Hugh McKnight and Mary Nesbit

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Husband Hugh McKnight ¹

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           Born:  - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Washington Co, PA
         Buried: 

       Marriage:  - Cecil Co, MD

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Wife Mary Nesbit ²

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Children

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1 M John McKnight ^{3 4}

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           Born:  - Cecil Co, MD
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           Died: 1857 4
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         Spouse: Sarah Nesbitt (      -1836) 4

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2 M Joseph McKnight ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1774 - Cecil Co, MD 2
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           Died: 4 May 1872 or 1873 - Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 3
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         Spouse: Sarah Anderson (      -1850) 2 3
           Marr: 1818 2

         Spouse: Margaret McEwen (Abt 1800-1892) 2
           Marr: 1856 2

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General Notes: Husband - Hugh McKnight

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He emigrated from Ireland and settled for several years in Cecil County, Maryland, where he married, and where two sons, John and Joseph, were born. In 1784 he made a journey west of the mountains to Washington County, Pennsylvania, with a view of purchasing land. He lived for a short time on a farm between Hickory and Washington, and on the 1st of July, 1785, purchased of Samuel Irwin, of Pittsburgh, "a plantation on Shirtee," containing one hundred and ninety-three acres, for £144 15s. This tract had been warranted to Samuel Irwin, Nov. 22, 1784, and surveyed Sept. 6, 1786, as "Littleton," containing about one hundred and ninety acres. It was described as being "on the west fork of Shirtee Creek, adjoining lands of James Ramsey, Samuel McBride, David Shearer, and James Sibbert." A patent was issued to Hugh McKnight, June 18, 1799. He lived on the farm till his death, and left it to his sons John and Joseph. [HWC 1882, 712]

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1207, 1335.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1207.

3 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 712.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1335.