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Captain Smith's description of these inuscular sons of the forest is so charming that this sketch would be incomplete without giving it. He says: "Such great and well propor- tioned meu are seldom seen. for they seemed like giants to the English, vea, and to their neighbors. vet seemed of an honest and simple disposition, with much ado restrained from adoring us as gods. These are the strangest people in all those coun- tries, both in language and attire, for their language may well beseem their proportions, sounding from them as a voice in a vault. Their attire is the skins of bears and wolves. Some have cloaks made of bears' heads and skins, that a man's head goes into the skin's neck, and the ears of the bear fastened to
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his shoulders. the nose and teeth hanging down his breast : an- other bear's face. split behind him, and at the end of his nose hung a paw: the half sleeves coming to the elbows were the necks of bears, and the arms through the mouth, with paws hanging at their noses. One had the head of a wolf, hanging in a chain. for a jewel: his tobacco pipe. three quarters of a yard long. prettily carved with a bird. a deer, or some such de- vise. at the great end sufficient to beat out one's brains. with bows. and arrows. and clubs suitable to their greatness."
While crossing the bay to Tockwock, with the five chiefs aboard. Smith drew a pen-picture of one of them. of which he says: "The picture of the greatest of them is signified in the map. The calf of his leg was three quarters of a yard about, and all the rest of his limbs so answerable to that proportion. that he seemed the goodliest man we ever beheld. His hair. the one side was long, the other side shore close, with a ridge over his crown like a cock's comb. His arrows were five quar- ters long, headed with splinters of white crystal-like stone. in form of a heart, an inch broad. and an inch and a half, or more, long. These he wore in a wolf's skin at his back for a quiver. his bow in one hand. and his club in the other. as described." See the picture in the map. The style of wearing the hair, here described and pictured, will be recognized as somewhat Huronian in fashion. and as Powhatan would say. there is crown shaving and long hair in the neck. Smith closes this first and most interesting interview with these confiding giants, with the pathetic statement that he left them "at Tockwogh sorrowing for our departure, yet we promised the next year to again to visit them."
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FITHIAN'S JOURNAL. Sunbury and Northumberland in 1775.
ANNOTATED BY JOHN BLAIR LINN.
Here are a number of boatmen employed in going up and down the river to Middletown and back. With these and others from the country, this infant village seems busy and noisy as a Philadelphia ferry-house. I slept in a room with seven of them, and one for a bed.fellow. He was, however, clean and civil, and our bed good and neat. Some of them sus- pected me of being a clergyman and used me with profound respect. "Your Reverence," was the preface of almost every sentence. One of them, a genuine Quo-he, coaxed me by per- suasion and complaints out of a sixpence as charity.
Wednesday, June 28th. A very wet, rainy morning. About twelve o'clock marched into this town, from the "Great Island" or "Indian land" fifty miles up the river, thirty young fellows. all expert riflemen, with a drumand fife, under Captain Lowdon .* They passed on, however, soon to Sunbury where they remained until Monday. Brave youth! go, through the kindness of the God of battles, may you prosper and save your country. I made some small acquaintance with Mr. Doheda, a smart agree- able Englishman, and one Mr. Chrystie, a dry, sensible, intelli- gent Scot.
29th. I rode up the West Branch, two miles, to Mr. Andrew Gibson's, t on the way crossing the river twice, over a fine, rich, island shaded with lofty, smooth beech trees ; on one of these I carved my name. After dinner, I went down the river with
*This was Captain Lowdon's company on its way to Boston ; see Linn's Annals of Buffalo Valley for a roll of this company, enlisted along the West Branch.
¡Andrew Gibson lived about a mile below Dr. Rooke's furnace, in now Union county.
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two of the Mr. Gibsons in a small boat. for exercise and recreation. The river is perfectly transparent .- so clear that you can see, in the deepest parts, the smallest fish. In the evening came the Philadelphia papers. All things look dark and unsettled. The Irish regiments have arrived. Gov- ernment is strengthening its forces: the Americans are obsti- nate in their opposition. The Virginians have differed highly with their Governor, and he has thought it necessary to go on board, with his family, of one of his Majesty's ships. The Continental Congress is sitting in Philadelphia, and recom- mends Thursday, July 20th, as a day of public humiliation, fasting and prayer.
