James Proudfit and Jane Wallace

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Husband James Proudfit ¹

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           Born: 8 Nov 1760 - Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA 1
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           Died: 2 May 1856 1
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         Father: Andrew Proudfoot (1728-1807) 2
         Mother: Sarah Wallace (1733-1811/1814) 2

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   Other Spouse: Peggy Merchant (1780-1811) 3 - 20 Sep 1809 3

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   Other Spouse: Jane McLaughlin (      -1841) 3 - 6 Jan 1814 3

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Wife Jane Wallace ³

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           Died: 15 May 1808 3
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   Other Spouse: [Unk] Thompson (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Alexander Proudfit ³

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           Born: 20 Mar 1790 3
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2 M John Proudfit ³

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           Born: 2 May 1792 3
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           Died: 20 May 1882 3
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         Spouse: Maria McCully (      -      ) 3

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3 M David Proudfit ³

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           Born: 9 Jun 1794 3
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           Died: 28 Oct 1818 3
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4 F Nancy Proudfit ³

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           Born: 31 Aug 1796 3
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         Spouse: John Moore (      -      ) 3

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5 F Jane Proudfit ³

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           Born: 24 Mar 1799 3
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6 F Sally Proudfit ³

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           Born: 11 Dec 1801 3
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General Notes: Husband - James Proudfit

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He was serving under Capt. Travis in the War of the Revolution on his eighteenth birthday. He served for two months in three different years: 1777, 1781, and 1782. He received a pension for his services from 1833 until his death. He must have left York County, Pennsylvania, as soon as he was discharged, as, according to Crumrine's History of Washington County, Pennsylvania, he settled in that county in 1782. He bought of Job Stout, December 8, 1787, 100 acres of land in what was later Hanover Township. On this farm he spent the remainder of his life.
He was justice of the peace for 34 years, and for many years an elder in the Crossroads Presbyterian Church. His granddaughter, Mrs. Jane Orr, who had reached adult age before his death, described him as a small man with brown eyes and black hair. He was very fond of books and was deeply interested in the slavery question. She had seen him in his old age, when the Blanchard and Rice debates on that question were attracting public attention, rehearse to himself the arguments on both sides, enforcing them with emphatic gestures and quoting the Scripture adduced by either disputant.

1 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 15.

2 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 13.

3 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 16.