James Scroggs and Margaret Cowden

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Husband James Scroggs ¹

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           Born: 1746 - Green Spring, near Newville, Cumberland Co, PA 2
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           Died:  - Washington Co, PA
         Buried:  - Raccoon Presbyterian Church, Washington Co, PA

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         Father: Alexander Scroggs (1704/1708-1788) 3 4 5
         Mother: Rachel Leith (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage: Abt 1772

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   Other Spouse: Margaret Jack (      -      ) 2 - Scotland

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Wife Margaret Cowden ^{6 7}

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         Father: John Cowden (1735-1776) 8 9
         Mother: Mary Reynolds (      -      ) 10

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Children

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1 M Ebenezer Scroggs ¹¹

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         Spouse: Sarah Monteith (      -      ) 11

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2 M John Scroggs ¹¹

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         Spouse: Jane Paxton (      -      ) 11

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3 F Ellen Scroggs ¹¹

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         Spouse: Dr. John Murdock (      -      ) 11
           Marr: Washington, Washington Co, PA

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4 F Polly Scroggs ¹¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: when twelve years old
 Cause of Death: Smallpox
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M James Scroggs ¹¹

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           Born: 1784 - Cumberland Co, PA 11
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           Died: 22 Jun 1837 12
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         Spouse: Ann(a) Paxton (      -1816) 13
           Marr: 1812 12

         Spouse: Elizabeth Galbreath (1794-1864) 11
           Marr: 1818 11

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6 M Reynolds Scroggs ¹¹

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           Died: when thirty years old
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         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

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7 F Rachel Scroggs ¹¹

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         Spouse: Rev. Dr. John Walker (1787-      ) 11 14

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8 M Rev. Joseph Scroggs ^{15 16 17}

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           Born: 1 Mar 1793 - Newville, Cumberland Co, PA 16
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           Died: 21 Apr 1873 - Fairfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 16 18
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         Spouse: Mary Hanna (      -1848) 15 16 19
           Marr: May 1816 15

         Spouse: Mrs. Nancy Hogg (      -Aft 1882) 15
           Marr: Jan 1854 15

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General Notes: Husband - James Scroggs

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When a young man he visited Scotland and while among the scenes of his ancestors wed his first wife, bringing her back to the Cumberland Valley home in 1768. Her relatives were acquainted with the Scroggs on both sides of the Atlantic, Matthew and Patrick Jack having early come to the Pennsylvania colony and settled in the Cumberland Valley.

He was a private in the company of Capt. William Pebbles and served through the Revolution.

In 1801 he moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania, and settled on a farm on Miller's run. He later removed to a tract of land on Raccoon Creek near the village of Candor in Washington County.

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret Cowden

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She belonged to a family called the "Black Cowdens" on account of their swarthy complexion.

1 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 22, 42.

2 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 42.

3 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 458.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 980.

5 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 41.

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

7 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 22, 43.

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

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

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

11 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 43.

12 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 49.

13 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 43, 49.

14 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 138.

15 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 574.

16 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 58.

17 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 43, 63.

18 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 575.

19 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 44, 63.