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AN AUTHENTIC HISTORY 
 
 OF 
 
 Donegal Presbyterian Church 
 
 LOCATED IN 
 
 East Donegal Township, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
 
 J. L. ZIEGLER, A. M., M. D. 
 
 Member of the Historical and Genealog^ical Societies of Pennsylvania, 
 
 Tlie Presbyterian Historical Society, The Lancaster 
 
 County Historical Society, etc., etc. 
 
 Mount Joy, Pa. 
 
 Propter amorem, non lucrum. 
 
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 /^. ^-^^oir 
 
 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1903, 
 by J. L. Ziegler, M. D., in the office of the Librarian of 
 Congress, at Washington. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA : 
 
 F. McManus, Jr., &, Co. 
 
 PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS 
 1902 
 
 V/ 
 
To the memory of a loving wife, 
 
 Hari-iet Patterson Ziegler 
 
 A descendant of a long line of Donegal ancestry 
 
 and a consistent member of 
 
 Donegal Church, 
 
 whose devotion encouraged and strengthened a 
 
 prolonged and laborious professional life, 
 
 this work is 
 
 affectionately and gratefully dedicated by 
 
 The Author. 
 
PREFACE 
 
 ""PHE history of Donegal Church was undertaken with the 
 desire to correct some of the many erroneous statements 
 that have been promulgated at various times concerning the 
 church, the pastors and families which constituted the congrega- 
 tion. Much time and labor have been devoted to the procuring 
 and examining authentic documents, such as the records of the 
 church, the records of Presbytery, Presbyterian history, wills, 
 land-titles and family records. Nothing, traditional has been 
 introduced as authentic. 
 
 The author has been a member of the congregation since 
 1845, when his name appears upon the records as an auditor of 
 accounts, and has attended the church services as early as 1836. 
 He taught school one term in the old school-house, a few yards 
 from the church, and commenced the study of medicine with 
 Dr. Nathaniel Watson in 1840, whose residence (now Hon. J. 
 Donald Cameron's) was a few hundred yards north of the 
 church, thus enjoying the privilege of forming the acquaintance 
 of many of the congregation, so that he can lay a just claim to 
 some personal knowledge during a period of sixty years. The 
 author, after having freely used all appropriate and authentic 
 material accessible, does not claim perfection and makes no 
 pretension to a complete biography of the membership of the 
 church and congregation, but rather the presentation of land- 
 marks by which the future historian may elucidate facts and 
 incidents that will assist in tracing a more complete history and 
 biography. He hopes this work will meet the approbation of 
 
all who may feel an interest in the preservation of the history 
 of an old landmark whose impress has been made upon the 
 Church and the nation by those who have gone out from its 
 sacred precincts. 
 
 The author, in his various researches, has found the site of 
 an old, extinct Presbyterian church incidentally connected with 
 Donegal and Derry churches, the memory of which has been 
 almost obliterated, and also of an old Moravian church of which 
 nothing remains but the burial place of some of its long-departed 
 members, known only by the peculiarity of the position of their 
 tombstones. 
 
 The author, having enjoyed his early tuition in an academy 
 established by a son of one of the pastors, of the old Moravian 
 church, adds what remains of the history of the old church as a 
 small tribute of respect to his memory. Acknowledgment is 
 made to the late Messrs. James A. Patterson, Henry H. Wiley 
 and Dr. Eglc, State Librarian ; to the Rev. Wm. A. West ; to 
 Alfred Percival Smith, Esq., of Philadelphia; Mr. John K. 
 Miller, Photographer, of Maytown, Pa. ; Dr. Jas. P. Ziegler, 
 of Mt. Joy ; to Rev. Richard Downes, Pastor of Donegal 
 Church, for assistance and valuable information, and to others 
 to whom acknowledgment is made elsewhere in this work. 
 
 Mount Joy, Pa. , Nov. ijtk, igoi. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 The tyranny and cruelty which the profligate monarchies 
 of Europe imposed upon the early Presbyterians — German 
 Reformed, Lutherans, Moravians and others — caused thousands 
 to leave their native land and seek an asylum in this land, which 
 was the wilderness of the New World. Even here, persecution 
 followed them so that the struggles and trials of the early settlers 
 were almost unendurable. 
 
 Their ministers, ever in the van of the cause of liberty and 
 freedom of conscience, stood as a bulwark against the oppressor ; 
 though but few in number, we are to-day enjoying the rich 
 blessings of a free government, the seeds of which they planted 
 and nurtured until it has grown into a nation of freemen such 
 as the world has never witnessed. The sturdy pioneers who 
 established and constituted the congregation of Donegal Church 
 took an early and proininent part in our struggles for inde- 
 pendence, and all along the subsequent upward path of the 
 nation's progress in the arts and sciences of civilization we find 
 here and there the resting place of some eminent descendant of 
 old Donegal Church ; while the living at present occupy places 
 in the front rank of eminence in the learned professions, and the 
 highest ofifice in the gift of the people was filled by a descendant 
 in the person of Major William McKinley^ as President. 
 
 The records of Donegal Church prior to 1786 are lost, and 
 those immediately subsequent are fragmentary ; all the history 
 that can be authenticated is gleaned frorti family records, land- 
 titles, wills, records of Donegal Presbytery and the early histories 
 of the Presbyterian Church of America. When we consider 
 
8 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN; CHURCH. 
 
 that it was founded less than a score of years after the organiza- 
 tion of the first Presbytery in America — the country at the time 
 being thinly settled, the facilities for communication between 
 neighboring setdemcnts difficult and often dangerous, organiza- 
 tion and the means for the preservation of records incomplete, 
 the turbulent and unsettled state of the country — the paucity of 
 data becomes obvious. When was Donegal Church organized ? 
 \Mien was the present building erected ? And as it is supposed 
 there was another building before the present one, where was it 
 located ? These are questions which can only be answered 
 approximately, if at all. There are no records extant, at least 
 none can be found that will answer them. 
 
 The fact that one hundred and eighty years ago there was 
 preaching at Donegal and that there was a place of worship is 
 evident, and that the country around Donegal was settled by 
 the Scotch-Irish who fied from persecution" in the old country to 
 seek an asylum where they might worship God without molest- 
 ation, and that they constituted the Donegal congregation. Many 
 of their names are recorded in the adjacent silent abode of the 
 dead. Some of their posterity still worship within the sacred 
 precincts of the structure which their ancestors erected.* 
 
 * There ha\e been many erroneous and misleading statements pub- 
 lished as authentic historj- concerning Donegal Church and the famihes 
 connected with the congregation which, in justice to the descendants of 
 the old Church, should be corrected. The following extract from a paper 
 printed, framed and hung in the Church deserves a passing notice : 
 "There are not half a dozen of the descendants of the Scotch-Irish who 
 attend the church and there is seldom preaching in it. — April 28th, 1877." 
 On one occasion during the summer (1897), when services were held 
 there, twenty members were counted who were regular attendants, most 
 of them communicants and direct descendants of the Scotch-Irish ; their 
 ancestors were prominent members of Donegal Church, none less than 
 one hundred, some one hundred and fifty-seven, and in one instance one 
 hundred and sixty-four years ago. With regard- to the " seldom preach- 
 ing in it," my personal recollection extends over a period of sixty years 
 and during that time the Church has not been without an organization, 
 both spiritual and secular, nor without a pastor, and regular services at 
 least once a month, and ad interim Presbytery appointed a moderator 
 and stated supplies. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 9 
 
 The first intimation of a church organization at Donegal is 
 as follows : "In 1714, the tide of emigration following up the 
 eastern side of the Susquehanna had reached the valley of the 
 Chicquesalunga, now in Lancaster County, when Donegal Church 
 was organized in that year." — (West's Origin and Histo7y of 
 Donegal and Carlisle Presbytery. ) And again : ' ' Application 
 was made by Andrew Galbraith to Newcastle Presbytery, August 
 1st, 1721, for supplies for Chickens Longus (Chicquesalunga*), 
 and Gillespie and Cross were sent. Roland Chambers renewed 
 the request next year. In May, 1723, Conestoga applied, but 
 Hutchison failed to go, being unable to obtain a guide thither. 
 In the fall, he and McGill were sent to Donegal. In 1725, 
 Donegal obtained one-sixth of Boyd's time, and he served them 
 imtil they called Anderson." — (Webster's History of the Presby- 
 terian Church of Aiueriia.') From these extracts we can readily 
 infer that there was an organization at Donegal earlier than has 
 been heretofore recognized. Andrew Galbraith' s land adjoined 
 the Glebe land and his application for supplies indicates a deep 
 and early interest in matters pertaining to the Church. 
 
 * The stream from Donegal Spring was called Little Chicquesalunga 
 Creek in a deed of the Rev. Peter Nissley, situated about three-fourths of 
 a mile east from the Church. 
 
 On the 4th of June, 1740, two hundred acres of land were 
 deeded to the "Rev. James Anderson, Pastor, John Allison, 
 James Mitchel and David Hayes, Elders of the Church, by 
 Thomas Penn, by the powers and authority to him granted by the 
 said John and Richard and of his own right." — (^Patent Deed.) 
 This was bounded on the north by the land of James Stephenson, 
 and on the south by Mary Moderil or Mortheril ; on the east by 
 Andrew Galbraith, and on the west by Ephraim Moore's land. 
 One month after the receipt of the patent deed the Rev. James 
 Anderson died, f 
 
 t From this we learn that the congregation had probably occupied the 
 land about twenty years before a patent had been received. The reason 
 for this delay is obvious when we recall the fact that William Penn died 
 in 1718 and no patents were issued for a number of years after his death. 
 
lO THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 It may not be out of place to presume that the present Church edifice was 
 not erected until after the patent was granted. There were no trustees 
 prior to the receipt of the patent, as the deed was in the name of the 
 Session as being the only representatives of the Church. Not as stated in 
 the paper before quoted and hung in the Church; " The Trustees, James, 
 Andrew and John Allison, James Mitchel and David Hayes procured a 
 patent," etc. I have frequently heard the statement that William Penn 
 had presented the Glebe land to the Church. The patent deed clearly 
 shows that it was paid for, as all other tracts were, and with the usual 
 annual ground rents of one shilling for every hundred acres or proportion 
 thereof, with the reservation of all ores and minerals. 
 
 September nth, 1786, a charter was granted to the Rev. 
 Colin McFarquhar, John Bailie, James Bailie, James Anderson, 
 Robert Spear, Brice Clark, Samuel Woods; James Muirhead and 
 Joseph Little, as trustees and their successors. Nine members 
 constituted the Board of Trustees until March 29th, 1805, when 
 an act was passed reducing the number to three. The congrega- 
 tion, no doubt, progressed quietly and peacefully (as the long 
 pastorate of twenty-six years under the Rev. Joseph Tate indi- 
 cates) without any organization but the Session. They found it 
 necessary to have a charter in order to sell part of their land, 
 which they did immediately on the receipt of that instrument. 
 This also accounts for the beginning of the trustees' records in 
 1786 ; prior to this date their records were kept by the Session 
 and are lost. 
 
 As these nine members were constituted the first Board of 
 Trustees by an act of Assembly, it may be interesting to the 
 reader to know the proceedings of their first and some of their 
 subsequent meetings. At this time we have the beginning of 
 the only authentic records of the Church. The following is a 
 verbatim copy of their proceedings at the first meeting, held at 
 Donegal, November 15th, 1786: 
 
 ' ' When being convened the Rev. Colin McFarquhar, Messrs. 
 Robert Spear, John Bailie, James Bailie, James Muirhead, Samuel 
 Woods, Brice Clark and Joseph Little — Mr. James Anderson 
 was absent — who were all chosen and appointed trustees by the 
 members of the congregation of Donegal met together for that 
 purpose, and said trustees having now taken their seats in that 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. IT 
 
 capacity, agreeable to an act of the Assembly of Pennsylvania, 
 passed for incorporating the said congregation, did proceed to- 
 choose their President, Secretary and Treasurer, when they did 
 as they hereby do make choice of the Rev. Colin McFarquhar 
 for their President, Mr. Joseph Little for their Secretary and 
 Mr. Samuel Woods for their Treasurer. The trustees have, as 
 they hereby appoint their Secretary, to purchase a book for 
 having their proceedings recorded therein. The trustees took 
 into their consideration a legacy of one hundred pounds currency 
 which was bequeathed in the latter will and testament of the 
 late Samuel Scott, a member of this congregation of Donegal, 
 which sum was appointed in the will to be settled as a perpetual 
 fund for the benefit of the congregation." The trustees have 
 appointed the following persons to collect; the Minister's salary 
 or any part thereof due before January, 1787, viz.: Mr. Robert- 
 Spear in Big Chiques quarter, Mr. John Baillie in Mill Creek 
 quarter, Thomas Baillie, Jun. , in the Riverside quarter, Mr. Brice 
 Clark in the meeting-house quarter, Mr. Samuel Woods in the 
 Cania quarter, Mr. James Moorehead in the Mount Joy quarter, 
 and Mr. Joseph Little in the Little Chiques quarter, who are 
 hereby authorized to certify to those who have been hitherto 
 remiss in paying their proportion of salary, and that in a short 
 space of time after this they will be sued in law, by order of the 
 trustees. The trustees adjourned to the eighth day of January 
 next, then to meet at Donegal meeting-house. 
 
 " Signed by Colin McFarquhar, Pres' t^ 
 "Attested by Joseph Little,^ Sec." 
 
 "Jan. 8th, 1787. — The trustees of the congregation of 
 Donegal met according to adjournment ; the President being 
 absent, John Baillie was unanimously chosen in his room ; the 
 congregation being met at the same time, their votes are taken 
 respecting the Glebe land belonging to said congregation. Now, 
 it is the unanimous vote of this congregation, now met, to put 
 
 ^ Proper names are differently spelled in the Church Records and on the tombstones ; 
 for example; Little, Litle and Lytle ; Hayes and Hays; Muirhead and Moorehead, etc., being 
 the same family names, the writer has given them as found, not deeming it proper to make- 
 any alteration. 
 
12 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 the Glebe land into the hands of the trustees for to be sold by 
 them or their successors, only reserving thirty acres of said land 
 for the use of said congregation. 
 
 ' ' By order of said congregation 
 
 "Joseph Little, Clerk. 
 "The trustees adjourned to the 15th of February, to meet 
 then at Donegal meeting-house. 
 
 " Signed by Colin McFarquhar, Pres't." 
 
 On the 28th of February, 1787, the trustees, according to 
 the action of the preceding meeting, exposed at public sale the 
 Glebe land, reserving thirty acres for the use of the congregation. 
 The result of this sale is shown by the following minutes : 
 
 ' 'At Donegal meeting-house, the twenty-third day of March, 
 one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, when the trustees 
 being met, con\'ened the Rev. Colin McFarrjuhar, Messrs. 
 Robert Spear, James Moorehead, Joseph Little, Brice Clark and 
 Samuel Woods ; absent James Anderson, John Baillie and James 
 Baillie. This meeting being intended for consulting with James 
 Moorehead, the purchaser of said Glebe land. The proper 
 measures for conveying the said land to the said purchaser, and 
 for receiving from him, the said purchaser, a satisfactory se- 
 curity for the same; and the trustees, judging that in order to 
 issue this matter properly a member of their body should be 
 nominated and chosen for this purpose, did accordingly nominate 
 as they do hereby nominate and appoint Mr. Brice Clark to 
 prepare the several writings necessary, which the said Mr. Brice 
 Clark undertook to perform with all convenient speed. 
 
 ".Signed Colin McFarquhar, Pres't. 
 "Attested Joseph Little, Sec." 
 
 There is no account in the records of the sum paid for the 
 land, only that the purchaser is to pay six per cent, interest. 
 There are other entries in the records of the trustees that may be 
 of interest. The following item may be a historical reminiscence : 
 
 "April i6th, 1787, the trustees took under consideration a 
 certain donation that was lodged in the hands of James Work 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. IJ 
 
 for the use of the congregation of Donegal by a certain William 
 Moore, deceased, which we find was lost by Continental Money; 
 therefore the trustees do acquit the aforesaid James Work of the 
 aforesaid donation. "Joseph Little, Sec." 
 
 The David Jamison legacy bequeathed to Donegal Church 
 was entailed (before the adoption of the United States Constitu- 
 tion) on land situated between Elizabethtown and Bainbridge. 
 The entailment has not been removed and is being paid at the 
 present time, although the land has been divided into several 
 tracts, the present owners paying their pro rata. The first 
 account of this legacy is as follows : 
 
 "Date last mentioned (June 4th, 1787) Samuel Woods, 
 executor of David Jamison's estate, paid unto the trustees of 
 Donegal congregation the sum of Twelve pounds, it being a 
 donation out of said Jamison's estate for two years to said con- 
 gregation, for which sum Woods obtained a receipt. 
 "Signed by Mr. Colin McFarquhar and Joseph Little." 
 
 The following extract from the minutes is given as an illus- 
 tration of the treasurer's account of the expenditures and also 
 the auditors' report of their examination of the proceedings of 
 
 the trustees : , , 
 
 £■ s. d. 
 
 "June i2th, 1787, Mr. Samuel Woods, by order 
 of the trustees, has paid into the hand of Joseph 
 Little for the use of Jacob Baillie for printing 
 advertisements for the sale of the Glebe land the 
 
 sum of 15 
 
 As also to Mr. McFarquhar when going to synod . 2 5 
 As also to James Craig for surveying the Glebe . . i 10 
 As also to Brice Clark for the purchase of the 
 
 trustees' book 11 
 
 As also to Mr. McFarquhar who purchased a large 
 
 Bible for the use of the congregation i 10 
 
 As also paid into the hand of Brice Clark, by order 
 of the trustees for to pay the whritings belonging 
 to the Glebe 5 
 
14 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 "We, the commissions of accounts to settle with the trustees 
 of Donegal congregation, have examined their proceedings and 
 do find that they have acted honestly and justly and according 
 to the approbation of the congregation in our opinion. Given 
 ■under our hand this ist day of August, A. Dom., 1787. 
 
 "Joseph Work, 
 "Wm. Clingan, 
 "John Watson." 
 
 The Rev. JNIcFarquhar kept the accounts of the stipends, as 
 appears from an old book in the possession of the present (1897) 
 Board of Trustees and also from the following extract from a 
 report of a committee of trustees to settle with Mr. McFarquhar : 
 
 "November 25th, 1788. — Mr. McFarquhar produced an 
 account against the congregation and frorri April, 1784, to April, 
 1788, amounting to twenty pounds for keeping the congregation 
 books as their clerk. 
 
 " Wm. Kelly, 
 "James Cook, 
 "John Whitehill, Jun'r." 
 
 "May nth, 1789. — An election held for trustees for 
 Donegal congregation, were unanimously chosen, viz. : the Rev. 
 Colin McFarquhar, Hugh Pedan, Samuel Woods, John White- 
 hill, Zachariah Moore, James Cooke, Brice Clark, William Kelly 
 and John Watson to serve for 1789." 
 
 The following is the first account of the graveyard wall in 
 the minutes of July 29th, 1790 : 
 
 ' ' The graveyard wall is unanimously agreed to be sufificiently 
 done in a workmanlike manner, four feet above ground and set 
 on a good foundation, and eighteen inches broad ; and the 
 persons nominated to attend to this business are Richard Keys, 
 James Cook and James Wilson and to see that it is completely 
 
 ''"'^^^'^- ' ' John Whitehill, Sec. ' ' 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 1 5 
 
 At a meeting of the trustees, April gth, 1791, the following 
 appointments were made : 
 
 "The trustees do appoint Col. Alexander Lovvry, Brice 
 Clark and Zachariah Moore as a committee to meet with the 
 trustees appointed to build the graveyard wall to settle with 
 them when they shall call on them. The final settlement was 
 made June 6th, 1791." 
 
 The following resolution and the action of the congregation 
 needs no explanation : 
 
 "Feb. 13th, 1799, convened to take the sense of the con- 
 gregation what to do with the money. — Resolved, that as 
 Congress has enabled the President of the United States to open 
 a loan of five millions of dollars, to be redeemed on the faith of 
 the United States, for which they will pay at the rate of eight 
 per centum per annum, and that quarterly, and that it is the 
 sense of the trustees that the members of this congregation shall 
 meet at Donegal meeting-house on Saturday next, 23d, at eleven 
 o' clock, to consult whether it will not be for the benefit of this 
 congregation to put their funds in said loan. By order of the 
 
 "Alexander Lowry, Pres." 
 
 "Feb. 23d, 1799, voted and lost the motion. — Agreeable 
 to notice given the preceding Sabbath according to law the 
 congregation met and the above motion carried in the negative, 
 
 six to one. ,, , ,,r ox 
 
 "John Whitehill, .Sfc. 
 
 "At an election held at Donegal meeting-house, Tuesday, 
 the 13th day of May, 1800, the following gentlemen were 
 unanimously elected trustees for the ensuing year, viz. : Messrs. 
 Alexander Lowry, Samuel Cook, Zachariah Moore, Brice Clark, 
 John Whitehill, John Hayes, Thomas Baillie, Samuel S. Gal- 
 braith, Joseph Little, settlers Alexander Boggs, Samuel Evans, 
 Dr. John Watson." 
 
l6 THE DONEGAL PRESHYTIIRIAN CHURCH. 
 
 At a meelingof the trustees, Nov. 19th, 1800, the following 
 bill was presented and approved, to which I will make special 
 reference subsequently : 
 
 "The congregation of Donegal to Zachariah Moore. Dr. 
 
 £. s. d. 
 To wood for the stove in the meeting-house ... 10 
 
 To cash paid Jacob Greable for wood, do . . . 76 
 
 To hauling two loads of lath and one of boards for 
 
 and towards covering the niccting-hoiisc ... 115 
 To cash paid John Smith for breaking a (hmr in 
 
 the end of the meeting-house 15 
 
 "Approved by the President. 
 
 "John Hays, Prcsidoil pro lem. 
 
 " For which an order was given nn the Treasurer. 
 "John Whitehh^l, Src." "Signed John Hays. 
 
 The following extract from the proceedings of the trustees 
 explains itself : 
 
 "At an election held at Donegal meeting-house, May 14th, 
 1805, were chosen trustees for the ensuing year, viz.: Brice 
 Clark, John Whitehill and Robert Spear." (N. B.— This is the 
 first election for trustees after the number being reduced to three 
 by a supplement to the law ) "The auditors elected at this 
 time wen- John Watson, Joseph Litle and John Pedan." 
 
 The first arcnunt nf dollars and cents is dated Nov. 30th, 
 1807. The accounts prior to that lime were kept in /,'. s. d. 
 until June, 1809, when the /^. s. d. were entirely dropped. The 
 study house was built in 1810-11. The trustees at this time 
 were: for 1810, Alexander lioggs, Dr. John Watson and Robert 
 Spear; and for 1811, Brice Clark, James^ Anderson and James 
 Whitehill. The only record is the receipts for material and 
 work, and dated September, October and December, 1811. This 
 was subsequently altered into a dwelling-house and is at present 
 occupied by the sexton. An extension to the graveyard was 
 made in 1834, of which there is no record except credits paid 
 for material for the wall. 
 
 It is said that the congregation (sometime during our Revolu- 
 tionary struggle) surrounded the large white oak tree which 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 17 
 
 Stands near the east end of the Church and pledged their 
 allegiance to the cause of the Colonies against Great Britain ; 
 there are several versions of the story, which may be true in the 
 main features, though we have no evidence but tradition ; at all 
 events, later enthusiasm has conferred upon this tree the title of 
 " Witness tree." 
 
 At a meeting of the congregation held June 6th, 185 1, the 
 trustees were unanimously authorized and instructed to sell all 
 the land belonging to the Church west of a line about sixty feet 
 from and parallel with the western wall of the graveyard, and 
 that part of the proceeds arising from the sale of the said land 
 be applied to repairing and remodeling the Church edifice, and 
 the plan of repairing and remodeling be left to the trustees. At 
 the same meeting, land was granted for the purpose of erecting 
 a school-house thereon — this was built and occupied for a number 
 of years. When the Directors of East Donegal Township 
 purchased a plot of ground a short distance south-east from the 
 Church, they removed the house on the Church ground and built 
 the present structure. The action of the congregation was 
 ratified by the Session, which consisted of the following members: 
 Rev. J. L. Rodgers, Pastor, John Clark and Col. James Pat- 
 terson, Elders. The trustees for 1851, who did the remodeling, 
 were Dr. Nathaniel Watson, John M. Hoover and James A. 
 Patterson.* 
 
 * James A. Patterson resigned before the remodeling was completed 
 and S. Smith Patterson chosen in his place. 
 
 Before the remodeling in 1851, the exterior of the Church 
 was not plastered, the windows and doors were arched ; there 
 were three entrance doors, one on the south, one on the east 
 and one on the west end of the Church building ; the aisles leading 
 from these doors were paved with bricks ; four large pillars 
 supported the ceiling (these may still be seen at Mount Joy, on 
 the east side of Mr. Harry Newcomer's hardware store); the 
 pulpit, with the precentor's seat on its front and a high sounding- 
 board overhead, was on the north side ; the pews were of the 
 high, square-box variety, in which "tired Nature's sweet restorer" 
 found little comfort. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 It is sad to see all these old memorials changed and passing 
 away ; the ruthless hand of modern improvement spares not the 
 haunts and loved objects of our boyhood days. The future 
 historian will find as many changes in old Donegal and its 
 environs as we of to-day recognize in the transformations wrought 
 in the past half-century. The mind is lost in wonder and amaze- 
 ment when contemplating the rapid advance in every department 
 of thought and human industry. 
 
 In remodeling the old building the large pillars, pulpit, 
 pews and brick-covered aisles were removed ; the interior was 
 laid" with a substantial board floor ; a vestibule divided off at the 
 east end ; the south and west entrances closed, and a new one 
 made in the east end in addition to the one already there; square 
 window and door frames were substituted for the old arched 
 ones, and the exterior was plastered to hide the unsightly joints 
 of the old with the new wall, so that nothing remains to remind 
 us of the ancient structure except the hip roof. The material of 
 the old pulpit and pews was used in their reconstruction but so 
 much changed that one unacquainted with the alteration would 
 not recognize it.* 
 
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 * " Fac-simile of a plan of Donegal meeting-house, December 25th, 
 1766, from a drawing by Bertram Galbraith. — The above plan represents 
 the building as it stood up to the year 1772, when it was remodeled by 
 Col. Hugh Pedan, Peter Acker and Henry Cassel, trustees. Then a door- 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 1 9 
 
 way was cut at each end of the main aisle ; the windows were enlarged," 
 — Columbia, April 28th, 1877. 
 
 "The foregoing plan of the interior remained intact until the year 185 1. 
 In the year 1772 a slight change was made in the building by cutting a 
 doorway in the end walls which gave an entrance to the large aisle ; the 
 old window frames, which had arched tops and sash with small panes of 
 glass, were taken out and the frames and sash now in the walls were 
 substituted." — Columbia, Pa., August 2d, 1892. 
 
 The above two statements are copies from a printed and framed 
 description hung up in the Church at Donegal. The following is from 
 Notes and Qiirries by Dr. Egle, of Harrisburg (No. 4 series, vol. I., page 
 229 reprint), written by the same person as the above two extracts: 
 ' ' The foregoing plan of Donegal Church shows the arrangement of the 
 pulpit, pews, aisles and entrance doorway on the east side of the building 
 facing the graveyard from the time of its erection in 1730 to 1774, when 
 Captain Zachariah Moore and Hugh Pedan remodeled the building by 
 cutting a doorway in the south and west end, putting in square-head 
 window frames in place of the old circular-head ones, and new sashes 
 with large panes. ' ' These extracts were written by the same person, and 
 that neither of these three statements of the same remodeling of the 
 Church, differing in dates, the persons who did the work and character of 
 the work, can be correct is proven by the following item taken from a 
 bill in the original minutes of the trustees, the account of which is given 
 on page 16 of this work : Zachariah Moore's account, Nov. 19th, 1800 : — 
 "To cash paid John Smith for breaking a door in the meeting-house, 
 15 shillings." In the extracts above quoted it is said "a doorway was 
 cut in the end walls in 1772 ;" again "a door was cut at each end of the 
 aisle in 1772 by Hugh Pedan, Peter Acker and Henry Cassel," and two 
 years afterwards (1774) " Hugh Pedan and Zachariah Moore cut a door- 
 way in the south and west end." It is recorded in the minutes of the 
 trustees above quoted that Zachariah Moore had a doorway broken in the 
 meeting-house in 1800, just twenty-eight years after the events recorded in 
 the foregoing extracts. In two of the above statements it is said that "The 
 windows with circular-arched top frames were taken out and square ones 
 put in their places, in 1772 and 1774." This was not done until 1851 when 
 Dr. Nathaniel Watson, John M. Hoover and James A. Patterson re- 
 modeled the Church. Mr. James A. Patterson testifies to the fact of the 
 arched window frames being taken out and square ones put in their places 
 in 1851. My own recollection of the arched window frames is distinct, as 
 well as other persons who are still living. We will leave the reader judge 
 as to the correctness of these statements. The object in adding this 
 somewhat lengthy note is to demonstrate the fact that the time of building 
 and remodeling the Church is not known, and that many things which 
 have been written and published concerning Donegal Church are incorrect 
 and unreliable. 
 
20 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN; CHURCH. 
 
 The marble tablet on the side of the pulpit was placed there 
 (without the knowledge and consent of one of the trustees, Mr. 
 James A. Patterson), in 1851, when the Church was remodeled, 
 and is not correct. The year 1722, in which the Church is 
 alleged as having been founded, is not known, and Arthur Pat- 
 terson, who is credited with it, was not in this country at that 
 time ; he emigrated in 1724. The date (1772) of the remodel- 
 ing is not definitely known. The tablet should be removed or 
 corrected as it is unjust and misleading. 
 
 The cut stones were placed at the head of the spring in 
 1875 by the trustees, Messrs. James B. Clarke, John W. Red- 
 seeker and Henry H. Wiley, The south side of the graveyard 
 wall was rebuilt in 1892 by the trustees, Messrs. Henry H. 
 Wiley, Noah Ebersole and Dr. J. L. Ziegler. 
 
 It might be considered remiss not to notice an institution 
 which these sturdy pioneers failed not to provide, second only 
 in importance, and which generally occupied a place by the side 
 of the Church, where the rising generation were taught the rudi- 
 ments of an education to fit them for the battle of life. My 
 early recollection of the school-house at Donegal dates back 
 about sixty-four years, though not as a pupil. The house was 
 an old log building situated a few yards south of the graveyard 
 wall, A Mr. Guy taught there at the time, Mr. John Beschler 
 was his successor. The writer taught there in 1839-40 and was 
 succeeded by Mr. Henry S. Hoover in the old school-house and 
 four years after its removal to the Church ground. Mr. Marple 
 and others taught there until its removal to the present situation. 
 
 Explanation of the Draught of the Donegal Glebe. 
 
 A, B, C, D, represent the Glebe drawn from the original 
 patent, dated 1740. This contained 240 acres and has been 
 divided into several tracts. The Long farm (now Cameron's) 
 was originally a part. The Mumma farm, with the Miller and 
 Ebersole homes, belonged to it. In 1851 a part was sold to Dr. 
 N. Watson (now Cameron's). The numbers i, 2, 3, 4, repre- 
 sent the ground at present belonging to the- congregation. C, H, 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 21 
 
 represent the location of the Church building. X, represents 
 the location of the sexton's house. G, R, the graveyard. 
 S, represents the spring, the stream from which constituted a 
 part of the original boundary hne. The dotted lines represent the 
 roads as at present located. S, T, represent the location of 
 the Mansion house of the Stephenson farm (now Cameron's). 
 This property was patented by James Stephenson. It was 
 deeded to his grandson, David Watson, in 1780. David Wat- 
 son and wife deeded it to their son, Dr. John Watson, whose 
 son. Dr. Nathaniel Watson, sold it to the Hon. Simon Cameron 
 in 1872. 
 
 The Pastors of Donegal Church. 
 
 For the purpose of a better apprehension of the first pastor- 
 ate of Donegal Church and the relation which it sustained to the 
 first Presbytery of the Church in America, it may be well to 
 invite attention to a brief outline of that organization. ' ' The 
 first leaf of the records of the first Presbytery being lost, the 
 book opens with the brethren in session at Freehold on a 
 Thursday, engaged in examining Boyd for ordination. They 
 held 'Sederunt 2d' on Friday ; sustained his trial on the Ford's 
 Day, Dec. 27th, 1706 ; his ordination was performed at the 
 meeting-house in this place before a numerous assembly." — 
 (Webster's History of the Presbyterian Church in America.^ 
 ' ' The original members, as far as can be ascertained from the 
 minutes, were Francis Makamie, Jedediah Andrews, George 
 McNish, John Hampton, John Wilson, Nathaniel Taylor and 
 Samuel Davis. To these may be added John Boyd, who became 
 a member by ordination in 1706." — (Charles Hodges' s History 
 of the Presbyterian Chutch, page 94.) The second meeting was 
 held in Philadelphia. We will pass over the subsequent meet- 
 ings, except to say that aid was solicited fi-om Europe, and that 
 with the cheerful concurrence of the brethren some of them at 
 various times made application to different places. "In 17 10 
 Wilson and Anderson wrote to the Synod of Glasgow." — (Web- 
 ster's History, page 94.) It may be observed that the name of 
 Anderson is mentioned the first time in the history. The 
 
22 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 intercourse of the brethren during nine years was harmonious 
 and happy. Quiet, steady growth in numbers marked each 
 successive meeting. 
 
 " The Presbytery of Philadelphia met in that city on Tues- 
 day, September i8th, 1716. On Friday, the 21st, they resolved 
 to divide themselves into subordinate meetings, or Presbyteries, 
 which consisted of : first, the Presbytery of Philadelphia ; second, 
 the Presbytery of Newcastle ; third, Snowhill, and fourth. Long 
 Island. The following were the members of Newcastle, viz. : 
 Messrs. Anderson, McGill, Gillespie, Witherspoon, Evans and 
 Conn." — (Webster's History.^ 
 
 The name of Anderson again appears. The ministers who 
 served as pastors of Donegal will be noticed in the order of their 
 ministration. 
 
 The first pastor of Donegal, "The Rev. James Anderson 
 was born in Scotland, November 17th, 1678 ; he was ordained 
 by Irvine Presbytery, November 17th, 1708 ; he arrived in this 
 country April 22d, 1709 ; he settled in Newcastle ; he was 
 called to supply a church in the city of New York, where he 
 remained until 1726 ; he was called, September 24th, to Donegal 
 on the Susquehanna and accepted it ; he was installed the last 
 Wednesday in August, 1727." — (Webster's History.) 
 
 "The Donegal Presbytery was organized and held its first 
 meeting at Donegal, Oct. nth, 1732, and consisted of Messrs. 
 Anderson, Boyd, Orr, Thompson of Chestnut Level, and he 
 proposed to Donegal Presbytery to employ an itinerant in Vir- 
 ginia. In April, 1738, Anderson was sent to Virginia, bearing 
 a letter to the government of Virginia soliciting its favor in be- 
 half of our interests. The Synod provided supplies for his pulpit 
 and allowed for his expenses in a manner suitable to his design. 
 Anderson performed his mission satisfactorily. He married 
 Mistress Suit Garland, daughter of Sylvester Garland, of the 
 head of Apoquinomy, February, 1712-13. She died December 
 24th, 1736. He married Rebecca Crawford, Dec. 27th, 1737." 
 — (Webster's History, page 332.) 
 
 Anderson died July i6th, 1740. (He^and his wife. Suit, are 
 buried at Donegal, grave No. 127.) " His son, Gai'land Ander- 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 23 
 
 son, was one of the witnesses of Andrew's will (Jedediah) in 
 1742. He married Jane, daughter of Peter Chevalier, of 
 Philadelphia ; he died early. His daughter, Elizabeth, married 
 Samuel Breeze and resided in New York ; a woman of great 
 excellence. ' ' — (Webster' s History. ) 
 
 The list of the Rev. James Anderson's children is from a 
 mutilated leaf of his family bible. In his will the names of 
 James, Susannah and Thomas alone occur, but he refers to all 
 his children. He left a large estate, including the present site of 
 Marietta, the ferry called "Anderson's Ferry " and land on the 
 opposite side of the river. 
 
 The will of the Rev. James Anderson (a true copy). — " The 
 last will and testament of James Anderson of Donegal in Lan- 
 caster County. Imprimis. I give and bequeath to my dearly 
 beloved wife, Rebecca Anderson, the half of this plantation 
 whereon I now live, including the house, barn, run to or about 
 the place where Bank's house and improvements was, with some 
 land at the riverside bottom, during her natural life ; also I give 
 and bequeath to her assigns forever the third part of my 
 moveable estate and ye use and services of the negro wench 
 Dinah while she and Dinah lives. In the next place, I give and 
 bequeath to my son James the other half of this plantation to 
 him, his heirs and assigns forever, to the possession of which 
 he is to enter when at age or marries, and that piece of land 
 over the river opposite to the place I also give to him and his 
 heirs forever. I have payd and have a warrant in lien under 
 the hand of Receiver General and paid for the patent to Mr. 
 Peter's to him and his heirs and assigns forever. I also give 
 and bequeath to him the negro man Pline to him and his heirs 
 and assigns forever ; this in the meantime my will is that he pay 
 one-half of the mortgage and quit rent yearly till all the mortgage 
 be payed. Item : I give to my daughter Susannah the negro 
 wench Bell to her and her heirs. Item : I give to my dearly 
 beloved wile Rebecca my son Thomas as her own son and child 
 to be brought up by her as her own in the way she shall see 
 cause. Tho' my desire is that if possible that he may be brought 
 up to learning and particularly to the ministry, and that half of 
 
24 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 the plantation that I have left to my wife during her natural life 
 fall in after her descease to him and his heirs and assigns forever. 
 The remains of my estate, if there be any, my will is that it be 
 equally divided between all my children. ^ Item : My will that 
 if any of my children die without heirs y' that is hereby left to 
 them shall be equally divided between all the rest. Itevi : I 
 leave my said dearly beloved wife sole and only executrix of this 
 my last will. Item : I give to my niece Susannah Bradford 
 those bills and bonds which belonged to my former fatherinlaw, 
 now in the hands of Mr. Sherer of Newcastle. 
 
 " J A. Anderson. 
 
 "This 14th day of July, 1740, witness William Allison, Robert 
 Allison." 
 
 "Be it remembered, that on the 22d of July, Anno Dom: 
 1740, the last will and testament of James Anderson, Dec'd, «as 
 proven in due form of law and administration with the Testament 
 of the Said Dec'd annexed was granted unto Rebecca Anderson 
 and Garland Anderson (the executrix having renounced) they 
 having first given Bond well and truly to administer the Said 
 Deceased's Estate and bring an inventory thereof unto the regis- 
 ter's olifice in Lancaster County on or before the 24th day of 
 August next and also to render an account of Said Administra- 
 tion on or before the 24th day of July, 1741. 
 
 " Gi\en under the Seal of Said OiSce 
 
 " Sa. Blunstan Dep. Regter. " 
 
 All his children were his first wife's. His son Garland be- 
 comes one of his administrators, although riot mentioned in his 
 will as a legatee. 
 
 The following abstract from the will of his son, James 
 Anderson (No. 2), and a quotation from a deed is inserted as 
 corroborative evidence to the chart of the family on pages 27 and 
 28 : Abstract of the will of James Anderson (No. 2) dated 
 1790 : "Wife Margaret, son James Anderson (No. 3), son in 
 law William Kelly, three grandchildren, Elizabeth, John and 
 Ruth Kelly, children of my daughter, Susannah ; grandson 
 James Anderson (No. 4), granddaughter Margaret Anderson, 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 25 
 
 grandson Joseph Tate Anderson, granddaughter Ruth Ander- 
 son, grandson Thomas Anderson and grandson William Ander- 
 son. Executors, my wife, son James and Richard Keys." 
 
 Quotation from deed between Thomas and James Anderson : 
 "This indenture Sept. 2d, T758, between Thomas Anderson 
 (No. 5), of Donegal Township yeoman, and Mary, his wife, of 
 the one part, and James Anderson (No. 2) yeoman of the other 
 part, whereas James Anderson (No. i), deceased, father of the 
 above named Thomas and James Anderson, by last will, duly 
 executed and proved among other things, did devise and be- 
 queath unto his wife Rebecca one-half part of his plantation, 
 whereon at the time of executing the said will he lived, during 
 her natural life, and after her decease to his son Thomas, party 
 to these presents, and the other half part to: his son James Ander- 
 son, party to these presents, etc," 
 
 Quotation from deed between James Anderson (No. 2) and 
 wife to James Anderson (No. 3): 
 
 "This indenture, made the 22d day of July, 1772, between 
 James Anderson and Ruth, his wife, of the Township of Done- 
 gal, yeoman of the one part, and James Anderson, the younger, 
 son of the said James Anderson, of the same township, yeoman 
 of the other part, witnesseth that the James Anderson and Ruth, 
 his wife, for and in consideration of natural love and affection 
 which they have and bear for and towards the said James Ander- 
 son, the younger, their son, and for his better preferment and 
 advancement in the world and in consideration of the sum of five 
 shilling lawful money of Pennsylvania to them in hand, paid by 
 the said James Anderson, the younger. It being a part and 
 parcel of a certain tract of land, containing 305* acres, which the 
 Hon. Proprietors did grant a patent, bearing date 1736, to 
 James Anderson, father of the said James Anderson, the grantor, 
 who by his last will and testament, dated the 14th of July, 
 1740, etc." 
 
 *This tract covered a part of the present site of Marietta, which the 
 Rev. James Anderson bequeathed to his wife and his son, James Anderson 
 (No. 2). The ferry from the Lancaster County to the York County side 
 
26 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN. CHURCH. 
 
 of the river was established by the Andersons arid was known as Ander- 
 son's Ferry for a number of years, and was afterwards known as Keesey's 
 Ferry. This is continued at the present time by steamboat between 
 Marietta and Accomac. 
 
 The list of the Rev. James Anderson's children is from a 
 mutilated leaf of his family bible. 
 
 His son James Anderson (No. 2) lived on his patrimonial 
 estate. He was a member of the Assembly in 1776 and 1778-80. 
 His first wife was the daughter of Thomas and Mary Bayley. 
 His second wife was Margaret Tate. He died June ist, 1790 ; 
 buried at Donegal (grave No. 128). 
 
 James Anderson (No 3) served in the Revolution. He was 
 twice married. His first wife was the daughter of the Rev. 
 Joseph Tate. His second wife was Margaret Chambers, of 
 Cumberland Co. , Pa. He died Dec. 13, 1799. 
 
 James Anderson (No. 4) was twice married ; first, to Mary 
 Bayley, daughter of John Bayley ; second, to Mary McQueen. 
 His daughter by the first wife, Mary Bayley Anderson, married 
 David B. Prince, who was principal of York Academy from 
 1819-66. Their children were David Oaks, James Anderson 
 and Mary Elizabeth (surnamed Prince). James Anderson 
 (No. 4) died June 7th, 1815. He was buried at York, Pa. 
 His son, Joseph Tate Anderson, was a druggist in Marietta, Pa., 
 with whom the writer was well acquainted. He was a member 
 of the Society of the Cincinnati. He was. twice married : first, 
 to Jane McMurdie, daughter of the Rev.. Robert McMordie, a 
 chaplain in the Revolutionary army ; second, to Cornelia S. 
 Rock, of T.ititz, Pa. He died March 28th, 1857. 
 
 The writer deems it more appropriate to introduce the gene- 
 alogical charts of the Rev. James Anderson and his descendants 
 in this section of the work, rather than the part assigned to the 
 families of the Church. His descendants are very numerous, so 
 that it is impossible to trace all the various branches, who are 
 widely dispersed. None of them are in the vicinity of Donegal. 
 
 A great-great-great-grandson, Mr. James McMordie Ander- 
 son, and son of Joseph Tate Anderson, resides in Chicago, to 
 whom the writer is greatly indebted for valuable information. 
 
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 Descendants of Ann Anderson, daughter of the Rev. James Anderson. 
 
