James McBride and Sarah Sprowls

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Husband James McBride ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1743 - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Oct 1827 - ? Washington Co, PA 2 3
         Buried:  - Clinton Church cemetery

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         Father: Nathaniel McBride (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: [Unk] Hamilton (      -      ) 2 3

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       Marriage:  - Washington Co, PA

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Wife Sarah Sprowls ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Sarah Sproul 4
           Born: Abt 1757 - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Mar 1838 - ? Washington Co, PA 2 3
         Buried:  - Clinton Church cemetery

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         Father: Hugh Sprowls (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Unknown (      -      )

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Children

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1 M Nathaniel McBride ^{2 6}

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           Born: Abt 1778
     Christened: 
           Died: 1860 2 3
         Buried: 

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2 M Francis McBride ^{2 6}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when fifty-nine years old
         Buried: 

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3 M James McBride ^{2 6}

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           Born: Abt 1783 - Robinson Twp, Washington Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1852 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Ann Stewart (      -      ) 7

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4 M John McBride ^{2 6}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when eighty-eight years old
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5 M Matthew Hamilton McBride ^{2 6}

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           Born: 1787 - Robinson Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Mar 1871 - North Strabane Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Bavington (Abt 1797-1873) 2 3
           Marr: 12 Mar 1834 2 8

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6 M Samuel McBride ^{2 6}

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           Born: Abt 1790
     Christened: 
           Died: 1877 3
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7 M Isaac McBride ^{2 6}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when eighty-three years old
         Buried: 

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8 M David McBride ^{2 6}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when seventy-two years old
         Buried: 

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9 M William McBride ^{2 9}

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           Born: 1797 or 1798 - Washington Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Oct 1878 2 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Martha Keys (1805-1875) 10

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10 M Alexander McBride ¹¹

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           Born: 1800 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Nov 1885 3
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - James McBride

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About 1772, when twenty-three years of age, he came to America with his brothers, Isaac and Samuel, and settled first on what was afterward taken up and known as the "Washington lands" on Miller's run, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Soon after their settlement here, Gen. Washington, at the suggestion of his agent, Capt. William Crawford, had a survey made of these lands, and on July 5, 1775, a military patent was issued to Washington for 2,813 acres, from Lord Dunmore, Governor-general of Virginia. In the meantime they, with other settlers, made im-provements on said lands, believing, as Col. George Croghan, an Indian agent, told them, that Wash-ington had no right there and advised them to re-main. Washington's journal shows that on Sep-tember, 19, 1784, "he came to the settlement," but having learned that they were a religious people deferred his visit until "Monday, Septem-ber 20, went early this morning to view the land and to receive the final determination of those who lived upon it." . . . "Having obtained a pilot near the land, I went first to the plantation of Samuel McBride, who has about five acres of meadow and thirty acres of arable land under good fencing, a logged dwelling house with a puncheon roof and stable or small barn of the same kind. The land rather hilly but good, chiefly white oak. . . . Next James McBride's three or four acres of meadow, twenty-eight acres of arable land, pretty good fencing, land rather broken but good, white and black oak timber mixed, a dwelling house and barn-of middling size-with puncheon roofs." His journal further shows that they with Thomas Biggert and nine others were ejected from their improved lands in 1785. Samuel McBride and family, with his brother Isaac, a bachelor, went to Mahoning in eastern Ohio. James McBride, with Thomas Biggert and several others of those ejected, settled in what is now Robinson township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. These sturdy pioneer settlers felt that they were not justly treated by Gen. Washington, believing that they were entitled to their lands by improvement of them according to the custom of the country. Ejected from these homes which they had literally hewed out of the forest, defeated but not disheartened, they again entered the forest to carve out for themselves new homes; James McBride selected 240 acres, and in 1785 secured a patent under the name of "Pumpton" from the receiver-general's offices of Penn-sylvania, which patent contained this unique clause: "Reserving only the fifth part of all gold and silver for the use of the commonwealth, to be delivered at the pit's mouth free of all charges." [CBRWC, 863]

He left the Emerald Isle in early manhood, and coming to Washington County, Pennsylvania, settled near Miller's run, on some land which legally belonged to George Washington. When the latter discovered that his rights were endangered, he made known his claims to the property, and the immigrants were forced to evacuate that locality. They then moved to a tract of 240 acres in the northern end of the county, near which was erected the Associ-ate church of Robinson in 1832 (now the U. P. church), the patent for which tract of land was issued in 1786.
He was mar-ried in Washington County and they settled on the farm in a small house which had been previously erected, but which was afterward burned by the Indians while the family were on a visit to their old home. Ten sons were born to this couple, all of whom lived to advanced age. He was a Democrat, and a mem-ber of the Associate Church of Clinton, and was a member of one of three families who first formed the organization.

By the help and industry of his large family of boys Mr. McBride accumulated a large estate, about eleven hundred acres of land, which he divided among his children.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 863, 1292.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 976.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 863.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 317.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 703.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 863, 1443.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1443.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 864.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 821, 863, 1443.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 821.

11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 863, 1292, 1443.