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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 Pannage Stanfield, Co-Ordinator

Annabel McKinney Rowe, Treasurer

Patricia McKinney Kirkwood, Secretary-Editor

FROM THE EDITOR'S NOTES . . .

Teaching a genealogy course in our local adult school, I have discovered that only a small percentage of the beginning students of genealogy have the determination or motivation to become skilled in the field. Most are disconcerted to find that they have to study, read, research and work in order to find their ancestors. 'RootsÓ has been a mixed blessing in that many researchers believe that they will be able to walk into any local library and demand the 'family history of the Smiths', and with relatively little more effort on their part, will be handed at least five or six generations of their family. Those who are serious, find that they are sometimes more interested in the by-products of a genealogical search, and the historical and geographical information that they accumulate along with genealogical data. I believe that genealogy is just another synonym for perseverance; more so with some surnames than with others!

Our second quarterly will finish some New York/New England material, and then, as did our ancestors, travel a bit through Pennsylvania and Maryland. September should find us following the Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia into Virginia and then on into the Carolinas. Also included in this issue is a preliminary report from one of our researchers working on the puzzle of the two William McKinneys (March issue), and furnished us through the kindness of Annabel Rowe, who had commissioned the work before we founded the Association. You will also find a list of books that are available for loan or search (in order to qualify as a non-profit association within the framework of our state laws). Requests for material will be answered as promptly as possible. However, many of the materials are used in my classes. The borrower may have to wait until completion of the class before receiving the materials. We ask that refund of postage is included when the material is returned, and that bound volumes are insured for the amount marked in the book. I believe that a loan period of two weeks (actual 'in the handsÓ time) should be ample time for the borrower. If members have further ideas on book loans, or wish to include titles in their personal libraries, we will be happy to spread the word. Perhaps we can build upon the present titles!
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PENNSYLVANIA AND THE SOUTH

The student of genealogy must acquaint himself not only with family facts and dates, but with migration patterns, history, and economic conditions in order to trace people from the eastern coast of the country into other areas. Some of the children of Mordecai settled in Hepburnville and Williamsport areas of Pennsylvania, and then moved on south during the period of 1756-57, both because of the wars and border disputes, and for better and larger areas for hunting and farming. Along the Great Wagon Road (originating in Philadelphia), many settled in West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, making it almost impossible to locate some branches of the family. They sometimes stayed in an area such a short time, that they did not leave lasting impressions on the land or in vital records and other means available to the genealogist. The thorough researcher must be historian, detective, cartographer, and a paralegal in order to locate some of these elusive ancestors. Following are some general notes on Pennsylvania families that may be of help. Also included are notes from Maryland and a few New England areas that pertain to family research.

SECOND GENERATION, Family Four, David McKinney

David, bap 20 July 1725, (1734?) Note: Since this issue, was proven to be in the year 1725.

Freehold & Middletown Church (belonged to the Church at Neshanic)

d 13 September 1784, Paxtang, PA

m Rebecca Lane, 1761, dau of Abraham Lane and Mary Soders

Children: 1. Abraham, b 12 Nov 1762, d 13 Sep 1835, Sunbury, PA

mar Abigail Lamerson, 1785

2. Mary, b 17 Apr 1764, d 17 Apr 1848

3. John, b 29 Sep 1765, d 17 Sep 1806, owned 200 acres

Centre Co. PA in 1806

4. Isaac, b 21 June 1767, Raritan, d 11 Sep 1849., mar

Jane Fleming, owned 200 acres, Centre Co. PA in 1833

5. Sarah, b 24 Aug 1769, d 22 Sep 1774

6. Jacob, b 30 Apr 1771, d 4 Feb 1848, m Elizabeth Sabine,

d Binghamton, NY

7. James, b 3 Dec 1774, d 22 Apr 1775

8. Elizabeth, b 24 Nov 1776, d 26 Dec 1860

9. Rachel, b 27 Nov 1779, d 15 Dec 1815, m John Bailey Stewart

All children were baptized in Readington, New Jersey.

24. NJ Archives, Notes & Queries (Egle), History of North Cumberland Co. PA, p. 450.

David McKinney located at Sunbury in the Spring of 1776. He was formerly a resident of New Jersey and Virginia, and although he had other occupations, established one of the first distilleries at Sunbury and remained in this business for some years. Late in life he removed to a farm near the Great Island, and there he died. His son, Abraham, died at Sunbury on the 13th of September 1835. He built one of the first mills on Mahanoy Creek, Jackson Township. Isaac removed to Centre Co and established an iron furnace.

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(Generations of Mordecai's remaining children, i.e., Daniel, Jacob, Ann, Mordecai, will follow in succeeding issues.)

INDEX, NEHGR, Vol. 38, p 351

Rev. David McKinney DD, a corresponding member, admitted Feb 8, 1858, was born at Kishacoquillas, Mifflin Co., PA 22 Oct. 1795, and died at Edgeworth Station, Sewickley, PA May 18, 1879. His father was Isaac McKinney Esq., born in New Jersey on the Raritan River June 21, 1767, and died in Centre Co. 11 September 1849. His grandfather was from Scotland (Editor?) and his mother was Jane Fleming, born in Chester Co., Jan 1767, and died May 15, 1838. Her parents were Scots Irish. David m. 16 May 1825, Miss Eliza L. Finley, who died in 1854, then Miss Sarah Stockley and third, Sarah Elizabeth Diddle. He left two sons and a daughter at his death. (Alexander, b 1816, who m. Elizabeth Tuttle). He lost several children in early life and was the founder and editor of the Presbyterian Banner in Philadelphia, which was joined with the Christian Advocate; graduated from Princeton Seminary.

