William Hitchman and Nancy Gillespie

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Husband William Hitchman ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: Abt 1759
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           Died: 10 Feb 1834 - near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: [Father] Hitchman (      -      )
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       Marriage:  - Maryland

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Wife Nancy Gillespie ^{1 4 5}

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Children

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1 M Maj. John Hitchman ^{1 3 4 6}

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           Born: 1789 1 3 4
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           Died: 21 Mar 1846 - Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA 4 7 8 9
         Buried:  - Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary Thompson (1799-1870) 1 3 4

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2 M James Hitchman ^{1 5 6}

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3 M Robert Hitchman ^{1 5 6}

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           Born: 1790 - Westmoreland Co, PA 6
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         Spouse: Elizabeth McCrady (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 1818 6

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4 M Samuel Hitchman ^{1 5 6}

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5 M David Hitchman ^{1 5 6}

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6 M Gillespie Hitchman ^{1 5 6}

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7 F Ellen Hitchman ^{1 5}

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            AKA: Nellie Hitchman 6
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 F Elizabeth Hitchman ^{1 5 6}

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9 M Andrew Hitchman ⁶

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10 M William Hitchman ⁶

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General Notes: Husband - William Hitchman

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He was a native of Cecil county, Maryland. At the age of sixteen he enlisted under Captain Maxwell in a corps attached to the Maryland Line.

He removed from the "Old Dominion" to Redstone creek, in what is now Fayette County, Pennsylvania, which then was supposed to belong to Virginia. He soon removed from Fayette County to near Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County, and became the founder of the Hitchman family in Westmoreland County.

He removed from his home in Virginia to Redstone Creek, in what is now Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and which was then supposed to belong to Virginia. After the close of the Revolutionary war he went to Maryland and there married. Shortly after his marriage he removed to Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he followed farming. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. [HWC 1906 II, 187]

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 185.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. I (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 161.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 187, 264.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 298.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 264.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 48.

7 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 543.

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 186.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 187.