Husband Samuel Findlay 1 2
Born: 1735 - Philadelphia, PA 2
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Died: 1804 - near Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA 2
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Father: Samuel Findlay ( - ) 1 3
Mother: Elizabeth Brown ( - ) 1 3
Marriage: 1765 1 2
Wife Jane Smith 1 2
AKA: Jean Smith 4
Born: 1749 2
Christened:
Died: 9 Jun 1783 2
Buried:
Father: William Smith ( -1775) 5 6
Mother: Mary Smith ( -1808) 5 7
Children
1 M Col. John Findlay 8 9 10
Born: 31 Mar 1766 - near Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA 9 10
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Died: 5 Nov 1835 or 1838 - Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA 10 11
Buried: - Falling Spring Cemetery, Franklin Co, PA
Spouse: Nancy Brownson (1766-1805) 10 12
Marr: 11 Mar 1788 10 12
Spouse: Jane McDowell (1771-1847) 9
Marr: 7 Sep 1807 9
2 M Hon. William Findlay 1 10 13 14 15
Born: 20 Jun 1768 - Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA 1 10
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Died: 12 Nov 1846 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 10 16
Buried: - Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA
Spouse: Nancy Irwin (1763-1824) 10 15 17
Marr: 7 Dec 1791 10 17
3 M Gen. James Findlay 8 10 18
Born: 1770 - near Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA 10 18
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Died: 21 Dec 1835 - Cincinnati, OH 10
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Spouse: Jane Irwin (1769- ) 3 18
Marr: 15 Jun 1797 3 18
4 M Jonathan Smith Findlay 3
Born:
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Died:
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Spouse: H. Dargent ( - ) 3
5 M Samuel Findlay 3
Born:
Christened: 11 Jul 1773 3
Died: while young
Buried:
6 M Robert Findlay 3
Born:
Christened: 3 Mar 1776 3
Died: Jan 1778 3
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
7 M Thomas Findlay 3
Born: 15 Dec 1780 3
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Died: 17 Sep 1852 3
Buried:
Spouse: Anna Perry Bell (1787-1837) 3
8 M Nathan Findlay 3
Born:
Christened: 5 Jun 1783 3
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Frances Stanberg ( - ) 3
General Notes: Husband - Samuel Findlay
He settled, some years before the opening of the Revolutionary War, at Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, a place which was then of great importance for trade. It was an entrepot, where goods to be sent west of the mountains were brought in wagons and transferred to pack-horses. It was situated at the base of the Blue Ridge, in that great valley-the Shenandoah in Virginia and Cumberland in Pennsylvania-which stretches from the borders of Tennessee to the Hudson.
He was brought to the Conococheague Valley, near Shady Grove, Pennsylvania, by his mother in his infancy. Like his half-brothers, the Johnstons, he was an ardent patriot during the Revolution and served as quartermaster of Col. Samuel Culbertson's battalion, Cumberland County Associators, 1777-78. He was a successful business man and acquired considerable property, all of which he directed should be sold after his death, except two tracts, one at the mouth of the Loyalhanna in Westmoreland County and the other on Plum Creek, Northumberland County, which he reserved for his son Nathan, when he came of age.
General Notes: Wife - Jane Smith
She died at thirty-five years of age, the mother of eight boys, six of whom survived her.
"Her fine understanding, her piety, her maternal tenderness and affection, were themes on which those of her children who were old enough when she died to know and appreciate her virtues, fondly loved to dwell."