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i. Henry, b. 1814; d. 1851; m. Ann Hos- tetter.
ii. Fanny, b. 1816; m. Samuel Snyder. . iii. Christian, b. 1818; m. Fanny Brenne- man.
iv. Samucl, b. 1818; m., first, Anna Long; secondly, Maria Hershey.
v. Jonas, b. 1821; d. 1848.
vi. Benjamin, b. 1823; m. Susan Stauffer. vii. Catharine.
viii. David, m. a Rutt.
XIV. REV. CHRISTIAN NISSLEY (Samuel, John, Jacob), of Chiques, b. October 20, 1794; m. Magdalena Bomberger. They had issue :
i. Samucl, b. 1817; d. 1824.
ii. Joseph, b. 1821; m. Martha Sherch.
iii. Christian, b. 1825; d. 1844.
iv. Martin-B., b. 1829.
v. Martha, m. Andrew Gerber.
XV. REV. CHRISTIAN NISSLEY (Martin, Jacob), b. 1777, in Mount Joy township, Lan- caster county, Pa .; d. 1831; m. Maria Krey- bill. They had issue :
17. i. John, b. 1800; m. Barbara Snyder.
18. ii. Rev. Peter, b. 1802; m., first, a Wit- mer; secondly, a Kreider; thirdly, a Sherch.
19. iii. Jacob, b. 1808; d. 1862; m. Elizabeth Kreybill.
iv. Barbara, b. 1812; d. s. p.
. XVI. JACOB NISSLEY (Jacob, John, John,
Jacob), m. Barbara Hoffman, and removed to Crawford county, Pa. They had issue :
i. Mary-Ann, mn. William Stough, of Erie.
ii. Christian -. Joseph.
iii. Jacob-Hoffman, d. s. p.
iv. John-K., m. and removed to Iowa.
v. Frances, m. George Spitler.
vi. Amanda-Elizabeth, Henry.
m. Abraham
vii. Clara, m. David Espy.
viii. William-O.
XVII. JOHN NISSLEY (Christian, Martin, Jacob), b. 1800; m. Barbara Snyder. They had issue :
i. Ilenry-S., m. Anna B. Reist.
ii. Mary-S., m. Martin W. Nissley.
iii. Fanny-S., m. C. K. Hostetter.
iv. Christian-S., m. Mary N. Eby.
v. Sarah-S.
vi. John-E., m. Sarah N. Eby.
vii. Barbara-S., m. Samuel S. Garver.
XVIII. REV. PETER NISSLEY (Christian, Martin, Jacob), b. 1802; was thrice married, first, to a Witiner; secondly, to a Kreider: thirdly, to a Sherch ; and there was issue :
i. Mary-K., m. Solomon L. Swartz.
iż. Esther-K., d. s. p.
iii. John-K., m. Maria B. Reist.
iv. Lcah-K., m. David L. Miller.
v. Christian-K., d. s. p.
vi. Barbara-K., m. C. F. Hostetter.
vii. Catharinc-K., d. s. p.
viii. Anna-K., d. s. p.
XIX. JACOB NISSLEY (Christian, Martin, Jacob), b. 1808; d. 1862, in Mount Joy town- ship, Lancaster county, Pa .; m. Elizabeth Kreybill. They had issue:
i. Christian, d. s. p.
ii. Jacob-K., m. Anna Rissor.
iii. Martha, m. Elias Eby.
iv. Amos, d. s. p.
v. Barbara, m. Jonas E. Hostetter.
vi. Mary, d. s. p.
vii. Catharine, m. Michael H. Engle.
viii. Elizabeth, m. David Rutt.
ix. Anna, m. Jacob Good.
x. Samuel, d. s. p.
xi. Rebecca, mn. Jacob Mumma.
xii. Simm-K.
Owing to the constant repetition of the baptismal or christian names in this, as well as other families, it is a difficult matter to dovetail them. For instance, the following
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which is difficult to connect with the pre- ceding :
ABRAHAM NISSLEY, d. 1823; removed from Conoy to Franklin county, Pa., in 1800; m., and had issue :
i. Elizabeth, m. Samuel Ott.
ii. Jacob, m. Susan Rutt.
iii. Mary, m. Jacob Leidig.
iv. Herman, m. Eliza Witmer.
v. Joseph, m. Sarah Schwartz.
vi. Fanny, b. 1800; d. 1838 ; m. Abraham Metz.
