Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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[Father] McQuiston




Husband [Father] McQuiston

           Born:  - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 



Wife

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           Died: 
         Buried: 


Children
1 M David McQuiston 1

           Born: 
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2 M John McQuiston 1

           Born: 1776 - Delaware or New Jersey 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Apr 1849 2 3
         Buried:  - McQuiston Cemetery, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
         Spouse: Nancy Harper (Abt 1784-1865) 2
           Marr: 4 May 1802 2


3 M Alexander McQuiston 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - ? Butler Co, PA
         Buried: 
         Spouse: [Unk] Crawford (      -      ) 2
         Spouse: Abbie Sloan (      -      ) 2



General Notes: Husband - [Father] McQuiston


He emigrated from Ireland to Delaware. Three of his sons, David, John and Alexander, subsequently settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and in 1802 John and Alexander came to Venango County and located upon the land in the northwest corner of Scrubgrass township, on the Allegheny river. The tract originally contained four hundred and forty-four acres.

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Sources


1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 552, 972.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 972.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 336.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 3, Scrubgrass Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1995), Pg 26.


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