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Most wanted person: William Brisben and his Connection to the McCurdy & Creighton Families of Salisbury, Lancaster Co

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I have not yet been able to establish a relationship for W Brisben to the families where he appears as executor of their wills. Included in the following is William Brisben's will, and the Brisben members buried with that William, as well as mention of Brisben in McCurdy records.

William Brisben's was an executor of the will of William Creighton[father of Ann Creighton who married Robert McCurdy, our direct ] and was also an executor of the will of Archibald McCurdy died 1795 [ who is the brother of Ann Creighton's husband Robert McCurdy, just mentioned, and the father of John Adams McCurdy who purportedly married Jane and/ or Mary Brisben]. I believe William Brisben is somehow related by marriage with the McCurdy and allied families of Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Penna beyond this purported marriage of James McCurdy to his known daughter Mary Brisben [she is mentioned as dtr Mary in Wm Brisben's will -see below] who may or may not have been James Adams McCurdy's wife. There is a William Brisben buried Pequea Presbyterian Church Cemetery Salisbury, Lancaster County PA. [see below for the bundle of Brisbens at that cemetery]

[There is a purported marriage of John Adams McCurdy, son of Archibald McCurdy [Arch. died 1795] , to a Jane Brisben, but other sources state a John Adams McCurdy married Mary Brisben, the daughter of William Brisben who is the subject of this page. Neither marriage is yet verified. This info is provided only to further the need for information on the Brisben/McCurdy connections outlined below. ]

DAR lineage shows Sargeant James ABRAM married to Eleanor BRISBON. DAR Record indicates James Abram, served, 1777, as sergeant in Capt. Robert McCurdy's company, 7th battalion, Lancaster County Militia

Will abstract MC CURDY, Archibald
November 20, 1794 February 2, 1795
[No relevant Brisben related r names given here beyond that of one of the executors]
Ex. William Brisben, Hannah and Adam McCurdy.
Furthers the suspicion this person is somehow related to the family group
F. Edward Wright. Abstracts of Lancaster Co, PA Wills, 1786 - 1820. Abstracts of wills executed in Lancaster County, PA, between 1786 and 1820. Genforum.com Library subscription publication

Will abstract CREIGHTON, William
ìNovember 10, 1790 November 13, 1790
CREIGHTON, WILLIAM
Wife. Barbara Creighton. Children: Mary, Martha, Margaret and Ann.
Grandchildren: Isaac Lightner, William, Samuel and Margaret Erven (parents' names not given).
Ex. Robert McCurdy and William Brisbin. Leacock Twp.î
Furthers the suspicion this person is somehow related to the family group
F. Edward Wright. Abstracts of Lancaster Co, PA Wills, 1786 - 1820. Abstracts of wills executed in Lancaster County, PA, between 1786 and 1820. Genforum.com Library subscription publication

William Brisbenís will:
May 18, 1811 November 22, 1811
BRISBEN, WILLIAM
Wife. (name not given). Children: John, Elizabeth, William, David, Mary and Henry. Grandchildren: James Brisben and Elizabeth Fullerton
(parents' names not given).
Ex. John, David and Henry Brisben. Salsbury Twp. [Henry is buried with the William Brisben Pequea Church Cemetery]
F. Edward Wright. Abstracts of Lancaster Co, PA Wills, 1786 - 1820. Abstracts of wills executed in Lancaster County, PA, between 1786 and 1820. Genforum.com Library subscription publication

There is a Henry Brisben, Blacksmith Salisbury Township for 1807 [may be the same Henry in William Brisben's abstract above]
From http://www.horseshoe.cc/pennadutch/people/trades/blacksmith/smiths.htm

"Pequea Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Salisbury, Lancaster County PA
The first row seen is where the Brisben's are burried.
From Left to Right it's:

* Henry Brisben - born June 16, 1784, died May 24, 1827 [ed note: possibly the Blacksmith Henry Brisben in Salisbury for 1807]
* Doctor James Brisben - died Sept 20, 1806 age 52 y 7 m 20 days
* David Brisben - born Aug 3, 1771, died May 4, 1859 age 87 y 6 m 27 days
* Elizabeth Brisben - Aug 1, 1798Ý 57 yr
* William Brisben - Oct 26, 1811 aged 76 yr 7 m 9 dy"

This above cemetery group is From http://www.pa-roots.com/surname/brisbin/

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 67 page 220

Mrs. Laura Fowler St. Clair. DAR ID Number: 66603 Born in Clark County, Iowa. Wife of F. E. E. St. Clair, M. D.
Descendant of Sergt. James Abram.
Daughter of Philip Leffer Fowler (1845-71), and Margaret McKee (b. 1853), his wife.
Granddaughter of William A. McKee (b. 1820), and Amy Griffith (b. 1923), his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of John McKee and Margaret Abram, his wife.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of James Abram and Eleanor Brisbon, his wife. James Abram, served, 1777, as sergeant in Capt. Robert McCurdy's company, 7th battalion, Lancaster County militia, under Col. George Boyd. He was born in Ireland; died in Allegheny County, Pa. [from Clan Boyd International webpages]

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