Westmoreland County PA Archives Church ..... Greensburgh Presbyterian Church, Selected Records of Rev. John Cannon, Greensburgh Presbyterian Church: From the Journals of Josiah V Thompson ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Beatty ************************************************ V5 Page 377 Miss Martha Cannon Morning Sun, Louisa Co, Iowa Sept 22, 1921 Family record of Births &c were not in her father's family bible, but were entered by him in the back of the book of Session Records of the Church which he kept. She had her niece go upstairs & bring it down & while she has gone to lie down for her usual rest, I am copying from the Register which is of the form & similitude of the old time day book, like Father used to keep. It is an inch longer than this record book & 2 inches narrower. I copy: "These dates of the following particular events of my life were writen [sic] by my own hand. In Sept 1810, I was honored by the Faculty of Jefferson College with the degree of B.A. May 23, 1815 was licensed to preach the Everlasting Gospel by a presbytery of the Reformed Church in the City of Philadelphia. Sept 26, 1816 was ordained by the same Presbytery in the town of Greensburgh, Westmoreland, Co, Pa to a Pastoral charge in that village and its vicinity. ...... [Some family information removed and may be found in Bible entry for John Cannon. April 3, 1822 I went by appointment of Synod on a commission to S. Carolina where I met with me fellow commissioners, M. Lusk. There in five weeks, Christ by us, settled all disputes in that part of our church, rectified disorder, ordained Messr Madden & McMillan, administered the Lord's Supper, organized the S. Presbytery. By God's blessing I arrived safely at home on the 8th of June. In April 1823, my congregation was divided & I V5 Page 378 retained Greensburgh & the Societies in Westmoreland and Indiana lying toward the East & N.E. In all having 72 regular members. 3. Sept 10, 1823 In God's good providence, my daughter Matilda was born. 4. On Febr 16th, 1826 God gave us Amanda 5. Aug 9th, 1828 In God's goodness our family was increased by the birth of Susan 6. May 9th, & 10 midnight 1831 After much weakness and affliction of her mother, through God's mercy, my daughter Elizabeth Brown was born 7. was born on the fourth of October 1833 John Renwick, second son & seventh child. 8. on the Nineteenth of January 1836 Martha, the youngest child of Jno & Martha Cannon was born" All of the foregoing is written in the firm strong plain handwriting of John Cannon. He died Martha said, shortly after she was born. I think two weeks. Then, following the above is written in a good hand but not so bold, the following: Rev Jno Cannon was born Nov 1781 in the County Derry, Ireland. He died Feby 2d, 1836 near New Alexandria, Pa Mrs Martha Cannon was born Dec 28th, 1799, was married to Rev Jno Cannon Feby 3d, 1818. Died in Morning Sun, Iowa Nov 9th, 1884 aged 84 yrs 10 months & 12 days Robert Brown Cannon was born Oct 4, 1821. In the back of the book, Rev John Cannon has written: Evidently a record of baptisms. Date & Place Name Parents Name Dec 1, 1816 Thomas Hays Campbell aged 18 mos William & Jane Campbell June 11, 1821 Qat [sic] Shanang Samuel Hays Findley Other, not recollected May 24, 1824 Brown Wylie Gill Rev'd Jonathan Gill, pastor of Thorn & Puckaty Ohio Licking Co Aug 28, 1826 James Wylie Kirkpatrick William Wilson Duffield James Fisher Fulton Nathaniel Samuel Thomas Forks, Young June 11, 1832 Mathew McClenahan & Susan Wilson Joseph Evens Par. Mary Jane McCaig