Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Alexander McConnell and Esther Reed




Husband Alexander McConnell 1 2

            AKA: Alexander McConnel 3 4
           Born: 10 Jul 1755 - Charlotte Co, VA 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - Robinson Run Church, Washington Co, PA


         Father: [Father] McConnell (      -      )
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 16 May 1786 3

   Other Spouse: Elizabeth McCrory (1767-      ) 3 5 - 28 Apr 1789 - Cecil Twp, Washington Co, PA 3



Wife Esther Reed 3 4

           Born: 16 May 1756 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Nov 1786 4
         Buried: 


Children

General Notes: Husband - Alexander McConnell


He and his second wife settled near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and a few years later came to Cecil township, Washington County, where he took a patent of land.

He was a native of Virginia, coming to Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1787, with a brother Matthew. The brothers each took a farm, and Alexander afterward bought 200 acres of the "Black Woods" tract, of one Mr. Black. He took an active part in the Whiskey Insurrection. In church relation he and his wife were members of the Seceder denomination.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1022, 1209, 1246.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1004, 1014.

3 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 718.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1246.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1004, 1246.


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