By Jack Edwards Peters II

Descendants of Daniel McCready

Generation No. 1

1.  DANIEL1 MCCREADY1 was born Bef. 1694 in Scotland2, and died Bef. 1794 in Scotland2.  He married MRS. (SPOUSE OF DANIEL)3.  She was born  in Scotland4, and died  in Scotland4.

Notes for DANIEL MCCREADY:
The name McCready may be a corrupted form of the name MacCrea of the MacCrae Clan.  It
also may have been derived of the name Redmond which was in itself corrupted from Red Mount
or Ready-Mount which were the colors of the ponies and uniforms of their riders and speed and
efficiencies of the soldiers respectively.  The 'Readys' or 'Ready-Mounts' were like "minutemen" of
American Revolution times.  The Clan MacCrae were, from the fourteenth century, followers of
MacKenzie of Kintail in Wester Ross.  They were hereditary bodyguards to the chief of Clan
MacKenzie and were known as:  'MacKenzie's Shirt of Mail'.  The clan name has been spelled:
Macra, Macrach, Macrae, Macraith, Maccraw and so on.
     In Ulster, as in Scotland, the name has often been shortened to Rea.
     Apart from some of the name in Dublin, MacCready is found exclusively in Ulster where it
originates.  It is most common in counties Down, Derry, and Antrim.  The name is in Irish:  Mac
Riada and should be properly:  MacReedy, but the 'c' sound was carried over from the Mac-
prefix.
     Mac Riada was the name of a Donegal family who were erenaghs of the church lands of
Tulloughobegley in the barony of Kilmacrenan.  They were a distinguished sept, who were
hereditary scribes and poets to the Kings of Orgiall and were displaced by the intrusion of Scottish
families in what was known as the "Plantation of Ulster."  Of this sept was Donagh MacReidy or
MacCready of Coleraine, Dean of Derry, who was martyred for his faith in 1608 by being pulled
apart by four horses.  The Derry name Mac Conriada, more usually anglicised as Mac Conready
and MacAready, has also been made MacCready.  They moved to the northeast into Scotland and
settled at Pierceton in Ayrshire where they also acquired territories in Stranrawer.
     Some of the name in Ulster, Ireland will be of Scottish origin, for the form MacRedie is found
in Ayrshire,Scotland on an 1120 A.D. census roll to determine the rate of taxation.  The forms
MacReadie and MacCreadie, are found in Galloway.  But in Scotland it is of Irish origin, the first
of the name being Andrew Macredie, Provost of Stranrawer (now Stranraer), an Irishman.
     Many families migrated back to the ancestral home of Northern Ireland to flee religious
persecution.  A lot of them were banished from Scotland, to the Colonies, Australia, or to the
Carolina's.  During the U.S. war for independence, McCreadie allegiances were divided.  Some
remained American, while others became United Empire Loyalists and moved to Canada.
     - (portions of this info furnished by Tracy McCrady-Daly).
	

Children of DANIEL MCCREADY and MRS. DANIEL) are:
2.	i.	WILLIAM2 MCCREADY, b. Abt. 1730, Galloway, Scotland.
3.	ii.	HUGH MCCREADY, b. Abt. 1730, Galloway, Scotland; d. Bef. 1830.
4.	iii.	(DONEGAL) MCCREADY, b. Abt. 1730, Galloway, Scotland; d. Bef. 1830, County Donegal, Ireland.
5.	iv.	(DERRY) MCCREADY, b. Abt. 1730, Galloway, Scotland; d. Bef. 1830, County Derry, Ireland.

Generation No. 2

2.  WILLIAM2 MCCREADY (DANIEL1)5 was born Abt. 1730 in Galloway, Scotland6.  He married (SPOUSE OF WILLIAM7.  She was born Abt. 17308.
	

Children of WILLIAM MCCREADY and (SPOUSE WILLIAM are:
	i.	D.A.3 MCCREADY9, m. JOHN SLOAN9.
	ii.	JAMES MCCREADY9.
	iii.	HUGH MCCREADY9, b. Abt. 1750, Scotland10; d. Bef. 1850, Plum Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania10.

Notes for HUGH MCCREADY:
This is apparently the "Hugh of Plum" McCready mentioned in Marie McConnell's book, "The McCready Clan"

Fact 1: 1820, his name appears in Allegheny Co. census

6.	iv.	ROBERT MCCREADY, b. March 28, 1752, Scotland; d. August 10, 1846, Cross Creek, Jefferson Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania.
7.	v.	ALEXANDER MCCREADY, b. Abt. 1760, Ireland; d. February 24, 1850, Burgettstown, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

3.  HUGH2 MCCREADY (DANIEL1)11 was born Abt. 1730 in Galloway, Scotland12, and died Bef. 183012.  He married MARY DICKSON*13 Abt. 174914.  