Saturday, July 1st. I crossed the river and rode into town ; my landlady received me kindly. From the room where I write this I have a long, full, and beautiful prospect of Sunbury down the river. Now, going either up or down, are many boats, canoes, &c., plying about. In short, this town in a few years. without doubt, will be grand and busy. I find these two in- fant villages, like other rivals, are jealous of each other's im- provements, and Mr. Haines," who is proprietor of this place, is much annoyed.
Sunday, July 2d. A rainy, damp morning ; but little prospects of service. At eleven, some few came in; we have worship in Mr. McCartney's house. After we began, many came in from the town, and they gave me good attention. Between sermons several gentlemen kindly invited me to visit them ; Mr. Cooke, the high sheriff ; + Mr. Martin, a gentleman who came lately from Jersey, (Robert Martin :) Mr. Barker,# a young gentleman, a lawyer from Ireland last fall. After one hour and a half in- termission we had service again ; many more were present than
*Reuben Haines, brewer, of Philadelphia.
fAfterward, Col. Wm. Cooke of the 12th Penna. See Dr. Egle's sketches of members of the convention of 1776 for notice of Col. Cooke .- Penn'a Mag., vol. 3, page 320.
#John Barker, Esq., joined the Revolutionary army in September, 1776. I have a very interesting letter, written by him to Michael Troy, Esq., of Sunbury, dated September 22, 1776. His further his- tory I cannot trace.
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in the morning. Mr. Scull. the Surveyor General's [Deputy Surveyor. as John Lukens was then Surveyor General] agree- able mate, was present at both sermons: Mrs. Hunter, Capt. Hunter's lady, who lives on the other side of the water at Fort Augusta, and is burgess [lieutenant] for his county, and is with Mr. Scull now, down at Philadelphia, was also present at both sermons, with her two small. neat daughters. and a beau- tiful young lady-her niece .* I was invited by Mrs. Scull to coffee. Present: Mrs. Hunter and the young ladies, Mrs. Mc- Cartney and her sister, and Mr. Barker. While we were at coffee the post came into town ; we have in the papers accounts of the battle of Bunker Hill. near Boston, where the Pro- vincials were worsted : accounts of Gen. Washington and his aid-de-camp, Mr. Mifflin, leaving Philadelphia for the North American camp. Mrs. Scull very kindly invited me to make her house my home while I shall stay in town. She has a pleasant and valuable garden, the best, by far in the town; it has a neat and well-designed summer-house. She has a well- finished parlor. with many pieces of good painting; four, in special. which struck me much ; large heads from ancient mar- bles of Hypocrates, Tully, Socrates, and Galen.
Monday, July 3d. No paper to be had in town and I have only five sheets. Mr. McCartney gave me £1. 5s. 9d. for the supply. for which he demanded a receipt. a custom here. Breakfasted with Mrs. Scull. I dined with Mr. Martin, in West-way street. on the river. After dinner, Mr. Haines, the proprietor of the town, took me to see a lot he is about to give to the Presbyterian Society. It is a fine high spot on the North-way street, and near the river ; also near it is a fine spring of good water. A number of the town gentlemen proposed, if my appointments will allow, to preach in this town on the day of the Continental fast.
Tuesday, July 4th. Mrs. Scull entertained me with many
*Col. Samuel Hunter's wife was a sister of Abram Scott. Their two daughters referred to were Mary, who married Samuel Scott, and Nancy, who married Alexander Hunter, her cousin. The niece was Mary Scott, who married Gen. Wm. Wilson, of Chillisquaque Mills, grandfather of Mrs. John B. Linn.
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good, agreeable songs. She moved my head toward my charm- ing Laura when she sang the following :
CONSTANCY.
Oh ! lovely Delia, virtuous, fair, Believe me now thy only dear, I'd not exchange my happy state For all the wealth of all the great, &c., &c.
A rainy afternoon ; I spent it with Mr. Barker in doors. I was introduced to one Mr. Freeman, a young gentleman who has been a trader at Fort Pitt. He beats the drum, and we had a good fifer, so we spent the evening in martial amusement.
