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     William Woodside was born circa 1814 at PA.²

     Amelia Anne Woodside was born on 15 April 1815 at Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., PA; St John's (Berrysburg) Lutheran Church records. She was baptized on 30 July 1815 at Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., PA; St John's (Berrysburg) Lutheran Church records.

     Aaron Woodside was born circa 1822 at PA; census.

     Elizabeth Woodside was born circa 1831 at PA; census.

     John Henry Woodside was buried at Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., PA; St John's (Berrysburg) Lutheran Church. He was born on 31 March 1847; tombstone; Lykens Valley Tombstones, DCHS. He died on 14 June 1870 at age 23; tombstone; Lykens Valley Tombstones, DCHS.

     Sarah Rebecca Woodside was buried at Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., PA; St John's (Berrysburg) Lutheran Church. She was born on 29 November 1850; tombstone; Lykens Valley Tombstones, DCHS. She died on 9 July 1853 at age 2; tombstone; Lykens Valley Tombstones, DCHS.

     Henry Woodside was born circa 1855 at PA; census.

     Elizabeth [Woodside] married John Woodside, son of James Woodside and Margaretha Trotter; known from land records of John. Elizabeth [Woodside] died before 1835; not mentioned in husband's estate.

     Nathan Woodside was born illegitimate on 8 February 1784 at Dauphin Co., PA; St John's (Berrysburg) Lutheran Church records.² He was baptized on 6 June 1784 at Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., PA; St John's (Berrysburg) Lutheran Church records. He married Esther [Woodside]; 1850 Armstrong Co. census. Nathan Woodside was a farmer. He died on 13 February 1868 at age 84.² He was buried at Burrell Twp., Armstrong Co., PA.²

Nathan's baptism record shows that he was an illegitimate son of John Woodside. No mother was mentioned in the church records. Nathan moved at some unknown time to Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He is found in census records there between 1830 and 1850. Nathan warranted a tract of land in Washington township, Dauphin County in 1814. In 1835 he assigned his brother William as power of attorney to sell his land in Lykens township, which was done in 1837. At that time both were living in Armstrong County. The dates on his tombstone in Armstrong County match his birth date in the baptism record. He is not mentioned in the estate of his father.

     Anna Sallade died; St John's (Berrysburg) Lutheran Church records, DCHS. He was born on 11 April 1811; St John's (Berrysburg) Lutheran Church records, DCHS. He was baptized on 7 July 1811 at Mifflin Twp., Dauphin Co., PA; St John's (Berrysburg) Lutheran Church.

     Anne B. Eberly was buried at Burrell Twp., Armstrong Co., PA.² Anne B. Eberly also went by the name of Nancy 1850 Kittan; deeds X1-296, Z1-476, Z1-479, Dauphin Co. She was born on 23 November 1796.² She married William Woodside, son of John Woodside and Margaret McMullen, at Dauphin Co., PA.³ Anne B. Eberly died on 15 October 1862 at age 65.²

     Hannah Woodside was born on 5 February 1829.¹ She was baptized on 6 April 1829 at Burrell Twp., Armstrong Co., PA.¹

     Nathan Woodside was buried at Burrell Twp., Armstrong Co., PA; St. Michael's Evan. Luth. cemetery. He was a farmer. He was born on 23 January 1827.^2,3 He was baptized on 6 April 1829 at Burrell Twp., Armstrong Co., PA.⁴ He died in 1907.³

     Sara Anna Woodside was born on 24 March 1831.¹ She was baptized on 28 April 1832 at Burrell Twp., Armstrong Co., PA.¹

     Isaac King Woodside was buried at Burrell Twp., Armstrong Co., PA; St. Michael's Evan. Luth. cemetery. He was born on 5 March 1836.^2,3 He was baptized on 14 April 1836 at Burrell Twp., Armstrong Co., PA.³ He died on 28 July 1904 at age 68.²

     William Colver Woodside was born on 2 March 1834.² He was baptized on 26 April 1834 at Burrell Twp., Armstrong Co., PA.²

