Galbraith, Caroline (b. 08 FEB 1845, d. ?)

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Valley, Montour, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Conoy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Lancaster, Lancaster Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Valley, Montour, Pennsylvania

Note: Eleanor Galbraith was born probably in the North of Ireland in say 1696. Per CGANA, sect. III, p. 7: records of the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia show that in 1734 she married Benjamin Gass who lived near Chambersburg in (then) Cumberland County. Per CGANA, sect. II, p. 12: their children included a daughter, Mary, who married her first cousin, William Stewart. (Also see Family of Millers and Stewarts.) (The order of these three daughters is as given in CGANA, sect. V, p. 39; their dates of birth are pure speculation.)

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Note: BIOGRAPHY: From Pennsylvania Genealogies; Elizabeth was a remarkably handsome woman, distinguished for her charm and grace of manner, and in her early years was the leader of society in her adopted home; and yet withal a consistent Christian and of great charity.

Note: Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth (Gailbraith) Kelso, Widow of Dr. Joseph Kelso, dated April, 2nd, 1818. Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. From a typewritten photocopy, forwarded to me by Fred Kelso, 260 Bainbridge Road, Port Deposit, MD 21904.
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In the Name of God Amen, I Elizabeth Kelso of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, and State of Pennsylvania, widow, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament.
I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Elizabeth Kelso all my silver spoons, with my best feather bed, the bedstead and bedding.
And I do here by constitute my executors hereinafter named to be guardians of the persons and estates of my children.
I give and bequeath the colored girl, "Hannah," who served her time and now lives with me all my common wearing apparel, the small bed made of feathers and flocks with the bedding, there to, and Fifty Dollars in cash to be paid by said executors.
It is further my will and I do hereby order and direct that all my personal estate which shall remain after the payment of Debts, Funeral Expenses, and the above Legacies and Bequests shall be put out at interest by my exectors hereinafter named until my above children shall arrive to the age of twenty one years or be married, or either of which events I devise to my said children the said personal estate to be divided between them share and share alike, and in case either of said children should die before having arrived to the age of twenty one years or to be married, then I desire the said personal estate to the survivors of them attaining to that age or being married, but in case that both my children should die before they arrive to the age of twenty one years or to be married, then I give and bequeath all my personal estate to my heirs at law.
And I do hereby constitute and appoint Thomas Elder Esquire and Robert Sloan, Cabinet Maker, both of Harrisburg aforesaid to be the executors of this my Last Will and Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this second day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand and Eight Hundred and Eighteen.
Elizabeth Kelso

Owner's Surname: Kelso
Owner's First Name: Elizabeth
Owner's City: Harrisburg
Owner's Township:
Owner's County: Dauphin
Owner's State: PA
Owner's Occupation: Widow
Owner--Memo: Widow of Dr. Joseph Kelso, who was the son of William Kelso, Sr. From the will of Elizabeth Kelso.

1. Counter: 394
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Hannah
Slave Sex: Female
Slave Age (Years): ?
Date of Registry or Record: 04/02/1818
Slave Memo: Status: Manumitted upon having "served her time," and lived with her former owners. The will states that "the colored girl, 'Hannah,' who served her time and now lives with me..." shall receive "all my common wearing apparel, the small bed made of feathers and flocks with the bedding," and fifty dollars in cash.
Source: Last Will and Testament of Elizabeth (Gailbraith) Kelso, Widow of Dr. Joseph Kelso, dated April, 2nd, 1818

Note: She was a woman of remarkable force of character, especially notable for her strong will and her religious fervor.

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Freeport, Armstrong, PA

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Freeport, Armstrong, PA

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Freeport, Armstrong, PA

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Conoy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Lancaster, Lancaster Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Lancaster, Lancaster Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1920
Place: Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Note: Died the day following her mother.
Inscription at Graveyard shown as second daughter

Census: Date: 1860
Place: East Deer, Allegheny, PA

Census: Date: 1870
Place: East Deer, Allegheny, PA

Census: Date: 1880
Place: East Deer, Allegheny, PA

Note: Resides in Bainbridge, PA

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Conoy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Conoy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Clinton, Clinton, Iowa

Note: Isabel Galbraith was born probably in the North of Ireland insay1698.Per CGANA, sect. III, p. 7: records of the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia show that she married Alexander McMillan in 1735; vol. IV, p. 6, gives October 21, 1735.

