Rev. John Ewing, D.D. and Unknown

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Husband Rev. John Ewing, D.D. ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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         Father: Alexander Ewing (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Unknown (      -      )

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Ewing ^{6 7}

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           Born: 2 Dec 1772 - Philadelphia, PA 6
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           Died: 27 Apr 1835 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 4 6
         Buried:  - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA

         Spouse: Robert Harris (1768-1851) 7 8
           Marr: 12 May 1791 - Philadelphia, PA 4 6

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. John Ewing, D.D.

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Of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was a great scholar and an able minister of his time, and for many years was professionally connected with the University of Pennsylvania. He was a man of great scientific attainments, and was commissioned to run the southern line of Pennsylvania.

The celebrated scholar and divine, he became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia in 1759, provost of the University of Pennsylvania in 1779, and was one of the Baltimore commissioners to determine the boundary controversy between Pennsylvania and Virginia, and one of the commissioners to extend Mason and Dixon's line in 1784. He was vice president of the American Philosophical Society.

He is shown here as the son of Nathaniel Ewing and a brother of George. Other sources say that he and George were cousins.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 556.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 44.

3 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 515.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 82.

5 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 130.

6 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 502.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 80.

8 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 501.