Robert Guthrie 1737 IRE – 1808 PA & Agnes Gordon
of Cumberland and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania

ROBERT GUTHRIE
Parents: Robert Guthrie c1700IRE – 1782PA and Bridget Dougherty 1711IRE – 1794PA
Birth: 1837
Birth Location: Ireland
Occupation: Carpenter / Cabinetmaker / Joiner
Marriage: Bef. 1760 in Pennsylvania
Death: January 1808
Death Location: Chartiers, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial Location: Unknown
Notes: Name error noted. There is no known document listing a middle name for this man, yet multiple trees have copied the name Wayne without any evidence or sources.

AGNES GORDON
Parents: James Gordon & Agnes Douglas of West Pennsboro, Washington, PA, USA
Birth: 1741
Birth Location: West Pennsboro, Cumberland County (later part of Washington County), PA, USA
Guthrie Sons: James, William, Robert, Joseph
Guthrie Daughters: Martha , Mary ‘Polley’, Jean, Elizabeth, Isabel
Death: After. 1809
Death Location: Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial Location: Unknown
Notes: James Gordon’s 1786 will leaves a 1 shilling sterling bequest to Robert Guthrey. Agnes was alive on 8 May 1809 when she signed her mark on the document receiving property bequeathed to her by her husband, Robert Guthrie.

CHILDREN: 9

MARTHA GUTHRIE
1754PA – 1834PA

Robert Guthrie did indeed have a daughter named Martha Guthrie, but whether she is also Agnes Gordan’s child is uncertain. Martha is named in Robert’s will dated Sep 1801. “I leave to Martha my beloved daughter one dollar.” She made her mark on the estate receipt verifying receipt of her $1 legacy from her father. Her husband John Lindsey had died in 1806. Otherwise he as her legal representative would have signed the receipt as was the case with her sisters.

John Lindsey’s 1806 will was witnessed by brother-in-law James Guthrie and Thomas McCall, the husband of his wife’s sister, Isabel (Guthrie) McCall. Martha lived until 19 Nov 1834. Her gravestone lists her as being 80 years of age making her DOB about 1754. If that age is correct rather than an overestimation, her father Robert would only have been 17 at the time, and Agnes Gordon would have only been about 13 at the time. (Agnes’ DOB is given as 1741. Her parents married in 1742.) The 1810 census lists the widowed Martha Lindsey as a HOH in the 45 and over category (born before 1766). The 1800 census of the same location lists the John Lindsey household with 1M and 1F 45 and over (born before 1756), so the 1754 DOB may be accurate.
Children:
1) Robert Lindsey 1780PA-1856OH m.1806 Sarah Robinson +children
2) John Lindsey 1782PA-1863PA m. Martha thompson +children
3) William Lindsey 1784PA-1876OH m. Amelia Logan +children
4) Nancy Lindsey 1786PA-1870OH m.1810PA Robert M McLaughlin +children
5) James Lindsey 1788PA-1867 m. Mary Harris Pancoast +children
6) Thomas Lindsey 1791PA-1835PA m. Permelia Williams +children
7) Martha Lindsey 1793PA-1879PA m. Allen John Thompson +children
8) Joseph Lindsey 1795PA-1826PA m. Susannah MNU +children
9) Sarah Lindsey 1799PA-1862PA m. George Barnet +children

Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: No

JAMES GUTHRIE
20 Dec 1760PA – 1848OH

James Guthrie was born in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 20 December 1760. During the 1780s, James moved to Cecil Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Dunlap in Sep 1789 (date unverified). They had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. Chartiers Township was formed in 1790 and the family lived there until 1830 when they emigrated with James’ youngest brother Joseph & family, along the National Road to Ohio. James purchased a 1/4 section (160 acre) property on the Muskingum County side of Taylor Road, and Joseph purchased his 1/4 section (160 acre) property adjacent to his brother’s, but on the Guersey County side of the road. James died on 3 Aug 1848. Sarah died on 18 Jan 1844. They are both buried in Bloomfield Cemetery in Highland, Muskingum, Ohio.
Children:
1) (Unidentified Daughter) Guthrie was born between 1791-1800. Alive and ‘under 10’ in 1810.
2) Robert Guthrie 1791PA-bef.1846 died before father wrote his will in 1848. Married +children.
3) John Guthrie 1792PA-aft. 1860OH m.Lillian A Paxton +children.
4) James Guthrie 1795PA-1842OH m. Mary Julia McKibben +children.
5) Margaret Guthrie 1798PA-1846OH died unmarried at 47 years 10 months and 9 days of age.
6) Sarah Guthrie 1800PA-1885OH m.(1824PA) James Barnett +children

