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From: "Linda Merle" <>
Subject: Re: [Sc-Ir] Favorite Scotch -Irish ancestors
Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 18:21:34 -0700


Hi Ann, our archives are full of Covenantor/RP genealogy. One now
deceased lister spent her last year posting her life's research into
our archives!

My family were also RP. As my John Anderson was supposedly ordained
a ruling elder by the Rev. Cuthbertson and later founded the first
Covenantor Society west of the Alleghenies, we should probably
compare trees. These folk intermarried a lot.

I got no (Mc)Junkins (i've seen the name in records with a Mc),
but a WALLACe married into a MURRAY line. It begins with a Neil
Murray born in 1752 in Moray, Scotland, who married Anna Brown
in 1873 in PA. Their daughter Mary married a James Patton of
Ireland and settled in Kitanning, PA.

Robert Murray married Jane Anderson in 1823 in PA. She is the
daughter of Francis Anderson/Jane McGeary. Francis was the first
Justice of the Peace of Butler Co, PA and son of John Anderson,
Covenantor. Their sons Francis Anderson Murray is buried in
Markle, Allegheny TWP, Westmoreland, PA. Sarah married a
William McWilliams. Also buried in Markle. We 'always knew' these
Murrays who were still visiting my grandparents.

Another daughter of Francis Anderson married a Cochran.

