John McKinney and Rebecca Arthur
Husband John McKinney 1 2 3 4 5 6
Born: 1765 or 1770 - County Tyrone, Ireland 4 6 Christened: Died: Feb 1841 - Brokenstraw, Warren Co, PA 1 6 Buried:
Father: [Father] McKinney ( - ) Mother:
Marriage: 1800 - Boston, MA 6
Wife Rebecca Arthur 4 7 8
AKA: Rebecca Arthurs 1 Born: 17 Nov 1781 or 1784 - Massachusetts 7 8 Christened: Died: 25 Jul 1852 - Youngsville, Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 7 Buried:
Father: Gen. Arthur ( - ) 4 Mother: [Unk] Boone ( - ) 4
Children
1 M Matthew McKinney 4 8
Born: 23 Sep 1803 - Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 8 Christened: Died: - Pittsfield, Warren Co, PA Buried:
2 M John McKinney 2 3 4 8 9
Born: 7 Dec 1804 - Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 3 6 8 Christened: Died: Dec 1878 or 10 Mar 1879 - Youngsville, Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 2 3 6 8 Buried:Spouse: Loranda Simmons (1806-1888) 2 9 Marr: 1829 - Jamestown, Chautauqua Co, NY 6 8
3 M Robert McKinney 4 8
Born: 15 Jul 1806 - Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 8 Christened: Died: - Youngsville, Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA Buried:
4 M William McKinney 4 8
Born: 7 Feb 1808 - Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 8 Christened: Died: - Youngsville, Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA Buried:Spouse: [Unk] Mead ( - ) 8
5 M Arthur [1] McKinney 8
Born: 8 Mar 1809 - Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 8 Christened: Died: while young Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
6 M James McKinney 1 4 8
Born: 28 Sep 1810 - Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 4 8 Christened: Died: 21 May 1894 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 4 Buried:Spouse: Lydia Drury Turner (1816-1898) 4 8 Marr: 25 Jan 1837 4
7 M Arthur [2] McKinney 8 10
AKA: Augustus McKinney 4 Born: 27 Mar 1814 - Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 8 10 Christened: Died: Aft 1887 - Youngsville, Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA Buried:Spouse: Susan Arthur (1819-1885) 10 Marr: 1842 10
8 F Susan McKinney 4 7 8
Born: 19 Jan 1816 - Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 8 Christened: Died: Aft 1887 - Youngsville, Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA Buried:Spouse: [Unk] Wade ( -Bef 1887) 7 8
9 M Augustus McKinney 8
Born: 28 Aug 1819 - Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 8 Christened: Died: Bef 1913 - Youngsville, Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
10 M Jefferson McKinney 4 8
Born: 4 Dec 1821 - Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 8 Christened: Died: Bef 1913 - Youngsville, Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - John McKinney
He was born in in Belfast, Ireland, whither his branch of the family was planted in the sixteenth century. He emigrated to America and landed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1789 or 1790. He removed to Lancaster, and in 1794 came with General John W. Irvine to western Pennsylvania and helped survey and lay out the town of Warren. He took up a large tract of land extending from the mouth of Brokenstraw Creek to several miles north of Youngsville. On this land he settled, erected a number of saw mills, and engaged extensively in the lumber business. He returned to Lancaster and married.
He acquired a great deal of land and accumulated what was considered a large fortune. He served in the War of 1812 with the rank of lieutenant.
The first resident settler of Brokenstraw township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, was probably John McKinney, who came in the summer of 1795, with commissioners appointed by the governor to survey that part of the country. "McKinney," the Hon. Samuel P. Johnson said, "was then a fresh import from the Emerald Isle, young, vigorous, and adventurous; had first halted at Lancaster, where his services were engaged by the commissioners. His visit here had given him a view of this valley, and a knowledge of the fact that there was land here to be had for the taking." Accordingly he returned the next year, and took up what became known as the McKinney farm, about one and a half miles east of Youngsville, on the road to Irvineton. There he lived two or three years alone, clearing the forests and subduing the obstinate wilderness. He then returned to Lancaster and married Miss Arthur, who afterward lived there with him and reared a family which became prominent beyond the town limits for energy and integrity. McKinney's house afterward became the hotel of the settlement. He was shrewd, hospitable, genial, and thoroughly democratic. He was one of the most extensive farmers of the neighborhood, and was a heavy dealer in lumber, horses, cattle, etc., etc. He had a large family of boys, and one daughter. The children of his son, Arthur, later occupied the old homestead. [HWC 1887, 402]
He was born in Ulster County, Ireland, in 1770, came to Philadelphia in 1790, and labored as a farmer. In 1792 he carried the chain to survey western Pennsylvania, including Warren County, with General Irvine, and in 1794 located 1,000 acres west of General Irvine's tract, where he settled and reared his family. [HWC 1887, BP 64]
General Notes: Wife - Rebecca Arthur
She was born on the Susquehanna in Pennsylvania.
1 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 899.
2 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 402.
3 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 406.
4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 417.
5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 363.
6 Emma Siggins White, The Kinnears and Their Kin (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1916), Pg 212.
7 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), BP 64.
8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 364.
9 Emma Siggins White, The Kinnears and Their Kin (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1916), Pg 201.
10
J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), BP 63.
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