m.  Maey  [Eleanor] 
Boyd.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Bichard,  b.  1753 ;  cl.  February,  1778  ;  m.  Rebecca  Boyd ;  d. 
September,  1781  ;  and  bad  issue,  James. 

11.  n.  Jane,  b.  1755;  m.  Jolin  Forbes. 

12.  Hi.  Behecca,  b.  1758;  m.  Dr.  Lemuel  Giistine. 

13.  iv.  Andrev:,  b.  1763;  m.  Margaret  Williams. 

VI.  Agnes  Parker,  •'^  (John,^  Pichard,^)  b.  1741,  near  Car- 
lisle, Pa.;  m.,  in  1760,  William  Denny,  b.  1737,  in  Chester 
county,  Pa.;  d.  about  the  year  1800,  in  Carlisle,  Pa.;  removed 
to  the  Cumberland  valley  in  1745 ;  was  the  first  coroner  of 
Cumberland  county,  and,  during  the  Revolution,  was  commis- 
sary of  issues ;  he  was  the  contractor  for  the  erection  of  the 
court  house  at  Carlisle  in  1765,  and  which  was  destroyed  by 
fire  in  1845  ;  was  a  gentleman  of  the  old  school,  high-minded 
and  dignified  in  manner  and  conversation.  They  had  issue 
(surname  Denny) : 

14.  i.  Ebenezer,  b.  March  11, 1761 ;  m.  Nancy  Wilkins,  of  Pitts- 

burgh. 
a.  Priscilla,  b.  May  28, 1763 ;  d.  February  22, 1849,  at  Carlisle, 

Pa.;  m.  Simon  Boyd,  of  Carlisle,  an  officer  in  the  Second 

battalion  of  associators  of  Cumberland  county,  in  the 

Revolution  ;  left  no  issue. 
Hi.   TRZKam,  b.  March  24,  1765;  d.  in  infancy. 
iv.  Nancy  {Agnes},  b.  August  31,  1768;  d.  January  11,  1845, 

unm.,  at  Carlisle. 

15.  V.  Margaret,  b.  June  25,  1771 ;  m.  Samuel  Simison. 

vi.  Mary,  (1st,)  b.  February  13,  1775  ;  d.  in  her  third  year. 

16.  vii.  Mary  [Polly'],  (2d,)  b.  March  5,1778;  m.  George  Murray, 

of  Carlisle. 
tiii.  Elizahah,  b.  April  22,  1781  ;  d.  March  27,  1848,  unm.,  at 
Carlisle. 
ix.  Boyd,  b.  February  20, 1783  ;  d.  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


516  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

VII.  Elizabeth  Parkek,-''  (John.s  RicharcV)  b.  about 
1746  ;  d.  prior  to  1792  ;  ra.  Francis  Campbell*  b.  1737;  d. 
in  1790 ;  was  a  man  of  prominence  in  the  public  affairs  of  bis 
day.     They  had  issue  (surname  Campbell) : 

17.  %.  Parfcer,  b.  1768 ;  m.  Elizabetli  Calhoun. 

18.  ii.  Agnes,  b.  1770;  m.  Robert  Tate. 
in.  Francis.,  b.  1772;  m.  and  had  issue. 

*It  may  be  interesting  in  this  connection  to  give  the  following  re- 
ference to  the  ancestry  of  Francis  Campbell : 

1.  DuNCAiSr  Campbell.^  of  the  noble  house  of  Breadalbane,  born 
in  Scotland  ;  married  there  in  1612,  Mary  McCoy,  and  removed  with 
his  wife,  in  the  same  year,  to  Ireland.  They  liad  issue,  among  other 
children  w^hose  names  have  not  been  preserved  by  the  descendants  in 
America,  a  son  John  Campbell,'-'  b.  in  1621 ;  m.  in  1655,  Grace 
Hay,  daughter  of  Peter  Hay,  and  had  issue: 

i.  Dufjald;  liis  descendants  settled  in  Rockbridge  county,  Ya. 

2.  ii.  Jo/in,  b.  1656;  m.  and  had  issue. 

Hi.  Bobert,  b.  1665;  m.  in  1696;  his  descendants  settled  in 
Orange,  now  Augusta  county,  Virginia,  in  1740. 

II.  John  Campbell,^  (John,^  Duncan,^  b.  1656,  in  the  nortli  of 
Ireland;  d.  February  20, 17 14,  in  Derry  township,  then  Lancaster 
county,  Pa. ;  buried  in  the  grave-yard  of  old  Derry  cluirch  ;  in  1726, 
came  to  Pennsylvania,  witii  liis  family,  iiis  wife  probably  dying  before 
emigrating.    They  had  issue  : 

i.  Itohert\  removed  to  Virginia;  m.  and  had  issue  five  chil- 
dren, four  daughters  and  one  son,  the  last  dying  young; 
the  name  of  one  daughter,  Rebecca,  has  been  transmitted. 

ii.  Band  ;  in  1741,  removed  from  Pennsylvania  to  Augusta 

county,  Va. :  m.  Margaret  Hamilton,  and  left  issue. 
Hi.  James,  b.  1689;  d.  May  31,  1771 ;  buried  in  Derry  church 
grave-yard  ;  was  twice  mariied,  his  second  wife,  Agnes, 
b.  1707  ;  d.  April  3,  1757,  and  is  buried  by  tlie  side  of  her 
husband;  tliey  left  issue. 
ic.  Patrick,  b.  1690;  "a  strong  churchman;"  removed  from 
Pennsylvania  to  Virginia,  about  1740. 

3.  V.  John,  b.  1692;  m.  and  had  issue. 

III.  John  Campbell,*  (Jolm,^  John,^  Duncan ,i)  b.  in  1692,  in 
Ireland  ;  d.  1764,  at  York,  Pa. ;  a  minister  of  the  Episcopal  church ; 

«m.  and  had  issue  : 

i.  James,  b.  1731 ;  in  1760,  removed  to  Virginia. 
ii.  Eleanor,  b.  1733:  d.  1735. 
Hi.  Francis,  b.  1737 ;  m.  Elizabeth  Parker. 
iv.  John,  b.  1740;  d.  1797 ;  was  one  of  the  most  eminent  law- 
-  yers  in  Western  Pennsylvania. 


Parker  and  Denny.  517 

iv.  James.,  b.  1774  ;  was  a  lawyer  of  brilliant  talents  ;  m.  Cas- 
sandana  Miller,  daughter  of  Gen.  Henry  Miller  of  the 
Revolution,  and  had  issue. 
V.  George.,  b.  1777;  m.  and  had  issue. 
vi.  Elizabeth,  b.  1779. 

vii.  Ebenezer,  b.  1781 ;  m.  Catharine  Miller  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Campbell,)  Henry,  Ellen  and  Mary-Ann. 

YIII.  Mary  Parker,^  (John,^  Kicharcl/)  b.  1748, in  Cum- 
berland county,  Pa. ;  m.  William  Fleming,  b.  in  Cumberland 
C3unty,  Pa.      They  bad  issue  (surname  Fleming) : 

i.  Ann  ;  m.  [William]  Lyon,  (see  Lyon  record.) 
a.  Nancy;  m.,  first,  Cliarles  Gregs,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Gregg),  Alexander, m.  Mary  Miller;  she  m.,  secondly, 
Robert  Clarke. 
in.  James;  m.  first,  Frances  Randolph,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Fleming) : 

1.  Williayn;  m.  Rachel  Moore. 

2.  Ann ;    m.  first,  Ichabod   Randolpli ;    secondly, 

Joseph  Shrom. 
James  Fleming,   ra.  secondly,  Margaret  Clark,  and  had 
issue  (surname  Fleming) : 

3.  John;  m.  Martha  Coyle. 

4.  Margaret-Parker ;  m.  W  illiara  B.  Murray. 
iv.  John ;  m.  Margaret  Fleming. 

V.  Mary;  m. Denny. 

vi.  Rebecca  ;  m.  Robert  Elliott. 
vii.  Susanna;  m.  Paul  Randolph. 

via.  Sarah  ;  m.  Richard  Crain,  (see  Grain  record,  p.  119.) 
ix.  Margaret;  m.  George  Crain. 
X.  Elizabeth;  m.  William  Crain. 

IX.  Alexander  Parker,  ^  (John,^  Kichard,i)  b.  about 
1753,  in  Cumberland  county,  Pa.;  d.  about  1792,  at  Carlisle, 
Penn'a.  He  was  an  early  associator  at  the  outset  of  the  war 
of  the  Eevolution  ;  was  commissioned  second  lieutenant  of  the 
Sixth  Penn'a  battalion,  Colonel  William  Irvine,  January  9, 
1776 ;  promoted  first  lieutenant,  October  25,  1776  ;  served 
as  captain  of  the  Penn'a  Line  in  the  Seventh  regiment, 
March  21,  1777;  transferred  to  Fourth  Penn'a,  January  17, 
1781,  and  subsequently  to  Second  Penn'a,  January  1,  1783, 
serving  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  members  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati.  He  laid 
out  the  town  of  Parkersburg,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Little  Ka- 


518  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

nawha,  where  he  had  extensive  land  possessions.  In  the  old 
grave-yard  at  the  Meeting-House  springs,  two  miles  north-west 
of  Carlisle,  there  is  a  large  slab  covering  the  remains  of  Major 
Parker  and  two  of  his  children,  bearing  this  inscription :  Sa- 
cred I  to  the  memory  of  \  Major  Alexander  Parker  \  and  his  tivo 
children  \  Margaret  and  John.  Strange  to  say  there  are  no 
dates  given  of  birth  or  death.  Major  Parker  married,  in  1783, 
Rebecca  Blair,  daughter  of  William  Blair,  b.  1753  ;  d.,  sud- 
denly, April  23,  1826,  while  in  attendance  at  service  in  the 
Associate  or  Seceder  church,  Carlisle,  Pa.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Margaret,  b.  1784;  d.  s.  p. 
it.  John,  b.  1786;  d.  s.  p. 
19.   m.  Mary,  b.  1789  ;  m.  William  Kobinson, 

iv.  Anne- Alexander,  b.  1791 ;  d,  April,  1809;  buried  in  the  old 
grave-yard  at  Carlisle,  Penn'a. 

Mrs.  Rebecca  Blair  Parker  afterwards  married  Charles 
McClure,  b.  1739;  d.  February  8,  1811,  at  Letort  springs, 
near  Carlisle,  Penn'a.  Mr.  McClure  had  previously  married, 
first,  Anna  Blair,  who  died  young  ;  he  then  married,  secondly, 
Amelia  Blair,  b.  1765 ;  d.  February  1.  1793 ;  and  had  issue. 
Mrs.  Rebecca  Blair  Parker  and  Charles  McClure  had  issue 
(surname  McClure) : 

I.  Charlotte  ;  b.  January  7, 1800  ;  d.  June  25, 1880,  in  Chicago, 
Illinois;  m.,  in  1817,  Adam  Hays,  b.  1792;  d.  August, 
1857  ;  was  educated  at  Dickinson  College  ;  studied  medi- 
cine witl)  Doctor  McCoskry,  and  graduated  from  the 
medical  department,  University  of  Pennsylvania,  iu 
1811 ;  entered  the  army  as  an  assistant  surgeon  and  re- 
signed at  the  close  of  the  war ;  practiced  medicine  in 
Chillicothe,  O.,  and  Carlisle;  in  1829,  removed  to  Pitts- 
burgh ;  then  to  Madison,  Indiana,  where  he  died;  and 
had  issue  (surname  Hays) : 

1.  Joseph,  d.  s.  p. 

2.  Bthecca-McGlure;  m.  Jesse  Whitehead,  and  had 

issue. 

3.  Charles,  d.  s.  p. 

4.  William,  d.  s.  p. 

5.  Mary-Robinson. 

ii.  Charles;  represented  Cumberland  county  in  the  Legisla- 
ture in  1835 ;  was  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth  under 
Governor  Porter ;  and  a  man  of  much  prominence  in 
public  affairs  ;  m.  Margaretta  Gibson,  daughter  of  Chief 
Justice  Gibson  ;  and  had  issue  (surname  McClure): 


Parker  and  Denny.  519 

1.  Charles:  appointed  captain  commissary  subsist- 

ence Volunteers,  April  28, 1862;  brevet  major 
Volunteers,  brevet  lieuteuant-colonel  Volun- 
teers, and  brevet  colonel  Volunteers,  October 
21,  1865,  for  faithful  and  meritorious  service  ; 
captain  commissary  subsistence  U.  S.  A.,  Au- 
gust 17,  1866 ;  brevet  major,  August  17,  1866, 
for  faithful  service  in  the  subsistence  depart- 
ment ;  m.  and  had  issue. 

2.  William. 

3.  George. 

Hi.  William-Blair ;  an  attorney -at-law^,  and  was  president 
judge  of  the  courts  at  Pittsburgh,  Penn'a.;  m.  Lydia  S. 
Collins ;  and  had  issue. 

ii}.  Bebecca ;  ra.  Elisha  White,  and  had  issue  (surname  White), 
(Jharlotte,  m.  Rev.  F.  T.  Brown,  D.  D. 

X.  Jane  Paeker,^  (Thomas,^  Eicliard,!)  b.  February  14, 
1753  ;  d.  March  8, 1833  ;  m.  John  Dunbar,  b.  1737  ;  d.  June 
2,  1810;  son  of  William  and  Catharine  Dunbar.*  He  was  a 
man  of  mark  in  the  decade  preceding  the  War  for  Indepen- 
dence, and  during  that  struggle  took  a  prominent  and  decided 
part.  He  served  his  country  well  and  faithfully.  Mr.  Dun- 
bar had  been  previously  married  to  Mary  Mitchel,  their  chil- 
dren behig  William,  m.  Elizabeth  Forbes,  and  Margaret,  m. 
Thomas  Urie.  Both  left  descendants.  Jane  Parker  and  John 
Dunbar  had  issue  (surname  Dunbar) : 
20.      i.  Eleanor,  b.  April  4,  1775;  m.  John  Creigh. 

*  William  Dunbar  and  Catharine,  his  wife,  were  natives  of  the 
north  of  Ireland,  emigrating  to  America  about  the  year  1730.  They 
settled  near  Meeting-House  spring,  on  the  Conedoguinet,  Cumber- 
land county,  Penn'a,  and  were  near  neighbors  of  the  Parkers  and 
Creighs.    They  had  issue  (surname  Dunbar) : 

i.  Jane\  m.  Andrew  Mitchel;  removed  to  Washington,  Pa. 
a.  Elizabeth:,    m.  John    McConnell ;   resided   in  Tuscarora 

valley. 
Hi.  John:,  m.  Jane  Parker. 

iv.  Sarah  ;  m.  John  Young;  removed  to  Virginia. 
V.  Thomas ;  m.  Ann  Keys ;  settled  in  Tennessee. 
vi.  Martha:  m.,  first,  James  Keys  ;  secondly,  James  Watson. , 
vii.  Mary  ;  m.  John  Quinh  ;  removed  to  Tennessee.  ' 
via.   William, 
ix.  Samuel,  (twin) ;  m.  Jane  Clark  ;  removed  to  Kentucky. 
X.  Margaret. 


520  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

XL  Jane  Paekee,^ -(James, ^  Richard/)  b.  about  1755,  in 
Cambei'land  county,  Pa.;  m.  John  Foebes,  also  a  native  of 
that  county,  where  they  both  lived  and  died.  They  had  issue 
(surname  Forbes) : 

^  i.  Jane. 

U.  Elizabeth;  m.  William  Dunbar,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Dunbar) : 

1.  Mary'.,  d.  s.  p. 

2.  Jane;  m.  James  Lindsey,  and  had  issue  (surname 

Lindsey) : 

a.  Jane- Elizabeth  \  m.  Andrew  Ralston. 

3.  John ;  m.  Agnes  Grayson,  and  had  issue  (surname 

Dunbar) ,  James- Grayson.  John,  William-Mitch- 
■  ell,  James-Alfred,  Andrew-Forbes,  Mary-Eliz- 
abeth, Margaret-Jane  and  Alice. 
Hi.  James;  d.  s.  p. 
ii\  Andrew ;  d.  s.  p. 

V.  Lebecca;  m.  Matthew  Agnew,  and  had  issue  (surname  Ag- 
new) : 

1.  John. 

2.  Andrew;  m.  Rebecca  Carothers. 

3.  Nancy  ;  d.  s.  p. 

4.  Jane. 

5.  Samuel;  m. Eberly. 

vi.  John-P.;  d.  s.  p. 

vii.  Mary;  m.  William  Lindsey,  and  had  issue  (surname  Lind- 
sey), John,  m.  Rachel  Davidson,  and  William,  d.  s.  p. 
via.  Margaret, 
ix.  Bichard;  d.  August  30,  1823. 

XII.  Rebecca  Paekee,^  (James,  ^  Richard,  M  b.  about  1758, 
near  Carlisle,  Pa.;  m.  Lemuel  Gustine,  b.  1749,  in  Saybrook, 
Conn.;  d.  October  7,  1805,  at  Carlisle,  Pa.;  studied  medicine 
in  the  Wyoming  settlement,  probably  with  Dr.  William  Hooker 
Smith,  whose  daughter  became  his  first  wife;  she  died  in  1778, 
and  their  daughter,  Sarah,  in  1792,  became  the  wife  of  the 
Rev.  Nathaniel  Snowden.  At  the  surrender  of  the  Wyoming 
troops,  in  July,  1778,  Dr.  Grustine  signed  the  terms  of  capitu- 
lation, and  succeeded  in  making  his  escape  with  his  daughtei'. 
reaching  Fort  Augusta  in  a  boat ;  afterwards  Harris'  Ferry,  and 
subsequently  Carlisle,  where  he  became  distinguished  as  a  prac- 
titioner of  medicine.     They  had  issue  (surname  Gustine) : 


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»,.  James.,  b.  1780;  educated  at  Dickinson  college:  studied 
medicine  with  his  father,  and  graduated  M.  D.,  from 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania;  located  in  ISTatchez, 
Miss.,  but  afterwards  returned  to  Carlisle  to  assist  his 
father.  Several  years  after  his  father's  death  he  returned 
to  Mississippi,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  as 
a  planter  and  a  practitioner  of  medicine. 

a.  Samuel;  educated  at  Dickinson  college;  studied  medicine, 
and,  after  practicing  several  years  in  Carlisle,  went  south 
with  his  brother  James. 

m.  Bichard;  was  a  physician,  and  d.  October  1,  1814,  at 
Natchez,  Miss. 

i>}.  Lemuel. 
V.  Maria. 

vi.  Jane. 

XIII.  Andrew  Parker, ^  (James, ^  Richard,^)  b.  about 
1763  ;  m.  Margaret  Williams.     They  bad  issue : 

21.  i.  Mary,  b.  about  1789 ;  m.  Kobert  Urie  Jacob. 

ii.  Bichard,  b.  1791  ;  m.  Hadassa  Graham,  and  had  issue,  An- 
drew-Henderson, Mary  and  Bichard-McCue. 

22.  in.  James,  b.  1793;  m.  Hannah  C.  Doty. 
iv.  Behecca,h.  1795;  d.  s.  p. 

23.  V.  Elizabeth,  b.  April  3, 1797;  ra.  William  M.  Henderson. 

vi.  Williams;  m.  Sarah  Chambers,  daughter  of  John  Cham- 
bers and  Jane  Urie,  and  had  issue : 

1.  John-Chambers. 

2.  William-Henderson. 

3.  Davidson-Urie. 

4.  George- Sharswood. 
■  5.  Lizzie-Boyd. 

6.  TJiomas-Urie. 

24.  rii.  Andrew,  b.  May  21, 1805;  m.  Ann  Eliza  Doty. 

XIY.  Ebekezer  Denny, 4  (Agnes, ^  Johu,^  Richard,  i)  b. 
March  11,  1761,  at  Carlisle,  Pa.;  d.  July  21,  1822,  at  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa.,  and  was  interred  in  the  First  Presbyterian  church- 
yard. At  the  beginning  of  the  Revolution,  Ebenezer  Denny, 
although  in  his  fifteenth  year,  was  the  bearer  of  dispatches  to 
Fort  Pitt,  and  subsequently  entered  on  board  a  privateer  which 
cruised  in  the  West  Indies.  He  was  commissioned  an  ensign 
in  the  First  Pennsylvania  regiment  of  the  Line,  in  1778  or 
1779 ;   transferred  to  Seventh  Pennsylvana  in  August,  1780 ; 


522  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

promoted  lieutenant  in  Fourth  Pennsylvania,  May  23,  1781, 
and,  shortly  afterwards,  to  captain.  At  the  surrender  of  Corn- 
wallis,  at  Yorktown,  October  19,  1781,  Captain  Denny  was  se- 
lected and  detailed  to  plant  the  American  flag  on  the  British 
parapet.  He  served  in  the  Carolinas  to  the  close  of  the  war, 
and  subsquently  became  adjutant  to  General  Harmar,  and  aid- 
de-camp  to  General  St.  Clair.  Major  Denny  was  one  of  the 
original  members  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati.  His  "jour- 
nal" is  printed  in  the  Collections  of  the  Historical  Society  of 
Pennsylvania^  and  is  edited,  with  a  con<iise  memoir,  by  his  son, 
.William  H.  Denny.  At  the  close  of  the  Indian  campaign  in 
the  North-west,  he  removed  to  Pittsburgh.  In  1794,  he  was 
appointed  commander-in-chief  of  the  expedition  to  Le  Boeuf. 
Id  the  war  of  1812,  he  was  commissary  of  purchases  to  supply 
the  Pennsylvania  volunteers  on  the  Erie  and  Niagara  frontier. 
He  was  one  of  the  commissioners  of  Allegheny  county,  and 
also  its  first  treasurer,  and,  when  Pittsburgh  became  a  city,  he 
was  its  first  mayor.  July  1,  1793,  Major  Denny  m.  Nancy 
WiLKlNS,  a  native  of  Carlisle,  and  a  daughter  of  Captain  John 
Wilkins,  Sr.;*  b.  1775  ;  d.  May  1,  1806.  They  had  issue  who 
survived  (surname  Denny) : 

*  John  Wilkins,  the  sou  of  John  Wilkins,  was  born  in  Donegal 
township,  Lancaster  county,  June  1,  1733.  The  elder  John,  the  son 
of  Robert  Wilkins,  an  early  settler  on  Cliiques  creek,  was  an  Indian 
trader  and  took  an  active  part  against  the  Marylanders,  during  the 
boundary  difficulties,  who  offered  £50  for  his  aiTest.  He  was  cap- 
tured and  taken  to  Annapolis  jail,  but  subsequently  released.  He 
died  in  1741.  John,  the  younger,  removed  to  Carlisle,  in  1763,  and  ten 
years  later  to  Bedford,  engaging  in  mercantile  pursuits.  At  the  out- 
break of  the  Revolution,  he  organized  a  company  of  associators,and, 
in  1776,  was  commissioned  a  captain  in  the  Continental  service,  and 
was  at  Brandy  wine  and  Germantown.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Convention  of  July  15,  1776,  from  Bedford  county.  In  November, 
1783,  he  removed  to  Pittsburgh,  opened  a  store  at  the  north-east  corner 
of  Fourth  and  Woods  streets,  and,  upon  the  organization  of  Alle- 
gheny county,  was  appointed  one  of  the  associate  judges  of  tlie  court. 
He  served  as  member  of  the  Supreme  Executive  Council  in  1790 ;  was 
chief  burgess  of  the  borough  of  Pittsburgh  ;  commissioner  of  public 
buildings,  and  was  county  treasurer  from  1794  to  1803.  He  died  at 
Pittsburgli,  December  11,  1809.  His  son,  John^  born  in  1761,  an  offi- 
cer of  the  Revolution,  brigadier-general  during  the  Whiskey  Insur- 


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i.  Harmar,  b.  May  13, 1794,  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  where  lie  d. 
January  29, 1852 ;  graduated  at  Dickinson  College  ;  was  a 
member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature,  and  a  repre- 
sentative in  Congress  from  1829  to  1837  ;  was  a  member 
of  the  Constitutional  Convention  of  1837-8,  and  honorably 
distinguished  as  a  lawyer,  statesman  and  Christian  gen- 
tleman; m.  Elizabeth  F.  O'Hara,  daughter  of  Greneral 
James  O'Hara,  of  Pittsburgh,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Denny) : 

1.  Mary-O'Hara;  m.  J.  W.  Spring,  and  had  issue. 

2.  Jame!i-0''Hara\  m.,  first,  Catharine  Dallas  ;  sec- 

ondly, Margaret  Stevenson,  and  had  issue  by 
the  latter. 

3.  William- Croghan;   m.,  first,  Elizabeth  Denny; 

secondly,  Nancy  (Tripp)  JStevenson,  and  had 
issue  by  both. 

4.  Elizabeth- O^Har a;  m.  Hon.  Robert  McKnight, 

and  had  issue. 

5.  Catharine  ;  d.  s.  p. 

6.  Agnes  ;  d.  s.  p. 

7.  Caroline ;  m.  Rev.  William  M.  Paxton,  D.  D.,  his 

second  wife,  and  had  issue. 

8.  Amelia- Mellizena  -,  m.  Thomas  J.  Brereton,  cap- 

tain U.  S.  A.,  and  had  issue. 

9.  Harmar. 

10.  Matilda- Wilkins. 

11.  Henry-Baldwin  \  d.  s.  p. 

a.  Williayn-H.,  deceased;  a  physician;  m.,  first,  Sophia  Du- 
Barry ;  secondly,  Maria  Poe,  and  had  issue  by  both  (sur- 
name Denny) : 

1.  Ehenezer;  U.  S.  N. 

2.  Duplessis. 

3.  Sophia:,  m.  Brady  Wilkins. 

4.  Bebccca  ;  m.  Dr.  T.  S.  Verdi,  and  had  issue. 

5.  Juliette;  m.  Thomas  Gibson,  and  had  issue. 

6.  Georgianna. 

7.  Tolma. 

8.  Henry. 

Hi.  St.  Clair;  a  major  in  the  U.  S.  A. ;  b.  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa.; 
d.  August  18, 1858;  appointed  second  lieutenant.  Fifth  in- 
fantry, July  1, 1832 ;  first  lieutenant,  November  30, 1835 ; 

rection,  and  prominent  in  the  history  of  Western  Pennsylvania,  d. 
April  30, 1816.  William  Wilkins,  b.  in  1779,  d.  June  23,  1865,  mem- 
ber of  the  Legislature,  U.  S.  Senator  1831-4,  Minister  to  Russia  1835, 
member  of  Congress  1843-4,  Secretary  of  War  1844-5,  and  judge  of 
the  U.  S.  District  Court  for  Western  Pennsylvania,  was  a  grandson. 


52-±  Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 

captain,  April  1,1886;  transferred  to  Eighth  infantry, 
July  7, 1838;  resigned,  April  30,  1839;  appointed  major 
and  paymaster,  October  15, 1841 ;  m.  Caroline  Hamilton, 
and  had  issue  (surname  Denny) : 

1 .  Morgan-  Willoughby . 

2.  Elizabeth-^  m.  William  Croghan  Denny. 

3.  Annie-H.;  m.  William  Mathias  Corcoran. 

4.  Caroline;  m.  J.  H.  DuBarry. 

5.  William-Moryan  \  m.  Elizabeth  Wellendorf. 

6.  J.-M.-Broolie. 

iv.  Agnes,  [Nancy]\  m.  Edward  Harding,  of  the  U.  S.  A.;  b. 
in  Maryland;  d.  February  15,  1855;  appointed  second 
lieutenant,  artillery  corps,  July  24, 1818;  transferred  to 
Second  artillery,  June  1, 1821 ;  commissioned  first  lieuten- 
ant. May  10,  1S26;  captain  of  ordnance,  May  30,  1832; 
major,  July  10, 1851.    They  had  issue  (surname  Harding) : 

1.  Ehenezer- Denny ;    appointed  second  lieutenant, 

Eighteenth  infantry,  June  9,  1862;  first  lieut- 
enant, January  15, 1863 ;  transferred  to  Twen- 
ty-seventh infantry,  September  21,1866;  cap- 
tain, January  7, 1867;  retired,  October  19,  1867; 
m.  Venie  Morgan,  daughter  of  Gen.  George 
W.  Morgan. 

2.  Elizabeth;  m.  Oliver  W.  Barnes. 

3.  William. 

4.  Van-Buren. 

Xy.  Margaret  Dejs^ny,^  (Agnes,  ^  John,^  Eichard/)  b. 
June  25,  1771 ;  d.  December  8,  1847,  at  Carlisle,  Peun'a ;  m. 
Samuel  Simisox.     They  had  issue  (surname  Simison) : 

i.  Parker,  h.  February  10,  1794;  d.  October  3,  1868,  at  Car- 
lisle, Pa.;  m.  Maria  Humrich,  and  had  issue. 

ii.  Elder,  b.  March  13,  1796;  d.  in  Ohio;  m.  and  had  issue. 

Hi.  Mancy,  b.  March  10,1798;  d.  April  30,  1825,  at  Carlisle, 
Pa.;  m.  Elisha  Doyle,  and  had  issue. 

iv.  John,  b.  September  30,  1800 ;  d.  January  31,  1855,  in  Ala- 
bama ;  m.  and  had  issue. 
V.  Isabella,  b.  March,  1803;  d.  in  infancy. 

vi.  Boyd-Denny,  b.  September,  1805;  d.  October  11,  1871,  in 
Alabama;  m.  and  had  issue. 

vii.  Eliza,  b.  August  2, 1810;  resides  at  Mt.  Vernon,  Ala.;  m. 
Mr.  Roper,  and  had  issue. 

XVI.  Mary  Denny,  ^  (Agnes,  ^  John,^  Richard, 'i)  b. 
March  5,  1778;  d.  April  10,  1845,  in  Carlisle,  Penn'a;  m., 
June  21,  1804,  at  Carlisle,  Pa.,  by  Rev.  *Bobert  Davidson,  D. 


Parker  and  Denny.  525 

D.,  George  Murray,  b.  March  17,  1762,  at  Fort  Pitt,  now 
Pittsburgh,  Penn'a ;  d.  Mav  6,  1855,-  at  Garliple.  He  was  the 
only  child  of  William  and  Susanna  (Sly)  Murray.  In  the  list 
of  persons  at  Fort  Pitt,  not  belonging  to  the  army,  in  July  of 
1760,  is  her  name,  also  the  name  of  her  younger  sister,  Pachel, 
and  the  names  of  her  parents,  George  and  Margaret  Sly. 
{Pennsylvania  Magazine^  vol.  II,  pp.  303-305.)  The  mother 
died,  leaving  George  an  orphan.  He  was  brought  to  Carlisle, 
where  his  father  engaged  in  real  estate  and  mercantile  business, 
but  died,  leaving  the  lad  ''  an  orphan,  in  the  care  of  James 
Pollock,  Thomas  Alexander,  and  George  Stevenson,"  all  lead- 
ing men  of  the  county,  and  by  whom  he  was  afterwards  ap- 
prenticed to  Simon  Boyd,  of  Carlisle.  In  due  time  he  became 
the  partner  of  his  master  in  an  extensive  business,  and  subse- 
quently succeeded  him  in  it.  He,  also,  married  the  youngest 
sister,  but  one,  of  Mr.  Boyd's  wife.  He  was  a  model  artisan 
of  the  kind,  and  a  man  whose  life  was  characterized  by  strict 
probity  and  a  high  sense  of  honor,  regulated  and  controlled 
by  the  precepts  and  spirit  of  Christianity.  With  a  mind  ra- 
tional, and  with  the  bright  hope  of  a  blissful  immortality,  he 
departed  this  life  in  his  ninety-fourth  year.  They  had  issue 
(surname  Murray) : 

i.  Priscilla-Boi/d,  b.  July  8,  1805;  d.  October  28,  1877,  at 
Carlisle,  Pa.;  m.  Andrew  Comfort,  b.  October,  1800;  d. 
April  3, 1845;  and  had  issue  (surname  Comfort) : 

1.  Ann-Parker. 

2.  Mary-Murray. 

3.  George-Andrew. 

4.  William- 31urr ay,  h.  June  10,1834;  d.  April  12, 

1855, s.  p. 

5.  Boyd-Simison,  died  in  infancy. 

6.  Catharine-Elizabeth,  died  in  infancy. 

7.  Henry-Duffield. 

8.  Alexander-Gregg. 

a.   William,  b.  August  5, 1807  ;  died  in  infancy. 
Hi.   Willia  -'  -Boyd,  b.  September  4,  1808  ;  m.  Margaret  Parker 
Fleming;  and  had  issue  (surname  Murray) : 
1.  Mar qaret- Fleming. 

XIX.   Mary  p£™k;4  "('Alexander,  ^  John,  2  Richard,  i)  b. 
1789,  at  Carlis-le,  Pa.  ;  d.  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  ;  m.  Gen.  Wilijam 


626  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

iv.  Charles- Gregg,  b.  October  14,  1810  ;  m.  Margaret  Blair,  b. 
October  31, 1819  ;  and  had  issue,  (surname  Murray) : 

1.  Charles- Samuel;  m.  and  had  issue. 

2.  Talhot-Chamhers\  ra,  and  had  issue. 

V.  George,  b.  December  27,  1812;  d.  December  8.  1884;  m. 
Elizabeth  Baker;  b.  February  22,  1818;  d.  August  6, 
1865;  and  had  issue,  all  died  in  infancy. 
25.     vi.  Joseph- Alexander,  b.  October  2,  1815;  m.,  first,  Ann  Hays 
Blair  ;  secondly,  Lydia  Steele  Foster. 
vii  Nancy-Denny,  b.  September  26, 1817 ;  d.  August  26, 1818. 

XYII.  Parker  Campbell, ^  (Elizabeth. ^  John, 2  Ricli- 
ard,i)  k  1768  at  Carlisle,  Pa.;  d.  July  30,  1824,  at  Washing- 
ton, Pa.  He  studied  law  at  Carlisle,  where  he  was  admitted 
to  practice,  and,  in  179-1,  removed  to  Washington,  Pa.,  being 
admitted  to  that  bar  at  the  December  term  of  court.  He  was 
considered  the  most  brilliant  lawN^er  of  his  day,  and  the  old 
records  of  the  courts  of  Western  Pennsylvania  show  that  he 
was  extensively  engaged  in  the  trial  of  most  of  the  causes  in- 
stituted. He  was  particularly  eloquent.  He  served  as  a  vol- 
unteer aid  to  General  Adamson  Tannehill  in  the  war  of  1812, 
on  the  Niagara  frontier.  Parker  Campbell  m.  Elizabeth 
Calhoun,  of  Chambersburg,  Pa.,  who  d.  in  1846,  at  New  Or- 
leans, La.     They  had  issue  (surname  Campbell) : 

i.  Nancy  ;  d.  1871 ;  m.  Samuel  Lyon  (see  Lyon  record.) 

a.  Elizabeth;  d.  1828;  m.,  first.  William  Chambers,  of  Cham- 
bersburg, Pa. ;  secondly,  John  S.  Brady,  of  Washington, 
Pa. 

Hi.  Eleanor;  d.  1872;  m.  John  Ritchie,  of  Washington,  Pa.; 
d.,  at  the  age  of  seventy,  in  Texas. 

iv.  Francis;  d.  1844;  unm.;  an  attorney-at-law. 
V.  John. 

vi.  Parker,  b.  in  1815;  d.,  1880,  at  Richmond,  Va.;  a  civil  en- 
gineer and  banker;  m.  Isabella  Sprigg,  b.  1823;  d.  1876  ; 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Amelia  Sprigg;  and  had  issue 
(surname  Campbell) : 

1.  Samuel- Sprigg,  b.  1846;   broker,  of  Richmond, 

Va. 

2.  Elizabeth- Calhoun,  h.  1848;  m.  Major  Channing 

M.  Bolton,  late  C.  S.  A.,  a  civil  engineer. 
..  ._.    MARY    ff^f,Manom,h.W54:;   m.   April  l(),J^8er«a,r)     b. 
March  5,  1778;    d.  April  10,  18457 m' Carlisle,  Penn'a;  m., 
June  21,  1804,  at  Carlisle,  Pa.,  by  Rev.llobert  Davidson,  D. 


Parker  and  Denny.  527 

XVIII.  Nancy  Campbell, 4  (Elizabeth,^  John,^  Richard, i) 
b.  about  1770 ;  m.  Robeet  Tate,  b.  about  1768.  Thej^  had 
issue  (surname  Tate) : 

i.  Elizabeth,  h.  1792;  m.  Thomas  Larrimer. 
a.  Mary,  h.  1794;  m.  John  Wish  art,  of  Wasliiiigton,  Pa.,  b. 
1780,  in  Thornhill  Parish,  Perthshire,  Scotland;  d.  June 
19, 1864 ;  tlie  son  of  Dr.  David  Wisliarl,  who  emigrated  to 
America  in  1796 ;  studied  medicine  with  his  father,  and 
graduated  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1808, 
shortly  after  locating  at  Washington,  Pa. ;  he  was  twice 
married  ;  by  first  wife,  Mary  Tate,  there  was  issue  (sur- 
name Wishart] : 

1.  Henrietta:  d.  s.  p. 

2.  Jane ;  m.  Alexander  W.  Acheson,  judge  of  Wasli- 

ington  county  courts. 

3.  David;   is  a  physician;  served  in  the  Rebellion 

as   a    lieutenant,    Twenty-second    regiment, 
Pennsylvania  cavalry  ;  m.  Sarah  Hastings. 

4.  Nancy;  d.  s.  p. 

5.  Bobert-Tale;  m.  Ellen  Oliver. 

6.  M(iry  ;  m.  Rev.  David  Lowrie,  of  Beaver  county. 

Pa. 

7.  Margarctta ;  m.  Alfred  G.  W.  Carter,  a  lawyer 

of  Cincinnati,  O. 
m.  Julianna ;  m.  John  Uncles,  and  had  issue  (surname  Uncles), 

John,  James,  and  Ann-Eliza. 

V.  Henrietta  ;  d.  August  19,  1859;  m.  Thomas  Gregg,  and  had 

issue  (surname  Gregg),  Robert,  John,  Mary,  cind  Thomas. 

V.  Sarah;    m.  Charles    Reemer,    and    had    issue    (surname 

Reemer),  James,    William-Francis,  Henry,    Catharine, 

Nancy,  Sarah,  and  Elizabeth. 

vi.  Samuel ;  accidently  killed  at  Bloody  Run  by  falling  from  a 

horse. 
vii.  Lzicinda ;  m.  John  McAlister,  and  had  issue  (surname 
McAlister),  Henrietta,  Elizabeth,  Corriclon,  Jesse,  Sarah, 
Mary-Jane,  and  Lucinda. 
via.  Nancy;  m.  William  Dennison,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Dennison),  Mary,  Elizabeth,  Ann,  Catharine,    William, 
and  Ellen. 
ix.  Jane;  d.  s.  p. 

X.  Margaret ;  m.  Rev.  William  D.  Smith,  D.  D.,  and  had  issue 
(surname  Smith),  James  and  Mary. 

XIX.  Mary  Parker, *  (Alexander,  ^  John,^  Richard,  i)  b. 
1789,  at  Carlisle,  Pa.  ;  d.  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa. ;  m.  Gen.  William 


528  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Robinson,  of  Allegheny  City ;  a  very  prominent  man  in 
Western  Pennsylvania,  and  the  first  mayor  of  Allegheny  City. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Robinson) : 

i.  James;  d.  unm. 

a.   William-0''llara:,  m.  and  ha.d  issue. 

in.  Alexander -P arker  \  m.  and  had  issue. 

IV.  Charles-IIcClure :,  d.  unm. 

V.  John  :  m.  and  had  issue. 

vi.  Francis-Prinyle  ;  m.  and  had  issue. 
vii.  Annie;  m.,  first,  Mr.  Blair;  secondly,  Mr.  Speer. 
via.  Mary-Parker;  m.  and  had  issue. 

ix.  Henry  ;  drowned  in  the  Allegheny  river  whilst  skating,  in 
his  twelfth  year. 

XX.  Eleanor  DuNBAK,^  (Jaue,^  Thomas,-  Richard, i)b. 
April  4,  1775  ;  d.  August  4,  1861 ;  m.  May  12,  1767,  John 
Creigh,  b.  September  13,  1773 ;  d.  November  7,  1848,  at 
Carlisle,  Pa.,  and  there  buried  ;  son  of  John  Creigh  and  Jane 
Houston  of  Silvers  Spring.*     He  was  educated  at  Dickinson 

*  TnoMAS  Creigh,  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  Creigli,  was  born  in 
Temple  Patrick,  near  Carrickfurgus,  Ireland.     His  father  was  a  rul- 
ing elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church  there.    Thomas  Creigh,  m.,  Sep- 
tember 22, 1740,  Janet  McCreerie.    He  died  in  Ireland,  but  tlie  widow 
followed  her  two  sons  John  and  Thomas  to  America  in  1791.    She 
died  January  10, 1797,  at  Carlisle,  Pa.    Thomas  Creigli  and  his  wife 
Janet  had  issue  (surname  Creigh) : 
2.        i.  John,  b.  August  25,  1741 ;  m.  Jane  Huston. 
ii.  Mary,  b.  1743;  m.  Hugh  Kirk paTficlfT" ' 
Hi.  Aynes,  b.  1745;  d.  July  10,  1799. 

iv.  Janet,  b.  1747  ;  d.  November  11, 1833,  in  Lewisburg,  Green- 
brier county,  Ya. ;  m.  Hugh  McCleary. 
V.  Thomas,  b.  March  7,  1762;  d.  December  2, 1847,  in  Lewis- 
burg, Greenbrier  county,  Va. ;  m.,  1801,  Margaret  Lynn 
Williams,  d.  October  30, 1854;  daughter  of  Capt.  Samuel 
Williams. 
vi.  Catharine;  m.  John  Tomb. 
II.  John  Creigh,  b.  August  25, 1741,  in  Ireland ;  d.  February  17, 
1813,  at  Carlisle,  Pa. ;  emigrating  to  America,  in  1761,  and  settled,  at 
first,  in  East  Pennsboro',  Cumberland  county.  Pa.,  afterwards  locat- 
ing at  Carlisle.    The  Revolutionary  war  coming  on ,  he  took  a  decided 
and  active  part  in  tlie  patriot  cause,  and  during  that  struggle  was 
quite  prominent  in  public  affairs.    He  was  in  the  Jersey  campaign 
of  1776,  and,  as  an  officer  of  tlie  State,  administered  the  oath  of  alle- 
giance to  all  persons  within  his  district.   He  married,  August  25, 1766, 


Parker  and  Denny.  529 

College,  graduating  in  1792,  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Samuel 
McCoskry,  of  Carlisle,  and  graduated  an  M.  D.  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania.  In  1795,  he  located  at  Pittsburgh, 
but  in  1799,  removed  to  Landisburg,  Perry  county,  Pa.,  where 
he  continued  nntil  1819,  when  he  returned  to  Carlisle,  where  he 
passed  the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  the  war  of  1812-14,  he 
enrolled  a  company  which  was  accepted  by  the  Governor. 
From  1827  to  1833,  he  was  a  trustee  of  Dickinson  College  and 
for  many  years  was  a  trustee  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  As 
a  physician  he  ranked  among  the  first  in  his  profession,  and 
had  a  large  and  laborious  practice.  Throughout  his  medical 
life  he  regarded  the  honor  and  virtue  of  the  medical  profession 
as  of  the  highest  character,  and,  as  far  as  his  influence  went,  he 
condemned  every  attempt  to  lower  the  status  of  that  profession. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Creigh) : 

26.      i.  John-Dunhar,  b.  April  26, 1797  ;  ra.  Caroline  E.  Williamson. 
ii.  liicharcl-Parker,  b.  December  8,   1793;  d.  September  23, 
1826;  unni;  studied  law  with  his  brotlier,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1825. 
m.  Jane-Eliza,  h.  November  22,  1800;  d.  April  17,  1803. 
iv.  Samuel,  h.  September  23,  180 J;  d.  September  10,.  1872,  in 
Miami  county,  Kansas;  buried  in  the  Quaker  burying 
ground  near  Ossawatomie  ;  studied  law  and  was  admitted 
to  the  Carlisle  bar  ;  in  1871,  removed  to  Kansas. 
V.  Mary,  b.  July  30,  1804;  d.  March  4.  1837  ;  m.  December  15, 
1831,  Tiiomas  B.  Jacobs,  and  had  issue  (surname  Jacobs) : 


^ 


'Jaxe  TIuston,  d.  October  31,  1808;  daughter  of  Samuel  Huston,  of 
East  Pennsboro',  Cumberland  county,  Pa.    They  hacf  issue: 

^.  Isabella,  b.  October  10,1767;  d.  June  28,  1848;  m.,  first, 

Samuel  Alexander;  secondly,  Robert  Evans. 
ii.   Thomas,  b.  August  16,1769;  d.  October  29,1809;  unm ; 
studied  law  under  Thomas  Duncan,  and  admitted  to 
practice,  July  2,  1791. 
Hi.  Samuel,  b.  October  2,  1771  ;  d.  August  21,  1836;  m.,  first 

Martha  Hunter  ;  secondly,  Jane  Mahon. 
iv.  John,  b.  September  13,  1773,  (see  Parker  record.) 
V.  Marii,h.  December  10,  1775;  d.  September  24,  1830;  m. 

John  Kennedy,  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court. 
vi.  Elizabeth,  h.  February  3,  1779;  d.  December  3,  1829;  m. 

Samuel  Duncan,  d.  1819. 
34 


530  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

1.  John-Creigh,  b.  March  13,  1833;  d.  August  21, 

1835. 

2.  James-(Jyrus,h.  June  15,1834;  d.  July  24,  1834. 
vi.  Eleanor-Jane,  b.  October  2,  1806. 

27.  vii.  Thomas,  b.  September  9, 1808;  m.,  first,  Ann  Hunter  Jacobs  ; 

secondly,  Jane  McClelland  Grubb. 

28.  viii.  Alfred,  b.  December  16, 1810  ;  m.,  first,  Sarah  .Jane  Cooke  ; 

secondly,  .Julia  Ann  Stepliensou. 
ix.  Williayn-Linn,  b.  June  21,  1813;  d.  April  15,  1866,  in 
Waynesburg,  Greene  county,  Pa  ;  learned  printing,  and 
subsequently  studied  medicine  under  bis  father ;  and 
settled  in  Waynesburg,  Pa.  ;  m.  October  15, 1846,  liachel 
Edwards,  b.  April  14,  1822;  d.  March  13,  1870,  and  had 
issue  (surname  Creigli) : 

1.  /j;ic/iar(Z-ParA;er,  b.  July  31,  1847;  resides  in  Ne- 
braska. 
X.  Isahella-Mateer,h.  May  15, 1814;  d.  August  9,  1815. 

XXI.  Mary  Parker,^  (Andrew,^  James, ^  Kichard,i)  b. 

about  1789 ;  d.  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.  ;  m.  Robert  Urie  Jacob. 

Thej  had  issue  (surname  Jacob) : 

i.  Jerman:   m.,  first,   Anna  Chapman;   no  issue;   secondly, 
Elizabeth  Wilson,  and  had  issue,  Robert,  m.  Mary  Long 
of  Huntingdon  ;  Mary,  and  Alexander-Wilson. 
ii.  Margaret;  m.  Di'.  Robert  Martin,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Martin) : 

1.  Andrew -Parker;  m.  Mary  Stansberry,  of  Phila- 

delphia, and  had  Btssie,  d.  s.  p  ,  and  May. 

2.  Samuel. 

Hi.  Andrew-Parker ;  m.  M.Elizabeth  Vanvalzah,  and  bad  is- 
sue, Harriet. 

iv.  Ellen-Doty  ;  m.  Dr.  John  I.  Marks,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Marks),  Catharine- J..,  m  John  McClure,  Jane,  and 
liohert-  Urie. 

V.  Catharine,  (twin) ;  m.  Lewis  T.  Watson,  and  had  issue 
(surname  Watson),  Charles- Parker,  Edwin,  d.  s.  p., 
Thomas-Urie,  Arthur- Wellesley,  Jermayi,  d.  s.  p.,  and 
Qouvernour-Kemble. 

XXII.  James  Parker, 4  (Andrew,  3  James,  ^  Richard,  ^ )  b. 
about  1793  ;  m.  Hannah  0.  Doty.     Thej  had  issue  : 

i.  Andrew;  d.  in  infancy. 

ii.  Joseph-Williams;  unm. 
Hi.  James-Gustine ;  d.  unm. 

iv.  Ellen-Doty ;  m.  F.  G.  Franciscus,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Franciscus) : 


Parker  and  Denny.  531 

1.  Ellen-Parker:,  d.  s.  p. 

2.  James-Parker. 

3.  Jolin-Tliom'pson. 

4.  Kate-Parker. 

5.  William-Mortimer  \  cl.  s.  p. 

6.  Lewis-Pascault ;  d.  s.  p. 

7.  Harry-Doty  ;  d.  s.  p. 

8.  Josepli-Ormsby  \  d.  s.  p. 

9.  Francis-Carson  \  d.  s.  p. 
■y.  Rohert-TJrie ;  d.  unm. 

131.  Bichard-C. ;  m.  Ellen  Morgan,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  and 

had  issue,  Caroline  and  James. 
vii.  Boswell- Southard ;  d.  unm. 

viii.  Margaret-Urie\  m.  Homer  Benedict,  deceased;  and  had 
issue  (surname  Benedict)  : 

1 .  Margaret ;  m.  S.  Charles  Knight,  of  Glenlock,  Pa. 
ix.  Catharine- Jacob ;  m.  Dr.  George  Hoover,  deceased ;  and  had 
issue  (surname  Hoover) : 
1.  Hannah-Parker. 
X.  Alvin-Boyd,. 

xi.  Thomas-Davidson \  m.  Margaret  Lawrence;  no  issue. 
xii.  Henry- Wilson;  d.  in  infancy. 
xiii.  Jerman-Jac(,b;  m.  Annie  McUoy,  and  had  issue: 

1.   Charles-McCoy.  \ 

XXIII.  Elizabeth  Parker,  ■*  (Andrew,-'*  James,  ^  Richard,^ ) 
b.  April  3.  1797 :  d.  Februarj  2,  1860 ;  m.  William  Miller 
Henderson,"^  b.  Maj  28,  1795;  [November,  1885,]  is  still 
living  in  reasonably  good  health  and  very  cheerful.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Henderson) : 

i.  James-Wilson  ;  m.  Jane  B.  Alexander,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Henderson) : 

1.  Samuel- Alexander. 

2.  William- Miller. 
ii.  Andrew-Parker . 

Hi.  Bohert-Miller,  h.  March  11,  1827;  graduated  from  Dickin- 
son College ;  studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Car- 
lisle bar;  served  in  the  Legislature,  1851-52;  in  the  war 
of  the  Rebellion,  was  a  captain  in  the  Seventh  Pennsyl- 
vania lieserves;  promoted  lieutenant  colonel ;  after  the 
second  Bull  Run  battle,  being  tlien  severely  wounded,  he 
resigned  ;  was  breveted  brigadier  general  for  meritorious 

*His  father,  Matthew  Henderson,  d.  .July  19,  1836,  aged  about 
seventy  years;  and  his  mother,  Margaret  Henderson,  d.  April  16, 
1841,  aged  eighty-two  years. 


532  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

conduct ;  subsequently  accepted  the  office  of  provost 
marshal  of  the  Fifteenth  district  of  Pennsylvania ;  was 
appointed  president  judge  of  the  judicial  district  of  Dau- 
phin and  Lebanon  ;  which  position  lie  filled  several  years 
with  distinguished  ability,  and  then  resigned  ;  resides  at 
Carlisle,  Pa.,  engaged  in  his  profession  ;  he  m.  Margaret 
Webster,  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Henderson) : 

1.  William- M. 

2.  John- Webster. 

3.  Margaret- Thornhury. 

4.  Elizabeth-Parker. 

5.  Eobert-Miller. 

6.  Rebecca. 

7.  Robert-M. ;  d.  in  infancy. 
10.  Sarali-Elleri . 

V.  Margaret;   m.  John  C.  Hager,  and  had  isssue . (surname 
Hager) : 

1-.  Elizabeth-Henderson. 

2.  Catharine. 

3.  Cecilia- Ellmaker. 

4.  Margaret-H. 

5.  John-C. 

6.  Sarah-E. 

7.  William- Henderson. 

8.  Edward-Townsend. 
vi.  Rebecca. 

vii.  Harriet- Seeley  \  d.  s.  p. 
via.   William-Matthew  ;  d.  s.  p. 
ix.  Richard-Parker. 

XXIV.  Andrew  Parker,'*  (Andrew, ^  James, ^  Richard, i) 
b.  May  21,  1805,  in  Cumberland  county.  Pa. ;  d.  January  15, 
1864,  in  Mifflintown,  Pa.  He  was  educated  at  Dickinson  Col- 
lege, Carlisle,  graduating  in  1824 ;  studied  law  under  Andrew 
'.Carothers,  and  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1826.  He  soon  after 
commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Lewistown,  Pa., 
and  subsequently  appointed  deputy  attorney  general  for  Mif- 
flin county,  removing  to  Mifflintown,  the  then  county  seat, 
where  he  resided  until  his  death.  He  served  as  a  representa- 
tive in  Congress,  from  1851  to  1853.  He  was  an  able  lawyer, 
and  his  practice  and  reputation  extended  to  all  the  neighboring 
counties.  Mr.  Parker  m.,  April  26,  1831,  Ann  Eliza  Doty. 
'  They  had  issue : 


Parker  and  Denny.  533 

i.  Ezra-Doty^  b.  April  15, 1833;  resides  at  Mifflintown,  Pa.; 
m.,  February  12, 1863,  Mary  McDowell  Hamilton,  d.  No- 
vember 25, 1864,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Andreio^  b.  November  19,  1863. 

2.  James-Frow,  b.  November  20, 1864 ;  d.  in  infancy. 
Mr.  Parker  m.,  secondly,  October  18, 1866,  Jennie  Howard 

Vanvalzah,  and  had  issue  : 

3.  Harriet-Howard,  b.  November  10,  1867. 

4.  Rebecca  Cloyd,  b.  November  10,  1869. 

5.  T lwmas-Vanvahah,h.  September  29, 1871. 

6.  Edmund- Southard,  b.  February  28,  1874. 

n.  James-  Williams,  b.  January  29, 1835  ;  d.  November  13, 1838. 
Hi.  Rebecca- Cloy d,  b.  August  12, 1837  ;  resides  at  Eidley  Park, 
Pa. ;  m.,  November  10, 1869,  David  R.  B.  Nevin,  and  had 
issue  (surname  Nevin)  : 

1.  31ay-Pierce,  b.  November  19, 1871. 

2.  Andrew- Parker,  b.  April  6,  1873. 

iv.  Edmund- Southard,  b.  October  25,  1839 ;  resides  in  Mifflin- 
town, Pa. ;  m.,  February  23, 1865,  Mary  Isabella  Wilson, 
and  had  issue : 

1.  Mary-Wilson,  b.  November  23, 1865  ;  d.  August 

4,  1866. 

2.  Anna-Eliza,  b.  January  12, 1867. 

3.  William-Wilson,  b.  August  18,  1868. 

4.  Edmund-Southard,  b.  November  13,  1869. 

5.  Isabella-Jane,  h.  November  19, 1870. 

6.  Ezra-Doty,  b.  August  15, 1872. 

7.  Helen-Wilson,  b.  November  21,  1873. 

8.  Brainard-  Warner,  b.  January  26, 1875. 

9.  Lucy-Wilson,  b.  May  8, 1876. 

10.  Ruth-Evelyn,  h.  March  4,  1879  ;  d.  Dec.  3,  1882. 

11.  Andrew,  b.  February  1,  1883. 

V.  Margaret-  Williams,  b.  October  25, 1841 ;  d.  December  22, 

1842. 
vi.  Thomas-Urie,  b.  December  4, 1843 ;  resides  at  Mifflintown, 

Pa. ;  m.,  Decembers,  1865,  Mary  Charlotte  Martin  ;  and 

had  issue : 

1.  Catharine-Martin,  b.  August  1, 1868. 

2.  Thomas-Urie,  b.  June  29,  1870. 

vii.  Mary-Jacob,  b.  May  16. 1846  ;  m.,  February  29,  1873,  .Brain- 
ard H.  Warner;  reside  in  Wasliington,  D.  C,  and  had 
issue  (surname  Warner) : 

1.  Julia,  b.  November  23, 1873  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

2.  Bessie,  (twin,)  b.  November  23, 1873. 

3.  Brainard-H.,  b.  June,  1875, 

4.  Anna-Parker,  b.  September,  1876. 

5.  Mary-Jacob,  b.  July,  1879. 


534  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

viii.  Ann-Eliza,  b.  August  25,1848  ;  m.,  March  14, 1878,  Robert 
McMeen,  of  Mifflintown,  Pa,.,  and  had  issue  (surname 
McMeen) : 

1.  Andrew-ParTcer,  b.  December  9, 1883. 

ix.  Andreiv,  b.  November  19, 1850  ;  d.  May  27, 1852. 
X.  James- Andrew,  b.  November  15, 1852 ;  d.  February  24, 1853. 
xi.  ElUn-Elizaheth,  b.  December  11,1854;  d.  January  26,1859. 

XXV.  Joseph  Alexander  Murray,^  (Marj^  [Denny,'] 
Agnes, -^  John, 2  Richard,!)  b.  October  2,  1815,  at  Carlisle,  Pa. 
His  preparatory  education  bad  been  acquired  in  his  native 
place  and  elsewhere,  and  in  August,  of  1837,  he  graduated  from 
the  Western  University  of  Pennsylvania,  at  Pittsburgh.  In 
the  autumn  of  the  same  year,  he  entered  the  Western  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  in  Allegheny,  Pa.,  and  from  it  he  graduated 
in  the  autumn  of  1840.  In  October,  of  the  same  year,  he  was 
licensed  to  preach  the  Oospel  by  the  Presbytery  of  Ohio,  which 
then  embraced  the  churches  in  and  about  Pittsburgh.  Soon 
afterwards,  he  received  invitations  to  visit  vacant  churches,  and 
accepted  one  to  preach  at  Marion,  Ohio.  This  church  he  sup- 
plied for  six  months,  from  December,  of  1840,  to  May,  of  1841, 
inclusive,  but  finally  declined  a  unanimous  call  to  become  its 
pastor.  He  then  visited  his  native  place,  and  in  October,  of 
1841,  he  received  and  accepted  a  call  to  the  united  congrega- 
tions of  Monaghan  (Dillsburg)  and  Petersburg,  and  was  ordained 
and  installed  pastor  of  the  same  by  the  Carlisle  Presbytery  in 
April,  of  1842.  This  relation  happily  and  usefully  subsisted 
for  about  eighteen  3-ears.  During  his  pastorate,  the  present 
church  edifice  was  erected  at  Dillsburg.  For  years  he  served 
there  also  as  school  director,  and  president  of  the  board.  Dur- 
ing the  same  period,  several  invitations  had  been  received  to 
churches  in  other  places,  but  declined.  Finally,  however,  in 
consequence  of  impaired  health,  he  resigned  the  charge;  the 
pastoral  relation  was  dissolved  in  October,  of  1858,  and  he  then 
retired  to  Carlisle.  His  health  never  afterwards  permitted  him 
to  undertake  the  active  work  and  assume  the  responsibilities  of 
a  settled  pastor,  but  he  supplied  several  churches,  often  filled 
vacant  pulpits,  and  assisted  his  clerical  friends.  Of  all  those 
ministers  who  belonged  to  the  venerable  Presbj^-tery  of  Carlisle, 


Parker  and  Denny.  585 

in  1842,  when  he  joined  it,  there  are  now  but  two,  including 
himself,  who  are  still  in  connection  with  it.  On  four  different 
occasions  he  had  been  sent  by  his  Presbytery  as  a  commissioner 
to  the  General  Assembly — in  1844,  1861,  1865  and  1875.  On 
the  last  occasion  he  had  also  been  chosen^  by  his  synod,  wnth 
Hon.  H.  W.  Williams,  to  defend,  if  necessary,  a  decision  of 
said  body  before  the  General  Assembly,  and  in  this  highest 
church  court  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  Judicial  Committee. 
In  1876,  he  was  chosen,  by  acclamation,  moderator  of  the  Synod 
of  Harrisburg.  In  1869,  his  alma  raater  conferred  on  him  the 
honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity.  In  1870,  he  was  elected 
a  corresponding  member  of  the  Numismatic  and  Antiquarian 
Society  of  Philadelphia.  In  1873,  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania.  In  1880,  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  American  Philosophical  Society  at 
Philadelphia.  He  is  president  of  the  Cumberland  County 
Bible  Society,  secretary  of  the  Historical  Association  of  Car- 
lisle, &c.  Several  of  his  discourses  and  addresses  have  been 
published.  He  has  frequently  contributed  to  some  of  the 
periodicals  of  our  country — literary,  historical,  and  religious — 
in  which  work  he  still  continues,  as  well  as  preaches  and  min- 
isterially officiates  whenever  desired  and  is  able  to  do  so.  But, 
in  no  instance,  would  he  ever  consent  to  accept  of  any  work  or 
position  that  would  interfere  with  his  high  calling  and  character 
as  a  minister  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ.  Rev.  Dr.  Murray 
was  twice  married  ;  m.,  first,  April  25, 1843,  Ann  Hays  Blair, 
daughter  of  Andrew  Blair,  b.  May  6,  1819 ;  d.  September  14, 
1875,  at  Carlisle,  Pa.,  and  had  issue  (surname  Murray) : 

i.  Mary-Mizaheth,  b.  February  11, 1S48  ;  m.,  January  2. 1868, 
Charles  F.  Himes,  Ph-D. ;  b.  June  2,  1838,  in  Lancaster 
county,  Pa. ;  be  p;raduated  at  Dickinson  College  in  1855 ; 
a  teacher  until  1860;  professor  of  mathematics  in  Troy 
University  from  1860  to  1863 ;  from  1863  to  1865  engaged 
in  scientific  etudies  at  the  University  of  Giessen,  Ger- 
many, and,  in  the  latter  year,  entered  upon  the  position 
occupied  until  recently — professor  of  natural  science  in 
his  alma  mater,  but  now  that  of  physics,  and  the  senior 
professor  in  the  college.  As  a  scientist,  lie  deservedly 
holds  a  front  and  honorable  rank,  and  has  made  frequent 


536  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

contiibutions  of  a  scientific  and  educational  cliaracter, 
among  tliem,  "Leaf  Prints,"  "The  Stereoscope," 
"  Wills'  Tables  for  Qualitative  Chemical  Analysis, 
Translated  and  Enlarged,"  "Bunsen's  Flame  Reac- 
tions," "  Methods  and  Results  of  the  Observations  of 
the  Total  Solar  Eclipse  of  1869,"  "Photographic  Inves- 
tigations, including  Improved  Photographic  Toning 
Process,"  "  Preparation  of  Photographic  Plates  by  Day- 
light," "Actinism,"  and  articles  in  the  Annual  Becord 
of  Science  and  Industry,  from  1873  to  1877,  &c.  In  1879, 
published  "Historical  sketch  of  Dickinson  College." 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Himes  had  issue,  besides  tv\^o  children  died 
in  infancy,  (surname  Himes) : 

1.  Mary-Murray. 

2.  Anna- Magdalene. 

Rev.  Dr.  Murray  m.,  secondly,  October  2, 1879,  Lyuia  Steele 
Foster,  of  Philadelphia,  b.  March  9, 1836,  in  Carlisle  ;  daugh- 
ter of  Crawford  Foster.     They  reside  at  Carlisle.  Penna 

XXVI.  John  Dunbar  Creigh,^  (Eleanor^  [^Duyibar,'] 
Jane,  3  Thomas, 2  Eichard,i)  b.  April  26,  1797;  d.  June  4, 
1882,  at  San  Francisco,  California.  He  received  an  academical, 
collegiate,  and  legal  education  at  Carlisle,  Pa.;  studied  law 
with  Andrew  Carothers,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1819. 
Shortly  after,  he  located  at  Landisburg,  Perry  county,  Pa.  Fie 
continued  in  the  law  several  years,  but  subsequently  entered 
the  iron  business,  and,  for  a  long  time,  lie  managed  Stewart's 
and  Dunbar's  Furnaces  in  Fayette  county,  and  Caroline  Fur- 
nace in  Perry  county.  However,  he  returned  to  the  bar,  and 
practiced  in  St.  Louis  and  Pittsburgh,  eventually  locating  in 
San  Francisco.  He  liad  the  honor  of  filling  the  office  of  judge 
of  the  different  courts  in  that  city,  but,  at  the  end  of  his  term, 
declined  a  reelection,  preferring  to  return  to  his  profession,  in 
whicli  lie  continued  until  his  death — one  of  the  most  brilliant 
minds  at  the  California  bar.  Judge  Creigh  was  twice  married; 
m.,  first,  September  5, 1826,  Caroline  Ramsey  Williamson  ; 
d.  May  9,  1856.     They  had  issue  (surname  Creigh) : 

i.  John,  b.  October  30,  1828. 
ii.  Samuel- Williamson,  b.   January   13,   1831;    m.   Mary    P. 

Stanpole. 
Hi.  Thomas,  b.  March  80,  1833. 
iv.  uilfred-H..W.,h.  1838. 


Parker  and  Denny.  537 

V.  Isabella- Mary,  b.  1842;  m.,  first,  Col.  J.  Blanchard  Miles, 
killed  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  May,  1864;  sec- 
ondl3\  Thomas  C.  Fisher. 
vi.  Mlen-Dunbar,  b.  April  17,  1845;  m.  Wilson  Miller. 
vii.  Jane-Parker,  b.  1847  ;  d.  s.  p. 
viii.  Caroline- William  son,  (twin,)  b.  1847;  d.  s.  p. 

Judge  Creigh  m.,  secondly,  November  1,  1865,  Catharine 
J.  Phillips,  of  Philadelphia. 

XXVIT.  Thomas  Creigh,  ^  (Eleanor^  [Dunhar,]  Jane,  ^ 
Thomas,  2  Richard,  i)  b.  September  9,  1808,  in  Landisburg, 
Perry  county,  Penn'a ;  d.  April  21,  1880,  at  Mercersburg,  Pa. 
After  passing  through  the  grammar  school  connected  with 
Dickinson  College,  he  entered  that  institution,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1828.  Studied  theology  under  the  Rev.  George 
Duffield,  D.  D.,  of  Carlisle,  and  completed  his  theological 
course  at  the  seminary  at  Princeton.  He  was  licensed  to 
preach  by  the  Presbytery  of  Carlisle,  April  12,  1831.  On  the 
27th  of  September  following,  he  was  installed  pastor  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  at  Mercersburg,  Franklin  county,  Penn'a, 
and,  for  almost  half  a  century,  that  was  the  field  of  his  minis- 
terial labors.  He  filled  that  office  acceptably  to  the  people  of 
his  charge,  and  was  beloved  by  the  citizens  of  every  denomi- 
nation. He  was  a  faithful  messenger  of  the  gospel  of  Christ. 
Rev.  Dr.  Creigh  was  twice  married ;  m.,  first,  February  14, 
1833,  Ann  Hunter  Jacobs,  b.  July  3,  1809 ;  d.  October  16, 
1836.     They  had  issue  (surname  Creigh) : 

i.  John,  b.  December  1, 1833  ;  d.  April  17, 1861. 
ii.  James-Jacobs,  b.  November  25,  1835;  is  an  Episcopalian 
minister;  m.,  Jmie,  1865, Emma  Barber;  and  had  issue, 
Marij-Dunbar. 

Rev.  Dr.  Creigh  m..  secondly,  November  29,  1837,  Ji^NE 
McClelland  Grubb,  b.  May  21,  1809.  They  had  issue  (sur- 
name Creigh) : 

Hi.  Joseph-Brainerd,  b.  December  19,  1838  ;  d.  May  28, 1862. 

iv.  Thomas- Alfred,  b.  October  6,  1840;  m.  Mary  Vanlear 
Ii'vin,  and  had  issue,  Thomas;  reside  in  Omaha,  Ne- 
braska. 

V.   William,  b.  April  4,  1842;  d.  April  5,  1847. 

vi.  Lllen-Dunbar,  b.  April  13,  1845. 


538  Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 

XXVIII.  Alfred  Creigh,^  (Eleanor-^  \_Danhar,']  Jane,^ 
Thomas, 2  Richard,^)  b.  December  16,  1810,  at  Laadisburg, 
Perry  county,  Pa.  He  received  an  academical  and  classical 
education  at  Dickinson  College,  Carlisle,  where  he  graduated 
in  1830,  receiving  the  degree  of  A.  B.,  and,  in  1833,  that  of 
A.  M.  He  began  the  study  of  medicine  with  his  father,  and 
assisted  him  for  several  years  in  his  profession.  Turning  his 
attention  to  literary  pursuits,  he  published  several  historical 
works  of  value,  "Masonry  and  Anti-Masonry,"  "History  of 
Knights  Templar  in  Pennsylvania,"  two  volumes,  "  History  of 
Washington  county,  Pa.,"  and,  also,  a  "History  of  Greene 
county,  Pa."  In  1850,  the  University  of  Kentucky,  at  La 
Grange,  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  LL.  D.  For  almost 
fifty  years  he  has  been  prominently  identified  with  the  masonic 
fraternity.  Alfred  Creigh  was  twice  married  ;  m.,  first,  August 
5,  1811,  Sarah  Jane  Cooke,  b.  September  11,  1811 ;  d.  Oc- 
tober 8,  1842  ;  daughter  of  John  Cooke,  of  Berkeley  county,  Va.i 
and  Sarah  Swearingen,  daughter  of  Andrew  Swearingen,  of 
Washington,  Pa.     They  had  issue  (surname  Creigh) : 

i.  Mlen-Bimbar,  b.  September  30,  1842 ;  d.  s.  p. 

Dr.  Creigh  m.,  secondly,  September  10,  1811,  Julia  Anist 
Stephensoist,  b.  August  23,  1813 ;  daughter  of  William  Ste- 
phenson and  Margaret  Crawford.  They  had  issue  (surname 
Creigh) : 

ii.  iJUen-Dunhar,  (2d,)  b.  September  8,  1845. 
m.   Willinm- Thomas,  b.  September  21,  1848. 
it:  John-Wishart,  b.  July  30,  1850. 
V.  Mary-Margaret-Stephenson ,  h.  August  3,  1853;  d.  January 

14, 1854. 
vi.  James- Stephenson,  b.  February  28, 1855. 
vii.  Alfred-Richard,  b.  October  30, 1858;  d.  January  1,  1860. 


Roan  of  Derry.  539 


ROAN  OF  DERRY. 


I.  Aechibald  Roan./  a  native  of  ScotlaiKl,  settled  in  Gren- 
shaw,  Ireland,  about  the  year  1690  ;  he  was  a  weaver  by  trade, 
of  good  education,  and  a  Covenanter.  Of  his  children,  two 
came  to  America,  of  whom  we  have  record : 

2.  i.  Andreio^^'h.  1713  ;  m.  Margaret  Walker. 

3.  n.  John,  b.  1717;  m.  Anne  (Coclnan)  Leckey. 

II.  Andeew  Roan',2  (Archibald,i)  b.  1713,  in  Grenshaw, 
Ireland ;  d.  1768.  in  Derry  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin 
county.  Pa.  ;  emigrated  to  America  in  the  year  1739,  in  com- 
pany with  his  brother  Rev.  John  Roan.  He  was  a  weaver  by 
trade,  and  it  is  probable  from  this  fact  that  Webster  and  Sprague 
in  their  Annals  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  America,  state 
that  the  Rev.  John  Roan  was  a  weaver,  when  such  was  not 
the  case.  It  is  a  well-known  fact,  however,  that  among  the 
Scotch-Irish  settlers,  every  man  had  some  trade  or  occupation. 
Andrew  Roan,  at  his  death,  left  a  wife,  Margaret  Walker, 
who  did  not  survive  him  long,  and  children  as  follows : 

i.  Margaret,  b.  1737  ;  m.,  in  1755,  James  Barnett,  (see  Barneit 

record.) 
a.   William,  b.  1740 ;  removed  to  Tennessee,  there  married 

and  died. 
Hi.  Sally,  b.  1743. 
iv.  Hugh,  b.  1747. 
V.  Jenne/i,  b.  1753;  m.  Thomas  Foot. 

4.  vi.  Archibald,  b.  1755. 

III.  Rev.  John  RoAX,2  (Archibald, i)  b.  April  30,  1717, 
(O.  S.,)  in  Grenshaw,  Ireland ;  d.  October  3,  1776,  in  Derry 
township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin  county.  Pa.  He  received  a 
good  education,  and  emigrated  to  Pennsylvania  about  1740. 


540  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

He  entered  the  "Log  College,"  and  taught  school  on  the  Ne- 
shaminy  and  in  Chester  county  while  pursuing  his  theological 
studies.  He  was  licensed  by  the  "Newside"  Presbytery  of 
ISTew  Castle,  and,  in  the  winter  of  1744,  sent  to  Hanover,  Va. 
The  following  year,  (1745,)  he  was  settled  over  the  united  con- 
gregations of  Derry,  Paxtang  and  Conewago,  the  latter  having 
one  fifth  of  his  time.  The  minutes  of  the  synod  placed  Roan 
in  Donegal  Presbytery,  and  "  points  of  difficulty,"  says  Web- 
ster, "continually  arose."  Towards  the  latter  days  of  his  min- 
istry, Mr.  Roan  missionated  frequently  on  the  south  branch  of 
the  Potomac.  He  lies  interred  in  Derry  Church  grave-yard. 
On  his  tombstone  is  this  inscription  : 

Beneath  this  stone  \  are  deposited  the  Remains  j  of  an  ahle^ 
faithful  I  courageous  &  successful  \  minister  of  J esiis  Christ  \  The 
Rev'd  John  Roan  \  Pastor  of  Paxton^  Derry  &  Mount  Joy  |  Con- 
gregations I  from  the  year  1745  |  till  Oct.  3,  1775  |  ivhen  he  ex- 
changed I  a  Militant  for  a  triumphant  Life  |  in  the  69th  year  of 
his  Age. 

The  Rev.  John  Roan  m.,  August  21,  1750,  Mrs.  Akne 
(Cochran)  Leckey,  b.  March  25,  1724 ;  d.  April  22,  1788,  in 
Chester  county.  Pa.  ;  daughter  of  James  Cochran  and  Anne 
Rowan.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Isabella,  b.  July  8, 1751  ;  d.  November  27,  1758. 

5.  n.  Jane,  b.  May  3,  1753  ;  m.  William  Clingan. 
in.  Anne.,  b.  May  13,  1755;  d.  September  1, 1763. 

iv.  Alexander,  b.  April  7,  1757;  d.  September  10,  1757. 

6.  V.  Elizabeth,  b.  August  14,  1758;  m.  William  Clark. 

7.  vi.  Flavel,  b.  July  3,  1760. 

8.  vii.  Mary,  b,  March  24,  1764;  m.  Nathan  Stockman. 

lY.  Archibald  RoAX,  3  (Andrew, ^  Archibald,  ^ )  b.  1755, 
in  Derry  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin  county.  Pa.  Upon 
the  death  of  his  father,  in  1768,  he  was  placed  in  the  care  of 
his  uncle,  the  Rev.  John  Roan.  In  the  will  of  the  latter  this 
•  mention  is  made  of  him :  "I  also  allow  to  my  nephew,  Archi- 
bald Roan,  (in  case  the  above  persons,  the  Rev.  George  Duf- 
field  and  my  executors,  apprehend  him  religiously  disposed,) 
twenty  pounds  towards  his  college  expenses."     He  studied  law. 