Linda Merle


>Joseph Junkin I was born at Monahan, County Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, about 1715.he died 1 April 1777 at Cumberland,PA. He is thought to have been the son of John Lewis Junkin (1678-1762) and Margaret Lynn (born ca. 1680), daughter of the Laird of Loch Lynn. This has not been documented.
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>He married Elizabeth WALLACE in 1743 at Peach Bottom ,York Co, PA. Charlotte Elizabeth WALLACE was born in 1722 in County Tyrone, Ireland and died 10 April 1796 at Cumberland Co. ,PA. She was buried at Silver Springs ,Cumberland,PA. She was the daughter of John WALLACE and Martha HAYS.
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>In 1735 or 1736, Joseph Junkin emigrated to the Colonies with his wife and two brothers Thomas Junkin and James Junkin. Joseph landed at New Castle, Delaware where uncles and cousins had previously settled. Thomas settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, while James chose Berks County, near Philadelphia. James had two sons, Adam (unmarried) and Benjamin who settled in the Sherman Valley of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He later moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania. Joseph tarried for a time in the vicinity of Oxford, Pennsylvania, before heading out for the Pennsylvania frontier.
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>Coming from the rural districts of the "old country", Joseph and Elizabeth sought the frontier, where lands were to be had for the "taking up," with small fees for records and surveying. It was to a virtual unbroken wilderness near Harris's Ferry, now Harrisburg, near the flowing Susquehanna and the present site of New Kingston, Pennsylvania, where about 1738, Joseph I brought his bride. It is said that at this time there were no settlers West of him, and of course none to interfere with his lines of survey.
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>Life on the Pennsylvania frontier was seldom dull. Often the family was forced leave their dwelling at night, hiding in the cornfield or the "flaxpatch," for fear of Indian assault. In the year 1755, during the French and Indian War, the Junkin Family was forced to escape from savage barbarities by fleeing to Chester County, where they stayed for a season with relatives.
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>Joseph Junkin I and his wife Elizabeth Wallace established the "Junkin Tent" soon after their arrival In what is now Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. This outdoor meeting place served the area as a church and services were held more or less regularly. It was here that the first Covenanter communion in the new world was celebrated. The Rev. John Cuthbertson, a Scotsman, served 250 communicants on August 23, 1752. According to Rev. Cuthbertson's diary, he baptized most of the Junkin children, and evidently headquartered at Elder Junkin's when he was in the vicinity. Known later as "Widow Junkin's Tent", it was a simple stand or dias, with a shelter for the minister, and a board on which to lay the Bible erected by Joseph Junkin I.
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>Children of Joseph Junkin I and Elizabeth Wallace:
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>B1 William Junkin, born 1744. Died 25 April, 1825. Married 1769 Jane Galloway, born 8 January 1745, died 1786. (my great great great great grandfather)
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>B2 Mary (Polly) Junkin, born ca. 1747, died ca. 1825. Married John Culbertson and settled in Culbertson's Run, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. No children.
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>B3 Joseph Junkin II, born 01/22/1750. Died 02/21/1831. Married Elinor Cochran on 05/24/1779.
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>B4 George Junkin, (died at very young age)
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>B5 Agnes Junkin, born ca. 1754. Died ca. 1834. Never married. She is buried at the Center Presbyterian church cemetery near Ft. Robinson, Perry County, Pa. It is the supposition that she perhaps lived with her brother Benjamin's family, residents of Perry County. Also in Agnes' will she left an inheritance to two great nieces, daughters of her nephew John, who was Benjamin's son.
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>B6 John Junkin, born ca. 1756. Revolutionary War soldier, fought in the Battle of Brandywine in 1777. Never married.
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>B7 Benjamin Junkin, born ca. 1761, died 1812 Perry County, Pa. Married 1779 Mary Davidson.
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>B8 Elizabeth Junkin, born ca. 1763. Died ca. 1796. Married Dr. McCall of Shippensburg, PA.
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>B1 William Junkin was born on the family homestead in East Pennsboro Twp. Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1744, and died 25 April, 1825, at Junkin Mills, Wayne Township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. With his seven brothers and sisters, he grew up on the frontier of the state. Most of his education was received from his parents, who were always eager that their children be well-acquainted with books.
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>On 6 August, 1766, William took out a warrant for 150 acres of land in what became Wayne Twp., Mifflin Co then Armagh Township of Cumberland County. Mifflin County was formed in 1789 from parts of Cumberland and Northumberland Counties. The 1790 federal census lists among the early settlers William, James and David Junkin; Edward, James, George, Isabella and William Bratton; and Samuel Holliday. On an earlier Cumberland County tax roll, Andrew, John and Lancelot Junkin are also listed as are George, James, John, Joseph, Samuel and William Galloway. The Brattons, Hollidays and Galloway all appear repeatedly in Junkin history.
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>Shortly after taking up the 150 acres of land, William was married to Jane Galloway, Aided by the Scotch thrift of his wife, William evidently prospered for in 1790 he was assessed for 229 acres of land, three horses, three cows and one mill. A later assessment shows him to be the owner of 300 acres of land, four tenant houses, two apple orchards and three mills. A grist mill was at first built, and later a chopping mill and a saw mill. In addition to operating his farm and mills, William also served as overseer of the poor.
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>During the Revolutionary War William served as a private in Capt. Samuel Holliday's Eighth Battalion of Cumberland County militia from 1780-82. In 1781 he was on a tour of duty in Penn's valley. William Junkin's home was also designated because of its construction and location as a refuge where inhabitants of the area forted from Indian attacks, It was immediately after his discharge from the army that he built his first mill.
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>The Junkin mills stood across the river from Waynesburg, now McVeytown. It is interesting to note that Samuel Holliday was the first resident of Waynesburg, which was laid out in 1795. He had been living in the vicinity for sometime before that date. In 1833 the name was changed to McVeytown, so named for John McVey, a prominent citizen who had been instrumental in getting the boundaries of the town extended. It is also said that William's friends, Samuel Holliday and Andrew Bratton, encouraged him to come with them to this section of the country. During his later years, William was assisted at the mills by his oldest son James. William died at the age of 81 years and is buried in Wayne Twp.
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>He was married to Jane GALLOWAY in 1766 in . Jane GALLOWAY was born in 1747 in Miffllin Co ,PA. She died in 1786 in Mifflin Co. PA. She was the daughter of George GALLOWAY and Rebecca JUNKIN . She was the first cousin to William Junkin.
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>Eight children:
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>1 James Junkin, born 9 Oct 1772; died 17 Feb 1823.
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>2 Ann Junkin, born 23 Sept 1774; died 28 Feb 1809. Married David Alexander Steele, died 24 June 1821.
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>3 Rebecca Junkin, born 8 May 1776; died 1836. Married 1792 Archibald Moore (born 13 May 1768; died 1819 of Locust Grove, Pa.
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>4 Jane Junkin, born 30 Dec 1777; died 1843. Married 1794 John McCoy (b 1775 Northumberland Co., Pa; d 1825) son of Sgt. Wm. McCoy, a Revolutionary soldier, and Rachel ______ McCoy.
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>5 Catherine "Kitty" Junkin, born 21 Apr 1780; died 10 July 1851. Buried Presbyterian cemetery, McVeytown, Pa. M 15 Dec 1814 by Rev. John Hutchinson of Mifflintown Presbyterian Church David Lusk (b 11 Aug 1788; Lycoming Co., Pa; d 14 Dec 1831) He was one of the executors of his father-in-law's (Wm. Junkin) will.
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>6 Margaret Junkin, born 3 July 1782. Married Robert Johnson.
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>7 William Junkin, born 28 Sept 1784 NFI.
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> 8 Andrew Junkin, born 15 Sept 1786; died Lewistown, Pa. Was a merchant and miller at McVeytown. Married Margaret Willis -my great great great grandfather
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>A distant cousin was George Junkin who was the 2nd president of Miami University in Oxford, OH, minister etc and his daughter married Stonewall Jackson.
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>Ann
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