Tom nothing surprises me about Harkeys. Martin first appears in Mecklenburg Co. NC when he bought land in 1769. This is the one married to Catherine Barringer. She was not from the same Barringers as John P. Mathias etc. at least not that I can find. Let us call this Martin 1744 the year we think he was born . He had a son Martin 1771 who married Christine Mensinger. Martin 1771 had a son Martin 1813 who married Polly Cress Martin 1744 had a son John who had Martin 1789 who married Catherine Condor. David Harkey son of Martin 1744 had a son Martin 1816 who married Polly Barnhart. With so many Martins it is always confusing. This very old information is hard to sort out. Thanks for keeping at it. Mary Russell ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: TCozz57795 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, March 01, 1998 3:13 PM Subject: Martin Harkey the elder and der junge >Mary: I hope you are sitting down when u read this. >Your Martin Harkey is not in the book. There is a profile of Martin >Harkey, b. 1771, probably the son of John Harkey, Jr. He married in >Cabarrus Co. in 1794 to Christina Mensiger, b. Pa. 1775. This appears to >be the earliest harkey mentioned in the book other than old John. >Your Martin was in Meck. as he served on Jury duty for Meck. co. Court of >Common Pleas and Quarter Session in April, 1784. That could not be the >Martin above b. 1771, so must be your Martin. > In that same court in Sept. 1785 session thre is: "Ordered that Martin >Harkee be appointed overseer of the road instead of Christoher Hallocker, >to open the old road to Rowan line where the Road crosses the old ford on >Rocky River" that would give you an idea of the area where he lived. That >area became Cabarrus co. in 1792. I would assume his will or probate >records are in Cabarrus Co. Meck. Co. marriage records were lost from 1763 >- 1783, so if he and Catherine were married in Meck, there would not be a >record of it. > In Oct Session 1787: "Ordered that Paul Furrow be appointed Overseer in >the room of Martin Harkey on the Charleston Road from the Rowan line to the >Ford of Rocky River. > There is also a deed from Martin Harkey to John Harkey for 165 acres dated >4 Feb 1794. This could have been the younger Martin Harkey but i doubt it. > It appears that Martin still owned prop. in Meck 2 years after Cabarrus >Co. was formed. I wonder if John Harkey was his brother? > As far as Catherine Barringer, the book only follow one descendant of >Wilhelm Barringer, native of Germany (lived near the Franconian Alps. >Their son John Paul Barringer came to America with other Barringers but the >author only follows John Paul, who was born in 1721 at the foot of the >Franconian Alps. He had brothers Hans George Henry Barringer and Matthias >Barringer. The author was of the opinion that they came to American also >settling near the Rowan Co. line in an area which later became Union Co. >He does not follow that line. (sounds like that may be yours). After >checking in the old records I have, there was a Matthias and George both in >the county early, so I presume all three brothers came to this area. >I don't have any information. According to the book, John Paul Barringer >was the first of the family to come to America. He sent for the old >parents and brothers & sisters to come. The parents and Matthias came in >1748 but the old parents died on board ship and Matthias was the only one >that was listed as arriving. The other brother may have come at a >different time. > I'm so sorry, yours were not in the book. I thought they might be. I'm >afraid I can't find anything else that could help you, but I would suggest >you check with Cabarrus Co. NC records. They might have wills, etc. Of >course, that won't help you with marriage records. Martin probably >married Catherine in Meck. Co., but since there are no records until much >later, I don't know how you would ever know. Sorry, Linda > >Mary Russell: So which Martin Harkey married Catherine Conder in 1792? >"Water simply flows around obstacles it encounters." >Tom >