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1 SOUR AncestQuest
2 NAME Ancestry Family Tree
2 VERS 3.0
2 CORP Incline Software, LC
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4 CONT Provo, UT 84604
1 DEST Ancestry Family Tree
1 DATE 22 JUN 2003
2 TIME 10:48:42
1 FILE John Ire june 2003.ged
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1 NAME William Gilbreath
1 ADDR 928 King Blvd
2 CONT Sun City Center, FL 33573-7008
2 CONT
2 CONT Email: wgilbrea@tampabay.rr.com
0 @I1@ INDI
1 NAME /John of Ireland/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 PLAC Ireland
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Ireland
1 FAMS @F1@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 13 NOV 2002
3 TIME 10:06:44
0 @I2@ INDI
1 NAME James /Galbraith/
2 NSFX #1[Or5]
1 TITL #1[Or5]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1666
2 PLAC Ireland
1 DEAT
2 DATE 23 AUG 1744
2 PLAC Donegal Twp,Chester Co.,PA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Derry Church,Hershey,PA
1 FAMS @F2@
1 FAMC @F1@
1 NOTE James Galbraith born in the North of Ireland emigrated to the US in 1718 
2 CONC and settled in what was then Conestoga, afterwards, Donegal township, 
2 CONC then Chester county, Province of Pennsylvania. He was one of the founders 
2 CONC of old Derry church, a man of prominence, and the head of a remarkable 
2 CONC family. He died August 23, 1744, and is buried in the old graveyard at 
2 CONC Derry. His tombstone is inscribed "Here lieth the remains of James 
2 CONC Galbraith who departed this life ye 23d August1744 aged 78 years". He was 
2 CONC the first of our Clan Galbraith to begin the Great Westward Migration.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Nothing is known of James Galbraith, prior to his arrival in America. 
2 CONC Even after arriving in Pennsylvania the information is very scanty and 
2 CONC most of what we know is more through the records of his children, than 
2 CONC actual knowledge of his own deeds. Since James was 52 years old when he 
2 CONC arrived in Pennsylvania and since he was not among the group identified 
2 CONC as first purchasers, we must assume that he belonged to that group which 
2 CONC left their homeland, family and friends to find freedom and religious 
2 CONC tolerance in a new country. To know that his new life was a success we 
2 CONC need only to look at his children, who helped form the character of 
2 CONC America. He brought with him, his wife Rebecca Chambers, daughter of 
2 CONC Arthur Chambers, and his sons John Andrew, and James all born in Ireland, 
2 CONC John about 1690, Andrew born in 1692. and James born in 1703.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Notes from Walter Gilbert FOLLOW::
2 CONT 
2 CONT 768–769.  James Galbraith was born in the North of Ireland in 1666, and 
2 CONC died in Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on August 23, 
2 CONC 1744. He was buried in the old graveyard at Derry. Rebecca Chambers was 
2 CONC born in the North of Ireland in—say—1667. They were married about 1689. 
2 CONC She took the name Rebecca Galbraith. There is no proof that James married 
2 CONC Rebecca Chambers, just family lore. There is no proof that James married 
2 CONC Rebecca Chambers, just family lore. He is the son of John Galbraith. She 
2 CONC is the daughter of Arthur Chambers. They had six children: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT i. John Galbraith was born in Ulster, Ireland, in 1690, and died in 
2 CONC Donegal Township in October, 1753. He was about 28, married to Janet 
2 CONC _____, and had one or two children when he arrived with his father. His 
2 CONC will mentions his wife Janet; daughters Elizabeth, Margaret, and Eleanor 
2 CONC McKinley; and grandsons John and Joseph McKinley. Eleanor married Patrick 
2 CONC McKinley on February 27, 1735. They also had a daughter Janet.   
2 CONT ii. Andrew Galbraith was born in the North of Ireland in 1692, and died 
2 CONC in Pennsylvania. Per CGANA, sect. III, p. 6, (Orbison's manuscript, 
2 CONC corrected): He married Mary Kyle who was born in Ireland in about 1688, 
2 CONC daughter of James Kyle who was born in 1663 in Tyrone County, Ireland. 
2 CONC Mary died in 1735 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. There is proof that 
2 CONC they had one son, John Galbraith (b. about 1717, d. 1769 Pennsylvania). 
2 CONC Per CGANA, sect. III, pp. 8–10: Andrew and Mary are believed by some to 
2 CONC have had a son, Andrew, who married Mary Sharpe, and another son, Robert, 
2 CONC but there is no proof of this. Andrew (Sr.) immigrated from Ireland to 
2 CONC Pennsylvania with his father in about 1718 and settled in what later 
2 CONC became Lancaster County. He helped in the organization of the county and 
2 CONC became its first coroner. Later he held the offices of Justice of the 
2 CONC Court of Common Pleas, Representative to the General Assembly, Justice of 
2 CONC the Peace, and was one of the first Ruling Elders of the old Donegal 
2 CONC Church. He served several years in the Provincial Assembly and was one of 
2 CONC the most prominent of the pioneer settlers.   
2 CONT iii. Eleanor Galbraith was born probably in the North of Ireland 
2 CONC in—say—1696. Per CGANA, sect. III, p. 7: records of the First 
2 CONC Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia show that in 1734 she married 
2 CONC Benjamin Gass who lived near Chambersburg in (then) Cumberland County. 
2 CONC Per CGANA, sect. II, p. 12: their children included a daughter, Mary, who 
2 CONC married her first cousin, William Stewart. (Also see Family of Millers 
2 CONC and Stewarts.) (The order of these three daughters is as given in CGANA, 
2 CONC sect. V, p. 39; their dates of birth are pure speculation.)   
2 CONT iv. Isabel Galbraith was born probably in the North of Ireland 
2 CONC in—say—1698. Per CGANA, sect. III, p. 7: records of the First 
2 CONC Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia show that she married Alexander 
2 CONC McMillan in 1735; vol. IV, p. 6, gives October 21, 1735.   
2 CONT v. Rebecca Galbraith was born probably in the North of Ireland 
2 CONC in—say—1700, and died in Pennsylvania in 1748–49. Per Torrence and Allied 
2 CONC Families, she married in Ireland Alexander Stewart of Fort Stewart and 
2 CONC Carnomanga, county Donegal. He died in 1743 and their eldest son, 
2 CONC Alexander, inherited the estate. In about 1745, Mrs. Rebecca Stewart with 
2 CONC her remaining five children (Charles, Robert, William, Frances, and 
2 CONC Margery) arrived in Pennsylvania. Per CGANA, sect. II, p. 12, (Lt.) 
2 CONC William Stewart married his first cousin, Mary Gass, daughter of Eleanor 
2 CONC Galbraith.   
2 CONT vi. James Galbraith [#384]: He was born in Ulster in 1703, and died in 
2 CONC East Pennsboro, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, on June 11, 1786.   
2 CONT 
2 CONT Per CGANA, sect. III, p. 7, in an item written by Lela Booth: "James 
2 CONC Galbreath, 52 years old, arrived in Pennsylvania in October 1718 on the 
2 CONC ship Wm. Galley, Capt. Sam'l Haines. (Per the MacDaid Memorial Library, 
2 CONC FL, Passenger List and Attestation)." [Note that this library cannot be 
2 CONC found and this passenger list cannot be confirmed.]
2 CONT 
2 CONT In Chronicles of Penn 1688–1748: The account books of Penn's agents show 
2 CONC that by September 6, 1719, James Galbreath "late of Ireland" is charged 
2 CONC in 1720 for 100 acres out near the Susquehanna R. Per the Orbison 
2 CONC Manuscript, James settled in Conestoga Township, Chester County (later 
2 CONC Donegal Township in Lancaster County). The assessment list of Conestoga 
2 CONC Township for 1721 shows an assessment against "James Kilbrah" with a 
2 CONC valuation of £5 and a tax of 1s 3d.
2 CONT 
2 CONT James Galbraith on the Tax List 
2 CONT James Galbraith   1/6   W. Connestoga 1722 
2 CONT James Galbraith   1/8   Donegal 1724 
2 CONT James Galbraith   1/6   Donegal 1725 
2 CONT James Galbraith   1/6   Donegal 1726 
2 CONT Note that W. Connestoga was changed to Donegal in 1722. 
2 CONT From The Galbraith Families of Donegal..., section 3, p.7+ comes:
2 CONT James and his sons were immediately active in helping to organize a 
2 CONC Presbyterian church in the new settlement. That first building was a 
2 CONC small log cabin with look-outs at the corners where men of the 
2 CONC congregation kept watch. This building was built by the big spring and 
2 CONC was used for about 12 years.
2 CONT 
2 CONT In the southwest corner of the old cemetery in the Derry
2 CONT Presbyterian Churchyard are two flat slabs of white marble: 
2 CONT Here lieth the remains of the
2 CONT Rev. William Bertram, first
2 CONT pastor of this congregation
2 CONT who departed this life
2 CONT 2nd May, 1746
2 CONT Aged 72 years
2 CONT As also
2 CONT Elizabeth, his daughter,
2 CONT wife of James Galbraith, Esqr.
2 CONT who departed this life 2nd Feb.
2 CONT A.D. 1799, Aged 85 years. Here lieth the remains of
2 CONT James Galbreath
2 CONT who departed this life
2 CONT ye 23rd August, 1744
2 CONT Aged 78 years
2 CONT Also
2 CONT James Galbreath, Esqr.
2 CONT The younger
2 CONT on ye 11th June, 1786
2 CONT Aged 83 years
2 CONT Who dwelt beloved by all,
2 CONT In rational piety, modest hope,
2 CONT and cheerful resignation
2 CONT Elizabeth . . . . . . . . .  
2 CONT The last "Elizabeth" is probably the wife of Rev. Bertram. 
2 CONT  
2 CONT 
2 CONT James Sr. and James Jr. both acquired land in Derry Township about ten 
2 CONC miles to the north. The township developed where two Indian paths 
2 CONC intersected near Derry Spring and the James Galbraith plantation (the 
2 CONC Allegheny path running close to the current Rte. 422, and the Conewago 
2 CONC path running south from Manada Gap to Conewago Creek).
2 CONT 
2 CONT It is not known when James Sr. went to live in Derry or what happened to 
2 CONC his wife, Rebecca. James was probably living with his son, James Jr., 
2 CONC when he died at age 78. Both James Sr. and Jr. were buried in the old 
2 CONC cemetery in the Derry Presbyterian Churchyard, Hershey, Pennsylvania, and 
2 CONC are on the the honor roll of those buried there:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Frontiersmen: James Galbraith, Sr. and James Galbraith, Jr.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The reason for the immigration of the Galbraith family at that time can 
2 CONC only be speculated upon, but from 1714 to 1719 there were severe droughts 
2 CONC in Ireland with attendant loss of crops and livestock. Also, as the 
2 CONC lookout on the original log cabin church attests, there was active 
2 CONC hostility against Presbyterians. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT ---------------------------------
2 CONC -----------------------------------------------
2 CONT Sources:
2 CONT The Clan Galbraith Association of North America, The Galbraith Families 
2 CONC of Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a collections of 
2 CONC works, including:
2 CONT Galbraith of Donegal; Extracted from Pennsylvania Genealogies by William 
2 CONC Henry Egle, 1886; with significant corrections by Jean Harriger. 
2 CONT Harringer, Jean; Galbraiths of Pennsylvania Origin 
2 CONT More on the Galbraiths from the Redtower (the Association's publication) 
2 CONT Orbison, Robert Allison; The Galbraith Family, an unpublished manuscript, 
2 CONC with amendments and corrections by Jean Harriger 
2 CONT Extracts from Gilbreath, Galbreath, Galbraith by Elmer C. Galbreath 
2 CONT Keith, Chronicles of Penn 1688–1748, vol. II, p.596. 
2 CONT Moran, Clara Galbreath Royse, and Good, Marie Galbreath The Descendants 
2 CONC of John and Elizabeth Aikman Galbreath 1943, (published in 198_ by J.W. 
2 CONC Galbreath, Collinwood, TN, titled Galbraith; Library of Congress call 
2 CONC number: CS71.G1491980; Dewey: 929/.2/0973 ED: 20) 
2 CONT Miller, Robert Finney; Family of Millers and Stewarts, 1909 
2 CONT Mary Kyle's information came from James Kyle Genealogy by Margot Hill, 
2 CONC 1998. 
2 CONT IGI (International Genealogical Index) entry for James Galbraith.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 19 APR 2003
3 TIME 18:52:03
0 @I3@ INDI
1 NAME Rebecca /Chambers/
2 NSFX [Gi4]
1 TITL [Gi4]
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F2@
1 FAMC @F321@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 242755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F350850
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I4@ INDI
1 NAME John /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or7]
1 TITL [Or7]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1690
2 PLAC Ireland
1 DEAT
2 DATE OCT 1753
2 PLAC Donegal Twp,Lancaster Co.,PA
1 FAMS @F3@
1 FAMC @F2@
1 NOTE GALBREATH, JOHN   Donegal Twp.
2 CONT September 15, 1753    October 10, 1753
2 CONT Wife: Janet Galbreath.
2 CONT Children: Elizabeth, Margaret and Eleanor.
2 CONT Grandchildren: John and Rebecca 
2 CONT Nephew Bertram Galbreath (parents' name not given).
2 CONT Legatees: John and Joseph McKinly.
2 CONT Ex.: Janet and James Galbreath.
2 CONT 
2 CONT WARNING there are differing abstracts for John's will
2 CONT 
2 CONT John Galbraith in the same year (1720) erected the first grist and saw 
2 CONC mill above the Conestoga. The travel over these roads became so great 
2 CONC that Mr. Galbraith applied to the Chester county court to grant him a 
2 CONC license to keep an ordinary and brew beer." John Galbraith was a member 
2 CONC of the first grand jury of Lancaster county, and was sheriff in 1731- In 
2 CONC 1748 he was a captain in his brother's (Col. James Galbraith's) 
2 CONC battalion, which ranged along, the mountains to protect the frontier 
2 CONC settlers from Indian raids. He died in 1753. After the death of John 
2 CONC Galbraith, his lands Were divided and sold. That part on the east side of 
2 CONC the creek was purchased by Mr. Hiestand, and the grist and saw mill, with 
2 CONC the ordinary and several hundred acres of land, were purchased by John 
2 CONC Bayly, who was the son of Thomas Bayly, and was born upon a farm near 
2 CONC where Florin now is. John Bayly was a member of the Supreme Executive 
2 CONC Council from this county during the Revolutionary War. The mills and 
2 CONC ordinary were conducted by him until his death in 1794.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 20 MAY 2003
3 TIME 09:39:36
0 @I5@ INDI
1 NAME Andrew /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or8-]
1 TITL [Or8-]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1692
2 PLAC Ireland
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt 1762
2 PLAC Mount Pleasant Twp,York Co. PA?
1 FAMS @F4@
1 FAMC @F2@
1 NOTE Andrew left Lancaster in about 1747 and according to many histories went 
2 CONC west and folks semi-agree it was to York (formed 1749) county.
2 CONT It appears to me [wpg] he was serving as Road Supervisor in Mount 
2 CONC Pleasant Twp in 1751 and 1752.  He is also on the tax list of 1762 or a 
2 CONC son Andrew, and somewhat later records.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Below Notes for ANDREW GALBRAITH from the Web Page of Lester Galbreath.
2 CONT [I see that much of this has come from various histories written in the 
2 CONC 1800s.  See for example Ellis and Evans, History of Lancaster Co. PA, 
2 CONC 1883/  wpg]
2 CONT Andrew immigrated to America with his wife and Parents in 1718 - from 
2 CONC Ireland and settled in what later became Lancaster County Pa. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Andrew helped organize the county and was the first county coroner: he 
2 CONC also held the offices of Justice of the peace of the court of common 
2 CONC pleas, Representative to the General Assemble, and Justice of the Peace, 
2 CONC as well as serving several years in the Provincial Assembly. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT He was one of the first Ruling Elders of the Old Donegal Church. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Source of following; ( Bill Watkins, direct descendent of Andrew) 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Andrew Galbraith son of James Galbraith was born in the North of Ireland. 
