Rosters - SAMUEL ELDER - Rev. War Soldiers of Franklin Co PA

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PA ARCHIVES pages referenced in the book: "American Revolutionary War Soldiers of Franklin County, Pennyslvania"

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SAMUEL ELDER - PA ARCHIVES - 5th series, vol. 6

Franklin County, PA

Samuel Elder
"Shown in service with Capt. Noah Abraham, 1777-78-79-81-82, in the first Call, July 31, 1777. Samuel Elder and Robert McQuire appear repeatedly side by side, true "buddies," in modern terms, the only exception, was the first Call, where they were listed alphabetically.
Penna. Arch. 5th Ser. Vol 6, p. 36, 42, 407, 121, 128, 141, 384, 515, 658."

This SAMUEL ELDER may be the one buried in Peters Twp:
SAMUEL ELDER, d. 1844, Peters Twp, Franklin Co PA
SAMUEL's WILL of 1844 received on April 16, 2005, from
Franklin Co PA Courthouse, Chambersburg.
Children listed in WILL: James, Eliza, Maria, Oliver, Alexander, Elias, Margaret

"There are a number of Elder marriages in the Rev. Dr. John
King's record, among them Samuel Elder to Martha Pyatt, Oct. 5, 1773. "

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DAR MEMBER - Mrs. Martha Couffer Robinson
(Used Wrong DAR Ancestor: Has: Samuel Elder, d. 1847, son of Robert Elder, d. 1807, Rev. War Soldier)
DAR Member #296000

Robert's son SAMUEL is too young for Rev. War service:

Samuel, b. after 1772 [son of Robert and Mary LOWRY THORN]
m. Jane TRUESDALE, 1797 (her mother: m/2 Isaac STARK)
d. Fannett Twp. Will probated 3-18-1847
Children: Robert, Elizabeth, Joseph (b.1804),James,William,Abraham,Samuel,Sarah,John (b.1816?)
Joseph's children: William Oliver Elder, David, Mary Ann (m. Denton Oliver Shearer)
Joseph (1804-1886) and wife Mary buried in Upper PV Presb. Church Cem

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According to Rev. Alexander Donaldson's "A History of the Donaldson Family and Its Connections" a Samuel Elder married Nancy McClatchey in either Franklin or Westmoreland County, Pa. The 1790 census listed a Samuel Elder with a household comprising 2 males under 16 and 4 females. Presumably this would have been Samuel, Nancy (McClatchey) and five children. However, in 1790 Nancy would have been only 22 years old, so the number of children sounds large enough that it may have included children of Samuel from an earlier marriage. In particular, a Samuel Elder married Martha Pyatt in Franklin County in 1773. Sometime prior to 1800 Samuel Elder and the McClatcheys moved to Armstrong county. The census of 1800 indicated that this Samuel Elder was over 45 years old, so must have been born prior to 1755, and was old enough to have been the one who married Martha Pyatt in 1773.

18 Jul 2010