Branch No.19
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Branch 19 Captain:
Ellen Rowan Taylor, 2763
Glengarry Way, Sierra Vista AZ 85650,
ellenrt@cox.net Please send any updates for this branch to Ellen.
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LAST NUMBER USED: 16
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[1996 update]
1 JOHN (1) LATTA
Lived in Hempfield Tp. Lancaster Co., Pa.; Died in April 1768. Will was dated April 16,
1768. Probated April 29, 1768. Married Mrs. Margaret Ross. She survived him. He was one of the Teamsters and Quartermaster in Braddock's English
Army at his defeat by the French and Indians in 1755. He lived along the Big Chickie, Lancaster Co., Pa. His Will Mentions two step sons, Samuel Ross
and William Ross. The witnesses were Alexander Scott, Ephraim Moore and John Hays. * Taken from the Notes and Queries, By William Engle of Harrisburg,
Pa. 1893. 4th Series, Vol. 1, page 62. The Penn. Archives, Series 3, Vol. 26, 1771. He states: Mrs. Latta was taxed 10.0 on 200 acres of land
and one cow. A John Latta (Supposed to be this 1 John (1) Latta) was one of the Rangers of the Frontier of Pennsylvania, After the French War. General
Daniel Morgan, who organized and commanded the celebrated Morgan Rangers and Rifleman, during the Revolution, was also a Teamster under Braddock at
the same time with John Latta. They must have been acquainted.
Six Known Children:
2 THOMAS (2)
3 DAVID (2)
4 JOSEPH (2)
5 ALEXANDER (2) (No History)
6 JOHN (2) (No History)
7 JEAN (2) (No History)
2 THOMAS (2) LATTA
John (1). Born____Died____ Married________ Had at least one child
Children:
8 JOHN (3) (No History)
3 DAVID (2) LATTA
John (1) Born____ Died____ Married________ Had at least one child.
Children:
9 ROBERT (3)
4 JOSEPH (2) LATTA
John (1). It is thought he Married Miss Nesbit. In 1778-1779 two deeds show that he sold land in Hempfield Tp., left him by
his father. He then lived in Salsbury Dist. Mechelnburg Co., N.C.
Children:
10 JOHN (3) b. About 1779 in Salisbury Dist., N.C. In the census of 1790 he was listed as under sixteen years of age. Married
Margaret Woodsides on February 5, 1803 in Cabarrus Co., N.C., according to a marriage bond filed in that county., Witness, Robert Cochran.
11 ELIZABETH (3) b. September 4, 1785; m. Robert Cochran in 1804. Went to Perry Co., MO., in 1833. Two Children:
Eleanor Cochran b. December 20, 1805 Married David Luckey, April 15, 1824. Robert N Cochran b. about 1807. After the death of her Husband Robert
Cochran she married John Stevenson in Rowan Co., N.C. July 23, 1811.
Children: Mary Stevenson who married Mr. Bell in 1838, Elizabeth Stevenson married James Hope in 1841, Adaline Stevenson married Joseph McLane
in 1844, Sarah Stevenson married Lee A. M. McPherson in March 16, 1846. They had James, John and Three daughters (Names unknown)
12 ESTHER (3) b. about 1777 , married Ephraim Pharr in Mechlenburg Co., N.C. July 14,1801
13 ________(3) Female b. About 1793
14 ________(3) Female b. About 1788
15 ________(3) Female b. About 1790
16 ________(3) b. Son under 16 years (1800 census)
9 ROBERT (3) LATTA
David (2) John (1).
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