 ■Genr^e 
 Stewart j 
 married 1 
 Jean 
 
 John Stewart 
 married Ann 
 Anderson, 
 daughter of 
 the Rev.Jas 
 Anderson, 
 the first Pas- 
 tor of Done- 
 gal Church. 
 
 Jean Stewart 
 Suit Stewart 
 Geo. Stewart 
 married Mar-- 
 garet Harris, 
 daughter of 
 Thos. Harris 
 
 James Stewart 
 
 Elizabeth 
 
 Stewart 
 
 Frances Stew- 
 art 
 
 Mary Stewart 
 married Jas, 
 Patterson 
 
 John Stewart 
 married Mar- 
 garet Harris, 
 daughter of 
 Jno. Harris 
 
 Ann Stewart 
 married 
 Col. David 
 McNair 
 
 Thomas H. 
 Stewart 
 married Ann 
 Gemmill 
 
 Robt. Stewart 
 married ■{ 
 
 I Mary Wilson 
 
 George Stewart, died 
 
 Jane Stewart, died 
 
 John Stewart, died 
 
 James Stewart. M.D. 
 
 married 
 
 ist, Jane Fuller, 
 
 2d, Miller 
 
 Margaret Stewart r 
 
 married -j 
 
 Joseph Mathers *■ 
 Mary Stewart, died 
 
 Ann Bryjion Stewart 
 
 married Joseph 
 
 Kelly,. M. D. 
 George McNair 
 Maria McNair 
 Margaret l^IcNair 
 Dunning McNair 
 David McNair 
 \Vilkins McNair 
 Eliza G. Stewart 
 
 married Rev. Jas. 
 
 Thompson 
 
 Margaret Stewart 
 
 John Stewart 
 Robert Stewart 
 Mary M Stewart 
 Seth F. Stewart 
 Rev. James H. Stewart 
 George R. Stewart 
 2d wife's son : 
 Reuben Stewart 
 
 Samuel Mathers 
 
 Margaret H. Kelly, died 
 Rebecca Jane Kelly 
 
 married George M. 
 
 Graham, M. D. 
 John Harris Kelly, died 
 Rev.JosephClarkKellyi 
 
 John Gem-mill Stew- , 
 art married Eliza- ] 
 beth Steinman 
 
 Zach, G- Stewart, 
 M D,; married 
 Jane Laird 
 
 George H.Stewart 
 married* Emeline - 
 Chappelle 
 
 Thomas :H. Stewart 
 married Elizabeth 
 Osborne 
 
 Robert Stewart 
 
 married 
 
 Lucy Lowne 
 
 Wm. B. Stewart 
 married 
 
 Mary l.aird 
 Anna Maria Stewart 
 
 married, ist, John 
 
 H.WooIvcrton; ad, 
 
 Wm. Kinsloe 
 
 Mary Linn Stewart 
 married * Rev, G- 
 W. Shaiffer 
 
 George H. Stewart 
 Mary Ann Stewart 
 Wilson Stewart 
 Jane Stewart 
 Margaret Stewart 
 
 married- Thomas 
 
 Smith . 
 Robert Stewart 
 Thomns .Stewart 
 
 Ann Thompson 
 
 married ist, John J. 
 Bucher, M. D.; 2d, Ja- 
 cob Gemmib.M. D. 
 Jane Thompson, died 
 William Thompson 
 John Stewart 
 T. Calvin Stewart, D. D. 
 Satiah (Suit) Stewart 
 
 married E. P, Walker 
 Jacob btewart. attorney 
 Robert Stewart, M. D. 
 Sarah Stewart 
 Wm, T. Stewart 
 Robert L. Stewart, D. D. 
 Eliza Stewart 
 Thomas Stewart, M. D. 
 Frank L. Stewart 
 
 married Margaret H. 
 Stewart 
 Charlotte A. Stewart 
 Eliza T, Stewart 
 George H Stewart 
 Mary Emeline Stewart 
 2. Chappelle Stewart 
 Margaret H. Stewart 
 Thomas H. Stewart 
 Margaret H. Stewart 
 married Francis Laird 
 Stewart 
 Mary S. Stewart 
 
 married Wm. Brewster 
 Thomas Francis Stewart 
 Wm, Brown Stewart 
 Lucy Morton Stewart 
 Wm. T. Stewart 
 Mary Jane Stewart 
 Ann Eliza Stewart 
 
 Anna M. Woolverton 
 Wm. H. Woolverton 
 
 married Edith Beaver 
 Emma Shaiffer 
 Anna Shaiffer 
 Satiah (Suit) Shaiffer 
 Laura A Shaiffer 
 
 Wilson Smith 
 Ann Eliza Smith 
 
 married Rev. J. H. 
 
 Pressley 
 William Smith 
 Robert Smith 
 Mary Jane Smith 
 
 1 To the Rev. Joseph Clark Kelly the writer is indebted Tor the information relating to the 
 descendants of Ann Anderson, daughter of Rev. James Anderson. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 29 
 
 After the death of Anderson, the following extracts from 
 the minutes of Donegal Presbytery relate to Donegal Church : 
 " Presbytery met at the Forks of Brandywine in September, 
 
 1740. Mr. Lyon was ordered to supply Donegal the first and 
 third Sabbath of this month. At the meeting in November, Mr. 
 McDowell and Mr. Cavcn were to supply the pulpit. April 8th, 
 
 1741, there was a call from Donegal to^ Mr. Lyon, and Mr. 
 Sankey was appointed to moderate the call. Mr. Lyon and Mc- 
 Dowell to supply Donegal. Forks of Brandywine, July, 1741. — 
 A supplication from Donegal requesting Mr. Lyon to answer 
 their call. Mr. Lyon accepts the call. Chestnut Level, Oct. 
 8th, 1741. — Mr. Lyon says there was some disturbance at Done- 
 gal on his account. His case was deferred until our next. At 
 the meeting of Presbytery at Donegal, Mr. Lyon returned the 
 call to Presbytery." He subsequently relinquished his connec- 
 tion with the Presbytery. " Mr. Bell ordered to supply Done- 
 gal the third Sabbath of each month. Mr. Black at Donegal the 
 fifth Sabbath of January, 1742. Paxton, April 7th, 1742. — 
 Pursuant to a supplication from Donegal, Mr. Black is appointed 
 to preach there and to moderate in forming a call to Mr. Bell on 
 the last Tuesday of this month. Chestnut Level, June 15th, 
 1742. — Mr, Bell accepts a call to Donegal. Mr. Bell ordained 
 at Donegal, November nth, 1742, Mr. Bell's conduct inves- 
 tigated at Donegal, 1744. He was deposed by Presbytery, 
 March 8th, 1744. He appealed to Synod." 
 
 Whether this case was ever acted upon by Synod is not 
 stated in the minutes of "Presbytery: Messrs. Caven, Sankey 
 and Black were appointed to supply Donegal." "Hanover, 
 June I2th, 1745. — Mr. Gillespie to supply Donegal." Minutes 
 of Presbytery were lost to June i6th, 1747. A call for Mr. 
 Tate in the hands of Presbytery from Donegal : 
 
 " Donegal, November 22d, 1748. — Arthur Patterson, in the 
 name of the congregation, promised a' gift to Mr. Tate of 
 seventy pounds over and above the quota of seventy pounds 
 per annum to be paid within a year after he purchases a planta- 
 tion. Mr. Tate passed trials on the usual parts of learning to 
 the satisfaction of Presbytery. Adjourned until nine o'clock 
 
30 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 tomorrow, November 23d, 1748. The: Session of Donegal 
 promised in the name of the congregation that they would in 
 due time take regular subscriptions and give them to Mr. Tate. 
 The edict being served at the door of the meeting-house and no 
 objections made the Presbytery proceeded to the work of ordi- 
 nation." — (^Records of Donegal Presbytery.^ 
 
 "On the fourteenth of June he was called to Donegal, and 
 soon after the Rev. Andrew Bay of the New Side Presbytery of 
 Newcastle accused him of having preached false doctrine at 
 three springs (Big, Middle and Rockey). He was acquitted 
 October 25th and accepted the call from Donegal, they giving 
 seventy pounds to buy a plantation and seventy pounds salary. 
 He was ordained November 28th, 1748. . . . Immediately after 
 his installation he was married, December 15th, 1748, to Mar- 
 garet, the eldest daughter of Boyd of Octorara. Her father 
 gave her besides a silk gown, a bed and its furniture, a horse 
 and saddle, and nearly every article for housekeeping, all of 
 which he carefully entered in his book. . . . He died October 
 nth, 1774, age sixty-three years." — (Webster's //"M/ory. ) He 
 and his wife are buried at Donegal (grave No. 126). 
 
 The long period of eight years after the death of Anderson 
 before a suitable minister was installed at Donegal may be 
 accounted for by the distracted state of the Church throughout 
 the country occasioned by the Schism of 1741, known as the 
 Old Side and New Side. 
 
 The following extract from the Assembly's Digest (page 595) 
 illustrates the cause of its origin and may throw some light on 
 the difficulties at Donegal : " Some years ago our Synod found 
 the interests of Christ's kingdom likely to suffer in these parts 
 for want of a college for the education of young men. . . . Mr. 
 William Tennent set up a school among us, where some were 
 educated and afterwards admitted into the ministry without 
 sufficient qualifications, as judged by many of the Synod. And 
 what made the matter look worse, those that were educated in 
 this private way decried the usefulness of some parts of learning 
 that we thought very necessary. It was, therefore, agreed to 
 try to erect a college and apply to our friends in Britain, Ireland 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 3I 
 
 and New England to assist us. . . . Mr. Gilbert Tennent cried 
 out that this was to prevent his father's school for training 
 gracious men for the ministry . . he and some of his adherents 
 protested against it," 
 
 Other questions arose during the controversy which added 
 to its asperity and finally caused a separation into two Synods, 
 viz. : New York and Philadelphia. The Synod of Philadelphia, 
 in a letter to the President and fellows of Yale College (from 
 which the above quotation is taken), lucidly explains the whole 
 controversy and shows the difficulty of supplying vacancies in 
 the churches under their care. About the time Mr. Tate was 
 called to Donegal there was a lull in the storm ; overtures for 
 peace were being prepared, which, after much debate and con- 
 ference by committees from both bodies, a union was consummated 
 and peace restored. ' 'AH former differences and disputes were 
 laid aside and buried " in 1758. 
 
 Although Donegal Presbytery had adhered to the Old Side, 
 there was controversy and difference among pastors and people, 
 but, peace being declared, affairs progressed apparently without 
 friction until 1762, when the old leaven began to manife.st itself, 
 which subsequently resulted in what was called the Donegal 
 Schism. This was apparently of short duration, as matters were 
 adjusted in 1768. The Rev. Joseph Tate took a conspicuous 
 part in the last named controversy. — (Vide: Baird's Digest, page 
 610.) It is to be regretted that the loss of the Records of the 
 Session of Donegal Church renders his long pastorate of twenty- 
 six years a scaled book. Until 1786, when a charter was obtained, 
 there are no authentic records of the Church. Three years after 
 the death of the Rev. Joseph Tate the Rev. Colin McFarquhar 
 was installed, in 1777. He was a man of profound learning and 
 was held in high estimation by the people, as is indicated by a 
 pastorate of thirty years and by the very prominent part assigned 
 him in the affairs of the Church aside from his ministerial duties. 
 He was one of the charter members, and served as President of 
 the Board of Trustees for many years.* 
 
 * The imputation of his disloyalty to the cause of our Revolutionary 
 struggle is unjust to his memory. In a paper read before the Scotch-Irish 
 
32 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Congress at Harrisburg, 1896 (Vide : TransacHons of the Scotch-Irish 
 Covgress, vol. viii, page 215), it is said "He (Mr. McFarquhar) did not 
 fully sympathize with his congregation in their hostility to Great Britain. 
 He must have been greatly astonished on the i6th day of June, 1777, when 
 he was holding services, an express arrived from Philadelphia to Col. 
 Alexander Lowry calling upon him to muster his battalion and march to 
 the Delaware. . . . The congregation adjourned without waiting for the 
 benediction and formed a ring around the old oak tree in front of the 
 Church and, placing Mr. McFarquhar within the circle, made him take off 
 his hat and shout for the patriot cause ; joining hands, they pledged their 
 faith to each other in their determination to fight the British to a finish." 
 If the author of the above quotation can give the precise date and the 
 minute particulars of an event which occurred one hundred and twenty- 
 four years ago, he must ha\'e some authentic document, reference to 
 which he should have made in order to substantiate his assertion ; while 
 these good old Presbyterians were intensely patriotic, they had an equally 
 intense respect for the services of God's house. It seems incredible that 
 they would have rushed from the Church with one accord, regardless of 
 the benediction, and rudely assailed their pastor, compelling him to take 
 off his hat and shout for the success of the patriot cause. To inflict such 
 an indignity upon him, especially in view of his recent installation- (as 
 that must have taken place less than six months previously), seems in- 
 compatible with the high estimation in which the pastors were held and 
 the respect accorded them in those days. Mr. McFarquhar was a Scotch- 
 man, a minister of the Gospel, trained in Scotland, educated in the school 
 of a "Knox," coming to America at a time when, in the estimation of 
 an Englishman, a Presbyterian and a rebel were synonymous terms. It is 
 not to be supposed that Mr. McFarquhar's sympathies were very strong 
 for Great Britain. It would be a strain of one's credulity to suppose that 
 the congregation of Donegal would have suffered him to remain as their 
 pastor and subsequently entrusted him with the many responsible duties 
 during a pastorate of thirty years. The incident concerning the " Witness 
 Tree " has been alluded to before, as tradition, and that there are different 
 versions as to the facts, but this last "caps the climax" and, unless 
 authentic documentary evidence of its truth can be produced, it cannot 
 be regarded otherwise than very extraordinary embellishment of un- 
 reliable tradition. 
 
 A short time after the death of his wife (August 6th, 1805, 
 buried at Donegal, grave No. 169), he tendered his resignation. 
 In an N. B. to a receipt, dated May 7th, 1806, he says ; '' My 
 pastoral labors in the church at Donegal terminate at the above 
 date and therefore the above is a receipt in full for all my pastoral 
 services in said church. "Colin McFarquhar." 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 33 
 
 After his resignation we have no evidence of his resuming 
 the pastorate anywhere. He had a daughter residing at Hagers- 
 town, Maryland, where he spent the last days of his life, and is 
 buried there, in the Presbyterian burying-ground. 
 
 To the kindness of Albert Small, Esq., of Hagerstown, I 
 am indebted for the following inscription on his tombstone : 
 
 Here lies the remains of 
 
 Rev: Colin McFarquhar 
 
 A native of Scotland 
 
 30 years Pastor of the Presbyterian Church 
 
 of Donegal, Lancaster Co. , Pa. 
 
 who died 27th Aug: 1822, full of years 
 
 having reached the age of 93. 
 
 Also his daughter Mrs Mary Cooke who died 
 
 Aug: 22d, 1820, aged 64 years 
 
 also David Cooke Esq. 
 
 her husband who died June 12th, 1821 
 
 also Their Daughter 
 
 Mrs Eliza C. Boggs 
 
 who died Dec. 4th, 18 17. 
 
 Rev. Colin McFarquhar, during twenty years of his pastorate 
 at Donegal, owned and occupied the farm in Mount Joy Town- 
 ship, about two miles northwest from the Borough of Mount 
 Joy, at present owned and occupied by Mr. Samuel Sherer. 
 He purchased one hundred acres from James Cunningham, 
 January 31st, 1787, and sold the same to John Greider, May ist, 
 1809. The original deed is at present in Mr. Sherer' s posses- 
 sion. He evidently lived on the place some time before he 
 purchased it, as his first receipt for salary (Trustees' Records') is 
 dated Mount Joy, January i8th, 1787, and his subsequent receipts 
 are dated Mount Joy — that is. Mount Joy Township ; the town 
 of Mount Joy was not in existence at that time. 
 
 One year after the resignation of the Rev. Colin McFarquhar 
 the "Rev. William Kerr was ordained and installed May ist, 
 1807, at a salary of $400.00 yearly until May ist, 1814, at 
 $600.00 per annum" (Trustees' Records')^ which was continued 
 
34 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN: CHURCH. 
 
 until his death, which occurred September 22d, 1821. Mr. Kerr 
 was much beloved by his parishioners and the people of the 
 neighborhood. There are still some living who remember Mr. 
 Kerr. His son, James \V. Kerr, M. D., a much esteemed and 
 eminent physician, a member of the York County Medical 
 Society, died at York, Pa., June loth, 1889. 
 
 One of the Rev. Kerr's daughters was the wife of a dis- 
 tinguished lawyer of Harrisburg, Pa., Air. Herman Aldricks. 
 Another daughter, Martha, married Dr. Orth, of Harrisburg. 
 She is still living. Her son. Dr. H. L. Orth, is the present 
 superintendent of the Pennsylvania State Lunatic Asylum. 
 
 Mr. Kerr owned the farm situated on the road leading from 
 Maytown to Elizaliethtown, a few hundred >-ards north of the 
 crossing of the Donegal and Rainbridge roads. It is part of a 
 tract of land patented by James Fulton, May ist, 1767 The 
 E.xecutors of Samuel Cooke, deceased, deeded the farm to the 
 Rev. William Kerr, September 28th, 1810. The deed is in the 
 possession of Mr. M. K. Brubaker, of Mount Joy Borough, the 
 present owner. The writer has no evidence that the Rev. Kerr 
 lived on his farm at any time. He resided in Marietta at the 
 time of his death. He and two of his sons are buried at 
 Donegal (graves Nos. 146, 147, 148). 
 
 After an interval of one year the Rev. Orson Douglas was 
 unanimously elected pastor, December 2d, 1S22, and installed 
 the following Spring. He ser\ ed the congregation fourteen years. 
 He resigned in 1836 and remo\'ed to Philadelphia. At the close 
 of Mr. Douglas's pastorate the records of the Session were lost. 
 
 The Rev. Thomas Marshall B< iggs was called to Donegal 
 in 1836. He \xas installed April 27th, 1837. He resided at 
 Mr. John Clark's place (now Hon. J. Don'ald Cameron's). He 
 removed to Marietta and subsequently to Mount Jo\', where he 
 died November loth, 1850. Mr. Boggs preached at Donegal, 
 Marietta and Mount Joy. He was much beloved by his 
 parishioners and greatly esteemed by the community as a sincere 
 Christian in all his walk and coiuorsation. He married Miss 
 Amelia Jane Cunningham, of Chester Count)-, and had two sons 
 and one daughter. His daughter became the wife of Re\-. John 
 
THE DONEGAL PK.ESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 35 
 
 Edgar, President of Wilson College, at Chambersburg, Pa. 
 Shortly before his death, the Rev. James L. Rodgers assisted 
 Mr. Boggs in his ministrations with the view of becoming co- 
 pastor, as the duties of Mr. Boggs were too laborious. At the 
 time (1837) he assumed the labors of the pastorate of Donegal, 
 the separation of the Church into the Old and New School was 
 being accomplished. Many of the churches throughout the 
 country were more or less agitated by the New School Schism, 
 especially that portion of the Donegal congregation residing at 
 Mount Joy (about three miles east of Donegal). Marietta 
 (about three miles south of Donegal) was at that time a distinct 
 church organization under the pastoral care of Mr, Boggs, in 
 connection with Donegal. Mount Joy had no organization, but 
 had a building in contemplation, and had purchased a lot for 
 that purpose, which the distraction consequent to the separation 
 of the General Assembly into two bodies frustrated. 
 
 The Old School party of Mount Joy purchased an interest 
 in the Lutheran Church of Mount Joy, thus securing a place of 
 worship alternately with the Lutherans. The New School party 
 proceeded to erect a place of worship, which they accomplished 
 in 1840. At this time the Rev. N. Dodge's Cedar Hill Seminary 
 for Young Ladies, and Mr. John H. Brown's Mount Joy Institute 
 for Boys were in a flourishing condition, and both principals 
 associated themselves with the New School party. 
 
 Mr. Boggs continued his pastoral services at Donegal, 
 Marietta and Mount Joy until his, death.: He and his wife are 
 buried at Donegal (graves Nos. 122 and 123). The Rev. James 
 L. Rodgers, who had been supplying the pulpits since the death 
 of Mr. Boggs, "was ordained and installed pastor of Donegal 
 congregation by the Presbytery of Donegal, Thursday, the 21st 
 of August, 1 85 1." The Marietta congregation about this time 
 became self-sustaining and with the consent of Presbytery called 
 a pastor, thus severing its connection from the Mother Church. 
 During the first year of the pastorate of Mr. Rodgers proposals 
 for union between the Mount Joy members of Donegal and the 
 New School congregation of Mount Joy were made and mutually 
 agreed to ; whereupon the Mount Joy members sold their interest 
 
36 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN' CHURCH. 
 
 in the Lutheran Church to that congregation and appropriated 
 the funds obtained to the liquidation of the debt remaining on 
 the New School Church of Mount Joy. 
 
 In 1852 the New School (with the consent of their Pres- 
 bytery) organization united with the Donegal members residing 
 in Mount Joy and vicinity (forming wjiat has since been known 
 as the First Presbyterian Church of Mount Joy) under the 
 pastorate of Mr. Rodgers, who continued his ministrations to 
 the congregations of Mount Joy and Donegal every alternate 
 Sabbath morning until his resignation in September, 1856. Mr. 
 Rodgers' s resignation was very much regretted. He was a 
 successful preacher and very cheerful and lo\ able Christian 
 gentleman. He removed to Springfield, Ohio, where he died 
 January 25th, 1895. 
 
 After the resignation of Mr. Rodgers, the congregation of 
 Donegal would not consent to the previous arrangement of every 
 alternate Sabbath morning services, but insisted on ha\ing every 
 Sabbath morning. To this the Mount Joy people could not 
 agree as they had the largest congregation and good prospects 
 for a self-sustaining church, to maintain which at the time would 
 be a very heavy burden without the aid of Donegal fund (the 
 invested fund of Donegal at the time was about $8,000.00) of 
 which they deemed themselves entitled to a share as the offspring 
 of Donegal, and as they (the Mount Joy people) constituted 
 one-third of the membership. The result was that Donegal 
 calletl the Rev. John J. Lane, who was installed May 14th, 1859. 
 He served the congregation until 1868, when he resigned. He 
 died in 1893. The Mount Joy congregation called the Rev. 
 James Smith, who, on account of declining health, resigned in 
 1868. Both congregations now being vacant, the former difficulty 
 was amicably adjusted ; the Rev. John Edgar was installed May 
 1 2th, 1869, who ser^'ed both congregations until 1870, when 
 he resigned to accept a call to New Bloomfield, Pa. , where he 
 preached until chosen President of Wilson College, where he 
 died June 5th, 1894. 
 
 The Rev. William B. Brown served both congregations from 
 September, 1872, until April, 1880, as stated supply, when his 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 37 
 
 services were discontinued. At the special request of Mr. Brown 
 he was not installed, as he had in view the restoration of Cedar 
 Hill Seminary, to which object he proposed to devote all his time. 
 His efforts not meeting with sufficient encouragement, it was 
 abandoned, whereupon the arrangement with the congregations 
 was continued until 1880, as above stated. Hediedjune 23d, 1892. 
 
 In 1 88 1, the Rev. Cyrus B. Whitcomb, a CongregationaUst 
 from Connecticut, preached a few Sabbaths as a candidate at 
 Donegal and Mount Joy. He was called by both congregations. 
 His installation was deferred until the meeting of Presbytery at 
 Columbia, the following Spring, when Mr. Whitcomb applied for 
 installation. A committee of Presbytery was appointed at 
 Columbia to install him on the following Sabbath after meeting ; 
 at Donegal in the afternoon and at Mount Joy in the evening, 
 June 13th, 1882. The Donegal people secured his dismissal at 
 an adjourned meeting of Presbytery held at Mount Joy a short 
 time after his installation. At the Fall meeting of Presbytery, 
 held at Union Church, the pastoral relation between him and 
 the Mount Joy Church was dissolved. 
 
 The installation of Mr. Whitcomb at Donegal deserves a 
 special notice, as it was unique, if not unprecedented, in the 
 annals of Presbyterianism. Mr. Whitcomb had preached the 
 greater part of a year, from the date of his call to the 13th of 
 June. In the meantime the Donegal people had unanimously 
 changed their opinion concerning Mr. Whitcomb' s fitness to 
 preach and his orthodoxy, and as Presbytery refused to re- 
 consider Mr. Whitcomb' s call or consent to a postponement of 
 his installation, the Donegal people all agreed upon a course 
 of action at the installation. The Elder, Mr. James A. Patter- 
 son, and one of the trustees, Dr. J. L. Ziegler, were delegated 
 to state the facts to the committee appointed by the Presbytery 
 to install Mr. Whitcomb (this committee was Rev. John 
 McElmoyle, Rev. John McCoy and Rev. James C. Hume) and 
 request a postponement of the installation, to which request they 
 refused to accede ; whereupon they were handed a paper (with 
 the request that it be read from the pulpit) the purport of which 
 was that no one should give their assent to the questions asked 
 
38 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 by the committee except those who are' eUgible according to 
 the charter of the Church and the confession of faith, and that the 
 members be permitted to rise in response instead of raising 
 the right hand, as is customary. The paper was read from the 
 pulpit, and after the preliminary services the Moderator, Mr. 
 McElmoyle, proceeded by asking Mr. Whitcomb the usual 
 questions, after which he turned to the congregation, who were 
 expected to answer in the affirmati\'e by rising. The first and 
 second questions were asked without anyone rising. The 
 Moderator asked: "Is there no assent to these questions?" 
 The congregation responded " No ! " He proceeded to ask the 
 remaining questions without receiving any assent from the con- 
 gregation, when, turning to Mr. Whitcomb, he said: "Not- 
 withstanding the extraordinary circumstances which have occurred 
 to-day, I declare you pastor of this Chuirch." After this the 
 congregation was dismissed. The subsequent conduct of some 
 of the members of Presbytery in their endeavors to force an 
 illegally installed and unacceptable minister upon an unwilling 
 people was, to say the least, unkind and ungenerous. 
 
 The Rev. Robert Gamble was appointed Moderator to 
 supply the now \'acant churches. Both congregations sub- 
 sequently united in giving him a call, which he accepted. He 
 was installed Octpber i ith, 1883. In 1886, Mr. Gamble requested 
 the congregations to unite with him in asking Presbytery to 
 dissolve the pastoral relations ; after hearing Mr. Gamble's 
 reasons they consented. His resignation is dated April 12th, 18S6. 
 
 The Rev. Edward A. Snook was installed April 5th, 1SS7, 
 Pastor of Donegal and Mount Joy. On February 23d, 1889, 
 he resigned to accept a call to Williamsport, Pa. 
 
 The Rev. David Conway was installed in Donegal and 
 Mount Joy, October 7th, 1890; after ser\-ihg both congregations 
 nearly nine years he died May 9th, 1899. His death was the 
 result of a sad accident on the first Sabbath in May, while returning 
 from services at Donegal. His horse ran away and injured him so 
 se\'erely that his death occurred (.m the follovying Tuesday evening. 
 
 Rev. Richard Downes, the present pastor, was installed in. 
 Donegal and Mount Joy, December nth, 1899. 
 
THE UONKGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 39 
 
 Recapitulation of the Pastors of Donegal Church 
 
 in the Order of their Installation and 
 
 Termination of Service. 
 
 Rev. James Anderson — installed August, 1727 ; died July i6th, 
 
 1740. 
 Rev, Hamilton Bell — installed November nth, 1742; deposed 
 
 March 8th, 1744. 
 Rev. Joseph Tate — installed November 23d, 1748 ; died October 
 
 nth, 1774. 
 Rev. Colin McFarquhar — installed 1777 ; resigned May 7th, 
 
 1806. 
 Rev. William Kerr — installed May ist, 1807 ; died September 
 
 22d, 1821. 
 Rev. Orson Douglas — installed December 2d, 1822 ; resigned 
 
 1836. 
 Rev. Thomas Marshall Boggs — installed April 27th, 1837 '> died 
 
 November loth, 1850. 
 Rev. James L, Rodgers — installed August 21st, 1851; resigned 
 
 September, 1856. 
 Rev. John J. Lane — installed May 14th, 1859; resigned 1868. 
 Rev. John Edgar — installed May 12th, i86g ; resigned 1870. 
 Rev. William B. Brown — as stated supply from April, 1872, 
 
 until 1880. 
 Rev. Cyrus B. Whitcomb — installed June 13th, 1882 ; pastoral 
 
 relation dissolved in 1882. 
 Rev. Robert Gamble — installed October nth, 1883 ; I'esigned 
 
 1886. 
 Rev. Edward A. Snook — installed April 5th, 1887 ; resigned 
 
 1889. 
 Rev. David Conway — installed October 7th, 1890 ; died May 
 
 9th, 1899. 
 Rev. Richard Downes — installed December nth, 1899. 
 
40 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Elders of the Church (Deceased) as far as known. 
 
 Andrew Galbraith 
 
 Arthur Patterson, died July 3d, 1763. 
 
 John AlHson. 
 
 James Mitchell. 
 
 David Hayes. 
 
 James Mehaffy, died December 31st, 1850. 
 
 John Clark, died February i8th, i860. 
 
 James Patterson, died May 30th, 1863. 
 
 James Thompson, died 1883. 
 
 James A. Patterson, died January 7th, 1899. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 4L 
 
 Present Organization of Donegal Church, 1901. 
 
 Pastor : 
 Reverend Richard Downes. 
 
 Ruling Elder: 
 Dr. J. L. Zicgler. 
 
 Trustees : 
 George S. Redsecker, 
 Samuel Evans, Esq. , 
 Hon John Wiley. 
 
 Settlers : 
 William Fink, 
 Dr. James P. Ziegler, 
 Solomon Hoover. 
 
 Superintendent of Sabbath School : 
 Dr. J. L. Ziegler. 
 
 Organist : 
 Florence Fink. 
 
 Sexton : 
 Jacob Inners. 
 
42 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 The Families of the Church. 
 
 In the following sketches and genealogical tables of the 
 families connected with Donegal Church and congregation and 
 their descendants, conjecture and tradition have been carefully 
 excluded and whatever of a traditional character may be in- 
 troduced will be stated as such; the evidence obtained from 
 church and family records, wills, land-titles, places of burial and 
 personal knowledge has been used, consequently the history of 
 some members of these families has not been traced any further 
 than the authentic evidence available. The order of the ages of 
 these families has not always been followed in regular succession. 
 
 The Galbraith Family. 
 
 ''Andrew Galbraith, who owned the land on the south and 
 east, contiguous to the Glebe, and whose name appears the first 
 in the history of Donegal Church, in an application to Newcastle 
 Presbytery for supplies for the church was probably one of the 
 first elders, as his name appears at the second meeting of 
 Donegal Presbytery at Swatara, November 15, 1732, one month 
 after its organization; and subsequent]}' at various meetings, 
 the last time at Derry, November i6th, 1^37." — {Records of 
 Donegal Presbytery.) "He took a prominent part in public 
 affairs. He ^\as Coroner in 1729, Justice of the Peace from 1736 
 to 1745, and a member of the Colonial Assembly from 173 1 to 
 173S." — {Penna. Archives, vol. IX., pages 769, 771 and 775.) 
 Concerning his subsequent history there is nothing on record; 
 his place of residence is not definitely known, nor the time of 
 his death or place of sepulture. The relation between Andrew 
 and those buried at Donegal is not positively known. I have 
 not been able to find anything concerning Andrew Galbraith 
 later than 1745.* 
 
 *In the Presbyterian Encyclopedia it is said that "Andrew Galbraith, 
 Esq., son of James Galbraith, who came to America with \Vm, Penn 
 from Queenstown, upon his second visit and whose remains are buried at 
 Derry graveyard, settled upon land adjoining Donegal Church on tlie 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 43 
 
 south, etc." The whole article reads very much like an extract from a 
 history of Donegal Church, which should be received cuin grano salts. 
 Andrew may have been a son of James, but we have no authentic evidence 
 that he was. I am indebted to Dr. Egle, of Harrisburg, for the positive 
 assurance that there are no other Galbraiths buried at Derry with inscribed 
 tombstones except the following : 
 
 "James Galbraith 
 
 died Aug: 23d, 1744, aged 78 years 
 
 also 
 
 James Galbraith the Younger 
 
 died June nth, 1786, aged 83 years. 
 
 Rev. William Bertram 
 
 First Pastor of the congregation 
 
 Died May 2, 1746, aged 72 years 
 
 also 
 
 Elizabeth his daughter and wife of 
 
 James Galbraith Esq. 
 Died Feb: 2d, 1799, aged 85 years." 
 
 (From Dr. Egle's Azotes and Queries ) 
 
 Robert Galbraith attended the meeting; of Donegal Presbytery 
 at Chestnut Level as an elder, March' 28th, 1733, and at 
 Nottingham, April 2d, 1734 ; the church he represented is not 
 known. James Galbraith' s name appears as an elder in the 
 records of Donegal Presbytery at the meeting in Philadelphia, 
 September i6th, I7£6. No mention is made of the church he 
 represented, nor does his name again appear. 
 
 The name of Bertram Galbraith appears in the Donegal 
 Church records, in 1790, as an auditor, and subsequently as a 
 trustee at various times. He took a very acti\ e part in the War 
 of the Revolution as a member of the committee of observation, 
 inspection and other positions connected with the organization 
 of the army and establishment of our government. 
 
 He rendered distinguished services as colonel of a battalion 
 of associators, indicating that the family were prominent in the 
 affairs of church and state. A number of the family are buried 
 in the Donegal graveyard. 
 
 It appears evident that Bertram Galbraith was the son of 
 James Galbraith, Esq. , buried at Derry graveyard, and whose wife 
 was the daughter of the Rev. William Bertram, Elizabeth Bertram. 
 
44 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Dorcas Buchanan, relict of John Buchanan, Esq., of West- 
 moreland County, Pa., who is buried at Donegal Church (grave 
 No. 2), was a daughter of Col. Bertram Galbraith ; and the 
 James G. (Galbraith) Buchanan, son of John and Dorcas 
 Buchanan, was the father of Mr. Joseph Buchanan, of Marietta, 
 Pa., whose son, Thomas J. Buchanan, and two daughters, 
 S. Josephine and Ann C. Buchanan, the only survivors of Joseph, 
 are the great-great-grandchildren of Col. Bertram Galbraith. 
 There are, no doubt, other descendants of Col. Galbraith, but 
 the above-named are the only ones of whom the writer has any 
 knowledge. 
 
 The Patterson Family. 
 
 This is one of the largest families connected with Donegal 
 Church. Fort\-four of its members are known to be among the 
 silent inhabitants of the old graveyard — the children, grand- 
 children, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and de- 
 scendants of Arthur Patterson. Many have died and are buried 
 elsewhere, and the li\'ing are widely dispersed throughout the 
 different States of the Union. 
 
 Arthur Patterson (Ko. i) emigrated from Ireland (of Scotch 
 descent) in 1724, and settled on Big Chicquesalunga Creek, 
 
 where he took up a large tract of land.* His residence was on 
 
 » 
 * I have in my possession the original patent deed for three hundred 
 and fifty-five acres from John, Richard and Thomas Penn to Arthur 
 Patterson (Xo. i), situated in Donegal Township (now in Rapho), on 
 Big Chicquesalunga Creek, dated July 31st, 17.38. Another tract, con- 
 tiguous to the above, was patented and recorded in patent book A, 
 volume xii., page 298, containing two hundred and ninety-four acres ; and 
 a third tract, containing two hundred and twenty-one acres, recorded in 
 patent book A, volume xiii., page 315, situated on Little Chicquesalunga 
 Creek. These tracts became the property of his sons, Samuel, James 
 and William. 
 
 the place now owned and occupied by Jacob G. Nissley, who 
 built a brick house very near the old stone mansion. His wife 
 was Ann, daughter of Abraham Scott. Arthur Patterson had a 
 large family of nine children : sons — Samuel (N'o. 3), James 
 (No. 5), William (No. 9), and Arthur (No. 10), who died 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN: CHURCH. 
 
 45 
 
 young; daughters —Catherine (No. 2),. Eh'zabeth (No. 4), 
 
 Eleanor (No. 6), Jean (No. 7), and Rebecca (No. 8).* 
 
 * The custom of naming children after their parents and grandparents 
 renders it difficult to write the history of a large family without confusion ; 
 to avoid this, the numbers after a name in these family histories refer to 
 the numbers on their genealogical chart. 
 
 A Partial Genealogical Chart of the Patterson Family 
 
 Arthur Patterson, 
 
 No. T, married 
 Ann Scott 
 
 f Catherine Patter- 
 son, No 2, mar- 
 ried Robert 
 Hayes 
 
 Samuel Patterson, i 
 No. 3^ married -j 
 Martha Agnew 
 
 Elizabeth Patter- 
 son, No. 4, mar- 
 ried a Mr. Thome 
 
 James Patterson, 
 
 No, 5, married 
 Margaret Agnew 
 
 Eleanor Patterson, 
 No 6, married 
 Ephraim Moore 
 
 Jean Patterson, 
 No. 7, died single 
 
 Rebecca Patterson 
 
 No. 8, died single 
 
 William Patterson, 
 No. 0, married 
 Eliraneth Dysart 
 
 Arthur Patterson, 
 No. 10, died 
 young 
 
 Arthur Patterson, No. 
 II, mari-ied 
 ist, Elizabeih Moore 
 zd.Meribaii Gibcrson 
 
 James Patterson, No". 
 12, married Elizabeth 
 Wi there w 
 
 Samuel Patterson. No. 
 13, married J\I;Lry 
 Ann Mcjimsey 
 
 Rebecca Patterson, 
 No. 58, married Rev. 
 Matthew Henderson 
 
 Arthur Patterson, No. 
 14, married Mary - 
 
 James Patterson, No, 
 15, married Mary - 
 Watson 
 
 A'largaret Patterson, 
 
 No. i5 
 Rebecca Patterson, Nq. 
 
 17 
 Martha Patterson, No. 
 
 18 
 Anna Patterson, No. ig 
 
 Samuel Patterson, No ■ 
 
 io 
 William Patterson, 
 
 M. D.. No. zj 
 Arthur Patterson, No. 
 
 22, married Catherine ■ 
 
 Oberlin 
 Eleanor Patterson, No 
 
 23 
 Alexander Patterson, 
 No 24, married Jean 
 
 Pedan 
 
 Ellen Patterson, No. 25, 
 and Martha Patterson, 
 No. 26, children of first 
 wife 
 
 Samuel Smith Patterson, 
 No. 27 
 
 Robert Patterson, No. 28 
 Thomas J. Patterson, No. 
 
 20 
 
 Samuel Patterson, No. 30 
 John Patterson, No. 31 
 i James M Patterson, No. 32 
 
 Martha Patterson, No. 33 
 I Mary Ann Patterson, No. 34 
 [_ Rebecca Patterson, No 35 
 
 f Martha Henderson 
 
 ]\lary Henderson 
 I Matthew Henderson 
 J Rebecca Henderson 
 1 Samuel Henderson 
 
 EbeUezer Henderson 
 
 James P. Henderson, M. D. 
 
 Arthur Henderson 
 
 f James W. Patterson, No. 36 
 William Patterson, No. 37 
 JosephM. Patterson, No. 38 
 Sarali M, Patterson, No. 39 
 Margaret Patterson, No. 40 
 Eliza L- Patterson, No. 41 
 Mary W. Patterson, No. 42 
 
 r John W. Patterson, No. 43 
 I Margaret R. Patterson, 
 
 No. 44 
 
 I James A Patterson, No. 45 
 
 ■^ Anna Mary Patterson, No. 
 
 46 
 
 David W PattersonjNo.47 
 
 Harriet B. Patterson, No. 48 
 
 Rachel J- Patterson, No. 49 
 
 Samuel A. Patterson, No. 
 
 50 
 
 William Patterson, No 51 
 Alexander Patterson, No. 52 
 Douglas Patterson, No. 53 
 Arthur Patterson, M. D., 
 
 No. 54 
 Jane Patterson, No. 55 
 Elizabeth Patterson, No 56 
 
 Sarah Ann Patterson, No. 
 57 
 
46 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Catherine (No. 2) married Robert Hayes ; Elizabeth 
 (No. 4) married a Mr. Thome; Jean (No. 7) and Rebecca 
 (No. 8) died single ; Eleanor (No. 6) married Ephraim Moore, 
 whose name appears in the patent deed of the Donegal Glebe 
 land as owning the land west of the Glebe, now owned by- 
 David L. Gerber. 
 
 "Arthur Patterson (No. i) was an elder in Donegal Church 
 in 1733-39." — (^Records of Donegal Presbytery. ) " Under the 
 Colonial Goxernment he was Collector in 1744-46 (his great- 
 grandson, Mr. James A. Patterson, has in his possession the 
 account book which he used in these collections) and a member 
 of the Colonial Assembly from 1743 to 1754." — (^Pejina. 
 Archives, volume ix., pages 776, 777, second series.) He died 
 July 3d, 1763. He and his wife, who. outlived him to the 
 advanced :ige of ninety-three years, are buried at Donegal 
 (grave No. 76). 
 
 His son, Samuel Patterson (No. 3), owned and resided on 
 a tract of land, patented by his father, situated on Little 
 Chicquesalunga Creek, on which he built a: large stone house, at 
 present owned and occupied by C. N. Gerber. Inspired with 
 the spirit of liberty and opposition to the; domination of Great 
 Britain, he joined the patriotic army and cast in his lot in their 
 contest against tyranny and oppression. He was "Third 
 Lieultiiant in Col. Slough's Battalion flying camp at the battle 
 of Long Islantl. " — (^Peiina. Archives.) He married Martha 
 Agnew ; they had four children, viz. : Arthur ( No. 11), James 
 (No. 12), Samuel (No. 13), and daughter Rebecca (No. 58). 
 They are both buried at Donegal (grave No. 75). 
 
 Their son, Arthur Patterson (No. 11:), owned and resided 
 on the place near Michael Moore's mill,, now owned by Dr. 
 Andrew Gerber. He married Elizabeth Moore (daughter of 
 Ephraim and Eleanor Moore), his first wife, by whom he had 
 two daughters, Ellen (No. 25) and Martha (No. 26). Ellen 
 died single ; Martha married Benjamin Osborne, whose sons are 
 James and Arthur Patterson Osborne. His second wife was 
 Meribah Giberson, by whom he had one son, Arthur, who died 
 young. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 47 
 
 James Patterson (No. 12), son of Samuel (No. 3), married 
 Elizabeth Witherow. He owned and resided on the place now 
 belonging to the estate of the Rev. Henry Engle, deceased. 
 His wife died in 1834 (buried at Donegal, grave No. 48). They 
 had four children ; three of them died yoUng. Old Major Pat- 
 terson, the name by which he was familiarly known in the 
 community, lived in the old homestead vvith his only surviving 
 son, Samuel Smith Patterson (No. 27), until his death in 1852, 
 aged eighty-seven years. (Buried at Donegal, grave No. 49). 
 
 Samuel Smith Patterson (No. 27) resided on the homestead 
 of his father. He was a man of sterling integrity, a cheerful 
 Christian gentleman, a kind father, loving husband, and a 
 pleasant companion. The writer recalls with pleasure the many 
 enjoyments of social intercourse in his family. He was highly 
 respected in the community. He took an active part in local 
 and civil affairs and was the honored representative of Lancaster 
 County in the State Legislature in the years 1834 and 1835. He 
 married Mary Mcjimsey. Their children were : daughters — 
 Sarah Mary and Martha Rebecca ; sons — Joseph M. , James B. , 
 Smith, Frank and John. His wife and daughter, Sarah Mary, 
 also a son, James Alexander, and a daughter, Elizabeth Ann, 
 died at the homestead, the two latter in their infancy, and are 
 buried at Donegal (graves Nos. 50, 51, 212, 213). A few years 
 after the death of Sarah Mary, Mr. Patterson sold his farm and 
 moved with his family to Sterling, 111. , where he died. 
 
