Jennie CAMPBELL

Family 1: Charlie MCCONNELL
  1. John MCCONNELL 
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Notes

They were living with her brother Fred Campbell, age 21 and her sister Gay Cambell, age 16.

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James W. CRAIG

Family 1: Eliza MCCONNELL
  1. Wilda CRAIG
  2. James H. CRAIG
  3. Maggie CRAIG
  4. May CRAIG 
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|--James W. CRAIG 
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_____ ESHBAUGH

Family 1: Catherine _____
  1. Mary Jane ESHBAUGH
  2. Susan ESHBAUGH
  3. Naomi E. ESHBAUGH 
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|--_____ ESHBAUGH 
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Matthew HENDERSON

Father: Andrew HENDERSON
Mother: Martha MCCONNELL 

                     ______________________
 _Andrew HENDERSON _|
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|--Matthew HENDERSON 
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|                    _Alexander MCCONNELL _
|_Martha MCCONNELL _|
                    |_Martha WILSON _______
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Albert R. MCCONNELL

Father: John MCCONNELL
Mother: Deda _____ 

                   _Richard MCCONNELL _
 _John MCCONNELL _|
|                 |_Elizabeth HOLMES __
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|--Albert R. MCCONNELL 
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|_Deda _____ _____|
                  |____________________
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Alexander MCCONNELL

Father: William MCCONNELL
Mother: Unknown _____

Family 1: Prudence ALEXANDER
  1. William MCCONNELL
  2. John MCCONNELL
  3. Jane MCCONNELL
  4. Frances MCCONNELL
  5. Mary MCCONNELL
  6. Elizabeth MCCONNELL
  7. Matthew MCCONNELL
  8. Prudence MCCONNELL
  9. Letitia MCCONNELL
  10. Alexander MCCONNELL 
                      _William MCCONNELL _
 _William MCCONNELL _|
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|--Alexander MCCONNELL 
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|_Unknown _____ _____|
                     |____________________
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Notes

The Will of Alexander McConnell, from Cecil Twp, Washington Co., PA.

The following history of the McConnell family was prepared and read by Rev.
W.A. McConnell, D.D., of Hickory, at a family reunion held last summer at
the home of B.K. McConnell, Cecil Township.

What seems to be an entirely reliable tradition traces our ancestry back to
one William McConnell, Sr. of Scottish parentage, and who in the troublous
times in Scotland fled to Ireland to escape persecution.

...obtain this information from a brief sketch of our ancestry written
June 3, 1826, 75 years ago -- by my uncle, Francis McConnell. For the use
of the aforesaid sketch, I am indebted to Miss Sadie Berry, who having seen
the same, copied it, and kindly furnished me her copy.

From the tradition that has come down to me of the writer's intelligence
and accuracy, I have no doubt of the entire reliability of the facts as he
recorded the same; and therefore I have no hesitation in weaving them into
the historical sketch which I now present.

In order that we the more readily and the more clearly understand the
succession, as we trace it our in this history; it is necessary that we
have some one from among ourselves to use for comparison in sketching the
relationship and for that purpose I may as well make myself the target as
any one else.

Beginning then with William McConnell, Sr., of Scotland. To see how far
back we start with this history he would be my great, great, great grand-
father. And for B.K. McConnell, who now occupies the old homestead, where
we are now assembled, we would have to add another great, and for
B.K.'s children, still another great! There are present here to-day at
least of the ninth generation, from the point of starting. To the ninth
generation belongs the precious son of the Rev. R.H. Coulter, D.D., of
Canonsburg, Pa.

Next in the line of succession comes William McConnell, Jr., and son of
William McConnell, Sr., my great, great, grandfather. He emigrated from
Ireland some considerable time before the Revolutionary War. We have no
information other than inferential in regard to the section in which
hhe located on his coming to this country.

The next in order comes Alexander McConnell, son of William McConnell, Jr.,
my great grandfather. According to the forementioned sketch, from which I
derive my information relating to these early times, the son, Alexander came
to America in advance of his father, William McConnell, Jr., and on coming
to this country he settled in Cumberland county, Pa. That fact seems to
warrant the inference that his father, William McConnell, Jr., who came to
this country subsequently to the coming of his son would likely be... ...to
locate in the same section, namely Cumberland county, Pa.

Alexander McConnell married Prudence Alexander. To them were born 10
children as follows: William, John, Jane, Frances, Mary, Elizabeth,
Matthew, Prudence, Letitia and Alexander.

