Hon. Abraham Lamberton and Margaret Elliott Clark

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Husband Hon. Abraham Lamberton ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Squire  Lamberton 3
           Born: 6 Apr 1801 - Cumberland Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Jan 1869 - Cumberland Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Ashland Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA

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         Father: James Lamberton (1750-1822) 1
         Mother: Ursula Wood (1763-1840) 1 5

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       Marriage: 8 Apr 1830 3

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Wife Margaret Elliott Clark ^{2 3}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 3 Mar 1886 3
         Buried:  - Ashland Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA

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         Father: Robert Clark (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: Nancy Fleming (      -      ) 2 6

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Children

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1 F Nancy Elizabeth Lamberton ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: 20 Jul 1892 3
         Buried: 

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2 F Ursula Wood Lamberton ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1859 3
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3 F Mary Ann Lamberton ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1876 3
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4 F Margaret Elliott Clark Lamberton ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1905
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5 M James Ross Lamberton ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: in infancy
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M Robert Clark Lamberton ³

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           Born: 28 Feb 1842 - Middlesex Twp, Cumberland Co, PA 7
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           Died: 12 May 1904 8
         Buried:  - Ashland Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA

         Spouse: Sarah Rebecca Diven (      -1896) 9
           Marr: 9 Jan 1873 9

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7 F Jane Rebecca Lamberton ³

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           Died: Aft 1905
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8 F Catherine Williams Lamberton ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: in infancy
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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9 M James Abraham Lamberton ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1905
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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Abraham Lamberton

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He was born, reared and always lived on the farm which his grandfather, John Lamberton, acquired by purchase in 1773. While he never changed his home the district in which his home was situated had three different names during his lifetime. At his birth, and for some years thereafter, it was Middleton township. In the course of time Middleton township was divided and the part which includes the Lamberton place became North Middleton. Afterward North Middleton was divided and thereafter the Lamberton home has been in Middlesex township.
His education was limited to such instruction as was imparted in the country district school of his day, but being possessed of a vigorous intellect he from natural inclination continued his studies long after his school days ended, and in that way acquired a good practical education. Although a farmer he made surveying a specialty and studied and practiced it until he was master of all its details, winning for himself a reputation that brought him all the business in that line he could attend to. Politically he was an ardent Democrat, and he gave much time and attention to public affairs, which naturally resulted in placing him in public position. In 1832 Gov. Wolf appointed him a justice of the peace for the same district in which Gov. McKean had appointed his father twenty-eight years before. The office of justice of the peace becoming elective in 1840, he thereafter was elected to it by the people and re-elected so long as he consented to stand as a candidate for same. He was peculiarly constituted for the duties and requirements of this office, and discharged them with such conscientious fidelity that he come to be universally known as "Squire Lamberton," and by that title has passed permanently into the history of the county. In 1847 and in 1848 he was elected to the Lower House of the State Legislature. Cumberland County was then entitled to two representatives in that branch of the Legislature, and there were four candidates for the two places. Each time good strong men ran, but each time Mr. Lamberton received the highest vote cast. In 1850 he was elected county surveyor, and thereafter re-elected to that office until he finally declined to run. He was a zealous friend and supporter of the free school system, helped to put the law creating it into effect and under it was a director continuously for many years and until late in life. Like his father before him he was of the Presbyterian faith, and united with the Second Presbyterian Church of Carlisle on May 11, 1833, at the second communion held by that congregation, was a consistent and earnest Christian worker, and for years a trustee of the church.

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret Elliott Clark

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from North Middleton Twp, Cumberland Co, PA

1 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 669.

2 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 18.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 671.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 670.

5 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 19.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 583.

7 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 672.

8 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 675.

9 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 676.