 Chart of Family ot Samuel Smith Patterson (No. 27) 
 
 j" Eli2abeth Ann Patterson, deceased 
 James Alexander Patterson, dec'.d. 
 Sarah Mary Patterson, deceased, 
 
 Martha Rebecca Patterson married j M, Lee Gait and John. 
 Dr. Thomas Gait ( Gait 
 
 (William jNI. Patterson 
 Joseph M. Patterson married Cath- J Samuel S. Patterson 
 erine A. Manahan 1 Frank AT. Patterson 
 
 Samuel Smith Patterson, I, Mary Kate Patterson 
 
 Nn 27 married xMarv -I .^ t n t. ,. ■ j f Helen J Patterson 
 
 L\o. 27, inarriLu xviaiy -, ^^^ James B. Patterson married If i/- 1 o 
 Mcjimsey r- . -'i i^t r^.. _ i -t- -t^'rk fa. 
 
 Sarah M. Cameron | r 
 
 iterson 
 Cameron Patterson 
 
 Frank Patterson married Rebecca j p^^g^^^. patterson 
 
 Fewsmith \ 
 
 Smith Patterson married Ella Glfford < No issue 
 
 John Patterson married Carrie [Anna Patterson and 
 Sackett \ Walter S. Patterson. 
 
48 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Joseph M. Patterson, inheriting the patriotism of his 
 ancestors, enlisted in the Union Army. He was First Lieutenant 
 in the Thirteenth IlHnois Infantry, 1861,, for three years, and 
 was all through the Missouri campaign — at Vicksburg, until its 
 surrender ; at the battle of Lookout Mountain, etc. Frank 
 Patterson enlisted in the One Hundred and Fourth Illinois 
 Regiment, 1S64. James M. Patterson studied medicine. 
 Martha Rebecca married Dr. Thomas Gait, once a citizen of 
 Lancaster County. 
 
 Samuel Patterson (No. 13) owned and occupied his father's 
 (Samuel No. 3) farm. He married Mary Ann Mcjimsey ; they 
 had eight children, ^•iz. ; Robert (No. 28) ; Thomas Jefterson 
 (No. 29), unmarried ; Samuel (No. 30), married Frances 
 Spangler, of Marietta, and she died without issue. John Patter- 
 son (No. 31) married Barbara Ann Kaufman ; their children 
 were Joseph C. and Martha Rebecca ; both died young ; buried 
 at Donegal (grave No. 52). Their son, Samuel, married first, 
 Sophia Pyle, with whom he had a daughter, Blanche ; second, 
 he married Miss Heilich and had several children ; he died at 
 Lancaster. Their son, John McJ. Patterson, married Elizabeth 
 McDanel, whose daughter, Ada, is correspondent for a New 
 York paper. The daughters of John Patterson (No. 31) were 
 Mary Ann and Phebe Eliza ; the former married John Schock, 
 the latter married Rev. G. R. Moore. Mrs. Moore died at 
 Lyons, Iowa, in 1857 '< buried at Donegal (grave No. 208). 
 
 Chart of the Schock Family 
 
 Percy P, Schock, Editor of the Marietta .^^^/j/cr, 
 married Sue B. Lindemuth 
 
 Mary Ann Patterson 
 
 married 
 
 John Schock 
 
 Harry C. Schock married Fredericka Christina 
 Frank 
 
 Clarence Schock, engaged in the lumber and 
 coal business, resides with his parents in 
 Mount Joy 
 
 John Schock. a graduate of the U. S. Naval 
 Academy. Annapolis, Md., appointed Naval 
 Constructor with the ranlt of First Lieutenant. 
 Died in 1885 
 
 Margarita Schock 
 John P. Schock 
 Lewis L. Schock 
 Mary Schock 
 
 Mary E. Schock 
 P. Frank Schock 
 Caroline F. Schock 
 Arthur P. Schock 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTKRIAN CHURCH. 
 
 49 
 
 Chart of the Rev. G. R. Moore's Family 
 
 ( " r Frederick Patterson Lachmund 
 
 I Ida Moore married Otto Lach- < Paul Moore Lachmund 
 mund [_ Heary Ralph Lachmund 
 
 Phebe Eliza Patterson I 
 
 married -{ Anna Lelia Rloore married 
 
 Rev. G. R. Moore | Rev James Wolloston Kirk. 
 
 Rev. and Mrs. Kirk went a.s 
 
 I missionaries to Eagle City, 
 
 1, Alaska 
 
 James M. Patterson (No. 32) married Mary Hogendobler. 
 He died in 1867 ; buried at Donegal (gra\'e No. 224). Their 
 daughter, Mary Ann, married H, Burd Cassel, of Marietta ; and 
 Frances Rebecca married Wm. Harper, of Philadelphia. 
 
 Martha Patterson (No. 33) married Thomas Sterrett. Their 
 children were Samuel P. ; William J. ; Thomas AVoods, who died 
 in 1S47, buried at Doneg-al (grave No. 197); and Sarah Mar- 
 garet. Samuel P. Sterrett married Jane: Spangler. He is an 
 Elder in the Presbyterian Church of Marietta ; his wife died a 
 few years ago without issue. His brother, William J., is single 
 and resides with his brother. Sarah Margaret married James A. 
 Patterson ; she died in 1S5S, and is buried at Donegal (gra^^e 
 No. 232). 
 
 Mary Ann Patterson (No. 34) married James Barr Ferree, 
 who resided in Mount Jov some years, whence he removed to 
 Philadelphia. They had a family of se\'en children, as follows : 
 
 A Chart of the Ferree Family 
 
 r Anna Martha Ferree, died in 
 infancy : buried a,t Donegal 
 (grave No. 53 I 
 Elizabeth Ferree, died September 
 10, 1S95 
 
 ftLir^' .■Vnn Patterson. No. 
 34, married James 
 Barr Ferree 
 
 Samuel Patterson Ferree married 
 Annie Appleton Droun 
 
 Rebecca Ferree 
 
 Mary Mcjimse;- Ferree, died 
 
 February 19, 1863 
 James Barr Ferree, died in his 
 
 15th year 
 
 Alice Euphemia Ferree married 
 i\I. Hampton Todd, Esq. 
 
 f James Barr Ferree 
 William Appleton Ferree married 
 Elizabeth Marvin 
 ^Anna Droun Ferree 
 
 Mary Ferree Todd marr 
 Frank Brinckerhoff 
 
 Jean Miller Todd 
 
 Alice Eiipbemia Todd 
 
 James Ferree Todd, died 
 infancy 
 
 Anna Hampton Todd 
 
 Hampton Todd, died May 5, il 
 
 Rebecca Patterson (No. 35) married* William Spangler, of 
 Marietta'. Their children were : son— John ; daughters — Anna 
 Martha, Mary and Adeline. Several of \\^illiam Spangler' s 
 children died in infanc^'. 
 
50 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Rebecca Patterson 
 No. 35, married- 
 ■William Spangler 
 
 A Chart of the Spangler Family 
 
 Anna Martha Spangler 
 
 married 
 
 Frank Speakman 
 
 Charles Fartshorne Speakman (Anna Martha Speakman and 
 married Mary Allen , '| Arthur Patterson Speakman 
 
 Mary 
 
 J. Spangler 
 married 
 Levi S. Haldeman 
 
 John Fpangler married 
 Sarah Reigart Fahn- 
 estock 
 
 Adeline Spangler mar- 
 ried John Rich, both 
 deceased 
 
 Mary Spangler, died, 
 
 aged two years 
 Samuel Patterson 
 
 Spangler, died, aged 
 
 nine months 
 William Spangler, died 
 
 a habe 
 
 Ida Frank Speakman married 
 John A Coyle 
 
 Frederick William Speakman 
 married Martha Titus Val- 
 entine 
 
 r Rebecca Spangler Haldeman 
 I Bertha Patterson Haldeman 
 [Edna Speakman Haldeman 
 
 r Carrie Rebecca Spangler mar- 
 ried John L. Coho 
 
 I William Alexander Spangler 
 
 Samuel Patterson Spangler 
 I Ethelbert Spangler, deceased 
 
 Henry Sp:^ngler Rich married 
 Anna Mnmma 
 
 JJohn A. Coyle, deceased 
 I^Jannet Speakman L'oyle 
 
 ' Franklin Bally Speakman) 
 1 Frederick Wm. Speakman; 
 
 Julia Coho 
 
 John William Rich 
 Addie Rebecca Rich 
 Anna Martha Rich 
 .Henry Spangler Rich, Jr. 
 
 Addie Kate Rich 
 Charles Harlan 
 
 J r Charles Harlan, Jr. 
 < Joseph Martin Harlan 
 (Henry Rich Harlan 
 
 Rebecca Patterson (No. 58), daughter of Samuel Patterson 
 (No. 3), who married Rev. Matthew Henderson ; the writer has 
 no personal knowledge of their descendants except of one son, 
 Dr. James Patterson Henderson, from whom the names of the 
 family were obtained (see Patterson chart, page 45), who resided 
 in Ohio. He died a few \'ears ago at an ad\ anced age. 
 
 Of the descendants of Elizabeth Patterson (No. 4), daughter 
 of Arthur Patterson (No. i), who married a Mr. Thome, the 
 writer has no other authentic data. 
 
 James Patterson (No. 5), son of Arthur (No. i), married 
 Margaret Agne\\' ; they had a large family, viz. : sons — Arthur 
 (No. 14), James (No. 15), Samuel (No. 20), and William (No. 
 21); daughters — Margaret (No. 16), Rebecca (No. 17), Martha 
 (No. 18), and Ann (No. 19). He took a very acti\'e part in 
 the Revolutionary War as a member of the committee of safety, 
 of observation and other organizations fof defense. " He was a 
 private in Captain James Cowden's Company, Fourth Battalion, 
 1776 ; First Lieutenant, Sixth Company, S:econd Battalion, 1777, 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 51 
 
 Lancaster County Militia." — {Penna. Archives.) He owned 
 and resided on the homestead of his father. At his death, which 
 occurred in 1789, he distributed by will eight hundred and 
 forty-five acres of land among his surviving sons. He is buried 
 at Donegal (grave No. 73). 
 
 Arthur Patterson (No. 14), son of James Patterson (No. 5), 
 married Mary Witherow. Their children were: sons — James W. 
 (No. 36), William (No. 37), and Joseph M. (No. 38); daughters — 
 Sarah M. (No. 39), Margaret (No. 40), Eliza Lucinda (No. 41), 
 and Mary W. (No. 42). He owned and resided on the farm 
 now W. Bigler Detwiler's. After the death of the father, the 
 family sold the farm and removed to Franklin Co. , Pa. The 
 following: is a chart of the 
 
 Family and Descendants of Arthur Patterson (No. 14) 
 
 Arthur Patter- 
 son, No- 14, 
 married Mary 
 Witherow 
 
 James Witherow Pat- 
 terson, No. 36, mar- 
 ried Sarah Agnew 
 
 Sarah Maria Patter- 
 son, No 29 1 ni3^r- 
 ried John Rhea; 
 no isbue 
 
 Margaret Patterson, 
 No. 40, married 
 William McCaus- 
 land 
 
 William Patterson, 
 No. 37, married 
 Sarah Fegley 
 
 Eliza Lucinda Pat- 
 terson, No. 41 
 
 Joseph Morrison Pat- 
 terson, No. 38, mar- 
 ried MaryMcFaran 
 
 Mary Witherow Pat- 
 tersoDj No. 42 
 
 James Agnew Patterson 
 
 married 
 
 Rachel A. McClelland 
 
 Mary Witherow Patterson 
 
 married 
 
 George W. Rhoads 
 
 Arthur Patterson married 
 
 Mary Bonnil 
 Rev William David Patter- 
 son, deceased 
 Elizabeth Finley Patterson 
 
 married James Sherman 
 John Brown Patterson, dec'd 
 Dr. Samuel Joseph Patterson 
 
 married Anna M. Moore 
 Sarah Brown Patterson, 
 adopted by James: and 
 Elizabeth Brown, married 
 G. Finley Smith 
 Arthur P. McCausland* 
 Mary Rebecca McCausland 
 William McCausland ' 
 James Woods McCausland 
 John McCausland 
 Anna Woods McCausland 
 married John Grayson 
 
 Anna Mary Patterson'mar- 
 
 ried J. N. Stephens 
 Sarah Margaret Patterson 
 James Scoit Patterson, M. D. 
 Samuel Smith Patterson 
 Susan Maria Patterson 
 Eliza Patterson 
 William Patterson 
 
 No issue 
 
 Anna E. Patterson 
 James Henry Patterson 
 Mary Rebecca Patterson 
 Sallie A. Patterson 
 Nellie Rutter Patterson 
 
 rjames Patterson Rhoads 
 J Sarah Jane Rhoads 
 1 George F. Rhoads 
 
 [ Elizabeth Brown Rhoads 
 
 /Arthur B. Patterson 
 
 I^Julia Patterson 
 
 Bessie Pattersoa 
 
 [■Rebecca McC- Grayson 
 
 Margaret P. Grayson 
 \ William C. Grayson 
 I Elizabeth S Grayson 
 t Nathaniel G.Grayson 
 fMary Stephens 
 \Ella Stephens 
 
52 
 
 THE DONEGAL' PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Col. James Patterson (No. 15), son of James Patterson 
 (No. 5), owned the land at present occupied by. Jacob Stehman, 
 Christian Seitz and Stephen Grisinger. He first resided on what 
 is now Stehman' s farm while building' the place called Greenwood, 
 now Seitz' s ; some years afterwards he sold a part of the original 
 tract to Stephen Grisinger, who built the brick house on the 
 Manheim road. He took an active part in the War of 18 12-14. 
 He went out as aide-de-camp to Major-General Nathaniel Watson 
 and was appointed major of volunteers before the close of the 
 war. His three commissions are in the possession of his family. 
 The first is one as Captain of the Fourth Company of the 
 Sixtieth Regiment, Second Brigade, Fourth Division, Militia of 
 Lancaster Co. , for a term of seven years, issyed by Gov. Thomas 
 I\IcKean in 1800. The second is as Major of a Battalion of Rifle- 
 men, Pennsylvania Militia, detached for United States ser\'ice, 
 issued by Gov. Simon Snyder in 18 14. The third is as Colonel 
 of the One Hundred and First Pennsylvania Militia, Second 
 Brigade, Fourth Division, issued by Gov. Findley in 1818. He 
 was elected member of the Legislature in 1818-19, and again in 
 1833-34- 
 
 Chart of the Family of Col. James Patterson (No. 15) 
 
 Col. James Pat- 
 terson, No. 15, _ 
 married Mary 
 Watson 
 
 John WatS(^n Patter- 
 son, No 43, deceased 
 
 Margaret R. Patterson, 
 No. 44, deceased 
 
 James Agnew Patter- 
 son. No. 45, married 
 Sarah Margaret Ster- 
 rett 
 
 Anna Mary Patterson, 
 No 46, married- 
 Robert S. Mcllvane 
 
 David Watson Patter- 
 son, No. 47, married 
 Mary R. Sjaymal^er 
 
 Harriet B. Patterson, 
 No. 48. married Dr. 
 J. L. Ziegler 
 
 Rachel J. Patterson, 
 No. 49, unmarried 
 
 ^= 
 
 Mary Watson Patterson. 
 Martha Sterrctt Patterson, d^c'd 
 ame?; Howard Patterson, dec'd 
 i^iii Sterrclt Patterson, dec'd 
 Laura Patterson, dec'd 
 Margaret Jane Patterson, dec'd 
 
 No issue 
 
 James Rodney Patterson, dec'd, Tt, .. n 
 
 married Ellen I^omgatdner jBertha Patterson 
 
 Henry S. Patterson married Ida 
 Miller 
 
 Anna C. Patterson married Hon. f Mary P. JMcPhcrson 
 John B. McPherson | ElizabethW. McPherson 
 
 David Watson Patterson married j Katherin ]_. Patterson 
 
 Julia D. Kaufman 
 JameK Patterson Zifgler 
 Waiter M. L. Ziegler 
 J. Stanley Ziegler 
 Thomas M. B. Ziegler' 
 Mary Rachel Ziegler, dec'd 
 
 \ David W. Patterson 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 53 
 
 Col. J. Patterson was elected Elder in Donegal Church, in 
 l8ig, and served until the close of his life. He was possessed 
 with natural abilities, and decided convictions united with sound 
 common sense, a cheerful disposition and genial social qualities. 
 He took an active interest in civil affairs, was a strong advocate 
 of our common school system, and intensely patriotic. He retired 
 from active business in 1844 and moved to Mount Joy, where 
 he died in 1863 ; is buried at Donegal (grave No. 157). He 
 married Mary, daughter of Dr. John Watson, of Donegal Springs. 
 
 His son, John Watson Patterson (No. 43), and daughter, 
 Margaret R. Patterson (No. 44), died young, James Agnew 
 Patterson (No. 45) married Sarah Margaret Sterrett, daughter 
 of Thomas Sterrett ; they had six children, all deceased, except 
 Mary W. , who resides with her father in Mount Joy. He owned 
 and occupied the homestead Greenwood, now Seitz's, which he 
 sold about forty years ago, and moved to Mount Joy. He is at 
 present the only Elder of Donegal Church, and is in the 
 eighty-ninth year of his age, retaining his mental faculties to a 
 remarkable degree. He served as school director during 
 fifteen years, in the borough of Mount Joy. His wife, Sarah 
 Margaret, died in 1858. She and the children are buried at 
 Donegal (graves Nos. 229, 230, 231, 232,. 233). Margaret Jane 
 is buried at Marietta.* 
 
 * Since the above was written, James A. Patterson died, January 
 7th, 1899. 
 
 Anna Mary Patterson (No. 46) married Robert S. Mcllvane. 
 She died in Mount Joy, in the forty-third year of her age, with- 
 out issue ; is buried at Donegal (grave No. 159). 
 
 Hon. David Watson Patterson (No. 47) studied and practised 
 law in Lancaster; served one term in the Legislature, in 1847-48; 
 served three years as District Attorney ; went out as Captain of 
 Company E, Tenth Regiment, of General: Patterson's Army, in 
 the Rebellion, in 1861 ; was a member of the Constitutional 
 Convention in 1 873 ; was elected Judge of the Lancaster County 
 Court, in 1874, for ten years, and re-elected in 1884. He died 
 in 1892, before the expiration of his term. His son, James R. , 
 
54 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Studied law with his father ; he died in 1874. Henry S. is a 
 successful merchant in New York City. David W. is engaged 
 in business in Charlestown, West Virginia, and his only daughter, 
 Anna C., is the wife of the Hon. John B, McPherson, Judge of 
 the Court of Dauphin Co., Pa., and resides at Harrisburg, Pa.* 
 
 * Since the above was written, Hon. John B. McPherson has been 
 appointed Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
 of Pennsylvania, and resides at Philadelphia. 
 
 Harriet B. Patterson (No. 48) married Dr. J. L. Ziegler. 
 Their children are : Dr. James P. Ziegler, associated with his 
 father in the practice of medicine in Mount Joy, Pa, ; Dr. Walter 
 M. L. Ziegler is practising medicine in Philadelphia, Pa.; J. 
 Stanley Ziegler is a government employe in Washington, D. C. ; 
 and Thomas M. B. Ziegler is station and freight agent of the 
 Norfolk and Western Railroad Company at Luray, Va. Their 
 daughter, Mary Rachel Ziegler, died in the eighth year of her 
 age, and is buried at Donegal (grave No. 246). 
 
 Rachel J. Patterson (No. 49) is unmarried and resides with 
 her sister, Mrs. Ziegler. 
 
 Margaret Patterson (No. 16), daughter of James Patterson 
 (No. 5), married John McConaughy, of Gettysburg, Adams 
 County, Pa. Their descendants are as follows : 
 
 Chart of the Family of John McConaughy 
 
 John McConaughy mar- 
 ried Margaret Patterson,- 
 No. 16 
 
 f Hannah Mary McConaughy 
 married Moses McClean 
 
 Rebecca Ann McConaughy 
 died young 
 
 Robert McConaughy died, un- 
 married 
 
 Margaret McConaughy died 
 young 
 
 James Patterson McConaughy 
 married Caroline Mendel 
 
 Elizabeth McConaughy mar- 
 ried Martin Luther Stoever, 
 Ph. D., LL. D. 
 
 Martha Emeline McConaughy 
 married Rev. David Agnew 
 Wilson 
 
 David McConaughy, Esq., 
 married 
 lEt, Katherine Arnold, 
 2d, Lena Mathews 
 
 "William McClean 
 Margaret Patterson McClean 
 John McConaughy McClean 
 Sarah McGinlcy McClean 
 Elizabeth McConaughy McClean 
 
 , Colin Charlesworth McClean 
 
 Margaret Patterson McConaughy 
 Florence McConaughy 
 John Mendel McConaughy 
 Elizabeth McConaughy 
 Mary Sophia McConaughy 
 R. Wallace McConaughy 
 Caroline McConaughy 
 William Caspar Stoever 
 Susan E Stoever 
 
 David McConaughy Wilson and 
 1 a daughter who died in infancy 
 
 George Arnold McConaughy 
 John McConaughy, (first wife's 
 
 children) both deceased 
 Janies McConaughy 
 Mary McConaughy 
 David McConaughy 
 Samuel Griffith McConaughy 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 55 
 
 The Hon. Moses McClean and his wife, Hannah Mary, of 
 Gettysburg, Pa., are both deceased. Mr. McClean served one 
 term in Congress. Their son, Hon. William McClean, was 
 Judge of the Court of Adams Co. , Pa. Their daughter, Sarah 
 McGinley, is the wife of the Rev. M. H. Richards, D. D., of 
 Allentown, Professor in Muhlenberg College. 
 
 Chart of the Family of the Hon. William McClean 
 
 Hon. William McClean mar- 
 ried ist, R. Frances Riggin 
 2d, TiUie Gates 
 
 in fan' 
 
 Moses McClean, died in 
 Hannah Mary McClean 
 Olivia Cathell McClean 
 William Archibald McClean 
 Fannie Riggin McClean, dec'd 
 Margaretta'P. McClean, dec'd 
 
 Faith McClean, dec'd 
 St, John McClean 
 
 cy 
 
 First wife's children 
 
 ' Second wife's children 
 
 Chart of the Family of the Rev. M. H. Richards, D D. 
 
 Rev. M. H. Richards, D D.. 
 
 married 
 
 Sarah McGinley McClean 
 
 Rev. John William Richards 
 
 married 
 
 Caroline Sarah PfeifFer 
 
 Matthias Henry Richards 
 Dorothea Young Richards 
 
 Mary McConaughy Richards f Richard Stockton 
 married -; 
 
 David Reeves Stockton ( Ruth Stockton 
 
 Dora Richards 
 Adelaide Paul Richards 
 Bessie Richards, dec'd 
 Rosa Muhlenberg Richards 
 
 James Patterson McConaughy carried on an extensive 
 business in Johnstown, Pa. He, his wife and son, R. Wallace, 
 were lost in the Johnstown flood. Elizabeth McConaughy is the 
 wife of Prof. M. L. Stoever, Ph. D., LL. D., of Gettysburg 
 College. Their son, W. C. Stoever, Esq., is practising law in 
 Philadelphia. He married Miss Laura M. Perrine. His mother 
 and sister, Miss Sue E. Stoever, reside with him. 
 
 Martha Emeline McConaughy, deceased, was the wife of the 
 Rev. David A. Wilson, D. D. They spent some years at 
 Monrovia, Africa, as missionaries, where Dr, Wilson had charge 
 of a college. He at present resides with his son, D. McConaughy 
 Wilson, in Milan, Mo. 
 
56 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Hon. David McConaughy, born July 13th, 1823 ; graduated 
 at Washington College, 1840 ; read law with the Hon. .Moses 
 McClean, in Gettysburg ; was admitted to the Bar in 1845 ; was 
 elected to the Senate of Pennsylvania in 1865, and served 1866, 
 '67 and '68 ; originated the Evergreen Cemetery and Battle- 
 field Memorial Association. 
 
 Rebecca Patterson (No. 17), daughter of James Patterson 
 (No. 5), married James Scott. Martha Patterson (No. 18) 
 married John Scott. Anna Patterson (No 19) died unmarried. 
 Samuel Patterson (No. 20) moved west ; he had one son, Samuel 
 A. Patterson (No. 50). William Patterson (No. 21) was a 
 physician and died unmarried ; he is buried in the old Presby- 
 terian graveyard, near Gettysburg. The following is a copy of 
 the inscription on his tombstone : 
 
 "A memorial 
 
 of 
 
 Dr. William Patterson 
 
 Who was removed by death Sept: 4th 1806 Aged 26 years 
 
 Friends of learning and humanity, His name merits your 
 
 veneration. His life was devoted to the successful pursuit of 
 
 useful knowledge. To e.xtend its blessings widely, especially to 
 
 the destitute, was a design with which his benevolent heart was 
 
 seriously occupied. In his unblemished character and in the 
 
 cheerful fortitude with which he saw his days terminate in the 
 
 midst of youth, the authority of religion and strength of its 
 
 consolations were manifest. Death at whatever season it comes 
 
 is to a good man unspeakable great gain." 
 
 William Patterson (No. 9), son of Arthur Patterson (No. i), 
 owned and resided on the place, now John S. Nissley's. Three 
 hundred and twenty-four and one-half acres were deeded to 
 William by the widow and heirs of Arthur Patterson (No. i), 
 who died intestate. The acknowledgment of the deed is as 
 follows, and embraces the whole family of Arthur (No. i), 
 copied from the original : 
 
 " Be it remembered that on 13th day of December, A. D., 
 1764 : Before me the subscriber one of his Majesty's Justice of 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 57 
 
 the Peace for the County of Lancaster, came the within named 
 Ann Patterson — Samuel Patterson — James Patterson — Ehzabeth 
 Patterson — Jean Patterson — Rebecca Patterson — Robert Hayes 
 and Catherine his wife late Catherine Patterson and Ephraim 
 Moore and Eleanor his wife late Eleanor Patterson and ac- 
 knowledged the within indenture to be their act and deed and 
 desire the same might be recorded as such. Witness my hand 
 
 and seal the same day and year. ' ' 
 
 John Allison /seax\ 
 
 This was one-half of the two original and contiguous tracts, 
 three hundred and fifty-five and two hundred and ninety-four 
 acres, patented by Arthur Patterson (No. i). William Patterson 
 (No. 9) married Elizabeth Dysart ; their children were Arthur 
 Patterson (No. 22), Eleanor Patterson (No. 23), and Alexander 
 (No. 24). William, like many of the heroic members of the 
 Donegal congregation, left home and fireside and offered his 
 services in defence of the cause of freedom. He served in the 
 War of the Revolution imtil captured by the British and confined 
 on a prison ship, where he died. " He was Second Lieutenant, 
 First Lancaster County Battalion, Seventh Company, Flying 
 Camp." — { Penna. Archives.") The following certificate of death 
 is given as additional corroborative historical evidence, copied 
 from the original : 
 
 ' ' This is to certify that William Patterson late of Rapho 
 Township, Lancaster County, Gentleman, was elected as a 
 Second Lieutenant of foot of the First Battalion of Lancaster 
 County, flying camp on or about the 12th Day of August one 
 thousand seven hundred and seventy-six and that he was after- 
 wards commissioned and that he served with reputation as a 
 Second Lieutenant in said Battalion (of which I was major) until 
 the Twenty-seventh Day of August aforesaid at which time he 
 was made a prisoner of war at the Battle of Long Island and 
 that he died during his captivity. That he behaved himself with 
 propriety and bravery as an officer from about the seventh of 
 July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and 
 seventy six until the time of his captivity aforesaid. As witness- 
 
58 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 my hand this fifth day of May in the year of our Lord, one 
 
 thousand seven hundred and eighty six." 
 
 Wm. Hay (sea^ 
 
 .Sworn to the truth of this certificate in open Court, May sth, jjSS. 
 
 John Htibley, Clrk. 
 
 f P. HOOFNAGLE 
 
 1 John Jago 
 
 Witness Present 
 
 Arthur Patterson (No. 22), son of William (No. 9), owned 
 and occupied the homestead of his father, how John S. Nissley's, 
 one of the finest stone buildings in the; neighborhood. His 
 family is as follows : 
 
 The family of Arthur Patterson (No. 22) 
 
 Arthur Patterson, Nu, zz, 
 married Catherine Oberlin 
 
 William Patterson married 
 Elizabeth Wislar 
 
 Anna Catherine Patterson 
 Arthur Douglas Patierson 
 Francis Alexander Patterson 
 William Seward Patterson 
 John Wislar Patterson 
 Elizabeth Sarah Patterson 
 Charles Lincoln Patterson 
 Carrie Emily Patterson 
 Alice Patterson 
 
 Alexander Patterson, dec'd. 
 married Elizabeth 
 linger 
 
 Jane Patterson married Peter 
 Lindemuth 
 
 Elizabeth Patterson married 
 Rev. John Arthur 
 
 Douglas Patterson, dec'd 
 
 ec'd, r 
 Hol---^ No i 
 
 [ ^\'i 
 
 ^\'illiaIIl Lindemuth 
 
 ary Catherine Lindemuth 
 ank Lindemuth 
 
 Harriet Arthur 
 Mary Arthur 
 Alexander Arthur 
 Wilmer Arthur 
 Anna Arthur 
 Elizabeth Arthur 
 Sallie Arthur 
 
 Dr Arthur Patterson married f Jennie C. Patterson 
 Emily A. Hooper '| Mary Frances Patterson 
 
 Eleanor Patterson (No. 23), daughter of William (No. 9), 
 died single. Alexander Patterson (No. 24), son of William 
 (No. 9), owned and resided on the farm on the Lancaster and 
 Mount Joy Turnpike, now Mrs, Seitz's place. He married Jean 
 Pedan, daughter of Hugh Pedan ; their qhildren were William, 
 Elizabeth and Eliza Jane ; all three died in their )-outh. Their 
 only surviving daughter, Sarah Ann (No. 57), married Abraham 
 Hatfield, whose family is as follows : 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 59 
 
 Chart of the Family of Abraham Hatfield 
 
 Sarah Ann Patterson, 
 No. 57, married 
 Abraham Hatfield 
 
 Alexander P. Hatfield, f Kate V. Miller 
 
 dec'd 
 
 Eliza Jane Hutfield mar- 
 ried Joseph B. Miller 
 
 Samuel K. Hatfield, 
 
 dec'd 
 Florence Hatfield, dec'd 
 
 John Gilbert Hatfield 
 married Emma Ralston 
 
 Emma Hatfield married 
 
 Joseph Heale^ 
 Anna Mary P. Hatfield, 
 
 dec'd 
 Alice Hatfield 
 
 W. Kendal Miller 
 C. Horace Miller 
 
 Florence MHler married 
 Walter S. Jeffries 
 
 Benjamin J Miller mar- 
 ried Florence Levis 
 
 Charles H. Miller mar- 
 ried Elizabeth Kendal 
 
 Herbert Miller 
 
 Harry G. Hatfield mar- /John Gilbert Hat- 
 
 ried Emma McCIure [ field 
 Anna P. Hatfield 
 Chiiuncy B. Hatfield 
 Clara B. Haifield 
 
 Partial Chart of the Family of Ephraim Moore 
 
 Ephraim Moore 
 married Elea- 
 nor Patterson 
 
 James Moore 
 
 Anna Moore married 
 David Hays, No. 
 9; see Hays chart, 
 page 62 
 
 Arthur Moore 
 
 Elizabeth Moore mar- 
 ried Arthur Patter- 
 son, No. II 
 
 Samuel Moore 
 
 Ephraim Moore 
 
 William Moore 
 married Elizabeth 
 Barber 
 
 L Hugh Moore 
 
 Mary Moore 
 
 William Moore 
 
 Ellen Moore 
 
 John Moore 
 
 Alexander P. Moore 
 married ist, Rebecca 
 Junkin; 2d, Anna Sat- 
 erfield. No issue with " 
 2d wife 
 
 Eliza Moore 
 
 David Moore 
 
 John Agnew Moore 
 Anna Maria Moore 
 Mary Elizabeth Moore 
 Benjamin Junkin Moore 
 David Alexander Moore 
 Harry M. Moore 
 
 A number of the descendants of Ephraim Moore appear on 
 this list of whom I have no authentic knowledge except their 
 names. His children are mentioned in his will except two, Hugh 
 and Arthur, whose names are on a family record, and presumably 
 were dead before his will was written, which is dated September 
 9th, 1776, and probated December nth, 1776. With Alexander 
 P. Moore, a grandson of Ephraim, the writer was personally 
 acquainted. 
 
 The Scott Family. 
 
 This is one among the early families of Donegal Church. 
 They are connected by marriage with the Pattersons, Agnews, 
 Pedans, L^-tles, Hayeses and others. W'hen the family came to 
 America is not definitely knowui, but may be inferred that from 
 about the years 17 14 to 1730, many Protestants emigrated 
 from Ireland to America, and that the settlements of the Scotts 
 and Pattersons in this country were contiguous; and that the son- 
 in-law of Abraham Scott, Arthur Patterson, arri\'ed in 1724, the 
 inference is that the Scott famih' came over about the same time. 
 
 1 The writer acJtnowIedges his indebtedness to Mr. Joseph Beale for valuable assistance and 
 infijrmation relative co the Hatfield family. 
 
6o 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 A Partial Chart of Abraham Scott's Family 
 
 Samuel Scott, No. 2, born 
 
 16(37, married ist, 
 
 Poage ftr Poake ; ad, Han- 
 nah Boyd 
 
 Abraham Scott, 
 No. I, married ■{ 
 
 Ann Scott, No. 3, bo 
 died lyy^, married A 
 Patterson, No. 
 
 1699, r 
 
 rthur < 
 
 Abraham Scott, 
 J 702 
 
 No. 4, born 
 
 Samuel Scott, No. 2, had one child, 
 Samuel Scott. Jr., who died in his sixth 
 year, is buried at Donegal (Grave No. 
 95), Three of his nephews are legatees 
 in his will, viz ; Samuel Patterson, No. 
 3, son of my sister Ann. No. 3 ; Hugh 
 Pedan, son to my sister Grisel, No. 5, 
 and Samuel Agnew, son of James 
 Agnew and my sister Rebrcca, No. 7, 
 and also to my two brothers-in-law, 
 Poage or Poake 
 
 vide: Patterson chart, page 45 
 
 Had two sons, viz: Josiah, No. 9, and 
 Thomas, No. 10, named as legatees in 
 the will of Alexander Scott, No. 8 He 
 may have had more children. I have 
 no knowledge of his wife's name 
 
 Grisel Scott, No. 
 
 born i 
 
 Josiah Scott, No. 6, born 
 1706, died 1765, married 
 Mary 
 
 Rebecca Scott, No. 7, born 
 1706. died 1789, married 
 James Agnew, who was 
 first married to Martha 
 
 , by whom he had 
 
 two children 
 
 Alexander Scott, No. 8, born 
 1 716, married Mary Carr 
 
 Robert Scott, No. ii ; Elizabeth, No. 12 ; 
 Jane, No. 13; Alexander Scott, No. 14 ; 
 son-in-law, David Hayes; Ann Scott, 
 No. 15 (Galbraith, buried at Donegal,, 
 Grave No. 15.); Jean Scott, No 16, 
 the wife of David Hayes, Jr ; Esther 
 Scott, No. 17, are legatees in his will 
 
 First wife's children : 
 John Agnew, No. 18 
 Janet AgJiew, No. ig 
 
 Second wife's children ; 
 Samuel Agnew^, No. 20 
 Martha Agnew, No. 21, married Samuel 
 
 Patterson, No. 3 
 James Agnew, No. 22, married Mary 
 
 Ramsey 
 David Agnew, No 23, married Mary 
 
 Erwin 
 Margaret Agnew, No. 24, married James 
 
 Patterson, No. 5 
 Rebecca Agnew, No. 25 
 Sarah Agnew, No. 26 
 Abraham Agnew, No. 27 
 Anna Agnew^ Nu. zS 
 
 f No issue! . In his will he leaves legacies 
 to Hugh Pedan, son 10 my sister Grisel, 
 No. 5/ to his brother Samuel Scott, 
 No. 2;' to Josiah Scott, No 9. son to 
 my brother Abraham Scott, No. 4, de- 
 ceased; to Joseph Tidball, of Philadel- 
 phia ; to Samuel Patterson, No. 3, 
 son to my sister Ann, No. 3; to 
 Eleanor Moore (Patterson, No. 6,), 
 
 ■{ daughter to my sister Ann, No. 3; to 
 William Carr, my brother-in-law ; to 
 Alexander Carr, son to William Carr; 
 to Elizabeth Hayes, daughter of David 
 Hayes, deceased ; Thomas Scott, No. 
 10, son;tQ my brother Abraham, No. 4 ; 
 to John Hayes; to David Hayes; to 
 Patrick Hayes; to Jean Carr, and to 
 Abraham Lowry, my sister's son in 
 
 t Cumberland County 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 6i 
 
 Chart of the Family and Descendants of Hugh Scott, 
 Brother of Josiah 
 
 Hugh Scott, mar- 
 ried Janet Ag- 
 new. No. 19 
 
 f Abraham Scott. 
 No, 29^ mar- 
 ried iRt, Mar- 
 
 I garet McClean 
 
 ■:!d, Jane Kerr; 
 
 3d, Margaret 
 
 McMullen 
 
 Rebecca Scott. 
 
 No. 30. nitir- 
 
 ried Mr. ^'an- 
 
 amon 
 
 Hugh Scott. No. 
 
 30, married 
 
 Miss Dickey 
 
 James Scott, No, 
 
 32, married 
 
 Rebecca Pai- 
 
 terbon^ No. 17 
 
 John Scott, No. 
 ^6, married 
 Martha Pat- 
 terson, No. 18 
 
 Sarah Scolt, No. 
 33, married 
 Mr. Jordan 
 
 Elizabeth Scott, 
 No. 34. mar- 
 ried Mr. Todd 
 
 Joseph Scott, 
 No. 35, married 
 Jane Darrah 
 
 Hugh Scott, No. 
 37, married ist, 
 Leah Spang- 
 ler; 2d, Mar- 
 garet Dixon 
 
 Margaret Scott, 
 No. 38 
 
 Dr. James Pat- 
 terson Scott, 
 No. 39 
 
 John Scott, No. 
 40 
 
 William Scott, 
 No. 41. mar- 
 ried Margaret 
 Hubbel 
 
 Jane Scott, No. 
 42, married j 
 George Ash 
 man 
 
 James Lawrence 
 Scott, No. 50. 
 
 James P. Scott, 
 No. 51. 
 
 Heairy H. Scott, 
 No. 52, mar- 
 ried Ella Davis 
 
 James ScoltAsh- 
 
 man 
 Jonii Ashman 
 Ellen K. Ashman 
 (.iedrge Ashman 
 Richard Ash- 
 man 
 David H. Ash^ 
 
 man 
 Rebecca AL Ash- 
 man 
 
 William Scott, 
 No. 53, and 
 Miles M. Scott 
 
 No. 54 
 
 [■ Margaret Scott, 
 No. 43, mar- - 
 ried Robert 
 Officer 
 
 Jane Scott, No. 
 4*. 
 
 Rebecca Scott, 
 No. 45 
 
 James Patterson 
 Scott, No. 46, 
 married Miss 
 Semple 
 
 John Scott, No, 
 
 47 
 Randolf Scott, 
 
 No. 48 
 Decatur Scott, 
 
 No. 49 
 
 Martha Jane Of- 
 ficer, married 
 Rev. Thomas 
 M. Newal 
 
 Thomas Officer, 
 married Eliza- 
 beth Pusey 
 
 Sarah Ellen Offi- 
 cer married 
 William Pusey 
 
 Rebecca Ann Of- f Margaret Blaine 
 ficer married-; and Robert 
 Niel Blaine ( Blaine 
 
 John Officer 
 married Mar- 
 tha Lockwood 
 
 Robert Officer 
 
 WiUiam Officer 
 
 David Officer 
 
62 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 The Hayes Family. 
 
 Some of the members of this family occupied a prominent 
 position in the affairs of Donegal Church. David Hayes (No. i), 
 (sometimes spelled Hays) was an Elder, and is mentioned as one 
 of the Session to whom the patent deed for the Glebe was granted 
 to the Church in 1740. A number of his descendants took an 
 active part in the War of the Revolution. There are few records 
 extant relating to the family. The following partial chart has 
 been prepared from data that have been verified : 
 
 ( John Hayes, Sr., No. 2. 
 married Elizabeth 
 
 David Hayes, No i, 
 married Jean Kerr 
 
 John Hayes, Jr., No. 7 
 
 Robert Hayes, No. 3j 
 married Catherine Pat- 
 terson 
 
 (Jean Hayes, No. 8, 
 ried Adam Tate 
 
 < No issue 
 
 i David Hayes, No. 9, j ^°!'"mf'^" 
 I married Ann Moore ^ 1 P?'"'^'' H"!'" 
 
 Patrick Hayes, No. 4, 
 married Susannah 
 
 David Hayes, No. 5, 
 married Jean Scott 
 
 A daughter married Alex- 
 ander Scott, No. 6 
 
 [Arthur Hayes, No. jo 
 
 i David Hayes, No. 11 
 Elizabeth Hayes, No. 
 
 ( Eleanor Hayes 
 
 David Hayes (No. i), in his will, dated March 15th, 1776, 
 Rapho Township, approved May 31st, 1780, names as legatees 
 his wife, Jean; son-in-law, Alexander Scott (No. 6); sons, 
 John (No. 2) and Robert (No. 3); nephew, David Kerr; son, 
 Patrick (No. 4); daughter-in-law, Jean ; and grandchild, Eliza- 
 beth (No. 12), daughter of my son, David (No. 5), deceased. 
 
 John Hayes, Sr. , (No. 2) died January 26th, 1813. His 
 son, John, Jr. (No. 7), born December 5th, 1775, died No- 
 vember 27th, 1 8 13. 
 
 Concerning Robert Hayes (No. 3), there are no data except 
 his family record and his signature in a deed, made in 1764, to 
 William Patterson, when he signs as the husband of Catherine 
 Hayes, formerly Catherine Patterson. In, the will of Catherine 
 Hayes, nee Patterson, their children are mentioned as legatees, 
 and their grandchildren, the children of David Hayes (No. 9), 
 who married Ann Moore, daughter of Ephraim and Eleanor 
 Moore (see Moore chart, page 59). 
 
 The husband of Jean Hayes (No. 8) was the son of the 
 Rev. Joseph Tate, Pastor of Donegal Church. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 63 
 
 Chart of the Family and Descendants of James Agnew 
 
 f John Agnew, No. 2, 
 born March 4, 1732, 
 died at Carlisle 
 April 8, 1790, un- 
 married. He was 
 Provincial Justice 
 1770, member of 
 the Committee of 
 Observation, 1776, 
 Clerk of Quarter 
 Sessions 1777, and 
 Judge of the Court I 
 of Common Pleas 
 1784 
 Jannet A^new, No, 
 3, married Hugh 
 Scott 
 
 James Agnew mar- 
 ried ist, Martha 
 ; zd, Re- 
 becca Scott. No. 7, 
 daughter of Abra- 
 ham Scott, No. I, 
 by whom he had 9 
 children John and 
 Jannet were by his 
 first wife 
 
 Martha Agnew, No. 
 4, married Samuel 
 Patterson, No 31 
 
 James Agnew, No. 5, 
 married Mary- 
 Ramsey 
 
 David Agnew, No. 6, 
 married Mary Ir- 
 win 
 
 Margaret Agnew, 
 No. 7, married 
 James Patterson, 
 No. 5' 
 
 Rebecca Agnew, 
 No. 8 
 
 Parah Agnew, No. 9 
 
 Abraham Agnew, 
 No. 10 
 
 Anna Aernew, No. ir 
 
 Abraham Scott 
 
 Rebecca Scott 
 
 Hugh Scott 
 
 James Scott married Re- 
 becca Patterson, No. 17^ 
 
 Sarah Scott 
 
 Elizabeth ScoEt 
 
 Joseph Scott 
 
 John Scott married Mar- 
 tha Patterson, No. 18^ 
 
 Arthur Patterson, No, 11* 
 
 James Patterson, No. 12^ 
 
 Samuel Patterson, No, 13^ 
 
 Rebecca Patterson, No 58^ 
 married Rev, Matthew 
 Henderson 
 
 Samuel Agnew, M. D., 
 
 No. 13 
 Ann Agnew, No. 14 
 James Agnew, No. 15 
 John Agnew, No. 16 
 David Agnew, No 17 
 Rebecca Agnew, No. 18 
 Mary Agnew, No. 19 
 Robert Agnew, M. D.,No 
 20, married Agnes Hen- 
 derson 
 Samuel Agnew, No 21 
 Martha Agnew, No. 22 
 Smith Agnew,- No. 23 
 James Agnew {2d), No. 24 
 Gibson Agnew, No. 25 
 
 Martha Hender- 
 son 
 
 Mary Henderson 
 
 Rebecca H e n - 
 derson 
 
 Samuel Hender- 
 son 
 
 Rev. Ebene7er 
 Henderson 
 married Agnes 
 Noble 
 
 James P. Hen- 
 derson, M. D., 
 
 Arthur Hender- 
 son 
 
 The only son of 
 Robert Agnew, 
 D. Hayes Ag- 
 new, M. D., 
 LL. D.,No.26, 
 Prof, of Surg. 
 University of 
 Penna. 
 
