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1J. A. Kelly, Benjamin Borden, Shenandoah Valley Pioneer - Notes on his ancestry and descendants (Genealogy of Virginia Families From the William and Mary College College Quarterly Historical Magazine. Vol. 1), p 403, G929.2755. Baltimore. Genealogical Publishing Co. 1982. "Settled about 1800 in Hancock County, GA."
2FindaGrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=80066685. Image.
1North Carolina, Edgecombe County 1790 U.S. Census, Film: M637 Roll 7. "Sarsnett, Richd 1 Free White Male of 16 and upwards, 1 Free white Female, 1 Slave."
2FindaGrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76497169. "Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia - Borden's County of Mounted Riflemen.
1805 Land Lottery OG Georgia, Hancock County, District 1025." Image.
1FindaGrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19565357. "Jonathan Bozorth, son of John Bozorth and Innocent Borden, was born in Frederick County, Virginia on December 13, 1754. His paternal grandparents were Simon Bozorth and Mary Mason/Marson of Evesham, Burlington County, New Jersey, who settled there in 1713. His maternal grandparents were James Borden and Mary Ann Lawton.
It is believed that Jonathan Bozorth's great grandparents were Jean Bossard (The French Jean was later translated to the English John. - VPB) and Margaretha Mueller of Strasbourg, Alsace Province, France. Jean Bossard, his wife and 3 infants (children under 21.) arrived in Jamestown, Virginia on September 20, 1700 on the second French Huguenot refugee ship the "Peter and Anthony" sailing from London, England. They settled in Manikin Town in the Colony of Virginia. He was became a naturalized citizen in 1805.
In the early 1770's Jonathan and his brother John settled on adjacent land grants in West Augusta County, Virginia. They were about 50 miles south of where brother Joseph lived on South Ten Mile Creek not too far from Fort Pitt (now Pittsburgh). In 1776 that whole area became Monongalia County, Virginia. Jonathan and John's land eventually fell into what became the downtown area of present day Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia. Brother Joseph's land eventually fell into what became Greene County, Pennsylvania in 1796.
In September of 1776, when Jonathan was twenty one years old, he enlisted in the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment as a private. His pension application in the National Archives stated he had been in the "Scrimages of Woodbridge, Bonbrook [Bound Brook, NJ], and in Broadhead [Col. Daniel Brodhead] and McIntoshes Campaign against the Indians." (Pension File R-1047) The 8th Pennsylvania spent the winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge.
Jonathan Bozorth and Mary Hargis were married about 1779 in Virginia. In 1784 they sold their Virginia land (now part of the town of Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia), and moved to Nelson County, Virginia, District of Kentucky. The deed was signed by or for Patrick Henry, then Governor of Virginia. In 1793 the land they lived on became Hardin County, Kentucky. Jonathan served as a Captain in the Hardin County, Kentucky Militia in 1798. In 1810 that land was located in the newly-created Grayson County, Kentucky. He died there on Seprember 14, 1830 and was buried in the family cemetery on what was once their homeplace. That family cemetery is now called the Taylor Cemetery.
On June 14, 1987, a dedication ceremony was held at the Bozorth / Taylor Cemetery in Grayson County, Kentucky commemorating the Revolutionary War service of Jonathan Bozorth. The Daughters of the American Revolution placed a military marker for him there.
Mary Hargis and Jonathan Bozorth were the parents of the following children born in Monongalia County, Virginia:
1. Elizabeth - b. c1781 / d. 1826-1839
-- m. Higginison Peddicord on 18 Apr 1802
2. Sarah - b. c1783 / d. aft 1868
-- m. William Hollis Shaw on 3 Sep 1801
Children born in Nelson County, Virginia, District of Kentucky were:
3. John - b. 2 Oct 1805 / d. 1868
-- m/1. Charlotte Rose on 9 Mar 1809
-- m/2. Mary Eliza Lanham on 14 Dec 1828
4. Jeremiah - b. 21 Jun 1787 / d. 26 Dec 1830
-- m/1. Martha "Pasty" Rose on 1 Jan 1808
-- m/2. Sarah Grieves on 8 Mar 1814
5. Mary "Polly" - b. c1791 / d. aft 1839
-- m. Reuben Brown (Jr) on 28 Jul 1806
Born in Hardin County, Kentucky:
6. William Hargis - b. c1796 / d. Dec 1825
-- m. Elizabeth Phebe Stewart on 14 Nov 1817
7. Eli - b. 23 Jan 1800 / d. 14 Dec 1868
-- m/1. Elizabeth Sowders on 14 Feb 1823
-- m/2. Mariah Jane Preston on 15 Oct 1839." Image.
1FindaGrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19572834. "Mary Hargis was born in Virginia. Her parentage is uncertain. She became the wife of Jonathan Bozorth about 1779 in Monongalia County, Virginia. They were the parents of seven known children.
Their daughters Elizabeth (b. ca 1781) and Sarah T. (b. ca 1783) were born in Monongalia County, Virginia before their move to Kentucky.
Their sons John (b. 02 Oct 1785), Jeremiah (b. 21 Jun 1787) and daughter Mary "Polly" (b. ca 1791) were born in what was then Nelson County, Virginia. That area became Nelson County, Kentucky in 1792.
Their youngest sons were William Hargis, b. ca 1796 in Hardin County, Kentucky; and Eli, b. 23 Jan 1800 in Ohio County, Kentucky. The family didn't move, the county boundaries changed.
All records show their names as Bozorth. Mary Hargis Bozorth was buried on their land in the Bozorth Family Cemetery near Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky. It is now known as the Taylor Cemetery." Image.
743. Mary "Maria" Borden
1Buchanan, Roberdeau. Bayard, Thomas, McKean Family of Pennsylvania, Genealogy of the, Inquirer Printing Co., 1890. xiv, 273 p., page 17. "
i. Mary, b. July 21, 1744, married July 21, 1763, Thomas McKean, Signer of the Declaration of Independence." Image.2FindaGrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50832457. Image.
1Buchanan, Roberdeau. Bayard, Thomas, McKean Family of Pennsylvania, Genealogy of the, Inquirer Printing Co., 1890. xiv, 273 p., Page 15. "
On Thursday the twenty-first of July, 1763, Mr. McKean was married to Miss Mary Borden, eldest child of Col. Joseph Borden, of Bordentown, New Jersey. She and her sister Ann, who married Francis Hopkinson, were said to be two of the most beautiful ladies in New Jersey." Image.2Buchanan, Roberdeau. Bayard, Thomas, McKean Family of Pennsylvania, Genealogy of the, Pages 13-15. "
1. THOMAS McKEAN.
THE subject of this biography1 was the son of William McKean and Letitia Finney, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. He
was born in New London township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, March 19, 1734, old style. After an elementary instruction in reading, writing and arithmetic, Thomas and his elder brother Robert were, at the ages of nine and eleven years respectively, placed under the tuition of the Rev. Francis Allison, D. D., a man of character and reputation.
STUDIES LAW.
After passing through the regular course of instruction here, and acquiring a knowledge of the practical branches of mathematics, rhetoric, logic, and moral philosophy, Thomas went to Newcastle in Delaware, and entered the office of his relative David Finney, as a law student Some months after, he engaged as clerk to the prothonatory of the Court of Common Pleas; a situation which enabled him to learn the practice while he was studying the theory of the law.
So great was the reputation that Mr. McKean acquired in his youth by his industry and talents, that before he had attained the age of twenty-one years, he was admitted (1754, J. Hill Martin, Bench and Bar of Philadelphia, 1883, and Penn. Mag.,v., 489.) as an attorney at law in the Courts of Common Pleas for the counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex, and also in the Supreme Court. Before the expiration of a year he obtained a considerable share of business, and in May, 1855,1 was admitted to practice in the courts of his native county of Chester. He was
also admitted to the courts of the city and county of Philadelphia.
