Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Orr




Husband John Orr 1 2

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         Father: [Ancestor] Orr (      -      )
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Children
1 M Capt. Thomas Orr 1 2

           Born: 13 Sep 1770 - Ireland 2
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           Died: 29 Mar 1814 or 1815 - ? Southampton Twp, Franklin Co, PA 1 2
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         Spouse: Martha Breckinridge (1779-1852) 1 3
           Marr: Sep 1796 2


2 M James Orr 2

           Born: 1779 - Ireland 2
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           Died: Jan 1871 - West Virginia 2
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         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )
         Spouse: Jane Vance (1792-1887) 2



General Notes: Husband - John Orr


Among those driven from their homes in Scotland by religious intolerance, in the seventeenth century, were the grandparents of a Presbyterian gentleman named John Orr. Like so many of their co-religionists, they sought and found a refuge in the hospitable province of Ulster, in the North of Ireland.

The Orr family of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, is of Scotch-Irish origin. The first determinate ancestor in Ireland of the Orrstown, Pennsylvania, Orrs was John Orr. He had two sons, Thomas and James, who emigrated to the United States.

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Sources


1 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 671.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 395.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 129, 395.


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