Notes for HUGH MCCREADY:
THE McCREADY NAME
     The Gordons in Scotland began with Adam of Gordon, of Anglo-Norman descent, who settled
in the village of Gordon in Berwickshire during the reign of David I (1124-53).  From the younger
son of Sir Adam de Gordon, who died in 1333, came the Lords of Lochinvar, and it was in 1455
that Gordon of Lochinvar finally conquered Galloway.  Until that time the language of "Gaels" is
said to have remained unchanged.
     "Gordon of Lochinvar got his estate of Lochinvar for helping to exterminate the native Picts or
Wild Scots of Galloway, whose land was forfeited to the invaders.  Red Mount was evidently one
of his warriors. (See: notes for Margaret Redmond).  There was light-mounted cavalry employed
in this invasion, so you can see these Gordons were not native Gallowagians.  The tartan used by
these troopers would be 'Stewart of Galloway' as the Stewarts were Earls (overlords) of
Galloway, succeeding the original princes of Galloway of the MacFergus line.
     Fearghus, Prince of Galloway, married a daughter of Henry of England, thereby founding the
House of Creagdarach (Rock of the Oak).  Annie Laurie of Maxwelton fame was the wife of
Creagdarach of that day.  Annie, Lady Creagdarach, built the present house; the original was on
top of the Rock... The tartan was an ancient one of Galloway and a man arrayed in this tartan on a
reddish pony certainly would be a red mount." [from a letter to T.L.McCready, New York City,
N.Y., January 23, 1936].
     McCready is a Galloway name and means in English: "Son of Redmond," a corruption of Red
Mount, much as Red Gauntlet was so named in Sir Walter Scott's tales. The Gaelic-speaking
natives of Galloway corrupted and shortened this into Rididh, pronounced "Ready" ("dh" is "y"),
with the "Mac" (son of...), it becomes MacRididh...pronounced MacReady or McCready.  Red
Mount comes from the reddish Galloway pony and the uniform with much red in it, hence the
nickname.
     It might therefore seem from this that the name McCready came into being during the fifteenth
century, though whether from Gordon or other stock can never be known. However, if it is a
corruption of "Red Mount," others to whom it has been applied must have assumed the English
version, for the name Redmond is still very much in use.  Perhaps they were the ones who
returned to other parts of Scotland.  It is here that the MacCrae clan may have become known as
well.
     The following are variants of the name MacRedie, found in Galloway in 1684.  They are from
the book: "Surnames of Scotland" [by George F. Black, New York, N.Y., 1946, ppgs. 480 &
561.]
     MacCreadie,  MacCreaddie,  MacCredie,  MacRedie,  McCreedie, McKredy,  McRadie,
McReadie,  McReady, McReddie,  McRedie, and shortened to Credie, Macredie (Ayrshire),
Macreadie (Galloway),  Macready,  Macredie; the Macredies of Pierceton, Ayrshire, are originally
from Ireland (in 1720).
     Galloway, famous for its scenic beauty, is in the extreme southwest corner of Scotland.
Originally a province, embracing a much larger area, it now consists of only the counties of
Kirkoudbright and Wigtown - Stranraer in the latter.
     It was near the town of Wigtown, in the bay of the same name, that 18 year old Margaret
Wilson was tied to a stake and drowned on May 11, 1685, because she refused to renounce her
faith during the "Killing Time" of religious persecutions.  The bay is also known as Solway Inlet.
     In 1930, descendants of Robert McCready of Washington County, PA. made some effort to
learn of his background.  He had been born in Port William, Scotland and Rev. John Hill of Port
William wrote that the name McCredie was not uncommon in his district. Rev. Gavin Lawson of
the town of Wigtown reported that there were several tombstones in the old churchyard with the
name McCready.
     In November 1964, Rev. C. Raymond Vincent, minister of the Wigtown Church wrote, in
part, as follows;

"Unfortunately, I have only been minister here for a few months,  and do not know where any
such stones are to be found.  I have made inquiries about them, so far without success.  I also
approached the Rev. Gavin Lawson, whom you refer to in your letter..... He was unable to help
me and remarked that many old stones with which he was familiar have since fallen into decay.
The old churchyard being closed for burials, there is no gravedigger who might be able to give the
information I seek on your behalf."