Wednesday, July 5th. A very wet morning. Last Sunday some Northumberland saint stole my surtout from my saddle. It was hid, for security, in a wood-pile in the neighborhood, where it was found the next morning, advertised, and this day returned. If this be the "New Purchase"* manners, I had rather chosen to own some other kind of impudence. I agreed to-day to preach in this town on the day of the public fast, and began my sermon for that purpose. I had some proposals made me for staying in this town, but I cannot yet answer them. I dined with the kind and entertaining Mrs. Scull. She took me, with Mr. Barker, into Mr. Scull's library. It is charming to see books in the infancy of this remote land. I borrowed, for my amusement, the following from her: "The Critical Review, No. 44." Our evening spent nightly tete-a-tete in honor and friendship; in bed by three-much too late.
Thursday, July 6th. I opened my eyes, by the continued mercy of our bountiful overseer, at half an hour after eight, when a most serene, lovely morning, more so after so much dark and unharvestable weather. I was called in to see Mrs. Boyd, to visit and pray with a sick young man, Mr. Thompson. I found him lying very ill with an intermittent fever and a great uneasiness of mind. I conversed with him as well as my abilities would allow, and commended him to God in prayer
* The country along the West and North Branches, purchased from the Indians in 1768, went by the name of the " New Purchase " until after the next purchase of 1784.
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and withdrew. Breakfasted with Mrs. Seull and Mr. Barker, and with great reluctance I took my leave of both. The young gentleman who has been preaching in the English church at Salem, N. J., is this Mr. Barker's brother. By ten I left town. The road lies along the river, and after leaving the town about a mile, such a fertile, level, goodly country, I have per- haps never seen. Wheat and rye, thick and very tall. Oats I saw in many places, yet green, and full as high in general, through the field as a six-railed fence. Polks and elders. higher than my head as I sat upon my horse, and the country is thickly inhabited and grows to be a little open. All this pine tract on the north side of the West Branch, belongs, I am told, to Col. Francis,* and is now leased for a term of years. After riding eight miles on the bank of the river I crossed over. The river is near a half mile broad, and since the rain it has risen so that I had near been floated. Stopped at Captain Wm. Gray's.
*Col. Turbutt Francis owned the land on the river bank from Northumberland to above Milton. Captain William Gray married Agnes Rutherford, daughter of Thomas (of Paxtang), and became one of the first settlers in Buffalo valley, Union county, in 1771. He owned, and resided until his death in 1815, on the farm now owned by Major Paul Geddes ; second farm above Lewisburg, along the river.
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MARRIAGES IN MARSH CREEK SETTLEMENT.
COMMUNICATED BY EDWARD McPHERSON.
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1802, June 21, Hays, Robert, and Rebecca Agnew.
1797, June 29, Hays, Samuel, and Polly Youst.
1SOS, Feb. 23, Heagy, Sally, and John Colter.
1798, June 26, Hetzer, John, and Eliz. Geyer.
1Sos, Sept. 22, Hezlet, Wm., and Eliz. Steel.
1783, Dec. 23, Hodge, Margeret, and Arthur Chamberlain.
1789, Aug. 13, Hodge, Rebecca, and Samuel Knox.
1801, Sept.
15, Holdsworth, Samuel, and Ruth Caldwell.
1795, Feb. 12. Horner, Alex., and Jenny McCallen.
1806, Jan.
21. Hulick. Isaac, and Sally Commongore.
1784, Nov. 23, Hunter, Jean, and Joseph Thompson.
1798, March 29, Hunter, Ruth, and Robert Taylor.
1779, Jan. 27, Hurt, Agnis, and John Forest.
1777, Feb.
25, Jamison, Robert, and Jene Wilson.
1800, Feb. 13, Jenkins, Eliz., and John Crooks.
1776, Sept. 17, Johnson, John, and Eliz. Cathcart.
1804, Nov.
12, Johnson, Wm., and Mary King.
1791, Dec.
27, Jordan, Thomas, and Mary Branwood.
1779, May
24, Junkin, Joseph, and Eleanor Cochran.