2 CONC We have no record of his death but it occurred after 1747 as we have an 
2 CONC account of his activities until that time, when he moved from Lancaster 
2 CONC County, Pennsylvania to Cumberland County. In all likelihood he did not 
2 CONC accompany his son Arthur down the Shenandoah Valley to Virginia, but died 
2 CONC in Pennsylvania, as he was 55 at the time the move was made into 
2 CONC Cumberland County. He married Mary Kyle, daughter of James 
2 CONC Kyle(1665-1740), the exact date and place are unknown. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT He built his new home on the frontier on Little Chicques creek, a short 
2 CONC distance below the point where the Mount Joy and Marietta turnpike 
2 CONC crosses the Donegal run. He was also a pious man and a staunch member of 
2 CONC the Presbyterian Church. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT By 1728 Chester County was growing rapidly both by the influx of a new 
2 CONC wave of immigration and by design of the proprietors who wished to sell 
2 CONC their holdings on the frontier, to the settlers of the Eastern Shore. 
2 CONC Consequently the inhabitants of the upper part of Chester County, felt 
2 CONC the need of a seat of justice nearer to the place they lived. Accordingly 
2 CONC a petition was presented to the Hon. Patrick Gordon, Governor of 
2 CONC Pennsylvania on 6 February at a council held at Philadelphia setting 
2 CONC forth that by reason of their great distance from the county town*," 
2 CONC where courts are held, offices are kept and annual elections are made, 
2 CONC they lie under very great inconveniences, being obliged to travel near 
2 CONC one hundred miles to obtain a writ; that for want of a sufficient number 
2 CONC of justices, constables and other officers, in those parts, no care is 
2 CONC taken of high-ways; townships are not laid out, nor bridges built, when 
2 CONC there is an apparent necessity for them; and further, that for want of 
2 CONC gaol there, several vagabonds and other dissolute people harbor among 
2 CONC them, thinking themselves safe from justice in so remote a place; and 
2 CONC therefore praying that a division line be made between the upper and 
2 CONC lower part of said county, with all the immunities, rights and privileges 
2 CONC which any other county of this province does enjoy." This petition was 
2 CONC signed by, Andrew Galbraith, John Galbraith, John Galbraith Jr., James 
2 CONC Galbraith, James Galbraith Jr. and Robt. Galbraith. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Governor and the Council looked favorably upon this petition and the 
2 CONC Council declared on 2 May 1729 "that the upper parts of the province 
2 CONC described as aforesaid, are hereby declared to be erected, and are 
2 CONC accordingly erected into a county by the name of Lancaster. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT On 8 May 1729 the Governor recommended to the board that they consider 
2 CONT proper persons to be appointed officers of the newly erected county. The 
2 CONC board responded by naming the following justices of the peace viz: John 
2 CONC Wright, Tobias Hendricks, Samuel Blunston, Andrew Cornish, Thomas 
2 CONC Edwards, Caleb 
2 CONT Pierce, Thomas Reid and Samuel Jones. Robert Barber was appointed sheriff 
2 CONT and Andrew Galbraith, coroner. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT On the 5th of August 1729 Andrew and his brother John were members of the 
2 CONC Grand Inquest (todays Grand Jury), that returned an indictment against 
2 CONC one Morris Cannady for having "feloniously taken and carried away 
2 CONC fourteen pounds, seven shillings the goods and chattels of Daniel 
2 CONC Cookson." He was tried the same day and found guilty. His punishment 
2 CONC consisted of being "publickly whipped on his bare back with twenty-one 
2 CONC stripes well laid on", in addition he was required to pay to the Governor 
2 CONC for the support of the Government the costs of his prosecution, and two 
2 CONC pounds eighteen shilling to Daniel Cookson for his loss of time and 
2 CONC inconvenience in prosecuting Morris Canaday. Since Morris Canaday had no 
2 CONC estate or effects to pay the costs and fine levied against him the court 
2 CONC ordered the sheriff "to sell the said Morris to the highest bidder for a 
2 CONC term not exceeding six years." 
2 CONT 
2 CONT On 4 November 1729, the court appointed and ordered that Andrew Galbraith 
2 CONC with Tobias Hendricks is ordered to view the prison and make report to 
2 CONC the county. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT On 3 November 1730 at a court held at Lancaster, Robert Barber the late 
2 CONC sheriff reported that he had sold Morris Cannaday as ordered by the Court 
2 CONC to one John Lawrence of Peshtank Township, for sixteen pounds. However 
2 CONC John Lawrence had become insolvent and he had received only fourteen 
2 CONC pounds five shillings, he therefore "prays this court would order the 
2 CONC costs of suit and other charges... be settled and the sheriff may be no 
2 CONC further liable." The court ordered per curia that Tobias Hendricks and 
2 CONC Andrew Galbraith, Esqrs., certify their proceedings to the Governor in 
2 CONC behalf of the sheriff according to his prayer. At this same meeting of 
2 CONC the court the records show that John Galbraith, Andrew's brother is the 
2 CONC current sheriff of Lancaster County. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT In the history of Lancaster County the year 1732 is a remarkable year on 
2 CONC account of a political contest in which Mrs. Galbraith played a manly 
2 CONC part. Andrew Galbraith of Donegal and John Wright of Hempfield were both 
2 CONC candidates for member of Assembly. In 1731 Andrew did not have 
2 CONC opposition, but in 1732 when George Stewart and Andrew Galbraith were 
2 CONC both candidates, the Quakers decided that the election of both would mean 
2 CONC that one of their ablest and most distinguished members, Judge John 
2 CONC Wright would be defeated. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Andrew resting secure in the thought that his incumbency made his seat 
2 CONC safe as rather lax in promoting his candidacy, as he was being pushed 
2 CONC forward by his friends. Not so his wife; and when election day arrived 
2 CONC she mounted her favorite mare, Nelly and with a spur on her ankle away 
2 CONC she went, her red cloak flowing to the wind, to scour the country side 
2 CONC for Andrew. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT At that time it was necessary to go to the county seat to vote, and Mrs. 
2 CONC Galbraith appeared at the head of a long line of Andrew's Scotch-Irish 
2 CONC friends and neighbors at the polling place. She addressed them from the 
2 CONC saddle with such fire and eloquence that Andrew carried the day. She did 
2 CONC him good service for Andrew was returned to the Assembly, and from that 
2 CONC day forward, he was unopposed in future elections. The other successful 
2 CONC candidates were George Stewart, Thomas Edwards, and Samuel Blunston. John 
2 CONC Wright was not happy with the returns of the election and he contested 
2 CONC the results, but to no avail. The House resolved "that Andrew Galbraith 
2 CONC is duly returned as a member for the County of Lancaster." 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Andrew was a member of the Assembly continuously from 1731 thru 1738. 
2 CONC This indicates that he not only did a good job in the eyes of his fellow 
2 CONC citizens, but that he was well thought of and well liked. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Just why Andrew is not a member of the Assembly after 1738 is not known, 
2 CONC however it is possible that he did not want to engage in politics after 
2 CONC 1738 as the political scene in Lancaster County became increasingly 
2 CONC turbulent after that date. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The struggle for office between the English and the Irish was nothing 
2 CONC new, but by 1743 the elections were turning violent. In that year, an 
2 CONC election was held, to fill the seat of Thomas Linsey who had died in 
2 CONC office. The Irish compelled the sheriff to receive only the tickets that 
2 CONC they approved and make a return to the Assembly accordingly. Naturally 
2 CONC these antics were reported and the following resolution passed the 
2 CONC Assembly "Resolved, That the sheriff having assumed upon himself the 
2 CONC power of being sole judge at the late election, exclusive of the 
2 CONC inspectors chosen by the framers of said county of Lancaster, is illegal, 
2 CONC unwarranted and an infringement of the liberties of the people of the 
2 CONC province; that it is just cause for the discontent to the inhabitants of 
2 CONC said county; that if any disturbances followed thereon, it is justly 
2 CONC imputed to his own misconduct. Resolved, further, That the sheriff of 
2 CONC Lancaster County be admonished by the speaker." 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The sheriff was present and after being admonished he promised that he 
2 CONC would take care and keep the law in the future. He also altered the 
2 CONC return and Samuel Blunston was allowed to take his seat. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT In addition to the English and Irish, the German population of Lancaster 
2 CONC County was beginning to make it's presence felt. As early as 1727 at 
2 CONC least one thousand German families arrived in Pennsylvania, and in that 
2 CONC year a complaint was made to the governor "that a large number of 
2 CONC Germans, peculiar in their dress, religion and notions of political 
2 CONC Governments had arrived...and were determined not to obey the lawful 
2 CONC authority of Government...but they had resolved to speak their own 
2 CONC language." 
2 CONT 
2 CONT By 1743 the Germans were numerous enough to feel they could successfully 
2 CONC defend their rights as well as the English and Irish looked after theirs, 
2 CONC so they determined to maintain these rights with all the firmness 
2 CONC required to do so. As a result the disturbances between the Irish and 
2 CONC Germans were common and were growing increasingly frequent. This 
2 CONC situation was unsettling, not only to the inhabitants of Lancaster 
2 CONC County, but to the proprietors as well. In order to prevent more trouble, 
2 CONC the proprietors, after the organization of York and Cumberland Counties, 
2 CONC gave their agents orders to sell no more land to the Irish in York and 
2 CONC Lancaster Counties. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT They were also instructed to make overtures to the present Irish settlers 
2 CONC in Paxton, Swatara, and Donegal townships to move into the new County of 
2 CONC Cumberland. Apparently the offer was a liberal one as Andrew sold his 
2 CONC farm in 
2 CONT 1747, to his brother-in-law John Kyle,* and moved to Cumberland County, 
2 CONC West of the Susquehanna river. During this same period many other Donegal 
2 CONC neighbors of Andrew also accepted this inducement to move. Among these 
2 CONC were the Works, Moores, Whitehills, Silvers, Semples, Sterrits, and Woods 
2 CONC who were neighbors of Andrew, when Donegal Township was established in 
2 CONC 1722. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Andrew was not only a practical and successful politician, he was an 
2 CONC honest and just man, who founded the first Presbyterian Church in Donegal 
2 CONC Township in1720. As a matter of fact it was probably the first 
2 CONC Presbyterian Church west of Philadelphia, although there were some 
2 CONC itinerant preachers in the community from time to time, this is the first 
2 CONC permanent site of regular services. In August of 1721 Andrew rode to New 
2 CONC Castle on the Delaware, and asked for a minister to supply (temporary 
2 CONC minister) the congregation. They were so much impressed by the zeal 
2 CONC manifested by Mr. Galbraith on behalf of his friends and neighbors that 
2 CONC they sent a Rev. George Gillespie and Rev. Robert Cross. However it was 
2 CONC five more years before a regular minister was obtained. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Andrew was the first ruling elder, selected the site for the first 
2 CONC building, and without doubt held services on many occasions, as the first 
2 CONC Pastor was a Reverend James Anderson, who received a call from the 
2 CONC Donegal Church in 1726. In 1730 the original log structure was replaced 
2 CONC by a building of rough stone laid in mortar. The influence of the Donegal 
2 CONC Church was felt far beyond the confines of Lancaster County and became 
2 CONC the nursery of Presbyterianism in a large part of Pennsylvania, Virginia, 
2 CONC North Carolina and Tennessee.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 11 AUG 2002
3 TIME 11:07:50
0 @I6@ INDI
1 NAME James /Galbraith/
2 NSFX #2 [Or10]
1 TITL #2 [Or10]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1703
2 PLAC Ireland
1 DEAT
2 DATE 11 JUN 1786
2 PLAC East Pennsborough Twp.,Cumberland Co. PA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Derry Church Graveyard
1 FAMS @F5@
1 FAMC @F2@
1 NOTE .  James Galbraith was born in Ulster, Ireland, in 1703, and died in East 
2 CONC Pennsboro, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1786. Elizabeth Bertram 
2 CONC was born in Pennsylvania in 1713, and died in Donegal Township, Lancaster 
2 CONC County, Pennsylvania, on February 2, 1799. He is the son of James and 
2 CONC Rebecca (Chambers) Galbraith. She is the daughter of William, (Rev.) and 
2 CONC Elizabeth? (_____) Bertram. He moved west to East Pennsboro Twp in 1761 
2 CONC They had eight children: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT i. William Galbraith was born in 1736. He married Margaret Buchanan in 
2 CONC Carlisle in 1754. She was the daughter of Robert and Jane Buchanan. 
2 CONC William and Margaret were underage when they married and there is some 
2 CONC evidence that they moved to Baltimore, Maryland, for a while. Young 
2 CONC William was a surveyor for the provincial government. 
2 CONT But had children with Hester Rees in Philadelphia  
2 CONT ii. Bertram Galbraith was born in 1738, and died in Donegal Township in 
2 CONC 1804. He married (1) Ann Scott, (2) Henrietta Hulings, and had 11 
2 CONC children. He was a noted surveyor.   
2 CONT iii. Robert Galbraith [#192]: He was born in Derry Township, Lancaster 
2 CONC County, Pennsylvania, about 1742, and died in Allen Township, Cumberland 
2 CONC County, Pennsylvania, in 1793.   
2 CONT iv. Thomas Galbraith was born about 1742, and died in Ft. Ligonier, 
2 CONC Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1785. He married Elizabeth 
2 CONC Shannon(?).   
2 CONT v. Elizabeth Galbraith was born about 1744. She married Charles Torrance. 
2 CONC   
2 CONT vi. Dorcas Galbraith was born about 1746, and died in 1810. She married 
2 CONC John Buchanan.   
2 CONT vii. John Galbraith was born about 1748, and died in 1802. He married 
2 CONC Mary McCauley; they had nine children. Her name is often seen written 
2 CONC Mary McCullough.   
2 CONT viii. Andrew Galbraith was born in 1750, and died in 1806. He married 
2 CONC Barbara Work, they had ten children: eight daughters, and two sons who 
2 CONC died young.   
2 CONT 
2 CONT James was about 15 years old when he arrived in Pennsylvania with his 
2 CONC father and brothers.
2 CONT 
2 CONT James was appointed the county lieutenant during the Revolution but was 
2 CONC only able to serve a few months since he was an old man. He also served 
2 CONC in the French and Indian War.
2 CONT 
2 CONT JOHNSTON, JEAN   Twp. omitted.
2 CONT August 30, 1741    March 23, 1742
2 CONT Legatees: Agness Elender and Charles Clark.
2 CONT Ex.: James Galbreath.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT James: Land grant 3/13/1737 in Derry twp. Dauphin Co, PA
2 CONT served as sheriff of Lancaster Co. 1742-43
2 CONT officer in French & Indian wars 1755-1763, "and during the Revolutionary 
2 CONC war,
2 CONT in which all his sons served, he was appointed lieutenant for Cumberland
2 CONT county"
2 CONT 
2 CONT Thomas McKee was
2 CONT commissioned as a captain in the provincial service in 1756, and on the 
2 CONC 26th of January was instructed to receive from the officer commanding 
2 CONC thedetachment at Hunter's mill the "arms, accouterments, blankets, tools, 
2 CONC and stores" in his bands (Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. II. p.553); he was 
2 CONC to
2 CONT march his company to Hunter's mill, and "either complete the fort 
2 CONC alreadybegun there or build another at such other convenient place as 
2 CONC James Galbraith, Esq. shall advise" (Ibid. p. 564).
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 MAY 2003
3 TIME 12:09:45
0 @I7@ INDI
1 NAME Isabel /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [E-2]
1 TITL [E-2]
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F6@
1 FAMC @F2@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 18 MAR 2003
3 TIME 11:01:33
0 @I8@ INDI
1 NAME Rebecca /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or-6]
1 TITL [Or-6]
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1700
2 PLAC Newton,Cunningham,Donegal,Ireland
1 DEAT
2 DATE JAN 1748
2 PLAC Pennsylvania
1 FAMS @F7@
1 FAMC @F2@
1 NOTE Lancaster Wills
2 CONT STEWART, REBECCA   Donegal Twp.
2 CONT December 28, 1748    --- 1749
2 CONT Children: Charles, Robert, William and Frances.[Margaret]
2 CONT Ex.: John Galbreath and James Karr.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Also have info that there was another (oldest) child Alexander who 
2 CONC inherited lands in Scotland and Rebecca had lived there until her Husband 
2 CONC died.
2 CONT 
2 CONT On my trip  to Lancaster (Oct 2002) I read her will of 28 Dec 1748
2 CONT Executors were:  Brother John Galbreath [recall that she and John were 
2 CONC children of the first James who came in 1718]  and my son JAMES KARR
2 CONT Children: Charles, Robert, and William Stuart, Frances Stuart, Margret
2 CONT witnesses Janet (x) Galbreth (would have been her sister-in-law) and 
2 CONC Elizabeth Kerr.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1)  I can only guess that James Karr must have been son-in-law (perhaps 