     The McCreadys did not move over to Ireland during Oliver Cromwell's time, as some others of
the Galloway province did for there were no McCreadys included in the 1659 census of Ulster,
though ten years later, in 1669, the name of James McCready of Carrickfergus appeared in a
Hearthmoney Roll for County Antrim.
     The first of the family connected with Pierceton, Ayrshire was Andrew M'Creddy or Macredie,
Provost of Stranrawer and originally from Ireland in 1720.  He purchased the estate from Sir
Robert Barclay, last of the family of Pierceton in 1720.
	

Children of HUGH MCCREADY and MARY DICKSON* are:
	i.	ARCHIBALD3 MCCREADY15, b. 1751, County Antrim, Ireland16; d. 1815, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania16.
8.	ii.	HUGH MCCREADY, b. 1755, Ireland; d. April 21, 1851, Big Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
	iii.	DANIEL MCCREADY17, b. 175718.
9.	iv.	STUART MCCREADY*, b. Abt. 1761, Ireland; d. Bef. September 16, 1845, Big Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
10.	v.	WILLIAM MCCREADY, b. 1762, Scotland; d. Scotland.
	vi.	MARTHA MCCREADY19, b. 176420.
11.	vii.	ELIZABETH MCCREADY, b. 1767; d. Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
	viii.	HENRY MCCREADY21, b. Abt. 177522.
	ix.	JOHN MCCREADY23, b. 177524.

4.  (DONEGAL)2 MCCREADY (DANIEL1)25 was born Abt. 1730 in Galloway, Scotland26, and died Bef. 1830 in County Donegal, Ireland26.
	

Children of (DONEGAL) MCCREADY are:
	i.	HUGH3 MCCREADY27, b. County Donegal, Ireland28; d. Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania28.
	ii.	JOSEPH MCCREADY29, b. County Donegal, Ireland30; d. Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania30.
	iii.	JAMES MCCREADY31, b. County Donegal, Ireland32; d. Mercer, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania32.
	iv.	JOHN MCCREADY33, b. County Donegal, Ireland34; d. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania34.
	v.	DANIEL MCCREADY35, b. Abt. 1753, County Donegal, Ireland36; d. Bef. 1853, Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania36.

5.  (DERRY)2 MCCREADY (DANIEL1)37 was born Abt. 1730 in Galloway, Scotland38, and died Bef. 1830 in County Derry, Ireland38.  She married MR. CAMPBELL39 in Scotland40.  
	

Children of (DERRY) MCCREADY and MR. CAMPBELL are:
	i.	DANIEL3 CAMPBELL41, b. Abt. 1750, County Derry, Ireland42; d. Bef. 1850, Pennsylvania42.
	ii.	ALEXANDER CAMPBELL43, b. Abt. 1750, County Derry, Ireland44; d. Pennsylvania44; m. (SPOUSE OF ALEX)45, Ireland46.
	iii.	JANE CAMPBELL47, b. Abt. 175048.
	iv.	(GIRL) CAMPBELL49, b. Abt. 175050.

Generation No. 3

6.  ROBERT3 MCCREADY (WILLIAM2, DANIEL1)51 was born March 28, 1752 in Scotland52, and died August 10, 1846 in Cross Creek, Jefferson Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania52.  He married ANNE LIVINS53 February 14, 177954.  She was born April 15, 1759 in Ireland54, and died June 30, 1836 in Cross Creek, Jefferson Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania54.

Notes for ROBERT MCCREADY:
Father of William, was born in Scotland, March 28, 1752, and in 1772 immigrated to America, first locating in the State of New Jersey.  He then went to York County, Pennsylvania, teaching school there until the Revolution, when he entered a York County battalion, serving several months in the "Flying Camp" Division under Washington.  In 1776 he left the service, and came to Washington County, Pennsylvania, locating in a tract of 332 acres in Jefferson Township.  Soon afterward he was united in marriage with Miss Anna Levins, a lady of Irish descent, who bore him nine children, as follows: David, Robert, William, John, Joseph, Mary, Nancy, and two deceased.  He died August 10, 1846.

