Thomas McKee (1749 - 1814)

Born 1749 in Saintfield, County Down, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Hoge) McKee — married 1778 in Juniata Valley

Descendants

Died 14 Jun 1814 at about age 65 in Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States

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Thomas McKee is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A077497.

Biography

Thomas McKee served with 1st Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Thomas was born around 1749. His parents were David McKee and Margaret Patterson ^[1]

He came to Pennsylvania in 1767 along with his brother John and were located in the Juniata Settlement. They settle in Cumberland Valley, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

He married Martha Hogue in 1778 in Juniata Valley^[2]

Children of Thomas and Martha

1. James McKee b 1779, m Mary McKee (John McKee & Mary Hoge) d 1 Oct 1832^[3]
2. Robert b 1781, died in infancy
3. Jane McKee, m James McKee of Butler County^[4]
4. Hugh McKee b 5 Jan 1785, d 1835
5. Letitia McKee, b 1789, m John Dunbar, moved to Indiana^[5]
6. Daniel David McKee b 10 Jan 1796, m Mary McMullin of Butler, moved to Utah d 1 May 1847^[6]
7. John McKee b 1791, died 1816 on the Mississippi
8. Thomas Judge b 1793, m ___ Bryan, moved to Kentucky
9. Robert Hoge McKee b 1797, m Mary Montgomery

In 1790, Thomas was living in Mifflin, Pennsylvania. His household on the 1790 US Census consisted of 4 males under 16, 1 male over 16 and 4 females.^[7]

In 1810, Thomas was living in Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania. His household on the 1810 Census shows 2 males 10-15, 3 males 16-25, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 45 and over, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 45 and over.^[8]

Private Revolutionary War, Captain Cluggate's Company, 1st Regiment Penna Line, McKee Line^[9]

In the Centennial Discourse: "A Sketch of the History of Venango County, Pennsylvannia" delivered at Franklin, PA., July 4th, 1876 by S. J. M. Eaton, D.D., published by the Venango Spectator Job Office in Franklin, PA., 1876 #23997 it states, "Scrubgrass township was one of the first points in the area to be settled outside of Franklin. Thomas McKee came in 1796."

Thomas died in Jun 1815.^[10]

Note

He came to America in 1774 and At the commencement of the struggle for Independence, he entered the service, and was under Morgan in the Southern campaign, in the Pennsylvania company attached to the corps of that brave partisan leader. His canteen and powder horn, carried through the war, are in the possession of his grandson Lieut. Col. J. Cooper McKee, Surgeon, U.S.A. In 1795 the family removed to Allegheny County, Penn. and the year following 1796 permanently settled on a farm near Butler, Butler County, that state.

Sources

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A077497

1. ↑ Brown, Robert C., ed History of Butler County, Pennsylvania Publisher: R. C. Brown Chicago 1895 Page 831-2
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania, Women in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783". Ancestry Record 1014 #450000212 (accessed 14 November 2021)
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #137316101
4. ↑ "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000". Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 100 : 1913. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61157 #3364550 (accessed 14 November 2021)
5. ↑ "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000". Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 072. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61157 #2439618 (accessed 14 November 2021)
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #8251324
7. ↑ "1790 United States Federal Census". Year: 1790; Census Place: Mifflin, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 8; Page: 137; Image: 330; Family History Library Film: 0568148. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5058 #323876 (accessed 14 November 2021)
8. ↑ "1810 United States Federal Census". Year: 1810; Census Place: Butler, Butler, Pennsylvania; Roll: 46; Page: 1029; Image: 00196; Family History Library Film: 0193672. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7613 #427654 (accessed 14 November 2021)
9. ↑ "Pennsylvania, U.S., Revolutionary War Battalions and Militia Index, 1775-1783". Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2591 #28493 (accessed 14 November 2021)
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #137316104

See Also:

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Volume: 226

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Volume: 105

• Information from Pennsylvania Sons of the American Revolution Society Application, Steven Collins Potts (1889-1970) Holidaysburg, PA