The documented children of Daniel McCoy include Charles (1779-1829), Mary (1781-after 1854), Daniel (1788-1829), Joseph (1791-1866), and John (1799-1828). Other children of Daniel McCoy in undocumented online trees include John (1777-1793), Margaret (1785-1830) married to James McCain/McKean/McLean, William (1793-1813), and Nancy (1796-1825) married to Nicholas Jordan/Jordon/Gordon. Some of the following birth and death dates for the children of Daniel McCoy are from undocumented online trees. Since we know Daniel McCoy had a family Bible, I believe that the birth and death dates are from his missing family Bible.
Children of Daniel McCoy and Deborah Norris:
John born 21 December 1777-died 16 February 1793
Charles born 1 November 1779-died 16 September 1829
Mary born 4 November 1781-died after 1854
Margaret born 8 March 1785-died 29 June 1830 married to James McCain/McLean/McKean
Daniel born 20 June 1788-died 27 February 1829
Joseph born 10 January 1791-died 16 May 1866
William born 17 May 1793-died 23 June 1813
Nancy born 4 February 1796-died 23 October 1825 married to Nicholas Jordan/Jordon/Gordon
John born 12 June 1799-died 10 July 1828
The three daughters of Daniel McCoy were Mary, Margaret, and Nancy. Mary is the only daughter for which there is documentation. There is a baptismal record for her at St. Joseph’s Church in Philadelphia that gives her date of birth and her parent’s names. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia holds a box of papers for Augustus Drum who was an attorney from Greensburg, Pennsylvania and served one term in Congress (March, 1853-March, 1855). There were two letters to Augustus Drum asking for his help since the surviving children of Daniel McCoy believed there was money owed to their deceased father from his Revolutionary War pension. The first letter was from James McCreay, Shelocta, Indiana County, Pennsylvania and was dated 30 June 1854. He stated in his letter that there were two surviving children of Daniel McCoy: his mother, Mary McCreay, and Joseph McCoy. The letter also stated that there was a family Bible but no further information is available regarding it.
The other daughters of Daniel McCoy, Margaret and Nancy, are from undocumented family trees. However, there is indirect evidence to support the existence of these other daughters and their spouses.
Daniel McCoy was living in Armstrong Township, Westmoreland County in the 1800 census with the following household composition:
Free white males under 10-2 (William and John)
Free white males 10 thru 15-2 (Daniel and Joseph)
Free white males 16 thru 25-1 (Charles)
Free white males 45 and over-1(Daniel, Sr.)
Free white females under 10-2 ( Margaret and Nancy)
Free white females 10 thru 15-1 (Mary)
Free white females 45 and over-1(Deborah)
Daniel McCoy was living in Armstrong Township, Indiana County in the 1810 census with the following household composition:
Free white males 10 thru 15-1 (John)
Free white males 16 thru 25-3 (Daniel, Joseph, William)
Free white males 45 and over-1 (Daniel, Sr.)
Free white females 10 thru 15-1 (Nancy)
Free white females 16 thru 25-1 (Mary)
Free white females 45 and over-1 (Deborah)
Daniel McCoy was living in Plum Creek Township, Armstrong County in the 1820 census with the following household composition:
Free white males 45 and over-1
Free white females 45 and over=1
Number of persons engaged in manufactures-1
James McCain/McKean is living near Daniel McCoy or his children in the
1810 through the 1830 censuses.
Jas Kean was living in Armstrong Township, Indiana County in the 1810 census
next to Daniel McCoy with the following household composition:
Free white males 26 thru 44-1
Free white females 16 thru 25-1
James McKean was living in Plum Creek Township, Armstrong County in the 1820 census where Daniel McCoy
and his sons were living with the following household composition:
Free white males under 10-2
Free white males 45 and over-1
Free white females under 10-3
Free white females 26 thru 44-1
Number of persons engaged in agriculture-1
James McCain was living in Plum Creek Township, Armstrong County in the 1830 census near Nicholas
Jordon/Gordon, Samuel McCreay, and Nancy McCoy (widow of Daniel McCoy, son of Daniel McCoy) with the following household composition:
Free white males 5 thru 9-2
Free white males 15 thru 19-2
Free white males 50 thru 59-1
Free white females under 5-1
Free white females 10 thru 14-2
Free white females 15 thru 19-1
Free white females 40 thru 49-1
Nicholas Jordin/Gordon was living in Plum Creek Township, Armstrong County
in the 1820 census where Daniel McCoy and his sons were living with the
following household composition:
Free white males 16 thru 25-1
Free white females 16 thru 25-1
Number of persons engaged in agriculture-1
Nicholas Jordon/Gordon was living in Plum Creek Township, Armstrong County
in the 1830 census near where Samuel McCreay, James McCain, and Nancy McCoy, (widow of Daniel McCoy, son of Daniel McCoy) with the following household composition:
Free white males 5 thru 9-1
Free white males 30 thru 39-1
Free white females under 5-2
Free white females 5 thru 9-1
Free white females 30 thru 39-1
The History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania that was written in 1883 by Robert Walter Smith lists the following tracts to originally have been surveyed within Plum Creek Township: John Levyzy/ Livezey, seated by McCain and Jordon; and Bartholomew Mather, seated by Samuel McCray. These two tracts were adjacent to each other. The tract for John Livezey was warranted to him on 7 February 1776 and was patented to John Hacket (in trust) on 27 May 1816 for 324.40 acres. The tract for Bartholomew Mather (known as Matherton) was warranted to him on 20 August 1776 and was patented to Mary and Joseph Paul on 17 May 1784 for 329.120 acres. Both Bartholomew Mather and John Livezey were living inL Philadelphia County when they obtained the warrants.
The warrantee map for Armstrong County on PA-Roots (pa-roots.com) shows the tracts in Armstrong County warranted by John Levyzy/Livezey, seated by McCain and Jordon, and Bartholomew Mather, seated by Samuel McCray. Seated indicates that they were living on the land and had improved it. The warrantee map also shows the tract warranted by Charles McCoy in Indiana County where Daniel McCoy and his son, Charles McCoy, were living after the death of the warrantee, Charles McCoy, about 1794-95 (see previous blog post, Relationship between Daniel McCoy and Charles McCoy). The above three tracts are within several miles of each other according to the scale used for the warrantee map.
The early censuses for Daniel McCoy, James McCain, and Nicholas Jordan as well as their close proximity to each other on the warrantee map for Armstrong County prove that Margaret and Nancy were daughters of Daniel McCoy.
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