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It all started with the immigration of Peter
and Hannah McIntyre from Scotland around 1770-75. They were
both born in Scotland, Peter before 1755 and Hannah on Dec.
18, 1758, the daughter of Israel Beardsley and Elizabeth French*. They
were married in Scotland and immigrated from Glencoe, Scotland, to
Stonnington, Conn. Click here to visit the
Glencoe, Scotland web site.
Little is known about the life of either Peter or Hannah while
in Scotland, and it is difficult to find any information about them.
There is a story (fact or fiction) that Peter, for some unknown reason, had
been forbidden to leave Scotland, so Hannah had him sealed in a
casket, got him on board a ship bound for Stonington, Conn., with the
pretense that her husband wanted to be buried at sea. Soon after the
ship cleared port Peter had a quick recovery and some time later
they landed in Stonnington, Conn.
Not long after they arrived in their new country they moved to Brooksfield,
NY. where they traded a sow and her litter for 400 acres of land. They
remained there for the rest of their lives. Peter died in
1820. Hannah died sometime between 1840 and 1850. Both are interned
in Madison County.
The new country did well for Peter and Hannah. They had three
daughters and eight sons: Olive, Price, Aaron D., Elijah, Clarra, Chloe,
Margaret, James, Amos, George Washington, and Peter C.
George Washington born in 1798, married a woman known only as Betsy
born in about 1802 in Otsego, NY. In 1821 he was captain in
the 143rd regiment of the militia. They had six children:
David (1822), Freelove (1825), George W. (April 25, 1826), Laura
(1831), Lucy Ann (1839), and Betsy (1841/43). George Washington died
Sept 2, 1868. He is buried in Boyer's cemetery near Spinks Corners, Berrien
Co., Mich.
George W. McIntyre was married to Marie Lewis who was born in
Aurora, Erie, NY on March 30, 1833. Marie's ancestry can be traced
back through Jonathan Lewis, Samuel Barber, and George Soule to Robert
Soule who was born in England in 1517. Their marriage resulted in six
children; John W. (December 8, 1853), George H. (Sept. 26, 1859),
Roscoe D. (Feb. 18, 1864), Inez (1866), Betsy W. (1870), and Ethyl B.
(1872). Roscoe died Feb. 18, 1864 and George died on Sept. 2,
1868 in Berrien Springs, Mich. Both are buried in Boyer's
Cemetery.
John W. McIntyre married Harriet Tice, born April 7, 1840 in
Bambridge, Berrien Co., Michigan. They had four children: Nora
Belle (born May 15, 1877, died December 5, 1927), George M. (Oct. 18,
1870), John Sherman (born April 27, 1880, died September 22, 1971) in
Bambridge, Berrien, Michigan. Harriet had a daughter, Hattie Stevens,
by a previous marriage who died in 1935. George M. died on August 19,
1879 and is buried in Byers Cemetery, Berrien County, Michigan. Harriet's
parents were Martin Tice (Jan. 1779-1876) whose parents were natives of
Germany, and Sarah Ivory (1803-1875). In 1833 Martin traveled by water to
Detroit, Michigan, and then by foot, following mostly Indian trails, to St.
Joseph, Michigan. A son of Martin and Sarah died in action during the Civil
War at Thompson's Station.
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