James Proudfit and Peggy Merchant

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Husband James Proudfit ¹

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           Born: 8 Nov 1760 - Nottingham Twp, Chester Co, PA 1
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           Died: 2 May 1856 1
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         Father: Andrew Proudfoot (1728-1807) 2
         Mother: Sarah Wallace (1733-1811/1814) 2

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       Marriage: 20 Sep 1809 3

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   Other Spouse: Jane Wallace (      -1808) 3

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   Other Spouse: Jane McLaughlin (      -1841) 3 - 6 Jan 1814 3

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Wife Peggy Merchant ³

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           Born: 30 Mar 1780 3
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           Died: 21 Nov 1811 3
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Children

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1 M Samuel Proudfit ³

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           Born: 22 Jul 1810 3
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           Died: 30 Sep 1817 3
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - James Proudfit

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He was serving under Capt. Travis in the War of the Revolution on his eighteenth birthday. He served for two months in three different years: 1777, 1781, and 1782. He received a pension for his services from 1833 until his death. He must have left York County, Pennsylvania, as soon as he was discharged, as, according to Crumrine's History of Washington County, Pennsylvania, he settled in that county in 1782. He bought of Job Stout, December 8, 1787, 100 acres of land in what was later Hanover Township. On this farm he spent the remainder of his life.
He was justice of the peace for 34 years, and for many years an elder in the Crossroads Presbyterian Church. His granddaughter, Mrs. Jane Orr, who had reached adult age before his death, described him as a small man with brown eyes and black hair. He was very fond of books and was deeply interested in the slavery question. She had seen him in his old age, when the Blanchard and Rice debates on that question were attracting public attention, rehearse to himself the arguments on both sides, enforcing them with emphatic gestures and quoting the Scripture adduced by either disputant.

1 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 15.

2 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 13.

3 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 16.