Generation Two
2. JOHN2 HOGE REDICK (John1); born circa 1743; died 11 May 1830 in Hanover Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. (See also the information on John Hoge Redick in the Introduction section.); married (first) MARY REED; married (second) MARY HOGE; married (third) CATHERINE BENNEY.
John Hoge Redick reportedly came to Beaver County in 1790 where he was an associate judge for over 25 years, an advocate of arbitration, discouraged litigation, and was a strong supporter of abolition. Also, he was a bit eccentric if the following excerpt from the History of Beaver County is accurate:39
A popular tradition credits him [John Hoge Redick] with having requested his relatives to bury him on the State line between Pennsylvania and Virginia, with his face towards the east, his head in Virginia, and his feet in Pennsylvania. He was at any rate so buried, his grave being enclosed by a massive wall of cut sandstone. The re-establishment of the boundary line between Pennsylvania and West Virginia in 1882 has, however, left the grave wholly within the territory of the former state. See the two photographs below.
John Hoge Redick was known to be a horse racing enthusiast and bred horses on his farm. A variation on the above story has it that ". . . Judge Redick grew so confident in the ability of his stock that when the Devil challenged his best white stallion to a race, there was no question that he would accept the wager. Unfortunately for the local jurist, the Devil's black mare breathed fire and won the race after frightening off the stallion. But here's where the story gets interesting. Faced with surrendering his soul, the wise judge reportedly invoked a technicality in the agreement and disappeared across the state line where he claimed the Devil had no jurisdiction. They say you can still find Redick's tomb on the West Virginia side of the border."40
John Hoge Redick was reported to have been in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. There was a John Redick commissioned an Ensign on 10 June 1777 and serving under Captain McKee, Second Battalion, Westmoreland County [Pennsylvania] Militia during the Revolutionary War. He could have been the same John Redick who served a tour of duty as a Private from January to September 1813 during the War of 1812, under the command of Captain Joseph Markle's Troop of Light Dragoons.41 But at this time John Hoge Redick, born 1743, would have been age about seventy.
John Hoge Redick married (first), 22 October 1764 in Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania), Mary Reed or Reid of eastern Pennsylvania.41b
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| 8 | i. | Rebecca3 Redick; born circa 1767 in Pennsylvania | |
| 9 | ii. | William R. Redick; born circa 1768 in Pennsylvania; married Matilda Morton. | |
| 10 | iii. | James Redick; born circa 1770 in Pennsylvania. | |
| 11 | iv. | Robert Redick; born circa 1772 in Pennsylvania. | |
John Hoge Redick married (second) Mary Hoge, (tentative) daughter of John and Elizabeth (Lennox) Hoge. This John Hoge's sister was our Rachel (Hoge) Redick; hence Mary Hoge and John Hoge Redick were first cousins.
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| + | 12 | v. | John Hoge Redick, Jr; born March 1781 in Pennsylvania; died September 1857; married Elizabeth Forbes. |
| 13 | vi. | son Redick. | |
| + | 14 | vii. | David Redick; born circa 1786 in Pennsylvania; married Margaret Allison |
| 15 | viii. | Jonathan Redick; born circa 1788 in Pennsylvania (our Jonathan W. Redick?). See the major section Jonathan W. Redick and his Descendants | |
John Hoge Redick married (third) Catherine Berry; born circa 1772 in Scotland. In 1850, Catherine was living with her son Cleon in McDonough County, Illinois.
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| 16 | ix. | Maria Redick; born circa 1798 in Pennsylvania. | |
| + | 17 | x. | Adaliza Redick; born 1799 in Pennsylvania; died 1854; married James Roberts. |
| + | 18 | xi. | Desaix Redick; born circa 1803 in Pennsylvania; probably died between the 1860 and 1870 federal censuses; married Elizabeth Campbell. |
| + | 19 | xii. | Harriet Redick; born 1807 in Pennsylvania; died June 1884 in Illinois; married John Bartholomew. |
| + | 20 | xiii. | Cleon Redick; born 1815 in Pennsylvania; married Lucy Harris. |
| 21 | xiv. | Zeno Redick; born circa 1817 in Pennsylvania. In 1850, Zeno, single, was living in El Dorado County, California, where he was a miner.114 In 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, Coloma, El Dorado County. Presumably Zeno was part of the ensuing gold rush. No additional information. NOTE: By 1817 John Hoge Redick would have been age about 64. |
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3. DAVID2 REDICK (John1); born circa 1745; died 28 September 1803 (or 1805); married ANN HOGE; born circa 1759. Ann Hoge, daughter of Jonathan and Isabella (Armstrong) Hoge, and David Redick, son of Rachel (Hoge) Redick, whose brother was the above mentioned Jonathan Hoge, were first cousins.
