The hair on my neck just stood up! Would anyone know if the unfortunate John and Mrs. McIntire were parents to a newborn son? Was one of John's brothers named Alexander? My ggg-grandfather Thomas McIntyre/McIntire (have seen it spelled either way - as well as other ways) may well have been born in Pennsylvania. He can be found on the probate record of Alexander McIntyre of Mayville, Chautauqua Co., NY. Probate dated 1820. Alexander's son, Alex Jr, was also a creditor in that probate. Alex Sr. built a "fort' in Chautauqua because he had been abducted by Indians who had sliced the back of his ears to cut the blood supply to them. Alex wanted to avoid another abduction. He was a colorful character and an "Indian healer". He had learned the natural healing ways of the Indians. Alexander also owned land near Porter, Niagara Co., NY. Thomas was living in Porter during the war of 1812. Alexander Sr. had been living, prior to Mayville, in Meadville, PA. Sources there suggest that he may have "run off" with the Indians voluntarily in order to leave his wife and children to be with a lover, Deborah Cameron. However, the 1810 census shows him with young males ( he had sons ) and one slave. The "slave" must have been the disillusioned miss Cameron. She was the only female and may have been doing the laundry and other "women's work" when the census taker came. Thomas may have either come from another McIntire/tyre family or Alex was married prior to the jilted wife. For some reason Thomas lived near Alex if not with him. Thomas died 01 May 1861 Oakland County, MI. His headstone only shows him as 69 years old. He died 15 days after the "call to arms" and Michigan's first regiment. That must have been an awful stress for him. Thomas could have been born in May 1791. Looks like I must find that book. Chronicles of Border Warfare by Withers, A.S. Dee