Ambrose Rynd

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Husband Ambrose Rynd ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1738 - Ireland 1 2
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           Died: Abt 1837 - ? Venango Co, PA
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Children

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1 M John Rynd ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1777 - Ireland 2
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           Died: 1849 2
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         Spouse: Nancy McCaslin (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Ambrose Rynd

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He was a wool factor in Ireland. He must have been intelligent as well as thrifty, for he succeeded in saving twelve hundred dollars, a substantial sum in those days, which he brought with him in gold to America at the time of his emigration in 1799. His first location was in Westmoreland County, PA, where he lived a year or so, supporting himself by day labor and keeping his store of money until he saw a proper opportunity to invest it. In 1800 he came to the Oil creek valley in Venango County, and at the mouth of Cherry Tree run bought from the Holland Land Company a tract of five hundred acres, lying on both sides of Oil creek, where he erected a cabin and passed the rest of his life, following farming throughout his active years. He lived to the remarkable age of ninety-nine, and though not a young man when he settled here succeeded in making improvements which added greatly to the value of his property. His upright character and keen intelligence brought him the respect of all his neighbors, among whom he enjoyed a standing and reputation of which his posterity have every reason to be proud. His wife died in Ireland before he left that country, and he always made his home with his only son, John. [CAB, 801]

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1086.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 801.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1087.