NameWilliam Daugherty
Birth1720, Ireland
Death1777
Misc. Notes
The founders of the Daugherty family were the parents of William Daugherty, who settled in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. William Daugherty came with them and afterward removed to the west branch of the Susquehanna river, locating a few miles above Milton, where he followed farming on Muddy Run. In connection with his son-in-law, Marcus Hulings, he built and operated the first keel-bottom boat ever taken on the Susquehanna river to tidewater. He fought for a time in the French and Indian war. and became a member of the Warrior Run Presbyterian church. He married a Miss Means. a representative of one of the pioneer families of Kentucky, and the Means house in Towanda, Pennsylvania, was founded by a representative of this family.
Spouses
1Masser Means
ChildrenJohn (~1753-<1804)
 Samuel (~1755-1779)
 James (1757-1825)
 Robert
 William (1765-1834)
 Abel Jacob (1756-1830)
 Robert
 Mercy (1746-1813)
 Margaret
 Jane
 George (-1802)
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