Rev. William Linn, D.D. and Catharine [Unk]

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

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Rebecca Blair (      -      ) 1 2 - 10 Jan 1774 2 3

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   Other Spouse: Helen Hanson (      -1846) 5

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Wife Catharine [Unk] ⁵

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           Born: 
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   Other Spouse: Dr.  Moore (      -      ) 5

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Children

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1 M James Henry Linn ⁵

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           Born: 15 Feb 1798 5
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           Died: 1837 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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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.