The McKinney Maze
Newsletter of The McKinney Family Association
Fall - 1982
Vol. 1, #3
Founded, September 1981 as a non-profit, educational association and library, dedicated to researching, preserving and collecting historical and family data. To assist and instruct in genealogical research and to publish private and public records and educational articles. Bylaws and Constitution adopted October 1981.
Officers: Barbara Pannaqe Stanfield, Coordinator
Annabel McKinney Rowe, Treasurer
Patricia McKinney Kirkwood, Secretary-Editor
Manuscripts, family records and other material are always appreciated. Researchers whose material has been used in this and the preceding issues are: Mabel Johnson, Willa Sorenson, Barbara Stanfield, Dorothy Theurer and many others.
FROM THE EDITOR'S NOTES:
This third issue of our quarterly will list Virginia material (so much material is available that the Carolinas will have to be given in the Winter issue), research reports from two researchers, queries, book review repeat, new books for our lending library, and other miscellaneous materials. We have been honored to have been requested to submit the quarterly to the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, which makes one feel that we "have arrived'. We continue to request non—profit standing, however, the State of California has refused us on the basis of "not being of service to the general public'. We have applied for the same standing in the State of Oklahoma, but as of this issue have not resolved the problem. In order to overcome the California requirements, we might consider expanding into a general genealogical periodical, and the Editor would like to hear from the members on this proposal.
Our book loan program has been successful to date, and I would like to see an expansion of the program adding quarterlies and other relevant materials. Unfortunately, this editor has not had the opportunity to further expand on the matching of family groups, but plan to do so as time allows. Wilma Cook has volunteered to index our newsletters, the result of which will be published in the Spring of 1983 issue. Many thanks to Wilma!
One of our members has expressed the desire to have a professional researcher in Virginia. When the New Jersey and New York sources are exhausted, we will engage someone to do research in Virginia and the Carolinas, and points South, as we further trace the migrations of this family. Thorough research does take time, and we are limited to the requirements of each person's time; we would like results, of course, but must remember that some of us have been searching for ten or more years. Hopefully, this wait will not take as much time!
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RESEARCH REPORT: Dr. John Anderson July, 1982
Items researched: Bureau of Archives & History, Rutgers Special Collections, New Jersey Historical Society, Somerset Courthouse, Middlesex Courthouse, Piscatawaytown Book, Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Story of An Old Farm and other materials.
Item 1: In Mellick's STORY OF AN OLD FARM, one citation tends to show a connection between the Peapack grants and Kinny, Scotland. (Note: I have checked all maps available to me plus Smith's Gazeteer of Scotland, and have not been able to pinpoint the location. Help?)
Dr. Anderson also notes that the dearth of information on Mordecai in the Somerset Co. records may be that the courthouse was burned in October 1777.
Item 2: Docket of Jacob VanNoarstrand, 2 May 1774 - Mordecai Mackinney v. Peter Dumon Logrange, debt. Def. appeared & states he paid same to Dirck Morlat, one of the executors of estate of William Mackinney, and has his receipt. Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Vol. 44, No. 40
Item 3: St. James Lutheran Churchyard, Greenwich Township Tombstones: McKinney, Wyckoff, no dates, also stones for William & Margaret McKinney, with no other inscription. ibid., 44., No. 223
Item 4: Return of Marriages in the Township of Oxford, County of Warren, State of New Jersey, from the 1st day of June 1875 to the 1st day of June 1876.
No. 27: William McKinney of Broadway to Alice Prall of Oxford
Feb. 16th William age 26, Alice, age 26
Married by John F. Pollock, Minister, Oxford
Parents: John and Mary McKinney
William and Elizabeth Prall, now Mrs. Hartung
Vol. BQ, p. 407., Marriages
Item 5: (All following, from the Somerset Co. Historical Quarterly) THE WHITAXER FAMILY OF SOMERSET COUNTY, ÒMary Brown also remarried, her second husband being Ebenezer White of whom I know nothing except that his daughter. Susan married Stephen Whitaker, a grandson of Jonathan, and their daughter Susan married Alexander Finley, a brother of Rev. Robert for many years pastor of the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church, and became the mother of several children, one of whom, ELISA, married Rev. DAVID MCKINNEY, D.D., who attained considerable prominence in Penn."
Neshanic Reformed Church Baptismal Record: Hall, George and Elizabeth Kinney:
Elizabeth, b Nov. 26, 1805; bap. May 4, 1806.
NOTES ON THE WYCOFF FAMILY: 7th Generation (4) John m Margaret - - On Aug. 20, 1786, John and Margaret his wife sold to Michael KINNEY, 63 acres, part of a farm inherited from his father, Nicholas, on Holland Brook. Of him I have no further trace, except that he had one son baptized in Readington, viz.: John, baptized Feb. 14, 1773.