     Text taken from page 626 of:  Beers, J.H. and Co. Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1893)

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Children of ROBERT MCCREADY and ANNE LIVINS are:
	i.	JENNIE4 MCCREADY55, b. February 14, 178056; d. July 18, 180556.
	ii.	JOHN MCCREADY57, b. September 22, 1781, Jefferson Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania58; d. May 25, 1837, Wilkinson County, Missouri58; m. JOHANNA CONNOR/O'CONNOR59.
	iii.	WILLIAM MCCREADY59, b. September 22, 178360; d. September 25, 179460.
12.	iv.	JOSEPH MCCREADY, b. December 17, 1785, Glasgow, Ohio; d. May 29, 1855.
	v.	ANNIE NANCY MCCREADY61, b. January 23, 178862; d. March 03, 186862; m. JOHN YEAMAN63.
	vi.	ROBERT MCCREADY63, b. October 01, 179064; d. September 23, 179464.
13.	vii.	DAVID MCCREADY, b. December 08, 1792.
	viii.	ELIZABETH MCCREADY65, b. March 22, 179566; d. November 06, 179766.
14.	ix.	WILLIAM MCCREADY, b. August 01, 1797, Family Farm, Jefferson Township, Washington County,  Pennsylvania; d. November 06, 1860, Family Farm, Jefferson Township, Washington County,  Pennsylvania.
15.	x.	ELIZABETH MCCREADY, b. Aft. 1801, Pennsylvania; d. Bef. 1901.
	xi.	MARY MCCREADY67, b. May 25, 180168; d. June 12, 1862, eldersville, PA.68; m. ROBERT SMITH69.

7.  ALEXANDER3 MCCREADY (WILLIAM2, DANIEL1)69 was born Abt. 1760 in Ireland70, and died February 24, 1850 in Burgettstown, Washington County, Pennsylvania70.  He married SARAH71 Abt. 1780 in Ireland72.  She was born 1758, and died May 25, 1847.

Notes for ALEXANDER MCCREADY:
Alex was born in Ireland and learned the shoemaker's trade.  In 1786, he sailed for America,
and six months after his arrival, sent for his wife.  While Mrs. McCready was on the ocean, her
eldest daughter was born.  Soon after the family was united in this country, they went to
Washington County, PA to live, locating in Burgettstown, where Alexander worked at his trade
and other employment.  He assisted in digging the race for the old mill which used to stand
southeast of town known as 'McFarland's Mill,' and for this recieved 75 acres of land in Smith
Township.  He removed to this farm and passed the remaining days of his life in agricultural pursuits.
He was a Whig in politics.  He & Sarah are buried at the U.P. Cemetery in Burgettstown.

More About ALEXANDER MCCREADY:
Burial: U.P. Cemetery, Burgettstown, Pennsylvania

More About SARAH:
Burial: U.P. Cemetery, Burgettstown, Pennsylvania
	

Children of ALEXANDER MCCREADY and SARAH are:
	i.	GEORGE4 MCCREADY73.
	ii.	ALEXANDER MCCREADY JR.73, b. Abt. 178674.
	iii.	ANNE MCCREADY75, b. Abt. 1786, Atlantic Ocean76; m. JOHN MAXWELL77.
	iv.	JOHN MCCREADY77, b. Abt. 178678.
	v.	MARY "POLLY" MCCREADY79, b. Abt. 178680; m. MR. WHITE81.
	vi.	WILLIAM MCCREADY81, b. Abt. 178682.
16.	vii.	REBECCA MCCREADY, b. April 17, 1791; d. June 12, 1855.
17.	viii.	ROBERT MCCREADY, b. 1801, Burgettstown, Washington County, Pennsylvania; d. 1872, Hanlin Station, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

8.  HUGH3 MCCREADY (HUGH2, DANIEL1)83 was born 1755 in Ireland84, and died April 21, 1851 in Big Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania84.  He married EITHER (MARY) MCKEE85.  

More About HUGH MCCREADY:
Burial: Old Bethel Cemetery86
	

Child of HUGH MCCREADY and EITHER MCKEE is:
18.	i.	JOHN4 MCCREADY, b. April 17, 1791; d. September 14, 1870.

9.  STUART3 MCCREADY* (HUGH2 MCCREADY, DANIEL1)87 was born Abt. 1761 in Ireland88, and died Bef. September 16, 1845 in Big Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania88.  He married ANNE PHILLIPS89.  She died Bef. December 13, 184990.
	