Par. Samuel These were baptisms evidently outside of his church & for those in the church, this register was kept & recorded on Pages 2 to 27 are the admissions, Baptisms & Marriages. I make record of some: Admissions Page 2 No2 June 2, 1817 upon personal examination after publick rebuke for Adul & fornication, Elizabeth Patterson. Also on same day upon testimonial Thos Gamble, R. Elder, & Mrs Gamble John & Allison G. On June 14, 1817 Upon personal examination Hugh Cannon, Sarah Cannon, Robt Duncan, Mrs Thompson, Robt Alexander, Jane Alexander, Jacob Leslie, Elizabeth Leslie, George McClelland & upon testimonial Moses Boyd, Samuel Boyd, James Wallace V5 Page 381 David Milligan & Mrs Milligan Aug 16, 1817 Upon per. Ex. Rose Ann & Margrt Patterson Church membership, Jane Hurst Mch 7, 1821 Per. Ex Hannah Crawford May 16, 1821 Ex & cft Mrs Mary Dunlap Register of those who are separated from the church Page 3 Date Cause of Separation Name Apr 8, 1817 An infant of 3 m & 9 days seper by death Robert Brown May 1817 By death James Lyon June 13, 1818 By death, aged 11 weeks Mary Cannon Sept 1818 Moved away Thomas Patterson & wife Sept 1818 Moved westward Moses & Samuel Boyd Sept 1818 By marriage Margaret Black Sept 1820 By removal Sarah Hollaway, Elizabeth Patterson, David Milligan & wife Oct 1824 By death Joseph Steel 1825 By death William Dunlap 1826 By death Mrs. Margaret Dunlap aged 103 1826 By death Old Mrs. Shearer & David Rankin Feby 1830 By death Hugh Cannon aged 96 years Oct 1830 By death Mr. Samuel Patterson 1832 By death Joseph Henderson 1838 By death Samuel Smith, ruling Elder 1838 By removal James & Elizabeth Henderson David Henderson, wife & two daughters Robert Henderson & wife Daniel & Martha Enver Page 4 Admitted to the Lord's Supper for First time May 24, 1818 by Church membership Rosanna Patterson Sept 12, 1819 By Church membership Jeremiah Cannon Sept 3, 1820 By Church membership & exam Betsy Milligan Sept? 9?, 1821 By Church membership & exam Jeremiah Dunlap Page 5 Aug 18, 1822 By cft & exam James Henderson Aug 18, 1822 By per exam Hannah Crawford Oct 6, 1822 By per exam & ch Mem Sarah Milligan Aug 1823 By of our church Susan Dunlap June 12, 1825 By per Exam Lydia Niccols Sept 4, 1827 By [sic] Montgomery & Jane Thompson V5 Page 382 Page 6 Register of Baptisms No 1 Date Name age Parents names 1 Nov 3, 1816 Roseann Taylor Dunlap 4 mos 11 days Robert & Elizabeth Dunlap Nov 10, 1816 Alexander Cannon 4 mos 8 days Alex & Sarah Cannon 2 Nov 24, 1816 Mary Ann Milligan 11 mos 24 days Samuel & Margaret Milligan 1 Feby 6, 1817 Robert Brown 1 mos 7 days Robert & Ann Brown Mch 30, 1817 Letitia Shearer Robert Shearer June 14, 1818 David Milligan 8 mos David & ____ Milligan Page 7 No 1 Date Name age Parents names Feby 11, 1819 Martha Shearer 2 mos Robert & ____ Shearer Mch 7, 1819 Samuel Milligan 2 mos Samuel & Margaret Milligan May 31, 1819 Mary Ann Cannon Born 2 Apr Jno & Martha Cannon Aug 22, 1819 John Nickles Cannon Alex & Sarah Cannon Oct 10, 1819 Thomas Dunlap 3 mos Robert & Elizabeth Dunlap May 15, 1820 Joseph Scroggs Leslie Jacob Leslie Mar 11, 1821 Hannah Crawford, a married woman & Robert, her infant son May 1, 1821 David Shearer Robert & Margaret Shearer Page 8 Record of Marriages Mch 11, 1817 Charles McComb of Conemaugh, Indiana Co. to " Moley" McGuire of Derry, Westmoreland Co., Pa. (Martha says this was a sister of her Uncle Alex Cannon's wife, Sarah) Feby 12, 1818 William Lazzar to Rachel Cannon both of Mt Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., Pa (Martha says this