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James Crukshank1 (M)
b. 9 January 1776
Pedigree
Last Edited=3 Nov 2002
| James Crukshank was born on 9 January 1776.1 He was the son of Joseph Crukshank and Mary (?).1 James Crukshank married Hester Ash, daughter of James Ash and Sarah Hinchman, on 25 November 1805.1 |
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| Hester Ash married Hosea Levis.1 Hester Ash was born on 23 April 1785.1 She was the daughter of James Ash and Sarah Hinchman.1 Hester Ash married James Crukshank, son of Joseph Crukshank and Mary (?), on 25 November 1805.1 Hester Ash died in 1875.1 |
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| Joseph Crukshank married Rachel (?).1 Joseph Crukshank was born on 2 July 1747.1 He was the son of Richard Crukshank.1 Joseph Crukshank married Mary (?).1 Joseph Crukshank died on 9 August 1836 at age 89.1 Was a publisher and bookseller with offices on Market St. between 2nd and 3rd, in Philadelphia.1 |
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| Mary (?) married Joseph Crukshank, son of Richard Crukshank.1 |
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 James Ash was born in 1749.1 He was the son of Capt. Henry Ash and Rebecca Leach.1 James Ash married Sarah Hinchman on 18 May 1771.1 James Ash married Rachel Morgan on 5 March 1804.1 James Ash married (?) Hodgkiss.1 James Ash died in 1830.1 Served as a Lieutenant in General Cadwalader's Brigade of Pennsylvania Militia in 1777, participating in many battles. He was later rewarded by position as sheriff and magistrate.1
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| Sarah Hinchman was born in 1754.1 She married James Ash, son of Capt. Henry Ash and Rebecca Leach, on 18 May 1771.1 Sarah Hinchman died in 1797.1 |
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| Capt. Henry Ash was the son of James Ash.1 Capt. Henry Ash married Rebecca Leach, daughter of John Leach and Mary Harrison, on 25 March 1749.1 He came to the United States in 1750 from Ashbrook, County Londonderry ,Ireland.1 |
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| Rebecca Leach was the daughter of John Leach and Mary Harrison.1 Rebecca Leach married Capt. Henry Ash, son of James Ash, on 25 March 1749.1 |
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| Ichabob Ward was born on 1 May 1750 at Killingsworth, CT.2 He was the son of Peter Ward and Deborah Buel.2 Ichabob Ward married Lydia Tower on 21 January 1781.2 Ichabob Ward died in 1824.2 He was a soldier of the American Revolution and served 20 days in the Lexington Alarm during April 1775. From May 9th to Dec 19th of that year he was a fifer. On Jan 2 1776 he enlisted for 3 years and served as a Sergant in Captain Stevens Company Continental Line being discharged Jan 24, 1779. He was plaed on the Pension Roll in Sept. 1819 his annual allowance being $96. In all he received $230. In 1807 he removed to Susquehanna County, PA., and occupied a house near that of H. Burrit in New Milford. He was long a member of the Presbyterian Church - a faithful officer and deacon, and to him the honor is due of maintaining public religious services in his own home during the early days of the settlement.2 |
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| Lydia Tower died in 1781.1 She married Ichabob Ward, son of Peter Ward and Deborah Buel, on 21 January 1781.1 |
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| Peter Ward was born on 11 October 1709.1 He was the son of Capt. Peter Ward and Mary Joy.1 Peter Ward married Deborah Buel, daughter of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Buel and Hannah Hutchins, on 13 April 1733.1 Peter Ward died on 3 December 1755 at age 46.1 |
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| Deborah Buel was born on 16 February 1715.1 She was the daughter of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Buel and Hannah Hutchins.1 Deborah Buel married Peter Ward, son of Capt. Peter Ward and Mary Joy, on 13 April 1733.1 Deborah Buel died on 7 May 1750 at age 35.1 |
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| Maj. Gen. Benjamin Buel was born in 1686.1 He was the son of Samuel Buel and Deborah Griswald.1 Maj. Gen. Benjamin Buel married Hannah Hutchins in 1710.1 Maj. Gen. Benjamin Buel died on 18 February 1725.1 |
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| Hannah Hutchins married Maj. Gen. Benjamin Buel, son of Samuel Buel and Deborah Griswald, in 1710.1 Hannah Hutchins died in 1728.1 |
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| Thomas Overton married Mary Bleasdale.1 Thomas Overton was born on 17 September 1765.1 He died on 11 November 1835 at age 70.1 |
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| Mary Bleasdale married Thomas Overton.1 Mary Bleasdale was born in 1763.1 She died on 18 April 1813.1 |
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Mary Willing was born on 15 September 1770.1 She was the daughter of Thomas Willing and Anne McCall.1 Mary Willing married Henry Clymer, son of George Clymer and Elizabeth Meredith, on 9 July 1794.1 Mary Willing died on 25 October 1852 at age 82.1
