John Watson and Jane Lightner

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Husband John Watson ^{1 2}

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            AKA: David Watson 3
           Born: 2 May 1769 - Leacock Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Jul 1842 2
         Buried:  - Moss Spring Cemetery, Greencastle, Franklin Co, PA

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         Father: Col. James Watson (1743-1831) 4 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Long (1746-1804) 1 6 7

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Rebecca Vance (1769-      ) 3 8 - 21 Jun 1796 1 8

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Wife Jane Lightner ⁸

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - John Watson

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He was educated in the schools of Lancaster County and Greencastle, Pennsylvania, and was a prominent and progressive citizen of that town. He was a tanner and farmer, a member of the first town council and the first postmaster of the town. He was a charter trustee of the Mercersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Turnpike Company, and was also very active in church affairs, being a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church.

1 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 703.

2 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 35.

3 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 127.

4 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 73.

5 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 29.

6 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 18.

7 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 30.

8 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 32.