Children of STUART MCCREADY* and ANNE PHILLIPS are:
	i.	ROBERT4 MCCREADY91, b. Abt. 1794, Big Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania92; d. Bef. 1800, Big Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania92.
	ii.	MARY "POLLY" MCCREADY93, b. Abt. 1794, Big Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania94; d. 188594; m. JOHN MCCREADY95.
	iii.	ELIZABETH "BETSY" MCCREADY95, b. Abt. 1799, Big Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania96; d. 186896; m. WILLIAM PADEN97.
19.	iv.	HUGH MCCREADY*, b. Abt. 1801, New Galilee, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania; d. November 17, 1877, New Galilee, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
	v.	MARGARET MCCREADY97, b. Abt. 1803, Big Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania98; d. Abt. 188598; m. JOHN MCCREADY99.
20.	vi.	SAMUEL MCCREADY*, b. 1805, Big Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; d. September 26, 1885.
	vii.	STEWART "WEE STEWART" MCCREADY99, b. Abt. 1808, Big Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania100; d. November 22, 1891100; m. ELIZABETH PADEN101.

10.  WILLIAM3 MCCREADY (HUGH2, DANIEL1)101 was born 1762 in Scotland102, and died  in Scotland102.
	

Child of WILLIAM MCCREADY is:
	i.	WILLIAM4 MCCREADY103, b. Bef. 1800, Scotland104; d. Bef. 1900, Picton, Canada104; m. ELIZABETH105, Bef. 1838106.

11.  ELIZABETH3 MCCREADY (HUGH2, DANIEL1)107 was born 1767108, and died  in Beaver County, Pennsylvania108.  She married ROBERT PADEN109 Abt. 1790 in Beaver County, Pennsylvania110.  
	

Child of ELIZABETH MCCREADY and ROBERT PADEN is:
21.	i.	JOHN4 PADEN, b. 1801, Big Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania; d. 1879, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

Generation No. 4

12.  JOSEPH4 MCCREADY (ROBERT3, WILLIAM2, DANIEL1)111 was born December 17, 1785 in Glasgow, Ohio112, and died May 29, 1855112.  He married ELIZABETH "BETSY" LEEPER113 August 06, 1806 in Columbiana County, Ohio114.  She was born October 17, 1784114, and died December 24, 1859114.
	

Children of JOSEPH MCCREADY and ELIZABETH LEEPER are:
	i.	ROBERT5 MCCREADY115, b. September 23, 1807, Maysville, Kentucky116; d. March 24, 1829116.
	ii.	JANE MCCREADY117, b. January 08, 1809118; d. August 01, 1891118; m. WILLIAM COBURN119, March 27, 1828120.
	iii.	SAMUEL MCCREADY121, b. February 02, 1811122; d. December 20, 1888122.
	iv.	NANCY MCCREADY123, b. February 23, 1813124; d. February 28, 1863, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois124; m. RICHARD HENSON HOUSE125, April 21, 1831, Columbiana County, Ohio126.
	v.	WILLIAM MCCREADY127, b. March 12, 1815128; d. October 15, 1843128; m. HATTIE L. HUNTER129.
	vi.	MARGARET MCCREADY129, b. May 16, 1817130; d. March 01, 1901, Onslow, IA.130; m. JOHN PAUL131, November 24, 1839132.
	vii.	JOSEPH MCCREADY133, b. February 05, 1819, Columbiana County, Ohio134; d. January 28, 1893, Glasgow, Ohio134; m. (1) CATHERINE BOYD135; m. (2) MARTHA CAMPBELL135, February 05, 1840136.

Notes for JOSEPH MCCREADY:
A nephew of William McCready, was born and reared in Columbiana County, Ohio, and was there married to Martha Campbell, a native of the same county.  She bore him children as follows: James, Joseph, Robert, Cynthia and Margaret.  For his second wife he was married to Catherine Boyd, a sister of Mrs. Margaret McCready, and the names of the children of this union are Lizzie C., Rilla and George.  Mr. McCready was a Republican and a Presbyterian.  He and his wife are both now deceased.

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	viii.	JOHN MCCREADY137, b. March 03, 1821138; d. October 12, 1868, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois138; m. MARY WILLIAMS139, October 20, 1840140; b. , Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois140.
	ix.	EDWARD MCCREADY141, b. 1823142.
	x.	JAMES MCCREADY143, b. 1823144.
	xi.	D.A. MCCREADY145, b. August 24, 1825146; d. October 21, 1883146; m. (1) HARRIET WHITE147, November 13, 1851148; m. (2) LUCINDA M. HUFFMAN149, June 01, 1854150.
	xii.	ELIZA MCCREADY151, b. March 01, 1827152; d. February 06, 1908152; m. JOHN HUSTON153, June 29, 1847154.
	xiii.	ROBERT MCCREADY155, b. June 01, 1830156; d. January 17, 1911, Sewickley, Allegheny County,  Pennsylvania156; m. RACHEL CATHERINE MILLER157, April 03, 1855158.