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It is certain John had other children, but their names have not been ascertained. He still lived in Readington in 1805. He and his wife are buried in Readington churchyard (old ground).
(200) Margaret m John McKinney, her daughter Rebecca m. John Stevens (Not Elizabeth as previously thought)
First Reformed Church, Raritan (Somerville) Baptisms: 1753, Mar. 25 Sebering, Leffert and Jaennete - Aelte. Macenne, Daneel and Rebeca-Neckelaes.
Neshanic Reformed Church Baptismal Records:
Stevens, John McKinney and Maria Williamson: Aletta Ann, bap Mar 8, 1835
Stevens, John and Rebecca McKinney: Elizabeth Van Arsdale, b Jun 24, 1826 bap Sep 3.
Joseph Wyckoff, b Jan 16, 1765 - d Oct. 16, 1818 m. ANNA MCKINNEY who was b Oct 17, 1762 and d Feb. 11, 1827 and about 1800 he removed to Central New York.
Children:
Jesse
Levi
Joseph
Anna
Elizabeth b Sep 14, 1795 m Newell Ives
From Readington Church Baptisms from 1720:
1728, Feb 25. Vanderbeek, Burger and Annetje - Wilhelmyntie.
Witness: Lourens KINNE and Catherine, his wife.
1733 Jan. 7: KINNE, JACOBUS and Neeltje - Jacobus
1734 Aug 4: KINNE, Adriaen and Kniertje - Pieter
1745 May 5: KINNE JACOBUS and Neeltje Hoogland - Neeltje
1747 Oct. 3: KINNE, Jaaobus and Neeltje Hoogland - Simeon Witness, Simeon Kinne
1750 May: KINNE, Jacobus and Neeltje Hoogland - Lea
1751 Nov. 10 KINNE, JACOBUS and Lena - Lena
Neshanic Reformed Church: VanMiddleswort, Gilbert L. and Ann W. McKinne
Jane Ann, b July 30, 1816, bap Sept. 22
Elizabeth b Dec. 2, 1819, bap Mar 20, 1820
Hannah, b Apr 6, 1822, bap July 14
John Wykoff, b Oct. 5, 1824 bap Mar 6, 1825
Letter from Jeromus Vanderbilt VanDoren to Charles Corle, 1831: Issaac MCKINNEY has moved to Ohio. He might as well come here unless he was out of soap when he got in Ohio. Please inform me what kind of circumstances he started with, and what was his place of destination.
Entries that were duplications of those we already have were omitted. We are now waiting for the results of inquiries Dr. Anderson has made to the Holland Soc. of New York, and New York Society. KINNE references were included, as it will be noticed in the Andrew Johnston Journal entries (given in Petty's work), that Kinne, McKinney and Kinney were used interchangeably for the same persons. It well may be that there is a relationship between the German Kinne, Kinnan, Canaan and McKinney families.
In a recent article on Dutch naming systems, it was noticed that the Dutch naming system used the sponsors of baptisms as given names, and that second given or "middle' names were not used at all until well into the 1740's. As an example, the eldest son of Mordecai, Jan, was sponsored by Jan Roeloff Sebering and wife.
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Jacob McKinney baptized in 1719 was sponsored by Jacob and Josyntie Sebering. Daniel (1717) was sponsored by Daniel Sebering and wife.
William (Jacob Bodyn and wife), Ann, (Hanse & Aeltje Sebering), David (Pedus Kinne and Ida Wilms Kinne), and Mordecai (Daniel Sebering and Kaetje Vroom), do not seem to fall into the pattern, however. Further, the New Englanders used more Biblical names, as Mordecai certainly was, and in some of Clara McKinney Redell's work, she mentions that tradition in her family held that the McKinneys came into this country through Massachusetts . . food for thought!
RESEARCH REPORT: Hunterdon Genealogical Services, August 1982
Citations given are not complete, as information on the complete citation was not given or does not apply. For those who would prefer a complete copy of the results, I will be happy to photocopy (Editor).
Index to Miscellaneous Court Records, Hunterdon Co. Clerk's Office;
James McKenney #1239 Recognizance Bond
David McKinney (Many numbers, information at end of report)
Jacob McKinney #22800
Mordeci, #6994
Robert, #1679, #2674, #2483
William, #724, #2543, and others to follow
Wikoff, #1894 Recognizance; indictment, #3030
#6994: Nov. 29 1754, Judgement filed in case of Mordecai McKinney vs. John Delap
#7011, Dec. 7, 1759; David McKinney vs. Richard Maybury of Bethlehem Twp., Debt.
