Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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David McConnell and Martha Whiteside


Husband David McConnell 1 2 3 

           Born: 25 Dec 1764 - Lancaster Co, PA 4 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 May 1829 5
         Buried:  - Congruity (Presbyterian) Church, Salem Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA


         Father: Daniel McConnell (1710-      ) 2 3
         Mother: Peggy Kirkpatrick (      -      ) 2 5


       Marriage: 10 Jan 1788 4 5

Wife Martha Whiteside 4 5 

            AKA: Rebecca Kirkpatrick 1
           Born: 22 Nov 1765
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Nov or 27 Nov 1842 5
         Buried:  - Congruity (Presbyterian) Church, Salem Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA


         Father: Capt. Thomas Whiteside (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Margaret Porter (      -      ) 4 5


Children
1 F Margaret McConnell 5 

           Born: 22 Dec 1788
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Jun 1814
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Andrew Kincaid (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 10 Dec 1811

2 F Prudence McConnell 5 6 

           Born: 15 Oct 1790
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Buchanan (      -      ) 5 6
           Marr: 8 Nov 1810

3 F Mary McConnell 5 7 

           Born: 24 Aug or 27 Aug 1792 - Lancaster Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Oct 1881 - Westmoreland Co, PA 7
         Buried:  - New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Thomas Elder (1782-1855) 5 7 8
           Marr: 12 Jun 1812

4 M Daniel McConnell 3 4 9 

           Born: 19 Apr 1794 - Lancaster Co, PA 4 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Mar 1865 - Salem Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 4 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hannah McBride (      -1884) 3 4
           Marr: 12 Jan or 16 Jan 1817 4 5

5 F Martha McConnell 5 10 

           Born: 15 Oct 1795
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Nov 1862 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: George Stewart (      -      ) 5 10
           Marr: 31 Oct 1816

         Spouse: James Marshall (1790-1875) 5 10 12 13 14
           Marr: 11 Jan 1825 11

6 F Violet McConnell 5 

           Born: 26 Sep 1799
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin

         Spouse: James Power Smith (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 4 Jan 1820

7 F Elizabeth McConnell 5 

           Born: 26 Sep 1799
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 May 1803
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

8 M Thomas Whiteside McConnell 5 9 

           Born: 31 Aug 1801
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1890 - Missouri
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Martha Gilchrist (      -      )
           Marr: 23 Jun 1823

9 M David McConnell 5 15 

           Born: 22 Apr 1803
     Christened: 
           Died: 1868 9
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Nancy Guthrie (      -Aft 1890) 16
           Marr: 12 Jun 1828

10 F Hannah McConnell 5 

           Born: 12 Jul 1805
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James Robinson (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 12 Jun 1828

11 F Rebecca McConnell 5 17 18 

           Born: 22 Sep 1807 - near Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Jan 1874 19
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Sterling Marshall (1802-1865/1874) 5 17 20
           Marr: 15 Feb 1831 - Armstrong Co, PA 18 19

12 M Samuel McConnell 5 9 21 

           Born: 24 Sep 1809
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Fanny Bovard (      -      ) 21
           Marr: 17 Mar 1831

General Notes: Husband - David McConnell


He and his wife were among the Scotch-Irish settlers who crossed the Alleghenies into Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, after the close of the Revolutionary war. Like hundreds of others they came from Ireland just before the war, stopped for one generation in Lancaster County and then joined in the new movement to the backwoods. Having arrived in Westmoreland County they took up a large tract of land lying along the Whitehorn, a branch which puts into Loyalhanna creek some miles below New Alexandria. To David McConnell were born twelve children, all of whom lived to marry.

He married and lived in Colerain township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, until 1800, when he moved to Salem township, Westmoreland County. He and his wife had a family of twelve children, all of whom lived to maturity and reared families, except one, who died in infancy. They nearly all located in western Pennsylvania, but some also dispersed throughout the northern and western states.
In May, 1905, there were living of David McConnell's lineal descendants four ministers, of whom Rev. Samuel D. McConnell, D.D., LL.D., and Rev. David McConnell Steel, both of New York city, were two; four lawyers, of whom two were judges, and five physicians. Of the families of the four sons of David McConnell, three of them were, for many years, represented in the Eldership of Congruity Presbyterian church.

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Sources

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 490.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 13.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 34, 145.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 14.

5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 34.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 659.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 536.

8 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 600.

9 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 493.

10 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 538.

11 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 49.

12 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 48.

13 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 303.

14 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 434.

15 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 490, 681.

16 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 236x.

17 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 226.

18 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 654.

19 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 227.

20 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 557, 654.

21 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1106.

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