1783, Dec. 18. Kane, Margaret, and Hugh Lind.
1801, March 31, Kelly, John, and Lydia Tate.
1753, Nov. 2, Kerr, Eliz., and David Dunwoody.
1798, March 11, Kerr, George. and Nelly Wilson.
1780, Feb. 17, Kerr, Josiah, and Sarah Reynolds.
1775, Dec: 14, Kerr, Mary, and Wm. Fulton.
1785, May 3, Kerr, Nancy, and Robert Taylor.
1778, Dec. 18, Kerr, Sarah, and Wm. Galbraith. 1802, March 23, Keys, John, and Kitty Slasher.
1774, March 24, Kilpatrick, Balt., and Agnes Patterson.
1780, April 25, Kilpatrick, James, and Jean Finly.
1805, May 23, Kip, Hanna, and Jacob Smith.
1804, Nr. "2, King, Mary, and Wm. Johnson.
1789, Jun- Kirker, George, and Jean Gilmore.
1782, Marc .: Kirkland, James, and Anne Colter.
1786, Oct. nox, Margaret, and Thos. Cochran.
1789, Aug. 1. x, Samuel, and Rebecca Hodge.
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1786. April 14, Krail. John, and Eliz. McCann.
1779, March 7, Leeper, Eliz., and Wm. Stewart.
1783, Dec. 18, Lind, Hugh, and Margaret Kane.
1798, April 23, Livingston. Margaret, and Daniel Murphy.
1799, May 9, Logan. Esther. and Samuel McKnight.
1799, Nov. 14, Longwood. Matthew, and Eliz. Thomson.
1780, May 22, Love, Robert. and Jean Gibson.
1807, April 7, Me Alister. John, and Jean Work.
1774, May 12. McBride, John, and Eliz. Gilmore.
1795, Feb. 12, MeCallen, Jenny, and Alex. Horner.
1794, March 1, McCallen, Sally. and John Speer. - 1806, March 25, McCammon. John. and Polly Proudfoot.
1786, April 14. McCann, Eliz .. and John Krail.
1799, July 18, McCarter, Eliz., and James Stewart.
1780, Feb. 15, McCaul, John, and Jean Stewart.
¿ 1781, Nov. 13, McCleland. James, and Agnes Sinclair.
1787, Aug. 7, MeCleland, Nancy, and Robert Townslie.
1778, June 16. McCleland, Wm .. and - Anderson.
1783, Aug. 19, McCleland, Thomas, and Agnes Fergus.
1806, March 25, MeCleraghan, John, and Rebecca MeCleraghan.
1806, March 25. McCleraghan. Rebecca, and John McCleraghan.
1774, Dec. 14, McCormick, James, and Mary Redick.
1800, June 12, McCoy, John, and Polly Achrey.
1795, Jan. 20, McCreary, Jennet, and Alex. Young.
1790, Jan. 5, McCreery, Wm., and Agnes Speer.
1776, March 25, Mccullough, Agnes, and Joshua Marlin.
1777, June 9, Mccullough, Sarah, and Hugh Barkley.
1774, April 25, Mccullough, Jennet, and Ephraim Wallace.
1780, June 27, Mccutchen, Alex., and Sarah Crunleton.
1778, June 30, McDowell, Agnes, and James Blakely.
1804, Feb. 7, McEnnay, Mary, and Eli Bradford.
1782, Aug. 20, McEwen, Jean, and David Danton.
1800, March 25. Mc Farland, Wm., and Margery Beatty.
1777, March 31, Mc Ferran, Annie, and Samuel Moore.
1777, Sept. 16, McFerran, James, and Susanna McFerran.
1778, Sept. 30, McFerran, Jean, and Wm. Moore.
1777, Sept. 16, McFerran, Susanna, and James McFerran.
1778, Nov. 16, MIc Ferson, Alex., and Mary Brounlee.
1800, Oct. 21, McGaughey, Alex., and Rebecca Torrens.
1808, March 29. McKellop, Alex., and Sarah Slents. 1776, April 16, McKibben, Alex .. and Sarah Peden.
1780, Jan.
6, McKnight, Margaret, and Moses Blackburn.
