Christopher was born in Co. Fermanagh, Ireland. Crossle's Genealogical Extracts show him serving as a member of an elite cavalry unit in Co. Fermanagh during the Williamite Wars (1689-1691) and living in Parish Magheraculmoney, Co. Fermanagh in 1711. His family likely arrived with the sons of John Brown, famous martyr, called "The Christian Carrier," on a brigantine from Londonderry, Ireland into Philadelphia Harbor in October 1720. See "The Grahams of PA and VA, Our Scottish History of Warriors and Saints." https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=7sS5EAAAQBAJ
I found SAR records stating Ireland and Scotland in other references.
He emigrated before 1700. He married Margaret (Florence ?) Risk.
Christopher first settled in Paxton, Lancaster Co., PA where some of their children were born. We know of at least 5 children:
John Graham married Elizabeth Elliott.
Robert Graham
William Graham, married Jane May.
Archibald Graham, married Margaret Shed.
Jane Graham, married Thomas Feamster Jr.
- Early Western Augusta Pioneers
Please See:
https://books.google.com/books?id=JDXxu263ttkC&printsec=frontcover
&dq=Early+Western+Augusta+Pioneers
&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwih67C_t9jSA
hWIKyYKHT1pAW0Q6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q
=christopher%20graham&f=false
Sidenote: There is a photo circulating on Ancestry and WikiTree that is NOT him, it comes up in Google searches as well. Original poster of this photo was contacted and doesn't "want to take time to correct".
Also, I received edit for birth location of Canonbie,Dumfries and Galloway,Scotland : date of passing from contributor Ro§e❈ #47359710 of 19 Feb 1746.
I see this information on trees on Ancestry with no record or sources...
Christopher was born in Co. Fermanagh, Ireland. Crossle's Genealogical Extracts show him serving as a member of an elite cavalry unit in Co. Fermanagh during the Williamite Wars (1689-1691) and living in Parish Magheraculmoney, Co. Fermanagh in 1711. His family likely arrived with the sons of John Brown, famous martyr, called "The Christian Carrier," on a brigantine from Londonderry, Ireland into Philadelphia Harbor in October 1720. See "The Grahams of PA and VA, Our Scottish History of Warriors and Saints." https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=7sS5EAAAQBAJ
I found SAR records stating Ireland and Scotland in other references.
He emigrated before 1700. He married Margaret (Florence ?) Risk.
Christopher first settled in Paxton, Lancaster Co., PA where some of their children were born. We know of at least 5 children:
John Graham married Elizabeth Elliott.
Robert Graham
William Graham, married Jane May.
Archibald Graham, married Margaret Shed.
Jane Graham, married Thomas Feamster Jr.
- Early Western Augusta Pioneers
Please See:
https://books.google.com/books?id=JDXxu263ttkC&printsec=frontcover
&dq=Early+Western+Augusta+Pioneers
&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwih67C_t9jSA
hWIKyYKHT1pAW0Q6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q
=christopher%20graham&f=false
Sidenote: There is a photo circulating on Ancestry and WikiTree that is NOT him, it comes up in Google searches as well. Original poster of this photo was contacted and doesn't "want to take time to correct".
Also, I received edit for birth location of Canonbie,Dumfries and Galloway,Scotland : date of passing from contributor Ro§e❈ #47359710 of 19 Feb 1746.
I see this information on trees on Ancestry with no record or sources...
Gravesite Details
Researching... but have information that I will be adding in Bio asap.
