Robert McClure and Priscilla Espy

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Husband Robert McClure ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 18 Dec 1761 or 1763 - Paxtang, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA 1 2 3 5
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           Died: 21 Jul 1837 or 1839 1 5
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA

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         Father: William McClure (      -1785) 2 3
         Mother: Margaret Wright (      -      ) 2 3

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Wife Priscilla Espy ^{2 4 6}

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           Born: 8 Nov 1771 - Paxtang Twp, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA 4
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           Died: 29 Sep 1845 5 7
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA

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         Father: Josiah Espy (1742-1813) 7 8
         Mother: Anne Kirkpatrick (1750-1842) 8

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Children

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1 M William McClure ⁵

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           Born: 1 Feb 1795 5
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           Died: 16 Aug 1852 5
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2 F Ann McClure ⁵

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           Born: 1797 5
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3 M Robert Wright McClure ⁵

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           Born: 1800 5
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           Died: 26 Sep 1865 5
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4 F Priscilla Jane McClure ⁵

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5 M Josiah Espy McClure ⁵

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6 F Margaret McClure ⁵

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7 F Rebecca McClure ^{5 9}

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         Spouse: Matthew Brown (1806-1870) 5 9
           Marr: 27 May 1834 5 9

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General Notes: Husband - Robert McClure

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He received a good English education, and was brought up a farmer. Although young in years when the Revolution came, he was in active service at Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth. He was a prominent member of the old Paxtang church and a ruling elder thereof.

1 Wm. H. Egle, Notes and Queries, Chiefly Relating to the History of Dauphin County (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 213.

2 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1891), Pg 90.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 134.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 218.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 222.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 134, 1002.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1002.

8 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 198, 214.

9 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 52.