Editor: We find some differences between this version and one from Eliza Moore. She states that David was born in 1734 and died in Sunbury. He married Rebecca Lane in 1761 at Maiden Lane, New York City, she was born 4 April 1738, Amsterdam, Holland and died in 1823 in Sunbury. She states that they settled at New Brunswick, Sussex, NJ where they resided 11 years and he operated a Grist Mill. They moved to Sunbury in 1772. The first six children were born in New Jersey, and the rest in PA. Ten years after the death of David Sr. his widow married John Hunt and they removed to Childsquawke Creek, after which they parted and she moved back to her own home in Sunbury, and kept store. Mrs. Moore enumerates the children as follows:

ABRAHAM b 12 Nov 1762, NJ, d 1835, m. Abigail Lamison, m. 2nd Anna

Thell in 1826 (last four children by 2nd wife). Issue:

Abraham

Isaac

Jacob - Rebecca Barber

James - Lydia Shareff

Mary - John Shipman

Sarah - Jacob Shipman

Elizabeth - Harman Shipman

Rachel - John Barrel (Stewart?)

Aaron

Rebecca - Enoch Siple

Caleb

Anna

MARY, b 17 Apr 1764, d 17 Apr 1848, 2nd wife of John Lyon. Issue:

David, Martha, Elizabeth (Quinn), John (Margaret Colshen),

Mary, James (Mary Leonard), Rebecca (Wm. Gordon), Abraham,

(Sara Young)

JOHN, b 29 Sep 1765, d 17 Sep 1866, m Elizabeth Dunens/Dunn

David, Rebecca, (Sterger), John, James, Mary (Dr. Canady),

Elizabeth (Mr. Clark, Jane (McGee), Rachel (McKinney)

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ISAAC, b 21 June 1769, d 11 Sep 1849, m. Jane Fleming. Issue:

Abraham, David, John, William

SARAH, b 24 Aug 1769 (??), d 22 Sep 1774, PA

JACOB, b 30 Apr 1771, d 4 Feb 1848, Binghamton, NY, mar Elizabeth

Sabine. Issue: Sabine, Edward, Eliza, Charles, Samuel, Sabin,

Silas, Amelia.

JAMES, b 3 Dec 1774, d 1775

ELIZABETH, b 24 Nov 1776, d 1860, m 1818, as 2nd wife of Samuel Moore

son of Michael and Rebecca Easter Rea Moore. Rebecca Moore

b 15 Dec 1819. Issue: Eliza Moore, compiler of these records.

RACHEL, b 1775

Personal Records of Elizabeth Bright McKinney Chmiel

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PENNSYLVANIA NOTES . .

McKinney Emigrants from: A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants, Donald Whyte

John Kennie, to Perth Amboy NJ 1685

Coul McKenney, Jacobite prisoner, from Liverpool, 1716, to VA

Daniel Makany, Newgate to Maryland, Catherine & Elizabeth, 8 May 1741

Collin Mackeny, sailed form VA to MD 1680

Mekin Mackenny emigrated to MD 1666, wife, Aninking Dobbs

Andrew Mackenny, bondage, Newgate to VA 1738

William Mackenny, Newgate to MD, Potapue Merchant, 1736

Robert, (same as entry above)

MILITARY RECORDS . . .

. James McKenny taken prisoner at Old Mill Prison, Philadelphia, taken

from the ship Lyon, 29 June 1781

. James McKinney of Capt. John Green's Co., PA, captured at Fort Wash-

ington, imprisoned on a ship in New York harbor

. Joseph McKinney, Captain, Carey's 1st Battalion, Somerset State Troops,

Continentals, NJ

. John McKinney, oath to the government, National Archives #157, indi-

vidual oath #281, Ensign, taken at Valley Forge, May 11, 1778, 3rd

PA Line, aide to General Washington. Descendants belong to

Society of Cincinnati.

. John McKinney, enlisted 30 Jan 1776, Col. Anthony Wayne's Battalion

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. John McKinney, Lt., 3rd Class, Cumberland Co. Militia, 1780, PA

. Pierce's Register, Andrew McKenney, PA, Charles McKenney, PA, James

McKinney, MA, Jeremiah McKinney, MA, John McKinney PA, Wm.

McKinney, PA, George McKinney NY, Jeremiah McKinney, MA,

John McKinney, NH. Spelled both McKenney/McKinney, and listed

twice in the register (John of NH)

DAR PATRIOT INDEX . . .

