David McKee and Sarah Free

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Husband David McKee ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1732-1733 - Scotland or Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Dec 1803 - ? Westmoreland Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Poke Run Presbyterian Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Father: [Father] McKee (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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• Descendant information: John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908).
To read a brief sketch of his life and descendents, click here.

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Wife Sarah Free ²

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           Born: Abt 1758 - Haverford, Delaware Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1834 4
         Buried:  - Poke Run Presbyterian Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Father: [Father] Free (      -1797)
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Samuel McKee ^{4 5}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 
 Cause of Death: Drowning
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jeanette Crawford (Abt 1796-1862) 5

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2 F Eleanor McKee ⁶

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           Born: 1790 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John W. Young (      -      ) 6

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3 M William McKee ¹

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           Born: 1792 - Philadelphia, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1865
 Cause of Death: Accident
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hannah Postlethwaite (      -Bef 1865) 1

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4 F Nancy McKee ⁶

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           Born:  - ? Bedford, Bedford Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Porterfield (      -      ) 6

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5 F Margaret McKee ⁶

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M Abraham F. McKee ⁶

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           Born: 31 Aug 1797 - Crawford's Mills, Westmoreland Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 1881 - Westmoreland Co, PA 6
         Buried:  - Bear Creek Cemetery, Petrolia, Fairview Twp, Butler Co, PA

         Spouse: Polly Watson (      -1896) 6
           Marr: 1840 6

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7 F Sarah McKee ⁸

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           Born: 1800 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: David McLeod (      -      ) 8
           Marr: Abt 1820

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8 F Mary McKee ⁹

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           Born: 1802 9
     Christened: 
           Died:  - North Washington, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: David Skillen (      -      ) 9

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General Notes: Husband - David McKee

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He was one of the earliest pioneers of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and was also a soldier in the Revolutionary War. As early as 1774 he came to Westmoreland County, from Scotland, and secured a tract of land on which he made a small clearing, also putting up a cabin. Times were too unsettled, however, the Revolutionary War soon developing, and David McKee returned to the eastern part of the state, where he had formerly resided for at least a short period, and before he returned to his land in 1795, he had been a soldier in the Patriot army. In that year he came again to Westmoreland County with the forces sent out to quell the Whiskey Insurrection, and never returned again to the east, his family joining him in about 1800. In that year he built the first saw-mill at the settlement later known as Crawford's Mills, but died three years later.

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Free

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She was of Welsh antecedants, and if not a Quaker, then of Quaker descent.

1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 993.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 386.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 387.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 389.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1214.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 390.

7 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 994.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 391.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 392.