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Facts and Events
Note the record of Johann Cort, 1740-1827.
References
- Dr David Marchand, in Find A Grave.
Mon Valley Biographies
Dr Louis Marchand of Jefferson Twp., Fayette Co.
From: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia, L H Everts and Company, 1882, pg 627
In the year 1770 Dr David Marchand, the ancestor of the Marchands now residing in Western Pennsylvania, settled on Little Sewickley Creek about six miles southwest of Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Penna. He was born in the canton of Berne, Switzerland, and emigrated at an early age with his father, David Marchand, to the British colonies in America and settled near Hagerstown, Maryland. His father was a Huguenot and fled his country on account of religious persecution.
Dr David Marchand was a physician of rare ability. He practiced in Westmoreland and adjoining counties and so great was the number of patients who applied to him as this office that he established a hospital near his home to which many persons resorted for medical treatment. He died July 22, 1809, in the sixty fourth year of his age and his remains sleep in the cemetery of Brush Creek Church of which he was a liberal supporter. His old German wooden backed Bible contains this entry upon
the first page: These are the children which the Lord hath given me. Will the Lord keep them to walk in His way, that in their conduct in life and in death they may in Christ grow in patience and virtue:
Catharine, born March 8, 1767
Elizabeth, born November 5, 1768
Susanna, born October 13, 1770
Judith, born January 12, 1772
Daniel, born December 8, 1773
Esther, born August 23, 1775
David, born December 10, 1776
Louis, born June 23, 1782
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Westmoreland County, PA
Will Docket 1, pp. 238-240.
Abstract.
Will of Doctor David Marchand.
Hempfield Township, Physician.
To my son Daniel Marchand the tract of land in Hempfield Township now in possession of John Smith, adjoining land of Mathias Ringold and others, containing 300 acres, with the saw mill erected thereon.
To my son David Marchand the tract of land where I now live containing about 400 acres.
After the death of his mother, my son David is to have the two slaves Dot and Peg and the servant boy named Kimmel.
To my son Lewis Marchand the plantation on the east side of the Monongahela River opposite to the mouth of Pike Run, adjoining land of Dickson and others, containing 330 acres.
To my daughter Catherine Shrum the lands in Ligonier Township whereon she and her husband George Shrum now live, along with the grist mill and saw mill. Also to my daughter Catherine 500 acres of land in the state of Ohio to be divided and struck off to her from a tract of 2000 acres which I own on the waters of Licking Creek about 24 miles north of New Lancaster.
To Elizabeth Kuhns, wife of John Kuhns Esquire the lot in Greensburg now in the tenure of my son David and Robert Williams together with the buildings thereon. Also to Elizabeth a tract of land on Kiskiminetas River containing 390 acres and 500 acres from the tract in Ohio above described.
To Susanna Rodibaugh my daughter, wife of Adam Rodibaugh, four lots in the borough of Greensburg adjoining to each other, where Joseph Hostetter now lives. And also so my daughter Susanna 100 acres of unimproved land adjoining George Mayer and others in Hempfield Township.
To Judith Loutzenheizer, wife of Henry Loutzenheizer, a tract of land containing 140 acres including 20 acres to be taken off the tract devised to Daniel Marchand adjoining and also 500 acres of the tract in the state of Ohio above described.
To Esther Brenneman, wife of Christian Brenneman, a tract of land in the state of Tennessee, containing 640 acres called "Blooming Grove" on Blooming Grove Creek, and also 500 acres from the tract in the state of Ohio.
To Elizabeth, my wife, I bequeath 100 acres from the mansion estate, including the house and premises whereon Williard now lives. Alto my said wife, two milk cows, the grey mare, her beds and bedding and household furniture she may choose. My executors are to pay her $800 in case after my decease.
All medicines and shop furniture to be divided between my two sons David and Lewis.
My library to my son Lewis.
All the remainder to be distributed among my children to wit: Lewis, Catharine Shrum, Susanna Rodibaugh, Judith Loutzenheiser and Elizabeth Kuhns.
I appoint my two sons Daniel Marchand and David Marchant and my son-in-law John Kuhns to be my executors.
Signed 4 July 1809.
David Marchand {Seal}
Witnesses: Henry Keifer, Thomas Douglass, Jno. B. Alexander.
Probated 25 July 1809.
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Family Members
Spouse
Elizabeth Kemerer Marchand
1744–1817
Children
Catherine Marchand Shrum
Elizabeth Marchand Kuhns
1768–1830
Judith Marchand Loutsenhizer
1770–1829
Susanna Marchand Rodabaugh
1770–1844
Daniel Marchand
1773–1822
Esther Marchand Breneman
1775–1830
David Marchand
1776–1832
Louis Marchand
1782–1857
- Boucher, John Newton. History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. (New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1906)
v.3, pp.358-359., 1906.
