Letitia McKean Buchanan
(1769-1845)
BIRTH
January 6, 1769
PLACE
New Castle, Delaware
NAME
Letitia McKean
DEATH
February 9, 1845
PLACE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
FAMILY
MOTHER
Mary Borden
(1744-1773)
SISTER
Sally McKean
(1777-1841)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Letitia McKean Buchanan (1769–1845) was born in New Castle, Delaware, to Thomas McKean and Mary Borden. She married physician George Buchanan in Philadelphia in June 1789. Family registers and a newspaper notice establish the marriage, although a church transcription differs by a day. Her children included naval officer Franklin Buchanan. Letters to and from Letitia survive in Maryland’s historical collections. She died in Philadelphia; her family papers preserve her life.
EARLY LIFE
Letitia McKean was born in 1769, a daughter of Thomas McKean and Mary Borden McKean. The reviewed family and archival descriptions establish her parentage and life dates, but no reliable detailed account of her childhood or schooling was found.
Letitia McKean married Dr. George Buchanan in 1789 and is documented in McKean family records. No reliable evidence of a separate occupation, professional career, or public office was found in the reviewed material. Her husband’s medical profession and her father’s political offices cannot be attributed to her.
CAREER
DEATH
Letitia McKean Buchanan died on Feb 9, 1845, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Letitia McKean Buchanan was born in New Castle, Delaware, to Thomas McKean and Mary Borden. She married physician George Buchanan in Philadelphia in June 1789. Family registers and a newspaper notice establish the marriage, although a church transcription differs by a day. Her children included naval officer Franklin Buchanan. Letters to and from Letitia survive in Maryland’s historical collections. She died in Philadelphia; her family papers preserve her life. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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