Biography McKee was born in the Ohio Country around 1770. He was the son of Alexander McKee (c. 1735–1799), an important official in the British Indian Department, and the grandson of Thomas McKee (c.1695–1769), a veteran of King George's War and the French and Indian War as well as a business associate of George Croghan. His great-grandfather Alexander McKee (d.1740) immigrated to Pennsylvania from County Antrim, Ireland, around 1707, and was a veteran of the Battle of the Boyne.  Thomas McKee's mother , Nonhelema, was a Shawnee chief nicknamed "The Grenadier Squaw." She was the sister of Chief Cornstalk, and supported peace with the young United States.McKee's uncles, Red Tail Hawk and Cornstalk, were murdered at Fort Randolph (Fort Blair, Arbuckle) in 1777, which may explain the decisions to remain a British subject in the following years. The local Shawnee were known for their large families.
Biography McKee was born in the Ohio Country around 1770. He was the son of Alexander McKee (c. 1735–1799), an important official in the British Indian Department, and the grandson of Thomas McKee (c.1695–1769), a veteran of King George's War and the French and Indian War as well as a business associate of George Croghan. His great-grandfather Alexander McKee (d.1740) immigrated to Pennsylvania from County Antrim, Ireland, around 1707, and was a veteran of the Battle of the Boyne. The identity of Thomas McKee's mother is unknown; she may have been a Shawnee woman, or possibly a white captive named Charlotte Brown who had been raised among the Shawnees.Nelson, p. 63.
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, Nonhelema, was a Shawnee chief nicknamed "The Grenadier Squaw." She was the sister of Chief Cornstalk, and supported peace with the young United States.McKee's uncles, Red Tail Hawk and Cornstalk, were murdered at Fort Randolph (Fort Blair, Arbuckle) in 1777, which may explain the decisions to remain a British subject in the following years. The local Shawnee were known for their large families.
is unknown; she may have been a Shawnee woman, or possibly a white captive named Charlotte Brown who had been raised among the Shawnees.Nelson, p. 63.