Week 4 McCormick

John McCormick, born about 1746, married Rosanna McNees about 1770.  They lived in Westmoreland county Pennsylvania.  They had three sons:
James b.abt 1771
William b. abt 1773
Adam   b. abt 1775

John served in the Frontier Rangers in Pennsylvania with his wife's brother in George Baird's Company.

George Baird was in 3rd Battalion, 2nd company, under Col. James Smith. I found this about the Colonel.
Colonel James Smith has often been referred to as early even as in Braddock's march. He was, indeed, a very important factor in the early annals of our county. He remained in Washington's division of the army, and in 1778 was made a colonel, and sent to Western Pennsylvania, where he performed valuable services in the continuous warfare against the Indians.
James Smith was the subject of the 1937 book The First Rebel by Neil F. Swanson. He was portrayed by John Wayne in the 1939 movie Allegheny Uprising, which was based on the book.

John McCormick died in 1779.

 The parents of John McCormick are not known at this time, but it is possible he is the son of James b.1721 (Hugh b.1695 Ireland, Capt. James of Londonderry).  James McCormick's two sons, Hugh and Thomas migrated from Ireland around 1735 and settled in Cumberland county PA.  Bedford county was created from Cumberland county in 1771, and Westmoreland county from Bedford in 1773.

 Rosanna McNeese's brother William married Jane McCormick.  There has been much speculation on who Jane's parents are, but I know of no documented evidence.  

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