I am looking for information on this family who emigrated to Pennsylvania, USA:
Born in Mosside, Antrim, Ireland:
John McLees b. 1768, his wife Jane possibly McKoun b.1767. They emigrated to Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA in 1829 with the following children:
Mary Ann McLees b. 1804 married Alexander Shearer b.1795. Married at Mosside Presbyterian Church.
Archibald McLees b.1811
Elizabeth McLees b.1812
Nancy McLees b.1816
Margaret b.1819
Their other children who emigrated to Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA in 1823:
Thomas McLees b.1803
Jane McLees b.1806.
The Mosside Presbyterian Church was very helpful in telling me they do not have records that far back, and although there are a few more recent McLeese burials in the cemetery, there are no current McLees members. Church history states that Mosside did not begin until 1789, so perhaps the previous McLees ancestors could possibly be found at Dervock or Ballymoney. Family legend is that ancestor Thomas McLees 1734-1799, a well-known Covenanter Presbyterian born in Scotland, was murdered in Benvarden, Antrim, Ireland.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
