Alexander Graydon and [Unk] Emerson

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Husband Alexander Graydon ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1714 - Longford, Ireland 2
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           Died: Mar 1761 - Bristol, Bucks Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

       Marriage: Bef 1730

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   Other Spouse: Rachel Marks (      -1807) 1 3 - Abt 1750

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Wife [Unk] Emerson ²

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Graydon

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He was a native of Longford, Ireland; at the time of his marriage, he was doing business in the old town of Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

He was born at Longford, Ireland, was brought under the care of his maternal grandfather in Dublin, and was designed for the pulpit. He received a suitable education therefor, to which having added many of the accomplishments at that time in fashion, he became afterwards distinguished in Philadelphia, both as a scholar and a gentleman. He emigrated to America in 1730, settling in Philadelphia, where he entered mercantile life. About 1740 he removed to Bristol, Bucks County. Here, notwithstanding his Quaker surroundings, he was greatly esteemed and respected-nay, honored and revered-for his many excellent qualities of head and heart. Among the officers first enrolled for the defense of the Province of Pennsylvania we find the name of Alexander Graydon, as captain of a Bucks County company, in 1747, and subsequently as colonel of the county regiment. After the defeat of Braddock, when it was found necessary to raise troops for defensive operations against the marauding Indians, Col. Graydon was offered the position of field-officer in the Provincial corps, but declined the appointment. He was "a man of unquestionable probity, and there was also much of attraction in his character."

He had two children with his first wife, and four children with his second wife.

1 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 46.

2 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 496.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 167.