Roan  of  Derry.  541 

and  removed,  to  Tennessee,  wliere  lie  obtained  a  license  to  prac- 
tice that  profession.  He  was  shortly  afterwards  appointed  dis- 
trict attorney  general,  and,  in  1795,  honored  with  the  position 
of  judge  of  the  Supreriie  Court  of  Tennessee.  From  1801  to 
1804,  he  was  Governor  of  that  State,  and  held  a  number  of  im- 
portant offices.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  education,  a  leading 
jurist,  and  an  honorable  citizen  of  the  State  of  his  adoption. 
He  d.  at  his  residence,  near  Jonesboro',  but  we  have  not  the 
date.  In  honor  of  him,  Tennessee  named  one  of  its  counties. 
Dr.  Ramsey,  the  venerable  historian  of  Tennessee,  and  presi- 
dent of  the  State  Historical  Society,  gives  us  the  following : 
"In  person,  he  was  about  six  feet  high,  tall  and  erect,  slender, 
graceful  and  dignified,  exceedingly  modest,  rather  taciturn, 
always  retiring  and  nnpretending — a  well-bred,  old  fashioned 
Virginia  gentleman  of  the  last  century.  The  color  of  his  eyes 
is  not  now  recollected.  A  little  scholarly  in  his  conversation, 
his  voice,  and  his  mien  and  general  manner — unostentatious  in 
his  charities  and  his  benefactions.  He  belonged  to  the  Presbyte- 
rian church,  and,  if  the  writer  mistakes  not,  was  an  elder  in 
Pleasant  Forest  church,  near  Campbell's  Station,  in  Knox  county. 
Like  Cincinnatus,  he  went  from  his  farm  to  his  seat  on  the 
bench  ;  from  the  plow  to  the  executive  office  at  Knoxville, 
Tenn.,  where  the  scepter  of  Judah  then  was.  He  was  the  sec- 
ond Governor  of  the  State  of  Tennessee,  and  the  immediate 
successor  of  Governor  Sevier,  who  was  the  first.  But,  unlike 
Sevier,  Governor  Roan  was  without  ambition.  He  had  no  as- 
pirations to  office  or  political  preferment ;  he  preferred  the  quiet 
of  home  and  of  domestic  life.  He  m.  a  Miss  Campbell,  of  the 
Virginia  Campbells.  He  had  three  sons.  James  became  a 
physician,  and  w^as  a  successful  practitioner  in  Nashville,  Tenn. 
Andreio.  it  is  supposed,  settled  there  too;  while  the  third  son, 
tlie  writer  believes,  went  west  and  died.  A  daughter  became 
the  first  wife  of  Colonel  Reynolds  A.  Ramsey.  ""  -)5-  *  * 
Much  more  might  be  said  for  Governor  Roan.  He  left  no 
stain  upon  his  high  and  honorable  character.  The  King's  En- 
glish is  too  feeble,  not  sufficiently  expressive,  to  describe  it  or 
portray  his  genuine  worth.  Another  has  used  another  language 
to  describe  him  truthfully — Integer  viiae  e  scelerisqae purus.'' 


542  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

y.  Jane  Roan,-''  (John,^  Archibald/)  b.  May  3,  1753,  in 
Deny  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin,  county,  Penn'a ; 
married,  June  11, 1778,  William  Clingan,  of  Chester  county, 
born  in  1756,  son  of  Thomas  Clingan  [1722-1788]  and  Mar- 
garet, his  wife.  In  Dunlap's  Pennsylvania  Packet  for  June 
17,  1778,  then  published  at  Lancaster,  during  the  occupation 
of  Philadelphia  by  the  British,  we  find  the  following  reference 
to  the  marriage  of  Jane  Roan,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  John  Roan, 
and  William  Clingan :  "  Was  married  last  Thursday,  (June 
11,  1778,)  Mr.  William  Clingan,  Jr.,  of  Donegal,  to  Miss  Jenny 
Roan,  of  Londonderry,  both  of  this  county  of  Lancaster — a 
sober,  sensible,  agreeable,  young  couple,  and  very  sincere 
Whigs.  This  marriage  promises  as  much  happiness  as  the 
state  of  things  in  this,  our  sinful,  world  will  admit.  This  was 
truly  a  Whig  wedding,  as  there  were  present  many  young  gen- 
tlemen and  ladies,  and  not  one  of  the  gentlemen  but  had  been 
out  when  called  on  in  the  service  of  his  country,  and  it  was 
well  known  that  the  groom  in  particular  had  proved  his  hero- 
ism, as  well  as  Whigism,  in  several  battles  and  skirmishes. 
After  the  marriage  was  ended,  a  motion  was  made,  and  heartily 
agreed  to  by  all  present,  that  the  young  unmarried  ladies  should 
form  themselves  into  an  association  by  the  name  of  the  Whig 
Association  of  the  Unmarried  Young  Ladies  of  America,  in 
which  they  should  pledge  their  honor  that  they  would  never 
give  their  hand  in  marriage  to  any  gentleman  until  he  had  first 
proved  himself  a  patriot,  in  readily  turning  out  when  called  to 
defend  his  country  from  slavery,  by  a  spirited  and  brave  con- 
duct, as  they  would  not  wish  to  be  the  mothers  of  a  race  of 
slaves  and  cowards."  They  removed  to  Buffalo  Valley,  where 
thev  resided  until  their  death.  Mr.  Clingan  was  a  prominent 
and  influential  personage  on  the  frontiers,  during  and  subse- 
quent to  the  war  of  the  Revolution.  He  died  May  24th, 
1822,  his  wife  surviving  until  May  7,  1838.  They  had  issue, 
(surname  Clingan): 

i.  lf«?-(/arei,  b.  October  18, 1779  ;  m.,November  15, 1798,  Jolui 

Scott. 
a.  John,  b.  April  26,  1781  ;  d.  September,  1841;   unra. 


Roan  of  Derry.  543 

m.  Annie,  \).  January  23,  1783;  d.  April  19,  1867;  m.,  March 

19,  1812,  Josepli  Lawson. 
v:.  Thomas,  b.  May  19,  1785;  d.  April  24,  1858;  m.,  in  1813, 

Margaret  Lewis. 
V.  Elizaheth^h.  January  13,1787;  d.  April  5, 1872;  m,,  March 

26.  1812,  Thomas  Barber. 
vi.  George,  b.  October  26,  1788;   d.  January  14,  1860;  m.,  in 

1817,  Eliza  Scott, 
m.  Flavel,  b.  March  18,  1795:  d.  October  17,  1876;  m.,  May 

25,  1819,  Mary  Scott,, 

VI.  Elizabeth  KoAjsr,^  (Johii,^  Archibald,  ^ )  b.  August 
14,  1758,  in  Derry  township,  Lancaster,  now  Daupnm,  county, 
Penn'a ;  m.  William  Clark,  a  native  of  Hanover;  an  early 
settler  in  Buffalo  ValleV;  where  he  died  in  1813.  She  was  his 
second  wife.     They  had  issue  (surname  Clark) : 

i.  lloan,  b.  June  9,  1788;  m.  and  left  issue. 
a.  ISaran.,  b.  November  19,  1789 ;  d.  May  9,  1857  ;  unm. 
Hi.   William,  b.  May  5,  1791 ;  d.  unm.  ^-' 

iv.  Flavel,  b.  February  9, 1793;  d.  March  6, 1858;  unm./^ 
V.  Margaret,  b.  November  18, 1794;  d.  unm,  y^ 

vi.  Walter,  b.  January  27,  1797  ;  m.  and  left  issue.  / 
vii.  James,  b.  September  18,  1799;  was  thrice  married;  died, 
suddenly,  at  Lewisburg,  Union  county,  Penn'a,  October 
22,  1864;  two  of  his  sons,  James-C.  and  Asbury,  are  dis- 
tinguished ministers,  the  former  a  Methodist,  tlie  latter 
a  representative  of  the  Presbyterian  faith  and  stock, 

YII.  Flavel  Roan,^  (John,^  Archibald, i)  b.  July  31, 
1760,  in  Derry  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin,  county, 
Penn'a.  After  his  mother's  death,  he  removed  to  Buffalo 
Valley,  where  two  of  his  sisters,  who  were  married,  had 
settled.  He  was  a  man  of  education,  bnt  quite  erratic  and 
never  married.  As  he  says  in  a  letter  to  his  cousin,  Sankey 
Dixon,  he  ''  served  three  years  as  sheriff  of  Northumberland 
county,  two  years  a  member  of  the  Assembly,  three  years  a 
county  commissioner,  and,  for  a  considerable  time,  captain  of 
a  rifle  companv."'  He  further  says,  ''the  sheriff  business  em- 
barrassed me  considerably,"  as  was  really  the  case.  He  subse- 
quently taught  school,  and  died  in  1817,  at  the  age  of  fifty- 
seven.  A  diary  or  journal  kept  by  him,  and  freely  quoted 
from  by  Hon.  John  Blair  Linn  in  his  admirable  Hi&tory  of  the 
Buffalo  Valley^  is  entertaining  reading. 


544  Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 

VIII.  Mary  Roan,^  (Jolm,^  Archibald,  i)  b.  March  26, 
1764,  in  Deny  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin,  county, 
Penn'a,  d.  December  24,  1847,  at  the  residence  of  her  son- 
in-law,  James  Sharpe,  at  Sharpsburg,  Allegheny  county,  Pa. 
She  m.,  October  10,  1789,  Nathan  Stockman,  b.  September, 
1763,  in  the  north  of  Ireland ;  came  with  his  parents  to  Chester 
county.  Province  of  Pennsylvania,  in  1765.  After  his  mar- 
riage, he  located  in  Buffalo  Valley,  from  whence  he  removed 
to  Beaver  Falls,  Beaver  county,  Pa.,  about  1801,  where  he 
died,  very  suddenly,  on  the  5th  of  April,  1812.  The}^  had 
issue  (surname  Stockman) : 

i.  James,  b.  ISTovember  4,  1791 ;  d.  May  10, 1844,  at  tSan  An- 
toijio.  Texas  ;  he  left  one  daughter,  who  married  Reeve 
Lewis,  and  resides  on  Lake  Providence,  La. 

n.  Annie,  b.  January  28,  1793;  d.  1878;  m.  Marli  Clark,  ol' 
Beaver  county.  Fa.;  they  liad  twelve  children. 

in.  Jok:i-Hoan.  b.  November  9,  1796;  d.  April  24,  1842;  mar- 
ried in  Pittsburgh,  but  subsequently  removed  to  Natchez, 
Miss.,  where  he  died  ;  left  eight  children,  five  of  whom 
survive,  the  daughters  in  Natchez;  a  son,  S.-Dryden 
Stockman,  in  New  Orleans,  and  John-It.  Stockman, in 
San  Francisco. 

iv.  Isabella,  b.  September  2, 1798  :  d.  August,  1873  ;  m.  James 
Sharpe,  of  Pittsburgh,  d.  March,  1861 ;  of  their  children 
(surname  Sharpe),  James-Stochman,  an  unusually  bright 
young  man,  died  while  a  student  at  Jefferson  College, 
Canonsburg,  Mary-Roan -Stockman,  Jane-Beltzhoover, 
John -Roan- Stockman,  Eliza-L.  m.  Clarke;  tlie  latter 
alone  survives. 
V.  Joseph,  b.  July  2,  1800;  d.  unm.  at  New  Orleans,  in 
March,  1835. 

vi.  Samuel,  b.  January  18,  1802;  went  South,  and  for  many 

years  was  never  heard  of. 
vii.  Laird-Harris,  b.  1804;  d.  s.  p. 

via.  Jane-Harris,  b.  April  5,  1807;  m.,  in  1823,  Daniel  Beltz- 
hoover,  of  Pittsburgh;  in  1832  removed  to  Natchez, 
Miss.;  they  had  five  children ;  Mrs.  Beltzhoover  resides 
in  Pittsburgh. 


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FAMILY  OF  ROBINSON. 


1.  Among  the  earliest  Scotch-Irish  settlers  in  Pennsylvania, 
was  the  family  of  Thomas  RoBiisrsoN,  ^  who  came  to  America 
prior  to  the  year  1730.  The  sons,  Andrew,  William,  and 
Richard  located  in  Derry  township,  then  Lancaster  county.  Pa.  ; 
the  others  in  the  adjoining  township  of  Hanover.  Thomas 
Robinson  d.  prior  to  1740.     He  had  issue,  among  others  : 

2.  i.  Philip,  b.  1698;  m.  and  had  issue. 

3.  u.  Andrew,  b.  1700  ;  m.  Agnes  Boal. 

Hi.  William.,  b.  1703  ;  little  is  known  of  him  or  liis  family,  and 
it  is  more  tlian  probable  that  they  went  southward  about 
the  year  1750. 

iv.  Bichard,  b.  about  1710  ;d.  in  February,  1768,  leaving  a 
wife,  Isabel,  and  children  liickard,  James,  John.,  Thomas., 
and  Eleanor ;  the  latter  probably  followed  the  tide  of 
emigration  into  Virginia  and  the  Caroliuas. 
V.  Samuel,  b.  about  1715;  took  up  a  tract  of  land  in  Hanover 
township,  in  1748. 

vi.  Thomas,  h.  about  1720;  m.  and  }iad  a  son  John,  to  whom 
he  deeded,  in  1767,  his  plantation  called  ISTewry,  in  Han- 
over township,  which  he  liad  warranted  to  him  in  1752. 
Nothing  further  is  known  of  either. 

II.  Philip  Robinson,^  (Thomas,^)  b.  about  the  year  1698, 
in  the  north  of  Ireland,  came  to  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania 
with  his  father's  family,  prior  to  1730.  His  name  appears  on 
the  first  tax  list  of  Hanover  township,  Lancaster  county.  He 
settled  with  his  family  on  Manada  creek,  near  the  Gap. 
During  the  Indian  war,  1755-1763,  there  was  a  fort  on  his  farm 
for  defence  against  the  Indians'  and  the  safety  of  the  settlers. 
His  sons  were  alread\-  grown  men,  for,  in  1755,  Gov.  Morris 
addressed  a  letter  to  Samuel  Robinson,  sending  with  it  one 
hundred  pounds  of  gun-powder  to  be  used  by  the  inhabitants 
of  Hanover  in  "  defence  of  themselves  and  their  country.''  Be- 
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side  tlieir  farm,  the  Robinsons  were  millers,  owning  a  mill  on 
the  Manada  at  the  Gap,  and  furnishing  supplies  to  the  govern- 
ment during  that  war.  Philip  Robinson  d.  in  May,  1770 ;  his 
wife's  name  is  unknown,  and  her  death  preceded  her  husband's. 
They  had  issue : 

4.  i.  Samuel,):).  1123;  m.  Jean  Snoddy. 

n.  T]iomas,h.  1725;  d.  December,  1780,  leaving  a  wife,  Jean, 
but  no  issue.  He  left  his  property  to/our  nephews,  wlio 
were  named  for  liim—  sons  of  Samuel,  George,  Agnes,  and 
Sarah,  his  brothers  and  sisters. 

5.  in.  George,  h.   1727;  m.,  first,  Mary  Martin;   secondly,  Ann 

Wylie. 
iv.  Agnes,  b.  1730;  m.  Robert  Robinson,  {.<ee  VI) 
V.  SaroJi,  b.  1732  ;  m.  Robert  Thompson  ;  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Thompson),  Thomas  and  Alexa>neler. 

III.  Andrew  Robinson, ^  (Thomas,^)  b.  about  1700,  in  the 
north  of  Ireland ;  d.  February  16,  1797,  in  Londonderry  town- 
ship, Dauphin  county;  m.  Agnes  Boal,  b.  1702;  d.  Decem- 
ber 28,  1792.     They  had  issue : 

i.  TJionias,.  b.  1729;  d.  August,  1758;  m.  Effy  Finney,  who 
subsequently  became  the  wife  of  Col.  Timothy  Green. 
Thomas  Robinson  left  issue  :. 

1.  Jane,  b.  1751;  m.  Robert  Sturgeon. 

2.  Mary,  b.  1753. 

3.  Elizabeth,  b.  1756. 

6.     n.  Robert,  h.  1732;  m,  Agnes  Robinson. 
Hi.  John. 

iv.  Mary;  m.  [Robert]  McCleary. 
V.  Elizabeth;  m. ' —  Henderson. 

IV.  Samuel  Robinson,  ^   (Philip,  ^  Thomas,  i)  b.  1723;  d. 
■;  m.  Jean  Snoddy,  daughter  of  William  Snoddy,*  of 


Hanover;  b.  1730;  d.  1769.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Mary  [Polly] ;  m.  Benjamin  Clarke. 
ii.  Joseph.  "  ■ 

Hi.  John  ;  m.  Jean  Thompson,  daughter  of  John  Thompson,  of 
Hanover,  and  had  John. 

*  William  Snoddy,  son  of  John  Snoddy,  d.  May,  1735,  in  Han- 
over, leaving  a  wife  and  several  children. 


Family  of  Robinson.  547 

ic.  Thomas ;     was  living  in   August,   1789 ;     m.   Jeau   Hay, 
daughter  of  John  Hay,  Esq.,  and  had  issue,  J(»/u},^)icZrew, 
Agnes.  Mary.,  tSarah,  Elizabeth  and  Juliann. 
V.  Samuel. 

Y.  George  Robinson, ^  (Philip, 2  Thomas,  ^)  b.  1727;  d. 
March  5,  1814.  He  settled  in  Cumberland,  now  Perry,  county. 
Pa.,  about  the  year  1755,  at  the  head  of  Shearman's  creek. 
He  was  c<^»missioned  a  justice  of  the  peace  by  the  Proprietary 
Government,  and,  during  the  Indian  wars,  had  a  fort  on  his 
farm,  into  which,  in  1756,  it  is  stated,  the  whole  of  the  inhab- 
itants of  Shearman's  valley  were  gathered.  He  served  in  the 
army  of  the  Kevolution,  though  nearly  fifty  years  of  age  when 
the  war  opened.  He  removed  to  Kentucky  in  1797,  whither, 
also,  eight  of  his  children,  with  their  families,  settled.  Here 
he  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-seven.  He  was  twice  married ;  m., 
first,  Mary  Martin";  secondly,  Ann  Wylie  ;  and  had  issue: 

7.  i.  Mary;  m.  Jolm  Black. 

8.  n.  John;  w.  Margai'etLqgan,. 

9.  m.  Margaret;  rn.  SamuelJLQgan. 

10.  iv.  Jonathan^h.  June  15,  1752;  m.  Jean  Black. 

11.  f.  Agnes;  m.  Janies  Fisher. 

oi.  Sarah;  d.  1801 ;  m.  James  Fergus,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Fergus),  James  and  George. 

vii.  Esther;  m.  James  Logan »  and  had  issue  (surname  Logan), 
George.  '  -  '  ' 

viii.  Mafthu;  m.  John  Crawford,  and  had  issue  (surname  Craw- 
ford), George  and  four  daughters. 

12.  IX.  George;  m.  Mary  Thorn. 

13.  X.   Thomas  ;  m.  Mary  Mc(Jord,, 

yj.  Robert  Robinson, ^  (Andrew, ^  Thomas,'')  b.  1732;  d. 

July  6,  1819;    m.  Agnes  Robinson,  b.  1730;    d.  ; 

daughter  of  Philip  Robinson,  of  Hanover.     They  had  issue: 

14.  ^".  Andrew,  b.  1760;  m.  Jean  Crain. 

ii.  Mary^h.  1763;  d.  January  11,  1797;  m.  John  Gray. 

15.  Hi.  Thoma.^,  b.  1765;  m.,  first,  Letitia  Moorhead  ;  secondly, 

Clark. 

io.  Elizabeth,  h.  1770;  m.  CiiarlesjCIark,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Clark),  Robert,  John,  Sarah  and  Andrew. 
V.  Robert,  b.  1774:  d.  January  5,  1814;  ra..  May  23,  1809,  by 
Rev.  Clarkson,  liachel  Skyles,  b.  March  14, 1789  ;  d.  March 
28,  1857  ;  and  had  issue: 

1.  jHorWe{-J^)ni,b.  August  7, 1811 ;  m.  1829,  by  Rev. 
Groh,  John  Logan,  b.  April  22, 1800;  no  iss  ne 


548  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

VII.  Mary  Robinson, *  (George, ^  Philip, ^  Thomas,^)  m. 
John  Black,  of  Shearman's  valley,  where  they  both  lived  and 
died.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Mary  ;  m. Ramsey. 

a.  Jane\  m. Meredith. 

Hi.  Abigail:,  m. -Carson. 

io.  Hetty;  m. Wiseman. 

V.  Iiebecca\  m. Matteer. 

vi.  John, 
vil.  Jonathan. 

via.  Robinson:,  m.  Eliza  N'oble. 
ix.  James:  m.  Mary  Koble. 
X.  Samuel;  m.  Mary  Nelson. 
xi.  George. 
xii.   William, 
xiii.  Thomas. 

YIII.  John  Robinson, ^  (George,  ^  Philip,  ^  Thomas,  i)  m. 
Margaret  Logan.     They  had  issue : 

i.  John, 
ii.  George;  m.  Logan,  and  had  two  daughters. 

IX.  Margaret  Robinson, ^  (George,  ^  Philip,  ^  Thomas,  i) 
m.  Samuel  Logan.     They  had  issue : 

i.  James. 
ii.  Samuel. 
Hi.  Hetty, 
iv.  Nancy. 

V.  Martin ;  m.  and  had  Catharine, 
vi.  Alexander;  m.  and  had  three  or  four  children. 
vii.  Mary;  m.,  first,  William  Anderson;  secondly,  Rev.  Ben- 
jamin L.  Bald  ridge. 
via.  Esther;  m.  Adam  Rankin. 

X.  Jonathan  Robinson, -^  (George,  ^  Philip,  =^  Thomas,  i) 
lb.  June  15,  1752 ;  d.  July  11,  1834,  near  Georgetown,  Ky., 

whither  he  removed  from  now  Perry  county.  Pa.,  in  1785. 
During  the  war  of  the  Revolution  he  served  as  a  captain  in  the 
Fourth  battalion  of  militia,  in  the  county  of  Cumberland,  and 
was  in  service  about  six  years.  He  m.  Jean  Black,  of  Perry 
.county,  Pa.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  John ;  d.  s.  p. 
16.     ii.  Mary  ;  m.  John  Robinson. 


Family  of  Robinson.  549 

Hi.  Abigail.] 

17.  iv.  George;  m.  Martha  McConnell. 

V.  Hetty  ;  d.  unm. 
vi.  Jonathan:,  d.  unm. 

vii.  Thomas  \  m.  Mary  McConnell;  no  issue. 
via.  Jane ;    m.    James    Dougherty,  and    had  issue   (surname 
Dougherty) :  Siclney-Jane. 
ix.  Margaret;  d.  unm. 
X.  Jolin-McCracken,  b.  1793;  d.  April  26,  1843;  m.  Mary  Kat- 

cliffe,  and  had  James  and  Margaret, 
xi.  Anne-Wylie;  m.  Francis  R.  Palmer,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name   Palmer) :    Jonathan,  Jane-Blade,    William,   and 
Charles. 

18.  xii.  James-Fisher,  h.  1800;  m.,  flrst,  Susan  Mansell;  secondly, 

Willina  S.  Herndon. 

XI.  Agxes  Robixso:n",4  (Greorge,^  Philip,  2  Thomas,  i)  m. 
James  Fisher.     Thej  had  issue : 

i.  Margaret;  m.  Rev.  William  Rainey. 
n.  iJefi!/;  m.  James  Logan,  and  liad  nine  children. 
Hi.  Marl)  [Molly];  m.  William  Logan ,  and  had  seven  child- 
ren. ;   - 

XII.  George  Robinson,^  (George, ^  Philip, ^  Thomas,^)  m. 
Mart  Thorn.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Thomas. 
ii.  Mary  [Polly] ;    m.   Francis  Leech,  and  had  a  son  and 

daughter.  ' 

Hi.  George ;  m.  and  had  two  sons. 
iv.  James  ;  d.  s.  p. 
V.  James  (2d). 
\:i.  John, 
vii.  Hetty, 
via.  Oliver  ;  d.  1819. 

XIII.  Thomas  Robinson,'*  (George, ^  Philip, ^  Thomas, 'i) 
b.  1773 ;  d.  July  12,  1830  ;  m.  Mary  McOord,  daughter  of 
William  McCord'^  and  Mary  McKinney.     He  resided  in  Perry 

*  William  McCord  was  a  native  of  Hanover  township,  Lancaster, 
now  Dauphin  county,  Pa.,  where  he  was  born  about  the  year  1742. 
He  died  in  Erie  county,  Pa.,  whither  he  removed  in  the  early  days 
of  that  county,  on  tlie  9th  of  September,  1806.  He  was  thrice  mar- 
ried ;  m.,  first,inl76o,MARYMcKiNisiEY,whod.  April  9, 1783.  They 
had  issue  (surname  McCord)  : 


550  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

county,  Pa.,  until  1798,  when  he  removed  to  Erie  county.  Pa. 
His  family,  with  some  families  of  the  McCords,  Blaines,  and 
Moorheads  were  among  the  first  settlers  of  that  region.  They 
were  all  from  Central  Pennsylvania,  and  settled  east  of  Erie, 
Pa.,  where  their  descendants  formed  a  large  community  of 
thrifty  and  intelligent  farmers,  organizing  two  Presbyterian 
churches.     Tliey  had  issue  : 

19.  i.   T^^7Z^■am-A)7fZre^«,  b.  .Tnly  20,  1795  ;  m.  iNancy  Cocliran. 

20.  n.  Hetty,  b.  Marcli  15, 1797  ;  ra.  Alvali  Barr. 

21.  in.  Wancy,  b.  April  8,  1799;  m.  William  Doty. 

22.  iv.  George- Washington,  b.  June  12,  1801;    na.,  first,  Matilda 

Willis  ;  secondly,  Pamela  Hubbard. 
V.  John,  b.  August  17,  1803 ;  d.  August  25,  1823 


i.  Joseph,  b.  January  9,  1766;  d.  February  7,  1813;  m.  Eliza- 

betli  McCord. 
ii.  John,  b.  December  5,  1767  ;  d.  February  13, 1839  ;  m.,  1795, 
Mary  Harkness,  b.  1775  ;  d.  1852;  daugliter  of   William 
Harkness,  of  Cumberland  county,  Pa. 
Hi.   William,  b.  March  15, 1769  ;  d.  January  5,  1796. 
iv.  Samuel,}).   October   16,   1770;  d.  September  20,1825;  m., 
April  19, 1798,  Mary  [Polly]  Blaine,  b.  September  30, 1773  ; 
d.  January  4,  1837  ;  daugliter  of  William  Blaine. 
V.  Grizelda,  b.  September  27,  1772;  d.  October  31,  1795;  m. 

John  Moi'rison. 
vi.  Mary,  b.  July  28,  1777  ;  d.  April  23,  1843  ;  m.  Thomas  Rob- 
inson. 
vii.  Eosanna,  b.  May  23,  1779;  d.  November  1,  1830  ;  m.  Alex- 
ander T.  Blaine,  b.  1776  ;  d.  February  18,  1817 ;  son  of 
William  Blaine. 
via.  Andrew,  b.  July  27, 1781  ;  m.  Rosanna  Bell. 
ix.  James,  b.  March  20,  1783;  d.  October  18,1865;  m.,  first, 
Susan  Davidson  ;  secondly,  Jane  Sturgis. 
William  McCord,  m.,  secondly,  Rachel  Scudder.    They  had  is- 
sue [surname  McCord)) : 

X.  David,  b.  July  22,  1786. 

xi.  Alexander,  b.  September  17, 1787  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Shrom. 
xii.  nohert,h.   October  17,   1792;  d.   March  6,  1826;  m.,  first, 
Lucy  Davidson,  d.  September  3, 1824;  secondly,  Margaret 
Woodburn,  d.  SeptcQiber  19, 1839. 
xiii.  Isaac,  b.  March  3,  1795;  d.  1849  ;  m.,  first,  Mary  Leman  ; 
secondly,  Hannah  McClellan. 
William  McCord,  m.,  thirdly, Patterson^. 


Family  of  Robinson.  651 

vi.  Mary-Ann,  b.  October  11,  1805;  d.  July  31,  1839;  m.  Ben 
jamin  Royce  Tuttle,  and  had  issue  (surname  Tuttle) : 

1.  E(lwin-Rush,h.lS2,0:  d.  December  27, 1863;  m., 

June  15,  1855,  Mary  Sherwood  ;  and  had  issue 
(surname  Tuttle) : 

a.  -KrfM-S/ierwoocZ,  b.  November  17,1858;  d. 
June  16,  1881. 

6.  ^7^«^■e-i?o&^■nso17,b.  September  5,1860  ;  m., 
April  30,  1885,  William  H.  Jeffers,  D. 
D.,  LL.  D.,  Prof,  of  Old  Testament 
Literature,  Ecclesiastical  History,  and 
History  of  Doctrines,  Western  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  Allegheny,  Pa. 

c.  Mary-Georgiana,  b.  May  19,  1863. 

2.  Thomas. 

vii.  Josepli-McKinney,h.  December  26,1808;  d.  December  23, 
1843  ;  m.  Sarah  Crosby,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Franldin-Case. 

2.  Francis-Mary ;  m.  Alexander  F.  Williams,  and 

had  issue  (surname  Williams),  Ella-Ophelia 
and  Annie-Sarah. 
viii.  Alexander -Hamilton.,  b.  May  3,  1811;  m.,  May,  1833,  Lo- 
mira  Willis,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Mary. 

2.  Lydia;  m.  James  L.  Angell,  and  had  issue  (sur- 

name Angell),  Harriet- Robinson. 

3.  Willis. 

4.  Hamilton. 

ix.  Eliza-McGord,  b.  August  13, 1813 ;  m.,  April  28,  1839,  Dyer 
Loomis,  and  had  issue  (surname  Loomis)  ^ 

1.  Mary-Eliza. 

2.  Joseph-  Warren . 

3.  George-Lamartine. 

X.  Samuel- Mc Cord,  b.  January  26,  1816;  m.,  August  14,  1838, 
Nancy  Townsend,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Mary-Louise,  b.  July  12,  1839. 

XIY.  Andrew  Robinson, 4  (Robert,  ^  Andrew,  ^  Thomas,  i) 
b.  1760  ;  d.  June  8,  1846  ;  m.  Jean  Grain,  b.  1765  ;  daughter 
of  Greorge  Grain  and  Jean  Sturgeon,  (see  Grain  record.)  They 
had  issue : 

i.  Nancy,  b.  April  4, 1791 ;  d.  December  15,  1876 ;  unm. 
ii.  George,  b.  March  23, 1793. 
Hi.  Bobert-B. ,  b.  December  15, 1794 ;  d.  February  26, 1834 ;  unm. 


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iv.  Joshua,  b.  January  20,  1796;    d,  December  27,  1874;    m. 
Kancy  Youtz,  and  had  issue : 

1.  WilUam-Crain;  ni.,  first,  Catharine  Stnrtz,  b. 

September  15,  1842;  d.  January  15,  1876;  and 
had  issue;  he  m.,  secondly,  Eliza  Grunden,b. 
January  23,  1846. 

2.  Eachel-Mary. 

23.     V.   William-Grain,  b.  June  29,  1797  ;  m.  Jennette  Lytle. 

vi.  Mary.h.  July  23,  1799;  d.  January  16,  1876;  m.,  March, 
1829,  John  Lemon,  b.  April  26,  1806  ;  d. ;  no  issue. 

XV.  Thomas  Robinson, ^  (Robert,-^  Andrew,^  Thomas, i) 

b.  1765  ;  d. ;  m.,  first,  Letitia  Mooehead.     They  had 

issue : 

i.  Robert, 

a.  James. 

Hi.  Eliza, 

iv.  Matilda. 

Thomas  Robinson  m.,  secondly,  Clark.     They  had 

issue : 

V.  Thomas-C. 

vi.  Charles- C. 
vii.  Sarah- Ann. 
via.  John, 
ix.  Agnes. 

X.  Mary, 
xi.  Andrew. 

XVI.  Mary  Robinson,  ^  (Jonatlian,^  George, ^  Philip, ^ 
Thomas, i")  m.  John  Robinson,  ^  (John,^  Samuel, ^  Philip, ^ 
Thomas.  ^ )     They  had  issue : 

i.  Jonathan., 
ii.  Nevcton. 
Hi.  Harvey.  i 

iv.  Jane;  m. Silvers. 

V.  Ann. 

XVII.  George  Robinson, ^  (Jonathan, *  George,-^  Philip, ^ 
Thomas,!)  m.  Martha  McConnell.     They  had  isssue: 

i.  Eliza-Jane ;  m.  Thomas  Price,  of  New  Orleans,  and  had 
issue  (surname  Price),  Eleanor,  m.  Dr.  Morse:  and 
Harry. 


Family  of  Bohinson.  553 

ii.   William. 
Hi.  Jonathan-Beack 
iv.  Fielding. 
V.  Giorge. 

XYIII.  James  Fisher  Eobinsojst, ^  (Jonathan,*  George,-'' 
Philip,2  Thomas,!)  b.  1800.  He  and  his  brother,  John  Mc- 
Ciacken  Robinson,  graduated  in  the  same  class,  Transylvania 
University.,  Lexington,  Ky.,  and  both  chose  the  profession  of  the 
law.  John  removed  to  Illinois  ;  became  distinguished  as  a  law- 
yer; served  two  terms  as  United  States  Senator,  1830-1842; 
was  a  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  that  State,  and  died 
while  on  the  bench  at  the  early  age  of  about  forty-seven. 
James  F.  became  equally  distinguished  at  the  bar  in  Kentucky  ; 
refused  political  honors  repeatedly,  being  offered  the  seat  that 
had  been  filled  by  Henry  Clay.  Upon  the  opening  of  the  Re- 
bellion, he  was  chosen  to  the  Kentucky  Senate ;  made  speaker 
to  meet  the  emergency  of  the  resignation  of  Grovernor  Magoffin, 
who  sympathized  with  the  secession  movement.  On  his  re- 
signation, Mr.  Robinson  became  Governor,  and  held  the  office 
with  great  ability  and  patriotism  during  the  most  trying  year 
of  the  war.  After  the  war,  he  resumed  again  the  duties  of  his 
profession.  He  married  twice;  m.,  first,  December  26,  1821, 
Susan  D.  Mansell,  d.  September  27, 1835.     They  had  issue : 

24.  i.  Emilia- Jane,  b.  July  14, 1827  ;  m.,  first,  John  B.  Burbridge ; 

secondly,  W.  S.  Downey. 

25.  ii.  James-Fisher,  b.  November  25,  1832;  m.  Molly  Wheeler. 

James  F.  Robinson  m.,  secondly,  March  21,  1839,  Willina 
S.  Herndon.     They  had  issue  :  ^ 

Hi.  Scott-Herndon,  b.  May  30,  1842. 

iv.  John-McCracken,  b.  May  30,  1844  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Pope. 
V.  George- Sidney,  b.  February  11, 1846 ;  m.  Florida  Johnson. 

vi.  Madison-Johnson,  b.  August  30,  1847. 
vil.  Stephen- Gano,  b.  1849;  d.  May  22,  1848, 
viii.   WiUa-Ewing,  b.  March  11,  1851. 

ix.  Philip-Eldon,  b.  October  26,  1853. 

X.  Stepken-Gano,  b.  December  29, 1859. 

XIX.  William  Andrew  Robinson, ^  (Thomas,'*  George, ^ 
Philip, 2   Thomas,!)   b.   July  20,   1795,  in   Cumberland,  now 


554  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Perry,  county,  Pa.;  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Erie  county, 
Pa.,  in  1798,  where  he  d.  March  10,  1871,  greatly  respected 
and  beloved  in  the  church  and  in  the  community  where  he 
passed  his  life.  He  m.,  March  9,  1820,  Nancy  Cochran,  b. 
December  22,  1797 ;  d.  March  22,  1884 ;  daughter  of  Alexan- 
der Cochran  and  Nancy  Martin.  Of  the  six  sons  from  this 
marriage,  five  became  bankers  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  four  of  whom 
carry  on  the  business,  the  other  having  deceased.  There  was 
issue : 

i.  Eosanna-Blaiue,  b.  August  14,  1821;   m.  Jolm  Davidson 
ficCord,  and  had  issue  (surname  McCord) : 

1.  Charles-Clifford. 

2.  Ella. 

3.  Mary-Bobinson-:,    m.,  October  10,  1878,  Joseph 

DeForest  Junkin,  of  Philadelphia,  and  liad 

issue  (surname  Junlcin) : 
a.  Joseph-DeForest,  Jr.,h.  November  9, 1879. 
ii.  AUxander-Cochran^  h.  November  6,  1822  ;  d.  December  31, 
1875;  with  his  brothers,  John  F.,  David,  William  and 
Samuel,  went  to  the  city  of  Pittsburgh  about  the  year 
1850,  and,  in  a  few  years,  united  in  forming  the  banking 
firm  of  llobinson  Bros.,  now  for  many  years  a  well- 
known,  honored  and  successful  house;  hem.,October 28, , 
1863,  Katharine  Mather  Ely,  b.  May  7,  1835;  and  had 
issue : 

1.  Alexander- Cochran^  b.  October  19,1864;  gradu- 

ated from    Western   University,   Pittsburgh, 
1882. 

2.  Selden-Marvin,  b.  November  20,  1866. 

3.  Eose-Lena,  b.  November  19,  1871;  d.  March  12, 

1876. 

4.  Philip-Ely,  b.  May  18,  1875. 

Hi.  John-F.^h.  March  19,1824;  a  banker  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.; 
resides  at  Sewickley,  Pa.;  m.  Philena  Alice  Livingston. 
iv.  Nancy-Martin,  h.  March  30, 1826;  d.  July  21, 1875;  m.  Dr. 
Alexander  Cochran,  and  had  issue  (surname  Cochran) : 
1.   William- Robinson,  b.  April  6,  1864;  graduated 
from  Western   University,   Pittsburgh,  1882; 
graduated  from  medical  department.  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania,  1885. 
26.      V.  Thomas-Hastings,  b.   January  30,  1828;    m.   Mary   Wolf 
Buehler. 


Family  of  Robinson.  555 

vi.  David  (twin),  b.  January  30, 1828;  has  for  years  been  es- 
pecially prominent,  not  only  in  bis  business,  but  in  the 
benevolent  and  religious  movements  of  the  city  of  Pitts- 
burgh :  he  is  now  director,  trustee  and  treasurer  of 
Western  Theological  Seminary,  one  of  the  oldest  and 
largest  educational  institutions  in  the  State;  is  unm. 
27.  vii.   William- Andrew,  b.  June  17, 1830;  m.  Alice  Blaine. 

via.  Sanmel' Martin,  b.  July  9,1833;  banker,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.; 
'    resides  at  Allegheny. 

XX.  Hetty  RoBiNSOJsr,^  (Thomas,*  George, ^  Philip, ^ 
Thomas,^)  b.  March  15,  1797;  d.  February  27,  1844;  m.,  Oc- 
tober 19,  1819,  Alvah  Bark  d.  March  10,  1861.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Barr) : 

i.  Mary-Ann,  b.  December  8,  1820;  d.  December  10,  1846; 
m.  William  Hilton  ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Hilton) 
Ella-M. 

ii.  Jidia-S.,  b.  September  11,  1823;  d.  February  1,  1846;  m. 
James  H.  Hubbard. 

Hi.  Martha,  h.  September  25,  1825;  m.  Wright  Murphy,  and 
had  issue,  (sui'name  Murphy)  Bohinson-Barr,  Martha- 
Charldite, and  Fannie-Ella. 

iv.  Milton-F.,h.  November  13, 1829 ;  m.  Catharine  Johnson; 
and   had   issue  Marga^etJUixma,    William- Milton,    Bo- 
bin  son-Lincoln,  FJetti&M^artha,  and  Oliver-Edwin. 
V.  Edwin-Thomas,  b.  December  22, 1832;  d.  July  15, 1853. 

vi.  BoMnson-A.,  b.  July  6,  1838;  m.  Nancy  Slocum  ;  and  had 
issue,  Hetty- Ann,  Edward-Bohinson,  George- Slocum,  and 
William-M. 

XXL  Nancy  Robinson, ^  (Thomas,*  George, ^  Philip, ^ 
Thomas,!)  b.  April  8,  1799  ;  d.  January  18,  1845  ;  m.,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1820,  William  Doty,  b.  1795;  d.  May  19,  1864. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Doty) : 

i.  Calvin- Bobin son,  b.   October   1,   1821;   d.   September   22, 
1860;  m.  Sarali  A,  Townsend ;  and  had  issue  Kate-Carroll, 
William-Henry-Calvin,  Sarah,  and  Emma-Frank, 
li.  Cordelia-Bobinson,h.  April  10,1825;  m.  John  S.  Annise. 
Hi.   William,  b.  June  12, 1834;  d.  November  9, 1834. 

XXII.  George  Washington  Robinson,^  (Thomas,* 
George, 3  Philip, ^  Thomas,  ^)  b.  June  12,  1801  ;d.  January  4, 
1877  ;  was  twice  married  ;  m.,  first,  March  16, 1825,  Matilda 
Willis.     They  had  issue : 


556  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

i.  Sarah-Matilda,  b.  November  29, 1826 ;  d.  1 863  ;  m.  Newton 
Truesdale;  and  had  issue  (surname  Truesdale),  George- 
Henry. 
a.  Joseph- Willis,  b.  May  25,  1829;  m.  America  Eobertson. 
Hi.  Josiah-  Whitney,  (twin,)  b.  May  25, 1829  ;  m.  Nancy  J.  Fer- 
guson ;  and  had  issue  Mary- MaW da  and  Jane- America, 
iv.  Edioin-Evans,  b.  December  8, 1833  ;  m.  Kosetta  J.  Bailey ; 
and  liad  issue,  William-E. 

George  W.  E-obinson,  m.,  secondly,  December  25,  1838, 
Pamela  Hubbard  ;  d.  December  19,  1876.     No  issue. 

XXIir.  William  Craijst  Robinson, ^  (Andrew,^  Robert,-'^ 
Andrew, 2  Thomas,'')  b.  June  29,  1797;  d.  December  11, 
1879  ;  m.,  March  18,  1829,  Jennette  Lytle,  b.  June  3,  1802  ; 
d.  April  25,  1881.     They  had  issue : 

28.      i.  Martha-Jean,  b.  May  24,  1830;  m.  George  Eoss. 

a.   Willia7n-Crain,h.  Marcli  16,  1832  ;  d.  November  28,  1859  ; 

nnm. 
Hi.  Christiana-Lytle,  b.  May  23.1834  ;  m.,  January  19, 1865,  by 
Eev.  Andrew  D.  Mitchell,  Adam  Detweiler,b.  February 
5,  1839 ;  no  issue. 
iv.  Grace-Li/tle,  b.  September  28, 1836;  m.,  February  22,  1866, 
by  Eev.  Andrew  D.  Mitchell,  John  B.  Bomberger,  b. 
March  10, 1833  ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Bomberger) : 

1.  William-Fohiiison,  b.  November  21,  1866. 

2.  J'ennette-Jiohinson,  b.  Aiigust  1,  1868. 

3.  Martin-Ehy,  b.  April  19,  1870. 

4.  Grace-i?en7ieW,b.  August  16, 1874;  d.  December, 

1880. 
V.  Sanford-B.,  b.  December  1,  1838;   m.,  October  26,  1872, 
Louisa  Catharine  Maulfair,  b.  March  2,  1850;  and  had 
issue : 

1.  Ma.ry -Jennette,  b.  April  7,  1873. 

2.  Grace- Ann,  b.  December  2,  1875  ;  d.  February  2, 

1877. 

XXrV.  Emilie  Jane  Robinson, <5  (James, ^  Jonathan, ^ 
George, 3  Philip, ^  Thomas;  ^)  m.,,  first,  John  B.  Buebridge, 
and  had  issue;  secondly,  William  S.  Downey;  no  issue: 

i.  John. 

a.  Susan-Bohinsoii ;  m.  Lewis  B.  Grigsby. 
Hi.   WilUna-Barnes  ;  m.  James  Barclay. 
iv.  Mary-Shrever. 


Family  of  Robinson.  557 

XXy.  James  Fisher  Robinson,*'  (James, ^  Jonathan,^ 
George, 3  Philip, ^  Thomas;  i)  m.  Molly  Wheeler.  They 
had  issue : 

i.  James- Wheeler, 
ii.  Ahiijail. 
Hi.    Willie-Braxton . 
iv.  Thomas- Man  sell. 

XXYI.  Thomas  Hastings  Robinson,  ^  ( William- Andrew,  ^ 
Thomas,^  George, ^  Philip, 3  Thomas, i)  b.  January  30,  1828, 
in  North-East  township,  Erie  county,  Pa.  He  entered  Oberlm 
College,  Lorain  county,  Ohio,  in  1846,  having  prepared  in  the 
preparatory  department  of  the  same  institution,  and  graduated 
in  1850,  pursuing  the  full  course.  During  his  college  vacations 
lie  taught  in  public  and  select  schools,  and,  for  a  year  or  more 
after  his  graduation,  be  was  principal  of  the  academy  at  Ashta- 
bula, Ohio,  and,  for  six  months,  principal  of  the  Normal  School  at 
at  Farmmgton,  in  that  State.  He  entered  the  Western  Theologi- 
cal Seminary,  Allegheny,  Pa.,  in  1851,  graduating- in  April,  1854. 
He  was  licensed  to  preacb,  by  the  Presbyter}"  of  Ohio,  June 
13,  1854.  and,  in  July  following,  was  called  to  the  colleague 
pastorate  of  what  is  now  known  as  the  Market  Square  Presby- 
terian church,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  as  an  associate  with  the  Rev. 
William  R.  DeWitt,  D.  D.  He  began  his  ministration  in  Oc- 
tober, 1854,  and  was  ordained  and  installed  on  the  21st  of  Jan- 
uary, 1855,  by  the  Presbytery  of  Harrisburg.  After  the  with- 
drawal of  the  Rev.  Dr.  DeWitt,  in  1864,  and  bis  decease,  in 
1867,  he  continued  in  sole  charge  of  the  church,  until  his  re- 
signation, in  1884.  He  was  moderator  of  the  Synod  of  Penn- 
sylvania, (N.  S.,)  in  1861 ;  stated  clerk  of  the  Synod  of  Harris- 
burg. 1870-1882,  and  stated  clerk  of  the  Synod  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, 1882-1883,  when  he  resigned,  as  also  his  thirty  years' 
pastorate  of  the  Market  Square  churcli^  Harrisburg,  to  accept 
the  professorship  of  Sacred  Rhetoric,  Church  Government,  and 
Pastoral  Theology,  in  the  Western  Theological  Seminary,  at 
Allegheny,  into  which  office  he  was  inducted  April  16,  1884. 
He  was  a  director  of  the  seminary  from  1874  to  1884,  and  has 
been  a  trustee  of  Princeton  Colleafe  since  1875.     Resides  in  Al- 


558  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

]eghei)_y  City.  Rev.  Dr.  Robinson  m.,  in  1856,  ^Fary  Wolf 
BuEHLER,  daughter  of  Henrv  Buehler  and  Anna  Margaretta, 
only  daughter  of  Governor  Wolf,  of  Pennsylvania.  They  had 
issue: 

i.  Henry -Buehler,  b.  December  27, 1857  ;  d.  December  30, 1857. 
n.  Anria-Mar(jar(tti,  b.  July  21, 1859;  d.  December  23,  1881. 
in.   William- Andrew,  b.  September  26,  1861 ;  grac^uated  from 

College  of  New  Jersey,  Princeton,  1881  ;  tutor. 
iv.  Eliza  McCormick,  b.  August  5,  1863. 
V.  Edward-Orth,  b.  May  20,  1865. 
vi.  Ihomaa-Uaxiing!^,  b.  February  6,  1871. 
vii.  Mar ij -Buehler,  b  J.muary  26,  1874. 

XXVJI.  William  Andrew  Robinson,*'  (William- An- 
drew,^ Thomas,*  George,^  Philip,^  Thomas,^)  b.  June  17, 
1830,  in  Erie  county,  Pa.  He  entered  the  army,  May  1,  1861, 
as  sergeant  of  company  A,  Ninth  Reserves,  P.  V. ;  promoted 
first  lieutenant  company  E,  Seventy-seventh  regiment,  P.  V., 
November  30,  1861;  promoted  captain,  April  22,  1862;  com- 
manded as  major  (not  mustered) ;  campaigned  in  the  several 
States  of  Virginia,  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  Alabama,  Louisiana, 
and  Texas,  fighting  on  many  a  field — Stone  River,  Corinth, 
Liberty  Gap,  and  Chickamauga,  where  he  was  wounded  and 
taken  prisoner  in  a  night  engagement,  September  19,  1863. 
For  the  subsequent  fifteen  months  he  shared,  with  fellow-sol- 
diers, imprisonment  at  Libby  prison,  Macon,  Camp  Sorghum, 
(Columbia,)  and  Charleston,  where  he  was  one  of  six  hundred 
LTnion  officers  placed  by  Confederate  authority  under  the  fire  of 
Union  guns  from  ships  in  Charleston  harbor.  After  his  release 
he  rejoined  his  regiment,  was  promoted  to  lieutenant  colonel  in 
command  of  the  regiment,  and  was  breveted  brigadier  general 
for  distinguished  service,  March  13, 1865 ;  and  was  mustered  out 
of  service,  with  regiment,  after  a  closing  campaign  in  Texas, 
December  6,  1865.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the  banking  house 
of  Robinson  Bros.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  He  m.  Alice  Blaine, 
daughter  of  Alexander  Blaine  and  Sarah  A.  Piatt  They  had 
issue : 

i.  Alice,  b.  March  29,  1876. 
il.  Alexander -Blaine,  b.  April  7,  1878. 
iii.   Wiliam- Andrew,  b.  August  22,  1880. 


Family  of  Rohinson.  559 

XXVIII.  Martha  Jean  Robinson,  6  (William-Crain,  5  An- 
drew, *  Eobert,  ^  Andrew, 2  Thomas,i)b.  May24, 1830;  m.,  M'ch 
16, 1852,  by  Rev.  John  Winebrenner,  V.  D.  M.,  George  Ross, 
b.  Nov.  22, 1821 ;  d.  Nov.  30, 1880,  in  Lebanon,  Pa.  Ilis  grand- 
father. Dr.  Joseph  Ross,  was  a  native  of  Montgomery  county. 
Pa.,  and  married  Mary  Maria  McOlintock,  of  Pottstown.  After 
his  marriage  he  removed  to  Hummelstown,  Danphin  county, 
where,  on  November  8,  1792,  liis  son,  Robert  May  Ross,  was 
born.  Shortly  after  the  birtli  of  Robert  May,  his  mother  died, 
when  Dr.  Joseph  Ross  removed  to  Blizabethtown.  Ilis  son, 
Robert,  was  sent  to  Montgomery  county  among  his  mother's 
relatives,  where  he  was  raised  and  educated.  When  grown  to 
manhood  he  returned  to  Elizabethtown,  and  about  the  year 
1815,  married  Barbara  Redsecker,  a  daughter  of  George  Red- 
seeker.  They  had  six  children,  of  whom  George  was  the  third, 
and  the  eldest  son.  His  ancestors  on  his  father's  side  were  of 
Quaker  origin,  his  mother's  of  Swiss  descent,  and  were  known 
as  Pennsylvania  Germans.  His  father  engaged  in  mercantile 
pursuits,  and  at  an  early  age,  between  school-hours,  young 
George  assisted  him.  At  the  age  of  ten  he  was  sent  to  a  select 
school  at  Reading,  from  thence  to  litiz,  where  he  remained 
two  years.  In  May,  1838,  he  commenced  to  learn  the  drug 
business  at  Lancaster,  afterwards  continuing  in  the  same  occu- 
pation at  Harrisburg.  When  quite  a  small  boy,  he  took  great 
interest  in  the  study  of  botany,  a  science  which  he  pursued 
with  great  delight  throughout  life,  and  this  fact  becoming 
known  to  Col.  John  Roberts,  a  botanist  of  some  reputation,  a 
warm  friendship  sprang  up  between  them,  and  young  Ross 
was  encouraged  and  assisted  in  his  studies.  At  the  same  time 
he  began  the  study  of  Latin  at  a  select  school  in  Harrisburg. 
At  the  close  of  his  apprenticeship,  he  was  offered  special  induce- 
ments by  his  uncle,  Abraham  Redsecker,  who  had  purchased 
a  drug-store  in  Elizabethtown,  which  he  accepted,  and  returned 
to  his  native  place  in  December,  1842.  After  several  years  he 
purchased  the  store  from  his  uncle  and  engaged  in  business  for 
himself.  He  shortly  after  began  the  study  of  medicine  with 
Dr.  Nathaniel  Watson,  of  Donegal,  and  graduated  from  Jefll'erson 


560  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  in  1849.  He  immediately  be- 
gan the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Elizabeth  town,  continuing 
at  the  same  time  the  drug  business,  and  soon  acquired  a  large 
practice.  In  the  spring  of  1852  he  purchased  a  property  in 
Lebanon,  to  which  place  he  removed  in  October  following. 
He  however  quit  the  practice  of  medicine  and  devoted  his  en- 
tire time  to  the  drug  trade,  and  soon  succeeded  in  building  up 
a  large  and  successful  business.  Dr.  Ross  took  an  active  in- 
terest in  the  development  of  Lebanon,  and  was  associated  in 
various  enterprises  which  tended  to  promote  its  prosperity. 
Having,  in  the  year  1842,  united  with  the  Church  of  God, 
a  body  of  Christians*  organized  under  the  labors  of  the  E.ev. 
John  AVinebrenner,  he  became  conspicuous  for  his  disinter- 
ested labors  and  great  liberality.  In  1857  the  General  Elder- 
ship elected  him  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Publication,  and 
was  reelected  at  each  subsequent  meeting;  was  a  member 
of  the  committee  which  published  the  "Church  Hymn  Book," 
and  subsequently  elected  general  book  agent,  in  which  capacity 
he  issued  a  number  of  books  and  pamphlets,  conducting  the 
publishing  interests  with  such  judgment  and  business  tact  that 
what  was  a  cumbersome  debt  when  he  assumed  its  management 
soon  became  a  source  of  revenue,  a  large  fund  having  been 
accumulated  during  the  almost  twenty  years  of  his  manage- 
ment. In  addition  to  these  general  church  interests,  he  was,  in 
1868,  elected  treasurer  of  the  East  Pennsylvania  Eldership,  in 
which  position  he  was  continued  eleven  years,  when  increasing 
business  cares  demanding  his  attention  obliged  him  to  resign. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Ross) : 

i.  ilfary-Jenneffe,  t>.  December  23, 1852;  d.  November  19, 1871, 

at  Betlileliem,  Pa.,  wliere  she  was  attending  scliool. 
ii.  George-liedsecker,  b.  October  17,  1854:. 

nLWillidm-Rubinson,h.  July  8,  1856  ;  m.,  October  3,  1882,  by- 
Rev.  Samuel  A.  Martin,  Valeria  liliineliart  Smith,  b. 
October  2, 1861,  and  had  issue  (surname  Ross) : 

1.    WilUam-liobinson,  b.  November   30,   1884;    d. 
January  9,  1886. 
iv.  Rohert-May,  b.  November  6,  1860 ;  d.  October  24, 1863. 
V.  Martha- EUzahetk,  b.  January  6,  1866;  d.  February  5,  1876. 


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RUTHERFORD  OF  PAXTANG. 


[In  the  year  1689,  several  brothers,  of  the  Scotch  family  of 
Rutherford,  joined  the  army  of  William  III.  when  he  invaded 
Ireland — were  present  and  fought  at  the  battle  of  the  Boyne. 
Two  of  them  were  company  officers,  and  the  third  was  a  Pres- 
byterian clergyman.  They  all  remained  on  the  island,  one 
settling  in  the  county  Tyrone,  another  in  the  county  Down, 
and  the  minister  in  the  county  Monaghan.  Several  of  the 
sons  of  these  men  emigrated  to  America  during  the  decade  be- 
tween 1720  and  1730 ;  among  them  was  Thomas  Rutherford, 
the  progenitor  of  the  family  in  Paxtang.  As  an  instance  of 
how  family  likeness  is  preserved  through  ages,  it  may  be  here 
stated  that  the  portrait  of  David  Rutherford,  grandfather  of 
Sir  Walter  Scott,  which  hangs  in  the  dining- hall  facing  the 
Tweed  at  Abbottsford,  would  answer  equally  well  as  a  por- 
trait of  the  late  Dr.  Rutherford,  of  Harrisburg,  although  the 
Doctor's  ancestor  left  Scotland  two  centuries  ago.  No  likeness 
of  Thomas  Rutherford  is  in  existence,  and  the  only  description 
of  him  is  a  traditionary  one,  which  represents  him  as  a  dark- 
haired,  well-built  man,  about  five  feet  ten  inches  in  height,  full 
of  energy  and  of  such  business  habits  as  led  to  financial  suc- 
cess. There  is  a  spice  of  romance  connected  with  his  early 
manhood  which  may  not  be  uninteresting  to  the  reader.  His 
attachment  to  Jean  Mordah,  whom  he  afterwards  married,  was 
reciprocated.  The  Mordahs  were  about  to  sail  for  America, 
and  Thomas,  fearing  he  might  lose  his  Jean,  proposed  and 
was  accepted,  but  poor  Jean  was  scarcely  sixteen  and  her  par- 
ents said  "no,"  and  took  her  with  them  across  the  sea.  On 
the  cover  of  his  memorandum  book,  preserved  in  the  family, 
Thomas  inscribed  the  legend,  ^■Enquire  for  DenyiygalV  This 
was  the  location  of  the  Mordahs  in  Pennsylvania,  and,  in  tlie 
36 


562  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

following  year,  1729,  he  appeared  in  person  at  their  door  and 
claimed  his  Jean.  Mr.  Mordah,  doubtless,  still  thought  the 
pair  too  young,  and,  in  order  that  more  time  might  be  gained, 
required  his  prospective  son -in  law  to  be  the  possessor  of  a 
certain  sum  of  money,  with  which  to  begin  the  world,  before  he 
would  entrust  the  young  lady  to  his  keeping.  Thomas,  like 
Jacob  of  old,  was  obliged  to  acquiesce,  and  took  his  departure 
for  Philadelphia.  When  he  returned,  he  was  mounted  on  a 
good  horse  and  had  with  him  the  documents  which  satisfied 
the  old  gentleman's  requirements.  They  were  married  in 
1730,  and  lived  in  Donegal  until  after  the  death  of  John  Mor- 
dah, in  1744,  when  they  removed  to  Derry,  and,  in  1755,  to 
Paxtang,  where  they  spent  the  remainder  of  their  days.  Their 
house,  a  two-story  log,  stood  on  the  site  of  the  present  resi- 
dence of  Silas  B.  Rutherford,  at  Paxtang  station,  and  was 
burned  down  in  1840.  The  old  house  standing  directly  oppo- 
site the  station  was  built  after  Thomas  Rutherford's  death, 
about  1783,  and  the  old  stone  house  over  the  spring  was,  prob- 
ably, built  before  Mr.  Rutherford  bought  the  property.] 

I.  Thomas  Rutherford,  i  b.  June  24, 1707,  in  parish  Derry- 
lousan,  county  Tyrone,  Ireland  ;  d.  7\pril  18,  1777,  in  Pax- 
tang; m.,  by  Rev.  James  Anderson.  September  7,  1730,  Jean 
Mordah,  daughter  of  John  and  Agnes  Mordah,  b.  April  5, 
1712,  in  the  parish  of  Gorty-Lowery,  county  Tyrone,  Ireland ; 
d.  August  10,  1789.  They  had  issue,  all  born  in  Donegal, 
Lancaster  county.  Pa.  :  * 

*rrom  the  old  memorandum  book  referred  to,  we  have  tlie  fol- 
lowing record,  wonderfully  complete  and  satisfactory  of  its  kind  : 

Thomas  Rutherford,  born  the  24th  day  of  June,  A.  D.  1707  ;  and 
baptized  by  the  Rev.  John  McClave,  in  the  Parish  of  Derry-lou- 
san,  county  Tyrone,  living  in  Cookstown. 

Jean  Mordah,  my  wife,  born  the  5Lh  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1712  ;  and 
baptized  by  the  Rev.  John  McClave  iu  Gorty-Lowry. 

Me  and  my  wife  was  married  the  7th  day  of  September,  A.  D.  1 730, 
by  tlie  Rev.  James  Anderson,  in  Donney  Gall,  America. 

Our  eldest  daughter,  Agnes,  the  9th  day  of  July,  1731 ;  and  bap- 
tized by  the  Rev.  James  Anderson.     Died  when  four  years  old. 

Our  second  daugliter,  Ellenor,  was  bo]-n  the  16th  day  of  January, 
1783 ;  and  baptized  by  Rev.  James  Anderson. 


Rutlierford  of  Paxtang.  563 

i.  Agnes,  b.  July  9,  1731 ;  d.  1785. 

2.  ii.  Eleanor,  h.  January  16,  1733;  m.,  first,  William  Wilson ; 

secondly,  Jolin  Davison. 

3.  in.  Jean,  b.  June  22,  1734;  m.  Tiiomas  Mayes. 

4.  iv.  John,  b.  February  16,  1737;  m.  Margaret  Parke. 

V.  Thomas,  h.  August  14,  1738;  d.  1739;  buried  in  Donegal 

church-yard. 
vi.  Agnes,  b.  September  14,  1740;  m.  William  Gray. 
vii.  Thomas,  b.  February  12, 1743;  d.  January  S,  1760;  buried 
in  Paxtang  grave-yard. 

5.  viii.  Mary,  b.  February  18,  1745;  m.  Andrew  Mayes. 

ix.  Elizabeth,  (tv^^in,)  b.  February  18,  1745;  d.  s.  p. 
X.  James,  b.  August  27,  1747  ;  d.  March  6,  1809  ;  m.  Margaret 
Brisban,  b.  1753;  d.  March,  1825;  they  had  no  issue,  and 
are  both  interred  in  Paxtang  church  burial-ground. 

6.  xi.  Samuel,  b.  December  13,  1749;  m.  Susan  Collier. 

7.  xii.  ^?i2ato/i,b.  February  27, 1752;  m.,  first,  Patrick  Gallaway; 

secondly,  Patrick  Harbison  ;  thirdly,  Thomas  Archibald. 

II.  Eleanoe  Eutherford,^  (Thomas,!)  b.  January  16, 
1733,  in  Donegal,  Lancaster  count}",  Pa.  ;  d.  December,  1799, 
in  Paxtang,  and  there  buried  ;  was  tvsrice  married;  m.,  first, 
William  Wilson,  and  had  issue;  she  m.,  secondly,  John 
Davison,  d.  1772.     They  had  issue  (surname  Davison) : 

i.  Elizabeth,  b.  1766. 

Our  third  daughter,  Jean,  was  born  the  22d  day  of  June,  A.  D. 
1734;  baptized  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Anderson. 

Our  son  John  was  born  the  16th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1737  ;  bap- 
tized by  Rev.  Mr.  Anderson. 

Our  son  Thomns  w^as  born  the  14th  day  of  August,  1738.  Died 
when  about  one  year  o!d. 

Our  fourtli  daughter,  Agnes,  was  born  the  14th  day  of  September, 
174G  ;  baptized  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Richard  Sankey. 

Our  son  Tliomas  was  born  the  12th  day  of  February,  1743 ;  bap- 
tized by  tiie  Rev.  Samuel  Black. 

Our  two  daughters,  Mary  and  Elizabeth,  boru  the  18th  day  of 
February,  1745.  Elizabeth  died  when  about  eight  months  old, 
baptized  by  Rev.  Samuel  Black. 

Our  son  James  was  born  the  28th  day  of  August,  1747  ;  and  bap- 
tized by  the  Rev.  Jolm  Elder. 

Our  son  Samuel  was  born  13th  day  of  December,  1749;  and  bap- 
tized by  the  Rev.  Richard  Sankey. 

Our  daughter  Elizabeth  was  born  on  the  27th  of  February,  1752; 
and  baptized  by  tlie  Rev.  Richard  Sankey. 


564:  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

ii.  Agnes,  b.  1768;  m.  John  Young,  son  of  James  Young,  of 

Hanover,  and  removed  to  Susquehanna  county,  Pa. 
in.  Bohert,  h.  1772 ;  d.  about  1855,  in  Stone  Valley  ;  m.  and 
had  issue,  Jo/m,  who  is  still  (1885)  living ;  Powel,  Eleanor, 
Jane,  m.  David  Irwin,  and  removed  to  Illinois,  and  Isa- 
bella, unm. 

III.  Jeak  Eutherford,2  (Thomas,"^)  b.  June  22,1734,  in 
Donegal  township,  Lancaster  county,  Pa.  ;  d.  in  South  Carolina 
at  an  advanced  age ;  m.  Thomas  Mayes. ^'  They  had  issue 
(surname  Mayes): 

i.  Jean. 

ii.  John;  d.  in  1827. 
iii.  Echcard;  was  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church,  living 

in  1833,  in  Union  district,  South  Carolina. 
iv.  Margaret;  living  in  1833,  in  Alabama. 
V.  Elizabeth ;  m.   William    Davidson ;   removed  to  Illinois, 
and  had  issue  (surname  Davidson),  Jo/m,  Andrew,  Wil- 
liam, and  three  daughters. 
vi.  Thopias. 

IV.  Captain  John  Eutherford,^  (Thomas,  i)  b.  February 
16,  1737,  in  Donegal,  Lancaster  county,  Pa.  He  accompanied 
his  father  to  Paxtang  in  1755.  In  the  year  1760,  in  connection 
with  the  latter,  he  purchased  the  plantation,  containing  nearly 
four  hundred  acres,  on  which  Rutherford  station,  on  the  P.  & 

*  Thomas  Mayes  was  the  eldest  son  of  Thomas  and  Margaret  Mayes, 
of  Paxtang.    Tliomas  senior  died  in  August,  1764,  and  had  issue : 
~  -   ;>  i.  Thomas, 
ii.  Ilargaret. 
iii.  Bebeckah. 

iv.  AndreiD  ;  d.  June,  1754 ;  m.  Rebecca ,  and  left  James, 

Mary,  Bachael,  Bebecca,  Margaret,  and  Susanna. 
V.  James, 
vi.  Mary, 
vii.  Samuel, 
viii.  Elizabeth, 
ix.  Martha. 

X.  Jean ;  m. Hilton. 

xi.   William. 
^-^  xii.  John, 
xiii.  Dorcas, 
xiv.  Matthew. 


Rutherford  of  Paxtang.  565 

R  railroad,  is  now  (1885)  located.  This  property,  although 
divided  into  three  tracts,  is  still  owned  by  his  descendants; 
and  his  mansion  house,  built  before  the  Eevolution,  is  used  as 
a  dwelling  by  his  great-grandchildren.  When  the  troubles  with 
England  arose,  which  led  to  the  struggle  for  independence,  he 
was  active  in  his  opposition  to  British  tyranny.  He  was  a 
member  and  officer,  throughout  the  war,  of  the  ''Libert}^  As- 
sociation of  Pennsylvania,"  and  served  as  captain  of  a  company 
in  the  campaigns  of  1776  and  1777  in  the  Jerseys  and  in  East- 
ern Pennsylvania.  He  afterwards  commanded  a  detachment 
from  several  companies  against  the  Indians.  Throughout  his 
life,  we  find  Mr.  Rutherford's  name  connected  with  many  en- 
terprises, both  civil  and  ecclesiastical,  which  show  him  to  have 
been  a  representative  man  and  trusted  citizen.  He  d.  at  his 
home  in  Paxtang,  October  1,  1804.  Captain  Rutherford  m., 
February  4, 1762,  Margaret  Parke,  b.  1737 ;  d.  January  18, 
1810.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Jane,  b.  August  26,  1763;  d.  February  28, 1807;  m,,  June 
29,  1780,  Samuel  Hutchinson ;  removed  to  Montour 
county,  where  they  lived  and  died. 
ii.  Martha,  b.  February  22, 1765 ;  d.  August  27, 1849  ;  m.  Cap- 
tain James  Collier;  removed  to  Greenfield,  Ohio,  and 
there  buried. 
in.  Thomas,  h.  November  28, 1767 ;  d.  October  15, 1793 ;  buried 
at  Paxtang. 

8.  iv.  Samuel,  b.  July  16, 1769;  m.  Elizabeth  Brisban,  daughter 

of  Capt.  Jolm  Brisban. 
V.  Mary,  b.  September  13, 1771 ;  m.  llobert  Gray. 

9.  vi.  John,  b.  January  15, 1774 ;  m.,  first,  Jean  Header ;  secondly, 

Priscilla  (Espy)  Barrett. 

10.  vii.  TF^7^^■am,  b.  August  4,  1776;  m.  Sarah  Swan. 

y.  Mary  Rutherford,  ^  (Thomas,  i)  b.  February  18, 1745; 
m.  Andrew  Mayes.  They  removed  to  South  Carolina,  and 
had  issue  (surname  Mayes) : 

i.  John,h.  April  30,  1768. 
ii.  Jean,  b.  December  25,  1769. 

11.  Hi.  James,  b.  September  21, 1771 ;  m.  and  had  issue. 

12.  iv.  r/iomas,  b.  June  18,  1773;  m.  Nancy  McCormick. 

V.  Samuel,  b.  April  10,  1775. 


566  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

vi.  Elizabeth^  b.  January  22,  1777:  m. Davidson;  emi- 
grated to  Decatur  county,  111.,  and  d.  there.  They  had 
ten  children— seven  daup^hters  and  three  sons  the  latter, 
(surname  Davidson,)  John,  Andrew  and  Baxter.  Baxter 
Davidson  remained  on  the  old  homestead  in  Decatur 
county. 

13.  vii.  Andrew.,  b.  February  8,  1780;  m.  and  had  issue. 
via.  Mary,  b.  March  5,  1782. 

ix.  Bobert,  b.  June  3,  1784. 
X.  Sumnnali,  b.  October  9,  1787. 
xi.  Eleanor.,  b.  September  20,  1789. 
xii.  Rutherford,  b.  May  31,  1792;  removed  to  Georgia. 

VI.  Samuel  Kutherford,^  (Thomas,^)  h.  December  13, 
1749 ;  d.  May  2,  1785.  He  held  a  commission  as  second  lieu- 
tenant in  Captain  Joseph  Sherer's  company ;  served  in  the 
Jerseys  and  the  neighborhood  of  New  York  in  1776 ;  was 
taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  Long  Island,  and  confined  for  a 
time  in  one  of  the  celebrated  prison-ships,  to  the  great  injury 
of  his  health.  He  m.,  March  14,  1776,  SusAisrisrA  Collier,  b. 
September  17,  1750;  d.  May  8,  1813.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Jean,  b.  February  11,  1779;  d.  s.  p. 

a.  Susannah,  b.  January  20,  1780  ;  d.  s.  p. 

14.  in.  T/iomas,  b.  September  27,  1782;  m.  Mary  Shultz. 
iv.  James,  b.  February  24,  1785;  d.  August  9,  1786. 

YIT.  Elizabeth  Rutherford,  ^  (Thomas,  i)  b.  February 
27,  1752.  Slie  was  thrice  married;  m.,  first,  Patrick  Galla- 
WAY,  who  joined  Captain  Matthew  Smith's  company,  of  Pax- 
tang,  and  was  in  the  expedition  to  Quebec  in  1775,  but' never 
returned.  She  m.,  secondly,  Patrick  Harbison,  and  re- 
moved with  him  to  the  home  of  the  Mayes,  in  Spartansburg 
district.  South  Carolina.  Mr.  Harbison  was,  soon  after'  killed 
by  tbe  Tories,  and  Andrew  Mayes  removed  with  bis  family, 
together  with  Mrs.  Harbison,  to  the  settlement  of  the  Moixlahs, 
in  Iredell  county,  North  Carolina.  Here  Mrs.  Harbison  m. 
Thomas  Archibald.  Some  of  the  descendants  of  these  fam- 
ilies reside  in  the  South  and  West,  but  we  have  no  knowledge 
of  their  whereabouts. 

Yin.  Samuel  Rutherford,  ^  (John,^  Thomas,  ^)b.  July 
16,  1769 ;  d.  November  26,  1833 ;  m.  Elizabeth  Brisban,  b. 


Rutherford  of  Paxtang.  667 

September  29,  1770 ;  d.  April  24,  184:3 ;  daughter  of  Captain 
John  Brisban.*     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Jfar(/arei-Parfce,  b.  April  6,  1795 ;  d.  May  18, 1879  ;  m.Jolm 

R.  Collier,  of  Ohio,  and  had  issup. 
ii.  Isabella- Simmons,  b.  August  18,  1797;  d.  March  10,  1852. 
in.  Jane- Hutchinson,}).  September  13, 1799  ;  d.  August  18, 1851 ; 
buried  in  Stephenson  county.  111. ;  m.  Robert  Foster,  and 
had  issue. 
iv.  Eliza,  b.  October  30,  1801 ;  m.  John  P.  Rutherford,  and 

had  issue. 
V.  Martha-Brishan,h.  January  16, 1804;  d.  October  12,  1884; 
buried  at  Springfield,  Ohio;  m.  Hugh  Wilson,  and  had 
issue. 
15.     vi.  John-Brishan,  b.  November  28,  1805;  m.  Keziah  Parke. 
vii.  James,  b.  February  14,  1808;  d.  April  7,  1809. 
via.  Mary-Ann,  b.  June  14,  1810;  d.  December  14,  1884;  m. 
Samuel  S.  Rutherford. 

*  Captain  John  Brisban,  a  native  of  county  Tyrone,  Ireland',  b.  De- 
cember 25, 1730.  With  an  elder  brother,  he  came  to  America  at  the 
outset  of  the  French  and  Indian  war.  He  was  a  soldier  in  that  san- 
guinary struggle  for  French  supremacy  in  America,  and  held  a  lieu- 
tenant's commission  in  the  English  army.  He  was  a  part  of  the  time 
in  Canada,  and  with  General  Wolfe  on  the  celebrated  Plains  of 
Abraham.  For  his  services  he  received  a  grant  from  George  III.  of 
two  thousand  acres  of  land  in  Yirginia.  He  subsequently  settled  in 
Lancaster  county.  He  early  espoused  the  cause  of  the  Colonies,  and, 
receiving  a  commission  as  captain  in  the  Second  (Colonel  St.  Clair's) 
Pennsjdvania  battalion,  January  5, 1776,  raised  a  company  mostly  in 
the  upper  part  of  then  Lancaster  county,  now  Dauphin  and  Lebanon, 
which  was  in  active  service  in  Canada.  At  the  close  of  that  arduous 
campaign,  he  was  transferred  to  tlie  Third  regiment  of  the  Penn'a 
Line,  resigning  in  July,  1777.  He  subsequently  returned  to  the  ser- 
vice, and  at  the  close  of  the  war,  to  his  farm  near  "  Bird-in-Hand," 
Lancaster  county,  when  he  was  appointed  collector  of  military  flues. 
He  was,  however,  too  kind-hearted  to  oppress  the  delinquents,  conse- 
quently, he  became  responsible  to  the  government  for  the  amount, 
which  resulted  in  Captain  Brisban  becoming  poor  and  penniless.  All 
the  papers  pertaining  to  his  military  services  were  sent  to  Washing- 
ton for  the  pui'pose  of  securing  a  pension,  but,  unfortunately,  lost. 
Captain  Brisban  was  married  twice,  and  left  issue  by  both.  He  died 
at  the  residence  of  his  son-in-law,  Samuel  Rutherford,  near  Harris- 
burg,  Pa.,  March  13, 1822,  aged  ninety-one  years.  He  lies  buried  in 
Paxtang  church  grave-yard. 


