Piney Creek Today. Piney Creek Presbyterian's current Pastor is Reverend H. Paul Matthews. Its address is Piney Creek Presbyterian Church 4472 Harney Rd.  PO Box 14.  Taneytown MD 21787 .      Image from members.aol.com/midmdroots/carroll/cemeteries/pineycreek.html

• Robert McCurdy  was of a Presbyterian ascendancy and he and his wife Ann Creighton  and were likely members of the Piney Creek Presbyterian Church [relevant to the Manor of Maske in now Adams Co, Penna] as evidenced by the marriage records of several of their children there. Piney Creek (near Maryland border south of Gettysburg in the region affected by the Mason Dixon Survey) dates from 1763 and as a result of that survey is found near the village of Harney, itself close to larger Taneytown [Carroll County] , both found in northern  Md, and just south of Cumberland Township, Adams County, Penna [ again,  exactly in the region encompassed by the Mason Dixon Survey].  In 1801 Piney Creek united with Toms Creek Presbyterian [associated with nearby Emmitsburg, Frederick Co., Maryland and Fairfield, Adams Co., Penna] . Piney Creek's log church was torn down in 1818 and a brick church was built. In 1925, Emmitsburg Presbyterian was added. The Cemetery at Piney Creek dates back to 1760, but in the burial records there is no record of Robertís tombstone, or that of his wife. Either Robert and Ann Creighton McCurdy were not buried there and were perhaps buried on their farm, or their possible Piney Creek tombstones have been lost. The Adams County Historical Society directed me to a Dr. William Carr of Emmitsburg, who apparantly is knowledgeable regarding the place.  The cemetery is on 140 east out of Emmitsburg [on a REALLY lovely road connecting with Adams Co] . Robert's  son James McCurdy, our direct ancestor,  was interred elsewhere apparantly [perhaps on the farm he inherited]  before being reinterred at Evergreen. Evergreen, in Gettysburg, Adams Co., Penna,   opened after his death, at which time he was reinterred in the Pierce family plot [a dtr had married James Pierce who happens to be the  Pierce family member  significant to events in Gettysburg]. Finding info on Robert's son James' FIRST burial place may yield information on the burial place of his father, Robert. The Piney Creek marriages and congregational records reveal the precense of  surnames known to be associated with this McCurdy bundle [including Paxton, Clingan and Thompson/Tompson]while the tombstones reveal the surname Thompson. . Robert and Ann [nee Creighton] McCurdy's 7 children all married, and their spouses names are Sheakley [George who married Margaret McCurdy and is likely the George Sheakley, patriot , buried at Lower Marsh Creek],
• So it is that the burial records, cemetery and transcripts of church records of Piney Creek Presbyterian near Taneytown, Maryland are relevant to our McCurdy and allied directs/ collaterols of Cumberland Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania  as possibly  further identifying our direct ancestor groups.  Please note that the Manor of Maske fell very near the region disputed until theMason Dixon Survey and it is quite possible that those persons relevant but as yet not identified to us and present in southern Penna thought themselves present in Md and vice versa.   Although Robert McCurdy and his wife Ann Creighton [our directs] do not show up directly in the Piney Creek Records, many of their children did.  Martha Moor[e] [our direct]  who married Robert and Ann Creighton's son James McCurdy, [our direct] identified herself as born in Md in her  census entry of 1850 when she was residing with her daughter Nancy Moore McCurdy Swope and Nancy's husband  John A Swope.. The original Squatters  list for the  Manor of Maske  shows some Moore Entries as original squatters  there -they  may yield info on Nancy Moore's ascendancy. No Moor[e]s however have yet been uncovered in relevance to Piney Creek Church.
• There are family bundles in these smallish congregations of the Manor of Maske Presbyterian congregations, and the McCurdyís of Piney Creek seem to have perhaps not only worshipped with, but intermarried with,  the Clingans, as well as the Thompsons within it.
• It would not be suprising for the Paxtons mentioned in Rev Davidsonís records to be somehow related closely with our McCurdys [robert and Ann Creighton McCurdy's daughter Nancy is said to have married an unknown PAXTON] There were Paxtons associated with the Marsh Creek Settlement [See settlers of the Manor of Maske] , but so far  known relationship among them  to the McCurdy line has not yet been established.

