Matthew McConnell, Esq. and Mary Alexander

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Husband Matthew McConnell, Esq. ¹

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           Born: Abt 1742 - Scotland
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         Father: [Father] McConnell (      -      )
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Wife Mary Alexander ²

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           Born:  - Lancaster Co, PA
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Children

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1 M Alexander McConnell ²

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           Died: while young
 Cause of Death: Smallpox
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Elizabeth McConnell ²

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 Cause of Death: Smallpox
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M John McConnell ²

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4 M Frances McConnell ²

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5 F Jane McConnell ^{3 4}

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           Died: 25 Feb 1848 - Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Canonsburg U. P. Church, Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA

         Spouse: William Gilmore Berry (1781-1866) 4 5 6
           Marr: 1804 7

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6 F Prudence McConnell ²

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         Spouse: John Dunlap (      -      ) 2

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7 M William McConnell ²

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8 F Mary McConnell ²

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9 M James McConnell ²

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         Status: Twin

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10 F Lettice McConnell ²

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         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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11 F Martha McConnell ²

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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12 M Matthew McConnell ²

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           Born: 8 Oct 1778 - Cecil Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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           Died: 29 Dec 1829 8
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         Spouse: Ann Merchant (Abt 1800-1876) 2
           Marr: 1812 2

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew McConnell, Esq.

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He and his brother Alexander left Scotland, their native land, for America, prior to the Revolutionary war. After landing in Amer­ica he was attracted by the fertile valleys in­ Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and there making his first permanent settlement, commenced agricultural pur­suits. There he was married and about 1779 the couple started to seek their fortunes in the “far west,” as Washington County was then considered, making the tedious journey over the mountains. They were frequently obliged to cut roads through the forests as they proceeded. Their location in Washington (then a part of Westmoreland) County was made within the present limits of Cecil township.

He was a prominent member of the Federalist party, and filled several offices in the county at various times; he was one of the twelve justices of the peace who constituted the court of Washington county. In religion he was a prominent member of the Union or Associate Reformed Church.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 869, 1209.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1022.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 869.

4 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1044.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 875.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 122, 869.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 122.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1025.