 The writer has no evidence of James Agnew, the founder of 
 this family, being a member of Donegal congregation. By inter- 
 marriage with the Scotts, Pattersons, Hayeses and others, the 
 family becomes a legitimate descendant of Donegal. The reader, 
 by tracing the numbers on these family charts, will learn their 
 close relationship. There are many of which the writer has no 
 knowledge, except their names, obtained from family records ; 
 for obvious reasons some are repeated on this chart ; the de- 
 scendants of Martha Agnew (No. 4) appear on the Patterson 
 chart, page 45. 
 
 ^ Vide ; Patterson chart, page 45. 
 
•64 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 The mother, Agnes Henderson, of Dr. D. Hayes Agnew was 
 the widow of Rev. Ebenezer Henderson, by whom she had two 
 children — James P. Henderson, M. D., and Arthur Henderson. 
 
 Rebecca Scott (No. 7) was a sister of Ann Scott (No. 3), 
 the wife of Arthur Patterson, the founder of the Patterson family 
 of Donegal. 
 
 
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THE DONEGAI, PRESliVTERIAN CHURCH. 65 
 
 It will be observed from the foregoing chart that the claim 
 of Donegal Church for the honor of President William McKinley 
 a:s one of its descendants is fully established.* 
 
 * Con-iilior:ili.:d by Chiis. R. Miller, Esq., Canton, Ohio. 
 
 Dax'id McKinley, who married Sarah dray, the grand- 
 daughter of James Stephenson, was from; the neighborhood of 
 the Chanccloi'd Presb\'terian Church, in \'ork County, Pa. 
 Some of the McKinley descendants still reside in the \'icinit_y 
 and a number of them rest in the burying ground of the old 
 Chanccford Church. The following inscriptions are from their 
 tombstones : 
 
 T h,„„.,» Mcknilcy WillKim W . Mck.nley j„,,„ McKinley 
 
 lu.m J.n asth.iynj Horn Sept 23d, 1807 Pied March .,m383 
 
 Uu jl Muy -a. i8(„ Died Nov. ,»th, .8or j „^„.j • ^^ 
 
 „g„l „= ye:ns. 3 mo. aged ^4 yars. t mo. ,/_j'j- ^,^ .^ 
 
 •uui fi days ami 19 i.uiys ' -" 
 
 Elizabeth McKinley Rosa.in.i McKinley \ , M ^ M V 1.. 
 
 Ihomas Mckinley n;»4n„- ,,.1 ,q<i. Died I'ec. i, liwr 
 
 nied Sept rSth, ,S,e ^.d D- .3d. ■ 7 „g,d =e year., S mo. 
 
 ;„;ed joyears. 7mo. atid., dayl and ,5 days 
 and 1^ da\ s ■' 
 
 Stephen MrKinley Sarah McKinley William S. McKinley 
 
 r.orn Aii>^ 18th, iSoi Horn April igth, 1803 Rorll March 17. 1S35 
 
 Hied No'v, r7th, 1878 Died Feb iSth, 1879 Died Feb. lilli, 1883 
 
 aged 77 years, Q mo. aged 75 years, mo. aged 47 \ears, 10 mo. 
 
 ancl 29 days and 29 days and 2j days 
 
 Jane 
 
 wile Mt Elizabeth McKinley 
 Stephen .McKinley Born May 25. 1810 
 
 Born Jan. 27111, iSoi Died Sept. 17, 1S77 
 
 Died Jiiiv' iSili, 1875 aged O7 >cars. 3 mo. 
 aged 74 years. 5 mo. and .-3 d.iys 
 
 .aiul 21 days 
 
 Paxld McKinle)- was born 1755, in York Co., Pa., in the 
 vicinitA' of the Chanceford Presbyterian Church. He took an 
 acti\o part in the Revolutionar\' War. H'e married Sarah Gray, 
 the granddaughter of James Stephenson, of Donegal ; he had a 
 large family: he died in Ohio. His son, James McKinley, was 
 born in 1783 ; he married Polly Rose and resided on a farm in 
 MerccT Co. , Pa. ; he became engaged in the iron business at 
 Lisbon, Ohio ; he was an elder in the: Lisbon Presbyterian 
 Church. His son, W^illiam McKinley, was born in 1807 ; he 
 resided at Poland, Ohio : he married Nancy .Allison, a lady of 
 Scotch-Irish blood ; they had nine children, the seventh of whom is 
 
66 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 our President, Major William McKinley, born January 29th, 1843. 
 Whatever the President's mother's denominational predilections 
 may have been, the name of Allison was held in high estimation 
 among the early founders of Donegal Church in the person of 
 John Allison as an elder and a member of the Session to whom 
 was granted the Wm. Penn patent deed for the Glebe in 1740. 
 As early as 1738 a patent deed was granted to Richard Allison 
 for a tract of land about one mile south of Donegal Church. 
 His son James died, leaving sons Richard and James and two 
 daughters. William Allison's name appears as a member of 
 Donegal congregation, and George Allison as a member of 
 Conewago Church, an offshoot of Donegal. Subsequently the 
 name of Allison, like some others of the old Church, disappear 
 from the records, having acquired the spirit of westward move- 
 ment. Donegal Church may feel a just pride in the descendant, 
 Major William McKinley, President of the United States, whose 
 birth and training has been from a Presbyterian ancestry that has 
 left its impress of civil and religious freedom upon this govern- 
 ment from its incipiency to the present time. 
 
 Dr. John Watson, born December 25th, 1762, died Novem- 
 ber 1 6th, 1843, (buried at Donegal, grave No. 43). His father, 
 David Watson, was Lieutenant in Col. Crawford's Fifth Battalion, 
 Lancaster Co. Militia, and a member of the Committee of Observa- 
 tion, 1777. His uncle, James Watson, was Colonel of the Second 
 Battalion, 1777, and his brother, Nathaniel Watson, was Major- 
 General in the War of 181 2-14. Dr. John Watson owned and 
 resided on the Stephenson (sometimes spelled Stevenson) farm 
 at Donegal Springs, at present owned by the Hon. J. Donald 
 Cameron. This was patented by James Stephenson. In 1780 
 it was deeded to David Watson, grandson of James Stephenson, 
 and by him deeded to his son, Dr. John Watson, in 1785, who 
 owned and occupied it until his death, which occurred in 1843. 
 His son. Dr. Nathaniel Watson, sold it to the Hon. Simon 
 Cameron in 1872. The original Stephenson tract contained 
 three hundred and fourteen acres. It has not been divided to the 
 present time. How long it was in the possession of James 
 Stephenson is not definitely known. It was in the Watson 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 67 
 
 family nearly one hundred years, until 1872, when it passed into 
 the Cameron family, so that from its original occupation to the 
 present time there were but three family owners — Stephenson, 
 Watson and Cameron. 
 
 Dr. John Watson had a very laborious practice, extending 
 over a large territory, traversed entirely on horseback. His 
 reputation as a skilful physician required much labor to meet 
 the constant demands for his services. He married Margaret 
 Clemson and had the following family and descendants : 
 
 Chart of the Watson Family and Descendants 
 
 Dr. John Watson 
 married Margaret 
 Clemson 
 
 Mary Watson married Col. James Patterson, No. 15. See Patterson 
 
 chart page 45 
 Rachel Watson married William Brown. No issue 
 
 Dr. David Watson married . No issue 
 
 Margaret Watson married Rev, Alexander Boyd 
 
 John Watson died unmarried 
 
 Dr. Nathaniel Watson married Maria Haines 
 
 Sarah Watson married Esaias E. Ellmaker 
 
 Rev. James C. Watson, D, D., married Margaret Wynkoop 
 
 Chart of the Rev. Alexander Boyd's Family 
 
 Margaret Watson married . 
 Rev. Alexander Boyd 
 
 Mary Boyd married Rev. 
 Samuel S. Sheddari, D. D. 
 
 Margaret C. Boyd married 
 Dr. Matthew A. Henderson 
 
 Anna Sheddan 
 Alexander B. Sheddan 
 Margaret C. Sheddan 
 William Sheddan 
 Mary W. Sheddan 
 
 Elizabeth Henderson di 
 
 young 
 Alexander B. Henderson 
 Anna Henderson 
 Mary S. Henderson 
 Margaret Henderson 
 
 Dr. Nathaniel Watson, son of Dr. John Watson, was born 
 February nth, 1800; died December i8th, 1886. He succeeded 
 his father in the practice of medicine. He had a very extensive 
 practice, was very successful and highly esteemed by his clientele. 
 Many are yet living who remember him and his cheerful visits in 
 the sick-room. The writer spent four years (from 1840 to 1844) 
 under his tutorage, and recalls with pleasure the many happy 
 hours spent at Donegal Springs. He married Maria Haines 
 and had the following family and descendants : 
 
68 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Chart of Nathaniel Watson's Family 
 
 Dr. Nathaniel Watson mar- 
 ried Maria Haines 
 
 James P, Watson married 
 Mary Hoover 
 
 Charlotte R. Watson married 
 
 Hiram Herr 
 Margaret C Watson married 
 
 Henry H.Wiley 
 Anthony Haines Watson, 
 
 deceased 
 Susan Mary Watson married ■ 
 
 John W. Johnson 
 Rachel Brown Watson, dec'd 
 Harriet P Watson 
 Dr, David R. Watson, dec'd 
 
 Maria H. Watson 
 Sarah A. Watson 
 Rachel B, Watson 
 James N. Watson 
 Susao M. Watson 
 H. Watson Herr, deceased 
 Benjamin D. Herr 
 
 Margaret Jones Wiley 
 
 Howard L. Johnson, dec'd 
 Mary Johnson 
 Margaret W. Johnson 
 John Watson Johnson, dec'd 
 Harriet W. Johnson 
 
 Chart of the Family of the Rev, James C. Watson, D. D. 
 
 Rev. James C. Watson 
 D. D., married Margaret " 
 Wynkoop 
 
 Mary Watson 
 
 Henry W , Watson, Attorney- 
 atLaw, married ist, Mary 
 Montgomery, no issue; 2d, 
 Mary Cummin 
 
 R. Belvilie Watson, M. D., 
 married ist, EmmaL. Gra- 
 fius ; 2d, Annie Elliot 
 
 James Cummin Watson 
 Mary Irwin Watson 
 
 Laura G Watson 
 Mary Watson 
 Grace H, Watson 
 
 The Ellmaker family is very large ; the accompanying chart 
 only represents the family of Esaias Enfield Ellmaker, whose 
 descendants belong to those of Donegal. 
 
 Chart of the Family of Esaias Enfield Ellmaker 
 
 C Nathaniel Ellmaker 
 married Barbara 
 Hiestandjboth dec'd 
 
 Elizabeth Ellmaker 
 married BenjaminR. 
 Hatfield, both dec'd 
 
 Margaret Clemson Ell- 
 maker died unmarried 
 
 Mary Rachel Ellmaker 
 married Dr. W. H. 
 Gunkle 
 
 Lucy Hiester Ellmaker 
 married Joseph C. 
 
 Walker 
 
 Esaias Enfield Ell- 
 
 2l^^f -.ir^^^ji'^^ 'i Levi Ellmaker died un- 
 married 
 
 Alfred Ellmaker mar- 
 ried Mary Alice 
 Walker 
 
 J: 
 
 Had 7 children, all deceased 
 except the youngest, 
 Benjamin Hatfield 
 
 Sarah Watson 
 
 Amos Ellmaker died 
 unmarried 
 
 Mary Catherine Gunkle 
 
 E. Enfield Walker married 
 Nancy Jane McCulloch 
 
 Sarah Watson Walker 
 
 Susan Pusey Walker 
 
 Joseph C. Walker, dec'd 
 
 William L, Walker 
 
 Mary Anna Ellmaker mar- 
 ried Edward Wallace 
 
 Florence Ellmaker married 
 K. E. Wallace 
 
 Benjamin E Ellmaker 
 married May Overholster 
 
 Nathaniel Ellmaker mar- 
 ried May Williams 
 
 Sarah Ellmaker married 
 Evan Ambler: 
 
 Alfred Ellmakfer married 
 Mary Hess 
 
 Joseph C. Walker 
 
 rjohn Wallace and 
 \ Pearl Wallace 
 ( Lucy Ellmaker 
 < Leonard Ellmaker 
 ( Edgar Ellmaker 
 
 ■| Alice Ellmaker 
 I Caroline Ambler 
 -I and Mary Eliza- 
 ( beth Ambler 
 
 < Emmit Ellmaker 
 
 Sarah Jane Ellmaker 
 
 married Robert -. George DufEeld Mcllvanc 
 
 Mcllvane ( 
 
 John Watson Ellmaker 
 
the donegal presbyterian church. 69 
 
 The Lytle Family. 
 
 The Lytle family (spelled Little, Litle and Lytle in the early 
 records), although not known as one of the earliest members of 
 Donegal Church, the name of Joseph Lytle (No. 2) first appears 
 as one of the charter members and subsequently as a trustee. 
 At the first meeting of the trustees, November 15th, 1786, he 
 was elected secretary of the Board ; he served as trustee and 
 secretary until his death, October 23d, 1788 (buried at Donegal, 
 grave No. 32). The following is from the records of the trustees : 
 
 "At Donegal meeting-house 19th November, 1788, then 
 the congregation being met agreeable to a public notification 
 given to that effect, did take into consideration that a vacancy 
 had lately taken place in the Board of trustees of said congrega- 
 tion by the decease of Mr. Joseph Little, one of the trustees. 
 The congregation did proceed according to directions of the law 
 in such cases to elect a person to act in his room, when the votes 
 being taken by ballot, Mr. James Wilson was elected accordingly 
 and took his seat as a trustee. 
 
 "Signed; Colin McFarquhar, Pres't." 
 
 His father, Ephraim Little (No. i), died in 1775, so that it 
 is probable that the family's connection with Donegal is much 
 earlier than the records show. 
 
 By consulting land titles we find that Ephraim Lytle took 
 out a patent near Big Chicquesalunga Creek for one hundred and 
 twenty-one acres in 1739, and another in 1743 for one hundred 
 acres adjoining this, and again in 1768 a third tract of one 
 hundred and seventy-nine acres. Part of these properties (the 
 first one upon which the original mansion house was built), at 
 present belongs to the estate of J. Hoffman Hershey, deceased, 
 and is situated on the Lancaster and Harrisburg turnpike, about 
 three miles east of the Borough of Mount Joy. Ephraim Lytle is 
 buried at Donegal (grave No. 33). His son, Joseph (No. 2), 
 taking a very prominent part in the affairs of the Church, the 
 inference is that the connection of the Lytle family dates back to 
 about the year 1730 or 1735. Nathaniel Lytle, the brother of 
 Ephraim (No. i), married the widow of William Wilkins ; he 
 
yo 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 died in 1748. There is nothing on record which indicates his 
 connection with Donegal Church. 
 
 Nathaniel Lytle ( No. 3) united his fortunes with the patriotic 
 members of Donegal congregation in the contest against tyranny 
 and oppression. He was killed at Chestnut Hill at the Battle of 
 Germantown. Before leaving home he placed his only son, 
 Joseph (No. 10), then a babe, under the care of his brother, 
 Joseph (No. 2), who subsequently raised him and made him his 
 heir, as he had no children of his own. 
 
 Ephraim Lytle, 
 No. I, inairli:d 
 Jannet 
 
 Partial Chart of the Lytle Family 
 
 f Sarah (.ytle, No. r 
 I 3, marriud-' 
 James Long 
 
 f Joseph I-ytle, f 
 No, 2, married -v 
 
 Nancy | 
 
 Nathaniel Lytle, | 
 No. 3, married -j 
 Christiana ( 
 
 Kjihraim Lytle, 
 
 No. 4, married 
 Jannet — ■ — 
 
 Ruth Lytic, No. 
 
 5, married Mr. 
 
 <jraham 
 Jean Lytle, No 6 
 Rebecca Lytle, 
 
 No 7. 
 Prlscilla Lytle, 
 
 No. 8, married 
 
 William Hark- 
 
 niss, Jr. 
 Elizabeth Lytk, 
 
 No. 9 
 
 No issue 
 
 Joseph Lytle, 
 No. 10, married 
 Grace Pedan 
 
 Jean Lytle, No. 
 II 
 
 Kli/ali.lh Lytle, 
 
 I 'ougla.s Long 
 Lytle Long 
 I James I .on^^ 
 William C. KoIj- 
 
 Jannet Lytic, 
 No 14, married 
 William C. 
 Robinson 
 
 HughLytl<-,No, 
 !«;, married 
 Mrs. McKelly 
 
 Joseph I>ytle, 
 No 16. married 
 Louisa Voight 
 
 Gr:u:e Lytle, No. 
 17, married 
 J:.m(.-bM.ll..n- 
 nct 
 
 Martha Lytic, 
 No.iS.marriiMl 
 Nicholas Cri^- 
 
 WL-II 
 Kli/idMjtli Lytle, 
 
 No. 19, died 
 
 unmarried 
 CliristirinaLytle. 
 
 Nit. 20, married 
 
 J (I m e s iiinii- 
 
 ham 
 
 Samuel Scott 
 }*edan Lytle, 
 No. 21, married 
 Annabell Hi.ii- 
 
 driLks.Jii 
 
 in son 
 San ford 
 
 Robin- 
 
 ^rr |,yUt 
 at Lytic 
 
 Martha Jane 
 Robinson 
 
 (.'hristiana Rob- 
 inson 
 
 Grace Robinson 
 
 (Jr 
 
 S.: 
 
 Joseph Lytle 
 Harry Lytic 
 Lucy Lytle 
 Mary Margaret 
 
 Lytle 
 Lizzie Lytic 
 
 James Bennet 
 Sanford Hennet 
 Laura liennet 
 
 No issue 
 
 Grace Bingham 
 
 George H. Lytic 
 [VI a r y (j r a c e 
 
 Lytle 
 Charles Lytle 
 Samuel S. P. 
 
 Lytle 
 Jeannela Lytic 
 . Anna iJt-lle l.yllc 
 
 Joseph Lytle (No. 2), born November 17th, 1737, died 
 October 23d, 1788. His wife, Nancy, died March, 1820, aged 
 eighty-one years. Joseph Lyde (No. 10 ) died 1855, aged 
 eighty years and three months. He married Grace Pcdan, 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 7 1 
 
 daughter of Col. Hugh Pedan (who was a distinguished soldier in 
 the Revolution), and granddaughter of Abraham Scott (No. i), 
 (\'ide: Scott Chart, page 60). She died in 1856, aged eighty years 
 and three months. They had a family of nine children. Three of 
 their grandchildren reside at present in Mount Joy, Pa., the chil- 
 dren of Samuel Scott Pedan Lytle (No. 21), viz: Dr. S. P. Lytle, 
 a successful dentist ; Jeanetta, married to Michael B. Detwiler, 
 and Miss Belle Lytle. The writer was personally acquainted 
 with Joseph (No. 10), and all his family, except Sarah Long. 
 
 The Bayly Family. 
 
 Thomas Bayly, the pioneer of the Bayly family, settled 
 about two and a half miles southwest of Mount Joy, where the 
 Donegal run crosses the Mount Joy and Marietta turnpike, near 
 the present location of Brandt's mill. He had two sons, John and 
 James, whose names appear in the charter of Donegal Church as 
 trustees in 1786. In his will, dated May 7th, 1736, he mentions 
 his wife, Mary, his two boys, John and James, and after all his 
 debts are paid, the remainder to be divided among his four 
 children and widow, but omits the names of two of the children. 
 
 Chart of the Bayly Family 
 
 Mary Bayly 
 
 married fThomas Bayly, b, 1762 
 
 Karr ' Susannah Bayly, b. 1764 
 
 Ruth Bayly , married John Greer 
 married | James Bayly, b. 1766 
 
 James An- ! Margaret Bayly, b. 1768, died 
 derson, Esq. j unmarried 
 John Bayly! Mary Bayly, b. 1771, married 
 married Han- ■{ James Anderson f Anthony Wayne 
 
 Ruth Bayly, b. 1773, married j .Robinson 
 
 Dr. Maxwell IMcUowell Penrose Robin- 
 
 John Bayly, b. 1775 son 
 
 Hannah Bayly, b. 1778, mar- I John BaylyRob- f LuCy G. Perkins 
 
 ried Henry S. Bayly I inson | married 
 
 Jannet Bayly, b 1780, mar- J Mary Hannah | Crowell 
 t ried Penrose Robinson ] Robinson mar- J Mary H. Perkins 
 
 n^hn Bayly - - -- 
 
 TamPs Ravlv ' Margaret Bayly 
 ■^married ^J Thomas Bayly 
 
 Thomas Baj'ly nah Clark 
 married 
 Mary — 
 
 -Jr 1 Stepdaughter Margaret Cook 
 
 -^^""^ Son-in-law Richard Keys 
 
 [Sou-in-IawStephenStevenson (^ son 
 
 ried Thomas] married - 
 Jefferson Per- Garner 
 kins I Penrose Robin- 
 
 Thomas An-l^ son Perkins^ 
 thony Robin- 
 
 ^I am indebted to Mr. Penrose Robinson Perkins, of Philadelphia, for a list of the children 
 of John and Hannah Bayly (their great-grandson), copied from the family Bible in his possession. 
 The names of the children of James and Mary Bayly are from' his will, dated October ist, 1793, 
 probated November 27th, 1793. His wife Mary, sons John and Thomas, daughter Margaret, 
 stepdaughter Margaret Cook, son-in-law Richard Keys and son-in-law Stephen Stevenson are 
 mentioned as legatees. From the name of the stepdaughter the inference is that his wife's name 
 was Mrs. Mary Cook. The following is from grave No. 130, Donegal ; '* Here are deposited the 
 remains of Ruth Stevenson, wife of Col. Stephen Stevenson."* Her name was evidently Ruth 
 Bayly, the daughter of James Bayly. The writer has no knowledge of the name of the wife 
 of Richard Keys. 
 
72 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Thomas Bayly's widow, Mary Bayly, m her will, dated Sep- 
 tember 27th, 1749, makes bequests to her sons, John and James 
 Bayly, and her two daughters, Mary Karr and Ruth Anderson, 
 establishing the family history thus far without a doubt 
 
 Partial Chart of the Family of James Sterrett (No. i) 
 
 James Sterrett, Nn. 2, 
 married — ist, Mary 
 Allison; 2d, !Mary 
 
 McClure 
 
 JamesSterrett, 
 No. 1, mar- , 
 ried Sarah ' 
 Montgomery 
 
 Frances Sterrett, No. 3, 
 married Samuel Woods 
 
 Robert Sterrett. No. 5, 
 married Rosannah 
 Grten 
 
 David Sterrett, No. 6, 
 married Elizabeth 
 Hanna 
 
 Charles Sterrett, No. 7. 
 settled in Ovid, Seneca 
 County, N. Y. 
 
 Nathaniel Sterrett, No. 8, 
 died July 2, 1807, un- 
 married; buried at 
 Donegal, grave No, 188 
 
 Mary Sieirett, No. 9, died 
 Dec. 28, 1787, aged 18 
 years ; buried at Done- 
 gal, grave No. 188 
 
 John Sterrett, No. 10, 
 married Rebecca 
 Woods 
 
 William Sterrett, No 4, 
 married Sarah Wuods 
 
 James Sterrett, No. n — b. Sept. 25, 1787; died 1856 
 Samuel Sterrett, No. 12 — b. Sept. 20, 1789; died 
 
 1845 
 Mary Sterrett, No. 13 — b. June 15, 1795; married 
 
 Alexander Patterson 
 Robert Sterrett, No. 14 — b. 1797, d. 1862 ; married 
 
 Margaret Patterson 
 Sarah Sterrett, No; 15 — b. 1799, d. 1881; unmarried 
 William Sterrett, No. 16 — b. 1801 ; married Rachel 
 
 Thompson 
 David Sterrett, No. 17 — b. June 6, 1805; d. Aug , 
 
 1807 
 WiiUam Woods, No. 18, married Rebecca Paxton 
 James Sterrett Woods, No. 19, married Mariana 
 
 Witherspoon 
 Mary Woods, No. 20, married Thomas Trimble 
 Samuel Woods, No. 21— b. 1795, d. Aug. 27, 1817; 
 
 unmarried 
 Jane Woods, No. 22, married Rev. McKnight 
 
 Williamson 
 Sarah Woods, No, 23, married Hon. John Kerr 
 Rirhard Woods,, No, 24, married Mary Jane 
 
 Sterrett, No. 29 
 James A. Sterrett, No. 25, married, 1st, Ellen 
 
 Curran; 2d, Elizabeth Bryan 
 Thomas. Sterrett, No. 26, married Martha Patterson 
 
 Margaret Sterrett, No. 27, married Trimble 
 
 Rev. David Sterrett, No. 28, married Mary Ann 
 
 Woods 
 Mary Jane Sterrett, No. 29, married Richard 
 
 Woods, No. 24- 
 John Sterrett, No. .30, married IMary Jane Woods 
 James Sterrett. No. 31, married Jane Glass 
 
 Jane Sterrett, No, 32, married Neely 
 
 Sarah Sterrett, No. 33, married — ~- Sample 
 Timothy Green Sterrett, No. 34, married I^Iargaret 
 
 McManigal 1 
 John Sterrett, No, 35, married, ist, Mary IVFatilda 
 
 Sterrett, No. 44 ; 2d, Sarah Thompf-on 
 Mary Sterrett, No. 36, married William ]\IcCalmont 
 Elizabeth Sterrett, No. 37, married James 
 
 ^li^Calmont 
 William Sterrett, No, 38, married Mary McNitt 
 David Sterrett, No. 39, died in California, un- 
 married 
 Robert Sterrett, No. 40. married Susan Shaw 
 Rosannah Sterrett, No. 41, died unmarried 
 Rebecca Sterrett, No. 42, married Nathaniel W. 
 
 Sterrett, No. 46; 
 Nathaniel Sterrett, No. 43, married Mary Allison 
 
 No. 
 
 44, married John 
 died 
 
 Mary Matilda Sterrett, 
 
 Sterrett, No. 35 
 Sarah Sterrett, No. 45 — born Aug. 28, i 
 
 in her twenty-fourth year 
 Nathaniel W. Sterrett, No. 46, married Rebecca 
 
 Sterrett, No. 42= 
 James Charles Sterrett, No. 47 — b. Dec. 15, 1818; 
 
 died Dec 3, 1837 
 John Thomas Sterrett, No. 48 — b. June 9, 1813: 
 
 died Dec, 1856; 
 
 ^ Timothy Green Sterrttt's grandson, Charles C. Sterrett, Ts a missionary in Persia. 
 
THE DONEGAT. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 73. 
 
 This is one of the large families connected with Donegal 
 Church through their progenitor, James Sterrett (No. i), whose 
 numerous descendants are widely dispersed throughout the land, 
 and whose influence contributed greatly to the progress of the 
 community enlightened by their presence. James Sterrett 
 (No. I ) was the second son of Robert and Mary Ramsey Sterrett, 
 and was born in Lancaster County, in 1723. In 1767, his father 
 deeded to him two hundred and fifty acres of land in Rapho Town- 
 ship which had been patented November 3rd, 1761. The farm, at 
 present owned by John S. Nisslcy and occupied by his son-in-law, 
 John B. Hertzler, is a part of the land upon which is the Sterrett 
 mansion, situated about one mile north of the Lancaster and 
 Harrisburg turnpike, and about two miles northeast of Mount 
 Joy. Here he lived until his death in 1808 ; he is buried at 
 Donegal (grave No. 187). He married Sarah ATontgomery, 
 who survived her husband and died at the extreme age of nearly 
 one hundred years, while on a visit to Mifflin County, and is 
 buried in the Presbyterian burying ground near Reedsville. 
 
 James Sterrett (No. 2), born July, 1747; died June 12th, 
 181 2 ; buried at Newville. His first wife was Mary Allison.* 
 
 * The source of my information gives the name of Maiy Allison or 
 Jlary Hanna as his first wife. The circumstantial evidence is strongly in 
 favor of Mar}' Allison, as the name Allison occurs as a middle name in 
 some of the descendants. Mr. Sterrett owned and occupied the Allison 
 farm, where his first wife died. A short time after his second marriage 
 he sold the farm and moved to Juniata County. 
 
 He had issue James (No. 11) and Samuel (No. 12). His wife, 
 Mary, died 1791, aged twenty-five years (buried at Donegal, 
 grave No. 187). His second wife, Margaret McClure, had issue 
 Mary (No. 13), Robert (No. 14), Sarah (No. 15), William 
 (No. 16), and David (No. 17). The Hon. James P. Sterrett, 
 Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, residing in Philadelphia, and Dr. 
 John P. Sterrett, of Pittsburg, are sons of Robert (No. 14) and 
 Margaret Patterson. 
 
 Frances Sterrett (No. 3), born October 3rd, 1760 ; died 
 October 15th, 1824 ; buried in the old graveyard at Carlisle. 
 She married Samuel Woods; had issue William Woods (No. 18),, 
 
74 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Rev. James Sterrett Woods (No. 19), Mary (No. 20), Samuel 
 (No. 21), Jane (No. 22), Sarah (No. 23), and Richard (No. 
 24). The Rev. James Sterrett Woods (No. 19) was born 
 April i8th, 1793; died 1863. He was pastor of the Presbyterian 
 church of Lewistown, Pa. , for nearly forty years. He married 
 Marianna Witherspoon, daughter of the Rev. John Witherspoon, 
 D.D. , of Revolutionary fame, and had issue six sons and three 
 daughters, as follows : 
 
 Chart of the Family of Rev. James Sterrett Woods 
 
 (No. 19) 
 
 John Witherspoon Woods 
 
 Samuel Stanjiope Woods married Henrietta 
 
 Wilson 
 David Walker Woods married Jane Alilligan 
 James Sterrett Woods, Jr., V. S. A. 
 Frances Marianna Woods married Joseph A. 
 Rev. James Sterrett Woods, No. 19, married -j Williamson 
 
 Marianna Witherspoon William Harris Woods married Frances T. 
 
 Williamson 
 Alexander Miller Woods married Mary Rit- 
 
 tenhouse 
 Anna Eliza Woods married John Cochran 
 l_ Margaret Jane Woods 
 
 The oldest son of the Rev. James Sterrett Woods, John 
 Witherspoon Woods, died in 1839, while preparing for the pro- 
 fession of law. His second son, Samuel Stanhope Woods, was 
 a lawyer of distinction ; he was elected Judge of the twelfth judicial 
 district ; he died in 1873. His third son, David Walker Woods, 
 a lawyer, admitted to the Mifflin County Bar, 1844. His fourth 
 son, Lieutenant James Sterrett Woods, Jr., U. S. A., was killed 
 at the Battle of Monterey, Mexico, His fifth son, William Harris 
 Woods, was a lawyer in Huntingdon. His sixth son, Alexander 
 Miller Woods, was a minister of the gospel, and died at Mahanoy 
 City, 1897. 
 
 Jane Woods (No. 22) married the Rev. McKnight William- 
 son, had issue one son and three daughters, as follows : 
 
 Jane Woods, No. 22, married Rev. McKnight 
 Williamson 
 
 Frances T. Williamson married William 
 
 Harris Woods 
 Phebe Williamson married Rev. ^\'est 
 Mary Jane Graham Williamson married Capt. 
 
 T. A. Walker 
 William McKnight WilUamsonl married 
 
 Rachel C. Sipes 
 
 iThe Hon. Judge Williamson, of Huntingdon Co., Pa. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 75 
 
 Richard Woods (No. 24) married Mary Jane Sterrett 
 (No. 29), whose family and descendants are as follows : 
 
 Chart of the Family of Richard Woods (No. 24) 
 
 f Nettie Jane Woods married 
 Andrew Blair 
 
 William Sterrett Woods mar- 
 ried Anna Mary Sterret, 
 daughter of John Sterrett, - 
 No. 3-;, and Mary Matilda ' 
 Sterrett, No. 44 
 
 Richard Woods, No 24, mar- 
 ried Mary Jane Sterrett, . 
 
 No. 29 
 
 Sarah Ellen Woods, died in 
 infancy 
 
 Samuel Melancthon Woods 
 married Ezemiah H. Ster- 
 rett 
 
 Martha Tirzah Woods mar- 
 ried John R. Sharp 
 
 James Thomas Woods mar- 
 ried Ezemiah McCune 
 
 David Flavel Woods married* 
 Helen Stewart 
 
 Margaret Rebecca Woods 
 
 John Scott Woods married 
 Mary Craighead 
 
 Anna Woods, died in infancy 
 
 Mary Elizabeth Woods 
 
 Flora Bella Woods 
 
 Clara Ellen Woods married 
 John W. Craighead 
 
 Mary Matilda Woodsi 
 
 Richard Wright Woods mar- 
 ried Nannie Clark Sponsler 
 
 Sarah Martha Woods married 
 Charles Abbot Parkinson 
 
 L Winnefrcd Sterrett WoodaZ 
 
 William Sterrett (No. 4), born 1762, married Sarah Woods, 
 daughter of Thomas and Mary Woods, of Leacock Township, 
 Lancaster County, Pa. His father gave him a farm in Rapho 
 Township, Lancaster Co., Pa. Besides farming, he carried on an 
 extensive transportation business, by means of Conestoga teams, 
 between Philadelphia and Pittsburg, in partnership with his 
 brother, David Sterrett (No. 6). William died July 28th, 1818, 
 and is buried at Donegal (grave No. 186). His widow lived 
 at the home farm until her death May 31st, 1S40, and is buried 
 at Donegal (grave No. 196). 
 
 II am greatly indebted to JNliss Mary Matilda Woods for valuable material and assistance 
 in the preparation of the genealogical sketches and charts of the Sterrett family. 
 
 2Miss Winnefred Sterrett Woods is a missionary to Chili and has charge of the studio of 
 Concepcion College, So. America, 
 
76 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 The family and descendants of William Sterrett (No. 4) are 
 as follows : 
 
 Chart of the Family and Descendants of 
 William Sterrett (No. 4) 
 
 William Sterrett, No. . 
 ried Sarah Woods 
 
 f James A, Sterrett No zj, f George Sterrett, son of Eliza- 
 married, ist, tllen Lurran ; ■ u^X ■p^„.,„ 
 
 2d, Elizabeth Bryan ( "^"l" ^"^y" 
 
 Sarah M., Samuel P.,Winiam 
 J., and Woods Sterrett. 
 
 (See chart of the Patterson 
 (amily, page 45) 
 
 Thomas Sterrett, No. 26, 
 married Martha Patterson 
 
 ]\Iargaret Sterrett, No. 27, 
 married Trimble 
 
 Rev. David Sterrett, No 28, 
 married Mary Ann Woods 
 
 ;\Ioved to Ohio 
 
 C David Woods Sterrett, dec'd. 
 <. Anna Sterrett 
 (^ Sarah Ellen Sterrett 
 
 Mary Jane Sterrett. No. 29, f g^^ ^^^ ^j^^^^ ^^ ^^^ f^, 
 married Richard Woods, J ^ of Richard Woods, No, 
 No. 24 ( 
 
 mily 
 '4) 
 
 John Sterrett, No. 30, married 
 Mary Jane Woods 
 
 Sarah Lilias Sterrett 
 Martha Ellen Sterrett 
 Samuel Woods Sterrett 
 Mary Eliiabeth Sterrett 
 James Thomas Sterrett, dec'd 
 David Calvin Sterrett 
 Alice Sterrett, dec'd 
 
 James A. Sterrett (No. 25) was born JNIay 23d, 1793 ; died 
 at Mount Joy, October 30th, 1851, (buried at Donegal, grave 
 No. 223). He was postmaster at Marietta, Pa., whence he 
 moved to Springfield, Ohio ; thence to Mount Joy, Pa., where 
 he married his second wife, Elizabeth Bryan, of Lancaster. 
 
 The writer was well acquainted with Mr. Sterrett and spent 
 many pleasant hours in his family, enjoying Mrs. Sterrett' s fine 
 music. She was a well-trained performer on the piano. The 
 Bryans were a musical family, vocal and instrumental. Mrs. 
 Sterrett' s brothers, George and Samuel, and sisters, Mary and 
 Margie, with Mrs. Sterrett at the piano, constituted a charming 
 quintette. 
 
 Thomas Sterrett (No. 26), born December nth, 1794; 
 died September 2d, 1849, (buried at Donegal, grave No. 198). 
 He resided on the farm at present owned by Andrew G. Nissley. 
 This was part of the original tract of two hundred and fifty acres 
 deeded to James Sterrett (No. i) by his father, Robert Sterrett. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN' CHURCH. 77 
 
 Thomas Sterrett sold his farm and moved to Mount Joy. He 
 married Martha Patterson, a great-granddaughter of Arthur 
 Patterson (No. i). They had three sons and one daughter 
 (see sketch of Patterson family). 
 
 Rev. David Sterrett (No. 28), born 1800 ; died June 21st, 
 1 87 1, shortly after his return to Carlisle from the meeting of the 
 General Assembly, which met in Chicago in May, 1871. He 
 early became a communicant of Donegal Church during the 
 pastorate of the Rev. William Kerr. He was a graduate of Jeffer- 
 son College and Princeton Seminary. His first pastorate was at 
 Shaner's creek, in Huntingdon Presbytery; where he preached 
 ten years, when he accepted a call from the churches at McVey- 
 town and Newton Hamilton. During his residence at McVeytown 
 he met a sad affliction by the loss of his only son, who was 
 accidentally drowned. He resigned his pastorate at McVeytown 
 on account of declining health ; he did not assume the pastoral 
 relationship, but did not abandon the services of the ministry ; 
 he was often sought to fill a vacant pulpit, or as assistant in cases 
 of emergency. He was highly esteem.ed by those who loved a 
 pure gospel and a true and earnest presentation of the truth. 
 The descendants are as follows : 
 
 {David \\'Qods Sterrett, dec'd 
 Anna Sterrett f William Fisk Sadler, Jr. 
 
 Sarah Ellen Sterrett married I Lewis Sterrett Sadler 
 Hon W. F. Sadler 1 Sylvester Baker Sadler 
 
 [ Horace Trikett Sadler 
 
 John Sterrett (No 30), born June 4.th, 1803, in Rapho 
 Township, Lancaster County. He was engaged in the mercantile 
 business in Mount Joy until he removed to Cumberland County, 
 Pa. He married Mary Jane Woods ; they had issue three sons 
 and four daughters. (See the chart of the family of William 
 Sterrett No. 4.) "Robert Sterrett (No. 5), born August 2d, 
 1763, died March 12th, 1843. He married (December 30th, 
 1790), a daughter of Colonel Timothy and Jean Edmunston 
 Green, of Hanover Township, Dauphin County. In early life 
 he went to Mifflin County and lived on a farm, which is still in 
 the family. ' ' He had a large family of thirteen children. 
 
78 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 James Sterrett (No. 31), son of Robert (No. 5), born 
 December 31st, 1791 ; married Jane Glass, October 27th, 1814. 
 He was a farmer in Clarion County, Pa. , had ten children, and 
 has many descendants. Prof. James McBride Sterrett, D.D. ,* 
 of Columbia University, Washington, D. C. , is a grandson. 
 
 * Robert Sterrett, a son of James McBride Sterrett, is in the United 
 States Army in the Philippines. 
 
 The Lowrey Family. 
 
 " Lazarus Lowrey was born in Ireland, and came to Donegal 
 in 1729 ; he was a member of Donegal Church. He owned the 
 Clark farm, now Hon. J. Donald Cameron's ; his land joined 
 Richard Allison's and others. He died in Philadelphia in 1753." 
 His family and some of the descendants are as follows; 
 
 Lazarus Lowrey married ist, 
 
 ; 2d, Mrs 
 
 Thomas Edwards. No is- 
 sue with second wife 
 
 John Lowrey 
 
 James Lowrey married Sus- 
 annah Patterson 
 
 Daniel Lowrey 
 
 Joseph Lowrey married Ann 
 Boggs 
 
 Alexander Lowrey married 
 ist. Mary Waters ; 2d, Ann 
 Aldricks; 3d, Mrs. Sarah 
 Cochran 
 
 Children of Mary Waters, his- 
 
 first wife ; 
 Alexander Lowrey, Jr., died 
 
 young 
 Elizabeth Lowrey married 
 
 Daniel Elliot 
 i\Iary Lowrey married Arthur 
 
 Hayes 
 Lazarus Lowrey married 
 
 Mary Evans 
 I\Iargaret Lowrey married 
 
 George Plummer 
 Daniel Lowrey died young. 
 The only child of Ann Ald- 
 ricks, his second wife : 
 Frances Lowrey married 
 
 Samuel Evans 
 Mrs. Sarah Cochran, his 
 
 third wife, had no issue 
 
 "John Lowrey, son of Lazarus, was killed by the Indians at 
 the Ohio River in 1750. He owned the farm, part of which is 
 now Dufiey's Park farm. James Lowrey married Susannah 
 Patterson, daughter of James Patterson, the Indian trader ; he 
 owned the farm back of Shock's mill. In 1748 he bought the 
 farm lately owned by John Haldeman, below Locust Grove ; he 
 sold it in 1757 and moved to Juniata County. Daniel Lowrey 
 owned four hundred acres along the present road leading from 
 May town to Elizabethtown ; in 1751, he sold it to his brother, 
 Colonel Alexander Lowrey ; he moved to Juniata in 1759. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 79. 
 
 Joseph Lowrey married Ann Boggs, daughter of Andrew Boggs ; 
 he owned the farm above Bainbridge, He died in Maytown, 
 in 1782. 
 
 " Colonel Alexander Lowrey, born 1726, died January 31st, 
 1805 (buried at Donegal, grave No. 60). He was a dis- 
 tinguished Revolutionary soldier, was in a number of the battles 
 of the War, and took a very active part in establishing the various 
 organizations for the defence of the country. He was a very 
 diligent business man and had acquired large tracts of land. In 
 1755 he bought his father's farm. He bought the present Duffy 
 farm in 1759, where he died. He married first, Mary Waters ; 
 second, Ann Aldricks, and third, Mrs. Sarah Cochran. His 
 daughter, Elizabeth Lowrey, married Daniel Elliot, who owned 
 Duffey's Island, opposite Conewago ; he died at Pittsburg. Mrs. 
 John Haldeman was a granddaughter. His daughter, Mary 
 Lowrey, married first, Arthur Hayes, of Chicques, a grandson 
 of Arthur Patterson (No. l). He was an ensign in Captain 
 Hugh Pedan's Eighth Company, Third Battalion, under Colonel 
 Alexander Lowrey ; they moved to Pittsburg. She married 
 second, Mr. West ; the descendants of Mary Hayes became very 
 wealthy, having sold land to Carnegie near Homestead. His 
 daughter, Margaret Lowrey, married the Hon. George Plummer, 
 member of Congress from Western Pennsylvania. 
 
 "His son, David Lowrey, died young. His daughter, 
 Frances Lowrey, only child of his second wife, Ann Aldricks, 
 married Samuel Evans."* (See chart of the Evans family.) 
 
 * Acknowledgment is made to Samuel Evans, Esq., of Columbia, 
 for the above sketch. 
 
 The Evans Family. 
 
