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ANDREW SELDOMRIDGE Sometime before May 16, 1717 (Lancaster County was formed out of Chester in 1729) On this date a survey of land in Conestoga was completed by a London land company. The title of the survey reads: “J. Estaugh and Company’s Land Situate on Conestogoo and the Mill Creek in the County of Chester … Read more
MARRIAGES. St. James Church at Lancaster, PA 1755-1856. [When location is not mentioned Lancaster is understood.] 1755. July 6. Stephen and Margaret Carson. July 7. John Scott and Margaret Erwin. July 28. James Roarty and Catharine Lenshaghan. Aug. 19. James Reed and Elizabeth Thompson. Aug. 19. John Montgomery and Sidney Smith. Sept. 2. George Rose … Read more
THE SCOTCH-IRISH IN NORTHAMPTON CO., PENN. In the year 1728, ante-dating many years the settlement of Easton, Bethlehem, Nazareth and. Allentown, a colony of Scotch Presbyterians, founded what was known as the Craig settlement, in the Monoquasy Valley, eleven miles northwest from Easton. The territory was named Allen Township in honor of Chief Justice, William … Read more
Inscriptions From Gravestones in Cemetery at Lawrenceville, Tioga Co. Pa. By Carlos Parsons Darling. Â Dr. Lewis Darling, Surgeon 161st N. Y. Vol. Inf. Born March 5th, 1804, Woodstock, Vt. Died July 23rd, 1882. Lawrenceville, Pa. Lucy Mason Parsons, wife of Dr. Lewis Darling (no stone). Born Aug. 5th, 1803, Weathersfield, Vt. Married Oct. 16, … Read more
Tioga County, Penn., Settlers In 1816, the settlers at Lawrenceville, Tioga CO. Pa., consisted of Hon. James Ford, Judge Ira Kilbum, Jacob Geer, Dt. Curtis Parkhurst, Micajah Seeley, Daniel Walker, Hiram Beebe, Dr. Simeon Power, John Ryon, Esq., Eleazar Baldwin and William Holden. In 1834, the business men of Lawrenceville, Pa., were Hon. James Ford, … Read more
Lancaster Co., Pa. Inscriptions From the Hauck family graveyard, on Norman Wenger’s farm (formerly Rev. Israel Wenger’s) in Meadow Valley, Ephrata Twp., Lancaster County, Pa. Erb, Isaac, born July 4, 1794, died May 2, 1838. Frey, Peter, born April 12, 1784, died October 23, 1824. Fry, Sarah (daughter Peter and Elizabeth), died Nov. 21, 1857, … Read more
American Marriages for 1788 Compiled from Newspapers of 1788-9. Pennsylvania – 1788. Philadelphia – Capt. Casper Wistar to Miss Isabella Marshall. Philadelphia – Peter Stephen due Ponceau to Miss Ann Perry. Philadelphia – Dr. John Foulke to Miss Polly Parker. Philadelphia- Jacob R. Howell, Esq., to Miss Elizabeth Burge. Philadelphia – Jacob Peter to Miss … Read more
At the First Presbyterian Church. 1769, August 30, Hugh Montgomery and Amelia Irvine. 1772, April 25, John Montgomery and Jane Blaylock. 1737, October, 29, Archibald Montgomery and Sarah Winter. 1736, June 21, John Montgomery and Eliza Hogan. SOURCE: Vol, 3, No 12, December 1913 Genealogy: a journal of American ancestry
At Second Presbyterian Church, Phila. 1770, July 11, Rev. Joseph Montgomery and Rachel Boyce. 1780, December 1, Huldah Montgomery and John Rhea. 1781, March 25, William Montgomery and Rachel Harney. 1786, April 3, Joseph Montgomery and Mary Qark. 1806, February 1, Esther Montgomery and Alexander Walker. 1809, September 5, Austin Montgomery and Isabelle Bowen. 1811, … Read more
Montgomery Marriages At Christ Church, Philadelphia 1751, March 19, Sarah Montgomery and Qiarles Garoway. 1800, January 9, William Montgomery and Eliza Mitchell. 1803, August 16, William Montgomery and Amelia Moser. 1752, November 29, Samuel Montgomery and Eliza Paris. 1803, March 26, Margaret Montgomery and William Latty. 1767, September 2, Jonathan Montgomeiy and Eliz. Hawkins. 1785, … Read more