William Pringle

William Pringle
Birth: 22 JAN 1744/45 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland *Immigration:* 1760 from Glasgow, Scotland *Occupation:* Farmhand Notes: William Pringle worked for other farmers for some years. He worked for one man a whole year. A man by the name of Wertz lived on the adjoining farm across the road and he had a daughter named Mary. William soon became acquainted with Mary Wertz and was teaching her his language and she was teaching him her language. William Pringle was a Scotch man and Wertzes were Hollanders. Once upon a time, Willam asked Mary to marry him and she said she would if her parents agreed. The got the parents' consent and were married. *Marriage:* 20 DEC 1765 Lancaster, Pennsylvania *Birth of Child:* 27 NOV 1766 Note: Died at age 2 months. *Birth of Son:* 06 DEC 1767 Name: George Jacob Pringle Place: Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania *Birth of Daughter:* 19 JUN 1770 Name: Christine Pringle *Birth of Son:* 20 OCT 1771 Name: Philip Garn *Birth of Daughter:* 20 NOV 1772 Name: Mary Pringle Place: Conochrague Valley, Pennsylvania *Birth of Daughter:* 08 FEB 1775 Name: Susannah Pringle Place: St. Clair Twp, Bedford Co, Pennsylvania *Military:* Enlisted in the Continental Militia and became Private #19 under Captain John Holiday, Huntingdon County. (Pennsylvania Archives - 6 Series, Volume 3, page 444). *Military:* Prisoner of war, served under Captain R. Bell's company of 5th U.S. Infantry. Prisoner of War - Rate of disability, one half. Pension of $2.50 per month starting August 1814. DAR #'s 412642, 438990, 492313. William was a guide to surveyors of the Frankstown Road from Juniata Valley to Johnstown. *Birth of Daughter:* 09 FEB 1781 Name: Elizabeth Pringle Place: Huntingdon, Pennsylvania *Birth of Daughter:* 17 APR 1783 Name: Catherine Pringle *Birth of Daughter:* 06 AUG 1785 Name: Elva Pringle *Taxpayer:* 1788 Note: Was a taxpayer in Blair Co, Pennsylvania *Occupation:* Surveyor Notes: In 1790 when Samuel McClay, Timothy Matlock and John Adlum started to survey the Frankstown Road from Juniata Valley to the Conemaugh Valley, they hired William Pringle Sr. as a guide. There was a man by the name of Shirley who said if they went with Pringle they would get lost. He said this because he wanted the job. The men, however, found Pringle a true guide. Parts of the Frankstown Road are still in use.
*Birth of Son:* 19 MAR 1790 Name: William Pringle
*Birth of Son:* 1804 Name: John Pringle *1810 Census:* Franks Twp, Huntingdon Co, Pennsylvania *1820 Census:* Woodberry Twp, Bedford Co, Pennsylvania *Death:* 22 JUN 1829 Frankstown, Blair Co, Pennsylvania *Buried:* Old Frankston Cemetery, Pennsylvania or Pressel Cemetery, Blair Co, Pennsylvania parents are unknown

(Taken from a genealogy in the Cambria County library in Johnstown)
      In the year of 1760, there came to america, from Scotland, three boys by the names of William, Joseph and George Pringle. How they came is an unknown fact.
      These three young men located in Lancaster County of Pennsylvania. (This county was formed in the year of 1729.) They worked amoung the farmers in the county until the Revolutionary War began. William, the ancestor of the Pringle family of Cambria County, united hiimself with the Huntingdon County Militia.
      On the adjoining land of the Pringles in Lancaster County, a farm was owned by a man of Holland decent who's name was Wertz. Mr. Wertz had a daughter named Mary. Ancestor William Pringle worked a shole year for Mr. Wertz. Here, while working, he made acquaintance with the daughter Mary, and as the two young couple were of two different nationalities, neither could speak each other's language. They made an agreement to teach each other the different languages. While doing so William asked for a marriage. Mary was agreeagle upon the consent of her parents, which was agreeable, and the two were married December 20, 1765. They lived in Lancaster County until somtime after 1772, for here we find their daughter Mary being born in Franklin County, Pa. , November 25, 1778. Sometime after this they moved into the Juniata Valley, Huntingdon County and settled at Trankstown. Three years later Elizabeth was born in Huntingdon County, Pa., February 9, 1781.
      William Pringle and Mary Wertz raised a family of eleven children, all of them to wormanhood and manhood, except the first child who was born November 27, 1766, in Lancaster County and died there January 5, 1767. (See children)
      William Pringle, Sr. was quite a hunter. He knew every part of the mountains and had been to the Conemaugh Valley on several hunting trips. Why he was not more noted in the histories of Cambria and Huntingdon Counties we can not understand, for it was his guidance that the road from Frankstown was a success.

(Taken from a genealogy in the Cambria County library in Johnstown)
      In 1790, the Governor of Pennsylvania appointed Samuel McClay, Timothy Matlock and John Adlum to survey a road from Frankstown to the Conemaugh Valley. These men needed a guide. William Pringle offered his services, as he had been to the Conemaugh Valley on different occasions. A man by the name of Shirely also wanted the job and he told the surveyors, if they went into the mountains with Pringle, they would all get lost. He also told them, "If Pringle can find ground fit to make a road over towards the Blue Knob, I will give my head for a football". But Pringle piloted them through with great success.
      The William Pringle farm in Huntingdon County consisted of 200 acres (150 acres by location, and 50 acres by a warrant). He was owner of 2 cattle and 2 horses. The assessed valuation of the property was 201 pounds, 9 shillings and 6 pence. This was for the year of 1788. He also belonged to the Huntingdon County Militia under the command of John Holiday, Company 103. The 19th man on the roster found in the PA Archives, 6th series, volume 3, page 444.
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Mary Wertz
*Birth:* 06 OCT 1746 Holland, The Netherlands *Death:* 04 SEP 1822 Frankstown, Blair Co, Pennsylvania parents are Adam Wertz and ?