'568  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

IX.  John"  Rutherford,-'^  (Jolin,^  Thomas/)  b.  January 
15,  1774,  at  Paxtang;  d.  May  1,  1832.  He  received  a  good 
education  ;  was  a  surveyor,  and  for  a  time  in  the  employ  of  the 
Presqu'  Isle  Land  Company,  and,  in  1817,  was  member  of  the 
Legislature  from  Dauphin  county.  After  the  death  of  his  uncle, 
James  Rutherford,  in  1809,  he  purchased  the  moiety  of  his 
grandfather  s  farm,  which  had  fallen  to  James  upon  the  death 
of  Thomas,  in  1777,  and  now  (1885)  owned  by  John  A.  Ruther- 
ford. There  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  m.,  first 
Jean  Header,  b.  1808 ;  d.  September,  1827.    They  had  issue  _ 

i.  Levi,  b.  1825,  in  Paxtang;  d.  February  8,  1851,  at  Harris- 
burg,  Pa.  After  the  death  of  his  father,  in  1832,  he  was 
taken  by  his  uncle,  William  liutherford,in  whose  family  • 
he  remained  until  he  attained  his  majority.  He  received 
a  liberal  education,  and  read  medicine  under  Dr.  W.  W. 
Rutherford,  of  Harrisburg,  graduating  at  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania  in  March,  1849.  Heat  once  began  the 
practice  of  medicine  at  New  Cumberland,  which  promised 
bright,  but,  his  health  failing,  he  was  compelled  to  re- 
linquish the  duties  of  his  profession.  He  returned  home, 
and  undertook  the  superintendence  of  the  farm,  hoping 
thereby  to  reestablish  his  health.  This  proved  futile,  for 
he  gradually  failed,  and  he  d.  at  Harrisburg,  on  the  8th 
of  February,  1851.  Intelligent,  amiable,  and  upright, 
Dr.  Levi  Rutherford's  young  life  left  a  rose-tinted  memory 
in  many  households. 

u.  JacJcson-Gray,  b.  August  31,  1827;  resides  at  Dry  Run, 
Franklin  county.  Pa.;  m.  Sarah  S.  Rutherford, '^(Samuel,* 
William,^  John,^  Thomas, i)  b.  January  10, 1841,  and  had 
issue : 

1.  Jackson. 

2.  Elizaheth-Beulah. 

John  Rutherford  m.,  secondly,  Priscilla  [Espy]  Barrett, 
b.  August  25,  1791;  d.  August  23, 1873.     They  had  issue: 

in.  William,  .h.  February  24,  1830;  resides  at  Cedarville, 
Stephenson  county.  111.;  m.  Mary  Calvin  Hutchinson,  b. 
April  15,1837;  daughter  of  Thomas  Hutchinson;  and 
had  issue : 

1.  Vernettie-Bell,  b.  April  9,  1862;   m.,  September 

17,  18S5,  A.  Orville  Clingman. 

2.  Alice-Priscilla. 


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3.  John-Parl-e. 

4.  I'honias- Hutchinson, 
if.  Samuel,  b.  September  5,  1832. 

X.  William  Rutherford,-^  (John,^  Thomas, i)  b.  August 
4,  1776,  in  Paxtang;  d.  there,  January  17,  1850.  He  received 
a  fair  education,  and  was  brought  up  as  a  farmer.  Born  amid 
the  thunders  of  the  Revolution,  he  inherited  the  military  spirit 
of  his  father,  and  became  quite  prominent  as  an  officer,  serving 
in  all  the  grades  from  a  lieutenant  up  to  that  of  a  commission 
of  colonel,  which  office  he  declined.  In  1816  he  was  elected 
a  director  of  the  poor,  and  served  as  a  member  of  the  House 
of  Representatives  from  1819  to  1821,  and  again  from  1829  to 
1831.  He  was  one  of  the  most  influential  men  of  his  day  in  the 
county  of  Dauphin,  and  a  representative  man  thereof.  Col. 
Rutherford  m.,  March  17,  1801,  Sarah  Swan,  daughter  of 
William  Swan,  who  died  June  18,  1852,  aged  seventy-three 
years.  They  are  both  buried  in  old  Paxtang  Church  grave- 
yard.    They  had  issue : 

Jdhn-ParTce,  b.  February  14, 1802;  m.  Eliza  Rutherford. 

Martha,  b.  JSTovember  10,  1803  ;  unm.;  d.  October  20,  1851. 

William-Wilson;  b.  November  23, 1805 ;  m.  Eleanor  Grain. 

Margaret,  b.  September  6, 1808 ;  resides  in  Paxtang,  hon- 
ored and  beloved  by  all  who  know  her. 

Samuel,  b.  October  8, 1810;  m.  Elizabeth  Pawling. 

Sarah,  b.  May  25,  1812;  d.  March  28, 1873;  buried  at  Mid- 
dletown;  m.  Daniel  Kendig. 

Abner,  b.  March  31,  1814;  m.  Ann  Espy. 

Hiram,  b.  December  27, 1815;  m.,  first,  Lucinda  Bowman ; 
secondly,  Harriet  Hutchinson. 

Mary,  b.  June  4,  1817;  d.  April  14,  1818. 

Cyrus-Green,  b.  July  7,  1819 ;  d.  March  30,  1850 ;  unm. 

XL  James  Mayes,  ^  (Mary,^  Thomas,  i)  b.  September  21, 
1771 ;  removed  to  Coles  county,  Illinois,  and  accidentally  killed, 
about  1830,  by  the  falling  of  a  tree.  He  m.,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Mayes) : 

i.  George- W.;  d.  in  1858. 
ii.   William-J.;  d.  in  1863,  in  the  army. 
Hi.  Benj(imin-F.-  resides  in  Washington  Territory. 
iv,  Thomas-H.\   -esides  in  Kentucky. 


1(5. 

^. 

ii. 

17. 

Hi. 

VI. 

18. 

V. 

vi. 

19. 

vii. 

20. 

lili. 

ix. 

X. 

670  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

r.  Alexander. 

vi.  Nancii-J.\  d. 
vii.  Eleanor, 
via.  Sarali-J. 

ix.  Dorcas. 

XIT.  Thomas  Mayes,  ^  (Mary,^  Thomas,  i)  b.  June  18, 1773 ; 
removed  to  Illinois  and  d.  there,  October  15, 1850 ;  m.  Nancy 
McCoRMiCK,  daughter  of  James  McCormick  and  Mary  Carson, 
of  Hanover.     They  had  issue  (surname  Mayes) : 

i.  Anrlrew,  b.  October  1,  1779 ;  d.  in  1859,  in  Wayne  county, 

Illinois. 
a.  James.,  b.  April  15, 1806  ;  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Sbiloii. 
in.  Nancy,  [twin,]  b.  April  15,  1806. 

iv.  Jane,  b.  May  10,  1810 ;   m.  Leach,  and  had  a  son, 

Rutherford. 
V.   Elizabeth,  [twin,]  b.  May  10,  ISIO. 
vi.  Sarah,  b.  1813. 

vii.  Gillicn,  b.  August  18,  1816 ;  resides  in  Adams  county,  Illi- 
nois;  was  twice  married;  m.,  first,  Jacob  Veach,  who 
d.  July  13, 1851,  and  had  issue  (surname  Veach): 

1.  John-F.,  b.  October  4,  1839;  served  in  the  Civil 

war  four   years ;    resides  in   Barton  county, 
Kansas. 

2.  Andrew-A.,  b.  December  10, 1840  ;  was  killed  at 

the  battle  of  Shiloh. 
8.  Mary,  b.  January  17,  1844. 

4.  Mien,  b.  March  13,  1847. 

5.  James- W.,  b.  October  21,  1850. 

She  m.,  secondly,  November  6, 1856,  Jacob  Buffington,  b. 
February  25,  1809,  in  Hardin  county,  Virginia. 

XIII.  Andrew  Mayes, ^  (Mary,^  Thomas,^)  removed  to 
Illinois,  where  he  married  and  died,  leaving  issue  (surname 
Mayes) : 

i.  Thomas-J.;' m  1842,  resided  twenty-five  miles  south-west 

of  Oakland,  Illinois. 
ii.   William-G. 
in.  James-C;  d.  in  1864,  from  disease  contracted  in  the  war 

for  the  Union. 
io.  John-M. 
V.  Nancy-Jane. 


Rutherford  of  Paxtang.  ■  571 

XIY.  Thomas  Eutheefoed,^  (Samuel, ^  Thomas,  i)  b. 
September  27,  1782;  d.  August  4,  1805;  m.  Maey  Shultz, 
b.  March  5,  1786 ;  d.  April  1,  1839.     They  had  issue:     ■ 

21.      i.  Samuel- Shultz,  b.  December  17, 1803  ;  m.  Mary  A,  Kuther- 
ford. 
a.  Mary-Collier,  b.  February  8,  1805;    d.  August  13,  1872; 
unm.;  buried  at  Paxtang. 

XV.  John  Brisban  Eutheefoed,*  (Samuel, ^  John,"^ 
Thomas,  1)  b.  November  28,  1805,  in  Swatara  township, 
Dauphin  county,  Pa.,  on  the  farm  where  he  now  resides.  Be- 
ing the  only  surviving  son,  he  succeeded  to  the  farm  property 
of  his  father  upon  his  death,  November  26,  1833,  and  made 
farming  his  main  business  through  life.  In  early  manhood, 
Mr.  Eutherford  was  elected  captain  of  the  Dauphin  cavalry, 
hence  his  military  title.  He  has  been  active  in  politics,  and 
was  elected  member  of  the  Legislature  on  the  Whig  ticket  in 
1848,  and  reelected  in  1849.  In  1857,  he  was  elected  to  the 
State  Senate  for  three  years,  on  the  Eepublican  ticket.  He  has 
been  treasurer  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Agricultural  Society 
for  a  long  time — elected  ia  1864  and  reelected  annually  ever 
since.  Mr.  Eutherford  has  been  identified  with  the  various 
offices  in  his  township,  and,  in  old  Paxtang  church,  is  a  ruling 
elder.  He  m.,  March  19, 1833,  Keziah  Paeke,  d.  July  2, 1885 ; 
daughter  of  Col.  James  Parke,  of  Parkesburg,  Chester  county. 
Pa.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Samuel;  d.  in  infancy. 
a.  Mary-Lucinda ;  m.  James  McClure ;  reside  at  Glen  Moore, 

Chester  county,  Pa. 
m.  Eliza-Jane\    m.  Kev.   Samuel  Dickey,  Oxford,  Chester 

county,  Pa.,  who  d.  January  14,  1884. 
iv.  A daline- Margaret ;  m.  W.  Franklin  Rutherford. 
V.  Samuel- ParJce,  b.  September  18,    1841 ;    resides  at  Gum 
Tree,  Chester  county.  Pa.;   m.  Elizabeth  R.  Bunn,  of 
Lancaster  county.  Pa.,  and  had  issue : 

1.  Frank-Parke. 

2.  John-Marshall. 

3.  John-Brisban. 

vi.  John- Quincy- Adams,  b.  November  9,  1843;   m.  Margaret 
Brown  Elder,  (see  Elder  record,)  and  had  issue : 


672        •  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

1.  Hoicard-Ainstvorth. 
■2.  RaJph-Brisban. 
"^3.  Nancys  d.  s.  p. 

4.  Eleanor-  Virginia. 

5.  Isabella-Parke. 

6.  John-Quincy. 

7.  Margaret-Brown. 

8.  Mattheic-Robinson. 

vii.  Francis- Wilson,  b.  December  4,  1845:  m.  Eleanor  Sherer 
Elder,  (s"e  Elder  record.)  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Joshua- Elder. 

2.  Tliomas-IIordah. 

3.  JVorman-Parke. 
vAii.  Kiziah- Virginia. 

ix.  Marion-Gertrude  \  m.  S.  Ralston  Dickey,  of  Oxford,  Ches- 
ter county,  Pa. 

XYI.  John  Parke  Eutherfoed,*  (William,  ^  Jolin,^ 
Thomas,  1)  b.  February  14,  1802,  in  Swatara  township,  Dauphin 
county,  Pa. ;  d.  May  12,  1871.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  brought 
up  in  that  pursuit.  He  held  many  places  of  public  trust  in  his 
life  ;  was  superintendent  of  the  Wiconisco  canal  as  early  as  1837, 
an  auditor  of  the  county,  a  jury  commissioner,  and  was  vice- 
president  and  treasurer  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Agricultural 
Society.  He  was  a  strong  anti-slavery  advocate,  as  all  his  family 
were,  and  many  aweary  pilgrim,  in  the  days  of  the  fugitive  slave 
act,  sore  of  foot  and  heart,  found  in  Capt.  Rutherford  hospitable 
assistance,  material  aid,  and  manly  encouragement.  He  hated 
slavery  because  he  considered  it  a  moral  sin  and  a  political  blight 
upon  the  free  institutions  of  America.  During  the  late  Rebel- 
lion he  served  as  quartermaster  in  the  United  States  army,  rank- 
ing fourth  on  the  list.  A¥hile  stationed  at  Harper  s  Ferry  he 
was  captured  in  one  of  the  raids  on  that  sti^onghold,  but  released 
on  parole.  He  was  then  ordered  to  Camp  Douglas,  and  sub- 
sequently to  Charleston,  S.  C.  In  the  latter  city,  about  the 
close  of  the  war,  he  contracted  a  disease  from  the  effects  of 
which  he  never  fully  recovered.  Capt,  Rutherford,  m.  Eliza 
Rutherford,  b.  October  30,  1801 ;  d.  January  30,  1860 ; 
daughter  of  Samuel  Rutherford.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Samuel- Silas-Brisban ,  b.  April  28,  1825;  m.  Mary  Caroline 
Walker,  d.  September  26,  1874;  daughter  of  James 
Walker,  and  had  issue  : 


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1.  James-Walker  \  ni.  Amiie  Gill. 
•2.  John-Percy. 

3.  JBessie. 

4.  Ramsay. 

5.  Thomas-  Walker. 

a.  WiUiam-Su-an,  b.  August  19,  1827  ;  ni.  Jane  Eliza  Ruther- 
ford,^  (!Samue],4Tliomas,3  8Hmuel,2Thomas,i)b.  August 
29, 1840,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Mary-Brishan. 

2.  Allan. 

3.  Eliza-Edna. 

4.  William- Sv:an. 

5.  Edmund. 

6.  Margaretta. 

Hi.  John- Alexander^  b.  November  23, 1830;  m.  Lydia  A.  Gait, 
d.  February  14,1880-,  daughter  of  Alexander  Gait,  of 
Lancaster  county.  Pa.,  and  liad  issue : 
.   1.  Alexander-Gait. 

2.  John-Parke. 

3.  Frances-June. 

4.  Andrew- Mi' chell. 
0.  Eliza. 

6.  Lydia-Bertha. 
iv.  Elizabeth-Martha. 

V.  Sarah- Margaret  \  m.  Rev.  Job  D.  Randolpli. 
vi.  Mary- Jane  ;  m.  John  Elder. 
vii.  Eleanor-Gilchrist. 

XVII.  William  Wilson  Kutherford,^  (William,  ^  John, ^ 
Thomas,  1)  b.  November  23,  1805,  in  Paxtang,  now  Swatara 
township,  Dauphin  county,  Penn'a ;  d.  March  13,  1873,  at 
Harrisburg,  Penn'a.  He  commenced  the  study  of  medicine 
with  Dr.  Whiteside,  of  Harrisburg,  then  a  prominent  physician, 
in  1830,  and  after  the  removal  of  Dr.  Whiteside  continued  under 
the  insti'uctions  of  Dr.  Dean.  He  attended  the  lectures  of 
Jefferson  Medical  College,  1830  to  1832,  graduating  from  that 
institution  on  the  7th  of  March,  the  latter  year.  He  located 
first  at  Mechanicsburg,  where  he  remained  nearly  a  year,  when, 
entering  into  partnership  with  his  preceptor.  Dr.  Dean,  he  re- 
moved to  Harrisburg,  where,  for  forty  years,  he  practiced  his 
profession,  winning  for  himself  an  honorable  name  not  only  at 
home  but  abroad.  Dr.  Rutherford  had  what  few  physicians 
possessed, — a  most  perfect  knowledge  of  diseases  in  general ; 


574  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

and  it  mattered  little  what  the  case,  his  diagnosis,  when  called 
in  consultation,'  was  final  as  it  was  accurate.  An  extensive 
practice  of  over  forty  years  in  eyerj  department  of  medicine 
and  surgery  gave  him  such  a  perfect  knowledge  of  his  pro- 
fession that  the  loss  of  his  advice  and  assistance  in  difficult 
cases  was  severely  felt  by  his  surviving  brethren.  For  eight 
years  prior  to  his  death  he  had  been  the  regularly-appointed 
surgeon  to  the  Pennsylvania  Eailroad  Company,  although  he 
served  it  some  ten  years  previously  when  called  upon.  From 
the  organization  of  the  old  Harrisburg  Gas  Company,  he  was 
one  of  its  directors,  and,  at  his  death,  president  of  the  company. 
In  numerous  other  enterprises  he  took  an  active  part,  and  was 
always  one  of  Harrisburg's  public-spirited  citizens.  His  life 
was  an  eventful  one,  and  one  fraught  with  many  incidents  of 
interest.  In  season  and  out  of  season,  in  life  and  in  death,  his 
good-natured  face  appeared  upon  the  stage,  gladly,  even  tear- 
fully, welcome.  Dr.  Rutherford  married  Eleanor  Crain, 
dauo^hter  of  Col  Richard  M.  Crain,  {see  Crain  record)  who  sur- 
vives.    They  had  issue: 

^.  Dr.  Alexander  Dean  -^  d.  June  27, 1877  ;  m.  Annie  E.  Hunts- 

berger ;  no  issue. 
a.  Sarali-Stoan  \  d.  February  10,1865;  ra.  W.  Harvey  Brown, 

captain  U.  8.  A. 
Hi.  E lizabetli- Crain :,  m.  John  C  Kunkel,  (see  Kunkel  record.) 
io.  Alice-Aqnes ;  d.  s.  p. 

XVIII.  Samuel  Rutherford,'*  (William,  ^  .John,^ 
Thomas,!)  b,  October  8,  1810;  d.  March  26,  1872;  buried 
at  Paxtang.  He  m.  Elizabeth  Pawling,  b.  October  18, 
1816;  d.  April  24,  1881.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Sarah-8. ;  m.  Jackson  Gray  Rutherford. 
ii.  John-Harding. 
Hi.  Mara- Martha;  d.  June  24,  1884;  m.  Samuel  Beattie,  of 

8hippensburg,  Pa. 
io.  Margaret- Sioan. 

V.  Keziah-Ann:,  m.  Jacob  L.  WalkerjOf  Indianapolis, Indiana. 
vi.  Ho  race- Or  eel  y  ;  d.  s.  p. 
vii.  Alice- Eliz'ibelh;  d.  s.  p. 

vHL  Samuel- Wilson,  b.  December  26, 1857  ;  ra.  Matilda  Rhoads, 
daughter  of  Simeon  Rlioads,  of  Ilummelstown,  Pa. 


Rutlierford  of  Paxtang.  b'lb 

XIX.  Abner  Eutherford,*  (William, ^  John, 2  Thomas,  i) 
b.  March  31,  1814,  on  the  Rutherford  homestead  in  Swatara 
township,  Dauphin  county.  Pa.  He  received  the  education 
afforded  by  the  select  schools  of  Paxtang  Yalley,  and  most  of 
his  life  he  has  passed  in  farming.  For  several  years  lias  been 
president  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Hummelstown ;  been 
identified  with  other  corporations,  and  active  in  various  local 
enterprises  of  the  day.  In  1835  he  was  captain  of  the  Tenth 
company.  Ninety-eighth  regiment  Pennsylvania  militia.  For 
many  years  he  has  been  one  of  the  vice-presidents  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania State  Agricultural  Society,  in  the  founding  of  which 
he  took  a  prominent  part.  His  energy  and  ability,  combined 
with  his  business  habits,  have  produced  that  success  which  gen- 
erally follow.  Mr.  Rutherford  mari-ied,  February  28,  1839, 
Ann  Espy,  youngest  daughter  of  William  Espy,  of  Swatara. 
They  had  issue : 

22.      i.   WiUiam-Franklin-Eutherford^h.   December    7,  1839;    m. 
Adaliue  M.  Rutherford. 

ii.  John-Marshall ;  d.  May  24, 1869  ;  served  as  a  soldier  in  the 
company  raised  at  Oberlin  college,  Ohio,  for  the  emer- 
gency of  1862,  marching  to  Kentucky;  in  1863  enlisted 
in  tlie  JSTineteenth  Pennsylvania  cavalry,  Col.  Wynkoop, 
and  was  employed  on  detached  service  along  the  Balti- 
more and  Ohio  railroad  and  as  commissary-sergeant  of 
the  regiment;  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

ni.  Susanna-Espy  ;  d.  May  5, 1846. 

iv.  ISaruh-Ann  ;  d.  December  21 ,  1888  ;  m.  Dr.  A.  C.  Renninger. 
V.  Abner  ;  d.  January  10,  1855. 

vi.  Alice-Agnes;  d.  August  26,  1850. 

vii.  Susanna-Elizabeth, 
via.  Ada-Byron  ;  m.  Spencer  F.  Barber. 

XX.  Hiram  Rutherford,^  (William, ^  John, 2  Thomas, i) 
was  the  eighth  member  of  his  father's  family,  and  was  born  at 
the  old  Rutherford  homestead,  in  Swatara  township,  Dauphin 
county,  Pa.,  on  the  27tb  of  December,  1815.  •  He  was  raised, 
as  were  all  his  brothers,  to  a  thorough  practical  acquaintance 
with  the  labors  of  the  farm,  and  received  such  education  as  the 
schools  of  Paxtang  afforded.  At  the  age  of  eighteen,  he  com- 
menced the  study  of  medicine  with  his  brother.  Dr.  W.  W. 


576  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

Rutherford,  of  Harrisburg,  and  graduated  from  Jefferson  Med- 
ical College,  at  Philadelphia,  in  the  spring  of  1838.  With  ten 
dollars  in  his  pocket  and  a  few  drugs  in  his  saddle-bags,  he  set 
out  on  horse-back  to  seek  his  fortune.  He  located  at  Millers- 
burg,  on  the  Susquehanna,  at  that  time  a  village  of  five  hun- 
dred inhabitants.  After  a  sojourn  of  two  and  a  half  years,  the 
Doctor  concluded  that  the  road  to  fortune  did  not  lie,  for  him, 
in  Lyicens  Valley,  and,  in  the  latter  days  of  the  year  1840,  he 
again  packed  his  saddle-bags,  and,  with  three  hundred  dollars 
in  his  pocket,  mounted  his  horse  and  set  his  face  towards  Illi- 
nois—  the  "_E'-fe-?7oy "  of  the  emigrants  of  those  days — "the 
home  of  the  wild  deer,  the  gopher  and  the  prairie-wolf."  At 
the  end  of  an  eighteen  days'  journey,  he  halted  at  a  little  ham- 
let in  Coles  county,  now  the  flourishing  town  of  Oakland, 
where  he  has  ever  since  resided.  The  practice  of  medicine  in 
the  Western  States  is,  even  now,  very  laborious,  but  when  Dr. 
Rutherford  began,  it  was  much  more  so ;  the  roads  were  mostly 
deer-paths,  and  the  deep,  sluggish  streams  flowed  on  to  the  sea 
unvexed  by  either  bridges  or  ferries.  His  practice  was  large, 
extending  over  half  a  degree  of  latitude  and  longitude.  But 
increasing  years  and  failing  strength  warned  him,  at  length, 
that  it  was  time  to  retire  from  the  active  duties  of  a  profession  so 
exacting,  and,  for  the  last  decade,  he  has  devoted  his  time  and 
energies  principally  to  the  management  of  his  large  agricultural 
interests.  As  a  phj^sician,  a  business  man  and  a  trusted  citi- 
zen, his  life  has  been  a  success.  The  people  of  his"  adopted 
county  have  shown  their  confidence  in  his  integrity  and  busi- 
ness qualifications  by  repeatedly  calling  him  to  serve  on  the 
county  board,  (similar  to  that  of  county  commissioner  in  Penn- 
sylvania,) and  to  various  other  public  trusts  in  the  town  and 
township  of  Oakland ;  likewise  their  appreciation  of  his  intel- 
ligence by  keeping  him  in  the  school  board  continuously  since 
1813.  And,  although  he  has  almost  filled  out  the  measure  of 
threescore  years  and  ten,  he  is  still  marching  in  the  front  rank 
with  the  active  men  of  Coles  county.  The  Doctor  has  been 
twice  married.  He  m.,  first,  Lucinda  Bowman,  of  Millers- 
'burg.  Pa.,  b.  April  22,  1821;  d.  September  12,  1845.  They 
had  issue: 


Rutherford  of  Paxtang.  577 

i.  John,  b.  June  23, 1844;  vesicles  in  Oakland,  Coles  county, 
111.;  ra.  Kate  (Nash)  Aslimore,  and  liad  issue: 
1.  Eva. 

Dr.  Rutherford  m.,  secondly,  Haeriet  Hutchinson,  of 
Springfield,  111.     They  had. issue: 

ii.  Robert,  b.  April  6,  1849;  resides  in  Newman,  Douglas 
county,  Illinois ;  m.  Mary  Fletcher  Valodin,  b.  Decem- 
ber 6, 1851,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Bertha. 

2.  John- Marshall. 

3.  Harriet- Agnes. 

4.  Burt. 

5.  Ada\  d.  s.  p. 

6.  Robert. 

in.  Vyruf!,  b.  1851 ;  m.,  September  22, 1885,  Mary  Mclntyre. 
iv.  37ior?ias,  b.  January  16, 1853;  reside  at  Newman,  Douglas 
county.  111. ;  m.  Rose  Zimmerman  ;  and  liad  issue: 

1.  Cyrus- Wilson. 

2.  Bessie. 
V.  Abner  ;  d.  s.  p. 

vi.  Abner- Wilson',  d.  s.  p; 
m.  Kate. 
via.   Wilson, 
ix.  Anna-Espy. 
X.  Martin-Luther. 

XXI.  Samuel  Shultz  RutHerfoed,*  (Thomas,^  Samuel, ^ 
Thomas,!)  b.  December  17,  1805;  d.  January  23,  1872;  m. 
Mary  Ann  Rutherford,^  (Samuel, ^  John,^  Thomas, i)  b. 
June  14,  1810 ;  cl.  December  14,  1884.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Mary-Lucretia. 

ii.  John-Edmund,  b.  December  17,  1838;  m.  Annie  McPher- 
son,  b.  December  19,  1844,  in  Frederick,  Md.;  d.  April 

3,  1882;  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Samuel- McP  her  son. 

2.  Robert-Mordah. 

3.  Nannie. 

4.  Mary- Agnes ;  d.  s.  p. 

Hi.  Jane-Eliza;  m.  William  Swan  Rutherford. 
iv.  Samuel-Harvey,  b.  Marcli  3,  1843;  m.  Fanny  E.  Scholl,  of 
Frederick,  Md. ;  d.  December  14, 1884;  and  had  issue: 

1.  Samuel- Scholl. 

2.  Helen;  d.  s.  p. 
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Pennsylvania    Genealogies. 


V.  Martlia-Keziah. 
vi.  Jumes-AdcUson. 
vii.  Margaret- Susanna. 
via.    Willidm-Briiiban  ;  d.  s.  p. 
ix.  Albert- Collier. 

XXII.  William  Franklin  Rutherford, ^  (Abner,^  Wil- 
liam,-'' John, 2  Thomas,^)  b.  December  7,  1839;  resides  in  Pax- 
tang  valley,  Swatara  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  ;  m.  Ada- 
line  Margaret  Rutherford,  ^  (Jbhn,^  Samuel,  ^  .John,^ 
Thomas,!)  b.  March  22,  1839.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Amia-Espy. 
ii.  Helen-Parke. 
in.  Richard. 
iv.  Jane-Dickey. 
V.  AdaJline- Margaret, 
vi.  Marshall, 
vii.  Keziah-Parke. 
viii.  JDonald-Irring. 


Family  of  Stewart.  579 


FAMILY  OF  STEWART. 


I.  JoHiSr  Stewart,  ^  a  Sco.ttish  covenanter  of  the  seventeenth 
century,  fled  from  Scotland  to  the  county  Down,  in  the  north 
of  Ireland.  It  is  traditional  that  he  had  incurred  penalties  for 
non-compliance  with  royal  edicts  respecting  religious  worship 
and  enforcing  attendance  at  the  Parish  church.  It  was  at  the 
period  when  the  government  of  Charles  II,  (1660-1685,)  the 
most  disreputable  of  the  English  kings,  was  engaged  in  its  fruit- 
less attempts  to  force  Episcopacy  upon  the  Scottish  nation. 
The  north  of  Ireland  had  become  a  refuge  for  proscribed  Pres- 
bj'terians  and  condemned  covenanters,  and  thither  he  went, 
preferring  to  abandon  his  native  hills  rather  than  go  back  on 
the  solemn  league  and  covenant  entered  into  by  the  Scottish 
people  in  1643,  who  recognized  as  their  only  standard  the 
Westminster  confession  of  faith  as  ratified  by  the  General  As- 
sembly of  the  church  of  Scotland,  in  1647.  The  persecution 
of  the  covenanters  and  harassment  of  the  adherents  to  Presby- 
ferianism,  which  King  Charles  pronounced  "a  religion  not  fit 
for  a  gentleman,"  continued  until  the  establishment  of  freedom 
of  conscience  by  the  revolution  of  1688.  John  Stewart  d.  in 
1720,  and  of  his  family,  we  have  record  of  one  son  only : 

2.        i.   Robert,  b.  166o. 

II.  Robert  Stewart,  ^  (John,^)  b.  near  Glasgow,  Scotland, 
A.  D.  1665,  in  the  reign  of  Charles  II;  d.  1730.  Upon  the 
death  of  his  father,  he  also  moved  into  Ireland,  locating  in  Dru- 
more  township,  county  Down,  twelve  miles  from  Belfast.  The 
people  of  this  county,  as  a  whole,  are  of  Scottish  origin.  The 
Ayrshire  dialect  was  commonly  spoken  till  towards  the  end  of 
the  eighteenth  century.  This  county  is  remarkable  for  its  in- 
equality of  surface  and  number  of  hills,  from  which  its  name 


580  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

originated.  The  lives  of  father  and  son,  John  and  Robert 
Stewart,  therefore,  embraced  that  most  remarkable  period  in 
the  history  of  England  commencing  in  the  reign  of  Charles  I, 
through  the  Commonwealth  under  Cromwell,  Charles  II, 
James  II,  William  and  Mary,  Queen  Anne,  George  I  and  into 
the  reign  of  George  II.  Robert  Stewart  had  a  large  family,  of 
whom  we  have  record  only  of 

3.  i.  ifamueZ,  b.  1698 ;  m.  Mary  McClay. 

4.  a.  Hugh,  b.   June  11,  1719;   m.,  first,  Hannali  Dallas;   sec- 

ondly, Nancy  Moore. 

III.  Samuel  Stewart, 3  (Robert,^  John, ^ )  b.,  in  1698,  near 
Glasgow,  Scotland ;  d..,  1770,  in  Lancaster  county,  Pa.  He 
emigrated  to  the  north  of  Ireland  with  his  father's  family  in 
1720.  In  1785,  accompanied  by  his  youngest  brother,  Hugh, 
he  crossed  the  ocean,  landing  in  Philadelphia,  and  settled  in 
Drumore  township,  Lancaster  county,  Province  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, near  Chestnut  Level,  a  Scotch-Irish  settlement,  where 
had  been  established  a  Presbyterian  meeting-house,  ministered 
to  by  the  Rev.  Joim  Thompson,  of  Donegal  Presbytei-y.  In 
person,  Samuel  Stewart  was  large  and  well  proportioned,  six 
feet  in  height,  Roman  nose,  bluish-gray  eyes,  brown  hair,  and 
ruddy  complexion.  He  m.,  in  Ireland,  Mary  McClay,  who 
was  noted  for  her  very  dark  complexion  and  large  person. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  John,  b.  in  Ireland;  removed  to  the  Marsh  Creek  settle- 
ment, now  Adams  county,  Pa.;  killed  in  the  battle  of 
Germantown,  in  1777. 
5.     ii.  Sumuel  \    m.,  first,   Nancy  Templeton ;   secondly,  Agnes 
Calhoun. 
Hi.  Elijah.,  b.  in  Lancaster  county,  Pa.;  d.  in  1807,  in  Lower 
Paxtang  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.;  after  his  death, 
liis  widow  removed  to  Oiiio  with  her  family,  where  his 
descendants  now  live,  laincipally  in  Butler,  Claik  and 
Trumbull  counties.    Tliey  had  issue,  Sarah,  m.  James 
Finney;   Johv,  Samuel,  Margard,  m.  William  Finney; 
Mary,  m.  William  Stewart ;  Nancy,  James,  and  Jane, 
iv.  Mary,  b.  in  Lancaster  county,  Pa.;  m.,  1764,  Robert  Pat- 
terson; in  1792,  removed  to  Westmoreland  county,  Pa., 
and  had  seven  sons  and  two  daughters. 


Family  of  Stexoart  581 

f.  Andrew^  b.  in  Lancaster  county,  Pa.;  settled  in  Hanover 

township;  killed  in  an  Indian  raid. 
vi.  James,  b.  in  Lancaster  county,  and  Anally  settled  in  Alle- 

glieny  county,  Pa. 
vii.  Hugh,  b.  in  Lancaster  county.  Pa.;  settled  in  Kentucky; 

his  descendants  settled  in  Indiana. 
viii   Joseph, 
ix.  Bobert. 
X.  Anthony. 

lY.  Hugh  Stewart, ^  (Robert, ^  John,"')  b.  near  Glasgow, 
Scotland,  June  11,  1719;  cl.  October  8,  1798;  buried  in  the 
grave-yard  of  the  old  Covenanter  church,  three  miles  east  of 
Harrisburg,  Pa.,  of  which  church  he  was  the  main  supporter. 
At  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  he  accompanied  his  elder  brother, 
Samuel,  and  family  in  their  migration  to  the  Province  of  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1735.  He  landed  with  a  capital  in  coin  equivalent 
to  one  dollar  and  twenty -live  cents,  and,  having  learned  the 
trade  of  weaving,  followed  it  for  many  years ;  settled  finally  in 
Paxtang  township,  about  six  miles  from  Harris'  Ferry,  where 
he  acquired  a  large  estate,  for  the  times.  His  name  first  ap- 
pears on  the  tax-list  of  1750.  In  1780  he  was  assessed  for 
four  hundred  and  five  acres.  He  was  considered  a  very  hand- 
some man,  of  more  than  ordinary  height,  and  retained  through 
life  his  Scotch  accent.  Hugh  Stewart  was  twice  married ;  m., 
first,  in  1750-1,  Hannah  Dallas,  b.,  1727,  in  Ireland ;  d.  1760, 
and  buried  with  her  husband.  They  had  issue,  all  born  in 
Paxtang: 

i.  Jane,  b.  November  1,  1751 ;  d.  in  1824,  near  Monroe,  But- 
ler county,  Ohio,  where  tliey  settled  at  a  very  early  day  ; 
m.,  in  1772,  John  Robeson,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Robeson),  Sarah  and  Hannah,  (twins,)  Jane,  William, 
Hugh,  John-D.,  James-B.  and  Mary-E. 

ii.  John,  b.  July  2,  1753;  m.  a  sister  of  John  Robeson,  his 
brother-in-law,  and  moved  to  the  Redstone  settlement 
in  Fayette  county,  Pa.,  where  they  lived  half  a  century, 
and  had  issue,  William,  John,  James,  Samuel,  Hugh, 
Hannah  and  Mary. 

Hi.  William,  b.  October  21,  1757;  m.,  1780,  Martha  Walker, 
and  removed  to  Allegtieny  county.  Pa.,  and  had  issue, 
Margaret,  Hannah,  Jane,  Bebecca,  Elizabeth,  Martha, 
James,  William.,  Samuel  and  John. 


582  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

iv.  Hugh,  b,  October  1, 1759.  In  consequence  of  a  deformity 
in  bis  feet,  unfitting  him  for  active  life,  he  became  a 
teacher,  settled  in  the  Redstone  country,  Fayette  county, 
Pa.;  thence  he  removed  to  Rush  county,  Indiana,  near 
Flat  Rock  creek;  m.,  in  1793,  Mary  Wilson,  and  had  is- 
sue, Wilson  and  Hugh. 

Hugh  Stewart,  senior,  m.,  secondly,  in  1764,  Nancy  Moore, 
b.  1735;  d.  March  22,  1790.     They  had  issue: 

6.  V.   Robert,  b.  March  8,  1765;  m.  Sarah  Finney. 

vi.  Samuel,  b.  March  5, 1767  ;  m.,  in  1796,  Jane  Patterson,  and 
settled  in  Allefjlieny  county.  Pa.,  north-west  of  Pitts- 
burgh, and  had  issue.  James,  Bobert,  Hugh, Nancy,  Flora, 
,  John-W.,  Margaret,  Samuel,  Jane,  William,  Joseph  and 

Uriah-P. 

7.  vii.  Joseph,  b.  July  10,  1769;  m.  Sarah  Stewart. 

8.  via.  James,  b.  February  29,  1774;  m.,  first,  Mary  Sherer ;  sec- 

ondly, Mary  Maclay  Stewart;  thirdly,  Margaret  Reed. 
ix.  Mary,  b.  November  27,  1778,  in  Paxtang  township ;  d.  in 
1853,  and  buried  in  the  Monroe  cemetery,  Butler  county, 
Ohio;  m.  Charles  Stewartfsee  XII). 

Y.  Samuel  Stewart, ^  (SamueV  Robert, ^  John.^)  b.  in 
the  coiinty  Down,  Ireland ;  was  brought  to  Pennsylvania  in  the 
emigration  of  his  father's  family,  in  1735,  and,  on  coming  of 
age,  settled  as  a  farmer  in  Hanover  township,  Lancaster  county, 
now  West  Hanover,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  His  warrant  for  one 
hundred  acres  of  land  was  dated  May  17,  1754,  and,  in  an  "as- 
sessment for  the  King's  use,  1759,  Samuel  Stuart"  is  taxed  five 
shillings.  This  township,  established  in  1737,  and  named  in 
honor  of  the  reigning  family  of  Great  Britain,  almost  exclu- 
sively settled  by  Scotch-Irish  Presbyterians,  was  on  the  then 
frontier  and  contiguous  to  the  Kittatinny  mountains.  From  the 
date  of  his  settlement  therein,  in  1754,  until  1764,  on  account 
of  its  proximity  to  the  wilderness,  it  was  subject  to  Indian 
raids  and  depredations  from  which  the  inhabitants  suffered 
fearfully  in  their  persons  and  property,  often  being  compelled 
to  abandon  their  homes  and  fly  for  safety.  This  state  of  af- 
fairs continued  until  the  massacre  in  Lancaster  of  the  Cones- 
toga  Indians,  who  were  the  aiders  and  abettors  of  these  out- 
rages. A  public  meeting  of  the  citizens  of  Hanover  township, 
June  4,  1774,  has  gone  into  history,  showing  the  earliest  re- 


Family  of  Stewart.  583 

corded  movement  towards  independence,  and,  when  the  Kev- 
olutionary  war  began,  the  libert}^  loving  and  patriotic  Scotch- 
Irish  of  Hanover  were  found  faithful  and  active  participants. 
Samuel  Stewart  entered  as  a  private,  serving  in  Col.  Timothy 
Green's  battalion  for  the  defence  of  the  frontier,  and,  in  June 
6,  1776,  in  Captain  Janaes  Eodgers'  company  of  Lancaster 
County  Associators,  "destined  for  the  camp  in  the  Jerseys." 
On  the  erection  and  organization  of  the  county  of  Dauphin, 
in  1785,  we  find  him  upon  the  first  grand  jury,  composed  of 
prominent  citizens.  Although  a  Presbyterian  by  birth  and  a 
supporter  of  the  old  Hanover  church,  founded  m  1735,  and 
situated  eleven  miles  east  of  Harrisburg,  the  records  show  that 
on  "November  2,  1788,  Samuel  Stewart  and  Nancy  Stewart, 
his  wife,  were  admitted  to  the  Lord's  table."  Samuel  Stewart 
d.  September  16,  1803,  and  was  buried  in  Hanover  Church 
grave-yard.  He  was  a  lai-ge  man,  weighing  two  hundred  and 
thirty  pounds,  six  feet  in  height,  eyes  blue  and  complexion  fair. 
His  surviving  wife,  Agnes  Calhoun,  and  his  son,  Samuel  Elder 
Stewart,  were  the  executors  named  in  his  will.  He  m.,  first, 
Kancy  Templeton,  daughter  of  Eobert  and  Agnes  Temple- 
ton,  of  Hanover;  d.  1789.  and  buried  in  old  Hanover  Church 
grave-yard.     They  had  issue,  all  born  in  Hanover  township : 

9.      i.  Rohert-Templeton,  b.  1773;   m.,  first,  Mary  Dunlap ;   sec- 
ondly, Mrs.  Mary  E,  Hamilton. 
a.  Sarah,  b.  1772;  d.  February  3,  1835,  in  Butler  county,  O.; 
m.  Joseph  Stewart  (see  VII). 

10.  Hi.  Samuel- Elder,  b.  1775;  m.  Elizabeth  Elder. 

11.  iv.  James-B.,h.  1777;  m.  Ann  Beatty. 

12.  V.  Charles,  b.  1778  ;  m.  Marj'  Stewart. 

13.  vi.  John-Templeton ,  b.  1781 ;  m.  Ann  Elder. 

vii.  Mary-Maday,  b.  1784;  d.  1816,  in  Butler  county,  Ohio  ;  m. 

James  Stewart  (see  VIII). 
via.  Agnes  [Nancy) ,  b.  1786;  d.  February  25,1827;  buried  in 
Monroe  cemetery,  Butler  county,  Ohio  ;  m.,  in  1806, 
John  R.  Beatty,  of  Butler  county,  Ohio,  who  died  in 
1870;  all  were  members  of  the  U.  P.  church.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Beatty),  Nancy,  Sarah,  Mary,  John, 
Jane,  Samuel,  Amanda-Elizabeth,  Lavinia  and  David- 
Charles. 

Samuel  Stewart  married,  secondly,  in  1789,  Agnes  (Nancy) 


15. 

X. 

16. 

xi. 

xii. 

584:  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

CALHOUisr,  b.  1763 ;  d.  Augast  29,  1823  ;  buried  in  the  cem- 
etery at  Graysville,  Huntingdon  county,  Pa.  ;  daughter  of 
William  and  Hannah  Calhoun,  of  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin 
county,  Pa.  On  the  death  of  her  husband  in  1803,  she  pur- 
chased a  small  farm  in  West  Hanover  township,  Dauphin 
county,  Pa.,  adjoining  the  farm  of  Robert  Stewart,  ten  miles 
east  of  Harrisburg,  on  the  Jonestown  road,  where  she  remained 
until  the  spring  of  1813,  when  she  removed  to  Spruce  Creek, 
Centre  county.  Pa.     They  had  issue,  all  born  in  Hanover: 

14.  ix.  William- Calhoun ,  b.  1790  ;  m.,  first,  Jane  Duulap ;  secondly, 
Mrs.  Miltenberger,  {nee  Oliver.) 

David,  b.  1792;  m.  Sarah  Walker. 

Thomas-Finney,  b.  1794: ;  m.  Mary  Bailey. 

Maruaret-Elizabeth,  b.  April  8,  1796;  d.  May  26,  1835,  in 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. ;  early  in  life  she  joined  the  Presbyterian 
church  ;  was  at  Mrs.  Leah  Magnire's  school,  in  Plarris- 
burg,  in  1812;  in  person,  was  rather  tall,  with  dark  hair, 
dark  complexion,  hazel  eyes,  prominent  forehead,  rather 
full  face,  and  fine  expression  ;  she  m.  John  Lyon,  (see  Ly- 
on record.) 

Vl.  Robert  Stewart, "^  (Hugh,^  Robert,  ^  John,i)  b.  in 
Paxtang  township,  Lancaster  county,  Pa.,  March  8,  1765  ;  d.  in 
1854;  buried  in  Paxtaug  grave-yard;  m.,  March  10,  1789, 
Sarah  Finney,  who  was  born  August  10, 1768  ;  died  in  1811. 
They  had  issue,  all  born  in  Hanover  township : 

i.  Nancy -Grain,  b.   1790;    d.  1872;  m.,  her  cousin  John  B. 

Robinson,  of  Piqua,  Ohio, 
n.  Susannah,  b.  1791. 

Hi.  Thomas-P.,  b.   1794;    m.,  in   1827,  Martha  B.   Stewart, 
daughter  of  James  B.  Stewart,  (see  XI.)  of  Clarke  county, 
Ohio. 
17.    iv.  Bobert,  b.  September  17, 1795  ;  m.  Sarah  Barnett. 

V.  Sarah,  b.  May  22, 1797  ;  m.  John  Cleland,  of  Clarke  county, 

Ohio. 
vi.  Mary,  b.   November  30,  1798;  m.  John  Rice,  of  Butler 

county,  Ohio. 
vii.  Jane,  b.  April  7,  1800. 
viii.  Saynuel,  b.  April  22,  1802. 
ix.  John,  b.  September  80,  1803;  d.  1849,  of  cholera;  buried  in 
Monroe  cemetery,  Ohio;   m.,  July  24,1831,  his  cousin, 
Nancy  T.  Beatty,  who  was  a  granddaughter  of  Samuel 
Stewart. 


Family  of  Steivart  585 

YIT.  Joseph  Stewart, 4  (Hugh,-''  Robert,^  John, i)  b.  July 
10,  1769 ;  d.  October  13,  1855  ;  buried  in  Monroe  cemetery ; 
m.,  December  20,  1792,  by  Rev.  James  Snodgrass,  Sarah 
Stewart,  daughter  of  his  cousin  Samuel  Stewart,  of  Hanover 
township,  {see  V.)  In  conjunction  with  his  brother,  James 
Stewart,  administered  on  his  father's  estate  and  became  the 
owners  of  the  homestead  which  they  sold  in  1805.  In  the 
spring  of  that  year.  Joseph  and  James  Stewart  with  their  re- 
spective families,  removed,  to  Ohio,  making  the  trip  to  Pitts- 
burgh by  wagon,  and  down  the  Ohio  river  by  flat  boat,  and 
settled  in  Butler  county,  near  the  present  town  of  Monroe. 
Became  an  elder  in  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  They  had 
issue: 

i.  James,  h.  1793,  in  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin  county, Pa. ; 

d.  1864,  in  Illinois  ;  m.  Susan  Finney. 
ii.  Samuel-B.,  b.  1795;  d.  1871 ;  m.,  1824,  Sarah  Barnett. 
Hi.  Jane;  m.,  her  cousin,  Robert  Stewart,  of  Indiana. 
io.  Nancy,  b.  1799;  ni.,  1819,  her  cousin,  Elijah  Finney. 
V.  J'jseph-F.,  b.  1801 ;  m.,  1832,  Prudence  Amnions,  of  Butler 

county,  Ohio. 
vi.  Sarah,  b.  1803  ;  d.  1870  ;  m. ,  1824,  David  Reynolds  of  Piqua, 

Ohio. 
vii.  Mary,h.  1805,  in  Butler  county,  Ohio;  m.,1825,  Samuel 

Holmes,  of  Bellbrook,  Ohio. 
via.  John  ;  died  young. 
ix.  Charles. 
X.  Eliza ;  died  young. 

YIII.  James  Stewart,-*  (Hugh,^  Robert, ^  John,i)  b.  in 
Paxtang  township,  February  29, 1771::  m.,  November  17,  1803, 
Mary  Sherer,  daughter  of  Samuel  Sherer  and  Elizabeth  Bar- 
nett Sherer,  of  Swatara  township,  Dauphin  county.  Moved  to 
Ohio  in  compan}^  with  his  brother  Joseph,  in  1805,  and  settled 
near  Monroe,  Butler  county.     They  had  issue; 

i.  Joseph-Crain,  b.  August  18, 1804,  in  Paxtang  township;  m., 
1826,  Nancy  Templeton  Stewart,  daughter  of  Samuel  El- 
der Stewart,  of  Clarke  county,  Oliio,  (see  X.) 

ii.  Samuel- Sherer,  M.  D.,  b.  October  20, 1807,  in  Butler  county, 
Ohio;  d.  in  1872;  studied  medicine,  and  practiced  at 
Jones  Station,  Dearborn  county,  Indiana ;  was  twice 
married  ;  first  wife  unknown  ;  m.,  secondly,  in  1852,  Mary 
Ann  (yhurchill,  of  Kew  York. 

Hi.  James-Barnett,  (twin,)  b.  October  20,  1807;  d.  1851. 


586  Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 

Mary  Sherer  Stewart  died  October  21,  1807,  after  the  birth 
of  her  twin  feons,'"  and  was  the  first  adult  buried  m  Monroe 
cemetery,  then  open  woods,  and  lier  grave  was  protected  by 
a  pen  of  logs.  James  Stewart  married,  secondly,  in  1808, 
Mary  Maclay  Stewart,  daughter  of  his  cousin,  Samuel 
Stewart,  of  Hanoyer,  {see  V.)     They  had  issue : 

iv.  Nancy-M.,\).  May  15, 1812 ;  and  m.,  in  1833,  John  Patterson, 
of  Monroe. 

Mary  Maclaj  Stewart  died  in  1816,  and  was  buried  in  Mon- 
roe cemetery.  James  Stewart  married  a  third  wife,  Margaret 
Eeed,  of  Lewistown,  Pa.     They  had  issue  : 

V.  Mary-Jane,  h.  April  20,  1823;  m.,  in  1840,  Edward  Kim- 
ball, of  Cincinnati,  O. ;  she  fell  heir  to  the  homestead  on 
which  her  father  settled  in  1805 ;  and  resides  thereon. 

James  Stewart  was  a  United  Presbyteria^i  of  the  strictest 
sect. .  He  met  death  in  an  extraordinary  manner.  May  4,  1835, 
as  he  was  driving  in  a  spring  wagon,  on  the  public  road  near 
Monroe,  with  his  wife,  and  niece,  Nancy  Stewart,  daughter  of 
Charles  Stewart,  a  huge  tree  standing  by  the  road  side  fell  upon 
the  party,  killing  all  instantly. 

IX.  Robert  Templeton  Stewart, ^  (Samuel,^  Samuel,^ 
Robert,  2  John,^)  b.  June  15,  1773  ;  d.  October,  1835,  at  Holli- 
daysburg.  Pa.,  while  en  route  to  Pittsburgli ;  buried  at  Salts- 
burg,  Indiana  county,  Pa.  He  settled  in  Bellefonte  in  the  year 
1800,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Centre  county  at  the 
November  term.  He  was  retained  in  the  famous  slander  suit 
of  McKee  vs.  Grallaher,  August  term,  1801,  in  which  there 
were  fourteen  law3^ers  for  the  plaintiff  and  twenty-two  for  de- 
fendant. In  1810  he  was  appointed  postmaster,  and  continued 
in  office  until  1819.  In  1810  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits, 
and,  in  1819,  entered  into  partnership  with  John  Lyon  in  the 
manufacture  of  iron ;  residence  at  Coleraine  Forges,  Hunting- 
don county.  In  1828  Lyon  and  Stewart  sold  Coleraine  Forges 
to  Joseph  and  James  Barnett,  and  Anthony  Shorb.  He  moved 
to  Pittsburgh  in  1823,  and  built  Sligo  Rolling  Mill.  Repre- 
sented Allegheny  county  in  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature  in 
1831-32.     Disposing  of  his  interests  in  the  iron  business,  Mr. 


Family  of  Stewart.  587 

Stewart  went  to  manufacturing  salt  on  the  Kiskiminetas.  He 
was  a  man  of  genial  disposition  and  social  habits,  and  of  great 
practical  humor.  In  person,  above  the  ordinary  size,  and  of 
very  dark  complexion,  which  he  inherited  from  his  grandmother 
Stewart.  He  m.,  in  1809,  by  Rev'd  Henry  Wilson,  Mary 
DuNLAP,  daughter  of  James  Dunlap,  who,  in  connection  with 
John  Harris,  in  1795,  laid  out  the  town  of  Bellefonte.  Mary 
Dunlap  Stewart  died  in  1827,  aged  forty-five  years,  and  was 
buried  in  the  First  Presbyterian  church  yard,  Pittsburgh. 
They  had  issue,  nine  children,  among  whom  were : 

i.  Stephen-Decatitr ,  b.,  1814,  in  Bellefonte. 
ii.  Harriet,  b.  1816;  m.,  1843,  by  E,ev.  Samuel  Cooper,  James 
Harris  Linn,  of  Bellefonte,  ironmaster,  who  died  April 
6,  1876;  s.  p. 
18.    in.  Jane-Ann,  h.  1820 ;  m.  Jolm  M.  McCoy. 

Robert  T.  Stewart  mairied,  secondly,  in  1831,  Mrs.  Mary 
E.  Hamilton,  of  Middlesex,  Cumberland  county.  Pa.,  who 
died  in  Pittsburgh  in  1842. 

X.  Sakuel  Elder  Stewart, s  (Samuel,^  Samuel, ^  Robert, ^ 
John,i)  b.,  January  8,  1775,  in  Hanover  township;  d.  July  2, 
1857.  He  removed  to  Clarke  county,  Ohio,  near  Clifton  ;  an 
elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church.  In  the  war  of  1812,  was  a 
captain  in  the  Third  Ohio  regiment,  Colonel  James  Findlay, 
and  was  at  Hull's  surrender.  Captain  Stewart  m.,  October  11, 
1808,  by  Rev.  James  Snodgrass,-  Elizabeth  Elder,  eldest 
daughter  of  Robert  Elder,  merchant,  of  Hanover,  who  d.  in 
1869  ;  both  buried  in  Clifton  cemetery.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Bobert- Elder,  b.  1811;  m.,  1846,  Mary  Jane  McClung,  of 
Butler  county,  O. ;  resides  in  Clarlie  county,  O. 

ii.  Ann-Jane,  b.  1813  ;  m.,  1840,  William  Cowan. 

Hi.  Nanqi-T.;   m.  Joseph  Crain  Stewart,  of  Springfield,  O., 
the  son  of  James  Stewart  [see  VIII.) 

iv.  Samuel-Tenqyleton ,  b  in  1817. 

V.  Sarah-M. 

vi.  Elizabeth- Elder,  b.  in   1824;  m.,   1848,  David  Cowan,   of 
Bloomington,  111. 

vii.  Maria,  b.  1830;  m.,  1860,  George  Cornelius,  of  Blooming- 
ton,  111. 
via.  Cyrus,  h.  1833;  m.,  1862,  Amanda  K.  Wilmoth ;  reside  in 
Logan  county,  111. 


688  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

XL  James  B.  Stewart,^  (Samuel,^  Samuel, ^  Robert, ^ 
John,^)  b.  1777;  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Clarke  county,  Ohio, 
whither  he  removed  in  1806,  having  purchased  his  land  from 
the  Government  only  four  years  after  the  organization  of  the 
State.     He  m.,  in  1808,  Ann  Beatty.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Nancy-Te  -<  pleton,  b.  1810. 

ii.  Samuel,  b.  1812;  d.  1871,  in  Clarke  county,  Ohio;  m.  Caro- 
line Nelson. 
in.  John-Beatty,  b.  1814;  m.  Eliza  McKinney. 
iv.  Martha-Beatty ;  m.  Thomas  P.  Stewart,  grandson  of  Hugh 

Stewart,  (see  IV.) 
V.  Susan-Elder.,  b.  1820;  m.  Henry  Crozier. 
vi,  Surali-M.,  b.  1822;  m.  Amos  B.  Casey. 

XII.  Charles  Stewart, ^  (Samuel,'*  Samuel, '"^  Robert, ^ 
John,i)  b.  1778 ;  d.  1846 ;  m.,  March  30,  1802,  by  Rev.  James 
'Snodgrass,  of  the  Hanover  Presbyterian  church,  Mary  Stew- 
art, daughter  of  Hugh  Stewart,  {see  IV.)  In  1802,  he  moved 
to  Ohio,  and  settled  near  Monroe,  Butler  county.  In  this  year, 
Ohio  was  organized  into  a  State,  which  made  him  one  of  her 
earliest  citizens.  He  was  in  the  Government  service  in  the  war 
of  1812,  and  had  the  reputation  of  being  an  impetuous,  brave 
and  daring  soldier.  He  became  a  member  of  the  United  Pres- 
b3^terian  church,  in  1806,  and,  in  connection  with  his  cousin, 
Samuel  Stewart,  and  his  brothers-indaw,  Joseph  and  James 
Stewart,  founded  the  United  Presbyterian  church  of  Monroe. 
He  and  his  wife  were  both  buried  in  Monroe  cemetery.  They 
had  issue,  all  born  in  Butler  county,  Ohio : 

i.  JSfancy,  b.  January  12,  1805;  accidentally  killed  by  the  fall- 
ing of  a  tree,  May  4,  1835,  (see  VIII.) 

ii.  Jane,  b.  1806 ;  m.,  1834,  Robert  GrifEen,  of  Middle  Fork, 
Indiana. 

Hi.  Samuel- Logan,  b.  1809  ;  m.,  first,  1829,  Elizabeth  G.  Bryson, 
d.  1842,  and  had  issue,  four  sons  ;  he  m.,  secondly,  Mrs. 
C.  Stryker,  and  had  issue,  Damd-M. 

iv.  Mary;  m.,  1836,  John  W.  Stewart,  son  of  Samuel  Stew- 
art, her  mother's  brother ;  reside  in  Peoria  county.  111. 
V.  Margaret,  b.  1814;   m.,  1848,  Elijah  Patterson,  a  great 
grandson  of  Samuel  Stewart,  (HI.) 

vi.  Elizabeth,  b.  1815;  m.  Robert  Stewart  Robeson,  great 
grandson  of  Hugh  Stewart,  (IV.) 


Family  of  Steiuart  689 

m.  Jolm-W.-JD.,  b.  1818  ;  ra.,  1848,  MMrtha  Mallory. 
viii.  Jameti-R.,  b.  1821 ;  m.,  1845,  Ann  E.  Cleland,  great  grand- 
daughter of  Hugh  Stewart,  (I  V.J 

XIII.  John  Templeton  Stewaet,^  (Samuel,*  Samuel, ^ 
Eobert,2  Jolin,^)  b.  1781 ;  cl.  April  16,  1850.  In  1806,  settled 
in  Clarke  county,  Ohio,  on  the  Little  Miami  river.  He  m., 
March  2,  1815,  Ann  Elder,  daughter  of  Eobert  Elder,  of 
Hanover,  and  sister  of  his  brother  Samuel's  wife.  They  are 
both  buried  in  Clifton  cemetery.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Julia-Ann,  b.  1815;  m.,  1833,  David  Anderson,  of  Clarke 

county,  Ohio, 
n.  Perry,  b.  1818;  m.,  1844,  Rhoda  Ann  Wlieeler;  reside  in 

Springfield,  Oliio. 
in.  Elcler-R.,\).  1821;  m.,  1846,  Racliel  E.  Jacobs,  of  Clifton, 

Ohio. 
ii\  Samuel,  b.  1823 ;  m.  Mary  Ann  Marshall,  of  Hardin  county, 

Ohio. 
I'.  Charles,  b.  1825;  m.,  first,  1854,  Isabel  Nicholson  ;  m.,  sec- 
ondly, 1865,  Jessie  Matthewson  ;  reside  in  ClarKe  county, 

Ohio. 
vi.  James-M,  b.  1828;  m.,  1854,  Rebecca  C.  Jacobs,  (sister  of 

Rachel  E.,)  of  Yellow  Springs,  Ohio. 
vii.  Thomas-E.,h.  1830 ;  m.,  1858,  Delilah  A.  Marshall,  of  Clarke 

county,  Oliio. 
viii.  Oscar-Nesbit,  b.  1833;  m.,  1S62,  Rachel  JSficholson,  (sister 

of  Isabel.) 
ix.   WilUam-(J.,  b.  1835. 

XIV.  William  Calhoun  Stewakt,^  (Samuel, *  Samuel, ^ 
Robert, 2  John,i)  b.,  1790,  in  Hanover  township,  Dauphin 
county  ;  d.,  1852,  in  Cincinnati,  O. ;  engaged  in  general  merchan- 
dizing in  Huntingdon  county,  Pa.,  he  subsequently  became  a 
member  of  the  iron  manufacturing  firm  of  Lyon.  Shorb  &  Co., 
of  Pittsburgh,  and.  represented  his  company  in  Cincinnati.  He 
m.,  first,  Jane  Dunlap,  of  Bellefonte,  a  niece  of  Robert  T. 
Stewart's  wife.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  John-D. 

a.  Laura;  m.  Colonel  Charles  Jones,  planter,  of  Red  River, 
Louisiana;  Colonel  Jones,  becoming  involved  in  a 
Southern  feud,  shot  General  Littell,  of  the  s;une  State, 
and  was  in  turn,  with  one  of  his  sons,  shot  by  Littell 's 
partisans. 


590  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

Hi.  Rev.  WilUmn-CaVioun. 

iv.  Jesse,  b.  in  Cincinnati ;  in  tlie  warof  tlie  Rebellion  was  first 
lieutenant  of  company  A,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
tiftli  regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteers;  was  killed  in 
the  battle  of  Ohancellorsville.  1863;  ra.  Mary  Clarke, 
daughter  of  James  and  Sarali  C.  Clarke,  of  Birmingham, 
Huntingdon  county,  Pa. 
r.  Ella  ;  m.  Robert  G.  Busluiell,  of  New  York  city. 

Mr.  Stewart  in.,  secondly,  Mrs.  Miltenberger,  of  Pitts- 
burgh, who  survived  her  husband. 

XY.  David  Stewart,  ^  (Samuel, ^  Samuel,  ^  Robert,  ^ 
John,i)  b.  October  30,  1792,  in  Hanover  township,  Dauphin 
county ;  d.  May  29,  1869,  at  Coleraine  Forges,  Huntingdon 
county.  Pa. ;  buried  in  the  Spruce  Creek  cemetery  at  Grays- 
ville.  tie  was  twenty-one  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  the  ex- 
odus of  the  family  from  Hanover  to  Centre  county  in -1813. 
He  became  the  general  manager  at  Pennsylvania  Furnace, 
and  subsequently  entered  the  firm  under  the  title  of  Shorb, 
Stewart  &  Co.,  which  was  synonymous  with  that  of  Lyon, 
Shorb  &  Co.,  Pittsburgh,  manufacturers  of  the  famed  Juniata 
iron.  Mr.  Stewart  was,  undoubtedly,  the  most  prominent  and 
wealthy  member  of  this  large  family ;  resided  at  Coleraine 
Forges,  Huntingdon  county,  from  1831  until  liis  death.  His 
house  was  noted  for  its  el'egant  and  liberal  hospitality.  In 
person  he  was  large  and  imposing,  showing  traits  of  his  Scotch 
ancestry,  and  was  the  last  of  his  father's  family,  a  long  lived 
race,  and  it  may  be  noted  that  from  the  birth  of  his  eldest 
brother,  Robert,  to  the  date  of  his  own  death,  embraced  a 
period  of  nearly  one  hundred  years.  He  married.  May  22, 
1822,  Sarah  Walker,  daughter  of  John  Walker  and  Ann, 
his  wife,  of  Alexandria,  Huntingdon  county,  Pa.,  originally 
from  county  Strabane  in  the  north  of  Ireland.  She  was  born 
September  23,  1799,  and  died  at  Coleraine  Forges,  April  24, 
1874,  having  survived  her  husband,  by  whose  side  she  now 
lies  buried.     They  had  issue  : 

19.  i.  Ann  ■Caroline,  h.  182S\  m.  James  Rowland  Huglies. 

20.  u.  Sar'tuel-Calhoun,  b.  1824;  m.  Margai-et  Sample. 

21.  Hi.   William.  Walker,  h.  182Q;  m.  Mary  McGuny. 
iv.  Catharine-  Walker. 


Family  of  Stewart.  .   591 

V.  Frances,  b.  August  30, 1829,  at  Pennsylvania  Furnace  ;  m., 
November  8,  1859,  Lewis  M.  Speer,  of  Bellevernon,  Fay- 
ette county,  Pa.;  d.  September  15,  1883;  anrl  had  issue 
(surname  Speer),  David- Steionrt,  Samuel-Calhoun ,  Frank- 
3Iarchand,  and  John-Stngdel;  reside  in^Wooster,  Ohio. 
vi.  Mnrgaretta. 

vii.  David-Walker,  b.  at  Coleraine  Forges;  m.,  June  5,1862, 
Sarah  Spinning,  of  Springfield,  O. ;  and  liad  issue 
EmiJy-3fcAl})ine,  and  Mar(jaret  \  reside  at  Dayton,  O. 

via.  Thomas  ;  d.  July  81,  1837. 

XVI.  Thomas  Finney  Stewart, ^  (Samuel, ^  Samuel,^ 
Robert,^  John,^)  b.  August  11,  1794,  in  Hanover  township, 
Dauphin  county,  Pa.;  d.  August  8,  1864,  and  buried  in  Cedar 
Grove  cemetery  at  Petersburg,  Pa.  He  left  Dauphin  county 
with  his  mother  in  1813,  settling  in  Ferguson  township.  Centre 
count}^  where  he  pursued  the  occupation  of  farming  until  his 
latter  years,  when  he  removed  to  Petersburg,  Huntingdon 
county,  Pa.  In  1851  he  was  elected  an  associate  judge  of  the 
several  courts  of  Huntingdon  county.  He  married,  in  1818, 
Mary  Bailey,  daughter  of  John  Bailey;  b.  in  1798;  d.  in 
1866,  and  buried  beside  her  husband.  John  Bailey,  her 
father,  was  born  in  Chester  county,  and  settled  on  Spruce 
Creek  in  1790.  He  was  the  son  of  Richard  Baile37  and  Mary 
Wilson,  both  of  Ireland,  who  settled  in  Chester  county  at  a 
very  early  day.  Judge  Stewart  had  a  large  family,  seven  of 
whom  died  in  infancy.     The  survivors  .were  : 

i.  Samuel,  h.  ISW;  d.  1868;  m.,  1845,  Jane  Kelly  ;  removed  to 

Iowa  in  1855. 
ii.  John-BaVey.  , 

Hi.  Nancy. 
iv.  Margaret,  b.  1824;  m.,  1847,  David  Byers,  of  Smicksburgh, 

Pa. 
11.  Jane- Ann.  ^ 

VI.  James-G.,  b.  1829  ;  m.,  1851,  Matilda  Frew. 
vii.  David;  d.  1863. 
via.  Harriet,  d.  1865  ;  buried  in  Cedar  Grove  cemetery. 

XVII.  Robert  Stewart, ^  (Robert,*  Hugh,^  Robert, ^ 
Jobn,^)  b.  September  17,  1795,  in  Hanover  tow nshi|),  Dauphin 
county,  on  the  farm  bequeathed  to  his  father  by  Hugh  Stewart, 
where  he  died,  June  25,  1878;  buried  in  East  Harrisburg  cem- 


592  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

etery.  This  farm  remained  in  the  family  one  hundred  and 
eighteen  years,  until  1881,  when  the  last  of  Hugh  Stewart's 
descendants  remaining  in  Dauphin  county,  left  Pennsylvania 
to  settle  in  Ohio.^  Robert  Stewart  was  many  years  a  trustee  of 
the  old  Hanover  Presbyterian  church,  and  the  custodian  of  the 
church  records,  which  the  Dauphin  County  Historical  Societv 
now  possess.  He  m.,  May  5,  1829,  Sarah  BARisrETT,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Barnett,  b.  March  13,  1806,  in  Hanover  township, 
Dauphin  county.  Pa.;  d.  July  12,  J 878,  and  buried  with  her 
husband.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Eev.  J?o&eri-C>'ain,  of  Turpers  Plains,  Meigs  county,  Ohio ; 
m.  in  1864,  Mary  Fnlqliun,  of  Richmond,  Indiana. 

a.  Sarah-Jane. 

in.  Mnrgaret-Elizuheth. 

iv.  I\ancii-Rehecca. 

V.  Susan-Mary  ;  d.  May  IS,  1858. 

vi.  Thomas-Bar )iett,  of  Piqua,  Miami  county,  Ohio ;  m.  Matilda 
Mcllhenny. 

i-ii.  John-Joseph',  with  his  four  sisters,  left  the  old  homestead 

in  1881,  and  removed  to  Monroe,  Butler  county,  Oiiio. 
via.  Harriet-  (Jarolin  e 

ix.  WilUani-Calcin,  of  Monroe,  Butler  county,  Ohio;  m.,  Oc- 
tober 26,  1882,  Ella  Stewart,  a  descendant  of  Hugh 
Stewart. 

XYIII.  Jane  Ann  Stewart,"  (Robert-T.,^  Samuel,* 
Samuel,3  Robert,^  John,i)  b.  in  1820;  m.,  in  1843,  by  Rev. 
Dr.  Linn.  John  M.  McCoy,  M.  D.,  of  Bellefonte.  He  was 
b.,  February  4,  1816,  in  Belleville,  MifHin  county,  Penn'a ;  d. 
January  19, 1879.  Dr.  McCoy  and  James  Harris  Linn,  brothers- 
in-law,  were  associated  in  the  iron  business  under  the  firm  name 
of  McCoy  &  Linn,  their  works  being  on  Spring  creek  near  Belle- 
fonte.    They  had  issue  (surname  McCoy) : 

i.  Frank,  h.  in  Bellefonte  ;  m.,  October  30, 1879,  Miss  Allison, 
of  Penn's  valley.  Centre  county,  Pa. ;  reside  at  the  iron 
works,  below  Bellefonte. 

ii.  Mary- Stewart,  b.  July  9,  1849  ;  d.  September  29, 1883;  m.. 
J.  Dunlap  Shugart,  of  Bellefonte. 

XIX.  Ann  Caroline  Stewart,''  (David, ^  Samuel,* 
Samuel, 3  Robert, ^  John,^)  b.  March  8,  1823,  at  Pennsylvania 
Furnace,  Huntingdon  county,  Pa.;  d.  May  16,  1869,  in  Blairs- 


Family  of  Stewart.  593 

ville,  Pa. ;  buried  in  Blairsville  cemetery ;  m.,  at  her  fathers 
residence,  Coleraine  Forges,  October  16,  1861,  the  Kev.  James 
EowLAND  Hughes,  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  who  was  b. 
March  17,  1819,  in  Butler  county,  Pa. ;  graduated  at  Washing- 
ton College,  Pa.,  1845  ;  studied  theology,  and  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Steubenville,  Ohio,  October  16,  1847 ; 
was  pastor  of  Eehoboth  church,  Redstone  Presbytery,  fifteen 
years;  principal  of  Blairsville  Seminary  three  years,  and  then, 
in  1870,  accepted  a  pastorate  in  Dayton,  Ohio,  where  he  now 
resides.  They  had  issue  (surname  Hughes,)  all  born  in  Eos- 
traver  township,  Westmoreland  county.  Pa.  : 

i.  Mary-W.,  b.  November  20,  1852;   m.,  October  15,  1877, 

James  W.  Colvvell,  of  Urbanna,  Ohio, 
n.  Elizabeth- Walker,  b.  April  15. 1856. 
in.  Sarah- Stewart,  b.  September  30,  1860. 
io.  -F'a??iri!/-Siewar<,  b.  April  6,  1863;  d.  1866. 
V.  James-Rowland,  b.  August  9, 1865. 

XX.  Samuel  Calhoun  Stewart,"  (David, ^  Samuel,* 
Samuel,  3  Robert,  ^  John,^)  b.  September  6,  1824,  at  Pennsyl- 
vania Furnace,  Huntingdon  county.  Pa.  He  was  educated  at 
Jefferson  College;  became  general  manager  of  Coleraine  and 
Tyrone  forges  under  the  operations  of  Lyon,  Shorb  &  Co.,  of 
Pittsburgh,  of  which  firm  he  was  a  member.  He  is  a  man  of 
prominence  in  his  county — a  director  of  the  Lewisburg  and 
Tyrone  Railroad  Company,  and  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian 
church ;  resides  at  Tyrone  Forges.  Blair  county.  Pa.  ;  he  m., 
June  15,  1865,  Margaret  Sample,  daughter  of  Dr.  IST.  W. 
Sample  and  Sarah  Steel,  of  Leacock  township,  Lancaster  county, 
Pa.     They  had  issue,  all  born  at  Tyrone  Forges : 

i.  Boherts-Lowrie,  b.'Marcli  22,  1866. 
a.  Jean elte- Steel,  b.  June  10,  1867. 
Hi.  Carrie-Hm/lies,  b.  February  17,  1869. 
iv.  Betty- Walker,  b.  October  7,  1871. 
V.  Samuel-Cnllwun,  b.  October  31,  1874. 
vi.  Maryaret-Hamilton,  b.  January  25,  1879. 
vii.  Nathaniel- Sample,  h.  May  8,  1882. 

XXI.  William  Walker  Stewart,  ^  M.  D.,  (David, « 
Samuel,  4  Samuel, ^  Robert, ^  John,^)  b.  April  4,  1826,  at  Penn- 

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Pen risylvania  Oenealogies. 


sylvania  Furnace  ;  cl.  September  26,  1872,  at  the  Monoiigahela 
House,  Pittsburgh  ;  buried  in  Dayton,  Ohio,  the  place  of  his 
residence.  Dr.  Stewart  was  educated  at  Jefferson  College,  Pa., 
and  at  the  University  of  Yirginia,  and  received  his  diploma 
from  Jefferson  Medical  College,  of  Philadelphia.  He  m.,  June 
15, 1854,  Maey  McGuffy,  daughter  of  Prof.  William  McGuffy, 
of  the  University  of  Virginia.     They  had  issue  : 

i.   William -McGuffy ,  b.  April  21,  1855,  in  Dayton,  Ohio;  d. 

February  12, 1859. 
n.  Sallie-  Walker,  b.,  June  9, 1857,  in  Virginia ;  d.  February  21, 

1876,  in  London,  England  ;  buried  in  Dayton,  Ohio. 
tii.  liary-McGuff'y,  b.  February  24,  1863;  d.  in  infancy. 
iv.  Kate- Walker,  b.  June  1,  1865,  in  Dayton,  Ohio. 


Swan  Family.-  59^ 


SWAN  FAMILY 


1.  The  family  of  Swan  is  of  English  origin,  but  the  ancestors 
of  the  Swans  who  settled  in  Hanover  and  Paxtang  townships, 
Lancaster  county,  Pa.,  belonged  to  one  of  the  one  hundred 
English  families  whom  King  James  of  England  placed  in  pos- 
session of  an  equal  number  of  Irish  confiscated  estates.  At 
what  time  Richard  Swaist^  emigrated  with  his  family  to 
America  we  have  no  account,  nor  of  all  his  children,  save  the 
names  of  six  sons.  Upon  an  examination  of  the  records  of 
the  Land  Department  of  the  State,  we  have  the  following  data, 
relating  to  early  surveys  in  Lancaster  countv:  "Alexander 
Swan  had  surveyed  to  him  on  the  23d  of  January,  1743,  one 
hundred  and  fifty  acres  in  Hanover  township,  adjoining  land 
of  Andrew  Lachin  and  others."  *  *  *  ''On  the  25th  of 
August,  1767,  there  was  surveyed  to  Hugh  Swan  two  hundred, 
and  eighty-three  acres  of  land,  adjoining  land  of  James  Wal- 
lace, John  Carson  and  the  Blue  Mountain,  in  Paxtang  town- 
ship."' *  *  *  "To  Moses  Swan  there  was  surveyed,  on. 
the  8th  of  November,  1774,  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  ad- 
joining "William  McRoberts  on  the  north,  Andrew  Carson  on 
the  east,  John  Jameson  on  the  south  and  Alexander  Johnson, 
on  the  west,  in  Paxtang  township."  We  have  no  knowledge 
of  the  name  of  Richard  Swan's  wife.  They  had,  among  others,, 
issue : 
'^   2.      i.  James,  b.  1711  ;  m.  Mary . 


