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Sarah Armitage McKean was born 19 June 1756 in Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States to Samuel Armitage (1716-1801) and Mary Harvey (1722-1817) and died 6 March 1820 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of unspecified causes. She married Thomas McKean (1734-1817) 3 September 1774 in New London Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Sarah Armitage was the second wife of US Founding Father Thomas McKean (1734-1817), one of the Signers of the US Declaration of Independence. They married in 1774, lived at the northeast corner of 3rd and Pine Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and had four children, Sarah, Thomas, Sophia, and Maria. They were members of the New Castle Presbyterian Church in New Castle and the First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. McKean's daughter Sarah married Spanish diplomat Carlos Martínez de Irujo, 1st Marquis of Casa Irujo; their son, Carlos Martínez de Irujo y McKean, would later become Prime Minister of Spain.




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Offspring of Thomas McKean (1734-1817) and Sarah Armitage McKean
Name Birth Death Joined with
Son McKean (1775-1775)
Sarah Maria Theresa McKean (1777-1841) 8 July 1777 Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, United States 4 January 1841 Spain Carlos Manuel Martínez de Irujo y Tacón Erice y Gámiz (1763-1824)
Sophia Dorothea McKean (1779-1819)
Thomas Gerald McKean (1779-1852)
Maria Louisa McKean (1785-1788)
Child McKean (1787-)
Child McKean (1791-)



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