Andrew McKenney, CT

Andrew McKenney, 1753-1825, Mary Parker, PA

Daniel, 1725-1802, Margaret Stanhouse, NY

Daniel, 1738-1822, Mary Connelly, NY

David, 1746-1819, Jennet Smith, PA

David, 1741-1784, Rebecca Lane, PA

Humphrey, 1748-1779, Elizabeth Small, MA

James, 1749-1826, Sarah Mitchell/Susan Reeder/Ann Fletcher, PA

James, 1732-1815, Mary Paine/Deborah Kibbe, CT

John, 1737-1818, Mary Rand

John, 1742-1818, Jane Laird, PA

John, 1760-1787, Mary Llewellyn, PA

John, 1744-1805, PA

Joseph, 1748-1844, Elizabeth Wiswell, MA

Joseph, 1720-1785, Mary Mackensie, PA

Joseph, 1756-1848, Susan Frances McVey, VA

Moses, 1742-1836, Eunice Larrabee/Lucy Plummer, MA

Peter, 1768-1849, Mary Short, PA

Robert, 1784-, Easter Ley, PA

Samuel, 1744-1840, Lydia Rand, MA

Walter, 1748-1806, Jane Rusk, PA

William, 1743-1809, Mary Alexander, PA

The General Return of Col. Thomson's Regiment of Rangers (Pennsylvania)

Mordecai McKinney, age 24, enlisted 1773, MD

(Editor: Is this the son of William b 1715 or Daniel b 1717?)

Roger McKinney, b 1749, ib. PA, age 24

Timothy McKinney, age 19, PA

Amos McKinney, 1758, PA Militia, Capt. Bartell's Co.

Alexander McKinney served in Sam'l. Perry's Co, 1746, PA, age 30

Henry McKinney/ Revolutionary burial, Paxton Presbyterian Churchyard

Paxton, PA - marked by Harrisburg Chapter, DAR

DAR MARKED GRAVES, REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS & PATRIOTS (Various

Issues, DAR Monthly magazine)

. William McKinney, Round Hill Cemetery, Rte. 48, Elizabeth, PA

'Wil'm. McKinney, 1750-1828, Allegheny Co, Pvt.Ó

. John Kinney, 1760-1818, Warren Co., NJ, Old Oxford Meeting House

. John McKinney, 1st Regiment, PA Regiment Book, deserted 1 July 1777,

at James' Island

John McKinney and Michael McKinney are mentioned in Historical Sketch of

Franklin Co, PA, 1878, I. H. M'Cauley and militiamen.

Donald McKinney is listed with militiamen from PA, who camped at Albany in 1746,

during an expedition against Canada. He was listed as being born in Scotland, age 30.

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MARRIAGES

Pennsylvania Archives, Maryland Vital Records, History of Keene, New Hampshire,

Early Settlers of Saco Valley (Maine).

1st Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, PA 1785-1812 –

1793, Nov 28, McKinney, Jean & John Wills

1795, June 17, McKinney, Mordecai & Polly Chambers

1801, Nov 5, McKinney, Nancy & Mathew Thompson

1802, Nov 23, McKinney, Samuel & Eleanor Ivine (Irvine)

1791, March 22, McKinney, Polley & James Read Hoge

1787, Feb 18, Alexander McKenney, Mary Kirshaw, Maryland

1807, 22 Feb, David McKinney, Sarah Folk, Philadelphia, PA

1765, James McKinney, Mary Jordon, Swede's Church, Philadelphia

1771, Mar 28, Mary McKinney, Isaiah Jones, PA

1746, Feb 11, John McKinney, Bridget Sullivan, PA

1744, Jan 30, Sarah McKinney, Walter Bryson, 1st Presbyterian Church

Philadelphia

1752, Dec 2, John McKenney, Floranna McBey, Swede's Church, Philadelphia

1777, Jan 19, Kennedy McKenney, Catherine Toy, PA

1765, Feb 6, James McKinney, Mary Jordan, PA

1765, July 4, Joseph McKinney, Rebecca Latimore, Cumberland, PA

1824, Nov 20, Benjamin McKinney, Keziah Janes, MD

1802, 21 June, Benjamin McKinney, Susanna Simmons, Cecil Co., MD

1821, 8 Feb, David McKinney, Lancaster Co., Rose Harper of Warwick Twp.

PA

1787, Leticia McKinney, William Overlin, Cumberland Co., PA

1783, Nov 6, John McKinney, Somers Co. CT, Violetta Chapman

1836, 9 June, Patrick McKinney, Marcia Smith, of Canajoharie, NY

1780, July 6, Susanna McKinney, Earle Pinney, Ellington, CT

1744, June 6, Sarah Mckiney, Joseph Temple, Concord, MA

1692, Dec 1, Robert Mackenny, Rebecca Sparks, Dover, NH

1826, March 8, Maria McKinney, David Comfort Johnson, NJ

1809, Feb 19, Phillip McKinney, Elisabeth Eyck, NJ

1775, Elizabeth McKinney, William Layton, Sunbury, PA

1791, July, George McKenny, Elizabeth McGuire, Westmoreland Co. PA

1723, Mary McKinney, Thomas Harris, Tuscarora, PA

1833, Sep 10, Lavina McKinney, Alonzo Haskins, Fabius, NY

MIDDLE SPRINGS PREBYTERIAN CHURCH RECORDS . .

Located near Shippenburg, PA, this church was divided in 1823. Joseph McKinney left for another at that time. It has been said that John McKinney, son of Mordecai, helped to build this church, however, the earliest record is 1781, when David McKinney was a subscriber. Perhaps it was one of the grandsons rather than son of Mordecai.

