Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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Lt.-Col. James Agnew, Jr. and Martha Ramsey




Husband Lt.-Col. James Agnew, Jr. 1 2 3

           Born: 1 May 1742 - Adams Co, PA 1 2 3
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           Died: 1799 2
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         Father: James Agnew (1711-1770) 1 3 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Rebecca Scott (1707-1789) 1 3 4 5 7


       Marriage: 1768 2

   Other Spouse: Martha [Unk] (      -1808) 2



Wife Martha Ramsey 1

            AKA: Mary Ramsey 6 8
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         Father: James Ramsey (      -1757) 2
         Mother: Mary O'Caine (      -      ) 2




Children
1 F Martha Agnew 9

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         Spouse: David Wilson (      -      ) 9
         Spouse: Samuel Scott (      -      ) 9


2 M Col. James Agnew 2 9 10 11




           Born: 31 Jul 1769 - Adams Co, PA 2
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           Died: 9 Sep 1855 - McConnellsburg, Fulton Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Finley (      -      ) 12
         Spouse: Rebecca Patterson (1768-1827) 10 11


3 M Dr. Samuel Agnew 8 9 13




           Born: 10 Aug 1777 - near Millerstown, Adams Co, PA 8 9 13
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           Died: 23 Nov 1849 - Pennsylvania 13
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         Spouse: Jane Grier (      -      ) 13 14
           Marr: 1803 14


4 F Margaret Agnew 9

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         Spouse: James Scott (      -      ) 9


5 F Rebecca Agnew 9

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         Spouse: [Unk] Randy (      -      ) 9


6 F Sara Agnew 9

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7 M Abram Agnew 9

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8 F Ann Agnew 9

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9 M David Agnew 2

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10 M John Agnew 2

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11 M Andrew Agnew 2

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12 F Jane Agnew 2

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         Spouse: James McCreary (      -      ) 2


13 F [Unk] Agnew

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         Spouse: [Unk] Hunter (      -      ) 2



General Notes: Husband - Lt.-Col. James Agnew, Jr.


He and his wife Martha had eight children.
He was born Jan 29, 1738. [JAHR, 5] This date of birth is given for his brother Samuel. [CBRWC, 422]

He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was wounded in one of the battles of New Jersey.

He lived near what became the village of Fairfiekl, originally called Millersville, in Hamiltonban township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He was a captain in the 2d Battalion, York County Militia, Col. Robert McPherson, 1775-6, and was wounded in the New Jersey campaign. In 1778, he was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 7th Battalion of the York County Associators. After the Revolution he devoted himself to business, and became one of the wealthiest men in Hamiltonban. He owned a number of slaves.

Different sources give very different lists of his children.


General Notes: Wife - Martha Ramsey


There is a story that, in 1764, Mary Ramsey was living with her brother James, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of attending Enoch Brown's school at Brown's Mill, and that on the day of the massacre of the school children by the Indians she felt a repugnance to going to the schoolhouse so strong that she determined to remain at home. If there is any foundation for this tale she must have been living with some one else than her brother, for at that time James Ramsey was only thirteen years old.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 422.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 427.

3 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 84.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 2.

5 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 426.

6 Edward B. Reighard, John Agnew of Hominy Ridge (Clearfield, PA: Self-published, 1984), Pg 5.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 323.

8 Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 270.

9 Edward B. Reighard, John Agnew of Hominy Ridge (Clearfield, PA: Self-published, 1984), Pg 6.

10 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 436.

11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 426.

12 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 428.

13 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 429.

14 Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 271.


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