Philadelphia Saturday Courier 8 June 1839 Marriages

Seek and you shall find.  It's another day of completed transcriptions for the Philadelphia Saturday Courier that Andrew Hoffmann has is his personal collection.  Thanks again, Andrew, for allowing the genealogy community access to these early finds.

I just knew if I did it long enough, I would find a name of interest to me.  And that day is today!

I have a couple of connections to the ASHMEAD family from Germantown, so I will spend some time digging up what I can find on this William ASHMEAD whose marriage is listed in this paper.  My connections to the ASHMEAD family come by way of marriages in the BRINGHURST family as well as having a grandpa serve under Captain Jacob ASHMEAD in the 2nd PA Regiment during the American Revolution.

Just for fun is an excerpt on Jacob ASHMEAD, who is buried at Hood Cemetery in Germantown, which I shared on 4 February 2017:

Captain Jacob ASHMEAD (1742-1814)-  history tells us he served under Bendedict Arnold  (ouch)
before he was promoted to lead the 2nd PA Regiment.

He was nephew to George BRINGHURST (1697-1752) and Anna ASHMEAD(1708-1760) -his natural aunt.

George and Anna were parents of John BRINGHURST (1726-1795) who married Elizabeth SHUTE (1735-1808).

Their daughter, Margaret (1757-1798) married James SIMMONS (1763-1809).

James, son of John SIMMONS (c. 1730-1795) and Catherine DALLY (c. 1742-1818)--  my grandparents!

With the exception of John SIMMONS and Catherine DALLY, they all reside at Hood Cemetery in Philadelphia.  This cemetery has a fascinating history in its residents.  I hope to go there one day.

Back to the task at hand.

Photo by Andrew Hoffmann

REPPLIER	John G		McGAULEY	Anne
FITEY	Samuel		MOORE	Margaretta
MYERS	Abraham S		HORN	Dorothy
BOWERS	John R		PRICE	Martha C	d/o Isaac
MAYBERRY	Thomas		GARRISON	Ruth
WILTBANKS	David S		PIERCE	Rebecca
HARKER	Samuel		CHURCH	Eliza
STRATTON	Jacob		BUCK	Ellen
NEWCOMB	T		WILE	Virginia
ULMER	Albert		JOHNSON	Leah Jane
McMAHON	Moses		CLEMANTS	Hester
McLANNAN	Alexander		STANLEY	Mary Ann
ELLIS	Jonas B		DRIPS	Jane
SHUMANN	William		MOORE	Frances
ASHMEAD	Wm		LISLE	Nancy M	d/o John
HAY	Gilbert		MALLETT	Adeline
NEWMAN	Chas		FISHER	Sarah
GORDON	Alexander G		OPIE	Juliet A	d/o Heireme L

Ahh, genealogy.  Gotta go dig in Germantown again to learn more.  It just never stops!

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