2 CONC spouse to Margret).  Also James Karr was the accountant for the estate of 
2 CONC Jannet, widow of John (he died in 1753).  I have a feeling that this 
2 CONC Janet was thus a Karr/Kerr.  Was he spouse of Elizabeth Kerr?
2 CONT 
2 CONT 2) I read some time ago the story of Rebecca (but can't find it now) and 
2 CONC as I recall:  She married Alexander in Scotland (!) in about 1717 and did 
2 CONC not come to America with father James and family.
2 CONT 
2 CONT At any rate, Rebecca and family were in Scotland when Alexander died in 
2 CONC 1743;  their oldest son Alexander jr, got the family lands and Rebecca 
2 CONC and the other children came to America in 1745, and she died in 1748 (per 
2 CONC above).
2 CONT 
2 CONT There seems to be v. little consistancy in writing wills in the 1700s.  I 
2 CONC have seen many that neglected to mention daughters unless they were 
2 CONC minors.  I would have thought for Rebecca's minors there would have been 
2 CONC some instructions.  Perhaps there are orphan court proceedings. At any 
2 CONC rate if James Karr is the son or son-in-law he was born by 1726 (and 
2 CONC ditto for witness Elizabeth Kerr) I suspect  Rebecca would not have born 
2 CONC after 1708.  I would still put it around 1702, so she could have married 
2 CONC Alexander before 1718 and her family's departure. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT I have seen many wills where the reference to son was actually 
2 CONC son-in-law;  this was very common.  So it is most likely to me that James 
2 CONC Karr was the son-in-law.  We really need someone to go to the Lancaster 
2 CONC Historical Society and have a good look  (as said, I could only spend 30 
2 CONC minutes there).  I suspect I ran across the will of Rebekah Galbraith 
2 CONC Steuart  (SIC) as it was in the Galbraith folder and goes on to read 
2 CONC "brother John Galbreath and my son James Karr executors Charles Robert 
2 CONC and William Stuart Frances Stuart Margret.   Janet X Galbreth Elizabeth 
2 CONC Kerr [hard to read last name]"  I do not know why Margret had no last 
2 CONC name and why different spellings of surnames were used.  I don't know how 
2 CONC much more was in the will that I failed to copy (sorry)
2 CONT 
2 CONT It was the only thing that I copied as it surprized me. (see the other 
2 CONC estate records that were in the folder--I got that list over the 
2 CONC telephone before going, and added the relations).
2 CONT The researcher needs to read the Steuart/Stewart folder as well as the 
2 CONC Karr/Kerr--I bet something can be found. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT The Archives of the Lancaster County Historical Society consists of 
2 CONC county records, Manuscript Groups, deeds, bound newspapers, and the 
2 CONC Document Collection. The county records include civil and criminal court 
2 CONC dockets and documents, estate inventories, administrators accounts, 
2 CONC prison records, grantor/grantee indexes, tax lists, Orphans Court papers, 
2 CONC marriage papers, tavern licenses and petitions, road dockets and 
2 CONC petitions, and Commissioners' Orders for Payment. Items must be retrieved 
2 CONC by the staff. Because of the condition of some materials, the staff will 
2 CONC photocopy documents for patrons to use. However, some items may be too 
2 CONC fragile to handle 
2 CONT 
2 CONT *Estate Inventories: Inventories of estates showing name of decedent, 
2 CONC date, itemized list of goods and chattels, appraised valuation, and 
2 CONC signatures and affidavits of appraisers. 1729-1913.  Galbraith folder 
2 CONC contains John 1753 [father to Robert, wife was Janet --], John 63 [?] and 
2 CONC John 69 [son to Andrew, wife was Dorcas]; Robert 1738 [of Paxtang, unk 
2 CONC wife] and Robert 1746 [1747?, son to John, spouse was Rebecca Work] the 
2 CONC wills etc have been copied and are in the Family files, same for records 
2 CONC of Robert [in testate] of 1757 {unknown?] but Elizabeth of 1757 [prob. d. 
2 CONC to John and Janet, unmarried) they have not been. (d. in testate)
1 CHAN
2 DATE 14 MAR 2003
3 TIME 11:59:54
0 @I9@ INDI
1 NAME Janet /Unknown/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1693
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Lancaster Co.,Pa
1 FAMS @F3@
1 NOTE I have belabored the discussion on John Galbreath of Philadelphia as 
2 CONC there is another marriage at the same church: 4 July 1742--Galbreath, 
2 CONC John, and Jane McCollock. Galbraith genealogies ascribe this marriage to 
2 CONC John Galbraith, son of Robert of Paxtang, who married a Jennet and died 
2 CONC in Carlisle in 1757.  I have never seen another McCollough reference to 
2 CONC this Jennet.  Given the number of McCollough references (and I have 
2 CONC omitted most of them) associated with Jane and John of 
2 CONC Philadelphia/Springfield it is clear to me that they were the couple of 
2 CONC the 1742 marriage.  (see RT article of December 2002)
2 CONT 
2 CONT Also, based on the Will of Rebecca Galbraith Stuart  Dec 28, 1748 of 
2 CONC Lancaster County
2 CONT 
2 CONT Executors were:  Brother John Galbreath [recall that she and John were 
2 CONC children of the first James who came in 1718]  and my son JAMES KARR
2 CONT Children: Charles, Robert, and William Stuart, Frances Stuart, Margret
2 CONT witnesses Janet (x) Galbreth (would have been her sister-in-law) and 
2 CONC Elizabeth Kerr.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 1)  I can only guess that James Karr must have been son-in-law (perhaps 
2 CONC spouse to Margret).Or, there was another daughter (to Rebecca) Elizabeth  
2 CONC Also James Karr was the accountant for the estate of Jannet, widow of 
2 CONC John (he died in 1753).  I have a feeling that this Janet was thus a 
2 CONC Karr/Kerr.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 14 MAR 2003
3 TIME 11:58:38
0 @I10@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or32]
1 TITL [Or32]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1715
2 PLAC Ireland
1 DEAT
2 DATE MAR 1746
2 PLAC Lancaster Co.,PA
1 FAMS @F8@
1 FAMC @F3@
1 NOTE GALBROTH, ROBERT   Twp. omitted.
2 CONT February 23, 1746    March 13, 1746
2 CONT Wife: Rebecca Galbroth.
2 CONT Children: Rebecca and John.
2 CONT Ex.: Rebecca Galbroth.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 15 JUN 2002
3 TIME 07:50:26
0 @I11@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Gi5]
1 TITL [Gi5]
1 SEX F
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1757
2 PLAC Lancaster Co.,PA
1 FAMS @F9@
1 FAMC @F3@
1 NOTE Evidence is tht she died unmarried, see the estate file in Lancaster, 
2 CONC where she is shown under Galbraith
1 CHAN
2 DATE 16 AUG 2002
3 TIME 12:42:12
0 @I12@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F10@
1 FAMC @F3@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 362755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F351A70
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 MAR 2001
3 TIME 23:00:00
0 @I13@ INDI
1 NAME Elinor /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [H12]
1 TITL [H12]
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F11@
1 FAMC @F3@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 382755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F351C90
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I14@ INDI
1 NAME Patrick /McKinley/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F11@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 3A2755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F351EB0
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 MAR 2001
3 TIME 23:00:00
0 @I15@ INDI
1 NAME John /McKinley/
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F11@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 3C2755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F3520D0
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 MAR 2001
3 TIME 23:00:00
0 @I16@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph /McKinley/
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F11@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 3E2755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F3522F0
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 MAR 2001
3 TIME 23:00:00
0 @I17@ INDI
1 NAME Janet /McKinley/
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F11@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 402755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F352410
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 MAR 2001
3 TIME 23:00:00
0 @I18@ INDI
1 NAME John /Bayley/
2 NSFX [Or8]
1 TITL [Or8]
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F10@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 422755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F352630
1 CHAN
2 DATE 28 NOV 2001
3 TIME 23:00:00
0 @I19@ INDI
1 NAME Rebecca /Work/
2 NSFX [Gi5]
1 TITL [Gi5]
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F8@
1 FAMS @F306@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 442755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F352850
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I20@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Kyle/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1688
2 PLAC Ireland
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1735
2 PLAC Lancaster Co.,Pa
1 FAMS @F4@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 462755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F352A70
1 CHAN
2 DATE 9 JUN 2002
3 TIME 08:56:30
0 @I21@ INDI
1 NAME John /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or10,15]
1 TITL [Or10,15]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1715
1 DEAT
2 DATE OCT 1769
2 PLAC Lancaster Co. PA
1 FAMS @F12@
1 FAMC @F4@
1 NOTE GALBRAITH, JOHN   Donegal Twp.
2 CONT April 19, 1768    October 31, 1769
2 CONT Wife: Darchas Galbraith.
2 CONT Children: Elizabeth, Mary, Jannet and Barbara.
2 CONT Grandchild: Galbraith Patterson (parents' names not stated).
2 CONT Ex.: Darchas Galbraith.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Work family history, twelve generations of Works in America, 1690-1969, 
2 CONC compiled by Von Gail Hamilton, published Park City, Utah, 1969
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Information from the J.V. Thompson Journals is being extracted & 
2 CONC input.  The process will take at least two years. Additions/corrections 
2 CONC welcome, but I'm slow anwering email due to the large volume received.
2 CONT 
2 CONT DEATH: Elsewhere death as 1768
2 CONT 
2 CONT John' birth is between 1710 (if he was the one who witnessed the will of 
2 CONC Isaac Miranda in 1732) and 1717 (according to Egle)
1 CHAN
2 DATE 4 AUG 2002
3 TIME 15:22:05
0 @I22@ INDI
1 NAME Andrew /Galbraith UC, UP/
2 NSFX [H44]
1 TITL [H44]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1732
2 PLAC Lancaster Co.,Pa
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Cumberland Co.,Ky?
1 FAMS @F225@
1 FAMS @F222@
1 FAMC @F4@
2 _PRIMARY Y
1 NOTE [prenotes by wpg] Uncertain that Andrew and Mary Kyle had a son Andrew, 
2 CONC OR that such an Andrew can be yet traced.  But, he should have had an 
2 CONC Andrew.  The research of Jean Harriger shows that Andrew (the father, 
2 CONC spouse of Mary Kyle) departed Lancaster in 1746.  The 'only' available 
2 CONC Andrew surfaced across the Susquehanna in just formed York County in 1751 
2 CONC as Twp. supervisor  (see RT vol x or page 44 of Harriger Collected 
2 CONC Works).   He actually served as Supervisor in both 1751 and 1752. Andrew 
2 CONC also obtained a warrant for land in Mount Pleasant in Dec 1759;  but he 
2 CONC never established the patent  That land evidently changed hands a number 
2 CONC of time before Susannah Noel pick it up in 1829.  Andrew is on the tax 
2 CONC list there in 1762 and appears again in York in 1783 (NOT the son of 
2 CONC either James or John of York) and not the father, but possibly the son of 
2 CONC Andrew[wpg].  
2 CONT 
2 CONT Also we have a scenario (favored by Loree Miller) that Andrew, the 
2 CONC possible son, went south-- to married Nancy Ann Hicklin and lived in VA 
2 CONC or in Orange County NC before settling down in Botetourt County VA.  It 
2 CONC should be noted that a lot of the Andrew material, below, was taken from 
2 CONC research by Loree Miller --for more info see her "A Study of Andrew 
2 CONC Galbraith Sept. 7, 1993"
2 CONT 
2 CONT ERROR:  In any case this Andrew, if he exists is not the putative Cousin 
2 CONC Maj. Andrew, brother to Bertram and son to James and Elizabeth Bertram 
2 CONC GAlbreath--this probably leads to the error with Barbara Kyle [wpg]
2 CONT 
2 CONT Andrew served in the revolutionary war with his two brothers Arthur and 
2 CONC Hugh. He was a Major of the Flying Camp at the battle of Long Island and 
2 CONC was Captured and confined on a prison ship during the remainder of the 
2 CONC year.  [The second sentance sure sounds like Andrew, son to James and 
2 CONC Elizabeth Bertram, as Andrew of Andrew was likely not ever a Major]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Family tradition says Nancy Ann was 16 when she married Andrew, who was 
2 CONC older and that they left Virginia for a while. One source indicated they 
2 CONC may have been in North Carolina for a while but apparently came back to 
2 CONC Virginia for the birth of their first child.
2 CONT 
2 CONT A list of tithables taken from the north side of Buffalo Creek on the 
2 CONC county line, from mountain to mountain for the year 1771, James Trimble, 
2 CONC Captain:
2 CONT Andrew Galbraith, 1
2 CONT Hugh Galbraith, 1
2 CONT Arthur Galbraith, 1
2 CONT 
2 CONT I find it very odd that a Hugh is included here--is he also a brother?  
2 CONC Is it just accidental that we have an extra Galbraith? Is perhaps the 
2 CONC father to Andrew's supposed son Hugh/wpg]
2 CONT 
2 CONT (probably from Loree) Andrew Galbraith was involved in a court case 
2 CONC versus John Moore. Samuel Wallace (grandfather of Texas Ranger Bigfoot 
2 CONC Wallace), Sam Houston, John Davidson were on the jury. Martha Galbraith 
2 CONC was allowed three days attendance at trial as witness for Andrew 
2 CONC Galbraith.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Andrew Galbraith died as a result of wounds received in battle during 
2 CONC Revolutionary War  [suspect, but possible].
2 CONT 
2 CONT On December 16, 1921, Jeff Ross (he was related to the Coffees) of 
2 CONC Savannah, Tennessee wrote a letter to the members of the John Gilbreath 
2 CONC (son of Andrew Galbraith and Nancy Ann Hicklin) that stated that Nancy 
2 CONC Ann had run away from home at the age of 16 and married Andrew Galbraith. 
2 CONC Ross claimed that the Hicklins lived in South Carolina and that Andrew 
2 CONC and Nancy Ann moved to Virginia where all their children were born. Ross 
2 CONC said that Andrew and two of his brothers were in the Revolutionary War 
2 CONC and Andrew died on the way home from the war. Ross also claimed that 
2 CONC Nancy Ann and her children returned to South Carolina and joined her 
2 CONC husband's brothers in moving to Kentucky.
2 CONT 
2 CONT All of Andrew's children used the last name of Gilbreath and his Widow 
2 CONC seemed to have used the name Gilbrearth after his death. It is not known 
2 CONC when or if Andrew changed his last name from Galbraith to Gilbreath. He 
2 CONC was born Galbraith,  He is listed on the Militia muster rolls as 
2 CONC Calbraith in 1767, in 1771 he was granted a certificate to grow hemp 
2 CONC under the name Calbreath, on a tithables list in 1771 he is listed as 
2 CONC Andrew Galbraith, in 1783 he was sued under the name Galbraith.
2 CONT 
2 CONT {There is a question of place where Andrew died, some say VA, others that 
2 CONC he went on to KY with Nancy Ann. Or if Nancy Ann 'returned" to SC then to 
2 CONC KY then on to TN]  The year is also suspect, and is the last document 
2 CONC date that Loree Miller found re. Andrew/wpg
1 SOUR @S14@
2 DATA
3 TEXT Date of Import: Jun 23, 2000
1 CHAN
2 DATE 11 AUG 2002
3 TIME 11:13:13
0 @I23@ INDI
1 NAME Arthur /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or10, Gi21]
1 TITL [Or10, Gi21]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 14 JAN 1728
2 PLAC Lancaster County Pennsylvania
2 SOUR @S1@
3 DATA
4 TEXT Date of Import: Jun 23, 2000
1 DEAT
2 DATE 21 JAN 1818
2 PLAC Carter Valley,Hawkins Co. TN
2 SOUR @S1@
3 DATA
4 TEXT Date of Import: Jun 23, 2000
1 FAMS @F13@
1 FAMC @F4@
1 NOTE Source of following; billw875@aol.com ( Bill Watkins, direct descendant 
2 CONC of Arthur)  But, again portions probably originated with Loree.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Served in the revolutionary War with his two brothers Andrew and Hugh.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Arthur Galbraith was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the year 
2 CONC 1728, son of Andrew Galbraith and his wife Mary Kyle Information on his 
2 CONC first 40 years is almost non-existent, as his father Andrew moved to the 
2 CONC West of the Susquehanna river in 1747. At that time Cumberland County was 
2 CONC the limit of Westward expansion, and as a result of the rough and tumble 
2 CONC life of the Pennsylvania frontier, records are few and far between. 
2 CONC Really, documentation on the life of Arthur begins with his marriage to 
2 CONC Mary Sharp on 15 January 1768 in the St. James Episcopal Church in the 
2 CONC town of Lancaster. Arthur was 40 years old when he married Mary Sharp.
2 CONT Evidently, Arthur remained behind when his father Andrew went west [wpg]
2 CONT Arthur Galbraith on 22 September 1766, took up 250 Acres of land on 
2 CONC Shaver's
2 CONT Creek, (according to Mr. M. Luther Heisey, of the Lancaster County 
2 CONC HistoricalSociety this is near Petersburg, in what is now Huntingdon 
2 CONC County, PA).Huntingdon  County, was created in 1787 from Bedford County, 
2 CONC which in turnwas erected in 1771 from Cumberland.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Since we know that Arthur's father Andrew, moved in 1747, to 
