John Galbraith

1690 - 1753  (63 years)

• Name	John Galbraith
  Born	1690	Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Education	1753	Grist and sawmill sold to John Bayly by executors.   [2]
  _FA2	1753	His widow, Janet and brother James Galbraith were executors of the estate.   [3]
  Died	Oct 1753	Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania   [3]
  Notes	John Galbraith settled on Donegal Meeting-House Run, about two miles farther down than where his brother, Andrew located. He came in the same year with his father, James and his brother, Andrew. John built a grist and sawmill on the north side of the Marietta and Mount Joy turnpike at the run as early as 1721. He also brewed beer and kept an ordinary in 1726, to which reference is made under heads of taverns. He was elected Sherriff in 1731, and was a member of the first jury drawn in the county. (Source - History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Ellis and Evans, 1883, pp 760-761) John Galbraith built the first grist and saw mill in East Donegal Township about the year 1721. (Source - History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Ellis and Evans 974.815 EL 59H - page 759)
  Person ID	I0113	McKinney and Stewart of Clarion County, Pennsylvania
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2007

  
  

  Father	James Galbraith,   b. 1666, Ireland ,   d. 23 Aug 1744, Derry, Chester County, Pennsylvania  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Chambers,   b. Abt 1670, Ireland ,   d. Abt 1765, Pennsylvania  (Age ~ 95 years)
  Family ID	F0013	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jennet ???,   b. Abt 1693, Ireland ,   d. Between 1725 and 1787  (Age ~ 32 years)
  Children	+ 1. Eleanor Galbraith   2. Rebecca Galbraith   3. Elizabeth Galbraith,   b. Aft 1714   4. Robert Galbraith,   b. 1715, Ireland ,   d. 8 Mar 1748, Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania  (Age 33 years)   5. Margaret Galbraith,   b. Abt 1721, Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F0078	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S02791] Clan Galbraith Association of North America, The Red Tower Newsletter, Volume VIII, No 2, Winter 1986, page 7. [S02826] History of Lpp 760-761. [S02825] History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Ellis and Evans, pp 760-761.