Matthew Dean and Elizabeth [Unk]

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Husband Matthew Dean ^{1 2}

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• Note: This may be the same person as : Matthew Dean.

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Wife Elizabeth [Unk] ³

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           Died: 1780 - Canoe Valley, Huntingdon Co, PA 3
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Children

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1 F Rebecca Dean ¹

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           Born: 13 Mar 1770 1
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           Died: Abt 1834
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         Spouse: Maj. David Caldwell (1762-1813) 1
           Marr: 13 Jan 1789 1

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2 F Elizabeth Dean ¹

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         Spouse: Samuel Caldwell (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 28 Nov 1797 4

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3 M John Dean ^{2 3}

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew Dean

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Canoe Valley, Huntingdon Co, PA

He was of Scotch-Irish extraction, and settled in Canoe valley, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, prior to the revolutionary war.
His wife and three of their children were killed in Canoe valley, in 1780, by a Delaware war party. He and five of their children escaped the tomahawk by being at some distance from the house.

1 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 412.

2 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Blair County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 83.

3 Samuel T. Wiley & W. Scott Garner, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Gresham Publishing Co., 1892), Pg 157.

4 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 414.