RENICK OF PAXTANG.
I. THOMAS RENICK, a native of Ireland, came with his family to America in 1733. On the 27th of March, 1738, he took out a warrant for 326 acres in Paxtang township, where he had first settled. This land ad- joined lands of William Ritchey and Thomas Mayes. Of his family we have the record only of one son.
II. WILLIAM RENICK (Thomas), b. about 1740 in Ireland; d. prior to 1763, in Pax- tang, for on the 5th of January that year his estate was divided ; and the children sever- ally released their claims against the estate of their father to their brother Henry. The family at that date were :
3. i. Henry, b. 1725; m. Martha Wilson.
4. ii. Thomas, b. 1730; m. Jean
iii. Margaret, b. 1733; resided in Cun- berland county, Pa.
iv. Alexander, b. 1736; resided in Cum- berland county, Pa.
v. Samuel, b. 1738; resided in Cumber- land county, Pa .; m., and had a son William.
vi. William, b. 1740; resided in Frederick county, Md .; m., and had a son William.
vii. James, b. 1742; resided in Trenton, West Jersey.
III. HENRY RENICK (William, Thomas), b. December 2, 1725, in the north of Ireland; m., in 1750, Martha Wilson. They had issue:
i. William, b. Monday, October 6, 1749; d. March, 1776.
ii. Sarah, b. Tuesday, October 15, 1751; d. March 12, 1823; m. John Wil- son, b. 1750; d. November 11, 1800.
iii. Mary, b. Saturday, August 24, 1754. iv. Martha, b. Saturday, November 30, 1755; m. William Swan.
v. Esther, b. August 31, 1758; m., De- cember 14, 1784, Robert Foster, b. 1758; d. January 20, 1834, in Buf- falo Valley, and left issue.
vi. Margaret, b. September 12, 1760; d. s. p.
IV. THOMAS RENICK (William, Thomas), b. about 1730 in the north of Ireland ; d. in April, 1777, in Paxtang; m. Jean Clark, daughter of Robert and Jean Clark, of Upper Paxtang ; d. in May, 1782. They had issue: i. Mary, m. Hugh Miller.
ii. Jean, m. Thomas Brunson.
iii. John, d. May, 1784; unm .; directing liis estate to be divided between his four sisters and his cousin, Esther Renick.
iv. Margaret.
v. Ann, m. Robert Boyd.
THE SAWYER FAMILY.
I. WILLIAM SAWYER, a native of Ireland, settled on the Kennebec, in Maine, in the fall of 1717. Whether his father ever came to Pennsylvania is doubtful, but Will- iam located in Lancaster county, Derry town- ship, prior to 1735. He was born in 1703 and died October 18, 1784. In old Derry church graveyard is this inscription :
In memory of | William Saw- | yer, who de- | parted this Life | Octor the 18 1784 \ in the 81st year | of his age.
His wife Sophia (maiden name not known), b. in 1705; d. September 9, 1788, and is buried by his side. They had issue, all b. in Derry township, among others :
2. i. John, b. 1729; m. Jean Allen.
ii. Hannah, b. April 21, 1731 ; d. October 26, 1806; m. John Logan, b. 1729;
d. February 21, 1788; and there was issue (surname Logan) :
1. Thomas.
2. William.
3. John.
4. Margaret, m. a Willson.
5. Mary, m. Samuel McCleery. iii. James, b. 1733.
3. iv. Benjamin, b. 1735; m. Margaret
v. Thomas, b. 1737; m., March 30, 1762, Margaret MeCallen.
vi. [A dau.], m. William Duncan and had William.
4. vii. William, b. 1741 ; m. Jean Willson.
II. JOHN SAWYER (William), b. 1729; d.
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1812; in., October 27, 1757, Jean Allen, b. in Springfield, Ohio. Joseph Clokey, the 1736; dau. of William and Elizabeth Alien, of Hanover. They had issue :
i. Joseph, b. 1758; m. Elizabeth ,
removed to Preble county, Ohio, and died there.
ii. John, m. Mary Bell, of Hanover.
iii. William.
iv. Jane, b. 1764; d. November 29, 1803; m. Robert Geddes.
v. Elizabeth, m. John Boal.
vi. Sophia.
