Andrew Ross Nye

Personal and Family Information

Andrew was born on 6 JAN 1750 in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, the son of Andreas N. Nye and Maria Elizabeth Roos.

He died on 2 MAR 1821 in North Sewickley, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

He had two marriages/partners. His first wife was Rachael McDonald, who he married in 1779 in Smithfield, Shaunee, Pa. Their eleven known children were Nancy (1781-1861), John Main (1783-1888), Michael M (1785-1844), Hannah (1787-1854), Jordon McDonald (1789-1867), Mary (1791-<1885), Margaret (1792-1851), Susannah (1795-1851), Andrew Rose (1797-1875), Daniel (1800-1812) and Thomas (1802-1871).

His second wife was Catherine Eleanor Burns, who he married in 1774 in New Jersey, USA. Their three known children were Sarah (1775-1852), Richard (1776-<1866) and Eleanor (1777-1867).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

!Source: Daniel Shawn Huffman.

<p>" Andrew Ross Nye is first noted in western Pennsylvania during the time of the Revolution when southwestern Pennsylvania was claimed by the state of Virginia. The area of Westmoreland County to the southwest was called Yogohania County, Virginia. Andrew is referred to in court records of that county in real estate transactions and approved as 'a proper person as Lieutenant of Militia'. This county existed in Virginia records only from 1776 to 1786. During this same period Pennsylvania also claimed the area so that Andrew is also shown paying taxes in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1781 and later in 1791 in Alleghany County after this county was formed from Washington County. Andrew Nye was the first white man, or one of the first, to settle in the region of Pennsylvania near the bank of the Connoquenessing River. He received a patent for 400 acres in what is now Ellwood City, Pennsylvania and built a log house there in 1793. He married [1st] Catherine Eleanor Burns; [2nd] Rachel McDonald, born November 10, 1760; died December 16,1847. Andrew died March 1, 1821 in N. Sewickley Twp., Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The last will and testament of Andrew Ross Nye. 'I give and devise unto my dear wife, Rachel, the one-third of all my real and personal estate to have and to hold during her natural life, and touching all the rest, residue and remainder of my unencumbered estate real and personal, of what kind or nature soever, the same may be in the County of Beaver aforesaid or elsewhere, I give and devise the same in the following manner, to wit: I give and devise unto my three dear sons, Jordan Nye, Andrew Nye Jr., and Thomas Nye all my real and personal estate after the following sums are paid out, unto my dear children, namely: Sarah Deemer I give and bequeath the sum of two hundred dollars to be paid out of my estate, to my dear daughter, Nelly Tate, and unto Catherine Jones, my dear daughter, the sum of two hundred dollars to be paid out of my estate, and unto my dear daughter Nancy Main, the sum of two hundred dollars out of my estate, and unto my dear daughter Hannah Metheny, two hundred dollars out of estate, and unto Susannah Main, two hundred dollars out of my estate.'" -Nye Family History</p>