2A-G: William Guthrie
WILLIAM GUTHRIE
Parents: John Guthrie 1725 IRE – 1797 PA and Jane Reed 1726 IRE – 1780 PA
Birth: July 1777
Birth Location: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA (County formed in 1773 from Bedford.)
Occupation: Farmer
Marriage (1st): Agnes ‘Nancy’ Dixon about 1802-1803 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Marriage (2nd): Mary Hill about 1808 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 2 April 1865 (Age 87)
Death Location: Salem, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial Location: Delmont Presbyterian Cemetery, Delmont, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
AGNES ‘NANCY’ DIXON
Parents: Samuel Dixon 1745 – 1813 PA and Agnes Simpson 1755 PA – 1839OH
Birth: 1777
Birth Location: Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA (This county was created from Bedford in 1795)
Guthrie Children: John (1803), Samuel Dixon (1805), James (1806)
Death: 31 July 1808
Death Location: Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial Location: Poke Run Cemetery, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
MARY HILL
Parents: Unidentified
Birth: About 1788-89
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, USA
Guthrie Children: Nancy (1809), Martha Hill (1811), Jane (1813), Elizabeth (1816), Mary (1818), Jane H (1823), Sarah Ann (1826)
Death: 1860
Death Location: Salem, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial Location: Delmont Presbyterian Cemetery, Delmont, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA
NOTES:
William Guthrie was the youngest surviving child of John Guthrie and Jane Reed. His little brother had died during the raid at Hannastown. He was born about July of 1777. After his father’s death he bought the interests of the other heirs in his father’s homestead and lived on it the remainder of his life. He was twice married. His first wife was Agnes Dixon aka ‘Nancy’ who was the sister of his brother James’ wife, Margaret Dixon, the daughters of Samuel and Agnes (Simpson) Dixon. They had three children together, all sons. Nancy died on 31 July 1808 at about 31 years of age. She is buried in Poke Run Cemetery. Having three young boys, William took another wife within a year, Mary Hill. She was born in Pennsylvania about 1788-89. She had seven children with William, all daughters. William and Mary are buried at Delmont Presbyterian Church.
CHILDREN: 10
JOHN GUTHRIE
1803PA – 1863PA
John Guthrie was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania on 12 December 1803. He married on 3 May 1827 at the age of 23 to Margaret McQuaide, a daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (McIlvaine) McQuaide. They settled in Saltsburg, Indiana, Pennsylvania and remained there throughout their married life. John died at 59 years of age on 11 Sep 1863 and is buried at the Old Saltsburg Cemetery. Margaret lived until she was 81 dying on 15 July 1890. Her burial location is unknown.
CHILDREN:
1) Thomas McQuaide Guthrie 1828PA-1902PA (well driller / laborer) m.1852PA Mary Carson +children
2) William Reed Guthrie 1829PA-1920KS (oil laborer / farmer) m1.1856 Mary Laird, m2.1868 Carrie Bertha Miller +children
3) Sterrett John Guthrie 1831PA-1917NE (laborer / farmer) m.1868 Susan Virginia Rader +children
4) Watson “Watt” H Guthrie 1839PA-1875PA (carpenter) m. Margaret Eliza etc McQuown +children
5) Mary Catherine “Kate” Guthrie 1840PA-1909MI m. Edward Payson Strong +children
6) Margaret “Maggie” Dickson Guthrie 1843PA-1924PA – Unmarried.
7) Rebecca Jane “Jennie” Guthrie 1851PA-Aft.1870 – No further info.
8) Ella Guthrie 1852PA-1929 m11876PA John Oscar Alcorn, m2. Alexander Gilmour +children
9) James Page Guthrie 1855PA-1924ID (well driller / engineer) m. Nina Maria Scoville +children
Y-DNA Project Participants: No
Autosomal DNA Project Participants: No
SAMUEL DIXON GUTHRIE
1805 – 1886
Samuel Dixon Guthrie was born on 5 March 1805. He never married and lived his entire life on the old family homestead in Salem, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. A farmer. He died 15 the age of 81 on 4 April 1886. His remains are buried with his parents at Delmont Presbyterian Cemetery.
Y-DNA Project Participants: No
Autosomal DNA Project Participants: No Known Descendants
JAMES GUTHRIE
1806 – 1882
James Guthrie moved to Apollo, Pennsylvania and purchased a farm, but engaged in a number of successful businesses. He was a stockholder in the old Warren Bridge. Politically, he was a Whig. He was also one of the founders of the Apollo Methodist Episcopal Church. James was twice married. First to his cousin Sara Beatty, the daughter of John and Jane (Guthrie) Beatty, by whom he had his only child, John Beatty Guthrie. Sarah died at only 21 year of age. Later, James remarried to Mrs Margaret (Beatty) Hall, a widow and sister to Sarah. They had no children. James died in Apollo on 23 Sep 1882 at 76 years of age.
CHILDREN:
1) John Beatty Guthrie 1835PA-1875PA m.1859PA Mary Jane Freetly +children
Y-DNA Project Participants: Yes
Autosomal DNA Project Participants: Yes
AGNESS ‘NANCY’ GUTHRIE
1809 – ????
Nancy Guthrie, born on 1 Nov 1809, was the eldest daughter of William Guthrie and his second wife, Mary Hill. She married David McConnell with whom she had a large family. He was a farmer. David died on 21 Nov 1868 at the age of 66. Nancy survived him by nearly 30 years. She died on 3 Sep 1896.
CHILDREN:
1) William Guthrie McConnell 1830PA-1901PA (carpenter / J.P.) m. Dorcas Margaret Reed +children
2) Martha W McConnell 1834PA-1898PA (aged 65) – Unmarried.