3.  ii.  Moses,  b.  1713;  m.  Jean  Barnett. 

in.  Joseph,  b.  1715;  resided  in  Letterkenny  townsliip,  Prank- 
lin  county,  in  1786. 

4.  iv.   William,  b.  1719;  m.  Jennett  Sliields. 

V.  Bichard,h.l725;  settled  in  Philadelplua;  a  mercliant,  and 
was  one  of  the  signers  to  the  non-importation  resolutions-- 
of  1765. 

5.  ri.  vlZea;a>ider,  b.  1727 ;  m.  Martha  Gilchrist. 


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IT.  James  Swan,^  (Richard/)  b.  1711 ;  cl.  December,  1741 ; 
settled  in  Hanover  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin,  county. 
Pa.;  m.  Mary -;  d.  1767.     They  had  issue: 

i.  James, 
ii.  Alexander. 
Hi.  Margaret, 
iv.  Mary. 

V.  Jean, 
vi.  Sarah ;  m.  Robert  Bell,  of  Hanover,  and  had  a  son,  James. 

III.  Moses  Swan,^  (Richard,  i)  b.  1713,  in  the  north  of  Ire- 
land; came  to  America  with  his  parents  about  1730,  and  set- 
tled in  Paxtang  township.  He  d.  about  1785.  He  ra.,  in  1737, 
Jeax  Barnett,  b.  1715 ;  daughter  of  John  and  Jennett  Ear- 
nett.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Hugh,  b.  1738  ;  m.  April  4,  1782,  by  Rev.  John  Elder,  Mar- 
tha   . 

ii.  John,  b.  1740;  m.  and  removed  to  now  Washington  county, 
Pa.,  prior  to  1771 ,  and  had  issue,  among  others,  John  and 
Thomas. 

Hi.  Isaac,  b.  1742;  d.  unm. 

io.  Catharine,  b.  1743;  m.  Thomas  Porter. 

6.  V.   William,  b.  1745;  m.  Martha  Renick. 

ci.  Joseph,  b.  1747  ;  resided  in  Hamilton  township,  now  Frank- 
lin county.  Pa.,  in  1785. 
fii.  Moses,  b.  1749  ;  m.,  and  had  a  son  Moses. 
viii.  Jian,  b.  1751. 

ix.  Margaret,  h.  lloS;  m.  John  Thompson. 

7.  X.  liichard,  b.  1755;  m.  Catharine  Boggs.* 

*  James  Boggs  of  Paxtang,  d.  July,  1753.  In  his  will  he  speaks  of 
his  wife  Maky,  and  also  his  children  Thomas  and  Elizabeth,  then 
residing  m  Ireland,  tind,  "  if  they  came  witli  his  wife  to  this  country  " 
were  to  have  a  share  in  liis  estate.  They  did  not  come,  and  William 
Boggs  who  emigrated  witli  his  father,  remained  in  possession  of  the 
homestead.  He  died  in  April,  1782,  in  Paxtang,  leavinga  wife  Lydia, 
who  subsequently  married  Joseph  White,  and  issue  as  follows  : 
i.  James. 

ii.  Catharine;  m.  Richard  Swan. 
Hi.  AiDiie;  m.  Andrew  Wiley. 
VI.  Margaret. 
V.  Elizabeth, 
vi.   Wi'liam. 
vH.  Lydia. 
viii.  John. 


Swan  Family.  597 

lY.  William  Swan,^  (Richard, i)  b.  1719,  in  Ireland;  set- 
tled in  Hamilton  township,  Franklin  county,  Pa.,  and  there  d. 
in  January,  1773 ;  rn.  Jenistett  Shields,  and  they  had  issue : 

%.  William, 

a.  Margaret, 

iii.  Jennett. 

iv.  Robert. 

Y.  Alexander  Swan,^  (Richard,  i)  b.  1727,  in  Ireland, 
settled  in  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county  ;  d.  March,  1778  ; 
m.  Martha  GtILCHRIST,  daughter  of  James  and  Jean  Gilchrist, 
of  Paxtatig.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Samuel. 

a.  Alexander. 

Hi.  Jean;  m.  James  Taylor. 
iv.  Mary ;  m.  William  Owens. 

V.  Margaret ;  m.  Tliomas  Finney. 

vi.  Agnes;  m.  Andrew  Armstrong,  in  1795 ;  resided  at  Harris- 
burg. 

YI.  William  Swan,  3  (Moses, ^  Richard,  i )  b.  1745,  in  Pax- 
tang  township ;  d.  prior  to  1787  ;  ra.,  in  1775,  Martha  Renick, 
b.  November  30,  1755,  daughter  of  Henry  Renick  and  Martha 
Wilson.     They  had  issue: 

8.        i.  Margaret,  b.  1776  ;  m.  James  Ingram. 

ii.  Sarah,  h.  January  1,1779;  d.  June  17,1852;  m.  William 

liutherford,  {see  Rutherford  record.)  i 

Hi.  Moses,  b.  1781 ;  d.  at  Harrisburg,  September  11,  1822. 
ic.   Wilham,  b.  1783. 

YII.  Richard  Swan,  =5  (Moses, ^  Richard,  i)b.  1755,  in  Pax- 
tang  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  ;  d.  April,  1808,  in  Erie 
county.  Pa.  He  was  a  soldier  in  Capt.  James  Cowden's  com- 
pany, daring  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  was  in  actual  service 
during  the  campaign  in  New  Jersey,  and  around  Philadelphia. 
In  the  Whiskey  Insurrection  of  1794,  he  commanded  a  com- 
pany of  volunteers.  In  1797,  he  went  to  Erie  county.  Pa., 
purchased  a  tract  of  land,  but  did  not  remove  thither  until 
1802,  when  he  located  at  the  mouth  of  Walnut  creek,  as  the 
manager  of  the  Harrisburg  and  Presqu'  Isle  Land  Company's 


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mills,  at  that  point.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest  pioneers  in 
that  section  of  Pennsylvania.  Captain  Swan  m.  Catharine 
BoG-GS,  b.  February  8,  1759,  in  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin 
county,  Pa. ;  d.  April,  1843,  in  Erie  county,  Pa.,  daughter  of 
William  and  Lydia  Boggs,  They  had  issue,  all  of  whom, 
except  the  youngest,  were  born  in  Paxtang  township  : 

9.  i.  Lydia,  b.  Sev)tember  15,  1789;  m.  Joseph  McCreary. 

n.   WilUam-Boggs,  h.  February  27.  1791 ;  d.  February  10, 1792. 

10.  in.  John-Joseph,  b.  March  14,  1793 ;  m.  Eunice  Ann  White. 
io.  William,  b.  November  25, 1794 ;  went  west  and  died  there 

about  1833 ;  nnm. 

11.  V.  J?rc/mrcZ,  b.  December  4, 1796;  m.  Margaret  Boal  Sturgeon. 

12.  vi.  Moses,  b.  December  9, 1798  ;  m.  Virginia  Bates. 

13.  viL  Andrew-Cavet,  b.  July  29,  1802  ;  m.  Angeline  Mitchell. 

YIII.  Margaret  Swax,'*  (William, ^  Moses,  ^  Richard,  i) 
b.  1776,  in  Paxtang;  d.  at  Harrisburg;  m.,  November  26, 
1799,  by  Eev.  jSTathaniel  Snowden,  Major  James  Ingram,  b. 
1761 ;  d.  August  12,  1811,  at  Harrisbu.rg,  and  is  buried  in 
Paxtang  church  grave-yard.  They  had  issue  (surname  In- 
gram) : 

i.  William. 

ii.  Martha- Smith;  m.  William  Dick  Boas,  (see  Boas  record.) 
Hi.  Sarah  ;  d.  unm. 
iv.  Maria  ;  m.  Nathaniel  Henry. 

V.  James. 

IX.  Lydia  Swan,^  (Richard, ^  Moses, ^  Richard,  ^)  b.  Sep- 
tember 15,  1789,  in  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin  county.  Pa.  ; 
d.  April,  1866,  in  Brie  county.  Pa. ;  m.  September  12^  1811? 
Joseph  F.  McCreary.     They  had  issue  (surname  McCreary) : 

i.  Samuel- Slater,  b.  September  12, 1812 ;  m.  Joanna  O.  Brooks, 
and  had  issue. 

ii.  Klchard-Swan;  m.  Louisa  Barr,  and  had  issue. 

Hi.  Selina-C 

iv.  J'lhn-J. ;  d.  s.  p. 
V.  Mary-E. 

vi.  Jackson',  b.  August  29,  1823 ;  m.,  first,  Mary  Ann  Love, 
secondly,  Rebecca  Josephine  Love ;  and  liad  issue. 

vii.  David-B.;  b  Feb.  27, 1826;  was  educated  at  the  Erie  acad- 
emy and  Washington  college ;  afterwards  taught  school 


Swan  Family.  599 

at  Erie,  and  was  principal  of  the  Winchester,  Ky.,  sem- 
inary from  1851  to  1853;  read  law  with  Judge  Galbraith, 
and  in  185^  was  admitted  to  the  Erie  bar ;  in  the  war  of 
the  Rebellion  entered  the  service  as  First  Lieutenant 
company  B  of  the  Erie  regiment ;  assisted  in  the  organ- 
ization of  tlie  145th  regiment  P.  V.,  and  was  appointed 
Lieutenant-Colonel,  subsequently  promoted  Colonel,  and 
later  breveted  Brigadier-General ;  in  1866  elected  to  the 
Legislature,  serving  two  terms  ;  in  1868  was  Adjutant 
General  of  the  State  filling  the  office  with  distinction 
three  j^ears;  resides  in  Erie  ;  m.  in  1851,  Annette  Gun- 
nison, dau.  of  E.  D.  Gunnison  ;  and  had  issue  (surname 
McCreary)  .- 

1.  Sophia;  m.  Henry  A.  Clark. 

2.  Wirt ;  graduated  in  1884  from  the  U,  S.  naval 

academy. 
I'm.  Lydia-Ann  ;  m.  William  Love,  and  had  issue. 
ix.  Martha-Swan;  m.  Thomas  Love,  and  had  issue. 

X.  JoHX  Joseph  Swan,^  (Richard,  ^  Moses,  ^  Richard,  i)  b, 
March  14,  1793,  in  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  ; 
d.  July  22,  1878,  at  Swanville,  Erie  county.  Pa.  At  the  age 
of  sixteen,  he  taught  school  in  Girard  borough,  and  afterwards 
at  Mill  Creek  and  Erie.  In  1812,  he  assisted  in  the  survey  of 
the  "Triangle,"  and,  also,  responded  to  the  call  of  service  in 
the  war  of  that  year.  In  1818  and  18 19,  he  was  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  at  Conneaut,  0.  ;  from  1821  to  1822,  at  Grreen 
Bay,  Mich.  In  1823,  he  returned  to  Erie  county,  took  up  land, 
established  a  homestead,  and  followed  farming.  He  served 
as  county  auditor  from  1831  to  1833.  Mr.  Swan  m,,  June, 
1825,  Eunice  Ann  White,  b.  May  15,  1805 ;  d.  October  22, 
1855.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Lucinda. 

a.  Eliza-Catharine. 

in.  Charles-John  ;  d.  June  18,  1877. 

iv.  Andrew- Francis,  b.  October  16, 1832  ;  d.  April  18, 1876 ;  en- 
listed as  a  private  in  the  Sixth  regiment.  United  States 
cavalry,  July  19,  1861 ;  was  promoted  to  first  sergeant 
company  G,  of  that  regiment;  subsequently,  in  the  vol- 
unteer service,  to  major  and  lieutenant  colonel ;  had  his 
horse  shot  under  liim  at  Siiepherdstown,  Va.,and  was 
wounded  in  a  charge  on  Fort  Magruder,  Williamsburg, 
Va. ;  wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  and,  at  last,  was  com- 
pelled to  resign  towards  the  close  of  the  war.  In  1867, 
was  elected  slierifl  of  Erie  county.  Pa. 


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V.  Harriet. 

vi.  Adelaide-Mary;  d.  April  13,  1867. 
vii.  Henry-Harrison. 

via,  Lavinia;  m.  William  Hoskinson,  Jr.,  and  had  issue. 
ix.  Henry-Clay;  m.  Yirginia  S.  Eogers,  and  liad  issue. 
X.  Josephine, 
xi.  Eugene-Barnett;  served  in  the  war  of  the  Rebellion;  m. 

Mary  Jennings. 
xii.  Clayton-Kleber. 

XI.  RiCHAED  Swan,'*  (Richard, ^  Moses, ^  Richard,')  b.  De- 
cember 4,  1796,  in  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin  county.  Pa.  ; 
m.,  January  26,  1826,  Margaret  Boal  Sturgeon,  b.  Sep- 
tember 3,  1805 ;  daughter  of  Jeremiah  Sturgeon  and  Jane 
Moorhead.     They  had  issue. 

i.   William-Boggs. 

a.  Jane- Sturgeon;  m.  John  C.  Perkins,  and  had  issue. 
Hi.  Edwin;  m.  Anna  Rumbaugii. 
iv.  Emily  ;  m.  George  Perkins. 

V.  Sophia;  m.  Edwin  Heron,  and  had  issue. 
vi.  Rosannah,  b.  August  21, 1840;  d.  January  25, 1846. 
vii.  Mary;  m.  Williaoi  Brewster.    ' 
viU.  Byron- Wallace. 

XII.  Moses  Swan,^  (Richard, ^  Moses, ^  Richard,i)  b  De- 
cember 9,  1798,  in  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin  county.  Pa.  ; 
d.  June  30,  1833,  at  Galena,  111. ;  m.  Virginia  Bates,  b.  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1809,  in  Henry  county,  Ky.  ;  d.  September  2,  1865, 
at  Galena,  111.     They  had  issue : 

i.  David-Bates;  d.  s.  p. 

ii.  Emily;  nr.,  Jime  15, 1853,  William  Bell,  of  Lexington,  Ky., 
and  had  issue. 

XIII.  Andrew  Cavet  Swan,^  (Richard,-''  Moses, ^  Rich- 
ard,')  b.  July  29,  1802,  in  Erie  county.  Pa. ;  d.  July,  1867,  at 
Galena,  111. ;  m.  Angeline  Mitchell.     They  had  issue : 

i.  George ;  d.  s.  p.  , 

ii.  Emily-G. ;  m. Chilson,  and  had  issue.. 

Hi.  John- Mitchell. 


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THOMAS  OF  HEIDELBERG. 


1.  Theodorus  Thomas,!  a  native  of  Switzerland,  and  a 
.refugee  from  the  Palatinate,  Germany,  with  his  wife  and  a  por- 
tion of  his  family,  emigrated  to  America  in  1736,  landing  at 
Philadelphia  on  the  16th  of  September  that  year  from  the  "ship, 
'Princess  Augusta,'  Samuel  Merchant,  master,  from  Eotterdam, 
last  from  Cowes."  He  settled  in  what  is  now  Heidelberg  town- 
ship, Lebanon  county.  Pa.,  then  in  Lancaster  county,  in  the 
neighborhood  of  Scheafferstown.  He  died  a  few  years  after- 
wards, leaving  a  wife,  Akna  [Scheaffer],  and  children  as 
follows : 

2.  i.  Martin,  b.  1702;  m.,  and  had  issue. 

a.  Theodorus,  b.  1708;  m.,  and  left  issue,  but  no  record  of  the 

family. 
in.  Jacob,  b.  1715;  no  information. 
iv.  Anna,  b.  1718 ;  m.  Henry  Weiss,  of  Heidelberg. 

IT.  Martin  Thomas,  ^  (Theodorus,  ^j  b.  about  1702,  in  the 
Palatinate,  Germany ;  d.  in  1758,  in  Lebanon  township,  then 
Lancaster  county.  Pa.  He  emigrated  with  his  family  to  Amer- 
ica in  the  year  1749,  landing  at  Philadelphia  on  the  30tli  of 
August  that  year,  his  father  having  preceded  him  several 
years.  The  ship,  "Crown,"  Michael  James,  master,  in  which 
they  embarked,  was  heavily  laden,  having  no  less  than  five 
hundred  souls  on  board  on  its  arrival,  out  of  over  six  hundred 
at  leaving  Rotterdam.  The  mortality  on  that  crowded  vessel 
was  fearful,  and  it  is  hardly  pro]3able  that  the  family  of  Martin 
Thomas  entirely  escaped.  He  became  quite  prominent  in  the 
early  history  of  Heidelberg  towmship,  where  he  settled;  was 
lieutenant  of  a  ranging  company  on  the  frontiers  during  the 
French  and  Indian  wars,  and  overseer  of  roads.  He  left  a 
wife,  Barbara,  and  children  as  follows : 


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T^. 


i.  Philip,  b.  1725  ;  notliing  further  is  known  of  him,  save  that 
lie  married  and  went  southward. 

3.  it.  Tkeodorus,h.  1127  ;  m.  Catharine  [Bomberger]. 

4.  HI.  Jacob,  b.  1729;  m.  Ursula . 

iv.  Henry,  h.  1731 ;  it  is  supposed  accompanied  his  brother  to 

the  valley  of  Virginia. 
v.  Adam,h.  nS3;  m.,  and  left  issue. 
vi    Any^a,  b.  1735. 
vii.  Martin,  h.  1737  ;  m.  Ursula  Miiller. 


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III.  Theodorus  Thomas, 3  (Martin, ^  Theodoras, i)  b.  about 
1727,  in  the  Palatinate,  Grermany;  d.  in  May,  1790,  in  Leba- 
non township,  Dauphin,  now  Lebanon,  county,  Pa.  He  served 
in  the  Indian  and  Revolutionary  wars ;  was  overseer  of  the 
poor  in  Ileidelberg  township  in  1761,  and  served  in  other  of- 
ficial positions.  He  m.  Catharine  [Bomberger].  They 
had  issue : 

i.  Theodorus  [Durst],  b.  1759 ;  m.  Mrs.  Regina  Spycker,  widow 
of   John  Spycker,  by  whom  slie  had    issue   (surname 
Spycker),  Benjamin  and  John-Peter,  and  had  issue  : 
1.  Barbara;  m.  Clu'istoplier  Uhler. 

7.  ii.  Martin,  b.  1761 ;  m.  Elizabeth  Strolmi. 

8.  in.  John,  b.  1763;  m.  Anna  Wolfersberger. 

iv.  Jacob,  b.  1765 ;  resided  in  Londonderry  township,  where 
he  died  in  1785;   m.  Catharine  Hostetter,  daughter  of 
John  and  Barbara  Hostetter. 
V.  Catliarine,  b.  1767  ;   m.  John  Becker,  d.  December,  1789, 
and  had  issue  (surname  Becker) : 

1 .  Matthias. 

2.  Henry. 

3.  Catharine ;  d.  prior  to  1789  ;  m.  Martin  Miller. 

4.  Elizabeth  ;  m. Good. 

5.  Frederick. 

9.  vi.  Margaret,  b.  November  11,  1769;  m.  Johannes  Wolfers- 

berger. 
vii.  Maria,  b.  1771 ;  m.  Abraham  Smith. 

IV.  Jacob  Thomas, ^  (Martin, ^  Theodorus,  ^)  b,  1729,  in 
the  Palatinate,  Germany;  d.  November,  1771,  in  Lebanon 
township,  Lancaster,  now  Lebanon  county,  Pa. ;  he  left  a  wife, 
Ursula,  (who  after  remaining  a  widow  a  few  years,  married 
(reorge  Shrombaugh,  of  Lebanon  township,)  and  children  as 
follows : 


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Thomas  of  Heidelberg.  603 

i.  Barbara,  b.  1754. 

a.  Jacob,  b.  1756  :  enlisted  February  7, 1776,  in  Capt.  Eudolph 
Brunner's  company,  Col.  Arthur  St.  Clair's  battalion  of 
Pennsylvania,  in  the  war  of  tlie  Revolution,  of  which  he 
was  promoted  corporal,  June  13,  1776. 

in.   Ursula,  b.  1760. 

iv.  John,  b.  1762;  m.  Anne . 

y.  Adam  Thomas,  ^  (Martin,  ^  Theodorus,  i )  b.  about  1733, 
in  the  Palatinate,  Grermany;  d.  September,  1762,  leaving  among 
other  children  : 

i.   Veronica  ;  m.  Peter  Lehr,  of  Dauphin  county,  Pa. 
a.  Elizabeth;  m.  Jacob  Miller,  of  Cumberland  county,  Pa. 

VI.  Martin  Thomas,  ^  (Martin,  ^  Theodoras,  ^)  b.  in  1737, 
in  Heidelberg  township,  then  Lancaster  county,  Pa. ;  d.  Jan- 
uary, 1804,  in  East  Pennsboro'  township,  Cumberland  county, 
Pa.  He  served  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  and,  prior  to 
the  Revolution,  established  a  furnace  in  the  neghborhood  of 
Shamokin,  Northumberland  count}^,  Pa.  During  the  "Great 
Runaway"  of  1778,  he  and  his  family  fled  from  the  locality, 
and  settled  on  the  Yellow  Breeches,  in  Cumberland  county, 
where  he  built  a  stone  mill,  yet  standing,  and  where  he  remained 
until  his  death.  He  disposed  of  his  Northumberland  county 
property,  receiving  a  large  sum  in  continental  currency  there- 
for, which,  before  he  had  the  opportunity  to  re-invest,  became 
worthless.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  Frieden's  Kirche, 
near  the  present  Shiremanstown.  lie  m.,  in  1767,  Ursula 
MuLLER,  b.  1740,  in  Lebanon  township,  now  Lebanon  county, 
Pa. ;  d.  1807,  in  East  Pennsboro'  township,  Cumberland  county, 
Pa.  ;  daughter  of  John  and  Barbara  Miiller,  (see  Miiller  and 
Lohingier.)     They  had  issue: 

i.  Martin,  b.  1768;  d.  1824,  at  Shippensburg,  Pa. ;  unm. 
10.     a.  John,  b.  1770  ;  m.  Mary  Pienninger. 

Hi.  Elizabeth,  b.  May  2, 1772  ;  d.  August  5, 1867  ;  m.  Valentine 

.Egle,  (see  Egle  record), 
iv.  Catharine,  b.  January,  1777  ;  d.  July  2, 1860,  near  Newville, 
Pa.;  m.  Frederick  Mentzer,  b.  1776;  d.  1860,  and  had 
issue  beside  a  daughter,  (surname  Mentzer) : 

1.  Frederick;  d.  September  4,1864;   ra.,  and  had 
issue. 


604  Pennsylvania    Genealogies. 

V.  Adam,  b.  1779:  d.  unm. 

vi.  George,  b.  1781 :  m.,  and  removed  to  the  West. 

11.  vii.  Jacob,  b.  February  2.  1783;  m.  Mary  Bear. 

12.  mi.  Anna-Margaret,  b.  September  12,  1785;  m.  Jacob  Geelir. 

13.  ix.  Mary,  b.  1787;  ra.  Gilbert  Burnett. 

YII.  Martin  Thomas,^  (Theodorus,3  Martin, ^  Theodorus,i) 
b.  about  1761,  in  Lebanon  township,  then  Lancaster  county. 
Pa. ;  d.  August,  1822,  in  Londonderry  township,  Dauphin 
county,  Pa.  He  served  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution  at  the 
age  of  eighteen ;  was  a  miller  by  occupation,  and  a  substantial 
farmer.  He  m.  Elizabeth  Strohm  ;  d.  prior  to  1820 ; 
daughter  of  George  Strohm,  Sr.,  of  Lebanon  township,  Lebanon 
county,  Pa.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Jacob. 

a.  Magdalena;  m. Hawk. 

iii.  Stisanna;  m. Wolfersberger. 

YIII.  John  Thomas, ^  (Theodorus,^  Martin,  ^  Theodoras,  ^) 
b.  about  1763 ;  d.  January,  1795,  in  Lebanon  township,  Dau- 
phin, now  Lebanon  county.  Pa.  It  is  probable  most  of  his 
family  went  West,  and  thus  have  been  lost  trace  of.  He  m. 
Anna  Wolfersberger.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  John, 
ii.  Jacob. 
Hi.  Margaret, 
w    Barbara. 

V.  Elizabeth. 
vi.  A)ina. 

TX.  Margaret  Thomas, ^  (Theodoras,  ^  Martin,  ^  Theo- 
dorus,^)  b.  November  11,  1769,  in  Lebanon  township,  Lan- 
caster, now  Lebanon  county,  Pa.  ;  d.  November  28,  1832,  at 
Campbellstown,  and  there  buried ;  m.  Johannes  Wolfers- 
berger, b.  April  11,  1767 ;  d.  September  8,  1818,  at  Camp- 
bellstown, and  there  interred ;  son  of  Philip  and  Susanna 
Wolfersberger.     They  had  issue  (surname  Wolfersberger) : 

i.  John,  b.  October  6, 1789  ;  d.  November  29,  1864;  m.  Eliza- 
beth   ,  b.  December  15,  1790  ;  d.  February  25,  1852. 

ii.  Elizabeth,  h,  September  16,  1792;  d.  December  2,  1867; 
unm. 


Thomas  of  Heidelberg.  605 

X.  John  Thomas, *  (Martin,  ^  Martin,  2  Theoclorus,i)  b. 
about  1770,  in  Lebanon  township,  now  Lebanon  county,  Pa. ; 
d.  about  1834,  at  Paris,  Stark  county,  O.,  and  there  buried. 
He  went  to  Western  Pennsylvania  a  few  years  after  his  mar- 
riage, locating  at  Beaver  Falls ;  about  1809,  removing  to  Co- 
lumbiana county,  O.  He  was  thrice  married  ;  m.,  first,  Mary 
Renninger,  b.  in  Cumberland  county,  Pa. ;  d.  1804.  at  Beaver 
Falls,  Pa. ;  daughter  of  Conrad  and  Mary  Renninger.  They 
had  issue : 

14.  i.  >Sara/i,  b.  1794;  m.  Daniel  Hammond. 

15.  n.  (S^?y?7Za,  b.  1796;  m.  John  Hammond. 

Hi.  Mary,  b.  1798;  d.  1828,  at  Paris,  O. ;  m.  William  Lutz;  d. 
in  1847,  at  Paris,  O.,  and  had  issue  (surname  Lutz) : 
1.  Elizabeth  ;  d.  1830,  at  Paris,  O. 
iv.  George,  b.  18(10 ;  d.  1821,  at  Paris,  O. 
V.  Rebecca,  b.  1802;  d.  1824,  at  Paris,  O. 

John  Thomas  m.,  secondly,  about  1807,  at  Beaver  Falls, 
Elizabeth  Henning,  b.  1786,  in  Pennsylvania;  d.  1819, ^at 
Paris,  O.     They  had  issue  : 

vi.  Lena.  h.  1808;  d.  1820,  at  Paris,  O. 
Ifi.   vii.  Martha,  b.  September  1, 1810;  m.  George  Pore. 

17.  viii.  Elizabeth,  h.  December  23,  1812;  m.  Josiah  W.  Chapman. 

ix.  John,  b.  1815;  m.  Minerva  Taylor;  reside  at  Horse  Neck, 
West  Virginia. 

18.  X.  C«i/iarz?7e,  b.  March  15, 1818;  m.  David  Bowman. 

John  Thomas  m.,  thirdly,  Mrs.  Sarah  Montgomery.  They 
had  issue  : 

19.  xi.  Amanda,  b.  December  15, 1821 ;  m.  Mortimer  F.  Reed. 
xii.  [a  iion;'\  d.  in  infancy,  and  buried  at  Paris,  O. 

XI.  Jacob  Thomas,*  (Martin, ^  Martin, 2  Theodoras, M  b. 
February  2,  1783,  in  East  Pennsboro'  township,  Cumberland 
county.  Pa. :  d.  May  29,  1822,  in  Adams  county,  Pa. ;  buried 
in  Bender's  church  grave-yard.  He  m.,  in  1811,  in  Perry 
county,  Pa.,  Mary  Bear,  b.  January  15, 1790,  in  Perry  county. 
Pa. ;  d.  March  20,  1872,  in  Adams  county.  Pa. ;  buried  by  the 
side  of  her  husband ;  daughter  of  Jacob  Bear  and  Catharine 
Zimmerman.     They  had  issue: 


606  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

20.  i.  George-Bear.,  b.  October  7, 1812 ;  m.  Catliarine  Ebert. 
n.  [a  daughttr,]  b.  January  17,  1814  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

21.  in.  Martin,  b.  January  2, 1815;  m.  Susan  Eiclioltz. 

22.  iv.  Mary,  b.  June  19, 1817  ;  m.  Joseph  Ilartzel. 

V.  Catharine,  b.  September  15,  1819. 

23.  vi.  Margaret,  b.  August  19,  1821 ;  m.  John  Landis  Latshaw. 

XII.  Anna  Margaret  Thomas,  ^  (Martin,  =^  Martin,  ^  Theo- 
dorus,^)  b.  September  12,  1785,  in  East  Pennsboro'  township, 
Cumberland  county.  Pa.;  baptized  bj-  Rev.  Anthony  Hautz; 
d.  August  20,  1824:  buried  in  Frieden's  Kirche  grave-yard, 
near  Shiremanstown,  Pa.  She  was  a  devoted  Christian,  and  a 
most  amiable  woman.  She  m.,  January,  1808,  Jacob  Geehr, 
b.  November  5,  1784,  near  Lisburn,  Cumberland  county.  Pa. ; 
d.  February  14,  1859,  near  Elliottsville,  in  Shearman's  valley, 
Perry  county,  Pa.,  and  there  buried.  Pie  was  a  farmer.  They 
had  issue  (surname  Geehr),  all  born  at  the  old  homestead  in 
Cumberland  county.  Pa.,  six  miles  west  of  Plarrisburg,  on  the 
State  road  to  Gettysburg : 

i.  iViza,  b.  January  25,   1809;   d.   May  31,   1823;  buried  at 

Frieden's  Kirclie. 
a.  Jf«r?y,b.  June  15, 1810;  d.  May  9, 1822;  buried  at  Frieden's 

Kirciie. 
Hi.  Matilda,  b.  June  20,  1812;  d.  November  10,  1860;  buried 

in  Bellwood  cemetery,  near  Bellwood,  Blair  county,  Pa.  ; 

she  was  a  noble  Christian  woman,  and  among  the  first 

members  of  the  Rev.  John  Winebrenner's  church, 

24.  iv.  John,  b.  November  7,  1814  ;  m.  Amelia  A.  Patterson. 

V.  Martin,  b.   April  14,  1817;   d.  July  14,  1818;   buried  at 
Frieden's  Kirche. 

25.  vi.  Margaret,  b.  September  28,  1820;  m.  John  S.  Lobaugh.-^ 
vii.  Jacob,  b.  March  3,  1822;   d.  August  21,  1824;   buried  at 

Frieden's  Kirche. 
via.  Thomas,  b.  July  14, 1823  ;  d.  about  1850  ;  buried  near  Peters- 
burg. Perry  county.  Pa. 

XIII.  Mary  Thomas, 4  (Martin,-^  Martin, ^  Theodoras, ^ )  b. 
1787,  in  East  Pennsboro'  township,  Cumberland  county,  Pa. ; 
d.  March  18,  1858,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  She  was  a  w^oman  of 
intelligence,  kind  and  benevolent,  and  a  strict  Presbyterian. 
She  m.,  in  1818,  by  Rev.  Henry  Wilson,  of  Silvers  Spring 
church,  Gilbert  Burnett,  b.  July  13, 1778,  in  Concord  town- 
ship, Delaware  county,  Pa. ;  d.  December  14,  1855,  at  Harris- 


Thomas  of  HeideToerg.  607 

burg,  Pa.,  and  there  buried  ;  son  of  John  Burnett*  and  Rebecca 
Key.     They  had  issue  (surname  Burnett): 

i.  Augustus, b.  June  20, 1820 ;  d.  December  16, 1884, at  Harris- 
burg,  Pa. ;  he  was  educated  at  the  private  schools  of  the 
town  and  at  tlie  Ilarrisburg  academy ;  early  in  life 
learned  merchandizing  ;  and  followed  that  pursuit  many 
years ;  in  a  quiet,  unobstrusive  way  he  accomplished 
much  good,  and  the  deeds  which  he  effected  will  live  after 

*.JoHN  Burnett  m.,  in  Philadelphia,  September  21, 1759,  by  the 
Rev.  William  Sturgeon,  of  the  church  of  England,  Eebecca  Key. 
They  both  died  well  advanced  in  years,  in  Washington  county,  Pa. 
They  had  issue,  all  born  in  Concord  township,  now  Delaware  county, 
Pa.  (surname  Burnett)  : 

i.  -E'Zias,b.  Easter  Sunday,  March  22, 1761,  at  5  p.m.  ;  baptized 

August  26,  1764,  by  Rev.  George  Craig. 
a.  John,  b.  Whit  Sunday,  June  10, 1764,  at  5  p.  M. ;  baptized 
August  26,  1764,  by  Rev.  George  Craig  ;  d.  s.  p. 

Mi.  Elizabeth,  b.  January  3, 1767,  at  7  p.  m.  ;  baptized  June  8, 
1767,  by  Rev.  George  Craig  ;  d.  April  30,  1855,  in  Wash- 
ington county.  Pa. ;  m.  William  Brimner,  d.  April  26, 
1850. 

iv.  Thomas,  b.  August  25, 1769,  "  It  being  as  great  a  Druth  as 
ever  was  known  in  this  part;"  baptized  November  26, 
1769,  by  Rev.  George  Craig;  d.  1836,  in  Chester  county. 
Pa. ;  buried  at  Birmingham  Meeting-House  ;  m.  Susan 
Seal. 
V.  James,  b.  August  10, 1773,  at  1  A.  M. ;  baptized  October  26, 
1773,  by  Rev.  George  Craig  ;  m.,  and  had  issue. 

vi.  Oilhtrt,  b.  July  27,  1776,  at  12  o'clock,  midnight;  d.  Sep- 
tember 1, 1777. 

vii.  Gilbert,  (2nd)  b.  July  13,  1778,  in  the  afternoon ;  baptized 
in  Middletown,  Pa. ;  was  twicemarried  ;  m.,  first,  April 
21,  1804,  by  Rev.  N.  R.  Snowden,  Elizabeth  Wallace, 
b.  1782  ;  d.  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  daughter  of  Samuel  Wal- 
lace, (see  Wallace  and  Weir  J  and  had  issue: 

1.  Caroline,  b.  1804,  at  Baltimore  Md. ;  m.  James 

Denning. 

2.  Henrietta,  b.  1807,  at  Baltimore,  Md.;  d.  1827,  in 

Chester  county,  Pa. 
Gilbert  Burnett;  m.  secondly,  Mary  Thomas,  (see  record). 
via.  liebecca,  b.  June  12,  1782,  at  Middletown,  Pa. ;  deceased  at 
Frankfort  Springs,  Pa. ;  m.  Andrew  Knox. 
ICC.  Ann,  b.  April  29,  1787,  at  Middletown,  Pa. ;  d.  s.  p. 


608  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

him;  lie  was  a  good  citizen,  and  an  earnest  Cliristian ; 
Mr.  Burnett,  m.,  October  20,  1858,  Rebecca  J.  Pugh, 
daughter  of  James  Pugh  ;  slie  resides  at  Centreville,Del. 

XIV.  Sarah  Thomas, 5  (John,*  Martin, ^  Martin, ^  Theo- 
doras,^) b.  179-i,  in  East  Pennsboro'  township,  Cumberland 
county,  Pa.;  d.  about  1858,  in  DeKalb  county,  Ind.;  buried  at 
Hamilton,  Steuben  county,  Ind.;  m.,  at  Paris,  Ohio,  Daniel 
Hammond,  b.  about  1792  ;  d.  about  1862 ;  buried  at  Hamilton, 
Ind.     Tliey  had  issue  (surname  Hammond) : 

i.  George-^  d.  in  DeKalb  county,  Ind.;  m.  Cl)ristina  Hood. 
ii.  Lrna;  ra.  John  ('lark;  reside  in  DeKalb  county,  Ind. 
m.  Eliznheth\   d.  1870,  in  DeKalb  county,  Ind.;    m.  Jacob 

AVeaver. 
ic.  Anna\    m.  John  Musser ;   reside  in  Hamilton,  Steuben 

county,  Ohio, 
f.  Mar II  ;  m.  Philip  Mann  ;  reside  in  DeKalb  county,  Ind. 
vi.  Marlha;  m. Rorabaugh. 

XV.  Sybilla  Thomas,  5  (John,^  Martin,  ^  Martin,  ^  Theo- 
dorus,^)  b.  1796,  in  East  Pennsboro'  township,  Cumberland 
county,  Pa.;  d.  about  1829,  at  Paris,  Ohio;  m.,  in  1818,  at 
Paris,  Ohio,  John  Hammond;  d.  about  1839,  at  Paris,  Ohio. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Hammond) : 

i.  Jacob,  h.  December,  1819 ;  m.  Amanda  Clark  ;  reside  in  De- 
Kalb county,  Ind. 

ii.  Mary.  b.  1821 ;  d  ;  m.  Michael  McEnderfer. 

m.  Elizabeth,  b.  1823;  d.  s.  p. 

iv.  Thomas,  b.  1825;  m.  Elizabeth  Hood;  reside  at  Summit, 
DeKalb  county,  Ind. 

.  XVI.  Maetha  Thomas,  5  (John,^  Martin,  ^  Martin,  ^  Theo- 
dorus,  1)  b.  September  1,  1810,  in  Columbiana  county,  Ohio; 
resides  in  Dunkirk,  Hardin  county,  Ohio;  m.,  January  15,  1828, 
George  Pore,  b.  April  25, 1802,  in  AVestmoreland  county,  Pa.; 
d.  December  13,  1882,  in  Hancock  county,  Ohio.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Pore): 

i.  John-T.,  b.  May  19,  1829,  in  Stark  county,  Ohio  ;  d.  Janu- 
ary 12,  1876,  in  Hancock  county,  Ohio;  m.,  October  7, 
1869,  Matilda  Ann  Carman,  b.  September  18,1838;  d. 
October  25,  1870,  and  had  issue: 

1.  Louis-Marshall,  b.  October  16, 1870. 


Thomas  of  Heidelberg.  609 

n.  George-A.,  b.  June  30,  1S31 ;  d.  April  13,  1885;  m.,  first, 
August  21,  1858,  Hannah  L.  Zeagly,  b.  1838;  d.  April  4, 
1866,  and  had  issue: 

1.  William- Hilton,  b.  December  23, 1859. 

2.  Martha-Frances,  b.  December  7,  1861 ;  d.  Sep- 

tember 18, 1882  ;  m.,  June  28, 1881,  Noah  Blos- 
ser,  and  had  issue  (surname  Blosser) : 
a.   William- Franklin,  b.  April  11,  1882. 

3.  Peter-Franklin,  b.  September  10,  1863;  d.  in  in- 

fancy. 
George  A.  Pore  m.,  secondly,  August  16, 1870,  Susan  Ream, 
b.  June  20, 1847,  in  Hancock  county,  Ohio,  and  had  issue  : 

4.  Eva-Eldice,  b.  May  29,  1871. 

5.  [a  son],  b.  November  10,  1873 ;  d.  December  15, 

1873. 

6.  Sarah- Charlotte,  b.  March  21, 1878. 

7.  Flossie-Gertrude,  b.  October  12,  1879. 

8.  Lydia-May,  b.  September  22, 1881 ;  d.  September 

22,  1883. 
lii.  Philip,  b.  December  4,  1832;   d.  December  29,  1874;   m., 
July  23,  1859,  Dydia  Ann  Clark,  b.  August  12,  1837,  in 
Delaware  county,  Ohio,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Alvah-Franklin,^.  Swn^  15,1860;  d.  September 

11,1874. 

2.  James-Fdivard,  b.  October  19, 1862;  m.,  October 

20,  1883,  Clara  Montgomery. 

3.  Clark,  b.  March  4, 1864. 

4.  John- Wesley,  b.  December  11,  1867. 

5.  Mary-Luella,  b.  April  4,  1869. 

6.  Euih-Lucilla,  b.  December,  15, 1871. 

7.  Laura-May,  b.  August  6, 1873. 

8.  Lucy-P.,  b.  April  22, 1876;  d.  March  19,  1877. 
iv.  Elizabeth,  b.  March  4, 1836 ;  resides  at  Ada,  Hardin  county, 

Ohio  ;  m.,  October  19, 1869,  John  Wright  Nelson,  b.  May 
19,  1S38,  at  Huntersville,  Hardin  county,  Ohio,  and  had 
issue  (surname  Nelson)  : 

1.  Johyi-Ross,  b.  April  12, 1874  ;  d.  May  28,  1877. 

2.  Flora-Olive,  b.  April  5,  1880. 

V.  Sarah-Catharine,  b.  May  9,  1839;  d.  January  4, 1865;  m., 
January  24, 1863,  George  A.  Richert,  b.  in  Stark  countj^ 
Ohio  ;  d.  1884,  and  had  issue  (surname  Richert) : 

1.  George-Clifford,  b.  November  22, 1864;  d.  Octo- 
ber 22,  1865. 
vi.  Josiah-PL,  b.  June  6, 1841 ;  d.  May  1,  1879;  m.,  September 
14, 1869,  Lucy  Ann  Newson,  b.  October  19, 1851,  in  Mon- 
roe county,  Ohio  ;  no  children. 
39 


610  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

vii.  Margaret-Ann,  b.  May  14,  1843  ;  d.  August  14, 1844. 
via.  Franklin-C.^  b.  November  23,  1845;    resides  on  the  old 
homestead  in  Hancock  county,  Ohio;  m.,  September  12, 
1872,  Sai'ah  Ann  Crist,  and  had  issue : 

1.  Flora-Alberta,  b.  August  29,  1874. 

2.  Charles- Clifford,  b.  September  18,  1876;  d.  Sep- 

tember 21,  1880. 

3.  Martha-Mary,  b.  February  17,  1879. 

4.  Laura-Mabel,  b.  March  22, 1881. 

ix.  Lcvi-Tfiomas,  b.  April  13,  1849;  m.,  October  25, 1870,  Ella 
Gertrude  Hermes,  b.  April  19, 1853,  in  Wyandot  county, 
Ohio,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Oliver-Elba,  b.  May  18,  1872. 

2.  Clarence-Clyde,  b.  June  21,  1873:  d.  January  5, 
\  1874. 

3.  George-Glenn,  b.  October  31,  1876. 

4.  Lillie-Grace,  b.  May  3,  1880. 

5.  Nellie-Blanche,  b.  March  28, 1883. 

X.  Martha-Caroline,  b.  January  31,  1852;  m.,  October  27, 
1870,  William  Pifer,  b.  October  25,  1850,  in  Hancock 
county,  Ohio,  and  had  issue  (surname  Pifer) : 

1.  Lucy-Dell,  b.  October  19,  1872. 

2.  Nellie-Elida,  b.  January  9, 1877. 

XYII.  Elizabeth  Thomas, s  (John,^  Martin,-^  Martin, ^ 
Theodoras,  1)  b.  December  23,  1812,  in  Columbiana  county- 
Ohio;  resides  in  Edinburgh,  Ohio.  She  m.,  December  21 
1837,  JosiAH  Whitney  Chapman,  b.  July  8,  1808,  in  Eoot 
stone,  Portage  county,  Ohio;  d.  February  13,  1884,  in  Edin- 
burgh, Ohio ;  son  of  Beman  Chapman  and  Sarah  AVhitney.  His 
parents  came  from  Toland,  Conn.,  and  he  was  next  to  the  eldest 
of  a  family  of  ten  children.  The  youngest  brother  was  Pro- 
fessor I.  0.  Chapman,  many  years  connected  with  Mt.  Union 
College.  Josiah  W.  Chapman  was  a  farmer,  owned  a  fine  farm 
in  Edinburgh  where  all  his  married  life  was  spent.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Chapman) : 

i.  Sarah-Elizabeth,  b.  September  29,  1840;  m.,  August  15, 
1861,  Hugh  J.  Caldwell,  b.  June  7,  1835,  in  Trumbull 
county,  Ohio ;  attended  college  at  Delaware  and  Mt. 
Union,  Ohio,  graduating  from  the  latter  institution  in 
1860  ;  in  1862,  was  elected  superintendent  of  the  schools 
at  Warren,  Ohio;  in  1866,  resigned  and  accepted  the 
superintendency  of  the  schools  at  Gallipolis;  in  the 
meantime,  studied  law,  graduating  from  Cleveland  Law 


Thomas  of  Heidelberg.  611 

college  under  General  Crowell,  in  1871,  and  the  same 
year  entered  upon  the  practice  of  that  profession  at 
Lawrence,  Kansas  ;  in  1875  he  removed  to  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  where  he  now  resides,  practicing  his  profession. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Caldwell  had  issue  (surname  Caldwell)  :* 

1.  William-Ernest,  b.  July  5,  1862,  in  Edinburgh, 

Portage  county,  Ohio. 

2.  Alfred-Percy,  b.  October  17,  1864,  in  Warren,. 

Trumbull  county,  Ohio. 

3.  Francis- A sbury ,  b.  March  26,  1867,  in  Gallipolis,. 

Gallia  county,  Ohio. 

4.  Florence,  b.  August  31,  1868,  in  Gallipolis,  Ohio. 

5.  Halliday -Miles,  b.  January  18,  1873;  d.  August 

16, 1S73. 

6.  Hugh-Whitney,  b.  November  15,  1874,  in  Law- 

rence, Kansas. 
a.  Amanda-Loama,  b.  May  31, 1843. 
Hi.  Bhoda-Lodema,  b.  June  27, 1846. 

*HuGH  J.  Caldwell  was  the  son  of  David  Caldwell  and  Eliza- 
beth Christy.  His  grandfather,  Hugh  Caldwell,  with  his  wife,.  Jane- 
Anderson,  natives  of  county  Derry,  Ireland,  emigrated  to  America  in 
1804,  and  settled  in  West  Chester,  Pa.  In  1810,  they  removed  to 
Trumbull  county,  Ohio  ;  there  they  lived  and  died.  Their  children 
were 

i.  David,  b.  October  4, 1804. 

a.  Jane;  m.  John  Hoover;  removed  to  Minnesota. 
Hi.  James  ;  resides  in  Trumbull  county,  Ohio. 
io.  John;  bought  the  old  homestead  and  died  there. 
V.  Nancy ;  m.  VVilliam  H.  Bard. 

vi.  Hugh ;  a  minister  of  the  M.  E.  church  ;  removed  to  Oregon.. 
vii.   William ;  resides  in  Trumbull  county,  Ohio. 
via.  Eliza;  m.  Benjamin  Cranage,  a  merchant  of  Warren,  Ohio.. 
The  eldest  son,  David  Caldwell,  was  thrice  married ;  m.,  first,  Em- 
eline  M.  Hart,  who  d.  May  27,1828;  no  issue.    He  m.,  secondly,.  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1832,  Elizabeth  Christy;   d.  January,  1867;    daughter  of 
William  Clu-isty  and  Mary  Snook,  of  Essex,  N^ew  Jersey.    They  had, 
issue : 

I.  Mary-Jane;  d.  1854,  in  her  twenty-second  year. 
ii.  Huqh-J.,  b.  June  7,  1835;  m.  Sarah  Elizabeth  Chapman. 
Hi.  John-O.,  b.  January  5,  1839;  member  of  the  Second  Ohio 
cavalry;  killed  June  1, 1864,  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilder- 
ness near  Ashland  station. 
iv.  Calvin,  b.  August  2,  1842;   member  of  the  One  Hundred 
and  Fifth  Ohio  volunteers;  killed  September  23, 1863,  in 
the  battle  of  Chickamauga. 


612  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

XYiri.  Cathaeine  Thomas,  s  (Jolin,^  Martin,  ^  Martin, 2 
Tbeodorus,^)  b.  March  15,  1818,  near  Paris,  Stark  county, 
Ohio;  resides  at  Osnaburg,  Stark  county,  Ohio;  na.,  February 
27,  1842,  by  Peter  Stimmel,  Esq.,  David  Bowman,  b.  Octo- 
ber 14,  1819,  in  Stark  county,  Ohio;  d.  November  4,1874; 
buried  in  the  Roland  cemetery,  Canton,  Ohio.  They  had  issue 
(surname  Bowman) : 

i.  Emanuel-Thomas,  b.  July  14, 1843  ;  m.,  April  23,  1867,  Eliz- 
abeth Simmers,  and  had  issue. 
ii.  Joanna,  b.  March  6,1845;    d.  April  21,1847;    buried  at 

Paris,  Ohio, 
m.   Winfield  Scott,  b.  April  5, 1847 ;  d.  August  19, 1874;  buried 
in  Roland  cemetery.  Canton,  Ohio;  m.,  March  21, 1871, 
Susan  Hammond;  resides  in  Delvalb  county,  Ind. ;  and 
had  issue : 

1.  Herbert,  b.  September  28,  1872. 
iv.   William-Franklin,  b.  June  3, 1849;  resides  with  his  mother 

in  Stark  county,  Ohio. 
V.  George-Washington,  b.  March  25,1851;    d.  September  8, 

1874;  buried  in  Roland  cemetery,  Canton,  Ohio. 
vi.  Albert-Byron,  b.  January  10,  1853;  d.  September  9,  1874. 
vii.  Charles- Cassius,  b.  July  10, 1855. 
via.  Emma-Augusta,  b.  October  24,  1857. 
ix.  Mary- Alice. 

XIX.  Amanda  Thomas,  s  (John,^  Martin,  ^  Martin,  ^  Theo- 
doras,^) b.  December  15,  1821,  near  Paris,  Stark  county,  0. ; 
resides  at  Marshall,  Clark  county,  111. ;  m.,  December  11,  184'2, 
MoETiMER  Francis  Reed,  b.  May  30,  1816,  in  Canton,  Stark 
county,  O.  ;  d.  July  2,  1864,  in  Marshall,  111.  ;  son  of  Timothy 
Herbert  Reed  and  Ehzabeth  Franklin.  They  had  issue  (sur- 
name Reed) : 

i.  Sarah,  h.  November  17,  1843;  m.,  December  22, 1867,  Ira 
W.  Center;  and  had  issue  (surname  Center) : 
1.   WilUnm-FranhUn,  b.  October  20,  1868. 

ii.  Timothy-Herbert,  b.  September  29, 1845;  m.,  February  20, 
1876,  Hannah  Gross,  b.  December  9, 1848 ;  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Mortimer-Franhlin,  b.  February  4,  1877. 

2.  Jacob-Herbert,  b.  August  30,  1878. 

3.  Bobcrt-Bitrns,  b.  February  14,  1881. 

4.  Frank-F.,  b.  March  24, 1882. 
6.  Flora-Bell,  h.M-dYchn,  1883. 
6.  Mate-Irene,  b.  October  10,  1885. 


Thomas  of  Heidelberg.  613 

Hi.   Walter-Burdock,  b.  February  22,  1847  ;  d.  October  15, 1848. 
iv.  Elizahelh-FrcmMin.h.  February  2, 1849;  in.,  June  10,1869, 
Reese  P.  Enjjlisli  ;   and  had  issue  (surname  English) : 

1.  Edmund-Eeed,  b.  July  18,  1869. 

2.  Mary,h.  July  29,  1871. 

V.  Diora,  b.  March  21, 1851;  m.,  November  15,  1871,  Francis 
E.  Janney,  b.  February  28,  1849;  d.  December  4,  1880; 
and  had  issue  (surname  Janney) : 

1.  Bessie- Amanda,  b.  January  21,  1873 ;  d.  June  19, 

1878. 

2.  Mortiyner- Francis,  b.  October  28,  1874;    d.  De- 

cember 81,  1879. 

3.  Susanna-Dora,  b.  May  13,  1878. 

4.  3Iilo-Beed,  b.  July  3,  1880. 

vi.  Tliomas-P.,  b.  February  26, 1853;  d.  March  21, 1854. 
vii.  Charles- Fremont,  b.  April  12,  1858. 
viii.  Jacob,  b.  June  11, 1860;  d.  April  2,  1882. 

XX.  GeorCxE  Beak  Thomas, ^  (Jacob, *  Martin,-^  Martin, ^ 
Theodorus,^)b.  October  7,  1812,  near  New  Cumberland,  Cara- 
berland  county,  Pa. ;  removed  to  York  county,  and  became 
quite  prominent  in  local  affairs  ;  for  many  years,  he  served  as 
postmaster  of  the  office  named  for  him,  Thomasville,  where  he 
resides.  He  m.,  June  10,  1834,  by  Eev.  Daniel  Gotwalt, 
Catharine  Ebert,  b.  July  23,  1812,  in  Adams  county,  Pa. ; 
d.  February  11,  1879,  in  York  county.  Pa.  ;  daughter  of  John 
Ebert  and  Catharine  Smjser.     They  had  issue : 

i.  John,  b.  May  10, 1835 ;  m.,  December  8, 1859,  by  Rev.  HofE- 
heins,  Lovina  Mummert,  b.  April  26, 1839,  in  Hamilton 
township,  Adams  county.  Pa. ;  daughter  of  George 
Mummert  and  Magdalena  Chronister ;  and  had  issue: 

1.  Emma-Esiella,  b.  July  29,  1861. 

2.  George-Franklin,  b.  June  7,  1863. 

3.  Martin-Henry,  b.  October  5,  1865. 

4.  Willis- Edwin,  b.  April  16,  1872. 

a.  Jacob,  b.  December  3, 1836,  in  IS'ewton  township,  Cumber- 
land county.  Pa.;  m.,  October  31,  1865,  by  Rev.  C.  J. 
Deininger,  Elizabeth  Hubley,  b.  December  22,  1836,  in 
West  Manchester  township,  York  county.  Pa. :  daughter 
of  John  Hubley  and  Mary  Slagle ;  and  had  issue : 
•    1.  John-Henry,  b.  Becember  22,  1866. 

2.  George-William,  b.  February  28,  1869. 

3.  Edward-Allen,  b.  September  14,  1875. 


614  Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 

Hi.  Martin,  h.  December  29, 1838,  in  Dickinson  township,  Cum- 
berland county.  Pa. ;  m.,  August  26, 1866,  by  Rev.  C.  J. 
Deininger,  Mary  Ann  Yesler,  b.  May  3,  1834,  in  Dover 
township,  Yorlc  county,  Pa. ;  daughter  of  Jacob  Yesler 
and  Susanna  Harbaugh  ;  and  had  issue  : 

1.  IsabeUa,  b.  October  8,  1867. 

2.  Sarah- Ann,  b.  August  2, 1872  ;  d.  March  13, 1873, 
iv.  Henry-Kyle,  b.  April  8, 1841,  in  Menallen  township,  Adams 

county,  Pa.;  m.,  June  1,  1868,  by  Rev.  Jacob  Ziegler, 
Leah  Spangler,  b.  August  10, 1847,  in  Paradise  township, 
York  county.  Pa. ;  daughter  of  George  Spangler  and 
Sarah  Koch. 
V.  Mary-Catharine,  b.  April  30,  1843,  in  Menallen  township, 
Adams  county.  Pa. 

vi.  George-William,  b.  January  20,  1846  ;  d.  September  7, 1849. 

vii.  Hannah-Elizabeth,  b.  February  17,  1848,  in  Menallen  town- 
ship, Adams  county.  Pa. ;  m.,  April  10,  1870,  by  Rev.  C. 
J.  Deininger,  Henry  Stauffer,  b.  February  3,  1842,  in 
Jackson  township,  York  county,  Pa. ;  son  of  Henry  Stauf- 
fer and  Margaret  Gladfelter;  and  had  issue  (surname 
Stauffer) : 

1.  Luther-Grant,  b.  November  7,  1870. 

2.  Charles-Milton,  b.  January  28,  1872. 

3.  Mazie-Kate,  b.  August  11,  1873. 

4.  Henry -Thomas,  b.  February  13,  1875. 

5.  Lizzie-Bay,  b.  November  25, 1876  ;  d.  January  6, 

1883. 

6.  Paul-Hays,  b.  April  25, 1878. 

7.  Msie-Margaret,  h.  January  27,1880. 

8.  Hoimrd- Arthur ,  b.  August  6,  1881. 

9.  John-Franklin,  b.  May  15,  1883. 
10.  Elmer-Clayton,  b.  January  2,  1885. 

viii.  Nathaniel- Augustus,  b.  September  5,  1850,  in  Tyrone  town- 
ship, Adams  county.  Pa. ;  d.  November  9,  1852. 
ix.  Margaret-Lovina,  b.  January  23, 1854,  in  Reading  township, 
Adams  county.  Pa. ;  m.,  October  17,  1875,  by  Rev.  C.  J. 
Deininger,  Lewis  Schriver,  b.  September  17, 1839,  in  West 
Manchester  township,  York  county,  Pa.;  son  of  Frederick 
Schriver  and  Sarah  Weigle;  and  had  issue  (surname 
Schriver) : 

1.  Isabella- Jane,  b.  April  17,  1876. 

2.  iJowarcZ-Leim,  b.  June4, 1878;  d.  May  29,  1879. 

3.  Elizabeth,  h.  August  18,  1880. 

4.  Clara-May,  b.  February  10, 1882. 

XXL  Martin  Thomas,  ^  (Jacob,  ^  Martin,  ^  Martin,  ^  Theo- 
doras, i)  b.  January  2,  1815,  in  Manallen,  now  Bntler  town- 


Thomas  of  Heidelberg.  61o 

ship,  Adams  county,  Pa.  He  is  a  substantial  farmer,  and  has 
been  more  or  less  prominent  in  cburch  and  local  affairs.  He 
m.,  February  26,  1836,  by  Eev.  Daniel  Gotwalt,  Susan 
EiCHOLTZ,  b.  July  16,  1806,  in  Menallen,  now  Butler  town- 
ship, Adams  county.  Pa. ;  d.  January  26,  1879,  in  Adams 
county.  Pa. ;  daughter  of  Jacob  Eicholtz  and  Catharine  Rife. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  George- William.,  b.  Deceraber  3,  1840;  m.,  September  21, 
1865,  by  Rev.  J.  K.  Miller,  Anna  Mary  Bushey,  b.  Sep- 
tember 12,  1841,  in  Latimore  township,  Adams  county, 
Ph.;  daughterof  Jacob  Y.  Bushey  and  Elizabeth  Brough, 
and  had  issue : 

1.  Lettie- Alice,  b.  March  17, 1867. 

2.  Kemplwr-Edioard,  b.  March  3,  1869. 

a.  Martin-Henry,  b.  August  18,  1847;  d.  January  9,  1882;  ac- 
cidentally killed  near  Indianapolis,  Ind. ;  m.,  January, 
1879,  Elsie  Louise  Deitrick  ;  d.  May  22, 1881,  at  Abbotts- 
town,  Pa.,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Elsie-Louise,  b.  May  15,  1881. 

XXII.  Mary  Thomas,  s  (Jacob, ^  Martin,  ^  Martin,  2  Theo- 
doras,!) ]-)_  June  19,  1817,  in  Menallen,  now  Butler  township, 
Adams  county.  Pa.  ;  resides  near  Goldenville,  Adams  county, 
Pa. ;  m.,  March  24,  1836,  by  Rev.  Daniel  G-otwalt,  Joseph 
Hartzel,  b.  May  31,  1813,  in  Menallen,  now  Butler  township, 
Adams  county.  Pa.  ;  d.  October  25,  1863 ;  son  of  George 
Hartzel  and  Mary  Bream.     They  had  issue  (surname  Hartzel) : 

i.  Margaret- Elizabeth,  b.  April  14,  1837;  m.,  February  6, 
1873,  by  Rev.  David  W.  Wolf,  Jacob  Sherk  Boyer,  b. 
September  27,  1841 ;  son  of  John  Boyer  and  Elizabeth 
Sherk;  reside  in  Guthrie  county,  Iowa;  and  had  issue 
(surname  Boyer) : 

1.  John-Clayton,  b.  August  19,  1874. 

2.  Har  Key -Hartzel,  b.  November  17,  1877. 

ii.  Hixnna/i-ilfa?'?/,  b.  Septeml)er  7,  1838;  resides  at  Mummas- 
burgh,  Adams  county,  Pa.;  m.,  December  13,  1860,  by 
Rev.  Jacob  Ziegler,  Abraham  Hart,  b.  September  25, 1835, 
at  Mummasburgh,  Adams  county,  Pa. ;  son  of  Abraham 
Hart  and  Elizabeth  Comfort;  and  had  issue  (surname 
Hart) : 

1.  Augustus- Burnett,  b.  February  2, 1862. 


616  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

2.  Florence-May .,  b.  June  10,  1864;  m.,  December  4, 

1883,  Oscar  H.  Diehl,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Diehl)  : 

a.  Ruth-Ethel,  b.  April  7,"  1884. 

h.  Lawrence- Hart,  b.  October  16,  1885. 

3.  Emma-Kate,  h.  September  1,  1865:  m.,  January 

1,1885,  Milton  .F.  Hoover. 

4.  Anna-Margaret,  b.  January  20,  1867. 

5.  Mary-Ellen,  b.  August  10,  1868. 

6.  Alice-Eebecca,  b.  June  16,  1870. 

7.  Oliver-Peter,  b.  January  27,  1872. 

8.  Ilenry-Whitmore,  b.  January  16,  1874. 

9.  John-FravkUn,  b.  November  13,  1877. 

10.  Maria-Alberta,  b.  July  29, 1879  ;  d.  March  1, 1881. 

11.  Susan-Gertrude,  (twin,)  b.  July  29,  1879. 

12.  Ursula-Grace,  b.  February  13,  1882. 

m.  Oliver-Thomas,  b.  November  23,  1840;  d.  December,  1881, 

in  Florida. 
w.  Amanda-Catharine,  b.   December  16,   1844;   resides  near 

Goldenville,  Adams  county.  Pa. 
V.  Florence-Matilda,'b.'Mny4i,  1850;  resides  near  Goldenville, 

Adams  county,  Pa. 

XXIII.  Margaret  Thomas,  ^  (Jacob, *  Martin,  ^  Martin, ^ 
Theodorus,^)  b.  August  14,  1821,  in  Menallen  township, 
Adams  county,  Pa. ;  resides  near  Marion,  Franklin  county, 
Pa. ;  m.,  November  26,  1846,  by  Rev.  C.  F.  Hoffmeier,  John 
Landis  Latshaw,  b.  November  6,  1821,  in  East  Berlin, 
Adams  county.  Pa. ;  son  of  Peter  Latshaw  and  Susanna  Landis. 
Mr.  Latshaw  is  a  farmer  and  owner  of  one  of  the  best  cultivated 
farms  in  the  Cumberland  Valley.  He  has  been  quite  prominent 
in  public  affairs,  serving  in  some  of  the  important  offices  of  the 
county  of  Franklin,  and  also  identified  with  several  of  the  local 
industries.     They  had  issue  (surname  Latshaw) : 

i.  Mary-Elizabeth,  b.  April  6,  1848,  in  Antrim  township, 
Franklin  county.  Pa. ;  resides  near  Savoy,  111. ;  m.,  De- 
cember 21,  1871,  by  Rev.  Moses  Kieffer,  D.  D.,  John 
Thomas  Maxwell,  b.  September  14, 1846,  in  Antrim  town- 
ship, Franklin  county,  Pa.,  son  of  VVilliam  James  Max- 
well, M.  D.,  and  Anna  Barbara  Stenger;  and  had  issue 
(surname  Maxwell) : 

1.  William-Irwin,  b.  July  17,  1873. 

2.  Clinton-L.,  b.  June  23, 1881. 


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a.  William-Peter,  h.  April  14,1849;  m.,  first,  November  13, 
1873,  by  Rev.  R.  G.  Iluber,  Catharine  Grove,  b.  October 
1, 1848;  d.  July  25,  1877  ;  daughter  of  John  Grove  and 
Magdalena  Strock ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Latshaw) : 

1.  Jokn-Grove,  b.  August  16,  1874. 

2.  William-Harvie,  b.  September  1,  1876;  d.  Feb- 

ruary  4,  1877. 

William  P.  Latshaw  m.,  secondly,  January  27, 1880,  Ma- 
linda  Whitmore. 
in.  Uatliarine- Thomas,  b.  October  19,  1853;  resides  near 
Waynesboro',  Pa. ;  m.,  December  21, 1876,  by  Rev.  H.  S. 
Comfort,  George  Boonebrake  Foltz,  b.  August  25, 1849, 
at  Waynesboro',  Franklin  county,  Pa. ;  son  of  George 
W.  Foltz  and  Anne  Boonebrake ;  and  had  issue  (surname 
Foltz) : 

1.  Lillie-Margaret.h.  March  l3,  1879. 

2.  Ilary-Elizabeth,  h.  July  24,  1882. 

3.  Beverly-Augustus,  (twin,)  b.  July  24,  1882. 
iv.  Sarah,  b.  January  26, 1856;  d.  February  10, 1856. 

V.  John-Edward,  b.  October  2,  1860 ;  resides  near  Marion,  Pa. 

XXiy.  JohnGheer,5  (Anna-Margaret, 4  Martin,-''  Martin, ^ 
Theodoras,  1)  b.  November  7,  1814,  in  Cumberland  county, 
Pa. ;  he  was  brought  up  on  a  farm,  but,  subsequently  learned 
cabinet-making,  which  business  he  has  carried  on  forty-two 
years.  Besides  at  Bellwood,  Blair  county,  Pa.  He  was  twice 
married  ;  m.,  first,  May  1, 1840,  at  Williamsburg,  Pa.,  Amelia 
Amanda  Patterson,  b,  April  20,  1816 ;  d.  October  5,  1851, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Patterson  and  Jane  Slack.  They  had  is- 
sue (surname  Gheer) : 

i.  Jane- Margaret,  b.  ISTovember  13,  1846.  By  profession  a 
teacher.  In  the  fall  of  1879  she  was  sent  by  the  Woman's 
Foreign  Missionary  Society  of  the  M.  E.  Church  to 
Japan,  arriving  at  Yokohama  on  the  15th  of  ^N'ovember. 
She  opened  a  school  at  jSTagasaki,  where  she  met  with  re- 
mai'kable  success,  remaining  until  May,  1885,  when  she 
was  sent  to  Fukuoha,  a  city  of  between  sixty  and  seventy 
thousand  inhabitants,  where  she  established  another 
school 

a.  Anna-Matilda,  b.  July  5,  1848 ;  resides  at  Altoona,  Pa.; 
m.,  Jnue  21,  1877,  Daniel  Hicks,  b.,  October  7,  1845, 
twelve  miles  from  Pittsburgh  Landing,  Lawrence 
county,  Tenn.;  and  had  issue  (surname  Hicks) : 


618  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

1.  Mary-D.,  b.  August  19,  1878. 

2.  John-Gheer,h.  May  2,  1881 ;  d.  May  26,  1882. 

3.  Amelia-Patterson,  h.  iJecemher  11.  ISS'd;  d.  Sep- 

tember 2,  1884. 
in.  Thomas-Fatter  son,  b.,  September  4,  1851,  at  Bell  wood, 
Blair  county,  Pa.,  where  he  resides;  m.,  May  27, 1875, 
Addie  Reiiner,  b..  May  27, 1848,  at  Petersburg,  Hunting- 
don county.  Pa. ;  dangliter  of  Abram  Renner  and  Martha 
Jones ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Gheer) : 

1.  3Iary- Martha,  b,,  March   8,  1876,  at    Osceola, 

Cleartield  county.  Pa. 

2.  John-Reyiner,  b.,  July  2,  1877,  at  Bellwood,  Blair 

county.  Pa. 

3.  Charles- Wesley,  b.  January  18,  1879. 

4.  Amelia-Jane,  b.  January  17,  1885. 

Jolm  Gheer  m.,  secondly,  at  Carlisle,  Pa.,  March  24,  1853, 
Mary  Ann  BELL,b.  August  27, 1817,  at  Carlisle,  Pa. ;  daughter 
of  Isaac  Burro wes  Bell  and  Catharine  Hoffer. 

XXV.  Maegaret  Cheer,  s  ( Anna- Margaret, -^  Martin,  ^  Mar- 
tin,^ Theodorus,^)  b.  September  28,  1820,  in  Cumberland 
county,  Pa.;  d.  March  18,  1866,  in  Woodson  county,  Kansas; 
buried  in  Le  Roy  cemetery.  She  m.,  at  Mechanicsburg,  Pa., 
February  25,  1840,  by  Rev.  Stowe,  John  Shultz  Lobaugh, 
b.  July  28,  1814,  in  Adams  county.  Pa.  ;  d.  June  2,  1883 ; 
buried  by  the  side  of  his  wife ;  son  of  Abraha.m  Lobaugh  and 
Catharine  Shultz.  He  removed  from  Pennsylvania  in  the 
spring  of  1856  to  Henry  county,  Iowa,  where  he  farmed  four 
years;  subsequently  to  now  Woodson  county,  Kansas,  where 
he  took  up  a  fine  tract  of  land,  and  became  one  of  the  pioneers 
in  that  section,  on  which  he  resided  up  to  the  time  of  his  death. 
During  the  Rebellion  he  served  one  year  in  the  Ninth  regiment 
of  Kansas  cavalry.     They  had  issue  (surname  Lobaugh) : 

i.  Matilda,  b.  April  28,  1841,  near  Mechanicsburg,  Cumber- 
land county.  Pa. ;  resides  near  Radical  City,  Kansas  ;  m., 
at  Geneva,  Allen  county,  Kansas,  January  23,  1868,  by 
Rev.  S.  M.  Irwin,  Samuel  Walker,  b.  September  30, 1811, 
at  Athensville,  111. ;  son  of  John  Anderson  Walker  and 
Elizabeth  Sears ;  and  had  issue  (surnnme  Walker) : 

1.  Eosalind-Alberta,  b.  October  19,  1868. 

2.  Herbert-Baymond,h.  April  30,  1870;  d.  July  1? 

1873 ;  killed  in  a  tornado. 


Thomas  of  Heidelberg.  619 

3.  Minnie- Bebecca,  b.  January  27,  1872. 

4.  John-Gilbert,  b.  Marcli  29,  1873. 

5.  Ilarr (/-Ellsworth,  b.  September  6,  1875. 

6.  Lucena-Belle,  b.  August  15,  1877. 

7.  Hugh-Donald,  b.  March  15,  1879. 

8.  Lotta-Estella,  b.  March  23,  1881. 

9.  Ada,  b.  June  22, 1883. 

Joseph-Shultz,  b.  March  4, 1843;  resides  near  Sedan,  Cha- 
tauqua  county,  Kansas;  served  during  the  Kebellion,  in 
the  Ninth  regiment,  Kansas  cavalry;  m.,  September  12, 
1876,  by  Kev.  Mr.  Tobias.  Mary  Adelaide  Faber,  b.  Sep- 
tember 12  1847,  in  the  State  of  Indiana;  daugliter  of 
Christopher  Faber  and  Elizabeth  Parkison  ;  and  liad  is- 
sue (surname  Lobaugh)  : 

1.  Clara-Winona,  b.  March  26,  1867;   m.  July  3, 

1884,  William  Ramsey. 

2.  JSTannie,  b.  April  24,  1869  ;  d.  November  4,  1873. 

3.  George-Ellis,  b.  May  18,  1871. 

4.  Lillie,  b.  November  17, 1873. 

5.  John-Leonard,  b.  December  25,  1875. 

6.  William-Frederick,  b.  February  1,  1878. 

7.  Guy,  b.  1880. 

8.  Vincent,  b.  May  18,  1885. 

Jacob-Gheer,  b.  November  2, 1845  ;  served  in  the  Rebellion 
in  the  Ninth  Kansas  cavalry ;  resides  near  Montrose, 
Henry  county.  Mo. ;  m.,  November  23,  1867,  Rachel 
Melissa  Thompson,  b.  February  29,  1844,  near  Liberty, 
Clay  county.  Mo. ;  daughter  of  Robert  Thompson  and 
Margaret  Birney ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Lobaugh) : 

1.  Mary-Margaret,  b.  October  26,  1868;  d.  May  25, 

1870. 

2.  John-Robert,  b.  June  27, 187L 

3.  Sarah-Isabel,  b.  February  25, 1874;  d.  s.  p. 
John-Thomas,  b.  January  18, 1847;  resides  near  Pullman, 

Whitman  county,  Washington  Territory  ;  m.,  October  7, 
1868,  by  Rev.  Enoch  Ely,  Sarah  Hershey,  b.  September 
14, 1850,  in  Ogle  county.  Mo.;  daughter  of  Isaac  Hershey 
and  Susan  Long  ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Lobaugh) : 

1.  Isaac-Elmer,  b.  July  22,  1870. 

2.  Mary-Annette,  b.  June  2,  1872. 

3.  Albert- Monroe,  b.  April  10,  1875. 

4.  Ernest-Allen,  [twin,]  b.  April  10,  1875;  d.  s.  p. 

5.  Dora-Oleta,  b.  June  15,  1877. 

6.  Alice,\).  April,  1880. 

7.  Ira,  b.  1882. 

8.  Claude,  b.  1885. 


620  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

V.  Mary,  b.  July  8,  1849,  at  Newport,  Pa.;  d.  s.  p. 

vi.  Margaret- Jane,  b.  Octobei'  27,  1851,  at  Newport,  Pa.;  d. 
January  13,1879,  in  Montgomery  county,  Kansas;  m., 
June  4,  1865,  in  Woodson  county,  Kansas,  by  Rev.  S.  M. 
Irwin,  DeWitt  Clinton  Krone,  b.  April  17,  1844,  in  Ma- 
con county,  111. ;  son  of  Daniel  Krone  and  Sarah  Ann 
Kister;  and  had  issue  (surname  Krone) : 

1.  Naomi,  b.  June  11,1869;   the  first  white  child 

born  on  Sycamore  creek,  Kansas,  and  while  the 
land  was  yet  in  possession  of  the  Indians. 

2.  Jesse-Linn,  b.  November  29,  1870;  d.  December 

23.  1870. 

3.  My rtns -Catharine,  b.  March  23,  1872. 

4.  Mahel-Mau,  b.  December  10,  1874. 

5.  Walter -Wallace,  b.  November  7,  1877. 

vii.  Ira-Bay,  b.  March  1,  1857,  in  Washington  county,  Iowa ; 

resides  in  Geneva,  Allen  county,  Kansas. 
viii.   William- Augustus,  b.  April,  18i9,  in  Washington  county, 

Iowa;  resides  in  Washington  Territory. 
ix.  Sarah-Catharine,  b.  June  22, 1861  ;  m.,  November  30, 1885, 

Charles  Lewis  Krone,  son  of  Daniel  Krone  and  Sarah 

Ann  Kister  ;  reside  near  lladical  City,  Kansas. 


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WALLACE  OF  HANOVER. 


L  EoBEET  Wallace,  1  b.  1712;  d.  April  10,  1788.  He 
came  to  America  about  1735,  locating  at  first  in  tbe  "  Irish 
Settlement,"  Northampton  county,  Penn'a.;  where  he  married, 
and  subseqnently  removed  to  Hanover  township,  Daupbin 
county,  that  State.  He  married,  about  1740,  Mary  Clyde,  b. 
1721 ;  d.  April  12,  1781.     They  had  issue : 

2.  i.  Moses,  b.  1741 ;  m.  Jean  Fulton. 
ii.  Isabel,  h.  1743 ;  cl.  s.  p. 

