Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Robert McPherson and Janet McElwee




Husband Robert McPherson 1 2 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Dec 1749 - York (later Adams) Co, PA 1 3
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 



Wife Janet McElwee 3

            AKA: Janet [Unk] 1
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Sep 1767 1 3
         Buried:  - Black Cemetery, near Gettysburg, Adams Co, PA


Children
1 F Jean McPherson 3

           Born: Abt 1725
     Christened: 
           Died: 1767 - York (later Adams) Co, PA 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Boyd (Abt 1720-Abt 1771) 4
           Marr: 1742 - Adams Co, PA 3


2 F Frances McPherson 3

           Born: 1728 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Hugh Davis (      -      ) 3


3 M Col. Robert McPherson 1 2 3 5

           Born: 10 Jun 1730 - Ireland 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Feb 1789 1 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Agnes Miller (1732-1802) 1 2 3 5
           Marr: 11 Jun 1751 3



General Notes: Husband - Robert McPherson


Came from Scotland with Hance Hamilton and others and settled on Marsh Creek.
They settled on Marsh Creek, Adams (then Lancaster) County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1738.

He and his wife settled in the Marsh Creek settlement, in what is now Adams County, Pennsylvania, in the autumn of 1735. [HLC 1883, 317]

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Sources


1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 317.

2 —, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 364.

3 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 45.

4 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 29, 45.

5 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 89.


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