Husband Samuel Dale 1 2 3 4
Born: 1735 or 1741 - County Monaghan, Ireland 2 3 4 5
Christened:
Died: 7 Sep 1804 - Lewisburg, Union Co, PA 1
Buried: - Lewisburg, Union Co, PA
Father: Samuel Dale ( - ) 1 4 6
Mother:
Marriage: 17 Jan 1769 - Chester Co, PA 1 2 7
Wife Ann(e) [2] Futhey 1 2 4 7
Born: 3 Nov 1750 3 7
Christened:
Died: 23 Apr 1835 2
Buried: - Lewisburg, Union Co, PA
Father: Samuel Futhey (1725-1790) 1 8
Mother: Ruth Steele (1719- ) 3 8 9
Children
1 F Ruth Dale 3
Born: 15 Jan 1770 3
Christened:
Died: 1 Sep 1838 3
Buried:
Spouse: John Hindman ( - ) 3
Spouse: William Russell ( - ) 3
2 M Col. Samuel Futhey Dale 1 4 10 11
Born: 15 Jul 1773 - West Fallowfield Twp, Chester Co, PA 1 10
Christened:
Died: 1 Sep 1842 - Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA 5 10
Buried: - Woodland Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA
Spouse: Eliza Gundaker (1787-1830) 12 13
Marr: 19 Nov 1812 - Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA 14
Spouse: Leah Lightner (1789-1886) 15 16 17
Marr: 29 Jul 1834 17
3 M William Dale 3
Born: 15 Jan 1775 3
Christened:
Died: 12 Sep 1857 3
Buried:
Spouse: Elizabeth Alexander ( - ) 3
4 F Jane Dale 3
Born: 1 Jan 1778 3
Christened:
Died: 1 May 1857 3
Buried:
Spouse: John Clarke ( - ) 3
5 M James Dale 3 18
Born: 3 Aug 1780 3
Christened:
Died: 11 Sep 1862 3
Buried:
Spouse: Eliza Bell ( -1837) 2 18
Marr: 24 Feb 1818 2
6 F Anne Dale 3 19
Born: 6 Apr 1783 3
Christened:
Died: 12 May 1851 3
Buried:
Spouse: John Maclay (1789-1855) 19 20
Marr: 11 Feb 1812 20
7 F Mary Dale 3
Born: 6 Apr 1788 3
Christened:
Died: 29 Oct 1829 3
Buried:
Spouse: James Strawbridge ( - ) 3
8 F Elizabeth Dale 3
Born: Sep 1790 3
Christened:
Died: 1879 3
Buried:
Spouse: Aaron Chamberlin ( - ) 21
9 F Margaret Dale 21
Born: 24 Apr 1794 21
Christened:
Died: 4 Nov 1861 21
Buried:
Spouse: John Simonton ( - ) 21
General Notes: Husband - Samuel Dale
About the year 1766 he came to America and settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania. After marrying he lived in West Fallowfield township, Chester County, until 1774, when he removed to White Deer township, Northumberland (later Union) County. In 1777 the Indians drove him and his family from their frontier home, and they went back to Chester County where they remained for four years. In 1781 they advanced a second time toward the frontier, moving as far westward as Dauphin County, where they tarried for three years, and then again journeyed to White Deer, where seven years before they had settled with the intention of permanently making their home.
The first representative of this family in America, he arrived in 1766. In 1774 he selected a tract of land in Buffalo valley, Union County, and founded a home there. Threatened attacks by the Indians forced him back to Chester County in 1777. In 1781 he advanced with his family in the direction of his home, as far as Dauphin County, and in 1784 resumed his residence in Union. He saw at an early day that the flame of the Revolution was slowly kindling, and the records show that he took an early and active part in the defense of colonial rights. He was deemed able in debate and wise in council. For twenty-three successive years he appears to have been in the council of the state, aiding in the establishment of the government, in framing its laws, and in the selection of its principal officers.
Among the attractions at the state capital at Harrisburg are sundry time-marked documents, in appropriate frames, ornamenting the walls of the governor's room. They are kept and guarded as precious relics-as memorial treasures-of the early days of the commonwealth, and of her worthy sons, native and adopted, whose valor and wisdom have borne such rich fruits to the state. Among these relics are the original commissions issued to the presidents and vice-presidents of the supreme executive council of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To these commissions are subscribed the names of the members of the general assembly and supreme executive council of the state. In this body was vested the appointing power, and the name of Samuel Dale, as one of that body, appears signed to each commission. [HVC 1890, 745]
He came to America in 1766. He raised a company for the defense of the frontier, and was commissioned, January 24, 1776, captain of the Fourth Company of the Second Battalion Northumberland County Associators. This battalion was commanded by Colonel James Potter, afterwards a brigadier-general. It was in service near Philadelphia in the spring of that year, and participated in the Jersey campaign during the summer of 1776; also on the frontiers of Northumberland, in protecting themselves from marauding savages.
He was elected to the assembly, where he took his seat in September, 1776; was elected to the legislature of Pennsylvania, from the county of Northumberland, successively from the year 1776 to 1796 inclusive, and during twenty years was in the legislative bodies of the state, aiding in the establishing of the government and in framing its laws. He was a firm supporter of equal rights. He was representative of the councils which met in Philadelphia, December 4, 1778, and elected Joseph Reed president and George Bryan vice-president of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania; on November 11, 1779, elected Joseph Reed president and William Moore vice-president of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania; November 6th, elected John Dickenson president and James Irwin vice-president; on November 4, 1786, elected Benjamin Franklin president and Charles Biddle vice-president, the certificates of whose elections, as also of Thomas Mifflin in 1796, are now hanging in the executive chambers at Harrisburg.
He was tall, finely proportioned, supposed to have been about six feet seven inches, with blue eyes and flaxen hair. While in the senate at Philadelphia, his wife, getting word that he was sick, led a horse and went on horseback herself to see him and bring him home, when the greater part of the road was only an interior trail. [GPHAV, 508]
He died Sept 27. [CBRCP, 872] & [GPHAV, 508]
General Notes: Wife - Ann(e) [2] Futhey
She died April 25. [GPHAV, 508]