Husband John McCormick 1
Born: 1748 - Ireland 2
Christened:
Died: 22 May 1844 3
Buried: - Great Island Cemetery, Lock Haven, Clinton Co, PA
Father: [Ancestor] McCormick ( - )
Mother:
Marriage:
Wife Elizabeth Fleming 2
Born:
Christened:
Died: 10 Oct 1804 3
Buried: - Great Island Cemetery, Lock Haven, Clinton Co, PA
Father: John Fleming (Abt 1761-1817) 2
Mother: Susan Chatham ( -1824) 4
Children
1 M Alexander McCormick 2
Born:
Christened:
Died: Bef 1868
Buried:
2 M Benjamin McCormick 2
Born:
Christened:
Died: while young
Cause of Death: Drowning
Buried:
3 M John Fleming McCormick 2
Born:
Christened:
Died: Bef 1868
Buried:
4 M Joseph McCormick 2
Born:
Christened:
Died: Bef 1868
Buried:
5 M David McCormick 5
Born:
Christened:
Died: Bef 1868
Buried:
6 F Mollie McCormick 2
Born:
Christened:
Died: Bef 1868
Buried:
7 F Elizabeth McCormick 2
Born:
Christened:
Died: 1868 5
Buried:
8 M Robert McCormick 6 7
Born: Abt 1796
Christened:
Died: 20 Oct 1867 8
Buried: - Great Island Cemetery, Lock Haven, Clinton Co, PA
Spouse: Mary White ( -1878) 6 7
Marr: Feb 1821 5
9 M Saul McCormick 5
Born:
Christened:
Died: Bef 1868
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General Notes: Husband - John McCormick
His father emigrated to America about the year 1761, leaving him behind to be educated by his grandparents. He was then about thirteen years of age. Being of an enterprising disposition and having a natural longing to see again his parents and brothers and sisters, he resolved to follow them. After much anxiety, toil, and hardship, he reached at length the home of his parents in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Arriving in the evening, he thought he would play a joke upon his mother. Pretending to be a stranger, he asked her to give him a night's lodging. Not believing all strangers to be angels in disguise she refused, telling him he must go to the tavern. After he had had his fun he made himself known as the one which had been left in the Green Isle, and then the fatted calf was killed, and there was a season of general rejoicing.
In 1772, the year in which Northumberland County was organized, he removed to Loyalsock, Lycoming County, and in the following spring to Great Island, where he built the house familiarly known as the "Sassafras Cabin."
His father-in-law had purchased a large tract of land lying between the Susquehanna River and the Bald Eagle Creek, on which the city of Lock Haven now stands and part of the borough of Flemington. After his demise, which occurred in 1777, his land, containing over sixteen hundred acres, was divided among his five sons and three daughters. John McCormick, who had married his daughter Elizabeth, subsequently purchased the part that fell to her brother Joseph. This was the part commonly known as the "Point," lying immediately west of the junction of the Susquehanna with the Bald Eagle. Here he lived the rest of his earthly life, and here, too, he died at the good old age of ninety-six years.
Among the eventful scenes in which he participated was the "Big Runaway," which occurred in June, 1778. In due time the fugitives returned, and he returned with them. From this to its close his life was smooth and tranquil, and adorned with uprightness and usefulness. A family of five sons and two daughters grew up around him.
The farm purchased by John McCormick from Joseph Fleming was called the "Point," or the "Sycamore Point," from a large sycamore tree that grew upon it, and was devised by will to three of his sons, Robert, Saul, and David. The tract of land thus devised contained about two hundred acres. In 1831 he deeded one hundred acres of this tract to his son Robert, with whom he made his home, and afterwards Robert, at different times, purchased the shares of Saul and David.