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About James Galbraith, Sr
James Galbraith
- Birth: 1666 - Northern Ireland
- Death: Aug 23 1744 - Pennsboro Township, Cumberland Co., PA
- Father: John Galbraith (unproven)
- Wife: Rebecca Chambers
- Children: Andrew Galbraith, John Galbraith, Rebecca Galbraith, Eleanor Galbraith, James Galbraith, Jr., Isabel Galbraith
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From http://www.mckinneyandstewart.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=...
James Galbraith (1666-1744) is the 4th cousin, 2 times removed of James Galbraith, the Entailer.
- _FA4 1722 Donegal Township was organized in 1722 and David Jones was appointed constable. The first inhabitants were Semple, Patterson, Mitchell, Hendrick, Speer, Galbraith, Anderson, Scott, Lowery, Pedan, Port
- _FA10 Between 1730 and 1746 A Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions. [2]
- _FA8 Between 1732 and 1738 Member of General Assembly of Pennsylvania. [2]
- Burial Aug 1744 His tombstone is inscribed "Here lieth the remains of James Galbraith who departed this life ye 23d August 1744 aged 78 years".
- _FA2 Conestoga Township became Donegal Township [1]
- Buried Aug 1744 Derry Church Cemetery, Chester County, Pennsylvania
- Died 23 Aug 1744 Derry, Chester County, Pennsylvania [1]
- _FA3 1746 Farm sold to John Kyle [3]
- _FA4 One of the founders of the Old Derry Church [1]
- _FA5 Buried at the old graveyard at Derry [1]
- _FA6 Was a member of the first jury drawn in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. [2]
- _FA7 A ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church. [2]
- _FA9 Appointed the first coroner of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania [2]
THE IMMIGRANT - JAMES GALBRAITH SR. 1666-1744, By Lelia Booth This article appeared in THE RED TOWER VoL 1/7, No. 3 - Spring 1985.
James Galbreath, 52 years old, arrived in Pennsylvania in October 1718 on the ship "Wm. Galley", Capt. Saml' Haines (MacDaid Memorial Library, FL Passenger Search and Attestation). The account books of Penn's agents show that by September 6, 1719 James Galbraith "late of Ireland" is charged in 1720 for 100 acres out near the Susquehanna R. (Keith, Chronicles of Penn 1688-1748, Vol. 111, p. 596)
A letter written in 1720 by James Logan, agent for the Penn family, refers to the Donegal grants to the Scotch/Irish: "if kindly used, will I believe be orderly as they have hitherto been, and easily dealt with, they will also, I expect, be a leading example to others." However, they didn't turn out to be all that "easily dealt with" as we see in later letters between Logan and the Penns. In a letter written in February 1733/4 Logan refers to the setters of Donegal that he had encouraged to settle there in 1719-20 "they had some losses by some of the 5 Nations Indians, in so much that the Assembly made good some of the losses". He mentions that some of the Tracts were very poor and worth very little and that some of the area was full of Barrens (land that had been used by the Indians and burned over), and that he had "vast deal of trouble with them without one single farthing advantage". Penn wrote more than one letter regarding "Terms for Ye Donnegallions" payments for their land. The settlers refused to pay for their land and it took about fifteen years for the matter to be settled.
We have no record of James's marriage but consensus seems to be that it was to Rebecca Chambers daughter of Arthur Chambers. This is possible for there were several Chambers families in Ireland and also there were Chambers among the early Donegal and Derry settlers.
It seems that most of James's family came with him. His three sons were John, Andrew and James Jr., who was about fifteen years of age. John, about twentyeight years old, married with one or two children, and Andrew, also probably married, soon set up their own households. Daughters Eleanor and Isobel also came for we find records of their marriages at First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia in 1734 and 1735. His daughter Rebecca is said by Egle and in "Torrance and Allied Families" - to have married in Ireland to Alexander Stewart of Fort Stewart and Carnomanga, County Donegal. Alexander died 1743 and his oldest son, Alexander, fell heir to the estate. About 1745, Mrs. Rebecca Stewart with her other five children came to Pennsylvania. She died 1748/9.
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James Galbraith, Sr's Timeline
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1666
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Newtown Cunningham, County Donegal, Ireland
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December 23, 1690
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Ulster Ireland
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1692
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Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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1698
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Newtown Cunningham, County Donegal, Donegal, Ireland
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Ireland
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Ireland
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June 11, 1703
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Newtown Cunningham, County Donegal, Donegal, Ireland
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1705
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1715
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River Bann, County Antrim, Ireland, River Bann, Antrim, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom)
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