Abraham McKinney, ordained 30 Dec 1849

Eleanor McKinney, admitted to church 27 Oct 1805

David McKinney Jr., admitted 19 Oct 1806

Ann McKinney, admitted May 16, 1819

Abraham S. McKinney, admitted May 10, 1819

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David, son of A. S. McKinney, admitted 4 Jan 1851

Rev. John Moody baptized the children of David McKinney, Jr.

Thomas Andrew, Apr 8, 1806

Eleanor and Dinah, April 13, 1808

Rev. John Moody baptized the children of Samuel McKinney:

April 10, 1810, Samuel, Irvin, Thomas, Molly

April 1814, Jean Louisa, dau of Major McKinney

1817, Joseph Edward, son of Capt. Joseph McKinney

1829, April, David, son of Abraham Smith McKinney

1831, April, William Reynolds, son of Abraham Smith McKinney

1832, April, Jennet Smith, dau of Abraham Smith McKinney

1834, April, Abraham Smith, son of Abraham Smith McKinney

1838, April, William Reynolds, son of Abraham Smith McKinney

1843, April 14, Margaret Jane, dau of Abraham Smith McKinney

1845, April, John Reynolds, son of Abraham Smith McKinney

Marriages:

Elizabeth McKinney, John Forman, 6 March 1827

Elenor McKinney, James Gilmore, March 16, 1837

Abraham Smith McKinney, Margaret Reynolds, 27 Oct 1827

Hadessa McKinney, Phillip Long, 23 Dec 1856

Erastus McKinney, Mary Ann Slover, 26 Nov 1857

Baptisms:

Hadessa J. McKinney, 7 Feb 1866

Abraham Smith McKinney, son of Erastus, Nov 13, 1869

Margaret Reynolds, dau of Erastus and Mary McKinney, 30 Nov 1871

Anna Grier, dau of Erastus and Mary, 23 May 1874

Burials:

(Upper Graveyard).

Abraham Smith McKinney, son of Erastus

b. Jan 1869, d 12 Aug 1870

(Hans Graveyard)

David McKinney Sr., b 1746, d Mar 19, 1819

Jennet Smith McKinney, Wife of David, b 1752, d 11 April 1843

William Reynolds McKinney, son of Abraham S. and Margaret,

b. 1831, d January 1, 1836

Church Receipts: Feb 1784, David McKinney, 5.1.12x od

Members of Middle Springs Church who took part in the Revolutionary War:

Andrew McKinney, Sgt., Capt. Scott's Co., State Regulars

Joseph McKinney, Pvt., Capt. McCoy's Co., Cumberland Militia

MARRIAGES AND DEATHS FROM THE MARYLAND GAZETTE . .

p.119. Donald M'Kennie, overseer of William Digges, was found murdered

in Baltimore County March 19, 1751

. Francis M'Kenny was killed on Tues last at a horse race in Talbot County Court house. One of the horses fell and killed him, May 26, 1763

. Rebecca McKinney, dau of John Breckenridge d 16 Sep 1824, age 37, buried at Harn. Presbyterian

MARYLAND MARRIAGES, 1634-1777 (Robert Barnes)

Alexander Mackenney, 4 Sep 1710, Catherine Plunkett, Christ Church

Parish, Calvert Co, p. 113

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p. 111A, John Mackinnie, Mary Kirshaw, 16 ?, 1777

p. 61, Timothy MacKinney, Hannah Neal, 17 July 1709, St. Peter's Parish

Talbot Co.

p. 277, Mary Mackeny, Mathew Kemp, Oct 1, 1724, St. Mary, Cecil Co.,

North Elk Parish

p. 317, Jane Mackenny, Aaron Porter, 19 Aug 1740, St. George Parish, Baltimore Co.

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS - Deaths, Burials, Estates, Wills . . .

Wemple Genealogy: William Wemple b August 23, 1801, mar Elizabeth McKinney. She was born February 16, 1805, died May ?, and lived near Amsterdam, New York. New York Genealogical & Biogrpahical Record, 1905, Vol. 36, p94

. Elizabeth McKinney, b 1767, Orange Co., NY, mar Matthew Nealy. They had issue: Samuel, John, Polly, Rebecca, and Matthew. Elizabeth had a brother, Patrick.

. Salem Co., New Jersey, 'to witÓ, personally appeared before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Salem afsd. Rebecca McKinney a woman of credit and good reputation who being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, did depose and say that she is about 70 years old, was born in the Falls of Belfast in the county of Antrim in the Kingdom of Ireland, that she was acquainted, etc.Ó

New York Inventories, 1656-1775, National Genealogical Society Quarterly

. Daniel McKinney, wife, Mary, bap dau Rebecca, b 7 April 1799, Baltimore Co., MD.

. 1790 Reformed Dutch Church Records, Albany, New York, Elsie McKeney witnessed bap of Catharine, dau of Teunis Visher and Elizabeth Graot.

. E. David Mckeny, 1689, New Jersey, petitioned the court to change his name to W. John Ilsly. Early Settlers of Piscataway & Woodbridge NJ, Ora Monette

. John McKinney, return of survey for N. Macleon, 40th Regiment, Evan Cameron and Donald Cameron, 200 acres, Albany Co., NY, eastside of Hudson's River. Entered, Rupert, Vermont 9 May 1765

. Alexander McKinney, creditor of the estate of J. Shepard, 7 Dec. 1709, New Jersey.