Ann (Hoge) Redick was head of household in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1810,115 and was still alive in 1811, when her son Jonathan Redick's will was recorded. David was a surveyor, lawyer and politician; served a short term as Vice-President of Pennsylvania (this is equivalent to lieutenant-governor). There is an extensive biography of David Redick in Wilkipedia, the free encyclopedia.116 See also his biography in History of Washington County, Pennsylvania,117 Washington Borough, pages 476 - 564.
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| 22 | i. | Jonathan3 Redick; born circa 1782. Jonathan was an attorney, and apparently did not marry. His will was written 31 July 1811, recorded 3 September 1811: "... All my estate real and personal after all legal demands are discharged I give and bequeath and devise to my beloved mother Ann Redick. ..."117b
Jonathan Redick was educated at Carlisle, and in 1803, as a lawyer, admitted to the bar in 1810, but lost his life in a dispute with a bank cashier, of whom he demanded coin for the notes of the bank.—Notes and Queries Historical and Genealogical /Chiefly Relating to Interior of Pennsylvania, Series 4 Volume II; online in the "Stories" section of ancestry.com. |
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| 23 | ii. | Sarah Redick; born circa 1784; married Thomas Swearington. | |
| 24 | iii. | Margaret Redick; born 1786; married (first) John Israel; married (second), 2 August 1808, Detmar Basse. The bondsman for the second marriage was Jonathan Redick.118 He was probably Margaret's brother, Jonathan. In 1850, a John Basse, born circa 1784 in Pennsylvania and Margaret Basse, born circa 1785 in Pennsylvania, were living by themselves in Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania, where John was listed as a farmer.119 According to Notes and Queries (see under #22), Detmar Basse was one of the founders of the Harmony religious Communistic settlement [founded in 1814 at New Harmony, Posey County, Indiana.] | |
| 25 | iv. | David Redick; born circa 1788; died 1818; married Ellen [—?—]. No information on children. David was an attorney. He was the prosecutor in a lawsuit against a Dr. George Duffield, President of the Salem Bank of Ohio, one of the numerous "wildcat banks," only in business for a few years: ". . . spirited words passed between Duffield and David Redick, the attorney for the prosecution. The trial adjourned and Redick followed Duffield to the street, and throwing his weight upon him bore Duffield to the ground. Duffield, feeling his life in danger, stabbed his antagonist in the neck with a doctor's lance. Redick died as result of wounds while being conveyed to Steubenville in a wagon." Doctor Duffield was tried for murder, but was acquitted.120 | |
| 26 | v. | James Redick; born circa 1790; died 1816. | |
| 27 | vi. | Nancy Redick; born 1795; died 1822; married 4 February 1819, Dr. James Stevens.121 "They inherited the Redick homestead, where they both lived and died."122 | |
| 28 | vii. | Eliza Redick; born circa 1797; married, 25 November 1818, Colonel William Anderson in Washington County, Pennsylvania.123 "They later settled in Louisville, Ky."124 | |
5. RACHEL2 REDICK (John1); born circa 1754; married, 21 July 1791, HUGH MCCOY. Rachel and her sister Sarah had a double wedding as noted in the Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine (volume 13, pages 11-12).125b
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| + | 29 | i. | Sarah3 McCoy; born circa 1790?; married William McCreery. |
| 30 | ii. | Hugh McCoy; born circa 1792. | |
| 31 | iii. | son McCoy; born circca 1794 | |
| + | 32 | iv. | Mary McCoy; born circa 1795; died 5 December 1868; married John McCreery. |
6. SARAH2 REDICK (John1); born December 1765; died 15 July 1814 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania; married, 26 July 1791, JOHN MCKEE; born 1746; died 11 January 1807; buried in Versailles Cemetery, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, where "a handsome granite monument to him as the 'Founder of McKeesport' was erected over his remains (and those of his wife and father)."144
In November 1795, the elder John McKee formally christened McKeesport [Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]—the town was actually founded by John's father, David McKee).145 As a footnote to this, in 1793, John McKee, son of David, became a surety for his brother-in-law Judge John Hoge Redick, who was under contract to furnish supplies for an Indian expedition of General Wayne. Judge Redick could not fulfill his obligations ". ... and his bondsman was required to meet obligations aggregating many thousands of dollars. John McKee's property was sold at a great sacrifice by the United States marshal for about $30,000."
