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Persoonlijke gegevens Thomas Strawbridge 

• Hij is geboren in het jaar 1731 in Londonderry Twp, Chester County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten.
• Hij is overleden in het jaar 1814 in Liberty Twp, Montour County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten, hij was toen 83 jaar oud.
• Een kind van James Strawbridge en Margaret

Gezin van Thomas Strawbridge

Hij heeft/had een relatie met Margaret Montgomery.

Kind(eren):

1. Mariah Strawbridge  1781-1850 

Notities over Thomas Strawbridge

Thomas Strawbridge was appointed captain of militia by the Committee of Safety, in Mch., 1775. In 1776 was lieutentant-colonel of the 2d regt. of Chester co. militia. In Sept., 1776, was a member of the first assembly to form a State Constitution. In 1777 his name appears as president of the Board of Appeal, before whom all persons drafted for the army had to appear to see if they were fit to enter the army. Afterward there appeared among his papers accounts for large quantities of arms, munition, etc., purchased by Colonel Thomas Strawbridge for the army, and for most of which he had given his own personal obligations, which nearly ruined him financially, as he was compelled to pay for them and the goverment could only pay him in Continental money, which at the close of the war was worthless.

Just before the close of the war he removed from Chester co. to what is now Montour co., then included in the county of Northumberland, Pa., and in 1785 was presiding judge of the
courts. He was succeeded a year or two later by his brother-in-law, Gen. William Montgomery.

Thomas Strawbridge was a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania,
where he was reared and learned the trade of tanner. He entered public
life in 1776 as a delegate from Chester county to the convention which
framed the first constitution of the State. His military career began in
May of that year, when the Committee of Safety for his native county
appointed him captain. He received a commission as sub-lieutenant,
October 16, 1777, subsequently rising to the rank of colonel, and was
detailed to superintend the manufacture of arms during the closing years
of the war. He married Margaret Montgomery, a sister of General William
Montgomery, and, doubtless through the influence of the latter, removed
to that part of the original area of Chillisquaque township,
Northumberland county, now embraced in Liberty township, Montour county, about the year 1784. There he established a tannery, one of the first north of Harrisburg, and engaged extensively in farming; for some years he was the largest tax-payer in Chillisquaque township. On the 17th of August, 1791, he was commissioned as associate judge for Northumberland county, serving continuously until his retirement in 1798. He died at the age of eighty-two, September 13, 1813. The name of James Strawbridge appears as an associate judge at several terms in the year 1799, but nothing definite concerning his appointment or personal history has been earned.

One James Strawbridge settled in Londonderry Township, Chester County, Pa., before 1747. His son, Colonel Thomas Strawbridge, was a member of the convention of July 15, 1776, that formed the first state constitution. He was also a Revolutionary War veteran, and he was detailed to superintend the manufacture of arms during the closing years of that war. He married Margaret Montgomery, a sister of Gen. William Montgomery, and they eventually settled in an area now embraced in Liberty Township, Montour County, Pa. He became presiding judge of the courts in 1785;. He also established a tannery, one of the first north of Harrisburg. He had a few sons, and the town of Danville, Pa., was named in honor of one of them, Daniel Strawbridge

Captain of Militia of the Commonwealth of Safety of
Chester County Pennsylvania. Lt. Col 2nd Regiment Army of the Revolution
Thomas C. Strawbridge, (1731-1814), was President of the Board of Appeal, 1777, and was appointed colonel of militia. He and his wife contributed to the suffering army at Valley Forge. She, on horseback, distributed weekly, clothing, spun and wcven from wool raised on their farm. He was born in Chester county; died in Northimiberland county.

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