Hi.  Elizabeth,  h.  1745;  m.  Josepli  Boycl,f'see  Boyd  of  Derry.) 
iv.  Ann-Marict,h.  March  15,1748;  m.  Tliomas  McKair,  (see 
McNair  record.) 

3.  V.  James,  b.  1750;  m.  Sarah  Elder. 
vi.  Andrew,  b.  1752;  d.  s.  p. 

4.  vii.  Isabel,  b,  1755;  m.  Moses  Gillmor. 

5.  via.  Mary,  b.  December  19,  1776;  m.  Hugh  Graham.-^ 

II.  Moses  Wallace, ^  (Robert,^)  b.  1741;  d.  November 
11,  1803,  in  Paxtang,  Dauphin  county,  Penn'a;  m.  Jean 
FuLTOJsr,  b.  1748  ;  d.  May,  1786  ;  daughter  of  Richard  Fulton 
and  Isabel  McChesney,  {see  Fulton  reco7^d.)  Moses  Wallace 
and  his  wife  are  buried  in  old  Paxtang  church  grave-yard. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  liobert,  b.  1770 ;  d.  s.  p.  # 

ii.  Richard,  b.  1772;  d.  December  23,  1803;  unm. 
Hi.  Elizabeth,  b.  1776;  d.  January  12,  1802;  unm. 

6.  iv.  Isabel,  b.  1776;  m.  Alexander  Wills. 

III.  James  Wallace, ^  (Robert, i)  b.  1750;  d.  December 
15,  1823.  He  received  a  good  English  and  classical  educa- 
tion at  Philadelphia;  but  at  the  death  of  his  father  remained 
upon  the  ancestral  farm  in  Hanover,  where  he  resided  until  the 
close  of  his  active  and  busy  life.  In  the  War  for  Indepen- 
dence, he  was  a  member  of  Captain  William  Brown's  company, 


622  Penrtsylvania  Oenealogies. 

in  active  service  during  the  vigorous  campaigns  in  and  around 
Philadelphia  and  in  the  Jerseys.  In  1779  he  commanded  a 
company  of  rangers  for  frontier  service,  and  at  the  close  of  the 
war  was  major  of  a  battalion  of  associators.  In  the  subsequent 
military  organizations,  as  directed  by  the  State  and  National 
Governments,  he  rose  to  be  brigadier  general  of  the  militia,  and 
is  thus  distinguished.  He  served  as  one  of  the  commissioners 
of  the  county  from  1799  to  1801 ;  was  elected  to  the  House  of 
Representatives  of  the  State  Assembly,  serving  from  1806  to 
1810.  He  was  chosen  to  the  Fourteenth,  Fifteenth,  and  Six- 
teenth Congresses  of  the  United  States,  and  was  distinguished 
in  that  body,  not  so  much  for  his  eloquence  in  debate,  but  for 
his  practical  common  sense  and  remarkable  executive  ability. 
Having  served  six  years  faithfully,  to  the  regret  of  his  constit- 
uents he  declined  a  renomination,  and  retired  to  the  quiet  of 
farm  life,  where  he  spent  the  evening  of  his  days.  General 
Wallace  m.,  June  19,  1787,  Sarah  Elder,  b.  October  19, 
1752 :  d.  February  14,  1822  ;  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Elder 
and  Mary  Simpson,  {see  Elder  record.)     They  had  issue: 

i.  Mary.,  b.   1790;    m.   Matthew  B.  (^owden,  (b(e    Cowdtn 
record.) 

7.  ii.  John,  b.  1792;  m.  Jane  McEwen. 

8.  in.  Elizabeth,  h.  1794;  m.  Robert  Clark. 

IV.  Isabel  Wallace, ^  (Robert,^)  b.  1755;  d.  September 
16,  1828 ;  m.,  November  9,  1784,  Moses  Gillmor,  b.  1750, 
in  the  townland  of  Burt,  parish  of  Templemore,  county  Don- 
egal, Ireland;  d.  June  10,  1825,  at  Harrisburg,  Penn'a.;  buried 
in  Paxtang  grave-yard.  Until  his  seventeenth  year  he  re- 
mained in  Ireland,  when  he  came,  with  an  uncle,  to  America, 
settling  in  Hanover  township,  Lancaster,  now  Dauphin,  county, 
Pa.  Prior  to  the  Revolution,  he  returned  to  Ireland  on  busi- 
ness connected  with  his  father's  estate,  but  the  breaking  out 
of  the  war  delayed  his  return  until  near  its  close.  Upon  the 
laying  out  of  the  town  of  Harrisburg,  in  1785,  Mr.  Gillmor 
erected  a  house  and  established  himself  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness, which  he  successfully  carried  on  a  quarter  of  a  century. 
He  was  quite  prominent  in  local  political  affairs,  and  in  the 
First   Presbyterian    church,    of    which    he    was   one   of    the 


Wallace  of  Hanover.  623 

founders,  he  was  an  elder  thirty-four  years.  They  had  issue, 
(surname  Gillmor) : 

i.  Thomas,  b.  1785;  cl.  September  25,  1792. 
U.  Mary,  b.  1786;  d.  July  30, 1793. 
9.    Hi.   TFi7Ham,  b.  1788;  m.  Isabella  Cowden. 

iv.  Bohert.,  b.  1790;  d.  November  13,  1867;  unm. 
V.  Margaret.^  b.  1792;  d.  February  10,  1839;  unm. 

Y.  Mary  Wallace, 2  (Robert, i)b.  December  19,  1776;  d. 
May  8,  1822,  in  Kanover  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.;  ra., 
October  11,  1787,  Hugh  Graham,  b.  February  15,  1762;  d.  u^ 

May  23,  1834,  in  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.,  and 
buried  in  the  old  church-yard  there.  They  had  issue,  (sur- 
name Graham) : 

John,  b.  February  28, 1789  ;  m.  Jane  Ferguson. 

Robert,  b.  May  4,  1791  ;  m.  Koxana  Wincliel. 

Ann,  b.  August  31, 1793  ;  m.  William  Barnett,  (see  Barnett 

record.) 
Mary,  b.  December  16, 1795;  m.  Andrew  McClure. 
Hugh,  b.  June  16, 1798;  m.  Sarah  Cathcart. 
James-Wallace,  h.  November  12, 1801  ;  m.  Mary  Crandle. 
Moses,  b.  January  24,  1805;  m.,  1834,  Mary  Ryan. 
William,  b.  November  12, 1807  ;  m.  Hester  Cliristoplier. 

VI.  Isabel  Wallace,  M Moses,  ^  Robert, 'i)  b.  1776;  d.  Jan- 
uary 27,  1826  ;  m..  May  8, 1806,  Alexander  Wills,  b.  1780 ; 
d.  April  18,  1853 ;  son  of  James  Wills  and  Mary  Lawson. 
Thev  had  issue  (surname  Wills) : 

16.  i.  Jane-Maria,  b.  June  8, 1808  ;  m.  William  Audenreid. 

ii.  Bebecca- Gibson,  b.  January  23,  1811 ;  m.  Dr.  Joseph  Crain, 
(see  Grain  record). 

17.  Hi.   Garoline,  b.  April  21,  1817  ;  m.  Rev.  Matthew  Semple. 

VII.  John  Wallace, 3  (James,^  Robert,  i )  b.  1792 :  d.  1843, 
in  Indiana;  m.  Jane  McEwen,  of  Cumberland  county.  Pa. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  John  ;  m.  and  resided  in  Missouri. 
ii.  Sarah-Elder;  m.  James  Robertson,  of  Knoxville,  111. 
Hi.  Mary- Simpson;  m.  John  Robertson. 
iv.  Elizabtth;  d.  s.  p. 

V.  Ellen;  m.  John  Beatty,  of  Shippensburg,  Pa. 
vi.  Garoline ;  m.  William  Morrow,  of  Shippensburg. 


10. 

i. 

11. 

ii. 

Hi. 

12. 

iv. 

13. 

V. 

14. 

vi. 

vii. 

15. 

via. 

624  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

yilL  Elizabeth  Wallace,  3  (James,  ^  Robert,  i)  b.  1796; 
d.  1842 ;  ra.  Robekt  Clark,  of  Montour  county,  Pa.  ;  son  of 
Charles  Clark  and  grandson  of  Col.  Robert  Clark,'^  of  Hanover, 
and  "with  his  wife,  buried  in  Derrj  church-yard,  Montour 
county.     They  had  issue  (surname  Clark)  : 

i.  Charles-Brown  field  \  d.  s.  p. 
a.  Sarah-Elder ;  resides  in  Harrlsbuvg,  Pa. 
iii.  James-Wallace:,  d.  s.  p. 
iv.  Annie-Eliza  ;  d.  1883,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

*rrom  the  family  Bible  of  Col.  Robert  Clark,  we  have  the  follow- 
ing record  : 

These  are  some  of  the  particulars  that  hath  happened  from  my 
birth  to  this  present  time. 

I,  Robert  Clark,  of  Londonderry  township,  Lancaster  county,  was 
born  January  2, 1740. 

My  mother,  Ann  Brownfield  Clark,  died  April  12, 1765. 

1  was  married  to  Sarah  Hutchison,  August  20,  1765. 

Sarah  Hutchison  Clark,  was  born  June  7,  1745,  and  my  father-in- 
law,  John  Hutchison,  died  September  6, 1765. 

Charles  Clark,  our  first  born,  was  born  August  9,  1766. 

Our  twin  children,  were  born  July  6,  1768,  one  died  when  22  hours 
old,  and  the  other,  Margaret,  died  September  4,  1768. 

Our  daughter,  Ann,  was  born  October  3,  1769. 

Our  daughter,  Mary,  was  born  October  17, 1772,  and  died  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1773. 

Our  daughter,  Margaret,  was  born  December  26,  1773. 

Our  son,  John,  was  born  June  6,  1776. 

Our  son,  Robert,  was  born  September  28, 1778. 

Our  daughter,  Mary,  was  born  Sunday,  March  25, 1781. 

Our  daughter,  Sarah,  was  born  February  9,  1786. 
On  a  tombstone  in  Derry  grave-yard,  Montour  county,  is  the  fol- 
lowing inscription : 

In  memory  of  \  Bobert  Clark,  |  who  departed  this  life  \  on  the  S3d  day 
of  Jan.,  1S21,  I  aged  Si  years  and  21  days,  \  and  of  his  wife  |  Sarah 
Clark,  I  who  departed  this  life  \  on  the  l9th  day  of  Aug.,  1S20,  \  aged 
75  years,  2  months,  and  12  days.  \  They  lived  as  man  and  wife  |  55 
years,  \  in  the  full  enjoyment  \  of  domestic  bliss.  \ 

Thrice  happy  they  in  pure  delights, 
Whom  love  in  mutual  bonds  unites. 
Unbroken  by  complaints  or  strife, 
E^en  to  the  latest  hours  of  life. 


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IX.  William  Gillmor,^  (Isabel, 2  Robert/)  b.  1788;  d. 
August  28,  1856  ;  m.,  March  24,  1812,  Elizabeth  Cowden; 
b.  March  27,  178-1;  cl.  October  17,  1857;  daughter  of  James 
Cowden  and  Mary  Crouch.     They  had  issue  (surname  Gillmor)  ; 

i.    Wollace-Moses,  b.  1816 ;  d.  December  28, 1840. 
ii.  Mary,  b.  1818;  d.  February  26,  1844;  m.  Joslma  Elder, 

(see  Elder  record). 
Hi.  James-Cowden,  h.  1820  ;  d.  April  4,  1837. 
iv.  Iscibel-IL,  h.  1822;  d.  March  10,  1854. 

V.   William,  b.  January  2,  1826 ;  d.  January  29, 1855. 

X.  John  Graham,-''  (Mary, 2  Robert, i)  b.  February  28, 1789 ; 
d.  May  13,  1871 ;  m.,  March  14,  1816,  Jane  Ferguson,  b. 
December  27,  1787 ;  d.  January  2,  1819 ;  daughter  of  David 
Ferguson  and  Jane  (Henderson)  Rodgers,  of  Hanover.  They 
had  issue  (surname  Graham) : 

i.  David-Ferguson ;  m., October 31, 1844, Eliza  Krumbach, and 

had  issue. 
ii.  Fannie  ;  m.,  January  31, 1856,  David  G.  Miller,  of  Hardin 

county,  Ky. 

XI.  Robert  Graham,^  (Mary,  2Robeit,i)  b.  May  4,  1791 ; 
d.  August  20,  1862;  m.,  1819,  Roxana  Winchel.  They 
had  issue  (surname  Graham); 

i.  Hobert ;  m.  Miss  Morman,  and  had  issue. 

ii.  Mary. 

XII.  Mary  Graham,  ^  (^Mary,^  Robert,  i)  b.  December  16, 
1795;  d.  1857;  m.,  1817,  Andrew  McClure  ;  removed  to 
near  Franklin,  Ohio,  in  1825.  They  had  issue  (surname  JVIc- 
Clure) : 

i.  James, 
ii.  Hugh. 

Hi.  Dr.  Alexander-W. 
iv.  Mary-Ann;  m.  Kobert  H.  Todd,  of  Middletown,  Ohio,. 

XIII.  Hugh  Graham, ^  (Mary,^  Robert, ^)  b.  June  16, 1798  ; 
d.  1866;  in  1831,  removed  to  near  Middletown,  Ohio;  m., 
1824,  Sarah  Cathcart,  of  Hanover.  They  had  issue  (sur- 
name Graham) : 

i.  Isabel;  d.  1852;  m.  John  C.  Smith. 
ii.  Hugh ;  m.  Miss  Murray,  and  had  issue. 
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626  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

XIV.    James  Wallace  Geaham,^   (Mar}',^  Kobert/)  b. 

November  12,  1801 ;  d. ;  m.  Mary  Ckandle.     They  had 

issue  (surname  Graham) : 

i.   Wallace, 
ii.  Helen;  m. Haddocks. 

Hi.  Alonzo. 

XY.  William  Geaham,  3  (Mary,^  Eobert,^)  b.  November 
12,  1807 ;  m.,  1834,  Hestee  Cheistophee.  They  had  issue 
(surname  Graham) : 

i.  Mary, 
a.  Mjlizaheih. 

Hi.  Theodore,  of  Louisville,  Ky. 
io.  James,  of  Frankfort,  Ky. 
V.  Alice;  m.  Mr.  Beidleman,  of  Chicago. 

vi.  ;  m.  Mr.  Thomas,  of  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  had  issue. 

vii.  JEchvin. 
via.  Gustaims. 

XVI.  Jane  Maeia  Wills^^  (Isabel  Moses,  ^  Kobert,^)  b. 
June  8,  1808;  m.,  April  23,  1826,  Willl4.m  Audeneeid;  b., 
March  14,  1793;  d.,  December  2,  1850;  son  of  Lewis  and 
Anna  C.  Audenreid.  Mr.  Audenreid  was  State  Senator  from 
Scliuylkill  county,  an  earnest  advocate  of  the  public  school 
system,  and  a  gentleman  of  integrity.  They  had  issue  (surname 
Audenreid) : 

i.  Ifiabel- Wallace. 

ii.  Alexander- Wills;  d.  s.  p. 

Hi.  Lewis-Lawson  ;  d.  s.  p. 

iv.   William- Or atton;  m.  Emma,  daughter  of  Dr.  Martin,  of 
Bethlehem,  Pa. 

V.  James-Wallace;  d.  s.  p. 

vi.  John-Thomas;  m.  Emma,  daughter  of  Charles  Young,  of 

Philadelphia. 
vii.  Joseph-Grain,  b.  November  6,  1839,  in  Pottsville,  Schuyl- 
kill county,  Pa.;  d.  June  3,  1880,  in  the  city  of  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  After  receiving  a  preliminary  education  at 
Dickinson  College,  he  was  appointed  to  West  Point  in 
1857,  from  which  institution  he  graduated  June  24,  1861, 
and  shortly  after  sent  into  the  field  as  second  lieutenant 
of  the  Fourth,  now  the  First,  cavalry  ;  afterwards  com- 
missioned asfirst  lieutenant  and  adjutant  of  the  Sixth  cav- 
alry, with  rank  from  date  of  graduating.    He  immedi- 


Wallace  of  Hanover.  627 

ately  entered  upon  active  duty  and  served  in  various 
capacities  dixring  tlie  rebellion  of  the  seceding  States, 
1861-1865.  He  was  successively  on  the  states  of  Generals 
D.  Tyler,  E.  V.  Sumner,  John  E.  Wool,  U.  S.  Grant  and 
W.  T.  Sherman.  He  was  promoted,  in  1866,  to  tlie  rank 
of  captain  of  the  Sixth  United  States  cavalry,  and,  in 
1869,  was  breveted  colonel  and  aid-de-camp  to  General 
Sherman.  From  1869,  Colonel  Audenreid  had  been  sta- 
tioned at  Washington  City,  being  chief  of  the  staff  of  the 
Lieutenant-General.  During  these  years  of  relaxation 
from  active  military  service,  he  became  much  interested 
in  liistorical  and  genealogical  research.  Besides  prepar- 
ing material  for  a  biography  of  his  fatlier,  he  had  almost 
completed  a  genealogical  record  of  his  own  and  allied 
families.  He  had  a  high  veneration  for  the  last  resting- 
places  of  his  ancestry,  and,  several  years  prior  to  his- 
death,  tlie  time-defaced  tomb-stones  which  marked  the 
spot  of  his  honored  dead  in  old  Paxtang  Church  grave- 
yard were,  by  his  direction,  chiseled  anew  and  reset.  As 
an  officer,  he  was  brave  and  chivalric  ;  as  a  citizen,  hon- 
orable and  upright,  and,  as  a  friend,  sincere  and  faithful. 
Colonel  Audenreid  m.  Mary  J.  Colkit,  daughter  of  Coffin 
Colkit,  of  Philadelphia. 
I'm.  Anna-CTain\  m.  James  S.  Coates,  of  Philadelphia.. 

ix.  Jane-Maria;  m.  Albert  Grafi:,  of  Philadelphia. 

X.  George- Albert. 

xi.  Louisa-Catharine. 

XVn.  Caroline  Wills,  ^  (Isabel,  ^  Moses,  ^  Eobert,^)  b., 
April  21,  1817;  m.,  May  24,  1842,  Reverend  Matthew  Sem- 
PLE.     Thej  had  issue  (surname  Semple) : 

i.  Ann;  m.  William  Littlejohn. 
ii.  Isabel. 
Hi.  Mattheio. 
iv.  Sobert. 
V.  Caroline;  ra.  Jordan  Habler. 


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WALLACE  AND  WEIR. 


1.  John  Wallace,^  a  native  of  Scotland,  fled  to  Ireland 
during  the  persecution  of  the  Scottish  Covenanters,  where  he 
lived  and  died.  He  m.  Martha  Hays,  daughter  of  William 
Hays,  {see  Hays  record,)  also  a  fugitive  from  religious  persecu- 
tion, locating  in  countj^  Tyrone,  Province  of  Ulster,  Ireland. 
John  Wallace  and  Martha  Hays  had,  among  other  children: 

2.  i.  Samuel,  b.  1730;  m.  Margaret  Patton. 

n.  Elizabeth  ;  m.  Joseph  Junkin,  and  were  the  ancestors  of  the 
Junkin  family  of  the  Cumberland  valley. 

II.  Samuel  Wallace,  ^  (John,i)  b.  about  1730,  in  county 
Tyrone,  Ireland ;  d.  October  3,  1798,  in  Allen  townsliip,  Cum- 
berland county,  Pa. ;  came  to  America  about  1756 ;  resided 
some  time  near  Philadelphia,  but  subsequently  settled  in  Allen 
township,  Cumberland  county.  Pa.  ;  m.,  in  1762,  Margaeet 
Pattojst,  b.  1741,  in  Ireland ;  d.  September  10,  1782,  in  Allen 
township,  Cumberland  county.  Pa. ;  youngest  daughter  of  An- 
drew Patton,  who,  with  her  father  and  two  sisters,  came  to 
America  in  1760.  Samuel  Wallace  and  his  wife  are  buried  in 
Silvers  Spring  church  grave-yard.  They  had  issue  (surname 
Wallace) : 

i.  John,  b.  November  14,  1763:  d.  1843,  near  Columbus,  O.; 
removed  to  Ohio  in  1818;  left  four  children. 

Mary,  b.  September  8, 1765 ;  m.  Samuel  Weir. 

Sarah,  b.  October  8, 1767 ;  m.  Samuel  Brooks. 

Joseph,  b.  June  30,  1769 ;  m.  Margaret  King. 

Samuel,  b.  June  20,  1771 ;  m.  Sarah . 

Martha,  b.  April  23,  1773  ;  d.  September  25,  1848  ;  m.  John 
Hays,  (see  Hays  record.) 

William,  b.  August  31,  1775;  m.  and  left  issue. 

Mizabeth,  b.  October  17,  1777;  d.  March  13,  1815  ;  m.  Gil- 
bert Burnett,  (see  Thomas  record.) 

Margaret,  b.  October  15,  1780;  d.  March  19,  1788. 


3. 

11. 

4. 

Hi. 

5. 

iv. 

6. 

V. 

n. 

7. 

vii. 

fill. 

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-  III.  Mary  Wallace,^  (Samuel, ^  John,i)  b.  Septembers, 
1765,  in  Allen  township,  Cumberland  county.  Pa. ;  d.  Novem- 
ber 18,  1836,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  m.,  May  4,  1797,  Samuel 
Weir,  b.  September  29,  1744,  near  Ballymony,  county  An- 
trim, Ireland  ;  d.  August  15,  1820,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  He  was 
the  eldest  son  of  James  Weir,  and  came  to  America  in  1775, 
locating  in  the  township  of  Derry,  Dauphin  county.  Pa.  A 
year  subsequently,  we  find  him  in  the  army  of  the  Eevolution 
as  lieutenant  of  infantry,  rendering  important  service  at  Tren- 
ton, Princeton,  Brandywine,  and  Grermantown.  At  the  close 
of  the  war,  he  removed  to  a  farm  he  purchased  near  Harris- 
burg, but  shortly  after,  in  1787,  began  merchandizing  in  that 
town,  and  became  one  of  the  most  prominent  business  men  of 
the  borough.  He  assisted  in  organizing  the  Presbyterian 
church  at  Harrisburg,  and  was  one  of  its  first  ruling  elders. 
He  was  twice  married  ;  by  his  first  wife,  name  unknown,  there 
was  issue  (surname  Weir)  : 

i.  Dr.  James,  b.  April  11, 1779 ;  d.  Marcli  20, 1803. 

By  his  second  wife,  Mary  Wallace,  there  was  issue  (surname 
Weir) : 

a.  Samuel,  b.  February  15,  1798;  d.  June  9,  1847, 

8.  Hi.  John- Andrew,  b.  January  19,  1802;  m.,  first,  Catharine  E. 

Wiestling;  secondly,  Mary  Matilda  Pahnestock. 

9.  iv.  James-Wallace,  b.  August  9, 1805;  m.  Hannah  A.  (Fahne- 

stock)  Mahany. 

IV.  Sarah  Wallace,  ^  (Samuel,  ^  John,i)  b.  October  8' 
1767,  in  Allen  township,  Cumberland  county.  Pa.  ;  d.  May  3, 
1827 ;  m.  Samuel  Brooks.    They  had  issue  (surname  Brooks) ; 

i.   William, 
ii.  Margaret. 
Hi.  Susan, 
iv.  Mary. 
V.  Sarah. 
vi.  Elizabeth. 
vii.  Samuel. 
via.  Joseph, 
ix.  John. 


630  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

Y.  Joseph  Wallace,  ^  (Samuel,  ^  John,i)  b.  Jime  30, 1769, 
in  Allen  township,  Cumberland  county,  Pa.  ;  d.  February  6, 
1821,  at  Baltimore,  Md. ;  m.  Margaret  King.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Wallace)  : 

i.   William-King. 

YI.  Samuel  Wallace,  ^  (Samuel,  ^  John,i)  b.  June  20, 
1771,  in  Allen  township,  Cumberland  county,  Pa. ;  d.  October 

10,  1831,  at  Chillicothe,  O.,  whither  he  had  removed  in  1813 ; 

m.  Sarah .     They  had  issue,  among  others,  (surname 

Wallace) : 

i.  Efhoard. 
a.   William. 
Hi.  Samuel, 
iv.  John. 
V.  Margaret. 

YII  AViLLL\M  Wallace,  3  (Samuel, f  John,i)  b.  August 
31,  1775,  in  Allen  township,  Cumberland  county.  Pa.  ;  d.  June 

11,  1856,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;  went  to  Ohio  early  in  this  cen- 
tury, and,  subsequently,  to  the  vicinity  of  Paris,  111.  ;  he  m., 
and  had  issue  (surname  Wallace) : 

i.  John. 

ii.  Marcjaret-Patton. 
Hi.  Thomas. 
iv.  Rebecca.  ^ 

V.   William, 
vi.  Samuel. 

VIIL  John  Andrew  Weir,'*  (Mary,^  Samuel, ^  John,M 
b.  January  19,  1802,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  d.  October  10,  1881. 
He  was  educated  in  the  private  schools  of  the  town  and  at  the 
Harrisburg  Academy.  He  learned  coach-making,  and,  subse- 
quently, went  into  the  hardware  business,  which  he  continued 
a  number  of  years,  afterwards  connecting  with  it  the  drug  trade, 
taking  into  partnership  his  nephew,  D.  W.  Gross.  During  the 
administration  of  Governor  Eitner,  he  served  as  a  clerk  in  the 
office  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth.  In  1840,  he  was 
elected  prothonotary  of  Dauphin  county,  a  position  he  filled 
two  terms  (six  years.")     While  serving  in  this  office,  he  was 


Wallace  and  Weir.  631 

chosen  a  director  of  the  Harrisburg  Bank,  and  afterwards  be- 
came teller  in  that  institution,  in  which  capacity  he  continued 
until  1880.  While  performing  these  duties,  he  was  treasurer 
of  the  State  Lunatic  Hospital,  at  Harrisburg,  from  its  first  estab- 
lishment in  1850  to  1880.  For  nearly  fifty  years  he  was  an 
elder  in  the  First  Presbyterian  church  of  Harrisburg,  and  took 
a  warm  interest  in  the  promotion  of  the  Sunday-school  system. 
He  was  one  of  the  first,  firmest,  and  influential  friends  of  the 
anti-slavery  cause  in  Dauphin  county.  Mr.  Weir  married  twice ; 
first,  Catharine  E.  Wiestling,  b.  February  21,  1810;  d. 
May  18,  1845 ;  daughter  of  John  S.  Wiestling.  They  had 
issue,  all  born  in  Harrisbui'g,  Pa.,  (surname  Weir)  : 

i.  Mary.JE.,  b.  February  7,  1835;  d.  April  7,  1835. 
a.  Catharine- IJ.,  b.  July  7, 1836;  d.  December  13.  1841. 
m.  Annie ;  resides  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
iv.  Ja  ■■  es-  Wallace,  b.  June  8,  1841 ;  d.  May  18, 1883  ;  served  as 

an  officer  in  tlie  army  during  the  Civil  war  of  1861-5. 
V.  Ellen-J.,  b.  December  11,  1843;  d.  August  11,  1863. 

Mr.  Weir  m.,  secondly,  Maria  Matilda  Fahnestock,  b. 
December  15,  1808  ;  d.  August  28,  1888,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ; 
daughter  of  Obed  Fahnestock  and  his  wife,  Anna  Maria  Gres- 
sell.     They  had  issue  (surname  Weir) : 

i-i.  J.-Howard,  b.  August  21,  1852;  d.  July  29,  1853. 
vii.  Sybil ;  resides  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

IX.  James  Wallace  Weir,*  (Mary,^  Samuel, ^  John,^) 
b.  August  9,  1805,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  d.  March  14,  1878. 
He  received  a  good  education,  excelled  as  a  scholar,  and  his 
taste  for  study  and  reading  drew  him  towards  the  printing 
office.  He  learned  the  art  with  John  S.  Wiestling,  and,  after 
his  apprenticeship,  spent  some  time  in  the  printing  house  of  the 
Messrs.  Johnson,  of  Philadelphia.  On  the  26th  of  November, 
1833,  having  been  chosen  teller  of  the  Harrisburg  Bank,  he  ac- 
cepted that  position,  holding  it  until  October  30,  1844,  when 
he  was  chosen  cashier  of  the  bank.  When  the  institution  be- 
came a  national  bank  in  1874,  he  was  unanimously  elected  its 
cashier,  which  office  he  held  until  his  death,  a  period  of  over 
forty-four  years.     As  a  bank  officer  and  a  financier,  he  gained 


632  Pennsylvania  Oenealogies. 

an  enviable  distinction  for  his  uniform  courtesy,  for  unimpeach- 
able integrity,  and  for  ability  of  the  highest  order.  Few  bankers 
in  the  Commonwealth  can  present  a  record  equal  to  his  in 
years  of  serv^ice,  in  successful  administration  of  affairs  through 
financial  trouble,  and  for  such  rigid  honesty.  But  not  alone  as 
a  banker  was  he  distinguished.  He  was  gifted  with  rare  social 
qualities  and  a  graceful  wit,  which  made  him  one  of  the  most 
companionable  of  men.  In  movements  for  the  reformation  of 
society,  he  was  always  foremost,  not  only  giving  his  time  and 
labor,  but  contributing  freely  of  his  means  to  the  accomplish- 
ment of  what  he  thought  a  philanthropic  purpose.  To  the 
poor  and  lowly,  he  was  always  a  kind  and  true  friend,  and  his 
charities,  though  not  ostentatious,  were  made  with  a  free  and 
open  hand.  His  literary  taste  and  ability  were  of  high  order, 
and  he  frequently  wrote  for  the  press ;  was  the  author  of  several 
religious  tracts,  published  by  the  American  Sunday-school 
Union.  In  18S8,  appeared  a  small  volume,  "  Manual  of  Prayer," 
which  was  published  with  an  introduction  by  Rev.  Albert 
Barnes,  of  Philadelphia.  In  1854,  "The  Closet  Companion" 
appeared,  and  passed  through  several  editions.  In  the  Presby- 
terian church,  of  which  he  was  many  years  an  elder,  in  every 
walk  and  pursuit  in  life,  he  was  active,  energetic,  consistent, 
pure  in  character,  and  lofty  in  purpose.  Mr.  Weir  m.  Mrs. 
Hannah  A.  (Fahnestock)  Mahany;  d.  February,  1872. 
No  issue. 


Wallace  ana  Hoge.  633 


WALLACE  AND  HOGE. 


1.  William  Hoge/  a  native  of  Musselburgh,  Scotland, 
came  to  America  shortly  after  1682.  On  the  same  ship  came 
a  family  consisting  of  a  Mr.  Hume,  his  wife,  and  daughter, 
from  Paisley.  On  the  passage  the  father  and  mother  both 
died,  and  young  Hoge  took  charge  of  the  daughter  and  landed 
at  New  York,  where  he  left  the'  girl  with  a  relative,  and  set- 
tled himself  at  Perth  Amboy,  JST.  J.  He  subsequently  married 
the  daughter,  Barbaea  Hume,  removed  to  Penn's  Three 
Lower  Counties,  now  the  State  of  Delaware ;  from  thence  to 
Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania ;  and  finally  to  the  Valley  of 
Virginia,  about  three  miles  south  of  Winchester,  where  he  and 
his  wife  lived  and  died.  They  had  a  large  family,  many  of 
whose  descendants  became  distinguished  in  Church  and  State. 
Their  oldest  son  was  : 

2.  i.  John,  b.  1699;  m.  Gwenthleen  Bowen  Davis. 

IL  JoHX  Hoge,  2  (William,  i)  b.  about  1699  at  Perth  Am- 
boy, New  Jersey ;  d.  October,  1754,  in  East  Pennsboro'  town- 
ship. Cumberland  county,  Pa.  He  went  with  his  father  to  the 
Three  Lower  Counties,  and  there  married.  About  the  year 
1729  removed  to  East  Pennsboro'  township,  then  Lancaster, 
now  Cumberland,  county,  Penn'a,  wdiere  he  afterwards  pur- 
chased a  large  tract  of  land  from  the  Proprietaries,  portions  of 
which  remained  in  possession  of  some  of  his  descendants  until 
recent  date,  Mr.  Hoge  m.,  about  1722,  Gwenthleen  Bowen 
Davis,  who  survived  her  husband  some  years.  They  had 
issue  (surname  Hoge) : 

i.  John,  b.  about  1723;  d.  February  11,  1807;  he  graduated 
at  Nassau  Hall  (Princeton,  N.  J.,)  in  1748;  a  Presby- 
terian minister;  was  ordained  in  1755, and  became  quite 
distinguished  in  the  Church.    He  was  one  of  the  first 


634  Pennsylvania   Genealo'jjies. 

members  of  the  Tluntingdoii  Presbytery.  He  married 
and  left  issue,  but  we  liave  no  information  concerning 
them, 
n.  Jonathan,  b.  July  23,  1725;  d.  April  19,  1800,  of  paralysis. 
He  received  a  libei'al  education,  and  was  bi'ouglit  up  a 
farmer.  He  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  from  1764  to  the 
Revolution ;  was  a  member  of  the  constitutional  con- 
vention of  July  15,  1776 ;  member  of  the  Assembly  in 
1776,  and  again  from  1778  to  1783 ;  member  of  the 
Supreme  Executive  Council  from  Marcli  4,  1777,  to 
November  9,  1778,  and  from  November  3,  1784,  to  Oc- 
tober 20,  1787 ;  member  of  tlie  Council  of  Safety  from 
October  to  December,  1777;  one  of  tlie  commissioners 
to  remove  the  public  loan  offices  in  September,  1777  ; 
one  of  the  committee  to  superintend  the  drawing  of 
the  Donation  Land  Lottery,  October  2,  1786;  member 
of  the  Board  of  Property  in  1785-6;  and,  by  Governor 
Mifflin,  appointed  one  of  the  associate  judges  of  Cum- 
berland county,  August  17,  1791.  Judge  Hoge  was  a 
prominent  and  influential  man — his  entire  life  was  an 
active  and  busy  one.  He  mirried  and  left  issue.  One 
of  his  daughters  married  David  Redick,  who  was  quite 
conspicuous  in  the  early  history  of  Western  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  Vice-President  of  tlie  State  in  1788. 

3.  in.  Dncicl;  m.  and  left  issue. 

ic.  Benjamin;  the  youngest  child  died  in  early  life. 
V.  Mary. 

4.  vi.  Elizabeth  ;  m.  William  Walker. 
vii.  Sarah. 

via.  Behecca. 

5.  ix.  Abigail ;  m.  Joseph  Wallace. 

III.  David  Hoge,^  (John,  2  William,  i)  b.  about  1735;  d. 
December  5,  1804.  He  received  a  good  education ;  took  a 
very  active  part  in  the  Revolutionary  contest,  and  was  sheriff 
of  the  county  of  Cumberland.  About  the  year  1771,  he 
purchased  the  Hunter  tract  of  land  in  the  Chartiers  Valley, 
embracing  what  is  now  the  town  of  Washington,  Pa.  In 
1781  he  laid  out  the  town,  and,  in  1785,  sold  the  most  of  it  to 
his  sons,  John  and  William,  who  removed  to  Washington,  and 
lived  and  died  there.  David  Hoge  m.  and  had  issue  (surname 
Hoge) : 

i.  John,  b.  September  12,  1760;  d.  August  5,  1824:  entered 
the  Revolutionary  army  at  the  age  of  sixteen;  became 


Wallace  and  Hoge.  635 

second  lieutenant  in  Colonel  William  Irvine's  (Sixth) 
Battalion,  and  captured  in  the  Canada  campaign  at 
Three  Elvers,  June  8,  1776.  He  was  not  exchanged 
until  1779.  In  1783  he  was  cliosen  a  member  of  the 
Council  of  Censors,  under  the  Constitution  of  1776,  and 
was  one  of  the  members  of  the  Constitutional  Conven- 
tion of  1789-90.  He  was  chosen  to  the  State  Senate  in 
1791,  and  again  in  1794,  and  served  in  Congress  in  1804 
and  1805.  He  was  a  Federalist.  He  married  a  daughter 
of  William  Quail. 
il.  David,  Ji\;  located  in  Washington,  Pa.,  for  a  time,  but, 
being  appointed  agent  for  the  United  States  Land 
Office,  he  removed  to  Steubenville,  O.,  where  he  died;  he 
m.  Jane  Scott,  daughter  of  Thomas  Scott ;  and  they  had 
a  large  family. 
in.  Eliza;  m.,  April  14,1783,  Rev.  Samuel  Wajigh,  b.  1749; 
d.  January  3, 1807 ;  he  was  pastor  of  the  united  congre- 
gations of  Monaglian  and  Silvers  Spring  from  1782  to  the 
date  of  his  death  ;  he  was  a  sound  divine,  a  very  accept- 
able preacher,  and  highly  esteemed  by  his  people ;  they 
left  issue. 
iv.  Jonathan;  settled  near  Morgantown,  W.  Ya.,  where  he 
lived  and  died,  leaving  two  children. 
'  V.  William;  d.  1813;  settled  in  Washington,  Pa.,  and  owned 
a  half  interest  in  the  property;  he  was  elected  on  the 
Republican  or  Democratic  ticket  member  of  Congress, 
and  served  from  1801  to  1803,  but  resigned  in  1804,  when 
his  brotlier  was  elected  to  the  vacancy ;  and  again  chosen 
in  1806,  serving  from  1807  to  1809  ;  from  1798  to  1802  he 
filled  the  office  of  associate  judge  of  the  county;  he  m. 
Isabella  Lyon,  daughter  of  Samuel  Lyon  and  Eleanor 
Blaine  (see  Lyon  record  J 

IV.  Elizabeth  Hoge,^  (John,^  William,  i)  b.  about  1730; 
d.  at  an  advanced  life  in  East  Pennsboro'  towusliip,  Cumber- 
land county,  Penna.  She  m.  William  Walker,  a  few  years 
her  senior.  He  served  as  a  subaltern  officer  on  the  frontiers, 
during  the  Frencli  and  Indian  war ;  and  was  a  substantial 
farmer.  They  were  the  ancestors  of  a  prominent  family,  and 
it  is  to  be  regretted  that  our  genealogical  data  is  so  meager. 
A  grandson  was  Robert  James  Walker,  the  distinguished 
statesman  and  financier,  and  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  under 
President  Polk.  Of  Elizabeth  Hoge's  family  we  have  the 
record  of  one  child  (surname  Walker)  : 

6.       i.  John,  b.  July  20, 17-54 ;  m.  Isabella  McCormick. 


636  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

V.  Abigail  Hoge,^  (John.^  William,^)  m.  Joseph  Wal- 
lace. But  little  has  come  down  to  us  concerning  them. 
They  bad  issue  (surname  Wallace) : 

7.  i.  James  \  m,  Eacliel  Elder. 

ii.  Jonathan-Hoye  ;  m.  Mary  Hoge,  daugliter  of  Jonathan 
Hoge,  and  had  issue  (surname  Wallace),  Joseph,  Jona- 
than-H.,  James  and  Isabella,  some  of  wliom  settled  near 
Springfield,  Ohio, 
m.  Joseph ;  m.  and  removed  to  the  Genesee  country,  State  of 
New  York. 

iv.  Mary  ;  probably  d.  s.  p. 

V    Abigail;  m.  Mr.  Fetter;  no  issue. 

8.  vi.  (jwenthleen;  m.  Samuel  Criswell. 

yi.  JoHX  Walker, 4  ( Elizabeth, ^  John,^  William,!)  b. 
July  20,  1754,  in  East  Pennsboro'  township,  Cumberland 
county,  Pa.;  d.  July  26,  1825.  He  served  in  the  war  of  the 
Revolution,  and,  about  the  commencement  of  the  century,  set- 
tled in  Erie  county,  Pa.,  where  be  died.  He  m.,  May  15, 
1783,  Isabella  McCormick,  b.  December  29,  1758,  in  East 
Pennsboro'  townsbip,  Cumberland  county,  Pa. ;  d.  September 
7,  1823,  in  Erie  county.  Pa.;  daughter  of  Thomas  McCormick 
and  Jean  Oliver  {see  McCormick  record.)  They  bad  issue  (sur- 
name Walker) : 

i.  William,  b.  February  12,  1784;  d.  January  23,  1855;  m., 
September  18, 1800,  Isabella  Blaine,  b.  1781 ;  d.  May  29, 
1815,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Mary-Isabella,  b.  August  22,  1811 ;  m.,  January 

3, 1855,  James  McKay  ;  no  issue. 

2.  Grizzle,  b.  1814;  d.  April  28,  1815. 

ii.  Jane,  b.  November  23,  1785;  d.  February  25,  1836;  unm. 
Hi.  Ihomas,  b.  September  27,  1787  ;  d.  January  2,  1819;  unm. 

iv.  Margaret,  b.  November  23,  1789;  deceased;  m.,  March  8, 
1821,  David  Quail;  d.  May  4, 1860,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Quail) : 

1.  William,  b.  September  26, 1822;  m.  Susan  Alex- 

ander. 

2.  Isabella,\).  October  1824;  m.,in  1854,  W.  Ewing, 

and  had  issue  (surname  Ewing),  Margaret,  A. 
s.  p.;  John-W.,  and  David- Quail. 

3.  John-  Walker,  b.  August,  1826;  d.  December,  1826. 

4.  Huston,  b.  October,  1827;  d.  January,  1835. 


Wallace  and  Hoge.  637 

5.  Sarali-Ann,h  November,  1829  ;  d.  1857;  m.  Wil- 

liam McKeenan. 

6.  Grizzle,  b.  Marcli,  1832  ;  d.  1851. 

V.  Elizabeth- Grizzle,  b.  September  27,  1792;  m.,  Jane  8,  1824, 
John  Rankin,  b.  May,  1787,  and  had  issue  (surname  Ran- 
kin): 

il.  Isabella- Walker,  b.  April  27,  1825;   d.  January 
22,  1859,  in  Kansas. 

2.  Samuel- Edmeston,  b.  April  14,1827;   m.  Nancy 

Maria  Crawford. 

3.  Mary-Ann,  b.  October  26,1830;    m.,  March  4, 

1851,  her  cousin,  John  H.  Walker. 

4.  Oatharine-Maderville,  b.  October  25,  1832;   m., 

November  16, 1853,  her  cousin,  John  D.  Walker. 

5.  John-Walker,  b.  April  4,  1835;   m.,  March  30, 

1859,  Mrs.  Harriet  Harper. 
vi.  James-Olifer,  b.  January  16, 1795 ;  d.  January  2, 1819;  unm. 
vii.  Jonathan,  b.  March  27,  1797;  deceased;  m.,  May  22,  1827, 

Rebecca ,  b.  July  20,  1810,  and  had  issue  (surname 

Walker) : 

1.  John-H.,  b.  March  7,1828;    m.,  March  4,1851, 

Mary  Ann  Rankin. 

2.  Grizzle,  b.  December  11,  1829. 

3.  Rebecca,  b.  June  19,  1832  ;  d.  August  11,  1846. 

4.  Thomas,  b.  April  6,  1834. 

5.  James-Oliver,  b.  May  7,  1837. 

6.  William,  b.  May  30,  1839. 

7.  Isabella,  b.  July  23,  1841 ;  d.  May  22, 1842. 

8.  Isabella-McCormick,  b.  September  2, 1843. 

9.  Jane,  b.  November  28, 1845. 

10.  Henrietta,  b.  June  15,  1850. 

11.  Margaret,  b.  November  26,  1853. 

9.  vm.  John-Hoge,  b.  February  9,  1800;    m.  Catharine  Dudley 
Kehy. 
ix.  Bavid- Oliver,  b.  October  27,  1802;    d.  August,  1841;  m., 
January  3, 1826,  his  cousin,  Maria  Morton,  and  had  issue : 

1.  /o/m-Dam(Z,b.  April  28,  1828;  m.,  November  16, 

1853,  his  coubin,  Catharine  Dudley  Rankin. 

2.  George-Morton,  b.  September  16,1830;   in  1858, 

removed  to  tlie  West. 

3.  Elizabeth,  b. ;  d. ;  m.,  in  1858,  Dr. 

Miles. 

4.  WilUam-Thoynas,  h.  August  2,1839. 

VII.    James  Wallace, *  (Abigail, »  John,  2  William,  i)  b. 
about  17-14;  cl.  towards  the  close  of  the  century.     He  served 


638  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

in  the  war  of  tlie  Revolution,  and  became  quite  prominent  in 
he  affairs  of  the  county  upon  its  organization.  He  is  gener- 
ally confounded  with  General  James  Wallace,  {see  Wallace  of 
Hanover.)  He  m.  Eachel  Elder,  b.  1746  ;  d.  June  30,  1832. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Wallace) : 

i.  Elizaleth  ;  d.  s.  p. 
10.     n.  Joseph,  b.  March  29, 1786  ;  m.  Sarah  Evans  Cummins. 

Yin.  GwENTHLEEN  WALLACE, ^  (Abigail,  ^  John,^  Wil- 
liam.'^) She  m.  Samuel  Criswell.  They  had  issue  (sur- 
name Criswell) : 

i.  Robert ;  went  west  or  south  about  1815. 

ii.  Mary ;  m.  Capt.  Clark  of  tlie  U.  S.  A.,  and  died  early  leav- 
ing one  child,  Giventlileen,  who  married  Capt.  McCrea, 
U.  S.  A.,  and  they  had  two  sons  and  daughters,  Virginia 
and  Owentliletn. 
Hi.  Hannah;  d.  unm. 

iv.  Hetta;  d.  in  January,  1846;  m.  Isaac  Addams,  of  Cumber- 
land county,  Pa. ;  left  no  issue. 
D.  Elizabeth  ;  m.  James  Quigley,  of  Cumberland  county,  Pa. ; 
siie  died  early,  leaving  children  Ilary  and  Hetty.  Mary 
m.,  first,  Harkness  Addams,  and  had  James  and  Samuel ; 
m.,  secondly,  James  Maguire,  and  had  Thomas. 

vi.  Qicenthleen ;  d.  1837,  at  Prairie  du  Cliien  ;  m.  Col.  John 
Greene,  U.  S.  A.,  d.  September  21, 1840,  in  Florida  ;  and 
had  issue  (surname  Gi^eene) : 

1.  Hugh-Brady;   d.   in   Florida,  shortly  after  his 

father. 

2.  Gicenthleen  ;  m.  Capt.  William  McKissack,  U. 

S.  A. ;  d.  January  27,  1849. 
8.  Itose\  m.  Col.  John  C.  McFerran,  U.  S.  A.;  d. 
April  25,  1872 ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Mc- 
Ferran), Gwenthleen. 

4.  Fanny. 

5.  Henrietta. 

vii.  Wilhelmina;  m.  Capt.  Dawson,  U.  S.  A  ;  both  died  young, 
leaving  one  son,  A.  H.  H.  Dawson,  who  became  a  lawyer 
at  the  New  York  city  bar. 

IX.  John  HoGE  Walker, 5  (John  [WaLke?-'],^  Ehzabeth,-"^ 
John, 2  William,  1)  b.  February  9,  1800,  in  East  Pennsboro' 
township,  Cumberland  county,  Penn'a ;  d.  January  25,  1875, 
in    Erie,    Penn'a.      He   graduated   at   Washington    College ; 


Wallace  and  Hoge.  639 

studied  law,  and,  in  1824,  began  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession at  Erie,  Pa.  lie  was  elected  to  the  Pennsylvania 
Legislature  on  the  Anti-Masonic  ticket,  in  1833,  1834  and  1835, 
and  was  made  chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Ways  and  Means, 
and  leader  of  his  party  in  the  House.  In  1849  he  was  elected 
State  Senator.  His  last  service  was  in  the  Constitutional  Con- 
vention of  1873,  to  which  he  was  chosen  as  a  delegate-at-lai-ge, 
and  of  which  body  he  was  chosen  president.  Though  promi- 
nently identified  with  j)ublic  affaii^s  and  always  a  man  of  strong 
and  unconcealed  poJitical  opinions,  his  greatest  prominence 
was,  nndoubtedly,  as  a  lawyer.  He  was  the  leader  of  the  Erie 
bar  for  more  than  a  generation,  and  his  legal  fame  was  com- 
mensurate with  the  State  limits.  Mr.  Walker  m..  May  3,  1831, 
Catharine  Dudley  Kelly,  b.  April  14,  1811;  d.  November 
8,  1860,  at  Erie,  Pa.     They  had  issue  (suraame  Walker): 

i.  John-William,  h.  April  19,1832;  m.,  June  18, 1861,  Annie 

Virginia  Harrison,  of  Kittanning,  Pa. 
ii.   Thomas-IicCormick,  b.  February  4,1834;   m.,  March  15, 

1866,  Agnes  Caughey.  of  Erie,  Pa. 
Hi.  [a  son,]  b.  Pebruary  4,  1836  ;  d.  in  infancy. 
iv.  Catharive-D.,  b.  January  4,  1835;  m.,  December  30,  1862, 

Samuel  A.  Davenport,  of  Erie,  Pa. ;  and  had  issue. 
V.   Gemge-W.,  b.  April  26,  1840;  d.  August  7,  1871;  a  young 

man  of  unusual  promise. 
vi.  James-Oliver,  b.  June  18,  1842;  d.  April  19, 1844, 
vii.  Isahella-McCormich,  b.  February  11,  1845;    m.,  April  25, 

1867, 11.  N.  Armstrong;  reside  in  Brookfield,  Mo.;  and 

had  issue. 
via.  Qiiincy-Acla^ns,  b.  March  15, 1847  ;  d.  February  2,  1865. 
ix.  Mary-Jane,  b.  October  30,  1849;    m.,  February  24,  1878, 

Dilman  F.  Beemer  ;  reside  at  Brookfield,  Mo. 
X.  Barry,  b.  August  15,  1852;  d.  April  6,  1879,  at  Brookfield, 

Mo. 

X.  Joseph  Wallace,  5  (James  \_Wallac€,'^^  Abigail, ^  John,^ 
William,!)  b,  March  29,  1786;  d.  February  22,  1867,  at  Har- 
risburg,  Pa.  He  received  a  good  English 'education,  and,  about 
the  year  1809  or  1810,  we  find  him  the  manager  of  New  Mar- 
ket Forge,  Lebanon  county,  for  John  Elder ;  subsequently,  em- 
ployed at  Hope  Furnace,  in  Lancaster  count}^  He  removed 
to  Harrisburg  prior  to  1812,  and,  with  Joshua  Elder,  entered 


(340  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

into  mercantile  life;  afterwards,  in  business  alone  for  many 
years.  In  the  war  of  1812-14,  he  volunteered  with  the  Har- 
risburg  Artillerists,  and  marched  as  far  as  York.  He  served  in 
the  Harrisburg  borough  council,  and  was  treasurer  a  long  term 
of  years.  He  was  quite  prominent  as  an  Anti-Mason,  having 
been  chairman  of  the  State  Committee  during  the  Eitner  cam- 
paign, and  afterwards  appointed  Deputy  Secretary  of  the  Com- 
monwealth under  that  administration.  For  many  years  he  was 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Harrisburg  Bridge  Company,  of 
the  Middletown  Turnpike  Company,  and  Peter's  Mountain 
Turnpike  Company.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  high  moral  char- 
acter and  worth,  greatly  esteemed  in  the  community,  and  ever 
enjoyed  their  confidence  and  respect.  Mr.  Wallace  m.,  May 
28,  1816,  Sarah  Evans  Cummins,  b.  January  16,  1787,  in 
Chester  county.  Pa.';  d.  August  21.  1858,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa., 
and  with  her  iiusband  there  buried.  They  had  issue  (sarname 
Wallace) : 

i.  Henrietta-Hannah,  b.  February  23,  1817;  d.  March  7,  1817. 
u.  Elizabeth,  b.  February  1,  1818;  d.  January  30,  1857;  m., 
June  1,  1843.  William  C,  McPherson,  M.  D.,  a  prominent 
aud  influential  physiqian  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;  son  of 
John  Bayard  McPherson,*  of  Gettysburg,  Pa. ;  and  had 
issue  (surname  McPherson) : 

*  John  Bayard  McPherson  was  the  grandson  of  Robert  and  Janet 
McPherson,  who  settled  in  the  ''Marsh  Creek  Settlement,"  now 
Adams  county,  Pa.,  in  the  autumn  of  1735.  Robert  McPherson  died 
there  December  25,  1749,  and  his  wife,  Janet,  September  23,  1767. 
Their  son,  Robert  McPherson,  b.  in  1730,  came  to  be  a  man  of  promi- 
nence in  the  early  history  of  the  State,  and,  in  connection  with  the 
brief  sketch  of  his  great  grandson,  Judge  McPherson,  tiie  following 
reference  to  him  will  be  appropriate :  Robert  McPherson  was  edu- 
cated at  Rev.  Dr.  Alison's  school  at  New  London.  His  father  died 
December  25, 1749,  and  his  mother  on  the  23d  of  September,  1767.  In 
1751,  he  married  Agnes,  the  daughter  of  Robert  Miller,  of  the  Cum- 
berland valley.  In  1755,  he  was  appointed  treasurer  of  Yovk  county, 
and  commissioner  in  1756.  The  latter  office  he  resigned  on  accept- 
ing a  commission  as  captain  in  the  Third  battalion  of  tlie  Provincial 
forces.  May  10, 1758,  serving  under  General  Forbes  on  his  expedition 
against  Fort  Duquesne.  From  1762  to  1765,  he  was  sheriff  of  the 
county,  and,  from  1764  to  the  beginning  of  the  Revolution,  was  a  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  under  the  Proprietary,  and  was  recommissioned  un- 


Wallace  and  Hoge.  641 

1.  Sarah. 

2..  John-Bayard,  b.  Novembers,  1846,  at  Harrisbuiff 
Pa.  He  leceived  his  early  education  at  the 
Harrisburg  Academy  and  in  the  schools  of  Sid- 
ney, Ohio,  where  he  resided  from  185S  to  1862; 
he  entered  Princeton  College  in  August,  1862, 
from  which  institution  he  graduated  in  1866. 
He  studied  law  with  John  Ilanna  Briggs,  in 
Harrisburg-;  and  with  Scammon,  McCiigg  & 
Fuller,  in  Chicago,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
Dauphin  county  bar  in  January,  1870;  he  was 
elected  district  attorney  in  1874,  and  served 
during  the  years  1875,  '76,  '77.  A  portion  of 
the  time  he  was  in  law  partnership  with  Hon. 
Wayne  Mac  Veagh,and  afterwards  with  Lyman 
U.  Gilbert.  In  February,  1882,  he  was  ap- 
pointed by  Governor  Hoyt  to  fill  a  vacancy  in 
the  otlice  of  additional  law  judge  of  the  Twelftli 
judicial  district,  caused  by  the  resignation  of 
Judge  Henderson,  and  the  consequent  promo- 
tion of  Judge  Simonton  to  the  president  judge- 
ship, and,  in  November,  1882,  he  was  elected 
without  opposition  to  the  same  place.    Judge 

der  the  first  Constitution.  From  1765  to  1767,  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Provincial  Assembly,  and,  in  1768,  was  appointed  county  treas- 
urer to  fill  a  vacancy.  At  tlie  outset  of  the  War  of  Independence,  he 
was  commissioned  a  colonel  of  one  of  the  York  county  battalions  of 
associators;  was  a  member  of  the  Provincial  Conference  wdiich  met 
at  Carpenters'  Hal),  Juiie  18,  1776,  and  represented  the  county  in  the 
convention  of  July  15tli  following.  During  tliat  and  the  following 
year  he  was  in  active  duty  in  the  Jerseys  and  in  the  subsequent  cam- 
paign around  Philadelphia.  After  his  return  from  the  field,  he  was 
employed  as  the  purchasing  commissary  for  the  western  end  of  York 
county.  From  1781  to  1785,  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  Assembly. 
Colonel  McPherson  was  one  of  the  ciiarter  members  of  the  corpora- 
tion of  Dickinson  College,  and  continued  to  act  as  a  trustee  until  his 
death.  He  was  an  elder  in  the  Upper  Marsh  Creek  Presbyterian 
church,  which  was  organized  in  1740,  or  witiiin  two  j^ears  of  tlie  be- 
ginning of  the  settlement.  His  death,  from  panilysis,  occured  on  the 
19th  of  February,  1789,  his  wife  surviving  him  until  September  12, 
1802.  He  had  a  large  family.  Two  of  his  sons,  William  and  Bohert, 
were  officers  in  the  service  of  the  Revolution.  Some  of  iiis descendants 
remain  in  Adams  county,  but  the  great  majority  are  scattered  over 
the  various  States  of  the  Union.  Another  son  was  John-Bayard, 
father  of  William  C.  McPherson. 
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642  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

\  McPherson    m.,    December   30,    1879,    Annie 

Cochran  Patterson,  daughter  of  Judge  David 
W.  Patterson  and  Mary  81aymaker,  of  Lancas- 
ter, Pa. ;  and  had  issue  (sunTame  McPherson): 
^  a.  Mary-Slaymaker,  b.  October  16, 1880. 

I  b.  Elizabeth-Wallace,  b.  October  13,  1882. 

3.  Joseph- Wallace;  d.  s.  p. 
ui.  Lucilla- Stanley,  b.  December  4, 1819 ;  d.  July  6,  1837. 
iv.  Joseph-Cummins,  b.  September  16, 1821 ;  d.  October  6, 1847, 

at  Matamoras,  Mexico,  of  yellow  fever. 
V.  Sarah-Ann,  b.  May  16,  1825  ;  d.  May  30, 1826. 
vi.  James,  b.  June  13,  1827  ;  d..  May  30, 1832. 


Wiesiling  FamUy.  643 


WIESTLTNG  FAMILY 


I.  Samuel  Christopher  Wiestling,^  b.  June  4,  1760,  at 
Oschatz,  in  the  Canton  or  district  of  Meisischen,  Germany,, 
during  a  visit  of  his  mother  to  her  parents.  The  home  of  his. 
parents  was  Colba,  on  the  river  Saale,  in  Lower  Saxony.  In- 
asmuch as  the  military  law  of  Prussia  required  all  Prussian  of- 
ficers and  citizens  to  liave  the  name  of  every  child  recorded  in 
the  church-book  of  the  town  wherein  it  was  born,  this  was. 
done  in  bis  case.  The  record  was  also  made  in  the  militar}^ 
canton-book  or  soldiers'  I'oll  of  Oschatz.  He  was  baptized 
shortly  after,  his  sponsors  being  Samuel  Ludwig  Goldman, 
Christopher  Henry  Ahren,  and  Mrs.  Catharine  Elizabeth  Wiest- 
ling,  all  residents  of  Colba.  His  parents  were  Christopher 
Martin  Wiestling^  and  Dorothea  Elizabeth  Goldman.  His 
father,  who  hekl  the  office  of  secretary  of  Colba,  and  was  widely 
known,  died  in  1769.  The  widow  afterwards  married  Michael 
Horst,  a  justice  of  the  peace,  of  Acken,  on  the  river  Elbe,  in 
whom  Samuel  found  a  kind  parent ;  was  sent  to  school,  and 
carefully  educated.  Subsequently,  being  influenced  and  guided 
by  the  counsel  of  his  preceptors,  Herr  Ruprechtand  his  brother- 
in-law,  the  Honorable  Inspector  Gehring,  his  step-father  per- 
suaded him  to  study  theology,  and  through  the  recommenda- 
tion of  those  mentioned,  he  was  received  ifito  the  Hallische 
Weisenhaus.  But  this  life  was  irksome  to  him,  and  unsuited 
to  the  natural  bent  of  his  mind,  and,  becoming  discontented, 
he  returned  to  his  home  at  Colba.  In  April,  1774,  he  was 
placed  under  the  instruction  of  the  State  Surgeon  and  "  Land 
Physician,'"  Dr.  linger,  but  the  doctor  having  died  on  the  1st 
of  May,  1776,  he,  with  a  good  recommendation,  went  to  Halle, 
and  put  himself  under  the  care  and  tuition  of  Field-Surgeon 
Ollenroth,  with  whom  he  remained  until  1778.     This  gentle- 


64^  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

man  very  kindly  secured  for  him  regular  college  privileges, 
under  Professors  Miikel,  ISTestsky,  Dr.  Younghaus,  and  others. 
As  war  broke  out  about  this  time  between  the  Emperor  Joseph 
and  King  Frederick  II. — the  bone  of  contention  being  Bayern, 
and  a  part  of  the  Prussian  army  being  stationed  in  Alsace, 
under  Prince  Henry — he  was  recommended  by  his  principal  for 
the  position  of  Lazar-Surgeon,  and  was  accordingly  examined 
and  appointed  on  June  3,  1778.  On  July  the  1st,  the  army 
marched  to  Dresden,  and  the  field  hospital  was  renioved  t(j 
Thorgan.  In  the  beginning  of  October,  he  was  taken  sick,  in 
consecjuence  of  which  he  obtained  leave  to  return  home.  On 
recovering  his  health,  in  November,  he  went  to  Halle  and  re- 
sumed his  studies  under  the  professors  already  named,  until 
the  year  1779,  when  he  went  to  Dresden  for  the  purpose  of 
continuing  his  studies  in  anatomy  in  the  then  existing  prepara- 
tory institute,  under  the  care  of  the  Elector's  counselor,  Pie- 
trochen.  Here  the  branches  of  anatomy,  physiology,  physics, 
materia  medica,  chemistry,  pathology,  and  therapeutics  were 
as  thoroughly  taught  by  Dr.  Hofi'rath  and  Professors  Meiden 
and  Thomrianie  as  they  were  in  Halle.  But  botany  was 
neglected,  though  chirurgery  was  also  thoroughly  taught  by 
the  general  surgeon,  Wilde.  In  the  spring  of  1780,  he  went 
to  Berlin  to  prosecute,  under  the  Berlin  State  Accouchour,  Dr. 
Hagan,  his  studies  in  obstetrics,  which  he  had  already  com- 
menced at  Halle,  under  Catenius,  Loesicke,  Schmucker,  and 
Thedus.  He  remained  during  the  summer  in  a  private  college 
of  medicine,  chirurgery,  and  anatomy.  In  October  of  the  same 
year  he  returned  to  Dresden,  to  visit  the  preparatory  school  of 
anatomy.  In  April  of  the  following  year  he  went  to  Amster- 
dam, to  visit  John  Herman  Osterdyke,  who  had  been  his  inti- 
mate friend  in  Halle,  and  who  was  now  a  doctor  of  medicine 
in  Amsterdam.  This  afforded  him  an  opportunity  to  visit  the 
Land  and  Sea  Hospital  located  there,  and  also  the  Amsterdam 
College  of  Medicine  and  Surgery,  of  which  Dr.  Herman  Ger- 
hard Osterdyke,  the  father  of  his  friend,  was  the  president. 
Through  the  kindness  of  the  general  surgeon  of  the  hospital, 
the  Hon.  B.  Hasson,  he  had  free  access  to  the  Gast-Huys.  His 
friend  going  to  Halle  to  hold  his  "  Inaugural  Disputations,"  in 


Wiesth'ng  Family.  645 

order  to  the  promoting,  under  the  supervision  of  Dr.  Leopold 
Osterdyke,  and  at  his  earnest  persuasion  he  g-ladly  accompanied 
him.  He  remained  in  Halle,  until  April,  1782,  when  he  re- 
turned to  Amsterdam,  where  he  attended  the  Hospital  and 
College  of  Medicine  and  Surgery  until  June  of  1782,  when  he 
was  appointed  to  a  position  as  navy  doctor  and  surgeon,  he 
having  passed  a  creditable  examination  before  the  Committee 
of  the  Honorable  Board  of  Admirality.  At  this  time  an  ex- 
pedition started  out  from  the  Netherlands  to  America,  under 
the  embassador  fi^om  Holland,  with  two  ships  laden  with  linen, 
a  frigate,  and  a  cutter.  He  was  ordered  to  duty  on  this  expe- 
dition as  navy  surgeon.  He  set  sail  on  June  4,  1783,  with  a 
favoring  wind.  His  record  says,  "We  left  Texel,  and  on  Oc- 
tober 4,  1783,  we  reached  the  port  of  Chester  on  the  Delaware, 
in  Delaware  county,  and  State  of  Pennsylvania.  The  voyage 
was  not  all  smooth  sailing,  as  we  encountered  high  winds  and 
rough  seas.  Indeed,  on  one  occasion,  one  of  the  vessels  came 
very  near  swamping  and  emptying  us  all  out  into  the  sea. 
However,  with  hard  work,  good  management,  and  the  inter- 
position of  a  kind  Providence  we  kept  above  water  and  arrived 
safely  on  terra  firmay  As  it  was  obligatory  upon  all  students 
and  artisans  in  Grermany,  to  travel  and  see  the  world  before 
they  could  pursue  the  practice  of  their  chosen  profession  or 
trade,  our  young  doctor  concluded  to  see  something  of  the  new 
world  before  returning.  He  accordingly  left  the  vessel  in  com- 
pany with  a  friend  named  Godfrey  Fritchey,  and  started  on 
foot  on  a  tour  of  observation.  They  traversed  middle  Penn- 
sylvania which  was  not  then  as  now,  "  the  garden  spot  of  the 
world,"  but  was  sparsely  settled,  and  the  whole  country  deeply 
impressed  with  the  desolation  and  devastation  consequent  upon 
the  Revolutionary  war.  Visions  of  the  "  home  beyond  the  sea," . 
however,  beckoned  them  to  return,  and  they  turned  their  foot- 
steps towards  Philadelphia  with  a  view  of  finding  a  vessel  to 
carry  them  home.  At  the  Trappe,  in  Montgomery  county,  in 
Pennsylvania,  they  fell  in  with  a  gentleman  by  the  name  of 
Messemer  or  Minsker,  who  was  proprietor  of  an  inn  at  that 
place,  who,  learning  that  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  a 
thorouglily-educated  German  physician,  succeeded  in  persuading 


64:6  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

him  to  tarry  with  him,  as  he  had  a  sick  wife,  who  had  been 
bedridden  for  a  long  time,  and  npon  whom  he  had  expended 
quite  a  sum  of  money  to  physicians,  to  little  or  no  purpose. 
This  was  an  episode  in  his  life  that  shaped  his  destiny  for  the 
future.  This  man  offered  to  pay  him  twenty  dollars  in  hand, 
with  his  boarding  for  self  and  friend,  and  find  the  medicine.  He 
regarded  this  a  good  and  adv^antageous  offer,  under  the  peculiar 
circumstances,  and  accepted  it.  The  case  was  a  serious  and  ob- 
stinate one,  and  although  it  balTfled  others,  he  was  entirely  suc- 
cessful, and  this  fortunate  turn  of  affairs  afterwards  proved  to 
be  the  foundation  of  a  large  and  paying  practice  at  the  Trappe. 
About  the  year  1792  or  1793  he,  with  his  family  and  that  of 
his  father-in-law,  removed  to  Dauphin  county,  locating  on  farms 
along  the  Blue  mountain,  on  the  road  leading  from  the  Sus- 
quehanna river  to  Linglestown.  His  new  home  was  about  two 
miles  from  the  river  and  five  miles  from  the  city  of  Harrisburg, 
in  now  Susquehanna  township.  Here  he  continued^  in  pursuit 
of  his  profession  until  the  spring  of  1811,  when  they  removed 
to  the  town  of  Harrisburg,  where  his  practice  greatly  increased, 
until  the  year  1817,  when  he  was  stricken  with  paralysis,  which 
terminated  his  medical  career.  He  died  April  28, 1823,  in  the 
sixty-third  year  of  his  age,  thus  ending  a  life  of  active  useful- 
ness, respected  by  all  who  knew  him.  Dr.  Wiestlingm.,  May 
10,  1785,  Anna  Maria  Bucher,  b.  September  7,  1765,  in 
Montgomery  county,  Fa. ;  d.  May  10,  1836,  in  Harrisburg,  Pa.; 
daughter  of  Casper  and  Catharine  Bucher  of  Paxtang.*  They 
had  issue : 

2.  i.  John- Solomon,  b.  September  18,  1787;  m.  Salome  Yonse. 

3.  a.  Anna-Maria,  b.  June  29,  1789;  m.  Abraham  Gross. 

*  Casper  Bucher,  of  Paxtang,  Dauphin  county.  Pa. ;  d.  Septem- 
ber, 1800,  leaving  a  wife  Catharine,  and  children  as  follows : 

i.  Rev.  John-Casper. 
a.  Elizabeth  ;  m.  Jacob  Engle. 
Hi.  Catharine;  m.  Henry  Goetz. 
if.  Anna-Maria;  m.  Dr.  Samuel  C.  Wiestling. 
u.  Dorothea;  m.  Godfrey  Fritchey. 
vi.  Magclalena;  m.  Henry  Shiley. 
vii.  Jacob. 
The  executors  of  his  estate  were  his  wife,  and  Jacob  Bucher,  Esq. 


WiestUrtg  Family.  647 

4.  iii.  Samuel-Christopher,  h.  A\jn\  24,1791;  m.  Henrietta  Doll. 
iv.  Jacob-Henry,  b.  January  22,  ^iFS^in  Vincent  township, 

^  Montgomery  county,  Pa.;  d.  1826,  at  Hanover,  York 
county.  Pa.  He  was  educated  at  Harrisburg,  studied 
theology  under  the  llev.  Philip  Gloninger  there,  and  was 
licensed  by  the  Reformed  Synod  to  preach  the  gospel  in 
1812,  and  about  the  same  time  received  and  accepted  a 
call  to  Hanover,  York  county.  Pa.,  which  included  three 
congregations  in  his  charge.  Owing  to  some  difficulty 
w^ith  reference  to  the  Manchester  congregation,  he  stood 
disconnected  from  the  Synod  for  some  years.  In  1821, 
application  to  that  body  was  made  in  his  behalf,  and  in 
the  following  year  he  was  received.  Several  other  con- 
gregations were  added  to  his  charge,  and  his  field  of  labor 
consisted  of  five  congregations,  in  which  he  continued  to 
preach  to  the  end  of  his  life.  He  died  at  the  age  of  thirty- 
three  years,  and  is  buried  in  the  grave-yard  connected 
with  the  Reformed  church  at  that  place.  Mr.  Wiestling 
was  a  man  of  talent,  and  more  than  ordinary  pulpit  abili- 
ties. He  was  conscientious  and  faithful  in  the  discharge 
of  all  his  public  and  private  duties,  and  his  piety  and 
moral  deportment  were  of  an  undoubted  and  unexception- 
able character.  Respected  and  esteemed  by  tlie  commu- 
nity generally,  he  was  especially  beloved  by  the  people  of 
his  own  charge,  among  whom  he  labored  with  much  ac- 
ceptance. He  m.  Rachel  Wagner,  and  they  had  issue, 
J.-Quinci/,  d.  s.  p  r,  and  Maria-K. 
V.  Elizabeth-Dorothea,  b.  June  3, 1795;  m.  Norman  Callender; 
they  lived  and  died  in  Meadville,  Pa. ;  and  had  issue 
(surname  Callender) : 

1.  Samuel-N. ;  m.  Eliza  Harbine. 

2.  Cornelius-W. ;  d.  1885,  in  Tennessee. 

3.  Joshua  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

4.  Joseph ;  d.  in  infancy. 

5.  Elizabeth. 

6.  Maria. 

7.  Ellen  ;  m.  Philip  Laufer. 

5.  vi.  Jo siiua- Martin,  b.  February  28, 1797  ;  m.  Catharine  Youse. 
vii.  Frederick-C,  h.  June  12,  1799  ;  d.  February  27, 1834. 

via.  Sarah-Magdalena,  b.  May  29,  1802 ;  d,  February  6, 1840 ; 
m.  Rev.  Henry  Wagner;  and  had  issue  (surname  Wag- 
ner) : 

1.  Theophilus- Wiestling,  b.  September  4,  1829;  m. 

Mary  A.  Stilz. 

2.  Samuel-Gross,  b.  October  4,  1831 ;  m.  Rebecca 

Ernest. 


648  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

3.  Maria-Catharine,  b.  January  28, 1833  ;  d.  July  9, 

1834. 

4.  Catharine-Elizabeth,  b.  October  22, 18§4  ;  d.  Sep- 

tember 24,  1836. 

5.  John-Henry,  b.  January  28, 1837  ;  ni.  A .  Josephine 

Withers. 

6.  Caroline- Sarah,  b.  March  23,  18^8  ;  d.  March  28, 

1861. 

7.  Sarah- Magdalen  a,  b.  January  30, 1840 ;  d.  March 

27,  1840. 

6.  ix.  Benjamin- Joseph,  h.  September  16,  1805 ;  m.  Matilda  Eve- 

line Ross. 

7.  X.  George-P.,  b.  May  4, 1808  ;  m.  Margaret  Berryhill. 

xi.  Catharine-E..  b.  February  21,  1810;  m.  John  A.  Weir  (see 
Wallace  and  Weir). 

II.  JohjST  Solomon  Wiestling,  ^  (Samuel-Christopher,  ^ 
Christopher-Martin,!)  b.  September  18,  1787,  in  Vincent  town- 
ship, Montgomery  county,  Pa. ;  was  baptized  by  Rev.  Mr. 
Foght,  and  confirmed  to  the  Reformed  church  by  the  Rev.  J. 
Helfenstein,  of  Harrisburg.  Mr.  Wiestling  learned  the  art  of 
printing,  and  for  many  years  carried  on  a  newspaper  at  Har- 
risburg, subsequently  removing  to  Columbus,  Ohio,  where  he 
died  February  27,  1842.  He  married,  December  24,  1811,  by 
Rev.  Philip  Gloninger,  Salome  Youse,  b.  January  16,  1791, 
at  Harrisburg;  d.  April  7,  1872,  at  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  daughter 
of  George  and  Mary  Youse.  They  had  issue,  all  born,  save 
the  youngest,  at  Harrisburg.  Pa. : 

i.  Samuel-ZehuJon,  b.  November  7,  1812;  d.  April  30,  1832,  at 
Harrisburg. 

a.  Mary,  b.  December  27,|1814 ;  d.  June  9, 1882,  at  Harrisburg. 

Hi.  Juliana- Salome,  b.  October  14,  1816;  d.  September  21, 1842, 
at  Orbisonia,  Pa. ;  m.,  August  18,  1835,  Thomas  E.  Orbi- 
son,  of  Orbisonia,  Pa. 

iv.  Albert-  Youse,  b.  August  19, 1818  ;  d.  May  29, 1836,  at  Holli- 
daysburg,  Pa. 

V.  Adaliyie-Elizabeth,  b.  March  12,  1821 ;  m.,  October  20, 1841, 
at  Columbus,  O.,  Rev.  Abraham  Bartholomew,  of  Car- 
roll county,  O. ;  resides  at  Chartiers,  Allegheny  county, 
Pa. 

vi.  Amanda-Catharine,  b.  March  10,1823;  d.  October,  1875,  at 
Huntingdon,  Pa. ;  m.,  October  14, 1841,  at  Orbisonia,  Pa.. 
Brice  X.  Blair,  of  Shade  Gap,  Pa. 


Wiestling  Family.  649 

vii.  Henrietta -Louifia,  b.  May  4, 1825  ;  m.,  October,  1850,  Jona- 
than Mnveamer,  of  Columbus,  O.,  where  they  reside. 
via.  Cornelia -Each  el,  b.  November  12,1827;  resides  at  Hunt- 
ingdon, Pa. 
ix.  John-Henry,  b.   February  7,  1831  ;  m.,  October  14,  1858, 

MartliH  L.  Johnson  ;  reside  at  Pliiladelpliia. 
X.  FranJclin-Livingston,  b.  December  26,  1836,  at  Hollidays- 
burg.  Pa. ;  d.  October  31, 1839,  at  Columbus,  O. 

