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Lukas Kilpatrick

Biography

Birth	2 April 1776	Lukas Kilpatrick was born on 2 April 1776 in New Jersey. Based on Y-DNA research, it appears that Luke's patrilineal line came from western Scotland, most likely with a few generations in northern Ireland during the era of the Plantations (the 1600's). Many Scots-Irish emigrated to America in the 1700's from the Ulster counties.1
Research Note	1791	1791 New Jersey Kilpatrick's listed in military service in New Jersey. Expedition Against the Indians in 1791, Capt. William Piatt's Company, Major Thomas Paterson's Battalion Levies -- Second Regiment Infantry, U.S. Army David Kilpatrick, Private, (Expedition Against the Indians in 1791, Capt. William Piatt's Company, Major Thomas Paterson's Battalion Levies -- Second Regiment Infantry, U.S. Army) Entered Service May 20, 1791 for period of 6 months, no comments (i.e., was not killed, did not desert, did not re-enlist). Capt. William Piatt was from Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey, so it is likely his company was recruited from that general area. He died in this expedition, at Fort Recovery, Ohio. Capt William Piatt has a detailed FindaGrave record. It is very possible that the 5 brothers of this Piatt family where ancestors of the Piatt/Pyatts of Phillipsburg and Easton of the late 1800's and early 1900's. (p.8) Lucas Kirkpatrick, Private (Pennsylvania Insurrection of 1791, Brig. Gen. Joseph Bloomfield's Infantry Brigade, Fourth Regiment - Infantry - New Jersey Detached Militia, Middlesex County, Captain Peter Keenon's Company), 26 Sep 1794-24 Dec 1994, period of three months. Although the name was Kirkpatrick, in those days names were much more fluid than today. There was a prominent family of Kirkpatricks originally from Watties Neach, Dumfriesshire, Scotland which immigrated to Mine Brook (near Basking Ridge, Somerset County) in the 1730's, and they are quite well documented. The website of J.P. Kirkpatrick lists 2892 Kirkpatricks, but there are no Luke's or Lucas's. I have spent some time trying to connect our Luke Kilpatrick into that family, but have not found any connection. I spent some time looking up where other privates in Capt. Keenan's company were from. The list includes New Brunswick, Woodbridge, Piscataway, and the Amboys. In Dutcher's Compiled Records of Middlesex County, New Jersey, Militia, 1791-95: page 40, A List of the Piscataway Town Company of Militia Commanded by Captain Moses Martin, 1792, there is a John Kilpatrick. The names are not listed in alphabetical order, so I do not know the significance of the order of the names. However, John Kilpatrick is listed between Samuel Carman and David Dunham. Later in the book there is a list of every able bodied white male citizen between the ages of 18 and 45 within the Township of Piscataway, 1793. On page 111, John Kilpatrick is again listed. He is 21 years old. He is listed next to Phineas Dunham and Samuel Munday. In Captain Peter Kennon's Company of Infantry, 4th Regiment of the Middlesex Militia, 26 Sep 1794, Lucas Kirkpatrick is listed, p. 127. William Kirkpatrick is listed next to Asher Dunham, p. 43, in a 1792 list of Men Signed to Serve in a Company of Light Infantry Raised in Piscataway, commanded by Captain Lewis Dunn. On p. 58, in a Return of the Names of the Men Belonging to the Company of Captain Gulick, North Brunswick, 1792, both John and William Kirkpatrick are listed.2
Research Note		Early New Jersey Kilpatrick Marriages. James Kilpatrick Middlesex married Elizabeth McColm, Middlesex 13 Sep 1757, Reference K(1711-1790) p. 295 Killpatrick, Thomas, Burlington, married Ann Palmer, Burlington, 9 Sep 1761 K, p. 309 Alexander Kirkpatrick, Somerset, married Sarah Carle, Morris, 3 May 1774, K, 380 William Kirkpatrick, Hunterdon married Parnell Devanport, Hunterdon, 1 Jul 1761, K, 308. Linn, Joseph, Somerset, married Martha Kirkpatrick, Somerset, 10 Aug 1747, L (Part 1: 1739-1763) p. 33. https://wwwnet1.state.nj.us/DOS/Admin/ArchivesDBPortal/ColonialMarriages.aspx
Marriage	about 1798	He and Sarah Melich were married about 1798 in prob New Jersey or PA1
Property Record	23 November 1809	Lukas was involved in a property transaction on 23 November 1809 in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He purchased "a certain piece of ground situate in the town of Williams in the Township of Williams" from James Ralston of Allen Township, Northampton County. The lot was marked in the town plan as Lot No. 10, and was on the Delaware River. It is recorded in the Northampton County Deed Book Volume 3, page 427.
Property Record	24 October 1811	Lukas was involved in a property transaction on 24 October 1811 in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. when he purchased property from Adam and Sarah Runkel, of Lebanon Township, New Jersey. This was the lot marked on the Williams Town Plan as lot No. 9.
Census	1820	He appeared in the census 1820 in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Lukas is listed as: male, 45+, with one male 10-16, 2 females under 10, 2 females 10-16, 1 female 16-26 and one female 45+. One in manufacturing.3
Census	1830	He appeared in the census 1830 in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Lukas is listed as: age 50-59. With one male 10-14, female 15-19, female 20-29, female 30-39, and female 50-59. However, it is indexed under Forks, and you can see in the attached copy, at the top Williams Twp is written by 4 names, and then Forks Twp by all the rest. However, Luke, and his widow Sarah after him, lived in Williams Township, so there is some confusion here. Samuel Melick, a family with young children, is listed 8 households further on the page. Also a John Trittenbach is 4 households from Luke.4
Residence	1830	As of 1830 Lukas lived in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, See attached picture of a section of a map of Easton on the wall in the Marx Room at Easton Library, showing Luke and Sarah Kilpatrick's property in Williamsport along the Delaware.5
Death	4 May 1832	He died on 4 May 1832 in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania,
Burial	7 May 1832	He was buried on 7 May 1832 at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church cemetery in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Unknown GEDCOM info: 1 JUL 18321
Burial	21 December 1868	He was reburied on 21 December 1868 at Easton Cemetery, section E, plot 41, in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

Citations

1. [S572] , KILPATRICK, John P. (.)
2. [S692] Office of the New Jersey Adjustant General, Records of Officers and Men of New Jersey in Wars 1791-1815 (Trenton, N.J.: State Gazette Publishing Co., 1909), p. 50.
3. [S89] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.
4. [S88] , Census Online, Viewed on ancestry.com.
5. [S592] , National Archives and Records Administration microfilm, M19, 201 rolls., 1830 Federal Census (1 June 1830) (), Williams, Northampton, Pennsylvania; Roll: 156; Page: 35.

Anna Kilpatrick

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Biography

Citations

1. [S572] , KILPATRICK, John P. (.)
2. [S602] , Straw Church Records (http://www.raub-and-more.com/straw/strawbap2.html) (), Famiily Search Film # 007832830.

Andreas Melich Kilpatrick

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Biography

Citations

1. [S572] , KILPATRICK, John P. (.)