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| name              = William Linn, Jr.
 
| name              = William Linn, Jr.
| birth_date        = 1722
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| birth_date        = 1722<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924028856900#page/n379/mode/2up/search/linn</ref>
 
| birth_place      = Northern Ireland
 
| birth_place      = Northern Ireland
| death_date        =  
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| death_date        = April 16, 1812<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924028856900#page/n379/mode/2up/search/linn</ref>
| death_place      =  
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| death_place      = Middle Spring Church cemetery, Pennsylvania<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924028856900#page/n379/mode/2up/search/linn</ref>
 
| resting_place    =  
 
| resting_place    =  
| spouse            = [[Susanna Trimble]] (second wife) (d. 1755)
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| spouse            = [[Susanna Trimble]] (d. 1755)<br />[[Jane McCormick]]
| children          = [[William Linn (1752)]]<br />[[John Linn (1754)]]
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| children          = Via Susanna:<br />[[William Linn (1752)]]<br />[[John Linn (1754)]]<br />Via Jane:<br/>[[James Linn (1761)]]<br />[[Susanna Linn (1765)]]<br />[[Jane Linn (1770)]]<br />[[Isaiah Linn (1722)]]<br />[[Charles Linn]]<br />[[George Linn]]<br />[[David Linn (1776)]]<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924028856900#page/n379/mode/2up/search/linn</ref>
 
| parents          = [[William Linn, Sr.]]
 
| parents          = [[William Linn, Sr.]]
 
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*Born in Northern Ireland; immigrated to Chester County, PA in 1732<ref>http://www.famousamericans.net/williamlinn/</ref>
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William was born in Northern Ireland and immigrated to Chester County, PA in 1732<ref>http://www.famousamericans.net/williamlinn/</ref>
  
*"William Linn, Jr., born in 1722 in Ireland, was an officer in Middle Spring Church.  In June, 1755, he was in Philadelphia with his wagon, and with his team was pressed into the service to haul supplies to Gen. Braddock's army, and was present at the noted defeat.  He died April 16, 1812, and is buried in the graveyard attached to Middle Spring Church.  He was twice married; his first wife the one from whom our subject descended, was Susanna Trimble, who died, according to tradition, in Shippensburg, in November, 1755, where in consequence of an Indian raid the frontier inhabitants had gathered.  The children by this union were William and John."<ref>http://files.usgwarchives.org/pa/centre/bios/linn-john-b.txt</ref>
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== Biography<ref>http://files.usgwarchives.org/pa/centre/bios/linn-john-b.txt</ref> ==
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William Linn, Jr., born in 1722 in Ireland, was an officer in Middle Spring Church.  In June, 1755, he was in Philadelphia with his wagon, and with his team was pressed into the service to haul supplies to Gen. Braddock's army, and was present at the noted defeat.  He died April 16, 1812, and is buried in the graveyard attached to Middle Spring Church.  He was twice married; his first wife the one from whom our subject descended, was Susanna Trimble, who died, according to tradition, in Shippensburg, in November, 1755, where in consequence of an Indian raid the frontier inhabitants had gathered.  The children by this union were William and John.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:51, 16 November 2010

William Linn, Jr.
Born 1722[1]
Northern Ireland
Died April 16, 1812[2]
Middle Spring Church cemetery, Pennsylvania[3]
Spouse Susanna Trimble (d. 1755)
Jane McCormick
Children Via Susanna:
William Linn (1752)
John Linn (1754)
Via Jane:
James Linn (1761)
Susanna Linn (1765)
Jane Linn (1770)
Isaiah Linn (1722)
Charles Linn
George Linn
David Linn (1776)[4]
Parents William Linn, Sr.

William was born in Northern Ireland and immigrated to Chester County, PA in 1732[5]

Biography[6][edit]

William Linn, Jr., born in 1722 in Ireland, was an officer in Middle Spring Church. In June, 1755, he was in Philadelphia with his wagon, and with his team was pressed into the service to haul supplies to Gen. Braddock's army, and was present at the noted defeat. He died April 16, 1812, and is buried in the graveyard attached to Middle Spring Church. He was twice married; his first wife the one from whom our subject descended, was Susanna Trimble, who died, according to tradition, in Shippensburg, in November, 1755, where in consequence of an Indian raid the frontier inhabitants had gathered. The children by this union were William and John.

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