13.  DAVID4 MCCREADY (ROBERT3, WILLIAM2, DANIEL1)159 was born December 08, 1792160.  He married MARTHA JONES161.  
	

Children of DAVID MCCREADY and MARTHA JONES are:
	i.	ROBERT5 MCCREADY161, b. Bef. 1811162.
	ii.	JOHN MCCREADY163, b. June 15, 1811164.
	iii.	MARY MCCREADY165, b. March 15, 1814166; m. THOMAS SMITH167.
	iv.	NANCY MCCREADY167, b. June 22, 1818, Cross Creek, Pennsylvania168; d. May 16, 1906168; m. WILLIAM PATTERSON169, Abt. 1838.
	v.	DAVID MCCREADY169, b. July 07, 1821170; d. Died in infancy170.
	vi.	MARTHA MCCREADY171, b. July 31, 1824172; d. January 31, 1894172; m. JOHN ATTIG173.
	vii.	WILLIAM MCCREADY173, b. June 20, 1826174; d. April 30, 1883174; m. MARY J. MCCREADY175.
	viii.	ELIZABETH MCCREADY175, b. October 15, 1831176.

14.  WILLIAM4 MCCREADY (ROBERT3, WILLIAM2, DANIEL1)177 was born August 01, 1797 in Family Farm, Jefferson Township, Washington County,  Pennsylvania178, and died November 06, 1860 in Family Farm, Jefferson Township, Washington County,  Pennsylvania178.  He married MARGARET BOYD179 February 26, 1857 in Washington County, Pennsylvania180.  She was born August 18, 1822 in Hanover Township.

Notes for WILLIAM MCCREADY:
Was born August 1, 1797, on the home farm in Jefferson Township, and was reared to agricultural pursuits, purchasing the old place after the death of his father.  He was married, as already stated, to Margaret Boyd, who bore him one son, Robert, April 7, 1858, who was married May 6, 1880, to Nancy E. Cassidy, daughter of William Cassidy, he lives on the home place, and like his father and grandfather before him, votes the Democratic ticket.  William McCready died November 6, 1860, leaving over 300 acres of fine land to his heirs.  He was a typical self-made man, liberal in though and action, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him.

     Text taken from page 626 of:  Beers, J.H. and Co. Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1893)

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Notes for MARGARET BOYD:
Was born August 18, 1822, on the farm in Hanover Township.  Her childhood and early womanhood were passed in the pioneer home, then surrounded by various wild animals, as many as eight deer being often seen in one group.  On February 26, 1857, she became the wife of William McCready, a son of Robert McCready, and now resides in Jefferson Township.

     Text taken from page 626 of:  Beers, J.H. and Co. Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1893)

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Child of WILLIAM MCCREADY and MARGARET BOYD is:
	i.	ROBERT W.5 MCCREADY181, b. April 07, 1858, Family Farm, Jefferson Township, Washington County,  Pennsylvania182; m. NANCY E. CASSIDY183, May 06, 1880184.

15.  ELIZABETH4 MCCREADY (ROBERT3, WILLIAM2, DANIEL1)185 was born Aft. 1801 in Pennsylvania186, and died Bef. 1901186.  She married THOMAS SMITH187 Abt. 1820 in Pennsylvania188.  
	

Child of ELIZABETH MCCREADY and THOMAS SMITH is:
	i.	NANCY5 SMITH189, b. Abt. 1820190.

16.  REBECCA4 MCCREADY (ALEXANDER3, WILLIAM2, DANIEL1)191 was born April 17, 1791192, and died June 12, 1855192.  She married JOHN OLIVER CUSTARD193.  
	

Child of REBECCA MCCREADY and JOHN CUSTARD is:
	i.	GEORGE MCCREADY5 CUSTARD193, b. January 15, 1827194; d. February 27, 1888194; m. SARAH JANE GRAHAM195.