Extract from The Early History of McKeesport.146
John McKee was twice married, his first wife being Sarah Goben, a sister of Hugh Goben, and his second, Sarah Redick (popularly known as "Sally"). By reason of the fact that both wives bore the same first name, historians seem to have overlooked the first wife entirely and no mention of her has been made in any published history.
In Deed Book Vol. 2, at page 311 is recorded a deed signed by John and Sarah McKee, and dated May 20, 1789. In the acknowledgement of this deed under date of June 23m 1790 it is set forth that the acknowledgment of the deed is made by John McKee alone, his wife having died since signing the deed. There is also a case reported in Vol. 1 Addison's Reports at page 272, wherein it is recited that Hugh Goben and John McKee were brother-in-law.
At least two children were born to John McKee and his wife, one of whom answering to the name of Margery, grew into women's estate and married young William Thompson. The Thompsons lived on the farm for many years, and reared two daughters.
John McKee's first wife, died sometime between May 20th, 1788 and June 23rd, 1790, but he did not long remain single. One July day in the year 1791 a man on horseback and leading a second horse on which was a lady's side-saddle, stopped at the home of John McKee. The rider was the handsome Hugh McCoy of Fort Pitt. He was quickly joined by John McKee, also on horseback and leading a second horse on which was a lady's side saddle, and together they rode away. They followed Braddock's Road into the Cumberland Valley, and finally stopped at the home of John Redick, wealthy and aristocratic land owner. That evening, July 21, 1791, a double wedding took place, and the next morning when the riders started homeward, the beautiful Sally Redick rode by the side of John McKee, and her sister, Rachel Redick rode by the side of Hugh McCoy. the comely Sally was installed as mistress of the McKee plantation, and the blue blood of the Redick family joined the wealth of the McKees, and the aristocracy of McKeesport was formed.
Although this wedding was a May and December affair, Sally being 25 years of age, and John 20 years her senior, the union was a happy one. The vivacious Sally attracted to her home the society of the surrounding country, for Sally was a born aristocrat, and the prominence of her brothers, John Redick of Beaver County, and David Redick of Washington County, extended her social reign into both of those counties. John Redick was an associate judge of Beaver County and David Redick was one of the most prominent men in Western Pennsylvania. Four children were born to John McKee by his second wife, David, who died in infancy, and John, Sally and Redick, all of whom lived to maturity.
However the affairs of John and Sally McKee did not always run smoothly. Then as now, when a man or woman, by social position, education or financial circumstances, rose above his or her neighbors, he or she soon became the target for gossips of the community.
[The article then describes the taxation of stills in western Pennsylvania, and John McKee and his wife being falsely accused of providing information to government officials about the stills.
The article also mentions Judge John Hoge Redick, who was under contract to furnish supplies for an Indian expedition of General Wayne, but could not fulfill his obligations—see under #6 Sarah Redick. Also, according to The early history of McKeesport: "Some historians declare that Judge Redick's undertaking was to furnish supplies for the army brought into this section to quell the Whiskey Insurrection, but a casual glance at the respective dates of the two events should definitely decide the controversy against the latter contention. Gen. Anthony Wayne's army was encamped in or near Pittsburgh from the spring of 1792 until the spring of 1793, while the army to oppose the Whiskey Insurrection did not arrive in this vicinity until early in November, 1794."
According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, re The Whiskey Rebellion:
"The suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion also had the unintended consequences of encouraging small whiskey producers in Kentucky and Tennessee, which remained outside the sphere of Federal control for many more years. In these frontier areas, they also found good corn-growing country as well as limestone-filtered water and therefore began making whiskey from corn; this corn whiskey developed into Bourbon."
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| 33 | i. | David3 McKee; born 15 June 1792; died 19 May 1793 | |
| 34 | ii. | John McKee; born 31 July 1794; married, 7 November 1816, Sarah Brison. | |
| 35 | iii. | Sally McKee; born 18 August 1797; died 25 August 1824; married Joseph Irwin McDowell; died 20 August 1824. Child of Joseph and Sally (McKee) McDowell was (a) Sarah Jane McDowell; born 1822; died March 1825. |
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| + | 36 | iv. | Redick McKee; born 7 December 1800; died 13 September 1886; married Eliza Ritchie. |