Jane Morrison (abt. 1740)

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"(4) Jane, daughter of Guyon Morrison, Sr., was born probably in 1740. About 1762 she married Thomas Grier, who had come from Northern Ireland some years before, and removed to the adjoining township of Oxford, in Chester county, where she resided for a time. Afterward she removed to a tract of land near Carlisle, in Cumberland county, where she resided until her death in January, 1823. Her husband had died in March, 1803. They had issue: Catherine, Elizabeth, Mary, James, Guyon, George, Margaret, Jane, David, Rebecca, Thomas and John.

1. Catherine (eldest of the family of Jane) was born about 1764; after the death of her mother she removed with her brother John to Perry county, where she died in 1840; she was unmarried.
2. Elizabeth (daughter of Jane) was born about the year 1766; she married James Wilson, Jr., and resided in Cumberland county; while visiting her kindred in Beaver county she died at the home of her brother George about 1835; no issue.
3. Mary (daughter of Jane) was born probably about 1768; after the death of her father she removed to the home of her brother Thomas, with whom she resided until her death, the date of which is not known; she was unmarried.
4. James and Guyon (twin sons of Jane) were born in 1770; about 1800 James married Miss Espy, who died soon afterward without issue; in 1807 he married Maria Stuart; in 1810 he removed to the Chartiers Valley, and resided in North Strabane township, Washington county, until his death November 22, 1833; his wife died in 1859, aged seventy-nine years; they had issue: Samuel Stuart, Thomas, Guyon, Jane, David and James, Jr. Samuel Stuart, born in 1808, married Margaret Donaldson, and resided in Columbiana county, Ohio, until his death in 1886. Thomas, who entered the ministry, became pastor of a Presbyterian Church in a western city, where he died during his pastorate; he was unmarried. Guyon and Jane died on reaching adult years. David completed a course in medicine, and settled in Warren county, Ill., where he was engaged in practice until his death in 1886. James, Jr., born in 1820, married Hannah Van Eman, and resides on the homestead; they had issue: Mary (deceased), W illiam, J ane, Rebecca, Anna, Frances and Thomas.
5. Guyon (twin son of Jane) came to Washington county probably as early as 1795; about 1800 he married Polly Allison, and removed to Beaver, where he resided until 1819, when he removed elsewhere; some years afterward he returned to Washington county, and resided at the home of his brother James until his death, August 12, 1832; his wife had died probably about 1819; they had issue: John, born probably about 1805, who resided in Wheeling, W. Va., at the time of his father’s death, but of whose subsequent history nothing is known.
6. George (son of Jane) was born probably in 1772; about 1800 he removed to Beaver county, and founded the town long known as Griersburgh, now called Darlington; about 1804 he married Anna Taggart, who died in 1811; they had issue: Robert, Jane (wife of John Rider, and afterward wife of John Boon, of Washington county), and Margaret, wife of John Duncan; in August, 1812, he married Elizabeth Woods, who survived him; he died October 10, 1844; they had issue: George, Jr., and Elizabeth (wife of William Adams). Margaret (daughter of Jane) was probably the next in order of birth; she married Thomas Clemens, and removed to Beaver county, where she and her husband died many years ago; they had issue: Thomas, John, Margaret (wife of Mr. Parkinson), Elizabeth (wife of Jonathan Stewart), James, Jane, Ann, Alexander, Guyon and Robert.
7. Jane (daughter of Jane) was probably the next in order of birth; on March 29, 1796, she married William Campbell, and removed to Beaver county, where her husband died prior to 1820; she survived her husband many years; they had issue: Thomas, James, Robert and Alexander. David (son of Jane) was probably the next in order of birth; about 1800 he married Rachel Stuart, and removed to Beaver county, where he resided for some years; afterward he removed to Portage county, Ohio; about 1840 he removed to the West; he is said to have survived his wife, and to have died about 1850; they had issue: Thomas, Alexander, William, James, David, Jr., and Rachel. Rebecca (daughter of Jane) was probably the next in order of birth; she married Hon. Robert Sears, of New York, whom she survived; she died many years ago without issue.
8. Thomas (son of Jane) was born in 1780; he graduated at Dickinson College in 1797, studied for the ministry, and was licensed by the Presbytery of New Castle in 1800; in 1801 he was installed as pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Middletown, Lancaster county, where he remained some years; about 1830 he was called to the pastorate of the church of Cold Spring, in Putnam county, N. Y., where he died May 19, 1834; he was twice married, but the names of his wives are not known; he had issue: George, William, John, Smith, Decatur and Charles. John (youngest of the family of Jane) was born probably in 1782; in 1803 he was appointed one of the administrators of his father’s estate; in 1829 he married Maria Bovard, and soon afterward removed to Perry county, where his wife died in 1848; he removed to Harrisburg, where he resided until his death in 1854; they had issue: Mary Ellen (wife of Mr. Crumleigh), Rebecca Jane and Charles."^[1]

Jane (Morrison) Grier died in 1823 at the age of 82 or 83 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; and was buried at Forks of the Brandywine Presbyterian Cemetery in Glenmoore, Chester County, Pennsylvania.^[2]

Sources

Footnotes

1. ↑ Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania, 662a-663a.
2. ↑ Find a Grave.

Bibliography

• (Anonymous Authors), Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early Settled Families (Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co, 1893). Also accessible at: Chartiers.com.

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 05 August 2023), memorial page for Jane Morrison Grier (1740–1823), Find a Grave Memorial ID 201635643, citing Forks of the Brandywine Presbyterian Cemetery, Glenmoore, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Mickey (contributor 48992346).

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