III.  Ann-a  Maria  Wiestling,-''  (Samuel-Christopher,^ 
Christophe]'-Martiu,i)  b.  June  29,  1789,  in  Vincent  township, 
Montgomery  county,  Pa.  ;  d.  August  3,  1855,  at  Harrisburg, 
Pa. ;  m.,  June  13,  1809,  Abraham  Gross,  b.  December  24, 
1781,  in  Montgomery  county,  Pa.  ;  d.  August  25,  1834,  in 
Middle  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin  county.  Pa. ;  son  of  John 
Gross  and  Each  el  Sahler.  His  father,  John  Gross,  was  born, 
in  November.  1749,  in  Western  Massachusetts,  not  far  from 
the  Hudson  river,  where  his  parents  were  early  settlers  from 
the  Palatinate,  being  of  Huguenot  descent.  On  the  eve  of  the 
Revolution  John  Gross  removed  to,  now  Montgomery  county, 
Pa.  He  entered  into  the  spirit  of  that  contest  at  the  outset, 
and  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant  January  5,  1776,  in  CoL 
Arthur  St.  Clair's  (Second  Pennsylvania)  battalion  ;  subse- 
quently promoted  a  captain  in  the  Third  Pennsylvania  at  its 
organization,  which  was  formed  on  the  basis  of  the  former,  but 
with  several  of  his  colleagues  in  St.  Clair's  battalion,  seem 
never  to  have  accepted  the  position,  or,  if  they  did,  declined  it 
shortly  after,  especially  upon  the  resignation  of  Col.  Joseph 
Wood  in  July,  1777.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he  removed 
with  his  family  to,  now  Middle  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin 
county,  Pa.,  where  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  days,  dying 
January  2,  1823.  Mr.  Gross  married,  about  1778,  Rachel 
Sahler,  b.  in  1756,  in  Ulster  county,  New  York ;  daughter  of 
Abraham  Sahler  and  Elizabeth  Du  Bois  of  Huguenot  extrac- 
tion. She  died  August  16,  1828,  and  with  her  husband  buried 
in  the  old  cemetery  at  Dauphin.*  Abraham  Gross  and  his 
wife  had  issue  (surname  Gross)  : 

*  The  children  of  John  Gross^  and  his  wife,  Rachel  Sahler, 

were 

i.  Elizabeth.,  b.  1779  ;  d.  in  Montgomery  county,  Pa. 


650  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

8.  i.  Daniel-Wiestling, h.Mixxch  11,1810;  m.  Elizabeth  Kunkel. 
ii.  Catharine-Eleanor,  b.  January  17,  1812. 

in.  Anna-Maria,  b.  May  27,  1814;  d.  October  20,  1838. 

if.  Badiel-AraeUa,  b.  January  18, 1817  ;  d.  March  25,  1836. 

.  V.  Elizabeth-Carnline,  b.  March  28,  1821  ;  d.  March  13, 1824. 

^•^.  Samnel-ChriMan,  b.  March  8,  1826;  d.  Aupjust  11,  1826. 

rii.  Stirah-Adaline,  b.  April  14,  1830;  m.,  March  1,  1853,  Rev. 
Joseph  S.  Loose,  a  minister  of  tlie  Reformed  Churcli ;  re- 
sides in  Bridgewater,  Rockingham  county,  Ya.,  and  had 
issue  (surname  Loosel  : 

1.  OUio-Benjamin. 

2.  Elizabeth- Henrietta. 

lY.  Samuel  Christopher  Wiestling,^  (Samuel-Christo- 
pter,^)  b.  April  24,  1791,  at  the  Trappe,  Montgomery  county, 
Pa.;  cl.  July  21,  1830,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.;  was  a  physician  of 
prominence,  having  studied  medicine  under  his  father;  during 
the  war  of  1812-14,  he  was  assistant  surgeon  of  Colonel  Eit- 
scher  s  regiment.     Dr.  Wiestling  m.,  April  10,  1817,  by  Rev. 

a.  Abraham,  b.  December  24, 1781 ;  m.  Anna  Maria  Wiestling 

(see  above). 
Hi.  Catharine,  b.  1784;  d.  January  13,  1807, 
iv.  Daniel,  b.  1786  ;  d.  December,  1806. 
2.     V.  Christian,  b.  March  1,  1788;  m.  Ann  Custer. 
VI.  George,  b.  1790 ;  d.  s.  p. 
vii.  Rachel,  b.  1793  ;  d.  April  14, 1802. 

II,  Christian  Gross, ^  (John,i)  b.  March  1,  1788,  in  Montgomery 
county,  Pa.;  d.  March  23,  1843,  in  Middle  Paxtang  township,  Dau- 
pliin  county.  Pa.;  m.  Ann  Custer,  b.  September  5,  1796;  d.  March 
30, 1879 ;  daughter  of  Peter  and  Rebecca  Custer,  of  Montgomery 
county,  Pa.;  both  buried  in  the  old  cemetery  at  Dauphin,  They  had 
issue  (surname  Gross) : 

i.  John- Christian  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Everly  ;  removed  to  Illinois. 
ii.  Rebecca;  m.  Robert  Branyan ;  settled  in  Mansfield,  Ohio. 
Hi.  Rachel;  d.  s.  p. 

iv.  Ann;  m.  Leonard  Poffenberger,  of  Dauphin. 
V.  Jacob-H. ;  m.  Kate  Ryan;  removed  to  Illinois. 
vi.  Sainuel ;  d.  s.  p. 
vii.  Mary-Ellen ;  d.  s.  p. 
It  may  be  here  stated  that  Henry  Gross,  brother  of  John   Gross 
first  named,  d.  in  Middle  Paxtang  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa., 
January,  1815.    His  estate  was  devised  to  his  wife,  tSusanna,  and 
his  nephews,  Abraham  Gross,  "son  of  my  brother,  John,"  Henry 
Gross  and  Samuel  Cline. 


WieslUng  Family.  651 

Frederick  Rauhauser,  Henrietta  Doll,  b.  in  York,  Pa. ;  d. 
in  Lebanon,  Pa.;  daughter  of  Joseph  Doll  and  Esther  Welsh, 
The  J  had  issue : 

i.  Caroline-E.\  m.  Thomas  M.  Bibigliaus,  of  Lebanon,  and 

bad  Henri/,  Harriet,  Alcin,  Caroline,  Thomas  and  Maria. 

ii.  Joseph- Callender ;  m.  Martini  Armstrong,  and  had  Samuel- 

C,  Jane,  Valentine,  Cornelius  and  William. 
Hi.  Maria  ;  d.  s.  p. 
iv.  Samuel-Christopher ;  m.  Eliza  Weaver,  and  had  Washing- 

ton-W.  and  liannah-M.;  both  d.  s.  p. 
v.  Jacob  ;  d.  s.  p. 

V.  Joshua  Martin  Wiestling,  •''  (Samuel-Christopher,  ^ 
Christopher-Martin,  1)  b.  February  28,  1797,  in  now  Susque- 
hanna township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  ;  baptized  at  Shoop's 
church  by  Rev.  Christian  H.  Kurtz ;  d.  January  15,  1854,  at 
IJarrisburg,  Pa.  In  the  year  1811,  being  then  of  the  age  of 
fourteen  years,  he  moved  with  his  parents  into  the  town  of  Harris- 
burg,  where  he  continned  to  reside  until  his  death.  Although 
afforded  but  limited  facilities  of  acquiring  an  education  by  at- 
tending the  schools  of  that  period,  yet,  having  the  advantage 
of  the  instructions  of  his  father,  who  was  a  man  of  thorough 
education  and  culture,  and  being  himself  an  indefatigable  stu" 
dent,  reading  and  studying  whenever  and  however  the  oppor- 
tunity presented,  he  grew  to  manhood  with  his  naturally 
fine  mental  endowments  admirably  cultivated  and  liberally 
developed.  Of  studious  habits  and  love  of  knowledge,  these 
characteristics  adhered  to  him  throughout  his  life.  A  man  of 
original  thinking  powers,  and  possessed  of  mental  capacity  of 
a  high  order,  he  gave,  notwithstanding  an  extensive  and  la- 
borious medical  practice,  diligent  investigation  to  all  the  leading 
questions  of  the  day,  and  careful  study  in  the  wide  and  diver- 
sified field  of  general  knowledge.  He  was,  consequently, 
upon  all  the  leading  subjects  of  information,  a  natural  scholar, 
and,  throughout  his  whole  life,  was  recognized  b}^  Ins  fellow- 
townsmen  as  in  the  front  rank  of  generous  knowledge,  and  a 
man  of  very  general  powers.  His  special  field  of  usefulness, 
however,  was  that  of  medicine.  In  his  preparation  for  his  pro- 
fession, his  preceptors  were  his  father,  Dr.  Samuel  C.  Wiestling, 


652  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

Sr.,  and  an  elder  brother,  Dr.  Samuel  C.  Wiestling,  Jr.,  both 
thoroughly  educated  ph3^sicians  of  skill  and  wide  experience. 
He  attended  tlie  conrse  of  medical  lectures  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania.  His  father  becoming  disabled  to  continue  in 
active  practice,  by  reason  of  a  paralytic  stroke  in  the  year  1817, 
he  succeeded  him  in  his  profession,  first  in  partnership  witli 
his  brother.  Dr.  Samuel  C.  Wiestling,  Jr.,  which  continued  for 
a  few  years,  and  subsequently  alone.  This  was  about  the  year 
182  L  or  1822.  Acquiring  a  large  and  extensive  practice,  both 
in  town  and  country,  he  prosecuted  the  duties  of  his  profes- 
sion with  a  degree  of  faithful  devotion  and  judicious  skill, 
which  won  for  him  the  admiration  and  high  regard  of  the 
medical  fraternity  and  the  unlimited  confidence  of  the  whole 
community  until  his  death.  In  stature,  he  was  about  six  feet 
in  height,  broad  shouldered,  of  large  head,  erect  in  carriage, 
full  chested,  rather  stout  in  figure  and  person,  and  dignified  in 
appearance.  He  was  of  a  cheerful  disposition,  affable  in  his 
manners,  generous  in  his  impulses,  of  sympathetic  and  benevo- 
lent habits,  unselfish  and  forbearing,  and,  as  a  consequence,  he 
was  popular  throughout  his  life.  Dr.  Wiestling  ra.,  January 
22,  1824,  Catharine  Youse,  b.  March  24,  1800 ;  d.  March  4, 
1854,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;  daughter  of  George  and  Mary  Youse. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  Mary-Ellen:,  m.  T.  T.  Worth,  of  Lebanon,  Penn'a ;  editor 

of  the  Lebanon  Courier, 
ii.  Jacoh-G. ;  d.  January  10, 1884 ;  a  physician  of  prominence ; 

m.,  December  22,  1852,  Susanna  Herr  ;  and  luid  issue: 

1.  Joshua- Martin. 

2.  Alice-H. 

3.  Guy-Stewart. 

4.  Balph- Gilbert. 

Hi. 'Catharine \  ra.  first,  James  D.  Bartlioloraew;  d.  s.  p.; 
secondly,  S.  G.  Lewis ;  d. ;  and  had  issue. 

iv.  Annie-E. 

V.  Joshua- Martin,  b.  October  5,  1837.  He  was  educated  in 
the  private  and  select  schools  of  Harrisburg,  the  Harris- 
burg Academy  and  the  Cumberland  Valley  Institute. 
Reentered  Franklin  and  Marshall  College  in  1855,  grad- 
uating therefrom  in  1857.  Began  the  study  of  law  with 
A.  J.  Herr,  Esq.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Dauphin 
county  bar,  September  4, 1860  ;  and  still  continues  in  the 


Wiestling  Family.  653 

active  practice  of  his  profession.  During  tlie  Rebellion, 
lie  served  as  second  lieutenant  company  D,  One  Hundred 
and  Twenty-seventh  regiment,  Pa.  Volunteers,  and  was 
promoted,  September  1, 1862,  to  first  lieutenant.  On  the 
19th  of  March,  1863,  he  was  appointed  by  Surgeon  Gen- 
eral King,  of  Pennsylvania,  one  of  the  commissioners 
to  visit  the  general  hospitals  in  the  W  est,  to  look  after 
and  care  for  the  sick  and  wounded  Pennsylvania  soldiers. 
He  was  the  first  register  in  bankruptcy  under  tlie  jSTa- 
tional  bankrupt  act  of  1867  for  the  Fourteentli  Pennsyl- 
vania Congressional  district,  on  the  nomination  of  Chief 
Justice  S.  P.  Ci)ase,  United  States  Supreme  Court,  May 
29,  1867.  He  discharged  the  duties  of  tliat  office  until 
early  in  the  fall  of  1868,  when,  being  nominated  for  Dis- 
trict Attorney  for  the  county  of  Daupiiin,  he  resigned. 
He  was  elected  District  Attorney,  October  13,  1868,  and 
reelected,  October  10,  1871,  serving  two  full  terms.  Mr. 
Wiestling  m.,  June  2,  1864,  Geohgianna  Hoover, 
daughter  of  Jolm  and  Sophia  Hoover,  of  Gettysburg, 
Pa.     They  had  issue  : 

1.  Frank-Beeclier,  b.  April  5,  1865. 

2.  Widier-ScoU,  b.  June  8,  1867  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

3.  Mary-Ellen,  h.  September  9, 1869;  d.  in  infancy. 

4.  Faul-Gilbert,  b.  June  19,  1871 ;  d.  in  infancy. 

5.  Genrgianna-Eloime,  b.  j^ovember  8, 1872. 

6.  Sophia-Margaret'.a ,  b.  August  21,  1874;  d.  in  in- 

fancy. 

7.  Joshua  Bucher,  b.  August  17,  1878. 

8.  Virginia,  b.  June  4,  1882. 

vi.  Julia- A. ;  m.  C.  Penrose  Sherk,  of  Lebanon,  Pa. 

VI.  Befjamijs' Joseph  Wiestling,  =^  (Samuel-Christopher, ^ 
Christopher-Martin,^)  b.  Se|3teml3er  16,  1805,  in  Middle  Pax- 
tang  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  ;  d.  July  30,  1883,  in 
Middletown,  Pa.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Ilarrisburg,  whither  his  father  removed  in  1811,  and,  also,  at 
the  Plarrisburg  Academy.  He  began  the  study  of  medicine 
with  his  father,  and  subsequently  continued  under  the  instruc- 
tions of  his  elder  brothers,  Drs.  Samuel  C.  and  Joshua  M.  He 
attended  lectures  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  gTaduat- 
ing  from  the  medical  department  of  that  institution  in  1827. 
He  located  at  Middletown,  Pa.,  where,  for  over  a  period  of 
fifty  years,  he  was  in  the  active  ])ractice  of  his  profession  ;  and 
down  almost  to  the  last  hours  of  his  life,  his  superior  medical 


654  Pennsylvania    Genealogies. 

knowledge  was  brought  into  requisition.  Dr.  Wiestling  m., 
June  23,  1831,  Matilda  Eveline  Eoss  ;  d.  October  31, 1884, 
daughter  of  Andrew  Eoss  and  Hannah  Tempbn,  They  had 
issue : 

i.  Mary-Fisher  \  d.  June  9,  1883;  m.  Rev.  Andrew  D. 
Mitchell,  b.  February  2,  1824,  in  York  county,  Pa. ;  d. 
March  20,  1882,  at  Fort  Grant,  Arizona.  He  graduated 
at  Jefferson  College  ui  1841,  and  afterwards  spent  some 
time  in  teaching.  In  1844  he  matriculated  at  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary,  where  he  prepared  for  the  min- 
istry. He  came  under  the  care  of  the  Carlisle  Presby- 
tery, in  1849,  as  a  licentiate  from  the  Donegal  Presby- 
tery, and,  at  the  same  time,  calls  were  placed  in  his 
hands  from  the  united  charge  of  Paxtang  and  Derry. 
These  he  accepted,  and,  in  1858,  was  ordained  and  in- 
stalled pastor  of  that  people,  whom  he  acceptably  served 
until  1874,  when,  at  his  own  request,  the  pastoral  relation 
was  dissolved.  Subsequently  he  declined  certain  posi- 
tions that  were  in  his  offer,  but,  in  1876,  he  accepted  the 
appointment  of  post  cliaplain  in  the  United  States  army 
by  his  friend,  the  Hon.  J.  D.  Cameron,  then  Secretary  of 
War.  He  spent  five  years  at  the  military  prison  of  Fort 
Leavenworth,  Kansas,  and  was  transferred,  in  the  fall 
of  1881,  to  Fort  Grant,  Ariz  ma,  whei-e  he  died.  Mr. 
Mitchell  had  also  been  the  very  acceptable  stated  clerk 
of  the  Carlisle  Presbytery  from  1867  to  the  year  of  his 
appointment  as  chaplain,  1876,  when  he  resigned,  and  re- 
ceived the  special  commendation  of  the  Presbytery  for 
his  very  faithful  services.    They  had  one  child. 

n.  Anna\  d.  s.  p. 

Hi.  Eveline-Boss. 

iv.  Benjamin -Joseph;  m.  Carrie  Augusta  Etter. 
V.  Dr.  Rohert-Boss:  m.  Katharine  Hirst. 

vi.  Anna- Catharine-,  d.  August  14, 1842. 

vii.  EUzaheth-Louisa  \  m.  Rev.  Henry  L.  Rex. 
via.  Hannah-Bay. 

ix.  Dr.  John-Weir;  m.  Emma  Elizabeth  Smith. 

X.  Catharine-Bchecca. 

YII.  George  P.  Wiestling,  ^^  (Samuel-Christopher, ^  Chris- 
topher-Martin, i)  b.  May  4,  1808,  in  Paxtang,  now  Susque- 
hanna, township,  Dauphin  county,  Penn'a ;  d.  May  31,  1883, 
at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  Fe  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  the 
borough  and  the  Harrisburg  Academy.     He  learned  the  art  of 


Wieslling  Family.  655 

printing  with  his  brother,  John  S.  AYiestling,  who  edited  and 
published  the  Pennsylvania  Intelligencer.  He  afterwards 
worked  as  a  compositor  in  the  different  newspaper  offices  at 
the  State  Capital.  About  the  year  1842  he  established  himself 
in  the  wood  and  coal  trade,  in  which  he  continued  down 
through  life,  being  one  of  the  first  to  engage  it.  For  a  period 
of  fifty  years  he  was  leader  of  the  Keformed  Church  choir. 
Having  a  love  for  masic,  and  being  endowed  with  fine  talents 
in  that  direction,  he  took  special  delight  in  their  cultivation. 
He  was  an  active  member  of  the  church  with  which  he  so  long 
identified  himself  as  its  musical  leader,  and  for  forty-four 
years  an  elder.  He  was  faithful  to  every  trust,  honest  and' 
upright  in  all  his  dealings  with  the  world  earnest  and  sincere 
in  every  good  work,  and  his  memory  will  remain  green  in  the 
hearts  of  those  who  honor  him.  Mr.  Wiestling  m.  Margaeet 
Berryhill,  daughter  of  Samuel  Berryhill..     They  had  issue: 

i.  Col.    George-Berryhill ;  resides    at  Mont  Alto,  Franklin 

county,  Pa. 
ii.  Anna-Ifary . 
Hi.  John  ;  d.  s.  p. 
iv.  Ellen. 
V.  Edward  ;  m.  and  resides  in  Franklin  county,  Penn'a. 

VIII.  Daniel  Wiestling  GrROSS,^  (Anna-Maria,  ^  Samuel- 
Christopher,  2  Christopher-Martin, ' )  b.  March  11,1810,  in  Middle 
Paxtang  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  He  was  educated  in 
the  schools  of  the  borough  of  Harrisburg,  and  at  the  Academy 
there.  He  learned  the  profession  of  druggist  and  apothecary, 
commenced  business  in  1830,  and  has  continued  therein  until 
the  present.  He  served  in  the  municipal  offices  of  member  of 
the  town  council  and  school -director  for  a  long  period.  He 
was  for  many  years  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  State  Lunatic 
Hospital,  at  Harrisburg,  and  afterwards  its  treasurer.  He  is 
president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Theological  Seminary 
of  the  Reformed  church,  vice-president  of  the  board  of  trustees 
of  Franklin  and  Marshall  College,  and  was  president  of  the 
board  of  publication  of  the  Reformed  church  for  many  years. 
Mr.  Gross  m.,  November  18,  1841,  Elizabeth  Kunkel,  b. 
March  1,  1823  ;  d.  June  18,  1882,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  ;  daughter 


666  ■      Pennsylvania   Oeneabgies. 

of  George  Kankel  and  Catnarine  Ziegier  [see  Kunkel  record). 
They  had  issue  (surname  Gross) : 

i.  George-Abraham,  b.  May  6,  1843;  resides  at  Harrisburg, 
^  Fa.  ;  m.,  October  30,  1866,  Mary  A.  Wingerd;  and  had 

issue  (surname  Gross) : 

1.  Mary-Elizahetli. 

2.  Helen. 

3.  Daniel-  Wingerd. 

4.  Katharine-Kunlcel. 

a.  John-KimJcel,h.  June  15,1845;  resides  at  York,  Pa.;  m., 
April,  1874,  Anna  M.  Mesiclc,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  John 
r.  Mesiclv,  D.  D.,of  Soraerville,  N.  J.  ;  and  had  issue 
(sui-nanae  Gross) : 

1.  Elizaheth-Kun'kel. 

2.  John-HendricJcs-Mesick. 

3.  Jeanette-Le  liue-Perrine  (twin). 

4.  Margaret-A  llison . 

Hi.  Joshua-Wiestling,  b.   August  11,  1847;  ni..  May  11,1880, 
Almeda  IST.  Grove. 

if.  Daniel-Wiestlmg,  b.  July  18,  1849;  d.  March  9,  1850. 
r.  Udwnrd-Ziegler,h.  November  6.1851;  m.,  May  18,  1876, 
]S anoy  C.  Criswell,  daughter  of  Vance  Criswell  and  Han- 
nah Dull ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Gross) : 

1.  Hannah- Criswell.,  b.  January  28,  1878. 

2.  Henry-McCormick,  b.  May  21,  1885. 

H.  Henry-Sahler^h.  February  6,1854;  m.,  December  7,1881, 
Laura  B.  Gorman. 
.  vii.  Bobert,  b.  July  20.  1862 ;  d.  September  21,  1862. 
via.  Mary -Elizabeth,  b.  June  19,  1865;  d.  July  17,  1866. 


Wiggins  and  Simonton.  657 


WIGGINS  AND  SIMONTON. 


1.  John  Wiggins, ^  son  of  James  "Wiggins^  and  Jean,  his 
wife,  was  b.  about  1680,  in  the  north  of  Ireland.  He  came  to 
America  and  settled  on  Beaver  creek,  in  Paxtang  township, 
Lancaster  county,  Province  of  Pennsylvania,  prior  to  August, 
1782.  His  name  appears  on  the  tirst  assessment  list  of  the 
north  end  of  Paxtang  for  174:9.  He  d.  in  February,  1762,  his 
will  being  probated  the  month  following.  He  left  a  wife,  Mary 
[Barnett.]  and  children  as  follows  : 

2.  i.  John,  b.  1712;  m.  Elizabeth . 

ii.  James,  b.  1714. 

Hi.  Jean,  b.  1716. 
iv.  Martha,  b.  1718. 
V.  Margaret,  b.  1720. 

vi.  Agnes,  b.  1723;  m.  Thomas  Maguire,  and  had  a  daughter 
Sarah. 

At  this  time  it  seems  as  if  his  j^oungest  children,  John  and 
Agnes,  with  his  wife,  were  the  only  members  of  his  family  in 
America,  for,  in  the  disposition  of  his  estate,  he  directs  that  the 
other  children  were  to  have  their  share  ''if  thev  came  to  this 
country."  It  is  probable  they  came,  and  afterwards  went  with 
the  tide  of  Scotch-Irish  immigration  southward,  as  the  name 
appears  in  Virginia  and  the  Garolinas. 

II.  John  Wiggins, ^  (John,^  James, i)  b.  1712,  in  Ireland; 
came  to  America  with  his  parents,  and  remained  on  the  paternal 
farm  ;  he  d.  June  12,  1791:.  He  was  one  of  the  early  pioneers 
in  Paxtang,  and,  during  the  Indian  forays  of  1755-1763,  was 
more  or  less  prominent  as  an  officer  in  the  ranging  companies. 

He  m.  Elizabeth ,  b.  1716  ;  d.  June  5,  1784.     They 

are  both  interred  in  Paxtang  grave-yard.     Their  children  were-: 

i.  Thomas,  b.  1746;  d.  August,  1798.    He  studied  mediciua, 
and  served  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution ;  was  surgeon 
42 


658  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

of  the  Kew  Eleventh  Pennsylvania  Line,  (Colonel  Tliomus 
Hartley,  commissioned  July  1, 1778.  Owing  to  ill  health, 
due  to  the  previous  exposures  in  the  service,  he  resigned 
January  23,  1780. 

a.  John,  b.  1748;  d.  October.  21,  1880,  in  Northumberland 
county,  although  his  will  is  probated  as  of  Lower  Pax- 
tang;  left  a  wife,  but  no  issue.  It  is  said  that,  when  a 
young  man,  he  was  attacked  by  a  panther  on  hisway 
home  from  Paxtang  ciiurch,  and  killed  the  animal  with 
his  fists,  although  he  bore  the  marks  of  its  claws  all  his 
life. 

Hi.  Mizaheth,  b.  1751 ;  d.  October,  1830. 

iv.  James,  h.  1754;  d.  June,  1805;  unm.,  bequeathing  his  es- 
tate to  his  surviving  brother  and  sisters. 

3.  V.  Jean,  b.  1756  ;  m.  Dr.  William  Simonton. 

4.  vi.  Margaret,  b.  1758;  m.  James  Henderson. 

5.  vii.  Mary,  b.  1760;  m.  John  Simonton. 

6.  I'm.  Agnes,  b.  1762;  m.  William  Brandon. 

III.  Jeax  Wiggins,'*  (Jobn,^  Johu,^  James/)  b.  1756,  in 
]?axtang;  d.  October,  1824;  she  m.,  November  17, 1777,  Wil- 
liam SiMONTOF,  b.  1755,  in  county  Antrim,  Ireland  ;  d.  April 
24,  1.800,  in  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county,  Pa.  He  was 
brought  to  this  country  at  the  age  of  ten  b}^  his  uncle,  the  Eev. 
John  Simonton,  pastor  of  the  Great  Valley  Presbyterian  church, 
in  Chester  county.  Pa.  Under  the  direction  of  this  uncle  he 
received  his  academic  and  professional  education.  Soon  after 
completing  his  medical  course,  he  entered  upon  the  practice  of 
his  profession,  but  at  what  place  is  unknown.  In  1784,  he 
purchased^  a  tract  of  land  called  "Antigua,"  containing  one  hun- 
dred and  eighty -two  acres,  situated  in  West  Hanover  township, 
from  Joseph  Hutchison.  Upon  this  farm  he  resided  all  his 
life.  All  the  traditions  which  have  reached  us  concerning  his 
standard  as  a  physician,  a  man,  and  a  Christian,  are  highly 
favorable.  A  fitting  testimonial  to  his  life,  labors,  and  char- 
acter was  prepared  by  the  Eev.  James  Snodgrass,  pastor  of 
Hanover  chm-ch,  and  delivered  on  the  occasion  of  his  funeral. 
His  remains,  with  those  of  his  wife,  are  interred  iu  old  Han- 
over grave-yard.     They  had  issue  (surname  Simonton) : 

i.  Jean  ;  m.  [Jamesl  Clark, 

a.  Thomas;  m.  Elizabeth ;  removed  to  Greene  county. 

Pa. 


Wiggins  and  Simon  ion.  659 


Hi.  James  ;  m.  Ann 


iv.  Dr.  William.,  b.  1788;  m.  Martha  Davis  Snodgrass. 
V.  John-  Wiqgins,  b.  1790  ;  d.  IMovember,  1833. 
vi.  Elizabeth- Wiggi7\s,  b.  1792;  d.  September,  1834. 

IV.  Maegaeet  Wiggins, 4  (Jolin,^  John,  ^  James,  i)  b.  1758, 
in  Paxtang ;  m.,  March  20,  1787,  James  IlEMJEESOisr,  son  ot 
John  Henderson.     They  had  issue  (surname  Henderson) : 
i.  John,  b.  1788. 
ii.  Thomas,  b.  1790. 

Hi.  Dr.  William,  b.  1792;  d.  1849;  m.,  and  had  issue. 
iv.  .Elizabeth,  b.  1795. 
V.  Margaret,  b.  1797. 
vi.  James,  b.  1800, 

y.  Maey  Wiggins,^  (John,^  Jolin,^  James.i)b.  1760,  in 
Paxtang ;  d.  prior  to  1805 ;  m.  John  Simoiston,  brother  of 
Dr.  William  Simonton,  Sr.  ;  d.  in  October,  1824.  Thej  had 
issue  (surname  Simonton) : 

i.  John-Wiggins;  d.  prior  to  1830  ;  m.,a.ndhRd  John- Wiggins, 
ii.  Thomas  ;  d.  prior  to  1830. 

YI.  Agnes  Wiggins,*  (John,^  John,^  Jaraes,^)  b.  1762,  in 
Paxtang;  m.  William  Beandon,  son  of  William  andlsabella 
Brandon,*  of  Hanover;  removed  from  Hanover  about  1792,. 
They  had  issue  (surname  Brandon) : 
^.  Thom,as. 
ii.  James. 
Hi..  Ann  ;  m-  James  Pettigrew,  son  of  David  Pettigrew. 

VII,  William  Simonton,  5  (Jean, 4  John, 3  John, ^  James,  ■^), 
b.  in  1788,  in  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  count}^,  Pa.  ;  d. 
May  17,  1846,  in  Hanover,  At  the  death  of  his  father  he  was 
only  twelve  years  of  age.  His  early  education  was  received 
under  the  direction  of  his  mother,  and  consisted  of  tlie  branches 
usually  taught  in  the  country  schools  of  that  period.  As  he 
was  inclined  to  the  medical  profession,  he  studied.  Latin  under 
the  tuition  of  the  Pev.  James  P.  Sharon,  pastor  of  Derry  and. 
Paxtang  churches.  After  the  usual  preliminary  instruction 
under  a  private  preceptor,  he  studied  medicine  w-ith  Dr.  Samuel 
Meyrick,  of  Middletown,  afterwards  attending  lectures  of  the 

*  William  Brandon,  of  Hanover,  died  in  April,  1753,  leaving  a  wife,. 
Isabella,  and  children  :  James.  Catharine,  Ann,  and  William. 


660  Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 

Medical  Department,  University  of  Pennsylvania,  in  Philadel- 
phia, from  which  he  received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  In  the  dis- 
tribution of  property  resulting  from  his  father's  death,  the  farm 
"Antigua  "  was  equally  divided  between  him  and  his  brother, 
John  W.  Simonton.  The  latter  occupied  the  homestead  until 
his  death,  in  1824.  which  occurred  a  few  davs  previous  to  the 
death  of  his  mother.  After  the  erection  of  the  necessary  build- 
ings in  1818,  he  took  possession  of  his  new  home,  where  the 
remainder  of  his  life  was  spent.  While  his  time  was  devoted 
to  the  practice  of  medicine,  the  farming  operations  were  car- 
ried on  under  his  superintendence.  He  always  took  an  inter- 
est in  political  affairs,  and  was  accustomed  to  act  with  the  Whigs 
in  opposition  to  the  Democrats,  who  had  retained  possession  of 
the  National  Government  from  the  election  of  Andrew  Jack- 
son, in  1824.  He  was  elected  count}^  auditor  in  1823,  serving 
three  years,  and  in  1838  he  was  nominated  as  a  candidate  for 
Congress  from  the  district  then  composed  of  the  counties  of 
Dauphin  and  Lebanon,  and  was  elected  by  a  large  majority. 
He  was  re-elected  in  1840.  During  the  extra  session  of  Con- 
gress, held  in  the  summer  of  1841,  Dr.  Simonton's  health  gave 
way.  Having  been  accustomed  to  an  active  life  and  to  exer- 
cise on  horseback,  strict  attention  to  public  business,  with  con- 
finement to  the  atmosphere  of  Washington  during  the  heated 
term,  so  prostrated  hiin  physically,  that  he  was  unable  to  attend 
regularly  upon  the  sessions  of  1842  and  1843.  He  never  fully 
recovered  his  health,  though  he  resumed  his  medical  practice, 
which  was  continued  nearly  three  years  after  the  close  of  his 
congressional  career.  In  person,  Dr.  Simonton  was  five  feet 
eleven  inches  in  height,  of  good  pi-esence  and  proportions,  with 
regular  features  and  very  black  hair,  which  retained  its  color 
to  the  last.  He  was  a  modest,  diffident  man,  but  of  a  genial 
and  friendly  disposition.  For  some  years  previous  to  his  death 
he  was  an  elder  of  old  Derry  church,  and  while  in  Washing- 
ton a  member  of  the  Congressional  prayer-meeting.  He  was 
a  decided  Presbyterian  in  his  faith,  and  ever  took  a  deep  in- 
terest in  the  affairs  of  the  denomination  to  which  he  belonged. 
He  was  a  strict  observer  of  the  Sabbath,  and  of  the  services 
of  the  sanctuary.     He  maintained  family  worship,  and  was 


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Wiggins  and  Simonton.  661 

careful  to  give  his  children  a  religious  training.  He  acquired 
a  good  reputation  as  a  physician,  and  for  many  years  had  an 
extensive  country  practice.  Dr.  Simonton  m.  Maetha  Davis 
S^^ODGEASS,  b.  1790 ;  d.  April,  1862,  daughter  of  Rev.  James 
Snodgrass,"'^  of  Hanover.     They  had  issue  (surname  Simonton) : 

i.  Martha-Davis;  residing  in  Virginia;  m.  Rev.  Thomas  D. 
Bell,  b.  1815  ;  d.  July  4,  1848,  in  Harrisonburg,  Ya. ;  and 
had  issue,  two  sous  died  in  cliildhood,  and  Rev.  William 
D.  Bell,  of  Iowa. 

n.  Jane\  residing  in  St.  Paul,  Minn.  ;  m.  Rev.  Jolm  H.  Rit- 
tenhouse,  d.  some  thirty  .years  ago  in  Columbia  county, 
Pa. ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Rittenliouse) : 

1.  Charles- Ji. ;  vice  president  bank  in  St.  Paul. 

2.  Martha;  m.  John  Williams. 

3.  Mary  ;  m.  David  Lambe ;  residing  in  St.  Paul. 
Hi.  Rev.  William,  D.  D. ;  graduated  at  Delaware  College,  and 

Princeton  Tlieological  Seminary  ;  was  settled  at  Sunbury, 
Pa.,  Williamsport,Pa.,  and  now  at  Emmittsburg,  Mary- 
land ;  m.  Anna  Grier,  niece  of  Justice  Grier,  of  the  su- 
preme court,  U.  S. ;  and  had  issue,  Alice,  Elizabeth, 
■Sarah,  Martha,  and  Grier,  all  living. 
iv.  JLlizaheth;  m.,  in  1860,  Rev.  A.  L.  Blackford;  went  wnth 
him  as  missionary  to  Rio  Janiero,  Brazil,  where  she  died, 

% 

*  James  Snodgrass,  the  son  of  Benjamin  Snodgrass,  was  born  near 
Doylestown ,  Bucks  county,  Pa.,  July  23, 1763.  His  grandfather  came 
from  the  north  of  Ireland  about  the  year  1700,  locating  in  Bucks 
county.  Pa.  He  graduated  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in 
1783,  and  was  for  a  brief  time  a  tutor  tlierein.  He  studied  theology 
under  direction  of  the  Rev.  l!fathaniel  Irwin,  then  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Neshaminy,  and  was  licensed  to  preach  the  Gospel  by  the 
Presbytery  of  Pliiladelphia  in  December,  1785.  After  preaching  about 
a  year  and  a  half  in  destitute  places  in  the  central  and  northern  part 
of  ISTew  York,  on  the  16th  of  October,  1787,  he  accepted  the  call  of 
the  Hanover  congregation  of  May  previous,  and  until  his  ordination 
on  the  13th  of  May,  1788,  he  gave  his  attention  to  that  churcli.  At 
his  installation  there  were  present  of  the  Presbytery  of  Carlisle  the 
reverend  and  honored  ministers  Revs.  John  Klder,  John  Hoge,  John 
Linn,  John  Craighead,  Robei't  Cooper,  and  Samuel  Waugh.  His 
pastorate  extended  over  a  period  of  fifty-eight  years,  and  he  was  the 
last  who  ministered  at  Hanover.  His  death  occurred  July  2, 1846, 
and  he  lies  interred  in  old  Hanover  ciiurcli  grave-yard.  The  Rev. 
Snodgrass  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife,  Martha,  b.  N'ovemlier 
12,  1760  ;  d.  December  20,  1828;  his  second  wife,  Nancy,  b.  in  1770  ; 
d.  January  24, 1839,  and  are  both  interred  in  tlie  same  grave-yard. 


662  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

and  where  he  still  remains  as  missionary  of  tlie  Board  of 
Missions  of  Presbyterian  cluirch. 

V    Anna-Mary, h.\S2\:\  d.1851. 

vi.  John-  Wiggins ;  received  liis  preparatory  education  at  tlie 
country  school  near  old  Hanover  chnrcii,  continued  at 
the  Strasburg  Academy,  Lancaster  county,  Pa.,  then  at 
Lafayette  College,  Easton,  graduating  at  the  College  of 
New  Jersey  in  1850  ;  studied  law  with  Hamilton  Alricks, 
and  admitted  to  the  Dauphin  county  bar,  at  the  April 
term,  1853 ;  in  1866,  he  was  elected  district  attorney; 
and,  in  1881,  president  judge  of  the  Twelfth  judicial  dis- 
trict of  Pennsylvania.  It  may  be  here  recorded  of  liim, 
that  every  opinion  handed  down  since  he  has  held  this 
important  position,  has  shown  an  intimate  knowledge  of 
the  laws  of  his  native  State,  of  his  literary  ability,  acute 
perception  of  such  facts  as  are  necessary  in  considering 
cases,  and  in  nearly  every  instance  have  been  sustained 
by  the  higher  court.  Judge  Simonton,  m.,  July  8,  1856, 
Sarah  H.  Kunkel,  daughter  of  George  Kunkel  and  Catha- 
rine Ziegler.  They  had  issue: 
Hi.  James- Siwdfjr ass ;  graduate  Princeton  College  and  Theo- 
logical Seminary;  tutor,  Princeton  College;  professor, 
College  of  Yaporiras,  Brazil,  S.  A.;  and  now  Professor 
of  Modern  Languages,  Washington  and  Jefferson  Col- 
lege, AVashington.,  Pa. 
via.  Tliomas^Davis ;  doctor  of  dental  surgery,  St.  Paul,  Min- 
nesota. 

ix.  Aslibel-Green  \  d.  December  9,  1867,  at  Sao  Paulo,  Brazil, 
South  America.  His  classical  education  began  in  the 
Harrisbnrg  Academy,  under  the  tuition  of  the  Rev. 
Mahlon  Long.  After  two  years  preparatory  study,  he 
entered  the  College  of  New  Jersey,  from  wliicli  he  grad- 
uated in  1852,  his  scholarship  and  acquirements  being  of 
the  first  rank.  In  the  autumn  of  the  same  year  he  went 
to  the  South,  with  his  brother,  James,  and  took  charge 
of  an  academy  for  boys  in  Starkville,  Miss.,  where  he 
taught  with  much  success  for  eighteen  months.  In 
July,  1854,  he  returned  to  Harrisburg,  and  entered  upon 
the  study  of  the  law.  In  the  spring  of  1855  he  decided 
upon  a  theological  course,  and  for  this  purpose  prepared 
himself  for  entering  the  theological  seminary  at  Prince- 
ton, which  he  did  in  September  of  that  year.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  by  Carlisle  Presbytery,  which  met  at 
Greencastle  on  the  14th  of  April,  1858.  He  had  decided 
upon  a  missionary  life,  and  after  consultation  and  appli- 
cation to  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign  Missions, 
was  ordered  to  Brazil.    He  was  ordained  by  the  Presby- 


Wiggins  and  Simon  ton.  663 

tery  of  Cai-lisle,  at  Harrisburpf,  April  14,  1S59,  and,  on 
the  19th  of  June  following,  sailed  from  Baltimore  in  the 
merchant  ship  "  Banshee  "  for  Rio  Janeiro.  He  arrived 
at  the  latter  place  on  the  12th  of  August,  and  at  once 
entered  upon  his  field  of  labor.  In  the  spring  of  1862  he 
returned  to  the  United  States,  married  Helen  Murdock, 
daughter  of  William  Murdock,  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  on 
the  19th  of  March,  1863,  and  sailed  for  Brazil,  May  23, 

1863,  reaching  the  harbor  of  llio  on  the  16th  of  July 
His  wife  died,  after  a  short  illness,  on  the  28th  of  July, 

1864,  which,  to  a  missionary  in  a  foreign  land,  was  an 
incalculable  loss.  Towards  the  close  of  March,  1865,  he 
made  a  missionary  tour  into  the  province  of  Sao  Paulo, 
returning  to  his  post  in  Rio  early  in  May.  Near  the 
close  of  1865,  the  Presbytery  of  Rio  de  Janeiro  was  or. 
ganized  at  Sao  Paulo,  that  being  the  mission  station  of 
his  brother-in-law.  Rev.  A.  L.  Blackford.  It  was  soon 
perceived  that  his  overtaxed  energies  began  to  give  way 
under  the  gradual  approaches  of  the  disease  which  for- 
ever ended  his  earthly  activities.  Unable  to  continue 
his  labors,  he  left  Rio  for  the  home  of  his  sister,  at  Sao 
Paulo,  the  last  week  in  November,  1867.  No  i-elief 
came,  and,  after  a  brief  illness,  he  died  the  month  fol- 
lowing. He  was  buried  on  the  same  day  from  the  little 
church  of  Sao  Paulo,  two  Englishmen  and  two  Ameri- 
cans officiating  as  pall-bearers,  addresses  being  made  in 
Portuguese  by  Rev.  Mr.  Blackford  and  Rev.  Emanuel 
Pires. 


664:  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 


WILSON.  IRISH  SETTLEMENT. 


1.  Thomas  Wilson,  1  ancestor  of  Hugh,  was  an  ofScer  in 
King  William's  army,  among  the  first  to  cross  the  river  Boyne, 
on  horseback,  on  the  morning  of  July  1, 1690.  He  was  specially 
rewarded  for  this  bravery,  with  a  grant  of  land.  He  resided 
in  county  Cavan,  Ireland,  having  an  extensive  bleach-green 
within  a  mile  of  Coote  Hill,  not  far  from  the  county  town.  His 
ancestors  had  emigrated  from  Scotland  to  Ireland.  Thomas 
had  but  one  son: 

2.  i.  Hugh,  b.  1689  ;  m.  Sarah  CYaig. 

II.  Hugh  WiLSOJsr,^  (Thomas,  i)  b.  1689,  in  county  Cavan, 
Ireland ;  m.  Sarah  Craig,  in  Ireland  ;  emigrated  to  America, 
and  settled  in  "the  Irish  Settlement"  as  early  as  1736.  His 
home  lay  north-west  of  what  is  now  known  as  Howertown,  in 
Allen  township,  Northampton  county.  Pa.  His  land  comprised 
seven  hundred,  and  thirty  acres,  to  which  he  obtained  title 
March  7,  1737,  and  June  29,  1738.  He  erected  a  flouring  mill 
which  was  only  torn  down  in  the  spring  of  1857.  Upon  the 
erection  of  Northampton  county,  March  11,  1752,  he  was  one 
of  the  commissioners  named  in  the  act  to  purchase  land  at 
Easton  for  the  court  house  and  prison,  and  was  commissioned 
one  of  the  justices  of  the  peace  for  the  county,  June  9,  1752, 
and  as  such,  assisted  in  holding  the  first  courts  in  Northamp- 
ton county.  His  last  commission  as  justice,  was  issued,  March 
15,  1766.  He  died  in  the  autumn  of  1773  ;  and  is  buried  in 
the  old  grave-yard  at  the  Settlement.  He  was  a  brother  in-law 
of  Thomas  Craig  the  elder,  who  went  to  the  Irish  Settlement 
as  early  as  1728.  Hugh  Wilson  and  Sarah  Craig,  his  wife, 
had  issue : 

i.  William,  b.  in  Ireland ;  removed  from  the  settlement  to 
Philadelphia,  where  he  followed  merchandizing  for  some 
time ;  thence  he  removed  to  the  West  Indies,  where  lie 
died. 


Wilson,  Irish  Settle  in  ent.  665 

,   3.       ii.  Mary-Ann,  b.  May  21  1719;  m.  Kev.  Francis  McHenry. 
^/   4.      Hi.  Elizabeth,  b.  1721 ;  m.  Capt.  William  Craig. 

5.  iv.  llwnias,  b.  1724;  m.  Elizabeth  Hays-.- 

6.  V.  Charles,  b.  January  30, 1726  ;  m.  Margaret  McNair. 
ri.  Samuel;  m.,  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Hugh,  b.  1761  ;  d.  November  30,  1830;  m.  Eliza- 

betli  Osman. 

2.  Abrani,  b.  April  13,  1765;  d.  January  30,  1840  ; 

m.  Mary  Young;  i\ud h?\d issue,  Samuel, Hugh- 
Osman,  John,  and  Eliza- Ann. 

3.  Thomax;  d.  unra. 

4.  Samuel;  d.  unm. 

5.  Sarah;  m. Mulhallon. 

6.  Abigail;  m. Duel. 

7.  Mary;  m. Sharp. 

8.  Elizabeth;  m. Winter. 

vii.  James  ;  (no  record). 

7.  i-iii.  Margaret,  b.  1734;  m.  William  McNair. 

ix.  Francis,  was  the  youngest  son  ol'  the  emigrant;  he  re- 
turned to  Ireland,  studied  divinity,  and  was  admitted  to 
orders  iu  the  Episcopal  church  ;  he  settled  in  Virginia, 
was  a  tutor  in  the  family  of  General  Lee,  and  died  about 
the  year  1812. 

in.  Maky  An]^  Wilson,  3  (Hugli,^  Thomas,  i)  b.  May  21, 
1719.  in  count}^  Cavan,  Ireland  ;  cl.  October  19,  1793.  Webster, 
in  his  "History  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,"  says,  "Rev. 
Francis  McHenry  married,  before  leaving  Ireland,  Mary,  eldest 
daughter  of  Hugh  Wilson,  of  Coote  Hill,  in  county  Cavan." 
Eev.  Francis  McHenry,  b.  October  18,  1710 ;  d.  January  23, 
1757 ;  according  to  Alexander  R  Henry's  statement,  "the 
McHenrys  lived  on  a  small  island  between  Scotland  and  Ireland, 
called  Rothlin,  whence  they  were  driven  to  the  glens  of  Antrim 
in  the  north  of  Ireland,  near  Bally  Castle,  by  the  Clan  McDon- 
ald, of  Scotland.  Rev.  Francis  came  to  America  with  his  two 
brothers,  wdio  were  Roman  Catholics.  One  settled  in  Balti- 
more. Fort  McHenry,  named  for  a  member  of  this  family. 
.  {Quaere,  Hon.  James  McHenry,  Secretary  of  War  under  Presi- 
dent Washington,  January  27,  1796).  The  other  settled  at  or 
near  Pittsburgh.  Mr.  McHenry  was  licensed  November  10, 
1738;  ordained  at  Neshaminy,  July  12,  1739.  In  1743,  he 
was  installed  pastor  over  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Deep  Run, 


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seven  and  one-half  miles  north  west  of  Doylestown,  Bucks 
county,  where  he  was  yjastor  for  fourteen  years.  The.  late  Dr. 
Andrews,  one  of  Mr.  McHenry's  successors  at  Deep  Eun,  speaks 
of  him  {Ceniemtial  History^  1876)  thus:  "  he  was  a  pure  scholar, 
able  preacher,  and  a  man  whose  Godly  life  gave  influence  where 
he  was  known.  His  learning  and  natural  gifts  were  adapted 
to  make  him  a  shming  light  in  the  history  of  Presbyterianism, 
etc.     His  children  were  : 

i.  Dr.  Mattheio,h.  1743;  d.  December  13,1783;  was  surgeon 
of  the  ship  Montgomery  of  the  Pennsylvania  Navy,  ap- 
pointed April  13, 1776,  discharged  March  29,  1777.  (Pa. 
Archives,  2d  ser.,  vol.  1,  page  318) ;  rn.  Margaret  Gregg, 
daughter  of  Robert  Gregg;  d.  March  17, 1796,  aged  43; 
and  had  issue  (surname  McHenry) : 

1.  Ann  ;  d.  October  18, 1818,  aged  41. 

2.  Elizabeth;  d.  June  8,  1831,  aged  57. 

3.  Matthew;  d.  at  Mt.  Holly,  N.  J. 
8,       ii.   William,  b.  May  6,  1744;  m.  Mary  Stewart. 

IV.  Elizabeth  Wilson, ^  (Hugh,^  Thomas,^)  b.  about 
1721;  and  survived  her  husband  several  years.  SKe  m. 
William  Craig.  He  was  a  captain  in  the  Associated  Eegi- 
ment  of  Bucks  county  in  1747-48,  {Pa.  Archives.,  2nd  ser.  ii, 
505.)  He  was  a  son  of  Thomas  Craig,  the  elder,  and  died 
before  1772,  as  the  former  in  his  will  of  date  November  25, 
1772,  proved  June  6,  1779,  bequeaths  his  estate  to  his 
daughter-in-law,  Elizabeth,  and  his  son,  William's  children  by 
name,  except  a  special  legacy  of  £17  10s  to  Thomas  Craig, 
"son  of  my  brother,  Daniel  Craig."  A  pretty  clear  indica- 
tion that  Thomas  Craig,  the  elder,  had  no  living  children,  and 
no  other  descendants  than  William's  children.  He  appoints 
"  his  brother-in-law,  Bichard  Walker,  Esq.,''  in  connection  with 
Arthur  Lattimore  and  John  Balston,  his  executors.  Captain 
William  Craig  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  left  issue  (surname 
Craig) : 

i.  General  Thomas;  he  was  a  captain  in  Colonel  Arthur  St. 
Clair's  battalion  in  the  campaign  in  Canada,  1776 ;  pro- 
moted lieutenant  colonel  September  7, 1776, and  colonel  of 
Third  Pennsylvania,  Continental  Line,  August  1,  1777  ; 
serving  all  through  the  Revolutionary  war.    He  was  se- 


Wilson,  Irish  Settlement.  667 

lectecl  as  one  of  the  major  generals  of  the  Provisional 
army  in  1798,  and  was  still  major  genei-al  of  tlie  militia 
for  jS'orthampton  county  in  1812-lSU.  He  died  at  Allen- 
town,  January  20,  1832,  aged  ninety-two  years,  (see  Bid- 
dWs  Autobiography,  ]i.  353,  for  an  account  of  an  inter- 
view with  him  in  1815,  and  anecdote— and  note  to  page 
354,  ibid.) 

n.  Hugh;  we  have  no  other  information,  except  that  lie  is 
named  next  after  Tiiomas  In  his  grandfather's  will. 

in.  Charles;  he  was  first  lieutenant  of  Captain  Miller's  com- 
pany, Colonel  William  Thompson's  Battalion  of  Rifle- 
men in  tiie  campaign  before  Boston  in  1775,  and  was  pro- 
moted captain  in  ]SI'ovember,  1775.  He  was  captain  in 
the  First  Pennsylvania,  Continental  Line;  and  wounded 
in  the  battle  of  Brandywine,  September  11,  1777.  He 
married  a  daughter  of  Marks  Bird,  of  Reading,  and  shot 
himself  in  the  summer  of  1782,  leaving  a  widow  and  one 
child,  (see  an  account  of  his  deliberate  suicide  in  Bid- 
dWs  Autobiography ,  note  to  page  172.) 

ic.  William:  was  a  captain  in  the  Third  Pennsylvania  Conti- 
nental Line,  July  4,  1777;  resigned  June  1,  1779;  was 
living  in  May,  1787,  "  but  soon  fell  a  sacrifice  to  his  in- 
temperance," (BiddWs  Autobiography ,  p.  216.^ 
V.  Mary;  m.  George  Palnner;  coroner  of  Northampton 
county  in  1781;  deputy  surveyor;  and  a  man  of  promi- 
nence in  his  day;  and  had  issue  (surname  Palmer),  all 
buried  in  the  old  "  Settlement  "  burying-ground : 

1.  John,h.  1778;  d.  June  14,  1813;  unm. 

2,  Eliza;  b.  1780;  d.  February  13, 1808;  m.  James 

.  Ealston,  Esq.,  who  d.  January  20,  1836,  aged 
sixty-nine  years. 
vi.  Sarah;  m.  Hugli  Wilson,  son  of  Charles  Wilson,  (see  XL) 
vii.  Nancy;  m.  Dr.  Taylor. 

via.  Elizabeth ;  m.  Captain  John  Craig,  wiio  was  not  a  relative ; 
and  had  issue  (surname  Craig) : 

1.  William;  m.  Miss  Mowry,  of  New  Jersey. 

2.  C/iftrZes;  m.  Miss  Mowry,  sister  of  above. 

y.  Thomas  Wilson, ^  (Hugh,^  Thomas,-")  b.  in  1724. 
According  to  the  tradition  among  his  descendants,  he  was 
about  twelve  years  old  when  his  father,  Hugh,  emigrated  from 
Ireland.  He  married,  in  1760,  Elizabeth  Hays,  daughter 
of  John  Hays  and  Jane,  (Love)  his  wife,  who  emigrated  from 
Londonderry,  Ireland,  and  after  a  short  stay  in  Chester  county, 
removed  to  the    "Irish    Settlement."     Thomas  Wilson  was, 


668  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

during  the  Eevolution,  largely  engaged  in  supplying  the  Con- 
tinental army  with  flour.  He  was  paid  in  Continental  cur- 
rency, and  suffered  heavily  by  its  depreciation.  In  conse- 
quence, he  sold  his  land  in  Allen  township,  and  removed  to 
Buffalo  Valley,  now  Union  county,  in  1792.  He  purchased 
the  farm  on  which  the  Union  county  fair  buildings  are  loca- 
ted, about  one  mile  west  of  Lewisburg  on  the  turnpike,  where 
he  died,  February  25,  1799,  according  to  the  inscription  on 
his  tombstone,  in  the  Lewisburg  cemetery,  aged  seventy-four 
years.  His  widow  removed,  in  1803,  with  her  sons,  William 
and  Thomas,  to  Beaver  county,  Pa.,  where  she  died  in  Decem- 
ber, 1812.     They  had  issue: 

v 
9.      i.  Hugh,  b.  October  21,  1761 ;  m.  Catherine  Irvine. 

n.  Sarah;  d.  1844;   ra.  Richard   Fruit,  removed  to  Mercer 
county,  Pa.;  and  had  issue  (surname  Fruit) : 

1.  B6bert\  d.  in  1880,  leaving  twelve  children,  all 

residing  in  Mercer  county.  Pa. 

2.  lliomas  ;  d.  in  1850,  and  had  issue,  two  sons  and 

two  daughters,  residing  in  Mercer  county, 

3.  William ;  d.  1877  ;  one  child  living,  Sarah,  m.  to 

James  Trimble,  of  Philadelphia,  grandson  of 
James  Trimble,  Esq.,  who  was  Deputy  Secre- 
tary of  the  Commonwealth  from  1791  to 
1836 

4.  John;  d.  1838:  leaving  issue,  three  children,  in 

Mercer  county. 

5.  .Elizabeth- A.;  m.  Tliomas  Williamson,  and  left 

eight  children. 

6.  Catherine-W.;  m.  Alva  Morris;  d.  leaving  four 

sons. 
Hi.  Mizuheth,  h.  1769;  d.  February  8, 1797  ;  m.  James  Duncan, 
b.  1758  in  Scotland  ;  d.  October  14, 1843;  he  was  the  first 
sheriff  of  Centre  county  in  1801 ;  and  had  issue  (surname 
Duncan): 

1.  Tliomas,  b.  1794;  d.  October  5,1825;  m.  Susan 
Irvin,  (see  Litm''s  History  of  Centre  county, 
Pd..,  p.  204,  for  notice  of  Irvin  family);  and 
had  issue : 
a.  Elizabeth-L,  d.  June  23, 1880,  at  Heading, 
Pa.;  m.  John  M.  Hale;  and  had  issue 
(surname  Hale)  : 
a.  James-P. ;  d.  December  24,  1881, 
at  Philipsburg,  Pa. 


Wilson^  Irish  Seitlement.  669 

b.  Elias-W.\    d.    June    13,  1881,  at 

Pliilipsburg,  Pa.;  ni.  and  had 
issue,  James-P.,  J?ichard-A., 
Mary-U.,  and  Susan- C. 

c.  Susan-M.;  d.  December  4,  1880; 

m.  Tfiomas  G.  "Welles;  and  bad 
issue;  (surname  Welles)  Hubert- 
Gidton. 

d.  Carrie;  m.  A.  J.  Steinman,  Tisq., 

of  Lancaster, Pa.;  and  bad  issue, 
(surname  Steinman)  Elizaleth-D. 

e.  Beulen-C;  d.  March  8,  1S69;   m. 

granddaughter     of     Dr.    Diller 
Luther;   issue,  Buly-CaroUne. 
6,  Jnmcs\  d.  at  New  Orleans,  La.;  an  at- 

torney-at-law;  left  issue,  Maud, 
c.  John  ;  d.  at  Bellefonte,  Pa. ;  s.  p. 
2.  David,  h'  1797;  d.  September  6,  1855,  at  Spring 
Mills,  Pa.;  m.  Susan  Hayes,  of  New  Berlin, 
Pa. ;  d.  September  8, 1865 ;  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Duncan) : 
a.  Bohert-IL,  of  Milton,  Pa.;    m.   Louisa, 
daughter  of  Dr.  James  Douglass;  and 
had   issue,   D.-  Wallace,  Louii<a-Dongal 
and  Ahxander-H. 
h.  Dr.  Thomas;  surgeon  United  States  army, 

1861-5;  d.  July  27,  1867,  in  Mo. ;  s.  p. 
c.  Mary,  of  Spring  Mills,  Pa. 
iv.   William,  b.  1772  ;  d.  November  6, 1840,  in  Beaver  county, 
Pa.;  m.,1810,  Anne  White;  d.  December,  1865;  and  had 
issue: 

1.  Francis-Thomas,  b.  November  23,  1822;  resides 

at  Pleasantrilill,  Lawrence  county,  Pa.;  m.\ 

June  16,   1846,   Mary  A.  Morrison,  and  had 

issue : 

a.   TF-iniam-C,  teacher  in  the  State  Normal 

school.  Providence,  K.  I. 
h.  Anne-E.,  a  missionary  in  India. 

c.  Harriet;  m.  J.  Liebendorfer,  of  "Wurtem- 

berg,  Lawrence  county.  Pa. 

d.  Charles- (J. 

e.  Mary-C. 

f.  Matilda-B. 

10.      V.  Th.mas,  b.  June  17, 1775  ;  m.  Agnes  Hemphill. 

li.  Mary  ;  m.  Jonathan  Coulter,  E?q.,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Coulter),  Thomas,  of  Peirysburg,  Ohio,  now  deceased, 
and  two  daughters. 


670  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

vii.  Jane;  drowned  when  a  cliild  in  the  mill-race  in  Northamp- 
ton county. 

viii.  •7'ames,  Esq. ;  educated  at  Canonsburg,  Pa.;  studied  laM^ 
and  located  in  I^ew  Orleans,  his  commission  to  practice 
dated  June  28, 1804,  signed  by  Gov.  W.  C.  C.  Claiborne, 
of  liOuisiana. 
ix.  Margaret;  m.  John  Thomas,  of  Buffalo  Yalley ;  removed 
to  Darlington,  Beaver  county,  Pa.,  and  had  issue  (sur- 
name Tliomas)  : 

1.  Miza,  b.  1805;  d.  September,  1861;  m.,  Septem- 

ber 27, 1826,  John  Courtney  ;    d.   September, 
1862. 

2.  Sarah,  b.  1807;  d.  March  26,  1884;  unm. 

3.  Mary,  b.  ;  d.  April  24,  1882,  at  Wellsville, 

Ohio;  m.  George  Imbrie,  b.  1795;  d.  August, 
1879.      , 

4.  Electa  ;    m.   Moses  Louthan  ;    resides  at  j^ew 

Waterford,  Oiiio. 

5.  Caroline  ;   mr  David  Ilarvey ;    resides  in  Alle- 

gheny City,  Pa. 

6.  Jolm;   d.  1859,  at  Beaver  C.  H.;    m.  Elizabeth 

Mace ;  d.  at  Beaver  C.  H.,  November  25,  1884. 

7.  Jane;  m.  John  Pierce;  living  at  Darlington,  Pa. 

8.  Enoch,  b.   December  25,  1823;    m.,  March  31, 

1850,  Elizabeth  E.  Hall ;  reside  at  West  Bridge- 
water,  Beaver  county,  Pa. 

VI.  Charles  Wilson,  3  (Hagb,-  Thomas,  i)  b.  January  30, 
1726:  cl.  August  20,  1768;  m.  Margaret  McNair,  b.  March 
2,  1728;  cl.  November  25,  1823.     They  had  issue: 

i.  ^'or«/i,  b.  January  3,  1757  ;  d.  December,  1778;  unm. 
ii.  Christiana,  b.  January  13,  1759;  d.  18S9,  in  Groveland,  N. 
Y.;  m.  William  Latimer,  and  had  issue  (surname  Lati- 
mer) : 

1.  Jdhn,  whose  cliildren  are  Mrs.  Adaline  Logan 
and  Cortland  Latimer,  of  Dansville,  ]S.  Y. 
11.    HL  Hugh,  b.  June  15,  1761  ;  m.  Sarah  Craig. 

iv.  Anne,  b.  December  14,  1762;  d.  March  15,  1763. 
V.  John,  b.  August  9, 1765;  d.  January  1, 1857,  in  Allen  town- 
ship, Northampton  county.  Pa.;  he  was  a  ruling  elder  in 
tiie  Presbyterian  church  for  fifty  years ;  m.  Ann  Hayes, 
b.  August  9,  1772;  d.  January  8,  1851,  and  left  issue: 

1.  Charles;  m.  Catharine  Miller  ;  removed  to  High- 

land county,  Ohio,  {see  Clyde,  p.  141.) 

2.  Jane;  d.  October  18,  1826;  unm. 


Wilso-n,  Irish  Settlement.  671 

3.  William- McNair,  h.  July  18,1806;   d.  January 

18,  1851  ;  m.  Jane  Brittam. 

4.  Margaret,  b.  1809;  living  near  Bath,  Pa.,  in  the 

Settlement;  m.  Josepli  Ilonier;  cl.  July  27, 
1866,  aged  seventy-five,  and  had  issue  (surname 
Horner) : 

a.  Sarah-A.\  m.  Baxter  B.  McClure. 

h.  Jennie;  residing  on  the  homestead. 

5.  John-H.,  of    Jersey  Shore,  Pa.;    m.   Mary  A. 

Hays,  a  descendant  of  John  Hays  ;  she  d. 
March  29, 1885,  aged  seventy  years. 

6.  Mari/-H.\  d.  September  13,  1877,  at  Quincy,  111.; 

m.  Rev.  Leslie  Irwin;  d.  November  16,1873, 

(see  sketch  in  (Jlt/de''s  '■''I'''ish  ISeltlement.^'') 

vi.  Margaret,  b.  May  15,1767;    m.,  October  18,  1792,  James 

Rosebrugh  ;  removed  to  Groveland,  N.  Y.,  in  1795. — See 

genealogy  in  Clyde,  page  127  ;  also  sketches  of  tlie  family 

by  James  R.  Leaming,  M.  D.,  a  grandson,  (ihid  page  313 

&c.) 

vii.  Samuel ;  m.,  and  had  issue,  Hugh,Abram,  Thomas,  Samuel, 

Sarah,  Abigail,  Mary,  and  Elizabeth, 
via.  Jane ;  no  record. 

VII.  Margaeet  Wilson,  3  (Hugh,^  Thomas,  i)  b.  1784,  in 
the  Irish  Settlement ;  d.  July  20, 1783  ;  m.  William  McNair, 
h.  1727,  in  Ireland ;  d.  1823,  near  Mt.  Morris,  K  Y. ;  son  of 
John  McNair  and  Christiana  Walker.  In  1798,  William  Mc- 
Nair and  his  sons  left  the  Irish  Settlement  for  the  valley  of  the 
Genesee,  and  settled  in  Sonyea,  near  Mt.  Morris,  Livingston 
county,  New  York.     They  had  issue  (surname  McNair) : 

i.  John,  b.  1760  ;  d.  1813;  m.  Mrs.  Deborah  Isabella  Page; 

and  had  issue,  William-Penn,  Mary- Ann,  Hugh- Wilson, 

and  Charles-  Williamson, 
a.  IIugh,h.  1765  ;  cl.  1844  ;  m., first,  Phoebe  Torbert;  secondly, 

Mrs.  Eliza  Tate  Duugan  ;  and  had  issue,  Murgarct-Tate, 

William- Wilson,  Mary^John-C,  Charles- Wilson,  Susan, 

Henrietta,  Hugh,    Sumuel-Torbert,  Pheohe,    Ann-Eliza, 

David- Anthony,  and  Clement-Dungan. 
Hi.  Charles,  b.  1767  ;  d.  about  1853  :  unm.,  at  Brokenstraw,  Pa. 
iv.  Christiana,  b.  1769;  d.  1808;  m.  William  Parkinson;  and 

had  issue,  (surname  Parkinson,)  Charles,  Jamfs,  Bichard, 

and  Thomas. 
V.  Sarah,  h.  1772;  d.  1783. 
vi.   iVilliam,  b.  1774;  d.  1813. 


672  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

vii.  Margaret,  b.  1778;  d.  1831 ;  m.,  lier  cousin  David  McNair; 
and  liad  issue  (surname  McNair),  John-L.,  WiUiam, 
Margaret-Wilson,  I)avid--Dcnvy,  and  Fhcehe-Torbert. 

William  McNair  afterwards  married  Sarah  Horner,  of  the 
Settlement,  and  had  fonr  children. 

Till.  William  McHenry,^  (Mar j- Ann,  ^  Hugh,^  Thom- 
as, i)  b.  May  6,  1744: ;  d.  November  25,  1808.  He  was  a  mill- 
wright by  trade,  and  remarkable  for  muscular  strength.  He 
was  born  at  the  parsonage  at  Deep  Run,  lived  there  all  his  days, 
and  was  buried  from  the  old  homestead.  He  m.,  December  4, 
1770,  Mary  Stewart,  b.  November  13,  1753 ;  d.  November 
27,  1832.     They  had  issue  (surname  McHenry)": 

i.  Francis,  b.  October  19,  1771 ;  d.  October  11, 1776. 
a.  Ann,  b.  December  16,  1773;  d.  October  6   1775. 
Hi.  Elizaheth,  b.  March  7,   1776;  d.  December  16,  1818;  m., 
May  17, 1798,  Evan  James. b.  January  19, 1773;  d.  August 
4,  1830  ;  and  had  issue  (surname  James) : 

1.  Josiah,  b.  1798. 

2.  William- McHenry,  b.  September,  1800;  d.  July 

20,  1861, at  Plumsteadville,  Bucks  county,  Pa.; 
physician  ;  m.,  January  13,1835,  Huldah  Jones ; 
no  issue. 

3.  Bolert-Evan,  b.  September  26, 1802;  d.  August  13, 

1860,  at  Centreville,  Northumberland  county, 
Pa.;  a  physician;  m.,  June  2,  1836,  Caroline 
Dietterich  ;  and  liad  issue  (surname  James) : 

a.  Frances-M.,  b.  August  20, 1839  ;  m.  Hiram 

Long,  M.  D.,  of  Sunbury,  Pa. 

b.  Manj-E.,  b.  August  31,1841 ;  m.  Truman 

II.  Purdy,  of  Sunbury,  Pa.;  member 
of  Legislature,  1884-5;  and  had  issue 
(surname  Purdy),  Carrie,  Truman,  and 
Hiram. 

c.  William-McH. ,  b.  April  15,1 844  ;  m .  Caro- 

line Criswell ;  and  had  issue  (surname 
James),  Carrie;  resides  at  Steelton,  Pa. 

d.  Jacob-D.,  b.   April  12,   1846;   m.   Laura 

Clement,  of  Sunbury,  Pa. ;  and  liad  is- 
sue (surname  James),  Clement,  and. 
Bobert-E. 


Wilso7^,  Irish  /Settlement.  673 

e.  Fiobert-E.,  b.  August  9, 1848  ;  was  a  mem- 
ber of  tlie  Legislature  from  Northamp- 
ton   county,   1877-8 ;  at  present,  bank 
examiner;  resides  at  Easton,  Pa.  ;  m., 
April  4,  1877,  Anna  Heller  ;  and  had  is- 
sue (surname  James),  Bobert-E. 
iv.  ^'a?)rue7,  b.  June  22,  1778;  m.  Margaret  Piatt,  of  Belvidere, 
N.  J.,  removed  to  junction   of  the  White  AVater  and 
Miami,  Ohio  ;  and  had  issue,  seven  daughters. 
V.  Anna,  b.  May  22, 1780  ;  d.  February  10, 1839,  in  New  York. 
vi.  Sarah,  b.  July  9, 1782;  d.  May  27,  1814,  at  Deep  Run. 
vii.  Mary,  b.  April  3,  1789  ;  d.  November  6, 1816,  at  Deep  Run. 
via.  Rtbecca,  b.  January  2,  1791  ;  d.  1880,  near  McSherrysville, 
York  county.  Pa.;  m.  Isaac  Michener;  and  had  issue 
(surname  Michener),  Samuel,  jyelson,  Elizabeth,  Mary- 
Anv,  and  Sarah, 
ix.   William,  oi  Scott,  Wayne  county.  Pa. ;  b.  September  23, 
1794;  d.  October  22,  1880,  at  Deposit,  Broome  county,  N. 
Y. ;  m.,  March  6,  1817,  Margaret  Fell,  b.  July  20.  1794  ; 
d.  November  13, 1863;  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Hannah 
Fell ;  and  had  issue  (surname  McHenry) : 

1.   Wilhelmina^h.  April  6,1818;  m.,  June  2,  1842, 

Robert  Johnston. 
2.,  Charles-S.,  h.  February  18,  1820;  m.,  December 
22,  1852,  Margaret  E.  Latta,  b.  June  9, 1824; 
d.  November  13,  1880  ;  daughter  of  Rev.  John 
E.  Latta ;  and  had  issue  (surname  McHenry) ; 

a.  Mary-DuB.,  b.  October  23,  1853  ;  d.  May 

15,  1884,  in  Doylestown,  Pa. 

b.  Katc-L.,h.  November  9,  1859;  d.  March 

14,  1877. 

c.  William-E.,  b.  February  9,  186S. 

3.  Mary-F.,  b.  October  24,  1822.  " 

4.  Sarah.,  b.  June  28, 1825;  d.  December  29, 1852. 

5.  Louisa,  b.  December  15,  1827 ;  d.  June  22,  1856. 

6.  Amanda,  h.  October  5,  1830;  m.,  November  15, 

1870,  Herman  Smith. 

7.  Francis,  h.  January  17,  1833;  m,,  December  24, 

1856,  Julia  Fuller. 

8.  Caroline,  b.  February  11,  1836. 

9.  Kmeline,  b.  October  26,  1838;  d.  November  11, 

1855. 

IX.  Hugh  Wilson, ^  (Thomas,-^  Hugh, 2  Thomas, i)  b.  Oc- 
tober 21,  1761,  in  Allen  township,  Northampton  county  ;  d, 
Oc'-ober  9,  1845,  on  his  farm,  near  Lew isburg,  Pa.     He  served 
43 


674  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

a  number  of  tours  cluriug  the  Eevolution,  as  a  militiaman, 
under  Col.  Nicholas  Kern,  and  removed  to  Buidfalo  Valley,  now 
Union  county,  Pa.  ;  and  kept  store  at  Lewisburg,  1798-1804. 
He  m.,  February  17,  1790,  Catherine  Irvine,  b.  November  16, 
1758;  d.  August  21,  1835  ;  daughter  of  Capt.  William  Irvine, 
who  was  a  cousin  of  Gen.  William  Irvine,  of  the  Eevolution. 
They  had  issue: 

VI.  i.  Dr.  William-Irvine,  b.  November  10, 1793 ;  m.  Mary  Potter. 
a.  Elizabeth,  h.  August  10,  1796 ;  d.  November  24,  1832;  m., 
December  16,  1824,  William  Cook  Steedman,  b.  April 
25, 1797  ;  d.  December  17, 1840  ;  grandson  of  Col.  William 
Cook,  of  the  Twelfth  Pennsylvania  Continental  Line ; 
and  had  issue  (surname  Steedman) : 

1.  Ca//iaHrie-i/.,  b.  October  23, 1825;  m.,  September 

24,  1850,  U.  S.  Davis,  M.  D.,  of  Milton,  Pa. ; 
and  had  issue  (surname  Davis),  Sidney,  M.  D  , 
of  Petersburg,  Pa.,  ni.,  October  3, 1883,  Bertha 
Cresswell,  daughter  of  George  Cresswell.  of 
Petersburg,  Pa. ;  Miriam,  Edward,  of  U.  S. 
Navy;  Jessie,  Myron,  and  Catahrine. 

2.  Franeis-W.,  b.  April  20,  1828;  resides  in  Louis- 

ville, Ky. ;   m.,  October  18,  1853,  Catharine 

Eadford,  of  Shelby  county,  Ky.,  b.  December 

23, 1834;  and  had  issue  (surname  Steedman): 

a.  James-B.,  M.  D.,  b.  May  26, 1856  ;  m.,  July 

11,  1876,  Adda  R.  Davies,  and  had  issue, 

Leila-B.,  b.  August  5,1877;  Laura-R., 

b.  November  9, 1880. 

h.  Sarah-M.,  b.  April  14, 1853. 

c.  Kate-W.,  b.  September  16, 1860. 

d.  William-C,  b.  February  11,  1863. 

e.  EUzabeth-W.,  b.  September  13,  1865. 

3.  Harris-C,  M.  D.,  b.  July  12,  1832;  wounded  in 

U.  S.  service,  1861-64;  d.  May  23. 1876,  at  Mif- 
flinburg;  m  ,  March  24,  1563,  Julia  Bound,  of 
Milton,  Pa.,  and  had  issue,  William. 
Hi.  Francis,  h.  November  26,  1801;  d.  February  15,  1874;  re- 
sided in  Buffalo  township,  Union  county,  Pa. ;  m.,  July 
14, 1832,  Mary  Chamberlin,  b.  1813 ;  daughter  of  Colonel 
Aaron  Chamberlin  ;  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Cathrine-I.,  b.  1838;  m.,  March  27,  1861,  B.  F. 
Hursh,  and  had  issue  (surname  Hursh),  Frank 
and  Guy  ;  residing  in  Lancaster,  Kansas. 


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2.  Francis,  M.  D.,  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  b.  December  5, 

1841;  m.,  December  2,  1868,  Xannie  Haines, 
and  bad  issue,  Dale-W.  and  Mary. 

3.  Ilarij-P.,  b.  April  1,  1844;  d.  January  9,  1866; 

m.,  December  23,  1863,  Jacob  M.  Moyer,  Esq., 
and  had  issue  (surname  Moyer),  Mayne,  of 
Philadelpliia. 

