Hugh Linn (1753)

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Hugh Linn
Born 1753[1]
Newry, County Down, Ireland[2]
Died Jan. 1, 1815[3]
Concord, PA
Resting place Concord Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery[4], Concord (Franklin County), PA (also known as Concord Union Cemetery?[5])
Residence Concord, PA (1784–1815) «Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.–Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.»"Marriage: Concord, PA to Hugh Linn (1753)" Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/Hugh_Linn_(1753))[6]
Spouse Sarah Widney (m. 1777) «Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.»"Marriage: Sarah Widney to Hugh Linn (1753)" Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/Hugh_Linn_(1753))[7]
Children

John Linn (19 Mar 1778 - 6 Dec 1845)
William Linn (1780-?)
Mary Linn (1782-1826)
Hugh Linn II (10 May 1785 - 3 Apr 1870)
Sarah Linn (1788-1812)
Margaret Linn (7 Mar 1790 - 13 Dec

1870)
James Linn (1792-1848)
Jane Linn (1795 - 7 April 1842)
Nancy Linn (1801-1868)[8][9]
Parents John Linn (1720)
Jane Patterson (1723)
Relatives Rebecca Lee Linn (Sister)[10]

The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century Entry

"Hugh Linn (h), who was born in 1753, was the first of our clan to set foot on the shores of this continent. Hugh lived in or near Newry, County Down, Ireland at least as early as the 1770s. In 1777 he married Sarah Widney, an Irish girl of Dutch descent whose family owned an estate in County Tyrone. Countless troubles in Ireland in the late eighteenth century--economic, political and religious--forced many small farmers and laborers to seek a fresh start in the newly colonized wilderness far across the Atlantic. The journey was long, the future uncertain, but events in Ireland indicated that life was not going to improve there in the near future, either

"In the eleventh year of their marriage [1788] the Linns' little family boarded ship in Londonberry on a journey with no opportunity available to turn back. Due to the uncertaint of the undertaking, Hugh and Sarah left their second-born son, William, in Ireland in the care of an aunt. William was the remaining "seed" should the worst befall the family of the pilgrim, Hugh. Several of William's descendants did, indeed, follow Hugh and Sarah some fifty years later.[11]"

Time in America

"In 1788, Hugh and Sarah brought three small children to Franklin County, Pennsylvania. There, Hugh farmed and helped to found the village of Concord in Fannett Township. Since there was as yet no established church in the area, he opened his home to people far and near for worship, prayer, and Bible reading. His cabin became known to those in the surrounding countryside as Immanuel, meaning "God with us." Hugh Linn and his family lived a rugged, pioneer life sustained by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. As related by his son Hugh Linn II, the family closed each day together with the evening meal and conversation, followed by scripture reading and prayer."[12]

(Note: The three immigrant children would have been John Linn (b. 1778), Mary Linn (b.1782), and Hugh Linn II (b. 1785). William Linn (b. 1780) was left behind, and Sarah Linn (1788-1812) apparently was born later in 1788 after arrival in America.)

Locating Hugh's Farm

The Clan Linn books describes the Linn's Pennsylvania farm as being just north of Concord, PA in Huntingdon County, along the Tuscarora Creek:

One look more and we part forever. Near us is the mansion built by James Widney, and before us, across the Tuscarora Creek, are the lands once tilled by Hugh Linn 2d, all hallowed to their posterity. Behind us is, the "Round Top," one of the ranges of the beautiful Blue Mountains; to our right is "The Knob," a thousand feet above us, guarding, sentinel like, the place on which we stand; in front is the Tuscacora Mountain, all overloking the valley; while nestled in the vale at our feet, is the little village of Concord, the site of so many of our early family activities.[13]

This location is approximately: [40°15'24.40"N, 77°42'1.86"W]:

<googlemap zoom="15" lat="40.256778" lon="-77.700517"> 40.256778,-77.700517 </googlemap>

Historical Records

Notes

  1. ↑ The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p51 (Roger Linn, 1993)
  2. ↑ The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p51 (Roger Linn, 1993)
  3. ↑ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/a/y/Loretta-L-Layman/GENE4-0001.html
  4. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=1976329&GRid=16199147&
  5. ↑ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/a/y/Loretta-L-Layman/GENE4-0001.html
  6. ↑ The Clan Linn, [clan linn&pg=PA86#v=onepage&q&f=false p27]
  7. ↑ The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p51 (Roger Linn, 1993)
  8. ↑ The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p51 (Roger Linn, 1993)
  9. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/franklin/bios/linn-hugh.txt
  10. ↑ The Clan Linn, [clan linn&pg=PA86#v=onepage&q&f=false p27]
  11. ↑ The Clan Linn in the Twentieth Century, p51 (Roger Linn, 1993)
  12. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/franklin/bios/linn-hugh.txt
  13. ↑ The Clan Linn, [clan linn&pg=PA86#v=onepage&q&f=false p86-87]
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