Mary McCurdy married Robert Thompson. There is a Robert THOMPSON in the first tax list of 1799 for the former Manor of Maske in which also appears Mary's father,  Robert McCurdy. In the 1824 records for Piney Creek congregants there are mentioned  a Samuel Thompson as Elder of the church, members..... Robert Thompson, Mary Thompson, , Elizabeth Thompson,, AnnThompson, and Eleanor Thompson.. The exact relationship of the Thompsons listed in the church 1824 and the Robert Thompson known to have married Mary McCurdy is under research.

• Several  children of our Directs Robert McCurdy and his wife  Ann Creighton were married by the Rev Davidson and surrounding the Piney Creek church with which the Reverand was associated, though he also ministered to other nearby and closely associated churches [Full list of the children of Robert and Ann [Creighton] McCurdy occurs in Robert McCurdy's children in his own page. The children who are found in Piney Creek marriage records  include:
• James McCurdy and Martha Moore  [24 Nov 1808 By Rev Patrick Davidson Of Piney Creek Presbyterian] These two are fully documented as they are this writer's directs.
• Robert McCurdy and Polly CLINGAN [Rev Davidsonís records:ìJan 13 1810, Robert McCurdy to Polly Clinganî].   Polly Clingan was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth [nee McClean] CLINGAN [See  Notes on the McCleans of Adams County below]. According to Looking back, a website mounted by Cheryl Cretin, and found in the  generously but generally sourced McClean Descendants page therein , a sister of Polly CLINGAN was  " MARGARET CLINGAN, b. 1786; d. 1823; m. SAMUEL THOMSON, 1806" . According to that same site, Polly  and Margaret Clingan had amongst others  a brother GEORGE CLINGAN, of whom nothing more beyond name is given. In Scott Burnes theClingan Connection website, a great Clingan directory,  generally sourced, but often to online gedcoms in exclusion of primary sources at this level,  Polly and Margaret are both shown, as is  George CLINGAN , and there is mention George married Mary MCCURDY , but no  other information is given on George or Mary at this site. In addition  Polly, Margaret and George Clingan had amongst other siblings, Archibald Clingan
• More certainly detailed is ìArchibald McClean, mentioned above, married first March 29 1759,  Ann [Annerje] Trump, by whom he had issue: a. Elizabeth McClean [married Thomas Clingan], b. Mary McClean [married ensign Jacob Barnitz and was the mother of the Honorable Charles A Barnitz]. c. Levi McCLean, d. Alexander McClean [married Margaret Lawrence]. Archibald McClean married, second, march 11 1777 Mary Leach Treat, of Abington, and had further issue: e. Esther Rule McClean [married Jacob Scudder]. f/. Rebecca Irwin McCleanî ^3. Archibald's will was dated oct 5 1785, proved May 18 1776 york county will book G,  p 105
Marriage to Trump is detailed in the McClain connection Other McClean marriages, along with  Archibald Clingan,  are evident at ABINGTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Marriages, 1716 - 1821: Montgomery County, PA ^4.

