John Watson and Rebecca Vance

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Husband John Watson ^{1 2}

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            AKA: David Watson 3
           Born: 2 May 1769 - Leacock Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Jul 1842 2
         Buried:  - Moss Spring Cemetery, Greencastle, Franklin Co, PA

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         Father: Col. James Watson (1743-1831) 4 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Long (1746-1804) 1 6 7

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       Marriage: 21 Jun 1796 1 8

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   Other Spouse: Jane Lightner (      -      ) 8

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Wife Rebecca Vance ^{3 8}

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           Born: 1769 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Vance (      -1784) 1 10
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -      ) 1 10

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Children

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1 F Mary Vance Watson ^{8 11}

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           Born: 5 May 1797 2
     Christened: 
           Died: May 1878 12
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Craig (1794-1855) 8 11
           Marr: 12 Aug or 28 Aug 1828 12 13

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2 F Elizabeth Watson ^{8 14 15}

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           Born: 9 Sep 1800 - Greencastle, Franklin Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Apr 1874 or 1875 3 14
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James Clark Rankin (1800-1866) 3 8 14
           Marr: 27 Mar 1828 3 8 14

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General Notes: Husband - John Watson

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He was educated in the schools of Lancaster County and Greencastle, Pennsylvania, and was a prominent and progressive citizen of that town. He was a tanner and farmer, a member of the first town council and the first postmaster of the town. He was a charter trustee of the Mercersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Turnpike Company, and was also very active in church affairs, being a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church.

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General Notes: Wife - Rebecca Vance

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from Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA

1 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 703.

2 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 35.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 127.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 73.

5 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 29.

6 Warren S. Ely, Long Family of Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1909), Pg 18.

7 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 30.

8 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 32.

9 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 68.

10 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 67.

11 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 681, 703.

12 Mary Craig Shoemaker, Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families (Unknown Publisher: Albany, NY, 1922), Pg 54.

13 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 681.

14 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 868.

15 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 127, 703.