John Milligan and Mary Adams
Husband John Milligan 1 2
Born: 1752 - Ayrshire, Scotland 2 Christened: Died: - Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA Buried: - Dick Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA
Father: [Father] Milligan ( - ) Mother: Unknown ( - )
Marriage: 1775 - near Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 2
Wife Mary Adams 2 3
Born: - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
1 F Jane Milligan 2 3 5
AKA: Mary [Unk],4 Jean Milligan Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Col. David Nelson (Abt 1776-1848) 2 3 4 5 6
2 F Nancy Milligan 2 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Richard Simmons ( - ) 2 3
3 M Alexander Milligan 3 7
Born: Christened: Died: 1860 3 Buried:Spouse: Nelly McLintock ( - ) 7
4 F Mary Milligan 7
Born: Christened: Died: when fifty-two years old Buried:
5 F Peggy Milligan 7
Born: Christened: Died: when about one year old Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
6 F Margaret "Peggy" Milligan 3 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Samuel Miller ( - ) 3 7
7 M John Milligan 3 7
Born: 20 Jun 1789 - Westmoreland Co, PA 7 Christened: Died: 17 Aug 1872 - Westmoreland Co, PA 3 7 Buried: - Dick Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PASpouse: Margaret Thompson ( - ) 7
8 M James C. Milligan 3 8
Born: 12 Jun 1790 or 1791 9 10 Christened: Died: 1886 - Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 10 Buried:Spouse: Deborah Eckles ( - ) 7
9 F Nelly (Elinor?) Milligan 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Hugh McLintock ( - ) 7
10 F Ann Milligan 3 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Hon. William Hutchinson ( - ) 3 7
General Notes: Husband - John Milligan
He was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, came to America before the Revolution and lived for some time near Carlisle, in the Cumberland Valley, where he tended a mill and often ground flour and meal for Washington's army. He married and in 1780 removed to Westmoreland County where he located on the farm of John Carnahan, later known as the "Willow Tree Farm". He patented four hundred acres of land in Sewickley township and served for many years before his death as justice of the peace. He married more young couples than any other magistrate in the county on account of his short marriage ceremony.
In 1802 John Milligan started with a boat load of flour and whiskey to New Orleans. The flour souring on the way he took it to Liverpool, England, sold it to the starch manufacturers of that city and invested the proceeds in dry goods and queens-ware. He then visited his native place in Scotland and induced his half-brother, the Rev. James Milligan, an eloquent Associate Reformed minister, to come with him to America where he became noted as one of the early Abolitionists, and while pastor of a church at Bygate, Vermont, was egged by a pro-slavery mob. [It is not completely clear whether this paragraph refers to this John Milligan or his son.]
This family locates the home of their trans-Atlantic ancestors near the birthplace of the poet Robert Burns, in Ayrshire, Scotland. John Milligan left Scotland prior to 1774 and settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He ground corn for Washington's army when they were encamped at Valley Forge and after the Revolutionary war came to Westmoreland County. He settled at the "Willow Tree" farm, but soon removed (1785) to Sewickley township, where in 1786 he patented four hundred acres of land.
He emigrated from the Highlands of Scotland to America in the early part of the eighteenth century, and settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He there married a Miss Mary Adams, a lady of the New England Adams family. He was a miller by occupation, and owned a mill and carried on his business at his place of location in the early part of the Revolutionary war. Being in sympathy with the cause of the colonies, he secretly and in a clandestine manner from time to time arranged that the Continental army should get rations of his flour. Being suspected in this he was in danger from the British at the time they occupied Philadelphia and the southeastern portion of the State. A detachment of the British army finally did destroy his mill, so he joined the army under Washington, and remained there till the close of the war. After the war he moved to Westmoreland County, and took up the farm afterwards owned and occupied by Col. Israel Painter, known as "the Willow Tree Farm." He afterwards removed to and occupied a farm, situated west of Bell's Mills, Sewickley township. On this farm he died. Before his death he held for a number of years the commission of justice of the peace.
1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 706.
2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 614.
3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 707.
4 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 972.
5 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 867.
6 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 831.
7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 615.
8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 136, 615.
9 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 370, 707.
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Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 136.
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