. Alexander Keney, witnessed will of John Norton, 7 Dec 1709, Woodbridge, New Jersey

. David McKinney, Lancaster Co., PA, will, 1808, Book I, 1-351, signed petition in favor of a settler beyond the purchase line, August, 1781, PA, and also mentioned at West Branch, PA in a memorial of inhabitants.

. Lancaster County, PA, Wills.

James McKiney, 1790, F1 247 (Book, Volume, Page)

David McKinney, 1808, I, 1 351

John McKinney, 1805, J 1 176

Abraham McKinney, 1831, F 1-103, intestate

George McKinney, 1833, G 1 30, intestate

Samuel McKinney, 1843 L 1 54, intestate

. James and Samuel McKinney, signed letter of convention, Lancaster Co. PA 1779

. Mordecai and Jacob McKinney signed a memorial letter at West Branch, PA 1778, requesting militia to put down Indians.

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. William McKinney of Newcastle DE 1776, Tax list

. Samuel McNitt McKinney of Mifflin PA, d 28 Nov 1831, two children,

William, Anna

. Francis Mckinney, heir of William Miller, 13 March 1744, New Jersey

. Annals of Buffalo Valley, Pennsylvania, Linn. Land claims in the Wyoming

Valley in 1754 - Jeremiah Kenny, John McKinney, Gideon McKinney, Spence

McKinney, Matthew, Moses McKinney.

. Tax Lists, Centre Co., PA: David McKinney, 100 acres, 22 Aug 1833; Samuel

McKinney, 100 acres, 1821; Isaac McKinney, 200 acres, April 15, 1776;

David McKinney, 100 acres, 30 Aug 1774; Andrew McKinney, freeman,

1785. Cumberland & Bedford County shows John McKinney there in 1773.

. 1790 Census, Maine: Daniel Mackinney, Sandy River; John McKinney,

Pepperell, York; Jeremiah McKinney, York Co.

. 1790 Census, New York: Cornelius McKenny, Minden Twp., Canajoharie,

Montgomery Co; James McKinney, Marbletown, Ulster; George McKinney,

Woodstocktown, Ulster; Arthur McKinney, Montgomerytown, Ulster;

(living near Polhemus, Lowe, Sebering families). Orange Co, Minisink,

Charles McKinney; Daniel McKinney, Albany Co.

Note: At a future date, census records will be given in their entirety, excluding the 1790 Census, which is readily available to researchers.

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SOME FAMILY GROUPS FROM OUR SURNAME FILES . . .

John McKinney b ca 1700, d 1789, son of John and ?, b PA, wife, Agnes ?

Children: Agnes, m Mr. Bradshaw

Elizabeth m Mr. Woodle

+ William, b 1730, d 1796, m Isabel Cooper

Margaret, m Mr. Montgomery

Robert

James b 1735, m Agnes ?

Jean, m James Cooper

+William had issue:

John b 1772, d 1827, m Jane Walker

Margaret b 1774, m Andrew McKinney

Mary, b 1776, m John McKinney

Nancy, b 1780 m Calvin Johnson

Eleanor

** William b 1784, d 1845, m Margaret ?

James b 1787, m Mary Houston

Isabel

**William b 1784 d 1846, had son Franklin Perry, b 1819, who m Esther

Jane Hughes

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MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT

Most authorities claim that the Scots prisoners of 1652 account for this family of McKenney (see the HISTORY OF SACO VALLEY), which has also been considered as Irish. Henry McKenney, a Scot, was 21 in 1651 and was a servant for George Spear in Braintree, Massachusetts. Some of the others listed are Hugh located at Casco in 1703; John of Scarboro, 1664, Robert, John, who drowned in Ogunquit River in 1697; Kenney, of Boston, Mass., sued for debts in Saco Valley in 1665; Robert, who m Rebecca Sparks, widow, Dover, 1 Dec 1692. Robert died in 1724 and had sons John and Henry.

Susan Boothby by 19 July 1810, m Jeremiah McKenney

Thomas and Solomon McKenney served in 1809 militia

Polly Coree b 1812, m Rufus McKenne

Polly Edgecomb b 1785, m Abner McKenney of Saco Valley

Mary Hasty m Dominicus McKenney, Saco Valley

Daniel Macginnis (later shown as McKinney) was living at Billerica, MA in 1679 later moved to the Saco Valley area)

Daniel McKinney, soldier, 1756, from Deerfield, MA, was wounded and died from wounds in Deerfield.

New Hampshire grantee of land in Fairfax, John McKenney, 18 August, Vol. 26, p149 (?), 1763

John Mackenna moved from Galway, Ireland, to Kittery Point in 1653 The Irish in America, O'Brien

WILLS & ADMINISTSRATIONS OF NORTHUMBERLAND CO., PA, Fisher:

- Mordecai McKinney was surety for David Thomas, 1804

- Letter granted to Abraham McKinney by Philip Borell, dec'd. 1811

- William McKinney, heir of Charles O'Hara, Milford Twp., Nov 20, 1789

- p. 309, Capt. Joseph Shere's Co., Lancaster Co. 1776; Sam Rutherford,

Henry McKinney, James McKinney, John McKinney, Matthew McKinney,

James Rutherford, John Rutherford. Also Henry McKinney, took oath

of allegiance 28 Jan 1778

- Orange Co., New York, death, Mary McKinney, age 26, b PA d 31 May 1893

- 1770 Tax assessment list, Dauphin Co., Henry McKinney 'who lives

near JamesÓ. Inmates, John McKinney, Matthew McKinney.

