_____________________
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______ CAMPBELL _____|
| |
| |_____________________
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|
|--George CAMPBELL
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| _Allan KILLOUGH _____
| | (1709 - 1785)
|_Jean KILLOUGH ______|
|
|_Hannah _____ _______
(.... - 1786)
_John "Jno" MCCONNELL _+
| (1802 - 1882) m 1825
_Richard Fullerton MCCONNELL _|
| (1831 - 1913) m 1854 |
| |_Belinda FULLERTON ____+
| (1806 - 1833) m 1825
|
|--Margaret Elizabeth MCCONNELL
| (1857 - ....)
| _______________________
| |
|_Eliza A. _____ ______________|
(1830 - 1874) m 1854 |
|_______________________
[45421] In 1860 she was Margaret E. McConnell.
[45418]
[S4230]
1860 Census, North Beaver Twp, Lawrence Co., PA
[45419]
[S4230]
1860 Census, North Beaver Twp, Lawrence Co., PA
[45420]
[S4234]
1870 Census, Springfield Twp, Mahoning Co., OH
_Abram MCCONNELL ____+
| (1757 - 1830) m 1780
_Thomas MCCONNELL ___|
| (1790 - 1861) m 1819|
| |_Rosanna FRYATT _____+
| (1764 - 1846) m 1780
|
|--Mary Jane MCCONNELL
| (1828 - 1850)
| _____________________
| |
|_Sarah MAHAFFEY _____|
(1790 - 1833) m 1819|
|_____________________
[75802]
[S6988]
Ancestry Family Trees
[75803]
[S6988]
Ancestry Family Trees
[90180]
[S9119]
Pennsylvania land warrants
_David D. SEEVERS ____
|
_Joseph C. SEEVERS ___________________|
| (1863 - 1938) m 1887 |
| |_Emily "Emma" SWAN ___
|
|
|--Mary SEEVERS
| (1899 - ....)
| _Thomas J. MCCONNELL _+
| | (1848 - 1913) m 1867
|_Alvaretta "Alice" "Allie" MCCONNELL _|
(1867 - 1934) m 1887 |
|_Martha F. POULTON ___+
(1849 - 1909) m 1867
[50912]
[S5164]
1900 Census, Pleasant City, Guernsey Co., OH
[50913]
[S5164]
1900 Census, Pleasant City, Guernsey Co., OH
_Hugh TORRENCE ______
| (1665 - 1712)
_Albert TORRENCE ____|
| (1699 - 1775) m 1734|
| |_Unknown ____________
|
|
|--Aaron TORRENCE
| (1723 - 1795)
| _____________________
| |
|_Elizabeth _____ ____|
(1706 - 1750) m 1734|
|_____________________
[17262]
Albert2 Sergeant Hugh 1), Thomas Torence, second son of Albert Torrence by his first marriage, born in Ireland circa 1718, came to America with his father sometime between 1730 and 1740. Landed in Philadelphia; went to Woodbury and later to Bristol, Connecticut, where he settled. The following is from an old letter written by Mitchell T. Torrance to Mrs. Anna Torrence Garlough, of Yellow Springs, Ohio:
Thomas Torrance, my great, great grandfather, and his brother Aaron Torrance, came to America before 1740, from the north of Ireland. Thomas was born about 1718, in Ireland, married Anna Mitchell. They had a large family; among others were: Samuel, born 1750, Thomas, born 1751, Hugh, and Styles. Samuel Torrance was my great grandfather, born April 5, 1750, and died December 5,1843. His wife was Anna Root.
Aaron Torrence was born in Londonderry County, Ireland, about 1722.
In 1729, Franklin was a part of Lancaster County; in 1749 it was included in that of York; in 1750, it was a part of Cumberland, and became a county in 1784.
On April 2, 1756, a band of hostile Indians attacked McCord's Fort, situated on the banks of Conococheague Creek, along the North Mountain, within the present area of Franklin County. This was a private Fort, where the settlers assembled for protection and safety. The Indians set fire to the Fort and killed or carried into captivity all of the occupants. Immediately after this disaster, a large number of representative citizens of York County, which then included Adams County, signed a petition appealing to the Honorable Robert Hunter Morris, Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania and Counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex upon Delaware, for aid and assistance.'Note 43-2
Many among the two hundred signers were Scotch-Irish, or English Quakers. Among them: James Hamilton, David Watson, Alexander Brown, Anon Torens (Aaron Torrence) Note 43-1 , William Smith, the Rev. Thomas Barton, William Miles, John Gilleland, William Bard, Alexander White, George Latimer, William Lindsey, and Nicholas Bishop.
The family records of the Finleys and Torrences, show that in 1750 Aaron Torrence married Susannah Finley, daughter of Michael Finley of Sadsbury township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Michael Finley, of Scotch-Irish descent, baptized in the parish of Mullaghabrac, County Armagh, Ireland, May 7, 1683; married Ann O'Neill, daughter of Samuel O'Neill, of the same county, July 12, 1712. On September 28, 1734, he and his family landed in Philadelphia, first settling on Neshaminy Creek, Bucks County, and later locating in Sadsbury township. A detailed account of this family will be found in the Finley Chapter.43
Aaron Torrence and his wife Susannah made their home in that part of York which later became Franklin County, where their four sons were born. In or about 1768 they were living in the Redstone Settlement in Fayette County, neighbors of George Paull. This is confirmed by Miss Elizabeth Maxwell Paull, Blairsville, Pennsylvania, in her well known work, Paull-Irwin, a Family Sketch.Note 44-1 Here Susannah (Finley) Torrence died in 1772 and is believed to have been buried in the graveyard of Laurel Hill Presbyterian Church, set apart for such purposes in that year, with the Paulls, Cathcarts, Allens, McClellans and others.