In 1756, the Attorney-general, who resided in Philadelphia, appointed him, not only without any solicitation,
but without any previous knowledge on his part, his deputy, to prosecute the pleas of the crown in the county of Sussex. He resigned this office after performing its duties for two years with judgment and ability. In 1758, 2 April 17, he was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the province of Pennsylvania. The envy which the success of the young lawyer occasioned among his professional brethren, merely served as an additional spur to his industry, and increased his assiduity in the pursuit of legal knowledge ; for though he had become the eloquent advocate and able lawyer, he was still the close and industrious student.3 He afterwards went to England and studied at the Middle Temple, being admitted there May 9,1758.*
As a recreation from his studies, in 1757, December 28, Mr, McKean enrolled himself with about one hundred and twenty five others in " Richard Williams' company of foot, whereof William Armstrong is colonel, in Newcastle county."5 In the same year he was elected clerk of the House of Assembly, an honor of which he was unapprised until he received information of his appointment from Benjamin Chew, at that time speaker. The following year he was again elected ; but after serving that term he declined further appointment. ' In 1762, he was selected by the legislature, together with Cagsar Rodney, to revise and print the laws passed subsequent to 1752 ; a duty which they speedily and satisfactorily executed.
THE ASSEMBLY OF DELAWARE.
In the same year Mr. McKean first embarked in the stormy sea of politics, which he continued to brave for nearly half a century. In October, 1762, he was elected a member of the Assembly from the county of Newcastle, and was annually returned for seventeen successive years. So much attached to him were the people of that county, that they continued to elect him, although for the last six years of this time he was residing in Philadelphia. He still however retained his house in Newcastle, probably because his business frequently called him to that city. Finally, on the 1st of October, 1779, on the day of the general election in Delaware, he attended at Newcastle, and in an address to his constituents, declined the honor of further re-election. He was then waited upon by six gentlemen in the name of the electors, who asked him to name seven persons suitable for representatives. He replied that he knew not only seven, but seventy, whom he considered worthy of their votes : but the request being repeated, he acceded and wrote down seven names. The election resulted in the choice of the seven gentlemen whom he had named."
A thorough review of the service by Thomas McKean is reviewed in this text. It provides great insight into the political atmosphere that existed in the establishment of the United States of America. Source Image. Citation Image.3FindaGrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2676. Image.
1346. Judge Joseph Borden McKean
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1347. Robert McKean
1FindaGrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=150696036. "
Robert McKean
Born March 9, 1766, in New Castle, Delaware. He was a merchant in Philadelphia, and a vessel owned by him and Joseph Rogers was captured by the French in 1797, making him one of the numerous claimants under the present French Spoliation Claims. In 1794, similar aggressions of England upon American shipping caused a public meeting of merchants and traders to be held at Philadelphia in March, at which Stephen Girard was chairman, and Robert McKean was secretary. At another meeting, March 24th, a board of trustees for the "Algerine fund" was chosen, among whom were Thomas McKean, Thomas Mifflin, George Meade, Robert Mifflin, and Stephen Girard.
Mr. McKean was a member of the First City Troop, being elected April 30, 1794. He was married in the Second Presbyterian Church by Rev. Ashbel Green, April 17, 1794, to Miss Ann Smith, daughter of William Smith and Mary Sammerzel, of the Island of St. Eustatius, where she was born December 4, 1774. A sampler, a map of Europe made by her at the age of thirteen, a beautiful piece of needlework, is signed "Ann Smith, Finished Aug. 14,1787." Robert McKean was appointed an auctioneer for the city of Philadelphia in March 1800, a position he held until February 1801. Mr. McKean died in Philadelphia, June 3, 1802. Mrs. McKean died November 3, 1813.
Their children:
1) Mary, b. January 8, 1797, Phila. (Mrs. Hoffman)
2) William S., b. (no records in family register or in 1st Presbyterian Church, Phila.); died quite young)." Image.
