Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Cunningham and Mary Robinson




Husband James Cunningham 1

           Born: 1757 - Lancaster Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1841 - ? Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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Wife Mary Robinson 3

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         Father: Alexander Robinson (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Martha McCormick (      -      ) 3




Children
1 M Robert Cunningham 2

           Born: 15 Apr 1790 2
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           Died: 20 Aug 1873 2
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         Spouse: Brittie Bennett (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1818 2


2 F Mary Cunningham 2 4

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         Spouse: James Elliott (1785-      ) 4 5
           Marr: 3 Jun 1813 4


3 M Alexander Cunningham 2

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4 M James Cunningham 2

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5 M John Cunningham 2

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6 M William Cunningham 2

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7 F Nancy Cunningham 2

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - James Cunningham


This family is of Scotch-Irish origin, and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on arrival in America in 1725.

He was born in Lancaster County and removed in 1784 to Rostraver township, Westmoreland County, where he had purchased a considerable tract of land.
He served in the navy in the Revolutionary war.
He had a distillery on his farm, where the populace often met in the "Whiskey Insurrection of 1784" to discuss their grievances.

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Sources


1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 366, 565.

2 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 565.

3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 366.

4 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 628.

5 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1150.


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