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Facts and Events
| Name |
James Bruce |
| Alt Name[1][2] |
James Bruce, Sr. |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[4][5] |
1720 |
Leochel-Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Christening[1][2] |
20 May 1720 |
Leochel-Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Immigration[2] |
Abt 1740 |
Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia |
| Marriage |
10 Jun 1744 |
Winchester, Frederick County, Virginiato Margaret McMahon |
| Residence |
1745 |
North Branch of Potomac Riverwith Margaret McMahon |
| Residence |
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Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United Stateswith Margaret McMahon |
| Residence |
Abt 1780 |
Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United Stateswith Margaret McMahon |
| Military[3] |
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Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States“Served in the Colonial Wars under George Rogers Clark.” |
| Occupation[2] |
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Carpenter |
| Death? |
1795 |
Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States |
| Alt Death[1][2] |
1799 |
Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, United States |
| Burial[1] |
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Nelson, Kentucky, United States |
James and his father were carpenters, building many of the houses in Brucetown, Virginia. James was also a surveyor. As noted above, Hugh Parrell willed land to John Bruce. As a result, James Bruce received 310 acres from Lord Fairfax on April 12 and 14, 1760. James’ land was located on what is now the south side of Redbud Run served by Frederick County High 656, north from Virginia Highway 7 on the southeast part of the tract.
James moved his family to the north branch of the Potomac in present Alleghany County, Maryland circa 1764, and then to Pennsylvania, settling on land in Pennsylvania purchased from Margaret’s brother along the Monongahala River. James received an appointment from the Governor as an Ensign in the militia. During the 1780s, James and his oldest five children moved from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania to Nelson County, Kentucky. James was on the tax list on August 30, 1800 in Nelson County, Kentucky.
James’ grandson wrote his Memoirs in 1851[4]: “My first recollection that I have of my ancestors was hearing my grandfather, James Bruce, telling that himself and a younger brother, George Bruce, came from Scotland about the year 1740. My grandfather located in Winchester, Virginia. He was a house carpenter by trade, and I have heard him say that he built the first frame house that was ever built in that town. About the year 1744 he married a Margaret McMahon and moved to the north branch of the Potomac in Maryland. He continued there, following his trade and farming until he raised a large family of children. My father, William Bruce, was the eldest. He was born the 14th day of February, 1745. He had two sons younger than my father and six daughters, viz., Elizabeth, who married a man by the name of Thomas Anderson; Margaret, who married David Cox; Jane was married to a William Marshall; Nancy, that married Samuel Percifull; Ann, who married Samuel Glass; and James, who married one Polly Runyan, and George, that married the widow Biggs.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lee R. Drew. Family History.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Judy & Gary Griffin, jerseygriff@gmail.com. Hutchinson - Laird - Griffin - Eggleston and Related Families.
- ↑ Annette Fisher Albin. The Albin’s of Harrison County, Indiana. (1990, Revised 1992, Revised 1994).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bruce, William, 1776-1853. Memoirs of The Bruce Family. (Bruceville, Knox, Indiana, United States : Rainbow Class, Bruceville Christian Church, 1954).
- ↑ Based on date/place of christening
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