Matthew Henderson and Margaret Kearsley

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Husband Matthew Henderson ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Pennsylvania
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           Died: 8 Apr 1796 3
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         Father: Daniel Henderson (      -      ) 2 3
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Wife Margaret Kearsley ^{1 2 3}

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         Father: Dr. Jonathan Kearsley (1718-      ) 2 3
         Mother: Jane [Unk] (1720-      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Daniel Henderson ¹

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2 M Jonathan K. Henderson, Esq. ¹

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           Died: 1828 - Harris Twp, Centre Co, PA 1
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3 M John Henderson ¹

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           Born: Abt 1774
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           Died: 24 Mar 1850 4
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4 M Matthew Henderson ¹

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5 M Robert Cooper Henderson ¹

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6 M Samuel Henderson ¹

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7 F Jane Henderson ¹

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           Born: Abt 1782
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           Died: 27 Feb 1857 4
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8 M Dr. Joseph Henderson ^{1 2 5 6 7 8}

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           Born: 2 Aug 1791 - Cumberland Co, PA 6 7
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           Died: 25 Dec 1863 - Lewistown, Mifflin Co, PA 6
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         Spouse: Jane E. Maclay (1786-1848) 5 6 7

         Spouse: Margaret Isenberg (      -      ) 2 7 8
           Marr: 1852 7

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9 F Lydia Henderson ¹

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10 F Eliza Henderson ¹

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         Spouse: Robert Hays (Abt 1777-1843) 1

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11 F Isabella Henderson ^{9 10}

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         Spouse: Rev. James Linn, D.D. (1783-1868) 10 11 12
           Marr: 15 Apr 1829 9 10

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew Henderson

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Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA

He was a civil engineer and surveyor, and was a deputy surveyor in the laying out of Franklin and Cumberland counties. He was a collector of excise for the Penn family, prior to the Revolutionary War.

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret Kearsley

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She was living at Valley Forge at the time Washington's army wintered there.

1 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 200.

2 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 457.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 185.

4 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 204.

5 Editor, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 824.

6 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 149.

7 Editor, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 476.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 1284.

9 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 184.

10 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 177.

11 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 207.

12 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 77, 183.