1799, May 9, McKnight, Samuel, and Esther Logan.
1794, July 15, McLauglen, Richard, and Eliz. Hatch.
1799, July 2, McMaster, Mary Ann, and Joseph Walker.
1779, March 1, McMichel, Christopher, and Martha Findly.
1775, March 16, McMurry, Agnes, and Joseph Anderson.
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1776, -- , McNaught, Margery, and Wm. Robinson.
1775, March 1, McNaughton, Sarah, and Alex. Blackburn.
1791, March 29, Mc Williams. Hannah, and John Reynolds.
1800, March 25. Magoffin, John, and Ketty Casset.
1776, March 25, Martin, Joshua, and Agnes Mccullough.
1775, Oct. 16, Marshal, Mary, and Robert Walker.
1776, Oct. 21, Marshal, Wm., and Sarah Marshal.
1776, Oct. 21, Marshal, Sarah, and Wm. Marshal.
1781, Nov. 2, Martin, Anne, and Wm. Finney.
1786, March 7, Maxwell, Samuel, and Jennet Ramsey.
1774, Dec. 13, Mitchell, Ebenezer, and Jean Ritchey.
1774, Aug. 30, Mitchell, Isabel, and James Wilson.
1780, April
3, Mitchel. Jene, and Wm. Thompson. 1776, March 27, Mitchel, John, and Jene Wilson.
1776, April
9, Mitchel, Sarah, and John Cochran.
1783, June 24, Monteith, John, and Jennet Tate. 1784, Nov. 11, Moore, James, and Margaret Young. 1777, March 31, Moore, Samuel, and Annie McFerran.
1785, Sept. 20, Moore, Sarah, and Wm. Vance.
1778, Sept.
30, Moore, Wm., and Jean McFerran.
1782, June
1799, Dec.
25, Moorhead, Anne, and Robert Crunkleton. 12, Morrison, Robert, and Jene Findly.
1805, May 23, Morrow, Bekey, and Wm. Cochren.
1774, June 2, Morrow, Elizabeth, and Samuel Wilson.
1792, Nov. 22, Morrow, Margaret, and Hugh Dunwoody.
1776, Nov. 15, Murray, Mary, and John Rankin.
1798, April 23, Murphy, Daniel, and Margaret Livingston.
1778, Dec. 3, Murphy, Hugh, and Jennet Thompson.
1779, Nov. 4, Murphy, John, and Ann Guthrey.
1800, April 30, Neely, Jene, and Thomas Breden.
1780, March 30, Nicol, James, and Isabel Ritchey.
1785, Jan. 20, Orr, Eleanor, and James Douglass.
1800, Dec. 25, Orr, Jenney, and James Young.
1783, July
15, Orrond, Thomas, and Margaret Poe.
1774, March 24, Patterson, Agnes, and Balt. Kilpatrick. 1785, March 10, Patterson, Alex., and Jenny Porter.
1797, Oct. 26, Patterson, James, and Bettey Withrow.
1778, Jan. 27, Patterson, Susanna, and David Dunwoody.
1789, July 9, Patterson, Thomas, and Agnis Blakely.
1781, May 1, Patterson, Thomas, and Eliz. Brown.
1797, Sept. 19, Patterson, Wm., and Eleanor Porter.
1804, Sept. 6, Patton, Agnes, and John Quigly.
1781, April 16, Paxton, Martha, and Robert Campbell.
1787, Feb. 13, Paxton, Mary, and Samuel Fergus.
1798, April 12, Paxton, Sally, and David Hart.
1797, Sept. 18, Paxton, Samuel, and Margaret Ferguson.
1790, May -, Peden, -, and James White.
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1787, Dec. 15. Peden, Rebecca, and Wm. Bogle. 1776, April 16, Peden, Sarah, and Alex. Mckibben.
1807, March 10, Peden, Sarah, and Thomas Reed.
1805, March 27, Peden, Susanna, and James Stewart. 1783, July 15, Poe, Margaret, and Thos. Orrond. 1779, Nov. 9, Poe, Mary, and Archibald Findly.
1797, Sept. 19, Porter, Eleanor, and Wm. Patterson.