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There were other daughters. One mar- ried James Johnston, removed in 1727 to Fountain county, Ind., and died there. One m. John McCord, and removed in 1827 to Preble county, Ohio. One m. John Allen, and another William Sawyer, a cousin. Concerning the latter, we have the follow- ing information :
Some years after their marriage William Sawyer and his wife became thoroughly con- vinced that their marriage was wrong and agreed finally to separate. Accordingly their farm was sold and the proceeds divided. Both loved each other dearly, and when the time came for separation the ordeal was a se- vere one. After embracing his wife he would go a short distance, then return, and so con- tinued for some time, when at last, amid tears, he passed out of view. William Saw- yer went to the then far West, engaged in boating on the Ohio, and was subsequently drowned in the Kanawha river while taking down a boat load of salt. The widow of William Sawyer married Joseph Clokey, who left Ireland at the time of the Rebellion of '98, immediately after the battle of Bolany- Hinch. ' "I was quite a boy," wrote the late Samuel Barnett, of Springfield, in 1867, “ at the time, but remember hearing all about the case. He escaped almost by miracle to this country." Mr. Clokey's daughter Eliza came subsequently to this country. She mar- ried a Mr. Hughes, near Canonsburg, Pa., and deceased there, leaving two or three chil- dren. Mrs. Clokey was a cousin of my mother's. She liad by this second marriage two sons and one daughter. The daughter married Rev. Mr. Wilson, of Canonsburg, and died about 1866. Mr. Clokey removed from where he lived, near Hanover church, to Canonsburg, about 1813 or 1814. Both Mr. and Mrs. Clokey deceased there a number of years ago. Their son, John Clokey, mar- ried and had a family. His widow resides
other son, took a college course at Canons- burg, studied theology, joined the Associate Reformed Church at the time the union was consummated between the Associate and the Associate Reformed Church, now the United Presbyterian Church. He afterwards became professor of pastoral theology in the United Theological Seminary at Xenia, Ohio. He has been twice married. His first wife was a Patterson, by whom he had a son and daugh- ter. The former died at Springfield, Ohio ; the daughter married a Mr. Henry, and re- moved to Illinois. Dr. Clokey married, sec- ondly, a Mrs. Waddell, from near Wheeling, by whom he had three sons and two daugh- ters. One son is preaching at Steubenville, Ohio ; another at Indianapolis, and the third is a lawyer." The Rev. Dr. Clokey was the oldest minister in Springfield at the time this letter of Mr. Barnett's was written and con- sidered an able divine .*
III. BENJAMIN SAWYER (William), b. about 1735 in Derry township, then Lancas- ter, now Londonderry township, Dauphin county, Pa .; d. February 5, 1792. He mar- ried Margaret - -, b. 1737; d. 1796 ; and they had issue :
i. Thomas, m., and had William, Jr., m. Mary
ii. William.
iii. James.
iv. Hannah.
IV. WILLIAM SAWYER (William), b. about 1741, in Derry township, Lancaster county, now Londonderry township, Dauphin county ; d. August 20, 1785. He m., Octo- ber 1, 1761, by Rev. John Roan, Jean Will- son. After Mr. Sawyer's death she married David Miskimmins. They had issue :
i. Mary, m. William Crain.
ii. Margaret, m. Archibald Boyd.
iii. Joseph, b. 1773 ; d. February 28, 1789; buried in Derry churchyard.
iv. William, m. Esther Rogers.
v. Elizabeth, m. Alexander Weir.
SHELLYS OF SHELLY'S ISLAND.
I. DANIEL SHELLY, a native of Switzer- land, emigrated to America prior to 1740, and settled in Rapho township, Lancaster county, Pa. We have the names of only three of his children-of one of whom, the principal proprietor of " Rich Island," known
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afterwards as Shelly's Island, only have we data beyond the first generation. These children were :
2. i. Christian, m., and left issue.
3. ii. Daniel, mn., and left issue.
4. iii. Jacob, m., and left issue.
II. CHRISTIAN SHELLY (Daniel), b. about 1730, in Switzerland; d. prior to 1785, in Rapho township, Lancaster county, Pa .; left a wife Magdalena, who d. in 1796, and the following issue :
i. Peter, d. about 1790, unm.
ii. Jacob, m. Barbara -, of Mt. Joy township, Lancaster county.
iii. Abraham, in. Catharine -, of Rapho township, Lancaster county.
