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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Private / Patriotic Service
The Presbyterian Church and Cemetery is north of I-70 on the road to Dunningsville
Author: John Woodward Patterson III
NICHOLAS PEES was born 1730 in Baumholder, Birkenfeld, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, emigrated about 1725 to Maryland and removed, in 1773, to Washington County. He died 1818 in Strabane Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania and is buried at Pigeon Creek Cemetery. He married 1755 at Fort Frederick, Pennsylvania, HANNAH born 1732 in Germany and died about 1822. Nicholas served as a Private 6th Class in Captain George Sharpe's Company, 3rd Battalion, Washington County Militia, 18 May 1782 and 25 Sep 1781, Colonel David Williamson commanding. Citations: 1) Pa Archive, 6 Ser, Vol 2, p. 106, p. 93 2) John Wilbur Anthony SAR application approved 29 February 1928 3) Revolutionary War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993 4) SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998 5) Pa Arch, 3rd Ser, Vol 22, p. 780 Nicholas Pees, in company with an uncle, emigrated from Germany and settled in Canigaugig, "east of the mountains." He married and had three children: Mary, Andrew and George. About 1769, he journeyed on foot to what was then known as the "backwoods," and took up 400 acres on Little Chartier’s Creek, in what is now North Strabane Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. He returned east, and brought back to his new home his wife and three children, above named, the boy George, together with all their worldly effects, being conveyed on the back of a horse, the rest journeying on foot. During the first winter the family lived in a small log cabin, which Nicholas had erected near the present residence of John M. Berry, on the original tract of 400 acres. Here were born four more children: Nicholas, Catherine, Betsy and Susan. All of the children except Nicholas married and had children. This honored pioneer, Nicholas Pees, died at the patriarchal age of 105 years. In stature six feet one inch, and well proportioned, he was a modern Goliath in physique and strength. His faithful wife lived to be upward of ninety years of age. Children of Nicholas and Hannah Pees: i. Mary (Molly) Pees married John Isaac McGlumphry. ii. Andrew Pees [PATRIOT - Indian Wars and War of 1812 Ancestor #: A087255] married (1) Mary Polly Engle; married (2) Mary Blakeney. iii. George Pees married Lydia Vaughn, daughter John Vaughn of New Jersey. iv. Elizabeth Betsy Pees. v. Nicholas Pees, Jr. did not marry. vi. Catherine Pees married Mr. Carson. vii. Hannah Pees married Mathew Kerr. viii. Susan Pees married Mr. Hutchison. ix. Margaret Pees married Mr. Carson.
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