In the summer of 1772, the Presbyterians of Redstone Settlement selected a church site on a hill commanding a beautiful view in all directions. The site was cleared. A square log house was built - the first Presbyterian Church west of the Alleghenies. Who were the charter members? There is no record.Note 44-2
On March 20, 1774, Aaron Torrence married, as second wife, Elizabeth (Irwin) McConnell. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. John King of the Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church. The entry may be seen on the original Parish Register at the Presbyterian Church of Mercersburg.Note 44-3
Elizabeth (Irwin) McConnell was a daughter of James Irwin, the pioneer 1704-1778, whose plantation, Irwinton Mills, with its old stone house, with handsome interior woodwork and panelled walls, is in Peters Township, Franklin County. Her first marriage was to Captain William McConnell, who died June 24, 1770, leaving her his widow, with eight children:
Alexander McConnell
Jean McConnell, married Samuel Torrence, son of Aaron
Captain James McConnell
Rebecca McConnell, married Captain James McConnell
Martha McConnell, married David Torrence, son of Aaron
Mary McConnell
William McConnell
John McConnell
On November 5, 1775, a daughter was born to Aaron and his second wife, Elizabeth (Irwin) McConnell Torrence. She was named Susannah, probably for Aaron's first wife, and baptized by the Rev. John King who married her parents.
After the marriage of Aaron and his second wife, they and his four sons lived on the plantation where his wife and her family of eight hadNote 45-2 44 been living. It is not surprising that two of his sons married two of her daughters. This plantation, a part of the estate of James Irwin, consisted of 400 acres, with buildings, etc. On this tract in Peters township, Aaron Torrence paid taxes in 1778-79-80.Note 45-1 This is somewhat further substantiated by an extract from the will of James Irwin, dated May 26, 1776:
I will that the plantation where on my son-in-law, Aaron Torrence, and my daughter Elizabeth live, be sold at the direction of my executors, one third of the value thereof be given to my daughter Elizabeth and the remainder to be equally divided among her children born to William McConnell and to my daughter Elizabeth Irwin McConnell.
Sometime after the sale of this property, according to the terms of the testator who died in 1778, Aaron Torrence and his second wife, Elizabeth, removed to Washington County, his sons having entered the Revolutionary Army.
Here a warrant is of record to him for 50 acres at Silver Spring Run, dated June 4, 1788. This laud was situated in Strabane Township, near the present towns of Houstonville and Canonsburg. It was surveyed, September 7, 1789, under Aaron Torrence's Warranty of June 4, 1788.Note 45-2 A copy of the survey follows.
Washington County Court House, Washington, Pa.
Deed Book I-D, p 273.
KNOW ALL MEN that I, Aaron Torance, of the County of Washington, State of Pennsylvania, have remised and released and forever quit claimed, for the consideration of five shillings, paid by David Redick, of Washington County, State of Penna. ALL my right claim to that certain tract of land in Washington County, situated on the waters of Chartiers Creek, adjoining lands of Lund Washington, David Clark, Thomas Stokeley, Esquires and others, on which said land I now live.
In witness etc. my hand and seal . . this 17th. day of September 1788.
AARON TORANCE (SEAL)
Witnesses:
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM
JOHN REED
Surveyed Sept 7 1789, collected from the lines of the adjoining land, in pursuance of Aaron Torrence's Warrant, dated 4 June, 1788, containing 50 acres with allowances, named SILVER SPRING RUN.
Among papers in possession of Mr. Ridgely Torrence, the poet, writer, and descendant of Aaron Torrence, through his son John, is the statement that "John Torrence son of Aaron, after the Revolutionary War, preceded, or followed his father to Lexington, Kentucky. That Aaron afterward lived there with his married daughter, Mrs. Susannah Frost, until his death."
1802: Aaron Torrence's estate was being handled by John White who lives 8 miles south of Lexington.
[17248]
[S1278]
A book called Torrence and Allied families.
[17249]
[S14310]
Torrence Family Tree on Ancestry.com
[17250]
[S3935]
Torens And Allied Families published 1938
[17251]
[S15340]
Find-A-Grave website for son Samuel Torrence
[17252]
[S3935]
Torens And Allied Families published 1938
[17253]
[S3935]
Torens And Allied Families published 1938
[17254]
[S3935]
Torens And Allied Families published 1938
[17255]
[S14875]
1786 Tax List, Washington Co., PA
[17256]
[S3935]
Torens And Allied Families published 1938
[17257]
[S13893]
Torrence and Allied Families
[17258]
[S15331]
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?david::torrence::647.html
[17259]
[S15331]
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?david::torrence::647.html
[17260]
[S3935]
Torens And Allied Families published 1938
[17261]
[S15331]
http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?david::torrence::647.html
[102951]
[S3935]
Torens And Allied Families published 1938
[102615]
[S12552]
Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church of Mercersberg, Franklin Co. PA.
[54945]
[S6082]
1880 Census, Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co., PA
[54946]
[S6082]
1880 Census, Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co., PA
[54947]
[S13112]
1900 Census, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., PA
[54948]
[S14498]
1910 Census, Greensburg, Westoreland Co., PA
[54949]
[S14497]
1920 Census, Greensburg, Westoreland Co., PA
[54950]
[S14474]
Westmoreland Co., PA, General Index Register's Office & Orphans Court
[104802]
[S13112]
1900 Census, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co., PA
_Thomas WILCOXON ____+
| (1695 - 1777) m 1721
_Jesse WILCOXON _____|
| (1738 - 1811) |
| |_Ruth LITTON? _______
| (1703 - ....) m 1721
|
|--Ann Magruder WILCOXON
| (1777 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Elizabeth CLAGGET __|
(1752 - 1811) |
|_____________________
[35687]
[S3159]
David Wilcoxon family records.