· iv. Christian, m. Elizabeth , of Mt. Joy township, Lancaster county.
v. Magdalena, m. Christian Martin, of Earl township, Lancaster county.
vi. Barbara, m. Peter Snevely, of Lebanon township.
vii. Mary, m. Christian Wisler. viii. Ann, m. Mark Martin.
ix. Elizabeth, m. Samuel Myer, Jr., of Rapho township.
III. DANIEL SHELLY (Daniel), b. about 1737; d. in June, 1802, on Shelly's Island, in the Susquehanna ; was married three or four times-in 1776, wife Elizabeth-in 1774, wife Catharine-in 1794, wife Barbara. HIe left the following children :
5. i. Jacob, b. 1762; m. Anne
6. ii. Abraham, b. 1764; m. Rebecca
7. iii. Daniel, b. 1766. iv. Catharine, b. 1769; m. Joseph Rife.
8. v. John, b. 1774 ; m., and had issue. vi. Nancy, b. 1776 ; m. Henry Etter, son of Henry and Eve Etter, of Derry. vii. Elizabeth, b. 1779; m. Jacob Bear. 9. viii. Wendle, b. 1781 ; m. Ann Rife.
10. ix. Susannah, b. 1783; m. Henry Rife. x. Mary (Polly), b. 1785; m. Henry Sharrer, of Paxtang. xi. Rachel, b. 1787; m. Mr. Brenneman, of Lebanon, Ohio.
IV. JACOB SHELLY (Daniel), b. about 1740; d. prior to 1790; his widow Mary in 1790 was the wife of Peter Bowman, of Hempfield township, Lancaster county, l'a. The issue of Jacob and Mary Shelly were:
i. Jacob, m. Margaretta
ii. Mary, m. John Grouss. iii. Barbara.
V. JACOB SHELLY (Daniel, Daniel), b. about 1762, in York county, Pa .; d. in De- cember, 1801, in Londonderry township, Dauphin county Pa .; m. Anne -, b. 1766; d. January, 1828. They had issue :
i. Isaac, b. 1786; d. July, 1839; m., and had Jacob, d. at York, Pa., Samuel, of Adams county, Isaac, unm., Eliza- beth, d. s. p., and Nancy (Ann), m. S. II. Milligan.
ii. Elizabeth, b. 1788.
11. iii. Daniel, b. 1790; m., and had Ephraim and Daniel. iv. Nancy, b. 1792; d. prior to 1811. v. Polly, b. 1794.
VI. ABRAHAM SHELLY (Daniel, Daniel), b. about 1764; d. prior to June, 1815, in Londonderry township; m., about 1790, Re- becca They had issue :
12. i. Elizabeth, b. 1790; Reeser.
m. William
13. ii. Catharinc, b. 1792; m. Martin Crall. 14. iii. Nancy, b. 1794; m. George Etter.
15. iv. Polly (Mary), b. 1796; m. Henry Smith.
VII. DANIEL SHELLY (Daniel, Daniel), b. about 1766; m. Elizabeth Shuman. They had issue :
i. John, m., and had Samuel, Elizabeth, m. Mr. Bear, John, and Christian.
ii. Danicl, m., and had Ann, m. Mr. Mil- ler, Henry, and Mary, d. s. p.
iii. Elizabeth, m., John Sheaffer, of Lan- caster, Pa., and had Bartram-A., Ella, and Susan.
iv. Jacob, m., and had Christian, Mary, and Nancy.
v. Wendle, m., and had Danicl and Leah, m. George Souders.
vi. Abraham, d. s. p.
vii. Mary, d. s. p.
viii. Christian, mn., and had Lydia, Adeline, m. Mr. Hoke, of Harrisburg, Oliver, Christian- W., Henrietta, m. George R. Winger, Catharinc, d. s. p., and Daniel.
ix. Abraham, m., and had Elizabeth, m. Mr. Kass, Catharine, m. Mr. Bear, Bartram, Henry, Albert, Walter, Ed- ward, Swiler, Latimer, Lewis, Mary, m. Mr. Croft, Jane, m. Mr. Pray, and Anna.
x. Lydia, m. John Croll, of York county, Pa., and had Martin, Abraham, d. s. p., and Arabella, m. Mr. Miller.
