Capt. John Brisban

---

---

Husband Capt. John Brisban ¹

---

            AKA: Capt.  Brisbin,2 Capt. John Brisbin 3
           Born: 25 Dec 1730 - County Tyrone, Ireland 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Mar 1822 - near Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA

       Marriage: 

---

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

---

---

Wife

---

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

---

Children

---

1 F Isabella Brisbin ^{2 3}

---

           Born: 10 Jul 1768 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Dec 1832 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Robert Patterson (1763-1833) 2 3

---

2 F Elizabeth Brisban ⁶

---

            AKA: Elizabeth Brisbin,4 Elizabeth Bronson 5
           Born: Oct 1770 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Samuel Rutherford (1769-1833) 6 7

---

---

General Notes: Husband - Capt. John Brisban

---

With an elder brother he came to America at the outset of the French and Indian war. He was a soldier in that sanguinary struggle for French supremacy in America, and held a lieutenant's commission in the English army. He was a part of the time in Canada, and was with Gen. Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham. For those services he received a grant from George III. of two thousand acres of land in Virginia. He subsequently settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He early espoused the cause of the Colonies, and receiving a commission as captain in the Second (Col. St. Clair's) Pennsylvania Battalion, Jan. 5, 1776, raised a company mostly in the upper part of then Lancaster County, later Dauphin and Lebanon, which was in active service in Canada. At the close of that arduous campaign he was transferred to the Third Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line, resigning in July, 1777. He subsequently returned to the service, and remained almost to the close of the Revolution, when he returned to his farm near "Bird-in-Hand," Lancaster County, and was appointed collector of military fines. He was, however, too kind-hearted to oppress the delinquents, consequently he became responsible to the government for the amount, which resulted in Capt. Brisban becoming poor and penniless. All the papers pertaining to his military services were sent to Washington for the purpose of securing a pension, but unfortunately they were lost.

He commanded Company B, of the Third Pennsylvania Line, during the Revolutionary war.

He was twice married, and left issue by both wives.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 469.

2 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 641.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 224.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1011.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1048.

6 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 595.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1011, 1048.