David Marchand, fourth son of Jacob and Marie Eve Marchand, born May, 1709, married Judith Marie Jacot, and by her had two sons: David, born May 4, 1746, and Frederick, born in 1748, both natives of Sonvillier. David, senior, and his wife were both doctors of medicine. She was the daughter of David Jacot, of Locle, the widow of Isaac Perrot Gentle, a doctor of medicine, of Sonvillier. In 1754 they, with their two sons—David and Frederick—embarked from Rotterdam for America in the ship “Nancy,” Captain John Ewing. They landed at Philadelphia and September 14, 1754, Dr. David Marchand, with eighty-six others, took the oath of allegiance to the crown of Great Britain and the province of Pennsylvania. Then, with his family and former neighbors, he came out by way of Lancaster and Harris Ferry (Harrisburg) and the “Great Road” up the Cumberland valley, through Shippenburg into the Conequechique Settlement, and took up lands near Hagerstown. Here both Dr. David and his wife took up the practice of their profession and trained their two sons in the same. Dr. David Marchand died in 1761. Subsequently his widow married John Davis, of the same settlement, and her death occurred about 1789.
David Marchand, son of Dr. David and Judith Marie Marchand, was born in Sonvillier, May 4, 1746. He married in 1766, Elizabeth, daughter of Ludwick Kemerer (sometimes called Cameron) and in August. 1770, came to Sewickley Settlement, and took up a claim on the Little Sewickley creek, about two miles south of what is now Adamsburgh, Hempfield township, Westmoreland county. Here he erected a substantial double log cabin dwelling, in which was conducted a school for the children of the settlement and which was also used for religious services. He practiced his profession of medicine continuously, and during the Revolutionary war began the erection of a stone hospital, albeit frequently interrupted by Indian raids. The building being stout and with windows heavily grated, was frequently used as a fort or stronghold. The walls were still standing in 1900. It was undoubtedly the first hospital west of the Allegheny mountains, and Dr. Marchand appears to have been the first physician to make a permanent location in the west. Dr. Marchand died July 22, 1809, and his widow died in 1817, both being buried in the cemetery of the Reformed church, near Adamsburg. Their children were:
1. Catherine, born May 8, 1767, married George Shrum, of Adamsburgh, and moved upon a farm in the vicinity of West Fairfield, in the Ligonier valley. They had five sons and three daughters. She died in 1836.
2. Eliza beth, born November 5, 1768, married, January 30, 1787, John Kuhns, of near Greensburgh, Pennsylvania, issue being seven sons and one daughter. John Kuhns was sheriff of the county in 1798. Mrs. Kuhns died October 16, 1830.
3. Susanna, born October 13, 1770, married Adam Radebaugh, moving to Dayton, Ohio, and settling on a farm near there. They had no children, and she is supposed to have died and been buried there.
4. Judith, born January 12, 1772, married Henry Loutzenheiser, settling on a farm west of Stewartsville. They reared a family of five sons and six daughters. She died June 25, 1839.
5. Daniel, born December 8, 1773, studied medicine with his father and located at Uniontown, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where he practiced until his death, March 13, 1822. In 1799 or 1800 he married a Miss Scott, daughter of Colonel Scott, of Virginia, by whom he had five children. In 1811 he married Jane, youngest daughter of Colonel John Irwin, of Brush Hill, Pennsylvania, the issue being three children. He was one of the executors of the will of Colonel John Irwin, but only served two months, dying March 13, 1822. His remains. with those of his wife and an infant son David, rest in an abandoned graveyard at Uniontown.
6. Esther, born August 23, 1775, married Christian Brenneman, and settled on the Monongahela river. opposite Port Perry. There was no issue. She died December 5, 1830, and her remains were buried in Brush Creek burying ground.
7. David, born December 10, 1776, was the progenitor of the Greensburg branch of the family. He was a man of spotless reputation and a phvsician with few equals. He was prominent in politics and was twice sent to congress. In the War of 1812 Governor Snyder, of Pennsylvania, appointed him major general of militia and he was given command of the thirteenth division of the state troops from 1812 to 1814. He married Catherine, daughter of Colonel John Bonnett, of near Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, the issue being seven sons and two daughters. He died March 11, 1832, and is buried in the German cemetery at Greensburg.
8. Louis, born June 23, 1782, read medicine with his father and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1810. He practiced for a short time at his home in Sewickley, later removing to a farm on the Monongahela river, opposite Pike Run, in Fayette county. Here he farmed and practiced his profession until 1822, when, upon the death of his brother, Dr. Daniel Marchand, of Uniontown, he removed there and assumed the practice of his deceased brother. In 1823 he married Sarah, daughter of Dr. Samuel Sackett, one of the first physicians of Uniontown, later settled on George’s creek, where he died, by whom were born to him three sons and six daughters. In 1849 he returned to his farm on the Monongahela where he presently erected a three-story brick addition to his residence, which he used for some time as a hospital. He was a most skillful surgeon and physician, and a blameless man and citizen. He died January 11, 1857; his wife, Sarah, died November 8, 1870. They are buried on his home farm in Fayette county.
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