William Gunn and Anna Gunn

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Husband William Gunn ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1745 - Aberdeen, Scotland
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         Father: Alexander Gunn (      -      ) 2
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       Marriage: Abt 1770 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Wife Anna Gunn ²

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1 M Neil Gunn ²

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2 M John Gunn ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1778 - Philadelphia, PA 2
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           Died: 8 Oct 1848 - West Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA 1 3
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         Spouse: Martha McClure (      -1833) 3
           Marr: 1814 3

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3 M William Gunn ³

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4 M Levi Gunn ³

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5 F Eliza Gunn ³

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6 M Christian Gunn ³

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7 F Mary Gunn ³

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8 M Alexander Gunn ³

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9 M Marquis Gunn ³

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10 M Addison Gunn ³

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11 M David Gunn ³

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General Notes: Husband - William Gunn

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Although he and his wife shared the same surname, they were not related.

About the year 1775 he, his wife and one son, and Alexander Gunn, his brother-in-law, and two unmarried sisters emigrated to America and landed in Philadelphia. After remaining in that city about a year they emigrated to Washington County, Pennsylvania, and settled on a tract of land in what became Donegal township, later owned by Gordon and Samuel Patterson. On this property they all lived a few years, after which William moved with his family to what is now West Finley township. The land on which he settled proved to belong to those immense land proprietors, Shields and Hollingsworth. He then purchased four hundred and twenty-eight acres of Isaac Parkhurst, of Warren County, Ohio. This land was situated on Robinson Run. On this farm he lived the remainder of his long life, and died aged eighty years. He left ten children, who upon arriving at maturity all emigrated to the West, except John, the second son, who settled on the homestead.

One child was born to them prior to their leaving their native land. Sailing from Glasgow, this little family, after a voyage of nine weeks and three days, landed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where they remained some little time, and here was born a second son. In 1780 the family, now consisting of father and mother and two children, set out for the then "Far West," over the mountains, the mother seated on a horse, on either side of which was hung a hickory basket, like a pannier, in which each of the children was placed. In this manner they reached Washington County, where they settled near where Brownsville would later stand, in the wild forest, from which they hewed out for themselves a primitive home, and developed a fertile farm that later became the property of A. G. Patterson. When Gen. Wayne started out on his expedition against the Indians, William Gunn joined him at Cincinnati, and remained with him until the expedition came to an end in 1792. During his absence the Indians raided his home, but his wife fortunately escaped in time with her two children to Roney's blockhouse, less than a mile distant. The raiders did little damage, however, merely killing a couple of cows, and carrying off part of their carcases to their camp. After his return Mr. Gunn lived upon his farm until his death, without being further molested by the Indians.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 982.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 463.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 464.