John Cuthbertson, Jr

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• Cemetery: William Simpson Family Cemetery, Goose Creek, Union County, NC

John married Margaret Simpson on 15 Dec 1804 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Margaret (daughter of William Simpson and Martha Orr) was born about 1783 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; died on 30 Oct 1844 in Union County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Bond date: 15 Dec 1804
bondsman: John Simpson
Whitness: Issac Alexander

1. Martha "Patsy" Cuthbertson was born in 1805; and died.
2. M oses WIlson Cuthbertson was born in 1806; and died.
3. William Cuthbertson was born in 1810; died on 29 Aug 1844 in Union County, North Carolina.
4. Elizabeth Cuthbertson was born in 1814; and died.
5. "Big" David Cuthbertson was born in 1815; and died.
6. Jane Cuthbertson was born in 1816; and died.
7. John Cuthbertson, III was born in 1817; died in 1848 in Union County, North Carolina.

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John Cuthbertson (1740-1808) came from Ireland and traveled from Pennsylvania to North Carolina in 1785.

John married Sarah Moore. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Rev. Cuthbertson was a Reformed Presbyterian minister who served in the regions of Adams, York, and Lancaster Counties. Most Presbyterians of this region belonged to the main branch of Colonial Presbyterianism as represented by the Synod of Philadelphia, but there was also a congregation of Reformed Presbyterians, or Covenantors. Rev. Dr. John Cuthbertson was sent from Scotland to minister to Scottish Covenantors in America in 1751, the first Reformed Presbyterian Missionary to come to America. He kept a diary from the date he arrived in America up to 1791. From his entries, we know that he married about 600 persons and baptized over 1,800 children. 'Register of Marriages and Baptisms performed by Rev. John Cuthbertson, 1751-1791,' by S. Hellen Fields, was originally printed in 1934, reprinted in 1983, by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore. Fields states: 'Rev. John Cuthbertson rode many times to and from his home in Middle Octoraro, there being 72 trips recorded in his diary between the years 1751 and 1784.' Only those trips which refer to people were included in her work. Only those birth, deaths, and marriages which were performed in Lancaster County have been extracted and printed in Volume 3 of this work. The principal society of Mr. Cuthbertson was at Middle Octoraro from August 1751 to March 1783, when he was released by the Presbytery.3" --From "Church Records, Selected Areas of Pennsylvania, 1600s-1800s.