Y-DNA Project Participants: Yes
Autosomal DNA Participants: No

MARY ‘POLLEY’ GUTHRIE
c1762PA – After 1841

Known as ‘Polley’, Mary Guthrie was born sometime between 1761-1770 according to the 1840 census range. The Find-a-Grave site lists her DOB as 1762, but there is no DOB or DOD on the gravestone itself. Her father Robert Guthrie’s will does not appear to name his children by birth order. Polley married Thomas Dodds. According to his tombstone, Thomas was “born on the ocean”, presumably when his family immigrated to America. He was a Revolutionary War Soldier. They lived in Renfrew, Butler, Pennsylvania, and are buried at White Oak Springs Presbyterian Cementery.
Children:
1) William Dodds 1790PA-1874OH m.1812 Nancy Eakin +children
2) James Dodds 1791PA-1815 died at 24 years of age during a flatboat accident on the Mississippi River
3) Margaret Dodds 1793PA-1857PA m.abt 1812 Joseph Bryson +children
4) John Dodds 1795PA-1873OH m. Margaret Duncan (maiden name unconfirmed, possibly mx2) +children
5) Joseph Dodds 1795PA-1853PA m. before 1826 Susanna McCausland +children
6) George Dodds 1798PA-1870OH m.1839 Margaret E McCausland +children
7) Andrew Dodds 1798PA-1872PA m.before 1841 Margaret Duncan +children
8) Thomas Dodds 1800PA-1872PA m. about 1833 Martha McGrew +children
9) Sarah ‘Sadie’ Dodds 1803PA-1882PA m.1837PA James McCausland +children
10) David Dodds 1808PA-1879IN m.about 1827PA Elizabeth Duncan +children
11) Robert Dodds 1810PA-1810PA died in his infancy

Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: No

ELIZABETH GUTHRIE
1760-75PA – After 1801

The second daughter named in her father Robert Guthrie’s will of September 1801. Like most of her siblings, he left Elizabeth one dollar, presumably because any inheritance had already been provided. Since there are no other females besides Robert’s wife living in the Guthrie household in 1790, it is presumed that Elizabeth married and was living outside the family home. She may be one of the unnamed daughters who married into the McCage family mentioned in Russell Family and Connections. The 1809 estate document noting cash payouts to family members did not include a payout to daughter Elizabeth or her representative.

Mistaken Identity: People are incorrectly attaching this Elizabeth Guthrie to James Tomb. Wrong family. That woman was the daughter of William Guthrie, who was one of the colonist who came over from Ireland with Dr Clark and remained at Stillwater, NY.

Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: No

ISABEL GUTHRIE
1766-74PA – 1820-30OH

If the Guthrie daughters are named in their father’s will in order of birth, Isabel Guthrie would be the youngest. We know that she married Thomas McCall prior to the distribution of her father’s estate as there is a receipt signed by Thomas verifying that he was in possession of the $1 due to his wife.

Isabel and Thomas McCall had 5 sons and 2 daughters. The family moved to Muskingum County, Ohio where Thomas died on 24 March 1842, but his wife Isobel’s fate is unclear. Their last child was born in 1806. Census records suggest that Isabel was alive in 1810 and 1820 during the census, but there is no female in Thomas McCall’s household of the appropriate age range in 1830 or 1840 to be Isabel. She most likely died between 1820-1830 in Muskingum County, OH.
Children:
1) John McCall 1788PA-1854 m. Margaret Nelson +children
2) Emily Grace McCall 1790PA-1860 m William C Patton +children
3) Robert McCall 1790PA-1859OH m. Nancy Agnes Hammond +children
4) Thomas McCall 1793PA-1846OH m.1 Mary Henderson +children, m.2 Prudence Selders
5) William McCall 1800PA-1859OH m. Eliza MNU +children
6) Isabella McCall 1803PA-1853OH m. William Marshall +children
7) James McCall 1806PA-1896IN m. Mary Graham +children

Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: No

WILLIAM GUTHRIE
1766-84PA – Aft. 1810

Online trees list William’s DOB as 1761, but that does not correspond to the 1810 census data that indicates he was 26-44 years of age at the time. William owned property in Chartiers. He was a schoolmaster. The 1800 Chartiers assessment roll indicates that there were 4 log school houses in the township and contains the names of William Guthrie, Samuel and Isaac Miller, George Munroe, William Tate and George Welsh, schoolmasters. In 1802, William sold a 100-acre tract of land to his brother Joseph Guthrie of Chartiers for 350 pounds lawful money. He served as the executor to his father’s estate. “I leave to my son William the land I now live upon only with reserve that when he alters his way of living.” That is a very intriguing statement. What was William doing? He apparently married at some point. The 1810 census lists him in a household of: 1M 26-44, 1F 45+, 1F 16-25, 2F<10. No further details known.

Y-DNA Project Participants: No
Autosomal DNA Participants: No

ROBERT GUTHRIE
1767PA – 28 Dec 1847PA

The records of Carlisle list him as Robert Guthrie Jr. If he is the man we think he is then his birth year would be 1767 as proven by tombstone records. However, the 1800 census of Chartiers lists Robert Guthrie’s Household with 1M & 1F 16-25 (1775-1784). Was Robert placed in the wrong age category, or can we find some other evidence that will reveal his DOB?

In 1797, Robert Jr purchased land from his parents for 60 pounds and was taxed for the property the following year. He married sometime before the 1800 census to a woman named Margaret. That woman is believed to be Margaret Wilson. In 1809, Robert Guthrie and Margaret his wife sold their portion of the family farm for $480. A witness to the sale was Thomas Wilson. This couple then disappeared from the Cumberland County, PA records.

The Robert Guthrie known to be associated with this genetic line of descendants is found in Somerset Twp. and West Bethlehem Twp., Washington County, PA. He appears in those locales at about the same time Robert and Agnes (Gordon) Guthrie’s son leaves Cumberland County. The 1828 will of Thomas Wilson of Somerset, Washington, PA gives us another clue. It mentions unnamed children of Robert Guthrie by his daughter Margaret, who was presumably deceased by the time he wrote the will. It also indicates that Thomas Wilson’s daughter Jane’s husband was Joseph Guthrie. This refers to Joseph Guthrie, the youngest son of Robert and Agnes. It makes a lot of sense that a pair of sisters might marry two brothers.

The only complication with the decision to pair Margaret Wilson with this Robert Guthrie is the fact that Adam Guthrie and Mercy Irwin of Chester County, PA also had a son named Robert of approximately the same age who also married a woman named Margaret and was living in Washington County, PA at the time of Adam’s death. Both lineages belong to GFG2A and possess the same YDNA profile.

Robert Guthrie Jr’s wife Margaret died about 1811. Her resting place is unknown. He remarried to Ruth Roberts by 1812. There were 6 children by Margaret and another 6 by Ruth. Robert died on 28 Dec 1847 and Ruth just under a year later on 26 Sep 1848. They are buried at Pigeon Creek Baptist Cemetery in Washington County, PA.
Children:
1) Susan Guthrie 1801-9PA – ????
2) Robert Guthrie 1803PA-1887OH m.1826PA Sarah Leatherman +children
3) Thomas Guthrie 1803PA-1846OH m. before 1833 Mary Magdalene Custer +children
4) John Guthrie 1805PA-before 1849 died without issue.
5) Hannah Guthrie 1805PA-before 1850 m.before 1833 Thomas Guthrie (s/o Joseph Guthrie/Jane Wilson) +children
6) Margaret Guthrie 1806PA-1870OH m. before 1829 Jesse Hall +children
7) Jane Guthrie 1812PA-1909IL m.1835OH Robert George +children
8) Ruth Guthrie 1813PA-before 1849 died without issue.
9) Lucinda Guthrie 1813PA-before 1849 married about 1830 David Uhlery +children
10) Joseph Guthrie 1816PA-1848OH m.before 1847 Matilda Benham +children
11) Leonard Guthrie 1817PA-1892PA m.1845 Catherine Enoch +children
12) Dickerson Roberts Guthrie 1820PA-1880OH m.1850 Matilda Benham (same as above) +children