VIII. JOHN SHELLY (Daniel), b. about
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1774, in Londonderry township, Lancaster, now Dauphin county, Pa .; d. August, 1827 ; m. Lydia - --. They had issue :
i. John-M., d. May, 1835 ; m. Lydia Her- man, and had Levi-Herman, d. 1846, John, Moses, Benjamin, d. s. p., and Anna, m. Jacob Miller.
ii. Susanna, m., June 4, 1823, David Det- weiler, and had (surname Det- weiler): Lydia, m. David Mumma, Esq., of Harrisburg, Ephraim, resid- ing in Missouri, and John-Shelly.
iii. Rachel, m., first, Abner Croll, of Mid- dletown, and had John-Shelly, Will- iam-A., Luther-H., and Lydia, m. Jacob L. Nissley ; secondly, Martin Kendig.
IX. WENDLE SHELLY (Daniel, Daniel), b. about 1781, on Shelly's Island ; d. January 17,1831, in Londonderry township, Dauphin county, Pa .; m. Ann Rife, daughter of Joseph and Barbara Rife; d. May, 1845. They had issue:
i. David-R., b. 1806.
ii. Elizabeth, b. 1808 ; m. Abraham Gish, of Lancaster county.
iii. Susan, b. 1810 ; m. Daniel Kendig.
16. iv. Michael, b. 1812; m. Elizabeth Croll. 17. v. Lydia, b. 1814; m. John Wolfley.
vi. Leah, b. 1816; m. Mr. Bossler, of Lancaster county, Pa.
X. SUSANNA SHELLY (Daniel, Daniel), b. about 1783, on Shelly's Island ; m. Henry Rife, of Donegal township, Lancaster county; d. 1824. They had issue (surname Rife):
i. Jacob, b. 1813.
ii. Daniel, b. 1815.
iii. Mary, b. 1817 ; m. John H. Achey, of Dayton, O., and had John and Joanna, m. Dr. Neil.
iv. Abraham, b. 1819; m. Sarah Achey, of Ohio.
v. John, b. 1821; m., and had John- Ellinger, of Washington, D. C., and George, of Baltimore, Md.
XI. DANIEL SHELLY (Daniel, Daniel), b. 1790; m. Magdalena who in 1839 was the wife of Abraham Smith. There was issue :
i. Anna, m. John Glatfelter.
ii. Susanna, m. Joseph Shickel.
iii. Benjamin, b. 1820.
iv. Ephraim, b. 1822.
v. Daniel, b. 1824.
XII. ELIZABETH SHELLY (Abraham, Dan-
iel, Daniel), b. about 1794; m. William Reeser, of York county, Pa .; and they had issue (surname Reeser) :
i. John.
ii. William.
iii. Eliza, m. Henry Beard, of Spring- field, O.
iv. Sarah, m. Samuel Prowell.
v. Susan, m. Hiram Prowell.
vi. Alexander. vii. Abraham, d. s. p.
viii. Henry.
ix. George ..
XIII. CATHARINE SHELLY (Abraham, Dan- iel, Daniel), b. about 1792 ; m. Martin Crall, of York county, Pa .; and they had issue (surname Crall) :
i. John.
ii. Elizabeth, m. Michael Shellv.
iii. Henrietta, m. Christian Shelly.
iv. Rachel, m. Henry Still.
v. Susan, d. s. p.
XIV. NANCY SHELLY (Abraham, Daniel, Daniel), b. 1796, in Londonderry township, Danphin county, Pa .; d. 1826, at Middle- town ; m., March 5, 181S, George Etter, of Middletown, b. 1783; d. 1850; and they had issue (surname Etter) :
i. George-W., b. 1814; d. February 13, 1882.
ii. Maria, m. John Josephus Walborn.
iii. Ann-Eliza, m. Philip Irwin.
iv. Harriet, b. 1822; d. November 18, 1889; in. John Monaghan.
v. Benjamin-Franklin, b. September 29, 1824; m. Catharine A. Snyder.
XV. MARY SITELLY (Abraham, Daniel, Daniel), b. about 1798, in Londonderry town- ship, Lancaster county, Pa .; m. Henry Smith, of Middletown ; and they had issue (surname Smith):
i. Sarah, m. Samuel Jenkins.
ii. Elizabeth, d. s. p.
iii. Anna-Mary, mn. A. H. Shott.
iv. Catharine, m. Robert R. Church.
v. Henry, d. s. p.
vi. Margaret-E., m. John Ringland.
vii. Louisa-J., m. Christian W. Kunkel.