was a daughter of her Uncle James Cannon) Nov 3, 1818 William Dunlap to Mary Latta, both of Westmoreland Co., Pa Feby 11, 1823 Andrew Fulton to Mary Ann Purvis, daughter of William Purvis Apr 15, 1823 Henry Sterling of Pittsburgh to Susan Brown, daughter of R. Brown of Greensburgh 1824 Edward Hill to Betsey Wilson, both of Derry Tp Page 9 Feby 24, 1824 Thomas Hays of Crawford County to Susan Dunlap of Unity, Westmoreland Dec 16, 1824 George Peoples of Ligonier Valley to Jemima Cannon of Derry Tp (Martha says this was first cousin of her father, but not, she thinks, a daughter of his oldest sister, Betsy who married her 1st cousin, John Cannon.) V5 Page 383 Aug 23, 1825 William Brown to Lydia Niccols, both of Gbg Mch 7, 1826 Robert Alexander to Ann Maria Sooter, both of Youngstown Feby 8, 1827 James Fletcher to Jane Nevin both of Derry Tp, Westmoreland Co., Pa July 31, 1827 William McClure of Redbank to Jemima Jane Cannon (Martha says what she said above bottom of preceding page applied to this Jemima Jane & not that one. S'd this Jemima was living with her father when a new brick house was building & McClure was working on it & they married & they removed to land he had taken up in Northern part of state.) Nov 13, 1827 Hugh Cannon to Catherine Miller, both of Derry Tp (Martha supposed this is one of her Aunt Betsey's sons as she lived in Derry Tp & had a son Hugh) Mch 7, 1828 James Cannon to Elisabeth McAll Alexander, Unity (Martha says he was a son of her Uncle James & Rebecca Shields, his wife. June 26, 1828 Isaac Temple & widow Hannah Crawford at John Temple's Nov 18, 1828 James Patterson to Jane Thompson, daughter of Moses Thompson, Indiana Co. Mch 16, 1830 Samuel P. Brown to Mary Jane Nichols, both of Gbg (Martha says James Nichols, the lawyer at Gbg was her father. He had two daughters, Nancy & Jane (Mrs. Fulton, I think) & Nancy once wanted to join a convent & her father who had moved to the country had great difficulty in restraining her from doing so.) V5 Page 384 Record of Baptisms Date Name Born Parents Page 10 Dec 9, 1821 Robert Brown Cannon Oct 4, 1821 John & Martha Cannon Dec 27, 1821 Martha Jane Cannon Alex & Sarah Cannon Nov 23, 1823 Matilda Cannon Sept 10, 1823 John & Martha Cannon (between June & Sept) 1824 Martha Jane Dunlap John & Martha Dunlap Page 11 Nov 14, 1824 Elizabeth Cannon Alex & Sarah Cannon of Derry Tp June 13, 1825 Jemima Elizabeth Shearer by Mr. R. Gibson Robert & Margaret Shearer June 19, 1825 James Henderson & Jane Write Children of Mary Write of Indiana Co. Oct 2, 1826 Elizabeth Dunlap by Mr. Gill Robert & Elizabeth Oct 2, 1826 Amanda Cannon Feby 16, 1826 John & Martha Page 12 Registry of members admitted to the church but no dates given James Henderson (marked) Dead May 31, 1824 on examination Moses Thompson June 5, 1824 Removed David Henderson Before the Sacrament at J. Coleman's May 1st, 1825. From the Secession Church on Examination & good character among others: James Oliver & Margrt his wife, Nancy Thompson wife of Moses Thompson. Same time G.A. Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth Henderson, wife of David Henderson in testimony of good character. Later "removed" is written over her name. Mary Wright on cft & later "removed" written above her name. & Mary Gamble. Page 13 Before our S (Synod?) at Greensburgh June 12, 1825 from the General Assembly Presbyterian Church on person examination Lydia Niccolls, daughter to John Niccolls, Sheriff. Above her name the word "dead" is later written. Before the S. at New Alexandria Sept 4, 1824 William (removed) Brown & Jane Nivens on personal examination. Montgomery & Jane (dead) Thompson from the A Church Margaret (removed) Henderson cft & exam fr G. Assembly Church. June 10, 1826 Joseph (dead) Fletcher & Ann (removed) Hay: one from Canonsburgh the other from Pgh conf on cft. V5 Page 385 Page 14 Sept 2, 1827, Elizabeth (dead) Brown, wife of Dr B. of Blairsville, Eliza Thompson on exam James Thompson & Robt Beatty on cft from Ireland. Page 15 Admitted to Sacrament Lord's Supper for 1st time New Alexandria May 29, 1831 Robert Henderson & Martha his wife fr AR Church, Thomas Brown, John Dunlap Jun, Margaret Jane Dunlap, Polly Thompson James Gemmil & Mrs Mary Dunlap, she on cft fr Dr Black Aug 28, 1831 Before our Sacrament at Greensburgh, Lavinia Ann Brown & Mary Dunlap both brought up in our church (made defections) Before the Com of the Supper at Valley Church Aug 26, 1832 James Henderson, Robert Gamble etal Page 16 Before the Supper of our Lord at Valley Church Aug 31, 1834 James Dunlap, Nancy Thompson. These were young members now admitted to full communion Before the Lord's Supper at New Alexandria Oct 1, 1836 Alexander Cannon, & Mary Ann Johnston brought up in this church on personal examination (Martha says this is the son of Alex & Sarah.) July 1, 1837 Mary Ann Cannon brought up in this church on personal examination (Martha says this was her oldest sister) Before the Lord's Supper at Gbg Page 17 June 19, 1841 On personal ex, Matilda Cannon (Martha's sister) Page 18 Record of Baptism Jany 3, 1828 William Campbell Fletcher, son of James & JaneMay 25, 1828 Joshua Milton Dushane, son of Joshua & Mary (Martha says he used to live with them & was the only one of the 4 boys that turned out well.) Page 19 Mar 14, 1830 John Markle Gemmil, parents John & Ellanor Gemmil (Martha says James Gemmil's father was Thomas & he had brothers Thomas, Alexander & John & Andrew. This might have been his nephew.) Mar 14, 1830 V5 Page 386 May 24, 1830 Robert Gamble, a lad of 18 yrs Aug 2, 1830 Ann Elisabeth Brown, grandchild of Robert & Ann Brown, Parent, Elizabeth Brown Decd. (Martha says her grandparents took her when her mother died & there was quite a fight for her by her father when he married again & he got her but she died of scarlet fever.) Sept 12, 1830 John Gamble, a lad of 13 yrs parents Samuel & Francis Barr or Baer, stepfather & real mother Page 20 Dec 12, 1830 Robert Orr Henderson & William Montgomery Henderson, Parents Robert & Martha Henderson of Indiana Co Pa Aug 27, 1831 Elizabeth Brown Cannon, dau of John & Martha Mch 1, 1832 James Cannon, son of Alex & Sarah Page 21 Feby 9, 1834 Robert Dunlap McCreery, son of Samuel & Margaret June 2, 1834 By Mr. Sproutts, John Renwich, parents John & Martha Cannon Page 22 Sept 7, 1834 Margaret Fulton & her twin sister Isabella Myrue, parents, Robert Allard & Ann, his wife Oct 26, 1834 Matilda Henderson, Parents, James & Elizabeth Henderson, removed to Illinois Page 23 Aug 26, 1839 Robert Brown, Parents, James & Nancy Gemmil Page 24 July 28, 1841 Thos Ferguson Campbell, Parent Lavinia Ann Campbell Anna Elizabeth Gammil, parents Jas & Nancy Gammil Page 26 Marriages May 15, 1832 The Revend [sic] George Scott of Darlington, Beaver Co., PA to Mary Brown Nov 28, 1832 Samuel Patterson to Mary Thompson, he of Derry Tp, she of Aultmans Run On a loose folder he has given the names of a half dozen heads of families & their children among them "Samuel & Marget [sic] Milligan, children, Eliza, Sarah Robert Jamieson, Jane, James, Marget, Mary Ann Born Dec 1, 1815. ----------