James Cunningham and Mary Robinson

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Husband James Cunningham ¹

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           Born: 1757 - Lancaster Co, PA 2
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Wife Mary Robinson ³

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         Father: Alexander Robinson (      -      ) 3 4
         Mother: Martha McCormick (      -      ) 3 4

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Children

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1 M Robert Cunningham ²

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           Born: 15 Apr 1790 2
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         Spouse: Brittie Bennett (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1818 2

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2 F Mary Cunningham ^{2 5}

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         Spouse: James Elliott (1785-      ) 5 6
           Marr: 3 Jun 1813 5

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3 M Alexander Cunningham ²

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4 M James Cunningham ²

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5 M John Cunningham ²

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6 M William Cunningham ²

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7 F Nancy Cunningham ²

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - James Cunningham

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This family is of Scotch-Irish origin, and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on arrival in America in 1725.

He was born in Lancaster County and removed in 1784 to Rostraver township, Westmoreland County, where he had purchased a considerable tract of land.
He served in the navy in the Revolutionary war.
He had a distillery on his farm, where the populace often met in the "Whiskey Insurrection of 1784" to discuss their grievances.

1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 366, 565.

2 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 565.

3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 366.

4 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 101.

5 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 628.

6 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1150.