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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
He served as a Private in the company of Captain Thomas Orbison, 2nd Battalion, York County, Pennsylvania Militia
Paid Supply Tax in Warrington Township, York County, Pennsylvania, in 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783.
Additional References:
Martin, David and William H. EglePennsylvania Archives Third Series, Vol XXI, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, 1897, pg 294, 414, 523, 784
Montgomery, Thomas LynchPennsylvania Archives Sixth Series, Vol II, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906, pg 634-635
Lineage record of Tedro Family, pg 3, Feb 1868 issue of Laurel Messanger published by Historical & Genealogical Society of Somerset County
Spouse: (1) Mary Catherine King; (2) Mary Sweitzer; Children: Reuben; David; Henry; Isaac; John; Sarah; George; Rachel; Catharine;
Find-a-Grave Memorial states the burial is an assumption based on the presence of the wife's gravestone.
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Author: John Mark DeNicola
Michael Tedrow, the son of Michael, Sr, and Catherine (Reift) Tedrow, was born on 28 July 1760 in Pennsylvania.
During the American Revolutionary, he paid the supply tax in Warrington Township, York County, Pennsylvania, to aid the war effort in 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783.1 He also served in the York County militia in Captain Thomas Orbison's Company in 1781.2
Michael married in 1787 to Mary Catherine King (1769 – 1809), the daughter of Christopher King and Rachel Leech. They had nine known children. They were:
Sarah was born in 1784 and married Christian Phillippi.
Reuben was born in 1789.
David was born in 1790.
John was born in 1792.
Isaac was born in 1795.
George was born in 1797.
Henry was born in 1800.
Rachel was born in 1804 and married John Morrison.
Catherine was born in 1807 and married Joseph Leach.
The 1789 Pennsylvania Tax and Exoneration Report for York County has Michael living in Warrington Township. He pays taxes on 150 acres, three horses, and four cows.
He moved to Milford Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in 1789 or 1790 because he was enumerated in the 1790 US Federal Census at that locale. He and his father, identified as Michael Tedrow, Jr. and Michael Tedrow, Sr., are listed in the 1796 Milford Township Tax assessment.
An Administration Bond for $3,000 on the estate of Michael Tedrow was recorded on 30 June 1818. He died in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, before 17 February 1818, since that date is recorded in the body of the filing.3
Sources:
Martin, David and William H. Egle, Pennsylvania Archives Third Series, Vol. XXI, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer, 1897, pages 294, 414, 523, 784
Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Pennsylvania Archives Sixth Series, Vol. II, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1906, pages 634-635
Record of Wills, Somerset County, Pennsylvania: Vol. 2, pages 175-176
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