Section four the stewart family historical background

THE GALBRAITH FAMILY
References include Egle's Pennsylvania Genealogies, pp. 226-240, 269 and Egle's Notes & Queries.

Pennsylvania Genealogies, pp. 226-239, were copied by Heber Rankin as "photostatic" copies. These copies show a negative image of the original pages, with white lettering on a black background, and do not reproduce well, hence, this information has been retyped and included at the end of this section.
GENERATION I: John Galbraith, of Scotch descent, lived in the northern part of Ireland and probably died before his sons emigrated to America.

GENERATION II: children of John Galbraith of Ireland

(1) John (b. 1663/4), from Egle's Notes and Queries, Series 4, v. 2, p. 192:

"First record of this John Galbraith is found in Nov. 1732 as a witness to the will of Isaac Miranda, an Indian Trader who had a trading post at Conoy Creek, about a mile north west of Conoy Indian Town. Miranda's daughter, Mary, married Governor James Hamilton. At the time of the will witnessing (Nov 1732), John Galbraith lived near Mirandas, Jonas Davenport, Cpt. Samuel Smith and his brother, James Smith, and also Patrick Campbell. Miranda, John Galbraith and Davenport were Indian Traders. The Smiths were farmers and Campbell was a tavern keeper. (This locality is where Bainbridge, PA, now stands.) Patrick Campbell kept a tavern and traded with the Indians as early as 1726. He afterwards married the widow of James Smith. Both John Galbraith and his wife, Dorcas, witnessed wills of those who died at Campbell's tavern. William Smith, the only son of James Smith and the latter Mrs. Campbell, removed to Baltimore some time before the Revolutionary War and became a merchant there. His son (William's) became a General in the Revolutionary War and also a member of Congress and a Senator from Maryland.

The intimacy between the Smith families and Dorcas Galbraith leads me (Samuel Evans was telling this history to Mr. Egle) to believe that she (Dorcas) was a sister of James and Samuel Smith. Some of her descendants drifted to Baltimore and married there. Their grandson (John & Dorcas'), Robert Spear, was born along the Big Chickies Creek in 1716. Being the son of their eldest daughter, Elizabeth. The date of their marriage (Elizabeth & Mr. Spear) would be about the year 1685 and the date of John Galbraith's own birth would be about 1663 or 1664. This would place him in the generation of James Galbraith, Sr. In 1738, John Galbraith took out a warrant of survey for 440 acres of land located at the mouth of Conoy Creek, most of it on the west side and extending up as far as the old Peters Road, about two miles."

{There may be two John Galbraiths confused in this document. In 1738, John Galbraith (1663/4) would have been over 70 yrs. old. What follows may describe a son, or his nephew, John (1690). J. Yingling} "Mr. John Galbraith was an Indian Trader and during the French and Indian Wars he suffered great losses which must have embarrassed him very much. On Dec. 29, 1757, he sold 388 acres of his land along Conoy Creek to James Galbraith, Esq., and on March 8, 1760, James and his wife, Elizabeth (Bertram) sold this land to Patrick Work, the brother of James Work who married Janet Galbraith, daughter of John and Dorcas." James Galbraith (1703) married Elizabeth Bertram. (JY, 1995)

"After Mr. John Galbraith's death, his wife, Dorcas, wrote a litter to Cpt. William Trent who was largely engaged in the Indian trade and was the attorney for many Indian Traders.. This letter is among the papers of the late Col. Frank Etting, now at the Pennsylvania Historical Society in Philadelphia, PA. John Galbraith died in the summer of 1768 leaving his wife Dorcas and the following children to each of whom he gave 5 pounds in money. 1. Elizabeth, eldest daughter, who married Robert Spear. Their eldest son, Robert, was born in 1716. He married Isabel, the youngest daughter of John Smith who resided in Raphoe twp. and died there in 1768. This John Smith had a brother, William Smith, who resided in Ireland at the time of John's death in 1768. 2. Mary Galbraith married a Cook, probably the son of James Cook who owned a farm next to the Galbraiths and died in 1736. 3. Isabel, married William Patterson, a merchant of Baltimore. On December 24, 1803, Jerome Bonaparte, a brother of Napoleon, married Elizabeth Patterson, a daughter of William and his wife, Isabel. This refutes the Andrew Galbraith - Bonaparte connection. 4. Janet, married James Work, son of Patrick Work who had settled in Donegal in 1718 or 1719. 5. Barbara, married Allison who resided in Donegal. In his will John Galbraith devised 5 pounds to his grandson, Galbraith Patterson. Dorcas Galbraith died at Carlisle, PA, and left a will which is recorded there and may give the names of her children. This was related by Samuel Evans of Columbia, PA."
"Of those who first settled in the township, and were there at the time of the organization of the county, this family deserve the first attention. James Galbraith, Sr., settled in the township in 1718. He removed to the Swatara, and died at his son James', in the year 1744. He had a son John, who located at Donegal Meeting-House Run. It is probable that Andrew was also his son. He located upon land adjoining Donegal meeting-house and glebe lands on the east in 1718. The land is now owned by the Garbers. He was appointed the first coroner in the county, and was a member of the first jury drawn in the county. Being a prominent member of the Presbyterian Church, and one of its ruling elders, and a very influential citizen among the pioneer settlers, he was appointed one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions in 1730, a position he held until the fall of 1746. 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 there was but one poll in the county, at the county-seat, where all voters had to go to vote. This was one of the most animated and extraordinary political canvasses that had ever taken place within the province. Mr. Galbraith took no part in the canvass himself, but his wife mounted her favorite mare, Nelly, and rode out through the Scotch-Irish settlement, and persuaded them to go with her to Lancaster. She appeared at the court-house leading a procession of mounted men, whom she halted and addressed. She rode around the court-house and addressed the voters with such effect that her husband's election was carried in triumph. The most accomplished and ablest Quaker in the county was defeated. He was elected to the Assembly in 1732-38. He seems to have had no opposition after his first election.

