Display Patriot - P-345902 - Alexander TRINDEL/TRUNDLE
Alexander TRINDEL/TRUNDLE
SAR Patriot #:
P-345902
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Birth: 05 Sep 1739 / / PA Death: 05 Aug 1785 / Cumberland / PA
Qualifying Service Description:
Captain in 4th Company, 3rd Batalion Pennsylvania from Jan 1777 to 1780
Additional References:
Pennsylvania Archives (Second Series) Vol 14: Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, Associated Battalions and Militia, 1775-1783, Volume II, pg 221.
Spouse: Sarah Richey Children: Hannah; Margaret; William; Sarah; Anne; Jane; Nancy
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Upright crudely carved stone that appears to be contemporary with the death of the Patriot.
Large plaque dedicated to the men buried in the cemetery who served in the Revolution and War of 1812, which lists the Patriot.
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Author: Eric Michael Orr
Alexander Trindle was born in 1739 in Pennsylvania, the son of William and Margaret (Cathey) Trindle. In 1759, Alexander married Sarah Richey, and they had seven known children:
Hannah was born before 1768 and married David Beans.
Margaret was born in about 1769.
William was born in about 1779 and married Elizabeth Gilson.
Sarah was born in about 1772 and married John Gilson.
Anne was born about 1773 and married William Ferris.
Jane was born in about 1775.
Nancy was born in about 1776.
In June 1768, he was one of 42 men who signed a promissory note for a £75 annual stipend for Reverend John Steel to lead the First Presbyterian Church in Carlisle.
By 1769, Alexander appears in public records in service to the Province of Pennsylvania as a constable for Cumberland County. In 1773, he, like his brother, John, was listed as a member of a Traverse Jury for the Oyer and Terminer Court of Cumberland County. He received 29 acres from his father's estate in 1774 and is included in the first state tax list of 1778 for Allen Township, Cumberland County, with 88 acres of land, two horses, and two cows, and each successive year through 1782. Land and probate records show that Alexander owned land adjoining properties of his brothers, John and William.
His first recorded military engagement was his participation in the Campaign of 1776 as a captain, followed by the Battle of Brandywine Creek, near Chadd's Ford township, in early September 1777. He appears in rosters of Frontier Rangers mustered in Cumberland County between 1778 and 1783; he simultaneously (1780) appears as a Captain of the 4th Company, 6th Class, Light Dragoons under the leadership of Captain John Lamb.
The Patriot died intestate on 5 August 1785 and is buried in Mechanicsburg in the cemetery at Silver Spring Presbyterian Church next to his brother, John. Both John and Alexander, among others, are recognized as Revolutionary War officers and patriots on a plaque on the entry gate to the cemetery.
Sources:
Cathey E. H., The Story of Early Catheys and Ulster Scots: History and Genealogy Based on DNA, Arkansas. Bella Vista: [np], 2017, pages 150, 153, 215, 284.
"Early Trindles in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania," The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 103-106.
Nevin, Alfred, Churches of the Valley: or, a Historical Sketch of the Old Presbyterian Congregations of Cumberland, and Franklin Counties, in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: [np], 1852, page 328.
Linn, John B. and William Hegle, Pennsylvania Archives Second Series, Vol. XIV, Pennsylvania. Harrisburg: Clarence M. Busch, State Printers, 1896, page 221
Clark, William Packer, Official History of the Militia and the National Guard of the State of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: C. J. Hendler, 1909, page 108.
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