 
• The Clingan Connection and the McCLain Exchange further ascribe another sibling [amongst others] of Polly, Margaret and George, as "Archibald Clingan [died 1822] , Lived In Carroll County, MD, Near Taneytown,  married Married 27 Oct 1806 By Rev. Patrick Davidson, Piney Creek Presbyterian Church to Elizabeth Ann FERGUSON [died 1821] " There are in the list of Piney Creek Congregants, in 1817 Archibald Clingan, William Clingan and in 1824 John Ferguson Sr, John Ferguson, Rebecca Ferguson.
• William McCurdy and Nancy KING [ 7 Jun 1810  by Rev. M'Conaughy -as per Piney Creek records-but for Rev Patrick Davidson of same]  The marriage announcement for William and Nancy in the local paper read "MíCurdy, William of Cumberland to Nancy King daughter of John King of Straban Township on 7 June 1810" .  DAR records for DAR member Virginia Helen McCurdy, granddaughter of  William and Nancy King McCurdy, show  she named Nancy King's parents as [American Patriot]  Col John King  [1753-1805] and his wife  Jean [nee Dickson]  King.
• Another child of Robert McCurdy and his wife  Ann Creighton is daughter Mary McCurdy ,  known to have married Robert Thompson by virtue of her father's naming her as such in his will,  but Mary McCurdy  and Robert Thompson  do not appear in the marriage records for Piney Creek that I have yet been able to find. However, they are thought by this writer to VERY likely be the Mary and Robert Thompson found in burial at Piney Creek.

• " McLean, Sally (w. Wm.)  2-16-1806. plot  26 [unknown]
• Hill, Jane Elizabeth 3-10-1863,  27 [unknown]
• McClean, Moses,  12-2-1776,  27 [Unknown. Moses, Elizabeth's brother,  died in 1810 was a famous surveyor like Archibald his brother]
• McClean, Wm. Sr., 6-13-1785, 28 [Elizabeth's father^{2, 3} ]
• McClean, Elizabeth, 7-17-1784, 29 [Elizabeth's mother ^{2, 3} ]
• McClean, Joseph, 10-4-1776, 30 [brother to Elizabeth²]
• Scott, Margaret (alias McClean), 2-2-1789, 31 [No more info]
• Witherow, Elisabeth, 3-20-17519 [date as given at source], 32 .  31[unknown but perhaps mother or sister to Jane Witherow McClean below]
• McClean, Jane,  7-23-1785, 32  [Jane WItherow^{2, 3}  Wife to William McClean^{2, 3} , and Elizabeth McClean Clingan's sister in law^{2, 3} ]
• McClean, Wm., 9-12-1807, 33 [Elizabeth's brother^{2, 3}, and husband to Jane Witherow McClean^{2, 3} above] " ⁶

The deaths of both Thomas and Elizabeth [nee McClean] Clingan were announced in the local Gettysburg paper on March 31, 1813 ìA short time since, Thomas Clingan formally of Carrollís Delight and on Friday last, Mrs. _____Clingan, consort of said deceased. Both died in Frederick county, Md.î

Despite the burials of so many of Elizabeth's immediate family at the Lower Marsh Creek Church as shown above, Piney Creek Features for many of her Children.  Of their [10 named by various researchers of the line] children, 4 appear in Rev Davidson's records,  Winchester, a 5th of the 10 total children, is said to have married Frederick Co., MD either 10 Jul 1825/1821⁵ [source gives two different dates]to Sophia Kolb and describes this family as "leading family of Frederick County, Maryland", stating he is buried Mt. Olivet Cemetery, died 1873]  while  George, a sixth of the 10, is said to have married an otherwise unidentified Mary McCurdy⁵