XVI. MICHAEL SHELLY (Wendle, Daniel, Daniel), b. 1812 ; d. January, 1865 ; m. Eliza- beth Croll. They had issue :
i. David, m., and had issue.
ii. Wendle.
iii. Anna-Catharine, m. O. T. Everhart, of Hanover, Pa.
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iv. John- W. v. Jacob.
vi. Clara-M., m., and had issue.
vii. Elizabeth-Elmira.
viii. Mary-Lonisa.
ix. Henry- Wingert.
XVII. LYDIA SHELLY (Wendle, Daniel, Daniel), b. 1814; d. December 24, 1839; m. John Wolfley, b. August 9, 1795 ; d. February 18, 1872, at Middletown. They had issue (surname Wolfley) :
i. John.
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ii. Jacob.
iii. Annice, m. Dr. James A. Lowe.
- THE SIMPSONS OF PAXTANG.
I. JOHN SIMPSON, of Scotland, settled in the north of Ireland after the battle of the Boyne, where he died and was buried. Of his family, we have the names of two of his sons, who were early settlers in Paxtang, coming to America in 1720. They were :
2. i. Thomas, b. 1683 ; m., and had issue.
ii. John, m., and had issue ; d. in Octo- ber, 1738, in Paxtang; in his will is designated "of Fishing Creek."
II. THOMAS SIMPSON (John), a native of the north of Ireland, where he was born in 1683, emigrated to America in 1720, and settled in Paxtang, then Conestoga town- ship, Chester county, Pa .; he died in Pax- tang in June, 1761; was twice married ; by first wife there was issue :
3. i. Samuel, b. 1706 ; m., and left issue. ii. Joseph, b. 1708; m., and left issue.
iii. William, b. 1710.
iv. Rebecca, b. 1712.
v. . John, b. 1714.
By second wife, Sarah, there was issue :
vi. Mary, b. 1732; d. October 3, 1786; m. Rev. John Elder.
vii. Jean, b. 1734; d. February 20, 1777 ; m. William Kelso, b. 1737; d. No- vember 26, 1788; both buried in Paxtang church graveyard.
4. viii. Thomas, b. 1736; m., and had issue. x. Michael, b. 1740 ; became quite promi- nent in the Revolution.
III. SAMUEL SIMPSON (Thomas, John), b. 1708, in Paxtang; d. in December, 1791, in Paxtang, leaving a wife, and the following issue:
i. Jean, b. 1730.
ii. Margaret, b. 1/32; m., October 4, 1752,
William Augustus Harris, b. 1730; d. about 1760; leaving issue, John and Simpson, both d. s. p.
iii. Sarah, b. 1734 ; m. Col. William Cooke, of the Revolution.
iv. Samuel, b. 1736.
v. Rebecca, b. 1738; m. Thomas Cavet.
vi. Nathaniel, b. 1740; m. Sarah -
vii. Mary, b. 1741; m. Robert Taggart, of Northumberland county.
IV. THOMAS SIMPSON (Thomas, John), b. 1736, in Paxtang; d. February, 1777; m. Mary- They had issue :
i. Michael.
ii. Thomas, mn. Mary ----- , who after being left a widow in. William Stewart.
iii. Rebecca.
. . THE SLOANS OF HANOVER.
Several members of the Sloan family set- tled in Hanover as early as 1730, but in the absence of the assessment list it is difficult to fix the exact date. John Sloan, who died in September, 1741, left a wife Jean, and children, James, Robert, William, John, George, Sarah, and Cinquas. It was John Sloan, the first, who was the ancestor of the Sloans of Hanover, but the connecting link we have no knowledge of. Several of the family followed the Rev. Mr. Sankey to Virginia, and hence the prominence of the name in the South.
