_Arthur GALBRAITH ___+
| (1728 - 1818) m 1767
_Aeneas Sharp GALBRAITH _|
| (1793 - 1867) m 1816 |
| |_Mary Martin SHARPE _+
| (1747 - 1818) m 1767
|
|--Elizabeth GALBRAITH
| (1817 - 1891)
| _____________________
| |
|_Mary COLDWELL __________|
m 1816 |
|_____________________
[409]
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[1534] 1 _UID 15AC356E545BD611B81600A0CC588F3550B3
Date of Import: Jun 23, 2000
Date of Import: Jun 23, 2000
Date of Import: Jun 23, 2000
Date of Import: May 17, 1998
_John GALBRAITH _____+
| (1690 - 1753)
_Robert GALBRAITH ___|
| (1715 - 1746) |
| |_Janet UNKNOWN ______
| (1693 - ....)
|
|--Rebecca GALBRAITH
| (1745 - 1795)
| _____________________
| |
|_Rebecca WORK _______|
|
|_____________________
[130] Rebecca Galbraith (Robert, John, James, John), born in 1742 in Donegal township, Lancaster Co., Pa.; died about 1780, in Middleton township, Cumberland county; married June 26, 1765, Ephraim Blaine, born May 26, 1741, in the North of Ireland; died Feb. 16,1804, in Middleton township, Cumberland Co., Pa., son of James and Elizabeth Blaine. The elder Blaine, born of Scotch ancestry came with his family from the North of Ireland, in the vicinity of Londonderry, to America prior to 1745, and settled in Toboyne township, Cumberland county. He took up a large tract of land on the south side of the Juniata river, as did each of his children a few years later. He became an influential man on the then frontiers of the Province, and was quite prominent in affairs during the French and Indian wars, as well as toward the close of his life in the struggle for independence. He died at his residence in Toboyne township in July 1792, well advanced in years, leaving a wife, Elizabeth, and nine children. The eldest of these was Ephraim, who received a classical education at the school of Rev. Dr. Alison, in Chester county, Pa., and was recommended by him for an ensigncy in the Provincial service as being "a gentleman of good family." He was appointed commissary sergeant, and during the Bouquet expedition to the westward, in 1763, was connected with the 2d Provincial Regiment. From 1771 to 1773 he served as sheriff of Cumberland county. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary struggle he entered early into the contest and assisted in raising a battalion of Associators, of which he was commissioned lieutenant colonel, holding the position until he was appointed by the Supreme Executive Council as county lieutenant of Cumberland, April 5, 1777. This office he resigned in August following, when he entered the commissary department of the Continental establishment. He was commissioned commissary general of purchases Feb. 19, 1778, a position he held over three years, including one of the most trying periods of the war-the cantonment at Valley Forge. He was a man of large fortune and recourse, so that, during the long and severe winter, with the aid of personal friends, he made an advance of $6,000,000, for use of the patriot army. Millions of dollars passed through his hands without suspicion of his personal sacrifices, however, Colonel Blaine's estate became impaired, although his fortune remained ample. While in the service he enjoyed the confidence of Washington and his fellow officers. It was at his home that the first president remained during his week's stay at Carlisle during the so-called Whiskey Insurrection of 1794. Subsequently Colonel Blaine retired to his farm in Middleton township, Cumberland Co., Pa., where he closed his eminently patriotic and honorable career in his sixty-third year. He was twice married-his second wife being Sarah E. Duncan, widow of John Duncan, of Carlisle, and daughter of Col. Samuel Postlethwaite, and they had one son, Ephraim, d.s.p. By his first wife, Rebecca Galbraith, there was issue, six children, of whom we have only the following (surname Blaine): James (grandfather of James G. Blaine), died 1832, married first Jean ________, and secondly Margaret Lyon; Robert, died January, 1826, married Anna Susanna Metzgar, and they had issue (surname Blaine), Rebecca, married Rev. Jeremiah Chamberlain, D.D., and Anna Susanna, married Samuel Alexander; Ephraim Metzgar; Eleanor, born 1789, died Jan. 9, 1839, married first Dr. Levi Wheaton, born Sept. 6, 1796, died Sept. 24, 1824, and had issue (surname Wheaton), Ellen Blaine, d.s.p., Mary Blaine, d.s.p., and she married secondly John Hays, born 1794, died April 29, 1854, and had issue (surname Hays), Robert, d.s.p., John, married Jenny Smead, and Mary Blaine, married Richard Mulligan; Mary; James, d.s.p.; David, who died in December, 1804, married Isabella Hill, and had issue, among others (surname Blaine): (1) Robert, who married and had John, David and William, and (2) Ephraim.
[1458] 1 _UID 16D3D118A561D511B81600A0CC588F35143A
_Robert GALBRAITH ___+
| (1670 - 1738)
_John GALBRAITH _____|
| (1712 - 1757) m 1742|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Robert GALBRAITH
| (1743 - 1787)
| _____________________
| |
|_Jennett MCCULLOUGH _|
m 1742 |
|_____________________
[42]
GALBRAITH, ROBERT, Hopewell.
March 30, 1787. July 3, 1787.
Wife Hannah.
Oldest son Samuel.
Second son James.
Dau. Sarah.
Four youngest children John, William, Elizabeth and Nancy Galbraith.
Son William to be bound to Samuel Hannah till he is eighteen years of
age. John Elliott.
Exs: Hannah Galbraith and Nathaniel Wilson.
Wit: David Sterrett, Samuel Hanna. E. 113.
[1406] 1 _UID 3D2755618B40D511B81600A0CC588F3521E0
_John GILBREATH _____+
| (1768 - 1850)
_Andrew GILBREATH ___|
| (1788 - 1870) m 1811|
| |_Mary COFFEE ________
| (1758 - 1843)
|
|--Nancy GILBREATH
| (1814 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Mary RICHARDS ______|
(1785 - 1827) m 1811|
|_____________________
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Date of Import: May 17, 1998
Date of Import: May 17, 1998
_William STEWART ____+
| (1738 - 1811) m 1760
_William II STEWART _|
| (1779 - 1825) m 1802|
| |_Mary GASS __________+
| (1742 - ....) m 1760
|
|--William STEWART
|
| _____________________
| |
|_Sarah MCKIBBEN _____|
(1780 - 1819) m 1802|
|_____________________
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