Rebecca
McKEE - (Ca.1805 - ?)
(daughter
of Michael Sr. by first marriage)
REBECCA McKEE married GEORGE HILDERBRAND according to research by Linda GOODELL. REBECCA would have been the daughter under age 10 shown on the 1810 census for MICHAEL, Sr's household. GEORGE was one of the seven HILDEBRAND/HELDEBRAND households in Jefferson County on the 1830 census, which shows (pg 117, line 6) that he and his wife were both born 1800-1810 and had two sons born 1825-1830. George and Rebecca were enumerated in Marion Township of St. Francois County (created out of Jefferson, Ste. Genevieve and Washington Counties in 1921) on the 1840 census so apparantly moved from Jefferson County during the 1830s.
HILDERBRAND information shared with me by Betty Clark (a "researching cousin" from my Vinyard line) included group sheets reflecting that PETER HILDEBRAND (1754-1784) came to MO from Monongahela Co, PA by 1780. He died in Byrnesville in "Upper Louisiana and at least four of his sons - ISAAC, DAVID, ABRAHAM & JONATHAN - also came to what became St Charles, St. Louis & Jefferson Counties. The later three were all residing in Jefferson County during the 1830 census. DAVID (ancester of Betty's husband) died in House Springs 4 Jan 1834. An old family listing tells us (by omission) that GEORGE was not a son by DAVID's second marriage (His first wife BETSY nee HOUSE died at House Springs in 1807) but he could have been a son by the first marriage or the son of brothers ABRAHAM or JONATHAN.
One of George & Rebecca's sons was SAMUEL HILDEBRAND, who became famous on infamous (depending upon your loyalties) as a "bushwhacker" during the Civil War. His published memoirs mention "Uncle Harvey McKEE". Adam Harvey McKee (brother of Michael McKee Sr) was Rebecca's uncle so would have been Sam's great-uncle. Betty Harman has much more information on this family.