The election incident just mentionied is referred to in a biographical notice of Madame Patterson-Bonaparte, in 'Lippincott's Magazine' for the month of September, 1877, as follows: 'Mrs. Patterson (the mother of Madame Bonaparte) came of that sturdy, independent Scotch-Irish race that has peopled Pennsylvania's prosperous valleys. Her grandmother, Mrs. Galbraith, was a woman of remarkable force of character, taking a prominent part in Revolutionary stir, and on one occasion traveling on horseback through the then almost wilderness to canvass votes for her husband's election to the Assembly, which she won whether by robust argument or in the felicitous way of the beautiful Duchess of Devonshire is not recorded.'

He sold his farm in 1746 to John Kyle, who was connected with the Galbraiths by marriage in some way.

He was probably the father of the wife of Andrew Galbraith, the son of James G., Jr., whose daughter was the mother of Chief Justice John Bannister Gibson. Rebecca Stewart, who was a Galbraith, and had a brother John, also related to Kyle.

John Galbraith settled on 'Donegal Meeting-House Run,' about two miles farther down than where Andrew located. He came in the same year with James Sr. and Andrew. He was a son of James Sr. John built a grist- and saw-mill on the north side of the Marietta and Mount Joy turnpike at the run as early as 1721. He also brewed beer and kept an 'ordinary' in 1726, to which reference is made under the head of 'taverns.' He was elected sheriff in 1731, and was a member of the first jury drawn in the county. He died in October, 1753. His widow Janet, and James Galbraith, of Lancaster, were his executors. They sold the mill to John Bayly, whose heirs sold that part lying on the east side of Donegal Run to Henry Hiestand, which his grandson, Henry Hiestand, now owns. Robert Spear also purchased a portion of the land which he sold to Mr. Miller. That part on the west side of the run was purchased by Henry Sharer, who erected a new stone grist-mill. The land is now owned by John Horner, Esq., and the mill by Henry Hiestand, Esq.

James Galbraith, Jr., was in his generation the most prominent of the name and family. He married Elizabeth, the only daughter of Reb. William Bertram, the Presbyterian minister who settled on the Swatara, and preached at Derry and Paxton Churches from 1729 to May 2, 1746, when he died. He was in early life an Indian trader. His name is first mentioned in connection with a public position in October, 1742, when he was elected sheriff of the county. He was also re-elected in 1743. In 1753 he was commissioned one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas. He purchased a mill and farm at Spring Creek on the Swatara, adjoining Rev. Bertram's place, in 1744.

On the 25th day of May, 1748, the associators met and elected James and his brother, John Galbraith, captains. The several companies afterwards elected the former lieutenant-colonel, and he was accordingly commissioned as such. During the French and Indian was of 1755-60, when the savages were committing depredations and murdering the defenseless settlers along the frontier, he was one of the most active in organizing companies of rangers and posting them along the eastern base of the Blue Mountains, and on one occasion when the Indians cut off all communication between Fort Augusta (Sunbury) and Harris' Ferry, and prevented supplies being sent to the troops stationed at the fort under the command of Col. James Burd at great risk and danger, succeeded in getting a fleet of bateaux, under command of Capt. Daniel Lowrey, with provisions and ammunition for the troops. When the settlers were being murdered around him, and others fleeing from threatened attacks from the Indians, he appealed to the Governor and Council for help, but he stood his ground manfully and ranged with his troops along the Blue Ridge. His energy upon this trying occasion prevented the Indians from raiding the settlements in Donegal township and the northern section of the county. In 1757 he was appointed one of the commissioners to erect a fort at Wyoming. He accumulated a very large landed estate. He moved from the Swatara to the Susquehanna, near Harris' Ferry, thence to Pennsboro township, Cumberland Co., and was appointed one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas for that county in 1763. In 1777 he was appointed lieutenant of Cumberland County, but on account of his great age was unable to perform the active duties of the office. He died June 11, 1786, aged eighty-three years, and left several sons and daughters, among whom were Bertram, Robert, Andrew, and John. Robert was appointed prothonotary of Bedford County. He afterwards removed to York, where he practiced law, and was elected to the General Assembly from that county, and was afterwards appointed president judge of Huntingdon County. Andrew was an officer in the Revolutionary war, and served with honor to himself and country. The late Chief Justice John Bannister Gibson married a daughter of Andrew.

John, the remaining son, enlisted as a private in the Revolutionary war, being at the time a mere lad. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island, and for several years was kept a prisoner in New York, suffering great hardships. His son, John Galbraith, was a member of Congress for three terms from the Erie District, and at the time of his death was president judge of the district then composed of the counties of Erie, Crawford, and Warren. The present president judge of the Sixth Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Hon. William A. Galbraith, is the only son of the late Hon. John Galbraith, who died in 1860, and is a great-grandson of Col. James Galbraith, Jr., of Revolutionary memory. James and Elizabeth Galbraith also had sons - William and Thomas - and daughters, - Dorcas and Elizabeth. The family of Galbraith is of the remotest antiquity; its name is derived from the Celtic, and it originally belonged to the Lennox, of Scotland." "History of Lancaster Co., PA, Ellis and Evans, 1883, pp. 760-761.

