Col. Thomas Black and Martha Bracken

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Husband Col. Thomas Black ¹

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           Born: 1752 - near Gettysburg, Adams Co, PA 2
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         Father: Thomas Black (      -      ) 2
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   Other Spouse: Martha Boner (      -      ) 1

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Wife Martha Bracken ³

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           Born: 23 Feb 1762 2
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           Died: 4 Jul 1833 2
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         Father: Thomas Bracken (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Anna Shannon (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Thomas Bracken Black ²

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2 M James Black ²

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         Spouse: Martha Porter (1790-1834) 4
           Marr: 24 Dec 1812 2

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3 F Elizabeth Black ³

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           Born: 29 Mar 1787 - near Dillsburg, York Co, PA 3
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           Died: 19 Jun 1863 - York Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: James Porter (1782-1862) 5
           Marr: 16 Jun 1807 6

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4 F Mary Black ²

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         Spouse: William Cook (      -      ) 2

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5 M Capt. Matthew B. Black ^{2 7}

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           Born: 21 Jul 1790 2
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         Spouse: Hannah Clark (      -      ) 2

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6 M Joseph Black ^{2 8}

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           Born: 1794 8
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           Died: 1848 8
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Krause (1803-1872) 8

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7 F Jane Black ²

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8 F Martha Black ²

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9 F Susanna Black ²

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         Spouse: Mitchell McClellan (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Col. Thomas Black

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He entered the Continental Army as a private, was with General Washington at Brandywine, and engaged in other hard fought battles ranging over a period of five years. He was given the rank of lieutenant of the 6th Battalion of York County Militia and at the close of the war was given the rank of colonel of York County Militia. Sometime during the war he bought a tract of land near Dillsburg, York County, lying between the lands of William and John Porter.
Colonel Black held a commission as justice of the peace for York County for life and as there were few justices in his day his office was like a Common Pleas Court in the amount and character of its business. He was an elder and precentor in the Monaghan Presbyterian Church at Dillsburg, and it is said his voice was so strong and clear that it could be heard more distinctly in the field than that of any other commander in his battalion of militia.

Major Thomas Black, 7th Company of Militia, Pa. Ar. Ser. 6, Vol. 4, page 365; Major Thomas Black, 1st Major of Light Inf., Ser. 6, Vol. 4, page 834; Major Thomas Black, Judge of Elections, Jan. 3, 1787, Ser. 6, Vol. 2, page 449.

1 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 80.

2 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 129.

3 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 81.

4 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 58.

5 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 77.

6 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 117.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 587.

8 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 561.