Samuel Agnew (abt. 1710 - abt. 1760)

Born about 1710 in Down, County Down, Ireland

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1760 at about age 50 in Pennsylvania [uncertain]

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Biography

Samuel Agnew was born in 1710 in Down, County Down, Ireland. His father was James Agnew I (~1671 - ~1717).

Very little has been found in records for Samuel. One item noted:

• James Agnew and older brother Samuel Agnew included among the first settlers in the Manor of Maske, May 1741^[1]

Samuel is mentioned as son of James Agnew I and brother of Capt. James Agnew in Our Pioneer Ancestors.^[2]

Marriage & Children

Samuel married Mary Ann Unknown (~1710 - >1755). Their son was William Agnew (~1755 - ~1839). This is unconfirmed.

Death

Samuel died in ~1760 in Pennsylvania aged ~50. This is unconfirmed.

Research Notes

The burial at Blacks Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, often cited on ancestry.com family trees, is not this Samuel Agnew. The headstone records the death of three children, apparently buried with the same headstone. These children do not appear to be part of this Agnew family.

• Samuel Agnew, d 2 Aug 1750, aged 3 years
• Mary Agnew, d 3 Aug 1760, aged 8 mos
• Andrew Agnew, d 21 Apr 1773, aged ? years ^{[3] [4]}

Records not belonging to this Samuel Agnew, but previously added to his profile:

• Probate: "Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993"
  Wills, 1750-1908, and Administrator's Books, 1750-1906; Author: Cumberland County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Cumberland, Pennsylvania
  Ancestry Sharing Image, Wills 1886-1893
• Burial: "Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots"
  Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 1; Serial: 11756; Volume: 6
  Ancestry Record 4110 #458 (accessed 2 October 2022)
  Samuel Agnew burial in Old Greenville Ch, nr Ware Shoals SC 53.
• Death of spouse Mary Whiteford Agnew: "Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968"
  Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 066001-069000
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5164 #454994202 (accessed 30 September 2022)
  Samuel Agnew in death record for spouse Mary Whiteford Agnew.

Sources

1. ↑ First Settlers of the Manor of Maske
2. ↑ Riggs, Emma King Hynes and Henry Earle Riggs. Our Pioneer Ancestors; being a record of available information as to the Hynes, Chenault, Dunn, McKee, Anderson, Taylor, Finley, Letcher and Houston families in the direct line of ancestry of Samuel B. Hynes and Ellen M. Anderson Hynes. Volume 2, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, Inc. lithoprinters, 1941. Especially Chapter 9, "The American Familes of Agnew, Scott and Ramsay." Page 108
3. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVFN-SGG1 : 24 June 2015), Samuel Agnew, died 02 Aug 1760; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Blacks Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62501382/samuel-agnew: accessed 17 February 2023), memorial page for Samuel Agnew (unknown–2 Aug 1750), Find a Grave Memorial ID 62501382, citing Black's Graveyard, Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Erica Swiger (contributor 47391097).

Acknowledgement

• This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.
• First-hand information as remembered by Dale Dart, Wednesday, July 23, 2014