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The First Principles of the Doctrine
of Christ; Together with Stronger Meat for them that are skil’d in the Word of
Righteousness OR The Doctrine of living unto God, wherein the Body of Divinity
Is Briefly and methodically handled by way of Question and Answer. continued:
Quest. What is the punishment of sin? Answ. The punishment of sin is death, which is a privation of a happy life,and being subject to the contrary misery, both the first death, the body deprived of the comforts of this life, and at last severed from the Soul, and the second death which is the death of the Soul. 1. Death is the punishment of sin, Gen. 2.17.
Elizabeth Towson Born: ca. 1760 probably in Maryland Died: Unknown Buried: Unknown Married: April 15, 1794 David Parks in Baltimore Co., Maryland, may be his second wife
Armagh County Council. Armagh County Guide, Belfast, Ireland: Nicholson & Bass, nd.
The name Armagh comes from the Irish Ard Macha (the height of Macha) the legendary queen, who during this period (Iron Age), had a palace or fortress on the hill which forms the nucleus of the city of Armagh and from the town the county takes its name. Later, about 300 BC, a second queen macha moved the centre of power a few miles west and built Emain Macha or the Navan Fort, an enclosure of about 12 acres surrounded by trench and rampart. For some 700 years Emain Macha served as the inauguration place for the Kings of Ulster and was the centre of law and learning for the ancient province.
In 444 AD St. Patrick came to Armagh City and established his principal church in Ireland on the hilltop given to him by Daire, the local prince. As time passed and Christianity spread, Armagh increased in fame and with its churches, colleagues and schools grouped around the Cathedral on the hill-top, became one of those centres of learning which helped to keep the torch of knowledge burning in the Dark Ages in Europe when Ireland was the isle of saints and scholars.
David Parks Born: ca. 1770 probably in Maryland Died: Unknown Married: Elizabeth Towson, April 15, 1794 in Baltimore, MD, possibly a second wife Occupation: probably a farmer, possibly a tavern keeper Records: 1790 - Bedford Co., PA - a David Parks owned 150 acres and paid $.75 tax.
1790 - Fayette Co., PA - a David Parks family consisting of 1 male 16+, 1 male -16 and 6 females - if this is our David, this indicates a first marriage.
The First Principles of the Doctrine
of Christ; Together with Stronger Meat for them that are skil’d in the Word of
Righteousness OR The Doctrine of living unto God, wherein the Body of Divinity
Is Briefly and methodically handled by way of Question and Answer. continued:
Quest. How did God make man? Answ. God did make man to consist of a body and a reasonable, and immortal Soul, according to the Image of God, and gave him dominion over the Creatures, and he was perfectly fitted to please God. In the Creation of man we may consider his constitution and perfection. 1. His constitution or parts, as he consists of body and Soul. 1. His body, which is a part of man made out of the Elements, especially out of the Earth, and fitted with Organs for the Soul.
Mary Catherine Baughman Born: 1771 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland Died: ca. 1852 in Muskingum County, Ohio Buried: Unknown Married: Philip Porter, July 28, 1793, First Baptist Church in Baltimore, MD Records:
1790 - two Henry Baughman families in Baltimore Co, Maryland that are possibilities. 1800 - not found on census. 1810 - Caroline Co., MD - a Philip Porter family that could be Catherine, Philip and five children ages 1 - 15 and five slaves.
1816 - Catherine named in Philip's will
1817-1818 - Catherine acting as executor of Philip's estate. 1820 - not found on census. She does not appear to be living with any of her children.
Allis, Marguerite. Historic Connecticut, New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, nd.
Further excursion among the stones revealed monuments to five Lathrops and six Leffingwells. Still musing, the Pilgrim trudged off beside the meadows to where the two Old Lathrop Houses face one another across the brink of Washington Street. [Norwich, CT] The lower one stands on land Samuel Lathrop inherited from his mother, but his seventeenth century house was burned in 1745. Dr. Daniel Lathrop, his grandson, was responsible for the present structure, yet it cannot be said that he built it, for there is no way of knowing how much was reclaimed from the former damaged abode. It is quite possible that this very kitchen saw Mohegan Indians lying before the fire of an autumn night, for the Lathrops would never close their doors against the original owners of the soil, and Colonel Simeon, one of Samuel's sons, was a great sympathizer with the wrongs of the Mohegans.
Philip Porter Born: 1763 in Baltimore, Maryland Died: April 3, 1816, Muskingum Co., Ohio Buried: Muskingum Co., Ohio Married: Mary Catherine Baughman, July 28 1793 in Baltimore, Maryland, possibly a second wife at the First Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland. She was listed as Kitty in the register. Occupation: Farmer Records: 1790 - Baltimore County, Maryland census:
Patapsco Lower Hundred Philip Porter household - 1 male -16, 3 males 16+, 8 females - if this is our Philip as head of household, he has a wife and children prior to marrying Mary. This could be Philip's father. Jesse Porter household - 2 males 16, 2 males 16+, 3 females, 1 slave - could be Philip's father or a sibling
The First Principles of the Doctrine
of Christ; Together with Stronger Meat for them that are skil’d in the Word of
Righteousness OR The Doctrine of living unto God, wherein the Body of Divinity
Is Briefly and methodically handled by way of Question and Answer. continued from part 2:
Quest. What is the Efficiency of God? Answ. The Efficiency of God is that whereby he worketh all in all things according to the counsel of his will, for his own glory, by his Omnipotency in Creation and Providence, and which honour of working belongs to the three persons, who work the same according to their distinct manner and order of Subsistence. 1. It is that whereby he worketh all in all things for he is the first Being, hence the power of working is of him, and hence he is the first mover in all other causes, and worketh all in all, Eph. 1.11.
Agnes (--?--) Born: ca. 1745 Died: Unknown Buried: Unknown Married: ca. 1778 John Galbreath probably in Pennsylvania Records: 1790 - Pennsylvania - there is a John Galbreath family living in Cumberland Co. that is a possibility. Agnes would have been about 45 years old and was the mother of at least six children ranging in age from 11 to 1 year old.
Elizabeth Towson
Armagh County Council. Armagh County Guide, Belfast, Ireland: Nicholson & Bass, nd.
David Parks
Philip Porter
