Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher
Family Group Record
James Alricks and Martha Hamilton
Husband James Alricks 1 2 3
Born: 2 Dec 1769 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 1 2
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Died: 28 Oct 1833 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 2 4
Buried: - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA
Father: Hermanus Alricks (Abt 1727-1772) 1 5
Mother: Ann West ( - ) 5 6 7
Marriage: 21 Jul 1796 or 1798 1 8
Wife Martha Hamilton 1 8 9 10
Born: 5 Aug 1776 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 8 10
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Died: 16 Mar 1830 3 4 8
Buried: - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA
Father: Capt. John Hamilton (1749-1793) 11 12 13 14
Mother: Margaret Alexander (1754-1835) 10 11 15 16
Children
1 F Ann West Alricks 4 6 17
Born: Oct 1798 17
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Died: 27 Aug 1828 17
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Spouse: Samuel Thompson (1792-1851) 4 6 18
Marr: 6 Nov 1827 - Newton Hamilton, Mifflin Co, PA 17
2 F Margaret Hamilton Alricks 4 6
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 M Hermanus Alricks 4 19
AKA: Herman Alricks 6
Born: 1804 - Lost Creek Mill, Juniata Co, PA 4 19
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Died: 28 Jan 1874 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 4 6 19
Buried: - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA
Spouse: Mary Elder Kerr ( -1857) 4 6
Marr: 1831 6
4 M Hamilton Alricks 19 20 21
Born: 1 Jun 1806 - Oakland Mills, Lost Creek Valley, Mifflin Co, PA 19 22
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Spouse: Caroline Jacobs Bull (1811-1885) 23 24 25
Marr: 28 Dec 1837 23 24 25
5 F Frances Evans Alricks 4 6
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
6 F Jane Alricks 6 27 28 29
AKA: Jane Alrichs 26
Born: 1808 - Oakland Mills, Lost Creek Valley, Juniata Co, PA 28
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Died: 21 Dec 1891 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 28
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Spouse: Ovid Frazer Johnson (1807-1853/1854) 25 28 29 30
Marr: Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA
7 F Catharine Allen Alricks 6
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General Notes: Husband - James Alricks
In 1791-92, he was engaged in mercantile business in May Town, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and in 1815 he removed with his family from Lost Creek Valley to Harrisburg. He was a man of extensive reading, passionately fond of books, and he regarded an honest man, of fine education and refined manners, as the most remarkable object on the face of the earth. After his father's death he was raised on a farm in Donegal, Lancaster County, and used to say that at that period no one could get an education for want of teachers. While lamenting his own want of education, he was remarkably well acquainted with history, ancient and modern, and with geography. He was likewise quite familiar with the writings of Shakespeare, Goldsmith, Burns, Campbell, etc. While living in the prime of life on the Juniata, he was delighted to meet and converse with such men as the Rev. Matthew Brown, the first Dr. Watson, of Bedford, Judge Jonathan Walker (the father of Robert J. Walker), William R. Smith, etc. He married in 1798, and then resided at Oakland Mills, on Lost Creek, now in Juniata County, engaged in farming, but about 1815 removed to Harrisburg, where he entered mercantile pursuits. On March 10, 1821, he was appointed clerk of the Orphans' Court and Quarter Sessions, serving until Jan. 17, 1824. He subsequently served as one of the magistrates of the borough.
Sources
1
William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 461.
2
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 196.
3
John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 30.
4
William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 462.
5
William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 19.
6
John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 31.
7
John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 38.
8
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9
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10
John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 27.
11
William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 461, 499.
12
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 184.
13
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14
John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 28.
15
Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 22.
16
—, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 30.
17
Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 148.
18
Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 147.
19
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 426.
20
William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 462, 558.
21
John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 31, 32.
22
William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 558.
23
William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 559.
24
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 427.
25
John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 32.
26
—, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 181.
27
William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 462, 509.
28
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 231.
29
John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1495.
30
William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 462, 508.