- PLUMSTEAD DIARY, Bucks Co. PA 1763. This concerned mostly Quakers

from Maryland, and who seemed to travel between PA and MD extensively.

. 2 Jan 1773, James McKinney's child (son), died

. Feb 11, 1774, son, born to James McKinney

Note: Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society, WCC, 555 West James Street, Lancaster, PA, printed inventory of 97 congregations. Church records are on microfilm and can be obtained on loan, or they will search if exact details are known. Inquire.

Butler Co., PA, Robert McKinney m Margaret Criswell, nd

Thompson McKinney and Rebecca Magee, nd

John McKinney, Catharine Black, nd

Sarah McKinney, Thomas C. Thomnpson, she b 24 June 1805

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. Thomas Lorraine McKinney of Maryland, b 21 March 1785, Hopewell,

Somerset Co, d 20 Feb 1859, NY. He was in charge of U.S. Indian

Affairs.

. Cain McKinnie and Mary Hiery were mar at Holy Trinity Church, Wilming-

ton, DE, bap dau Mary 11 March 1751. Witnesses: John and Jane

McKinney.

. Rhode Island Freeman, 1719, John Mackenney

. Eliza McKiney and Jonathan Diver, mar 7 Jan 1784, Anne Arundel Co. MD

. Williamsport PA records show Antje McKinney Dunham, wife of Nehemiah

Dunham, a minister, was said to be the granddaughter of Mordecai and

Mary McKinney and niece of Mordecai II. (dau of John and Susanna,

or William McKinney?)

. Massachusetts: Rev. Jonathan Scott's record of Marriages (1907 May-

Flower Descendants) gives: Thurs, ye 9 Nov 1786, this day after lawful

publishment, Mr. John McKenne and Miss Rebecca Lovett of ye town of

Yarmouth, were married.

. Gleanings from Maryland Newspapers: Alexander McKinney and wife,

Susannah Foster, had children Mary b 1750, Cecil Co., William b 26 Sep

1746, Sarah, b 3 Apr 1744.

. Alexander McKinney b 1756, Glasgow, Scotland, d 17 Oct 1827, wife, Mary.

Children - William who mar Jane Arn

. Andrew McKinney, wife, Martha, had son John b 8 Feb 1786, Philadelphia.

. Andrew McKinney b 1753 Ireland, d 12 Nov 1825, Schenectady NY (Rev.

War Veterans), had wife Mary Parker.

. Journal of American Ancestry, Vol. I, p 76, Pennsylvania Pensioners:

John McKinney, pensioned March 15, 1820, died June 10, 1833 (b

1748)

. More Names in Stone, Holdcraft: Maryland Burials. Frederick Co.,

Robert McKinney, 7 April 1793 - 29 July 1863, wife, Alley, 1793-1863.

FAMILY GROUPS

Taken from microfilm records in Tennessee State Archives (submitted

by Octavia Douglas), and contributed by Willa Sorenson.

DAVID MC KINNEY, son of William and Frances Piatt, mar Sarah Hender-

son and had children:

John b 1827

Frances, 1829, mar Oscar Ridgely

Nancy, 1831

Mary J., 1833

Hannah, 1835, mar Giles Hammat

Sarah C., 1837, mar John D. Sharpe

JOHN MC KINNEY

b 1760 Ireland, mar Mary Llwellyn and died in Centre Co. PA

Revolutionary War, rifle regiment, 1776. Issue:

Samuel, b 1787, mar Rachel McKinney 1817 (1799-1895)

Dau Margaret Ann, 1826, mar 1843, Joseph Chambers

Bruce Charles, b 1837, mar 1870, Louisa Ann Brandon. Son, Joseph

Chambers b Enterprise, PA m Lois Bacon

. Pennsylvania Archives: John McKinney, private under brother Capt. Walter

McKinney 1769. John and wife Catherine, settled at Church Hill.

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Catherine d October 1785. In 1814, John sold some land to John Wise,

and the deed in Chambersburg, PA shows John McKinney Sr. of Ruther-

ford Co. NC, Oct 1794.

Walter McKinney was ensign in 1777. Wife, Jane Rusk. Children:

Josiah, Robert, James, Adan, Mary (McMullen).

Josiah and wife Isabelle had children: Capt. Walter, John, James, Mary,

Elizabeth, Martha, Margaret, Isobel, Catherine, Ann.

. Alexander McKinney b Glasgow, Scotland, settled in Chambersburg

(now Franklin Co.). Will dated November 15, 1827, and he is buried in

St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg. He was 71 when he died. His wife Mary

was 52 (22 Sep 1828). Children: Ann McKinney Craig, dau, d 26 Apr

1871, age 71.

Barbara Jane McKinney d 1835, age 21

William, mar Jane Ann ?

. John McKinney, from Donegal IRE, arrived U.S. 1725, d after 1770, PA.

