Husband Alexander Negley 1 2
Born: 1734 or 1735 - Frankfort, Germany 1 2
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Died: 3 Nov 1809 - near Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 3
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Father: Jacob Negley ( - ) 1 3
Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] ( - ) 1
Marriage: 1762 1 4
Wife Mary Ann Bergstresser 3
AKA: Mary Ann Berkstresser,3 Mary Ann Buckstresser,5 Mary Ann Burkstresser 1
Born: 20 Jun 1741 - Bucks Co, PA 3
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Died: 20 Jun 1829 3
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Children
1 M Felix Negley 1 4
Born: 22 Sep 1764 3
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Died: 19 Apr 1836 3
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Spouse: Ruth Horton ( -1873) 1 4
Marr: 28 May 1798 or 1800 1 3
2 M Jacob Negley 1 3 6
Born: 28 Aug 1766 - Bucks Co, PA 1 3 7
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Died: 18 Mar 1826 or 1827 1 3 7
Buried: - Allegheny Cemetery
Spouse: Anna Barbara Winebiddle (1778-1867) 8
Marr: 9 Jun or 19 Jun 1795 3 9
3 M Peter [1] Negley 3
Born: Abt 1768
Christened:
Died: 1768 3
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
4 F Elizabeth Negley 3
Born: 15 Feb 1772 3
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Died: 15 Nov 1855 3
Buried:
Spouse: John Powell ( - ) 3
Marr: 1801 3
5 M Peter [2] Negley 3
Born: 6 Feb 1774 3
Christened:
Died: 1791 3
Buried:
6 F Margaret Negley 3
Born: 10 Jun 1776 3
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Died: 11 Mar 1857 3
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Spouse: Philip Burtner ( - ) 3
Marr: 1 Dec 1800 3
7 M John Negley 3 10 11 12
Born: 6 Apr 1778 - Fort Ligonier, Westmoreland Co, PA 3 12
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Died: 11 Aug 1870 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 3 12
Buried: - South Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Spouse: Anna Elizabeth Patterson (1798-1835) 3 10 11
Marr: 1 Jun 1816 3 12
8 M Alexander Negley 3 7
Born: 1 Aug 1781 3 7
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Died: 2 Aug 1807 3 7
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Spouse: Mary Miller ( - ) 7
Marr: Abt 1803
9 M Casper Negley 3 7
Born: 17 Mar 1784 - East Liberty, Allegheny Co, PA 3 7
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Died: 12 May or 23 May 1877 3 13
Buried:
Spouse: Elizabeth Fluke ( -1844) 3 7
Marr: 6 Nov 1823 3 7
Spouse: Mary Magee ( -1863) 7
10 F Mary Ann Negley 3
Born: 20 Aug 1786 3
Christened:
Died: 4 Dec 1833 3
Buried:
Spouse: Samuel Byington ( - ) 3
11 M Henry Negley 3
Born: 20 Oct 1790 3
Christened:
Died: 1791 3
Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Alexander Negley
He enlisted in the Continental Army, and served as a private in one of the two companies, dispatched by General Washington, to the protection of the settlers around Fort Pittsburgh, in the unsettled state of the country, immediately after the war. In this way the Negleys reached Allegheny County, which was for so many years to prove their home. Alexander Negley settled in East Liberty Valley, being one of the earliest settlers in that neighborhood and the first in the valley. Here he acquired a large tract of land, which he operated as a farm. His death occurred in 1792. [GPHWP, 460]
He was a blacksmith.
With forty-one others he established the First German U. E. Church congregation, the first church in Pittsburgh, in 1782.
He was about five years of age when he was brought to America. He grew to manhood in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, which adjoined Philadelphia, and it was said that he became enamored of the west during his term of service in the Revolutionary army, and when General Washington sent two companies of troops over to Fort Pitt to help the settlers drive away the Indians, who had been causing them great annoyance, Alexander Negley, as a member of one of these companies, was so well pleased with the west that he determined to make it his future home. Upon leaving Bucks County, owing to the Indian insurrection in the vicinity of Fort Pitt, however, he first located for a time on a farm between New Florence and Ligonier, Pennsylvania, and this property was later a portion of the estate of his great-grandson, James Ross Mellon. In 1762 he married and a son was born within old Fort Ligonier, named John, the family being in the fort at the time of his birth seeking refuge from the Indians. Later in the same year-1778\emdash with his wife and five children he migrated to what is now Allegheny County, where he settled on a farm on the Allegheny river, the later site of Highland Park and the city reservoirs. Here he built a large red brick mansion and beautified the grounds with orchards and groves and here he spent the remainder of his life. He was buried on his farm, as were a number of his family and neighbors. The farm comprised about three hundred acres, including Negley's Run and Heath's Run, incorrectly called Hite's Run, extending southwestwardly over half way to where the Pittsburgh and Greensburg turnpike, later Penn avenue, was afterward located. He utilized Negley's Run, which took its name from him, by erecting a grist mill and a fulling mill upon it, and purchased a farm apiece for each of his children.
General Notes: Wife - Mary Ann Bergstresser
She died June 17th. [HAC 1889 II, 270]