17.  ROBERT4 MCCREADY (ALEXANDER3, WILLIAM2, DANIEL1)195 was born 1801 in Burgettstown, Washington County, Pennsylvania196, and died 1872 in Hanlin Station, Washington County, Pennsylvania196.  He married MARY REED197.  She was born 1797 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Notes for ROBERT MCCREADY:
Is a representative of an old and well-known family. His grandfather, Alexander McCready, was born about 1760, in Ireland, where he married Sarah, who was born in 1758.  He learned and followed the shoemaker's trade.  In 1786 he sailed for America, and six month after his arrival, after making the necessary arrangements, he sent for his wife.  While Mrs. McCready was on the ocean her eldest daughter were born.  Soon after the family was united in this country they came to Washington County, Pennsylvania, locating in Burgettstown, where Alexander worked at his trade and other employment.  He assisted in digging the race for the old mill which used to stand southeast Burgettstown, known as "McFarland's Mill," and for doing his work received seventy-five acres of land in Smith township.  He removed to this farm, and passed the remaining days of his life in agricultural pursuits.  He was a Whig in politics.  He died February 24, 1850, his wife on May 25, 1847, and they were buried in the U.P. cemetery of Burgettstown, Pennsylvania.  They left the following children: Ann (Mrs. John Maxwell), Alexander, John, William, Robert, Rebecca (wife of John Custard), and Mary (Mrs. White), all now deceased.

     Robert McCready was born in 1801, near Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, where he attended the rate schools of that period, and learning the shoemaker's trade, followed it in Burgettstown.  In early life he was married to Mary Reed, who was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1797.  The young couple lived a short time in Burgettstown, thence moving to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he worked at his trade, and later conducted a hotel on Smithfield Street, opposite the present site of the "Monongahela House."  In 1840 he lft Pittsburgh and returned to Burgettstown.  In 1842 he removed to Hanlin Station, Washington County, and there passed the remainder of his life.  In Politics he was a lifelong Democrat.  He died in 1872, his wife having crossed the river October 15, 1859, and both were buried in the U.P. cemetery at Paris. Their children were as follows: Sarah Jane (Mrs. Lewis Saxton, of Pittsburgh); Alexander (who died in Brooke County, West Virginia); Robert (our subject); Margaret Ann (Mrs. William Beall, of Hanover Township); and Mary E. (married to James Gibson).

     Text taken from page 1132 of: Beers, J.H. and Co. Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1893)

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More About ROBERT MCCREADY:
Burial: U.P. Cemetery, Burgettstown, Pennsylvania

More About MARY REED:
Burial: U.P. Cemetery, Burgettstown, Pennsylvania
	

Children of ROBERT MCCREADY and MARY REED are:
	i.	SARAH JANE5 MCCREADY197, b. 1827, Pennsylvania198; m. LEWIS SAXTON199.
	ii.	ALEXANDER MCCREADY199, b. 1828200; d. Brooke County, West Virginia200.
	iii.	ROBERT MCCREADY201, b. December 10, 1833, Pittsburgh, Allgheny County, Pennsylvania202; m. ELIZABETH GIBSON203, March 24, 1859204; b. November 16, 1836.

Notes for ROBERT MCCREADY:
Robert McCready was born December 10, 1833, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  When but a small boy his parents removed to Hanlin Station, Washington County, where he was educated; he learned the trade of a shoemaker.  On March 24, 1859, he was married to Elizabeth Gibson, who was born November 16, 1836, daughter of Robert and Jane (Cunningham) Gibson, of Hanover Township, a representative of one of the oldest families in the vicinity.  The following children have been born to Robert and Elizabeth McCready: Mary (wife of Dr. J.M. Moore, of Midway, Pennsylvania); Jennie V. (Mrs. John McConnell, Of Hanover Township); Luella (at home); Robert D. (a clerk at McDonald, Pennsylvania); James A. and George G. (both living with their parents).  Mr. and Mrs. McCready began wedded life on the place near Hanlin Station, where he worked at his trade, then went to Brooke County, West Virginia thence coming to Jefferson Township; this county.  He erected a home on a small piece of land which he had purchased in Jefferson Township, residing there till 1872, then settled on his present piece of excellent farming land, called the "Old Gibson Homestead," in Hanover Township.  He has ever since resided on this tract, being engaged in general farming, small-fruit growing, stock raising and the dairy business, prospering in each department.  He votes withe the Democratic party, and in religion both he and his wife are members of the U.P. Church.

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	iv.	MARGARET ANN MCCREADY205, b. 1835206; m. WILLIAM BEALL207.
	v.	MARY E. MCCREADY207, b. 1839, Pennsylvania208; m. JAMES GIBSON209.

18.  JOHN4 MCCREADY (HUGH3, HUGH2, DANIEL1)209 was born April 17, 1791210, and died September 14, 1870210.  He married MARY "POLLY" MCCREADY211.  

More About JOHN MCCREADY:
Burial: Bethel Cemetery212
	

Children of JOHN MCCREADY and MARY MCCREADY are:
	i.	STEWART5 MCCREADY213, b. Abt. 1831214; d. 1899214; m. JENNIE R. PATTERSON215.

