Person:Mary Witherspoon (2)

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Mary Witherspoon
b.Abt 1717
d.7 Jan 1759 Paxtang, Pennsylvania
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  • H.  Moses DickeyAbt 1710 - 1766
  • W.  Mary WitherspoonAbt 1717 - 1759
m. Abt 1737
  1. Catherine Dickey1738 - 1804
  2. Sarah DickeyAbt 1740 - 1797
  3. Agnes DickeyAbt 1742 -
  4. William DickeyAbt 1745 -
  5. John DickeyAbt 1748 - 1795
  6. Moses DickeyAbt 1750 -
  7. Mary DickeyAbt 1752 - 1764
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Name[1] Mary Witherspoon
Alt Name Dorcas Witherspoon
Gender Female
Birth[1] Abt 1717
Marriage Abt 1737 to Moses Dickey
Death? 7 Jan 1759 Paxtang, Pennsylvania 
Pennsylvania Gazette 25 January, 1759

On Sunday the 7th instant the house of Moses Dickey in Paxton twp, Lancaster Co was burnt to the ground, when his wife, 1 child and a person working with him, were burnt to death. Another child by jumping out of a window broke its thigh bone, and a third so badly burnt, that it was thought it could not live. Moses Dickey was the only person that escaped, but not without being a good deal scorched. He lost several hundred pounds in money and everything that belonged to the house. His mill and outhouses were saved.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived)
    Source number: 388.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JCF.

    _APID: 1,7836::1348935

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