*(2) James (1666 - 8/23/1744) - circa 1688, Rebecca Chambers, dau. of Arthur Chambers, Philadelphia, PA.

James Galbraith was born in the northern part of Ireland and emigrated to America about 1718, settling in Conestoga, afterwards Donegal twp., then Chester Co., Province of Pennsylvania. He was one of the founders of old Derry Church, a man of prominence and the head of a remarkable family. He is buried at the old graveyard at Derry.

GENERATION III: children of James and Rebecca Chambers Galbraith

(1) John (1690, Ireland - Oct 1753, Donegal twp., Lancaster Co., PA) - m. Janet ___ (b. circa 1693)

John settled along Meeting House Run, about 1 3/4 miles below his brother, Andrew, in 1718. He was a miller and built a grist and saw mill in 1721 at the run along the "Great Road". He also kept an "ordinary" and was elected Sheriff of Lancaster Co., in 1731. He was a member of the first jury drawn in the county.

(A) John (1714, Ireland - 3/8/1748, Lancaster co.) - m. Rebecca ___

(B) Robert (1715, Ireland - 3/8/1748) - m. Rebecca Lance

(1) John (b. 1739), Rev. War veteran - m. Mary McCormick

children: Thomas, James McCormick, John, Elizabeth, Dorcas, Robert, Agnes, Mary,

William Bertram

(2) Rebecca (1747 - 1780) - m. 6/26/1765, Ephraim Blaine (5/26/1741 - 2/16/1804)

six children, including: James, Robert, Daivd

(C) Elizabeth

(D) Margaret

(2) Andrew (b. 1692, Ireland)

Andrew settled along Donegal Meetinghouse Run in 1718. He was appointed Coroner of Lancaster county when it was organized and a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions (1730-36). In 1732 he and his neighbor, George Stewart, were candidates for the General Assembly. May 2, 1737, he took a patent for 212 1/2 acres of land and sold this farm in 1746. He was one of the first ruling elders of old Donegal Church.

(A) Robert (circa 1716, Ireland - 3/8/1748) - m. Rebecca (Lance)

(1) John (b. 1739) - m. Mary McCormick

(2) Rebecca (b. 1742) - m. Ephraim Blaine

(3) Ann

(B) John (circa 1717, Donegal twp., Lancaster Co., PA - 1/20/1757)

- m. 4/23/1742, Jennett McCullough

(1) James (b. 1743), Rev. War veteran - m. Martha McClellan

children: John, Rebecca

(2) Jennett (b. 1745)

(3) Sarah (b. 1747)

(4) Robert (1748 - 1795) - m. Mary ___

children: Nancy, Elizabeth, Mary, James, Jane, Robert, John

(C) James (circa 1725, Donegal twp, Lancaster Co., PA - circa 1790, General Assembly of 1762.

(D) Arthur on 9/22/1766 took 250 acres on Shaver's Creek.

(3) James (1703 - 6/11/1786)

- m. 4/6/1734, Christ Church, Phila., PA, Elizabeth Bertram (1714, Ireland - 2/2/1799)

On March 13, 1743 James Galbraith took a tract of land on Spring Creek, Derry twp., Dauphin Co., PA. In October 1742 he was sheriff in the county. From 1755 to 1763 he was an officer in the Indian Wars and moved to Cumberland county in the Revolutionary period. Elizabeth Bertram was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, daughter of Reb. William Bertram (2/2/1674) of Edinburg, Scotland, who married (circa 1706) Jane Gillespie (1672 - 8/22/1746). Elizabeth Galbraith had a brother John Bertram and sister, Phoebe. James and Elizabeth Galbraith both died in East Pennsboro twp., Lancaster Co., PA, and are buried in the Derry Churchyard.

(A) William (b. 1736)

(B) Bertram (9/24/1738 Derry twp., Lancaster Co.- 3/9/1804), known as "Colonel Galbraith" after his

service in the French and Indian War, also a member of the Constitutional Convention of

7/15/1776.

- m. 3/30/1759, Ann Scott (12/26/1741 - 6/29/1793)

- m. 2/15/1798, Henrietta Huling

children of Bertram and Ann Scott Galbraith

(1) Josiah - m. Mary __

two sons, including: Bertram

(2) Samuel Scott - m.Margaret (1772 - 4/29/1801)

- m. Juliet (1774 - 4/1/1813)

children: Bertram, James

(3) Elizabeth (d. 7/25/1846) - m. Dr. Lecky Murray (circa 1748, Ireland - 1815)

During the Rev., Dr. Murray was surgeon of Col. James Crawford's battalion.

(a) James Galbraith (2/20/1781) (g) Josiah Scott (12/29/1792)

(b) Edward (12/23/1782) (h) William (11/21/1796)

(c) Ann Scott (10/23/1784) (i) Lecky Caldwell 4/15/1799)

(d) Bertram Galbraith (1/7/1878) (j) Elizabeth Jane (11/12/1803)

(e) Arthur (8/17/1789) (k) Caroline (11/13/1806)

(f) Samuel Scott (10/21/1790)

(4) Mary

(5) Henrietta - m. David Cook

- m. Henry Carpenter

children of Henrietta and David Cook: Bertram, Mary Ann

children of Henrietta and Henry Carpenter: James Cook, Henry, Maria Louisa,

Isaac A.

