Christopher was the son of William Search (b. 1736 Amwell, Hunterdon Co, NJ, d. 1810 Hardyston, Sussex Co, NJ) and Mary McMasters Search (b. 1735), one of eleven children.
He married Amelia Torbert, Feb. 1787 in Newtown, Bucks Co, PA. She was the daughter of James and Hannah (Burley) Torbert, by whom he had eight children. After her death he married Ann (Miles) Banes on Oct 03, 1805 in Bucks Co., PA, by whom he had nine more children. (She had four by her first marriage.)
Christopher was a member of the Bucks Co. militia from 1786 to 1814, rising to the rank of Captain. He was a blacksmith as well as a farmer.
He was a member of the Newtown Presbyterian Church until a few years after his second marriage. The first three children of his second marriage were baptized there. Eventually he was a member of the Southampton Baptist Church where he served as Sunday School Superintendent. His second wife is buried in the Old School Baptist Meeting House Cemetery.
Source: "Early Generations of the Search Family" by Jean Search Firlein and Lewis Fuller Parsly. Revised January 1985.
He married Amelia Torbert, Feb. 1787 in Newtown, Bucks Co, PA. She was the daughter of James and Hannah (Burley) Torbert, by whom he had eight children. After her death he married Ann (Miles) Banes on Oct 03, 1805 in Bucks Co., PA, by whom he had nine more children. (She had four by her first marriage.)
Christopher was a member of the Bucks Co. militia from 1786 to 1814, rising to the rank of Captain. He was a blacksmith as well as a farmer.
He was a member of the Newtown Presbyterian Church until a few years after his second marriage. The first three children of his second marriage were baptized there. Eventually he was a member of the Southampton Baptist Church where he served as Sunday School Superintendent. His second wife is buried in the Old School Baptist Meeting House Cemetery.
Source: "Early Generations of the Search Family" by Jean Search Firlein and Lewis Fuller Parsly. Revised January 1985.
Christopher was the son of William Search (b. 1736 Amwell, Hunterdon Co, NJ, d. 1810 Hardyston, Sussex Co, NJ) and Mary McMasters Search (b. 1735), one of eleven children.
He married Amelia Torbert, Feb. 1787 in Newtown, Bucks Co, PA. She was the daughter of James and Hannah (Burley) Torbert, by whom he had eight children. After her death he married Ann (Miles) Banes on Oct 03, 1805 in Bucks Co., PA, by whom he had nine more children. (She had four by her first marriage.)
Christopher was a member of the Bucks Co. militia from 1786 to 1814, rising to the rank of Captain. He was a blacksmith as well as a farmer.
He was a member of the Newtown Presbyterian Church until a few years after his second marriage. The first three children of his second marriage were baptized there. Eventually he was a member of the Southampton Baptist Church where he served as Sunday School Superintendent. His second wife is buried in the Old School Baptist Meeting House Cemetery.
Source: "Early Generations of the Search Family" by Jean Search Firlein and Lewis Fuller Parsly. Revised January 1985.
He married Amelia Torbert, Feb. 1787 in Newtown, Bucks Co, PA. She was the daughter of James and Hannah (Burley) Torbert, by whom he had eight children. After her death he married Ann (Miles) Banes on Oct 03, 1805 in Bucks Co., PA, by whom he had nine more children. (She had four by her first marriage.)
Christopher was a member of the Bucks Co. militia from 1786 to 1814, rising to the rank of Captain. He was a blacksmith as well as a farmer.
He was a member of the Newtown Presbyterian Church until a few years after his second marriage. The first three children of his second marriage were baptized there. Eventually he was a member of the Southampton Baptist Church where he served as Sunday School Superintendent. His second wife is buried in the Old School Baptist Meeting House Cemetery.
Source: "Early Generations of the Search Family" by Jean Search Firlein and Lewis Fuller Parsly. Revised January 1985.
Inscription
In memory of
Christopher Search
who departed this life
March 18th 1842
Aged 77 years 10 months and 11 days
"He that believeth on the Lord Jesus
Though he were dead yet shall he live"
"Children, why do you mourn for me
An aged [man?] I've lived to be
My lot on Jesus, I have cast
So fare you well, I breath my last"
Source: (Source: "A History of Newtown Presbyterian Church 1734-1900" Pub. 1994, Bucks Co. Historical Soc.) from Molly O'Rourke
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