3) Mary Jane McConnell 1835PA-1909 (aged 74) – Unmarried.
4) Margaret Kincaid McConnell 1838PA-1925PA m. John Cannon Steele +children
5) Eliza Agness McConnell 1841PA-1868
6) Samuel D C McConnell 1843PA-1939
7) Sarah Samantha McConnell 1848PA-1911
8) Lucinda Hannah McConnell 1852PA-1926
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Project Participants: No
MARTHA HILL GUTHRIE
1811PA – 1892PA
Martha Hill Guthrie was born on 7 August 1811 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. She was 25 at the time of her marriage to John Bavard Chambers on 6 May 1837. They lived in Apollo, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania and became parents to three sons and a daughter. Census and other records show that John B Chambers was a Farmer and a Boat Captain, a Railroad Ticket Agent, Dry Goods Merchant, and Postmaster. He was elected as a Democrat to serve in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1864. In 1870, his personal estate was valued at 1500 and his real estate at 24,000. He was president of the Apollo Savings Bank from 1871-1886. John died 21 Oct 1886 in Apollo and his remains are interred at Riverview Cemetery. Martha survived him by 6 years. “In this place (Butler, PA) at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. D.A. Heck, on Saturday night, January 23, 1892, Mrs Martha Chambers, widow of Mr John B. Chambers of Armstrong county, PA, aged 81 years. The remains of Mrs Chambers were taken on last Tuesday morning to Apollo, Armstrong county for interment.” (Butler Citizen, 29 Jan 1892, Fri., page 2)
CHILDREN:
1) James Hutchinson Chambers 1838PA-1916PA (Real Estate / Store Keeper) m. Kate R Brenner +children
2) Samuel H Chambers 1840PA-1889PA (R R Clerk) m. Mary Jane Richards +children
3) William Guthrie Chambers 1842PA-1920PA (R R Clerk/Merchant) m. Nancy Elizabeth Brenner. No children.
4) Mary Jane Chambers 1844PA-1919A m. Daniel Allen Heck +children
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Project Participants: No
JANE H GUTHRIE
1813PA – 1813PA
Jane was born on 1 Sep 1813 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. She died in her infancy either in 1813 or 1814.
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Project Participants: N/A – No Descendants
ELIZABETH GUTHRIE
1816PA – Bef. 1820PA
Elizabeth Guthrie was born on 3 April 1816 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. She died prior to 1820.
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Project Participants: N/A – No Descendants
MARY GUTHRIE
1818PA – 1899PA
Mary Guthrie was born 24 Nov 1818 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Her marriage to Thomas Kirkwood McQuaide at Congruity Presbyterian Church on 9 March 1843. She was 24. Thomas was a farmer. They settled in Salem, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. They raised a large family there. Mary died on 17 January 1899 and Thomas later that year. They are buried at Delmont Presbyterian Cemetery.
CHILDREN:
1) Mary Elizabeth McQuaide 1844PA-1932PA m. James Ogden Larimer +children
2) Sarah Jane McQuaide 1846PA-1905PA m.1873PA Robert Harvey Cunningham +children
3) William John McQuaide 1849PA-1889PA m. Martha K Barnes. No children.
4) Agnes Catherine McQuaide 1851PA-1940PA m. John S Barnes +children.
5) Samuel D. Guthrie McQuaide 1854PA-1924PA. Unmarried.
6) James L McQuaide 1857PA-1898PA m. Emma E Dodge. No children.
7) Joseph Reed McQuaide 1858PA-aft. 1889PA m. S.A. (MNU) +children
8) Thomas Andrew McQuaide 1861/62PA-1923PA m. Annie Teresa Claire +children
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Project Participants: No
JANE HILL GUTHRIE
1823PA- 1904PA
Jane Hill Guthrie, the second of her name in the family, was born on 20 December 1823 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Having been single, she married Archibald Adair within a couple years of her father’s death to Archibald ‘Archie’ Adair. He had been previously married to Margaret (MNU) and had several children from that first marriage.
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Project Participants: No Known Descendants
SARAH ANN GUTHRIE
1826PA – 1893PA
Sarah Ann Guthrie was born 10 August 1826 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. She married William H Kelly on 17 Jan 1850 in Salem Township. Afterward, they settled in Saltsburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. He died on 4 Nov 1867 at only 43 years, 8 months, 26 days of age and is buried at Edgewood Cemetery in Saltsburg. Sarah Ann was 67 at her death on 9 Sep 1893.
CHILDREN:
1) Mary C Kelly 1851PA-Aft. 1866 – No further details
2) Jane Eliza Kelly 1853PA-Aft. 1860 – No further details (possible marriage to William H McQuiston?)
3) Bella Sarah Kelly 1855PA-1930PA m. George L Walter +children
4) Myrtilla Agnes Kelly 1858PA-1941PA – Unmarried.
5) William Guthrie Kelly 1862PA-1943IA m. Ida M Gray +children
Y-DNA Project Participants: N/A – Female Guthrie
Autosomal DNA Project Participants: No
READING and RESOURCES
BOOK: Armstrong County, Pennsylvania: Her People Past and Present, Embracing a History of the County and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families · Volume 1, J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1914 [See Warren Bridge Company, p147]
WEBSITE: Pennsylvania House of Representatives – John B. Chambers. includes bio and photo.
BOOK: Smith, Robert Walter, History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Waterman, Watkins & Co., Chicago, 1883. [See Illustrations: Mrs. Margaret Todd Guthrie, p280, W.C. Guthrie, Mrs William C Guthrie, and Residence of William C Guthrie, p281, James Guthrie, p282]