(6) Jean (1772 - 1/13/1842) - m. David Elder

(7) Ann - m. Thomas Bayley (1/7/1762 - 2/9/1807)

no children

(8) James - m. 4/6/1810, Rosetta Work

children: Sarah Work, Julia, Mary, Annetta, Work (only son, died at age 21 inn Ohio)

(9) William Bertram (10/19/1779 - 11/24/1835) - m. Sarah Hays (12/11/1774 - 7/11/1839)

children of Bertram and Henrietta Huling Galbraith

(10) Sarah - m. Samuel Morris

children: Henrietta, Elizabeth, Sarah, Samuel, Richard

(11) Bertram Gillespie (5/9/1804 - 4/30/1848) - m. 2/23/1832, Eliza Fager Bell

all six sons of Bertram and Eliza Galbraith were Civil War veterans

(a) William Bell (10/15/1833) (d) Jefferson Green (7/28/1839)

(b) James Carpenter (7/9/1835) (e) Franklin Grush (3/7/1842)

(c) John Fager (7/23/1837) (f) Bertram Gillespie (9/7/1845)

(C) Robert (1740 - Jan 1804, Huntingdon Co., PA)

(D) Dorcas (b. 1742) - m. John Buchanan

(1) James

(E) Elizabeth (b. 1744) - m. Charles Torrance

(F) Thomas (b. 1746)

(G) John (b. 1748), Rev. War veteran

(1) Alexander

(2) James

(3) John Galbraith (1794 - 6/15/1860) - m. May 1822, Amy Ayres (d. 3/2/1868)

children: William Ayres (5/9/1823), Elizabeth Ann

(H) Andrew (1750 - March 1806) - m. 1780, Barbara Kyle

(1) Jean (b. 1781) - m. Matthew Miller

(a) Andrew Galbraith

(2) Elizabeth (b. 1784)

(3) Julianna (1786 - 1/13/1862) - m. 7/26/1808, William McNeill Irvine (1778 - 9/25/1854)

children: Andrew Galbraith, William Callender

(4) Mary "Molly" (b. 1789) - m. 2/13/1810, Michael Ege

(5) Sarah W. "Sally" (1/25/1791 - 5/2/1853)

- m. 1810, John Bannister Gibson (11/8/1780 - 5/2/1853)

children: Margaretta, Annie, Sarah, John Bannister, George

(6) Barbara (b. 1793)

(7) Dorcas (b. 1795)

(8) Nancy (b. 1797)

(4) Elinor (circa 1700) - m. Benjamin Gass, STEWART - 2
(5) Isabel
*(6) Rebecca (b. circa 1700) - m. Alexander Stewart, STEWART - 1

"Galbraith of Donegal" from Pennsylvania Genealogies

I. The family of Galbraith is of the remotest antiquity - the name being derived from the Celtic. It was in the parish of Baldunoch, county Stirling, that the Galbraiths of Baldunoch, chiefs of the name, had their residence. In Frazer's statistical account of the inhabitants of the Isle of Gigha, the following occurs: "The majority of them are of the names of Galbraith and McNeill, the former reckoned the more ancient. The Galbraiths in the Gaelic language are called Breatannich, that is Britons, or the children of Briton, and were once reckoned a great name in Scotland according to the following lines translated from the Gaelic:

"Galbraiths from the Red Tower,

Noblest of Scottish surnames."

The first of the name of whom we have any mention is JOHN GALBRAITH¹, 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. Rebecca Chambers.

ii. John; m. and left issue, but further than this fact we have no knowledge. After his arrival in America he remained

in Philadelphia. Some of his children settled west of the Susquehanna, in now York or Adams county, and

their descendants emigrated to Kentucky.

II. JAMES GALBRAITH,2 son of John Galbraith,1 of Scotch parentage, was born, in 1666, in the north of Ireland, from whence he emigrated about the year 1718, settling in Conestoga afterwards, Donegal, township, then Chester county, Province of Penna. He was one of the founders of old Derry church, a man of prominence, and the head of a remarkable family. He died August 23, 1744, and is buried in the old grave-yard at Derry. His wife was REBECCA CHAMBERS, daughter of Arthur Chambers. Of his children, we have the following.

3. i. John, b. 1690; m. Janet ___

4. ii. Andrew, b. 1692; m. and left issue.

5. iii. 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, Alexander, [McMillan.]

vi. Rebecca, d. in 1748; m. ___ Stewart, and had issue (surname Stewart) Charles, Robert, William, Frances, and Margaret.

III. JOHN GALBRAITH,3 (James,2 John1) 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.

iii. Margaret.

IV. ANDREW GALBRAITH, 3(James,2 John1) 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 was the town of Lancaster, where all voters were obliged to go. Mr. Galbraith took no active part in the canvas himself, but 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 addressed. The effect was that her husband was triumphantly elected. After his first election he seems to have had no opposition. 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 officer. After the year 1746, when he disposed of his farm, very little is of record concerning him. Of his children, we have only the following:

i. John, b. 1717; m. Jennett McCullough.

ii. Arthur,; on the 22nd of September, 1766, took up two hundred and fifty acres of land on Shaver's creek.

iii. Robert, d. prior to 1768; m. and left Ann, aged sixteen years.

V. JAMES GALBRAITH,3 (James,2 John1) 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 county 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 Christ church, Philadelphia, ELIZABETH BERTRAM, b. 1714, in the north of Ireland; d. February 2, 1799, in Derry township, Dauphin county, Penna., the daughter of Rev. William Bertram;* she was a woman of rare accomplishments and excellence. They had issue:

i. William, b. 1736; nothing further is known of him.

