James Galbraith and Rebecca Chambers

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Husband James Galbraith ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 1666 - northern Ireland 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Aug 1744 - Pennsylvania 4
         Buried:  - Derry Church, Dauphin Co, PA

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         Father: John Galbraith (Bef 1699-      ) 3 5
         Mother: 

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Wife Rebecca Chambers ^{3 5}

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         Father: Arthur Chambers (      -      ) 5
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M John Galbraith ^{2 6 7}

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           Born: Abt 1690 - Ireland 6 7
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           Died: Oct 1753 or 1754 - Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 7 8
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Janet [Unk] (Abt 1693-Aft 1757) 2 6 7

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2 M Andrew Galbraith ^{1 6}

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           Born: Abt 1692 - northern Ireland 4
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3 M James Galbraith, Jr. ^{1 6 9}

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           Born: 1703 - northern Ireland 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Jun 1786 - East Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland Co, PA 10 11
         Buried:  - Derry Church, Dauphin Co, PA

         Spouse: Elizabeth Bertram (1714/1718-1799) 1 9 12 13
           Marr: 6 Apr 1734 - Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA 12

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4 F Eleanor Galbraith ⁶

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         Spouse: Patrick McKinley (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 27 Feb 1735 4

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5 F Isabel Galbraith ⁴

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         Spouse: Alexander McMillan (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 21 Oct 1735 4

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6 F Rebecca Galbraith ⁶

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           Died: 1748
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         Spouse: [Unk] Stewart (      -      ) 6

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General Notes: Husband - James Galbraith

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Of Scotch parentage, he was born in North of Ireland, whence he emigrated about the year 1718, settling in Conestoga, afterward Donegal township, then Chester County, Province of Pennsylvania. He was one of the founders of the old Derry Church, a man of prominence, and head of a remarkable family. He died and is buried in the old graveyard at Derry.

He was born in 1650, and emigrated in 1718 with his family, settling in Donegal, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was a man of influence and prominence in his day, and was among the founders of the old Derry Church, in what is now Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, near Derry station, and is buried in the old graveyard of that church.

The founder of the family in Pennsylvania, he emigrated from the North of Ireland, and settled at Donegal, in what is now Lancaster County, in 1712; he bought large tracts of land from William Penn, proprietary. [HEC 1884, 895]

Six children are listed in HAC 1914, 659. Isabel is excluded from the list in HAC 1914, 647.

1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 895.

2 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 760.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 269.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 659.

5 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 646, 659.

6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 647, 659.

7 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 270.

8 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 647.

9 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 749, 760.

10 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 761.

11 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 660.

12 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 647, 660.

13 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 272.