From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania Pittsburgh was named in 1758 by General John Forbes in honor of the British statesman, Sir William Pitt. Given that Forbes was a Scotsman, some speculate the intended pronunciation of the settlement was "Pittsburra", similar to the pronunciation of Edinburgh. It was incorporated as a borough in 1794 and chartered as a city in 1816.[12] British General Edward Braddock's campaign (with Washington as his aide) to take Fort Duquesne failed, but General John Forbes's subsequent campaign succeeded. After the French abandoned and destroyed Fort Duquesne in 1758, Forbes ordered the construction of Fort Pitt, named after British Secretary of State William Pitt the Elder. He also named the settlement between the rivers "Pittsborough."[18] During Pontiac's Rebellion, Ohio Valley and Great Lakes tribes besieged Fort Pitt for two months. The siege was ended after Colonel Bouquet defeated the native forces in the Battle of Bushy Run just to the east of the forks. In the 1768 Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the descendants of William Penn purchased from the Six Nations western lands that included most of the present site of Pittsburgh. In 1769, a survey was made of the land situated between the two rivers, called the "Manor of Pittsburgh."[19] Both Virginia and Pennsylvania claimed the Pittsburgh area during colonial times and would continue to do so until 1780 when both states agreed to extend the Mason-Dixon Line westward, placing Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. Sincerely Norman Kincaide ----- Original Message ---- From: Peter A. Kincaid <7kincaids@primus.ca> To: kincaid@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:02:16 AM Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Samuel Kinkead's 100 acres near Pittsburgh The map is dated 1775 and is contemporary with the Will of Samuel.  Here Pittsburgh is still called Fort Pitt still.  When did Pittsburgh first become called Pittsburgh instead of Fort Pitt? I ask this because I am wondering if an error of assumption is being made.  Perhaps the land referred to in Samuel's 1776 Will was actually in Fawn township.  In all appearances he acquired 270 acres.  He gives his brother 50 acres, his sister 100 acres and his cousin 100 acres.  This is pretty close to 270 acres.  Now the Samuel who later appears in the Fawn tax lists has 150 acres.  This could be his and John's share. The 100 acres deeded to John McCleary could perhaps be Mary's share - perhaps he married Mary or was her son. Clearly, there is problems with the title of the land as they were only going on warrants and the whole 270 acres had to be later granted new to Joseph and Thomas. I also ask this because of the fact that Fawn township included the township of Peach Bottom.  Peach Bottom was only created in 1815.  Peach Bottom municipality is now on the Lancaster side at the mouth of "Peters Creek."  It was originally on the York County side.  I have a suspicion that the little creek on the York County side (below Muddy Creek) was also called Peters Creek. Perhaps Pitch burgh is a corruption of Peach burgh which was what Peach Bottom was known locally as at that time.  Just food for thought. Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norman Kincaide" <norman.kincaide@yahoo.com> To: <Kincaid@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:53 AM Subject: [KINCAID] Samuel Kinkead's 100 acres near Pittsburgh >I may have found where this acreage could be. His brother John Kinkead >could be the John Kinkead Jr. who applied for 300 acres of New Purchase >land in 1769. > First go to this map: > http://www.mapsofpa.com/18thcentury/1777fadenatlaspa.jpg > Find Fort Pitt, find Chartiers Creek and Saw Mill. See the description on > the application in 1769. I posted most of this information before. But I > am even more convinced that John Kinkead Jr. below is Samuel's brother. > He's the only Kinkead who makes an early application for land near > Pittsburgh. I think the 300 acres included the land named in Samuel > Kinkead's will. To see the Kincaid of all spellings DNA chart in Excel: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adgedge/Research/April%202004/Kincaid%20%20DNA.xls ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KINCAID-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message