8. ii. Bertram, b. September 24, 1738; m. first Ann Scott; secondly, Henrietta Huling.

iii. Robert, b. 1740; 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. 1`744; m. Clarence Torrance.

vi. Thomas, b. 1746.

9. vii. John, b. 1748; m. and had issue.

10. viii. 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 conversation." 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, determined, if possible, to ascertain his whereabouts, and came to Pennsylvania about the year 1730. Failing in their search they decided to remain 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 congregations 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 the care of the 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, through his marriage with Miss Gillespie, his descendants became heirs to a handsome estate in Edinburgh. Efforts 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.

VI. ROBERT GALBRAITH4 (John3, James2, John1) b. about 1715 in the north of Ireland; d. March 8, 1748, in Donegal township, Lancaster county, Penna; m REBECCA ___. They had issue:

11. i. John, b. 1739;m. Mary McCormick.

12. ii. Rebecca, b. 1742; m. Ephraim Blaine.

Mrs. Rebecca Galbraith, subsequently married Captain John Byers, son of David Byers of Donegal; who afterwards removed to Cumberland county, Penna.; he was an officer in the French and Indian wars, and a man of prominence in provincial days.

VII. JOHN GALBRAITH (Andrew, James, John) b. about 1717, in Donegal township, Lancaster county, Pa.; d. January 20, 1757, in Cumberland county, Penna., and was buried in Sliver Spring church-yard; m. April 23, 1742, JENNETT McCULLOUGH. They had issue:

13. i. James, b. 1743; m. Martha McClellan.

ii. Jennett, b. 1745.

iii. Sarah, b. 1747.

14. iv. Robert, b. 1748; m. Mary ___.

VII. BERTRAM GALBRAITH (James, James, John) b. September 24, 1738 in Derry 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 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 commodities 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 appointed one of the commissioners to view the Juniata and Susquehanna, and mark the places where locks or canals were necessary to render these streams navigable. He was appointed deputy surveyor November 4, 1791 and , while acting as such, took up large tracts in Lykens Valley, but, dying before patents were issued to him, his heirs lost them all in the numberless litigations which ensued. Colonel Galbraith was twice married; m. first, March 30, 1759, ANN SCOTT, b. December 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, Bertram, 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.

ii. Samuel-Scott; studied medicine; assisted inlaying 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.

iii. 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.

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.

viii. James; m. April 6, 1810, Rosetta 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-Work; d. unm.

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, HENRIETTA HULING, of Isle Benvenue. They had issue:

x. Sarah, m. Samuel Morris, of Philadelphia, and they had issue (surname Morris): Henrietta, Elizabeth, Sarah, Samuel,

and Richard.

15. xi. Bertram-Gillespie, b. May 9, 1804; m. Eliza Fager Bell.

After Colonel Galbraith's death, his widow married George Green of Easton, Penna., and they had issue (surname Green): Charles, d. unm.; George, of Princeton, N. J.; and Henrietta, of Easton, Pa.

IX. JOHN GALBRAITH4 (James,3 James,2 John1) b. about 1748; served in the war of the Revolution; 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. iii. John, b. 1794; m. Amy Ayres.

X. ANDREW GALBRAITH4 (James3, James, 2John1) b. about 1750 in Derry township, Lancaster county, Pa.; d. March, 1806, in East Pennsboro township, Cumberland county, Pa.; m. BARBARA KYLE, b. in Donegal township, Lancaster county, Pa.; daughter of John Kyle. They had issue:

i. Jean, b. 1782; m. Matthew Miller, and had (surname Miller) Andrew-Galbraith.

ii. Elizabeth, b. 1784.

17. iii. Julianna, b. 1786; m. William McNeill Irvine.

iv. Mary,[Molly] b. 1789; m. February 13, 1810, Michael Ege.

18. v. Sarah [Sally] W., b. January 25, 1791; m. John Bannister Gibson.

vi. Barbara, b. 1793.

vii. Dorcas, b. 1795.

viii. Nancy [Agnes] b. 1797.

XI. JOHN GALBRAITH5 (Robert,4 John,3 James,2 John1) b. about 1739, in Donegal township, Lancaster county, Penna.; d. prior to 1803, in East Pennsboro township, Cumberland county, Penna; served in the Revolutionary war, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island; m. MARY McCORMICK. They had issue:

i. Thomas.

ii. James-McCormick.

iii. John, m. and left issue.

iv. Elizabeth, m. Patrick Hays.

v. Dorcas.

19. vi. Robert, m. and left issue.

vii. Agnes.

viii. Mary

ix. William Bertram.

XII. REBECCA GALBRAITH5 (Robert,4 John,3 James,2 John1) 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, 1741 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 family 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 few years later. He became an influential man on the 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, Elizabeth, and nine children. The eldest of these was Ephraim, who received a classical education at the school of the Rev. Dr. Alison, in Chester county, and was recommended by him for an ensigncy in the provincial service as being "a gentleman of good family." He was appointed commissary sergeant, and, during the Bouquet expedition 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 Valley 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 dollars passed through his hands without a suspicion of his purity and disinterestedness. Owing to his personal sacrifices, however, 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 Middleton township, Cumberland county, where he closed his eminently patriotic and honorable career in his sixty-third year. He was twice married - his second wife being Sarah E. Duncan, widow of John Duncan, of Carlisle, and daughter of Col. Samuel Postlethwaite, and they had one son, Ephraim, who d.s.p. By first wife, Rebecca 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. Robert, d. January 1826; m. Anna Susanna Metzgar, and there was issue (surname Blaine):

1. Rebecca, m. Rev. Jeremiah Chamberlain, D.D.

2. Anna-Susanna, m. Samuel Alexander.

3. Ephraim-Metzgar.

4. Eleanor, 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 (surname Hays): Robert, d.s.p., John, m.

Jenny Smead, and Mary-Blaine, m. Richard Mulligan.

