Person:James Guthrie (18)

James GUTHRIE Jr Esq & Jennet "Jane" CULBERTSON

Husband James GUTHRIE Jr Esq

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      Died: Abt May 1812            at: Chambersburg, Pa 1,2
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    Father: James GUTHRIE
    Mother: Jeanette WILSON

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Other Spouse: Martha (Scott) Date: 30 Aug 1803

Events

1. Occupation 1, 1788, Westmoreland Co, Pa

a Sheriff

2. Will 1, 23 Apr 1812 3. Probate 1, 21 May 1812

Wife Jennet "Jane" CULBERTSON

      Born: Abt 1750                at: 
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      Died: 22 Feb 1801             at: Near Greensburg, Pa 77
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    Father: Samuel CULBERTSON 1,2
    Mother: Jennet SHIELDS

Children

1 M Rev James GUTHRIE 3rd 1,2

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      Died: 24 Aug 1850             at: New Haven, Fayette Co, Pa 1,2
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Spouse: Martha TORRENCE

Spouse: Elizabeth CULBERTSON

2 M Samuel GUTHRIE 1,2

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Spouse: Jane WILSON

3 F Hettie GUTHRIE 1,2

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Spouse: Paul MORROW

Husband's Notes

James Guthrie Jr. appears to have been their oldest son. He was a soldier in the Revolution, probably in the service before they removed from Cumberland to Westmoreland County. There are no records other than military ones which can be definately fixed as relating to him in Cumberland, but after moving to Westmoreland about 1789, his name appears on tax lists and in deeds, etc., sometimes distinguished from his father, but often not; so that one is uncertain at times as to which of the two is meant. He was a man of probity an honor, trusted and respected by those who knew him. He was Sheriff of Westmoreland County, and later Register of Wills of same county. James Guthrie, Jr., married, probably in what is now Franklin County, Pa., (1) ---- Barr. Her given name may have been Jane. She appears to have been deceased in Westmoreland County before 1801. He married (2) Aug 30., 1803, Martha Scott, of Chambersburg, Pa., widow of John (?) Scott. She had two daughters, Jane and Elizabeth, by her former marriage as is shown in the will of James Guthrie. But these do not appear as legatees in the will of John Scott of Chambersburg, who mentions wife Martha in a will of a date early enough that he may have been deceased at the time of her marriage to James Guthrie. James Guthrie, Esq., died in Chambersburg, Pa., between the dates of the making and the probating of his will - April 23 and May 21, respectively, 1812.

Notes for Child: Rev James GUTHRIE 3rd

James Guthrie, son of James Guthrie, Jr., was educated in Dickinson College of Carlisle, Pa., was called to the pastorate of Tyrone and Laurel Hill, rural churches in Fayette Co., Pa., and was for many years a member of the Old Redstone Presbytery. He was a zealous and forceful minister and an influential citizen. Rev. James Guthgrie married (1) Martha Torrence, daughter od Col. Joseph Torrence, of Dunbar Township, Fayette Co., Pa. She died prior to 1839. He married (2) Elizabeth ----, who survived him at his death Aug. 24, 1850, which took place at his home in New Haven, Fayette Co., Pa.

Notes for Child: Samuel GUTHRIE

Samuel Guthrie, son of James Guthrie, Jr., like his brother Rev. James Guthrie, studied at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. He was an early lawyer of Greensburg, Pa., seems to have carried on his father's business after the decease of the latter. He bought and sold real estate estensively and appears on many documents at Greensburg as a Justice of the Peace. He seems to have been a man of considerable means in his day. Samuel Guthrie married October 26, 1807, Jane Wilson. So far as present information goes he cannot be identified as appearing in the records of Westmoreland County later than 1822. He had a son William Jack Guthrie. It is believed that John and Samuel Guthrie, whose early lives were lived in or near Greensburg, were the sons of Samuel Guthrie and Jane Wilson.