Rev. William Linn, D.D. and Rebecca Blair

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Husband Rev. William Linn, D.D. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 27 Feb 1752 - Lurgan Twp, Franklin Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 8 Jan 1808 - Albany, Albany Co, NY 2 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: William Linn, Jr. (1722-1812) 1 4
         Mother: Susanna Trimble (      -1755) 1 2

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       Marriage: 10 Jan 1774 2 3

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   Other Spouse: Catharine [Unk] (      -      ) 5

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   Other Spouse: Helen Hanson (      -1846) 5

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Wife Rebecca Blair ^{1 2}

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         Father: Rev. John Blair (1720-1771) 2 6
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Linn ³

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           Born: 1775 3
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           Died: 31 Jul 1834 - Philadelphia, PA 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) 3
           Marr: Nov 1804 7

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2 M John Blair Linn ³

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           Born: 14 Mar 1777 - Shippensburg, Cumberland Co, PA 3
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           Died: 30 Aug 1804 8
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         Spouse: Esther Bailey (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 1799 8

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3 F Susan Linn ⁸

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           Born: 30 Oct 1778 8
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           Died: 5 May 1824 - Ithaca, Tompkins Co, NY 8
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         Spouse: Simeon Dewitt (1756-1834) 8

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4 F Rebecca Linn ⁸

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           Died: 1825 8
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         Spouse: William Keese, Esq. (1780-1819) 8
           Marr: 5 Feb 1803 8

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5 F Mary Linn ⁹

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           Died: 29 Jan 1870 - Ithaca, Tompkins Co, NY 9
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M William Linn, Esq. ⁹

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           Born: 30 Aug 1790 9
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           Died: 14 Jan 1867 - Ithaca, Tompkins Co, NY 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary A. Biers (Abt 1798-1848) 9

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7 F Sarah Livingston Linn ⁹

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           Born: 23 May 1793 9
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           Died: 24 Aug 1840 - Bethlehem, PA 9
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         Spouse: John W. Peters (1789-1830) 9
           Marr: 7 May 1817 9

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. William Linn, D.D.

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He graduated at Princeton, New Jersey, class 1772; studied theology under Rev. Robert Cooper, D. D.; appointed chaplain of Fifth and Sixth Pennsylvania battalions, February 15, 1776; pastor at Big Spring, later Newville, Cumberland County, until 1784; president of Washington College, Maryland, 1784-1785; pastor of Collegiate Dutch church, New York, 1786-1808; and first chaplain of the House of Representatives, U. S., May 1, 1789. His published works are "Sermons, Historical and Characteristical," New York, 1791; "Signs of the Times," New York, 1794; "A Funeral Eulogy on General Washington, delivered February 22, 1800, before the New York Society of the Cincinnati;" "Sermon on the Death of General Alexander Hamilton," &c. Shortly before his death, Dr. Linn was elected president of Union College, Schenectady, but was never inaugurated.

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 367.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 50.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 368.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 49.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 371.

6 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 483.

7 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 376.

8 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 369.

9 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 370.

10 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 377.