• Polly CLINGAN¹ [said to be born 1790⁵ and presented as Mary A G "Polly" Clingan⁵-I have found no other reference to her by this name or birth data for her- married Robert McCurdy 13 Jan 1810 By Rev Patrick Davidson Of Piney Creek Presby¹.[by Davidson at Toms Creek⁷]
• Robert  was son of Robert McCurdy and his wife Ann Creighton.,  who , after removing from Lancaster County [ca 1780] settled the region of The Manor of Maske in York [now Adams County] Pennsylvania
• George CLINGAN^5,7is said at one site to have married a Mary McCurdy who is not further identified⁵
• "Archibald CLINGAN  married Ann FERGUSON 20 oct by 1806, by Rev Davidson" ¹-no mention tomís vs Piney Creek church¹ (the churches by this time had consolidated and it is unclear if this marriage was at Piney Creek or Tom's Creek).
• [Archibald is said to have died 1822, Taneytown, Md and his wife is said to have died 1721⁵]
• Margaret"Peggy" "CLINGAN [ b. 1786⁷; d. 1823⁷]; m. Samuel THOMSON, 1806. [died , Taneytown, Frederick Co.⁵], Maryland 16 Mar 1806 by Rev Davidson¹, with the locale indicating Piney Creek Church  [but civil record can be found at the County Courthouse Frederick, MD-Piney Creek is in Carroll County, Maryland, while Toms Creek was associated with Emmitsburg in Frederick Co]
• Samuel Thomson was "Son of William Thomson and Jane HANNA, was born in Ireland 1768, married to Margaret Clingan and died in 1831. ...1770: William THOMSON, his wife Jane HANNA, and their 10 children arrived in Philadelphia from Ireland.î ⁸
• Nancy CLINGAN, m. William ALEXANDER, 1809, By Rev Davidson of the Tomís Creek and Piney Creekís churches¹., Tom's Creek⁷  Frederick Co., Maryland⁵ -Tom's Creek, between Emmitsburg and Fairfield, does pertain to Frederick County.

There are Clingans found in Piney Creek records [Archibald Clingan, William  Clingan for 1817, and Elizabeth Clingan, William  Clingan and Archibald Clingan for 1824]. If Archibald indeed died in 1822, he can not be the Archibald of the 1824 record. Archibald had a brother William⁵  , said to have resided Taneytown, Carroll County, Md⁵   to have married a "Widow Elizabeth Riley"⁵  and to have  died 1827 Frederick Co., MD⁵

 See The McCleans of Adams County from McClain Exchange  [ wherein the Clingans are discussed and particularly the excerpt for comments on Polly  McClean married Thomas Clingan]
 
 

Piney Creek and the Paxtons
 

It is said [see Mellon, Rachel Hughey Larimer's "The Larimers, McAllisters and Allied Families" published 1903]  that Nancy McCurdy, daughter of our Robert McCurdy and his wife  Ann Creighton,  married an Unknown Paxton. It would not be suprising for the Paxtons mentioned in Piney Creek records to be somehow related closely with our McCurdys.There were Paxtons associated with the Marsh Creek Settlement [See Paxton entries for Samuel Paxton and son, March 1741 in the original Squatters of the Manor of Maske squatters of Manor of Maske] , but so far any relationship to the this Samuel and his son to the McCurdy line has not yet been established.
There is a Samuel Paxton who is found in ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Notebook  Compiled from articles by Dr. George W. Diehl as published in the News-Gazette, Lexington, Virginia, and transcribed at link above. .Ý This source informs Samuel Paxton was born 1760, died  abt 1746 at his home on Marsh Creek, Adams County, PA, and  along with three sons, is known to have been present in the Marsh Creek, now Adams County area. His father, ìSamuel Paxton Jr. had been born in Ireland about 1705 and, when a young man in his twenties, he came to America with the family. Very little is known of him, except that he was twice married and was the father of twenty-two children, four of whom died before their father, which accounts for only eighteen being mentioned in his will, which was probated, March 8, 1793. However, of the eighteen, there are only four .. John, Thomas, Jonathan, and Samuel .. on who there is any data.î from Chapter three of ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Notebook {Paxton Family Ties}.

• There is a Andrew Thompson listed  for May 1741 in the the Manor of Maske squatter list. It is unknown what, if any, relation he has to the Thompsons involved in the geneological study encompassed in these pages and highlighted below.
• A Joseph Thompson died 1810 while crossing Marsh Creek as announced in the local paper of Gettysburg,  and he left a wife and 7 children not mentioned by name in the announcement.  Joseph does not appear in the known graves of the Thompsons of Piney Creek given below, lessening but not negating his close relation to the Thompson family bundle under consideration.

