Friday, September 2, 2011

Union Township Erie County PA

Early Settlers
Hugh Wilson, from the North of Ireland came in early 1797 and was joined the following year by Andrew Thompson, wife and four children, Matthew Gray, and wife and son Francis B., and Robert Smith.
1798
John Wilson (father of Hugh) with two grown daughters
John Fagan from Franklin County (went to Mill Creek in 1803-1804)
1800
William Miles and family from Concord Township
1801
William Cook with family (brother-in-law of William Miles)
Abel K. Thompson with five sons and two daughters
Ferdinand Carroll and family from Ireland
1816
James Smiley with wife and six children