The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
Born in 1738 at Chester County, Pennsylvania, a son of William Ewing (1696-1771) and Jane Robertson (1720-1758). He served in Pennsylvania in the Revolutionary War as a Private in the 3rd class of Captain John Nelson's Company from 1780-1781. He served in the 8th Company of the Fifth Battalion of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Militia. He married Sarah __ (1742-_) in 1764; children: Thomas b. 1782, Jane, William, Martha, Matthew, Mary James Rebecca and David b. 1784. John Ewing and his brother, James, each received half of 293½ acres of land, called Plainfield, from William Ewing, in West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1762. The land was situated at Yellow Britches Creek, and cost him twenty pounds yearly until William Ewing's death. John Ewing died in 1806 and was buried at Fairfield County, Ohio. References: SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004. Published Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. 20, Pg. 106, 235, 368, 503, 656 and 774. Gravesite unknown. SAR Ancestor # P-155907.
Cemetery number #- Find-a-Grave Memorial #-33235648.
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