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James HIGHT, Jr.
Nancy BROWN
Husband:  James HIGHT, Jr.
Birth:  19 Jul 1790, PA
Death:  28 May 1860, Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co., PA
Father:  James HIGHT, Sr.
Marriage:  13 Feb 1814, Huntingdon Co., PA
Wife:  Nancy BROWN
Birth:  5 May 1793, Henderson Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA
Death:  1881/2, West Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co., PA
Father:  Daniel BROWN (c1755-1810), wagonmaker from England
Mother:  Temperance HARRINGTON (c1766-bef. 1830), from Wales
Children — born in Huntingdon Co., PA:
  1.  Mary HIGHT, b. 27 Nov 1814; m. Henry MILLER
  2.  Temperance HIGHT, b. 1 Apr 1816; m. John R. McCARTNEY
  3.  Asahel H. HIGHT, b. 30 Oct 1818
  4.  James D. HIGHT, b. 14 Mar 1820 
  5.  William C. F. HIGHT, b. 15 Aug 1821 
  6.  Sarah HIGHT, b. 12 May 1823
  7.  John A. HIGHT, b. 9 Jun 1824
  8.  Abigail B. HIGHT, b. 12 Jun 1825
  9.  Carmelia HIGHT, b. 9 Jun 1827; m. David SNYDER
10.  Nancy E. HIGHT, b. 4 Dec 1831; m. Amos STARR

Either Sarah or Abigail died before 1830.

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Sources:

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #4 of 6; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1820 PA Huntingdon Co. Henderson Twp. p. 69 James Hight 200010-20110-0-100
These data indicate:
No. & Sex  Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
2 males 9 or under 1810-1820 = James (b. 1820
= Asahel (b. 1818)
1 male 26-44 1775-1794 = James (b. 1790)
2 females 9 or under 1810-1820 = Temperance (b. 1816)
= Mary (b. 1814)
1 female 16-25 1794-1804 = ?
1 female 26-44 1775-1794 = Nancy (b. 1793)
1 person engaged in agriculture
The girl age 16-25 is too old to be their daughter; she could be kin or hired help.  Listed next to Nancy's brother, Asahel BROWN, who is next to Nancy's widowed mother, Temperance BROWN.  Also on page, William CORBIN and several KELLYs.

3.  1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #77 of 86 — indexed "Hut"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1830 PA Huntingdon Co. Henderson Twp. p. 133 James Heit 031 000 100 - 111 101 000
These data indicate:
No. & Sex  Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
3 males 5-9 1820-1825 = John (b. 1824)
= William (b. 1821)
= James (b. 1820)
1 male 10-14 1815-1820 = Asahel (b. 1818)
1 male 40-49 1780-1790 = James (b. 1790) 
1 female 4 or under 1825-1830 = Carmelia (b. 1827)
1 female 5-9 1820-1825 = Sarah (b. 1823) or Abigail (b. 1825)
1 female 10-14 1815-1820 = Temperance (b. 1816)
1 female 15-19 1810-1815 = Mary (b. 1814)
1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = Nancy (b. 1793) 
Listed two lines below James SIAS and two lines above Jno. EALLY.

4.  1840 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #1-2 of 20; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1840 PA Huntingdon Co. Henderson Twp. pp. 203B-204A James Hight 000 220 100 - 011 100 100 0400000
These data indicate:
No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
2 males 15-19 1820-1825 = John (b. 1824)
= William (b. 1821)
2 males 20-29 1810-1820 = James (b. 1820)
= Asahel (b. 1818)
1 male 40-49 1790-1800 = James (b. 1790)
1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = Nancy (b. 1831)
1 female 10-14 1825-1830 = Carmelia (b. 1827)
1 female 15-19 1820-1825 = Sarah (b. 1823) or Abigail (b. 1825)
1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Nancy (b. 1793) 
4 persons engaged in agriculture
Listed next to James's brother, Henry HIGHT

5.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #7 of 21):  Henderson Twp., Huntingdon Co., PA, p. 64A, 55/55, enumerated 27 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
James Hight 58 M   Farmer 700 Penna
Nancy   " 55 F       "
Living next door to their son, James D. HIGHT

6.  Robert Clark McConnell.  My Ancestors.  Birth records from family bible.

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