5. Mary.

6. James, d.s.p.

iii. David, d. December 1804; m. Isabella Hill, and they had issue, among others (surname Blaine):

1. Robert, m. and had John, David, and William.

2. Ephraim.

XIII. JAMES GALBRAITH5 (John,4 Andrew, James,2 John1) b. about 1741; d. prior to 1790; was a soldier of the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolution; in 1783, resided in "Washington borough, near Carlisle;" m. MARTHA McCLELLAN, daughter to John McClellan,* of Donegal. They had issue:

i. John.

ii. Rebecca, m. July 18,1793, David Herron.

*John McClellan had sons, William-George, 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 Holliday, Captain John Blair, of Blair county, and Samuel Culbertson, Mr. McDowell, and Mr. Ramsey, of Franklin county, Penna.

XIV. ROBERT GALBRAITH (John, Andrew, James, John) b. about 1748 in Cumberland county, Penna., d. in 1795 in Allen township, Cumberland county, Pa.; m. MARY ___. They had issue:

i. Nancy [Agnes] m. James Pollock.

ii. Elizabeth, m. Benjamin Hunt.

iii. Mary, m. William Wray.

iv. James.

v. Jane, m. Joseph Williams.

vi. Robert, b. 1782.

vii. John, b. 1784.

XV. BERTRAM GILLESPIE GALBRAITH (Bertram, James, James, John) b. May 9, 1804 at Bainbridge, Lancaster county, Pa.; d. April 30, 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. Galbraith, for a period of twenty years, was postmistress at Bainbridge, 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. Galbraith 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, Ill.

ii. James-Carpenter, b. July 9, 1835 in Harrisburg, Pa.; d. July 18, 1872, unm., in Bainbridge, Pa.

iii. John-Fager, b. July 23, 1837 in Bainbridge, Pa.; m. Henrietta Hoff of Bainbridge and had Eliza, Laura, William,

Catharine, John (d.s.p.), Henry, Robert, and John; resides 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; resides in Philadelphia.

v. Franklin-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.

vi. Bertram-Gillispie, b. September 7, 1845 in Bainbridge, Pa. ; m. Miriam Reese of Mount Joy, Pa., and had Miriam,

Helen, and Aurelia; resides in Wrightsville, Pa.

XVI. JOHN GALBRAITH (John, James, James, John) b. 1794, in Huntingdon county, Penna.; d. June 15, 1860 in Erie, Pa. His father removing to Butler county, Penna., towards 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, Venango county, Penna., 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 1832,1834, and 1838. In 1837 he removed to Erie, where he resided until his death. On retiring from Congress in 1840, he practiced law until the fall of 1851, when he was elected president judge for Erie, Crawford, and Warren counties. His death occurred before the expiration of his term of office. Judge Galbraith was one of the foremost men in promoting the various public enterprises that gave the first strong impulse to Erie county. He was the pioneer in projecting the railroad from Erie to the Ohio State line, and aided greatly in reviving the long dormant proposed railroad from Erie to Sunbury, now the Philadelphia 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 AYRES, daughter of Rev. Robert Ayres an Episcopalian minister, 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.

ii. Elizabeth-Ann, m. William S. Lane of Erie, now a practicing lawyer in Philadelphia.

XVII. JULIANNA GALBRAITH5 (Andrew,4 James,3 James,2 John1) b. about 1786, in Cumberland county, Pa.; d. January 13, 1862, in Philadelphia, at the residence of her son William Callender Irvine; buried in 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; subsequently studied law with Judge Thomas Duncan, and was admitted to the Cumberland county bar in 1702. He afterwards 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 3, 1808, in the regiment of light artillery, and was stationed several years at New Orleans. 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 Northumberland; subsequently commissioned by Gov. Snyder, September 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 Legislature, and to him is due the credit for originating the bill authorizing 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 impeach him. Col. Irvine was a brilliant pleader, but not a lawyer, and hence his failure in the judicial station to which he had been elevated. He returned to Harrisburg, where he resumed the practice of the law for awhile, and subsequently died there. he was an excellent military officer, a gentleman 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.

ii. William-Callender, formerly in the quartermaster's department, United States Army; now residing in Philadelphia.

. THE McKIBBEN FAMILY
"Adam Carnahan's Blockhouse was located about one mile south of the Kiskiminetas river and about six miles below the mouth of the Conemaugh river. In August 1777, six or seven men with James Chambers were reaping oats six miles from Carnahans Blockhouse and one of the men had taken his gun and wounded a deer. While hunting for it in the woods adjoining the oat field he discovered an Indian and signs of others. He immediately gave notice to the reapers and they left to notify the settlers. They went to John McKibbens where several families had collected for safety in McKibbens large log house. The next day, which was Saturday, a party went out from McKibbens to scout. That afternoon Robert Taylor and David Carnahan went from Carnahans Blockhouse to McKibbens to learn what they could of the Indians. When the were returning , the had nearly reached the Blockhouse when they saw several Indians coming. They beat the Indians to the blockhouse and had made the doors fast when the Indians appeared, fourteen in number. There were a few men in the blockhouse. John Carnahan opened the door and stepped out to get a good shot and he was instantly shot and killed. His body was dragged in and the door again fastened." Frontier Forts of Western Pennsylvania, Clarence M. Busch, 1896, v. II, p.333.

