Matthew Loudon and Elizabeth McCormick

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Husband Matthew Loudon ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1729
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Jan 1801 - East Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland Co, PA 3
         Buried: 12 Jan 1801 - Silver Spring Church, Cumberland Co, PA

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         Father: [Father] Loudon (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 1760 2

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   Other Spouse: Ann Copenger (      -1829) 3

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Wife Elizabeth McCormick ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1740 - Lancaster Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1767 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Silver Spring Church, Cumberland Co, PA

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         Father: Thomas McCormick (1702-1762) 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Carruth (1705-1766) 4

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Children

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1 F Mary Loudon ^{1 6}

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            AKA: Mary Smith 5
           Born: May 1761 1 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Nov 1838 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Col. James McFarlane (1754-1830) 6 7
           Marr: 14 Mar 1782 6

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2 M Archibald Loudon ^{1 6}

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           Born: 18 Mar 1763 1 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Mar 1832 - Newport, Perry Co, PA 3 6
         Buried:  - Silver Spring Church, Cumberland Co, PA

         Spouse: Margaret Bines (1769-1832) 1 6
           Marr: 24 Oct 1788 6

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3 F Catharine Loudon ^{1 6}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew Loudon

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A Covenanter, he was driven from his home in Scotland by the religious persecutions of his day.

A younger brother of James Loudon, they came from Scotland to America in 1754. According to some accounts there was also a brother John. These three brothers settled in the Raccoon Valley, in what is now Perry County, Pennsylvania, early in 1755. They were soon afterwards driven away by the Indians, and came to the south of the Kittatinny Mountains, where they remained for five years, waiting for the Indian hostilities to subside. When peace was restored, John and James Loudon ventured back to their possessions in the Raccoon Valley, but their brother Matthew, having formed new alliances, remained in the Cumberland Valley.

On Dec. 4, 1751, the proprietaries of Pennsylvania issued to John Hopkins a warrant for 150 acres of land. This warrant was transferred to Matthew Loudon, and on it were surveyed to him, on March 26, 1767, two adjoining tracts, one containing 172 acres and 67 perches, and the other 48 acres and 67 perches. This land lies on the slopes of the ridge between New Kingstown and Hogestown, in what is now Silver Spring township, but was then East Pennsboro. At the time the warrant was issued, it was bounded on the west by lands of Joseph Junken, and on the east by lands of William Walker.
His possessions grew with the growth and development of the country. In 1763 he was taxed with 150 acres of land, and from year to year this amount rose till in 1757 it reached 350 acres. His personal property increased in the same rapid proportion, and according to the assessment rolls of East Pennsboro township, he was for a long time in affluent circumstances, and one of the leading citizens of the section.
He made his will April 6, 1799, and left his estate, subject to certain allowances, to his sons, John and James, to be divided between the two by the judgment of seven men appointed by his executors. To his son Archibald, he, some years before, had given what he considered his portion. In 1822 James' land was purchased at sheriff's sale by Thomas Carothers, his brother-in-law, who in March, 1827, conveyed it to Andrew Carothers, Esq.

The Carlisle Weekly Gazette, Jan. 14, 1801, contained the following notice of his death: "On the 10th instant at his farm in East Pennsboro, Mr. Matthew Loudon. None who knew this man will hesitate to say that he possessed the moral and social virtues in an eminent degree. As a husband, a father, a neighbor and a member of society, both civil and religious, his actions were the testimonials of sincerity and real friendship, and strongly indicated the goodness of his heart. His remains were interred in Silver Spring graveyard on the 12th instant, accompanied thither by an uncommonly large and respectable number of his relations and neighbors who were sensibly affected by the loss of this worthy citizen."

1 Editor, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 27.

2 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 120.

3 Editor, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 28.

4 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 15, 119.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 509.

6 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 229.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 98.