 The descendants of Samuel Evans, who came to Donegal 
 in 1773, embrace many distinguished persons, many of whom 
 had no direct relationship to Donegal congregation except through 
 their progenitor, who was born at White Clay Creek, July 14th, 
 1758. He was captain in the Revolution and was at the Battle 
 of Brandywine. He was elected to the Legislature in 1785, 
 1786, 1787, and 1791, and was appointed by Governor Mifflin 
 
8o 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 First Associate Judge of Chester County, April i6th, 1793. He 
 married Frances Lowrey, daughter of Colonel Alexander Lowrey, 
 of Donegal, and moved to the residence of his father-in-law, 
 thus becoming a factor in the future history of Donegal congre- 
 gation. 
 
 Genealogical Chart of the Evans Family 
 
 f Ann Evans mar- 
 ried John Mc- 
 Elderry 
 
 Samuel Evan s 
 married 
 
 Frances Lowrey 
 
 ' Thomas McElderry 
 
 Evans McElderry 
 
 Frances McElderry mar- 
 ried John Gill 
 [ John McElderry 
 
 Elizabeth Zell married 
 John W. Clark 
 
 Frances Evans 
 married J acob 
 Zell 
 
 Alexander L 
 Evans married 
 Hannah Slay- 
 maker 
 
 Jane Howell 
 Evans married 
 Jasper Slay- 
 maker 
 
 EvanRiceEvans 
 married Val- 
 eria T. Collins 
 
 Elizabeth Evans 
 married John 
 t Hoogewerff 
 
 Thomas Zell married 
 I Josephine P. Thomp- 
 
 1^ son 
 
 Samuel Evans 1 married 
 ist, Elizabeth Ander- 
 son; 2d, Mary S.Schocl: 
 ( Amos Slaymaker 
 Fanny Slaymaker mar- 
 ried Rev. Solomon Tvlc- 
 Nair 
 
 Samuel E. Slaymaker 
 married Charlotte 
 Taite 
 
 James B. Slaymaker 
 married Mary A. Wil- 
 son 
 
 Jasper Slaymaker mar- | 
 ried Sarah Isabel Elder ' 
 
 Sarah F. Evans married j 
 I Alfred B. McCalmont "j 
 
 ' John Hoogewerfif [ 
 
 Sophia Iloogcwerff 
 
 Samuel E. Hoogewerff J 
 
 married Elizabeth] 
 
 Deure 
 
 ^ Frances E. Hoogewerff 1 
 
 Thomas McElderry Gill 
 
 Richard W. Giil 
 
 Esther Gill 
 
 Annie Gill 
 ^ George Gill 
 " John Clark 
 
 Frances Lowrey Clark 
 
 Thomas Zell Clark 
 
 James Hrice Clark ■ 
 
 Samuel Evans Clark 
 f Thomas B Zell 
 
 William T. Zell 
 
 Josephine P, Zell 
 
 Elizabeth J. Zell 
 
 Margaret L. Zell 
 
 Theodore S. Zell 
 
 Lucian M. Zell 
 
 Francis A. Evans, dec'd 
 
 Fanny Evans, dcc'd 
 
 Lilian Fvans 
 _ Samuel Evans, dec'd 
 
 No issue 
 
 Fanny T. Slaymaker, dec'd 
 Emma T, Slaymaker, dec'd 
 John T, Slaymaker 
 Jane Slaymaker, dec'd 
 Jasper Slaymaker 
 Jasper Slaymaker, dec'd 
 Andrew VV. Slaymaker 
 Mary B Slaymaker, dec'd 
 Fanny McNair Slaymaker, 
 
 dec'd 
 Annie Slaymaker 
 Jenny E. Slaymaker and 
 
 Samuel E. Slaymaker 
 Sarah L. McCalmont 
 Lydia C. McCalmont 
 Robert McCalmont 
 
 John A. Hoogewerff and 
 Virginia R. Hoogewerff 
 
 1 Samuel Evans (to whom the writer is greatly indebted for material relating to the Evans 
 family) and family are the only representatives of the Evans family connected at present with 
 the Donegal congregation. He is the grandson of Samuel Evans and great-grandson of Col. 
 Alexander Lowrey. He was born January 20th, 1823 ; is a member of Historical and other 
 societies. He rendered prominent services in the War of the Rebellion, and is a member of the 
 G- A, K. He is at present Justice of the Peace in Columbia, where he resides, and one of the 
 trustees of Donegal Church, His daughter, Miss Lilian Evans, is a prominent member of the 
 Daughters of the Revolution and took an active part in conjunction with the Sons and Daugh- 
 ters of the Revolution in erecting the monument at Donegal to the memory' of the heroes of the 
 Revolution, many of whom are resting in the old graveyard. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 The Whiteiiill Family. 
 
 John Whitehill, Jr., was the son of John Whitehill, of 
 Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pa., who died about 
 1773. His name first appears January 8th, 1778, on the records 
 of the Trustees of Donegal Congregation, where he signs as John 
 Whitehill, Jr. He was Trustee and Secretary of the Board for 
 a number of years. "He was an ensign in tlie war of the 
 Revolution in Captain David Whitehill' s Second Company, 
 Seventh Battalion, Associated Militia." — {Penna. Archives, vol. 
 xiii. ). 
 
 A Partial Chart of the Whitehill Family 
 
 John Whitehill, 
 Jr.. married 
 
 f Ann Whitehill died 
 unmarried 
 
 James Whitehill 
 married Mary 
 Curran 
 
 John M. Whitehill 
 married Eliza- 
 beth Cameron 
 
 David C. Whitehill 
 married Mary 
 Boyd 
 
 Abigail Whitehill 
 married Robert 
 Mcllvain 
 
 iMary Middle- ' Robert Whitehill 
 
 died unmarried 
 Kitty M. Whitehill 
 
 married Andrew 
 
 Caldwell 
 Jane Whitehill 
 
 married James 
 
 Wilson 
 Sarah Ann White- 
 hill married Rev. 
 
 William Houston 
 Margaret Whitehill 
 
 married Joseph 
 
 McDowell 
 
 Jane C. White- 
 hill married 
 Samuel Red- 
 secker 
 
 William White- 
 hit! died un- 
 married 
 
 Anna M. White- 
 hill died un- 
 married 
 
 John M. White- 
 hill, Jr., mar- 
 ried Elizabeth 
 Seltzer; died 
 Aug. 18, 1900 
 
 SamuclC. White- 
 hill, dec'd 
 
 James C White- 
 hill married 
 Ada Fulwiler 
 
 Anna M. White- 
 hill married 
 Dr. F. Hinkle 
 
 Margaret E, 
 
 Whitehill, dec. 
 
 Jane E. Redsecker 
 married Samuel 
 Slaymaker 
 
 Anna M. Red- 
 secker 
 
 George S Red- ( 
 seeker married< 
 Carrie Haas 
 
 Margaret E Red- f 
 seeker, died in 
 infancy 
 
 JohnW, Redsecker | 
 married Bella - 
 Stamm 
 
 Margaret E. Red- 
 secker, dec'd 
 
 Arabella W. Red- 
 seckeri 
 
 Rebecca J. Slaymaker 
 Samuel R, Slaymaker 
 Henry C. Slaymaker 
 Anna C. Slaymaker 
 
 Samuel Redsecker 
 
 Georgiana Redsecker, 
 
 dec'd 
 Sarah S. Redsecker 
 Jane C. Redsecker 
 William Redsecker, 
 
 dec'd 
 Bert. W. Redsecker 
 Horace D. Redsecker 
 Wilbert Redsecker 
 
 1 The writer is indebted to Miss Redsecker for valuable information for the genealogy 
 of the Whitehill family. 
 
82 THE nONl'.i.AI. PRI'SliVTKKIAN CHURCH. 
 
 John Whitehill, Jr., married Mary Middloton, and died 
 December loth, 1806, in his iifty-third year, and is buried at 
 Donegal f grave No. loi). His wife survived him. She died 
 March 22d, 1829, in her seventy-first year. She is buried at 
 Donegal (grave No. 102). 
 
 John iVIiddleton Whitehill, son of John, Jr., owned and 
 resided on the farm about one mile west from Donegal Church, 
 at present owned by Bai r SiiaiiLjlir. He was a highly respected 
 citizen and took a prominent part in the interests of the Church, 
 was a trustee for a number of years. He married Elizabeth 
 Cameron, of Virginia. He died July lylh, 1866, in the seventy- 
 ninth year of his age. His wife died April 5th, 1S60; both 
 buried at Donegal (graves No. 107 and No. io8j. Their 
 daughter, Jane Cameron, married Samuel Redsecker, who bought 
 his father-in-law's farm ; they had seven children. Mrs Red- 
 secker is at present living in Columbia, Pa:, in her eighty-ninth 
 year, with her son, George S. Redsecker, and her two daughters. 
 She and her daughters are regular worshippers in Donegal 
 Church. 
 
 The Clark Family. 
 
 John Clark, the first settler, came to America prior to 1760 
 from County Derry, Ireland, and located in Newcastle County, 
 Delaware, where he died. Rrice Clark, .Sr., and his brothers 
 left Delaware on account of the unhealthiness of the location ; 
 they moved to Leacock Township, Lancaster County, and from 
 there to East Donegal Township, where they died. The brothers 
 of Brice Clark, .Sr., were William and John; the former is buried 
 at Donegal (grave No. 6); of the latter, the writer has no 
 knowledge. John Clark, son of Brice Clark, .Sr. , resid<d on 
 and owned the place, now Hon. J. Donald Cameron's, situated 
 about one mile south of Donegal. He was for many years an 
 elder in Donegal Church. His brother, Brice Clark, Jr., died 
 unmarried. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 83 
 
 Genealogical Chart of the Clark Family 
 
 Familyof John 
 Clark, the- 
 first settler 
 
 William Clark 
 
 J^rice Clark, Sr., 
 married ist, 
 Mary Craw- 
 ford ; 2d, Mar- 
 garet A D d e r- 
 son, widow of 
 Robert Ander- 
 son, of Lea- 
 cock Town- 
 ship 
 
 John Clark 
 
 ( Mary Clark mar- 
 ried ' " "" ' 
 bin 
 
 Sarah Clark 
 married James 
 Curran 
 
 Elizabeth Clark 
 unmarried 
 
 John Clark mar- 
 ried Mary 
 Hamilton 
 
 Jane Clark mar- 
 ried Kev, Sam- 
 uel Porter 
 
 Brice Clark, Jr., 
 unmarried 
 
 I'James tJrice 
 Clark mar- 
 ried Catherine 
 Bladen 
 
 Esther Clark un- 
 married 
 
 Martha Bladen Clarki 
 
 Eugene Clark, dec'd 
 
 Harriet Hacker Clark 
 
 Catherine B. Clark 
 
 Virginia B. Clark 
 
 Alfred D Clark 
 
 Clarence Clark 
 
 Mary H, Clatk married 
 Orlando O. Clark 
 
 John W. Clark married 
 Emma F. Taggart 
 
 Elizabeth J. Clark 
 married Thomas B. 
 Marshall 
 
 Margaret Jane.,. ,-1, -. 
 
 Clark * [John Clark married 
 
 Clark 
 
 Mary Elizabeth 
 Clark 
 
 John W,il Ham 
 
 Clark TTiarried 
 
 L Elizabeth Zell 
 
 Emily Williamson 
 
 Frances L. Clark, dec'd 
 
 Thomas Zell Clark, 
 dec'd 
 
 James Brice Clark 
 married rst, Ella 
 Eastman ; 2d, Lillian 
 Walsh 
 
 .Samuel Evans Clark 
 
 The Cooke Family. 
 
 James Cooke (No. 3) and David Cooke (No. i), of the 
 following charts, were brothers, grandsons of the James Cooke, 
 who came to this country from England about the time of the 
 restoration of Charles II. , whose anger on account of the behead- 
 ing of his father, Charles 1. , led him to wreak vengeance upon the 
 judges who condemned his father. The High Court of Justice, 
 who passed sentence upon his father, consisted of one hundred 
 and thirty-five members, but of these no more than about eighty 
 ever sat in it. They were called rebels and regicides. At the 
 restoration of Charles II., "twenty-four of these judges were 
 
 il am indebted to Miss Martha B C'ark for her kind assistance and valuable material 
 relating to the Clark family. 
 
84 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 dead, Cromwell among the number, sixteen had fled from the 
 country ; the remaining nineteen, with the lawyers, executioners, 
 etc. , were excepted from the promised indemnity, and were 
 sentenced to death ; a few were reprieved by the King ; some 
 were imprisoned and ten ordered to immediate execution ; among 
 these was Gen. Harrison, an ancestor of: our President Harri- 
 son." John Cooke was solicitor for the people of England ; the 
 charges against the King were read to him, reciting the alleged 
 offences, which concluded in these words : " And the said John 
 Cooke doth for the said treasons and crimes, in behalf of the 
 people of England, imptach the said Charles Stuart as a tyrant, 
 traitor, murderer, and a public and implacable enemy to the 
 commonwealth of England. ' ' 
 
 The cruel and barbarous death inflicted upon some of these 
 judges by Charles H. caused many of those who had sympathized 
 or taken part with Cromwell, to flee to America, most of them 
 to New England, where many had preceded them. Those whose 
 names were not on the list of the promised indemnity were 
 obliged to remain in seclusion. John Cooke, the solicitor, was 
 one of the ten who were ordered to immediate execution. He 
 was the third to suffer in the most barbarous manner, a fit 
 revival of all the horrors of the Dark Ages. James Cooke, a 
 descendant, came to America and settled in the eastern part of 
 the Province of Pennsylvania, within the limits of Lancaster 
 County. His son, James (the father of James No. 3 and David 
 No. I ), .settled near the present site, of Marietta. The 
 descendants of James Cooke (No. 3) are numerous in the 
 western part of ' Pennsylvania, especially in Washington 
 County. James Cooke (No. 4), the son of James (No. 3), 
 rendered distinguished service in the Revolution as captain. 
 He married Esther Galbraith, daughter of Colonel Bartrem 
 Galbraith, and left Donegal about 1786, as the following 
 certificate fully establishes : ' ' These do certify that the 
 bearer hereof, James Cooke and Esther, his \\ife, were Both of 
 them born in the congregation of Donegal, Lancaster County, 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 85 
 
 and State oi Pennsylvania, where they resided from their infancy, 
 until about three years ago, when he left it, and his wife about 
 a twelve-month ago. That during the whole time of their 
 residence among us they maintained unexceptionably moral 
 characters and free from public scandal or church censure, 
 consistent with our knowledge. Given at Donegal this twenty- 
 fifth day of June, Ano; Dome: 1789, and is attested by Colin 
 McFarquhar, ^Minister." His brothers and sisters all settled in 
 Washington County, Pa. Many of his descendants occupy 
 prominent positions in the State and learned professions. 
 
 David Cooke (No. i), the grandson of James Cooke, the 
 pioneer, and brother of James Cooke (No. 3), resided on a farm 
 about one mile west from Donegal Church. This place was 
 patented by James Fulton in 1767, and sold to David Cooke 
 (No. i). It contained three hundred and nine acres ; after 
 David's death, his son Samuel came into possession, and after 
 Samuel's death, his executors sold a part to the Rev. William 
 Kerr, pastor of Donegal Church. • The farm has been divided. 
 The writer remembers the old stone mansion before its alteration; 
 the place is at present owned and occupied by Mr. Jacob Souders. 
 James Cooke, the oldest son of David (No. i), moved to Spring 
 Mills, Center County, Pa. ; his descendants are numerous, many 
 of them occupy prominent positions in law, medicine and theology. 
 David Cooke, son of David (No. i), married the Rev. Colin 
 McFarquhar's daughter, (Pastor of Donegal), and is buried at 
 Hagerstown, Md. , with his wife, daughter, granddaughter, and 
 his father-in-law — -as far as known there are no surviving 
 descendants. His brother, Samuel, died without issue — of the 
 other members of David's (No. i ) family the writer has no data. 
 From these indications the descendants of the Cooke brothers are 
 so very numerous, and so Widely dispersed throughout the West 
 that the writer can only call attention to a few ; all have dis- 
 appeared from the vicinity of Donegal, as far as the writer 
 knows, except the family of Dr. Henry Carpenter, of Lancaster. 
 James Cooke (No. 4), son of James (No. 3), and James Cooke 
 
86 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 (No. 5), son of David (No. i), left Donegal soon after the 
 Revolutionary War. James (No. 4) settled in Washington 
 County, Pa.; the Rev. Silas Cooke, D. D., of Iowa ; OHver R. 
 Cooke, Esq. , of the Pittsburg Bar ; Josephine Cooke, wife of 
 the Rev. A. M. White ; Marietta Cooke, wife of Professor S. C. 
 Farrar, of Allegheny City, and Mrs. J. A. Cooke Lyle, wife of 
 Captain W. K. Lyle, Superintendent of the "Washington 
 County Children's Home," are great-grandchildren of James 
 Cooke (No. 3). 
 
 James Cooke (No. 5), son of David (No. i), settled in 
 Center County, Pa. He and his family were members of the 
 East Penn's Valley Presbyterian Church. He died in 181S. 
 His children were David Cooke (No. 3), Martha Cooke 
 and Margaret Cooke. David Cooke (No. 3) married Mary 
 Speer, whose son, James Cooke (No. 6). married Mary Schneck, 
 whose descendant Hon. Benjamin S. Cooke, moved to the terri- 
 tory of Minnesota in 1856. He occupied various positions of 
 public trust, and is at present the Vice-President of the National 
 Farmers' Bank, of Owatonna, Minn. Dayid W. S. Cooke, son 
 of David (No. 3), married Evelyn Hammond, whose daughter 
 is the mother of Evelyn H. Riddell, the wife of Dr. Joseph H. 
 Huston. Margaret, the daughter of James Cooke (No. 5), 
 married Andrew Hanna, who are the ancestors of a very numer- 
 ous and distinguished progeny. 
 
 Mary Ann Cooke, a granddaughter of James Cooke (No- 3), 
 married Henry Carpenter, of Lancaster City, a surveyor and 
 civil engineer ; they had seven children. Three of their sons 
 were physicians — Dr. Henry Carpenter, with whom the writer 
 was well acquainted, and had frequent professional intercourse, 
 enjoyed a large and lucrative practice in Lancaster City, and 
 was highly respected as a successful and skilful surgeon. Dr. 
 Carpenter was married three times; his only children were with 
 his first wife, three daughters who survive him — Mrs. Mary E. 
 Carpenter, Mrs. Katherine Mathiot wife of Dr. R. M. Bolenius 
 and Mrs. Sarah Porter Hubley. 
 
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THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 89, 
 
 A Partial Chart of the Cameron Family 
 
 ["William Cameron manied 
 Eleanor McGlauchlin 
 
 John Cameron 
 Mary Schultz 
 
 Charles Cameron J Simon Cameron married 
 married Martha ) Margaret Brua 
 
 Pfoutz 
 
 James Cameron married 
 Rebecca Lehman 
 
 Daniel Cameron 
 
 Eliza Cameron married 
 Anthony B. Watford 
 
 Jane Cameron 
 
 CatherineCariieron married 
 Dr. John S, Bobbs 
 
 Rachel Jane Cameron 
 married James Burn- 
 side 
 
 John Colin Cameron 
 died in childhood 
 
 Brua Cameron married 
 Elizabeth Bastedo 
 
 Ann Eliza Cameron 
 died in childhood 
 
 Mary Cameron died in 
 childhood 
 
 James Donald Cam- 
 eron married ist, 
 Mary McCormick ; 
 2d, Elizabeth Sher- 
 man 
 
 James Buchanan Cam- 
 eron died in child- 
 hood 
 
 Margaret C-ameron 
 married Kichard J. 
 Haldeman! 
 
 Virginia Cameron mar- 
 ried ^\'ayne -McVey 
 
 Simon Cameron 
 
 1st wife's children ;■ 
 Eliza Cameron 
 Virginia Cameron 
 James M. Cameron 
 Mary Cameron 
 Margaretta Cameroni 
 Rachel Cameron 
 2d wife's child : 
 Martha t ameron 
 
 Charles Cameron's name appears on the records of Donegal 
 Church as a member of the congregation in 1790. His son, the 
 Hon. Simon Cameron, was appointed Adjutant General by- 
 Governor Schultz ; he was chosen United States Senator from 
 1845 to 1 85 1, and from 1857 to i86r, when he was appointed 
 Secretary of War by President Lincoln, and afterwards as Minister 
 to Russia. He was again chosen United States Senator from 
 1867 to 1877. Mr. Cameron was a self-made man in a true 
 sense, as, without the advantages of early educational facilities, 
 he rose to be a man of marked ability ; his long and patriotic 
 services in the affairs of State is a conspicuous example for our 
 American boys, an example of what may be attained by in- 
 defatigable perseverance and untiring zeal. In his will he 
 bequeathed two thousand dollars to Donegal Church, the income 
 of which should be expended for the care and planting of trees 
 and for the care of the grounds around the Church. 
 
 His brother, Col. James Cameron, was killed in the 
 Rebellion, at the first Battle of Bull Run, thereby adding 
 another name to the list of the patriotic descendants of old; 
 Donegal who sacrificed their lives in defense of their country 
 and flag. 
 
90 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN: CHURCH. 
 
 His son, the Hon. James Donald Cameron, served with 
 distinction as United States Senator from 1877 to 1897, and as 
 Secretary of War under President Grant. At the death of his 
 distinguished father, he came into possession of the original 
 Stephenson property contiguous to the Glebe land, which is 
 beautifully situated north of the Church. He has improved 
 and beautified it, having added largely to the original domain 
 by the purchase of surrounding property. 
 
 Hugh Pedan's Family. 
 
 Hugh Pedan, son of John Pedan (\ide: chart of Abraham 
 Scott's family, page 60), married Wary Boggs. They had ten 
 children — two sons and eight daughters-^whose names are 
 mentioned in his will, dated April 17th, 1800 He died 
 October iSth, 1800. He and his wife are buried at Donegal 
 (grave No. 81). He was a captain in the Revolution and was 
 subsequently distinguished for his valuable services in the 
 interests of the Government He was called Col. Pedan ; the 
 title of Colonel was acquired after the active warfare. There 
 are two commissions in the possession of his descendants, one 
 dated May ist, 1786, the other dated May ist, 1789. His 
 residence was at Big Chicquesalunga Creek, near the site of the 
 old stone tavern, which he owned. This was torn down a few 
 years ago and a handsome brick dwelling erected on the site by 
 iMr. A. M. Gerber. 
 
 A Partial Chart of the Pedan Family 
 
 Grace Pedan, born June 4ih, 1776, married Joseph Lytle (vide; chart of 
 
 the Lytle family, page 70) 
 John Pedan, born December 20th, 1777, married Mary Moore 
 Jean Pedan, born October ist, 1779, married Alexander Patterson, No. 24 
 
 (vide: chart of the Patterson family, page 45) 
 Margaret Pedan, born January 26th, 1781, married Christian Sheller (vide : 
 
 chart of the family, page yi) 
 Sarah Pedan, born November 26th, 1782, married George Spear 
 Martha Pedan, born February 13th, 1785, married John Cox 
 Samuel Scott Pedan, born August 7th, 1786, died May loth, 1818, buried 
 
 at Donegal (grave No. 80) 
 Mary Pedan, born July 16th, 1788 
 
 Ann Pedan, born June 14th, 1791, married Conrad Sebaugh 
 Elizabeth Pedan, born February 21st, i7y4» married Aaron Thompson 
 
 Hugh Pedan 
 married Mary 
 Buggs 
 
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 91 
 
 A Partial Chart of the Descendants of 
 Margaret (Pedan) Sheller 
 
 The writer has no personal knowledge of this family except 
 Dr. Adam Sheller and his family. He had an extensive practice 
 in Mount Joy, and with whom the writer had frequent professional 
 intercourse. He was a member of Lancaster County Medical 
 Society and at one time its President. He took a great interest 
 in the public schools and the temperance cause. He was at the 
 time of his death an Elder in the First Presbyterian Church of 
 Mount Joy. 
 
 CHugh Sheller, born 1803, 
 
 married ist, Jane j -^t . 
 Moore; 2d, Elizabeth < '^°' 
 Rookman 
 
 Margaret Pedan, 
 born 17S1, mar- 
 ried Christian - 
 Sheller, born 
 1774 
 
 Nancy Sheller, born 1804. 
 married ist, Michael 
 Baum ; 2d, James 
 Bingham 
 
 Sarah Shetler, born 1806 
 
 Adam Sheller, M. D., 
 
 born 1808, married ist, 
 
 Margaret Fox ; 2d, 
 Esther Griffith 
 
 Mary Sheller, born 1811, 
 married James Alex- 
 ander 
 
 Daniel Baiim^.had fiv 
 
 children 
 James Binghanj, dec'd 
 ri, H, Bingham 
 
 Catherine Sheller married 
 Rev. J. H. Menges 
 
 Mary Sheller^ married 
 Henry A. Ebert 
 
 'Charles Menges 
 Allen Menges 
 Margaret Jameson 
 
 Menges 
 Mary Earle Menges 
 Jennie Jeffries 
 
 Menges 
 
 .J f Laura A. Ebert 
 '' Ella V. Ebert 
 Harry S. Ebert 
 Anna Sheller married 
 James D. Rea 
 
 Pedan Alexander, had 
 
 four children 
 
 Florence Alexander mar- 
 ried Davis, had 
 
 five children 
 
 Mary Alexander married 
 
 Hughes, had 
 
 one child 
 
 John Sheller, born 1812, j Philander Sheller 
 married — - ( Meta Sheller 
 
 Samuel C. Sheller, born C 
 
 iSiS, married Hannah - Alfred Scott Sheller 
 Hackenburg |_ 
 
 Elizabeth Sheller, born f 
 
 1830, married Robert ■^. Two sons living 
 Kezner ( 
 
 ^ The writer is greatly indebted to Mrs. Mary Sheller EbeH tor assistance and information 
 in the above chart. 
 
92 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Genealogical Chart of the Family and Descendants 
 of James Mehaffey 
 
 James Mehaffey, 
 No. I, married 
 Mary Cochran 
 
 Samuel Mehaffey married 
 Margaret Cassell 
 
 Andrew Mehaffey mar- 
 ried Elizabeth McPher- 
 son 
 Elizabeth Mehaffey mar- 
 ried James S. Law- 
 James Mehaffey, No. 2, 
 married Maiy Mcll- 
 vaine 
 Margaret Mehaffey 
 
 Dr. W. K. Mehaffey mar- 
 ried Emily P. \\ hitte- 
 more 
 
 Franklin Mehaffey, No. i 
 John Mehaffey 
 Mary Mehaffey 
 Cochran Mehaffey 
 Calvin D, Mehaffey 
 George W. Mehaffey, 
 
 No. I, married C. 
 
 Russel Rhinehart 
 
 Margaret Mehaffey mar- 
 ried Abner Frjck 
 
 Catherine Mehaffey mar- 
 ried Ezra i*'rick 
 
 Annie Mehaffey married 
 James Foster 
 
 Franklin Mehaffey, No. z, 
 married Ella Chambers 
 
 James Mehaffey, No. 3 
 
 Edmund Mehaffey 
 
 Elizabeth Mehaffey mar- 
 ried Gen. A. P. Howe 
 
 J. B McPherson Me- 
 haffey 
 
 William Mehaffey 
 George W. Mehaffey, 
 No. 2, married Catb- 
 
 Fredericka Frick 
 
 J Chambers Mehaffey- 
 
 Klizabeth Howe 
 Lucius Howe 
 Leonora Howe 
 Catherine Howe 
 Marshall Howe 
 Delancey Howe mar- 
 ried Ella May 
 
 George W, Mehaffey,. 
 No 3 
 
 Mary Mehaffey married 
 
 B. Frank Hiestand 
 Emily Mehaffey married jQ^^rude Mott 
 
 Richard F Mott {Richard Mott 
 
 David R. Mehaffey *- 
 
 Gertrude Mehaffey 
 
 James Mehaffey (No. i) was born in 1781 ;■ married Mary 
 Cochran ; he had a large family. He resided in Marietta and 
 was extensively engaged in the lumber business ; he was the 
 pioneer in the trade. At one time he owned the Hiestand farm, 
 on the Marietta and Mount Joy turnpike, and also the farm 
 owned at present by Mr. Jacob Zercher, contiguous to Mount 
 Joy Borough on the south. He was an Elder in the Donegal 
 Church. He died the last day of 1850 ; is buried in Marietta 
 Cemetery. 
 
 Andrew Mehaffey, the second son of James (No. i ), was 
 Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad under Gov. Ritner, 
 and built the Powhatan, a Government vessel, at Norfolk, Va. 
 
 Franklin Mehaffey was Lieutenant, Eleventh Regiment, in 
 the Mexican War. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 93 
 
 Calvin D. Mehaffey was Captain of Regulars in the Civil 
 War and Provost Marshal under Gen. Phil. Sheridan. 
 
 Dr. W. K. Mehaffey was Reading Clerk of the House of 
 Representatives during the Civil War. 
 
 George W. Mehaffey was County Commissioner from 1872 
 to 1875, and County Auditor in 1875. To him acknowledg- 
 ment is made by the writer for data furnished relative to the 
 family of James Mehaffey. 
 
 The Boggs Family. 
 
 There were a number of this family connected with the 
 Donegal congregation. There are none in the vicinity of 
 Donegal Church at the present time. Andrew Boggs may have 
 been the pioneer from facts deduced from. the following abstract 
 of his will : "Andrew Boggs, dated August 23d, 1764, Donegal 
 Township. Legatees : His wife, Ann ; oldest son, John ; son, 
 James ; daughter, Jean Dunlap ; son, Andrew ; son, Alexander ; 
 daughters, Ann and Mary Boggs ; grandchildren, Ann and Jean 
 Lowrey. His wife, Ann, executrix, and his son, John, as her 
 assistant, on condition of his return from the woods. — Probated 
 April i6th, 1765." The grandchildren here mentioned were the 
 children of Joseph Lowrey (brother of Col. Ale.\ander), who 
 married his daughter, Ann Boggs. The writer has no reliable 
 data concerning the relationship of those buried at Donegal. 
 
 The Spear Family. 
 
 This is another family once conspicuous in the history of 
 Donegal whose descendants have entirely disappeared from the 
 vicinity. Robert Spear resided on a place on the east bank of 
 the Big Chicquesalunga Creek, a short distance north from John 
 Moore's mill ; part of his land was in Hempfield and part in 
 Rapho Townships, and is at present owned and occupied by 
 Mr. Christian S. Hostetter. He died in 1800, aged eighty-four, 
 and is buried at Donegal. He had a large family. The 
 following is an abstract of his will : ' ' Robert Spear, dated 
 
94 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 November nth, 1799, Hempfield and Rapho Townships, 
 Lancaster Co., Pa. Probated November 7th, 1800. Legatees : 
 Wife, Isabella ; grandchild, oldest child of Hugh Andrew ; 
 daughter, Mary Cooke ; daughter, Catherine ; daughter Eliza- 
 beth ; son, John ; son, William ; son, Robert. Executors : 
 Wife, Isabella, and son, Robert." 
 
 George Spear, of Rapho Township, was married to Sarah 
 Pedan, daughter of Hugh Pedan. They had one daughter, 
 Isabella, who was married to McLear. George Spear died in 
 1846 ; his wife died in 1844 ; they are both buried in Donegal. 
 The writer does not know the relationship between these two 
 families. 
 
 The Armstrong Family. 
 
 Hon. Andrew Armstrong, a descendant of Presbyterian 
 stock and native of Cumberland Co., Pa., married Mary Ann 
 Breneman, daughter of Jacob and Ann Breneman, whose 
 residence was the property north-east of the Glebe, at present 
 owned by Hon. J. Donald Cameron. After the death of Mr. 
 Breneman, Mr. Armstrong resided on the place until the death 
 of his sister-in-law, when he moved to Mount Joy, where he 
 died in 1876. He was prominent in public affairs ; served as a 
 member of Legislature in 1867-68. His two sons fell a 
 sacrifice to Rebel shells in front of Petersburg, Va. , during the 
 late Rebellion. He joined the emergency men in defence of 
 the border. He was a man of strict integrity and very active in 
 support of the Government. He, his wife and family are buried 
 at Donegal 
 
 The Park, Duffey and Stahl Families. 
 
 In a list of the members of Donegal Church, dated 1776, 
 the following names occur as members of the Donegal Congrega- 
 tion, viz. : Samuel Park and Margaret Park and their five 
 children — Joseph Park, James Park (No i), Isabel Park, Mary 
 Park, Hugh Park. James Park (No. i) rnarried Mary Murray; 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 95 
 
 of his brothers and sisters there is no authentic data. The 
 writer is indebted to Mrs. Martha D. DufTey for valuable informa- 
 tion and a hst of names from the family Bible. Acknowledgment 
 is also made to the Hon. H. Burd Cassel. 
 
 Mr. James Dufley (No. i) was extensively engaged in 
 business and the principal agent in re-establishing the hollow- 
 ware works of Marietta. He was largely engaged in agriculture, 
 having under his supervision several large farms north of 
 Marietta which he owned, including the greater portion of the 
 original Anderson property. He accumulated a large estate. 
 He had nine children, four of whom are living. He died in 1880. 
 The following is a partial genealogical chart of the above-named 
 families : 
 
 James Park 
 
 married Mary John 
 
 Murray 
 
 C Daniel Park, born 
 August 24, 1801 
 
 Nancy Park, born 
 March 2, 1803, 
 marriEd Jacub 
 Stahl 
 
 Mary Park, born 
 September 15, 
 1804, married 
 Peter Baker 
 
 Leah Park, born 
 July 30, 1806, 
 married Samuel 
 Grosh 
 
 Park, born 
 April 2, 1808, 
 married Sarah 
 Barr 
 
 Jane Park, born 
 July 2, 1810 
 
 Samuel Park, born 
 
 January 3, 1813 
 Eleanor Park, born 
 
 September 15, 
 
 1815 
 Margaret Park, 
 
 born April 3,1817 
 James Park, born 
 
 Marcn 18, 1821 
 
 A. N. Cassel mar- 
 ried Mary Stahl 
 
 Dr. John H. Grove 
 married Marinda 
 
 Stahl 
 
 Margaret Stahl 
 married Gcorge 
 Steacy 
 
 George W. Stahl 
 married Sarah 
 E. Longenecker 
 
 Martha Doner 
 Park, born De- 
 cember 4, 1839, 
 married James 
 Duffey, No i, 
 born September 
 16, 1838 
 
 Mary Catherine 
 Park 
 
 Hon. H. Burd 
 
 Cassel married 
 Mary Ann Pat- 
 terson 
 
 George L. Cas- 
 sel, M. U., 
 married Mary 
 Cadwaiader 
 
 Josephine Duf- 
 fey, born Aug. 
 23, 864, mar- 
 ried Juhn Ma- 
 1.0 ne 
 
 Catherine Duf- 
 fey, born Aug. 
 8, 1866 
 
 James Duffey, 
 No. 2, born 
 Aug. 24, 1868, 
 married Mary 
 Malone 
 
 Donald Cameron 
 Duffey, born 
 Oct. 26, 1870 
 
 Thomas Bayard 
 t)ufirey, born 
 Sept. 28. 1872 
 
 John Park Duf- 
 fey, born Nov. 
 4, 1S74 
 
 Martha Park 
 Duffey, born 
 Oct. 2, 1875 
 
 Park Duffey, 
 born July 10, 
 1878 
 
 Mary A gn e s 
 Duffey, born 
 Dec. 19, 1883 
 
 Howard Neff 
 
 Cassel 
 
 Mary Euphemia 
 Cassel 
 
 Frances Patter- 
 son Cassel 
 
 Henry Cassel 
 
 Walter Patter- 
 son Cassel 
 
 James Duffey,. 
 
 No. 3 
 Josephine Duf- 
 fey 
 
96 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 A Genealogical Chart of the Wiley Family 
 
 William Wiley 
 married lane 
 
 Both' 
 
 born in Ireland 
 
 Elizabeth Wiley, born in f Sarah Smith 
 
 Ireland. 1703 ^ n,.i ■ j AliceSmith, married 
 
 i"=,,?,?l.'7J'__ :_ ... Susan Wiley, marned ! Colin Cameron 
 John Smith I ^^^y g^if^ 
 
 Mary Wiley, married (^ Arthur A. Smith 
 
 John Stoever' 
 Henry H. Wiley, mar- ("Margaret J. Wiley, 
 
 tied Margaret C Wat- < married Rev. E. S. 
 
 son I. J. McAllister 
 
 John E Wiley 
 
 ^T T3 n/'i ("Aaron Tones 
 
 Margaret H. Wiley, mar- J ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ 
 
 ried Aaron Jones | children deceased 
 
 Jane Wiley, born in Ire- 
 land, 1797 
 
 John Wiley, born 1800, in 
 Conoy Township, 
 Lancaster County, Pa. 
 married Hannah Es- 
 terle 
 
 John Wiley owned an(i occupied the farm and mill property 
 formerly owned by Mr. Henry Haldeman, father of Prof. Halde- 
 man, situated near Bainbridge, Lancaster County, Pa., where 
 Mr. Wiley died in 1S70. His son, Henry H. Wiley (who mar- 
 ried a daughter of Dr. Nathaniel Watson, of Donegal Springs), 
 owned and resided there until his death in 1897. Mr. John 
 Wiley- was an intelligent business man of strict integrity, and 
 by his industry he accumulated ample resources. His son, the 
 Hon. John E. Wiley, represented Lancaster County in the 
 State Legislature in 1870-71. 
 
 The Dodge Family. 
 
 The Rev. Nehemiah Dodge was born in Londonderry, N. H., 
 September loth, 1794. He was educated at the University 
 of \'ermont, where he graduated in 1818. From his Alma 
 Mater he received the degree of A. M. in 1824. He conducted 
 a classical school for young ladies in Philadelphia from 1820 to 
 1837. He came to Mount Joy in the Spring of 1837, and founded 
 Cedar Hill Seminary for young ladies, in that year. He first 
 occupied the large stone mansion-house of Mr. Mishey, situated 
 on the turnpike a short distance east of Mount Joy, at present 
 owned by Mr. C. Seitz. The building which Mr. Dodge subse- 
 quently occupied, he erected in 1840. It was situated on a 
 beautiful knoll on the east bank of Little Chicquesalunga Creek, 
 and South of the Pennsylvania Railroad track, where it crosses 
 the creek on a double-arched stone bridge. Mr. Dodge was a 
 very successful teacher, highly esteemed and greatly beloved 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 97 
 
 by his pupils; from 1840 to 1861 over one thousand two hundred 
 pupils were registered on the catalogue, Mr. Dodge had a 
 fervent love for knowledge and ardent enthusiasm for scientific 
 research, yet withal, so modest that few were cognizant of his 
 extensive knowledge, both general and scientific. Ilis greatest 
 pleasure was in the company of those who could enjoy and 
 appreciate with him the wonders disjilayed in the works of the 
 Creator. He was a sincere and humble Christian. He took an 
 active part in everything that had for its object the elevation of 
 the race. He was intensely patriotic, so much so, that although 
 past the age of three-score years, he hesitated not to go out in 
 defence of the border during the trying times of the late Rebel- 
 lion. Mr. Dodge died in 1876, and is buried at Donegal, where 
 his grateful pupils erected a monument to his memory. The 
 school building was destroyed by fire in 1891, and all that 
 remains of the once famous and beautiful structure are a few 
 ruined walls. The writer will ever cherish with pleasure the 
 recollection of Mr. Dodge and Cedar Hill Seminary. 
 
 Genealogical Chart of Rev. Nehemiah Dodge's 
 
 Family 
 
 Rev. Nehemiah Dodg'e, A. 
 M., was married 1821 to 
 ist, Frances Maria Torrey; 
 2d, Mrs. Bclvidera Samp- 
 son (nee Hitchcocke), Ced-' 
 ar Hill, 1840, (widow of 
 Dr. George Sampson of 
 Philadelphia) 
 
 Frances Louisa Dodge, only 
 daughter of his first wife 
 
 Belvidera Dodge^ was married f Helen Dodge MorriEon 
 December, 1872, to John Mor--^ 
 rison of Washington, D. C. (^Bertha Endicott Morrison 
 
 Mary Endicott Dodge was mar- fLaura Belvidera Myers, was 
 ried, July, 1865 to John Myers-; married 1B86, to G. M, Dry, 
 of Chicago, 111. * ( of Albemarle, N C. 
 
 Cornelia Jane Dodge 
 
 Nehemiah Dodge, M. D., prac- 
 tising medicine in Milwaukee; 
 Wis. 
 
 Mr. Dodge's father was a Revolutionary soldier, and on his 
 mother's side a direct descendant of Gov. Endicott, of Massa- 
 chusetts. 
 
 ^ Acknowledgment Is made to Mrs. Belvidera Morrison for data, relative to the Genealogy 
 of Rev. N. Dodge. 
 
98 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN: CHURCH. 
 
 The Pinkerton Family. 
 
 Joseph Pinkerton, with his family, came from the neighbor- 
 hood of Lancaster City, about the year 1837 or 1838, and occu- 
 pied the farm south of Mount Joy, at present owned by Mr. 
 Jacob Zercher. After the death of the parents, William, John, 
 Jane and Susan moved to Mount Joy. Ann married Rev. 
 James Latta ; Joseph Woods married Miss Crowell, and 
 Stephen C. , married Miss Hogendobler. They were strict 
 Presbyterians and members of the Mount Joy Church, of which 
 Stephen C. was an elder. The father, mother, two sons and 
 two daughters are buried at Donegal (graves Nos. 235, 236, 237, 
 238, 239, 240). The following data was furnished by William J. 
 Pinkerton (a son of Stephen C. ), who has since died. Joseph 
 Pinkerton died April 27th, 1859, in his 85th year. Jane 
 Robinson Pinkerton died August 12th, 1854, in her 70th year. 
 
 The following are the children of Joseph and Jane Pinkerton: 
 Ann Pinkerton Latta, born April 26th, 1806 ; died May ist, 
 1890 ; no issue. William Pinkerton, born June ist, 1808 ; died 
 April 3d, 1871 ; unmarried. John Pinkerton, born March 29th, 
 1810 ; died June 20th, 1888 ; unmarried. Isabella Pinkerton, 
 born November 3d, 181 1; died May 29th, 1828; unmarried. 
 Eliza Pinkerton, born September 6th, 1814 ; died March i6th, 
 1816 ; died in infancy. Jane Pinkerton, born July 30th, 1816 ; 
 died June ist, 1885 ; unmarried. Susan Armstrong Pinkerton, 
 born April 4th, 1819; died July 13th, 1889, unmarried. Joseph 
 Woods Pinkerton, born January 7th, 182 1 ; died March 28th, 
 1893. Stephen Cochran Pinkerton, born March 27th, 1823 \ 
 died September 7th, 1889. 
 
 Joseph Woods Pinkerton 
 married Miss Crowell 
 
 James Crowell Pinkerton 
 
 Annie Jane Pinkerton Kemp 
 
 William Woods Pinkerton 
 Frederick Ovil Pinkerton 
 Elizabeth G, C. Pinkerton 
 Samuel Latta Pinkerton 
 John Pinkerton 
 Ja, •• - ■ 
 Eir 
 \Gertrude Kemp 
 
 I J 
 
 I, James C Pinkerton, Jr. 
 
 /Emma Bolton Kemp 
 
 Stephen C. Pinkeiton married Miss Hogen- 
 dobler 
 
 William Joseph Pinkerton 
 Fanny Ji^ne Pinkerlon 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 99 
 
 John Scott. 
 
 John Scott, a member of Donegal Chmxh and a resident of 
 Maytown, owned and occupied the property situated about half 
 a square south of the Lutheran Church, at present occupied by 
 Mr. George Pierce, He was never married ; his mother, Nancy, 
 kept house for him. His occupation was post and fence making, 
 and general work among the farmers. The device on his tomb 
 is intended to indicate his principal occupation. By industry 
 and economy he accumulated about four thousand dollars, which 
 he bequeathed to the schools of Donegal Township. He was a 
 strict Presbyterian and a friend of education. He and his 
 mother are buried at Donegal (graves Nos. 45 and 46). The 
 inscription on his tomb attributes his nativity to Ireland, which 
 is somewhat doubtful, as both he and his mother spoke with a 
 broad Scotch accent. The writer has a distinct recollection of 
 old John Scott, a character familiar to every schoolboy of that 
 day. 
 
lOO THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 The Future of Donegal. 
 