Y-DNA Project Participants: Yes
Autosomal DNA Participants: Yes

JEAN GUTHRIE
1771-76PA – 1726-30PA

Jean Guthrie is named in her father Robert Guthrie’s will of September 1801. She is the first child listed. Since we don’t know the marriage date for her parents, it is possible that Jean was born before her brother James in 1760. Her father’s only bequest to Jean and most of her siblings was one dollar, which usually indicates that any inheritance has already been provided rather than a form of disinheritance. There were no females other than Robert’s spouse living in the household during the 1790 census, so it is likely that Jean Guthrie was already married and living elsewhere. The following receipt from William Guthrie to James McClelland reveals that Jean Guthrie was his wife.

The Find-a-Grave site lists “Jane Guthrie McClelland” with a DOD of 15 Feb 1824. The stone (no photo) reading as “Wife of James” and a note stating the death year is also shown as 1821. Another that she was 75 at her death, which means she was born about 1749. The corresponding info for James McClelland lists him with a DOD of 1 May 1829 at 81 years. Burial at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Hickory, Washington, PA. The narrative found for this family suggests that there is another closely related couple with similar names, possibly simply one generation removed from this one.

One source found actually makes quite a mess of things by apparently merging names of Guthrie children from two different generations. Biographical Sketch of the Russell Family and Connections by Alexander Russell, 1887 mentions the marriage of Ann McClelland and Andrew Russell, Jr and makes a poor attempt at a sketch of the Guthrie family. It identifies Ann as being the daughter of “James and Jane McClelland” born in 1781 and naming Ann’s siblings as: Nancy, Patty, Robert, William, and James. Next it indicates that Jane Guthrie McClelland had five sons and seven daughters despite just listing Ann as one of only 6 siblings. The author may have intended to list that Jane Guthrie McClelland was one of 12 siblings (Joseph, Robert, William, John, and James, Jane, Isabel (who married Thomas McCall), Martha (who married John Lindsey), and two girls who married members of the McCage family. However, that does not even add up to 12. That adds up to 10, only 8 of whom are identified by name.

Based on a current review of this data I am going to attach JANE Guthrie 1749-1824 and James McClelland 1748-1829 to the family of Robert Guthrie and Bridget Dougherty. They had a documented daughter named Jane who was born in 1741 and died in Ireland in 1744. Bridget and her son James sailed to America in 1745 to meet up with husband Robert and son Robert who had gone the year before. That would mean that JANE Guthrie, born about 1749, would have been born in Pennsylvania. She also would have had to be born in the last few months of the year as Bridget gave birth to son John in January of 1749. Naming an infant after a recently deceased child was not unusual.

Going back to JEAN Guthrie, the daughter of Robert Guthrie and Agnes Gordon. We know she existed because she is named in Robert’s will as JEAN. We also know that her husband was named James McClelland because it is found in Robert’s estate papers on the above receipt.

Since the James McClelland married to JANE Guthrie died in 1829, he would not be enumerated in the 1830 census where we would presumably find the James McClelland married to JEAN Guthrie. There are 3 households headed by men named James McClelland in 1830 Washington County, Pennsylvania. One is in Mount Pleasant, likely to be the son of James and JANE, where both the HOH and spouse are aged 30-39 (born 1791-1800). Another is in Hopewell with a HOH aged 50-59 (born 1771-1780) with no obvious spouse of the same age. The last is in Canonsburg aged 40-49 (1781-1790) with a spouse of 30-39 (1791-1800). The most likely candidate household is the one in Hopewell, which suggests that JEAN may have died between 1826-1830. The Hopewell household in 1820 listed both HOH and inferred spouse as 45 and over (born before 1776). A narrowed estimation using both 1820 and James’ age range from 1830, would estimate JEAN’s DOB between 1771-1776.
Children:
1) FNU Daughter McClelland born 1801-1810PA
2) FNU Son McClelland born 1801-1810PA
3) FNU Daughter McClelland born 1811-1815PA
4) FNU Son McClelland born 1811-1815PA
5) FNU Son McClelland born 1821-1825PA
6) FNU Son McClelland born 1826-1830PA

Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Participants: No – No

JOSEPH GUTHRIE
1776PA – 1855OH

Joseph Guthrie was the youngest of Robert & Agnes’ children. He married twice. First to Jane Wilson, daughter of Thomas & Hannah Wilson. They had 10 children: 3 sons and 7 daughters. Joseph & Jane married about 1801 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Joseph purchased a 100 acres property on the North Fork of Chartiers Creek from his brother William Guthrie in 1802. Joseph’s family was enumerated in Mount Pleasant Township in 1810 and 1820. They sold their coal rights in a 2+ acre area to Joseph M.Clusky/McClusky on 3 Aug 1826, and then on 24 Feb 1827 sold him their North Chartiers Creek property. Joseph and his family, along with his older brother James’ family, moved to Ohio by 1830. Joseph purchased 1/4 section (160 acre) on the Guernsey County side of the County Line, while James purchased 1/4 section (160 acres) on the Muskingum County side, both properties being adjacent along Taylor Road. Joseph’s wife Jane died sometime between 1831-1840, and Joseph remarried to a woman named Mary “Polly”. No issue from this second marriage. Joseph died between 1751-1760.
Children:
1) FNU Daughter Guthrie bet 1801-1810PA
2) FNU Daughter Guthrie bet 1801-1810PA
3) Hannah Brown Guthrie 1801PA-1886OH m.1825 John White +children
4) William Guthrie 1804PA-1868OH m1.Nancy Roberts, m2.Hannah Wilson, m3.MaryJane Caldwell +children
5) Nancy Guthrie c1804PA-1861-70OH m.before 1828 Robert Thompson +children
6) Thomas Guthrie 1805PA-1885OH m1. Hannah Guthrie(see above), m2.Eleanor J Young +children
7) Janet M Guthrie 1806PA-1883OH m.1825 Thomas Wilson +children
8) Elizabeth Guthrie c1812PA-aft.1850OH m. David K Miller +children
9) Mary Ann Guthrie 1817PA-1884OH m.1841OH Ebenezer Burt +children
10) Joseph Guthrie 1818PA-1902OH m.1857OH Maria Duff. no issue.

Y-DNA Project Participants: No
Autosomal DNA Participants: Yes

HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS

1737: BIRTH of ROBERT GUTHRIE, JUNIOR
Some online trees list Robert with a middle name: Wayne. Most likely a copy error. No source information found. His birth date was published in the Dunn book, ‘Records of the Guthrie Family’ as communicated to by George Wilkins Guthrie, former Mayor of Pittsburgh, in a letter to a cousin, Mrs Lyster dated 29 June 1893: “Their first son, Robert, was born in 1737.” The family was living in Ireland. Robert Guthrie Sr had been born in the City of Derry, aka Londonderry, Ireland, and Bridget Dougherty was from neighboring Donegal, Ireland. The exact county of Robert Guthrie Jr’s birth remains unknown.

1744: IMMIGRATION from IRELAND to AMERICA
The family made a 2-stage arrival in America. Robert Guthrie, Sr, and son Robert Jr arrived first, sailing over in 1744. The following year Bridget, and son James, arrived. It is unknown why the family did not travel together. One can speculate that it had something to do with Robert & Bridget’s daughter Jane being ill. The 3-year old died in 1744.

1744: RESIDENCE in PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
Guthrie-Lyster Letter of 1893: “They settled and lived three or four years in Philadelphia, and from there removed to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.”

1749: RESIDENCE in LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Robert Guthrie Jr’s brother, John Guthrie, was born in Lancaster County, PA on 11 Jan 1749, indicating that the family had taken up residency there by that date.