Children: John, mar Jean Cunningham

Matthew, lived Wilmington, DE

Mary, ca 1710, mar Captain Thomas Harris, d 1770

Henry, 1714, d 1777, mar Agnes Murdock

Joseph Robert, mar Jane McKinney

Sundry Church Records, Bucks Co., PA

. Annals of Buffalo Valley, Linn -- Some additional notes: Most of the settlers left the valley for the fort at Sunbury in 1756 after Penn's Creek massacre. p. 99: Lt. Mordecai McKinney of Muncy Township was mentioned in an incident at Derr's Trading Post, July 4, 1777. David McKinney was a committee man, August 1776. Mordecai was also mentioned ( p 111, 114, 117) in the trial of Robert Robb, and was paid 1lb. 2sh 6 pence by Mr. Clay for expenses of Col. Murray's battalion, Jan 1777.

In 1778, most Jersey people returned to Jersey from Lycoming Co because of the Wyoming Valley Massacre. Both Robert Covenhoven and Albert Polhemus died at Northumberland leaving seven small children -- some of whom went to Wm. Thompson and some to Elias Younkton to be raised as Presbyterians. David McKinney was a representative in the assembly in 1780; James McKinney was mentioned as a 'single man'. 1781 surveys show Jacob Kinney and James McKinney in Penn's Township, White Deer. 1784 gives Abrahm McKinney and Jacob Lamison in White Deer Township militia. David was an election inspector in 1782 and living across the Great Island on Indian land. In 1801, Abraham McKinney was county commissioner, and elected to Congress in 1806 and 1807. Abraham ran against James Laird for the Senate in 1808 and lost. Mordecai McKinney Jr. was Deputy Attorney General in 1818, and Jacob McKinney d 5 Feb 1861 (no age given).

. Robert McKenney, b 1814, Stetson, Maine, mar Nancy Hartwell. She married second, Sherburne McKenney, brother of Robert. Children: Olive H. 1842, Marcellus, 1849; Laura E., Ella F., George. Hartwells of America, p 15

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THE TWO WILLIAMS

Mrs. Annabel Rowe has furnished us with a research report that she has personally commissioned regarding New Jersey records applying to the two William McKinneys in the area. The bulk of the report contains material relating to pew rentals at the Lamington Church. The chronology is as follows:

1715, bap 25 Aug 1715, 1st Reformed Church, Raritan, son of Mordecai

Machkini, witnesses, Jacob Bodyn and wife.

1735, 10 Nov. Wiliam McKenny patron, Janeway account books, 20 Dec. William McKenney, son of Mordeca, patron, Janeway, Almanack charged to Mordica McKenny

1736, 9 Sep, Wm. McKenney, sundrys by Jacob Vroom, per note

2 Nov Wm. McKenny paid cash on account at Janeway 0.16.8

17 Dec, Wm. McKenney, 4-1/2 yds. Shalloone, 2 doz. buttons

24 Dec, Wm. McKenney, payment by Hannis Coopman as per note

1741, 10 Aug, Wm. McKenny, son to Mordica, 1 large flat file, etc.

13 Feb. Wm. McKenny, son to Mordica, 2 files, 0.8.0

1742, 2 June, Wm. McKenny, paid in full, 2.2.0

4 Mar, Wm. McKenny to A. Sommons, & serving before John Van Sickle

Esq. 0.2.4

4 Mar, John Richey, per assignment, 0.17.0

1749, 10 Nov, Lamington Presbyterian Church, sessions records, David

Carlile paid pew rent via Will McKeny

1750, 12 Sep, William McKeney, debtor to estate of John Henry, Bed-

Minster Twp., Somerset

1751, Wm. McKinney replaced as overseer of roads, possibly 1749. 1750,

Bridgewater Twp., Somerset, by Andris Ten Eyck

'weaver', Wm. McKenny, Lamington Pew rent list

1752, Will:m McKenney: W (weaver?), Lamington pew rent list

25 June, witness, will of Jacob Ten Eyck, Somerset

27 Dec., William McKenney named in accounting of estate of William

Logan, Hunterdon Co.

1753, 23/24 April, Andrew Johnson visited Wm. McKinney; Lamington pew

rent list

1754, 7 Nov., 40 ac. to be sold, North Branch, suitable for tavern, 'see

William McKinney who lives on premisesÓ, NJ Archives, newspaper ex-

tracts, Wm. McKenney, Lamington pew rents

1755, William Mckenney, pew rents; William McKenney, tavern, Lamington

pew rents

1756, William McKenney, weaver, pew rents

William McKenney, tavern keeper, Lamington pew rents

1757, ibid

1759, William McKiney, weaver, Lamington pew rents

7 Feb., William McKenny, Mendham, Morris Co, intestate estate

of Jacob Ford, principal creditor, administrator, Jonathan Freeman

of Woodbridge, fellow bondsman\

17 Nov, Mordecai McKinney will, written naming children of son

William.

1760, William McKenny, pew rents

5 Oct. baptism, Readington Ref. Church, Wllem, son of Willem and

Annatie McKinney

(the researcher should be aware that the names, Hannah and Anna were interchangeable, and in Dutch were seen as Annatie)

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Note: It would appear form these records that William b 1715, son of Mordecai, is the William that died intestate in Morris Co. William and Annetie (Hannah) had son William b 1760, which could account for the William b 1723, buried in Warren Co. 1777. It should be obvious that the 1723 William was a weaver -- the 1715 William son of Mordecai, was the tavern keeper.

