Puffer Genealogy
MCKAUGHAN, John Westley
1802 - 1866 (63 years)
Generation: 1
1. MCKAUGHAN, John Westley was born in Oct 1802 in KY (son of MCKAUGHAN, Archibald Jr. and MERCER, Jane); died on 22 Feb 1866 in Clay County, IL; was buried in Louisville, IL. Other Events and Attributes:
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30857670 - _COLOR: 11
Notes:
JOHN WESTLEY McKAUGHAN: married SARAH COLLETT 29 July 1824, Wayne County, Kentucky.
1830 Pulaski County, Kentucky census
JOHN W. McKAHAN
1 male over 20 under 30 (John W.)
2 females under 5
1 female over 5 under 10
1 female over 20 under 30 (Sarah
In 1840, John W. McKaughan and family were in Breckenridge County, Kentucky.
One of the older girls must have been gone by this time. The name Westley was very important for some reason several generations in Kentucky. We found it given to several children.
One of these boys was killed during the Civil War.
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2. MCKAUGHAN, Archibald Jr. was born in 1735 in Antrim, Ireland; died in 1921 in Jackson County, TN; was buried in Gainsboro, TN. Other Events and Attributes:
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130677688 - _COLOR: 11
Notes:
ARCHIBALD McKAUGHAN, JR.: born 1735, County Antrim, Ireland. He came to America with his parents in 1747, at the age of 12 years. They settled in Pennsylvania, believed to be Cumberland County. He married JANE MERCER, daughter of Moses and LaGrelda Forrester Mercer from Scotland to Pennsylvania. Little is known about Moses and LaGrelda after they came to America.
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GRID=130677688Archibald married MERCER, Jane. Jane was born about 1750; died before 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. MERCER, Jane was born about 1750; died before 1850. Other Events and Attributes:
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Notes:
Born in Scotland?
Children:
- MCKAUGHAN, Rebecca was born in 1775 in PA; died on 8 Nov 1812 in Jackson County, TN.
- MCKAUGHAN, George was born in 1776/7 in PA; died about 1822 in Pulaski County, KY.
- MCKAUGHAN, Hugh was born about 1779 in Arcadia, TN; died about 1845 in Nacogdoches, TX; was buried in Oak Ridge, NC.
- MCKAUGHAN, Archibald was born in 1780 in PA; died in Brackenridge County, KY.
- MCKAUGHAN, Forrester was born about 1788 in PA; died in Jun 1848 in Hardeman County, TN; was buried in Whiteville, TN.
- 1. MCKAUGHAN, John Westley was born in Oct 1802 in KY; died on 22 Feb 1866 in Clay County, IL; was buried in Louisville, IL.
- MCKAUGHAN, Alexander C. was born in 1816 in TN; died before 1916.