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Rev John Witherspoon

Male 1723 - 1794  (71 years)

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  • Name John Witherspoon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Title Rev 
    Birth 15 Feb 1723  Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Gender Male 
    Family Search ID LRH1-LMP 
    Occupation Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Occupation Between 1776 and 1782  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Continental Congress 
    Occupation 1776  Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Signer of Declaration of Independance 
    Residence 1786  Somerset, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    W Precinct 
    Burial 1794  Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Death 15 Nov 1794  Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8] 
    Person ID I65800  Rountree Family
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2025 

    Father Reverend James Alexander Witherspoon,   b. 1691   d. 1759 (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Anne Walker,   b. 1696   d. 1787 (Age 91 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F40502  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ann Marshall,   b. 1768   d. 1811 (Age 43 years) 
    Children 
    >1. Marianne Witherspoon,   b. 12 Apr 1794, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1846, Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F40505  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2025 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Montgomery, (Xfer),   b. 29 Mar 1722, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1789, Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Married 14 Aug 1748  Beith Auld Kirk, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Married 14 Aug 1748  Beith Auld Kirk, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Marriage 2 Sep 1748  Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
    >1. Frances Witherspoon,   b. 16 Aug 1759, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1784, Charleston, South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. David Witherspoon,   b. 22 Sep 1760, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1801, New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F40499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - - Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Continental Congress - Between 1776 and 1782 - Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Signer of Declaration of Independance - 1776 - Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1794 - Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Nov 1794 - Princeton, Mercer, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S3294] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Elizabeth Witherspoon
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=1352802&indiv=try

    2. [S5160] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
      Record for Elisabeth Montgomerie
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60144&h=396303&indiv=try

    3. [S5157] SAR Application 79702, (Name: Name: Sons of the American Revolution;;), James Witherspoon.

    4. [S5162] Ancestry.com, Web: New Jersey, Find A Grave Index, 1664-2011, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2012;;), Database online.
      Record for John Witherspoon

    5. [S3481] Ancestry.com, SAR Application, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls;;), Database online.
      Record for John Witherspoon

    6. [S4038] Ancestry.com, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2006;;), Database online.
      Record for John Witherspoon

    7. [S5163] Ancestry.com, Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2010;;), Database online.
      Record for John Witherspoon

    8. [S5164] Bio Info on John Witherspoon, (Name: Name: Colonial Hall; Location:http://colonialhall.com/witherspoon/witherspoon.php;;), http://colonialhall.com/witherspoon/witherspoon.php.

    9. [S3777] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2004;;), Source number: 184.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number ofPages: 1; Submitter Code: LDF.

    10. [S3481] Ancestry.com, SAR Application, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls;;), Volume: 6; SAR Membership Number: 1101.

    11. [S5165] Ancestry.com, New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).
      Record for James* Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=njcen&h=18203953&indiv=try

    12. [S5166] Alexander, James H, Email from James H Alexander, (Name: Ancestry.com JamesHAlexander42; Date: 29 Oct 2013;).

    13. [S5161] Paterson, James, History of the County of Ayr, Vol I, (Name: John Dick; Location: Edingburgh, Scotland; Date: Sep 1847;), Pages 290-290 Montgomeries of Craighouse Parish of Beith Robert Montgomerie, OCLC 26094787.
      Book Found on Internet Archive
      https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo01pateuoft
      https://archive.org/details/historyofcountyo01pateuoft



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