Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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William Duffield and Elizabeth Hasson




Husband William Duffield 1 2 3

           Born: 1743 - England or Wales 1 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Apr 1827 - near Utica, Venango Co, PA 3 4
         Buried:  - Old Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 4


         Father: Philip Duffield (      -      ) 3 5 6
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 1777 - Trumbull or Mahoning Co, OH 3 7

• Biographical Sketch: The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905).
To read this brief biographical sketch of his life and career, click here.


• Burial: : Old Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA.




Wife Elizabeth Hasson 1 8

            AKA: Elizabeth Hassan 6 9
           Born: 1754 - Belfast, Ireland 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Apr 1838 - Venango Co, PA 3 4
         Buried:  - Old Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 4


         Father: [Father] Hasson (      -      )
         Mother: 





• Burial: : Old Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA.


Children
1 F Jane Duffield 2 3 10 11

           Born: 23 Nov 1779 - Centre Co, PA 3 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Aug 1850 - Wolf Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 10 12
         Buried: 
         Spouse: David Johnston (      -1812) 2 3 10 11
           Marr: 1802 3 11
         Spouse: John Cochran (      -Abt 1830) 2 3 10
           Marr: 1820 11


2 M John Duffield 3 8 13 14

           Born: 12 Aug 1781 - Centre Co, PA 3 13 14 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Jun 1849 - Canal Twp, Venango Co, PA 3 14 15 16
         Buried:  - Old Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 4
         Spouse: Nancy Johnston (      -1866) 15
           Marr: 1808 3 14


3 F Mary Duffield 2 9 10 17

           Born: 1783 or 1784 - Centre Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1830 9 17
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Thomas "Uncle Tom" Smiley (Bef 1799-Abt 1824) 2 9 10 17 18


4 M Armstrong Duffield 2 3 10

           Born: 17 Jan 1786 - Centre Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Sep 1851 - Venango Co, PA 2 3
         Buried:  - Mill Creek Cemetery, Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 19 20
         Spouse: Elizabeth Gilmore (1799-1851) 2 3
           Marr: 21 Jun 1821 3


5 M William Duffield 2 3 21 22

           Born: 25 May 1788 - Centre Co, PA 21 22 23
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Apr 1880 - Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 22 23
         Buried:  - Mill Creek Cemetery, Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 24
         Spouse: Margaret Hunter (cal 1793-1859) 22 23
           Marr: 1815 21


6 F Isabella Duffield 10 25 26 27

           Born: 2 Oct 1790 - Centre Co, PA 23 27
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Oct 1858 23 27 28
         Buried:  - Old Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
         Spouse: John McQuaid (1762-1850) 10 25 26 27
           Marr: 8 Jun 1806 23 27


7 F Esther Duffield 2 10 23 29

           Born: 15 Jun 1792 - Centre Co, PA 23 29
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Jul 1854 23 29
         Buried:  - Mill Creek Cemetery, Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 30
         Spouse: John Cooper (cal 1783-1847) 2 10 23 29


8 M James Duffield 2 10 23 31

           Born: 11 Jun 1794 - Centre Co, PA 23 31
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Mar 1871 - Venango Co, PA 23 31
         Buried:  - Mill Creek Cemetery, Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 32
         Spouse: Jane Lindsay (1799-1872) 23 31 33
           Marr: 19 Apr 1822 23


9 F Margaret Duffield 23 34 35 36 37

           Born: 4 Oct 1796 - Centre Co, PA 23 36
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 May 1870 - Canal Twp, Venango Co, PA 23 36 38
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Lindsay Hasson (1791-1885) 34 36 37 39 40
           Marr: 16 Feb 1816 36 38 41


10 F Elizabeth Duffield 2 23 42 43

           Born: 7 Dec 1798 - Centre Co, PA 23 43 44
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Dec 1867 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 23 43 44 45
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Charles Lacy Cochran (1800-1868) 23 43 46 47
           Marr: 1 Jul 1824 23 43 48 49



General Notes: Husband - William Duffield


He made his first trip to America in 1760. However, he returned to Ireland twice before settling here. He arrived at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the last vessel to enter that port before the Revolution broke out, and hostilities had commenced before the passengers were landed. It is known that he sympathized with the Colonies and was active in their cause, and according to family tradition he was with the army as a trader, furnishing cattle and supplies to the soldiers. During the Revolutionary period he married, and after that event settled in the Nittany valley in Center County, Pennsylvania, later living in the Bald Eagle valley a little to the northeast, near the mouth of Fishing creek and adjoining the village of Mill Hall, about three miles south of Lock Haven. As it was found that the land on which he had located was the property of a brother of Sam Brady, the famous Indian fighter, he had to give it up, and thus it was that he sought a home in Venango County. He and his eldest daughter, Jane, then a girl of twenty, journeyed together to the new settlement, where he bought four hundred acres on the south side of French creek, in what is now French Creek Township, Venango County, and about a mile southeast of the present borough of Utica. Building a cabin at the mouth of Sugar creek, he left his daughter in possession, while he went back for the rest of his family, and here among the hills and forests of the undeveloped but promising region they made a new home, and by diligence and thrift took their place among its worthiest residents. According to an old family document William Duffield was a man of robust constitution and tine physique, and of exceptional energy, well adapted physically for the life he led. His genial disposition and unselfish nature, combined with good judgment and sound common sense, brought him into high personal favor with his neighbors, who often consulted him in important matters. [CAB, 758]


Notes: Marriage

They were married in 1774. [HVC 1879, 197]
They were married after a couple of years' acquaintance, begun on the vessel in which he made his final trip to America, and while she was on her way to this country in company with her brother Robert and his family.

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Sources


1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 197.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1010.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 758.

4 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 457.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 614.

6 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 59.

7 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 60.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1010, 1063.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 483, 758.

10 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 198.

11 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 11.

12 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 62.

13 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 556.

14 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 16.

15 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1063.

16 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 457, 556.

17 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 23.

18 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 131.

19 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 29.

20 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 6, Frenchcreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1998), Pg 27.

21 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 595.

22 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 32.

23 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 759.

24 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 67.

25 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1010, 1042.

26 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 759, 876.

27 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 36.

28 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1042.

29 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 41.

30 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 6, Frenchcreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1998), Pg 18.

31 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 45.

32 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 6, Frenchcreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1998), Pg 33.

33 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1011.

34 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 198, 555.

35 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1010, 1065.

36 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 48.

37 Roger N. Whiting, The William Cousins Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chippewa Falls, WI: Personal genealogy research, 2012), Pg 54.

38 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1065.

39 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 564, 1010, 1064.

40 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 339, 759.

41 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 555.

42 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 198, 483, 484.

43 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 55.

44 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 484.

45 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 766.

46 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 198, 483.

47 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 766, 1010.

48 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 483.

49 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 44.


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