Robert Thompson married Mary McCurdy, dtr of our direct ancestors Robert McCurdy and his wife  Ann Creighton [ Robert  McCurdy's  will mentions dtr Mary married Robert Thompson] and many of Mary's  siblings were married by the Rev Davidson who ministered to both the Piney Creek and Toms Creek congregations. I strongly believe, and have found secondary source justification for⁸ [ have not yet obtained the primary record to prove] that Robert and Mary McCurdy Thompson are the Robert d 1851 and wife Mary died 1861 found in Piney Creek Cemetery [See Piney Creek Cemetery Tompsons in below] . Additionally, I believe that  Samuel Thompson of the Samuel Thompson and Margaret Clingan Thompson marriage  below [lying  buried near Robert and Mary McCurdy Thompson ] is somehow are related to Robert Thompson who married Mary McCurdy in some yet unknown way.

Samuel  Thompson married Margaret Clingan [16 Mar 1806 in Piney Creek/Toms Church records¹] . She is also found called Peggy⁵. [See Clingans of Piney Creek above] In burial they are found as Thomsons  lying near Robert and Mary McCurdy mentioned above [See Piney Creek Cemetery Tompsons  below]

Margaret Clingan's sister Polly Clingan married Robert McCurdy [brother to Mary who married Robert Thompson above, and son of our direct ancestors Robert McCurdy and his wife  Ann Creighton ] [See Clingans of Piney Creek above]

Margaret's sister Polly Clingan McCurdy , then,  was sister in law to Mary McCurdy who married Robert Thompson above.

. One of Margaretís brothers, George Thompson^{5, 7}, is purported to have married an otherwise unidentified Mary McCurdy⁵ [no citation at source for this purported marriage]

• In addition, there is a Polly Thompson marrying Jonas  Graham on March 8 1807 in Rev Davidson (Tomís Creek and Piney Creek Churches) in the records. Related? no mention which church affiliation for this marriage-piney creek or Toms Creek.,
• likewise there is in the same marriage records a marriage of Unknown Snider to Peggy Thompson marriage 1807 [Frederick County Backgrounds-Marriage Records of United Churches of Tomís Creek and Piney Creek Presbyterian Churches, marriages by Rev Davidson, p 28]] It is my suspicion that this is Margaretta Thompson who married Nicholas Snider found in DAR records¹⁰ , Margaretta being the daughter of Hugh Thompson and Jane Boyd , and so neice of Samuel Thomson [who married Margaret CLINGAN] [Hugh died 1812, a patriot and is buried in the Thompson plot below] and his wife and Jane Boyd .

• THOMPSON-See possible identification of this Robert
• Robert d/ 1 Apr 1851 @ 85y ,  [is this Robert Thompson who married Mary McCurdy?]
• Mary (wife) d/ 28 Mar 1861 @ 87y [is this then Mary McCurdy dtr of Robert Thompson and his wife  Ann Creighton, who married Robert Thompson ? ]
• Sarah d/ 4 Jun 1871 @ 65y
• William N. (12 Sep 1840 to 11 May 1902)
• ...Isabella A. (wife) (29 Sep 1841 to 26 May 1904)
• John d/ 12 Mar 1890 @ 82y.11m.14d
• ...Louisa (wife) d/ 22 Dec 1886 @ 78y.12d
• Henry Clay (9 Jun 1838 to 28 May 1863)
• William d/ 1 Jun 1790 @ 68y
• THOMSON
• Mary Ann (w/o James) d/ 4 Aug 1836 @ 36y.2m.29d
• Margaret d/ 23 Sep 1823 @ 41y [Margaret Clingan⁸, wife to Samuel Thompson-see Clingans of Piney Creek]
• Samuel d/ 13 Nov 1831 @ 63y [Samuel Thompson, son of William died 1800 below⁸, Margaret Clingan's husband, and brother to Patriot Hugh died 1812 buried with him-see below]
• Calvin no dates
• John "
• Samuel "
• Mary E. "
• Hugh d/ 9 May 1812 @ 64y [brother to Samuel⁸, son to William⁸, married Jane Boyd^{8, 10}] [A Patriot and found in DAR listings as Sargeant servind in Canadian Campaign and where his name is spelled THOMPSON and THOMSON ¹⁰  ]
• **William d/ 4 Jul 1800 @ 89y [see below in which his spelling is given as Tomson-this is Samuel's who married Margaret Clingan's Father⁸] ]
• [above From Piney Creek Presbyterian Cemetery ]
• **Tomson, William d. 7/4/1800, 89 years, buried Piney Creek Presbyterian, Harney, Md. From Frederick County Backgrounds, Biographies ¹, Page 77, 78 ] alternately transcribed as  Thomson as shown above.