More About JENNIE R. PATTERSON:
Burial: Rock Spring Cemetery216

	ii.	MARGARET MCCREADY217, b. Abt. 1834218; d. November 29, 1881218.
	iii.	ROBERT MCCREADY219, b. Abt. 1838220; d. Bef. 1840220.

19.  HUGH4 MCCREADY* (STUART3, HUGH2 MCCREADY, DANIEL1)221 was born Abt. 1801 in New Galilee, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania222, and died November 17, 1877 in New Galilee, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania222.  He married (1) MARY AGNES "NANCY" SHARP223.    He married (2) MARGARET HOPPER223 in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania224.  
	

Children of HUGH MCCREADY* and MARY SHARP are:
	i.	REV. JOHNATHAN SHARP5 MCCREADY225, b. April 15, 1828226.
	ii.	ANN ELIZA MCCREADY227, b. Abt. 1830228; m. WILLIAM H. PHILLIPS229.
	iii.	MARY MCCREADY229, b. Abt. 1832230.
	iv.	SHARP "LITTLE SHARP" MCCREADY231, b. Abt. 1834232.
	v.	AGNES CAROLINE MCCREADY233, b. Abt. 1840234.
	vi.	ROBERT J. MCCREADY235, b. February 14, 1840, Beaver County,  Pennsylvania236.
	

Children of HUGH MCCREADY* and MARGARET HOPPER are:
	vii.	SAMUEL HOPPER5 MCCREADY237, b. 1857238.
	viii.	HUGH JAMES MCCREADY239, b. April 14, 1861240.

20.  SAMUEL4 MCCREADY* (STUART3, HUGH2 MCCREADY, DANIEL1)241 was born 1805 in Big Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania242, and died September 26, 1885242.  He married SUSAN STEELE243.  
	

Children of SAMUEL MCCREADY* and SUSAN STEELE are:
	i.	ROBERT S.5 MCCREADY243, b. Abt. 1835244; d. Dodge City, Hays, Kansas244.
	ii.	JONATHAN MCCREADY245, b. March 08, 1837246.
	iii.	JOHN STEELE MCCREADY247, b. October 04, 1839248.
	iv.	JOSEPH MCCREADY249, b. Abt. 1842250.
	v.	HUGH S. MCCREADY*251, b. 1846252; d. May 07, 1932, East Palestine, Columbiana County, Ohio252; m. CHARLOTTE J. PADEN253, December 13, 1870254.
	vi.	EMMET MURRAY "LITTLE EMMET" MCCREADY255, b. October 14, 1849256.
	vii.	SAMUEL ROSS "ROSS" MCCREADY257, b. April 20, 1850258.
	viii.	KANARISSA E. "KATE" MCCREADY259, b. April 30, 1854260.

21.  JOHN4 PADEN (ELIZABETH3 MCCREADY, HUGH2, DANIEL1)261 was born 1801 in Big Beaver Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania262, and died 1879 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania262.  He married JANE PATTON263.  
	

Children of JOHN PADEN and JANE PATTON are:
	i.	ELIZA5 PADEN263, b. Abt. 1839, Mercer County, Pennsylvania264; d. Los Angeles, California264; m. DAVID WEBSTER265.
	ii.	MARGARET PADEN265, b. Abt. 1841, Mercer County, Pennsylvania266; d. September 03, 1896266; m. GILBERT JOHNSTON267.
	iii.	MARY PADEN267, b. Abt. 1842, Mercer County, Pennsylvania268; d. Mercer County, Pennsylvania268; m. ROBERT ORR269, Mercer County,  Pennsylvania270.
	iv.	JANE PADEN271, b. Abt. 1843, Mercer County, Pennsylvania272; m. MR. CALDWELL273.
	v.	REBECCA PADEN273, b. Abt. 1844, Mercer County, Pennsylvania274; m. GEORGE TANNER275.
	vi.	WILLIAM PADEN275, b. April 07, 1847, Mercer County, Pennsylvania276; d. January 03, 1937276; m. OLIVE A. LONG277, November 02, 1872278.
	vii.	JOHN PADEN279, b. Abt. 1849, Mercer County, Pennsylvania280.
	viii.	THOMAS PADEN281, b. Abt. 1850, Mercer County, Pennsylvania282.
	ix.	MARIA MARTHA PADEN283, b. June 23, 1852, Mercer County, Pennsylvania284; d. July 18, 1909, McKeesport, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania284; m. CHARLES WILSON GAMBLE285, October 25, 1873286.