John Mossman and Jane McGowen

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Husband John Mossman ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - Rock Ridge Cemetery, West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA

       Marriage: 25 Mar 1790 3

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• Note: This may be the same person as : John Mossman.

• Note: This may be the same person as : John Mossman.

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Wife Jane McGowen ²

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            AKA: Jane McGowan 3
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - Rock Ridge Cemetery, West Salem Twp, Mercer Co, PA

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         Father: James McGowen (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Mary Smith (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Mossman ^{1 3}

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           Born: 25 Jan 1791 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Jun 1817 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Mary Mossman ^{1 3}

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           Born: 2 Dec 1792 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 May 1852 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M John Mossman ^{3 5}

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           Born: 13 Jan 1795 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Dec 1859 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret "Peggy" Hunter (      -Bef 1888) 3 6

         Spouse: Martha Bailey (      -      ) 3

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4 M James Mossman ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 19 Dec 1796 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Thompson (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 25 Jul 1835 3

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General Notes: Husband - John Mossman

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He and his wife emigrated to the United States from the ancestral home in the north of Ireland, landing at Wilmington, Delaware, on the 25th of March, 1790.
He served in the War of 1812.

He married Jane McGowan who came to America in the same boat with him, at Wilmington, Delaware, March 25, 1790, the day they landed.

On reaching maturity his brothers, James and Francis, and sister, Eleanor, emigrated to Maryland, about 1783, where the last mentioned married and remained. James and Francis removed to Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Their siblings, John, William H., Nancy and Lillias, accompanied by their father, also emigrated to Maryland, landing in Baltimore on March 25, 1790. William H., Nancy, Lillias and their father removed to Fayette County, and joined James and Francis. John stayed in Maryland and lived there, and in Adams County, Pennsylvania, until 1807, when he joined the family to Mercer County.
In the autumn of 1797 Francis and William H., with John and Thomas Gillis, visited the Shenango Valley and selected a body of land in what is now West Salem Township, Mercer County, lying along the Ohio line. They then returned to Fayette County, and the following year, accompanied by several more to whom they had spoken of the new country, again came out and made some improvements on their lands. In 1799 they moved their families, and became permanent residents of the township. The Mossmans included James, Francis, William H., Nancy, Lillias and their father. James settled across the state line in Muskingum County, Ohio. [HMC 1888, 607]

Sources differ greatly about this man. The above information comes from a history of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. A family history gives completely different information about him. The compiler of this web-site wonders if the county history has confused this man with his nephew John, the son of his eldest brother James.

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 607.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 704.

3 Bertha Mossman Kaler, Concerning the Family of Mossman (Self-published, ~1912(?)), Pg 34.

4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 705.

5 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 607, 1182.

6 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1182.