1750: RESIDENCE in CARLISLE, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Guthrie-Lyster Letter of 1893: “When John was a year old they moved to Carlisle, PA.”

1754: BIRTH of DAUGHTER, MARTHA GUTHRIE
Based on the data listed further above, Martha was born when Robert Guthrie was a young man of about 17. Even if the dates are off by a little, it still suggests that it was before his marriage to Agnes Gordon. That also assumed that Agnes was indeed born about 1741.

1755: COURT RECORDS
Could be Robert Guthrie Sr (age ~55) or Robert Guthrie Jr (age 18):
On 21 Apr 1755 Robert Guthery of Carlisle was indicted for assault & battery on Stephen Foulk the younger.

1760: COURT RECORDS
Could be Robert Guthrie Sr (age ~56) or Robert Guthrie Jr (age 19):
1 Jan 1760. Robert Guthry of Carlisle was indicted for assault & battery on Mary Burns
22 Apr 1760. Robert Guthry of Carlisle, assault & battery on Margaret Kinslow. Wit: Mary Burns.
27 Aug 1760. Robert Guthry of Carlisle, assault & battery on Edward Magirth
23 Nov 1760. Robert Guthry of Carlisle, yeoman, assault & battery on Elinor McGurk. Test: James Pollock.
1760: MARRIAGE of ROBERT GUTHRIE, JR and AGNES GORDON
Approximate date Robert Guthrie Jr married Agnes Gordon, daughter of James Gordon of West Pennsboro, Cumberland, County, PA. Their eldest son, James was born in December of 1760.

1760: BIRTH of SON, JAMES GUTHRIE
20 December 1760

James Guthrie is the eldest son in the family. Unlike the eldest daughters, we do have a specific DOB for him on 20 December 1760. He was born in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA.

1760-1775: BIRTH of DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH GUTHRIE
This is possibly an estimate of her birth year. Elizabeth was listed in her father’s will. No further details known.

1761: COURT RECORDS
1 Apr 1761. James Stackpole of Carlisle indicted for assault & battery on Robert Guthrey the younger. Stackpole was a neighbor of the Guthries, and this was the first documented event in what would apparently become an ongoing feud between the Guthries and Stackpole.

28 Apr 1761. James Stackpole was again indicted for assault & battery on Robert Guthrie the elder.

April Court 1761. Robert Guthrie Sr and Robert Guthrie Jr were among those ordered to pay fines of 2shillings, 6pence each for involvement in a riot.

July Court 1761. James Mitchell fined & ordered to observe peace esp toward Robert Guttery Jr. Next entry fines of 25 & 100pounds Robert Guttery Sr & Jr ordering them to observe peace toward James Mitchell.

1762: BIRTH of DAUGHTER, MARY GUTHRIE
Known as ‘Polley’, Mary Guthrie was born sometime in 1762. She married Thomas Dodds. According to his tombstone, Thomas was “born on the ocean”, presumably when his family immigrated to America. He was a Revolutionary War Soldier. They lived in Renfrew, Butler, Pennsylvania, and are buried at White Oak Springs Presbyterian Cementery.

1762: COURT RECORDS
17 Mar 1762. Robert Guttery of Carlisle, assault & battery on Katherine Boyle. (Could be Robert Guthrie Sr, age 62, or Robert Guthrie Jr, age 25)
17 Mar 1762. Charles Boyle of Carlisle, assault & battery on Robert Guttery the younger.
6 & 7 April 1762. Moses Jefferies of Carlisle, assault & battery on Robert Guthrie the younger.
April Court 1762. The King v Robert Guttery. Assault & battery. Deft being charged plead guilty. Fined 5 shillings.

1762: TAX RECORDS of CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
“Robert Guthrie was a taxable in Carlisle, PA, Same year the son, ‘Rob’ Guthrie was a taxable in Westpennsboro Townsip. (Hist of Cumberland and Adams Counties, 1886, p.28)

1765: PROPERTY in WEST PENNSBORO TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
Robert Guthrie Jr “Acquired this land (226-1/4 acres) from the Penns; was taxed for it in 1768; taxed in Carlisle in 1769 and 1770; in West Pennsboro, 1778; Carlisle, 1780, 1781, 1782. (Pa Arch).

