Adam Black and Polly Allegan

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Husband Adam Black ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 31 Jan 1763 - Adams Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 1816 - Springfield Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1 2 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Henry Black (Bef 1750-      ) 5
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 1786-1787 1 6

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Wife Polly Allegan ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1769 - Adams Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 1841 - Springfield Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1 2 3
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Children

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1 F Betsy Black ^{1 6}

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           Born: 1787 5
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           Died: 1818 - Mercer, Mercer Co, PA 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Chambers (      -      ) 1 2
           Marr: Abt 1816

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2 M Henry Black ^{1 6}

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           Born: 1789 5
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           Died: 1860 5
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3 M Joseph Black ^{1 6}

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           Born: 1791 5
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           Died: 
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4 M Alexander Black ^{1 6}

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           Born: 1794 - Adams Co, PA 5
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           Died: 1853 - Blacktown, Mercer Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Glenn (      -1869) 7

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5 F Ibby Black ⁵

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            AKA: Ibley T. Black 8
           Born: 1795 5
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           Died: 1862 5
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         Spouse: Thomas Brandon (      -      ) 7

         Spouse: Rev. John Munson (      -      ) 7

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6 M Adam Black, Jr. ^{1 6 8}

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           Born: 31 Dec 1797 5 8
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           Died: 1864 5
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         Spouse: Catherine Uber (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 1819 8

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7 M Robert Black ^{1 3 6}

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            AKA: Adam Black 9
           Born: 1800 - Adams Co, PA 5
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           Died: 1848 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Sarah Courtney (      -1826) 3

         Spouse: Sarah Uber (      -1846) 3

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8 F Maria Black ^{6 10}

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            AKA: Mariah Black 1 8
           Born: 1802 5
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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Spouse: Maj. John R. Harris (      -1874) 6 10 11

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9 F Peggy Black ^{1 5}

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           Born: 1805 - Mercer Co, PA 1 5
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           Died: 1826 5
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10 M Chambers Black ³

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General Notes: Husband - Adam Black

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The first member of the Black family who came to Mercer County, PA, was Adam Black, who was born in Adams County, PA, and, after removing in 1803 to Washington County, where he lived one year, he came to Springfield Township, Mercer County, in 1804, and settled with his family upon a 200-acre tract of donation land, afterward purchasing a second tract of the same size, just north of where London Post-office would later stand, and a third tract, also 200 acres, where the village of Blacktown, or Balm Postoffice would later be located.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 81.

2 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 595.

3 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1234.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 149.

5 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1025.

6 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 595, 1025.

7 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1026.

8 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 436.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 149.

10 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 399.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 812.