John Ekin and Agnes [Unk]

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Husband John Ekin ¹

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           Born: Abt 1761 - York Co, PA
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           Died: 1837 - ? Butler Co, PA 2
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         Father: Robert Ekin (      -      ) 3
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Wife Agnes [Unk] ²

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           Born: Abt 1765
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           Died: 1833 - ? Butler Co, PA 2
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Children

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1 F Margaret Ekin ¹

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           Born: 1791 - McKeesport, Allegheny Co, PA 3
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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Spouse: Robert Findley (      -1843) 3 4
           Marr: 9 Mar 1819 3

         Spouse: George Louden (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1849 5

         Spouse: George Emerick (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1859 5

         Spouse: Henry Sanderson (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1870 5

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2 M Robert Ekin ²

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3 F Jane Ekin ²

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         Spouse: [Unk] Hamilton (      -      ) 2

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4 M Samuel Ekin ²

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5 F Nancy Ekin ²

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         Spouse: [Unk] Dodds (      -      ) 2

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6 M William Ekin ²

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7 M John J. Ekin ²

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           Born: Abt 1801
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           Died: 1881 2
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         Spouse: Rachel Cunningham (      -      ) 2

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8 F Elizabeth Ekin ²

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General Notes: Husband - John Ekin

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He was the father of fourteen children; eight of them reached mature years; Margaret was the second in order of birth.

He was one of the first of the pioneer settlers of Connoquenessing Township, Butler County, PA. He and Leonard Shannon came to the county together, erected cabins and returned to Westmoreland County for their families. In 1796, he moved his family, consisting of his wife and three children, to Butler county. A horse carried the furniture and bedding of the household in bundles. Mrs. Ekin rode on his back, with one child in front of her, while her other children were snugly tied up in the bedding, with their little heads protruding from the bundles one on each side of the horse. Arrived at the cabin, Mr. Ekin went to the nearest settler’s house (Mr. Crawford’s) to obtain some fire. During his absence, Mrs. Ekin took the ax and cut a path to the spring. [HBC 1883, 184]

In 1797, he moved his family to a new home in the northern wilds of Allegheny County, PA, where, on what was afterward known as the Butler & Youngstown road, distant one mile and a half east from Whitestown, he bought four hundred acres of land.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 184, 411.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 184.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 411.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1042.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 412.