Genealogy of the Bryan and Martin Families
John Porter
1694 - 1778 (83 years)-
Name John Porter Birth 20 Jan 1694 Gloucestershire, England Gender Male Death 1778 Notes - From James W. Thomas and Judge T.J.C. Williams, History of Allegany County, Maryland (Baltimore, 1923), page 589.
"...John Porter, a native of Gloucester, near Bristol, England, who made himself obnoxious to the party in power by singing a song of his own composition at a gathering of his neighbors, which was very uncomplimentary to the reigning monarch, King George the First, on which account he was obliged to flee the country. He settled in Baltimore about 1715."
Person ID I10145 Private Last Modified 18 Sep 2024
Father Thomas Porter, b. Feb 1641 d. Aug 1695 (Age 54 years) Mother Margaret Strude, b. cir 1670 Marriage 30 Jul 1692 Bishop's Cleeve, Gloucestershire, England Family ID F4038 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elinor Durier, b. cir 1695 Children 1. Moses Porter, b. 1735 d. 1794, Allegany County, Maryland, USA (Age 59 years) 2. John Porter, b. 1737, Carrollton, Carroll County, Maryland, USA d. 1810 (Age 73 years) Family ID F4037 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Feb 2023
- From James W. Thomas and Judge T.J.C. Williams, History of Allegany County, Maryland (Baltimore, 1923), page 589.
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