1754, Mordecai McKinney possessed lot #64, Branchburg Twp. of which

123 and 4/10's acres were sold to John Dumont.

1751-1755, William McKinney was living on 40 acres at North Branch

1762-1765, Land in Sussex Co in possession of Daniel and Colin M'Kennie

to be sold at public venue

1773-74, Plantation in Lebanon Twp., 2129 acres being sold, Mordecai

McKinney living on same

1771-1780, Bondsman, William McKinney, estate of Thomas VanHorn,

Mansfield Twp., Sussex Co.

1786-1790, Witness, William McKinney, estate of Mary Purviance, Salem Co.

1777, 6 March, will of William McKeney, Greenidge Twp., Sussex, probated

naming male children John, William, James, David

1774, Docket of Jacob van Noorstrand, Bridgewater Twp., Somerset Co., 2

May 1774, Mordecai McKinney vs Peter Duman, Logrange, debt dif.

appeared and states he paid same to Dirck Morlatt one of the executors

of estate of William Mackinney and has receipt Genealogical Magazine

of New Jersey, Vol. 44, p40 (son of Mordecai McKinney)

Mrs. Rowe has furnished the photocopies of the Lamington Pew Rents, and they include basically the same information. From 1750 to 1757, the following names are included on the rents:

Jacob V. Dibeeers, Wm. Suthen, Wm. Hogland, Andrew McClane, William

Jones, Wm. Linn, John Adams, Benj. Archer, John Allen, Jacob Tenike, Tunis Posts, Jeremiah Bright, Will: McKeney (weaver), Peter Prince, Richard King, David Helin?, Archibald Morison, James Wood, Wilm. McKenney, W. James ?, John Bodin, John Micklevanfor, Thomas Vanhorn, Cornelius Skinnere, William Bay, Patrick Brown, John McCarty, John Smith, Wm. McCrea, Ralph Smith, Andrew Workman, John Burns, ? Carlile (Rob't)., Richard Porter, Peter Prine, Cornelius Bodoin, Richard Morrison, Robert White, Wm. Colwell, Jr., Daniel Wladrons, Robert Simonton, Jacob Vandervere, Jeams Graham, Bryon Leferty, Abner Lowrance, Hugh Sutton, Jeams and Joseph Lin, Andrew Lake, John Mucklevane, Robert Simson, John Herriot, Alexander Adams, James Adams, John McKilvainey, John Livingston, and a few others that are unreadable. Later dates show both William McKinney, Tavrin, and William McKenny, weaver. William McKinney is gone from the pew records from 1749 through 1754 (the innkeeper). Note: Spelling is shown exactly as given in the records.

In re-reading Mordecai's will in Genealogical History of Our Ancestors, it would seem that the William who died intestate, February, 1759 in Morris Co., could not have been the son of Mordecai. Mordecai's will was written in November 1759, and if the original was read correctly, states, 'Item, I will that my Lott of Land at the North Branch be rented out until the Youngest Son of my son William Comes to Age and the rent thereof Shall be to Support the Children of my said son William. And when the Youngest of my said son Williams Son shall arrive to the full Age of Twenty One Years, then the aforesaid Lot Shall be Sold, and Shall be equally Divided

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between my son Will and His Children Viz: Abraham, Ann, Mordecai, Mary, Share and share alikeÓ.

This, is not an indication that William had predeceased his father at the time the will was written. Combined with the information that we have on the two Williams in the Lamington Pew Rents, Mordecai's will, and William who died intestate in Morris Co., we may be dealing with THREE William McKinney families in adjacent areas!

Do any of our members have access to:

Inventory of TenEyck estate of Sussex Co.:?

Allegeny Co. Maryland History, giving the date of the Indian raid on

Mr. McKinney's property?

The Thomas Van Horn will which William is mentioned?

The will of Mary Purviance?

These items are of the utmost importance in identifying the two William McKinneys, and possibly the third.

NEW JERSEY COLONIAL DOCUMENTS, NEWSPAPER EXTRACTS, 1754, p438:

'To be sold, at North-Branch in New Jersey, 15 miles above Rariton Landing, on the main Road that leads from the thickest Farmers in those Parts, to the said Landing. A Lot of Ground of 40 acres, half of it very good Pastrue Ground, in English Grass, and in good Fence: The other Half well timber'd., whereon stands 2 good Dwelling-Houses, and a good Grist Mill, new rebuilt, will grind about 8 or 9 Bushels an Hour, and at all Times plenty of water: A very suitable place for a Tavern, or merchandizing, having a great Opportunity of buying Wheat, being on the main Road where great Part of the Wheat is carried that Goes to the said Landing. The Title is indisputable. Any Person inclining to buy, may apply to Joseph Forman, Merchant, in New-York, or to William M'Kinney, who lives on the Premises, for either the Whole or Half, on reasonable Terms . . ' The NY Gazette or the Weekly Post Boy, November 4, 1754.

We wish to commend Roxanne Carkuff, our researcher in Ringoes, NJ for a thorough project in gathering material of the two Williams. We look forward to her next communication.