2 CONC CumberlandCounty, (when Arthur was 19) and since Arthur took up the 
2 CONC acreage at Shaver'sCreek, in 1766 when he was 38 years old this would 
2 CONC place Arthur in CumberlandCounty, for 19 years before he became a land 
2 CONC owner.  We do not have a record of the sale of Arthur's holdings on 
2 CONC Shaver's Creek, but we do know that Arthur and his new bride departed 
2 CONC Pennsylvania shortly after their marriage. Why did Arthur leave? Was it 
2 CONC because he wanted to start a new life in new surroundings? Well no 
2 CONC matter, the fact is he did leave and started down the Shenandoah valley 
2 CONC to finally come to rest in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
2 CONT Now, through the courtesy of Lewis Preston Summers, lets follow Arthur as 
2 CONC hemade his odyssey down the Valley on the Kings Hiway (now US 11) to his 
2 CONC newhome, as shown by the Annals of Botetourt, Fincastle & Washington 
2 CONC Counties, Virginia.
2 CONT 
2 CONT BOTETOURT COUNTY, VIRGINIA WAS ORGANIZED ON 13 FEBRUARY 1770.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 13 March 1771: Botetourt County Court: It is interesting to note that the 
2 CONC first official documentation of Arthur in his new home, concerns a breach 
2 CONC of the peace on the part of Arthur, against his neighbor Arthur Campbell. 
2 CONC Arthur Campbell was an adversary of no mean stature, of the same Scotch 
2 CONC blood as Arthur Galbraith, and a lawsuit is much better than starting a 
2 CONC Scotch Clan feud. Testifying to that is the fact that both of these men 
2 CONC had traveled 105 miles, in the cold, stark weather of March to be present 
2 CONC to settle the matter. The full minutes of the County Court, set out in 
2 CONC the austere language imported directly from the British Isles, is given 
2 CONC below, as being worthy for our modern day appetites. "Upon the complaint 
2 CONC of Arthur Campbell agst. Arthur Calbraith for a breach of the peace, the 
2 CONC parties being heard it is ord. that the sd. Arthur Calbraith give 
2 CONC security for his good behaviour for a year & day next ensuing."
2 CONT Arthur must have known that he was going to lose as he brought his 
2 CONC bondsmen with him as we see in the verdict next listed: "Arthur 
2 CONC Calbraith, James Dewis & Peter Willey came into court & acknd. themselves 
2 CONC severally indebted to our Sovereign Lord George the third, now King of 
2 CONC Great Britain & in the sums following, viz.: The said Arthur Calbraith in 
2 CONC the sum of one hundred pounds and the said James Dewis & Peter Willey in 
2 CONC the sum of fifty pounds each of their respective goods and chattels,lands 
2 CONC and tenements, to be levied, and to our said Lord the King, his heirs & 
2 CONC successors rendered. Yet upon this condition that if the said Arthur 
2 CONC Calbraith shall be of good behavior towards said Lord the King and all 
2 CONC His Majesty's liege people, particularly the said Arthur Campbell, for a 
2 CONC year & a day now next ensuing, then this recognizance to be void else to 
2 CONC remain in full force." [L. P. Summers, ANNALS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, 
2 CONC Abington, V A, 1929, pp 106-107]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 12 November 1771 A Grand Jury held on this date returned an indictment 
2 CONC against Arthur Galbreath for "stopping the Kings Hiway between the Royal 
2 CONC Oak and the Seven Mile Ford on Holston River ." The crime of stopping the 
2 CONC Kings Highway, could mean any one of several things, but most likely it 
2 CONC had to do with erecting a barrier of some sort to fence in cattle. This 
2 CONC offense was seemingly minor as occurrences in the early days of Botetourt 
2 CONC County were frequent. [Summers p 141]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 13 November 1771 Arthur must have been considered a reliable citizen for 
2 CONC the day after his indictment for stopping the Kings Hiway he was selected 
2 CONC to serve on a Jury in the case of William Simpson agst William Herbert. [ 
2 CONC Summers page 142]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 14 November 1771 Well Arthur's quick temper and hasty tongue got him in 
2 CONC trouble again. This time he was being sued by Thomas Hamilton for 
2 CONC slander. Arthur was found guilty, but the jury apparently thought that 
2 CONC there was some justification on the part of Arthur, as the assessment 
2 CONC against Arthur was only one penny. [Summers page 145]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 10 September 1772 Arthur and his neighbor Arthur Campbell are at it 
2 CONC again. This time around Arthur Galbreath is suing Arthur Campbell for 
2 CONC debt. No better luck this time as Arthur Campbell is found not guilty. 
2 CONC [Summers, page 154]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 5 JANUARY 1773 FINCASTLE COUNTY ORGANIZED
2 CONT 
2 CONT 4 May 1773, Fincastle County Court. Apparently people and cattle are 
2 CONC becoming more numerous as the new county of Fincastle granted Arthur 
2 CONC Galbreath a mark for his cattle, a Swallow fork on the left ear. 
2 CONC [Summers, page 604]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 5 May 1773 Ordered Arthur Galbreath to pay William Davis and James Davis 
2 CONC 50 pounds of tob. for two daies attendance at this court as witnesses for 
2 CONC him against Arthur Campbell. [Summers, page 605 & 606]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 7 February 1775 "Ordered that John Campbell John Hayes Arthur Galbraith 
2 CONC and William Lockhart or any three of them who being first sworn do 
2 CONC appraise the personal estate and slaves if any of William Fowler deceased 
2 CONC and return the appraisement to the court."  [Summers, page 637]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 6 June 1775 "On the motion of Arthur Galbreath It is ordered that his 
2 CONC servant woman Mary Johnson serve him twelve month for the trouble of his 
2 CONC house in having a bastard Child after her present time by Indenture or 
2 CONC otherwise is Expired. [Summers, page 643.]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 7 November 1775 "Ordered that Archibald Buchanan, Arthur Galbreath, Jacob 
2 CONC Anderson, and Charles Bowen or any three of them being first sworn to 
2 CONC appraise the Estate of James McElhenny Deceased according to 
2 CONC Law."{Summers, page 646]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 28 JANUARY 1777  WASHINGTON COUNTY ORGANIZED, ERECTED FROM FINCASTLE 
2 CONC COUNTY
2 CONT 
2 CONT 19 August 1778 Ordered that Arthur Galbreath be overseer of the road in 
2 CONC the room of William Elliott. [Summers, page 999] This entry in the 
2 CONC minutes of Washington County helps us locate the home of Arthur in that 
2 CONC portion of Washington County, Virginia that became Sullivan County, North 
2 CONC Carolina when the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina was 
2 CONC surveyed in 1779. Sullivan County, North Carolina became Sullivan County, 
2 CONC Tennessee in 1796. In August of 1777, William Elliot had been appointed 
2 CONC surveyor "in the room of David Steel", [Summers page 965] and in January 
2 CONC 1777 David Steel had been appointed "surveyor of the Main Road from 
2 CONC Steel's Creek to the Meeting House. [Summers, page 954.] William Taylor 
2 CONC in his "Historic Sullivan", located the Meeting House four miles west of 
2 CONC what is now Blountville, Sullivan County, Tennessee.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 18 May 1779 "Ordered that James Brigham, George Maxwell, Arthur Galbreath 
2 CONC & Thomas King or any three of them being first sworn appraise the estate 
2 CONC of Samuel Looney deceased and make return to Court." [Summers, page 1021]
2 CONT 
2 CONT 19 May 1779 Arthur Galbraith sworn to jury duty. This is the last record 
2 CONC of Arthur we have of him in Virginia. So far he has lived in four 
2 CONC different counties without moving. Augusta County, Virginia, Botetourt 
2 CONC County, Virginia, Washington County, Virginia and Sullivan County, (NC& 
2 CONC TN). Now, he moves, into Hawkins County, Tennessee.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Although scanty, early records of the New Providence Presbyterian Church 
2 CONC Congregation indicate that it was organized in the home of William 
2 CONC Armstrong Jr. in Carter's Valley. William Armstrong came to Carter's 
2 CONC Valley from the New Providence Congregation of Virginia in 1776. Minutes 
2 CONC of Holston Presbytery in the Historical Foundation of the Presbyterian 
2 CONC Church at Montreat, NC show New Providence on the roll of churches as of 
2 CONC 1780. It is one of the oldest Presbyterian Churches in Tennessee. At the 
2 CONC time of it's organization it was in Sullivan County, NC. Since then it 
2 CONC has been in Spencer County, State of Franklin, The Territory South of the 
2 CONC River Ohio, Hawkins County, NC and Hawkins County, TN, when it became a 
2 CONC State in 1796. No roll of charter members has been preserved but a 
2 CONC partial list of members compiled more than 100 years ago show Arthur 
2 CONC Galbraith and his wife Mary Sharp arriving prior to 1800. According to a 
2 CONC letter written by William Galbraith, grandson of Arthur, the date of 
2 CONC arrival in Hawkins County was 1779. This was the last move on the part of 
2 CONC Arthur, as he lived the rest of his life in Hawkins County, dying shortly 
2 CONC after 23 February 1818 (date of his will) and his wife Mary preceding him 
2 CONC by about 10 days, possibly on 11 February 1818.
2 CONT [andrewG.GED]
2 CONT Downloaded from Jim Kyle's database at the Rootsweb WorldConnect project.
2 CONT   Material transcribed by wpg:
2 CONT Arthur Galbreath	Mar. 18, 1780	70	Carters Valley: son to Andrew G. and 
2 CONC Mary Kyle	67-481
2 CONT Arthur Galbreath	Oct. 17, 1779	271	Carters Valley, N side of Holston  
2 CONC (became Hawkins Co)	71-272
1 SOUR @S1@
2 DATA
3 TEXT Date of Import: Jun 23, 2000
1 CHAN
2 DATE 4 AUG 2002
3 TIME 15:44:48
0 @I24@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /Galbraith/
2 NSFX UC [Or10, Gi33]
1 TITL UC [Or10, Gi33]
1 SEX M
1 DEAT
2 DATE Bef 1768
1 FAMS @F14@
1 FAMC @F4@
1 NOTE According to Stephanie Satter, Robert died before 1768, leaving a 
2 CONC daughter Anne, age 16 at time of his death.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 2 FEB 2003
3 TIME 10:56:52
0 @I25@ INDI
1 NAME Dorcas /Smith/
1 SEX F
1 DEAT
2 DATE Aft 1770
2 PLAC Carlisle,Cumberland,PA
1 FAMS @F12@
1 FAMC @F317@
1 NOTE Likely sister to James and Samuel Smith  (see Engle 4-II p 192
1 CHAN
2 DATE 9 JUN 2002
3 TIME 09:01:10
0 @I26@ INDI
1 NAME Mary Martin /Sharpe/
2 NSFX [H44]
1 TITL [H44]
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 SEP 1747
2 PLAC Lancaster Co.,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 2 FEB 1818
2 PLAC Hawkins Co. Tennessee
2 SOUR @S1@
3 DATA
4 TEXT Date of Import: Jun 23, 2000
1 FAMS @F13@
1 FAMC @F221@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 4E2755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F3532F0
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Downloaded from Jim Kyle's database at the Rootsweb WorldConnect project.
1 SOUR @S1@
2 DATA
3 TEXT Date of Import: Jun 23, 2000
1 CHAN
2 DATE 6 MAY 2002
3 TIME 08:47:57
0 @I27@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Bertram/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1714
1 DEAT
2 DATE 2 FEB 1799
1 FAMS @F5@
1 FAMC @F112@
1 NOTE From Floyd:  History of Northumberlin County PA
2 CONT On April 6, 1734, James Galbraith married, in Christ Church, 
2 CONT Philadelphia, Elizabeth Bertram, who was born in 1714 in the North of 
2 CONT Ireland, only daughter of Rev. William and Elizabeth (Gillispie) 
2 CONT Bertram. Mrs. Galbraith died Feb. 2, 1799, in Derry township, Dauphin 
2 CONT county, the mother of the following children: William, Bertram, Robert, 
2 CONT Doreas, Elizabeth, Thomas, John and Ann.  Robert Galbraith's daughter 
2 CONT Rebecca married Ephraim Blain, commissary general of purchases during 
2 CONT the Revolutionary war, who was the grandfather of the late James G. 
2 CONT Blame.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 MAY 2003
3 TIME 07:28:41
0 @I28@ INDI
1 NAME John /Galbraith/
2 NSFX UC [H39]
1 TITL UC [H39]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1668
2 PLAC Ireland
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt 1725?
2 PLAC Philadelphia?
1 FAMS @F15@
1 FAMC @F1@
1 NOTE There is wide spread belief, certainly from Egle, Orbison and others that 
2 CONC John of Ireland had a son John, who came to the new world about the same 
2 CONC time as James and Robert.  That this brother remained in Philadelphia and 
2 CONC that his descendants (or some of them) made there way to York county by 
2 CONC the 1750s.
2 CONT Jean Harriger does not accept that such a John existed, although it was 
2 CONC likely that John of Ireland had a JOhn.  Her disbelief is because of the 
2 CONC lack of documents to his existance in Philadelphia
2 CONT 
2 CONT In spite of this, I have included son John here as 1) he could very well 
2 CONC exist and 2)  it is convenient to tie the York line to this base.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Since we don't know of John the son, we do not know of his first 
2 CONC descendants.  For my purposes I provide John with two sons, one a John 
2 CONC III (1708-1769) and the other unknown, but the father to three known sons 
2 CONC (Robert, John, and James) and several daughters
2 CONT 
2 CONT I need to stress that a MAJOR PROBLEM is the utter lack of any public 
2 CONC record for a Galbraith in Phidelphia prior to say 1750; except for 
2 CONC several marriages in that city-of inidividuals who could have resided  
2 CONC elsewhere.
2 CONT But no tax or land or estate records have been found for that period 
2 CONC (when we wuld expect the original John of Philadelphia or his children to 
2 CONC exist) with Galbraith surname.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 16 AUG 2002
3 TIME 13:34:05
0 @I29@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or7]
1 TITL [Or7]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1670
2 PLAC Ireland
1 DEAT
2 DATE OCT 1738
2 PLAC Paxtang Twp.,Donegal Co.,PA
1 FAMS @F16@
1 FAMC @F1@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 512755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F353520
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 JUL 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I30@ INDI
1 NAME John /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [H10, Or12]
1 TITL [H10, Or12]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1712
1 DEAT
2 DATE 20 JAN 1757
2 PLAC Carlisle,Middleton Twp.,Cumberland Co.,PA
1 FAMS @F17@
1 FAMC @F16@
1 NOTE Estate Inventory made Jan 19, 1758 for John Galbreath, decd, late of 
2 CONC Middletonin the County of Cumberland by John Steuart and John Davis  (I 
2 CONC have copy, from Lela Booth Files)
1 CHAN
2 DATE 19 MAY 2003
3 TIME 06:26:14
0 @I31@ INDI
1 NAME James /Galbraith/
2 NSFX #3[Or13, H22-]
1 TITL #3[Or13, H22-]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1715
2 PLAC Ireland
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt 1760
2 PLAC Peters Twp,Cumberland Co.,PA
1 FAMS @F18@
1 FAMC @F16@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 532755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F353740
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I32@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [H36]
1 TITL [H36]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1717
2 PLAC Paxtang Twp.,Lancaster Co.,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE JAN 1796
2 PLAC Rye Twp.,Cumberland Co.,PA
1 FAMS @F19@
1 FAMC @F16@
1 NOTE Samuel registered two warrants in Paxtang Twp/Lancaster one for 200 acres 
2 CONC on 20 May 1738, thus was born at least 21 years earlier. and second for 
2 CONC 200 (was it a renewal?) acres in Paxtang on 14 Nov 1748.  This was later 
2 CONC patented by his son-in law  (through Mary, or it could have been 
2 CONC grandson) John Elliott 7 Jan 1814
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT DEATH: Will Book F, page 15 of Cumberland County