Record of relevant Surnames and their  relation to Piney Creek [From Frederick County Backgrounds ¹, Biographies, Page 77, 78 , 95] .

Archibald Clingan to Ann Ferguson, married 20 oct by 1806, by Rev Davidson no mention tomís vs Piney Creek churches

In 'the old Session book'  for 1817, the following (partial list) subscribed to the Ministerís Salary: ....Archibald Clingan, William Clingan... John Ferguson, William Ferguson...The Widow Jamison, John Jamison....Elizabeth McCrea, Thomas McCrea....William Paxton, Thomas Paxton....Jno Thomson, Robert Thomson, Hugh Thomson...

In January of 1824 there is a Samuel Thompson who is a member and one of four elders of the Piney Creek Church.
Among the members are listed Robert Thompson, Mary Thompson, , Elizabeth Thompson,, AnnThompson, and Eleanor Thompson...Margaret Paxton, William Paxton...Elizabeth McCrea, Thompson McCrea, Samuel Thompson, Elder, Archibald Clingan, Elizabeth Clingan, William  Clingan...John Ferguson Sr, John Ferguson, Rebecca Ferguson....Sally Jamison, Miss Jamison, Kelly (colored), and Jack (Colored).

In May of 1825 there is 'an increase in membership: Susan Jamison, Sarah and William Thompson, '

page 95:
Tomson, William d. 7/4/1800, 89 years, buried Piney Creek Presbyterian, Harney, Md."
 
 
 
 

 

Sources Beyond those Given at Text Entries:
1. B F M   McPherson under pseudonym of Samuel Carrick, her Ancestor "Frederick County Backgrounds-Marriage Records of United Churches of Tomís Creek and Piney Creek Presbyterian Churches, marriages by Rev Davidson" Articles published in the Chronicle Newspaper, Emmitsburg Md, in the 1930s and 1940s

2. The McClain Exchange, a now apparently defunct and formely excellent resource tool for McClean Research. The site's page, McCLAIN EXCHANGE-Adams County. provided much useful information and mentioned Sources of  R718 Book:  Monocacy and Catoctin, Some Early Settlers of Frederick and Carroll Counties, MD and Adams County, PA. also Descendants c 1725-1985, Vol. 1, C. E. Schildknecht, Editor.  Page 275-279. It was maintained by  George D McClain, Jr. who on his webpages gave as contact information McCLAIN EXCHANGE, 903 East Main Street,  Mexia, Texas 76667. URL  http://www.mexia.com/mcclain/PAADAM05.htm I appears now to be defunct.[sept 2003]
Relevant Excerpts from this former site are given in this page

3. Compendium GFLib,  Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families From the Pennsylvania Geneological Magazine, Baltimore Geneological Publishing Company 1982, ìGenealogies of Pennsylvania Families II, Hi-So, The McClean Family and the Mason-Dixon Lineî. page 200.

4. ABINGTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHMarriages, 1716 - 1821: Montgomery County, PA (presented by Rootsweb). Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives Joe Patterson jpatter@epix.net OCR'd and proofread by Judy Banja jbanja@email.msn.com.  Direct URL: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/montgomery/church/abingtonpresby01.txt]

5. Scott Burnes the Clingan Connection website, a great Clingan directory and working think tank and source repository, the work of many allied Clingan researchers. At the level relevant to the McCurdy interest of this researcher, is often linked to online gedcoms in exclusion of primary sources, but each entry should be checked to see if further documentation has been unearthered, or the primary substantiation included.

6. Cemetery Plot Index for the  Lower Marsh Creek Church on Knoxlyn Road, Adams Co., Penna, Section E, Row V, Plots 17 - 33

7. Descendants of Clingan. Sourced to primary data and reputable secondary compilations at website and  in a generally, but not specifically, sourced Clingan Study.Part of the Looking Back website of Cheryl Cretin..

8. Boyd Trees  SOURCED online tree  by John H. Boyd <JohnHBoyd@compuserve.com> citing "1. More Marylanders to Kentucky 1778-1828," by Henry C. Peden Jr. (1997) p.175-176. FH L Book 976.9W2pe. Cites: (a) "An Account of William Thomson of Taneytown," by unknown autho r (1880), "Marykland Genealogical Society Bulletin" 32:2 (1991) p.193-196. Entry sourceing to this citation reads "(1) 1770: William THOMSON, his wife Jane HANNA, and their 10 children arrived in Philadelph ia from Ireland.
(1) Purchased a farm near Newville, Cumberland Co., PA.
(1) During the Revolutionary War he sold his land for Continental money, intending to go wi th his son William and son-in-law Archibald BOYD to KY, or to follow them there. Before the n ecessary arrangements could be made, his wife died and during the delay the Continental mone y for which the farm had been sold became worthless. The intention to go to KY was abandoned.
(1) Moved of his family moved to Taneytown, Frederick Co. (now Carroll Co.), MD where Willi am rented a farm about a mile from town.
Marriage 1 Jane Hannah b: in ,,Ireland
* Married: in ,,Ireland 1" 10 children are listed, but the source is not clear for each entry.

9. Abstracts of York Co, PA, Wills, 1749 - 1819  Ancestry.com data base

10. Clan Boyd . DAR listings. Specific entry reads:"The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 30  page 301
                           Mrs. Frances Gordon Pym Denny.
                           DAR ID Number: 29836
                           Born in Rushsylvania, Ohio.
                           Wife of Austin Denny.
                           Descendant of Sergt. Hugh Thompson.
                           Daughter of Jacob F. Pym and Frances M. Sharpe, his wife.
                           Granddaughter of George W. Sharpe and Caroline R. Snider, his wife.
                           [p.301] Gr.-granddaughter of Nicholas Snider and Margaretta Thompson, his wife.
                           Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Hugh Thompson and Jane Boyd (1744-1828), his wife.
                           Hugh Thompson, (1748-1812), served as a private in the Canadian campaign. He re-ënlisted as
                           sergeant in Capt. Jeremiah Talbot's company, Pennsylvania Line. He was born in Belfast, Ireland,
                           lived in Cumberland Co., Penna., during the Revolution and at the close, removed to Taneytown,
                           Md., where he is buried in Piney Creek cemetery.
                           Also Nos. 3581, 13165.
also
The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 55  page 361
                           Mrs. Mary E. Babbitt.
                           DAR ID Number: 54829
                           Born in New Hampton, N. Y.
                           Wife of Robert O. Babbitt.
                           Descendant of Sergt. Hugh Thomson.
                           Daughter of James William Thomson McCrea and Harriet Elizabeth Schroeder, his wife.
                           Granddaughter of Thomson McCrea and Anna Mary Eckert, his wife.
                           Gr-granddaughter of William McCrea and Elizabeth Thomson, his wife.
                           Gr-gr-granddaughter of Hugh Thomson and Jane Boyd, his wife.
                           Hugh Thomson (1748-1812) served as private and sergeant in the Pennsylvania Continental Line.
                           He was born in Ireland; died in Taneytown, Md.
                           Also No. 13165. "

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