Henry McDeavitt

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Henry McDeavitt is not in my direct ancestry. He is related by the marriage of his great grandsonson Robert Earl McDeavitt to Elizabeth Ethel Wimer who is 1 step removed in the following ways: Sister of Clara Mabel Wimer Daughter of Isaac C. Wimer and Margaret Jane Robinson

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	~1791	Delaware
Marriage	1st m.expect 1821-22 2nd m.betw 1844-1850		1) To Jane McClymonds (d. betw. 1844-1850) 2) To Mrs Rebecca Bell
Death	1876
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

    Generation 4            Generation 5                     Generation 6           Generation 7'

                                                                                +-- Daniel McDeavitt (pioneer)
                                                                                |    (~1756-1805)
                                                          +-- Henry McDeavitt --+
                                                          |   (~1792-~1876)     |
                        +-- Daniel McDeavitt (1823) ------+                     +-- Elizabeth Sturgeon
                        |    (1823-18??)                  |                         (17??-1835)
    John H. McDeavitt --+                                 +-- Jane McClymonds   
    (1852-19??)         |                                     (~????-????)
                        +-- Mary Ann Double
                            (1833-????)             

                               

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Children

(6 children with Jane McClymonds; 1 child with Mrs. Rebecca Bell)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Jane McDeavitt	F	~1822	Butler Co, PA
Daniel McDeavitt	M	~1823	Butler Co, PA
Mary A. McDeavitt	F	~1833	Butler Co, PA
Elizabeth McDeavitt	F	~1836	Butler Co, PA
Samuel McDeavitt	M	~1844	Butler Co, PA

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Delaware	birth
Brady Twp, Butler Co, PA	by 1797-death

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 United States Federal Census, Franklin Twp, Butler Co, Pa, page 24. Census dated 16 Aug 1850. Lines 33-38: Henry McDavitt, 58, farmer, $1500 real property, b. Delaware; Jane, 28; Daniel, 25; Mary A. 17; Elizabeth, 14; Samuel 6. All except Henry b. PA.
2	1860 United States Federal Census', Brady Twp, Butler Co, Pa, page 11. Census dated 7 June 1860. Lines 10-14: Henry McDivitt, 69, farmer, $1500 real, $284 personal property, b. Delaware; Jane, 39; Mary A., 27; Elizabeth, 22; Samuel, 15. All except Henry b. PA.
3	1870 United States Federal Census, Brady Twp, Butler Co, PA, pages 6,7. Census dated 10-11 June 1870. Line40 (p. 6), 1-4 (p.7): Henry McLevit, 79, farmer, $360 real, $700 personal property, b. Del.; Jane, 47, keeping house, b. PA; Mary, 38, b. PA; Samuel, 26, b. PA; James, 70, farmer, $4000 real, $1000 personal property, b. Del. James is Henry's younger brother who never married.
4	1883 History of Butler County PA, by Waterman, p. 363 extract: Daniel McDeavitt, native of Ireland, moved from Newcastle,Delaware to Greensburg; thence in 1797 to Butler County, settling in Brady Twp. with his wife and 3 children. Mrs. McDeavitt rode horseback, carrying her youngest child, James, while Catharine, aged nine years, and Henry, aged seven, drove two cows. Third child, James, resided in the 2nd house built by Daniel McDeavitt, a hewed log structure build in 1815; James died in 1882, aged 85 yrs. The children of Daniel and Elizabeth (Sturgeon) McDeavitt were as follows: Catharine, Henry, James and John. Catherine and James both remained single. Henry married Jane McClymonds for his first wife, and Mrs. Rebecca Bell for his second. Six children were born of the first wife, and one of the second. All are now living except one. John married Jane St. Clair, and died while absent on business at Louisville, Ky., in 1851 . Catharine died in 1864; Henry in 1876. He was an 1812 soldier. Daniel McDeavitt, the father, died in 1805 at the age of forty-nine. His widow survived until 1835."	(See complete text)

Source notes

Per source #4- 1883 History of Butler County, Henry McDeavitt's first wife,Jane McClymonds, died between the birth of Henry's 4th and 5th children, so between 1844 and 1850.