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 AUG 2002
3 TIME 15:05:56
0 @I33@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph /Galbraith/
2 NSFX UC 
1 TITL UC 
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1720
1 FAMC @F16@
1 NOTE 
2 CONT 
2 CONT It is highly likely that Robert had a son as Joseph Galbrath, Esqr  in 
2 CONC 1751 Pd the largest tax in district East End of Derry 0.9.0  see Engl 
2 CONC Notes and Queries Relating to PA V.1, page 115
2 CONT (but not in East Side Derry in 1758)-this Joseph was thus born before 
2 CONC 1730)  This is the area of Paxtang 
2 CONT 
2 CONT I have serious doubts about the placement of the this Joseph's putative 
2 CONC nephew Joseph to James.  I believe that the Joseph that went to NC lived 
2 CONC in the NE part of Cumberland,  while putative father James was 
2 CONC living/died in the SW portion.  And Joseph names his first child 
2 CONC Robert-so the Joseph of NC is expected to have been the child of a 
2 CONC Robert.  In fact could this Joseph be the one who died in Mechlenburg in 
2 CONC 1787, since his eldest son was James?
2 CONT And therefore, perhaps the Joseph of Mecklenburg d. 1795 should be this 
2 CONC one??
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 FEB 2003
3 TIME 10:16:29
0 @I34@ INDI
1 NAME Rhoda //
2 NSFX [H21]
1 TITL [H21]
1 SEX F
1 DEAT
2 DATE Aft 1770
1 FAMS @F18@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 11 MAY 2002
3 TIME 15:54:21
0 @I35@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [H33,Or26-]
1 TITL [H33,Or26-]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1741
2 PLAC Paxtang Twp,Lancaster Co,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt 1790
2 PLAC Shirley Twp,Huntington Co,PA
1 FAMC @F18@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 572755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F353B80
1 CHAN
2 DATE 18 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I36@ INDI
1 NAME James /Galbraith/
2 NSFX #4 [H28&52,Or21-]
1 TITL #4 [H28&52,Or21-]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1738
2 PLAC Paxtang Twp.,Lancaster Co.,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE DEC 1802
2 PLAC Allegany Twp.,Huntingdon Co.,PA
1 FAMS @F20@
1 FAMC @F18@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 582755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F353C90
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I37@ INDI
1 NAME Martha /McClellan/
2 NSFX [Or22, H30]
1 TITL [Or22, H30]
1 SEX F
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt 1795
1 FAMS @F20@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 592755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F353DA0
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I38@ INDI
1 NAME Jennett /McCullough/
2 NSFX ?[h9]
1 TITL ?[h9]
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F17@
1 NOTE I question this lady being a McCullough;
2 CONT 
2 CONT the real Jane McCullough had married John of Philadelphia
1 CHAN
2 DATE 18 MAR 2003
3 TIME 11:26:04
0 @I39@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or21]
1 TITL [Or21]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1743
2 PLAC Paxtang Twp.,Lancaster Co.,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE JUN 1787
2 PLAC Hopewell Twp.,Cumberland Co.,PA
1 FAMS @F21@
1 FAMC @F17@
1 NOTE GALBRAITH, ROBERT, Hopewell.  
2 CONT March 30, 1787. July 3, 1787.
2 CONT Wife Hannah.
2 CONT Oldest son Samuel.
2 CONT Second son James.
2 CONT Dau. Sarah.
2 CONT Four youngest children John, William, Elizabeth and Nancy Galbraith.
2 CONT Son William to be bound to Samuel Hannah till he is eighteen years of 
2 CONT age. John Elliott.
2 CONT Exs:  Hannah Galbraith and Nathaniel Wilson.
2 CONT Wit:  David Sterrett, Samuel Hanna.   E. 113.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 9 JUN 2003
3 TIME 17:15:25
0 @I40@ INDI
1 NAME Hannah //
1 SEX F
1 DEAT
2 DATE Aft 1787
1 FAMS @F21@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 11 MAY 2002
3 TIME 15:14:43
0 @I41@ INDI
1 NAME Jannet /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1745
2 PLAC Middleton,Cumberland Co. PA
1 FAMS @F22@
1 FAMC @F17@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 5D2755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F3541E0
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 MAR 2001
3 TIME 23:00:00
0 @I42@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1747
2 PLAC Middleton,Cumberland Co. PA
1 FAMC @F17@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 5E2755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F3542F0
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 MAR 2001
3 TIME 23:00:00
0 @I43@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [XXII25] UP
1 TITL [XXII25] UP
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1736
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1795
2 PLAC Mecklenburg County NC
1 FAMS @F23@
1 FAMC @F18@
1 NOTE I have serious doubts about the placement of the Joseph with his 
2 CONC descendants as a child to James.  I believe that the Joseph that went to 
2 CONC NC lived in the NE part of Cumberland,  while putative father James was 
2 CONC living/died in the SW portion.  And Joseph names his first child 
2 CONC Robert-so the Joseph of NC is expected to have been the child of a 
2 CONC Robert.  In fact could this Joseph be the one who died in Mechlenburg in 
2 CONC 1787, since his eldest son was James?
2 CONT 
2 CONT However, according to the Jean a Joseph (as well as Robert, John and 
2 CONC Wm--and all sons to James) was definitely brother to James #4 and is the 
2 CONC one appearing in the Peters Twp record
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 FEB 2003
3 TIME 11:35:22
0 @I44@ INDI
1 NAME John /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or30]
1 TITL [Or30]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1748
2 PLAC Peters Twp,Cumberland Co.,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1818
2 PLAC Butler Co,PA
1 FAMC @F18@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 602755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F354410
1 CHAN
2 DATE 19 NOV 2002
3 TIME 14:00:55
0 @I45@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or16, Gi40]
1 TITL [Or16, Gi40]
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1737
2 PLAC Donegal Twp,Lancaster Co.,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE OCT 1780
2 PLAC Baltimore MD
1 FAMS @F24@
1 FAMC @F12@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 612755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F354520
1 CHAN
2 DATE 9 JUN 2002
3 TIME 09:03:47
0 @I46@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1739
2 PLAC Donegal Twp,Lancaster Co.,PA
1 FAMS @F25@
1 FAMC @F12@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 622755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F354630
1 CHAN
2 DATE 9 JUN 2002
3 TIME 09:04:23
0 @I47@ INDI
1 NAME Isabella /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1743
2 PLAC Donegal Twp,Lancaster Co.,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 OCT 1764
1 BURI
2 PLAC Donegal Church Graveyard
1 FAMS @F26@
1 FAMC @F12@
1 NOTE From Lela Booth   CD#8, Page 89  in James File
2 CONT 
2 CONT "Grave 44 Donegal Presb. Churchyard   Horizontal Marble
2 CONT 
2 CONT Here lies the body of Isabela Patterson daughter of John Galbraith who 
2 CONC died the 29 day of October Anno 1764 in the 21st year of her age
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 MAY 2003
3 TIME 08:52:09
0 @I48@ INDI
1 NAME Jannett /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Gi41]
1 TITL [Gi41]
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1746
2 PLAC Donegal Twp,Lancaster Co.,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE Sep 1810-14 Oct 1811
1 FAMS @F27@
1 FAMC @F12@
2 _PRIMARY Y
1 NOTE 1  _UID 642755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F354850
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Work family history, twelve generations of Works in America, 1690-1969, 
2 CONC compiled by Von Gail Hamilton, published Park City, Utah, 1969
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Information from the J.V. Thompson Journals is being extracted & 
2 CONC input.  The process will take at least two years. Additions/corrections 
2 CONC welcome, but I'm slow anwering email due to the large volume received.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 20 JUN 2002
3 TIME 09:37:44
0 @I49@ INDI
1 NAME Barbara /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1748
2 PLAC Donegal Twp,Lancaster Co.,PA
1 FAMS @F28@
1 FAMC @F12@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 652755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F354960
1 CHAN
2 DATE 11 MAR 2001
3 TIME 23:00:00
0 @I50@ INDI
1 NAME William /Spear/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F24@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 662755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F354A70
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I51@ INDI
1 NAME -- /Cook/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F25@
1 FAMC @F310@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 672755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F354B80
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I52@ INDI
1 NAME William /Patterson/
2 NPFX Col.
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F26@
1 FAMS @F50@
1 FAMC @F312@
1 NOTE William Patterson {born 1737, died 1782}: lieutenant in a Pennsylvania 
2 CONC unit;
2 CONT married {1st} to Isabella Galbreath and {2nd} to Esther Finley
1 CHAN
2 DATE 28 JUL 2002
3 TIME 11:22:03
0 @I53@ INDI
1 NAME James /Work/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 PLAC Pennsylvania
1 DEAT
2 DATE APR 1811
2 PLAC Lancaster County,Pennsylvania
1 FAMS @F27@
1 FAMC @F177@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 692755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F354DA0
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Work family history, twelve generations of Works in America, 1690-1969, 
2 CONC compiled by Von Gail Hamilton, published Park City, Utah, 1969
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Information from the J.V. Thompson Journals is being extracted & 
2 CONC input.  The process will take at least two years. Additions/corrections 
2 CONC welcome, but I'm slow anwering email due to the large volume received.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT WORK, JAMES   Donegal Twp.
2 CONT May 12, 1810    April 5, 1811
2 CONT Children: Joseph, Mary and Barbara wife of --- Galbraith.
2 CONT Grandchildren: Rosetta, Jane and Barbara Work (children of Joseph) and
2 CONT Jane Moore (parents' names not given).
2 CONT Ex.: John Peden and James Maize.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 16 JUN 2002
3 TIME 10:53:51
0 @I54@ INDI
1 NAME -- /Allison/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F28@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 6A2755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F354EB0
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I55@ INDI
1 NAME William /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [XIX51, H26, Or12]
1 TITL [XIX51, H26, Or12]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1735
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1788
2 PLAC Baltimore MD
1 FAMS @F29@
1 FAMS @F30@
1 FAMC @F5@
1 NOTE William conducted the survey for a German Church in 1753-so if birth was 
2 CONC 1736 as usually listed, we must rethink,  Probably born a bit ealier, so 
2 CONC I am going to move it to 1735.  Brother Bertran at end of Century 
2 CONC confirmed Williams signature on survey.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Probably never was married to Hester, was his mistress
1 CHAN
2 DATE 11 MAY 2002
3 TIME 15:05:54
0 @I56@ INDI
1 NAME Bertram /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or16]
1 TITL [Or16]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 24 SEP 1738
2 PLAC Derry Twp,Lancaster Co. PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 9 MAR 1804
2 PLAC Cumberland Co.,PA
1 FAMS @F31@
1 FAMS @F32@
1 FAMC @F5@
1 NOTE Among the first Taxables (before 1775) from Bell's Northumberlin County 
2 CONC History:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Robert
2 CONT Galbraith, Bertram Galbraith,
2 CONT 
2 CONT Egle shows a daughter Esther (Ester) who was said to have married James 
2 CONC Cook and moved to Washington County PA and had two children Bertram and 
2 CONC Mary Ann.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 MAY 2003
3 TIME 12:11:00
0 @I57@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or18, H14,63]
1 TITL [Or18, H14,63]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1742
2 PLAC Derry Twp,Lancaster Co. PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt JAN 1795
2 PLAC Allen Twp. Cumberland Co.,PA
1 FAMS @F33@
1 FAMS @F34@
1 FAMC @F5@
1 NOTE Two Robert Galbreaths and Mary Brannons?
2 CONT Dr. Rush's Ledger transcribed by Hannah Benner Roach in Colonial 
2 CONC Philadelphians shows he had a patient in 1775 who Rush identified as "Mr. 
2 CONC Galbraith-Mr. Branon Son-in-Law - Lettitia Co't". (i.e., Latitia Court, 
2 CONC off Front Street).  Roach identifies Galbraith as Robert, spouse to Mary 
2 CONC Brannon, marriage license granted 16 August 1773. Note that Robert 
2 CONC Galbraith was recorded in Chestnut Ward Philadelphia in 1767.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Jean Harriger and others say that Robert Galbraith (son to James and 
2 CONC Elizabeth Bertram Galbraith) married Mary Dill Brannan on that date.  
2 CONC This was reportedly the second marriage for both.  They lived in Allen 
2 CONC Twp of Cumberland County. How could Robert in this case have a Brannon 
2 CONC father-in-law?  Were there two couples with the same names?
2 CONT Looking for a solution.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 2 MAR 2003
3 TIME 12:40:17
0 @I58@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /Galbraith/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1755
2 PLAC Cumberland County PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE Aft 1795
1 FAMS @F35@
1 FAMC @F23@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 42A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F351FBA
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I59@ INDI
1 NAME John /Galbraith/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F36@
1 FAMC @F23@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 45A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F3522EA
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I60@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph /Galbraith/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F37@
1 FAMC @F23@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 47A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F35240A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I61@ INDI
1 NAME John /Galbraith/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Bef 1774
2 PLAC Mecklenburg County NC
1 FAMC @F35@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 49A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F35262A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I62@ INDI
1 NAME Sally /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F35@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 4CA2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F35295A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I63@ INDI
1 NAME Nelly /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F35@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 4EA2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F352B7A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I64@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F35@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 50A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F352D9A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I65@ INDI
1 NAME Sophia /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F35@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 52A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F352FBA
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I66@ INDI
1 NAME Catherine /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F35@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 54A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F3531DA
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I67@ INDI
1 NAME Jeremiah /Chamberlain/
2 NPFX Rev. 
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1794
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1852
1 FAMS @F218@
1 FAMC @F217@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 3 MAY 2002
3 TIME 14:06:44
0 @I68@ INDI
1 NAME William /Galbraith/
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F37@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 59A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F35362A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I69@ INDI
1 NAME James /Galbraith/
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F37@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 5CA2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F35395A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I70@ INDI
1 NAME Sally /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F37@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 5EA2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F353B7A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I71@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 FAMC @F37@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 60A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F353D9A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I72@ INDI
1 NAME Rhoda /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1775
2 PLAC Dublin Twp,Bedford Co. PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1805
2 PLAC Allegany Twp,Huntington Co. PA
1 FAMC @F20@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 62A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F353FBA
1 CHAN
2 DATE 18 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I73@ INDI
1 NAME William /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [H22]
1 TITL [H22]
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F18@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 64A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F3541DA
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I74@ INDI
1 NAME Patrict /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [H29,Or31]
1 TITL [H29,Or31]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1767
2 PLAC Peters Twp. Cumberland Co. PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1808
2 PLAC Shirley Twp,Huntington Co,PA
1 FAMS @F38@
1 FAMC @F20@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 66A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F3543FA
1 CHAN
2 DATE 18 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I75@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [H23]
1 TITL [H23]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1759
2 PLAC Cumberland Co. PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt 1804
2 PLAC Shirley Twp,Huntington Co,PA
1 FAMS @F39@
1 FAMC @F20@
1 NOTE Believed to be the Judge Robert of Huntingdon County
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 JUN 2003
3 TIME 07:40:45
0 @I76@ INDI
1 NAME John /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [H55-]
1 TITL [H55-]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1761
2 PLAC Cumberland Co. PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1818
2 PLAC Butler Co,PA
1 FAMS @F40@
1 FAMC @F20@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 6AA2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F35473A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I77@ INDI
1 NAME James /Galbraith/
2 NSFX #5[Or25,38D]
1 TITL #5[Or25,38D]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1764
2 PLAC Peters Twp. Cumberland Co. PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1806
1 FAMS @F41@
1 FAMC @F20@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 6CA2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F35495A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 AUG 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I78@ INDI
1 NAME Joseph /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [RT:V-1]
1 TITL [RT:V-1]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1769
2 PLAC Peters Twp. Cumberland Co. PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 2 SEP 1826
2 PLAC Allegany Twp,Huntington Co. PA
1 FAMC @F20@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 6EA2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F354B7A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 JUN 2003
3 TIME 08:13:41
0 @I79@ INDI
1 NAME Ephraim /Galbraith/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1773
2 PLAC Dublin Twp,Bedford Co. PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1824
2 PLAC Franktown,PA
1 FAMS @F42@
1 FAMC @F20@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 70A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F354D9A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 18 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I80@ INDI
1 NAME William /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [H29]
1 TITL [H29]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1763
2 PLAC Peters Twp. Cumberland Co. PA
1 FAMS @F43@
1 FAMC @F20@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 72A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F354FBA
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I81@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [H29]
1 TITL [H29]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1771
2 PLAC Dublin Twp,Bedford Co. PA
1 FAMS @F44@
1 FAMC @F20@
1 NOTE married by Rev. John Johnston
1 CHAN
2 DATE 5 JUN 2003
3 TIME 08:15:44
0 @I82@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel /Galbraith/
2 NSFX Jr [H37]
1 TITL Jr [H37]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1746
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1814
1 FAMS @F45@
1 FAMC @F19@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 76A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F3553FA
1 CHAN
2 DATE 2 NOV 2002
3 TIME 08:58:43
0 @I83@ INDI
1 NAME William /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [H36]
1 TITL [H36]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1760
1 DEAT
2 DATE Abt 1798
1 FAMS @F46@
1 FAMC @F19@
1 NOTE Jean H. points out that William is included as a head of household in the 
2 CONC 1790 Census, but is not shown in the 1800--rather there is Widow Sarah 
2 CONC Galbreath.
2 CONT There is also an Andrew in the 1800 Census, but this cannot (?) be the 
2 CONC son of Samuel Sr, as that Andrew had gone to KY.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 2 NOV 2002
3 TIME 09:04:18
0 @I84@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /Galbraith/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1757
1 FAMC @F19@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 7BA2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F35584A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I85@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /--/
2 NSFX [H37]
1 TITL [H37]
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F45@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 11 MAY 2002
3 TIME 15:16:13
0 @I86@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Galbraith/
2 _MARNM Elliott
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1752
1 FAMS @F47@
1 FAMC @F19@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 80A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F355D9A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I87@ INDI
1 NAME John /Elliott/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F47@
1 NOTE See note under father-in-law regarding land patent in Paxtang.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 4 AUG 2002