1785, March 10, Porter, Jenny, and Alex. Patterson.
1778. April 14, Porter, Thompson, and Mary Gibson. 1806, March 25, Proudfoot, Polly, and John McCammon.
1804, Sept. 6. Quigly, John, and Agnes Patton. 1786, Jan. 22, Ramsey, Eleanor, and Hugh Burns.
1786, March 7, Ramsey, Jenner, and Samuel Maxwell.
1753, Nov. 25, Ramsey, Martha, and Thos. Dunlap.
1776, Nov. 15, Rankin, John, and Mary Murray.
1779, Nov. 9, Ray, Sarah, and John Renfren. 1774, Dec. 14, Redick, Mary, and James McCormick.
1807, March 10, Reed, Thomas, and Sarah Peden.
1805. Sept. 3, Reid, Samuel, and Mary Agnew.
1779, Nov.
9, Renfren, John, and Sarah Ray.
1791, March 29, Reynolds, John, and Hannah Mc Williams.
1780, Feb. 17, Reynolds, Sarah, and Josiah Kerr. 1780, March 21, Reynolds, Wm .. and Sarah Wilson. 1780, March 30, Ritchey, Isabel, and James Nicol.
1774, Dec. 13, Ritchey, Jean. and Ebenezer Mitchell.
1778, Oct. 13. Ritchey, Matthew, and Rachel Wallace.
1781, May 14, Robinson, Margaret, and James Dickson.
1775, Aug. S, Robertson, Mary. and John Drennan.
1776, March 2S. Robinson, Wm., and Margery McNaught.
- 1783, Sept. 9, Russel, Isabel, and John Bell.
1776, Feb. 14, Scott, Samuel, and Eliz. Wilson.
1778, Dec. 1, Shannon, Mary, and. Alex. Stewart ..
1781, Nov. 13, Sinclair, Agnes, and James McCleland.
1802, March 23, Slasher, Kitty, and John Keys.
1808, March 29, Slents, Sarah, and Alex. McKellop.
1805, May 23, Smith, Jacob, and Hanna Kip.
1787, Oct. 16, Smith, Samuel. and Jene Caldwell. 1788, Oct. 21, Smock, John, and Anne Vanarsdale.
1790, Jan. 5, Speer, Agnes, and Wm. McCreery.
1794, March 1, Speer, John, and Sally McCallen.
1789, June 23. Speer, William, and Catarine Blakely.
180S, Sept. 22. Steel, Eliz., and Wm. Hezlet.
1800, Feb. 11, Steen, Matthew, and Margret Campbell.
1778, Dec. 1, Stewart, Alex .. and Mary Shannon.
1790, Jan. 14, Stewart, Eliz., and Joseph Walker.
1796, March 29, Stewart, Eliz., and David Brines.
1780. Feb. 15, Stewart, Jean, and John McCaul.
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1789, March 5. Stewart, Jean, and John Stewart.
1778, Sept. 14, Stewart, James. and Mary Walker.
1799, July 18, Stewart. James, and Eliz. MeCarter.
1805, March 27, Stewart, James, and Susanna Peden.
1789, March 5, Stewart, John, and Jean Stewart. 1779, Sept. 14, Stewart, Mary. and Isaac Walker.
1801, April 6, Stewart, Sally, and Hugh Garvin.
1805, March 14, Stewart, Polly, and David Cunningham.
1779, March 7, Stewart, Wm .. and Eliz. Leeper.
1796, April 19, Stewart, Wm., and Jennet White. 1783, June 24, Tate, Jeunet, and John Monteith. 1801, March 31, Tate, Lydia. and John Kelly.
1785, May 3, Taylor, Robert, and Nancy Kerr.
1798, March 29, Taylor, Robert, and Ruth Hunter.
1799, Nov.
14, Thomson, Eliz., and Matthew Longwood.
1778, Dec.
3, Thompson, Jennet, and Hugh Murphy.
1780. April
3, Thompson. Wm., and Jene Mitchel.
1791, Dec.
22, Torrens, Jenny, and John Watson.
1800, Oct.
21, Torrens, Rebecca, and Alex. MeGanghey. 7, Townslie, Robert, and Nancy MeCleland.
