[M12]

Historical Society of Pennsylvania (HSP), Philadelphia, 215-732-6200  https://hsp.org

‘1769 1811’ Call No. ‘Fr 2P’ is still available, as filmed by Gen. Society of Utah, 1964

[M13]

Presbyterian graveyard at Church Hill (aka White Church), Peters Township, Franklin

County, Penn.  http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/franklin/cemeteries/frankcem01.txt

and (partial) listing  http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/franklin/cemeteries/chur0001.txt,

including our minister "Rev. John King D.D, forty-two years . . . a faithful Pastor

of the Congregation of the Upper West Conococheague. Licensed to preach 1767.

Ordained and installed Aug. 23, 1769. A minister for 43 years. DAR marker."

[M14]

Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania records [M15, below], transcribed in the 1830’s,

Presbyterian Church of the Upper West Conococheague (Mercersburg, Pennsylvania),

pub: Princeton, New Jersey, Norton Micro-Images for Gen. Society of Penn., 1973,

Microfilm of original manuscript (handwritten manuscript pages, not a typset book);

Church was located at Church Hill in Peters Township, Franklin County (set off from

Cumberland County, 1785), until 1856 when the congregation moved into Mercersburg.

Pastors, church officials, Baptisms 1769-1892, Communicants 1770-1891, Marriages

1769-1891, Deaths 1770-1892, Dismissals 1832-1891, FHL film 1723655 Item 3, and

Pastors, church officials, Communicants, Baptisms 1858-1932, Marriages 1884-1932

(and) 1937-1942, Deaths 1883-1932, FHL film 1723655 item 4 (too late for Daniel).

FHL SLC film 1723655 item 3, confirmed SLC 19 Mar. 2019 /Frank

a. title page: (handwritten description) "Pastor's register of the Presbyterian

    Church of Upper West Conococheague - Franklin Co., Pennsylvania”

    (and) "Transcribed and Presented by (?Rev'd) (name unreadable) Nov. 13, 1839"

b. different pages, the dates and names have been re-written here, these pages are

    clearly not the same pages from the earlier "1769 1811" document [Note M11, above]

c. in the "Marriages by John King D.D." section (there are no page numbers here), with

    column titles "Date" and "Names", on the ‘1775 Jany(sic) 31 to 1778 Dec. 23’ page,

    middle of the page, "(ditto,1776)  June 11  Daniel McNench  +  Mary Smith"

d. surname is McNench "ch", not "eh", compare the lower-case 'c' in 'ch' with other

    lower-case 'c's elsewhere on this page ('Duncan', 'Peches', 'Buckley', and 'Warnack')

[M15]

The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania (GSP) in Philadelphia was founded in 1892.

Publications - The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine (PGM) - called

Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania from 1895 until 1947 –

is the third oldest continuing genealogical publication in the country.  https://genpa.org

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Daniel McAninch 1776 Marriage, Cumberland County  Copyright Frank McAninch

McAninch Family History Newsletter         v.XXVII n.2      July 2019       p.2019-24

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