Andrew Proudfoot

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Husband Andrew Proudfoot ¹

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1 M Andrew Proudfoot ³

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            AKA: Andrew Proudfit 2
           Born: Nov 1728 - Perthshire, Scotland 3
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           Died: 30 Mar 1807 - ? York Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Sarah Wallace (1733-1811/1814) 3
           Marr: 4 Dec 1759 3

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2 M Rev. James Proudfoot ⁵

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            AKA: Rev. James Proudfit 2 5 6
           Born: 1732 - near Perth, Scotland 7
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           Died: 22 Oct 1802 5
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         Spouse: Mary Fulton (1745-      ) 5 6
           Marr: 1759 5

         Spouse: Ann Houston (      -      ) 8

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3 M David Proudfoot ¹¹

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            AKA: David Proudfit 2 9 10
           Born:  - Scotland
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           Died: 1826 - ? York Co, PA 12
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         Spouse: Nancy Livingston (      -      ) 10 13

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4 M Robert Proudfoot ¹⁴

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            AKA: Robert Proudfit 2 7
           Born:  - Scotland
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           Died: 1802 - ? York Co, PA 14
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         Spouse: Mary McKittrick (      -      ) 14

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General Notes: Husband - Andrew Proudfoot

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The name of this family, was formerly written Proudfoot. The change of spelling, according to family tradition, was first made by Dr. Alexander Proudfit, of Salem, New York, who counseled the family to preserve in this way the Scotch pronunciation of the name.

He was a farmer, of Perthshire, Scotland. He was twice married. Four sons by the first wife emigrated to the American colonies. Two daughters, Jenette and Elizabeth, are named in the records of T. P. Proudfit and D. M. Proudfit. One of these daughters, it must have been, who, "when she saw her brother James embark, threw herself upon the ground in wild and despairing grief," to quote from Dr. Alexander Proudfit's biographer.
A granddaughter of the son Andrew, remembered hearing her father say that his father had half brothers and sisters in Scotland, but no further account of them has been found.

The circumstances which led to the transplanting of a part of the family to America may be learned from the following extract from the Rev. T. P. Proudfit's Proudfit-Patterson Genealogy:
"Andrew, the father, and his wife were members of the Established Church of Scotland, and taught their children the principles of Christianity, including the Westminster Catechism.
"James, the second child, was a person of serious mind, great memory, and well-balanced mentally. He was born near Perth in 1732, and at a suitable age was sent to the University. He became dissatisfied with the Established Church, and decided to join the Antiburgher branch of the Secession Church. His parents protested against the step, regarding it as fatal to his prospects of temporal preferment. James, after mature deliberation, carried out his purpose, completed his literary course, and studied theology under the direction of the Rev. Alexander Moncrieff, professor of divinity in that denomination, for whom he subsequently named a son. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Perth and Dumferline in 1753 to preach the gospel.
"Frequent applications were made at that time by members of the Associate, or Secession Church, who lived in the British colonies in America for preaching. Accordingly the Rev. Alexander Gellatly and the Rev. Andrew Arnot were sent as early as 1753 (possibly not till 1754), the former as a permanent minister with a view to settlement, the latter as a missionary for a year. They came to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and organized the Associate Presbytery of Pennsylvania, subordinate to the Associate (Antiburgher) Synod of Scotland.
"November 2, 1753, James Proudfit 'was deemed eminently fitted to occupy this new field of labor, and accordingly, in July, 1754, he was ordained to the ministry, with a destination for North America. The ordination sermon was preached by the Rev. Geo. Brown from Gal. 1:15, 16.' "
The young missionary was accompanied by his older brother, Andrew. They landed in Boston in September, 1754, and proceeded at once to southern Pennsylvania, which was the field where the work of the Rev. James Proudfit lay. Families from Perthshire had already built up homes in York County, so that it was natural that Andrew should settle there. When, five years later, Robert and David followed, they established themselves near their oldest brother.
In a special assessment ordered by the commissioners of York County, in 1783, among the taxables of Hopewell Township are found Andrew Proudfoot, owning 200 acres, valuation 171 pounds; Robert Proudfoot, 160 acres. valuation 104 pounds; David Proudfoot, 55 acres, valuation 68 pounds. These three brothers spent the rest of their lives in York County, but their children nearly all sought homes in newer regions.
connections.
The Proudfits have shown themselves a patriotic race. The three brothers, Andrew, Robert, and David, who settled in York County, are all enrolled in one of the companies (Lieut. McKissick's)* of the Sixth Battalion of the militia of that county, organized in 1776, and known locally as Associates. (See History of York County, Pa., J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, Ill., 1907, edited by Geo. R. Prowell, of the American Historical Association, Vol. I, p. 269.) They were first called out for one month July 7th, 1776, and congregated at Lancaster. From there they marched to Philadelphia, thence to Trenton and Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

1 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 9.

2 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 930.

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

4 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 14.

5 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 26.

6 Hugh R. Fulton, Genealogy of the Fulton Family (Lancaster, PA: Privately published?, 1900), Pg 27.

7 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 10.

8 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 27.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 504, 994, 1168.

10 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 30.

11 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 10, 30.

12 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 504.

13 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 931.

14 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 29.