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Note: of Scotch parentage, was born 1666, in North of Ireland, whence he emigrated about the year 1718, settling in Conestoga, afterward Donegal township, then Chester county, Province of Pennsylvania. He was one of the founders of the old Derry Church, a man of prominence, and head of a remarkable family. He died Aug. 23, 1744, and is buried in the old graveyard at Derry. His wife was Rebecca Chambers, daughter of Arthur Chambers. Of his children we have the following: John, born 1690, married Janet __________; Andrew, born 1692, married and left issue; James, born 1703, married Elizabeth Bertram; Eleanor, married Feb. 27, 1735, Patrick McKinley and had issue (surname McKinley), John, Joseph and Janet; Isabel, married Oct. 21, 1735, Alexander McMillan; Rebecca, died in 1748, married _____ Stewart, and had issue (surname Stewart), Charles, Robert, William, Frances and Margaret.

Source of following; Bill Watkins, direct Deceased of James)

James Galbraith born in the North of Ireland emigrated to the US in 1718 and settled in what was then Conestoga, afterwards, Donegal township, then Chester county, Province of Pennsylvania. He was one of the founders of old Derry church, a man of prominence, and the head of a remarkable family. He died August 23, 1744, and is buried in the old graveyard at Derry. His tombstone is inscribed "Here lieth the remains of James Galbraith who departed this life ye 23d August 1744 aged 78 years". He was the first of our Clan Galbraith to begin the Great Westward Migration.

Nothing is known of James Galbraith, prior to his arrival in America. Even after arriving in Pennsylvania the information is very scanty and most of what we know is more through the records of his children, than actual knowledge of his own deeds. Since James was 52 years old when he arrived in Pennsylvania and since he was not among the group identified as first purchasers, we must assume that he belonged to that group which left their homeland, family and friends to find freedom and religious tolerance in a new country. To know that his new life was a success we need only to look at his children, who helped form the character of America. He brought with him, his wife Rebecca Chambers, daughter of Arthur Chambers, and his sons John Andrew, and James all born in Ireland, John about 1690, Andrew born in 1692. and James born in 1703.

From the Web Page of Lester Galbreath:
"In the years 1718, 1719 and 1720 a large number of Scotch-Irish from Donegal and Derry in Ireland arrived in New Castle, Delaware. They were all Presbyterians, and evidently had been well educated. They were a stalwart race and well fitted to found a new settlement in the wilderness of Pennsylvania. They at once pushed forward to the Conestoga River, at that time the frontier line. After arriving they forced the line ten miles further back into the wilderness, along Chicques Creek and the streams running into it. The original plan of William Penn, the proprietor of Pennsylvania, was to lay out the province into townships of 5,000 to 10,000 acres, with population to match. Therefore, he gave inducements to the early colonists to move westward into the interior. We are not sure, just how long James was in America before moving into Chester County, but we are safe in saying that he arrived there before 1718, as we know that he received a patent for 212 acres of land from the Penns in 1718. As the population of the county increased, it became necessary to organize new townships. Donegal township was organized in 1722 and David Jones was appointed constable. The first inhabitants of Donegal Township were principally Scotch-Irish; they were the Semples, Patterson, Mitchells, Hendricks, Speers, GALBRAITHS, Andersons, Scotts, Lowereys, Pedans, Porters, Sterrits, Kerrs, Works, Litles, Whitehills and the Campbells.

DEATH: RECORD OF GRAVES

Derry Presbyterian Church
Hershey (formerly Derry),
Dauphin (formerly part of Lancaster) County,
Pennsylvania

This list of graves in Derry Presbyterian Church Cemetery has been
compiled from (1) record made July 14, 1878, by the Rev. Thomas
Hastings Robinson, D.D., and Dr. William H. Egle, (2) a record made in
the 1920's by Miss Clara Moyer and Mrs. May Silks and (3) by reading
the tombstones which are still legible. - Winifred Reed in March,1980

Source of following; Bill Watkins, direct Deceased of James)

James Galbraith born in the North of Ireland emigrated to the US in 1718 and settled in what was then Conestoga, afterwards, Donegal township, then Chester county, Province of Pennsylvania. He was one of the founders of old Derry church, a man of prominence, and the head of a remarkable family. He died August 23, 1744, and is buried in the old graveyard at Derry. His tombstone is inscribed "Here lieth the remains of James Galbraith who departed this life ye 23d August1744 aged 78 years". He was the first of our Clan Galbraith to begin the Great Westward Migration.

Nothing is known of James Galbraith, prior to his arrival in America. Even after arriving in Pennsylvania the information is very scanty and most of what we know is more through the records of his children, than actual knowledge of his own deeds. Since James was 52 years old when he arrived in Pennsylvania and since he was not among the group identified as first purchasers, we must assume that he belonged to that group which left their homeland,family and friends to find freedom and religious tolerance in a new country. To know that his new life was a success we need only to look at his children, who helped form the character of America. He brought with him, his wife Rebecca Chambers, daughter of Arthur Chambers, and his sons John Andrew, and James all born in Ireland, John about 1690, Andrew born in 1692. and James born in 1703.

