Person:Jean Murdoch (1)

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Jean Agnes Murdoch
b.5 Apr 1712 Gorty-Lowery Parish, Tyrone, Ireland
d.10/18 Aug 1789 Paxtang, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1711
  1. James MORDAH1708 - 1773
  2. Jean Agnes Murdoch1712 - 1789
  3. Agnes MordahAbt 1715 - 1753
  4. Eleanor MURDAHAbt 1716 -
  5. Henry MORDAHAbt 1718 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 7 Sep 1730
  1. Agnes Rutherford1731 - 1735
  2. Eleanor Rutherford1733 - 1799
  3. Jean Rutherford1734 -
  4. Capt. John Rutherford1737 - 1804
  5. Thomas Rutherford1738 - 1739
  6. Agnes Rutherford1740 -
  7. Thomas Rutherford1743 - 1760
  8. Elizabeth Rutherford1745 - 1745
  9. Mary Rutherford1745 - 1816
  10. James Rutherford1747 - 1809
  11. Samuel Rutherford1749 - 1785
  12. Elizabeth Rutherford1752 -
  13. Agnes Rutherford1768 -
  14. Robert Rutherford1772 - 1855
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Facts and Events
Name Jean Agnes Murdoch
Alt Name Jean Mordah
Gender Female
Birth? 5 Apr 1712 Gorty-Lowery Parish, Tyrone, Ireland
Marriage 7 Sep 1730 PAto Thomas Rutherford
Death? 10/18 Aug 1789 Paxtang, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Burial? Old Paxtang Cemetary, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Ancestral File Number 3GH4-51
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 BIRT PLAC Gorty-Lowery Parish, Tyrone Co., Ireland

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

"There is a spice of romance connected with his early manhood which maynot be uninteresting to the reader. His attachment to Jean Mordah, whomhe afterwards married, was reciprocated. The Mordahs were about to sailfor America, and Thomas, fearing he might lose his Jean, proposed and wasaccepted, but poor Jean was scarcely sixteen and her parents said "no,"and took her with them across the sea. On the cover of his memorandumbook, preserved in the family, Thomas inscribed the legend, "Enquire forDennygall." This was the location of the Mordahs in Pennsylvania, and, inthe following year, 1729, he appeared in person at their door and claimedhis Jean. Mr. Mordah, doubtless, still thought the pair too young, and,in order that more time might be gained, required his prospectiveson-in-law to be the possessor of a certain sum of money, with which tobegin the world, before he would entrust the young lady to his keeping.Thomas, like Jacob of old, was obliged to acquiesce, and took hisdeparture for Philadelphia. When he returned, he was mounted on a goodhorse and had with him the documents which satisfied the old gentleman'srequirements. They were married in 1730, and lived in Donegal until afterthe death of John Mordah, in 1744, when they removed to Derry, and, in1755, to Paxtang, where they spent the remainder of their days. Theirhouse, a two-story log, stood on the site of the present residence ofSilas B. Rutherford, at Paxtang station, and was burned down in 1840. Theold house standing directly opposite the station was built after ThomasRutherford's death, about 1783, and the old stone house over the springwas, probably, built before Mr. Rutherford bought the property." (Egle,William Henry. "Pennsylvania Genealogies: Scotch-Irish and German."Harrisburg Lane, 1886.)

References
  1.   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM) (June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998).
  2.   Egle, William Henry, (i)Pennsylvania Genealogies: Scotch-Irish and German(/i) (Harrisburg Lane, 1886).
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