3 TIME 16:03:51
0 @I88@ INDI
1 NAME Andrew /Galbraith/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1745
2 PLAC Paxtang Twp,Lancaster Co
1 DEAT
2 DATE Aft 1800
2 PLAC KY
1 FAMC @F19@
1 NOTE Land warrant housed in the PA Archives: Andrew Galbraith #3443 200A 
2 CONC survey C34-92  April 1767   In Sherman's Valley on the Lick run on the 
2 CONC North side of big Buffalo Creek joining James Loudon and Bartholomew 
2 CONC Davison of Rye Twp Cumberland Co/wpg  [I have copy of the survey]
2 CONT Jean H. on page 36 says that Andrew moved to KY in about 1771 and a deed 
2 CONC in the Cumberland Co Courthouse states that 'Andrew Galbraith, "now of 
2 CONC Kentuicky but late of Pennsylvania" sold a tract of land in Shearman's 
2 CONC Valley in 1797'
2 CONT 
2 CONT There is also an Andrew in the 1800 Census, but this cannot (?) be the 
2 CONC son of Samuel Sr, as that Andrew had gone to KY.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 2 NOV 2002
3 TIME 09:05:20
0 @I89@ INDI
1 NAME Thomas /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [H28&74]
1 TITL [H28&74]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1740
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1785
2 PLAC Ft. Ligonier,Westmoreland County PA
1 FAMS @F48@
1 FAMS @F49@
1 FAMC @F5@
1 NOTE Maybe some confusion;
2 CONT This is the Thomas who, according to Egle, was a merchant from NC, who 
2 CONC came to the area in 1765.
2 CONT Jean, I believe, says he may have returned from NC
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 APR 2003
3 TIME 12:17:41
0 @I90@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [E7]
1 TITL [E7]
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1744
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 MAY 1829
2 PLAC Baltimore MD
1 FAMS @F51@
1 FAMC @F5@
1 NOTE The will of Elizabeth (Galbraith) Torrance, probated June 12, 1829, is 
2 CONC also recorded in Baltimore, Maryland. In it, she leaves her interests to 
2 CONC her children, as named: Elizabeth, married to Alexander Mitchell; Ann, 
2 CONC who married Andrew Clopper; Dorcas, Mary, Louisa, John, Charles Jr., and 
2 CONC George Torrance
2 CONT 
2 CONT i. Elizabeth Torrance4 born July 11,1778, died November 7, 1848; married, 
2 CONC December 19, 1799, Alexander Mitchell, born December 20,1776, died 
2 CONC November 20, 1859. Issue, twelve: 
2 CONT 1. Eliza Maitland Mitchell5 
2 CONT 2. Charles Jeffrey Mitchell5 
2 CONT 3. Alexander Mitchell, Jr5 
2 CONT 4. Stephen Walker Mitchell5 
2 CONT 5. Jane Ann Mitchell5 
2 CONT 6. Margarett Mitchell5 
2 CONT 7. William Maitland Mitchell5 
2 CONT 8. George Torrance Mitchell5 
2 CONT 9. Marie Chamberlain Mitchell5 
2 CONT 10. Edmund Mitchell5 
2 CONT 11. Laura Mitchell5 
2 CONT 12. Patrick Henry Mitchell5 
2 CONT ii. James Torrance4 born July 26, 1780, died an infant. 
2 CONT iii. Ann Torrance4 born February 23, 1782, died January 28, 1850; married 
2 CONC Andrew Clopper, born September 18, 1771, died June 23, 1824. Issue,  122 
2 CONC eleven: 
2 CONT 1. Elizabeth Clopper5 
2 CONT 2. Cornelius Clopper5 
2 CONT 3. Charles T. Clopper5 
2 CONT 4. Benjamin Clopper5 
2 CONT 5. Mary Clopper5 
2 CONT 6. Rachael Clopper5 
2 CONT 7. Ann Clopper5 
2 CONT 8. Andrew Clopper5 
2 CONT 9. George Washington Clopper5 
2 CONT 10. Amelia Clopper5 
2 CONT 11. William Lorman Clopper5 
2 CONT iv. Dorcas Torrance4 born November 24, 1783, died December 2, 1848. 
2 CONT v. Mary Torrance4 born October 16, 1785, died January 14, 1865. 
2 CONT vi. Charles Torrance4 born April 20, 1788, died September 22,1847. 
2 CONT vii. George Torrance4 born January 9, 1790, died November 27, 1846; 
2 CONC married, June 30, 1829, Eleanor Fulford, daughter of William Fulford, 
2 CONC Esq., and Mary Frances Patterson, born 1812, died April 26, 1876. Issue, 
2 CONC seven: 
2 CONT 1. Elizabeth Galbraith Torrance5 married Charles Galbraith Hall. Issue, 
2 CONC four: 
2 CONT i. Anna Galbraith Hall6 
2 CONT ii. George Duffield Hall6 
2 CONT iii. Charles Galbraith Hall, Jr6 
2 CONT iv. Elizabeth Galbraith Hall6 
2 CONT 2. William Henry Torrance5 
2 CONT 3. Mary Frances Torrance5 
2 CONT 4. Eleanor Fulford Torrance5 married James A. Connor. 
2 CONT 5. Georgianna Torrance5 
2 CONT 6. Louisa Victoria Torrance5 married John S. Mooday. 
2 CONT 7. George Torrance, Jr5 
2 CONT viii. Harriet Torrance4 born May 24, 1791, died an infant. 
2 CONT ix. James Torrance4 born May 11, 1793; unmarried. 
2 CONT x. John Torrance4 born November 24,1794, died March 14, 1832; is buried 
2 CONC In Westminster Churchyard, Baltimore, Maryland. His name is on a bronze 
2 CONC tablet, with others, marked "A Defender of Baltimore in 1812." He married 
2 CONC Rebecca Abbott. Issue, One: 
2 CONT 1. Charles A. Torrance5 born March 10, 1831, died October 24, 1879. 
2 CONT xi. Louisa Torrance4 born May 15, 1797, died, unmarried, May 5,1878. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT BIRTH: also born 1758?
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2002
3 TIME 20:42:33
0 @I91@ INDI
1 NAME Dorcas /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1755
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 SEP 1810
1 BURI
2 PLAC Donegal Pres. Churchyard
1 FAMS @F52@
1 FAMC @F5@
1 NOTE Material from Lela Booth:
2 CONT "  Sacred to the memory of Dorcas Buchanan relict of John Buchanan, Esq 
2 CONC of West Moreland Co. Pa Who closed an amiable & useful life on the 24th 
2 CONC of September 1810 in the 55th year of age.  She endured her last sickness 
2 CONC with that fortitude and resignation to the will of a Gracious God whom no 
2 CONC one cuold Manifest but a Christian."
2 CONT 
2 CONT Son James Galbraith Buchanan buried in same grave as his mother.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 MAY 2003
3 TIME 08:39:20
0 @I92@ INDI
1 NAME John /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or19, H18&61]
1 TITL [Or19, H18&61]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1748
1 DEAT
2 DATE 31 DEC 1802
2 PLAC East Pennsboro Twp,Cumberland Co. PA
1 FAMS @F53@
1 FAMC @F5@
1 NOTE DAR data says born in 1739 but they are probably confused with JOhn the 
2 CONC son of Robert
1 CHAN
2 DATE 9 JUN 2003
3 TIME 12:12:24
0 @I93@ INDI
1 NAME Maj. Andrew /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or20, E6]
1 TITL [Or20, E6]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1752
2 PLAC Derry Twp,Lancaster Co. PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 7 MAR 1806
2 PLAC East Pennsboro Twp,Cumberland Co. PA
1 FAMS @F54@
1 FAMC @F5@
1 NOTE Obit for in Egle 1898 Notes and Q from the Carlisle Gazette,
2 CONT died 54th year of age so could have born in 1752 to early 1753
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 APR 2003
3 TIME 11:06:07
0 @I94@ INDI
1 NAME Ann /Scott/
2 NSFX [Gi35]
1 TITL [Gi35]
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 DEC 1741
1 DEAT
2 DATE 29 JUN 1793
1 BURI
2 PLAC Donegal Pres. Churchyard
1 FAMS @F31@
1 FAMC @F311@
1 NOTE SCOTT, SAMUEL   Rapho Twp.
2 CONT March 7, 1777    April 21, 1777
2 CONT Wife: Hannah Scott.
2 CONT Bros.: Josiah and Abraham Scott.   Sister: Anna wife of Bartram 
2 CONC Galbreath.
2 CONT Brother-in-law: (of first marriage) James Poake.
2 CONT N.B. There was a bequest of £100 to the Presbyterian Church in Donegal,
2 CONT and £20 to the Pennsylvania Hospital and £20 to the New Castle Academy at 
2 CONC Newark.
2 CONT Ex.: Alexander Scott and Hugh Peddin.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 3 JUN 2003
3 TIME 10:12:02
0 @I95@ INDI
1 NAME Henrietta /Hulings/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F32@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 94A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F3571DA
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I96@ INDI
1 NAME Margaret /Buchanan/
2 NSFX [XX58]
1 TITL [XX58]
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1736
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1804
1 FAMS @F29@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 548962477568D511B81600A0CC588F359F22
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I97@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Hendricks/
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 7 OCT 1744
2 PLAC East Pennsboro Twp
1 DEAT
2 DATE 19 DEC 1770
2 PLAC Allen Twp. Cumberland Co.,PA
1 BURI
2 PLAC Silver Lake Farm
1 FAMS @F33@
1 FAMC @F303@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 99A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F35762A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 1 JUL 2002
3 TIME 15:38:40
0 @I98@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Dill-Brannan/
2 NSFX [H64, Gi13]
1 TITL [H64, Gi13]
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 25 MAY 1747
2 PLAC Monaghan Settlement,York County,Pennsylvania
2 SOUR @S40@
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1825
2 PLAC Centre Co. PA
1 FAMS @F34@
1 FAMC @F304@
1 NOTE I can find no evidence that Mary was ever married to a Brennan.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Does anyone know of any information that shows Mary Dill, who married 
2 CONC Robert Galbraith of Allen Twp Cumberland Co PA, to have been previously 
2 CONC married to a Brannon?
2 CONT 
2 CONT Yes there was a marriage by Mary Brannon to A Robert Galbraith in 
2 CONC Philadelphia in 1773. But why is it believed that the marriage was to a 
2 CONC Robert of Cumberland? Robert of Philadelphia lived in that city in 1775, 
2 CONC was son-in-law to Mr Branon, and there was also ref. to a Robert in the 
2 CONC same area of the city as early as 1767 (see my earlier message on Two 
2 CONC Roberts and Marys.
2 CONT 
2 CONT It is well known that Robert of Allen Twp did marry a Mary Dill (from 
2 CONC various wills) and I have not found a marriage record for Mary Dill to a 
2 CONC Galbraith or to a Brannon. But why is it assumed that Robert married a 
2 CONC Mary Brannon, which people show as Mary (Dill) Brannon.
2 CONT 
2 CONT I posted this message to the CGA board on June 22, 2003
1 CHAN
2 DATE 22 JUN 2003
3 TIME 10:40:13
0 @I99@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [H15,Gi12]
1 TITL [H15,Gi12]
1 SEX F
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Ohio
1 FAMS @F55@
1 FAMC @F33@
1 NOTE Willof James (#2) Galbraith of East Pennsboro to Robert in 1782 within 
2 CONC Robert's share to Daughter Elizabeth, Agnys and Mary  etc.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 2 MAR 2003
3 TIME 11:10:01
0 @I100@ INDI
1 NAME Agnes /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F56@
1 FAMC @F33@
1 NOTE 1  _UID A1A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F357EAA
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I101@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F57@
1 FAMC @F33@
1 NOTE 1  _UID A3A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F3580CA
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I102@ INDI
1 NAME James /Galbraith/
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F34@
1 NOTE 1  _UID A5A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F3582EA
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I103@ INDI
1 NAME Jane /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F58@
1 FAMC @F34@
1 NOTE 1  _UID A7A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F35840A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I104@ INDI
1 NAME Robert /Galbraith/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1784
2 PLAC Allen Twp. Cumberland Co.,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1826
2 PLAC Butler Co,PA
1 FAMS @F59@
1 FAMC @F34@
1 NOTE Robert Galbraith, son of Robert and Mary Galbraith, was born in 1782 in 
2 CONC the Cumberland valley, and was a pioneer settler in Butler county, Pa., 
2 CONC where he died in 1826. He married Mary White, and they had children as 
2 CONC follows: (1) Samuel. (2) William married and left these children: Mary, 
2 CONC who married Thomas Watson; Annie, who married William McClung; Robert, 
2 CONC who died on the old homestead in Butler county (he married Isabel, and 
2 CONC left children-Caroline, wife of Dr. J.C. McKee; Mary, who married R.B. 
2 CONC Ivory, attorney of Pittsburgh, Pa; Bell, Henry, and Hon. James M., judge 
2 CONC in Butler county. (3) Mary married John Ralston, and their son James 
2 CONC married Maria Thornburg; they are parents of R.L. Ralston, a leading 
2 CONC attorney at Kittanning. (4) Robert. (5) Joseph. (6) Elizabeth, born in 
2 CONC 1803, married William McCain
2 CONT 
2 CONT He married Mary White, a daughter of Matthew White, after whom Whitestown 
2 CONC in Butler county was named. Of the sons of Robert and Mary (White) 
2 CONC Galbraith, Samuel, William, Robert, and Joseph, all dead" (in 1883)
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 JUN 2002
3 TIME 16:47:04
0 @I105@ INDI
1 NAME John /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Gi17]
1 TITL [Gi17]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 29 MAR 1785
2 PLAC Allen Twp. Cumberland Co. PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 22 SEP 1855
2 PLAC Arcanum,Darke County,Ohio
1 FAMS @F305@
1 FAMC @F34@
1 NOTE Since his father died leaving minor children, of whom John was the 
2 CONC youngest (age 8), it is probable that John followed his older sisters and 
2 CONC his grandmother's people to Darke County, Ohio. His mother, Mary, may 
2 CONC have come, too. Ellihue Galbreath, son of Milton, who lived his entire 
2 CONC life near the John and Elizabeth homestead near Arcanum, Ohio, related at 
2 CONC 86, with memory clear, that his grandfather, John Galbreath, "came to 
2 CONC Ohio from Pennsylvania about 1800 when he was just a boy, with his 
2 CONC brother, James, to visit relatives." In 1818, John became a member of the 
2 CONC Masonic Order. In the spring of 1819, he was made a Master Mason in 
2 CONC Pickaway Lodge No. 23 at Circleville, Ohio. Entries in the lodge books 
2 CONC are made under three different spellings: Galbreath, Galbraith, and 
2 CONC Gilbraith. The last spelling is the one that is used in making the entry 
2 CONC for the marriage record at Eaton, Ohio: 
2 CONT 
2 CONT I do certify that John Gilbraith and Elizabeth Aikman were joined in the 
2 CONC bonds of matrimony on the 23rd day of May, 1811, by me.  
2 CONT David Purviance  
2 CONT 
2 CONT Per the Bureau of Land Management document #1797 (Ohio), on September 2, 
2 CONC 1830, a John Galbreath made a land patent (original purchase from the 
2 CONC government) of 77.52 acres in Darke County, the W½ of the SW¼, block 23, 
2 CONC township 8N, range 3E of the West of the Greater Miami meridian. This 
2 CONC John is most likely the subject of this page.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Both John and Elizabeth attended the Universalist Church at Castine, 
2 CONC Ohio, where they may have been members. Elizabeth continued her 
2 CONC allegiance to that church after John died and she had gone to live with 
2 CONC her son, Samuel, in Pierceton, 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Ellihue also related that his earliest memory was attending his 
2 CONC grandfather's funeral when the procession was halted by the crossing of a 
2 CONC herd of deer.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The family bible was in the hands of grandson, Robert Quinn, in the 
