Capt. Thomas Ochiltree was born in 1775 in Pennsylvania to James Ochiltree and Catherine they came from Ireland. Capt. Thomas Ochiltree married Jean Miller on 18 Feb 1796 in Rockinbridge County, Virginia by Rev. Samuel Houston.
Here's his story:
Capt. Thomas Ochiltree, third and youngest son of James, Sen., and Catharine Ochiltree, was born in 1775, presumably in Pennsylvania. He came to Rockbridge County, Virginia, with his father in 1783, living near the
Natural Bridge. He married on Feb. 18, 1796, Jean Miller, Rev. Samuel Houston of Rural Valley Rockbridge County, officiating minister. Jean Miller's parents, Henry Miller, Sen., and Rebecca (Boggs) Miller, came from Londonderry, Ireland, to Pennsylvania, in 1757, and from Lancaster County, Pa., to Rockbridge Co., Va., in 1770. Jean Ochiltree was a good Christian woman and mother. She brought up her children in the way that they should go, and when they were old, they did not depart
from it. Thomas and Jean Ochiltree lived on the home place near the Natural Bridge. Thomas Ochiltree was Captain of a company of militia for several years, which held itself in readiness before and during the war of 1812, to go at call. (See letter). He was taken sick and died at his home Apr. 28, 1812, aged 37 years, "A young, good-looking man." Mrs. Ochiltree was left with eight young children, the eldest fifteen years, and the youngest two weeks old. Mrs. Ochiltree was married Jan. 11, 1816, by Rev. Houston, to George Leyburn, a Scotchman, "fond of dress and proud of his ancestors."
The children of Thomas and Jean Ochiltree were:
D.5.1. James Ochiltree; m. Katharine Paxton.
D.5.2. Rebecca Boggs Ochiltree; m. John Leech.
D.5.3. William Shields Ochiltree; died young.
D.5.4. Elizabeth Ochiltree; m. James Wilson.
D.5.5. Keziah Ochiltree; m. Daniel Ginger.
D.5.6. Thomas Ochiltree; m. Nancy Hamilton.
D.5.7. Henry Miller Ochiltree; m. Margaret Bell.
D.5.8. David Alexander Ochiltree; m. Jane Leech.
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Letter to Thomas Ochiltree, Captain of Militia of Rockbridge Co., Va.
Lexington, Va., July 14, 1807.
Sir:
Information has been received, that one of our frigates, on our own coast, has been lately attacked by a British ship of war, of superior force, in which attack, the frigate lost a number of her men, killed and wound ed; received material damage in her hull and riggins; and was finally,
forced to surrender; that, then, a British officer went aboard, and took out four of her crew, (American born citizens). The frigate was then permitted to return into port, and the British vessel then rejoined Commodore Douglass, who now lies with his squadron, in the Chesapeake Bay, and by whose immediate order, this unexampled violence has been perpetrated. Regardless of the law of nations, this squadron continues to
insult our Government, and has menaced the town of Norfolk, with destruction. This outrage, with a long list, of others, growing into a system of premeditated
violence, and insult, no longer to be tolerated, has drawn from our fellow citizens, in different parts of the state, the public declaration, that they will support the Government of their country, with their lives, and fortunes, by repelling these insults and punishing the
aggressors. We hope that the citizens of this bounty will not be less prompt in declaring their sentiments, on this important occasion; and, particularly, those who have borne a share in the Revolutionary war. The citizens of Lexington have convened, resolving that a meeting of the citizens of Rockbridge Co., for • that purpose, be requested, on Wednesday, the 22 inst., at the Court House. We are authorized to advise you of this resolution; and to request you to communicate it, as extensively as possible. We are authorized, also, to say that the Col. of this regiment doessolicit the militia officers to attend, at the same time, to act in concert with the citizens.
John Leyburn
Robert White
John McCampbell
S. L. Campbell
A Committee, on behalf of the meeting.
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(Philadelphia Times)
Col. Thomas P. Ochiltree, is, at last, on the high road to recovery. This will, doubtless, be gratifying news, to the friends of the Colonel, which class, by the way, constitutes about everybody who has ever known this original and unique Texan. One of the Colonel's friends once described him, as "the red-headed apostle of "How To Live On Nothing a Year." Whether this characterization was just, or not, the fact remains, that few men have ever enjoyed more of the good things of this world, than the Colonel has; and, apparently, they come to him, without effort on his part. He is a lawyer, by profession, but as the boy said, of his father's religion, he has never practiced it much. When he first entered the profession, he did so, as the junior partner of his father, Judge William B. Ochiltree, in Galveston. The old man, upon taking his son into business, hung out their shingle, with the legend, "W. B. Ochiltree and Son," inscribed thereon, and then went away to attend court, leaving junior in charge. When he returned, his amazement was great, to find the modest shingle removed, and in its place a sign, reaching clear across the sidewalk, and inscribed thereon, in letters a foot high, "Thomas P. Ochiltree and Father." That was characteristic of the man. He was not a student of books; but, perhaps, few people have ever lived, who knew human nature better than the Colonel; and that, together with his fine humor, originality, and native kindness, made him a Republican Congressman, from a Democratic district, and the welcome guest of the Royalty, of Europe. Utterly lacking in a fixity of purpose, apparently without ambition, and living today for the fun that the morrow holds forth, this jolly raconteur has passed through life, at least thus far, sipping the sweets denied to common mortals, who have made the most strenuous exertions for a taste of them. Yet it were impossible to envy this minion of fortune, if you know him, for, somehow or other, his very personality impresses you with the idea that he is, of all men, the one fittest to have that crown of many good things, which an apparently capricious, fate, sometimes presses upon a brow, never bent to receive it.
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Source: History Channel
Here's a link for Orchiltree Genealogy
https://archive.org/stream/historyofhouseof01rail/historyofhouseof01rail_djvu.txt
There's also a book called
History of the House of Ochiltree of Ayrshire, Scotland: With the Genealogy ...
By Clementine Brown Railey
The above book is easier to navigate then the link above.
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