1765: COURT RECORDS
27 Dec 1765. Thomas Atkins of Carlisle, yeoman, assault & battery on Robert Guthry the younger.
27 Dec 1765. Samuel Finley of Carlisle, gentleman, assault & battery on Robert Guthery the younger.

1766: TAX RECORDS of CARLISLE, CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, USA
Guthry, Robert Jr 2 lots.

1766-1774: BIRTH of DAUGHTER, ISABEL GUTHRIE

1766-1784: BIRTH of SON, WILLIAM GUTHRIE (Range 1766-1784)
Online trees list William’s DOB as 1761, but that does not correspond to the 1810 census data that indicates he was 26-44 years of age at the time. William owned property in Chartiers. He was a schoolmaster. The 1800 Chartiers assessment roll indicates that there were 4 log school houses in the township and contains the names of William Guthrie, Samuel and Isaac Miller, George Munroe, William Tate and George Welsh, schoolmasters. In 1802, William sold a 100-acre tract of land to his brother Joseph Guthrie of Chartiers for 350 pounds lawful money. William apparently married. The 1810 census lists him in a household of: 1M 26-44, 1F 45+, 1F 16-25, 2F<10. No further details known.

1767: BIRTH of SON, ROBERT GUTHRIE

1769: COURT RECORDS
14 Jun 1769. Oath by John Hastings that Robert Guthry Jr violently assaulted his gr-dau Jane Hastings, a minor, by dragging her by the arm to the door, and swearing profane oaths that he would beat her, that she was besmearched in her own blood, and linen shift ripped.

1771-1776: BIRTH of DAUGHTER, JEAN GUTHRIE
Jean was born between 1771-1776.

1771: PROPERTY PURCHASE in CARLISLE, CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
David Hoge Esq late High Sheriff of Cumberland did grant the aforesaid lot (no.290 on the S. side of Pomfret Street) to Robert Guthrie the younger. {LRG Footnote 288, p.706}

1771-1780: BIRTH of SON, JOSEPH GUTHRIE

1779: PROPERTY SALE in CARLISLE, CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
5 Feb 1779. Indenture between Robert Guthrie the Younger of Carlisle, Joiner, and Charles Sewell of Heidelburg Twp of the County of York, for 30 pounds, a lot in the town of Carlisle known as No. 274. This lot became the location of St. Patrick’s Church.
This is the first official indication we have of Robert Guthrie Jr’s occupation. He is listed as a “joiner” which is a wood worker or carpenter. This was also the profession of his father.

1779: PROPERTY SALE in FERMANAGH, CUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
3 Apr 1779. Robert Guthrie Jr of Carlisle, carpenter, for 93 pounds, 10 shillings, sells to Robert Nelson 212 acres, 22 perches in Fermanagh Twp (name extinct, now Franklin County). Wit incl John Guthrie. (Cumberland Deeds G-1, folio 93)

1780: COURT RECORDS
April Court 1780. Robert Guthry Jr, assault & battery on William Carhart of Carlise and vice versa. April & June 1780.

1781: FORMATION of WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
The County was formed during the Revolutionary War period on March 28, 1781 from part of Westmoreland County. It was the first County formed after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

1781: WASHINGTON COUNTY TAX LIST – CECIL TOWNSHIP
Robert Guthrie – 360 acres – 2 horses – 3 cattle – 4 sheep – 202 value.
James Guthrie – single freeman – 0 acres – 1 horse – 6 value. (This is Robert’s eldest son.)

1783: WASHINGTON COUNTY TAX LIST – CECIL TOWNSHIP
Robert Guttery – 260 acres -2 horses – 3 cattle – 7 sheep – 135 value
James Gutthery – “single freeman” – 1 horse – Value 10

1784: WASHINGTON COUNTY TAX LIST – CECIL TOWNSHIP
The Tax List for Cecil Township includes Robert Guthrie, and James Guthrie, the latter being listed as a ‘single freeman’.