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1348. Elizabeth McKean
1FindaGrave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=150698430. "
Elizabeth (McKean) Pettit
Born on August 18, 1767, in New Castle, Delaware. Married December 8, 1791, to Andrew Pettit, son of Charles Pettit, a distinguished patriot and statesman of the Revolution, a member of the Continental Congress, a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, and a member of the American Philosophical Society. He was President of the Insurance Company of North America, the oldest in the United States ; and his son Andrew, a director of thirty-two years, 1806-37. Charles Pettit died September 6, 1806, in his 70th year, leaving numerous descendants: his daughter Elizabeth married Charles Jared Ingersoll, the eminent lawyer ; Andrew married Elizabeth McKean ; Sarah married Andrew Bayard ; Theodosia married Alexander Graydon, author of Graydori's Memoirs.
Andrew Pettit was born February 22, 1762, and became a merchant in Philadelphia. He was elected a member of the First City Troop September 10, 1787, and became an honorary member in 1808. He was appointed by Governor McKean flour inspector, an important office, judging by the salary attached, which was $5000 per annum. Mrs. Pettit died September 9, 1811, and is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery. (Her tombstone records her age 42 years, a mistake for 41 years.)
Mr. Pettit died March 6, 1837, leaving a high character both in his social and commercial relations. His will is recorded in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Pettit attended the First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, where many of their children were baptized.
Their issue :
1) Sarah, b. Sept. 15, 1792; d. Aug. 16, 1851, Phila. (unm.)
2) Mary Anne, b. Dec. 21, 1793, d. July 22, 1863, Phila. (unm.).
3) Charles, b. March 31, 1795.
4) Letitia, b. Dec. 24, 1796; d. Feb. 20, 1797.
5) Thomas McKean, b. Dec. 26, 1797
6) Elizabeth, b. Feb. 10, 1800; d. April 29, 1884 (unm.)
7) Theodosia, b. Jan. 10, 1802 (Mrs. Smith)
8) Robert, b. Feb. 19, 1804
9) Henry, b. Dec. 10, 1806
10) Infant
11) Infant." Image.
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1351. Annie McKean
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Genealogy of the McKean Family Family of Pennsylvania by Roberdeau Buchanan published in 1890 has October 2, 1811 as his date of death, but the contemporaneous news article in the Federal Gazette has October 3, 1811.
On April 6, 1797, he married Anne McKean (1773-1804), daughter of Thomas McKean and Mary Borden McKean in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On July 23, 1807, he married Carolina Virginia Marylanda Johnson, daughter of Joshua Johnson and Catherine Nuth Johnson.
In the Rock Creek Cemetery are also the remains of Mrs. Carolina Virginia Maryland Frye. Her two husbands, General Andrew Buchanan and Nathaniel Frye, are buried beside her.
Source: Historic Graves of Maryland and District of Columbia by Helen West Ridgely, Grafton Press, New York.
Federal Gazette Friday, October 4, 1811
Baltimore, Maryland
Communication
Yesterday afternoon Andrew Buchanan Esq. formerly a respectable merchant of this city, who in the days of his prosperity was much distinguished by his hospitality and liberal conduct. He has left an amiable widow and five young children to deplore the loss of an affectionate husband and father." Image.
745. Nancy Ann Borden
1Buchanan, Roberdeau. Bayard, Thomas, McKean Family of Pennsylvania, Genealogy of the, Inquirer Printing Co., 1890. xiv, 273 p. "
iii. Ann, b. May 9, 1747, married Sept. 1, 1768, Francis Hopkinson, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, and left issue." Image.