4.  TF^7Z(■«m-L.,of  Jefferson  county,  Kan. ;  m.  Anne 

Schrack,  and  issue,  Harry-T.  and  Emily. 

5.  ^h'zabei/i,  of  Lewisburg,  Pa. ;  iinm. 

ii\  Margaret-Irvine,  h.  October  12,  1804;  m.,  July  20,  1826, 
James  F.  Linn,  Esq.,  of  Lewisburg,  (see  Linn,of  Lurgan, 
record.) 

X.  Thomas  Wilson, 4  (Thomas,  =*  Hugli,^  Thomas. ^ )  b.  June 
17,  1775  ;  d.  July  7,  1860  ;  m.,  October  7,  1806,  Agnes  Hemp- 
hill, b.  February  29,  1783 ;  d.  January  29,  1867.  They  had 
issue : 

i.  James,  b.  September  19,  1807;  residing  at  Clinton,  Law- 
rence county.  Pa. ;  m.  Margaret  Morton ;  d.  July  25, 
1873;  and  had  issue  : 

1.  Nancy,  b.  May  14,  1838;  d.  December  26,  1883'; 

m.  Thompson  Warnock. 

2.  Thomas-D.,  b.  July  3,  1840;  m.  Christina  Me- 

hara. 

3.  Hannah,  b.  October  2,  1842;  m.  John  McCand- 

less. 

4.  William-H.,  b.  December  4,  1844;  attorney-at- 

law,  Davenport,  Iowa. 

0.  Albert-H.,  b.  August  27,  1849;  druggist,  East 

End,  Pittsburgh, 

6.  .E'mm«-0.,b.  September  24, 1851 ;  m.  James  David- 

son. 

7.  Mary-F.,  b,  June  25,  1855;  m,  Dr,  J.  Rhodes,  of 

Cliewton,  Lawrence  county,  Pa, 

8.  Jessie,  b.  June  18,  1857;  m.  William  Hamilton, 
n  Nancy-B.,  b,  December  25,  1808;  m.,  November  26,  1830,. 

David  Frew,  b.  1803;   reside  at   Princeton,  Lawrence 
county.  Pa. ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Frew) : 

1.  Jatnes-K.,  b.  October  2,  1831  ;   resides  at  New 

Lisbon,  Ohio;  m.  Eliza  A.  Gardner. 

2.  Thomas-W.,  b.  October  16,  1832;  of  Princeton,. 

Pa. 

3.  Nancy-J.,  b.  May  28,  1834;  m.  James  P,  Aiken,, 

Hose  Point,  Pa, 


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4.  Joseph- H.,  b.  September  10,  1836;  merchant  at 

Princeton  ;  m.  Kate  Willar. 

5.  David-  W.,  b.  December  25, 1838 ;  resides  at  Win- 

field,  Kan.  ;  m.  Margaret  Hawkins. 

6.  P.-jy.,  of  Princeton,  Pa.,  b.  February  26,  1843. 

7.  Marij-E.,  b.  May  28, 1844  ;  ra.  James  A.  Gardner; 

attorney-at-law,  ]Sew  Castle,  Pa. 

8.  WilUam-M.,  of  Grove  City,  Pa.,  b.  February  9, 

1847;  m.  Margaret  Ailcen. 

9.  Melissa,  b.  March  10,  1849  ;  m.  James  Wilson,  of 

Princeton,  Pa. 
10.  ^lZ?)eri-P.,b.  December  25, 1851;  m.  Mary  Willar, 
Princeton,  Pa. 
Hi.  Jane,  b.  Marcli  31, 1810  ;  unm. ;  resides  at  Zelienople,  But- 
ler county,  Pa. 
iv.  JJhza,  b.  January  5,  1812;  m.,  January,  1838,  Robert  Ful- 
lerton,  of  Mt.  Jackson,  Lawrence  county,  Pa.,  who  d. 
January  9, 1884;  and  liad  issue  (surname  FuUerton) : 

1.  Margaret,  b.  October  23,  1838;   m.  Robert  M. 

Davidson,  of  Enon  Yalley,  Lawrence  county. 
Pa. 

2.  John,  b.  August  10,  1840;  of  Enon  Valley;  m. 

M.  J.  Gilmour. 

3.  Thomas- W.,  b.  December  3,  1841 ;  of  Mt.  Jack- 

son, Pa. 

4.  James,  b.  April  27, 1843;  resides  at  Alliance,  O.; 

m.  Margaret  E.  Swisher. 

5.  Nancy-J.,  b.  November  7, 1844;  m.  William  P. 

Kelso,  of  Mt.  Jackson. 

6.  Albert,  b:  December  5, 1846;  m.  Mary  J.  Miller, 

of  Mt.  Jackson. 

7.  Mary,  b.  July  8,  1848. 

8.  Eohert-S.,]:).  August  9,  1851;  m.  Mary  B.  Nes- 

bit ;  d.  June  10,  1881. 

9.  William,  b.  July  13,  1853;  of  Mt.  Jackson. 

V.  Thomas,  b.  November  26,  1813;  resides  at  Slippery  Rock, 
Butler  county.  Pa. ;  m.,  June  28,  1842,  Mary  Davidson; 
d.  October  10,  1865,  aged  forty-seven  years;  and  had 
issue : 

1.  Margaret-M.,h.  July  21,  1843;  resides  at  Eaton 

Rapid,  Mich. 

2.  Nancy-E.,  b.  July  12,  1845;    m.,  September  9, 

1868,  Dr.  S.  Davis,  of  Denver,  and  had  Blanche. 

3.  William-H.,  b.  February  22,  1848;  m.,  October 

24,  1882,  Augusta  L.  Leason,  and  had  issue  : 
.     •  a.  Mvry-E.,  b.  July  28,  1883. 

6.  Ray-F.,  b.  October  26, 1884. 


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4.  Clement,  b.  May  4, 1851  ;  d.  December  25, 1856. 

5.  Caroline,  b.  October  31, 1854. 

6.  Eobert-C,  b.  December  22, 1858;  resides  at  To- 

ledo, Ohio. 
Jfarj!/-J..,b.  February  6, 1816;  unm.;  resides  at  Zelienople, 

Pa. 
Col.  Joseph-H.,  b.  May  16,  1820;  graduated  at  Jefferson 
College ;  district  attorney  of  Beaver  county  for  three 
years  ;  member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  Penn- 
sylvania from  Beaver  county,  1859-1861 ;  commissioned 
colonel  of  One  Hundred  and  First  regiment  Pennsyl- 
vania volunteers,  October  4,  1861 ;  d.  in  service  near  Ro- 
per's Church,  Va.,  May  30,  1862,  of  disease  con- 
tracted in  the  trenches  before  Yorktovvn,  Ya.  His  re- 
mains rest  in  the  cemetery  at  Zelienople,  Butler  county. 
Pa. 
John-Hays,  b.  May  22,  1822;  resides  at  North  Sewickly, 
Beaver  county;  m.,  March  8, 1849,  Mary  E.  Mehard,  and 
had  issue: 

1.  Agnes-L,  b.  December  26,1849;   m.  Dr.  J.  M. 

Withrow,  of  North  Sewickly,  Pa. 
,2.  Christiana,  b.  February  17,  1852;  m.  J.  C.  Mc- 
Candless,  of  New  Galilee,  Beaver  county.  Pa. 

3.  William-L.,  b.  May  2, 1854;  m.,  October,  1880, 

Anne    Hillman;    reside  at    Clinton,    Beaver 
county,  Pa. 

4.  Osmar-T.,  b.  March  4, 1857 ;  m.,  October  30, 1882, 

Virginia  West ;  reside  at  North  Sewickly,  Pa. 

5.  James-S.,  b.  November  10, 1862  ;  of  Beaver  Falls, 

Pa. 

6.  Loyal-W.,  b.  March  25, 1866. 

Francis-S.,  b.  July  2, 1824;  resides  in  Franklin  township, 
Beaver  county,  Pa. ;  m.,  February  2,  1860,  Catharine 
Wallace,  and  had  issue : 

1.  Jane,  b.  December  3,  1860. 

2.  Mary,  b.  October,  1862. 

3.  Adaline,  b.  November,  1864. 

4.  i^ranfc-Tr.,b.  September,  1866. 

5.  William-T.,  b.  October,  1868. 

6.  Agnes-H.,  b.  September,  1870. 

7.  Belle-V.,  b.  September,  1872. 

8.  Catharine-E.,  b.  June,  1875. 

9.  Ja7n€S-S.,  b.  March,  1882. 

Craig-B.,  b.  December  14,  1827;    resides  in  Petersburg, 
Ohio;  m.,May  11, 1853,  Elizabeth  Pontius,  and  had  issue: 
1.  Alice-E.,  b.  April  23,  1855;  m.  Robert  D.  Brew- 
ster, of  Mt.  Jackson. 


678  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

2.  Jfary-L.,  b.  February  21,  1857. 

3.  John-P.,  b.  October  20,  1858. 

4.  Nanyne-H.,  b.  November  7,  1860. 

5.  Joseph-H.,  b.  March  21,  1863. 

6.  TF^7^^■aw,  b.  January  2,  1865, 

7.  Robert-T.,  b.  May  15,  1867. 

8.  Edith-M.,  b.  September  28, 1869. 

9.  Frank- S.,  b.  September  18, 1871. 

XI  Hugh  Wilson,  *  (Thomas,  ^  Hugh,^  Thomas,  i)  b. 
June  15,  1761,  in  the  Settlement;  d.  August  13,  1845.  He 
removed  to  Buffalo  township,  now  in  Union  county,  Pa.,  in 
1792 ;  was  associate  judge  of  Union  county  from  October  11, 
1813,  to  March  26,  1840.  He  m.  Sarah  Craig.  They  had 
issue: 

i.  William-Craig,  h.  November  25,  1788;  d.  December  9, 
1841;  m.,  at  Salona,  Clinton  county,  Pa.,  January  17, 
1829,  Euth  Waddle,  (in  1855  living  in  Bellefonte,  Pa.,) 
and  had  issue : 

1.  Charles-T.,  b.  September  1,  1832;  depot  master 

Pennsylvania  railroad,  Altoona,  Pa. 

2.  3facada-D.,h.  May  23, 1838  ;  m.  William  S.  Trip- 

pie,  of  Bellefonte,  Pa. 
a.  Hugh;  d.  at  Freeport,  Illinois,  July  3,  1873,  aged  eighty- 
one  ;  m.  Jane  Forster,  and  had  issue,  Hugh,  of  Freeport ; 
liohert,  of  Mifflinburg;  Jane,  m.  Samuel  Young,  of  Mif- 
flinburg;  Sarah-A.,  Mary  and  Martha,  ot  Freeport,  111. 

Hi.  John  ;  d.  January  24,  1842;  m. Stevenson. 

iv.  Eliza;  m.,  January  20,  1829,  Walter  Devling,  of  Clinton 

county.  Pa. 
V.  Craig;  d.  and  had  issue,  William  and  Mrs.  Thomas  R. 
Lewis,  of  Lewisburg,  Pa. 

XIL  William  Irvine  Wilson,^  (Hugh,^  Thomas, •'' 
Hugh, 2  Thomas,^)  b.  November  10,  1793,  near  Hartleton, 
now  Union  county ;  d.  September  22,  1883,  at  Bellefonte,  Pa. 
He  studied  medicine  under  Dr.  James  Dougal,  Sr.,  of  Milton, 
and,  in  1818,  removed  to  Centre  county,  locating  at  Earlytown, 
whence  he  removed  to  Potter's  Mills.  He  m.  February  23, 1819, 
Mary  Potter,  b.  April  8,  1798;  d.  January  19,  1861; 
daughter  of  Judge  James  Potter  and  granddaughter  of  Gen- 
» eral  James  Potter,  of  the  Revolution.     They  had  issue  : 


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i.  Catharine-Irvine,  b.  January  17,  1821 ;   m.,  May  30,  1844, 

Hon.  Andrew  G.  Curtin  (see  Gregg  genealogy), 
u.  Janies-P.,  M.  D.,  b.  July  24, 1825  ;  d.  July  5, 1864 ;  surgeon 
of  U.  S.  volunteers,  1861-1864;    m.,  September.  1854, 
Sarah  1.  Kinney,  (see  Gregg  and  Curtin  record,)  and  bad 
issue : 

1.  JuUa-L:  d.  s.  p. 
Hi.  Mary-A.,  b.  September  25,1828,  in  Bellefonte  ;  unra. 
iv.  Lucy-P.,  b.  October  19,  1830;  m.,  June  5,  1856,  Frederick 
"^^        Moyer,  M.  D.,  and  had  issue  (surname  Moyer) ; 

1.  Andrew-G.-C,  b.  March  2, 1857;  resides  at  San- 

dy  Ridge,  Pa. 

2.  William-  W.,h.  October  12, 1858 ;  resides  at  Belle- 

fonte, Pa. 
V.  Elizabeth,  b.  March  23,  1833 ;  m.,  June  15, 1859,  Rev.  John 
Elliot,  b.  April  13, 1829 ;  and  had  issue  (surname  Elliot) : 

1.  Jfar?/-^.,b.  December  3, 1861;  m.,  June  20, 1882, 

Robert  P.  Carpenter. 

2.  Christiana,  b.  May  5,  1865;  resides  in  Oswego, 

Kansas. 
m.  Laura,  b.  ISTovember  3, 1835 ;  m.,  May  12, 1857,  Rev.  George 
Elliot,  of  Newton  Hamilton,  Pa.,  brother  of  above;  and 
had  issue  (surname  Elliot) :  William-W.,  James,  Bessie, 
Katy,  m.  Charles  O.  Vandevanter,  of  Leesburg,  Va., 
and  John, 
vii.  Col.  TFiWiant-P.,  b.  December  30, 1837;  Col.  Wilson  served 
in  war  of  1861-5,  on  Gen.  Hancock's  staff ;  resides  now 
in  Trenton,  N.  J.;  ra.,  April  22,  1869,  Ellen  Dickson, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Hugh  Dickson,  D.  D.,  Philadelphia; 
and  had  issue : 

1.  Allen-D.,  b.  March  7, 1870. 

2.  Wayne-McV ,  b.  January  5,,  1876. 

3.  Hugh-Irvine. 

via.  Capt.  Frank,  U.  S.  A.,  b.  January  15,  1840;  d.  s.  p. 
ix.  Alice,  b.  January  31, 1842 ;  resides  in  Bellefonte,  Pa. 


680  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 


WYETH  FAMILY 


I.  Nicholas  Wyeth,i  b.  in  1595,  in  England  ;  d.  July  19, 
1680,  at  Cambridge,  Mass.  He  emigrated  to  America  prior  to 
1645,  when  he  purchased  a  property  in  Cambridge,  which,  for 
more  than  two  centuries,  remained  in  possession  of  his  descend- 
ants in  the  male  line.  He  was  twice  married,  first,  prior  to  his 
coming  to  America,  and  had  issue : 

i.  Sarah,  b.  in  England  ;  m.,  December  11, 1651,  John  Fiske, 
of  Watertown,  Mass. 

Mr.  Wyeth  m.,  secondly,  Rebecca  Andrew,  widow  of 
Thomas  Andrew;  he  d.  in  May,  1698,  his  widow  subse- 
quently became  the  wife  of  Thomas  Fox.  By  this  marriage 
Mr.  Wyeth  had  issue  : 

n.  Mary,  b.  January  26,  1649  ;  d.  in  May  or  June,  1698  ;  unm. 

iii.  Nicholas,  h.  August  10,1651;  d.  prior  to  1723;  m.,  first, 
September  6, 1681 ,  Lydia  Fiske,  d.  March  10, 1697-8,  witli- 
out  issue;  secondly,  June  oO,  1698,  Deborah  Parker,  and 
had  Mary  ;  d.  s.  p. 

iv.  Martha,  b  July  10,  1653;  d.  prior  to  1680;  m. Ives. 

2.  V.  John,  b.  July  15,  1655;  m.  Deborah  Parker. 

3.  vi.   William,  b.  January  1,  1657  ;  m.  Ruth  Shepard. 

II.  John  Wyeth,-  (Nicholas, i)  b.  July  15,  1655;  d.  De- 
cember 13,  1706;  m.,  January  2,  1682,  Deborah  Ward, 
daughter  of  John  Ward.     They  had  issue: 

i.  Elizabeth,  b.  October  6,  1684;  d.  s.  p. 
ii.  Deborah,  b.  November  20, 1686 ;  d.  above  the  age  of  ninety ; 

m.,  in  1714,  Samuel  Bowman,  d.  1716,  and  had  issue. 
iii.  John,  b.  December  21, 1688  ;  d.  s.  p. 

4.  iv.  Jonathan,  b.  March  3, 1689-90  ;  m.  Hepzibah  Champney. 

V.  Hannah,  b.  1693;  baptized  April  18,  1697  ;  d.  December  12, 
1756;  m.,  first,  in  1712,  Nathaniel  Prentice,  d.  October 
24,  1722;  secondly,  in  1724,  Jason  Winship. 


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17.  Thavl:fu^,'b.  1696;  baptizpd  April  18, 1697  ;  m.,  December 
6,  1716,  William  Winship,  b.  1691 ;  d.  January  26,  1774, 
and  left  issue. 

5.  Hi.  Ehenezer,  b.  1698;  m.  Susanna  Hancock. 

viii.  Mizaheth,  b.  1701;  baptized  May  25,1701;  d.  October  8, 
1759;  m.,  October  2,  1718,  John  Winship,  b.  1697;  d.  No- 
vember 7,  1659,  and  hsd  issue. 

6.  ix.  John,  b.  December  27, 1705;  m.  Elizabeth  Hancock. 

III.  William  Wyeth. ^  (Nicholas,  i)  b.  Jaimary  1,  1657; 
killed  by  the  Indians  about  1st  October,  1703;  ra.,  October  16, 
1683,  EuTH  Shepard.     Thej  had  issue: 

i.  Euth,  b.  November  29,  1685. 
ii.   William,  b.  January  31,  1687-8. 

Hi.  Deborah,  b.  1690;  m.,  June  22,  1710,  Joshua  Gamage, 
iv.  Jfari/ir(,b.  1693;  baptized  1696-7  ;  m.,  October  12, 1716,  Wil- 
liam Fessenden,  b.  1694  ;  d.  May  26,  1756,  leaving  issue. 

IV.  Jonathan  Wyeth,  ^  (John,^  Nicholas,  M  b.  March  3, 
1689-90;  d.  September  24,  1743;  m.  Hepzibah  Champney, 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Hepzibah  Champney.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Jonathan,  b.  October  12, 1714;  d.  s.  p. 

7.  ii.  Jonathan,  (2d,)  b.  July  27, 1716  ;  m.  Sarah  Wilson. 

Hi.  Sarah;  baptized  August  17,1718;  d.  September  23,1743; 

luim. 
iv.  Deborah;  baptized  August  24, 1720 ;  m.,  December 29, 1743, 

Daniel  Prentice,  b.  May  17, 1717  :  d.  about  1776,  leaving 

issue. 
V.  Noah;  baptized  October  28,  1722 ;  d.  prior  to  1743. 

V.  Ebenezer  Wyeth, -^  (Jolin,^  Nicholas,'^)  b.  1698;  d. 
April  3,  1754;  m.,  about  1726,  Susanna  Hancock,  b.  1707; 
d.  July  29,  1789.     They  bad  issue : 

8.  i.  JEbenezer,  b.  April  8, 1727  ;  m.  Mary  Winship. 

9.  ii.  Jonas,  b.  February  19,  1730  ;  m.  Hepzibah  Tidd. 

Hi.  Susanna,]).  March  2, 1734;  m.,  October  1, 1760,  Mansfield 
Tapley. 
10.    iv.  Noah,  b.  July  7,  1742  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Fitch. 

I'.  Sarah,  b.  1746:  d.  March  31,  1815;  rn.,  first,  Torry  Han- 
cock, b.  1746;  baptized  April  6,  1746;  d.  July  17,  1778; 
and  had  issue ;  secondly,  James  Munroe,  Sr. 

YI.  John  Wyeth,  ^  (Jolm,^  Nicholas,  i)  b.  December  27, 
1705 ;  d.  October  23,   1756 ;  was  a  selectman  of  Cambridge, 


682  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

from  1750  to  1756.  He  m..  December  20.  1733,  Elizabeth 
IIanoock,  b.  1705 ;  d.  February  23,  1793  ;  daughter  of  Na- 
thaniel Hancock.     They  had  issue : 

i.  John;  baptized  December  29, 1734;  d.  s.  p. 
ii.  Eliz'ibeth;  baptized  July  4,  1736  ;  d.  s.  p. 
in.  Martha;  baptized  .July  23,  1738. 
ic.  Elizabeth;  baptized  November  30,  1740;  d.  September  17. 

1804;  unm. 
V.  John;  baptized  Mai-cli  6, 1743  ;  d.  February  2,  1811 ;  grad- 
uated at  Harvard  in  1760 ;  was  a  clergyman  at  Gloucester, 
Mass.,  from  February  5, 1766  to  1768;  and  subsequently 
practiced  law  there  ;  never  married. 
vi.  Prudence;  baptized  April  28,  1745. 

vii.  Jonathan ;  baptized  November  13,  1748 ;  d.  September  29, 
1756. 

VII.  Jonathan  Wyeth,^  (Jonathan, 3  John,^  Nicholas,  ^ ) 
b.  July  27,  1716;  d.  April  26,  1767;  m.,  November  14,  1750, 
Sarah  Wilson,  b.  1723 ;  d.  April,  1785  ;  daughter  of  Andrew 
Wilson.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Jonathan  ;  baptized  July  28,  1751 ;  d.  May  16,  1796. 
ii.  Joseph,  (twin);  baptized  July  28,  1751;  m.,  and  left  issue. 
Hi.  Sarak;  baptized  February  22,  1761  ;  m.  Ebenezer  Smith. 
iv.  Hepzibah,  (twin) ;  baptized  February  22,  1761 ;  m.  Samuel 
Brooks,  of  Plymouth,  Mass. 

VIII.  Ebenezer  Wyeth,*  (Ebenezer, ^  John,^  Nicholas,^) 
b.  April  8, 1727  ;  d.  August  4, 1799  ;  was  a  farmer,  and  select- 
man from  1781  to  1790  in  Cambridge  ;  m.,  November  5,  1751, 
Mary  WiNSHiP,  b.  April  19,  1730;  d.  September  9,  1798; 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Anna  Winship.     They  had  issue  : 

11.  i.  Ebenezer,  b.  December  17, 1752;  m.  Elizabeth  W.  Green. 
^^.  Mary,  b.  September  17,  1755;  d.  October  7, 1790;  unm. 

12.  Hi.  Jonas,  b.  May  17,  1757;  m.  Elizabeth  Smith. 

iv.  Joshua,  b.  October,  1758;  d.  February,  1832;  removed  to 
Ohio,  where  his  descendants  reside.  Joshua  Wyeth  was 
one  of  the  celebrated  Boston  tea  party  in  1773,  at  the  time 
of  the  destruction  oC  the  British  tea  in  Boston  harbor ;  he 
was  a  journeyman  blacksmith  in  Boston,  living,  with  a 
tory  master,  and  owing  to  his  being  a  yaung  man,  not 
much  known  in  town,  and  not  liable  to  be  easily  recog- 
nized, it  was  proposed  that  he  and  other  young  men,  sim- 
ilarly unknown,  should  lead  in  the  business,  therefore,  he 


Wyeth  Family.  683 

and  his  companions  were  dressed  to  resemble  Indians,  and 
their  faces  were  smeared  with  soot  or  lam])-black.  Their 
most  intimate  acquaintances  among  tlie spectators  "liad 
not  the  least  knowledge  of  them."  "  We  surely  resem- 
bled," said  he  in  a  narration  of  the  affair,  "  devils  from 
tiie  bottomless  pit,  rather  than  men." 

I'.   William,  b.  May  22,  1760  ;  d.  June  8,  1776. 

vi.  Susanna,  h.  May  14.  1762;  d.  December  29,  1788;  m.,  De- 
cember 6, 1779,  William  Watson. 

13.  vii.  Jacob,  b.  April  29,  1764;  m.  Elizabeth  Jarvis. 

I'm.  Anna,  b.  February,  1766  ;  d.  April  15,  1842;  m.,  March  6, 
1785,  Benjamin  Cutter,  b.  ISTovember  7,  1761  ;  d.  March 
7,  1824;  no  issue. 
ix.  Ga(:7,b.  July  27, 1768;  ra.,  December  1, 1793,  Polly  Kendall, 
and  removed  to  Ohio,  wliere  they  left  descendants. 

14,  X.  John,  b.  March  31,  1770  ;  m.,  first,  TiOuisa  Weiss  ;  secondly, 

I^ydia  Allen. 
XI.  Elizabeth,  b.  February  12,  1772;  d.  February  23, 1793. 

IX.  Jonas  Wyeth,-  (Ebenezer,^  John,^  Nicholas, i)  b. 
February  19,  1730 ;  d.  February  15,  1813  ;  resided  on  the  old 
homestead,  and  was  a  selectman  in  1777  and  1778  ;  m.  March 
29,  1763,  Hepzibah  Tidd,  b.  August  22,  1730 ;  d.  May  25, 
1801 ;  daughter  of  David  Tidd  and  Hepzibah  Reed,  of  Lex- 
ington, Mass.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Lucy,  b.  February  7, 1754 ;  d.  October  16, 1850  ;  m.  Thomas 
Coolidge,  of  Watson,  who,  in  1790  removed  with  his  fam- 
ily to  Livermore,  Maine,  where  they  both  died. 

X.  JSToAH  Wyeth, ^  (Ebenezer, •'^  John,^  Nicholas,^)  b.  July 
7,  1742 ;  d.  September  10,  1811 ;  m.,  March  12,  1763,  Eliza- 
beth FiTOH,  o'f  Bedford,  Mass.;  b.  1739;  d.  May  5,  1823. 
They  had  issue: 

i.  Noah,  b.  June  24, 1763;  d.  prior  to  August,  1807,  leaving 
issue. 

ii.  Elizabeth,  b.  March  4,  1765;  m.,  February  14,  1785,  An- 
drew Newell. 
in.  Lydia,  b.  February  3,  1766. 

iv.  Ehoda,  b.  May  18,  1768. 

V.  i)orcas,  b.  November  21, 1770;  d.  prior  to  August  1804;  m. 
Samuel  Hill. 

vi.  Isaac,  b.  February  10, 1773 ;  d.  September  6,  1779. 
vii.  Job,  b.  June  14,  1776;  d.  June  5,  1840;  m.  Lydia  Convers 
Francis,  b.  1779;  d.  January  4,  1850;  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin Francis  and  Lydia  Convers. 


684  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

XI.  Ebenezer  Wyeth,5  (Ebenezer,'^  Ebenezer,^  John,  2 
Nicholas,!)  b.  December  17,  1752;  m.  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
(WiNSHip)  Greex,  of  JSTorwich,  Conn.;  claugliter  of  Captain 
Joseph  Winsliip.     They  had  issue  : 

i.  Ebenezer,  baptized.  May  17, 1778  ;  m.  Naomi  Cook,  and  left 

issue. 
ii.   William,  baptized  January  23, 1780. 
Hi.  Joseph,  baptized  July  29, 1781. 
iv.  Elizabeth,  b.  March,  1783. 

V.  Stephen,  b.  1785;  m.,  December  10, 1815,  Sarah  Wright,  b. 
1794:  d.  July  17,  1831. 

XII.  JojSTAS  Wyeth,5  (Ebenezer,*  Ebenezer,-'' John, 3  Nich- 
olas,!) b.  May  17,  1757;  d.  October  3,  1817;  m.,  April  8, 
1792,  Elizabeth  Smith,  b.  1771 ;  d.  September  16,  1853. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  Elizabeth,  b.  July  22,  1792. 
ii.  Jonas,  b.  September  3, 1794 ;  d.  June  14,  1867;  m.,  February 

8, 1820,  Elizabeth  E".  Flagg,  and  there  was  issue : 
Hi.  Nancy,  b.  September  9, 1796;  m.  Richard  U.  Hastings,  of 

Boston,  Mass. 
iv.  Susan,  b.  May  6,  1798;  m.  Oren  Willard. 
V.  Harriet,  b.  September  30,  1800  ;  m.  Reuben  Winslow,  of 

Roxbury,  Mass. 
vi.  Mary,  b.  December  2,  1802. 

vii.  John,  b.  February  17,  1805  :  d.  September  25,  1871,  at  Rox- 
bury, Mass.;  was  engaged  in  the  West  India  trade;  m. 
Mary  Ann  Newman. 
via.  Francis,  b.  May  14,  1807 ;  d.  May  27, 1862. 
ix.  Sarah,  b.  October  29, 1809  ;  d.  August  19,  1817. 
X.  Joseph,  b.  January  20,  1813;  d.  April  10,  1846,  at  Guada- 
loupe. 

XIII.  Jacob  AYyeth,^  (Ebenezer,*  Ebenezer, ^  John.^ 
Nicholas,!)  b.  April  29,  1761;  d.  January  14,  1857;  gradu- 
ated at  Harvard,  in  1792  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Jarvis,  b.  1768;  d. 
January  20,  1858 ;  daughter  of  Natlianiel  Jarvis.  They  had 
issue: 

i.  Jacob,  b.  February  10, 1797 ;  graduated  at  Harvard  in  1820 ; 
.    ,  was  a  physician,  and  removed  to  Illinois,  where  he  died. 

ii.  Leonard,  b.  1797;  d.  January,  1855,  in  New  York. 
Hi.  Charles,  b.  1800;  settled  in  Baltimore,  Md. 


Wifeth  Family.  685 

iv.  Nathainel-Jarvis,  b.  1802 ;  d.  August  29, 1865 ;  m.  Elizabeth 
Jarvis  Stone,  b.  January  29,1824;  d.  August  31,  1856; 
no  issue.  "  Nathaniel  Jarvis  Wyetli  was  one  of  the  most 
active  and  energetic  men  ever  born  in  Cambridge.  About 
1830,  he  led  a  band  of  adventurers  across  tlie  Kocky 
Mountains  to  Oregon  ;  after  liis  return  lie  engaged  in  the 
ice  business  at  Fresh  Pond,  Mass.;  was  one  of  tlie  first 
shippers  of  that  article  to  foreign  or  coastwise  ports,  and 
througli  life  conducted  that  business  with  great  skill  and 
efficiency." 

XIV.  John  Wyeth,5  (Ebenezer,lEbenezer,3  Jolin,^  Nich- 
olas,!) b.  March  31,  1770,  at  Cambridge,  Mass.;  d.  January 
23,  1858,  at  Philadelphia.  Pa.  He  was,  at  an  early  age,  appren- 
ticed to  the  printing  business,  and,  on  reaching  his  majority, 
was  induced  to  go  to  San  Domingo,  to  superintend  a  large  print- 
ing establishment.  While  there,  the  insurrection  of  the  blacks 
occurred,  and  all  that  he  had  acquired  was  lost.  It  was  with 
great  difficulty  that  be  even  succeeded  in  escaping  from  the 
island,  and  then  only  by  the  connivance  of  a  friend,  one  of  the 
officers  who  assisted  in  searching  the  vessels  about  leaving  the 
port.  Dressed  as  a  common  sailor  and  working  among  them, 
he  eluded  their  vigilance,  and  subsequently  reached  Philadel- 
phia. Arriving  at  Philadelphia,  he  worked  some  time  in  the 
(lifierent  printing  establishments  there,  and,  in  1792,  went  to 
Ilarrisburg,  Pa.,  where,  in  connection  with  John  Allen,  he  pur- 
chased the  paper  started  the  previous  year  by  Major  Eli  Lewis, 
and  commenced  the  publication  of  the  Oracle  of  Daujjhin,  a 
newspaper  he  successfully  carried  on  until  November,  1827. 
Mr.  Wyeth's  paper  supported  the  Federal  views  of  that  great 
party  during  the  whole  course  of  its  existence.  Its  columns 
were  open,  nevertheless,  to  the  communications  of  all.  In 
those  days,  before  the  principles  of  EepubHcan  rule  were  fully 
digested,  many  a  nervous  essay  was  put  forth  on  either  side  of 
the  question  by  able  men  of  both  parties.  He  was  appointed 
postmaster  of  Harrisburg,  in  October,  J  793,  under  the  admin- 
istration of  President  Washington,  of  which  he  was  a  strenuous 
advocate  and  admirer.  He  was  removed  in  July,  1798,  by  Mr. 
Adams,  Postmaster  General,  on  account  of  "the  incompatibility 
of  the  office  of  postmaster  and  the  editor  of  a  newspaper."  In 
connection  with  his  newspaper.  Mr.  Wyeth  established  a  book- 


686  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

store  and  a  publishing  house,  from  which  he  issued  a  large 
number  of  books,  the  most  notable  of  which  were  Judge 
Henry's  "Narrative  of  the  Quebec  Expedition,"  Graydon's 
"  Memoirs,"  and  a  music-book  compiled  by  himself.  Tlie  circu- 
lation of  the  latter,  for  that  early  day,  was  wonderful,  its  several 
editions  aggregating  one  hundred  and  twenty  thousand  copies. 
To  this  he  supplemented  a  second  part,  mtended  especially  for 
the  Methodist  church,  of  which  there  were  published  about 
twenty-five  thousand.  He  was  one  of  Harrisburg's  most  ener- 
getic citizens,  and  was  deeply  interested  in  its  prosperity  and 
welfare.  He  caused  the  construction  of  several  valuable  im- 
provements, which  remain  as  evidence  of  his  enterprising  spirit 
and  good  judgment.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest  friends 
of  the  Harrisburg  Academy,  and  served  as  trustee,  of 
which  body  he  was  also  president.  Upon  his  retirement 
from  pubhsher,  he  removed  to  Philadelphia,  where  he  died  at 
the  advanced  age  of  eighty-eight  years.  His  life,  thus  pro- 
longed, was  marked  b}^  affability  and  cheerfulness,  and  his 
philosophy  was  of  practical  character.  He  was  exceedingly  in- 
dustrious, and,  whilst  in  business,  could  always  find  something 
for  his  hands  to  do,  and  in  later  life,  when  the  concerns  of  his 
printing  office  were  transferred  to  younger  hands,  he  knew  how 
to  divide  his  time  between  his  reading  and  his  social  pleasures. 
Mr.  AVyeth  was  twice  married  ;  m.,  first,  June  6,  1793,  Louisa 
Weiss,  b.  April  29,  1775  ;  d.  June  1,  1822,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. ; 
daughter  of  Lewis  and  Mary  Weiss,  of  Philadelphia.'^''  They 
had  issue,  all  born  at  Plarrisburg,  Pa. : 

i.  Louisa,  b.  August  6,  179f5;  d.  November  10,  1875;  m,, 
April  22,  1817,  Samuel  Douglas,  b.  1781,  near  the  town 
of  Newton-Linavady,  county  Derry,  Ireland  ;  d.  July  8, 

*ljewis  Weiss,  b.  December  28,  1717,  in  Berlin,  Prussia;  studied 
conveyancing,  and  emigrated  to  America,  landing  at  Philadelphia  on 
the  13th  of  December,  1755,  where  he  opened  an  office  on  Arch  street, 
between  Fourth  and  Fifth.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Ger- 
man Society  of  Philadelphia,  of  which  he  was  president.  He  was  a 
Moravian,  and  acted  as  an  attorney  for  that  denomination  prior  to 
1782,  and  was  a  judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  in  1786.  He  d. 
October  22,  1796,  at  Philadelphia.  One  of  his  daughters  m.  George 
Kline,  of  Carlisle ;  another,  John  Wyeth,  of  Harrisburg,  both  pi'inters 
and  editors. 


Wyeth  Family.  687 

1833,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. :  son  of  Henry  Douglas  and 
Jane  Blair.  He  received  a  classical  education  in  Scot- 
land, but  came  to  America  about  the  age  of  seventeen, 
and  located  at  Pittsburgh  with  a  brother,  tlie  Rev. 
Josepli  Douglas,  who  had  preceded  him.  Here  lie 
studied  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1804,  and 
began  his  profession  there.  In  1812  he  volunteered  as 
aid  to  General  Adamson  Tannehill,  and  was  with  him 
in  the  expedition  to  Black  Rock.  In  1817  Mr.  Douglas 
was  nominated  for  Congress  against  Judge  Henry  Bald- 
win, but  was  defeated  by  a  small  majority.  The  same 
year  he  went  to  Harrisburg  in  the  interests  of  securing 
proper  legislation  for  a  bridge  across  the  Alleglieny ; 
and,  subsequently,  was  induced  to  locate  there.  He 
was  appointed  Deputy  Attorney  General  for  Dauphin 
county,  July  17,  1819,  under  Governor  Findlay.  Gov- 
ernor Wolf  commissioned  him  February  10,  1830,  Attor- 
ney General  of  the  State,  a  position  he  held  three  years. 
He  was  a  gentleman  of  fine  classical  attainments,  of  re- 
fined tastes,  a  good  criminal  lawyer,  and  highly  esteemed 
by  tlie  members  of  his  profession.    They  had  issue. 

John.,  b.  June  6,  1799:  d.  May  11,  1876,  at  Chambersburg, 
Pa.;  m.  Elmira  Canfleld,  b.  February  18,  1811  ;  d.  Au- 
gust 16,  1878.     They  had  a  large  family  of  children. 

Mary.,  b.  September  25,  1800 ;  resides  in  Chambersburg, 
Pa. ;  m.,  in  1827,  Rev.  Daniel  McKiidey,  d.  Dec.  7,  1855. 

Francis,  b.  April  5, 1806.  He  was  educated  at  the  Harris- 
burg Academy,  and  learned  the  art  of  printing  in  his 
father's  oflSce,  subsequently  entering  Jefferson  College, 
Canonsburg,  from  which  institution  he  graduated  in 
November,  1827.  On  his  return  home  his  fatlier,  who 
had  conducted  the  Oracle  of  Dauphin  thirty-five  years, 
transferred  that  paper  to  his  son,  which  he  edited  and 
published  several  years.  He  also  entered  into  the 
business  of  bookseller  and  publisher.  At  the  time  Mr. 
Wyeth  took  charge  of  the  Oracle  the  Whig  party  had 
just  come  into  existence,  of  wliose  principles  and  policy 
he  was  an  enthusiastic  supporter.  Becoming,  however. 
tired  of  an  editor's  life,  he  sold  out  the  newspaper  es- 
tablishment about  1831,  continuing  his  otlier  business 
imtil  1859,  wlien  lie  disposed  of  that.  In  April,  1861,  at 
the  outbreak  of  Iq^j/,''  ^he  }/>w.  he  was  placed  in  charge 
of  tiie  qua-  -r'.  .t '«;•  """^^  J^ent  at  Camp  Curtin, 
where  he  j-rpi  nment  as- 

onmerl  oo!  ins  of  the 


688  Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 

vania  to  visit  all  tlie  liospitals  in  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac,  in  the  interest  of  the  volunteer  soldiers  of 
tlie  State  who  were  sick  or  wounded,  and,  as  his  com- 
mission reads,  "  to  supply  the  wants  of  the  suffering  and 
needy  as  far  as  lies  in  your  power,  without  infringing  on 
any  of  the  regulations  or  rights  of  the  army,  and  assure 
eacli  and  all  that  their  condition  awakens  the  liveliest 
interest  and  sympathy  of  the  people  and  Governor  of 
Pennsylvania."  Returning  home,  he  reported  the  con- 
dition of  the  wounded  soldiers,  with  this  recommenda- 
tion, that  where  it  is  possible  '■  those  from  Pennsylvania 
be  transferred  to  hospitals  in  their  own  State,  that  they 
might  be  near  to  their  friends  and  acquaintances." 
This  was,  subsequently,  carried  out  during  the  continu- 
ance of  the  war.  On  November  28,  1863,  he  was  again 
directed  to  visit  the  various  hospitals.  For  a  long  term 
of  years  he  has  been  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Harris- 
burg  Academy,  and  since  1879  president  of  the  same. 
Mr.  Wyeth  was  twice  married  ;  m.  first,  May  29,  1829, 
Susan  Huston  Maxwell,  d.  December  24, 1841,  daughter 
of  William  and  Ann  Maxwell,  of  Franklin  county,  Pa.; 
and  had  issue : 

1.  William-Maxwell  \   merchant;    residing  in    St. 

Joseph,  Mo. 

2.  John;  senior  member  of  the  prominent  drug 

firm  Wyetli  Bros,  of  Philadelphia. 

3.  Francis-H. ;  resides  in  Philadelphia. 

Mr.  Wyeth  m.,  secondly,  Sarah  C.  Carson,  daughter  of 
Ci)arles  Carson,  of  Harrisburg,  Pa. ;  and  had  issue  : 

4.  Charles-Carson  ;  d.  s.  p. 

5.  Parker- C. 

V.  llev.  Charles- Augustus,  a  Presbyterian  minister. 

vi.  Louis,  b.  August  30. 1812 ;  m.  Euphemia  Allen,  of  Alabama. 

vii.  Samuel-Dowjlas,  b.  May  16,  1817;  d.  January,  1881,  at 
Wasiiington,  D.  C. ;  learned  the  trade  of  printing  and 
established  a  stereotype  foundry  in  Philadelphia,  subse- 
quently entered  journalism  and  went  to  Washington 
City,  where  he  published  a  book,  "•  Ins  and  Outs  of  Wash- 
ington." He  wrote  a  pamphlet  on  the  bronze  doors  of 
the  National  Capitol,  and  was,  in  many  respects, ''  a  hu- 
man directoi-y  and  encyclopedia."  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  had  in  press  a  book  entitled  "  The  Federal  City," 
but  it  has  remained  imissup-^  TJp  was  a  gentleman  of 
-'^.  bu<"  J  m.  Carrie  Ware" "'«]! 

Mr.  \Y' 


GENEALOGICAL  NOTES. 


BYEES  OF  DEEEY. 

1.  John  Byees,  ^  a  native  of  Germany,  came  to  Pennsylva- 
nia prior  to  1740,  with  his  children  hereinafter  named.  He 
settled  in  what  was  then  Derry  township,  Lancaster  county, 
Pa,,YWhere  he  died  prior  to  1750.  Of  his  children,  we  have 
the  names  of — 

2.  i.  John;  m.,  and  left  issue. 

3.  n.  Frederick;  m.,  and  left  issue. 

4.  iii.  Casimir  ;  m.,  and  left  issue. 

II.  John  Byees,^  (Johu,i)  located  in  what  sabsequently 
became  Hanover  township,  Dauphin  county.  Pa.,  where  he  took 
up  a  large  tract  of  land.  He  died  about  the  year  1760,  leav- 
ing a  wife  Letitia,  (who  subsequently  married  Thomas  Sharp, 
of  Hanover,)  and  children  : 

i.   William. 

a.  Mary;  m.,  Henry  Cowan. 
iii.  Catharine. 

iv.  John  ;  m.,  and  died  prior  to  his  father,  leaving  a  son  Bohert. 
V.  Ann. 
vi.  George. 

III.  Feedeeick  Byers,2  (John,^)  a  native  of  Germany, 
from  whence  he  emigrated  with  his  father,  died  prior  to  the 
war  for  independence,  in  Derry  township,  then  Lancaster  county, 
Pa.  He  was  a  substantial  farmer,  and  a  man  of  prominence 
in  frontier  times.     He  had  six  or  seven  daughters,  and  one  son  : 

5.  i.  John,  b.  March  9, 175«  ;  m.  Margaret  Eahm. 

ly.  Casimie  or  Castle  Byees,^  (John,i)  d.  prior  to  1786, 
leaving  a  farm  in  Derry  township,  Dauphin  county.  Pa.,  which 
he  had  purchased  in  1761,  to  his  children.     He  was  a  soldie 
44 


690  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

of  the  Revolution,  and  served  on  the  committee  of  observation 
for  the  county  of  Lancaster.  He  was  ver}^  prominent  during 
that  struggle  for  Independence,  and  highly  honored  and  re- 
spected by  his  neighbors.     His  children  were : 

i.  John\  d.  in  1805,  leaving  among  other  children  Eohert  and 

Sarah, 
n.  Elizabeth',  m.  Jacob  Kaufman. 
in.  Mary  ;  m.  liUdwig  Brandt.  ... 

iv.  Eve:,  m.  Peter  Landis. 
17.  Catharine\  m.  John  Bair. 
vi.  Barbara;  m.  Jacob  Rahm. 
vii.  Mary, 
via.  Margaret. 

Y.  John  Byees,^  (Frederick, ^  John,^)  b.  March  9,  1759  ; 
d.  August  6,  1834  ;  m.  Margaeet  Rahm  ;  removed  to  Frank- 
lin county,  Pa.,  where  they  both  lived  and  died.  They  had 
issue : 

6.  i.  Frederick,  b.  May,  1780  ;  m.  Anna  Eby. 
a.  Cattle;  m.  Mary  [Polly]  Koons. 

Hi.  Margaret;  m.  Peter  Cook, 

ii\  John ;  d.  unm, 

V.  Melchior  \  d.  unm. 

vi.  Jacob  ;  d.  unm. 

vii.   William  ;  m.  Mary  [Polly]  Small. 
viii.  Samuel;  m.  Maria  Wingert. 

ix.  Mary  ;  m.  Martin  Wingert. 

VI.  FuEDERiCK  Byers,4  (John,^  Frederick, 2  John,^)  b. 
JVTay,  1780,  in  Daupliin  county  ;  d.  October  17, 1854  ;  m.,  April, 
1802,  Anna  Eby,  d.  May  23,  1823.     They  had  issue : 

i.  John,  h.  March  11,  1803;  m.,  in  1827,  Fanny  Detweiler. 
ii.  Margaret,  b.  August  11,  1804  ;  m.,  1824,  Peter  Cook. 
Hi.  Catharine,  h.  October  15,  1805;  ra.,  1826,  James  Crawford. 

7.  iv.  Eby,  b.  July  17,  1807  ;  m.  and  left  issue. 

V.  Jacob,  b.  July  22, 1809  ;  m.,  first,  Miss  Kerr  ;  secondly,  Ann 

Kennedy  ;  thirdly,  Mrs.  Gi-rier. 
vi.  Annie,  b.  September  19, 1811  ;  m.  Samuel  Shively. 
vii.  Elizabeth,  b.  July,  1813;  m.  John  Logan. 
viii.  Freclerich,  b.  April  7,  1815. 
ix.   Williain,  b.  ISroYember  14,  1816  ;  m.  Marsh  Jeffrey. 
35.  Mary,  b.  August  15, 1818  ;  m.  David  Clugston. 
xi.  Levi,  b.  May  17, 1823;  unm. 


Eagley  Family.-  691 

Frederick  Bjers,  m.,  secondly,  in  1826,  Mrs.  Benedict,  and 
they  had  issue : 

xUy Amanda,  b.  J^ovember  27, 1827  ;  m.  Michael  Immel. 

VII.  Eby  Byers, 5  (Frederick, 4  John,-'' Fredericlc,^  John,') 
b.  Jul}^  17, 1807,  in  Derry  township,  Dauphin  county  ;  d.  June 
18,  1880,  at  Harrisburg,  Pa.  Mr.  Byers  was  an  enterprising 
citizen'  of  Harrisburg,  where  he  lived  half  a  century.  He  was 
upright  in  business,  and  was  greatly  esteemed  by  his  fellow 
citizens.  He  was  thrice  married  ;  m.,  first,  in  1830,  Cathakine 
Tennet,  d.  s.  p. ;  m.,  secondly,  in  1884,  Margaret  McArthur, 
and  there  was  issue  : 

i.  Fvederich-Ehy  \  resides  at  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

ii.  Ifaryaret. 

Eby  Byers,  m.,  thirdly,  in  1854,  Julia  Updegraff,  who 
survived  her  husband. 


EAGLET  FAMILY. 

1.  Abraham  Egli,^  as  he  wrote  the  name,  located  in  Pax- 
tang  about  1770,  where  he  took  up  a  tract  of  land  on  Beaver 
creek.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the  Eevolution,  and  a  farmer  in 
comfortable  circumstances.  His  descendants  in  the  male  line 
followed  the  oldest  son  Abraham,  who  removed  to  Erie  county. 
Pa.,  in  1803,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Harrisburg  and  Presqu' 
Isle  Land  Company.  Although  he  wrote  his  name  Eagly,  the 
present  generation  have  added  another  letter,  by  writing  it 
Eagley.  The  progenitor  of  this  family  b.  in  1735;  d.  August 
17,  1785,  in  Paxtang;  his  wife  Susan:n"a,  b.  in  1737;  cl.  Oc- 
tober 12,  1807,  in  Paxtang.     They  had  issue: 

2.  i.  Abraham,  b.  April  4,  1773  :  m.  Katiiarine  Boelim. 

ii.  Susanna,  b.  September  30, 1774;  d.  March  31, 18-54 ;  m.  Jacob 
Stauffer,  son  of  Christian  and  Veronica  Stauffer-,  b>  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1765 ;  d.  about  1850.  Their  descendants  reside 
in  Columbiana  county,  Ohio. 


692  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

in.  Jacob,  h.  August  13,1776;  d.  May  21,1852;  removed  to 
Erie  county,  Pa.  in  1812,  where  he  died  ;  m.  Mary  Hoop, 
b;  March  24,  1783;  d.  December  25,  1824;  and  had  John, 
Susanna,  Jacob,  Catharine,  and  Abraham. 

iv.  Catharine,  h.  September  18,1777;  d.  January  7,1829;  m. 
Jacob  Nisley ;  and  had  issue. 

II.  Abraham  Eagley,^  (Abraham, i)  b.  Aprils,  1773;  cl. 
June  8,  1851 ;  removed  to  Erie  county,  Pa.,  and  settled  in 
Springfield  township,  in  1803,  where  most  of  the  descendants 
of  this  branch  of  the  family  reside.  He  m.,  in  179-1,  Catha- 
rine BoEHM,  b.  December  5,  1772 ;  d.  December  26,  1843. 
They  had  issue: 

i.  Mary,  b.  January  17, 1795 ;  d.  April  5,  1853;  m.,  October 
26,1813,  Jolin  Stough,  b.  March  19,  1784;  d.  March  14, 
1858,  and  had  George,  Barbara,  Peter,  Mary,  Susannah, 
John,  Eebecca,  Catharine,  William,  Margaret,  Sophia, 
Lydia  and  Nancy. 

a.  Barbara,  b.  November  24,  1796;  d.  March  11,1875;  m., 
August  9, 1827,  David  Russell,  b.  February  24, 1788;  d. 
September  28,  1859,  and  had  John  and  Mary-Ann. 

Hi.  Catharine,  b.  February  18, 1801 ;  d.  February  11, 1859  ;  m., 
June  19,  1834,  Benjamin  Bond,  b.  August  6,  1797;  d. 
May  28,  1839,  and  had  Miriam  and  Simeon. 

ill.  Christian,  b.  October  26,  1803;  d.  February  12,1848;  m., 
first,  March  12, 1835,  Eliza  Bond,  b.  August  25,  1812 ;  d. 
February  17,  1840,  and  l)ad  Catharine,  Lindamine  and 
Eliza  ;  m.,  secondly,  January  4, 1843,  Eliza  (Smitli)  Mark- 
well,  b.  March  24, 1811 ;  d.  November  16, 1868,  without 
issue. 
V.  John,  b.  December  7,  1805;  m.,  first,  May  3,  1842,  Tabitha 
May,  b.  November  24, 1819  ;  d.  June  21, 1851,  without  is- 
sue ;  m.,  secondly,  March  2,  1852,  Nancy  Anderson,  b. 
October  12, 1820,  and  had  John. 

vi,  Abraham,  b.  April  8,  1809;  m.,  first,  November  14,  1843, 
Sarah  Gerred,  b.  June  14, 1823  ;  d.  November  4, 1850,  and 
had  Henry,  Catharine  and  Eunice;  m.,  secondly,  Jan- 
uary 9, 1853,  Sophia  C.  Smith,  b.  March  15,  1828;  d.  May 
14,  1879,  and  had  Casper,  George,  Millard,  Frank,  Jessie, 
Mary,  Charles  and  Smith. 

Tiii.  Daniel,  b.  November  5,  1815;   m.,  January  9,1842,  Jane 

Guthrie,  b.  May  18, 1817,  and  had  Laicrence. 
v,iii.  Joseph,  b.  December  2,  1819;  m.,  January  3,  1841,  Caroline 
Lybarger,  b.  November  9, 1821 ,  and  had  Frank  and  James. 


Gray  of  Paxtang.  693 

GRAY  OF  PAXTANG. 

1.  John  Gray,  ^  b.  in  county  Antrim,  Province  of  Ulster,  Ire- 
land, in  1698;  emigrated  to  America  about  1730,  locating  at 
first  in  Chester  county,  Pa. ;  subsequently,  in  Paxtang  town- 
ship, Dauphin  county.  He  was  one  of  the  early  pioneei-s  in 
that  section  of  the  Province,  and,  during  the  French  and  In- 
dian war,  (1755-1764,)  was  captain  of  a  rifle  company  in  Col. 
Elder's  battalion,  subsequently,  Col.  Asher  Clayton's.  He  d. 
in  February,  1785.  and  is  buried  in  Paxtang  church  grave- 
yard. Captain  Gray  was  twice  married;  first,  in  1730,  to  Sus- 
anna AemStrong,  b.  1700;  d.  October,  1750;  and  there  was 
issue : 

i.  George,  b.  1732;  d.  February  25,  1798;  unm. 
ii.  Josppli,  b.  1734 ;  d.  October  13, 1794 ;  m.,  November  11 ,  1779, 
Elizabeth  Forster,  b.  1744;  d.  April  IS,  1816;  their  only- 
child,  Snsan^m.  William  Espy,  (see  Espy  record.) 

2.  Hi.  TT^JKam,  b.  1738;  m.  Agnes  Rutherford. 

He  na.,  secondly,  in  1753,  Hannah  (Stevenson)  Semple,"^' 
b.  1711 ;  d.  November,  1781 ;  and  there  was  issue: 

3.  iv.  John,  b.  1754;  m.,  first,  Mary  Robinson;  secondly,  Mary 

Falls. 

4.  V.  Hubert,  b.  1756;  m.  Mary  Rutherford. 

vi.  Hannah,  b.  1758;  m.,  December  4,  1777,  George  Dixon, 
and  had  WUliam  and  John ;  William  was  killed  at  the 
battle  of  Lundy'sLane;  John  m.,  and  left  descendants, 
one  of  whom  is  William  Dixon,  of  Philadelphia. 

The  original  farm  owned  by  John  Gray  was,  upon  his  death, 
divided  into  four  tracts,  and  remains  in  that  shape  to  the  pre- 
sent. These  tracts  were  severally  inherited  by  Joseph,  George, 
Eobert,  and  John.  George  dying  unmarried,  his  farm  passed 
out  of  the  family.  Joseph's  is  owned  by  his  grandson,  Josiah 
Fspy  ;  John's,  by  his  grandson,  J.  Newton  Gray,  and  Robert's, 
by  his  granddaughter,  Mrs.  Mary  Jane  Bigham. 

II.  WilliamGray,2  (John,  i)b.,  1738,  in  Paxtang;  d.,  1815, 
near  Lewisburg,  Union  county,  Penn'a ;  was  an  early  settler 

*  She  was  the  widow  of  George  Semple,  and  by  liim  had  three  child- 
ren (surname  Semple),  Sarah ;  m.,  October  19, 1769,  William  Brown  ; 
Mary,  and  George. 


694  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

in  Buffalo  Valley,  and  a  captain  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution  ; 
nj.  Agnes  Eutherfoed,  b.  September  14,  1740,  in  Paxtang, 
d.  about  1813 in  Buffalo  Valley;  daughter  of  Thomas  Ruther- 
ford and  Jean  Mordah,  [see  Rutherford  record.)  They  had 
issue : 

i.  Jane.,  b.  1770;  d.  at  the  residence  of  her  son,  Kobert 
Hutcheson,  at  Mill  Hall,  Penn'a;    m.  first,   William 
Wallace ;  secondly,  Dec.  18, 1810,  Samuel  Hutcheson. 
ii.  Suscnwa^h.  1772;  d.  in  Columbia  county  about  1810;  m. 

first,  William  Hudson  ;  secondly,  Andrew  Foster. 
in.  Mary,  b.  1774 ;  d.  September  8, 1837,  in  Buifalo  valley  ;  m. 

John  Dunlap,  d.  September  26, 1842. 
iv.  Margaret,  b.  1776;   d.  Marcli,  1856,  at  Hartleton,  Union 

county,  Penn'a;  m.  John  Hays,  (see  Hays  record.) 
V.  Nancy,  b.  1778;  d.  at  tlie  residence  of  her  son,  Hudson, 

about  1849;  m.  Hudson  Williams. 
vi.  Sarah,  h.  1180;  d.  unm. 
vii.  FAeanor,  b.  1782  ;  d.  at  Lewisburg  ;  m.  John  Robinson. 

III.  John  Geay,^  (John,^)  b.  1754,  in  Paxtang;  d.  May 
30,  1819,  buried  in  Paxtang  churchyard;  m,,  first,  in  1789, 
Maey  Robinson,  b.  1767  ;  d.  in  Paxtang,  and  interred  in 
Derry  church  burial  ground.     They  had  issue : 

i.  Nancy,  b.  1790;  d.  February  16, 1845;  m.  William  B.  Mc- 
Bay,  b.  1792;  d.  September  27,  1837  ;  both  buried  in 
Hanover  church  grave-yard;  and  had  issue  (surname 
McBay)  Mary. 

ii.  Joseph,  b.  1792;  d.  September  13,  1861 ;  m.  June  1,  1830, 
Jane  H.  Gray,  daughter  of  Robert  Gray  and  Mary 
Rutherford  ;  and  had  issue  : 

1.  J.-Neioton. 

2.  Louisa. 

3.  Mien;  m. Nesbit. 

John  Gray  m.  secondly,  Maey  Falls,  b.  1760;  d.  July  17, 
1822  ;  buried  in  Paxtang  church  grave-yard.     No  issue. 

IV.  RoBEET  G-BAY,2  (John,i)b.  1757,  in  Paxtang;  d.  x\pril 
27,  1848,  and  buried  in  Paxtang  church  grave-yard.  He  served 
in  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  and  was  with  the  half-starved 
and  illy-clad  army  of  Washington  during  the  cantonment  at 
Valley  Forge.     His  stories  of  the  hardships  endured  during 


Gross  Family.  695 

the  struggle  for  independence  were  sadly  interesting.  He  lived 
a  long  and  honorable  life,  and  was  the  last  of  that  gallant  band 
of  the  heroes  of  " Seven t}' -Six'' in  his  locality.  He  married 
Maey  Rutherfoed,  daughter  of  Capt,  John  Rutherford  and 
Margaret  Parke  ;  b.  September  13,  1771 ;  d.  August  16,  1863. 
They  had  issue : 

i.  Margaret-Park,  b.  July  22,  1792;  d.  February  11,  1873; 

unm. 
a.  Sally;  d.  near  Springfield,  O. ;  m.  Matthew  Humes,  and 

left  issue. 
hi.  John  ;  d.  in  Indiana  ;  m.  Miss  Lefevre,  and  left  issue. 
ii\  Jane-H..,  b.  1796 ;  d., December  6, 1870,  on  the  old  homestead 

in  Paxtang  ;  m.  Joseph  Gray,  and  left  three  children. 
V.  TJiomas-M.,  b.  March  17,  1798  ;  d.  January  28, 1857. 
vi.  Martha,  b.  1800 ;  resides  on  the  old  farm  in  Paxtang, 
vii.   William,  b.  1802  ;  removed  to  Indiana ;  m.  Margaret  Hays. 
viii.  ^?iza, b.  November  4, 1804  ;  d.November  10, 1841 ;  m.,June 

19, 1837,  Robert  Wilson,  of  Highspire  (his  second  wife)  ; 

left  two  children,  both  dead. 
ix.  Samuel,  b.  1806  ;  d.  1881 ;  buried  in  Paxtang. 
X.  Joshua,  b.  1808;  d.  unm.  in  1839,  at  New  Orleans. 
xi.  Jfary,  b.  1810 ;  d.  1881 ;  m.  James  Hays,  of  Hummelstown; 

buried  in  Paxtang. 
xii.  Eleanor,  b.  1812;  d.  June  28, 1832. 
xiii.  Esther;  d.,  1842,  near  Gettysburg,  Adams  county,  Pa. ;  m., 

September    11,  1838,  James    McGaughey,    and    left    a 

daughter,  the  wife  of  John  Bigham. 


GEOSS  FAMILY. 

1.  Jacob  Gross,  ^  from  Majence  on  the  Rhine,  emigrated 
to  the  United  States,  then  the  British  Colonies,  towards  the 
close  of  the  year  1759.  He  had  several  sons  of  whom  we  have 
the  following : 

i.  laaac. 
ii.  Abraham. 
Hi.  Daniel. 

2.  iv.  Jacob,  b.  December  22, 1780;  m.  Anna  Moyer. 

II.  Jacob  Gross, ^  (Jacob, i)  b.  December  22,  1780,  in 
Bucks  county,  Pa. ;  d.  November  26,  I860,  in  Beamsville,  C. 


696  Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 

W.  ;  a  minister  of  the  gospel ;  removed  to  Beamsville  Canada 
West,  now  Ontario,  in  1817;  m.,  first,  December  18,1817, 
Anna  Moyer,  b.  July  17,  1799,  in  Bucks  county,  Pa.;  d. 
January  22,  1827,  in  Beamsville,  0.  W.  They  had  issue,  all 
b.  at  Beamsville,  C.  W. : 

8.      i.  Sanmel,  b.  October  15, 1818 ;  m.  Mary  Ann  Roades. 

M.  Ilary,  b.  September  30, 1820  ;  m.,  June  17,  1842,  Christian 
Bushey ;  reside  in  Landisville,  N.  J. 

4.  iii.  Anjia,  b.  September  26,  1822  ;  m.  David  Housser. 

5.  iv.  John,  b.  January  14, 1825  ;  m.  Elizabeth  Barber. 

6.  V.  Elizabeth,  b.  May  15, 1827 ;  m.  George  C.  Eggert. 

Rev.  Jacob  Glross  m.,  secondly,  August  23,  1831,  Salome 
Moyer,  b.  September  19,  1796,  in  Lancaster  county.  Pa.;  d. 
April  10,  1878,  in  Beamsville,  C.  W.     They  had  issue: 

vi.  Susannah,  b.  January  21.  1834;  resides  in  Lansdale,  Pa.; 
unm. 

7.  vii.  Salome,  b.  October  24, 1836;  m.  Rev.  H.  F.  Seiple. 

via.  Jacob,  b.  November  26,  1838;  d.  May  20,  1841,  at  Beams- 
ville, C.  W. 

III.  Samuel  Gross,  ^  (Jacob,  ^  Jacob,  i)  b.  October  15, 1818, 
at  Beamsville,  Canada  A^^est ;  resides  at  Landisville,  Atlantic 
county,  K  J. ;  m.,  December  7,  1843,  Mary  Ann  Roades,  b. 
January  26,  1826.     They  had  issue: 

i.  William-H.,  b.  September  15,  1844,  in  South  Cayuga,  C. 
W.;  removed  to  Erie,  in  1865,  where  he  resides;  m., 
January  17,  1882,  Effie  M.  Laurie,  b.  September  24, 1851, 
in  Buffalo,  K.  Y. ;  daughter  of  Rev.  Alexander  G.  Laurie. 
ii.  John  Boades,  b.  June  14, 1846,  in  South  Cayuga,  C.  W. ;  re- 
sides in  Galveston,  Texas. 

lY.  Anna  Gross,  3  (Jacob,  ^  Jacob,  ^)  b.  September  30, 1820; 
m.,  October  17,  1843,  David  Housser,  b  June  8,  1818,  in  the 
township  of  Clinton,  county  Lincoln,  Ontario.  They  had  issue 
(surname  Housser) : 

i.  Israel- Gross,  b.  July  23,  1845. 
ii.  Salome,  b.  June  26,  1847. 

iii.  John-E.,  b.  May  11, 1849 ;  m.  June  10, 1874 ;  resides  at  Win- 
nipeg, Manitoba. 
iv.  Gidenn-B.,  b.  June  23,  1851 ;  m.,  August  29,  1882,  Ellen  G. 
Elliott,  of  Brantford,  Ontario. 


Oross  Family.  697 

V.  Susip,  b.  March  29,  1854;  in.,  October  13,  1880,  George  H. 

Williams,  of  Thorold,  Ontario. 
vi.  J. -Wesley,  b.  June  3,  1856. 

vii.  D.-Franklin,  b.  August  27,  1858  ;  d.  Septen)ber  4,  1860. 
via.  Annie,  b.  July  10,  1864. 

Y.  John  Geoss  ^  (Jacob. ^  Jacob/)  b.  January  14,  1825, 
in  Beamsville,  C.  W.  ;  now  resides  in  Welland,  Ontario;  m., 
September  22,  1852,  at  Saltflect,  C.  W.,  Elizabeth  Barber. 
They  had  issue : 

i.^Lucetta-Jane,h.  February  17, 1854,  at  Beamsville,  C.  W. ; 

resides  in  St.  Catharine,  C.  W. 
ii.  Mary-Lorinda,  b.  October  28, 1855,  at  Beamsville,  C.  W. ; 

m.  Dr.  W.  E.  Burgar ;  reside  in  Welland,  Ontario,  and 

had  issue  (surname  Burgar) : 

1.  Donna,  h.  July  18,  1877. 

2.  Delia,  b.  December  15,  1878. 

3.  Oliver,  b.  October  24,  1880. 

4.  Frederick,  b.  September  19, 1882. 

Hi.  Salome- Amelia,}).  July  4, 1857,  in  Clinton,  C.  W.  ;  m.,  at 
Welland,  Ontario,  Herbert  E.  Ryan;  reside  in  Dunkirk, 
N.  Y..  and  had  issue  (surname  Ryan) : 

1.  Irene,  b.  June  2,  1877. 

2.  Maude,  b.  July  1, 1879. 

3.  Nellie,  b.  February  22, 1881. 

4.  Burton,  b.  September  20, 1883. 

iv.  John-Franklin ,  b.  July  19, 1859,  in  Clinton,  C.  W ;  m.  Clara 
A.  Casper,  b.  February  8,  1865,  in  Thorold,  Ontario,  and 
had  issue : 

1.  Frank-Lerny,  b.  February,  1885;  d. 
V.   William,  h.  March  29, 1862,  in  Clinton,  C.W.;  resides  in 
Welland,  Ontario. 

VI.  Elizabeth  Gross,  ^  (Jacob,  ^  Jacob,  Mb.  May  15, 1827; 
m.,  May  24,  1853,  George  0.  Eggert,  b.  October  22,  1826, 
in  the  city  of  Berne,  Canton  of  Berne,  Switzerland  ;  emigrated 
to  America  in  1831.     They  had  issue  (surname  Eggert)  : 

i.  Samuel,  b.  February  7, 1854,  in  Buffalo,- N".  Y.  ;  d.  iSrovem- 

ber  15, 1854. 
ii.  George-Ezra,  b.  October  15, 1855,  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Hi.  Lystra,  b.  September  3, 1858,  in  Berne,  Huron  county,  On- 
tario; m.  June  20, 1877,  John  Birney  Gretter,  of  Greens- 
boro', N.  C,  and  had  issue  (surname  Gretter) : 


698  Pennsylvania   Oenealogies. 

1,  Jean-Blrney,  b.  December  28,  1882. 
iv.  Ida-May,  b.  May  27, 1863,  in  Berne,  Huron  county,  Ontario. 

YII.  Salome  Gross,  ^  (Jacob,  ^  Jacob,  i)  b.  October  24' 
1836 ;  m.,  April  16,  1868,  Rsv.  H.  F.  Seiple,  b.  Febraarj  17, 
1843,  near  Catasauqua,  Pa. ;  graduated  from  Amherst  College 
in  1866;  reside  at  Lansdale,  Pa.  Thej  had  issue  (surname 
Seiple) : 

i.  Arthur- W.-H.,  b.  June  13,  1869,  at  Tiffin,  Ohio. 
ii.  Lucretia-II.-B.,  b.  June  9,  1871,  at  Weaversville,  Ii^orth- 

ampton  county,  Pa. 
Hi.  LilUan-I'.-S.,  b.  November  5,  1874,  at  Landisville,  N.  J.; 

d.  December  15, 1881,  at  Lansdale,  Pa. 
ii\  Beatrice- W.-C,  b.  July  14,  1878,  at  Weaversville,  Pa. 


INDEX  OF  SURNAMES. 


Abbot,  421. 

Acheson,  527. 

Ackerman,  255,  260. 

Adams,  212,  218,  358, 
385,  403,  408,  419, 
420,  685. 

Addams,  27,  28,  46, 
638. 

Addison,  361. 

Addleman,  474. 

Africa.  470,  475,  476, 
477. 

Agnew,  620. 

Ahren,  643. 

Aiken,,  675,  676. 

AiNSWORTH,  1-6,  8, 
117. 

Aitken,  391. 

Alberson,  463. 

Albert,  93. 

Alcorn,  384,  386. 

Albright,  9, 11,  295, 

Alder,  215. 

Aldrich,76. 

Alexander,  18,  140, 
235,  268,  269,  270, 
271,  275,  283,  3^0, 
347,  369,  525,  529, 
531,636. 

Alfree,  282. 

Allen,  1,  7-12,  34, 
51,  52,  55,  58,  60, 
108,  127,  162,  181, 
186,  249,  268,  300, 
305,  325,  376,  377, 
381,  393,  400,  685, 
688. 


Allison,  26,  120,  234, 
268,  269,  339,  360, 
592,  640. 

Alricks,  13-23,  126, 
216,  271,  412,  423, 
662. 

Alward,  159. 

Amesbury,  197. 

Ammons,  585. 

Amon,  244. 

ANDERSON",  2,  4,  24- 
31,  46,  72,  74,  151, 
156,  181,  240,  333, 
338,  426,  448,  459, 
548,  562,  563,  589, 
611,692. 

Andrews,  1-6,  666, 
680. 

Andross,  14. 

Angell,  551. 

Angle,  330. 

Annan,  396. 

Annise,  555. 

Ankeney,  514. 

Anshutz,  470. 

Antes,  215. 

Arago,  180. 

Archibald,  563,  566. 

Armatt,  39. 

Armstrong,  43,  194^ 

A272,  302,  324,  333, 
334,  336,  369,  597, 
639,  651,  693. 

<o maud,  282. 

Arndt,  497,  501. 

Ashbaugh,  61,  390. 

Ash  more,  577. 


Ash  ton,  136,  148. 
Askew,  400. 
Atkinson,  147. 
At  wood,  224. 
Audenreid,  623,  626, 

627. 
Awl,  32-39,155,158, 

214,  360. 
Ayers,  511. 
Ayres,  28,  29,  40-48, 

108,  197,   211,   217, 

220,  232,   237,  344, 

498. 

Babb,  310. 

Backenstose,  131,132. 
Badger,  409. 
Baer,  300. 
Bailey,  39,    85,  124, 

171,  213,  319,  o2-r-. 

441,  556.   584,   591, 
Bair,  690. 
Baird,98,99,100,101, 

102,  214,  431,  463. 
Baker,  25,  15l,   155, 

453,  526. 
Baldridge,  548. 
Baldwin,  78, 340,  346, 

426,  687. 
Ball,  79,  326. 
Bane,  60. 
Banks,  114. 
Barber,  444,  446,  455, 

537,  543,  575,  696, 

697. 
Barclay,  556. 
Bard,  611. 


700 


Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 


Barker,   29,    31,    60, 

143,483. 
Barnes,  197,  454,  524, 

632. 
Bahnett,  8,  49-62, 

118,  125,   163,   173, 

174,  176,   539,   584, 

585,  586,   592.  595, 

596,  623,  657. 
Barnhart,  248,  251. 
Barnitz,  101,308,310. 

311. 
Barnsley,  150. 
BaiT,20,369,550,555, 

598. 
Barrett,  295,  301,  568. 
Barton,  505. 
Bartles,  430,  431 . 
Bartholomew,      648, 

652. 
Bartlett,132,135,130. 
Bartley,  184. 
Bastedo,  305. 
Basum,  455. 
Bander,  116. 
Baugher,  259,  272. 
Bangliman,  135. 
Bansman,  91. 
]iaxter,  244,  368. 
^V,  153. 
Bayard,  487. 
Bayley,  25-27,  232. 
Baymiller,  137.     ' 
Beach,  46,  48. 
Beader,  262. 
Beall,  443. 
Beane,  305,  313. 
Bear,  604,  605. 
Beard,  150. 
Beates,  293. 
Beattie,  574. 
Beatty,  63-81,  136, 

146,   165,  441,  583, 

684,  588,  623. 
Beaumont,  501,  512. 
Beaver,  375. 
Beck,  125. 


Becker,  496,  602. 
Becket,  194, 196. 
Beckley,  490,  491. 
Beecher,  327. 
Beeghly,  450,462,463. 
Beeraer,  639. 
Beer,  448,  459. 
Beetle,  2. 
Beggs,  342. 
Behm,498,  500. 
Beidleman,  626. 
Belclier,  197. 
Bellar,  104. 
Bell,  10,  72,  75,  121, 
77,  210,  213,  216, 

232,  236,  393,  550, 

596,600,618,661. 
Bellman,  86. 
Beltzlioover,  544. 
Ben.  67. 
Bender,  164. 
Benedict,343,531,690. 
Benham,  38. 
Bennett,  134, 140,141, 

182,  183. 
Bent,  216. 
Berger,  78. 
Berlin,  297,  489. 
Berry,  453. 
Berryhill,  648,  655. 
Bertram,  24,  Ml,  227, 

228  229. 
Best,  803. 
Betts,  288,  290. 
Bibighaus,  651. 
Bickel,  85,  502. 
Biddle,  484,  667. 
Bidwell,  116. 
Biers,  320,  327. 
Bigham,  479,  693,695, 
Bigler,  71,   104,  105, 

291,  373. 
Billmyer,  330. 
Bills,  173. 

Bines,  388,  393,  398. 
Bingham,  67. 
Binney,  273. 


Biiitiing,  130,  131. 
Bird,  134,  140,  667. 
Birdsall,  300. 
Birney, 145,  619. 
Bishop,  133. 
Black, 3, 152,239,383, 

389,  413,   437,  547, 

548,  563. 
Blackburn,  64. 
Blackford, 661,  663. 
Black  iston,  28  k- 
Blackman,  201,202. 
Blaine,  230,  233,  234, 

235,  333,  337,   341, 
'     550,   555,   558,  635, 

636. 
toair,  235,  275,  318, 

319,   356,  411,  416, 

420,   514,  518,  526, 

528,  535,  648,  687. 
Blake,  43,  413. 
Blank,  104. 
BlHttenberger,  92, 93. 
Bleeker,  319. 
Bliss,  374. 
Blocker,  259. 
Blosser,  609. 
Boal,  61, 119,222,474, 

545,  546. 
Boas,  82-90, 130, 185, 

497,  598. 
Bobo,  323. 
Bodine,  134,  138. 
Boehm,691,  692.    ' 
Boggs,15,16,248,596. 

598. 
Bol'^on,  295,  331,  526. 
Bombaugh,  144,309, 

BOMBERGER,    91-96, 

308,  314,  556,  602. 
Bomgardner,  133. 
Bond,  692. 
Boonebrake,  617. 
Boots,  455. 
Botts,  103. 
Boude,  161. 
Bound,  674. 


