David McNary and Esther Cowden

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Husband David McNary ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1757 4
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           Died: 1817 - ? Washington Co, PA 1 4
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         Father: James McNary (Abt 1711-1796) 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Unknown (      -      )

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Wife Esther Cowden ^{1 3 4 9}

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         Father: John Cowden (1735-1776) 10 11
         Mother: Mary Reynolds (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M William McNary ^{1 4 12}

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         Buried:  - Harmon's Creek Cemetery, near Paris, Washington Co, PA

         Spouse: [Unk] Ramsey (      -      ) 12

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2 F Margaret McNary ¹³

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         Spouse: John Ramsey (      -      ) 13

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3 F Mary McNary ^{1 13 14}

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           Born: Abt 1790 - Washington Co, PA
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           Died: Abt 1879
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         Spouse: Samuel Martin (1790-1878) 13 14 15
           Marr: 1812 14 16

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4 F Esther McNary ¹²

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         Spouse: [Unk] Williamson (      -      ) 12

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5 F Elizabeth McNary ¹²

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         Spouse: William Wallace (      -      ) 12

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6 F Sarah McNary ¹²

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         Spouse: James Stewart (      -      ) 12

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7 F Jane McNary ¹²

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         Spouse: [Unk] McBride (      -      ) 12

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General Notes: Husband - David McNary

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He bought a farm in Hanover township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, October 25, 1783, containing 300 acres, for "75 pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania." He was accompanied there by his father James, the original founder of the McNary family, who resided with him until his death.

He is described as six feet tall, sandy in complexion and stalwart in frame.
He became an elder in Dr. Abraham Anderson's Harmon's Creek congregation.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 804.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 81.

3 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 22.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 82.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 714, 717, 804, 873.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 81, 330, 729, 843.

7 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 960, 1293.

8 Editor, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926), Pg 49.

9 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 144.

10 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 143.

11 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 20.

12 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 36.

13 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 35.

14 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 13.

15 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 804, 875.

16 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 875.