748. Joseph Borden III
1Pennsylvania, Philadelphia USA (Extracted records) (Vital Records Index - North America, CDs, 1998), FHL Number 1490578, 1773/1781. Source: Vital Records Index - North America
Event Type: Christening
Recorded in: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Reference: FHL 1289315 1873-1874
Reference: FHL 1289318 1877-1878
Reference: FHL 1289320 1880-1880
Reference: FHL 1289320 1880-1881
Reference: FHL 1289321 1881-1882
Reference: FHL 504341 1837-1901
Reference: FHL 1490578 1709-1717
Reference: FHL 1490578 1719-1724
Reference: FHL 1490578 1725-1750
Reference: FHL 1490578 1750-1762
Reference: FHL 1490578 1773-1781
Reference: FHL 1490578 1782-1794
Reference: FHL 1490578 1795-1810
Reference: FHL 1490579 1868-1899
Reference: FHL 1463126 1864-1877. Father of Elizabeth BORDEN in Christening Extract.2Buchanan, Roberdeau. Bayard, Thomas, McKean Family of Pennsylvania, Genealogy of the, Inquirer Printing Co., 1890. xiv, 273 p., page 17. "
vi. Joseph, b. June 23, 1755; m. Nov 26, 1778, Mary Biles, daughter of Langhorn Biles, and d. Oct. 16, 1788, leaving one child, Elizabeth, b. Nov. 13, 1779." Image.
1Buchanan, Roberdeau. Bayard, Thomas, McKean Family of Pennsylvania, Genealogy of the, Inquirer Printing Co., 1890. xiv, 273 p., page 17. "
vi. Joseph, b. June 23, 1755; m. Nov 26, 1778, Mary Biles, daughter of Langhorn Biles, and d. Oct. 16, 1788, leaving one child, Elizabeth, b. Nov. 13, 1779." Image.2Pennsylvania, Philadelphia USA (Extracted records) (Vital Records Index - North America, CDs, 1998), FHL Number 1490578, 1773/1781. Source: Vital Records Index - North America
Event Type: Christening
Recorded in: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Reference: FHL 1289315 1873-1874
Reference: FHL 1289318 1877-1878
Reference: FHL 1289320 1880-1880
Reference: FHL 1289320 1880-1881
Reference: FHL 1289321 1881-1882
Reference: FHL 504341 1837-1901
Reference: FHL 1490578 1709-1717
Reference: FHL 1490578 1719-1724
Reference: FHL 1490578 1725-1750
Reference: FHL 1490578 1750-1762
Reference: FHL 1490578 1773-1781
Reference: FHL 1490578 1782-1794
Reference: FHL 1490578 1795-1810
Reference: FHL 1490579 1868-1899
Reference: FHL 1463126 1864-1877.3Pennsylvania, Philadelphia USA (Extracted records), FHL Number 1490578, 1773/1781. Mother of Elizabeth BORDEN in Christening Extract.
1362. Elizabeth Borden
1Pennsylvania, Philadelphia USA (Extracted records) (Vital Records Index - North America, CDs, 1998), FHL Number 1490578, 1773/1781. Source: Vital Records Index - North America
Event Type: Christening
Recorded in: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Reference: FHL 1289315 1873-1874
Reference: FHL 1289318 1877-1878
Reference: FHL 1289320 1880-1880
Reference: FHL 1289320 1880-1881
Reference: FHL 1289321 1881-1882
Reference: FHL 504341 1837-1901
Reference: FHL 1490578 1709-1717
Reference: FHL 1490578 1719-1724
Reference: FHL 1490578 1725-1750
Reference: FHL 1490578 1750-1762
Reference: FHL 1490578 1773-1781
Reference: FHL 1490578 1782-1794
Reference: FHL 1490578 1795-1810
Reference: FHL 1490579 1868-1899
Reference: FHL 1463126 1864-1877. "Extract: Vital Records Index - North America
Christening event for: Elizabeth BORDEN
Sex: Female
Birth Date: 13 Nov 1779
Christening Date: 17 Mar 1781
Recorded in: Christ Church and St Peters, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age at Christening: 1 year
Father: Joseph BORDEN
Mother: Mary BORDEN
Source: FHL Number 1490578 Dates: 1773-1781." Principal in Christening Extract.2Buchanan, Roberdeau. Bayard, Thomas, McKean Family of Pennsylvania, Genealogy of the, Inquirer Printing Co., 1890. xiv, 273 p., page 17. "
vi. Joseph, b. June 23, 1755; m. Nov 26, 1778, Mary Biles, daughter of Langhorn Biles, and d. Oct. 16, 1788, leaving one child, Elizabeth, b. Nov. 13, 1779." Image.