On the tax and other lists for 1751, 1756 and 1759 we have only the names of John and Samuel Sloan. In 1769, the next list, John disappears, and Samuel, James, Archi- bald, and Alexander come upon the stage. Samuel died during the Revolutionary era, in October, 1777, leaving brothers John, James, Archibald, and William. Archibald Sloan, who married first in 1759, Margaret Sloan, and secondly in 1766, Mary Craig, of Hanover, died in 1793. Concerning Alex- ander Sloan we have the following record :
ALEXANDER SLOAN, b. in 1744 ; d. in Jan- uary, 1812; m. Jean Moor. They had issne:
i. John, b. 1767 ; m. Elizabeth French, sister of Capt. James French ; re- moved to Ohio in 1832, and died there at an advanced age, leaving a large family.
ii. Robert, b. 1769; m. Sarah McCormick. iii. Alexander, b. 1771 ; m. Jane French,
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sister of John's wife; d. at Williams- port, Pa., at an advanced age.
iv. Isabella, b. 1773; d. in 18-, unm. v. James, b. 1775; m. Naney MeCreight ; d. December 1, 1820, in Hanover. vi. William, b. 1777; unm .; d. in 1818, in Hanover.
vii. Jean. b. 1781; m. Alexander Bell, of Hanover; d. in 1832, in Ohio.
- ROBERT SLOAN, a native of Ilanover town- ship, born in 1769, was brought up on his father's farm. He subsequently applied himself to mechanical pursuits, and carried on the business of cabinet-making. On the 30th of March, 1799, he was married by the Rev. James Snodgrass to Miss Sarah Me- Cormick, of Hanover, daughter of James MeCormick and Isabella Dixon. Shortly after he removed to the city of New York, but about 1812 permanently located at Har- risburg, where he pursued his avocation. He became one of the old borough's promi- nent citizens -- esteemed by all for his in- dustry, energy and uprightness of character. He was an elder in the First Presbyterian church thirteen years, " possessing," says Rev. Dr. Robinson, " the confidence of the church as a man of God, noble and blame- less in his uprightness." He died at Harris- burg, December 4, 1833, aged 64 years. His wife, Sarah MeCormiek, was one of the most amiable of women, whose life was character- ized by a faithful devotion to all the high- born virtues of Christian womanhood, only ending with her days on earth, which closed on the 5th of April, 1843. The children of Robert and Sarah Sloan, who reached matu. rity, were as follows :
i. Eliza, m., first, Thomas Baird ; see- ondly, James Rutherford Boyd. Mrs. Boyd survives and resides in Harrisburg.
ii. Alexander, m. Mary Todd, of Hanover, daughter of Capt. James Todd and Sally Ainsworth. Mr. Alexander Sloan survives and resides in Har- risburg.
iii. Isabella, m. Matthew P. Kennedy ; d. in 1877, at New Brighton, Pa.
iv. John, d. at Indianapolis, Ind., in 1874. v. William, b. 1815; studied medieine with Dr. Luther Reily, graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1837 was appointed assistant surgeon in the U. S. army. He served through the Florida and Mexican
wars. During the war of the Re- bellion he was medical director of the Department of the East, with headquarters in New York city. After the war he was transferred to the Department of the Northwest and stationed at St. Paul, Minn., where he died on the 17th of March, 1880, aged 65, the oldest surgeon in continued service in the army.
vi. Mary, m. D. Craighead; d. in 1866, at Indianapolis, Ind.
STEWART OF PAXTANG.
In the graveyard at Paxtang ehureh are the following tombstone inscriptions :
In. | memory of | Andrew Stewart \ who de- parted | this life March | the 31st 1774 \ Aged 75 years.
In memory of | Mary Stewart | who de- parted | this life April | 30th 1772 | aged 65 years.
Andrew Stewart and Mary his wife eame from Scotland prior to 1740. Owing to the destruction of the assessment lists immedi- ately subsequent to the formation of Laneas- ter county, of which the townships of Pax- tang, Derry and Hanover were an integral part upon its organization, it is very difficult to ascertain the precise year when the early settlers located here. Of the family of Stew- art there were at least three distinet heads. The name is indifferently spelled Stuart and Stewart, but rarely Stewart in the old records. The origin of the patronymie-Stewart-is from ward, to guard, to eare for. The first syllable ste is of doubtful origin, but is sup- posed to mean a place, a corner, a quarter. Stuart, Stewart and Steward have all the same origin, although those who use the Stuart elaim to have bluer blood in their veins, which, of course, is a fallaey. The u was substituted for the w because of their be- ing no w in the French alphabet, the Stew- arts having retired to Franee, or perhaps during the reign of Queen Mary Stuart, the French courtiers having introduced or per- sisted in the Frenehi mode of spelling the name Stuart.
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