1788, Oct.
21, Vanarsdale. Anne, and John Smock.
1785, Sept.
20, Vance, Win., and Sarah Moore.
1789, Feb.
24, Vantind, Mary, and Albert Demoro.
1774, April 19, Wade, John, and Jennet Brownlie.
1779, Sept.
14, Walker, Isaac, and Mary Stewart.
1790, Jan.
14, Walker, Joseph, and Eliz. Stewart.
1799, July 2, Walker, Joseph, and Mary Ann MeMaster.
1778, Sept.
14, Walker, Mary, and James Stewart.
1776, Sept. 4, Walker, Rebecca, and James Dinsmore.
1775, Oct. 16, Walker, Robert, and Mary Marshal.
1774, April 25, Wallace, Ephraim, and Jennet Mccullough.
1778, Oct. 13, Wallace, Rachel, and Matthew Ritchey.
1791, Dec. 22, Watson. John, and Jenny Torrens.
1:00. May -, White, James, and - Peden.
1794. April 29, White, Jennet, and Wm. Stewart.
1800, April 12, White, Rebecca, and Henry Ferguson.
1776, Feb. 14. Wilson, Eliz., and Samuel Scott.
1774, Ang. 30, Wilson, James. and Isabel Mitchell.
1791, March 17, Wilson, James, and Mary Young.
1804, Feb. 6, Wilson, James, and Mary Wilson. 1776, March 27, Wilson, Jene. and John Mitchel. 1777, Feb. 25, Wilson, Jene, and Robert Jamison. . 9.43, Oct. 27, Wilson, Jene, and John Agnew. tue Oct. 16, Wilson, Mary, and Thomas Carson. 1-01 Feb. 6, Wilson, Mary, and James Wilson.
1:04 March 11, Wilson, Nelly, and George Kerr.
1784, Nov.
23, Thompson. Joseph, and Jean Hunter.
1787, Aug.
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Marriages in Marsh Creek Settlement.
1774, June 2. Wilson, Samuel, and Eliz. Morrow.
1780, March 21, Wilson. Sarah. and Win. Reynolds.
1779, Dec. 7, Wilson, Susanna, and David Erwine.
1805, Aug. 20, Wilson, Wm .. and Betty Dunwoody.
1797. Oct. 26, Withrow, Betty, and James Patterson.
1805, March 7. Withrow. Win., and Sarah Cooper. -
1807, April 7, Work, Jean, and John McAlister.
1795, Jan. 20, Young, Alex., and Jennet McCreary. 1800, Dec. 25, Young, James. and Jenny Orr.
1787, March 26, Young, John, and Rachel DeFus. 1790, Dec. 7, Young, John, and Margaret Clugston.
1784, Nov. 11, Young, Margaret, and James Moore.
1791, March 17, Young, Mary, and James Wilson.
1797, June 29, Youst, Polly, and Samuel Hays.
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PENNSYLVANIANS IN THE "GENESEE COUNTRY.
BY JOHN L. SEXTON, JR. -
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Captains Samuel and Francis Erwin became permanent resi- dents of Painted Post. Captain Samuel Erwin was born at Erwinna, Bucks county, Pa., May 4, 1770, and was educated in the select schools of his native county. On the 10th of January, 1799, he was commissioned by President John Adams First Lieutenant in the Eleventh regiment, of United States infantry; and February 16, 1802, was commissioned First Lieutenant of the Second regiment of United States infantry by Thomas Jefferson, and subsequently promoted to Captain. In the year 1801 he married Miss Rachel Heckman, of Easton, Northampton county, Pa., by whom he had ten children, who grew to manhood and womanhood. For a number of years, or until about the year 1811 or 1812, he and his brother Fran- cis were engaged in the mercantile business at Painted Post. Captain Samuel Erwin was a man of sterling qualities, of com- manding presence, and fine intellectual and physical propor- tions. Being nearly six and a half feet in height, and well proportioned, he was well calculated for the hardships of a pioneer life. He died November 10, 1836. Many of his de- scendents are now living in the township of Erwin, in which the village of Painted Post is situated; and are all worthy and respected people.
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