Rev. James Latta

James Latta is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A066979

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Latta-698

1776 Project
Chaplain James Latta served with Lancaster County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution

James was born in 1732 in the north of Ireland. In 1738 he came with his father, the Rev, James Latta Sr, a Presbyterian minister and his mother Mary Alison Latta by ship to the Delaware coast where they crashed into the Rocky coastline and all records were lost , They survived, and his parents settled in Elktown, Maryland.

He served as both a soldier and a chaplain in the American Revolution, Third Battalion, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Militia.

Children listed in DAR record

1. William m. Mary Cloyd
2. James 10 June 1797 - 30 May 1862 m. Jane Sutton 20 Oct 1792 Delaware- 20 Jun 1841 Pennsylvania. Jane a daughter of John Sutton 15 Sep 1767 Delaware-15 Jan 1854 Delaware and Margaret Nuttall as per Find a Grave. Note he also married Ann Pinkerton 1808-1890.
3. John Ewing m. Catherine Van Voorhies

Burial: Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. [1]

Sources

1. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53196472/james-latta : accessed 23 May 2022), memorial page for Rev James Latta (10 Jun 1787–30 May 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53196472, citing Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Triste Elliott (contributor 47159497) .
2. https://www.fold3.com/search/?keywords=James+Latta
3. (https://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/1700s/latta_james.html)
4. Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography. vol.3 p.628
5. John Edwards Richards, The Historical Birth of the Presbyterian Church in
6. America *https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofp00nevi/page/416)
7. (https://archive.org/details/letterfromrevrob00dubo)
8. DAR https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=ful...