"Fort Hand was erected near the house of one John McKibben, whose large log house had been the refuge and asylum of a number of people whither they had fled at times preceding that event, as is noted in the sketch of Carnahans Blockhouse. From the extract given there from the Draper Manuscripts, now in pessession of Wisconsin Historical Society, it appears that during the summer of 1777, when the Indians infested all that line of frontier, McKibben's house was one of the objective places at which many of the families remained probably during the entire summer, while the men gathered the crops and scouted and fought.

Carnahans Blockhouse was the nearest point, and although they were only about three or four miles apart, the communication between them was frequently cut off.

This portion of Westmoreland and the entire frontier as well, would have been entirely deserted that summer, so much did it suffer from the savages had not Col. Lochry succeeded in raising sixty men whom he stationed in four divisions under the command of two captains and two lieutenants who covered the line of the Kiskiminetas. A part of this force ranged this neighborhood and assisted the inhabitants from these two posts, Carnahans and McKibbens. McKibben's house subsequently Fort Hand, was from three to four miles south from the Kiskiminetas river at the ford and the ford was about six miles above the mouth of the stream. The stream was northeast from Hannastown about fourteen miles.

Upon the particulars mentioned in the Draper Manuscripts, which were founded on statements of James Chambers who was personally conversant with the facts, the reapers in the oat fields, when they had been appraised of the presence of Indians, left to notify the people, taking their guns with them and going to the house of John McKibben, where Fort Hand was made the following winter, where several families had collected for safety." ibid, p. 325.

"On April 26, 1779, Captain Moorhead's company of 17 men defended Fort Hand against an Indian attack. Sergeant McGraw, an old Irishman, was killed in this attack and Sergeant McCauley was slightly wounded. During the night the Indians fired a deserted house near the fort - an old building of McKibben's - which had been for some time occupied by William McLaughlin, but was deserted on the approach of the Indians. There were many whites with this Indian party (about 100 strong) who now taunted the Fort people when the house was burning and asked if all was well now? This party of British and Indians was too strong to be pursued." Fort Hand, built between October 18 and December 6, 1777, was burned and abandoned.in the fall of 1779 ibid, p. 328-329, 331.

GENERATION I: John McKibben (1728, probably in Ireland - Oct 1798) - m. Sarah

At the beginning of the Revolutionary War the John McKibben family was living in Westmoreland Co. , PA, near the present site of Apollo, PA. It was on this farm that John McKibben built a stockade where the settlers took shelter from the raiding Indians. Later this stockade was fortified and named Fort Hand. This fort burned in the fall of 1779 and the McKibbens moved to Mt. Pleasant twp., Washington Co., in 1781." (HIR, 1961) John McKibben, his wife, and son, Samuel, are buried at the Presbyterian cemetery in Cross Creek twp., Washington Co., PA. John McKibben's will, dated 8/25/1798, was proved 10/30/1798.

GENERATION II: children of John and Sarah McKibben

*(1) Thomas (6/11/1755 - 5/7/1822) - m. Margaret Allen (8/8/1748 - 5/9/1821)

Thomas McKibben served as a 2nd Lt., Westmoreland Co. militia under Col. Edward Cook, 3rd Bat., Oct. 26, 1776. He is again listed as 2nd Lt., 5th Co, 4th Bat., Westmoreland Co. militia, April 2,1778. After moving to Washington Co., he is listed as private 2nd class, Cpt. Henry Graham, associators and militia, Sept. 29, 1781. Thomas McKibben and his brother, John, brought their families to Toby twp. in 1802 or 1803 while it was still part of Armstrong Co., settling near West Freedom. Thomas was a farmer. Thomas and Margaret McKibben are buried in the Concord cemetery.
(2) Samuel (1759 - 1836) - m. Mary Rea (1758 - 1833)

(A) Samuel Rea (b. 1801)

(B) Ann (b. 1802)
(3) Sarah
(4) Mary
(5) Richard
(6) Margaret, who predeceased her father.
(7) John (12/12/1764 - 5/12/1823 Concord cem.) - m. circa 1796, Mary Dunlap

John McKibben , presumably born in Westmoreland co., married Mary Dunlap, daughter of James Dunlap, in Washington county. About 1803 John and Mary brought their family to Toby twp., then in Armstrong Co. They settled on a farm near what was later "Black Fox Furnace". This farm was one of the show places of Toby twp. so it must have been a grand farm and John must have been an excellent farmer. John is buried in the lower cemetery near the Concord Presbyterian Church, Perry twp., Clarion Co. Mary is shown on the 1830 census, but not the 1840 census. There are unmarked graves on John's cemetery lot and a stone marked only "MK." One of these graves may be Mary McKibben's. (HIR, 1962)

(A) David (7/25/1799 - 8/28/1819, Concord cem.)

(B) Margaret (1/24/1800 - 7/30/1821, Concord cem.)

(C) Samuel (3/9/1806 - 6/12/1816, Concord cem.)

(D) Mathew - m. 10/11/1832, Jane Eagloson

(E) John - m.. Ellen McCall

(1) Isadore (b. 6/13/1848) - m. George Keefer

(2) David (b. 1855)

(3) Tersey - m. John Eshelman

(4) Tillie

(F) James (8/25/1811 - 3/10/1843) - m. Margaret Miller (4/10/1815 - 1895)

(1) Margaret (b. 3/25/1836)

(2) David Daniel (7/28/1838 - 7/29/1876) - m. 1865, Mary S. Colwell (1/29/1843 - 5/16/1920)

David D. was wounded at Petersburg and received a medical discharge. A photo of David D., copies of his Civil War records, and several old letters are among Heber Rankin's papers.