 My task is almost done. The history of old Donegal has 
 been written. What of the future ? Let the descendants tread 
 in the footsteps of their fathers, emulate their virtues, advance 
 and protect those glorious principles o;f civil and religious 
 freedom for which they pledged their lives and fortunes. The 
 government of the Presbyterian Church — through its Laity, 
 Sessions, Presbytery, Synod and General Assembly — is the 
 model after which our civil government has been copied. Shall 
 not, then, the descendants of old Donegal arouse, lay aside all 
 bickerings, and stand firm in maintaining those principles which 
 the fathers founded upon the infallible word of God ? Amidst 
 the rapid advance of art and science, the immense acquisition of 
 wealth, the hurrying to and fro of the seekers after the pleasures 
 of this world, let us not forget that we owe a duty to God, to 
 our country and to posterity by maintaining the doctrines of the 
 Church as taught in the Bible ; a duty to guard well the portals 
 of entry to the ministry so that a subtile philosophy gain no 
 entrance ; a philosophy that would destroy faith in redemption, 
 eliminate the sovereignty of God, and that would end in the 
 darkness of Atheism. Let us see to it that we " Buy the truth 
 and sell it not," and so strive to be worthy the glorious heritage 
 and history of old Donegal. 
 
 The work that remains is but the transcript on the tomb- 
 stones of those who have passed " To where beyond their voices 
 there is peace." Alas, how many more have passed without 
 even a stone to mark their last resting place — many unknown, 
 unhonored and unsung of jnen — known and unknown alike 
 resting in their narrow beds until the last trump shall sound, 
 when all shall rise and appear before the Judge of all the earth ! 
 For the name and for the glorious record of old Donegal, we 
 are grateful ; and for the power her sons are wielding to-day in 
 civil and ecclesiastical life, we give thanks to the Most High : 
 "We praise Thee, O God, we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord ; 
 not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name give 
 glory for Thy mercy and for Thy name' s sake. ' ' 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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102 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS 
 
 No. i Upright Sandstone 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Thomas Jamison 
 
 Son of John and Agnes Jamison 
 
 who departed this hfe 
 
 on the 3rd day of February 
 
 in the year of our Lord 1732 
 
 in the 32d year of his age. 
 
 No. 2 Horizontal Marble 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Dorcas Buchanan 
 
 relict of John Buchanan, Esq. 
 
 of West Moreland County, Pa. 
 
 who closed an amiable and useful life 
 
 on the 24th of September, 1810 
 
 in the 55th year of her age. 
 
 She endured her last sickness with that 
 
 fortitude and resignation to the. will of a 
 
 Gracious God which no one 
 
 could manifest but a Christian. 
 
 Also 
 
 to the memory of 
 
 jABiEs G. Buchanan 
 
 Son of 
 
 John and Dorcas 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 on the 28th of November, 1848 
 
 in the 65th year of his age. 
 
 No. 3 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 W. B. Galbraith 
 
 Son of 
 
 Bertram Galbraith, Esq. 
 
 who was born on the 19th day of October, 1779 
 
 and departed this life at his residence in 
 
 Mount Joy after a short but severe illness on 
 
 the 24th day of November, 183:5, aged 
 
 56 years, i mo. and 5 days. 
 
 The Summons of the Lord 
 
 Prepare to Meet 
 That you at His right hand 
 
 May have a seat. 
 
Phuto by John K. ^Ifllkr, Jfuylown. 
 
 MONUMENT ERECTED BY WITNESS TREE CHAPTER, D. A. R. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. I03 
 
 No. 4 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 Sarah Galbraith 
 
 Consort of 
 
 Wm. B. Galbraith 
 
 and daughter of 
 
 John and Eleanor Hays 
 
 who departed this life at her residence in 
 
 Mount Joy, after a long and painful illness 
 
 on the nth of July, 1839 
 
 aged 65 years and 7 mo. 
 
 She was beloved in life and lamented in death 
 by her numerous friends and acquaintances. 
 
 No. 5 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Margaret Hamilton 
 
 late of Pequea 
 
 who departed this life Aug: 5th, A. D. 1828 
 
 in the 73rd year of her age. 
 
 No. 6 Horizontal Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 William Clark 
 
 who departed this life March 5th, 1818 
 
 in the 83rd year of his age. 
 
 No. 7 Upright Marble 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Sarah Cukran 
 
 Consort of 
 
 James Curran dec'd 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 Sept: 30th, A. D. 1823 
 
 aged 56 years. 
 
 Blessed are the dead which die in the 
 Lord ; yea saith the spirit that they 
 may rest from their labors ; and their 
 works do follow them. 
 
 Rev: Chap, ijf : v. ij. 
 
104 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 No. 8 Upright Marble 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Rebecca Curran Ferree 
 
 Consort of David Ferree 
 
 who departed this life Feb: 13th, A. D. 1827 
 
 in the 28th year of her age. 
 
 Pious, Gentle, full of Sensibility ; in mind pure 
 
 and enlightened, tender and affectionate to her 
 
 friends, to all benevolent and. kind. 
 
 She lived beloved and died larnented. 
 
 Also 
 
 Their infant daughter 
 
 Sarah Rebecca Curran 
 
 who departed this life Feb: 20th 
 
 A. D. 1827 
 
 aged 5 months and 7 days. 
 
 No. 9 Upright Marble 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Brice Curran 
 
 who departed this life April 24th, A. D. 1839 
 
 in the 49th year of his age. 
 
 No. JO Upright Marble 
 
 Our Father 
 
 John W. Clark 
 
 Born Oct: 5th, 1819 
 
 Died Dec: 15th, 1865 
 
 No. J I Upright Marble 
 
 Thomas Z. 
 
 Son of 
 
 John W. and Elizabeth J. Clark 
 
 Born May 9th, 1845 
 
 Died Sept: 3rd, 1866. 
 
 No. J2 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 James Long Sen'r 
 
 who departed this life Jime 20th, 1820 
 
 age 72 years. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. I05 
 
 No. 13 Hofiiontal Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Mrs. Juliet Galbraith 
 
 Second wife of 
 
 Samuel S. Galbraith 
 
 who departed this life April ist, 1803 
 
 in the 19th year of her age. 
 
 Thou who near this hallow' d place shall move 
 Know that this stone was fix'd by generous love 
 An husband's fondest hopes beneath it rest 
 A wife in whom fair virtue stood confest, 
 A wife who never gave her husband pain 
 Until pale death had rank'd her with the slain 
 What soothing joys her goodness did impart 
 Ah ! read them in her partner's broken heart 
 Think in his grief thou see'st her virtues rise, 
 And pity's streams shall soon o'erflow thine eyes. 
 
 No. 14 Horiiontal Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Margaret Galrratth, wife of 
 
 Samuel S. Galbraith Esq. 
 
 who departed this life April 29th, 1801 
 
 in the 29th year of her age. 
 
 What once had virtue, grace and wh, 
 Lies mouldering here beneath our feet. 
 Poor mansion for so fine a guest 
 Yet here she sweetly takes her rest 
 Cold is her bed and dark her room 
 Yet angels watch around her tomb 
 Till the last music of the skies 
 Relieves her guards and bid her rise. 
 
 No. J5 Horizontal Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Ann Galbraith 
 
 daughter of Josiah Scott 
 
 who departed this life June 29th, 1793 
 
 aged 51 years. 
 
 As also 
 
 Esther Cook 
 
 her second daughter 
 
 who departed this life June 30th, 1793 
 
 aged 28 years. 
 
 No. J6 Horizontal Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Bertram Galbraith, Esq. 
 who departed this life March gth, 1804 
 
 in the 66th year of his age. 
 Beloved in life and lamented in death. 
 
I06 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 No. J7 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Bkice Clark Jr. 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 the 24th of March, 1833^ 
 
 in the 46th year of his age. 
 
 No. J8 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Esther 
 
 daughter of 
 
 Brice and Margaret Clark. 
 
 Born October the 4th, 1791 
 
 departed this life August 6th, 1792. 
 
 No. 19 Horizontal Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Rev. Samuel Porter 
 
 late of Cumberland, Md:. 
 
 who departed this life Jan. 3d, 1813 
 
 In him 
 
 Science, Humanity and religion have lost an able 
 
 and judicious votary and surviving relatives 
 
 and acquaintances an invaluable friend. But 
 
 they sorrow not as those who have no hope. For 
 
 if we believe that Jesus died and rose ag;ain even 
 
 so them also which sleep in Jesus will God 
 
 bring with him. 
 
 Jane C. Porter 
 
 relict of 
 
 Rev. Samuel Porter 
 
 and daughter of 
 
 Brice and Margaret Clark 
 
 Died June i6th, 1842 
 in the 60th year of her age.. 
 
 No. 20 Horizontal Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Elizabeth Clark 
 
 who departed this life Jan: 13th, 1814 
 
 in the 33rd year of her age. 
 The Lord descended to the tomb 
 And left a sweet a long perfume 
 His angels hover round the just 
 And guard secure their slumbering dust. 
 Also 
 In memory of 
 Mary Clark 
 Consort of John Clark 
 who departed life Aug: 14th, 1830 
 aged 37 years. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 107 
 
 No. 21 
 
 No. 22 
 
 In memory of 
 
 * John Clark 
 
 who departed this life Feb: i8th, i860 
 
 aged 75 years and 7 days. 
 
 Hori«ontaI Marble 
 
 No. 23 
 
 No. 24 
 
 No. 25 
 
 No. 26 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Brice Clark Sr. 
 
 who departed this life Nov. 7th, 1820 
 
 in the 8ist year of his age. 
 
 Also of 
 
 Margaret his wife 
 
 who departed this life April 27th, 1818 
 
 in the 70th year of her age. 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Eliza Jane 
 
 daughter of 
 
 Joseph and Rebecca Barton 
 
 who departed this life Feb; 19th 
 
 A. D. 1815 
 
 in the 15th year of her age. 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Anna daughter of 
 
 Joseph and Rebecca Barton 
 
 who departed this life March 6th 
 
 A. D. 1820 
 
 in the 19th year of her age. 
 
 Margaret 
 
 daughter of 
 
 Joseph and Rebecca Barton 
 
 Born September 7th, T795 
 
 Died August i6th, 1876 
 in the 8ist year of her age. 
 
 Kate 
 
 daughter of 
 
 James B. and Catherine B. Clark 
 
 Died Aug: 5th, 1857 
 
 aged 3 months and 9 days. 
 
 Horizontal Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 * He was an Elder in Donegal Church for many years. 
 
Io8 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN; CHURCH. 
 
 No. 27 Upright Marble 
 
 Eugene 
 
 son of 
 
 James B. and Catherine B. Glark 
 
 Born Oct: 26th, 1851 
 
 Died July 31st, 1871 
 
 No. 28 Upright Marble 
 
 James Brice Clark 
 
 son of 
 
 John and Mary Hamilton Clark 
 
 Born April 12th, 1817 
 
 Died April 14th, 1883 
 
 No. 29 Upright Sandstone 
 
 Here lyes the Body of. 
 
 Sarah H. Holmes 
 
 daughter of 
 
 Abraham and Esther Holmes 
 
 who died in the 8th year of her age 
 
 it being on the 30th day of October 
 
 in the year of our Lord. 
 
 177L 
 
 No. 30 Upright Marble 
 
 My Husband 
 
 Robert Laird 
 
 Born Aug: 20th, 1S21 
 
 Died April 28th, 1853 
 
 Farewell my good father and mother most dear 
 May I meet you in Heaven we'll never meet here 
 To sisters and brothers a heartfelt adieu 
 Our friendship forever be lasting and true 
 Should these our loved friends be settled and gone 
 'Tis sweet still to know in heart we are one 
 So farewell my dear wife and farewell to home 
 Each will remember though parted, and gone 
 
 No. 31 Upright Marble 
 
 In memor}' of 
 
 Nancy Litle 
 
 Consort of Joseph Litle 
 
 who departed this life March 3d, 1820 
 
 aged 8 1 years and 3 months 
 
 Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord 
 
 from henceforth yea saith the Spirit that they 
 
 may rest from their labors and their works do 
 
 follow them. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN: CHURCH. 
 
 109 
 
 No. 32 
 
 No. 33 
 
 Upright Sandstone 
 
 Here l\eth the body of 
 
 Joseph Lttle 
 He was born on the rytli day of November 
 
 hi the year 1737 
 
 And departed this Ufe on the 23d of October 
 
 17SS 
 
 Upright Marble 
 Here lyetli the body of 
 
 EniRAlM I.ITLE 
 
 who departed this life tlie 3TSt day of December 
 in the ^■ear of our Lord 1775 
 in the 61st year of his age 
 
 No. 34 
 
 No. 35 
 
 No. 3b 
 
 No. 37 
 
 No. 38 
 
 Our mother and our sister 
 
 Gkace Lvtle 
 
 died Sept: 27th, 1S56 
 
 aged So \ ears ;ind three months 
 
 Mary Ann Lytle 
 
 Our Grandmother and our Father 
 
 Joseph Lvtle 
 
 Died Sept: 24th, 1S55 
 
 aged So years and 3 montlis 
 
 Elizabeth L\'tle 
 May :!otli, 1S15 
 May 14th, 1S96 
 
 Mother 
 
 Anxabell HendricksOn 
 
 wife of 
 
 S. S. P. Lytle 
 
 born 
 May i6th, 1S24 
 
 died 
 Nov: 29th, 1SS6 
 
 Oeorgk Hendricksos 
 
 son of 
 
 Samuel S. P. and Annabell Lytle 
 
 died .May 11, 1857 
 
 aged 7 years 8 months and 22 days 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Granite 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
no 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 No. 39 
 
 Mary Grace 
 
 daughter of 
 
 Samuel S. P. and Annabell Lytie 
 
 died Aug: 2, 1857 
 aged 2 years 4 months and 18 days 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 40 
 
 In memory of 
 William C. Robinson,. Jr 
 died Nov: 27, 1859 
 aged 27 years 8 mo: and 11 days 
 
 Rest in peace thou much loved one 
 Rest from labor toil and carei 
 Thou hast left a world of sorrow 
 Gone the promised bliss to share 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 41 
 
 William C. Robinson 
 
 born June 26th, 1797 
 
 died Dec: loth, 1879 
 
 aged 82 years 5 mo: and 14 days 
 
 Thy trials are ended 
 Thy rest is won 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 42 
 
 ] EN N ETTA 
 
 wife of 
 
 William C. Robinson 
 
 born June 3, 1802 
 
 died April 25, t88i 
 
 aged 78 years 10 mo's and 2i2 d's 
 
 Life's fevered battle oveir 
 Rest comes at last 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 43 
 
 Here lies the body of 
 
 Hugh Patten 
 
 who departed this life October the 8th day, 
 
 A. D. 1770 
 
 aged 53 years 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Ill 
 
 No. 44 Horizontal Marble 
 
 Here lies the body of 
 
 Isabella Patterson 
 
 daughter of John Galbraith 
 
 who died the 29th day of October 
 
 Anno 1764 
 
 in the 21st year of 
 
 her age 
 
 No, 45 " Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Nancy Scott 
 
 who departed this Hfe 
 
 Nov: 18, 1837 
 
 aged 89 years. 
 
 No. 46 Horizontal Marble Tomb 
 
 In memory of 
 John Scott 
 born May ist, 1773 
 and departed this life October 8th, 
 
 1842 
 aged 69 years 5 months and 7 days 
 
 The deceased was a native of Ireland 
 How loved how valued once avails the not 
 To whom related or by whom begot 
 A heap of dust alone remains of thee 
 'Tis all thou art and all the proud shall be 
 
 No. 47 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Sarah Morrison 
 
 who departed this life September 22d, 
 
 A. D. 1833 
 
 in the 87th year of her age 
 
 No. 48 Upright Marble 
 
 Elizabeth 
 
 wife of James Patterson 
 
 died May 23d, 1S34 
 in the 53d year of her age 
 
 No. 49 Upright Marble 
 
 James Patterson 
 
 died October 2gth, 1852 
 
 in the S7th year of his age 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAK CHURCH. 
 
 No. 52 
 
 No. 53 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 50 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Elizabeth Ann 
 
 daughter of Samuel Smith and Mnry Patterson 
 
 who departed this life July 25th, 1835 
 
 aged 4 years 5 mo: and 7 days 
 
 No. 51 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 JaJIES Al.lCXANDER 
 
 son*of 
 
 Samuel Smith and Mary Patterson 
 
 who departed this life Aug: 3rd, 1835 
 
 aged 2 years 6 mo's and 29 days 
 
 In memory of 
 
 JiiHN C. son of 
 
 John and Barbara Ann Patterson 
 
 departed this life Jan: 30th, 1836 
 
 aged 4 mi 1: and 4 days 
 
 also 
 
 Martha Reuecca 
 
 who departed this life March 6fli, 1837 
 
 aged 2 mo: and 5 days 
 
 E'er sin could blight <ir sorrow fade 
 Death came with friendly care 
 The opening buds tu Heaven removed 
 To bloom and blossom there 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Anna Maktha 
 
 daughter of 
 
 James B. and Mary Ann Ferree 
 
 who departed this life June 9th, 1834 
 
 aged 10 nuj: and 18 days 
 
 No. 54 Granite Monument 
 
 ( Recently erected by Sauiuel Patterson of Marietta. ) 
 
 Sami:ei, Pattki;si)N 
 
 born August 2Sth, 1772 
 
 died October 27tli, 1S31 
 
 Makv A. McJlMSEV 
 
 wife of 
 
 Samuel Patterson 
 
 born 1 )(.c: 22d, 1778 
 
 died April 26th, 1S47 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. II3 
 
 No. 55 Upright Mirble 
 
 Meribah 
 
 widow of 
 
 Arthur Patterson, Sr. 
 
 born Dec: 17th, 1793 
 
 died April latli, 1859 
 
 And now Lord what wait I for ? 
 
 My hope is in Thee. 
 
 No. 56 Upright Marble 
 
 ( Dlaiden sister of Mrs. Meribah Patterson. ) 
 
 Catherine Gibkrson 
 
 died Feb: 13th, 18S1 
 
 in the 73rd year of her age 
 
 No. 57 Upright Marble 
 
 Margaret 
 relict of the late 
 
 Jacob S. Zell 
 
 and daughter of 
 
 Samuel and Frances Evan's 
 
 departed this life Nov; ist, 1848 
 
 in the 52nd year of her age 
 
 "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord 
 from henceforth, yea saith the Spirit that 
 they may rest from their labours, and their 
 works do follow them." 
 
 Weep not for her the griefs she bore 
 
 While here on earth are hap'ly o'er 
 
 And though her soul has passed away 
 
 From its frail tenement of clay 
 
 It soars above beyond the sky 
 
 In blissful joys that never die 
 
 No. 58 Horizontal Marble ' 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Samuel Evans 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 April 2ist, 1805 
 
 in the 47th year of his age 
 
 ( The following has been recently cut on this stone. ) 
 
 Alexander L. Evans 
 
 son of Samuel and Frances Evans 
 
 born March 22nd, 1799 
 
 died July ist, 1839 
 
114 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 No. 59 Horizontal Marble Tomb 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Frances Evans 
 
 daughter of 
 
 Alexander and Ann Lowrey 
 
 and wife of 
 
 Samuel Evans 
 
 born Feb: ist, 1775 
 
 died March 2nd, 1850 
 
 No. 60 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Ann Lowrey 
 
 wife of 
 
 Alexander Lowrey, Esq." 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 Nov: 2ist, 1791 
 
 in the 58th vear of her age 
 
 also 
 
 in memory of 
 
 Alexander Lowrey, Esq. 
 
 wild departed this life 
 
 Jan: 31st, 1805 
 
 in the 79th year of his age 
 
 Horizontal Marble 
 
 N0.6J 
 
 Here lieth the body of 
 
 John son of 
 
 Robert and Catherine Spear 
 
 who departed this life July 7th, 1757 
 
 in the 7th year of his age 
 
 and also 
 
 Here lies the body of 
 
 Robert Spear 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 Sept: 17th, 1800 
 
 in the 84th )ear of his age 
 
 Horizontal Marble 
 
 No. 62 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Samuel McAffee 
 
 born Oct: 2nd, A. D. 1802 
 
 died Sept: 29th, A. D. 1824 
 
 aged 21 years 11 months and 27 days 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 115 
 
 No. 63 
 
 Here lyeth the body of 
 
 Thomas Clingan 
 who departed this life 
 the 14th day of October 
 
 1788 
 in the 66th year of his age 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 64 
 
 In memory of 
 
 WiLi.iAM Gray 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 May i8th, 1819 
 
 in the 43rd year of his age 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 65 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Catherine Ann Curran 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 July gth, A. D. 1823 
 
 aged 5 months and 7 days 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 66 
 
 No. 67 
 
 No. 68 
 
 In memory of 
 
 John Henkv Cukkan 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 March 2nd, A. D. 182 1 
 
 aged I year 6 mo : and 8 days 
 
 Jane 
 
 wife of 
 
 George Ferree 
 
 born Dec: 1795 
 
 died Nov: 26th, 1878 
 
 in the S3rd year of her age 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Mary Moore 
 
 wife of the late 
 
 Zachariah Moore 
 
 who died Feb: 15th, 1847 
 
 in her 89th year 
 
 Tho' lost to sight 
 
 To memory dear 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
ii6 
 No. 69 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRKSBYI ERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Zaciiariah Moore 
 
 who departed this hfe 
 
 jime 19th, 1803 
 
 in the 54th year of his age 
 
 Uprigbt Marble 
 
 No. 70 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Mary 
 
 wife of 
 
 Robert Mcjinisey 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 July 22nd, 1807 
 
 in the 67th > ear of lier age 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 71 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Mary 
 
 consort of 
 
 Arthur Patterson 
 
 wlio de]>arted this life 
 
 Jan; the 15th, 1813 
 
 in the 39th year of her age 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 72 Upright SancJstone 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Margaret 
 
 wife of 
 
 James Patterson dec'd 
 
 « ho departed this life 
 
 April 1 6th, A. D. 1794 
 
 in the solh year of her age 
 
 She maintained through life the Christian relative 
 
 graces of wife, mother and friend and died in 
 
 the hope of a blessed immortality 
 
 No. 73 
 
 Here lies the body of 
 
 Jaiiks Pattei;son 
 
 born in the year <jf our Lord 
 
 I'eb: 1720 
 
 who departed this life the iglh May 
 
 1789 
 
 Upright Sandstone 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. II7 
 
 No. 74 Upright Sandstone 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Jean Patterson 
 
 daughter of 
 
 Arthur and Ann Patterson 
 
 who departed this life May 2d, 1800 
 
 in the 6ist year of her age 
 
 No. 75 Marble Monument 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Samuel Patterson and Martha his wife 
 the latter departed this life 
 
 Sep: loth, 1772 
 
 in the 33rd year of her age 
 
 the former departed this life 
 
 Nov: 15th, 1820 
 
 in his 94th year 
 
 ( This monument was erected by ike grandson, Samuel Smith Patterson.) 
 
 No. 76 Upright Sandstone 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Arthur Patterson 
 
 who departed this life the 3rd day of July, 1763 
 
 and in the 66th year of his age and 
 
 Ann, his wife who departed this life the 
 
 ist day of May, 1792, and in the 
 
 93rd year of her age 
 
 ( These were the pro,^enitors of all the Pattersons North, South 
 and East of Mount Joy — the great-grandparents of James Agnew 
 Patterson, the present (iSgS) and only Elder of Donegal Church, who is 
 in his 8gth year). 
 
 No. 77 Horizontal Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Josiah Scott 
 
 who departed this life Sept: 13th, 1765 
 
 aged 58 years 
 
 No. 78 Upright Marble, two stones on one grave 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Alexander Scott 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 March 26th, 1787 
 
 aged 70 years 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Robert Patterson 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 Aug: 9th, A. D. 1823 
 in the 22d year of his age 
 
ii8 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN: CHURCH. 
 
 No. 79 
 
 No. 80 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Eliza Jane Patters.on 
 
 daughter of 
 
 Alexander and Jane Patterson 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 June 19th, A. D. 1831 
 
 in the isth year of her age 
 
 To the memory of 
 
 Samuei, Scott Pedan 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 the loth of May, A. D. 1818 
 
 in the szd year of his age 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 81 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Hugh Pedan 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 the 1 8th of October, 
 
 in the year of our Lord, i860 
 
 in the 73rd year of his age 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Sarah Pedan consort of Hugh Pedan 
 
 vho departed this life August the' and, 1831 
 
 in the 83rd year of her age 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 82 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Alexander Patterson 
 
 who departed this life Feb: ist, 1S42 
 
 aged 66 years 5 mo: and 21 days 
 
 The peaceful grave my bones shall keep 
 Until the resurrection day 
 When I'll awake from my long sleep 
 And leave this cumbrous bed of clay. 
 
 {/I korisontal sandstone has been placed on. this grave, on which the 
 inscription is almost entirely obliteral'd, but the persevering ejfoits of 
 Mr. John K. Miller, Photographer of Maytomn, were so successful in its 
 restoration that it could be deciphered without much difficulty. The 
 stone had previously lain elsewhere; it is as follows): 
 
 Here lyeth the body of 
 
 Martha Pedan wife of 
 
 John Pedan dec'd 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 February, 1776 
 
 aged 23 years 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 119 
 
 No. 83 
 
 To the memory of 
 
 John Pedan 
 
 who departed this hfe 
 
 the 7th of February A. D. 182 1 
 
 in the 44th year of his age 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 84 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Jane Patterson consort of 
 
 Alexander Patterson 
 
 who departed this hfe 
 
 Sept: 7th, 1S59 
 
 in the Soth year of her age 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 85 
 
 In memory of 
 Edward McCreery 
 
 a native of Ireland 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 April 16th, 1859 
 
 in the 74th year of his age 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 86 
 
 In memory of 
 Rd. Hillman 
 departed this life 
 Oct. 28th, 183s 
 in his 63rd year 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 87 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Elizabeth daughter of 
 
 William and Martha Hallowell 
 
 died Dec: 17th, 1856 
 
 aged 5 mo: and 12 days 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 88 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Thomas Hallowell, Snr. 
 
 who was born Feb. loth, 1785 
 
 departed this life Sept. 26th, 1824 
 
 aged 39 years 7 mo: and 16 days 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
I20 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 No. 89 Upright Marble 
 
 Margaret E., daughter of 
 
 Samuel and ]. C. \\^ Redsecker 
 
 Died Oct. loth, 1854, aged i year 6 mo: and 17 days 
 
 An opening bud to Heaven conveyed 
 To bloom forever there 
 
 No. 90 Upright Marble 
 
 Margaret E., daughter: of 
 Samuel and J. C. W. Redsecker 
 died Oct: 23rd, 1848, aged i year 7 rtio: and 2 days 
 
 The loved of many hearts is gone 
 The light of many eyes 
 Her little race on earth is run 
 Her home's beyond the skies. 
 
 Nc. 91 Upright Marble 
 
 OUR FATHER 
 
 Samuel Redsecker 
 
 bom March 13th, 1803 
 
 died Aug: 14th, 1864 
 
 aged 61 years 5 mo: and i day 
 
 Let me die the death of the righteous 
 and let my last end be like his 
 
 No. 92 Upright Marble, two stones on this grave 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Catherine Bell 
 
 who departed this life Aug. 7th, 1822 
 
 in the 78th year of her age 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Walter Bell 
 
 who departed this life Sept: i8th, 1796 
 
 in the 51st year of his age 
 
 No. 93 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 James son of 
 
 Hugh and Agnes Wilson 
 
 born the loth of Aug: 1799 
 
 and departed this life 
 
 the 29th of May, 1803 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 No. 94 
 
 No. 95 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Ar. Patterson 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 Jan: 19th, 1836 
 
 in the 65th year of his age 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Here lieth the body of 
 
 Samuel Scott, Jun'r. 
 
 who was born tlie 26th of August, 1753 
 
 and died the and of July, 1759 
 
 Horizontal Marble 
 
 No. 96 
 
 No. 97 
 
 No. 98 
 
 No. 99 
 
 Samuel C Whitehill 
 
 died Feb: 12th, 1824 
 aged 7 mo: and 25 days 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Anna Mary Whitehill 
 
 born July 25th, 1817 
 
 died Oct: 12th, 1821 
 
 aged 4 years 2 mo: and 17 days 
 
 and 
 
 Margaret Elizabeth Whitehill 
 
 born April 7th, 1831 
 
 died June 7th, 1844 
 
 aged 13 years and 3 months 
 
 These lovely buds so young and fair 
 Called hence by early doom 
 
 Just came to show how sweet the flowers 
 In paradise would bloom. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Jane Augusta, daughter of 
 
 William and Cath'e Cameron 
 
 departed this life Aug: loth, 1835 
 
 aged 3 years 5 mo : and 24 days 
 
 "Suffer little children to come unto me, 
 for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven." 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Ann Middleton 
 
 born 1736 
 
 died March 29th, 1821 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 No. JOO 
 
 No. JOJ 
 
 The grave of 
 
 Margaret Whitehill McDowell 
 
 who died May ryth, A. D. 1844 
 
 aged 48 years 
 
 In memory of 
 John Whitehill, Esq, 
 who departed this hfe Dec: loth, i8o5 
 in the 53rd year of his age 
 
 He was beloved in life and lamented 
 in death. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. t02 
 
 In memory of 
 
 MAR^' Whitehill, consort of 
 
 John Whitehill, dec'd 
 
 who departed this life March 22nd, 1829 
 
 in the 71st year of her age 
 
 'Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.' 
 
 Upflght Marble 
 
 No. 103 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Jane Cameron consort of 
 
 William Cameron, dec'd 
 
 who departed this life Dec: 4th, 1836 
 
 in the 73rd year of her age 
 
 She was a kind parent and friend of the needy. 
 
 No. J04 
 
 William Whitehill ^ 
 
 born Oct: 31st, 1814 
 
 died Feb: 17th, 1840 
 
 aged 25 years 3 mo: and 17 days 
 
 Friend after friend departs 
 Who hath not lost a friend 
 There is no union here of hearts 
 That hath not here an end. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 105 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Jane Wilson 
 
 departed this life May 31st, 1846 
 
 in the 47th year of her age 
 Peaceful in life tranquil in death. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 123 
 
 No. 106 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Ann W'liiTEHii.T. 
 
 born Marcli 13th, 17S4: 
 
 departed this life Jamiary 19th, 1S60 
 
 in the 76tli VL-ar of her age. 
 
 What charms has earth for her 
 
 Who sees by faith the Heavenly shore. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 107 
 
 No. 108 
 
 No. J09 
 
 There is rest in Heaven 
 Elizaheth C, wife of; 
 
 John M. ■W'hitehill 
 
 bom Sept: nth, 1790 
 
 died April 5th, i860 
 
 "Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let 
 her invn works praise her in the Gates." 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Father has gone to rest 
 
 John Middleton Whitehill 
 
 born Jan: 9th, i;SS 
 
 died July 17th, 1S66 
 
 aged 78 \ears 6 mo: and S days 
 
 How rich and precious sounds that lo\-e 
 That tells of rest and joys above 
 And lulls a troubled heart to rest 
 I'pon a blessed Saviour's breast. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 FATHER 
 
 MiDDLETON WHITEHrLL 
 
 born Ai-iril 26th, 1S20 
 
 died Juh- 20th, iSSo 
 
 Resting. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. no Horizontal Marble 
 
 .Sacred to the memory of 
 
 John H.ws. Jun'r. 
 
 son of 
 
 John Ha)-s, Sen'r. 
 
 who was born Dec: the 5th, in the year 
 
 1775 
 
 and departed this life 
 
 Xo\ : the 2;tli, 181 j; 
 
 ,\n hontstman, the noblest work of God. 
 
124 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 No. UJ Horizontal Marble 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 Mr. John Hays, Sen'k. 
 who departed this Hfe Jan: 26th, 1813 
 in his 74tli year 
 
 He was an affectionate parent and husband 
 
 zealous for the ( Aory of God and for the 
 
 good of this his native country'. 
 
 No, J 12 Horizontal Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Eleanor IL^vs 
 
 who departed this hfe on the 4th of June, 1836 
 
 in tlie 45th year of her age 
 
 And ha\'ing spent a hfe of exemplary piety which 
 
 she exhibited in all her endearing qualities and 
 
 her firm trust in her blessed Saviour, she died 
 
 in a comfortable hope of a blessed immortality. 
 
 "Them also that sleep in Jesus will God bring 
 
 with Him." 
 
 {Also on an upright marble on the same grave.) 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Eleanor wife of 
 
 John Hays 
 
 and daughter of the 
 
 Rev: John Elder, of Paxton 
 
 who died Dec: 12th, 1775 
 
 aged 2g years 
 
 No. 113 Upright Marble 
 
 Here lies the body of 
 
 James Hayes 
 
 who departed this life on the third day of 
 
 July, A. D. 1805 
 
 aged 40 years 
 
 No. 114 Upright Marble 
 
 Here lies the body of 
 
 David Haves 
 
 (son of Patrick ) 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 on the i6th day of July,; 
 
 A. D. 1805 
 
 aged 42 years 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. I25 
 
 No. 115 Upright Marble 
 
 Here lies the body of 
 
 Susanna Hayes late consort of 
 
 Patrick Hayes 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 the 22nd day of April A. D. 1798 
 
 aged 57 years 
 
 No. 116 Horizontal Marble 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth Hays relict of 
 
 Mr. John Hays 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 April the 3rd, A. D. 1821 
 
 in the 74th year of her age 
 
 This feeble tribute of respect is offered by 
 
 one who knew the deceased. well. 
 
 She was an affectionate wife, kind and 
 
 indulgent parent, an agreeable companion 
 
 and firm friend; and when the closing 
 
 scene of life came she calmly resigned 
 
 herself into the Holy keeping of her 
 
 Lord and Master, Jesus Christ 
 
 No. 117 Horizontal Marble 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Hannah Hays 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 Feb. 24th, A. D. 1847 
 
 in the 64th year of her age 
 
 "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, from 
 
 henceforth yea saith the Spirit, that they may 
 
 rest from their labours and their works do 
 
 follow them." 
 
 Rev.^ XIV: Chap: xiii., 5. 
 
 No. 118 Horizontal Sandstone 
 
 Here lieth the body of 
 
 Rose Candour 
 
 who depart y= life 
 
 Aug. the 23d day, 1739, aged 57 years 
 
 Here lyeth the body of 
 
 Josias Candour 
 
 who departed this life Oct: the nth, 1748 
 
 aged 82 years 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Joseph Candour 
 
 who departed this life April 20th, 1784 
 
 aged 71 years 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Mary Candour 
 
 who departed this life July the 22d, 1797, aged 55 years 
 
126 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 No. 119 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Sarah, consort of * 
 
 George Spear 
 
 who departed this Hfe April 3d, A. D. 1844 
 
 aged 61 years 4 mo: and 7 days 
 
 No, J 20 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 George Spear 
 
 who died Oct: 3d, A. D. 1S46 
 
 in the 69th year of his age. 
 
 Emphatically an honest man and sincere friend. 
 
 No, J2J Upright Marble 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Sarah S. Buchanan 
 
 who departed this life Oct. 26th, 1871 
 
 Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, yea 
 
 Saith the spirit that they may rest from 
 
 their labours ; and their works do follow them. 
 
 No. 122 Upright Marble 
 
 MOTHER 
 
 Amelia Jane, widow of 
 
 Rev: T. Marshall Boggs 
 
 died Aug: 25th, 1869 
 
 aged 55 years. 
 Until the day break 
 
 No. 123 Upright Marble 
 
 Rev. T. M. Boggs 
 
 our Pastor 
 
 Thy memory we cherish 
 
 {On the reverse) 
 
 Rev. Thomas Marshall Boggs 
 
 Pastor of the Presb>terian Congregations 
 
 of Donegal and Marietta 
 
 for 14 years 
 
 Died Nov: loth, 1850 
 
 aged 37 years. 
 
 * (It has been alleged by some persons that Mrs. Sarah Spear, who resided near Big 
 Chicquesalunga Railroad Bridge, was Dr. John L. Atlee's first case of ovariotomy. Such is not 
 the fact. She was I 'r. W. L. Atlee's first case. Dr. J ohn L. Atlee had operated June 29th, 1843, 
 on a lady of Lancaster who died only a few years ago, in her 90th year.) 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 12/ 
 
 No. J24 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Adam Tate 
 
 Son of the Rev: Joseph Tate, former 
 
 Pastor of Donegal Congregation 
 
 who departed this life the gth of 
 
 February, 1827, in the 74th year of 
 
 his age. 
 
 He was an affectionate husbaiid and 
 
 kind friend. He was truly patriotic in 
 
 the cause of his country. And he was a firm 
 
 sincere Christian, which he evinced by his 
 
 patience and submission to the will of his 
 
 Heavenly Father, under severe pain and 
 
 affliction, and in his last moments resigned 
 
 his soul into the hands of his dear Redeemer 
 
 and blessed Mediator. 
 
 No 125 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Serah Tate, daughter of 
 
 Rev: Joseph Tate 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 15th of August, 1790 
 
 in the 30th year of her age. 
 
 No, J26 Horizontal Marble Slab on Pedestals 
 
 In memory of the 
 
 Rev: Joseph Tate 
 
 late Pastor of this Congregation for 26 years 
 
 who departed this life loth Oct: 1774 
 
 in the 63d year of his age, and also 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Margaret, his wife, and daughter of the 
 
 Rev: Adam Boyd 
 
 who departed this life May 13th, 1801 
 
 in the 75th year of her age. 
 
 No. J27 Horizontal Sandstone 
 
 Here lyeth the body of the 
 
 Rev: James Anderson* 
 
 late Pastor of Dunnigall 
 
 who departed this life ye i6th of 
 
 July, 1740, aged 62 years 
 
 also 
 
 His wife. Suit Anderson 
 
 who departed this life ye 24th of 
 
 December, 1736, aged 42 years. 
 
 * He was the first Pastor of Donegal Congregation. 
 
128 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN' CHURCH, 
 
 No 128. Horuontal Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 James Anderson, Esq;. 
 
 who departed this life i 
 
 June ist, 1790, in the 70th 
 
 year of his age 
 
 also 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Mrs. Ruth Anderson, the wife of 
 
 James Anderson, Sen'r 
 
 who departed this life Jan. 2d,. 1784 
 
 in the 62d year of her age. She was 
 
 the daughter of Thomas and Mary Bayley 
 
 No. 129 Upright Marble 
 
 In memorj' of 
 
 J.^NE, consort of 
 
 J. T. Anderson 
 
 departed this life 
 
 March 28th, A. D. 1837 
 
 aged 27 years. 
 
 No. 130 Horizontal Marble 
 
 Here are deposited 
 
 the remains of 
 
 Ruth Stevenson 
 
 wife of 
 
 Col: Stephen Stevenson 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 December 9th, 1793 
 
 in the 33d year of her age 
 
 She was an affectionate wife, an indulgent 
 mother and a sincere friend. 
 
 No. I3t Upright Marble 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Dr. John Maxwell 
 
 Born in Kent Co: Md. 
 
 Sept. 13th, 1761 
 
 Died in Marietta, Lan: Co: Pa: 
 
 Nov: 13th, 1815 
 
 Blessed are the dead who die: in the 
 Lord. 
 
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 No. 132 Upright Marble 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Dr. Robert G. Maxwell 
 
 Son of Dr. John Maxwell 
 
 Born in Kent Co., Md: Aug. 2d, 1786 
 
 Died in Marietta, Lan: Co: Pa. 
 
 May 20th, 1816. 
 
 No. 133 Upright Marble 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Sarah Jane, youngest daughter of 
 
 Adams and Mary S. Campbell 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 March 22nd, 1841 
 
 aged 2 years, 7 mo: and 2 days. 
 
 Rest thee, Cherub Sleeper, rest thee. 
 Free from anguish, grief or pain, 
 Earthly woes shall not molest thee 
 Thou shalt never weep again. 
 May we, too, when called to slumber 
 'Neath the calm, the tranquil sod 
 Join like thee the happy number 
 That surround the throne of God. 
 The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away. 
 Blessed be the name of the Lord. 
 
 No. 134 Upright Marble 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Adams Campbell 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 Jan. 25th, 1840 
 
 aged 39 years, 4 mo: and 26 days. 
 
 Remember now, thy Creator, in 
 the days of thy youth, while the 
 evil days come not, nor the years 
 draw nigh when thou shalt say 
 I have no pleasure in them. 
 
 Ecds: !3ih c, ist v. 
 
 No. J 35 Upright Marble 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Samuel Elder, son of 
 
 Adams and Mary S. Campbell 
 
 Died September 12th, 1835 
 aged 4 years, 9 mo: and 24 days 
 
 Thou art gone to the grave 
 
 But 'twere wrong to deplore thee 
 
 When God was thy ransom, thy guardian, thy guide 
 
 He gave thee and took thee 
 
 And soon will restore thee 
 
 Where death has no sting, since the Savior hath died. 
 
130 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 No. J36 Upright Marble 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Margaret Campbell, widow of 
 
 William Campbell 
 
 Born April 3d, 1766 
 
 Died Aug: 31st, 1829. 
 
 Blessed are they that die in the Lord. 
 
 No. J37 Upright Marble 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 John Campbell 
 
 who departed this life Jan: 12th, 1841 
 
 in the 57th year of his age. 
 
 Great God, on what a slender thread 
 Hangs everlasting things 
 The eternal state of all the dead 
 Upon life's feeble strings. 
 
 No. 138 Horizontal Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Joseph Work 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 March 26th, 1795 
 
 aged 39 years. 
 
 His distressed parents have placed 
 
 over him this stone, the monument of 
 
 their grief and affection. 
 
 No. 139 Horizontal Marble 
 
 Thomas Bayly, son of 
 
 John Bayly, Esq. 
 
 who was born January 6th, 1762 
 
 and departed this life 
 
 February 9th, 1807. 
 
 He was a dutiful son, a kind brother and an 
 
 affectionate husband. He was beloved in life 
 
 and lamented in death. 
 
 No. J40 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Robert Robinson 
 
 Died Feb. 20th, 1834 
 
 aged 39 years, 2 mo: and 5 days. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 131 
 
 No. J4I 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Mary Ann, wife of 
 
 David Roder 
 
 who departed this hfe Sept: 30th, 1809 
 
 aged 28 years 
 
 Late of the County of Armagh, Ireland. 
 
 Upright Sandstone 
 
 No. U2 
 
 In memory of 
 
 John Watson 
 
 Born April T4th, A. D, 1798 
 
 Died Sept: 24th, A. D. 1852. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 143 
 
 In memory of 
 
 John Watson, M. D. 
 
 Born December 25th, A. D. 1762 
 
 Graduated at the Medical University 
 
 of Penna. 
 
 July 4th, 1783 
 
 And after a laborious life spent in the 
 
 successful practice of his profession 
 
 Departed this life 
 
 Nov: 16th, A. D. 1843 
 
 aged 80 years. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 144 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Mrs. Margaret Watson 
 
 Widow of Dr. John Watson 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 Aug: 14th, A. D. 1850 
 
 in the 88th jear of her age. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 145 
 
 Rachel, relict of 
 
 William Brown 
 
 and daughter of 
 
 Dr. John and Margaret Watson 
 
 Born Dec: 29th, 1786 
 
 Died May 16, 1868. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
132 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN: CHURCH. 
 
 No. J46 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 The Rev: William Kerr 
 
 who was 14 years a minister of the 
 
 Gospel of the Congregation of Donegal 
 
 Born the 13th day of October, 1776 
 
 and died September 22d, 182 1. 
 
 His labors of love in the Gospel Ministry and the 
 
 lamentations of his people at his death furnish 
 
 pleasing evidence of his zeal and exertion in 
 
 the cause of his Master. 
 