Bouquet,  91, 106, 234, 

334,  356. 
Bowers,  188,  272. 
Bowman  ,295,312,569, 

576,  605,  612,  680. 
BowlaiKl,  388. 
Bowlby,  138. 
Boyce,  213. 
Boyd,  38,  55,  59,  97- 

102,   124,  267,  271, 

276,   277,  292,  311, 

313,   463,  513,  515, 

525,  621. 
Boyer,  86,321,  615. 
Brackenridge,     239, 

490. 
Bra(ldock,'317,  478. 
Bradley, 424,441,4^0. 
Bradish,400. 
Bradner,  403. 
Bradsliavv,  169,  170. 
Brady,  95,  526. 
Brainard,  282. 
Brandeberry  ,444,449, 

462. 
Brandenburg,      447, 

458. 
Brandon,    272,    658, 

659. 
Brandt,  o90. 
Brant   145. 
Braijyan,  650. 
Bratton,  101,  102. 
Brazee,  341. 
Breaden,  151. 
Bream,  615, 
Breathitt,  184. 
Breckenridge,      273, 

483. 
Breden,  127. 
Breed,  81. 
Bretze,  25. 
Brenneman,  300. 
Brereton,  05,  523. 
Brewer,  163, 198. 
Brewster,180,600,677. 


Index  of  Surnames. 

Brient,  392. 

Brimner,  607. 

Brinton,  367,  368.      v 

Brisban,  563, 565,566, 
667. 

Brisben,  97,  98. 

Brisbin,  115,  145. 

Briscoe,  370. 

Brittam,  671. 

Brodnax,  184. 

Brooks,  202,  255,  258, 
259,  260,  416,  598, 
628,  629,  682. 

Broome,  335^  339. 

Brotherline,  248. 

Brough,  615. 

Brown,  1,3,  9,  11,17, 
118,  123,  140,  174, 
184,  192,  254,  296, 
319,  324,  326,  327, 
330,  351,  361.  368, 
388,  462,  467,  484, 
519,574,  621,693. 

Brov\n«r,39. 

BrovnieT469,  473. 

Bro\vnson,365,  368. 

Brovvnlee,  72,  73. 

Brua,  423, 

BrubaKer,  403. 

Brumbaugl),295. 

Brunner,  603. 

Bruner,  205. 

Bryan,  216. 

Bryson,  108,113,367, 
588. 

Buchanan  ,69,222,229, 
277,  295,  387. 

Buehler,  398, 412,554, 
558. 

BUCIIER,  10,  12,  43, 
46,  103-116,  646. 

Buell,  81. 

Buflington,  222,  223,' 
224,  225,  570. 

Bull,  18,22. 

Bunn,  295,  n3,  571. 


'01 


J5unstine,  83. 
Buoy,  314. 
Burbridge,  340,  365. 

553,  556. 
Burgauer,  105, 106, 
Burd,41,43,  57,  122, 

157, 158. 
Bnrgar,  697. 
Burket,  475. 
Burling,  327. 
Burnett,  31 1,604, 606, 

607,  628. 
Burns,  484. 
Burnside,  440. 
Burrall,  473. 
Burroughs,  478. 
Burrows,  273. 
Burtin,  153. 
Burton,  104. 
Busliby,  80. 
Bushey,  615,  696, 
Bushman,  311, 
Bushnell,  590. 
Bust,  199. 
Butler,  21,145,378. 
Byerly,  284, 
Byers,  230,  591,  689- 

691. 
Bvnon,  379. 


Cabanne,  429. 
Cad  well,  346. 
Calder,  89,  258,  264, 

265,  243. 
Caldwell,    174,    19B, 

244,610,  611. 
Calhoun,     178,     190, 

513,  516,  526,  580, 

583,  584. 
Callender,  238,647. 
Camblin,  288. 
Cameron,    113,    205, 

231,   303,   412,  423, 

424,  505,  654. 
Camp,  428. 


702 


Pennsylvania   Genealogies. 


Campbell,     12,    127, 
152,   162,    170,  336, 
337,  338,  343,  402, 
448,   449,  452,  453, 
460,  474,  513,  516, 
517,  526,  527,  541. 
Candee,  370. 
Canfield,  687. 
Cann,  216. 
Cannon,  172, 
Carl,  450,  462. 
Cargin,  67. 
Carman,  608. 
Carmony,  437. 
Carothers,  60,  67,  74, 
75,   411,    520,    532, 
536. 
Carpenter,  161,   164, 

231,  285,  679. 
Carper,  256,  491. 
Carr,  4,  14,  42, 186. 
Carroll,  218. 
Carruth,  384,  385. 
Carsoii,  67,  75,   102, 
127,   161,   210,  300, 
308,   313,   548,  570, 
595,  688. 
Carter,  184,  409,  527. 
Carver,  78. 
Casey,  588. 
Casper,  607. 
Cassels,  110. 
Caterius,  644. 
Cathay,  384,  385. 
Cathcart,    196,    623, 

625. 
Caughey,  639. 
Cauffman,92,  93. 
Cavet,  211. 
Cazier,  444,  446,  453, 

454. 
Center,  612. 
Chalcoat,    444,    446- 
Chamberlin,  074. 
Chamberlain,       235, 
323,  328,  329. 


Chambers,  26,  45,  46, 
66,74,120,124,209, 
210,  211,  218,  226, 
227,  266,  267,  268, 
272,  273,  335j  339, 
340,  386,  391,  399, 
467,  522.  526, 

Cliampney,  680,  681. 

Chandler,  452; 

Chapman,  298,  419, 
530,  605,  610,  611. 

Chaplin,  488. 

Charlton,  114. 

Chase,  199,  272,  653. 

Clmyne,  222,  224,  309. 

Ciieeseman,  473. 

Cherrington,  403. 

Chestnnt,  348. 

Chevalier,  25. 

Childs,  169. 

Chilson,  600. 

Christoplier,  623,626. 

Christy,  811. 

Chronister,  613. 

Churchill,  480,  585. 

Claiborne,  162,  420, 
670, 

Clarie,  38,39, 

Clark,  178,  199,  222, 
224,  225,  249,  321, 
340,  387,  392,  403, 
485,  496,  517,  519, 
540,  543,  544,  546, 
547,  552,  599,  608, 
622,  624,  658. 

Clarke,  30,61,428,517, 
544,  590, 

Clarkson,  268,  272, 
547, 

Clay,  252,  315,  553, 

Clayton, 153, 282, 693 

Cleaver,  325, 

Cleland,  584  589. 

Clement,  2"3,  672. 

Clendenin,  362. 

Cleveland,  .461. 


Clever,  369. 
Cline,  650. 
Clingan,540,  542, 
Clingraan,  568, 
Clinton,  242,281, 
Cloke,  285. 
Clokey,  59, 
Clouser,  236. 
Clugston,  690. 
Clunie,  273.,  274, 
Clyde, 430, 621. 
Clymer,  34,  382, 
Coates,  323,  627, 

Coburn,  74,  75. 

Cockfield,  186. 

Cochran,  6,  57,  117, 
124,  127,  *128,  178, 
190,  217,  285,  291, 
293,  325,  367,  376, 
441,  539,  640,  550, 
554. 

Coekel,  453, 

Coen,399, 

Coffee,  331, 

(^'olden,  473. 

Cole,  130,  156,  216, 
.Coleman,  163,174,445, 
452, 

Colhoun,446,  453, 

Colkit,  627, 

Collier,  445,  563,  565, 
566,  567, 

Collins,  272,  389,  519, 

Colt,  512, 

Col  well,  593, 

Comfort,  525,  615, 
617, 

Comingo,  490,  491, 
-Comly,  41,  44, 

Compton,293, 

Conegill,  283. 

Connell,  438. 

Convers,  683, 

Convi^ay,  114,  141, 
479, 

Conyngham,  23, 


Index  of  Surnames. 


708 


Cook,  3,6,16,174,202, 

231,  396,  538,  674, 

684,  690. 
Cooke,  530. 
Coolbaugh,  306. 
Coolidge,  683. 
Cooper,  318,  324,  393, 

445,  450,  661. 
Coover,  309. 
Copelandj  85, 130. 
Covbit,  283.  - 

Corcoran,  524. 
Cordner,  67. 
Coren,485,  487. 
Corman,  656. 
Cornelius,  587. 
Cornwallis,  270. 
Coryell,  321,  395. 
■Coulter,  318,  326,  335, 

669. 
Countryman,  140. 
Courtney,  670. 
Cowan,  74,  480,  587, 

693. 
COWDEN,  98,100,121- 

125,   173,   174,  697, 

622,  623,  625.  , 

Cox.  2,46,  48.155, 160, 

201,  210,   364,  370, 

47':,.  498. 
Coyle,  170,  577. 
Cozzens,  170,  187. 
Crabb,  300,  301,303. 
Cracraft,  273. 
Craft,  450. 
Crain,  1,  2,    11,  29, 

50,101,117-120,177, 

2(i9,  315,   517,  547, 

551 ,  569,  574,  623. 
Craig,  12,53,118,209, 

223,    276,     478-492, 

607,   664,   665,  666, 

667,  670,  678. 
Ci-aighead,   167,  173, 

200,  364,  661. 
Cramer,  377,  380. 
Cranage,  611. 


Crandle,  623,  626. 
Crane,  197. 
Cranffle,  69. 
Craven, 140, 149. 
Craver,  296.  ^ 

Crawford,  25,324,^8, 

547,637,690.     '   '      . 
Creigh,  519,  528,  529, 

530,  536,  537,  538. 
Cresap,  101. 
Cress  well,  110,  674. 
Cnst,  610. 
Criswell,  46,  47,  412, 

422,   636,   638,  656, 

672. 
Crittenden,  184,  513.__ 
Crockett,  387.   ' 
CrolI,298,  800,305. 
Crolby,  346. 
Cromwell,  298. 
Crooks,  400. 
Crosby,   50,  53,  449, 

551. 
Crosman,  377. 
Cross,  436,  438. 
Crossan,  488. 
Crouch,      121,      123, 

625. 
Crow,  402. 
Crull,  149. 
Cro well,  611. 
Crozier,  588. 
Cullen,80. 
Culbertson.235,  331, 

354,  355,   364,   365, 

366,  456,  458. 
Culp,  257. 
Culver,  417. 
Cununings,  125,  409. 
Cummins,  638,  640. 
Cunningham,       336, 

389,  398,  408. 
Ciirll,  369. 
CURTiN,  241-252,289, 

317,  328,  343,  382, 

679,  687. 
Curtis,  387,  397. 


Curry,  50,  470. 
Cnrwen  206, 
Cnster,  650. 
Cutter,  683. 
Cuvier,  ISO. 
Cyrens,  453. 

Daily,  390. 
Dale,  362,  369. 
Dallas,  100,  523,  5S0, 

581. 
Dangler,  203. 
Darby,  126,471. 
Darsie,  438. 
Davenport,  205,  :37, 

240,  639. 
'Davidson,  OS,  77.  331, 

397,  467,   520,  524, , 

550,  566,  675, 676. 
Davies,  674. 
Davis   86,    143,  284, 

396,  633,  674.  670. 
Davison,    492,     563, 

564. 
Davy,  297. 
Dawson,  64,  66,  638. 
Day,  290,418. 
Deacon,  79. 
Dean,  120,573. 
Decker,  240.  409,  420. 
Defrees,  168. 
D'Hinayossa,  13,  14. 
Deilil,  376. 
Deininger,  613,  614. 
Dei  trick,    161,    261, 

615,  672. 
I)e  Lisle,  259. 
Demming,  452. 
Demuth,294. 
Denning,  311,  607. 
Dennison.    22,     483, 

527. 
Denniston,  340,  346." 
Denny,  335,513-538. 
Dentzel,  159. 
Derby,  198. 
De  Reilhe,  426,  428. 


704 


Pennsylva nia  Genealogies. 


Derricksou,  62,   346, 

380. 
Desliler,  83. 
Detweiler,  556,  690. 
De  Villemont,  337. 
Devling,  678. 
Devoe,  139. 
DeWitt,  101,102,170, 

187,   279,  280,   319, 

367,   372,  373,    374, 

557. 
Deyarmond,  192. 
Dick,  83,  84,  130. 
Dickey,  210,  571,572. 
Dickson,  52,  55,  3-54, 

355,  679. 
Dielil,  616. 
Diili  119. 
Diller,  103,  294. 
Dinkle,  279. 
Disliong,  3S9. 
Disney,  80. 
Dixon,  7, 78, 79, 126- 

128,   186,   386,  .394, 

466,   471,   509,  543, 

693. 
Dock  302. 
Doll,    162,    169,   170, 

171,506,  647,  651. 
Don.ild,  206. 
DouHiuson,  59. 
Donehower,  326. 
Doty,   323,   521,   530, 

532,  550,  555. 
Doiigal,  410,  678. 
Dough  man,  337. 
Dougherty,  549, 
Dorsey,  499. 
Dorvance,  161. 
Douglas,     116,    164, 

175,   346,  458,  669, 

686,  687. 
Downer,  81,409. 
Downey,   65,  69,  70, 

553,  556. 
Doyle,  524. 
Drake,  320. 


Dreisbach,  371. 
Dresler,  411. 
Dry,  150. 
Daane,  301. 
DuBarry,  523,  524, 
Dubois,  11,  649. 
Duchat,  345. 
Duflley,  273. 
Duel,  665. 
Duff,  60. 
Duffield,  107,153,  372, 

537,  540. 
DjII,  422. 
Dumars,  9. 
Dunbar,     514,      519, 

520,  528, 
Duncan,     234,     235, 

238,   239,  331,  491, 

529,  668. 
Duncanson,  215. 
Duncan,  671, 
Dunlap,     327,      542, 

583,   584,   587,  589, 

694, 
Dunlop,      268;     272, 

273. 
Dunmore,  478, 
Dunn,  5,  364. 
Di   iuing,  426,  513. 
Dunott,  262. 
Durgan,  42. 
Dubsiijger,  91,  92. 
Duvall,  170. 
Duyckinck,  320. 

Eager,  137. 
Eagley,  691-692. 
Early,  298. 
Eason ,  395. 
Eaton,  378. 
Ebersole.  329. 
Ebbs,  480. 
Eberly,  520. 
Eliert,  606,  613. 
E by,  690. 
Eckels,  263. 
Eddy,  45 1. 


Eden,  75. 
Edgar,  148,  362, 
Edmeston,   271,  275, 

367, 
Edmonds,  455. 
Edmundston,  34, 
Edwards,  28,  30,  336, 

530. 
Ege,  233~. 
Eggert,  696,  697. 
Egle,72,128-1o0,332, 

467,  499,  603. 
Egli,  691, 
Ehrman,  437. 
Eicholtz,  600,  615. 
Elam,401. 
Elder,  18,  20,  25,  32, 

33,41,51,56,58,59, 
60,  08,  98,  118,  123, 
124,125,151-176.181, 
210,  214,  217,  218, 
221,  222,  232,  274, 
275,  276,   279,  444, 

468,  469,  494,  505. 
563,  571,  572,  573, 
583,  587,  589,  596, 
621,  622,  625,  636, 
638,  639,  661,693. 

Eldridge,  198. 
EUenberg.T.  437 
Elliott,  17,97,98,251, 

279,  344,   348,  391, 

517,  679,  696. 
Ellis,  121,  210,  283. 
EUmaker,  160,  161, 
Elson,  135, 
Elton,  271, 
Ely,  489,  554. 
Emerson, 99, 101,134, 

137,  138. 
Emery,  411. 
Lmmert,  78,  81. 
Emrainger,  96. 
Engle,  646. 
Engleheart,  394.     * 
English,  613. 
Enoch,  619. 


Index  of  Surnames. 


705 


Eppier,  83. 

Erb,  92,  94. 

Ernst,  503. 

Eshercombe,  52,  54.' 

Espy,  9,87,  117,  118, 
155,  162,  177-188, 
190,  210,  338,  568, 
569,  575,  693. 

Etter,  93,  654. 

Ettley,  92,  94. 

Evans,  15,17,245,310, 
383,  442,  529. 

Everhart,  250. 

Evei'ly,  650. 

Ewalt,  393. 

Ewing,  2,  4,  164.  j75,' 
178,   183,  246,/325,\ 
337,  365,.377,  036. 

Eyre,  334, '330.. 

Eyster,  301,  302. 

Faber,  619. 
Eackler,  3Q6. 
Eager,  222,  223,  224. 
Fahnestock,  629,631, 

632. 
raneuil,4.'58. 
Eaii'fax,  4>78. 
Falls,  693/. 
Fari/'s.  S-.iO. 
Parmer,  .483. 
Farragut:,  142. 
Fast,  44.-,  446,452,453, 

454,  45.5. 
Feclilig,  69,  78,  81. 
Fegan,  365, 
Fell,  346,  673. 
Felger,  43;j. 
Fergus,  547. 
Fekguso^,  140, 167, 
175,    189-193,    284, 
430,   432,,  513,  514, 
556,  623,1 625. 
Fetter,  438. 
Fesi'f^nden.  fisi. 
Fichtl  orn,  257. 
Fieldfi,  139. 
45 


Filbert,  236. 
Fillmore,  488. 
Finch, 138. 
Finekle,  297,  299. 
Findlay, 107, 205,279, 

364,   o71,   448,  5^7, 

687. 
Findley,  71,  438. 
Finlay,  64,  65,  72,  73, 

74. 
Finney,  34,  51,52,  56, 

191,   193,  382,  448, 

458,   546,   580,  -582, 

584,  585,  597. 
Firth,  449,  460. 
Fiske,  680. 
Fisher,  79,  135,  258, 

342,   343,   537,  547, 

549. 
Fitch,  681,683. 
Fitzhugh,  320. 
Flagg, 684. 
Fleeson,488.  , 
Fleming,     194-208, 

274,   318,   322,  335, 

513,  517,  .525. 
Flora,  91,92. 
Florettry,  426. 
Foeser,  254. 
Foght,  648. 
Fogle,  104. 
Folk,  78. 
Foltz,  617. 
Foot,  215,  539. 
Forbes,  91,  106,  179, 

180,   334,   3.56,  514, 

515,  519,  .520,  640. 
Fordny,  294. 
Foresman,  395. 
Forman,339.  345. 
Forney,  257,261,281. 
Fouest,  369. 
FORSTEK,  22,  41,  85, 
118,   158,   160,  173, 
177,    184,    209-220, 
242,  376,  483,  678, 
693.  694. 


Forsythe,  Ssfe. 
Foster,  191,306,  322, 

446,  526,  636,  567.      ■ 
Fournet,  179. 
Fowler,  408,  415. 
Fox,  136,148,498,680. 
Francis,  685. 
Francisco,  138. 
Franciscus,  530. 
Franklin,  612. 
Franks,  54,  4.53. 
Frantz,  2-54. 
Frazer,   66,  73,    226, 

280,  364,  504. 
Fredeiick,  322,  325. 
Freed,  441. . 
Freeland,  383. 
French,  38.  ' 

Frew,  591,675. 
Frick,  293. 
Fritchey,  645,  646. 
Fritz,  379. 
Frow,  275. 
Fruit.  668. 
Fry,  138,  186. 
Fuller,  673. 
Fullerton,   387,  395, 

676. 
Fulqhun,  592. 
FuLTON,221-22.5,393, 

488,  490,  621. 
Fuqua,  447,  455. 

Gabby,  387,  455. 
Gaddis,  449. 
Gage,  198. 
Galbraitii,   5,   16, 

155,    161,    226-240, 

324,  330,  599, 
Gallaway,  .563,  566. 
Gallup,  447. 
Gait,  573. 
Galulia,  201. 
Gamage,  681. 
Gamble,  287,  288. 
Gans,  146. 
Garard,  266,  273. 


(06 


Pennsylvan  ia  Genealogies. 


Gardiner,  100. 
Uardner,  193,197,199, 

675,  676. 
Garland,  25,  175. 
Garlinger,  452. 
Garrigan,  298. 
Garringer,  188. 
Garrison ,  429. 
Gates,  258. 
Gause,  146. 
Geary,  143,  343.  377, 

380. 
Geddes,  364. 
Gehring,  643. 
Geisey,  171. 
Geissinger,  299, 
George,  190,  256. 
Gerhard,  186. 
Gerhart,  463. 
Gerkey,  445,  451,452. 
Gerred,  692. 
Gerry,  223. 
Gessell,  631. 
Getz,  84. 
Gheer,  604,  606,  617, 

618. 
Giberson,  162. 
Gibson,  53,  66,73,74. 

128,   233,   239,  287, 

288,  392,  518,  523. 
Giddings,  197. 
Giesman,  495. 
GilTen,  393,  396,  410. 
Gilbert,  198. 
Gilchrist,    121,    123, 

196,  202,   210,  695, 

597. 
Gill,  573. 

Gillespie,  206,229,327. 
Gilliard,292,308,513. 
Gilliland,  197. 
Gillmor,124,125,174, 

276,   621,   622,  623, 

625. 
Gillum,  255. 
Gil  man,  473. 
Gilmore,  69,  389. 


Gilmoar,  676. 
Gilroy,  512. 
Gilson,  59. 
Givin, 474. 
Gladfelter,  614.. 
Glass,  391,  400! 
Glenn,  194,  195. 
Glim.  372. 
Gloninger,    69,    169, 

445,    494-512,    647, 

648. 
Glover,  134,  138. 
Gable,  12. 
Godshal,  275. 
Goetz,  646.  ■'/" 
Goldman,  643. 
Goldsborough,  142. 
Good,  115,602. 
Goodhart,  280,  418. 
Goodman,  143. 
Goodrich,  140,  357. 
Goodwin,  169. 
Gordon,  77,  362. 
Gore,  59,  187,  372. 
Gorgas,  264,  309, 
Gotwalt,  613,  615. 
Gracy,  417. 
Graff,  627. 
Graffius,  475. 
Graham,  35,  50,  55, 

57,    126,  /'l 89,    190, 

f91,  192r)""2l0,  321, 

333,  336,   340,  342, 

364,  413,  483,  514, 

521,   621,   623,  625, 

626. 
Grant,  252,  423,  510, 

627. 
Gratiot,  429. 
Gray,   181,   184,  191, 

488,   547,  563,  565, 

693-695.  _., 
Graybill,  60. 
Grayson,  520. 
Gregg,  33,  38,  241- 

252,  317,  517,  527, 

666,  679, 


Green,  7,  5,33-35,54, 

113,  232,   421,   468, 

546,  583,  638,  684. 
Grjeexawalt,  253- 

265,  497. 
Greenland,  476,  477. 
Greenleaf,  240. 
Greenlee,  355. 
Greer',  65,  66,  69,  73. 
Gretter,  697. 
Gridley,  139. 
Grier,  661,  690. 
Grift'en,401,  442,588. 
Griffith,  153. 
Grigs'jy,  408, 416, 556. 
Groh,547, 
Guoss,  143,  308,311, 

612,  (i3(),  646,   649- 

656,  695-698. 
Grossman,  258. 
Grove,  t'O,   433,  617, 

656. 
Grouf,-150.  \ 
Grubb,  530,  537. 
Grunden,  55:i. 
Guest,  131. 
Guilford,  16<^«. 
Gunnison,  59)9. 
Gustine,  275,  .514, 515, 

520.  ,  .._„, 

Gutelius,  255. 
Guthrie,  692. 
Gwin,  368. 
Guyter,  389. 

Ilaart,  256. 
Habler,  627. 
Hackenburgr,  193. 
Hackett,  314,  342. 
Haddock,  449,  626. 
Hadsell,  455". 
Hagenbach,  5. 
Hager.  161,532. 
Hagan,  (U4. 
Haight,  Sv^. 
Haines,  5,  o<o. 
Hale,  668. 


Tndeit  of  Surnames. 


Halfman,  295. 
HaJdeman,  134,  141, 

162. 
Hall,    215,  360,  367, 

376,   377,   378,  380, 

381,  382,  383,  392, 

408,  670. 
Haller,  88. 
Halliburton,  136. 
Halliday,  65,  72,  413. 
Halsey,  183. 
Hamil,    4,    60,    345, 

349,  350. 
Hamlin,  196,  206. 
Hamilton,    15,    17, 

53,   119,   216,  .,2^6- 

285,   318,   319,  353, 

376,   389,  408,  418, 

466,   487,   489,  516, 

524,  533,   583,  587, 

675. 
Hammond,  388,  395, 

496,  502,  506,  605, 

608,  612. 
Hancock,    113,    679, 

681,  682. 
Hand,  338. 
li.  ae.  294. 

Hansen,  444,  445. 
Hanson ,  322,  418. 
Harbaugh,  329,  614. 
Harbert,  283,  285. 
.•ylarbine,  647. 
Harbison  ,401 ,563,566. 
Harding,  188,252,273, 

524. 
Hardy,  389. 
Harkness,  167,  550. 
Harkley,  194. 
Harmar,  522. 
Harper,  294,  637. 
Harris,  32,  160,  213, 

252,   333,  337,  354, 

358,   359,   361,  367, 

476. 
Harrison,  55,  59,  192, 

391,639. 


y 


Hart,    43,    149,    611, 

615. 
Hartley,  6a8.t^' 
Hartnian,  .US.' 
Harton,  195,  197. 
Hartrauft,  264,   332, 

422.     > 
Hartzel,  606,  615. 
Harvey,  670. 
Harwoc  1,  156. 
Hassal,  296. 
Hassingar,  497,  500. 
Hasson,  451, 
Hastings,    328,    527, 

684. 
Hatfield,  41,  109,116, 
Hattot),  54,  12;;.. 
Hauer,  257. 
Haupt,296,  298,  299. 
Hautz,  132,  606. 
Haviland,  409. 
Hays,   17,  155,  232, 

23;i,    23!,    286-290, 

297,   518,  628,  665, 

6f,7,  671,  694,  695. 
Hay,    133,    286-290, 

516,  547. 
Hiiyes,    46,    48,    208, 

•543,   425,   462,  477, 

670,  669. 
Haw    ,275,604. 
Hawkins,  488,  676. 
Hawksworth,  475. 
Heat  on,  40. 
Heck,  389. 
Heilir,  131,  134,437. 
Heilnifi.n,  437. 
HeinitsJj,  293. 
Heisely,  291,  294. 
Helfenstein,  648. 
Heller,  673. 
Hemphill,    364,    389, 

669,  675. 
Henderson,  22,    102, 

luj,   191,  361,  370, 

432,  521,  531,   532, 

546,   625,  658,  659. 


Hendrickson,  306. 
Heimer,  435. 
Henning,  605. 
Henricle.  331. 
Henry,  128,  276,  393, 

399,  598. 
Hensel,  296. 
Heppioli,92,  93. 
Herbein,  83. 
Hermes,  610. 
Herron,213,235,  355, 

363,  364,  600. 
jTierr,  308,  316,  437, 

652. 
Herndoij,  549,  553. 
Hersbey,  101,619. 
Hetrick,  254,  256. 
H(^ymer,  57. 
Hicks,  617. 
Hies.er,  45,  160,217, 

246,  247,  251,  303, 

507. 
Higgins,  504. 
Hildreth,  357. 
Hill,  53.  65,  68,  70, 

76,  77,81,  137,235, 

300,401,685. 
Hillman,  677. 
Hilton.  555,  564. 
Himes,  5^",  536, 
Hindswortb,  457* 
Hines,  134,  137. 
Hinney,  306. 
Hirst,  654. 
Hiser,  8. 
Hite,  454. 
Hitt,  399. 
Hipsley,  202. 
Hitner,  339. 
Hoch,  106,  107. 
Hodgson,  81,  H6. 
Hoff,  236.  294. 
Hotter,  261,  618. 
Iloffiieius,  613. 
Hoffman  ,469,  473. 
Hoffmeier,  616. 


Pennsylvania    Genealogies. 


^C-:JE,  273,  337,  633- 

642,661. 
Hogg,  67,  377. 
Holdeii,251. 
Holilian,133. 
Hollenback,  188. 
Holliday,  17,  235. 
Holliiigshead,  6. 
Hollister,  2,  4. 
Holmes,  168, 172,341, 

361,  369,  430,  585. 
Holy  wort,  295. 
Houinn,  453. 
Hood,  72,  608. 
Hoover,  631,  611,  616, 

653. 
Hopkins,  454,  484. 
Ho    ler,  198, 297,  671, 

642.  ■      . 

H:.iter.^l07,  108. 
Hosack,  409. 
Hoskiasoai,  62,-ODu. 
Hosmer,  215. 
Hostetter,  602. 
Hotz,  437. 
Hough,  108,110. 
Householder,  280. 
Honseman,  65, 69, 79. 
Houser,  30J,a02. 
Hovsser,  696. 
Houston,    c,  ■'.  >. 
Iloutz,  lOJ",  115. 
Howard,  21,  -jLU. 
Howe,  270,  469. 
Hoyer,  307. 
Hoyt,  171. 
Hubbard,    284,    650, 

jC^,  556. 
Hubbell,  260,  319. 
Huber,  617. 
Hubley,  295,  345,613. 
Huddlestoiie,  135. 
Hudson,  694. 
Huff,  450,  462. 
Hughes,  54,  344,  3.>0, 

590,  593. 
Huggins,  197,  198, 


Huliug,  2,  3,  181,185, 

229,  232. 
Huinbert,  39. 
Hume,  55,  633. 
Humes,  118,  695. 
Hummel,  56, 109',  224, 

257,  297,  307,  .508. 
Humrich,  524. 
Hunt,  4,  60,  7(t,  192, 

236,  240,  27;5,  294, 

300,  313,   420,  425, 

488,  489. 
Hunter,  76,  81,,  296, 

447,  4.51,457,  529. 
Huntsberger,  574. 
Hurley,  166. 
Hursh,  674. 
Huston,  46,  528,  529. 
Hutchinson,  158,  i59, 

V\2,  375,  426,  565, 

568,  569,   "n,  6'U, 

658,  694. 
Huyett,  474. 
Hyndmau,  2  •>. 

Imboden,436,  437. 

Imbrie,  670.  ' 

Inies,  454. 

Immel,  691.       \ 

Ingram,  84,  85;  163, 
109,  597,  598. 

Iniuan,  182,  187. 

Innes,  35;  468. 

Irvin,  248,  249,  250, 
252,  393,  537,  66S. 

Irvine,  21,  73,  233, 
238,  239,  329,  394, 
485,  486,  517,  635, 
668,  674. 

Irwin,  64,  ti5, 113,220, 
355,  360,  3(fi3,  366, 
367,  399,  444,  564, 
618,  620,  661',  671. 

Isenberg,  361;. 

isett,  108,  109,  112. 

Ivx-j.,  139,  680.     ■ 


Jack,  393. 

Jackson,  145, 186,194, 

2,12,  295,  336,  660. 
Jacob,  521,  530. 
Jacobs,  88,  529,  530, 

537,  589. 
Jacobus,  195,  199. 
Jacoby, 109,  116. 
James,   77,  601,  672, 

673. 
Janieson,  595. 
Janney,  613.  ' 
Jarrett,  113. 
Jarvis,  401,  683,  684. 
Jeffers,  551. 
Jefferson,66,  73,  212, 

357,  358,  487. 
Jeffrey,  690. 
Jenkins,  2,  219,  446. 
Jennings,   84,   87-90, 

600. 
Jeweit,  173. 
John,  71. 
Johnson,   18,  22,  23, 

54,58,108,113,121, 

163,   305,   348,  398, 

491,   553,   555,qspu., 

649. 
Johnston,  44,  50,  53, 

54,  59,  224,  324,  343, 

348,   353,  362,  369, 

370,  673. 
.Jones,  29,  30,  46,  135, 

141,   142,   143,  146, 

155,   161,   223,  273, 

589,  618,  672. 
Jordan,  124,  377. 
Jorden, 512. 
Jourdan,  419, 461. 
Jumper,  449, 460, 461. 
Junkin,120,  289,  554. 

628. 
Kane,  24G. 
Karg,  203. 
Kauffman,  291,   294, 

295,  600. 
Kays,  295. 


Index  of  Surnames. 


709 


Kean,4L,  41,217,271, 

273,  274. 
Kearsley,  181. 
Keeling,  147,  477. 
Keen,  216. 
Keene,  157,  179. 
Keese,  320. 
Keet,  309. 
Keim,  303,  304. 
Kelker,  71,   146,  254, 

255.5 
Kellek,  99, 101,288, 

289,    291-299,    308, 

494. 
Kelly,  26,210.211,341, 

342,591,637.639. 
Keitli,  242,  243. 
Kelso.  331,676, 
Kelton,  222. 
Kemp,  67. 
Kemper,  395. 
Kendall, 431,  456,683. 
Kendig,  94,  300-306, 

450,  569. 
Kennedy,  28,  30,  75, 

340,  488,  529,  690. 
Kenner,  273. 
Kern,  674. 
Kerr,  18,   19,  20,  51, 

136,  147,  2.*^,   423, 

484,  498,   507,  509, 

690. 
Ketclium,382. 
Kettle!) urae,  80. 
Key,  607. 
Keys,  121,519. 
Kibby,  178. 
Kidner,  137. 
Kidwell,  483. 
Kieffer,  225, 326, 616. 
Kilgore,  68.  70,  77. 
Killiiin,437. 
Killinger,  436,  503. 
Killough,  295. 
Kimball,  586. 
Kimmel.  198,  436. 
Kincaid,  4,  27. 


King-,  95,309,343,364, 

380,  456,   466,   499, 

628,  630,  653. 
Kinney,  248, 452,  679. 
Kirk,  217. 
Kirkwood,  264. 
Kirkpatrick,  162,177, 

181,  251,  479,528. 
Kirby,  6,  420. 
Kissel,  256. 
Klster,  620. 
Kline,  1.35,   452,   463, 

686. 
Kleber,  435. 
Kling,  291,  295. 
Kloss,  275,  280. 
Klunip,  293. 
Knapp,  168. 
Knauff,  296. 
Knisely,  225. 
Kjiiffen,  454. 
Knight.  531. 
Kniip,  273. 
Knox,  118,  487,  607. 
Kocl),  614. 
Kochler,  324. 
Kolbmar,  104. 
Kolp,  95. 
Kohrbaus,  104. 
Koons,  690.. 
Kouns,  484. 
Krause,  83,  84,  86,88, 

254,   258,  494,  497, 

501,508. 
Kreider,  294,  437. 
Krider,  10, 12. 
Kring,  136. 
Krone,  620. 
Krumbacli,  625. 
Kryder,  109. 
Kucher,  493,494,  495. 
Kuhne,  69. 
Kiimbel,  127,  395,409. 
-KUNKEL,  81,94,102, 

112,  114,  292,  297, 

307-316,    574,    650, 
'     655,  656,  682. 


Kurtz,  291,  295,  651. 
Kyle,  229,233,393. 

Lacey,  69. 
Lachin,  595. 
Lafayette,   217,  480, 

482. 
Laird,  54,71,164.175, 

213,  217,  390,  399. 
Lamberson,  168. 
Laraberton,  289. 
Lambe,  661. 
Lancaster,  262. 
Landis,  114,305,616, 

690. 
L-indon,  431. 
Lane,  236, 
Lang^,  131,245. 
Langvvortliy,  349. 
Lape,  188. 
LaPorte,  351. 
Lnrimer,  251,  527. 
Lai-ner,  247. 
Larrabee,  300,  304. 
Lashells,  ae2,.S68,370, 

371. 
Latimer,  670. 
I^attimore,  666. 
Latta,  468,673. 
Latsbaw.606,616,617. 
Lanb,  257,  263. 
Lauer,  130. 
Lauman,  298,303,311. 
Laurie,  696. 
Laverty,  313. 
Law,  210,  214,  216. 
Lawrence,   108,   111, 

112,   113,   216,  231, 

463,  531. 
Lawson,  543,  623. 
Lazear,  340,  346. 
"Liazenby,  150. 
Lead  1,286,  287,570. 
Leach  man,  102. 
Leacock,  147. 
Learning,  671. 
Leary,  447,  456. 


710 


Penn sylvania   Gen ea log ies. 


Lenson.  676. 
Leasure,  436. 
Leckey,  539,  540. 
Leddick,  198. 
Lee,  202,  219,  225,665. 
].eecl],549. 
Leet,  62. 

Lefevre,  107,  ^95. 
Lehman,  231. 
Lehr,  603. 
Leib,  247, 
Leiby,  268. 
Leisenring,  432. 
Lemaii,  650. 
Lemon,  10,  256,  552. 
Leonard,  197. 
LeRoux,  282. 
Lesesne,  374. 
Lester,  5, 304. 
T^evan,  83,  85. 
Lewis,  281,  312,  479, 

543,   544,  652,  678, 

685. 
Liebendorfer,  6fi9. 
Light,    3,    19u,    499, 

50J. 
Li  Her,  450. 
Lincoln,     145,     220, 

304,  377,  380,  424. 
Lindsay,  690. 
Lindsey,  287,  520. 
Line,  162,   168,  170, 

1S7,  188. 
Lindley,     465,     466, 

469. 
Lineaweaver,      497, 

502. 
Linford, 470. 
Linn,  146,   317-332, 

355,   363,   543,  587, 

592,  661,675. 
Littell,  589. 
Little,  287,  288. 
Littlejohn,  627. 
Livingston,  473,  554. 
L   1     ,285. 


Lobaugh,    606,    618, 

619. 
LOBINGIER,  433-442. 
Lochman,    71,     136, 

292,  312. 
Loch  ran  e,  336. 
Lockhart,  217. 
Lockridge,  449,  460. 
Lock  wood,  293. 
Loesicke,^641.  / 
Logan,  348,  391,  399, 

547,   548,  549,  670, 

690. 
Loire,  202. 
Lombaert,  381. 
Long,   219,  269,  530, 

619,  672. 
Loomis,5,  248,  551. 
Loose,  650, 
Ijossirjg,  2i2. 
Loucks,  310. 
Loudon,  385,  393. 
Lonthan,  670. 
Love,  491,  598,  599, 

667. 
Lowden,  251. 
Lowdermilch,  126. 
Lowe,  449. 
Lower,  502. 
Lowrey,  15-17. 
Lowrie,  344,  349,  527. 
Lowry,  346. 
Ludlow,     266,     268, 

272,  273,  284, 
Lueder,  188, 
Lucas,  2, 
Lukens,  171,356. 
Lnther,     223,      277, 

506,  669. 
Lutz,  56,  605. 
Lutzen,  103. 
Lybarger,  692. 
Lyon,  46,   47,   114, 

235,    333-352,    360, 

366,   368,   380,  517, 

526,  584,  586,  635. 


Lytle,  35,  ^^3,  552, 
556. 

Mace,  670. 

Mackey,  50,  52, 

Madera,  272, 

Madison,  212. 

Magee,  484. 

Magoffin,  553. 

Magraw,  85. 

Maguire,584,  638,657. 

Mahany,  629,  632. 

Mahargue,  9. 

Mahon,529. 

Mains,  331. 

Makel,  644. 

Ma]lery,367,378,379. 

Mallory,  589. 

Maltby,  188. 

Maloney,  345,  351. 

Mankin,  128. 

Mann,  7,  448,  608. 

Manning,  41,  42,  80, 

Mannon,  256. 

Mansell,  549,  553. 

Mansfield,  296, 

Manns,  86. 

Marchand,439. 

March,  175. 

Marks,  325,  340,  530. 

Maris,  114. 

Markle,  438,  439. 

Mark  well,  692. 

Marquis,  53. 

Marr,  250. 

Marshall,  11, 117, 156, 
164,  500, 589. 

Martin,  55,  114,  128, 
134,  138,  150,  333, 
335,  890,  451,  530, 
533,  546,  547,  554, 
560,  626. 

Martyr,  390. 

Marvin,  459. 

Mason,  253,  263,337, 
372, 


Index  of  Surnames. 


Ill 


Matlack,  95. 
Matteer,  548. 
Matthews,65, 74, 193, 

199. 
Matthewson,  589. 
Maul,  489. 
Maulfair,  556. 
Maiist,  459. 
Mawhiney,  74. 
Maxwell,     207,    616, 

688. 
May,  559,  692. 
Mayes,  1,  9,  465,  468, 

563,   564,  565,  566, 

569,  570. 
Meader,  565,  568. 
Means,  393. 
Mears,  135. 
Medill,  416. 
Meehan,  389. 
Mehara,  675. 
Mehard;fi77. 
MeisttT,  255, 
MentnMigem,^       104, 

105. 
Mentzer,  603. 
Mercer  199  ,356. 
Merchant,  601. 
Meredith,  34,  548. 
Merriman,  196. 
Mesick,  79,  656. 
Messemer,  646. 
Meteer,  243. 
Metcalf ,  62. 
Metzgar,  235. 
Meyers,  186,  477. 
Meyer,  256. 
Meyrick,  659. 
Micliener,  ti73. 
Middlecotf,  301,302. 
Middleton,  95. 
Mitlin,  34,69,107, 123, 

157,   211,  334,  335, 

398,   468,   476,  496, 

634.  ^ 

Miles,  117,  326,  467, 

537,  637. 


Miller,  187,  233,  256, 
257,  262,  292,  295, 
372,  377,  381.  461, 
473,  498,  511,  517, 
537,  602,  603,  615, 
625,  640,  667,  670, 
G76. 

Milli£ran,343. 

Milliken,114,  149. 

Millman,  11. 

Mills,  413,  440. 

Miltent)erger,  584, 
590. 

Miner,  28,  154. 

Minor,  378. 

Mish,99,  102,502. 

Minsker,  646. 

Minton,  426. 

Mitchel,  271,  519. 

Mitchell,  55,  60,  81, 
179,  247,  250,  268, 
303,  393,  556,  598, 
600,  654. 

Mitchelson,  347. 

Moffitl,  111,508. 

Mo  n  ah  an,  185. 

Montgomery,  41,  43, 
124,  178,  210,  212, 
2ia,  243,  246,  292, 
314,  396,  410,  457, 
605,  609. 

Moorbach,  105. 

Moore,  40,  75,  98, 114, 
117,  118,  170,  209, 
210,  211,  257,  288, 
289,  322,  400,  441, 
517,  580,  582. 

Moorhead,  8,  50,  53, 
58,  61,  74,  174,  184, 
547,  550,  552,  600. 

Mordah,561,562,566, 
694. 

More,  197,  199. 

Morford,  320. 

Morgan,  328, 345, 480, 
483,  524,  531. 

Morman,  625. 


Morrett,132,135,495, 

499. 
Morris,  232,  296,  zm^T 

545,  668. 
Morrison,  35,  54,  59, 

176,  389,  550,  669. 
Morrow,  323,  623. 
Morse,  552. 
Morsell,338. 
Morton,     402,     637, 

675. 
Mosher,  103. 
Mossgrove,  77. 
Mossier,  431. 
Mott,  473. 

Motter,  94,  314.   

Mount,  300. 
Mowry,  164,  205,  667. 
Moyer,  188,  436,  437, 

438,  675,   679,  695, 

696. 
Muhlenberg,  39,  251, 

257,  433. 
Mulhallon,  615. 
Mulholland,339,345, 

457. 
Mullen,  309. 
Miiller,  103,  132,  260, 

433-442,  602,  603. 
Mulligan,  235. 
Mummert,  613. 
Munroe,  681. 
Murdock,    179,    183, 

■663. 
Mureamer,  649. 
Murphy,  101, 201, 323, 

372,  379. 
Murray,  35, 65, 164, 

214,  231,  304,  323, 

395,    4'43-477,    515, 

517,  525,   526,  534, 

535,  536,  555,  625. 
Musgrave,  485. 
Musselman,  110. 
Musser,  608. 
Muzio,  215. 
Myer,  505. 


712 


Pennsylvan ia  Genealogies. 


Myers,    81,    93,   133, 

168,  303,  800,  309. 
Mytinger,  107,  108. 

McAllen,27,  28. 

McAllister,  155,  157, 
178,  190,  268,  270, 
272,  278,  347,  470, 
476,567,527. 

Mc Arthur,  691. 

McAteer,  115. 

McBay,  694. 

McBetl),328. 

McCallum,  133. 

McCalmont,  322, 323. 

McCammon,159. 

McCaiidless,  477, 675, 
677. 

McCandlisb,397. 

McCarrell,  196,  207. 

McCartney,  400. 

McCauley,  75, 172. 

MeChesney,  221,408, 
621. 

McCiain,207. 

McClave,  562. 

McCleary,  410,  528, 
546. 

McChiy,  580. 

McClellan,  22,  230, 
235,  550. 

McClelland,  S22,  828, 
367,  392,  402, 

Mc(>Ienagluui,  178, 
190. 

MeClintock,  8,  559. 

McCloy,  64,  67,  75. 

McCluiig,  587. 

McClure,  54,  55,  57, 
64-67,117,  123,  164, 
177,  181,  182,  184, 
205,  240,  260,  342, 
864,  382,  385,  388, 
513,  518,  530,  571, 
028,   6l'!,  071. 

McC'lurg.  195,  '^m 

McCoiiib,  07 ,,  ^^^^,  200, 


McConaughey,  441. 

McConiiell,  41,  163, 
172, .194,  196,  198, 
199,   206,   207,  519, 

549,  552. 
McCook,301. 
McCord, 431,  547,549, 

550,  554. 
McCoRMiCK,  8,20,28, 

30,  66,  74,  101,  127, 

230,  233,  315,  318, 

363,    384-425,    565, 

570,  685,  636. 
McCosli,  97. 
McCoskry ,  518,  529. 
McCoy,  184,  516,  531, 

587,  592. 
McCracken,  57. 
McCrea,  638. 
McCrearyj  598,  599, 
McCreerie,  528. 
MeCreiglit,  118. 
McCae,  295. 
McCulloug]i,228,230. 
McCune,  354. 
McDonald,    98,   137, 

149,   329,   353,  354, 

368. 
McDonougb,  372. 
McDowell,  235,   275, 

280,  513. 
MeElfatrJck,  93. 
McElroy,  386, 
McEnderfer,  608. 
McEwen,  1,2,  9,  10, 

52,  54,  622,  623. 
McFadden,  10,  147. 
MacFarlane,  276,  277, 

393. 
McFarland,  300,  304. 
McFarquliar,  19. 
McFerran,  638. 
McGaughey,  695. 
McGinley,  364. 
McGrath,  85. 
McGuire,    191,    192, 

386,483. 


McGuffy,  590,  594. 
McHenry,    665,   672, 

673. 
Mclllienny,  53,  592. 
Mclntire,  454. 
Mclntyre,  577. 
McKallip,  285,  376, 
McKay,  207,  636, 
McKean,     157,    274, 

334. 
McKeehan,  185. 
McKee,    11,    63,    65, 

66,  67,  72,    78,    75, 

163,  173,  246. 
Mc  Keen  an,  637. 
McKeever,  473. 
McKeig,  30. 
McKenny,400. 
McKibbin,490,  492. 
McKinley,  156,   227, 

687. 
McKinney,  155,  162, 

192, 454,  549,  688. 
McKinstry,  417. 
McKissack,  635. 
McKnight,  222,,  349, 

355,365,-386   -123. 
McLanahan,  247, 
Mc  Lane,  282. 
McLean,     219,     266, 

465,  467. 
Maclay,     83,     155, 

277,   318,   339,  344, 

853-383,  426. 
Maclean,     38,      271, 

273,  278,  279. 
McMath,  195,  198. 
McMeen,534. 
McMicbael,  891. 
McMicken,215. 
McMillan,  58,227.' 
McMinn,  251.      - 
McMordie,  28,  29. 
McMullin,  69,  78.-- 
McMurray,  100,  247. 
McMurtrie,  248,  251, 

305. 


Index  of  Surnames. 


713 


McNair,  100,  140, 
149,  192,  426-432, 
621,  665,  670,  671, 
672. 

McNamava,  9, 11. 

McNaiighton,  329, 
364. 

McNeil,  40,  41,  226. 

McPherson,  342,  577, 
640,  641,  642. 

Mclioberts,  595. 

McSlierry,  303. 

McQueen,  27. 

McTeer,  222. 

McVeagh,  149,  380. 

McVey,  336. 

Nagle,  412. 
ISTash,  577. 
Naudain,277,  282. 
Nazor,  444,  450. 
Neal,  4,281. 
Neely,  342. 
Neil,  389. 
Nelson,   64,  66,  210, 

548,  588,  609. 
Nesbit,  156,  163,  165, 

676. 
Nestsky,  644. 
Keville,    45,    478- 
:    492. 
Nevin,  17,  366,  491, 

533. 
Newell,  196,  201,683. 
Newraan,  684. 
Newson,  609. 
Newton,  180,479. 
Nicholas,  285. 
Nichols,  137,203,343. 
Nicholson,  589. 
Nicols,  349.     . 
Neiwiler,  105, 
Nimrao,  128. 
Nintker,  135. 
Nisbet,  ?97. 
Nisley,  692. 
Nisonger,  392,  402. 


Nixon,  305. 
Noble,  .163,548. 
Nolen,  88. 
Norris,  446,  455. 
North,  215.- 
N  or  ton,  296. 
Noxon,  345. 
No5^es,  461. 
Nunemacher,  310. 
Nunemaker,  453. 
Nye,  291,294. 

Oden,78. 
Ogden,343,  473. 
O'Hara,  483,  523. 
Ohr,  168. 
Older,  199. 
Oldham,  479,  483. 
Oliver.  10,  335,  336, 

347,  385,   387,   388, 

397,  398,  527,  584, 

636. 
Olivier,  428. 
O'Neal,  79. 
Onslow,  185. 
Orbison,  648. 
Ormsby,  4e0. 
Orr,  490,  497,  503. 
Orrick,  367. 
Orth,    20,    84,    135, 

493-512. 
Orvis,  349. 
Orwig,  272. 
Osman ,  665. 
Osterdyke,  644,  645. 
Oswald,  1 04,  ii95. 
Ott,  12, 106,  434. 
Otto,  378,  507. 
Overmier,  431. 
Oves,  57. 
Owens,  220,  597. 

Page,  671. 

Painter,  9,  436,  438, 

.439. 
Palmer,  40,  139,  364, 

382,  549,  667. 


Pancoast,  39,  252, 
449,  461. 

Pardee,  447,  457. 

Pardon,  259. 

Parham,  39. 

Parke,  236.  563,  565. 
567,  571,609,695. 

Parker,  29, 198,'280, 
285,  463,  513-538, 
680. 

Parkinson,  671. 

Parkispn,  619. 

Parmer,  399. 

Parr,  443. 

Parry,  281. 

Parsons,  313. 

Parks,  195,  200. 

Parthemore,  94. 

Partridge,  144,  507. 

Patterson,  50,58.85, 
134,  138,  151,  155, 
195,  268,  281,  287, 
318,  324,  325,  329. 
332,  336,  341,  342, 
348,  362,  366,  367, 
387,  394,  550,  580, 
582,  586,  588,  606, 
617,  642. 

Patheal,  134. 

Patton,  175,  177,  190, 
211,  274,  288,  344, 
868,  470,  474,  475, 
628. 

Paul,  458. 

Paulding,  60. 

Pauli,  263.  ^ 

Pawling,  569,  574; 

Paxson,44. 

Paxton,  523. 

Peacock,  88,  3,00. 

Pearson,  6.  383. 

Peebles,  386.' 

Peek,  462,  463. 

Peeples,27,  28. 

Peifer,  258. 

Peiper,  193. 


714 


Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 


Penn,    14,   268,    334, 

356,  357. 
Penny,  382. 
Percels,  198. 
Percy,  56. 
Perkins,  28,  30,  473, 

600. 
Perrine,  4,  300,  460. 
Perry,  417. 
Peters,   44,  321,  445, 

453,  459. 
Pettigrew,  659. 
Pevee,  390. 
Phelps.  454. 
-Phillips,  116,191,351, 
•  453; '537. 
Piatt,  305,  673. 
Pierce,  670. 
Pierepont,  249. 
Pietrochen,  644. 
Pifer,  610. 
Pike,  345. 
Pilsbury,409,  421. 
Piper,  162,  165,  166, 

498,  505. 
Pires,  663. 
Pitt,  23. 
Pixley,  453. 
Plitt,  292,  297. 
Pliimer,  17,  366,449, 

460,461. 
Plunket,  354,361, 363. 
Poe,  523. 

Poffenberger,  650. 
Polk,  282,  635. 
Pollarcl,  180,181,185. 
Pollock,  5,  53,  59,  236, 

252,  329,  330,  332, 

373,  525, 
Pomeroy,  364. 
Pontius,  %"!  I . 
Pool,  108,   110,    254, 

257. 
Poor,  196,  203. 
Poorman,  256. 
Pope,  479,  480,  553. 


Pore,  605,  608,  009. 

Porter,  38,  88,  108, 
109,  114,  115,  119, 
145,  296,  308,  344, 
345,  350,  351,  448, 
459,  501,  503,  506, 
518,  596. 

Posey,  78, 

Postlethwaite,  235 

Potter,  123,  124,  246, 
247,  266,  267,  674, 
678, 

Potts,  79,  99. 

Pouillet,  179, 180. 

Powell,  79,  179. 

Power,  274. 

Powers,  455. 

Pratt,  138. 

Prentice,  680,  681. 

Presley,  10. 

Preston,  138,  285, 
504. 

Prewett,  392. 

Price,  5,  8,  457,  491, 
504,  552. 

Prince,  27. 

Proctor,  309,  485. 

Proud, 326. 

Proudflt,  332,  372. 

Prudden,  198. 

Prudy,  672. 

Pugh,  347,  608. 

Purviance,  367. 

Pnsey,  329. 

Putnam,  469.' 

Pyre,  106. 

Quail,  635,  636. 
Query,  353,  362. 
Quigley,  385,  638, 
Quinn,  519, 

Radford,  674. 
Eainey,  549. 
Rahm,  308,  494,  498, 
689,  690. 


Raley,  392. 
Ralston,  42,  44,  199, 

444,  447,  458,  459, 

520,  666,  667. 
Ramsey,  3,  5, 10, 189, 

235,   259,   470,  476, 

541,  548,  619. 
Randall,  449. 
Randolph,   478,    517, 

573. 
Rankin,  386,  548, 637. 
Rapiere,  439. 
Rapp,  83. 
Ratcliffe,  549. 
Rathbone,  213, 
Rauhauser,  651. 
Raush,  135. 
JEay,  109,403,654. 
Rea,  354. 
Read,  314,  483. 
Ream,  609. 
Record,  247,    • 
Redfleld,  179, 180, 
Redick,  634, 
Redsecker,  297,  313, 

559, 
Reece,  5. 
Reed,  34,  40,  41,  120, 

137,   207,   212,  213, 

323,   337,   346,  367, 

^76,    465,   508,  582, 

586,  605,  612,  683, 
Reel,  86,311, 
Reehra,253, 
Reemer,  527, 
Reese,  237,  445,  452. 
Reeves,  160,  462. 
Regenue,  294. 
Reifsnyder,  450. 
Reigard,433,  435. 
Reigart,  231. 
Reily,   134,  137,  170, 

309,  498,  505-508, 
Reimsnyder,  310. 
Reinhart,  348, 
Reist,  92,93, 


Index  of  Surnames. 


715 


Eeitzell,  68. 
Eemington,  265. 
Renick,      229,      596, 

597. 
Reniier,  618. 
Renninger,  575,  603, 

605. 
Rex,  454. 
Reynolds,  78,  99,159, 

204,   249,   339,  345, 

355,   362,   365,  410, 

422,441,585. 
Rhoads,  574,  675. 
Rice,  305,  372,  584. 
Richards,  4,  163,  172, 

247. 
Richardson,  369. 
Richert,  609.    • 
Richey,  162.     • 
Richie,  351. 
Richmond,    40,    205, 

206. 
Rieketts,  166,  413. 
Ridgway,    139,    447, 

458. 
Riddle,    7,    9,    342, 

388. 
Rife,    94,    311,    313, 

6(15. 
Righter,  432. 
Ring,  473. 
Ringland,  93,  94,  95, 

96,  305. 
Ringwalt,  279. 
Riske,273. 
Ritchey,117,119,167, 

192. 
Ritchie,  526. 
Ritner,  23,  120,  239, 

370,  505,  630. 
Ritscher,  650. 
Rittenhouse,  661. 
Roades,  696. 
Roan,  7,  49,  97,  98, 

153,  181,  539-544. 
Robb,  475. 


Roberdeaa,  396. 

Roberts,  203,  240, 
279,  342,  348,  489, 
505,  559. 

Robertson,  329,  556, 
623. 

Robeson,  581,  588.  . 

ROBiNSOisr,  17,  34, 
56,61,71,  116,  117, 
128,  138,  151,  156, 
163,  289,  326,  373, 
401,  448,  459,  461, 
518,  5-i8,  545-560, 
584,  693,  694. 

Rochambeau,  482. 

Rodenberger,  92. 

Rodgers,  212,  325, 
424,  432,  466,  467, 
583,  625. 

Roe,  446. 

Rogers,  4,  8,  55,  190, 
191,  192,  198,  263, 
392,  402,  403,  600. 

Roller,  10. 

Roop,  692. 

Roper,  524. 

Rorabaugh,  608. 

Rosebrugh,  671. 

Rose,  43,  485. 

Ross,  p5,  166,  222, 
30^,  309,  312,  34'2, 
347,  358,'  391,  510, 
556,  559,  560,  648, 
654. 

Rossiter,  296. 

Rotharmel,  257. 

Roumfort,  311. 

Rowan,  142,  540. 

Rowe,  137. 

Rowland,  152. 

Rowson,  102. 

Royse,  198. 

Rudy,  78. 

Rumbaugh,  600. 

Runck,  300. 

Rush,  213,  247. 


Russell,  145, 163,  173, 
337,  342,  343,  381, 
692. 

Rutherford,  64,66,. 
120,  174,  185,  300, 
306,   308,  315,  561- 

.  578,  597^693,  694, 
695. 

Ryan,  622,  650,  697. 

Ryenearson,  207. 

Ryschacker,  104. 

Sage,  134,    352,-317, 

327,  328. 
Saddler,     445,      450, 

453,  462. 
■^adtler,  297. 
Sahler,  649. 
Salvage,  445. 
Sample,      387,     396, 

590,  593. 
Sanders,  464. 
Sanderson,  385,  391, 

392. 
Sanford, 113. 
Sankey,  563. 
Sausser,  203. 
Savaore,  335,  340. 
Sawyer,  7,  9,  10,  60, 

117,119. 
Scheaffer,    93,     291 , 

292,   293,   296,  297, 

435,601. 
Schee,  2S2. 
Scheffer,  87. 
Schell,  440. 
Schindel,  141. 
Schmidt,  136. 
Schmucker,  644. 
Scholl,  577. 
Schoolcraft,  526. 
Schooley,  395. 
Schoonover,  187. 
Schrack,  675.  ^ 
Schram,  295. 
Schriner,  93. 


■16 


Pennsylvania  Genealogies. 


Scliriver,  614. 
Schrombiiugh,  602. 
Schroover,  165. 
Scott,  46,  48,  67,  81, 

109,   110,  'll5,  116, 

161,  229,  231,  243, 

246,  268,  273,  542, 

548,  635. 
Scriveii,  320. 
Scudder,  550. 
Seabaug-h,  300,  305. 
Seal,  607. 
Sears,  618. 
Searles,  2. 
Seegrist,  436. 
Seibert,  296,  308,  493-.  ' 
Seller,  84,  85,146,509. 
Seiple,  696,  698. 
Selzer,  292. 
Semple,  76,  337,  623, 

627,  693. 
Sergeant,  186. 
Servis,  329. 
Sener,  298, 
Setzer,  432. 
Sevier,  541. 
Sewalt,  312. 
Seymour,  819, 
Sheaffer,  101,251. 
Sliaffei-,  56. 
Sliaffiier,  2-3 1.255,494. 
Shaler,  480. 
Shellenberger,  410. 
Shandy,  141,150. 
Sbarinoii,  191,400. 
Sharon,  167,  184,270, 

344,  368,  385,  659. 
Sliari),  1S5,  293,  400, 

544,  665,  689. 
Shatzer,  256. 
Shaw,  3,4,  55,389,400, 
Sheetz,  43. 
Shelby,  401,402. 
Sheldon,  135,249,272. 
Shelly,  94,  300,  305. 
Shelmire,  42,  43. 


Shepard, 680, 681. 
Sherer,  52,  55,56,163, 

172.    173,   175,  320, 
566,  582,  585. 
Sherk,  450,  615,  653. 
Sherman  ,183,42 1,626. 
Shesser,  403. 
ShervA^ood,  551. 
Shields,  58, 68,76,408, 

417,  488,  595,  597. 
Shiley,  645. 
Shippen, 161. 
Shipley,  196,  206. 
Ships,  43. 
Shira,  55,  61, 
Shively,  690. 
Shoe,  455. 
Shoemaker,  311. 
Sliorb,  586. 
Shrom,   65,   71,    146, 

517,  550. 
Shuart,  199. 
Shiigert,  23,  592. 
Shultz,  566,  571,  618. 
Shultze.  105. 
Shulze,  45,   206,   212, 

247,   279,   280,  302, 

501,  503. 
Shunk,218,  238,  249, 

376. 
Shupe,  59. 
Sigler,  147. 
Sigraund,  220. 
Silvers,  60,  552. 
Sinicox,  93. 
Siniison,  515,  524. 
Sinmiis,  483. 
Simmers,  612. 
Simmons,    139,    140, 

215,  387,  395. 
Simpson,  151,155,179,' 

272,   456,   467,  470, 

474,  475,   476,   622. 
SlMONTON",  274,  308, 

657-663. 
Sinclair,  77. 


Siney,  330. 

Sisson,  325. 

Skerrett,  38,  39. 

Skyles,  547. 

Slack,  617. 

Slagle,  301,  303,  307, 
613. 

Slausson, 197. 

Slaymaker,  222,  225, 
642. 

Sloan,  101,  127,  395. 

Slocum,  555. 

Slote,  396,  410. 

Sly,  525. 

Small,  280,  308,  690. 

Smallvvood,  110,  212. 

Sraaltz,  260. 

Smead,  235, 

Smethers,  78. 

Smith,  7.  11,  18,  42, 
46,47,59,71,  86,94, 
96,102,123,126,127, 
133,  136,  137,  148, 
149,  153,  156,  163, 
164,  172.  174,  195, 
196,  197,  198,  246, 
250,  263,  275,  285, 
297,  311,  318,  329, 
348,  352,  362,  365, 
393,  394,  41G,  437, 
4.38,  441,  446,  449, 
453,  458,  459,  494, 
501,  520,  527,  560, 
566,  602,  625,  654, 
673,  682,  684,  692, 

Smock,  140. 

Smyser,  613. 

Smythe,  188,  284. 

Snetlien,  80. 

S noddy,  546. 
./Snodgrass,  1,  2,  7,  8, 
52,56,57,58,61,127, 
195,  276,  355,  365, 
5.  >,  587,  588,  658, 
659,  661, 

Snook,  611, 


Index  of  SurnaMes: 


717 


Snow,  282,321. 
SnoMTlen,  18,  26,  35, 

68,69,366,367,394, 

520,598,  607. 
Snurr,  449. 
Snyder,  84,  107,  123, 

160,  238,  239,  274, 

293,   294,  302,  307, 

322,   368,  451,  497,- 

498. 
Sober,  86. 
Somerville,  112. 
Sordis,  170. 
Soule,  197. 
Southwick,  300. 
Spain-,  101. 
Spalding,  139. 
Spangler,271,279,310, 

373,  614. 
Spayd,274. 
Spear,  393. 
Speed, 321. 
Speer,  3,  528,  59. 
Spencer, 131, 133, 212. 
Spinning,  591. 
Sponsler,  302. 
Sprague,  589. 
Sprigg,  526. 
Spring,  523. 
Springer,  487. 
.  Spyker,  130,  602. 
Stabin, 105. 
Stacarn ,  273. 
Stacey,  99. 
Stackhonse,  372,  379. 
Stahl,291,294. 
Stanley,  401. 
Stan  pole,  536. 
Stansberry,  530. 
Stark,  59. 
Stauffer,  46,  438,  439, 

614,  691. 
Steedinan,674. 
Steel  or  Steele,  38, 41, 
81,  153,  195,  200, 
206,  207,  246,  386, 
387,  388,  392,  401, 
402,  412,  426,  593. 


Stees,  255,  272. 
Stehley,  257. 
Stein,  84,498. 
Steinor,  104, 105,  495. 
Stein  man,  435,  669. 
Stelling,  313. 
Stenger,  616. 
Stephen,  3, 5, 155, 158. 
Stephens,  139.. 
Stephenson, 530,  538. 
Sterner,  330. 

Sterrett,  35,  337,  339, 
341,   342,   346,  366, 
393. 
Sterry,  374. 
Stevens,  199,432. 
Stevenson,  323,  523, 
525,  678,  693. 

StewaPwT,   1^  2,  56, 
57,'59,'60',  177|  182,' 
198,  227,  329,  344, 
389,  394,   440,  466, 
579-600,  666,  672. 

Stilz,  647. 

Stimmel,  612. 

Stine,  307,  309. 

Stinson,  192. 

Stirling,  24. 

Stobo,  490. 

Stockman.  540,  544. 

Stockton, 185. 

Stoddard,  199,  429. 

Stoehr,  254, 256. 

Stone,    62,  297,  494, 
685. 

Story,  240. 

Stoucli,  298. 

Stough,452,463,  692. 

Stout,  282. 

Stover,  257. 

Stowe,  618. 

Strain,  3,  8,  118,  127, 
430. 

Strawbridge,  98. 

Street,  196,  204. 

Strine,  294. 

Strock,  617. 

Strode, 336. 


Strobm,3,  602,  604. 
Stroman,  451. 
Stroud, 39. 
Stroup,  291,  296.    -" 
Strumpf,  345. 
Stryker, 588. 
Stuart,  216. 
Stubs,  460. 
Studebaker,  310. 
Sturgeon,  33,  60,  61, 

117,  186,   430,   546, 

551,  598,  600. 
Sturges,  294. 
Sturgis,  550. 
Sturtz,  552, 
Stuveysant,  13,  14. 
Sullivan,  485,  492. 
Summers,  175,  454. 
Sumner,  214, 216, 218, 

219,  627. 
Sutherland,  331. 
Suydam,  346. 
Swan,  63,    64,    565, 

569,  595-600. 
Swartz,  255,  261,  263, 

312,  313,  389. 
Swartzwelder,  480. 
Swearingen ,  538. 
Sweeny,  256. 
Swenk,  105. 
Swift,  76. 
Swingley,  4. 
Swisher,  676. 
Swoope,  108. 
Symonds,  380. 

THbret,294. 

Taggart,  189. 

Tannehill,  526,  687. 

Tapley,  681. 

Tate,  26,  516,  527. 

Taylor,  39,54,  74, 151,^ 
156,  177,   304,  339,    j 
393,  400,  483,  "188,    I 
597,605,667.  / 

Teall,  219,  220. 

Templeton,  164,354, 
360,  514  580,  583. 


718 


Pennsylva n  ia   Genealogies. 


Templin,  654. 

Tennet,  691. 

Tennent,  102. 

Terry,  313. 

Thaker,  451. 

Thedus,  644. 

Tluelmann,  136. 

Thorn,  244,  245. 

Thomas,  131,  132, 
133,  145,  224,  295, 
340,  433,  451,  601- 
620,  626,  670. 

Tliomason,  277,  283, 
284. 

Tliompson,  3,  18,  34, 
109,  126,  131,  135, 
153,  155,  157,  159, 
173,  223,  225,  280, 
281,  322,  331,  393, 
444,  449,  451,  400, 
461,  540,  580,  596, 
619,667. 

Thori],  131,  134,  320, 
547,  549. 

Thornburg,  450. 

ThurmH)i,420,  425. 

Tice,  164. 

Tidd,  681,  683. 

Tilglimau,  239. 

Tillman,  417. 

Tillsoii,  514. 

Tilly,  182. 

Timberlake,  213. 

Tittle,  379. 

Tobias,  019. 

Todd,  1,  9,  56,  75, 
100,  102,  186,  625. 

Tomb,  528. 

Torbert,  140,  671. 

Torrance,  229. 

Torrence,  60. 

Towles,  69,  79,  313. 

Townsend,  199,  300, 
551,  555. 

Trabue,  399. 

Tracy,  345,  351. 

Trauger,  448,  459. 


Tressler,  293,  298. 
Tripp,  523. 
Tripple,  678. 
Trimble,  317,  668. 
Tritt,331. 
Trosell,  453. 
Trowbiidge,  403. 
Truesdale,  556. 
Truman,  101. 
Tryon,  39. 
Turbett,340. 
Tucker,  248,  399,  449. 
Tugard,  201. 
Turley,  79. 
Turner,  265,  453. 
Tuttle,  551. 
Tyler,  44,  627. 

Uhland,  254. 
TJhler,  602. 
Ulmer,  104. 
Ulp,  398,  411. 
Uncles,  527. 
Unger,  225,  643. 
Updegratr,  691. 
Urie,    444,  447,  448, 

449,  456,  459,  519, 

521. 

Vail.  2. 

Valentine,  344,  349. 
Valodin,  577. 
Van  Campen,  182. 
Van  Cleve,  3,  5. 
Vance,  311,393.  - 
Vandivender,295,474, 

679. 
Van  Doren,  4. 
Van  Dyke,  331. 
Van  Dwyn,  197. 
Van  Eman,  111. 
Van  Gundy,  71. 
Van  Horn,  87,90,119, 

120. 
Van  Hook,  275. 
Van  liiper,  2. 
Vanvalzah,  530,  533. 


Van  Vliet,  273,  372. 
Vaughn,  279. 
Veach,  570. 
Veith,  103,  105. 
Venable,  400. 
Verdi,  523. 
Vest,  458 
Vickers,  11. 
Viers,  452,  463. 
Vincent,  346,410,432, 
Vogelsang,  135. 
Von  Buskirk,281. 
Vondersmith,  294. 
Von  Treupel,  133,13(5. 
Voorhees,  510. 

Waddell,  402,403,413, 

678. 

Wade,  195,  197,  198, 
199. 

Wagner,  136,  647, 

Waldschmid,  S3. 

Walker,  18,  70,  220, 
242,  245,  325,  341, 
387,  401,  421,  503, 
539,  ^72,  581,  584, 
590,  618,  634,  635, 
636,  637,  638,  639, 
666,  671. 

Wall,  165. 

Wallace,  54,55,  58, 
60,  74,  97,  98,  124, 
155,  159,  173,  207, 
221,  283,  285,  286, 
287,  288,  360,  366, 
372,  373,  375,  376, 
417,  430,  595,"  607, 
621-642,  677,  694. 

Wallingford,  490,492. 

Walsh,  72. 

Ward,  429,  455,  680. 

Ward  well,  688. 

Warford,  377,  383. 

Warner,  83, 533. 

Wainock,  675. 

Warren,  401. 

Warring,  455, 


Index  of  Surnames. 


719 


Washburn,  284,  449, 

461. 
Waslnngton,-;  14,225, 

318,  338,   357,  358, 

478,   479,   480,  487, 

685. 
Waters,  16. 
Watson,  18,  69,76, 79, 

111,   141,   249,  250, 

309,   338,  410,  519, 

530,  559,  683. 
Watls,  119. 
Watigh,28,72,79,80, 

81,    136,    314,    635, 

661. 
Weakley,  26. 
Weatherly,  44. 
Weaver,  254, 432, 454, 

608,  651 . 
Webb,  134,  140. 
Webber,  139. 
Webster,  152,153,431, 

446,  532,  539. 
Weed,  409. 
AVeems,  150. 
Weidler,  261. 
WeidmiiiJ,  502. 
Weigle,  614. 
Weir,  628-632,  648. 
Weiser,  494,  498. 
Weiss,  601,683,  686. 
Weizgarver,  215. 
Wellendorf,  524. 
Welles,  215,  669. 
Wells,   76,   188,    293, 

378,  440. 
Welsh,  304,  382,  651, 
Welsh  of  er,  307. 
Wenner,  441 . 
Wesley,  236. 
West,  15, 17,  677.     ^ 
Westbrook,  224.     "^ 
Westcott,  179, 
Wetherill,  501. 
Wever,  272. 
Wheaton,  235. 


Wheeler,  553,557,589, 
White,  65,71,156,164, 

166,   400,   519,  596, 

598,  599,  669. 
Whitehead,  518. 
Whitehill,    118,  120, 

172,   274,  498,  504, 

505. 
Whiteley,  215. 
Whiteman,  273. 
Whiteside,    76,    156, 

163,   172,   181,  271, 

573. 
AVhittield,152, 
Whitlock,  134,  137, 
Whitmore,  617, 
Whitney,  610. 
Whittlesey,  345. 
Wickard,455. 
Wickersham,  263. 
Wicklen,420. 
Wideiier,  495. 
Wiggin,385,  388. 
Wiggins,  657-663. 
Wilcox,  326. 
Willar,  676. 
Willard.  684. 
Willets,  320,  469, 
Wiley,  456. 
Wilmoth,  587. 
WiESTLING,  95,  629, 

631,  64.3-656. 
Wikoff,  120. 
AVilhelm,     -308,    313, 

314. 
Wilkins,181,483,515, 

522,523. 
Williams,  5,  98,   99, 

135,   198,   215,  236, 

284,  367,  377,  436, 

454,  515,   521,  528, 

535,  551,   661.   694, 

697. 
Williamson,  26,  141, 

370,   371.  387,  430, 

431,529,  .536,  668, 


Willis,  365,  .550,  -551, 
5-55, 

Wills,  120,  621,  623, 
626,  627. 

Willson,221,222. 

Wilson,  2,10,19,20, 
51,  53,  64,  67,  138, 
155,  161,  164,  177 
185,  221,  222,  248, 
249,  252,  272,  300, 
317,^324,  329,  330, 
332,  341,  .347,  454, 
484,  509,  530,  .533, 
563,  567,  582,  5S7, 
.591,  597,  606,  664- 
679,  681,  682,695. 

WiiicheJ,  623,  625. 

WiMebrenner,3 12,559 
560,  606, 

Wing,  168, 

Wingerd,  656. 

Wingert,  690. 

Winship,  680,681 ,682, 
684. 

Winslow,  684. 

Winters,  4,  136,  665. 

Winthrop,  378. 

Wiseman,  548, 

Wishart,  527. 

Wistar,  87. 

Withers,  648, 

Witte,  299. 

Witman,  498,504,507, 
508. 

Witherspoon,  212, 

Withrow,  677. 

Wolcott,  205. 

Wolf,  4.5,46,  433,468, 
558,  567,  615,  687. 

Wolfersberger,  258, 
602,  604. 

Wonderly,  55. 

Worrall,  278,  368. 

Wood,  87,  187,  188, 
273,  432,  504,  649, 

Woodburn,  447,  550. 


r20 


Pennsnhan ia   Genealogies. 


Woodhull,  373. 

Woodrow,  387. 

Woods,  177, 178, 181, 
189, 190. 

Wool,  627. 

Work,  232. 

Workman,  450. 

Worst,  453. 

Worth,  652. 

Wray,  121,236. 

Wrenshall,  478,  480. 

Wright,  29,  67,  118, 
134,  138,  139,  184, 
194,  195,  213,  214, 
218,  219,  345,  351, 
388,  401,  410,  684. 

Wyckoff,  379. 


Wyeth,  218,680-688. 
Wylie,  191,  546,  547, 

596. 
Wynkoop,  575. 

Yerkes,  41,42, 
Yesler,  614. 
Yetter,94. 
Yingling,  81. 
Young,  1,  74,110,116, 

206,   213,   215,  276, 

296,  438,   519,   564, 

626,  665,  678. 
Youngblood  ,444,445. 
Younghaus,  644. 
Yonse,646,  647,  648, 

652. 


Youtz,552. 
Yting,  136. 
Yunker,  103. 

Zacharias,  262. 
Zahm,  294,495. 
Zeagly,  609. 
Zed  wick,  434. 
Zeller,  103. 
Ziegler,  298,  307,308, 

614,  615,  656. 
Zimmerman,  257,577, 

605. 
Zlnn,  254,   257,  261,. 

262. 
Zoll,  76. 
Zollinger,  311. 


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