William Loughry
21 Jan 2017....As part of my commitment to write more this year, I'm going to participate in the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge.
Sometime ago I wrote about The Loghry Line. William Loughry is as far back as I've been able to go with this line. I believe William was born around 1743, either in Ireland or Scotland. He resided for sometime in eastern Pennsylvania, probably Northumberland County and also in Luzerne County, about ten miles from Wilkes Barre.
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| History of the county of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania |
He married Nancy Purdy in Pennsylvania. Nancy was reportedly born 1 Sep 1748 in Ireland. Stacy Jackson wrote an article, Old Family History Traced by Jackson, that was published in The Canisteo Times on 22 Feb 1940. This article mentioned this family.
"An incident related by Mrs. Hannah M. Jones, a resident of the Swale, Cameron township, of her ancestress, Mrs. William Loghry, is but one of thousands denoting the harrowing experiences of colonial periods. William Loghry married and resided in a Pennsylvania village in Luzerne County, Penna. Later he took up a tract in the wilderness ten miles from neighbors, where he erected a log cabin and removed his family, wife, small daughter and infant twin sons. During an absence from home of several days, one of the twins sickened (article cuts off here), but the family traditions, as told by Mrs. Hannah Jones, is that the child died. As the weather was warm, decomposition soon set in and as there was no one else at hand, the babe's mother had to dig the grave and bury her child. How sad this must have been. Mrs. Hannah Jones' father was Peter H. Drake, who married Lettie Santee (my 1st cousin 4 times removed), daughter of Isaac (my 3rd great-great uncle) and Nancy Moore (my 1st cousin 4 times removed). Mrs. Jones retained her memory to the last and delighted to tell stories of the period of her youth.
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| Canisteo Times 22 Feb 1940 |
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| Unknown Publication or Date Published |
This couple had three children that we know of: Mary, born about 1773, and the twin boys born about 1777. I do not have a name for the twin that died, but the other twin was my third great-grandfather, Joseph Leander Loghry. He is believed to have served in the American Revolution, but I have not yet been able to provide the proof necessary for membership in The Daughters of the American Revolution. One William Lockry is listed in service in April 1779 in the County of Westmoreland as a captain.
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| William Lockry, in service April, 1779 |
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| 1790 U.S. census |
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| 1810 U.S. census |
Sources
1. Sparkle Loghry Information Sheet.
2. Stacy Jackson, History of Cameron Corners: Jackson's History of Cameron
Corners.
3. Browns Crossing Cemetery of Canisteo, New York. .... Stacy Jackson, History
of Cameron Corners: Jackson's History of Cameron Corners. .... Linda
Walker, Walker to Bergerud, Notes, April 1996, Recipient: to Wendy
Bergerud (notes dated April 1996.).
4. Carol Max from Irene Loghry, Loghry - Santee, Family Group Sheet, Record
Type: family group sheet, Subject: Joseph Leander-Mary Santee (circa
September 1996).
5. Linda Walker, Walker to Bergerud, Notes, April 1996, Recipient: to Wendy
Bergerud (notes dated April 1996.). .... Compiler: Edmund West, Family
Data Collection -- Marriages (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, 2001). [database
online]
6. Compiler: Edmund West, Family Data Collection -- Marriages (Ancestry.com,
Provo, UT, 2001). [database online]
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