Born on Londonderry, Ireland 1781; d. by accident probably at Ross Co., Ohio December 1826 as his last son was born there five years before his father died; m. his cousin, Rebecca Latta, family 9, March 28, 1810 at Westmoreland Co., Pa. She was disinherited by her mother because she married a blood relative. She was born at Westmoreland Co., Pa. July 1, 1787 and died at Cincinnati, Ohio January 7, 1863. John, in right of his wife, presented a petition for partition of her father's real estate at November Term of Court, 1811. He moved to Ross Co., Ohio before 1814 as all his children except Thomas were born there.