John Jamison and Janet Martin

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Husband John Jamison ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: John Jameson 4
           Born: 1749 - Buckina, Ireland 1 5
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           Died: 1819 - Pleasant Unity, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Francis Jamison (      -      ) 1 2 3 6
         Mother: Margaret [Unk] (      -      ) 4

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       Marriage: 1774 5

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Wife Janet Martin ^{1 5}

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            AKA: Jane Martin 4
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         Father: John Martin (      -      ) 1 5
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1 M Francis Jamison ^{1 5}

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2 M John Jamison ^{1 5}

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            AKA: John Jameson 4
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3 M Hugh Jamison ^{1 5 7}

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            AKA: Hugh Jameson 4
           Born: 1785 1 5
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         Spouse: Jane Stuart (      -      ) 1 5
           Marr: 1817 1 5

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4 M Robert Jamison ^{1 5}

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5 M Benjamin Jamison ^{1 5}

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            AKA: Benjamin Jameson 4
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6 M James Jamison ^{1 5}

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7 F Margaret Jamison ^{1 5}

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8 F Janet Jamison ^{1 5}

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9 F Mary Jamison ^{1 5}

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10 F Martha Jamison ^{1 5}

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General Notes: Husband - John Jamison

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He spent the first twenty years of his life on his father's farm, and then with his brother, Robert, he came to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and after that time, 1769, the Jamison family played an important part in the development of its agricultural and industrial life. Each of the brothers took patent to about three hundred acres of land. Robert Jamison's grant was in Unity Township, and his homestead was still in possession of his descendants over a century later. John Jamison located in Hempfield Township, and it was during a visit in his home that his father and mother met their death. His homestead remained in the hands of his descendants for about a hundred years. It later formed part of the property of the Westmoreland Water Company, the original buildings having been demolished and their site covered by the waters of the reservoir.

The family landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and proceeded west to the Cove or Connoshaque, near Mercersburg, Franklin County. In 1769, the land office being opened for Westmoreland County, the two older brothers, John and Robert, went there to settle. Robert took land near Pleasant Unity, which was improved and planted with corn the first summer, and a cabin built. In the fall they stored their corn in the cabin, took their horses and went home. The next spring they returned with one of their sisters to keep house for them. In three years they had enough land cleared and cabins built to make homes for themselves and their parents. The old people had their cabin on their son, Robert Jameson's farm. The land being rapidly taken up, John Jameson, the oldest son, established himself on a farm two miles further north. The children were all married except Marmaduke, the third son, who passed his summers on a farm in Mercer County, and having stored his gathered crops he took his horses and drove to Westmoreland County and spent the winter months in the families of his brothers. [JIA, 111]

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General Notes: Wife - Janet Martin

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She had a very thrilling escape from death at the hands of the Indians when a little girl. In the summer of 1775, while her father was away from home, the Indians swooped down on the place, set fire to the buildings and carried the entire family away captive, except one son, Hugh. Mrs. Martin and her five children were separated from each other, the mother being taken to Quebec. A French merchant secured the youngest child, Janet, from the Indians and adopted her. Later her mother found her and was allowed to redeem her. In the meantime, the father had returned to find his home in ashes and his family gone. In the terrible days that followed, with the help of his son Hugh, he rebuilt the house, though he could have had little hope of ever seeing his loved ones again. Considerable time passed, and then Mrs. Martin and her little daughter took passage to Liverpool, and thence back to Philadelphia, finally reaching her home. Mary, the oldest daughter, was killed by the Indians, as was also her brother John. Martha, James, and William, the other three children, were held in captivity about nine years. When Colonel Bouquet defeated the Indians in 1763, they were obliged to give up their prisoners, and among the rescued were the three Martins, who were taken to their friends at Fort Pitt.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 37.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 5.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 147.

4 E. O. Jameson, The Jamesons in America, 1647 - 1900 (Boston, MA: The Rumford Press, 1901), Pg 111.

5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 148.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 419.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 6.