Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: 1820, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA; dismissed from First Presbyterian Church

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Found a Matthew Laird taking an Oath of Allegience on Oct. 29, 1777 in Cumberland Co. PA
(p. 12 of Cumberland County (PA) oaths of allegience, 1761, 1777-1778, by Gloria Aertker Fralish, 1984)

Matthew married Rachel Wilkins about 1751 in Lancaster Co., PA. Rachel (daughter of John Wilkins and Rachel McFarland, RoM02) was born before 1737 in Donegal twn., Lancaster Co., PA; died on 25 Jan 1818. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]