The facts pertaining to this family PORT which may be gleaned from records and histories, are not altogether clear in their mutual relations. Assuming, however, that they relate to one family, the following is probably a correct reconstruction of its history.

(I) John Port, the founder of this family, was born in Strasburg, Alsace, now part of the German Empire. He and his wife came to America as "Redemptioners," their passage money being paid by a man named Chambers, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

After earning their time, they went to McConnellstown, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania. Their settlement at McConnellstown occurred about 1800. This may not, however, have been their first home after gaining freedom, for in the Chester county rates of 1768, under the head of Birmingham. Joseph Port is named as a freeman. The old township of Birmingham has been crossed by a county line, and is now partly in Delaware, partly in Chester county, each portion retaining the old name. At McConnellstown. John Port had the first shoeshop: for some time after his death, his wife supported her family by carrying on the same trade, and is said to have shown much skill in this work.

John Port married, in Europe, Eleanor , who was born in Strasburg.
Children: John, married, July 16, 1818, Mary Fox; Casper, seemingly the same as Joseph, of whom further; Christian, died August 23, 1826; , married Henry Clabaugh.

(II) Joseph, son of John and Eleanor Port, died in Ohio, about 1815. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. After this, he removed to Newark, Ohio, where he was killed by the falling of a limb of a chestnut tree. In the county history of Huntingdon county a similar account is given of the death of Casper, son of John and Eleanor Port, as having happened in Ohio; and his family, it is further stated, returned to Walker township (in which is McConnellstown) after his death; in spite of the difference in names, the conclusion is almost unavoidable that Joseph and Casper were names of the same person. Joseph Port married Margaret Harker, of Hagerstown, Maryland, who died about 1850. After her husband's death, she returned to Pennsylvania, with their children. Children: John; Henry, of whom further; Isaac.

(III) Henry, son of Joseph and Margaret (Harker) Port, was born at New Alexandria, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1810, and died in Clarion township, Clarion county, Pennsylvania, in 1891. His settlement in Clarion township was made about 1830. He lived on a farm and owned one hundred and eighty acres of land. By trade, he was a weaver of coverlets. He married Rebecca, born in Clarion township, January 26, 1816, died January 16, 1902, daughter of Peter and Martha (Jones) Clover. Rebecca Clover's grandfather, Philip Clover, was a soldier of the revolution; he came at an early date from New Jersey to what is now Clarion township, and there bought land of General Potts; some of this land is still owned by his descendants. Roth he and his wife, Mary Cooper, a native of Scotland, died in Clarion township, and are buried in the Rehoboth cemetery. Peter Clover was a farmer, a Whig, afterward a Republican; he died in 1863, his wife about 1870. She was a daughter of John and Rebecca (Scott) Jones, her father being a native of Wales, her mother of Scotland; they were early settlers in Clarion township, and are buried in the Rehoboth cemetery. Children of Henry and Rebecca (Clover) Port: 1. Jones Clover, deceased; he fought for the Union about fourteen months. 2. Amanda. 3. Winfield Scott, of whom further. 4. Rebecca Jane.
5. George W. 6. Mary Graham, deceased. 7. Emma. 8. Sarah Blanche. Others, died young.

(IV) Winfield Scott, son of Henry and Rebecca (Clover) Port, was born in Clarion township, November 4, 1841.