 No. 147 
 
 In memory of 
 
 John, son of 
 
 William and Mary Kerr 
 
 Born Jan: 12th, 1811 
 
 Died Nov: i6th, 1813 
 
 aged 2 years, 10 mo: and 4 days. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 148 
 
 No. 149 
 
 No. J50 
 
 No. J5J 
 
 In memory of 
 Claudius B., son of 
 
 William and Mary Kerr 
 Born Nov: ist, 1820 
 Died Jan: 24th, 1821 
 
 aged 2 mo: and 24 days, 
 
 In memory of 
 
 David Watson, M. d; 
 
 Born Dec: 12th, A. D. 1790 
 
 Died May nth, A. D. 1856. 
 
 FATHER 
 
 Nathaniel Watson, M. D. 
 
 Born Feb: nth, 1800 
 
 Died Dec: i8th, 18S6. 
 
 God is love. 
 
 MOTHER 
 
 Maria Haines Watson 
 
 Born Dec. i8th, 1806 
 
 Died Sept: 24th, 1880. 
 
 Resting. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Uptight Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN. CHURCH. 
 
 133 
 
 No. J52 
 
 Anthony Haines, son of 
 
 Nathaniel and Maria Watson 
 
 Born Nov: 2d, 1836 
 
 Died May 9th, 1851. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. J53 Upright Marble 
 
 Rachel Brown, daughter of 
 
 Nathaniel and Maria Watson 
 
 Died May 26th, 1854 
 
 aged 13 years and 29 days. 
 
 She fell asleep here our dear lovely flower 
 
 She woke up in Heaven that bright pearly bower 
 
 An Angel had whispered " Come soar" o'er those plaines 
 
 No sorrow comes there, no trouble or pains 
 
 She smiled " I will go" then hastened away 
 
 To sing a new song in the mansions of day. 
 
 No. J54 
 
 No. J55 
 
 No. 156 
 
 Howard L., son of 
 
 J. W. and S. M. Johnson 
 
 Born May 20th, 1866 
 
 Died Oct: 12th, 1868. 
 
 David R. Watson, M. D. 
 
 Born Jan. i6th, 1846 
 
 Died March 24th, 1869. 
 
 Mary Patterson, relict of 
 Col. James Patterson 
 
 Born June 5th, 1785 
 Died August 7th, 1866. 
 
 Fare thee well, mother, pale quiet sleeper 
 While in life's warfare our sorrows we drown 
 We know that thine eye sees the King in his beauty 
 For us is the cross but for thee is the crown. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. J57 
 
 Col: James Patterson 
 Born October 7th, 1775 
 Died May 30th, 1863. 
 Therefore my heart is glad and my glory 
 rejoiceth, my flesh also shall rest in hope. 
 
 Ps. xvi., 9. 
 
 [He was for many years an Elder in Donegal Church.) 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
134 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 No. 158 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Margaret R., daughter. of 
 
 James and Mary Patterson 
 
 who departed this life Oct: 15th, 1827 
 
 in the 21st year of her age. 
 
 Dutiful to parents, benevolent to the needy and 
 courteous to all. 
 
 Dearjchild, adieu ! the dark, the gloomy grave 
 Conceals thy much lov'd image froin our sight 
 Thy spirits gone to Him who being: gave 
 To dA\ell we trust in everlasting light. 
 There may we meet thee when our race is run 
 Affliction, pain, and every trial o'er 
 Vanquished each foe, our work and warfare done 
 Oh ! may we meet in Heaven to part no more. 
 
 No. 159 Upright Marble 
 
 Anna Mary, consort of 
 
 Robert S. Mcllvain 
 
 departed this life Dec: 15th, 1855 
 
 aged 42 years, 10 mo: and lo days 
 
 Alas ! She has left us, her spirit has fled 
 Her body now slumbers along with the dead 
 Her Savior hath called her, to Him she has gone 
 Be ye also ready to follow her soon; 
 
 No. 160 Upright Marble 
 
 Susan Mary Johnson 
 
 daughter of 
 
 Dr. Nathaniel and Maria Haines Watson 
 
 Born Jan: i6th, 1839 
 
 Died Nov. i8th, 1890. 
 
 No. J6J Upright Marble 
 
 John \V., son of 
 
 J. \\'. and S. M, Johnson 
 
 Born April 27th, 1S75 
 
 Died July 8th, 1878. 
 
 No. 162 Upright Marble 
 
 H. Watson Herr, son of 
 
 Hiram and Charlotte R. Herr 
 
 Born June 30th, 1864 
 
 Died August 27th, 1885 
 
 He lives for Jesus died. 
 
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 No. J63 Hoi^izontal Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 James Miller, Sen^ 
 
 Boni 1742 
 
 Died 1803 
 
 Ere time began from chaos hurl'd 
 
 Rose the bright spheres that bound the world 
 
 Nor wreck nor vestige shall be found 
 
 On that great day when trumpet' s sound. 
 
 No. J64 Horizontal Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Isabella Miller 
 
 Born 1726 
 
 Died 1801 
 
 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ risen. 
 
 Away the heavens fled 
 
 No trace thereof was found 
 
 The sea gave up its dead 
 
 And eke the earth around. 
 
 No. J 65 Horizontal Marble 
 
 [On this is erected a marble monument, being the center of the five 
 Miller graves — Nos. i6j, i6tf, 16^, 166, /6y. The horizontal marble 
 slabs are contiguous on a brick wall. On the east side of the monuinent 
 is the following inscription); 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Jean Miller 
 
 Born 1743 
 
 Died 1813 
 
 70 
 
 {On the north side the following): 
 
 When livid deaths descend 
 And skies in smoke decay 
 I rise at His command 
 Though mountains melt away. 
 
 ( On the west side) 
 
 Roll on thou sun 
 thou too must fall 
 by fate's decrees 
 And in eternal chaos 
 wrap thy blaze. 
 
 ( On the south side) 
 
 Tombs have their honours, Farents crave 
 Some slender present o'er their grave 
 This narrow house let sacred be to all 
 Whilst rains descend or air surrounds the ball. 
 
136 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Nc. J66 Horizontal Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 William Miller 
 
 Born 1709 
 
 Died 1787 
 
 And I saw an angel which svvare by Him 
 
 that made the heaven, earth and sea, 
 
 there should be time no longer. 
 
 No. 167 Horijontal Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 James Miller, Jun"* 
 Born 1765 
 Died 1798 
 
 Stop youth nor urge thy destined way 
 This verse to scan one moment stay 
 Entombed beneath these marble stones 
 
 Securely rest J s M r's bones 
 
 Now knowing what I wish to tell 
 Pursue thy way and aye farewell. 
 
 No. 168 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 William Robinson 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 August 24th, 1805 
 
 aged 23 years 
 
 No. 169 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Mrs. Elizabeth McFarquhar, wife of the 
 Rev. Colin McFarquhar, Minister of the 
 
 Gospel at Donegal 
 
 who departed this life on the 6th day of 
 
 August, A. D. 1805, and in the 64th 
 
 year of her age. 
 
 No. J70 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Martha Cooke 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 the 13th of March, 1790 
 
 aged 67 years 
 
 No. J7J Upright Marble (Stone Broken) 
 
 In memory of 
 
 David Cooke 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 the 22d of Oct: 1786 
 
 aged 64 years. 
 
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 No. 172 Horizontal Marble (Stone Broken) 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Samuel Cooke, Esq. 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 March 6th, 1804, in the. 
 
 49th year of his age. 
 
 If e'er affection claim'd a gen'rous tear 
 
 Or friendship eam'd one- pause and shed it here 
 
 For just below in peace, here lies reclin'd 
 
 A tender husband and a faithful friend 
 
 Whose Hb'ral soul on proper motives bent 
 
 Left in his works the fairest monurrient. 
 
 No. J73 Horizontal Marble 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 *Anna Vance, consort of 
 
 Joseph \'ance 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 ' on the 27th day of February 
 
 A. D. 1819 
 
 in the 66th year of her age. 
 
 In faith she died in dust she lies 
 But faith foresees that dust shall rise 
 The flesh rests here till Jesus come 
 And claims the treasure from the tomb 
 Pity the man who buries here 
 All that on earth to him most dear. 
 
 No. 174 Horizontal Marble 
 
 In memor\' of 
 
 WiLLiAji McDowell 
 
 Late of Conecocheague 
 
 who was a tender parent, careful 
 
 instructor and an e.xample of piety to a 
 
 numerous progeny, when the Settlement wriS 
 
 obliged to fly by the barbarous Indian 
 
 War. He deceased in these parts, so was 
 
 interred here September 12th, 1759 
 
 aged 77 years 
 
 No. J75 Upright Marble 
 
 EvALiNA Keys 
 
 died Oct: iSth, 1792 
 
 aged 14 months. 
 
 ♦ She had been the widow of Samuel Cooke, Esq. 
 
138 
 No. 176 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 Horizontal Sandstone 
 
 No. J 77 
 
 Here lies the body of 
 
 James Sf.^tple 
 
 late of Conewago 
 
 who departed this life, 
 
 September I2th, 1757 
 
 aged 44 years. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Beale Bordley .Shippen, son of 
 
 Robert and Priscilla Shippen 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 Aug: 10th, 1S34 
 
 aged 28 years 8 mo: and 10 days. 
 
 He's landed now 
 Upon that happy shore 
 Where troubles cease 
 And sorrows are no more. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 178 
 
 Jane Henderson 
 who died 1795 in the 
 33rd year of her age 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 179 
 
 No. J80 
 
 In memor\- of 
 
 David Henderson 
 
 who died May i6th, 1838 
 
 aged 77 years. 
 
 In memory of 
 
 William Blair 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 Dec: 27th, 1772 
 
 in the i8th year of his age 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Sandstone 
 
 No. ISI 
 
 Upright Sandstone (Stone Sunken) 
 
 Here lyeth the body of 
 
 John Wilson 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 June 10th, 1791, aged 85 years. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 139 
 
 No. 182 
 
 Upright Marble (Almost Obliterated) 
 
 111 nieniory ot 
 
 Mara Knox 
 
 who departed this Ufe Aug: 2ind, 1831 
 
 aged 63 years 6 mo : and 3 days 
 
 No. t83 Upright Sandstone (Partly Obliterated) 
 
 Here lyeth the Body of 
 
 [Possibly Marga) ret McCafey 
 
 who departed this life in tlie year of our 
 
 Lord, May loth, 1796 {or j6) 
 
 in the 24th year of her age. 
 
 No. J 84 
 
 No. J 85 
 
 No. 186 
 
 No. 187 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Elizabeth McLean, wife of 
 
 Laughliu McLean 
 
 « ho departed this life July i6th, 1S08 
 
 in the 40th year of her age. 
 
 In memoi-)- of 
 
 Lettice Woods, wife of 
 
 Perry Woods 
 
 Died May 25th, 1835 
 
 in her 59th year. 
 
 In memor\' of 
 
 WiLLi.\M Sterrett 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 July 2Stli, 1818, in the- 
 
 56th year of his age. 
 
 In memory of 
 
 J.\MEs Sterrett 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 March 30th, i8o3 
 
 aged 85 years 
 
 also of 
 
 Mary Sterrett, consort, of 
 
 James Sterrett, Jun'f 
 
 w ho departed this life 
 
 May, 1791, aged 25 years 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
140 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN^ CHURCH. 
 
 No. J88 Upright Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Nathaniel Sterrett 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 July 2d, 1807 
 
 also of 
 
 Mary Sterrett, his sister 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 Dec: 28th, 1787 
 
 aged 18 years. 
 
 No. 189 Horizontal Marble Tomb 
 
 Sacred to the memorj- of 
 
 Ann', consort of the late 
 
 Alexander Boggs, and daughter of 
 
 Hermanns Alricks 
 
 Bom October 7th, 1760 
 
 Died September 20th, 1847. 
 
 No. 190 Horizontal Marble Tomb 
 
 In memoPi' of 
 
 Alexander Boggs 
 
 Bom October the 7th, 1755 
 
 Died the 30th March, 1839 
 
 aged 83 years, 5 mo: and 23 days. 
 
 No. 19 J Upright Marble 
 
 In memor)' of 
 
 Ann Boggs 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 Feb: 6th, A. D. 1789, in the 
 
 7Sth year of her age. 
 
 (The following inscription was recently cut upon this stone) ; 
 
 Andrew Boggs 
 
 died April 9th 
 
 1765 
 
 No. J 92 Upright Marble 
 
 In niemor\ of 
 
 Ann Boggs, daughter of 
 
 Harmanus Boggs of Baltimore 
 
 who departed this life; 
 
 Aug: 27th, 1810, aged 20 months. 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 141 
 
 No, J93 
 
 In memory of 
 
 James A., son of 
 
 Alexander and Ann Boggs 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 on the 1 8th day of August, 1824 
 
 in the 22d year of his age. 
 
 Upright Marfcle 
 
 No. 194 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Jane Boggs 
 
 Bom 1794 
 
 Died i860. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 195 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Ann Boggs 
 
 Born 1790 
 
 Died 1864 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. J96 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Sakah Stekkett 
 
 Consort of William Sterrett dec'd 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 May 31st, A. D, 1840 
 
 in the 73rd year of her age. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 197 Upright Marble 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Thomas Woods 
 
 Son of Thomas and RI. Sterrett 
 
 Born June 29th, 1S29 
 
 Died May 14th, 1847 
 
 How hard to bow to Heaven's decree 
 And unrepining part with one so loved as thee 
 Sad tears of sorrow o'er thy grave we shed 
 And mourn thy loss till memory's self be dead. 
 
 No. 198 
 
 OUR FATHER 
 
 Thomas Sterrett 
 
 Born December nth, 1794 
 
 Died September 2nd, 1849 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
142 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 No. J99 Upright Marble 
 
 OUR MOTHER 
 
 Martha, relict of 
 
 Thomas Sterrett 
 
 Born March 14th, i8oo; 
 
 Died July 23rd, 1868 
 
 No. 200 Marble Monttment 
 
 Rev: Nehemiah Dodge 
 
 Founder and Principal of Cedar Hill 
 
 Female Seminary 
 
 Born in Londonderry New Hampshire 
 
 Sept loth, 1794 
 
 Died at Cedar Hill, Lancaster Co: Pa: July 25th, 1876 
 
 aged 81 years 10 months and 15 days 
 
 He opened his mouth with wisdom and 
 
 on his tongue was the law of 
 
 Kindness. 
 
 Erected to his memory by grateful 
 
 pupils as an expression of their 
 
 appreciation of his noble life work, 
 
 Faithful. 
 
 No. 201 Upright Marble 
 
 To our Mother 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Matilda, relict of 
 
 William Armstrong late of 
 
 Silver Spring Township Cumberland Co Pa 
 
 departed this life in peace 
 
 July loth, 1861 
 
 in the 75th year of her age 
 
 I rest in hope. 
 
 No. 202 Upright Marble 
 
 Their Country 
 
 Sergt William F., son of 
 
 Andrew and Mary A. Armstrong 
 
 A member of Comp: B. 45th Reg' P. V. V. 
 
 who was mortally wounded whilst 
 
 charging the Rebel lines in front of 
 
 Petersburg Va. June 18th and died 
 
 in Hospital at Annapolis, Md. 
 
 July 5th, 1864, in the 24th year 
 
 of his age 
 
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 143- 
 
 No. 203 
 
 They died for 
 
 Corp: John \\'., son of 
 
 Andrew and Mary A. Armstrong 
 
 A member of Comp: B., 45th Regt. P. V. 
 
 who was killed by a rebel shell 
 
 while defending the front line of the 
 
 Union works in front of Petersburg, Va. 
 
 Aug: i8th, 1864 
 
 in the 22nd year of his age 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 V. 
 
 No. 204 
 
 Andrew Armstrong 
 
 died March 25th, 1876 
 
 aged 57 years i month and 16 days 
 
 Marv a., wife of 
 
 Andrew Armstrong 
 
 Died Nov: i6th, 1879 
 
 aged 65 years 3 mo: and 17 days 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 205 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Margaret A., daughter of 
 
 Andrew and Mary Ann Armstrong 
 
 who died March 7th, 1843 
 
 aged 7 years 7 mo: and 7 daj-s 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 206 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Sarah M., daughter of 
 
 Andrew and Mary Ann Armstrong 
 
 v\ho died April 8th, 1843 
 
 aged 5 years and 23 days. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 207 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Abraham W., son of 
 
 Andrew and Mary A. Armstrong 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 Feb. 4th, 1831 
 
 aged 6 weeks and 4 days. 
 
 Upright Marble. 
 
144 
 No. 208 
 
 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN. CHURCH. 
 
 Granite Monument 
 
 ( On the east side. ) 
 
 At rest. 
 
 OUR FATHER 
 
 John Wiley 
 
 Bom in Conoy Township, Lan: Co: Pa. 
 
 Nov: istli, 1800 
 
 Died June ist, 1870. 
 
 ( On the west side.) 
 
 OUR GRAND PARENTS 
 
 William and Jane Wiley 
 
 Born in Ireland. 
 
 Elizabeth 
 Born in Ireland Nov: 1792. 
 
 Jane 
 
 Born in Ireland Feb: 1797. 
 
 Children of William and JaneA\'ilej'. 
 
 No. 209 
 
 In memory of 
 Dinah Kildea 
 vho died March 25th, 
 aged 66 years. 
 
 1845 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No.2J0 
 
 Horizontal Marble 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Joseph A. McJimsey 
 
 who departed this life. 
 
 .Sept: 25th, A. D. 1821 
 
 in the 41st year of his age. 
 
 Twelve years Clerk of the Senate of Penna. 
 
 No. 2JI 
 
 Mrs. Eliza McJimsey 
 Died May 5th 
 
 1S18 
 aged 25 years. 
 
 Horizontal Marble 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 145 
 
 No. 212 
 
 Mary, consort of 
 
 S. Smith Patterson 
 
 Died July i6th, 1849 
 
 aged 37 years 
 
 Tliere reniainetli therefore a rest to 
 
 the people of God. 
 
 Dear wife : dear mother take th\- rest 
 Thou hast been freed thou richly blest 
 We will restrain the heaving sigh 
 For thee we know 'twas gain to die 
 Xo pain or grief no mortal woes 
 Can e'ei" disturb thy sweet repose 
 Rest ! for thy work on earth is done 
 Rest I for thv crown in Hea\ en is won. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 213 
 
 Sarah Mary 
 
 daughter of 
 
 Samuel Smith and Mary Patterson 
 
 lliedlAug: joth, 1S53 
 
 aged 20 years 7 mo: and i5:days. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 214 
 
 Jane Eliz.abeth 
 
 daughter of 
 
 Rev: J. L. and H. B. Rodgers 
 
 Born .March 3rd, 1S54 
 
 Died Oct: 1st, 1S55. 
 
 Suffer little children to come unto me 
 
 and forbid them not for of such is the 
 
 Kinsjdom of God. 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 2J5 
 
 In memoi"y of 
 
 John \\'., son of 
 
 John W. and Mary Breneman 
 
 Died May Sth, 1S59 
 
 aged 10 mo: and 23 days 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 216 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Barbara, daughter of 
 
 John W. and Mary Breneman 
 
 Died Oct: 4th, iSbo 
 
 aged 5 years and 27 days 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
146 THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
 No. 217 Upright Marble (Stone Broken) 
 
 In memory of 
 
 John W. Breneman, son of 
 
 Jacob and Ann Breneman 
 
 Born Dec: 30th, 1820 
 
 Died Jan 12th, i860 
 
 aged 40 >ears and 13 days 
 
 No. 218 Upright Marble (Iron Fence Inclosure 
 
 SniriN Meredith M. D. 
 
 Died Feb: 21st, 1865, in the 
 
 80th year of his age. 
 
 No. 2J9 Upright Marble 
 
 OUR FATHER 
 
 John Ravjiond 
 
 Born July 13th, 1800 
 
 Died April 27th, 1880 
 
 aged 79 5 ears 9 mo: and 14 days 
 
 But that the world may know that I love tlie 
 Father ; and as the Father gave nie Commandment 
 even So I do Arise let us go hence. John 14 : j/. 
 
 Nc. 220 
 
 Sacred to the memory- of 
 
 Okey He.ndrickscin 
 
 who departed this life 
 
 ."May 4th, 1S41 
 
 in the 6i5t year of his age 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 221 
 
 r>LR MOTHER 
 
 Mary, relict of 
 
 Okey Hendrickson 
 
 Died Ma\ 27th, i85o 
 
 in the 67th year of her age 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 222 
 
 S.VKAH J., wife of 
 
 Zebulon Bishop 
 
 and daughter of 
 
 Okey and Alary Hendrickson 
 
 Born March 5th, 1820 
 
 Died Dec: 12th, 1S7S 
 
 Upright Marble- 
 
THE DONEGAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
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 No. 223 
 
 No. 224 
 
 No. 225 
 
 No. 226 
 
 No. 227 
 
 James A. Sterrett 
 Born May 23rd, 1793 
 Died Oct: 30th, 1851 
 
 OUR FATHER 
 
 James M. Patterson 
 
 Born Sept: 13th, 1813 
 
 Died April 4th, 1867 
 
 Thomas J. Patterson 
 Born July 31st, iSog 
 Died Sept: 14th, 1853 
 
 AT REST 
 
 John Patterson 
 
 Born Sept: 25th, 1805 
 
 Died May 12th, 1870 
 
 aged 64 years 7 mo: and 17 days 
 
 AT REST 
 Barbara A., wife of 
 
 John Patterson 
 
 Born May 25th, 1812 
 
 Died Feb: 21st, 1863 
 
 aged 50 years 8 mo: and 27 days 
 
 Marble Monument 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 Upright Marble 
 
 No. 228 
 
 Phebe E., wife of 
 
 Rev: G. R. Moore 
 
 Died at Lyons, Iowa 
 
 Sept: 30th, 1857 
 
 aged 25 years 7 mo: and 22 days 
 
 Will you unite with the Savior 
 
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 No. 229 
 
 Martha Sterrett 
 
 daughter of James A. and S. M. Patterson 
 
 Born April 29th, 1849 
 
 Died Jan: 19th, 1864. 
 
 She is not dead but sleepeth. 
 
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 James Howard 
 
 Son of James A. and Sarah M. Patterson 
 
 Born Aug: 23d, 1852 
 
 Died Nov: 15th, i860 
 
 Laura, infant daughter of 
 
 James A. and Sarah M. Patterson 
 
 Died Aug: 26th, 1856 
 
 aged 23 days. 
 
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 Sarah Margaret 
 
 Wife of James A. Patterson and daughter of 
 
 Thomas Sterrett, dec'd^ 
 
 liorn Aug: 28th, 1821 
 
 Died Oct: 29th, 185S 
 
 As for me I will liehold; thy face in 
 righteousness, 1 shall be satisfied when I awake 
 with thy likeness. 
 
 Pialm xvii., /j. 
 
 No. 233 
 
 No. 234 
 
 No. 235 
 
 //. Timothy xi., ig. 
 
 William S. 
 
 Beloved son of 
 
 James A. and S. M. Patterson 
 
 Born Sept; 25th, 1854 
 
 Died December 22d, 1895 
 
 {^Has been removed lo Mount Joy -Cemetery.) 
 
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 No. 236 
 
 " He is not dead but sleepeth ' 
 
 Joseph Pinkerton 
 
 Departed this life 
 
 April 27t]i, 1859 
 
 in the 85th year of his ag.e 
 
 She lives for Jesus died.' 
 
 Jane, «ife of 
 
 Joseph Pinkerton 
 
 Departed this life 
 
 August 13th, 1854 
 
 in the 70th year of her age. 
 
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 No. 237 
 
 No. 238 
 
 No. 239 
 
 No. 240 
 
 No. 241 
 
 No. 242 
 
 No. 243 
 
 No. 244 
 
 William Pinkerton 
 Born June ist, 1808 
 Died April 3d, 1871 
 
 John Pinkerton 
 
 died June 20th, 1888 
 
 aged 78 years 2 mo; and 21 days. 
 
 Susan A. Pinkerton 
 Bom April 4th, 1819 
 Died July 13th, 1889. 
 
 Jane Pinkerton 
 Born July 30th, 1816 
 Died June ist, 1895 
 
 FATHER 
 
 Samuel Lindsay 
 
 Died Sept: 30th, 1849 
 
 Jesus died for me. 
 
 MOTHER 
 Sarah Dysart, wife of ' 
 
 .Samuel Lindsay 
 
 Died March 27th, 1881 
 
 We shall meet in the morning. 
 
 OUR BROTHER 
 
 Samuel Lindsay 
 
 Born Jan: 9th, 1827 
 
 Died April 27th, 1863 
 
 in the 37th year of his age 
 
 Still live the memory 
 In our grateful breasts. 
 
 OUR SISTER 
 
 Martha Lindsay 
 
 Born June 6th, 1823 
 
 Died Dec: 24th, 1863 
 
 in the 41st year of her age 
 
 Tho' lost to sight yet to mem'ry dear. 
 
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 SISTER 
 Margaret Lindsay 
 Died Feb: 23d, 1881 
 
 Resting. 
 
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 Harriet Patterson Ziegler 
 
 Died July 9th, 1900, in her 83d year 
 
 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 
 
 Mary Rachel Ziegler 
 died May loth, 1865, in her 8th year. 
 
 No. 247 
 
 George H.\\vthorn 
 
 Died Dec: 6th, 1855 
 
 in the 76lh 3 ear of his age. 
 
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 No. 248 
 
 Mary, wife of 
 
 George Hawthorn 
 
 Died Feb: 17th, 1845 
 
 in the 63d year of her age. 
 
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 No. 249 
 
 Joseph Hawthorn 
 
 Died Nov: 20th, 1841 
 
 aged 19 years and 29 days. 
 
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 No. 250 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Elizabeth, consort of 
 
 John Denison, Sen^ 
 
 Died May 25th, 1835 
 
 aged 55 years 10 mo: 17 days. 
 
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 No. 251 
 
 In memorj' of 
 
 John Denisox, Sen" 
 
 Died May 22d, 1S41 
 
 aged 78 years i mo: and 15 days. 
 
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 No. 252 
 
 No. 253 
 
 No. 254 
 
 MOTHER 
 
 Ann wife of 
 
 Jacob Keener 
 
 Born Aug: nth, 1819 
 
 Died July 19th, 1895 
 
 aged 75 years 11 mo. and 8 days. 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Jacob Keener 
 
 Born June 5th, 1817 
 
 Diedjuly nth, 1S51 
 
 aged 34 years i mo: and 6 days 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Mary daughter of 
 
 Jacob and Ann Keener 
 
 Died Sept: 30th, 1849 
 
 Aged 2 years 6 mo: and 20 days. 
 
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 No. 255 
 
 No. 256 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Henry, Son of 
 
 Jacob and Ann Keener 
 
 Died July 19th, 1856 
 
 aged 12 years 6 mo: and 3 days 
 
 Howard S., son of 
 
 W'illiam and Mary Fink 
 
 Died Jan: 5th, 1888 
 
 aged 2 years i mo: and 18 days 
 
 W'e loved him but God claimed him. 
 
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 No. 257 
 
 MOTHER 
 Charlotte, wife of 
 
 Henry Smith 
 
 Born Sept: nth, i8o8 
 
 Died March 14th, 1885 
 
 aged 76 >-ears 8 mo : and 3 days. 
 
 She was a tender mother here 
 
 And in her life the Lord did fear 
 
 We trust our loss will be her gain 
 
 And that with Christ she's gone to reign. 
 
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 No. 258 Upright Marble 
 
 William Carv, Son of 
 
 William and Nancy Fink 
 
 Born Aug: 24th, 1866 
 
 Died April 7th, 1883 
 
 aged 16 years 7 mo; and 13 days. 
 
 Sleep on dear Cary and take thy rest 
 God called you home He thought it best 
 
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 OUR 
 
 Mary L., daughter of. 
 
 William and Mary C. Fink 
 
 Born Feb: i6th, 1873 
 
 Died Nov: 13th, 1873 
 
 aged 8 mo: and 28 days 
 
 The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away blessed 
 be the name of the Lord. 
 
 No. 260 Upright Marble 
 
 Minnie 
 
 daughter of 
 
 David and Anna Mary Heilman 
 
 Born May 20th, 1875 
 
 Died Sept: loth, 1875 
 
 aged 3 mo: and 20 days. 
 
 No. 261 Upright Marble 
 
 Our darling 
 
 Margarite, dan: of 
 
 C. E., and E. Fink 
 
 Died April ist, 1895 
 
 aged 2 years 4 mo: and 10 days. 
 
 No. 262 Horizontal Granite Monument 
 
 Henry 11. Wiley 
 May 8th, 1832 
 Oct: loth, 1897 
 
 No. 263 Upright Marble 
 
 FATHER 
 
 Samuel Scoti' Pkuan Lvtle 
 Born May loth, iSj8 
 Died Jan: 4th, 1X98 
 
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 No. 264 
 
 AT REST 
 
 JAMES 'riUOll'SON 
 
 Horn 1797 
 
 Coleraine, Ireland 
 
 Died 18.S3 
 
 MaiielUi, Pa, 
 
 Elder of Doiies^al Cluirch 
 
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 No. 2b5 
 
 Jamks a. Patterson' 
 
 Born Sept: 2(1, iSio 
 
 Died Jan: 7 1S99 
 
 in liis Sgth year 
 
 /o/iri /^ : /o. 
 
 IV'cause I live \e shall live also. 
 
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 No. 2bb 
 
 No. 2b7 
 
 Motlier 
 Hannah 
 Relict of 
 Jolin Wiley 
 Horn 1 Soj 
 Died 1S97 
 
 1-\\THER 
 
 [amks p. \\'.-\tson 
 
 Born 
 
 Jan; j::, 1S30 
 
 died 
 June 20, 1901. 
 
 Granite Monument 
 
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 APPENDIX. 
 
 Tradition and facts concerning the Patterson families of 
 Lancaster County, Pa. — The writer has spent much time in the 
 endeavor to ascertain the relationship between the Pattersons of 
 Colerain, the Pattersons of Rapho and Donegal Townships, and 
 James Patterson, the Indian trader ; without a doubt, they all 
 orioinally came from Ireland, but correspondence with that 
 country failed to elicit any information. The writer cannot find 
 any authentic evidence of relationship between the Colerain and 
 Donegal Pattersons. It is almost two hundred years since James 
 Patterson, the Indian trader, is said to ha\e come to this 
 country : that his son James settled somewhere in Juniata 
 Countv, Pa., and that he is the progenitor of the Pattersons in 
 that region. 
 
 Tradition sa\s that James Patterson, the Indian trader, 
 married Susanna Howard (probably a sister of Gordon Howard). 
 Their son, James Patterson, was a Captain in the Pro\incial 
 service under Col. James Burd, and his home was in Mexico, 
 on the Juniata. Soon after the death of James Patterson, the 
 Indian trader (which occurred about 1736), his widow married 
 Thomas Ewing, by whom she had two sons, James and John 
 Ewing — James was a General and John a Captain during the 
 Re\"olution. After Thomas Ewing' s death she married her 
 third husband, Dr. John Connelly, by whom she had a son, Dr. 
 John Connelly, the notorious Tory, who was imprisoned in Phila- 
 delphia for his traitorous conduct towards the patriots in their 
 struggle against Great Britain. The following e\"idence in 
 relation to these statements is obtained from the Pe/Disj/z'tui/a 
 Arc/iirts, the Records of the Trustees of Donegal Church and 
 Susanna Connelly's will, establishing the truth of some of these 
 assumptions : 
 
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 "Letter of Dr. John Connelly to President Wharton, 
 iTn," in which he says : "I herewith transmit your Excellency 
 the obligations signed by my Brother who mistakenly struck out 
 the words (and severally) as judging it, rendering him liable for 
 double the sum which he had entered into his recognizance. 
 The mistake your Excellency will observe to be his from his 
 letter which I beg leave also to send. John Connelly." 
 
 Letter of James Ewing to Dr. John Connelly : 
 
 "Susquehanna, April 4th, 1777. 
 ' ' Dear Brother : I have signed the bond agreeable to Law, 
 after striking out the words (and severally) which words would 
 make the security double what I intended into the last recog- 
 nizance for the whole sum, should you act unworthily, but 
 rather concluded as them words were printed in the Blank that 
 they escaped the Secretary's notice. I shall expect you early 
 next week. Archy says he will be in Philadelphia on Sunday 
 and I would advise you not to stay any time in town after your 
 release. 
 
 " I am. Dear Brother, affectionately yours, 
 
 "James Ewing." 
 
 Directed to "Dr. John Connelly, in the State Prison, Phila- 
 delphia." — {Penna. Archives'). 
 
 "At Donegal Meeting House, 19th November 1788, an 
 application was made in behalf of General Ewing, signifying that 
 General James Ewing was desirous of obtaining the privilege of 
 one seat in the meeting house, to which the Trustees did cheer- 
 fully acquiesce and marked out a seat for him accordingly." — 
 Trustees' Records. 
 
 Susanna Connelly died at Lancaster, 1753. Abstract from 
 her will, written April 27th, 1753. Proved July 7th, 1753 : 
 
 " Item : I order and direct that the house in ye Borough of 
 Lancaster wherein I now live be sold." — Legatees : " My son 
 James Ewing, my son John Ewing, my son John Connelly, when 
 
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 he arrives at his age of twenty-one years ; my daughter Rebecca 
 Poison, my grandson George Poison, my son-in-law James 
 Lowry, my son-in-law Benjamin Chambers, my grandson James 
 Chambers. I nominate and appoint my trusty friends, James 
 Wright of Hempfield, and Arthur Patterson of Donegal, my 
 executors. Ite^n : I give towards ye building of ye wall round 
 the graveyard of Donegal Meeting House ye sum of five pounds, 
 Ilem : I give towards repairing ye fence round ye graveyard of 
 St. James' Church, Lancaster, ye sum of three pounds." 
 
 These quotations show that Susanna Connelly was the 
 mother of James and John Ewing and also of Dr. John Connelly, 
 and that Mrs. Connelly had an interest in both Donegal and St. 
 James' Churches, indicating that Thomas Ewing was a Presby- 
 terian and was buried at Donegal, and that John Connelly was 
 of the Church of England and buried at St. James' Church, 
 Lancaster, and further, that her son, James Ewing, showed his 
 Presbyterian predilections by applying for a seat in Donegal 
 Church, while her son, Dr. John Connelly, by his subsequent 
 conduct, sympathized with the British on account of his Church 
 of England paternity. 
 
 The writer remembers a ten by sixteen feet crumbling stone 
 wall enclosure in Donegal graveyard, when it was a foot high 
 above ground, the outlines of which are still visible. Tradition 
 says that this was the foundation of the first church building. 
 It must have been very diminutive, scarcely allowing sitting 
 room for the Pastor, Elders and their families. This was 
 evidently a burial enclosure — might it be the wall mentioned in 
 Mrs. Connelly's will? — as the present wall was not built until 
 thirty-seven years afterwards. No doubt Thomas Ewing is 
 buried there, and probably James Patterson, her first husband. 
 
 Mrs. Connelly appointing Arthur Patterson as one of her 
 executors might be considered an indication ot relationship 
 between him and her first husband, but as there is no direct 
 evidence we will leave the reader draw his conclusions. 
 
 There are a number of families and individuals who are 
 known to have attended Donegal Church, of whom no authentic 
 data are extant. Among these are : The Millers, Jamiesons, 
 
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 Candours, Keys, Kellys, Spears, Works, McQueens, Muirheads, 
 Allisons, Clingans, Mitchells, Pattons, Holmeses, McBrides, 
 McAfees, and others. Some of these are: on the records of the 
 Church as having held important offices, whose names subse- 
 quently disappear — some have moved West, some have died 
 out, and others may have become members of Conewago Church, 
 which was founded in 1738, as the following extract from the 
 Minutes of Donegal Presbytery indicate : 
 
 " Hanover, August 30th, 1738. — Ministers present: Thomas 
 Creaghead, Thompson, Bertram, Boyd, Alexander Creaghead, 
 Black and Anderson. Elders present : Mathew Achinson, Da\id 
 Henderson, James Carothers, John Cristy and Hugh Scott. A 
 supplication from Conewago was presented to the Presbytery ; 
 the further consideration of it was deferred till to-morrow. 
 Aug. 31st, 1738, the business of Conewago resumed, and the 
 Presbytery and people of Conewago and Derry agree that the 
 meetinghouse of Conewago be built on that plantation that 
 belonged to .Michael Legale, now to Clark^ and all people on all 
 sides have liberty to join thereunto or not, as their convenience 
 serve. 
 
 This Church was built, as ' ' Presbytery met at Conewago, 
 Oct. 1750." It was near the present site of Gainsburg, four 
 miles wfst from Elizabethtown, and nearly mid- way between 
 Donegal and Derry. These people ttoukl attend Conewago, it 
 being more convenient than Derry or Donegal. The Jamiesons, 
 Holmeses, Chalmerses and McOueens resided near Conewago. 
 The Muirheads resided at Kelly's Corner, near Colebrook. 
 This Church was abandoned long since, the property has passed 
 into other hands and, there being no charter, the burying-ground 
 has been ploughed over and some of the tombstones have been 
 used for building purposes. 
 
 Since the above was written, the writer \-isited the site of 
 Conewago Church, in company with Mr. John K. Miller, 
 photographer, of Maytown, No remains, of the Church were 
 found. What remains of the graveyard was a plot of ground, 
 about forty-five by one hundred and fifty feet, o\'ergrown with 
 thorn trees, briers and weeds. The outlines of part of the 
 
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 , of George AB0^)n 
 
 
 
 ltheiaid;Dec1hed^ 
 partedthlslifeiji;hj 
 
 
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 ^&vi^! 
 
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 TOMBSTONE FROM CONEWAGO. 
 
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 graveyard wall were distinctly visible, but only two tombstones- 
 (sandstones), partly broken, on which we could without difficulty 
 decipher the following inscriptions ; 
 
 In memory of 
 George Allison, late husband 
 
 of Frances Allison, he died 
 
 March 20th, 1790, aged 61 years 
 
 also 
 
 William Allison, son of said dec'd 
 
 who departed this life July 15, 1792 
 
 aged 5 years 
 
 Here lyeth ye Body 
 
 of John Dunbar 
 
 who departed yis life 
 
 Oct: ye 5, 1745 
 
 aged 51 years 
 
 The Allison name was quite prominent in the early history 
 of Donegal Church. What remains of the tombstone of 
 John Dunbar is large and heavy, well carved in large panel 
 work —more artistic than is usually found at so early a date — 
 indicating considerable means and, no doubt, pi-ominence in the 
 Church. The name Dunbar is indicative of English or Scotch- 
 Irish stock, and the use of ye and yis for ike and ihis is found 
 nowhere in this locality, except in English or Scotch-Irish 
 chirography. 
 
 In the yard of the farm-house (about one-quarter mile 
 distant from the graveyard), we were shown part of a grind- 
 stone which had evidently been made from one of the tombstones, 
 as marks of lettering were visible, but too indistinct to be 
 deciphered. Mr. Hollinger, the tenant on the farm, treated us 
 very kindly. The proprietor, Mr. John Alwine, who was on a 
 visit to his farm at the time, does not believe that a church was 
 ever built on the spot, but thought it was a private burying- 
 ground, but admitted that two acres had been reserved for that 
 purpose, and no deed was ever given to anyone, without the 
 reservation, when the farm changed owners. This may be a 
 strong inference that a church had been built there, as the ground 
 reserved was much larger than was necessary for burial purposes.. 
 
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 This is confirmed by the very recent reference to WilHam Clark s 
 will, the owner of the property at the time the Church was 
 built. The following extract from his will removes all doubt : 
 '■'Rem : I leave and bequeath to my dearly beloved son, William, 
 and his heirs the house that Robert Cluer now lives in, and two 
 hundred acres thereto to be divided at the discretion of my 
 executors to comodate the plantation that^ I now dwell on, and 
 the above plantation always reserved and excepted two acres of 
 land whereon the Meeting-house now stands, with the con- 
 veniences of the run." 
 
 The Rev. William W. Downey, in a history of Paxton 
 Church, says that "The Rev. John Elder, Pastor of Paxton 
 and Derry Churches, delivered the sermon at the ordination of 
 Mr. Black, at Conewago Church," The date of the ordination 
 is not given. Mr. Black's name appears as a member of 
 Presbytery at the meeting at Hanover, when permission was 
 given for the building of the Conewago church ; the presumption 
 is that in the absence of the strict formality that is required at 
 the present day it was not observed, and that an organization 
 was already consummated at Conewago, earlier than the pro- 
 ceedings of the meeting at Hanover, Aug. 31st, 1738. The 
 Re\'. Mr. Elder was installed Pastor of Pax;ton and Derry before 
 a regular organization was established, 
 
 Eleanor, the wife of John Hays and daughter of the Rev, 
 John Elder, of Paxton, is buried at Donegal (grave No. 112). 
 
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 The following sketch, although not a Presbyterian Church, 
 is introduced as a relic of the past, and on account of the in- 
 fluence it has exerted on succeeding generations : The Donegal 
 Moravian Church was situated in Donegal, later Mount Joy- 
 Township. This has become e.xtinct, the Church edifice torn 
 down, and the graveyard included in the Milton Grove Ceme- 
 tery, established a few years ago. The writer, having spent 
 many happy hours at Prof. John Beck's' Lititz Academy, and 
 knowing well the customs of the Moravians, was often attracted 
 to the old Church and bur)'ing ground irthis professional \'isits 
 in the neighborhood. Few persons, except those in the vicinity, 
 knew anything about the old relic ; strangers passing along the 
 roai.1 within one hundred yards of the Church would not recog- 
 nize it. At the present time, on entering at the southeast gate 
 of the cemetery, passing over a rising ground and descending 
 to the extreme northwest corner, you will find the square flat 
 sandstones upon the graves of those old pioneers. Some of 
 their descendants still occupy the surrounding farms, though no 
 longer Moravians. 
 
 Milton Grove, a thriving village, about three-quarters of a 
 mile south, has grown up within the last forty years. The 
 w riter remembers well when its site was an open common, and 
 when the first house was built. At the present time it contains 
 besides a number of dwellings, a coach works, and other 
 mechanical pursuits, a ta\'ern, post-office,, physician, and store 
 carried on by one of the descendants of the Moravians, Mr. Eli 
 S. Grosh. 
 
 The writer is indebted to Mr. A. R. Beck, of Lititz, for 
 assistance, and for the following data concerning the old Church : 
 
 " Donegal Mora\'ian Church. — The Germans of Don- 
 egal were visited and preached to as early as 1743 by Jacob 
 Lischy, a Moravian itinerant, and in 1745 erected a meeting- 
 
164 DONEGAL MORAVIAN CHURCH. 
 
 house for the use of the brethren. It stood on an eleven-acre 
 tract for which Francis Seib (or Leib), John Kapp, Peter 
 Ruecksecker and John Etter had taken out a warrant in October, 
 1745 In 1747, Lischy left the Moravians and joined the 
 Reformed Church. (He was born in Switzerland, came to 
 America in 1742, fell into gross sin, and was expelled from the 
 ministry; 1781, died near York, Pa.). In 1749, the German 
 Reformed faction taking advantage of a wrong direction which 
 had been given to the deed by Lischy, in virtue of which it was 
 made to appear that the tract had been taken up for the benefit 
 of a Reformed Church, forcibly dispossessed the brethren of 
 their pulpit. Hereupon the latter met for worship at Peter 
 Schneider's until the Spring of 1750, when a school and 
 meeting-house was erected for their use, on ground donated 
 by Schneider. In August, 1750, Thomas and Richard Penn 
 released the eleven-acre tract and improvements thereon to the 
 brethren by a 'Patent of confirmation for lands in Donegal.' 
 After the latter had reimbursed their opponents for the expense 
 they had incurred in erecting the Church the log school-house 
 was transferred to its side, the Church itself renewed, and then 
 dedicated by Bishop Matthew Hehl, Sept. 28th, 1753." 
 
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 Members in 1749. 
 
 Brethren : 
 Francis Albert 
 Matthew Baumgaertner 
 John Etter 
 Abraham Friederich 
 John Kapp 
 Rudolph Kuentzele 
 Peter Ruecksecker 
 Peter Schneider 
 
 Sisters . 
 Albert 
 
 Barbara Baumgaertner 
 
 Engeld Etter 
 
 Elizabeth Friederich 
 
 Catherine Kapp 
 
 Verona Leypoldt 
 
 Ann Christiana Ruecksecker 
 
 Mary L. Schneider 
 
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 Moravian Ministers Stationed in Donegal 
 (Mount Joy). 
 
