James Agnew and Rebecca Scott

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Husband James Agnew ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

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            AKA: James Ayers 7
           Born: 31 Jul 1711 - Craigmore, Ireland 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Oct 1770 - Manor of Masque, Adams Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: [Father] Agnew (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 1737 1 3 5

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   Other Spouse: Martha [Unk] (      -Abt 1735) 4 - Abt 1731 - Donegal, Lancaster Co, PA

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Wife Rebecca Scott ^{1 2 3 5 6}

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           Born: 17 Dec 1707 1 3 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Dec 1789 3 4
         Buried: 

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         Father: Abraham Scott (1677-Abt 1760) 5 6 8 9
         Mother: Margaret McFarland (      -      ) 10

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Children

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1 M Samuel Agnew ^{3 5 11 12}

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           Born: 29 Jan 1738 - eastern Pennsylvania 3 5
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           Died: 1819 - ? Washington Co, PA
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Johnston (      -      ) 1 3 13

         Spouse: Mrs.  McCoy (      -      ) 4

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2 F Martha Agnew ^{1 5 14}

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           Born: 9 Sep 1740 1 5
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Samuel Patterson (1727-1820) 1 15

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3 M Lt.-Col. James Agnew, Jr. ^{1 5 16}

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           Born: 1 May 1742 - Adams Co, PA 1 5 16
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           Died: 1799 16
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         Spouse: Martha Ramsey (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1768 16

         Spouse: Martha [Unk] (      -1808) 16

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4 M David Agnew ^{1 5 16}

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           Born: 17 Jul 1743 1 5 16
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Mary Erwin (      -      ) 1 16 17
           Marr: 1772 18

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5 F Margaret Agnew ^{1 3 5 6 19 20}

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           Born: 27 Aug 1745 1 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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         Spouse: Lt. James Patterson (1731-1789) 1 6 19 20

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6 F Rebecca Agnew ^{1 5 21}

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           Born: 3 May 1747 1 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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         Spouse: John McLanahan (1737-1797) 1 21

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7 F Sarah Agnew ^{1 5}

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           Born: 15 May 1749 1 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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         Spouse: Archibald Douglass (      -      ) 1

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8 M Abraham Agnew ^{1 3 5}

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           Born: 23 Dec 1750 1 3 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Mar 1753 1
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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9 F Anne Agnew ^{1 2 5}

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           Born: 3 Oct 1753 1 2 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Aug 1805 22
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rev. John Smith (1747-1825) 1 2 23
           Marr: 12 May 1772 2 24

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General Notes: Husband - James Agnew

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He was born at Craigmore, Ireland, and migrated to Philadelphia in 1729. He started to move westward and finally secured land at Marsh Creek, York County, Pennsylvania; the area which was called Lancaster County in 1739 and was later Adams County. It was near Gettysburg. He built substantial buildings on this new land, although he did not secure title until several years later. He called his new home "Manor Mosque." He had come to America with a life long-friend, Arthur Patterson, who was a blacksmith. He worked for Patterson and learned the blacksmith trade.

He emigrated to Pennsylvania and settled in Donegal, Lancaster County, with Arthur Patterson in 1729. Both Agnew and Patterson were blacksmiths, and both were then single men. He was one of the first squatters on the Manor of Masque. He asked for a warrant for his land on Marsh Creek in 1738, and settled on it in 1739. This tract was situated in what became Highland township, Adams County. He had not yet obtained a title for it in 1762, and the question was not finally determined until 1802. He was captain of an Associated Company of York County, in 1756, and assisted in the defense of the frontier against the French and Indians.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 422.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 2.

3 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 426.

4 Edward B. Reighard, John Agnew of Hominy Ridge (Clearfield, PA: Self-published, 1984), Pg 5.

5 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 84.

6 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 323.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 968.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 422, 429.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 789.

10 Jeff McBride, Descendants of Thomas A. Forster (Laurel, Md: Web-published, 2012).

11 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 711.

12 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 422, 1079.

13 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 86.

14 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 435.

15 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 434.

16 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 427.

17 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 209.

18 Edward B. Reighard, John Agnew of Hominy Ridge (Clearfield, PA: Self-published, 1984), Pg 6.

19 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 436.

20 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 606.

21 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 141.

22 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 83.

23 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 79.

24 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 87.