The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-04-09
The Ewing Family.

try in 1925 was furnished by Col.
VIM. A. Ewing to the chronological
and Historical Department" of the
Courier Journal, Louisville, KY,
from which paper it is copied
1S0.-Ewing.-Those who are
interested in tracing the ancestry of
the early members of the Ewing
family in America, and especially
of the famous divine, Rev. FINS
Ewing, d. D., Zone of the founders
of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church, and for many years resi-
dent near and pastor of cred River
church," Logan county, Ky.), will
appreciate information given below,
taken from family sketch written
by Nathaniel Ewing, of Mount Clair,
Knox county, Ind, (near Vincen-
nes), born April 10, 1872, died
August 4, 1916, and who moved
from Fayette county, Pa, to Vim
cennes in 1904:
cat the request of my children
I give the following history of my
family as far back as l have any
knowledge, either traditional or
personal. My forefathers were
originally from Scotland, their seat
in that country being on the Forth,
not far from Stirling Castle, whence
they removed to the North of Ire
about the year -, and settled
near Londonderry. My great
grandfather, whose name, l believe,
was William, was twice married.
"By his first wife he had but one
son-Nathaniel, who was my grand
father; by his second marriage he
had several children, viz: William,
Joshua and James, and some others,
whom do not now recollect."
q know from records, etc, of
Nathaniel, born 1893, died 174S;
Alexander, died 1889; John,
Joshua, Samuel, Moses: Henry; all
settled in Cecil county, Md, 1925,
except John, who located in the
southwest corner of Chester county,
Pa, on the east side of Octoraro
creek, near the others, and after
ward went to Ohio, and then to
Kentucky, with large family
w. A. Ed
"James have seen, and had from
him portion of my information.
He was at that time upward of 80
years of age and lived in Prince
Edward county, Va. Nathaniel
Ewing, my grandfather, was born
about the year 1903"
(This is erroneous! He was born
at Coleraine, Londonderry county,
Ireland, in 1893 as shown in Bible
record of his son, Rev. John Ewing,
ID. D., now existing in st. Paul,
MINI. w. A. Ed
"He married cousin of his own,
Rachael Porter, in the year 1928.
-Four years after Isle! two years,
1920 he emigrated to America,
bringing with him his half brothers
and sisters, and a large connection
of the Porter family, and also the
Gillespies. The colony settled in
Maryland, between the Octoraro
creek and the Susquehanna river,
near the Pennsylvania line, about
sixty miles from Philadelphia, this
country at that time being the from
tier settlement. My grandfather
purchased tract of land and COM
mencd farming. His brother,
Joshua, also purchased tract ad
joining him. Whether any others
of the brothers purchased land
there l do not know, but they did
not remain long in Maryland, hav-
ing removed to Virginia and set
tied on the waters of the Appomat
toX, Prince Edward county, where
their pOsterity became numerous.
Many of them afterward removed
to Cripple Creek, or New Beaver,
and some to Potsdam, near Knox
vile. They are now scattered over
the State of Tennessee and Ken.
lucky.
X !; X x x
"Some time about the year 1876
or 174O, two young men, cousins OF
my grandfather Ewing, came to
America. Their names were Charles
and Robert Ewing. Having gotten
into an affray at a fair in Ireland
they were so unfortunate as to kill
q man. fol- which they were Obliged