NINTH GENERATION

NINTH GENERATION

260. Stewart Herbert Judge was born in 1721. He died on Oct 10 1778 in Leacock Presbyterian Cemetery, Lancaster County, Paradise, Pennsylvania. He was buried in Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Ref: James McCurley letter, 7 Feb, 1963.

B&D: Tombstone Inscriptions from Lancaster County Graveyards, vol. XII, p. 38 (Old Leacock Presbyterian Churchyard, Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Paradise,Pa.) d. Oct 10, 1778, age 57 years. (Tombstone at Leacock Presbyterian Church Cemetery.)

Probate: Will dated 27 Sep 1778, Probated 4 Nov 1778. Will-C-1-545. Listed sister Margaret, wife of Peter Dello. Children: Stewart (b.1754) Capt.- Washington co.,Md.; Daniel(b.1760); Elizabeth(b.1762) m. Wm. Whitehill abt 1780-1783; Moses(B.1765) Alleg. Co. 1790; Jane(B.1767).

Probate: Ref: Leacock Presbyterian Church, p.14. Stewart Herbert had land in Leacock Twp. in the Mill Creek Valley as early as 1756. He and his wife, Sidney, died in 1778 and are buried here.

Ref: History of Lancaster Co. by Evans says Thomas Herbert, also distinguished in the war, was a son, though he is not mentioned in the will. Jacob Herbert, also not mentioned in the will was probably also a son. The family left the neighbohood during or directly after the revolutionary war. Stewart Jr. lived in Washington County, Maryland, in 1790, and in the same year, Moses was in Allegheny county, Pa.

Land: Ref: History of Lancaster County, Pa. Vol.1 & 2 by Ellis Evans 1883. On Dec.31,1778, ninety-three acres of the Herbert farm, in Mill Creek Valley, was sold to James Clemson, of Salisbry, the same having been patented to Stewart Herbert in 1756.(Philadelphia Patent Book A, Vol.19,p.167.)

Ref: Herbert papers in surname file in Lancaster Historical Library, Lancaster,Pa. Mentions that Stewart Herbert was an immigrant from Wales.

Probate:Ref: Will Book B, Vol.1,p.716, Lancaster Co.,Pa. Will of Jacob McDill. LIsted as son-in-law.
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261. Sidney McDill was born in 1721 in Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She died on Apr 18 1778 in Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She was buried in Leacock Presbyterian Cemetery, Lancaster County, Paradise, Pennsylvania. Burial: Ref: Tombstone at Leacock Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Paradise, Leacock Twp. Lancaster Cty, Pa. Papers of Leacock Presbyterian Church.

Ref: Herbert Family papers in surname file in the Lancaster Historical Library, Lancaster, Pa.
Children were:

child i. Stewart Herbert was born on Mar 7 1754. He died on Mar 13 1795. He was buried in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland. B&D: Washington County, MD, Cemetery Records; Hagerstown, Rose Hill Cemetery, p.241. "Late printer of Elizabeth-Town".

Occupation: Per James McCurley letter, 7 Feb. 1963: moved to Hagerstown in 1784. Operated printing press in Lancaster (city), Pa. in 1774-1775. Was first editor and printer and printer in Hagerstown, Md. (Scharf, p.1144)

Ref: "Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army" by Francis Heitman, 1914. Stewart Herbert was a Lieutenant during the Revolution.


child130 ii. Daniel Herbert.
child iii. Elizabeth Herbert was born in 1762. Probate: Listed in will of Judge Stewart Herbert's will as child b.1762 and married to Wm. Whitehill abt 1780-83.Will-C-1-545 Lancaster Cty. Pa.

child iv. Moses Herbert was born in 1765. Probate: Listed in will of Judge Stewart Herbert as son .Will-C-1-545 Lancaster Cty Pa. Ref: Book, "Leacock Presbyterian Church", p.14; mentions that the Herberts left Leacock Twp. during or after the Revolutionary War and that Moses was in Allegheny County, Pa.

child v. Jane Herbert was born in 1767 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Probate: Will-C-1-545 Lancaster Cty. Pa. Will of Judge Stewart Herbert lists Jane as child.

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