Thomas Jolly, Sr. and Betsey Mitchell

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Husband Thomas Jolly, Sr. ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: Abt 1755
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 May 1841 - Venango Twp, Butler Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Scrubgrass Stone Church Cemetery, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

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         Father: [Father] Jolly (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Betsey Mitchell ^{1 4}

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           Born: Abt 1754
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 May 1840 - Venango Twp, Butler Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Scrubgrass Stone Church Cemetery, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

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Children

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1 M David Jolly, Sr. ^{1 6}

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           Born: 4 Sep 1787 - ? Westmoreland Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 1869
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 7

         Spouse: Elizabeth A. Adams (1796-1867) 6

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2 M John Jolly ¹

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           Born: Cir 9 Dec 1783
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Apr 1857
         Buried:  - Old Presbyterian Cemetery, Pittsville, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 8

         Spouse: Catherine Donaldson (Cir 1788-1833) 9

         Spouse: Mary Ann Webster (      -      )
           Marr: 8 Apr 1834 10

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3 M James Jolly ^{1 11}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jane Sloan (      -Bef 1883) 1 11

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4 M Capt. Thomas Jolly ^{1 2 4}

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           Born: 19 Feb 1793 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Dec 1885 - Venango Twp, Butler Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Scrubgrass Stone Church Cemetery, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

         Spouse: Rebecca Jolly (cal 1799-1851) 1 4
           Marr: 27 Dec 1824

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5 F Jane Jolly ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Patrick Layton (      -      ) 1 4

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6 F Betsey Jolly ^{1 4}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] McDowell (      -      ) 1 4

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Jolly, Sr.

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Thomas Jolly, Sr., was in the western part of the State some years before the territory northwest of the Allegheny River was settled. He came out under Capt. Sloan to hunt Indians. In 1796, he and sev­eral others came from Westmoreland County, select­ed farms in Venango and Butler Counties, built shan­ties upon them, and the following spring returned with their families and took possession. A large body of land belonging to a Quaker named John Fields, residing in Philadelphia, was taken up by this company of immigrants. Fields was to give each settler one hundred and fifty acres for making an improvement, and residing seven years upon a tract. He became embarrassed, and never made the deeds. Hon. Walter Lowrie acted as agent for the Fields land, and subsequently, in 1838, Samuel A. Purviance was appointed agent. He, with Dr. A. W. Crawford, settled up the business and the settlers se­cured titles to their lands.
Thomas Jolly, Sr., planted an orchard soon after making his settlement, obtaining trees from Mr. Knox, of Armstrong County. Some of the trees were still living in 1883, though over eighty years of age. [HBC 1883, 450]

He came from Westmoreland county, PA, to Venango township, Butler county, in 1796, purchased a tract of land, erected a log cabin, and brought his family to his new home in the spring of 1797. His purchase was the farm later owned by his grandson, Thomas Jolly. He cleared a part of this tract, set out an orchard soon after his coming, and resided there until his death.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 450.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 551.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1316.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1317.

5 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 3, Scrubgrass Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1995), Pg 70.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1123.

7 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 90.

8 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 37.

9 Winston Donaldson, Donaldson Family History (Franklin, PA: Privately published).

10 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 126.

11 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 946.