Edward Crouch and Margaret Potter

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Husband Edward Crouch ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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           Born: 9 Nov 1764 - Walnut Hill, Paxtang Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Jan 1827 4
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA

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         Father: Col. James Crouch (Abt 1728-1794) 1 2 4
         Mother: Hannah Brown (1727-1787) 2 4

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Rachel Bailey (1782-1857) 4

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Wife Margaret Potter ^{1 3 4 5}

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           Born: 1775 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Feb 1795 or 1797 4 5
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA

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         Father: Maj.-Gen. James Potter (1729-1789) 6 7 8 9 10 11
         Mother: Mary Patterson (      -1791/1792) 3 5 9 12

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Children

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1 F Mary Crouch ^{4 13 14}

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           Born: 23 Oct 1791 - Walnut Hill, Dauphin Co, PA 4 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Oct 1846 - Walnut Hill, Dauphin Co, PA 4 13
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church

         Spouse: Benjamin Jordan (1779-1861) 4 13 14
           Marr: 29 Oct 1811 13

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General Notes: Husband - Edward Crouch

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He was a merchant by occupation. At the age of seventeen, he enlisted in the army of the Revolution, and commanded a company in the Whiskey Insurrection, in 1794. He served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1804 to 1806, and was a Presidential elector in 1813. Governor Snyder appointed him one of the associate judges of Dauphin County, April 16, 1813, but he resigned upon his election to the Thirteenth United States Congress.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 477.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 174.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 110.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 145.

5 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 314.

6 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 901.

7 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 402.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 19.

9 —, Book of Biographies of Leading Citizens of Berks County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1898), Pg 12.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 857.

11 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 312.

12 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 858.

13 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 510.

14 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 315.