Of these 10 children born to Alexander, all have dropped out of history, as
least so far as known to your historian, with the exception of Matthew and
Alexander and their descendants.

Alexander McConnell and his two sons, Matthew and Alexander, Jr. and also
his daughter Jean, came to Washington county, and to Cecil township,
settling on the tract of land where we are now assembled, about the year
1775. There is still extant, and in a good state of preservation, the
certificate of church membership which Matthew McConnell brought with him
and which bears that date. The certificate was present at the time of the
reunion, and was read at this juncture of the history.

No denomination was mentioned in said certificate. It is known, however,
that his Pastor, the Rev. Matthew Lind, who signed the certificate in
question came to this country as a Reformed Presbyterian minister, and
remained such until some seven years after the date of this certificate,
or until 1782 when a union was effected between the Associate and the
Reformed Presbyterian churches in this country taking the name of the
Associate Reformed Presbyterian church of North America. It is clear then
that Matthew McConnell was at the time of the issuing this certificate a
Reformed Presbyterian - or a Covenanter as commonly designated now.

A certified copy of the will of Alexander McConnell, Sr., my great grand-
father, was present at the time of the reunion, and was read in connection
with the presentation of the history. It had a double interest - first its
antiquity, having been written in 1781, and executed in 1793; second, it
brought to light in some cases, and corroborated in other cases, facts in
the early history of our ancestry.

Additional note:
In the 1790 census Alexander McConnell was listed next to Matthew McConnell.
The census record looks like there are seven males under 16, but that is
probably just a smudge that makes a one look like a seven, since there
were clearly not that many young males in such an elderly household and
the dates of the children do not indicate young males. So there were
actually two males over 16, one male under 16, and two females.
Alexander McConnell died soon after, leaving his possessions to Matthew
McConnell and Alexander McConnell, Jr.

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Jakob MCCONNELL

Father: Steven Patrick MCCONNELL
Mother: Mindy SANDLER 

                             _Jon Patrick MCCONNELL _
 _Steven Patrick MCCONNELL _|
|                           |_Beverly Joyce BROWN ___
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|--Jakob MCCONNELL 
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|                            ________________________
|_Mindy SANDLER ____________|
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Notes

living - details excluded

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John K. MCCONNELL

Father: Alexander MCCONNELL
Mother: Nancy _____ 

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 _Alexander MCCONNELL _|
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|--John K. MCCONNELL 
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|_Nancy _____ _________|
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Levi MCCONNELL

Father: John MCCONNELL
Mother: Rebecca POTTER

Family 1: Mary E. _____
  1. Annie R. MCCONNELL
  2. P.U. MCCONNELL 
                   _Unknown MCCONNELL _
 _John MCCONNELL _|
|                 |_Unknown ___________
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|--Levi MCCONNELL 
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|                  _Jacob POTTER ______
|_Rebecca POTTER _|
                  |_Unknown ___________
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Notes

Levi was living next door to Richard McConnell. Both show the father as born in Ireland and the mother in PA.

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Sarah MCCONNELL

Father: Thomas E. MCCONNELL
Mother: Elizabeth BOLES 

                        _Thomas MCCONNELL _____
 _Thomas E. MCCONNELL _|
|                      |_Mary (Polly) DOWNING _
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|--Sarah MCCONNELL 
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|                       _______________________
|_Elizabeth BOLES _____|
                       |_______________________
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Susannah MCCONNELL

Father: William MCCONNELL
Mother: Charlotte M. _____ 

                       _John MCCONNELL ____
 _William MCCONNELL __|
|                     |_Christiana TAYLOR _
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|--Susannah MCCONNELL 
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|                      ____________________
|_Charlotte M. _____ _|
                      |____________________
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William S. MCCONNELL

Father: George MCCONNELL
Mother: Martha MCNAB 

                     _James Ferguson MCCONNELL _
 _George MCCONNELL _|
|                   |_Rachel LYTEL _____________
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|--William S. MCCONNELL 
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|                    ___________________________
|_Martha MCNAB _____|
                    |___________________________
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Margaret _____

Family 1: James MCCONNELL
  1. Maddison MCCONNELL
  2. Christian MCCONNELL
  3. Nancy MCCONNELL
  4. Eavis MCCONNELL
  5. Elizabeth MCCONNELL
  6. Margaret MCCONNELL
  7. Edward C. MCCONNELL
  8. Samuel MCCONNELL
  9. James MCCONNELL
  10. John James MCCONNELL
  11. Hester MCCONNELL
  12. Sarah MCCONNELL 
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|--Margaret _____ 
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