Biographical Sketch of Archibald WOODSIDE (1881); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Candace Roth . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881); pg. 772 WOODSIDE, Archibald, born in Londonderry, Ireland, about 1720, arrived in this country in 1728, and it is presumed that his parents came with him, but their names do not appear. The first residence here was near Lewisville. He married Rachel Stewart, also from the north of Ireland, and settled near Somerset, in Upper Oxford, whence they moved about one mile east of New London. Rachel died 1786, and Archibald in 1806. Their children were ten in number, of whom one died in infancy. The others were,--1. John, b. 1747, d. 1810, went to the wilderness, where Danville now stands; was a soldier in the Revolution, and in a skirmish with Indians was scalped and left for dead. He married Helen Montgomery, and had nine children, of whom his son Thomas is said to have been the first white child born in Northumberland Co., Pa. 2. Robert, b. 1749, d. unmarried; 3. Archibald, b. Oct 10, 1751, d. Feb. 2, 1828; 4. David, b. Feb. 4, 1753; 5. James, b. May 11, 1755; 6. William, b. April 4, 1758, d. Aug. 23, 1850; 7. Margaret, b. May 23, 1760, d. Jan. 15, 1832; 8. Mary, b. Aug. 5, 1762, d. Nov 25, 1833; 9. Stewart, b. Sept. 10, 1769, d. Sept. 10, 1826. Robert, Archibald, Mary and Stewart remained at the homestead unmarried, Archibald being a spinning-wheel maker. David and James, also unmarried, removed to Clearfield County when young. Margaret married Isaac Larue, near New London, and left a daughter Rachel, who married James Roney. William learned the blacksmith trade with his brother John at New London; bought a farm between the present Penn Station and McDowell's mill; married, in 1793, Eleanor, daughter of John McKinsick, of Lower Oxford, and had four children,--1. John, b. Dec. 7, 1794, d. Oct. 2, 1871; 2. Rachel, b. Nov 17, 1796, d. Sept. 6, 1862; 3. William Stewart, b. Jan 27, 1801, d. Feb. 28, 1876; 4. Archibald, b. July 18, 1803. John married, Dec. 22, 1836, Margaret Creswell, was a farmer, and lived at the homestead. Rachel lived with him, unmarried. William Stewart was a wheelwright near Penn Station several years; married, Feb. 24, 1836, Caroline, daughter of William H. Crosby, of Hayesville, and had children,--John Whitfield, Robert Graham, James Crosby, Jane Dickey, David Byron, William Penn, George M., and Thomas Franklin.