Agnes Hemphill was the wife of Moses Hemphill, Esq. She died at age 66y 2m 16d. Notes state her as a native of Ireland. Agnes's daughter Jane married Charles Andress. Her daughter Mary married Jacob Andress. Cannot find anything on the 2 men. Two sisters married 2 brothers? Her daughter Elizabeth married James Kerr. Nancy married Thomas Wilson. Daughter Margaret married Frederick Nagle. Her son James married, 1st Cynthia, 2nd Martha. Her other son (Judge) Joseph married Jane Hayes.
Agnes's 4 daughters buried here are Jane, Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret. Jane and Mary are buried with the parents. Margaret and Elizabeth are buried with their husbands. This cemetery is so old (1728), we do not have ornate carvings. We have field rocks and plain stones.
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She was a daughter of Thomas Sharp and Margaret Elder. She was born in the Campbeltown parish on the Kintyre peninsula of western Scotland (baptized there January 7, 1750 per the Julian calendar in effect at the time -- January 18, 1750 per the Gregorian calendar that took effect in 1752 for England/Scotland). Her siblings included John, Robert, Mary Ann, Andrew, James, Alexander, Martha and Jane. The family moved from Scotland to the Belfast area of County Antrim/Derry in the Ulster Province of Ireland (now Northern Ireland), before emigrating to Philadelphia PA. They initially settled north of Philadelphia "in the forks of the Delaware River" (where the Delaware and Lehigh rivers meet in current Easton PA). Later, most of the family moved again to the Newville area of Cumberland Co PA.
Before 1770, she was married to Moses Hemphill. In 1781 and 1790, they lived of a farm in Allen Township of Northampton Co, PA. In 1800 and 1810, they were farming in nearby Hanover Township of Northampton Co, PA. Their children were James, Joseph, Thomas, Mary, Margaret 1 who died as a child, Nancy, Jane, Elizabeth and Margaret 2.
1. National records of Scotland, baptism register of Campbeltown Parish (reference # FR 141 10/197 & FR 459 11/270)
2. Biographical Annals of Cumberland Co, PA, 1905 (pages 17 and 66)
3. Biographical Annals of Franklin Co, PA, 1905 (pages 64 and 66)
4. History of the First United Presbyterian Church of Newville, 1764-1977, by Georgia Rife, 1980
5. History of the Family of James Fullerton and Margaret Sharp (1901, 1949 and 2011 editions)
6. History of Northampton Co, PA Illustrated, 1877, List of Taxables in 1790 of Northampton by Townships, Chapter XXVII
7. US Federal Census of 1790 for Allen Township, Northampton Co, PA
8. US Federal Census of 1800, 1810 and 1820 for Hannover Township, Northampton Co, PA
9. Genealogies, Necrology and Reminiscences of the "Irish Settlement", by Rev John C Clyde, 1879 (pages 59-62, 274 for husband, children and gravestone location/markings)
10. The Scotch Irish of Northampton County PA, 1926 (pages 56, 58, 62, 70, 73-76, 107, 407, 412, 415, 418 for husband, children, descendants)
Agnes's 4 daughters buried here are Jane, Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret. Jane and Mary are buried with the parents. Margaret and Elizabeth are buried with their husbands. This cemetery is so old (1728), we do not have ornate carvings. We have field rocks and plain stones.
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She was a daughter of Thomas Sharp and Margaret Elder. She was born in the Campbeltown parish on the Kintyre peninsula of western Scotland (baptized there January 7, 1750 per the Julian calendar in effect at the time -- January 18, 1750 per the Gregorian calendar that took effect in 1752 for England/Scotland). Her siblings included John, Robert, Mary Ann, Andrew, James, Alexander, Martha and Jane. The family moved from Scotland to the Belfast area of County Antrim/Derry in the Ulster Province of Ireland (now Northern Ireland), before emigrating to Philadelphia PA. They initially settled north of Philadelphia "in the forks of the Delaware River" (where the Delaware and Lehigh rivers meet in current Easton PA). Later, most of the family moved again to the Newville area of Cumberland Co PA.
Before 1770, she was married to Moses Hemphill. In 1781 and 1790, they lived of a farm in Allen Township of Northampton Co, PA. In 1800 and 1810, they were farming in nearby Hanover Township of Northampton Co, PA. Their children were James, Joseph, Thomas, Mary, Margaret 1 who died as a child, Nancy, Jane, Elizabeth and Margaret 2.
1. National records of Scotland, baptism register of Campbeltown Parish (reference # FR 141 10/197 & FR 459 11/270)
2. Biographical Annals of Cumberland Co, PA, 1905 (pages 17 and 66)
3. Biographical Annals of Franklin Co, PA, 1905 (pages 64 and 66)
4. History of the First United Presbyterian Church of Newville, 1764-1977, by Georgia Rife, 1980
5. History of the Family of James Fullerton and Margaret Sharp (1901, 1949 and 2011 editions)
6. History of Northampton Co, PA Illustrated, 1877, List of Taxables in 1790 of Northampton by Townships, Chapter XXVII
7. US Federal Census of 1790 for Allen Township, Northampton Co, PA
8. US Federal Census of 1800, 1810 and 1820 for Hannover Township, Northampton Co, PA
9. Genealogies, Necrology and Reminiscences of the "Irish Settlement", by Rev John C Clyde, 1879 (pages 59-62, 274 for husband, children and gravestone location/markings)
10. The Scotch Irish of Northampton County PA, 1926 (pages 56, 58, 62, 70, 73-76, 107, 407, 412, 415, 418 for husband, children, descendants)
Agnes Hemphill was the wife of Moses Hemphill, Esq. She died at age 66y 2m 16d. Notes state her as a native of Ireland. Agnes's daughter Jane married Charles Andress. Her daughter Mary married Jacob Andress. Cannot find anything on the 2 men. Two sisters married 2 brothers? Her daughter Elizabeth married James Kerr. Nancy married Thomas Wilson. Daughter Margaret married Frederick Nagle. Her son James married, 1st Cynthia, 2nd Martha. Her other son (Judge) Joseph married Jane Hayes.
