Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Baldrige and Jeanette Holmes




Husband William Baldrige 1 2

           Born: 1689 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Nov 1722 2
         Buried:  - Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA


         Father: Richard Baldrige (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 16 Jun 1714 1



Wife Jeanette Holmes 1

            AKA: Janet Holmes 2
           Born: 2 Jul 1694 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Jul 1768 2
         Buried:  - Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA


         Father: Sir James Holmes (      -1727) 1 2
         Mother: Lady Jane Jennings (      -      ) 2




Children
1 M John Baldrige 1 2

           Born: 1716 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Jul or 31 Jul 1766 1 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rebecca Clark (      -      ) 1 2



General Notes: Husband - William Baldrige


He was a Scotchman, who moved to County Cavan, Ireland. He and his wife had three sons and three daughters. They came to America and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1745.

. . . a daughter of Sir James Holmes, governor of Belfast, Ireland, who married William Baldrige, a Welsh merchant tailor, against the wishes of her parents. Finding them obdurate, the young couple came to America and settled in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where they were laid to rest many years ago. [HAC 1914, 513]

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Sources


1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 455.

2 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 378.


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