1784: DEATH of FATHER-in-LAW, JAMES GORDON
The Last Will & Testament of James Gordon was proved on 16 Dec 1786 in West Pennsboro, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Book E – Pages 4-5: Mentions Robert Gutery.

1785: PROPERTY (LAND WARRANT) in WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Robert Gutry received a land warrant for 366-1/2 acres of land originally part of Cecil Twp, which later fell into Mt. Pleasant Twp upon its formation in 1806. The property was later patented as “Waterford”. Interestingly, it is directly adjacent to a huge tract of land belonging to George Washington.

1788: PATENT ISSUED for “WATERFORD”
A patent was issued for Robert Guthrie’s tract called Waterford. Note that since Robert & Agnes now have a son of their own named Robert, the titles have changed for documents in Chartiers. Robert, son of Robert & Bridget, is now listed as Robert Guthrie Sr.

1790: FORMATION of CHARTIERS TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Chartiers Township was erected by the Washington County Court of Quarter Session from the southern part of Cecil Township on March 23rd, 1790 with a petition from the inhabitants residing in its boundaries.

1790: CENSUS of WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Robert Guttery Household: 1M 16+, 2M < 16, 1 F

1793: PROPERTY SALE in CHARTIERS, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
For the token sum of 5 shillings Robert & Agnes give to their son James 79 acres & 22 perches on Chartiers Creek, part of original patent of 366-1/2acres dated 1788. Recorded 8 Oct 1793.

1793: WASHINGTON COUNTY TAX LIST
List includes: Robert Guthrie, James Guthrie

1794: PROPERTY SALE in CHARTIERS, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Robert Guthrie to John Lindsey, land on Chartiers Creek, Recorded 17 June 1794. Book I Volume 1 Folio 795.

1795: PROPERTY SALE in CHARTIERS, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
2 July 1795. Robert Guthrie & wife Agnes sell to Thomas Elliott a parcel of land acquired from William Adams Jr who originally had an agreement with Thomas Robinson. Guthrie acquired the land 25 Sep 1788 containing 59 acres.

1797: PROPERTY SALE in CHARTIERS, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
31 March 1797. Robert Guthrie Sr and Agnes, his wife, of Chartiers Twp for 60 pounds sell to Robert Guthrie Jr of said twp 56 acres, 2 rood and 17 poles of land at the head waters of Chartiers Creek adj Thomas Elliott, James Guthrie & others.

1798: WASHINGTON COUNTY TAX LIST – CHARTIERS TOWNSHIP
Guthrey, Robert Sr — A20 House & Lot 20×24 wood 1-1/2 stories 1 window 12 lights 1 acre 110.00 value. E50 –Tract 119 acres 600.00 value.

1800: CENSUS of CHARTIERS, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
ROBERT GUTHRIE HOUSEHOLD: 1M & 1F 45+ (<1756), 2M 16-25 (1775-1784)

1801: LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF ROBERT GUTHRIE
Will of Robert Guthrie – Chartiers Twp – Dated: 1 Sep 1801 – Probated 12 Jan 1808 – Exec: Agness Guthrie; William Guthrie – Bene: Wife Agness, sons: Robert, Joseph, William, James; daus: Jean, Mary, Elizabeth, Martha, Isabel.

1802: PROPERTY SALE in CANONSBURG, CHARTIERS TWP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Robert Guthery & Agnes his wife sell to John McMillan, a House & Lot No 59 in Canonsburgh. 1/2 of the lot orig sold to RG by James Kerr 17 Feb 1796. Other 1/2 by John Donnel & wife Jennet 7 Nov 1799.

1808: DEATH of ROBERT GUTHRIE
The exact date of his death his unknown. His Last Will & Testament, written on 5 April 1802, was probated on 12 January 1808.

1809: ESTATE ADMINISTRATION for ROBERT GUTHRIE
Estate of Robert Guthrie; Acct/How Acting: William Guthrie, Executor; File G, No.19, Year: 1809.

Aft. 1809: DEATH of AGNES GORDON GUTHRIE
Agnes signed a document proving her receipt of personal property at the distribution of her husband Robert’s estate in 1809.