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Personal data Col Samuel Elder 

Sources 1, 2
  • He was born on February 27, 1772 in Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Profession: in the year 1780 in Farming/Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Resident in the year 1800: Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.
  • (Military Service) in the year 1794 in "He was a soldier in the expedition westward in 1794, and held a position in the military establishment of 1798. "/.
  • (Newspapers) on September 27, 1815 in "In paying brief tributes to his memory, the newspapers of the day speak in the warmest terms of his faithfulness as a public officer, his prominence as a citizen, and the upright character of his entire life, passing away in the vigor of his manhood. "/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten.
  • (Sheriff) in He served as Sheriff, which, as in the case of his brother John, financially crippled him./Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten.
  • He died on September 26, 1815 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten, he was 43 years old.
  • He is buried in Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard Harrisburg Dauphin County Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten.
  • A child of John Elder and Mary Simpson

Household of Col Samuel Elder

(1) He is married to Margaret Espy.

They got married on March 7, 1793 at Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. John Elder  1792-1857 
  2. Ann Espy Elder  1794-1886 
  3. Mary S. Elder  1798-1882 
  4. Josiah Elder  1801-1844


(2) He had a relationship with Margaret Anna Bell.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Samuel Elder

Robert Elder
1679-1746
Eleanor Gillespie
1684-1742
Thomas Simpson
1705-1760
Sarah Kuhn
1709-1761
John Elder
1706-1792
John Elder
Mary Simpson
1732-1786

Samuel Elder
1772-1815

(1) 1793

Margaret Espy
1772-1851

John Elder
1792-1857
Ann Espy Elder
1794-1886
Mary S. Elder
1798-1882
Josiah Elder
1801-1844
Sarah McAllister Elder
1803-1895
(2) 

Margaret Anna Bell


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    1. Stanley Clan, Thomas Allen Stanley, via https://www.myheritage.com/person-150013...
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    2. Compilation of Published Sources, via https://www.myheritage.com/research/reco..., 1890

      Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German, 1896
      Date: 1896
      Place:  Pennsylvania, USA
      Publication place:  Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
      Text: "...Knight, b. 1877. d. Faul, b. 1879. e. Leila, b. 1881. XV. Samuel Elder, (John, Robert,^) b. February 27, 1772: d. September 26, 1815, in Harrisburg, Pa. He was educated at the schools of Joseph Hutchinson..."
      About this source:
      Title: Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German, 1896
      Subject: Scots-Irish, Pennsylvania Dutch
      Description: First edition published 1886
      Publication date: 1896
      Publisher: Harrisburg, Pa. : Harrisburg Publishing Company
      Author: Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901
      Sponsor: MSN
      Tags: cornell, americana<br>Contributor: Cornell University Library

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    Historical events

    Birthday February 27, 1772

    • The temperature on February 27, 1772 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: donker vochtig. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1772: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 1 » The first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, were issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.
      • June 9 » The British schooner Gaspee is burned in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
      • June 12 » French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and 25 of his men killed by Māori in New Zealand.
      • August 19 » Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
      • August 21 » King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.
      • September 1 » The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

    Day of marriage March 7, 1793

    • The temperature on March 7, 1793 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1793: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 1 » French Revolutionary War: Battle of Aldenhoven during the Flanders Campaign.
      • March 18 » The first modern republic in Germany, the Republic of Mainz, is declared by Andreas Joseph Hofmann.
      • April 6 » During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
      • May 23 » Battle of Famars during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
      • August 27 » French Revolutionary Wars: The city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon by French Revolutionary forces.
      • October 16 » War of the First Coalition: French victory at the Battle of Wattignies forces Austria to raise the siege of Maubeuge.

    Day of death September 26, 1815

    • The temperature on September 26, 1815 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1815: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 15 » War of 1812: American frigate USSPresident, commanded by Commodore Stephen Decatur, is captured by a squadron of four British frigates.
      • February 26 » Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.
      • March 1 » Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
      • March 30 » Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Proclamation which would later inspire Italian unification.
      • May 30 » The East Indiaman Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, in present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
      • December 25 » The Handel and Haydn Society, oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, gives its first performance.
    

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