This is from Boucher's History of Westmoreland County, vol. 1
General William Jack died at his residence near Greensburg February 18 1821 in the 68th year of his age. He was born near Strabane county Tyrone Ireland in 1751 and came to Westmoreland county with his elder brother Matthew Jack in 1772. General Jack was distinguished for zeal and activity in protecting the frontiers and was one of the founders of Greensburg. With Christopher Truby and Ludwick Otterman he donated the ground upon which are erected our present public buildings. He was second lieutenant of the Pennsylvania independent company of which Samuel Moorehead was captain his commission bearing date January 1 1777. He gained the title of General by virtue of appointment as brigadier general of Westmoreland militia his commission signed by Governor Thomas Mifflin April 19 1793. He was a justice of the court of common pleas during the Revolution. He donated to the burgesses and inhabitants of Greensburg lots of ground for a school building house of worship and burial ground now embraced within the old St Clair Cemetery. His remains are interred there near the remains of the patriot and soldier General Arthur St Clair.
This is William Jack (I), born in Ireland, 1752, and father of William Jack (II), or the Honorable William Jack, born in East Greensburg in 1788, who served as a U.S. Congressman and who likely built the Jack family mansion near the location of the East Greensburg Toll House to the East of Stark Avenue (see gallery). According to the 1850 Census, he retired as a farmer.
The following facts concerning the elder William Jack are taken from Albert, History of Westmoreland County, 1882, p. 522. (See gallery).
This William Jack married Margaret Wilson. She died in 1818. The date of their marriage is currently unknown. They had four sons, Wilson, Henry, Matthew, William (2), the Congressman. Daughter Margaret married John Cust. Grandaughter, Margaret, married John Schoenburger.
Contributor: richard wissolik (48163090) • [email protected])
Suggest more research. Matthew Jack listed as brother was born Ireland 1755, making him younger not older. Samuel Jack died 1818 listed as father born and died in PA, not Ireland unless another Samuel Jack died same year.
General William Jack died at his residence near Greensburg February 18 1821 in the 68th year of his age. He was born near Strabane county Tyrone Ireland in 1751 and came to Westmoreland county with his elder brother Matthew Jack in 1772. General Jack was distinguished for zeal and activity in protecting the frontiers and was one of the founders of Greensburg. With Christopher Truby and Ludwick Otterman he donated the ground upon which are erected our present public buildings. He was second lieutenant of the Pennsylvania independent company of which Samuel Moorehead was captain his commission bearing date January 1 1777. He gained the title of General by virtue of appointment as brigadier general of Westmoreland militia his commission signed by Governor Thomas Mifflin April 19 1793. He was a justice of the court of common pleas during the Revolution. He donated to the burgesses and inhabitants of Greensburg lots of ground for a school building house of worship and burial ground now embraced within the old St Clair Cemetery. His remains are interred there near the remains of the patriot and soldier General Arthur St Clair.
This is William Jack (I), born in Ireland, 1752, and father of William Jack (II), or the Honorable William Jack, born in East Greensburg in 1788, who served as a U.S. Congressman and who likely built the Jack family mansion near the location of the East Greensburg Toll House to the East of Stark Avenue (see gallery). According to the 1850 Census, he retired as a farmer.
The following facts concerning the elder William Jack are taken from Albert, History of Westmoreland County, 1882, p. 522. (See gallery).
This William Jack married Margaret Wilson. She died in 1818. The date of their marriage is currently unknown. They had four sons, Wilson, Henry, Matthew, William (2), the Congressman. Daughter Margaret married John Cust. Grandaughter, Margaret, married John Schoenburger.
Contributor: richard wissolik (48163090) • [email protected])
Suggest more research. Matthew Jack listed as brother was born Ireland 1755, making him younger not older. Samuel Jack died 1818 listed as father born and died in PA, not Ireland unless another Samuel Jack died same year.
This is from Boucher's History of Westmoreland County, vol. 1
General William Jack died at his residence near Greensburg February 18 1821 in the 68th year of his age. He was born near Strabane county Tyrone Ireland in 1751 and came to Westmoreland county with his elder brother Matthew Jack in 1772. General Jack was distinguished for zeal and activity in protecting the frontiers and was one of the founders of Greensburg. With Christopher Truby and Ludwick Otterman he donated the ground upon which are erected our present public buildings. He was second lieutenant of the Pennsylvania independent company of which Samuel Moorehead was captain his commission bearing date January 1 1777. He gained the title of General by virtue of appointment as brigadier general of Westmoreland militia his commission signed by Governor Thomas Mifflin April 19 1793. He was a justice of the court of common pleas during the Revolution. He donated to the burgesses and inhabitants of Greensburg lots of ground for a school building house of worship and burial ground now embraced within the old St Clair Cemetery. His remains are interred there near the remains of the patriot and soldier General Arthur St Clair.
This is William Jack (I), born in Ireland, 1752, and father of William Jack (II), or the Honorable William Jack, born in East Greensburg in 1788, who served as a U.S. Congressman and who likely built the Jack family mansion near the location of the East Greensburg Toll House to the East of Stark Avenue (see gallery). According to the 1850 Census, he retired as a farmer.
The following facts concerning the elder William Jack are taken from Albert, History of Westmoreland County, 1882, p. 522. (See gallery).
This William Jack married Margaret Wilson. She died in 1818. The date of their marriage is currently unknown. They had four sons, Wilson, Henry, Matthew, William (2), the Congressman. Daughter Margaret married John Cust. Grandaughter, Margaret, married John Schoenburger.
Contributor: richard wissolik (48163090) • [email protected])
Suggest more research. Matthew Jack listed as brother was born Ireland 1755, making him younger not older. Samuel Jack died 1818 listed as father born and died in PA, not Ireland unless another Samuel Jack died same year.
General William Jack died at his residence near Greensburg February 18 1821 in the 68th year of his age. He was born near Strabane county Tyrone Ireland in 1751 and came to Westmoreland county with his elder brother Matthew Jack in 1772. General Jack was distinguished for zeal and activity in protecting the frontiers and was one of the founders of Greensburg. With Christopher Truby and Ludwick Otterman he donated the ground upon which are erected our present public buildings. He was second lieutenant of the Pennsylvania independent company of which Samuel Moorehead was captain his commission bearing date January 1 1777. He gained the title of General by virtue of appointment as brigadier general of Westmoreland militia his commission signed by Governor Thomas Mifflin April 19 1793. He was a justice of the court of common pleas during the Revolution. He donated to the burgesses and inhabitants of Greensburg lots of ground for a school building house of worship and burial ground now embraced within the old St Clair Cemetery. His remains are interred there near the remains of the patriot and soldier General Arthur St Clair.
This is William Jack (I), born in Ireland, 1752, and father of William Jack (II), or the Honorable William Jack, born in East Greensburg in 1788, who served as a U.S. Congressman and who likely built the Jack family mansion near the location of the East Greensburg Toll House to the East of Stark Avenue (see gallery). According to the 1850 Census, he retired as a farmer.
The following facts concerning the elder William Jack are taken from Albert, History of Westmoreland County, 1882, p. 522. (See gallery).
This William Jack married Margaret Wilson. She died in 1818. The date of their marriage is currently unknown. They had four sons, Wilson, Henry, Matthew, William (2), the Congressman. Daughter Margaret married John Cust. Grandaughter, Margaret, married John Schoenburger.
Contributor: richard wissolik (48163090) • [email protected])
Suggest more research. Matthew Jack listed as brother was born Ireland 1755, making him younger not older. Samuel Jack died 1818 listed as father born and died in PA, not Ireland unless another Samuel Jack died same year.
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