#7013: David McKinney vs. Lambert Brink, Bethelehem Twp., Debt
#6877, Feb. 1770: David McKinney, Lebanon Twp., summoned by Peter Remson New York Merchant Debt 224.6.8
#3191, Aug. Term 1805, Inferior Court of Common Pleas: William McKinney charged with assault and battery by Aaron Sutton
#818, July 10, 1764: Christopher Vogt vs. David McKinney, plea of trespass:
David McKinney was charged with erecting a dam across the South Branch of the Raritan River causing the stream to rise above its natural level causing the moor and meadow of Christopher Vogt to be flooded, rendering parts to be unusable by Vogt. Spruce Run and the south branch of the Raritan both flowed through Vogt's property.
#1934 Feb 1760: David McKinney vs. Moore Furman, high Sheriff of Hunterdon suit to obtain money due from Sheriff in McKinney's judgement against Lambert Brink of Bethlehem Twp., 30.11.10.
#22467: William McKinney vs. Aaron Sutton, Aug 1806, judgement and levy on goods and
chattels of Aaron Sutton to satisfy $64.98
#31015: Remsen vs. McKinney 9 Feb 1770, warrant to take into custody for appearance Inferior Court of Common Pleas first Tuesday in May 1770, David McKinney debt 224.6.8
#32707: William McKinney vs. Redman Blackwell, Aug Term 1807, debt $800
#32469: 1769, Thomas Richey, assignee, vs. David McKinney. Warrant to take David
McKinney into custody for appearance first Tuesday in May 1769 to answer plea of debt 114.4.0 brought by Thomas Riche assignee of Micajah How. (Have full photocopy of proceedings for those interested).
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#34188: William McKinney vs. Samuel Ker of Hunterdon, May 1763/4, Debt 107.8.0
Defendant probably lives in Reading Town.
#34652: Abraham Lott, Jr. & Isaac Low vs. David McKinney, debt 515.8.0 Warrant to take into
custody David McKinney who owns a mill and lives in Lebanon Twp., to answer plea
of debt of 5.5.8.0 owed to Abraham Lott, Jr. and Isaac Low (possibly of New York
since they demand payment in current money of New York).
#2674: John Coryell vs. Robert McKinney and Luke Riley, 1844, plea of trespass.
#2483: Robert McKinney stage driver, indicted for disturbance of religious worship at
Methodist Episcopal Church in Trenton Township
#2543: State vs. James Melligan, William McKinney, Benjamin Coleman of Lebanon Twp.,
25 Sep 1804, assault on Aaron Sutton
#3030: Wyckoff McKinney, Amwell Twp., blacksmith 21 Jan. 1815, assaulted in Readington
Twp., William Dalley. Wyckoff McKinney pled guilty and paid $5 fine
#724: Aaron Sutton, affidavit Hay 1805, William McKinney violently assaulted and beat him.
#1679: State vs. Robert McKinney, Joshua Newbold, surety. Aug. 1806, petition to discharge
surety allowed. Robert was ill and could make court, he has since left this place and as
we are informed, gone to sea.
#1894: Recognizance, Wyckoff McKinney bond for assault and battery upon Elias Vorehese.
MORTGAGES:
McKinney, David & Rebecca, 1768, Book 1, p84, mortgagee, Peter Wyckoff
McKinney, John, 1796, Book 2, p198, mortgagee, John Wyckoff
McKinney, David, mortgage to Peter and John Wickoff, recorded Sep 19, 1768
David McKinney, Lebanon Twp., and Rebecca, his wife to Peter and John Wikoff of Philadelphia, PA, merchants, written Mar 1768 (includes description of land), 446½ acres.
Miscellaneous records, Court of Common Pleas, Minutes, Vol. VII:
May 1754, David McKinney vs. Daniel Lewis
Mordica McKenney vs. John Delap
Aug. 1755, John Gorish vs. Daniel McKinney, debt 40 pounds
Aug. 1739, Daniel Seabring petition to keep public house in Readingtown, granted. Bond signed
by himself, Mordecai McKinney, Peter Middath
BIBLE RECORD: (Recently donated to Society in Hunterdon), Bible published by Collins & Company, NY, 1814.
MARRIAGES:
Jacob McKinney married to Oliva Bowlby in the year of our Lord 1799
Jacob McKinney married to Catharine Martinis Oct 19, 1816
BIRTHS:
David McKinney son to the above couple born Dec 20, 1799 Sarah McKinney daughter to the above couple born Aug 25, 1801 Mary McKinney daughter to the above couple born Dec 5,
180_. (year written over. Correct date illegible)