Agnes's 4 daughters buried here are Jane, Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret. Jane and Mary are buried with the parents. Margaret and Elizabeth are buried with their husbands. This cemetery is so old (1728), we do not have ornate carvings. We have field rocks and plain stones.
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She was a daughter of Thomas Sharp and Margaret Elder. She was born in the Campbeltown parish on the Kintyre peninsula of western Scotland (baptized there January 7, 1750 per the Julian calendar in effect at the time -- January 18, 1750 per the Gregorian calendar that took effect in 1752 for England/Scotland). Her siblings included John, Robert, Mary Ann, Andrew, James, Alexander, Martha and Jane. The family moved from Scotland to the Belfast area of County Antrim/Derry in the Ulster Province of Ireland (now Northern Ireland), before emigrating to Philadelphia PA. They initially settled north of Philadelphia "in the forks of the Delaware River" (where the Delaware and Lehigh rivers meet in current Easton PA). Later, most of the family moved again to the Newville area of Cumberland Co PA.
Before 1770, she was married to Moses Hemphill. In 1781 and 1790, they lived of a farm in Allen Township of Northampton Co, PA. In 1800 and 1810, they were farming in nearby Hanover Township of Northampton Co, PA. Their children were James, Joseph, Thomas, Mary, Margaret 1 who died as a child, Nancy, Jane, Elizabeth and Margaret 2.
1. National records of Scotland, baptism register of Campbeltown Parish (reference # FR 141 10/197 & FR 459 11/270)
2. Biographical Annals of Cumberland Co, PA, 1905 (pages 17 and 66)
3. Biographical Annals of Franklin Co, PA, 1905 (pages 64 and 66)
4. History of the First United Presbyterian Church of Newville, 1764-1977, by Georgia Rife, 1980
5. History of the Family of James Fullerton and Margaret Sharp (1901, 1949 and 2011 editions)
6. History of Northampton Co, PA Illustrated, 1877, List of Taxables in 1790 of Northampton by Townships, Chapter XXVII
7. US Federal Census of 1790 for Allen Township, Northampton Co, PA
8. US Federal Census of 1800, 1810 and 1820 for Hannover Township, Northampton Co, PA
9. Genealogies, Necrology and Reminiscences of the "Irish Settlement", by Rev John C Clyde, 1879 (pages 59-62, 274 for husband, children and gravestone location/markings)
10. The Scotch Irish of Northampton County PA, 1926 (pages 56, 58, 62, 70, 73-76, 107, 407, 412, 415, 418 for husband, children, descendants)
Agnes's 4 daughters buried here are Jane, Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret. Jane and Mary are buried with the parents. Margaret and Elizabeth are buried with their husbands. This cemetery is so old (1728), we do not have ornate carvings. We have field rocks and plain stones.
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She was a daughter of Thomas Sharp and Margaret Elder. She was born in the Campbeltown parish on the Kintyre peninsula of western Scotland (baptized there January 7, 1750 per the Julian calendar in effect at the time -- January 18, 1750 per the Gregorian calendar that took effect in 1752 for England/Scotland). Her siblings included John, Robert, Mary Ann, Andrew, James, Alexander, Martha and Jane. The family moved from Scotland to the Belfast area of County Antrim/Derry in the Ulster Province of Ireland (now Northern Ireland), before emigrating to Philadelphia PA. They initially settled north of Philadelphia "in the forks of the Delaware River" (where the Delaware and Lehigh rivers meet in current Easton PA). Later, most of the family moved again to the Newville area of Cumberland Co PA.
Before 1770, she was married to Moses Hemphill. In 1781 and 1790, they lived of a farm in Allen Township of Northampton Co, PA. In 1800 and 1810, they were farming in nearby Hanover Township of Northampton Co, PA. Their children were James, Joseph, Thomas, Mary, Margaret 1 who died as a child, Nancy, Jane, Elizabeth and Margaret 2.
1. National records of Scotland, baptism register of Campbeltown Parish (reference # FR 141 10/197 & FR 459 11/270)
2. Biographical Annals of Cumberland Co, PA, 1905 (pages 17 and 66)
3. Biographical Annals of Franklin Co, PA, 1905 (pages 64 and 66)
4. History of the First United Presbyterian Church of Newville, 1764-1977, by Georgia Rife, 1980
5. History of the Family of James Fullerton and Margaret Sharp (1901, 1949 and 2011 editions)
6. History of Northampton Co, PA Illustrated, 1877, List of Taxables in 1790 of Northampton by Townships, Chapter XXVII
7. US Federal Census of 1790 for Allen Township, Northampton Co, PA
8. US Federal Census of 1800, 1810 and 1820 for Hannover Township, Northampton Co, PA
9. Genealogies, Necrology and Reminiscences of the "Irish Settlement", by Rev John C Clyde, 1879 (pages 59-62, 274 for husband, children and gravestone location/markings)
10. The Scotch Irish of Northampton County PA, 1926 (pages 56, 58, 62, 70, 73-76, 107, 407, 412, 415, 418 for husband, children, descendants)
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