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 George Clymer was born on 11 June 1739.1 He was the son of Christopher Clymer and Deborah Fitzwater.1 George Clymer married Elizabeth Meredith, daughter of Reese Meredith and Martha Carpenter, on 18 March 1765.1 George Clymer died on 23 January 1813 at age 73.1 He lost his mother when but an infant and his father when but seven. He was brought up by his uncle William Coleman who, after the lad had graduated form the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Philadelphia) took him into his counting house. Though caring little for commercial life he nevertheless applied himself diligently to the end that he shortly became one of the leading businessmen of the city. At an early age his feelings were strongly enlisted against the many arbitrary acts of the British Government and, when all other measures failed, he was among the first to urge national defense. To this end he accepted in 1773 a captains commission in a volunteer company raised for the defense of the Province. In 1774 he formed a partnership with Reese Meredith who later became his father-in-law. On November 7th, 1765 the partners attended the great mass meeting held in the State House yard and signed their names to the historical "Non-Importation Resolution" which today rests in the Independence Hall. George Clymer was appointed chairman of the committee to prevent the sale of tea carried by the ship Polly and as a result not on ounce of her cargo was sold within the city limits. In January 1775 he was elected a delegate to the Provincial Congress and in July of that year was chosen one of the treasurers of the Continental Congress. From October 1775 to July 1776 he was placed on the committee of Safety. He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1776 and member of the Provincial Convention of July 15th, 1776. On August 2nd he was one of 56 men who had the honor of signing the immortal "Declaration of Independence". In 1777 he was again elected to Congress. In July of that year he, Philip Livingston and Eldridge Gerry were authorized to inspect and report upon the condition of General Washington's army. In December congress sent him, together with tow others, to Fort Pitt (now Pittsburgh) to examine into the causes of a threatened Indian outbreak and later gave him a vote o thanks for his services. In 1780 George Clymer was one of the organizers of the famous Pennsylvania Bank established for the purpose of raising the means to equip Washington's ragged, starving army. He and his brother-in-law, General Meredith each gave $25,000. The bank opened in July George Clymer being one of the two directors. This same year he was elected to Congress for the third time and again in the following year for the fourth time. In 1782 he was appointed as one of two commissioners to visit the Southern States and urge payment of their several quotas into the depleted national treasury. This was his last official act as a Continental Congressman. In 1784 he represented his native state in her Legislature and while so serving he was appointed to represent the state in the great convention which met to frame the Constitution under which we now exist. After its adoption he represented the State once more in Congress for a term of two years. Washington thereupon appointed him Supervisor of the Internal Revenue for Pennsylvania. His efforts to collect the duties levied on distilled spirits led to the Whiskey Rebellion. George Clymer, having no taste for factious brawls based on whiskey, resigned the office. In 1796 he was appointed with two others to negotiate a treaty with the Cherokees and Creek Indians in Georgia. Upon its successful completion he retired from political life. He was president of the Philadelphia Horticultural Society and the American Philosophical Society and a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania. Among his papers were found plans, for bridges, canals, machinery and he is credited with being the inventor of the Columbian Printing Press. The last years of his life were spent at the home of his son Henry in Morrisville, PA., in a house across the Delaware form Trenton used by Washington as his headquarters during one period of the Revolution. Here he died. His remains lie in the old Quaker Burying Ground in Trenton; his headstone bearing simply his name, the dates of his birth and death and that he was a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. His portrait by Peale hangs in Independence Hall.1
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| Elizabeth Meredith was the daughter of Reese Meredith and Martha Carpenter.1 Elizabeth Meredith married George Clymer, son of Christopher Clymer and Deborah Fitzwater, on 18 March 1765.1 Elizabeth Meredith died in February 1815.1 |
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