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From: Jeannette Maxey <>
Subject: Samuel Culbertson
Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 22:08:53 -0400
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I would love to contact some other descendants of Samuel Culbertson who
married Jennet Shields.



Jeannette Maxey





Name: Samuel 'Irish' Culbertson ®15

Birth Place: County Antrim, Ireland

Death Date: Oct 1789

Death Place: Greene Twp, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania



Spouse: Jennet Shields

Marriage Date: Before 1736/1738

Marriage Place: PA

Children: Jennet (Jean)

Spouse: Eleanor ®16 McKean

Marriage Date: 20 Aug 1782

Marriage Place: Made A Prenuptial Agreement

Notes:

The first mention of him is found in the PA Archives that he was a
Sergeant-Major in Col. Hugh Mercer's (Third) Battalion of Pa Provincial
troops in 1758 and again in 1759.

He and his brother emigrated from Culbertson Row, County Antrim, Ireland to
Greene twp, Franklin Co, PA. the new place was also called Culbertson Row
between 1730 -1735. He was a wealthy, influential man at one time owning
2000 acres. About 1734-6 he married Jennet Shields daughter of David Shields
of Letterkenny twp. {A second marriage was to Eleanor W McKean.}

Children:

Jennet m. James Guthrie

Samuel b 1738-9 d 1814 raised in Letterkenny twp, Cumberland Co, PA moved to
Westmoreland Co,PA about 1785-6.

John b. 1739-1740 d. 1797 Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania

Robert b. 1741-42 m. cousin Elizabeth Linsay d. 1777-8 Cumberland Co.,
Pennsylvania

Eleanor b. 1742-3 m Thos Mc Cane(McKean) d. before 1789

Joseph d. 1801 Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

Alexander b. 1747 d 1790 Franklin Co., Pennsylvania

Agnes b. 1749 m. 1777 Wm Long moved to Fayette Co., Kentucky

James b. 1750? d. 1812

Martha

Joanna (Mrs Sharp)

Mary unmarried

Samuel's will of October 9, 1799 (probated Oct 15, 1789) lists sons: Samuel,
John, Robert, Joseph, Alexander ( one light blue suit coat of my own
weaving) Daughters, Agnes Long, Martha Culbertson, Joanna Sharp, Mary
Culbertson, Jennet Guthry and left son James the whole plantation.

The value of his estate was at lease $ 70,000. ®16

Last Modified: 23 May 2004

Reference Note 15

American GUTHRIE and Allied Families compiled by Laurence R Guthrie - 1933
reprinted 1985

Reference Note 16

Culbertson and Culbertson Families by Lewis R Culbertson 1923 - apparently
there are a lot of mistakes in this book.





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