Christianna (Taggart) Sample (1755 - 1829)

Born 12 May 1755 in Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of James Sample Sr. — married about 1776 in Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 10 Nov 1829 at age 74 in Milvale, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Christiana was the daughter of Thomas Taggart and Mary Vanderbilt Taggart.^[1] She was probably born in Philadelphia, Delaware, Pennsylvania. She was baptised at Trinity Church, Oxford Philadelphia on 29 June 1756.^[2]

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

James Sample, son of John Sample, died November 24, 1830. He was a noted Indian fighter and Revolutionary soldier. He was a farmer and miller and was a man of prominence until his death at age of seventy-six years.

He married Christianna Taggart, born May 12, 1755, died November 10, 1829.

Children:

1. Mary, born August 30, 1780;

2. James (2), March 29, 1786;

3. John, January 24, 1788;

4. Thomas, January 7, 1791;

5. Robert A., of further mention;

6. Eliza, January 27, 1797;

7. William, July 28, 1800.

From History of Pittsburgh and Environs:

(James Semple) He married Christina Taggert, who was born May 12, 1775, and died Nov. 10, 1829. Seven children were born to the pair: Mary, James, John, Thomas, Robert A., Eliza. and William.

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A099457

1. ↑ Col. David Taggart, in Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, published by J.L. Floyd & Co., Chicago, 1911. p9. Library of Congress microfilm collection in "http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=marcwheat&id=I00070
2. ↑ Pennsylvania, New Jersey Church and Town Records, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2451/images/40355_267311-00019?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.66062059.410284091.1600026864-95899585.1599422271&pId=4002198

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 2, p. 795-797)
• Fleming, George T. History of Pittsburgh and Environs (The American Historical Society, New York and Chicago, 1922, Vol. 5, p. 55-56)