2 CONC 1940's.
2 CONT 
2 CONT The will of John Galbreath was dated May 2, 1855, proved on October 5, 
2 CONC 1855, in Darke County, Ohio, and recorded in Will Book A, Page 180. It 
2 CONC states that after his debts, funeral expenses, and his wife's third are 
2 CONC taken out, then:
2 CONT 
2 CONT Item — I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Dye the sum of one 
2 CONC hundred dollars... 
2 CONT Item — I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Offill the wife of 
2 CONC John N. Offill one hundred dollars... 
2 CONT Item — I give and bequeath unto my grand children heirs of John Galbreath 
2 CONC my son deceased one hundred dollars... 
2 CONT Item — I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of my estate both 
2 CONC real and personal to be equally divided among my sons Joseph, Alexander, 
2 CONC Jackson, Samuel, and Milton in equal portion... 
2 CONT And lastly — I do hereby constitute and appoint my son Jackson A. 
2 CONC Galbreath to be sole Executor of this my last will and Testament...
2 CONT The will was witnessed by Peter Roberson and Jacob Feltenbarger. 
2 CONT 
2 CONT ---------------------------------
2 CONC -----------------------------------------------
2 CONT Sources:
2 CONT Gilbreath, Elmer C. Gilbreath, Galbreath, Galbraith as corrected and 
2 CONC appearing in The Galbraith Families of Donegal Township, Lancaster 
2 CONC County, Pennsylvania assembled by the Clan Galbraith Association of North 
2 CONC America, 1992. 
2 CONT Moran, Clara Galbreath Royse, and Good, Marie Galbreath The Descendants 
2 CONC of John and Elizabeth Aikman Galbreath 1943, unpublished. 
2 CONT Short and Bowers, Preble County, Ohio, Marriages 1808–1840
2 CONT Joseph Galbreath: born 12 May, 1812 in Preble County, Ohio; died October 
2 CONC 31, 1897 near Valparaiso, Indiana; married (1): Eliza Bricker, died 
2 CONC January 21, 1873, ten children; married (2): Mrs. May Whitney Clover, two 
2 CONC children; married (3): Mrs. Sarah Roadarmel, outlived John, died in 
2 CONC Allegan County, Michigan.   
2 CONT ii. Mary (Polly) Galbreath: born January 11, 1814 in Preble County; died 
2 CONC in 1856 in Centertown, Missouri; married (1): John Freeman Knife, born 
2 CONC 1816, died 1850, four children; married (2): Captain Dye.   
2 CONT iii. John Galbreath: born March 11, 1816 in Preble County; died August 
2 CONC 18, 1851; married Alzira Offill, eight children.   
2 CONT iv. Elizabeth Galbreath: born February 20, 1818 near Arcanum, Ohio; 
2 CONC married Nicholas Offill, resided in Arcanum, nine children.   
2 CONT v. Benjamin Galbreath: born June 15, 1820 near Arcanum; died December 15, 
2 CONC 1849; unmarried.   
2 CONT vi. Alexander Galbreath [#48]: He was born in Darke County, Ohio, on May 
2 CONC 6, 1822, and died in Pierceton on September 9, 1874.   
2 CONT vii. Jackson A. Galbreath: born September 1, 1824 in Darke County, Ohio; 
2 CONC died September 13, 1860 in Pierceton, Indiana; married Angeline Shilt, 
2 CONC born February 22, 1826 in York County, Pennsylvania, died May 31, 1905 in 
2 CONC Ft. Wayne, Ind.; they had four children.   
2 CONT viii. Samuel Galbreath was born in Darke County on April 9, 1827, and 
2 CONC died on March 23, 1910. He married first: Sarah Keltner, the sister of 
2 CONC Eliza who married his brother, Alexander; the daughter of Henry and 
2 CONC Margaret (Ripley) Keltner. They had seven children. He married second: 
2 CONC Margaret Black; they also had seven children.   
2 CONT ix. Milton Galbreath: born March 13, 1829 near Arcanum; died May 9, 1855; 
2 CONC married Catherine Shilt, born 1835, three children.   
2 CONT x. Charlotte Galbreath: born September 19, 1832 near Arcanum; died August 
2 CONC 4, 1837.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 9 JUN 2002
3 TIME 11:15:49
0 @I106@ INDI
1 NAME James /Pollock/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F56@
1 NOTE 1  _UID ADA2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F358A6A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I107@ INDI
1 NAME William /Wray/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F57@
1 NOTE 1  _UID B0A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F358D9A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I108@ INDI
1 NAME Benjamin /Hunt/
1 SEX M
1 FAMS @F55@
1 NOTE 1  _UID B3A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F3590CA
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I109@ INDI
1 NAME Josiah /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Gi35]
1 TITL [Gi35]
1 SEX M
1 DEAT
2 PLAC Iowa
1 FAMS @F60@
1 FAMC @F31@
1 NOTE From Bells' History of Northumberling County PA:
2 CONT 
2 CONT    Eighth.- Your committee also report, that it appears that prior to
2 CONT the 17th of November, 1807, he entered into an agreement with the then
2 CONT prothonotary and other officers of the court of common pleas of
2 CONT Northumberland county and with George Langs to purchase at sheriff's
2 CONT sale a tract of land called Limestone Lick, the property of Josiah
2 CONT Galbraith, levied upon by an execution issued out of the said court; and
2 CONT that the said tract was accordingly purchased on the day last mentioned
2 CONT by the said George Langs for their joint benefit, part of which tract is
2 CONT now held by the said Thomas Cooper under that sale. This conduct your
2 CONT committee do not assert to be a violation of any positive statute; but
2 CONT they do consider, that if the president of a court be suffered to make
2 CONT himself interested in a matter depending before him, he must either
2 CONT deprive the public of those services which he is bound to render, or
2 CONT adjudicate in his own cause, and the danger to the pure and impartial
2 CONT administration of justice is immediate and alarming.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT    Josiah Galbraith, merchant, Front street, was from Lancaster
2 CONT county. He was small of stature, and a gentleman of intelligence.
2 CONT 
2 CONT     Important business interests were developed at Milton at an early
2 CONT period in its history. Four merchants at this place advertised in the
2 CONT Northumberland Gazette in 1794, viz.: John Teitsworth, Robert Taggart,
2 CONT John Dickson, and Jared & Charles Irwin, while James Black, William
2 CONT Fullerton, George Calhoon, and Samuel Hepburn were also engaged in
2 CONT merchandising prior to 1800. Black's establishment occupied the site of
2 CONT J. B. Smith & Company's store on the east side of Water street above
2 CONT Broadway. During the fifteen years immediately following the opening of
2 CONT the first store no less than thirteen merchants were engaged in business
2 CONT at Milton. Arthur McGowan's establishment, a small frame building on the
2 CONT river bank below the Front street bridge over Limestone run, was the
2 CONT first in that part of the town, James Moodie had a store on the east
2 CONT side of Front street above the bridge on the lot immediately below that
2 CONT occupied by the Methodist church. It was here that Charles and Thomas
2 CONT Comly conducted business many years as successors to Moodie. The store
2 CONT of Burns & McCann and that of George Calhoon and Isaac Cowden were also
2 CONT on Front street, the former in a small yellow frame house. The next was
2 CONT that of Teitsworth & Taggart, previously mentioned. The Sanderson
2 CONT brothers, Ezekiel, James, and William, occupied the present site of the
2 CONT Milton National Bank as their place of business. William and Thomas
2 CONT Pollock had a store on the west side of Front street above Broadway and
2 CONT nearly opposite the establishment of James Black, while the store of
2 CONT Jacob Seydell was situated still farther up Water street. There were
2 CONT four other stores on Front street, owned respectively by Josiah 
2 CONC Galbraith,
2 CONT Alexander McEwen, Mrs. Edith Hepburn, and Mrs. Lamperly.
2 CONT    In 1794 there were three taverns at Milton. That of Daniel P. Faulkner
2 CONT was a log house on Broadway, subsequently owned by Dr. D. Waldron for 
2 CONC some
2 CONT years and destroyed by fire in May, 1876.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 MAY 2003
3 TIME 07:17:49
0 @I110@ INDI
1 NAME Samuel Scott /Galbraith/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE Abt 1768
1 FAMS @F61@
1 FAMS @F62@
1 FAMS @F63@
1 FAMS @F473@
1 FAMC @F31@
1 NOTE According to Egle, page 192; Samuel was first married to Sarah Work
1 CHAN
2 DATE 27 MAY 2003
3 TIME 07:45:12
0 @I111@ INDI
1 NAME Elizabeth /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or17]
1 TITL [Or17]
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1779
1 DEAT
2 DATE 25 JUL 1846
2 PLAC Washington Village,Lancaster,PA
1 FAMS @F64@
1 FAMC @F31@
1 NOTE 1  _UID BAA2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F35973A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 11 MAY 2002
3 TIME 15:08:48
0 @I112@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F65@
1 FAMC @F31@
1 NOTE 1  _UID BCA2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F35995A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I113@ INDI
1 NAME Esther Henrietta /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or17]
1 TITL [Or17]
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1765
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 JUN 1793
1 BURI
2 PLAC Donegal Pres. Churchyard
1 FAMS @F66@
1 FAMC @F31@
1 NOTE Died the day following her mother.
2 CONT Inscription at Graveyard  shown as second daughter
1 CHAN
2 DATE 3 JUN 2003
3 TIME 10:19:00
0 @I114@ INDI
1 NAME Ephraim Lyon /Blaine/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 28 FEB 1796
2 PLAC Carlisle,Cumberland,PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 28 JUN 1850
1 BURI
2 DATE ST. PETER CEM
2 PLAC Brownsville,Fayette,PA
1 FAMS @F67@
1 FAMC @F169@
1 NOTE Graduated Washington College
1 CHAN
2 DATE 1 MAY 2002
3 TIME 10:18:06
0 @I115@ INDI
1 NAME Ann /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F68@
1 FAMC @F31@
1 NOTE 1  _UID C2A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F359FBA
1 CHAN
2 DATE 8 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I116@ INDI
1 NAME James /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or17]
1 TITL [Or17]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 PLAC Pennsylvania
1 FAMS @F69@
1 FAMC @F31@
2 _PRIMARY Y
1 NOTE 1  _UID C4A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F35A1DA
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Work family history, twelve generations of Works in America, 1690-1969, 
2 CONC compiled by Von Gail Hamilton, published Park City, Utah, 1969
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Information from the J.V. Thompson Journals is being extracted & 
2 CONC input.  The process will take at least two years. Additions/corrections 
2 CONC welcome, but I'm slow anwering email due to the large volume received.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 2 MAY 2002
3 TIME 08:14:42
0 @I117@ INDI
1 NAME William Bertram /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or18]
1 TITL [Or18]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 19 OCT 1779
1 DEAT
2 DATE 24 NOV 1835
1 BURI
2 PLAC Donegal Pres. Churchyard
1 FAMS @F70@
1 FAMC @F31@
1 NOTE Evidently had no children as wifes grave marker says
2 CONT "She was beloved in life and lamented in deth by her numberous friends 
2 CONC and acquaintances"
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 MAY 2003
3 TIME 09:00:28
0 @I118@ INDI
1 NAME Sarah /Galbraith/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F71@
1 FAMC @F32@
1 NOTE 1  _UID C8A2146C235CD511B81600A0CC588F35A51A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 17 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I119@ INDI
1 NAME Bertram Gillespie /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or34]
1 TITL [Or34]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 9 MAY 1804
2 PLAC Bainbridge,Lancaster Co. PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 30 APR 1848
2 PLAC Bainbridge,Lancaster Co. PA
1 FAMS @F72@
1 FAMC @F32@
1 NOTE  Bertram Gillespie Galbraith (Bertram, James, James, John), born May 9, 
2 CONC 1804, at Bainbridge, Lancaster Co., Pa., died April 30, 1848, at 
2 CONC Bainbridge; married Feb. 23, 1832, Eliza Fager Bell, youngest daughter of 
2 CONC John Bell and Elizabeth Clouser, of Middle Paxtang township, Dauphin Co., 
2 CONC Pa. John Bell was the only child of William Bell, and his wife, Catherine 
2 CONC Park, of Scotch-Irish birth, who came to America on the same vessel which 
2 CONC conveyed John and Charles Wesley, the founders of Methodism. Mrs. 
2 CONC Galbraith for a period of twenty years was postmistress at Bainbridge, 
2 CONC resigning only by reason of her advanced years; being left a widow with a 
2 CONC large family she felt the necessity of bringing into action all her 
2 CONC energies and business qualifications to the better support of her 
2 CONC children. All her six sons were in the Civil war, and did faithful 
2 CONC service. Mr. and Mrs. Galbraith had issue: William Bell, born Oct. 15, 
2 CONC 1833, in Harrisburg, Pa., married Elizabeth Lane (resides in Havana, 
2 CONC Ill); James Carpenter, born July 9, 1835, in Harrisburg, died July 18, 
2 CONC 1872, unmarried, in Bainbridge, Pa.; John Fager, born July 23, 1837, in 
2 CONC Bainbridge, Pa., married Henrietta Hoff, of Bainbridge, and had Eliza, 
2 CONC Laura, William, Catherine, John (d.s.p.), Henry, Robert, and John (2); 
2 CONC Jefferson Green, born July 28, 1839, in Marietta, Pa., married Mary 
2 CONC Filbert, of Bainbridge, Pa., and had Emily, Charles, Mary (d.s.p.), 
2 CONC Wildey (d.s.p.) and Annie Filbert (resides in Philadelphia); Franklin 
2 CONC Grush, born March 7, 1842, in Marietta, Pa., married Annie N. Meyer, of 
2 CONC Harrisburg, Pa., (deceased), and had Nettie Elizabeth and Annie Meyer 
2 CONC (d.s.p.) (resides in Bainbridge, Pa.); Bertram Gillespie, born Sept. 7, 
2 CONC 1845, in Bainbridge, Pa., married Miriam Reese, of Mt. Joy, Pa., and had 
2 CONC Miriam, Hellen, and Aurelia (resides in Wrightsville, Pa.).
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 JUN 2002
3 TIME 16:33:08
0 @I120@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /McCauley/
2 NSFX [H18]
1 TITL [H18]
1 SEX F
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1821
2 PLAC Shippensburg
1 FAMS @F53@
1 FAMC @F319@
1 NOTE McCALLEY, JAMES   Salsbury Twp.
2 CONT June 15, 1801    May 29, 1802
2 CONT Children: John and Mary wife of John Galbrath.
2 CONT Grandchildren: James and John McCalley (sons of John) and Elizabeth and 
2 CONC James Galbreath.
2 CONT Ex.: John McCalley and John Byers.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 15 JUN 2002
3 TIME 08:50:36
0 @I121@ INDI
1 NAME Barbara /Work/
2 NSFX [Gi38]
1 TITL [Gi38]
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 PLAC Donegal Twp,Lancaster Co. PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 7 NOV 1832
1 FAMS @F54@
1 FAMC @F78@
1 NOTE 
2 CONT WORK, JAMES   Donegal Twp.
2 CONT May 12, 1810    April 5, 1811
2 CONT Children: Joseph, Mary and Barbara wife of --- Galbraith.
2 CONT Grandchildren: Rosetta, Jane and Barbara Work (children of Joseph) and
2 CONT Jane Moore (parents' names not given).
2 CONT Ex.: John Peden and James Maize.
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Work family history, twelve generations of Works in America, 1690-1969, 
2 CONC compiled by Von Gail Hamilton, published Park City, Utah, 1969
2 CONT 
2 CONT 
2 CONT Information from the J.V. Thompson Journals is being extracted & 
2 CONC input.  The process will take at least two years. Additions/corrections 
2 CONC welcome, but I'm slow anwering email due to the large volume received.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 15 JUN 2002
3 TIME 08:39:04
0 @I122@ INDI
1 NAME Ann /Morrison/
1 SEX F
1 FAMS @F44@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 02D3D118A561D511B81600A0CC588F3500FA
1 CHAN
2 DATE 15 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I123@ INDI
1 NAME Ann /White/
2 NSFX [H57-8]
1 TITL [H57-8]
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1759
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1839
2 PLAC Butler Co,PA
1 FAMS @F40@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 05D3D118A561D511B81600A0CC588F35032A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I124@ INDI