 Johan Schmit — June 5, 1752 to April, 1753. 
 
 John Michael Zahm — September 12, 1753 to September 29, 1754. 
 
 Christian P. Bader — 1754 to September, 1755 (1756). 
 
 Philip Meurer — September 28, 1756 to April 3, 1757. 
 
 Bro. Brandmiiller — May 21, 1757 to September 22, 1757. 
 
 Henry Beck* — September 26, 1757 (Bro. Roessler also, on 
 account of Bro. Beck's ill health) to 1758. 
 
 Bro. Roessler — 1759 to February, 1760 (vacant years may have 
 been supplied by preachers from Lititz or Lancaster, or by 
 the resident schoolmaster). 
 
 Melchoir Schmidt — 1762 to 1766. 
 
 Bro. Wagner — 1762 to 1766. 
 
 Bro. John Schweishaupt — (Was at Mount Joy twenty-seven 
 )'ears, probably as principal assistant or schoolmaster ; for so 
 many years the Congregation Diary was kept by him). 
 
 Bro. Rothe — 1774 to 1796. 
 
 John Martin Beck — October 23, 1796 to November, 1798. 
 
 Bro. Muller^To December 18, 1804. 
 
 Abraham Reinke, Jr. — 1805. ( Served from Lancaster). 
 
 * Henry Beck was no relation of John Martin Beck. 
 
DONEGAL MORAVIAN CHURCH. 
 
 167 
 
 A Partial Chart of the Descendants of the 
 Rev. John Martin Beck 
 
 Rev. John Martin 
 Beck married 
 Anna Johanna 
 Grube 
 
 John Beck mar- 
 ried Johanna 
 Augusta Reinlfe 
 
 ' John Martin Beck, 
 born Oct 17, 1820 
 died Dec. g, 1834 
 
 Maria Sophia Beck 
 born July 5, iS'2-j 
 died Dec. 5, 1824 
 
 Samuel ReinkeBeck 
 born April 12. 1825, 
 died July 11, 1846 
 
 Martha Ann Beck 
 married William 
 Alexander Ham- 
 mer 
 
 J allies Nathan Beck 
 married Marearetta 
 Caroline Darling 
 
 Julius Augustus 
 Beck married Su- 
 sannah Kepple 
 
 Abraham Reinke 
 Beck married Jo- 
 anna Salome Hue- 
 bener 
 
 John Martin Beck, 
 born Nov. 8. 18:^8, 
 died May 23, 186*2. 
 
 Ella Augusta Hammer 
 Martha Virginia Hammer 
 John Beck Hammer 
 William Joseph Hammer 
 ^ Annie Beck Hammer 
 
 ' John Augustu.s Beck 
 Carol Hooper Beck 
 James Montgomery Beck 
 Florence Darling Beck 
 Carl Bernhard Beck 
 
 ^ Helen Watson Beck 
 
 '' Abraham Raphael Beck 
 Katherine Augusta Beck 
 Harry Kepple Beck 
 John Beck 
 
 Mai tin Augustus Beck 
 Marion Beck 
 Edith Isabella Beck 
 
 ,_ Mary Alice Beck 
 
 Martha Beck 
 Helen Joanna Beck 
 Mabel Adelaide Beck 
 Paul Eugene Beck 
 Herbert Huebener Beck 
 
 The Rev. John Martin Beck was born 1746, in Schaff- 
 hausen, Switzerland ; died at Lititz, Pa., 1S27. His wife, Anna 
 Johanna Grube, was born in PennsyWania, of German parentage, 
 1758 ; died, 1808. Her father was Bernhard Adam Grube, 
 missionary among the Indians. 
 
 Prof. John Beck, the founder of Lititz Academy, was the 
 son of the Rev. John Martin Beck, and was born in Graceham 
 Co., Maryland, on the i6th of June, 1791. When five years 
 old his father moved to the neighborhood of Donegal Moravian 
 Church, and served the congregation as Pastor from 1796 to 
 1798. Prof. John Beck was educated at Nazareth Hall, and 
 founded Lititz Academy in 1815, which he conducted during 
 fifty years. The total number of pupils in attendance during 
 
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 DONEGAL MORAVIAN CHURCH. 
 
 that period was two thousand three hundred and twenty-six — 
 representatives from twenty-six States and Territories, in addi- 
 tion to those from Europe, Asia, West Indies and Canada. Of 
 this number one thousand and eighty were Lancaster County boys, 
 representing every department of industry and the learned pro- 
 fessions. A Governor of the State, Judges, Lawyers, Physicians 
 and the Ministry, their influence on the fortune of Lancaster 
 County, who can estimate? Five of Prof. Beck's children are 
 deceased. Martha Ann Beck's (Hammer) son, William Joseph 
 Hammer is electrician in New York City ; James M. Beck, 
 Assistant Attorney U. S. , and Carol Hooper Beck, artist, of 
 Philadelphia, are sons of James Nathan Beck. 
 
 Four of Julius Augustus Beck's (artist) sons are artists, viz: 
 Abraham Raphael, Harry Kepple, John and Martin Augustus. 
 
 Abraham Reinke Beck, son of Prof. John Beck, was the 
 founder and principal of the Beck family school at Lititz. His 
 son, Paul Eugene, is organist at Lititz, and Herbert Huebener 
 is analytical chemist at Lancaster, Pa. He has been recently 
 elected Professor of Chemistry in Franklin Marshall College. 
 
 The following inscriptions are copied from the tombstones in 
 the Donegal Moravian graveyard — many are illegible, some 
 partially. Those given here are among the earliest, and such 
 as have the uniform square stone laid upon the grave. Among 
 the more modern are the Groshes' and Difienderfers'. 
 
 ORIGINAL. 
 No. ID 
 
 Johannes Kapp 
 
 war geboren in der 
 
 Schweitz. d. 26 Februar 
 
 1704 
 
 verschied d. 2 November 
 
 1757 
 
 No. 26 
 
 Eva Delckerin 
 Geboren Oct: 1709 
 
 in Wiirtemberg 
 
 ist verschied im Jahr 
 
 1769 
 
 ihres alter war 58 
 
 Jahr und 4 monat 
 
 TRANSLATION. 
 No. 10 
 
 John Kapp 
 
 was born in Switzerland 
 
 the 26th of February 
 
 T704 
 
 Deceased the 2d November 
 
 1757 
 
 No. 26 
 
 Eva Delcker 
 
 Born Oct: 1709 
 
 in Wiirtemberg 
 
 is deceased in tlie year 
 
 1769 
 
 her age was 58 years 
 
 and 4 months 
 
DONEGAL MORAVIAN CHURCH 
 
 1 69' 
 
 ORIGINAL. 
 
 No. 67 
 
 Juliane Friederichin 
 Gebor Biihlerin 1754 
 
 bey Litiz 
 Verschied d. 30 Mai 
 
 1S04 
 
 Alt 49 Jahr 6 monat 
 
 und 15 tag 
 
 TRANSLATION. 
 No. 67 
 
 Juliana Frederich 
 
 Born a Biihler T75.J 
 
 near Litiz 
 
 Deceased the 30th May 
 
 1S04 
 
 Aged 49 years 6 months 
 
 and 15 days 
 
 No. 25 
 
 Johannes Etter 
 Gebor: d. 10 Juli 1723 
 
 in der Schweitx 
 Verschied d. 28 Sept 
 
 No. 25 
 
 John Etter 
 
 Born the loth of July, 1723 
 
 in Switzerland 
 
 Deceased the 28th Sept. 
 
 (year obliterated) 
 
 No. 7. 
 
 Barbara und Engeld 
 
 Etterin 
 
 Zwillinge sind Gebor; 
 
 und verschied d. to 
 
 Sept: 1756 
 
 No. 7 
 
 Barbara and Engeld 
 
 Etter 
 
 Twins they were born 
 
 and deceased the loth Sept.. 
 
 1756 
 
 No. 4-8 
 
 Rahel Stohler 
 Geboren Friederich 
 Geb: den 30 April 
 
 1730 
 Verschied d. 28 Mai 
 
 1792 
 
 alt 61 Jahr 10 monat 
 
 und 28 tag. 
 
 No. 4-8 
 
 Rachel Stohler 
 
 Born a Frederick 
 
 Born the 30th April 
 
 1730 
 
 Deceased the 28th of May 
 
 1792 
 
 Aged 61 years, 10 months 
 
 and 28 days. 
 
 No. 
 
 Anna Maria 
 
 Stohler 
 
 Geboren den 3 Marz 
 
 1765 
 Entschlief den 27 September 
 
 No. 
 
 Anna Maria 
 
 Stohler 
 
 Born the 3d of March 
 
 1765 
 Fell asleep the 27th September 
 
lyo 
 
 DONEGAL MORAVIAN CHURCH. 
 
 ORIQINAL. 
 
 No. 66 
 
 ]oh: Gcorg: Baumann 
 Geb. d. 27 Dezember 
 
 1761 
 
 Verschied d. 21 April 
 
 1804 
 
 Alt 42 Jahr 3 monat 
 
 und 25 tag 
 
 No. 
 
 Hier ruhen die gebeine 
 
 Die Selgen Dienerin 
 
 Der Hiesigen Genieine 
 
 Christina Maureriii 
 
 Geb: in Wiirtemberg d, 6 
 
 Januar 1718 
 
 Ruhet von ihr arbeit 
 
 Seit 17 i\Iarz 1757 
 
 No. 4-9 
 
 Cath: Biihlerin 
 
 Geb: d. 20 Februar 
 
 1792 
 
 \'erschied d. 20 Januar 
 
 1793 
 alt: II monat 
 wenige 2 Tag 
 
 No. 68 
 
 Mattheis Pflanz 
 
 Geb: d. 22 October 
 
 1729 
 
 Verschied d. 29 Januar 1801 
 
 alt 72 Jahr 3 monat 
 
 und 7 Ta. 
 
 No. 
 
 Friedrich 
 
 Stohler 
 
 Geboren zu Basel 
 
 den 23ten October 1725 
 
 entschlief 
 
 den 3ten Januar 
 
 '^1815 
 
 TRANSLATION. 
 No. 66 
 
 John George Bauman 
 Born the 27th December 
 
 1761 
 Deceased the 21st April 
 
 1804 
 
 Aged 42 years, 3 months 
 
 and 25 days 
 
 No. 
 
 Here rest the remains 
 
 of the Sainted Sacristan of 
 
 this congregation 
 
 Christina Maurer 
 
 Born in Wiirtemberg the 6th of 
 
 January, 1718 
 
 Rests from her labors 
 
 Since the 17th March, 1757. 
 
 No. 49 
 
 Cath. BUhler 
 
 Born the 20th February 
 
 1792 
 
 Deceased the 20th January 
 
 1793 
 
 Aged II months 
 
 less 2 days 
 
 No. 68 
 
 I\'Iatthew Pflanz 
 
 Born the 22d October 
 
 1729 
 
 Deceased the 29th Januan,' 
 
 iSoi 
 
 Aged 72 years, 3 months 
 
 and 7 days. 
 
 No. 
 
 Frederick Stohler 
 
 Born in Basel 
 
 the 23d October, 1725 
 
 Fell asleep 
 
 the 3d January 
 
 1815 
 
DONEGAL MORAVIAN CHURCH. 
 
 171 
 
 ORIGINAL. 
 
 No. 
 
 Hana Fuhrmannis 
 Geboren d. 6 Mai 
 
 1744 
 
 Gestorbcn d. 16 November 
 
 1800 
 
 alt. 56 Jahr 6 monat 
 
 und 10 Tag 
 
 No. 
 
 TRANSLATION. 
 
 Hannah Fuhrman 
 Born the 6th May 
 
 1744 
 Died the i6th November 
 
 1800 
 
 Aged 56 years 6 months 
 
 and xo days 
 
 No. 
 
 Andreas Hock 
 
 Geboren in Mai 
 
 1717 
 
 verschied d. 24 Oct: 1794 
 
 Alt: 77 Jahr und 5 monat 
 
 No. 
 
 Andrew Hock 
 
 Born in May 
 
 1717 
 
 Deceased the 24th Oct. 1794 
 
 Aged 77 years and 5 months 
 
 No. 58 
 
 Johannes Kiinzle 
 Geboren d. 29 August 
 
 1755 
 
 in Mount Joy 
 
 verschied d, 6 Mai 
 
 1797 
 
 Alt: 41 Jahr 8 monat 
 
 und 7 Tag. 
 
 No. 58 
 
 John Kiinzle 
 Born the 29th August 
 
 1755 
 
 in Mount joy 
 
 Deceased the 6th May 
 
 1797 
 
 Aged 41 years, 8 months 
 
 and 7 days 
 
 No. 65 
 
 Rahel Schetter 
 
 eine Geboren 
 
 Friedrichin 
 
 Geb: d. 22 Januar 
 
 1776 
 
 \'erschied d. 20 Januar 
 
 1804 
 
 Alt: 28 Jahr, weniger 
 
 2 Tag 
 
 No. 65 
 
 Rachel Schetter 
 
 a born 
 
 Frederick, 
 
 Born the 22d January 
 
 1776 
 
 Deceased the 20th January 
 
 1804 
 
 Aged 28 years, less 
 
 2 days 
 
172 
 
 DONEGAL MORAVIAN CHURCH. 
 
 ORIGINAL. 
 No. 23 
 
 Heinrich Schneider 
 Geb: 30 April 
 
 1722 
 
 in der Pfaltz 
 
 Verscliied d, 9 Juni 
 
 1767 
 
 Sein alters 45 Jahr 
 
 I monat und 10 Tag 
 
 TRANSLATION. 
 No. 23 
 
 Henry Schneider 
 
 Born 30th of April 
 
 1722 
 
 in the Pfaltz 
 
 Deceased the 9th of June 
 
 1767 
 
 His age was 45 years, 
 
 I month and 10 days 
 
 Zum andencken von 
 
 Jacob Kuntz 
 
 Er ist geboren den 
 
 iiten August 1791 
 
 Starb den iSten June 
 
 1846 
 
 Sein alters war 54 Jahr 
 
 10 monat und 16 Tag 
 
 In memory of 
 
 Jacob Kuntz 
 
 He was born the 
 
 i.ith of August, 179T 
 
 Died the i8th June 
 
 1846 
 
 His age was 54 years, 
 
 10 months and 16 days 
 
 A few modern English inscriptions are subjoined from 
 marble slabs on the graves after the manner of the Moravians- 
 There are also some upright stones in the graveyard that are 
 known as descendants. Among these are the Bishops, Gantzes, 
 Gebhardts and others. 
 
 Memory of 
 
 Daniel Grosh 
 
 who was bom July 31, 1774 
 
 and died March 14, 1H47 
 
 aged 72 years, 7 months 
 
 and II days 
 
 Louisa Diflenderfer 
 
 wife of 
 
 Philip Diffenderfer 
 
 Born May 6, 1799 
 
 Died April 23, 1876 
 
 Aged 76 years, 11 mos. 
 
 and 17 days 
 
 Margaret Grosh 
 
 wife of 
 
 Daniel Grosh 
 
 and daughter of 
 
 Henry Mies 
 
 Born Sept. 26, 1776, and 
 
 departed March 17, 1838 
 
 Aged -61 years, 5 months 
 
 and 24 days 
 
 In Memory of 
 
 Christian Grosh 
 
 Born March 16, 1796 
 
 Died 
 
 April 1845 
 
 Aged 49 years 
 
DONEGAL MORAVIAN CHURCH. 
 
 173 
 
 In memory of 
 Ann Diffenderfer 
 
 wife of 
 
 Peter Diffenderfer 
 
 who was born in the year 
 
 1769, and died September 
 
 the nth, 1842, in the 73d year of 
 
 her age. 
 
 In 
 
 memory of 
 
 Esther Grosh 
 
 wife of Daniel Grosh 
 
 who was born the 26th December 
 
 1789, and died March 27th, 
 
 1847, aged 57 years 
 
 3 months and 2 days. 
 
 In memory of 
 
 PhiUp Diffenderfer 
 
 Bom Oct: 10, 17S9 
 
 died Jan; 27, 1874 
 
 aged 
 
 84 years, 3 mos. and 17 
 
 days. 
 
IXDEX. 
 
 INDEX, 
 
 No. of 
 Page Grave 
 
 Anderson, Rev. James, the first Pastor of Donegal Church . 22 
 
 Anderson, Rev. James, the will of 23 
 
 Anderson, Rev. James, chart of the family of .• 27 
 
 Anderson, Rev. Jame.s, place of burial of 127 127 
 
 Anderson, James No. 2, quotation from the will of 25 
 
 Anderson, James No. 2, to Anderson, James Xo. 3, quotation 
 
 from deed of 25 
 
 Anderson, James No. 2, and Anderson, Thomas, quotation 
 
 from deed of 25 
 
 Anderson, James No. 2, account of family and residence of . 26 
 
 Anderson, James No. 2, place of burial of 128 128 
 
 Anderson, James No. 3, account of family of . 26 
 
 Anderson, James No. 4, account of family of . 26 
 
 Ander.son. Jo.seph Tate, account of family of 26 
 
 Anderson, Mrs. Jane, place of burial of 128 129 
 
 Agnew, James, chart of family of 63 
 
 Armstrong, Andrew, family of 94 
 
 Armstrong, Andrew, place of burial of 143 204 
 
 Armstrong, Matilda, place of burial of 142 201 
 
 Armstrong, Sergeant William F., place of burial of 142 202 
 
 Armstrong, Corporal John W., place of burial of 143 203 
 
 Armstrong, [Mary A., place of burial of 143 204 
 
 Armstrong, Margaret A. , place of burial of 143 205 
 
 Armstrong, Sarah M., place of burial of 143 206 
 
 Armstrong, Abraham W. , place of burial of 143 207 
 
 Appendix 155 
 
 Bayley family, the 71 
 
 Bayley, Thomas, place of burial of 130 139 
 
 Barton, Eliza Jane, place of burial of 107 23 
 
 Barton, Anna, place of burial of 107 24 
 
 Barton, Margaret, place of burial of 107 25 
 
 Bell, Mr., called to Donegal 29 
 
 Bell, j\lr., deposed by Presbytery 29 
 
 Bell, Catherine, place of burial of . , 120 92 
 
 Bell, Walter, place of burial of 120 92 
 
 Beck, Rev. John Martin, chart of family of J67 
 
 Beck, Prof. John, sketch of family and school of 167 
 
 Bishop, Sarah J., place of burial of 146 222 
 
 Black, Mr., ordained at Conewago 160 
 
•11. INDEX. 
 
 No. of 
 
 Page Orave 
 
 Blair, William, place of burial of 138 180 
 
 Boggs, Re\-. T. Marshall, called to Donegal 34 
 
 Boggs, Re\-. T. Marshall, place of burial of 126 123 
 
 Boggs, Amelia Jane, place of burial of 126 122 
 
 Boggs family, the : 93 
 
 Boggs, Ann, place of burial of 140 191 
 
 Boggs, Ale.xander, place of burial of U'J 19*^ 
 
 Boggs, Ann, place of burial of 140 189 
 
 Boggs, Andrew, place of burial of 140 191 
 
 Boggs, Ann, place of burial of 140 192 
 
 Boggs, James A., place of burial of 141 i93 
 
 Boggs, Jane, place of burial of . . • 141 '94 
 
 Boggs, Ann, place of burial of 141 195 
 
 Brown, Rev. William B., stated supply of Donegal 36 
 
 Brown, Rachel, place of burial of 131 I45 
 
 Breneman, John W'., place of burial of 145 215 
 
 Breneman, Barbara, place of burial of I45 216 
 
 Breneman, John W. , place of burial of 146 217 
 
 Buchanan family, the 44 
 
 Buchanan, Dorcas, place of burial of : 102 2 
 
 Buchanan, James G., place of burial of 102 2 
 
 Buchanan, Sarah S., place of burial of 126 121 
 
 Cameron, Jane Augusta, place of burial of 121 98 
 
 Cameron, Jane, place of burial of 122 103 
 
 Cameron family, the 89 
 
 Candour, Rose, place of burial of 125 118 
 
 Candour, Josiah, place of burial of 125 iiS 
 
 Candour, Joseph, place of burial of < 125 118 
 
 Candour, Mary, place of burial of 125 118 
 
 Campbell, Sarah Jane, place of burial of 129 133 
 
 ■Campbell, Adams, place of burial of 129 134 
 
 Campbell, Samuel Elder, place of burial of . . , 129 135 
 
 Campbell, Margaret, place of burial of 130 136 
 
 Campbell, John, place of burial of 130 137 
 
 Charter granted to the Trustees .... 10 
 
 Church, condition of the, before remodeling 17 
 
 Clark family, the 83 
 
 Clark, William, abstract of will of 160 
 
 Clark, William, place of burial of : 103 6 
 
 Clark, John W., place of burial of 104 10 
 
 Clark, Thomas Z., place of burial of 104 11 
 
 ■Clark, 1 trice, Jr. , place of burial of , 106 17 
 
INDEX. iii. 
 
 No. of 
 Page Grave 
 
 Clark, Esther, place of burial of io6 i8 
 
 Clark, Elizabeth, place of burial of 106 20 
 
 Clark, Mary, place of burial of 106 20 
 
 Clark, John, place of burial of ^ 107 21 
 
 Clark, Brice, Sr., place of burial of 107 22 
 
 Clark, Margaret, place of burial of 107 22 
 
 Clark, Kate, place of burial of ; 107 26 
 
 Clarke, Eugene, place of burial of 108 27 
 
 Clark, James Brice, place of burial of 108 28 
 
 Clingan, Thomas, place of burial of 115 63 
 
 Committees appointed to collect Minister's salary 11 
 
 Conway, Rev. David, installed 38 
 
 Cooke family, the 83 
 
 Cooke, James No. 3, family of 87 
 
 Cooke, David No. i, family chart of 88 
 
 Connelly, Susannah, , 155 
 
 Connelly, Dr. John, letter of 156 
 
 Connelly, Susannah, death of 156 
 
 Connelly, Susannah, abstract from her will 156 
 
 Connelly, Susannah, executors of 157 
 
 Cooke, Martha, place of burial of 136 170 
 
 Cooke, David, place of burial of 136 171 
 
 Cooke, Samuel, Esq., place of burial of 137 172 
 
 Curran, Sarah, place of burial of 103 7 
 
 Curran, Brice, place of burial of 104 9 
 
 Curran, Catherine Ann, place of burial of 115 65 
 
 Curran, John Henry, place of burial of 115 66 
 
 Cut stones placed in head of the spring 20 
 
 Church organization 1901 41 
 
 Deed given to the Session 9 
 
 Denison, Elizabeth, place of burial of 150 250 
 
 Denison, John, place of burial of 150 251 
 
 Dollars and cents, first account of 16 
 
 Donegal Presbytery organized 22 
 
 Donegal and Mount Joy congregations separated 36 
 
 Donegal and Mount Joy congregations vacant 36 
 
 Dodge family, the 96 
 
 Dodge, Rev. Nehemiah, place of burial of 142 200 
 
 Douglas, Rev. Orson, elected Pastor 34 
 
 Downes, Rev, Richard, installed 38 
 
 Draft of Glebe land explained ,20 
 
 Duffey family, the 95 
 
IV. INDEX. 
 
 No. of 
 
 Page Grave 
 
 Edgar, Rev. John, in.stalled Pastor of Donegal and Mount 
 
 Joy Churches 36 
 
 Elders, deceased list of 40 
 
 Ellmaker, family chart of 68 
 
 Elder, Rev. John, dtlivers ordination sermon at Conewago . 160 
 
 Elder, Rev. John, daughter, buried at Donegal 124 112 
 
 Evans family, the .... So 
 
 Evans, Samuel, place of burial of 113 58 
 
 Evans, Alexander L., place of burial of 113 58 
 
 Evans, Frances, place of burial of 114 59 
 
 Ewing, Thomas 155 
 
 Ewing, James, letter to Dr. John Connelly 156 
 
 Ewing, James, application for a seat in Donegal Church . . 156 
 
 Families of the Church 42 
 
 Ferree, James Barr, family chart of 49 
 
 Ferree, Rebecca Curran, and Sarah Rebecca Curran, place 
 
 of burial of 104 8 
 
 Ferree, Anna Martha, place of burial of 112 53 
 
 Ferree, Jane, place of burial of 115 67 
 
 Fink, Howard S., place of burial of 151 256 
 
 Fink, William Cary, place of burial of 152 258 
 
 Fink, Mary L, , place of burial of 152 259 
 
 Fink, Margarita, place of burial of 152 261 
 
 Galbraith, Andrew, application to New Castle Presbytery for 
 
 supplies 9 
 
 Galbraith family 42 
 
 Galbraith, W, B., place of burial of 102 3 
 
 Galbraith, Sarah, place of burial of 103 4 
 
 Galbraith, Juliet, place of burial of 105 13 
 
 Galbraith, ISIargaret, place of burial of 105 14 
 
 Galbraith, Ann, and Esther Cooke, place of burial of ... . 105 15 
 
 Galbraith, Bartrem, place of burial of 105 16 
 
 Galbraith, Isabella Patterson, place of burial of m 44 
 
 Gamble, Rev, Robert, installed in Donegal and Mount Joy . 38 
 
 Giberson, Catherine, place of burial of 113 56 
 
 Glebe land ordered to be sold 11 
 
 Glebe land, boundaries of 9 
 
 Graveyard wall, account of , 14 
 
 Graveyard wall, extension of 16 
 
 Graveyard wall, south side of, rebuilt 20 
 
 Gray, William, place of burial of 115 64 
 
 Ground granted school-house 17 
 
INDEX. V. 
 
 No. of 
 Page Grave 
 
 Hayes family, chart of : 62 
 
 Hayes, John, Jr., place of burial of 123 no 
 
 Hays, Mr. John, Sr., place of burial of 124 in 
 
 Hays, Eleanor, place of burial of 124 112 
 
 Hays, Eleanor, place of burial of 124 112 
 
 Hayes, James, place of burial of ■ J124 113 
 
 Hayes, David, place of burial of 124 114 
 
 Hayes, .Susanna, place of burial of 125 115 
 
 Hays, Elizabeth, place of burial of 125 116 
 
 Hays, Hannah, place of burial of 125 117 
 
 Hatfield, Abraham, family chait of 59 
 
 Hawthorn, George, place of burial of 150 247 
 
 Hawthorn, Mary, place of burial of : 150 248 
 
 Hawthorn, Joseph, place of burial of 150 249 
 
 Hamilton, Margaret, place of burial of : 103 5 
 
 Hallowell, Elizabeth, place of burial of ... 119 87 
 
 Hallowell, Thomas, Sr. , place of burial of 119 88 
 
 Herr, H. Watson, place of burial of 134 162 
 
 Henderson, Jane, place of burial of 138 178 
 
 Henderson, David, place of burial of 138 179 
 
 Hendrickson, Okey, place of burial of ; 146 220 
 
 Hendrickson, Mary, place of burial of ; 146 221 
 
 Heilman, Minnie, place of burial of 152 260 
 
 Hillman, Rd., place of burial of 119 86 
 
 Holmes, Sarah H., place of burial of 108 29 
 
 Jamison, David, legacy of 13 
 
 Jamison, Thomas, place of burial of 102 i 
 
 Johnson, Howard L., place of burial of ... 133 154 
 
 Johnson, Susan Mary, place of burial of 135 160 
 
 Johnson, John W. , place of burial of 134 i6r 
 
 Kerr, Rev. William, installed at Donegal . . .; 33 
 
 Kerr, James W., M. D., died : 34 
 
 Kerr, Martha, wife of Dr. Orth, of Harrisburg 34 
 
 Kerr, Rev. William, place of burial of 132 146 
 
 Kerr, John, place of burial of 132 147 
 
 Kerr, Claudius B., place of burial of 132 148 
 
 Keener, Ann, place of burial of 151 252 
 
 Keener, Jacob, place of burial of 151 253 
 
 Keener, Mary, place of burial of 151 254 
 
 Keener, Henry, place of burial of 151 255 
 
 Keys, Evalina, place of burial of 137 175 
 
 Kildea, Dinah, place of burial of 144 206 
 
 Knox, Mar' a, place of burial of 139 182 
 
vi. INDEX. 
 
 No of 
 
 Page Grave 
 
 Lane, Rev. John, called to Donegal 36 
 
 Laird, Robert, place of burial of 108 30 
 
 Litle, Nancy, place of burial of 108 31 
 
 Litle, Joseph, place of burial of ' 109 32 
 
 Litle, Ephraim, place of burial of T09 33 
 
 L\ tie, Grace, place of burial of 109 34 
 
 Lytle, Mar)' Ann, place of burial of 109 34 
 
 Lytle, Joseph, place of burial of 109 35 
 
 Lytle, Annabell H., place of burial of 109 37 
 
 Lytie, Elizabeth, place of burial of 109 36 
 
 Lytle, George H., place of burial of 109 38 
 
 Lytle, Mary Grace, place of burial of ... , no 39 
 
 Lytle, Samuel Scott Pedan, place of burial of 152 263 
 
 Lytle, Ephraim, family chart of 70 
 
 Lytle famih', the 69 
 
 Lindsay, Samuel, place of burial of 149 241 
 
 Lindsay, Sarah Dysart, place of burial of 149 242 
 
 Lindsay, Samuel, place of burial of .... 149 243 
 
 Lindsay, Martha, place of burial of 149 244 
 
 Lindsay, Margaret, place of burial of 150 245 
 
 Lowery, family chart of 78 
 
 I.ouery, Alexander, Esq., place of burial of 114 60 
 
 Lowery, Ann, place of burial of 114 60 
 
 Long, James, Sr. , place of burial of . . . ; 104 12 
 
 Lyons, Mr., called to Donegal 29 
 
 Lyons, Mr., returns call to Presbytery 29 
 
 Ma.xwell, Dr. John, place of burial of 128 131 
 
 Maxwell, Dr. Robert G., place of burial of 129 132 
 
 McAffee, Samuel, place of burial of 114 62 
 
 McFarquhar, Rev. Colin, called to Donegal 31 
 
 McFarquhar, Rev, Colin, kept the books of the congregation 14 
 
 McFarquhar, Rev. Colin, resigned his charge 32 
 
 McFarquhar, Rev. Colin, inscription on his toinbstone . • . 33 
 
 McFarquhar, Elizabeth, place of burial of 136 169 
 
 McCreery, Edward, place of burial of 119 85 
 
 McCafcv, Margaret, place of burial of 139 183 
 
 McClean, Hon. William, family chart of 55 
 
 McConaughy, John, family chart of 54 
 
 McConaughy, James Patterson, family of 55 
 
 McConaughy, Hon. David, family of 56 
 
 Mcjimsey, Joseph A., place of burial of 144 210 
 
 McJimsey, Mrs. Eliza, place of burial of 144 211 
 
INDEX. VU. 
 
 No of 
 Page Grave 
 
 Mcjimsey, Mary, place of burial of , ii6 70 
 
 Mcllvain, Anna Mary, place of burial of ... 134 159 
 
 McDowell, Margaret Whitehill, place of burial of 122 100 
 
 McDowell, William, place of burial of 137 174 
 
 McLean, Elizabeth, place of burial of 139 184 
 
 McKinley, President William, a descendant of Donegal . . 65 
 
 McKinley, David, notice of , 65 
 
 Mehaffey, James, family chart of 92 
 
 Meredith, Simon, M. D,, place of burial of . . 146 218 
 
 Middleton, Ann, place of burial of 121 99 
 
 Miller, James, Sr,, place of burial of T35 163 
 
 Miller, Isabella, place of burial of ; 135 164 
 
 Miller, Jean, place of burial of 135 165 
 
 Miller, William, place of burial of 136 166 
 
 Miller, James, Jr., place of burial of 136 167 
 
 Moorehead, James, purchaser of the Glebe land 12 
 
 Moore, William, legacy of 13 
 
 Moore, Ephraim, family chart of 59 
 
 Moore, Rev. R. G., family chart of 49 
 
 Moore, Phebe E., place of burial of : 147 228 
 
 Moore, Mary, place of burial of 115 68 
 
 Moore, Zachariah, place of burial of 116 69 
 
 Morison, Sarah, place of burial of m 47 
 
 Moravian Church, the Donegal 163 
 
 Moravian Church, members of the 165 
 
 Moravian Church, Pastors of the 166 
 
 New School Church of Mt. Joy unites with the Old School 
 
 under the pastorate of Rev. J. L. Rodgers • . 36 
 
 Pastors of Donegal Church, account of the 21 
 
 Pastors of Donegal Church, recapitulation of 39 
 
 Patterson, Arthur, offering in behalf of the congregation . . 29 
 
 Patterson, the family of 44 
 
 Patterson, Arthur No. i, chart of the family of 45 
 
 Patterson, Samuel Smith No. 27, chart of the family of ... 47 
 
 Patterson, Arthur No. 14, chart of the family of 51 
 
 Patterson, Col. James No. 15, chart of the family;of 52 
 
 Patterson, Dr. William, a memorial of 56 
 
 Patterson, William No. 9, the residence of 56 
 
 Patterson, William No. 9, the certificate of the death of . . . 57 
 
 Patterson, Arthur No. 22, chart of the family of 58 
 
 Patterson, Alexander No. 24, the family of 58 
 
Vlll. 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 No. of 
 
 Page Grave 
 
 Patterson, James, the Indian trader 155 
 
 Patterson, Elizabeth, place of burial of tit 48 
 
 Patterson, James, place of burial of 1 1 1 49 
 
 Patterson, Elizabeth Ann, place of burial of . 112 50 
 
 Patterson, James Alexander, place of burial of 112 51 
 
 Patterson, Joseph C, place of burial of 112 52 
 
 Patterson, Martha Rebecca, place of burial of 112 52 
 
 Patterson, Samuel, place of burial of 112 54 
 
 Patterson, Mary Mcjimsey, place of burial of 112 54 
 
 Patterson, Meribah, place of burial of 113 55 
 
 Patterson, .Mary, place of burial of 116 71 
 
 Patterson, Margaret, place of burial of 116 72 
 
 Patterson, James, place of burial of ii5 73 
 
 Patterson, Jean, place of burial of 117 74 
 
 Patterson, Samuel, place of burial of T17 75 
 
 Patterson, Martha, place of burial of 117 75 
 
 Patterson, Arthur, place of burial of 117 76 
 
 Patterson, Ann, place of burial of 117 76 
 
 Patterson, Robert, place of burial of 117 78 
 
 Patterson, Eliza Jane, place of burial of 118 79 
 
 Patterson, Alexander, place of burial of 118 82 
 
 Patterson, Jane, place of burial of 119 84 
 
 Patterson, Ar., place of burial of 121 94 
 
 Patterson, Mary, place of burial of 133 156 
 
 Patterson, Col. James, place of burial of 133 157 
 
 Patterson, Margaret R., place of burial of . 134 158 
 
 Patterson, Mary, place of burial of 145 212 
 
 Patterson, Sarali Mary, place of burial of 145 213 
 
 Patterson, James M., place of burial of 147 224 
 
 Patterson, Thomas J., place of burial of . . . 147 225 
 
 Patterson, John, place of burial of 147 226 
 
 Patterson, Barbara A., place of burial of 147 227 
 
 Patterson, Martha Sterrelt, place of burial of 147 229 
 
 Patterson, James Howard, place of burial of 14S 230 
 
 Patterson, Laura, place of burial of 14S 231 
 
 Patterson, Sarah Margaret, place of burial of 14S 232 
 
 Patterson, William S. , place of burial of 14S 233 
 
 Patterson, James A., place of burial of 153 265 
 
 Patten, Hugh, place of burial of no 43 
 
 Pedan, Samuel Scott, place of burial of . . . ._ iiS 80 
 
 Pedan, Hugh, place of burial of 118 81 
 
 Pedan, .Sarah, place of burial of iiS Si 
 
 Pedan, Martha, place of burial of 118 82 
 
INDEX. 
 
 No. of 
 Page Grave 
 
 Pedan, John, place of burial of 119 83 
 
 Pedan, Hugh, chart of the family of 90 
 
 Park, James, chart of the family of 95 
 
 Pinkerton, Joseph, chart of the family of 98 
 
 Pinkerton, Joseph, place of burial of ; 148 235 
 
 Pinkerton, Jane, place of burial of 148 236 
 
 Pinkerton, William, place of burial of 149 237 
 
 Pinkerton, John, place of burial of 149 238 
 
 Pinkerton, Susan A., place of burial of 149 239 
 
 Pinkerton, Jane, place of burial of 149 240 
 
 Porter, Rev. Samuel, place of burial of to5 19 
 
 Porter, Jane C, place of burial of io5 19 
 
 Presbytery, meet of, at Hanover 158 
 
 Raymon, John, place of burial of . . 146 219 
 
 Redsecker, Samuel, chart of the family of (see W'hitehill 
 
 family, page 81) 81 
 
 Redsecker, Margaret E., place of burial of . . 120 89 
 
 Redsecker, Margaret E., place of burial of . . 120 90 
 
 Redsecker, .Samuel, place of burial of 120 91 
 
 Richards, Rev. M. M., the chart of the family of 55 
 
 Robinson, William C, Jr., place of burial of no 40 
 
 Robinson, William C, place of burial of 110 41 
 
 Robinson, Jennetta, place of burial of no 42 
 
 Robinson, Robert, place of burial of 130 140 
 
 Robinson, William, place of burial of 136 16S 
 
 Roder, Mary Ann, place of burial of 131 141 
 
 Rodgers, Rev. J. L., ordained and installed 35 
 
 Rodgers, Rev. J. L., resigns 36 
 
 Rodgers, Jane Elizabeth, place of burial of 145 214 
 
 Scott, Samuel, action on legacy of : 11 
 
 Scott famih", the 59 
 
 Scott, Abraham, the family of 60 
 
 Scott, Hugh, the family of 61 
 
 Scott, John 99 
 
 Scott, John, place of burial of in 46 
 
 Scott, Nancy, place of burial of in 45 
 
 Scott, Josiah, place of burial of 117 77 
 
 Scott, Alexander, place of burial of 117 78 
 
 Scott, Samuel, Jr., place of burial of 121 95 
 
 School-house, account of 20 
 
 Semple, James, place of burial of , 138 176 
 
X. INDEX. 
 
 No. of 
 Piige (jrave 
 
 Settlers, report of 14 
 
 Shippen, Beale Bordley, place of burial of 138 177 
 
 Sheller, Christian, the family of 91 
 
 Shock, John, the family chart of 48 
 
 Smith, Charlotte, place of burial of 151 257 
 
 Snook, Rev. Edward A., installed 38 
 
 Snook, Rev. Edward A., resigned 38 
 
 Spangler, William, the family of 50 
 
 Spear family, the 93 
 
 Spear, Sarah, place of burial of 126 119 
 
 Spear, George, place of burial of 126 120 
 
 Spear, John, place of burial of 114 61 
 
 Spear, Robert, place of burial of 114 61 
 
 Stahl family, the 94 
 
 Stephenson, James, the family of 64 
 
 Sterrett, James Xo. i, chart of the family of 72 
 
 Sterrett, William Xo. 4, chart of the family of 76 
 
 Sterrett, James A. No. 25 76 
 
 Sterrett, Thomas No. 26 76 
 
 Sterrett, Rev. David No. 28, chart of the family of 77 
 
 Sterrett, James, place of burial of 139 187 
 
 Sterrett, Mary, place of burial of 139 187 
 
 Sterrett, William, place of burial of 139 1S6 
 
 Sterrett, Xathaniel, place of burial of 140 iSS 
 
 Sterrett, Mary, place of burial of 140 188 
 
 Sterrett, Sarah, place of burial of , 141 196 
 
 Sterrett, Thomas Woods, place of burial of . 141 197 
 
 Sterrett, Thomas, place of burial of 14: 198 
 
 Sterrett, Martha, place of burial of 142 199 
 
 Sterrett, James A., place of burial of 147 223 
 
 Stevenson, Ruth, place of burial of 128 130 
 
 Study-house, the — built 16 
 
 Supplies for Donegal 29 
 
 Tablet near the pulpit, account of . . 20 
 
 Tate, Rev. Joseph, call of 29 
 
 Tate, Rev. Joseph, accused of preaching false doctrine ... 30 
 
 Tate, Rev. Joseph, ordained at Donegal 30 
 
 Tate, Rev. Joseph, married 30 
 
 Tate, Rev. Joseph, place of burial of ; 127 126 
 
 Tate, Margaret, place of burial of 127 126 
 
 Tate, Adam, place of burial of 127 124 
 
 Tate, Serah, place of burial of 127 125 
 
IXDEX. XI. 
 
 No. of 
 Page Grave 
 
 Thompson, James, place of burial of 153 264 
 
 Tombstones, parts of, at Conevvago Church . .; 159 
 
 Tradition of Witness Tree , 16 
 
 Treasurer, account of 13 
 
 Trustees, meeting of first Board of 10 
 
 Trustees elect officers 11 
 
 Trustees' election, May 14th, 1805 16 
 
 Trustees' meeting, Nov. 19th, 1800 16 
 
 Trustees, number reduced i5 
 
 Trustees, the first Board of 10 
 
 Trustees of 1851 remodel the Church 17 
 
 Vance, Ann, place of burial of , 137 173 
 
 Visit to the site of Conewago Church 158 
 
 Visit to the farm at Conewago 159 
 
 Watson, chart of the family of 64 
 
 Watson, Dr. John, chart of the family of 67 
 
 Watson, John, M. D., place of burial of 131 143 
 
 Watson, IVIargaret, place of burial of 131 144 
 
 Watson, John, place of burial of 131 142 
 
 Watson, Nathaniel, M. D., chart of the family of 68 
 
 Watson, Nathaniel, M. D., place of burial of . 132 i5o 
 
 Watson, Maria Haines, place of burial of 132 151 
 
 Watson, Anthony Haines, place of burial of 133 152 
 
 Watson, Rachel Brown, place of burial of 133 1,53 
 
 Watson, David R., M. D., place of burial of 133 155 
 
 Watson, David, M. D., place of burial of 131 144 
 
 Watson, Rev. James C, D. D., family chart of 68 
 
 Watson, James P., place of burial of 153 267 
 
 Wilson, James, place of burial of 120 93 
 
 Wilson, John, place of burial of 138 t8i 
 
 Wiley, John, place of burial of 144 208 
 
 Wiley, Henry H., place of burial of 152 262 
 
 Wiley, Hannah, place of burial of 153 266 
 
 Wiley family, the 96 
 
 Williamson, Rev. McKnight . 74 
 
 Whitehill family, chart of • 81 
 
 Whitehill, Samuel C, place of burial of 121 96 
 
 Whitehill, Anna Mary, place of burial of 121 97 
 
 Whitehill, Margaret Elizabeth, place of burial of 121 97 
 
 Whitehill, John, Esq., place of burial of 122 loi 
 
 Whitehill, Mary, place of burial of 122 102 
 
Xll. INDKX. 
 
 No. of 
 
 Page Grave 
 
 ■Whitehill, William, place of burial of 122 104 
 
 Wilson, Jane, place of burial of 122 105 
 
 Whitehill, Ann, place of burial of ■ • • 123 106 
 
 Whitehill, Elizabeth C, place of burial of 123 107 
 
 Whitehill, John Middleton, place of burial of . ., 123 108 
 
 Whitehill, J. Middleton, place of burial of . . 123 109 
 
 Whitcombe, Rev. Cyrus B., called 37 
 
 Whitcombe, Rev. Cyrus B. , pastoral relation dissolved ... 37 
 Whitcombe, Rev. Cyrus B., account of installation at Donegal 37 
 
 Woods, Rev. James Sterrett No. 19, family chartof 74 
 
 \\'oods, Richard No. 24 75 
 
 Woods, Lettice, place of burial of 139 185 
 
 Work, Joseph, place of burial of 130 138 
 
 Zell, Margaret, place of burial 113 57 
 
 Ziegler, Mary Rachel, place of burial of 150 246 
 
 Ziegler, Harriet Patterson, place of burial of 150 246 
 
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