DUNLAP/GILLESPIE/GILES/LETTS/WILLIAMS/DOWERS/BARNUM/TINGLE/WILSON
I am looking for information on the following:
John DUNLAP was b. 14 Aug.,1718 in Clogher, County Tyrone, No. Ireland.
He first came to America in 1742, but returned to Ireland to marry
Sarah GILLESPIE, about 1749, in Clogher, Co. Tyrone.
Sarah was born in 1722 in west end of the Grampian Hills, Co. Derry, No. Ireland.
They came to America permanertly in 1749 and first settled in the Philadelpia area. They were in Bucks Co., PA, probably Tinicum Twp., by 1757, then moved to Hunterdon, NJ in 1761 or 1762. John and four sons were taxpayers in Alexandria, NJ in 1785 and 1786.
They both died in Ovid, Seneca, NY and are buried in Union Cem. Ovid.
Children: Mary Jane or Jane; Majory;
Robert b. 28 July,1752, Penny Pary, PA, m. (1) Nancy GILES, 1781 in NJ. (2) Mary LETTS about 1810 in Ovid, SEneca, NY. (3) Anna(Ann) E. WILLIAMS 29 June, 1817 in Pulteney, Steuben, NY. Both Robert and Ann are buried in Middleton Twp., Ohio.
George b. 01 Dec., 1750 in Bucks Co., PA. He was the first person to die in Seneca Co., NY, on 24 Sept., 1791.
John, Jr. b. 27 Sept., 1754 in PA, m. Catherine DOWERS. He died 28 Jan., 1832, Seneca Co., NY and is buried on the David Covert Farm in Romulus, NY.
William b. 07 Jan., 1763, Ovid, Seneca, NY, m. Elizabeth BARNUM. He died 13 Aug., 1853 and is buried in Union Cem. with his wife, three daugthers, and parents.
Joseph b. 24 July, 1757, Bucks Co., PA, m. Jane TINGLE, 20 July, 1785 in Berkeley Co., WV. He died before Nov., 1839 in Monongalia Co., WV.
Andrew b. 07 Sept., 1759, Bucks Co., PA, m. Mary WILSON, 28 Feb., 1788 in Bucks CO., PA. He died 28 Feb., 1846, Ovid, Seneca, NY. HE and his family alone with Nancy Giles Dunlap are also buried in Union Cem. in Ovid. He is credited with being the first settler of Ovid, Seneca, NY.
I would appreciate any information I could get on any of these individuals and/or families.
Thanks
Contact:
Kelly Dunlap
(Date posted: July 20, 1999)