     Sophia Ellen Woodside married John Knell.¹

     William L. Woodside was buried at Burrell Twp., Armstrong Co., PA.^2,1 He was a farmer.¹ He was born in 1858.^2,1 His estate was probated in 1922 at Burrell Twp., Armstrong Co., PA; Vol 6, p.290, estate #10627, Armstrong Co courthouse.¹ He died in 1922.^2,1

     George R. Woodside was buried at Burrell Twp., Armstrong Co., PA.¹ He was a farmer. He was born on 9 August 1860 at Jefferson Co., PA.^2,1 He married Laura Swank, daughter of Daniel Swank and Lavina Loehr, on 28 October 1886.² George R. Woodside died in 1922.¹

     Daniel Woodside was a farmer.¹ He married Mary Nooma.¹ Daniel Woodside was born on 9 August 1860 at Jefferson Co., PA.¹

     John Knell married Sophia Ellen Woodside, daughter of Nathan Woodside and Rebecca Sheesley.¹

     Mary Nooma married Daniel Woodside, son of Nathan Woodside and Rebecca Sheesley.¹

     Laura Swank was buried at Burrell Twp., Armstrong Co., PA.¹ She was born in 1865.¹ She married George R. Woodside, son of Nathan Woodside and Rebecca Sheesley, on 28 October 1886.² Laura Swank died in 1937.¹

     Daniel Swank married Lavina Loehr.¹

     Lavina Loehr married Daniel Swank.¹

     Esther [Woodside] was buried at Burrell Twp., Armstrong Co., PA.² She was born on 14 February 1790.² She married Nathan Woodside, son of John Woodside and Margaret McMullen; 1850 Armstrong Co. census. Esther [Woodside] died on 9 May 1869 at age 79.²

     James Woodside was born circa 1725 at Ireland; assuming 21 yrs at immigration. He immigrated on 16 September 1746 into Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA.¹ He married Margaretha Trotter on 12 September 1754 at Dauphin Co., PA.² James Woodside was a farmer. He died in 1805 at Dauphin Co., PA; date of will probate. His estate was probated on 20 December 1805 at Harrisburg, Dauphin Co., PA; will #B310, Dauphin Co courthouse.

There are several facts placing James Woodside in Dauphin County. There is no proof that the James who immigrated in 1746 is the same who married in 1754 and died in 1805, but an argument can be made on that premise. If we make an assumption that James was about 21 years old when he immigrated, he would have married at age 29, fathered John at age 35, and died at age 80. A John Woodside also immigrated into Philadelphia in 1745. It is possible this could be a brother of James, but at this time there is absolutely no proof of that. There is a possibility that James and John were two of three brothers who, according to family tradition, immigrated from Ireland.

In 1767 James applied for warrants to two tracts of land in the lower part of Upper Paxton township. He is mentioned at least once in Pennsylvania records of the Revolutionary War. He was paid 2 pounds 10 shillings for guns lost during Washington's retreat from Long Island and White Plains, New York. That event occurred in the fall of 1776. He appeared on several lists of taxable men in Upper Paxton township from 1758 through 1787. In 1779 he was listed with 100 acres of land, two horses, four cows and six sheep. He was enumerated on the 1790 federal census next to his son John, but not in 1800. Because there was a male over 45 years old listed with John in 1800, and John would have been 40, it is not difficult to assume that James was living with his son.

The probate of James' estate in 1805 establishes the fact that John and Jonathan were his sons and Mary his daughter. The land mentioned in the will appears to be the same two tracts that James warranted in 1767. There are two deeds transferring those tracts to his sons in 1799 and 1800. James' daughter Mary mentioned in the will is most likely the same Mary Woodside that married DeWalt Novinger. Her birth date is appropriately near to her brothers'. And DeWalt Novinger warranted a tract of land adjacent to James Woodside. Additional sources.³

     Margaretha Trotter married James Woodside on 12 September 1754 at Dauphin Co., PA.²

Other than the mention of her name in marriage to James, nothing further is known about her.¹