1 NAME John /Galbraith/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1794
2 PLAC Huntingdon Co.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1860
1 FAMS @F73@
1 FAMC @F40@
1 NOTE John Galbraith (John, James, James), born 1794, in Huntingdon county, 
2 CONC Pa., died June 15, 1860, in Erie, Pa. His father removed to Butler 
2 CONC county, Pa., toward the close of the century, and he was brought up on 
2 CONC the farm. When a young man he commenced teaching school, and later on 
2 CONC began the study of law in the office of John William Ayres, of Butler, 
2 CONC and was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty-three. He shortly after 
2 CONC removed to Franklin, Venango Co., Pa., where he rose rapidly, both in his 
2 CONC profession and in popular esteem. His first official position was as a 
2 CONC member of the Assembly, to which he was elected three times. He was 
2 CONC elected to Congress as a Democrat in 1832, 1834 and 1838. In 1837 he 
2 CONC removed to Erie, where he resided until his death. On retiring from 
2 CONC Congress as a Democrat in 1840, he practiced law until the fall of 1851, 
2 CONC when he was elected president judge for Erie, Crawford and Warren 
2 CONC counties. His death occurred before the expiration of his term of office. 
2 CONC Judge Galbraith was one of the foremost men in promoting the various 
2 CONC public enterprises that gave the first strong impulse to Erie county. He 
2 CONC was the pioneer in projecting the railroad from Erie to the Ohio State 
2 CONC line, and aided greatly in reviving the long dormant proposed railroad 
2 CONC from Erie to Sunbury, now the Philadelphia & Erie railroad. One of his 
2 CONC favorite ideas, the establishment of a prison for youthful offenders 
2 CONC exclusively, has been adopted by the State in the institution at 
2 CONC Huntingdon, and elsewhere. Judge Galbraith married in May, 1822, Amy 
2 CONC Ayres, daughter of Rev. Robert Ayres, an Episcopalian minister, a 
2 CONC resident of Brownsville, Fayette Co., Pa., and brother of Gen. William 
2 CONC Ayres. Mrs. Galbraith died March 2, 1868, in the city of Philadelphia. 
2 CONC They had issue: (1) William Ayres, born May 9, 1823, married Fanny 
2 CONC Davenport. (2) Elizabeth Ann married William S. Lane, of Erie, now a 
2 CONC practicing lawyer of Philadelphia
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 JUN 2002
3 TIME 16:36:19
0 @I125@ INDI
1 NAME Dr. James /Galbraith/
1 SEX M
1 FAMC @F40@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 0AD3D118A561D511B81600A0CC588F35087A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I126@ INDI
1 NAME Alexander White /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [H58]
1 TITL [H58]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 MAY 1786
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1855
1 FAMS @F74@
1 FAMC @F40@
1 NOTE 1  _UID 0CD3D118A561D511B81600A0CC588F350A9A
1 CHAN
2 DATE 24 JUN 2001
3 TIME 01:00:00
0 @I127@ INDI
1 NAME Mary /Bell/
2 NSFX [H29&53]
1 TITL [H29&53]
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1770
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1834
2 PLAC Allegany Twp,Huntington Co. PA
1 FAMS @F41@
1 NOTE According to descendant Reb. Robert Curry, Mary's father was John.  Death 
2 CONC date from Curry.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 18 FEB 2003
3 TIME 11:51:18
0 @I128@ INDI
1 NAME John /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or32]
1 TITL [Or32]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1736
2 PLAC Donegal Twp,Lancaster Co. PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE DEC 1757
2 PLAC Donegal Twp,Lancaster Co. PA
1 FAMC @F8@
1 NOTE Study of an Estate Inventory for John Galbreath:
2 CONT 
2 CONT On the Cover: "The Inventry of Jxx Galbreath Decd 1758".  And, inside: "A 
2 CONC True Inventry of Goods & Chattels Rights and Credits of Jxx Galbreath 
2 CONC Late of Dunigale Deceasd  Takin by Jxx Byers Admr Decbr 28th 1757"
2 CONT 
2 CONT 	A Bond Due by Jxx Bayly & Jxx Anderson  		84 
2 CONT 	Cash Coming from his Grandfathers Estate                 30
2 CONT Cash from the Revd Joseph Tate				 1
2 CONT 115 (in Pounds)
2 CONT My first problem was the script.  Although clearly written many of the 
2 CONC letters were poorly formed.  The "T" of Tate and 'Takin' were clearly 
2 CONC made as an "E" and only from the context and finding references to Rev. 
2 CONC Tate, I knew them to be a "T".  The "a' in 'Chattles' and some other 
2 CONC words looked to be a 'u' or an 'n'.  Thus I was confronted in five places 
2 CONC with a three letter name beginning with 'J' followed with either 'a' or 
2 CONC 'n' and ending with a vertical squiggle.  Is it 'Jas' or 'Jno'?  I would 
2 CONC say that the Anderson first name is James, 'Jas' as the second letter is 
2 CONC partly closed and I was able to identify a likely James Anderson in other 
2 CONC records. Then, since the remaining four cases were all similar to each 
2 CONC other they might well be Jno, John.  
2 CONT 
2 CONT As it appeared this document was, as the first, for a John Galbreath and 
2 CONC filed by Mrs. Booth alongside the first estate document and the reported 
2 CONC death dates were only days apart I suspected that the two individuals 
2 CONC were the same.  However, I worried about two points.  The first John was 
2 CONC "Late of Midleton" and the other "Late of Dunigale".  I even excused 
2 CONC this, thinking that the poor spelling of Donegal was due to limited 
2 CONC knowledge of a Clerk in Cumberland and the "Late" meant John had recently 
2 CONC moved from there.  However, there was no way to rectify the fact with the 
2 CONC second document the inventory had been conducted by Jxx (likely John) 
2 CONC Byers who was acting as Administrator.  This is a Court appointed 
2 CONC individual, usually of the family, who acts when there is no will with an 
2 CONC acceptable executor.  We know that the first John had made a will that 
2 CONC was probated and thus there were two John Galbreaths, dying at the nearly 
2 CONC the same time.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Turning then to the Internet, especially Google search, I first tried to 
2 CONC identify the other parties coupling them with Donegal and sometimes 
2 CONC Galbraith or Galbreath.  The Rev. Joseph Tate (pre 1728-1774) is 
2 CONC prominent among early American Presbyterians and in his early years, 
2 CONC beginning in late 1748 was the pastor at Donegal.  He was ordained and 
2 CONC married Margaret Boyd, both events on 23 November 1748.  James Anderson 
2 CONC (son of James from Scotland, the predecessor to Rev. Tate) was born May 
2 CONC 14, 1721 in New York City, New York; died June 1, 1790 in Donegal in 
2 CONC Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.  Anderson married (1) Ruth Bayley and (2) 
2 CONC Margaret Tate.  Margaret Tate was the widow of Rev. Tate. Brothers John 
2 CONC and James Bayly both lived in Donegal. The Galbraiths had several 
2 CONC connections with that family.  Margaret, daughter to John Galbraith (born 
2 CONC 1690) married John Bayley.  Ann, daughter to Bertram (son of James 
2 CONC Galbraith) married Thomas, the son of James Bayly of Donegal.  When I 
2 CONC searched John Byers/Donegal/GalbraithORGalbreath I got several hits, one 
2 CONC on own material, and the identity of this John Galbreath was immediately 
2 CONC apparent.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Robert Galbraith at age three had come to America with his father John 
2 CONC and grandfather James in 1718.  Robert married Rebecca Work and they had 
2 CONC a John (1739) and a Rebecca (1742) .  Robert died in 1746, directing 
2 CONC mother Rebecca as guardian, with the proviso for grandfather John 
2 CONC Galbraith to assume responsibility after four years.  Grandfather John 
2 CONC died in Donegal in 1753 leaving bequests to daughter (in-law) Rebecca, 
2 CONC and grandchildren John and Rebecca.  Widow Rebecca subsequently married 
2 CONC Captain John Byers of Donegal.  Orbison strays at this point and builds a 
2 CONC considerable biography for our John Galbreath ending with his death in 
2 CONC 1824.  Jean Harriger proved that this was a different John and said "no 
2 CONC records have been found to show just what did happen to this John 
2 CONC Galbraith, son of Robert and Rebecca Work".  
2 CONT 
2 CONT However, Lela Booth had found the record.   Thus we have that John 
2 CONC Galbreath (1736-1757)  was related to three people in the inventory 
2 CONC document: John Byers, his step-father, John Bayly, his uncle (spouse to 
2 CONC Margaret) and his grandfather John Galbreath who raised him for several 
2 CONC years and left him property rights.
2 CONT 
2 CONT ENDNOTES:   Deciphering the script is a normal problem with early 
2 CONC documents because of poor handwriting, lack of punctuation, archaic or 
2 CONC misspelling and document damage.  With this document the script is 
2 CONC beautiful and the paper was in good shape, however, the numeral '8' is 
2 CONC very oddly made and the cover year seems to be 17507, as the '8' is 
2 CONC rather like as a Greek Theta on its side.    Note that alternative 
2 CONC spellings were used for  'Chattels' and 'Middleton' Township.  I have 
2 CONC attempted to correctly quote the material as written in the documents, 
2 CONC without resorting to sic.
2 CONT   It is obviously important that the researcher provide the location of 
2 CONC the document.
2 CONT   Material from the Orbison manuscript with amendments and corrections by 
2 CONC Jean Harriger.  Typed by Barbara Patterson in the Collection of Galbraith 
2 CONC Families of Donegal, Lancaster County.
2 CONT   I have made his birth year earlier since there was no mention of John 
2 CONC as a minor in the Estate Inventory and this birth would make him 14, a 
2 CONC transition age for minor rights, when his grandfather took charge in 
2 CONC 1750.  I would disregard Egle's conjecture that this John Galbreath 
2 CONC married Mary McCormick.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 20 MAY 2003
3 TIME 09:01:23
0 @I129@ INDI
1 NAME Rebecca /Galbraith/
2 NSFX [Or33, Gi9]
1 TITL [Or33, Gi9]
1 SEX F
1 BIRT
2 DATE 1 Nov 1745?
2 PLAC Donegal Twp,Lancaster Co. PA
1 DEAT
2 DATE 5 FEB 1795
2 PLAC Middleton Twp. Cumberland Co. PA
1 FAMS @F75@
1 FAMC @F8@
2 _PRIMARY Y
1 NOTE  Rebecca Galbraith (Robert, John, James, John), born in 1742 in Donegal 
2 CONC township, Lancaster Co., Pa.; died about 1780, in Middleton township, 
2 CONC Cumberland county; married June 26, 1765, Ephraim Blaine, born May 26, 
2 CONC 1741, in the North of Ireland; died Feb. 16,1804, in Middleton township, 
2 CONC Cumberland Co., Pa., son of James and Elizabeth Blaine. The elder Blaine, 
2 CONC born of Scotch ancestry came with his family from the North of Ireland, 
2 CONC in the vicinity of Londonderry, to America prior to 1745, and settled in 
2 CONC Toboyne township, Cumberland county. He took up a large tract of land on 
2 CONC the south side of the Juniata river, as did each of his children a few 
2 CONC years later. He became an influential man on the then frontiers of the 
2 CONC Province, and was quite prominent in affairs during the French and Indian 
2 CONC wars, as well as toward the close of his life in the struggle for 
2 CONC independence. He died at his residence in Toboyne township in July 1792, 
2 CONC well advanced in years, leaving a wife, Elizabeth, and nine children. The 
2 CONC eldest of these was Ephraim, who received a classical education at the 
2 CONC school of Rev. Dr. Alison, in Chester county, Pa., and was recommended by 
2 CONC him for an ensigncy in the Provincial service as being "a gentleman of 
2 CONC good family." He was appointed commissary sergeant, and during the 
2 CONC Bouquet expedition to the westward, in 1763, was connected with the 2d 
2 CONC Provincial Regiment. From 1771 to 1773 he served as sheriff of Cumberland 
2 CONC county. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary struggle he entered early 
2 CONC into the contest and assisted in raising a battalion of Associators, of 
2 CONC which he was commissioned lieutenant colonel, holding the position until 
2 CONC he was appointed by the Supreme Executive Council as county lieutenant of 
2 CONC Cumberland, April 5, 1777. This office he resigned in August following, 
2 CONC when he entered the commissary department of the Continental 
2 CONC establishment. He was commissioned commissary general of purchases Feb. 
2 CONC 19, 1778, a position he held over three years, including one of the most 
2 CONC trying periods of the war-the cantonment at Valley Forge. He was a man of 
2 CONC large fortune and recourse, so that, during the long and severe winter, 
2 CONC with the aid of personal friends, he made an advance of $6,000,000, for 
2 CONC use of the patriot army. Millions of dollars passed through his hands 
2 CONC without suspicion of his personal sacrifices, however, Colonel Blaine's 
2 CONC estate became impaired, although his fortune remained ample. While in the 
2 CONC service he enjoyed the confidence of Washington and his fellow officers. 
2 CONC It was at his home that the first president remained during his week's 
2 CONC stay at Carlisle during the so-called Whiskey Insurrection of 1794. 
2 CONC Subsequently Colonel Blaine retired to his farm in Middleton township, 
2 CONC Cumberland Co., Pa., where he closed his eminently patriotic and 
2 CONC honorable career in his sixty-third year. He was twice married-his second 
2 CONC wife being Sarah E. Duncan, widow of John Duncan, of Carlisle, and 
2 CONC daughter of Col. Samuel Postlethwaite, and they had one son, Ephraim, 
2 CONC d.s.p. By his first wife, Rebecca Galbraith, there was issue, six 
2 CONC children, of whom we have only the following (surname Blaine): James 
2 CONC (grandfather of James G. Blaine), died 1832, married first Jean ________, 
2 CONC and secondly Margaret Lyon; Robert, died January, 1826, married Anna 
2 CONC Susanna Metzgar, and they had issue (surname Blaine), Rebecca, married 
2 CONC Rev. Jeremiah Chamberlain, D.D., and Anna Susanna, married Samuel 
2 CONC Alexander; Ephraim Metzgar; Eleanor, born 1789, died Jan. 9, 1839, 
2 CONC married first Dr. Levi Wheaton, born Sept. 6, 1796, died Sept. 24, 1824, 
2 CONC and had issue (surname Wheaton), Ellen Blaine, d.s.p., Mary Blaine, 
2 CONC d.s.p., and she married secondly John Hays, born 1794, died April 29, 
2 CONC 1854, and had issue (surname Hays), Robert, d.s.p., John, married Jenny 
2 CONC Smead, and Mary Blaine, married Richard Mulligan; Mary; James, d.s.p.; 
2 CONC David, who died in December, 1804, married Isabella Hill, and had issue, 
2 CONC among others (surname Blaine): (1) Robert, who married and had John, 
2 CONC David and William, and (2) Ephraim.
1 CHAN
2 DATE 26 JUN 2002
3 TIME 16:31:36
0 @I130@ INDI
1 NAME Ephraim /Blaine/
2 NSFX [Or33-]
1 TITL [Or33-]
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 26 MAY 1741
2 PLAC Ireland
1 DEAT
2 DATE 16 FEB 1804
2 PLAC Middleton Twp. Cumberland Co. PA
1 FAMS @F75@
1 FAMS @F464@
1 FAMC @F179@
1 NOTE FROM: Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I-III
2 CONT Martha Porter Ewing Carson
2 CONT 
2 CONT Colonel Blaine married (first) June 26, 1765, Rebecca, daughter of John 
2 CONC and Jannett Galbraith, a well known Scotch family. She died shortly after 
2 CONC the war closed. He married (second) after some years, Sarah E. Duncan, 
2 CONC widow of Judge Duncan. She was a resident of Carlisle, near which town 
2 CONC was his estate of "Middlesex". Judge Duncan was killed, September 20, 
2 CONC 1797, in a duel with a lawyer named Lamberton, and one of the judge's 
2 CONC seconds was James Blaine, son of Colonel Ephraim Blaine by his first 
2 CONC wife. A few years after the duel Colonel Blaine married Mrs. Duncan, who 
2 CONC long survived him, and aftor his death she resided on Walnut street, west 
2 CONC of Twelfth street, Philadelphia, where she attained the great age of 
2 CONC ninety, dying about the year 1850. By his first wife Colonel Blaine had 
2 CONC six children, of whom we can name three: 
2 CONT James, see forward; 
2 CONT Robert, married Anna Susanna Metzger; 
2 CONT David, married Isabella Hill. 
2 CONT By his second marriage there was a son, Ephraim, who was drowned in the 
2 CONC mill race at "Middlesex".
2 CONT 
2 CONT James (2) Blaine, son of Colonel Ephraim and Rebecca (Galbraith) Blaine, 
2 CONC was born in Middleton township, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, died in 
2 CONC 1832 in Washington county, Pennsylvania. In 1791 he was an attachâe to one 
2 CONC of the American embassies abroad, and was the bearer to this country of 
2 CONC the celebrated "Jay Treaty" that so incensed the enemies of Alexander 
2 CONC Hamilton. In 1780 he went to Western Pennsylvania, and in 1804 to 
2 CONC Brownsville, on the Monongahela river, where he began merchandising. He 
2 CONC was commissioned a justice of the peace, a position he held many years. 
2 CONC He afterward removed to Sewickley, Allegheny county, where he owned a 
2 CONC farm that he sold to the "Economists". He then removed to a small farm 
2 CONC near Washington, Pennsylvania, where he died. Mr. Blaine married (first) 
2 CONC Jane ---, born 1769, died in April, 1793. Married (second) January 16, 
2 CONC 1795, Margaret, daughter of Samuel Lyon, of Cumberland 
2 CONC county,Pennsylvania.
2 CONT His children, all by second wife, were: 
2 CONT 1. Ephraim Lyon, born February 28, 1796, married Maria, daughter of Neal 
2 CONC Gillespie Jr., and great-granddaughter of Neal Gillespie; they were the 
2 CONC parents of Hon. James G. Blaine, the great statesman and Republican 
2 CONC presidential candidate in 1884 against Grover Cleveland, and of the 
2 CONC mother of the wife of General William T. Sherman. 
2 CONT 2. Margaret Jane, married William Sample, founder of the Washington 
2 CONC (Pennsylvania) Reporter, prothonatary of Washington county, and died in 
2 CONC the west.
2 CONT 3. Ellen, see forward.
2 CONT 4. William. 
2 CONT 5. Robert, of Washington, D. C. 
2 CONT 6. Samuel, of Louisville, Kentucky.
2 CONT 7. Ann, married Jacob Mason and removed to Iowa.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Ellen Blaine, third child of James (2) and Margaret (Lyon) Blaine, 
2 CONC married John H. Ewing, born October 5, 1796, son of William and Mary 
2 CONC (Conwell) Ewing. Children: 1. Rev. William E., of Cannonsburg, 
2 CONC Pennsylvania. 
2 CONT 2. George. 
2 CONT 3. John, see forward. 
2 CONT 4. Samuel Blaine. 
2 CONT 5. Margaret, married Dr. Halleck, of Pittsburgh. 
2 CONT 6. Elizabeth, married Rev. William Speer, of Washington, Pennsylvania. 
2 CONT 8. Mary, wife of Professor Woods, of Washington, Pennsylvania.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Colonel John Ewing, son of John H. and Ellen (Blaine) Ewing, married 
2 CONC Elizabeth Marshall, of Kentucky.
2 CONT 
2 CONT Martha Porter, daughter of Colonel John and Elizabeth (Marsh