William Linn, Sr.
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| William Linn, Sr. | |
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| Born |
c. 1700 Northern Ireland |
| Resting place | Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, Pennsylvania[1] |
| Children | William Linn, Jr. |
- Born in Northern Ireland; immigrated to Chester County, PA in 1732[2]
Biography[3][4][edit]
"William Linn, his great-great-grandfather, emigrated from the North of Ireland, in 1732, and settled in Chester county, Penn. According to family tradition, his wife died in Ireland, and he brought with him an only son, William. They remained in Chester county but a few years, when, following the tide of emigration, they settled upon the frontier of the Purchase of October, 1736, near what is now known as Roxbury, in Franklin county. The names of William Linn, Sr., and William Linn., Jr., appear on the assessment list of Lurgan township, Cumberland county, for the year 1751, one year after the erection of Cumberland county (1750). Here the ancestor died, having nearly reached the one hundredth year of his age. His father fought on the side of "the Orange" at Boyne, July 1, 1690, and was said to have been in Capt. Hugh Wilson's company, the first Irish officer who crossed the river."
Resting Place[edit]
"In the fall of 2005, I Thomas F Linn, descendant of [...] William, made a trip to Middle Spring Presbyterian Church and worshipped there. At the time, I noticed that the gravestone of William Linn was in poor shape and arranged to supplement it with a marker at the foot of the original which was installed in the Spring of 2006 with the assistance of parishioners of the Middle Spring Church. On this trip I also discovered each of the stones of all my direct ancestors except that of [...] William. [...] William is very likely buried in the first churchyard of the Middle Spring Church which is across the road from the current church and has but a few stones left as of 2005. I was also able to track down the approximate area of William's [grandson] Johns [my ancestor now buried in the Lewisburg cemetery, following removal from the Buffalo Crossroads Presbyterian Churchyard] and that farm is in some of the photos in this file. Photos of all stones of Linns in my line are contained in this Family Treemaker file."[5]
Attempts to Connect to Hugh Linn[edit]
Jim Lindstrom (editor note): "William Sr was at least child bearing age (>20 lets say) in 1732, meaning he was born before 1712. Hugh Linn (1753) and wife Sarah were born in 1753, and Sarah's father James Widney was born in 1728. It sounds like Sarah's grandfather, Col. John Widney (b. unknown; fought against James II) was probably contemporaneous with William Sr.'s dad, making William Jr, Hugh, and Sarah all the same generation. The closest we could hope for is that William Sr. was Hugh's uncle? or first cousin once removed?"
Historical Records[edit]
- A "William Linn" patented a parcel of land called "Linn's Valley" in Cumberland on March 22, 1755
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Presumption by Tom Linn. See "Resting Place" section
- ↑ http://www.famousamericans.net/williamlinn/
- ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.org/pa/centre/bios/linn-john-b.txt
- ↑ http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924028856900#page/n379/mode/2up/search/linn
- ↑ Email from Tom Linn to Jim Lindstrom on Nov, 16. 2010