Alexander McKnight and Isabella McBride

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Husband Alexander McKnight ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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           Born:  - County Down, Ireland
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           Died:  - Washington Twp, Indiana Co, PA
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       Marriage:  - County Down, Ireland

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Wife Isabella McBride ^{1 3 4 5}

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            AKA: Elizabeth McBride 2
           Born:  - County Down, Ireland
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           Died:  - Washington Twp, Indiana Co, PA
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Children

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1 M James McKnight ^{1 3 5 6}

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           Born: Abt 1778
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           Died: 14 May 1819 - Indiana, Indiana Co, PA 6
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         Spouse: Jane McNutt (      -1811) 1 3 5 6
           Marr: 25 May 1807 6

         Spouse: Jane McComb (      -      ) 1 3 5 6
           Marr: 19 Nov 1812 6

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2 M Alexander McKnight, Jr. ^{1 2 3 5 6}

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           Born: 5 Dec 1786 6
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           Died: 30 Jul 1821 6
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         Spouse: Susannah Cummins (      -1836) 1 2 3 5 6

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3 F Elizabeth McKnight ^{1 6}

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Alexander McNutt (      -      ) 1 6

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4 F Alice McKnight ^{1 6}

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         Spouse: John Ross (      -      ) 1 6

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5 F Isabella McKnight ^{6 7 8}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 31 Mar 1847 8
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         Spouse: Joseph Shields (1783-1823) 6 7 9 10

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6 F Margaret McKnight ^{6 11}

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         Spouse: David Cummins (      -      ) 6 11

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander McKnight

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He and his wife were natives of County Down, Ireland. They migrated to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, about the year 1790, and he followed agricultural pursuits there. In 1795 he removed to and located on the farm long known as the McKnight farm, on Crooked creek, in Washington township, Indiana County.

He and his wife were natives of County Down, Ireland, and married there. Coming to the United States in 1790 they settled in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, at first, and in 1795 or 1796 moving to Indiana County, where they located on a tract of 269 acres in Washington township, which he bought. The warrant for this tract was issued to Robert Elder, April 1, 1788. The McKnight family made the first improvements on this land. Alexander and his wife both died here. They were Presbyterians in religious faith. In politics he was a Whig. [HIC 1913, 613]

1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 446.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 613.

3 Kate M. Scott, History of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 711.

4 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 40.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1106.

6 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 41.

7 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 446, 447.

8 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1011.

9 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 280.

10 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1011, 1234.

11 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 446, 451.