David Hindman
David Hindman Family History
(Updated 2013)
David Hindman (Abt 1735 - July 29, 1802) left County Tyrone, Ireland to come to this country prior to 1756 and settled in the state of Pennsylvania, near Carlisle. He and his family later moved to Indiana county, near Saltsburg, where they remained until David's death. He and his wife, Agnes Linville (or Lindvel), were married in August of 1756.
The above entry is from "Marriages 1755-1759 by Rev. Thomas Barton while missionary for York and Cumberland County".
Due to the tightly-bound register, the "16th" was not copied, but confirmed as being the date.
David and Agnes had ten children, five sons and five daughters, as follows (not in birth order):
1. Martha, married John McKee, settling in Erie county.
2. Mary (Marie), married Robert McKee, settling in Erie county.
3. Sally (or Sarah), married John Ritchie (or Richey) and settled in Armstrong County.
4. Agnes (b. ~1763), married James Leech (or Leach), and settled at Leechburg, Armstrong County.
5. Jane, married Charles Bryan, and settled near Braeburn, Westmoreland county. Rumor is that Charles is somehow related to William Jennings Byran, presidential candidate.
6. Thomas (~1761-~1805), who was killed while working on the construction of a bridge over the Loyalhanna creek; he was married twice:
First marriage... Mary McMasters (d. 1798) and Thomas had 7 children - twin sons, Samuel (1796-1867) and John (1796-1860) who were Associate Reform ministers; Samuel went west, and John passed his lifetime in Indiana county, Pennsylvania; son David (~1790-~1857); daughters Janet/Jane (1788- ), Elizabeth (~1789- ), Nancy Agnes (1793-1857), Susannah (~1798- ) married John Lias.
Second marriage... Catherine McKee and Thomas had 3 children: Mary (1801-1869), Rebecca (1802- ) married William Kirkpatrick, Anne (1804- ).
What happened to all of Thomas' children?
7. David (~1760-1799), killed while raising a barn. He was married to Jean Hamilton and had two children - David and Agnes.
8. James (d ~1805), unmarried, was drowned in the Kiskiminetas creek. These three brothers all lost their lives during the space of a year and within one mile of the same place.
9. Samuel (b. abt 1790), moved to a farm one mile south-west of Corsica. He lived there a few years, then moved his family to Trumbull county, Ohio. He married Sarah Manning (some believe he was married to Lettie Meredith, I have no evidence of either) and they had 6 children: Mary (b. 1807), John (b. 1817), David (b. 1819), William (b.1821), Samuel (b. 1823) and McClure (b. 1825).
10. John (my great-great-great grandfather), moved in 1806 to what is now known as the R.M. Corbett farm in Clarion county, near the Jefferson County line. In approximately 1812, Indians assisted him in the construction of his log cabin. In 1813 he moved to a farm located one mile north of the turnpike and a half mile west of the Jefferson county line. There, he patented a large tract of land, cleared a farm and built a grist mill. His wife was Sarah Matthews, of English descent, who died in 1847.
Extra Tidbit: David was a private in the Revolutionary War from Cumberland County, PA.
Link: David Hindman's will.
Link: A Hindman Family History article from the Jeffersonian Democrat (dtd 1896).