BIOGRAPHY: 1718 Immigrated to America with his brother and their families and settled in Lancaster Co, PA.

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Emigration: Date: 1718
Place: Philadelphia, PA

Emigration: Date: 1718
Place: Conestoga (PA), then Donegal Twp, then Chester County, Province of PA

Note: he took up a tract in now Derry township, Dauphin county, on Spring creek, not far from the church glebe, the warrant therefor being granted the 13th ofMarch, 1737; he became a man of note on the frontiers, and the early provincial records of Pennsylvania contain frequent reference to him; was elected sheriff of the county in October, 1742; for many years was one of the justices for the county of Lancaster, and served as an officer during the Indian wars of 1755-1763. Toward the Revolutionary period he removed to Cumberland county. He married April 6, 1734, in Christ Church (at that time the English government recognized only marriages performed in the Church of England),Philadelphia, Elizabeth Bertram, born 1714 or 1718, according to one account, in the North of Ireland, and according to another at Newcastle uponTyne, in England, died Feb. 2, 1799, in Derry (or East Pennsboro) township, Dauphin Co., Pa., the daughter of Rev. William Bertram; she was a woman of rare accomplishments and excellence. They had issue: William, born 1736 (nothing further is known of him); Bertram, born Sept. 24, 1738, married first Ann Scott, secondly Henrietta Huling; Robert, born 1740, died January, 1804,in Huntingdon county, Pa., was an officer in the Revolution, commanding a regiment and was commissioned president judge of the county, Nov. 23, 1787; Dorcas, born1742, married John Buchanan; Elizabeth, born 1744, married Clarence Torrance; Thomas, born 1746; John born 1748, married and had issue; Andrew, born 1750, married Barbara Kyle. buried in the Derry Church graveyard; he took up a tract in now Derrytownship, Dauphin county, on Spring creek, not far from the church glebe, the warrant therefor being granted the 13th of March, 1737; he became a man of note on the frontiers, and the early provincial records of Pennsylvania contain frequent reference to him; was elected sheriff of the county in October, 1742; for many years was one of the justices for the county of Lancaster, and served as an officer during the Indian wars of 1755-1763. Toward the Revolutionary period he removed to Cumberland county. He married April 6, 1734, in Christ Church (at that time the English government recognized only marriages performed in the Church of England), Philadelphia, Elizabeth Bertram, born 1714 or 1718, according to one account, in the North of Ireland, and according to another at Newcastle upon Tyne, in England, died Feb. 2, 1799, in Derry (or East Pennsboro) township, Dauphin Co., Pa., the daughter of Rev. William Bertram; she was a woman of rare accomplishments and excellence. They had issue: William, born 1736 (nothing further is known of him); Bertram, born Sept. 24, 1738, married first Ann Scott, secondly Henrietta Huling; Robert, born 1740, died January, 1804, in Huntingdon county, Pa., was an officer in the Revolution, commanding a regiment and was commissioned president judge of the county, Nov. 23, 1787; Dorcas, born 1742, married John Buchanan; Elizabeth, born 1744, married Clarence Torrance; Thomas, born 1746; John born 1748, married and had issue; Andrew, born 1750, married Barbara Kyle.

From Pennsylvania Genealogies; James took up a tract in now Derry township, Dauphin county, on Spring creek not far from the church glebe, the warrant therefor being granted him the 13th of March, 1737. He became a man of note on the frontiers, and the early provincial records of Pennsylvania contain frequent reference to him; was elected sherrif of the county in October, 1742; for many years one of the justices for the county of Lancaster, and served as an officer during the Indian wars of 1755-1763. Towards the Revolutionary periodhe removed to Cumberland county.

DEATH: DEATH: RECORD OF GRAVES

DEATH: DEATH: Derry Presbyterian Church
Hershey (formerly Derry),
Dauphin (formerly part of Lancaster) County,
Pennsylvania

DEATH: DEATH: This list of graves in Derry Presbyterian Church Cemetery has been
compiled from (1) record made July 14, 1878, by the Rev. Thomas
Hastings Robinson, D.D., and Dr. William H. Egle, (2) a record made in
the 1920's by Miss Clara Moyer and Mrs. May Silks and (3) by reading
the tombstones which are still legible. - Winifred Reed in March,1980

DEATH: GALBRAITH, James; 23 Aug 1744 age 78

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Immigration: Date: 1718

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Conoy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Conoy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Note: member of Butler county bar

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Valley, Montour, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Conoy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Conoy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Lancaster, Lancaster Pennsylvania

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Lancaster, Lancaster Pennsylvania

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