John Porter and Mary Ross

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Husband John Porter ¹

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           Born: 20 Feb 1742 - Ireland 2
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           Died: 25 Feb 1820 - Monaghan Twp, York Co, PA 2
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         Father: [Father] Porter (      -      )
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Wife Mary Ross ³

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           Born: Sep 1762 - Chester Co, PA 2
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           Died: 18 Sep 1804 - York Co, PA 4
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         Father: William Ross (Abt 1725-1777) 5
         Mother: Jean Nesbit (      -      ) 6

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Children

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1 F Nancy Porter ²

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Jane Porter ⁷

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           Born: 1780 - Monaghan Twp, York Co, PA 8
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         Spouse: John Mateer (      -      ) 8

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3 F Elsie Porter ⁸

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            AKA: Elizabeth Porter 2
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         Spouse: William Mateer (      -      ) 9

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4 M William Porter ²

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           Born: 1797 - near Dillsburg, York Co, PA 9
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         Spouse: Isabella May (      -      ) 9

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5 F Mary Porter ²

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         Spouse: Alexander Crawford (      -      ) 9

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6 F Martha Porter ²

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           Born: 5 Oct 1790 - near Dillsburg, York Co, PA 10
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           Died: 3 Mar 1834 - Dillsburg, York Co, PA 10
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         Spouse: James Black (      -      ) 10
           Marr: 24 Dec 1812 10

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General Notes: Husband - John Porter

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He was from County Armagh, Ireland. Under the protection of his brother William, then a citizen of the United States, and accompanied by their father, the three went aboard a vessel at Londonderry bound for the United States, then at war with Great Britain. The party reached Philadelphia without adventure or molestation at sea and at once made their way to an Irish settlement west of the Susquehanna River where William Porter had already established his family.
Not long after John Porter 's arrival, the brothers, in company with other settlers in the western part of the county, removed to lands near the present town of Dillsburg, some of which had been forfeited by the Tories and disaffected militia of York County.
John Porter joined the York County Militia in Captain Parkinson's Company and was a private in Captain Dodd's Company when it was attached to the Continental line in 1781. He was captain of a Rifle Company of York County Militia in 1795 when an expedition was sent against the Indians.

1 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 58, 126.

2 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 58.

3 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 50, 127.

4 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 50.

5 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 10, 48.

6 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 10.

7 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 58, 127.

8 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 127.

9 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 128.

10 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 129.