10. | Siggins, John (8.William3, 2.Edward2, 1.Margaret1) was born in 1750 in S. Drumcliffe, Sligo County, Ireland; died in 1801 in Centre, Pennsylvania, United States. Notes:
John and Sarah Siggins, the first American ancestor of the Pennsylvania
Siggins Family. John was born in 1750, in County Sligo, Ireland. Died 1801
on a farm called: "Spring Creek", two and one-half miles below "Old Center
Furnace", Center County, Pennsylvania, of which he was a tenant, this farm
was owned by Robert Whitehall. John married Sarah Hood about 1776 in
County Sligo, Ireland. In April of 1793 they, with their five children
emigrated to America, settling first near Philadelphia, from there to
Centre County. After the death of John, his widow with her family moved
to Youngsville, Warren County, Pennsylvania, where the widow died
September 30, 1835, age 85 years. Soon after their marriage, both John
and Sarah experienced religion through the instrumentality of the
Methodist preaching and united with that church. Of Sarah Siggins the
Rev. William Todd says: "Sister Siggins came to Youngsville in 1816 united
with the Methodist Church of that place, and for more than fifty years she
was a Methodist and walked consistently ---in every situation she was
sustained, she was loved, her end was peace".
John married Hood, Sarah in 1776 in Sligo, Ireland. Sarah (daughter of Hood, Samuel Rev. and Hoskyns, Mary) was born in 1750 in Sligo, Ireland; died on 30 Sep 1835 in Youngsville, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 11. Siggins, Frances was born in 1777 in Sligo, Ireland; died in 1847 in Lock Haven, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States.
- 12. Siggins, George was born in 1778 in Sligo, Ireland; died in 1868.
- 13. Siggins, William Judge was born in 1789 in Sligo, Ireland; died in 1875.
- 14. Siggins, Sarah was born in 1790 in Sligo, Ireland; died in 1859.
- 15. Siggins, John was born in 1792 in Sligo, Ireland; died in May 1819 in Letart Island, Mason, Virginia, United States.
- 16. Siggins, Alexander was born on 1 May 1793 in On board a ship.; died on 7 Apr 1858 in Youngstown, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States.
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