Thomas McKee

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Husband Thomas McKee ¹

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           Born:  - ? Ireland
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           Died: 1772 2
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         Father: [Ancestor] McKee (      -      )
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Children

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1 M James McKee, Jr. ²

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           Born: Abt 1740 - McKee's Half Falls, Snyder Co, PA
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           Died: 1810 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Congruity (Presbyterian) Church, Salem Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Susan Nesbit (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas McKee

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He and his father left County Antrim, Ireland, and came to America to engage in the Indian fur trade. They settled along the Susquehanna River in Paxtang Township, of what as then Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, both continuing in the fur trading business for about thirty-five years. At the end of that time the father died, and Thomas, the son, continued the business at McKee's Half Falls, in what is now Snyder County, Pennsylvania, where he established a trading store. He had his business at this place in 1742, although it is believed that he had established a branch of his father's business there six years before this date. After the defeat of Braddock, the Indians burned Thomas McKee's trading post, which he rebuilt and fortified in 1756. He was a captain in the Colonial forces in the French and Indian war. Later he was an Indian agent, and several times visited Fort Pitt and other places to confer on Indian affairs. He was also special commissioner of the Proprietors of Pennsylvania to the Wyoming settlement. He died in 1772, having disposed of his extensive land holdings.

1 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 83.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 84.