(a) Narcissa (1867) (d) James

(b) Enos Elmer (1868) (e) Belle

(c) Lottie B. (1870) (f) Eunice J. (1876)

(3) Susanna C. (7/19/1840 - 1/26/1875)

- m. 6/24/1858, William Wally (3/28/1835 -12/14/1892)

(a) Charlotte Adelaine (12/5/1860) (d) Harry C. (1/16/1866)

(b) Margaret Luemma (4/22/1862) (e) Laura Bell (1/11/1869)

(c) Charles (4/2/1864) (f) George Frank (8/4/1870)

(4) Mary Jane (b. 6/2/1842)

(G) Sarah (9/26/1824 - 8/15/1839, Concord cem.)
(8) William (b. 5/5/1768) - m. Mary Rea (1773 -12/15/1801), settled in Granville, Ohio

(A) Samuel Rea

(B) Anna

GENERATION III: children of Thomas and Margaret Allen McKibben

(1) Susanna (4/14/1779 - 2/8/1858, Concord cem.) - m. 2/8/1803, Benjamin Coe (6/8/1783 - 12/4/1859)

(A) Mary (9/5/1804 - 4/9/1838) - m. 7/22/1829, James Graham (2/6/1807 - circa 1850)

(1) Margaret Coe (6/8/1832)

(B) Thomas (b. 11/8/1805)

(C) Margaret (b. 8/16/1807)

(D) Sarah (b. 8/22/1809)

(E) Peter (b. 12/4/1811)

(F) Susanna (b. 9/3/1813)

(H) Rachel (b. 7/26/1815)

(H) Agnes (b. 4/18/1819)

*(2) Sarah (8/8/1780 - 4/8/1819, Concord cem.) - m. William Stewart (8/21/1779 - 8/9/1825)

children listed on STEWART - 7

(3) David (12/31/1782- 2/10/1863, Concord cem.) never married
(4) John
(5) Margaret (3/12/1786 - 10/21/1872, Concord cem.) never married
(6) Thomas (3/6/1788 - 11/13/1868) - m. 1/24/1815, Elizabeth "Betsy" Lemon (1787 - 4/27/1817)

- m. 11/6/1819, Mary Cunningham (8/27/1791 - 5/5/1869)

Thomas McKibben was born in Washington Co., near Cross Creek Village, 3/6/1788 or 7/20/1789. He came to Toby twp. with his parents in 1802 or 1803 and settled near West Freedom, PA. He was a farmer. Thomas McKibben and both wives are buried in the Corcord cemetery.

children of Thomas and Betsy Lemon McKibben

(A) Elizabeth "Betsy" (b. 11/19/1815) - m. 1/28/1840 - Michael Reichard

children of Michael Reichard by his first wife, Polly Callen: Callen, Caroline, Eliza,

Sarah (b. 1827), Mary (b. 1830)

children of Elizabeth and Michael Reichard

(1) John McKay (b. 3/9/1846) - m. 10/28/1869, Rachel Ann Watson (b. 2/17/1847)

(a) Thomas M. (8/1/1870 (d) James E. W. (7/15/1878)

(b) Lizzie S. (11/7/1871) (e) Hertha L. M. (4/22/1884)

(c) Mac H. (12/12/1876) (f) Emmett M. (2/21/1890)

(2) Thomas

(3) David

(4) William

(5) Elmyra "Myra"

(6) Hannah

(7) Susannah "Anna"

children of Thomas and Mary Cunningham McKibben

(B) David (8/16/1820 - 8/20/1820, Concord cemetery)

(C) Margaret Allen (7/17/1822 - 11/5/1896) - m. 3/30/1854, Alexander Colwell

no children

(D) Sarah Ann (9/26/1823 - 8/15/1839) never married

(E) David J. (12/14/1824 - 8/11/1895) - m. 11/10/1853, Elizabeth Scott (b. 1825)

(F) James Cunningham (11/22/1826 - 8/5/1905)

- m. 11/12/1863, Martha Henry (11/8/1840 - 10/12/1906)

(1) Mary Belle (8/7/1864 - 10/17/1928) - m. 9/10/1885, John C. Elliott

children listed on RANKIN - 7

(2) Orrin Russell (4/12/1867 - 12/29/1942)

- m. 11/26/1890, Lillian Freeman (3/20/1873 - 5/23/1938)

children: Kathleen, Margaretta, Armada, Bess, Don R., Doris

(3) James K. (12/15/1870 - 7/18/1915) - m. Sadie Hildibrand

(a) Clarence W.

(4) Franklin Hodge (7/5/1876 - 3/20/1938) - m. Annie Wood

children: Rex, Harold, Ira, Dorris, Gladyes

(5) Edward Clarence (11/27/1879 - 1/19/1950) - m. Zula Verda Snyder (5/6/1883 - 1948)

"Zita" Verda Snyder, STEWART - 12

children: Martha O., Hazel G., Edward S., Robert F., Thomas L.

(G) daughter (8/31/1828 - 9/5/1828, Concord cemetery)

(H) Samantha Aiken (10/9/1830 - 6/15/1907) - m. 5/31/1850, M. V. W. Longwell

children: Winfield S., Louella, 8 children who died young, Elmer E., Emery

(I) Myrtillo "Matilda" McKibben (6/3/1832 - 1/18/1902) - m. William Stewart

children listed on STEWART-11

(J) Nancy Jane (2/4/1835- 11/13/1860) - m. Harny Hoye