Sarah Widney
| Sarah Widney | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1753<ref>The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p51 (Roger Linn, 1993)</ref> County Tyrone (?), Ireland<ref>The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p51 (Roger Linn, 1993)</ref> |
| Died | Feb. 18, 1810<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/a/y/Loretta-L-Layman/GENE4-0001.html</ref> |
| Resting place | Concord Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery<ref>http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=1976329&GRid=16199496&</ref>, Concord (Franklin County), PA (also known as Concord Union Cemetery?<ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/a/y/Loretta-L-Layman/GENE4-0001.html</ref>) |
| Residence | Concord, PA (1784–1810)<ref>The Clan Linn, [p27]</ref> |
| Spouse | Hugh Linn (m. 1777)<ref>The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p51 (Roger Linn, 1993)</ref> |
| Children | John Linn<br />William Linn<br />Hugh Linn II<br />Sarah Linn<br />Margaret Linn<br />James Linn<br />Jane Linn<br />Nancy Linn<ref>The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p51 (Roger Linn, 1993)</ref> |
| Parents | James Widney (1728), Mary Wilson <ref>http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/a/r/David-R-Carr-Illinois/ODT3-0001.html</ref> |
| Relatives | Col. John Widney (great-grandfather)<ref>The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p51 (Roger Linn, 1993)</ref> |
Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century Entry
Sarah was "an Irish girl of Dutch descent whose family owned an estate in County Tyrone.<ref>The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p51 (Roger Linn, 1993)</ref>"
"Sarah's great-grandfather was Col. John Widney, who in 1688 accompanied William of Orange of Holland to Britain to support him in his war against James II. John Widney had loaned money to Prince William, presumably to help finance the war. Again in 1690 John Widney fought for William in Ireland at the Batter of the Boyne. Afterward he was given an estate in County Tyrone. Sarah Widney Linn and all of her sisters and brothers honored him by naming their firstborn sons 'John.'<ref>The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p51 (Roger Linn, 1993)</ref>"
Clan Linn Entry regarding the Widneys
Colonel Widney's grandson James, whom we shall call James Widney 1st, married Mary Wilson, of Ballybay, County Monaghan, about the year 1750, and had six children who grew to maturity. James Widney 2d, brother of Sarah (Widney) Linn, was the eldest and, according that the law of primogeniture, inherited the ancestral estate. He was known as a country gentleman or Squire, not have any taxes to pay except to the crown. Being of an enterprising spirit he determined to case his fortune with the newly born country across the sea, and when thirty-one years of age sold the ancestral property and with all his brothers and sisters, Sarah excepted, emigrated to America.
They sailed to Londonderry on the U.S. Ship of War "Congress" (Captain Knox), which had been fitted for passenger traffic, and landed in Philadelphia Septer 17, 1784. James Widney bought six hundred acres of land in Path Valley, Franklin (then Cumberland) County, Pennsylvania, and lived there until his decease in 1835, at the age of eight-two years. ([p23])
James Widney 2d, great-grandson of Colonel Widney, married in the year 1775, Ann Erwin, whose father was a minister of the Established Church of England at Aughnacloy, County Tyrone, and Hugh Linn married, 1777, Sarah Widney, a sister of James Widney. Thus we see the blood of the Linns and Widneys mingled in one family and that of the Widneys and Erwins in another. Subsequently a son of Hugh Linn (Hugh Linn 2d) married Ann Widney, a daughter of James Widney 2d and Ann (Erwin) Widney, she being his full cousin, and in that branch of the family of which the writer George Wilds Linn is a member is mingled the blood of the Linns, Widneys and Erwins.[p24]