Thomas WASSON^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Abt 1745 - 1803  (~ 58 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	Thomas WASSON
  Birth	Abt 1745	Peters TWP, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  _UID	F11C7B86EED46B4C9463889D84C06F0C622A
  Death	May 1803	Peters TWP, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Notes	From: American Revolutionary Soldiers, pg. 223 Thomas Wason - Was a private under Captain McKinnie, 1781-82. He was of Peters Township, later "Rockdale," the Kieffer farm. His father was killed by Indians and his mother taken captive. The son James Wason went South, but Thomas lived and died here. His will was probated May 10, 1803, naming a wife Margaret; six sons, only John and James being named; a niece Mary Coleman. He was a member of the Welsh Run Presbyterian Church, and is probably buried there. "Penna. Arch. 5th Ser. Vol. 6, p. 289, 297, 299, 305. Thomas Wasson took over the John Wasson plantation buying the interest of James and Elizabeth, lived and died on his father's farm. From: Abstracts of Wills of Franklin County, Reg. at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Vol. B Thomas Wasson of Peters township; dated April 24, 1803; proved May 10, 1803; wife Margaret her horse and saddle, one cow and her bed and furniture; sons John and James the use of my plantation for seven years, they maintaining the family and keeping their mother; at the end of seven years, plantation to be sold and money divided among six sons; niece Mary Coleman; Exrs: Son John and Archibald Bard; Wit: Philip Sullivan, Robert McClelland.
  Person ID	I569	Robert Mueller Family
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	John WASSON,   b. 25 Dec 1698, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 26 May 1756, Peters TWP, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Ann (Nancy) MEANS,   b. Abt 1717, Fermanagh, Tyrone, Ireland d. Aft 1772, Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age ~ 56 years)
  Marriage	26 May 1744	Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Age at Marriage	He was 45 years and 5 months old; She was ~ 27 years and 5 months old. (Were Married 12 years).
  Family ID	F229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret (Mary) MCCLELLAND   d. Peters TWP, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Children	1. James WASSON,   b. Peters TWP, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA + 2. William McClelland WASSON,   b. Peters TWP, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Sep 1805/6, Center TWP, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA   3. John WASSON,   b. Peters TWP, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA + 4. Daniel WASSON,   b. 1761, Peters TWP, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA d. Between 1839 and 1843, Scrubgrass TWP, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 78 years) + 5. Hugh WASSON,   b. 1766, Peters TWP, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 22 Dec 1836, Center TWP, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 70 years) + 6. Joseph WASSON,   b. 27 Oct 1785, Peters TWP, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 11 Oct 1878, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1745 - Peters TWP, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA Child - Daniel WASSON - 1761 - Peters TWP, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA Child - Hugh WASSON - 1766 - Peters TWP, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA Child - Joseph WASSON - 27 Oct 1785 - Peters TWP, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA Death - May 1803 - Peters TWP, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin Co., PA, DAR 1969. [S33] Ann Wasson. [S90] Journal of Dorothy Sloan Anthony. [S31] GEDCOM file imported on 17 May 2004.