At 08:39 PM 11/15/2004 -0500, you wrote: >I leafed through the handwritten Cost Family genealogy last week. In it it >mentions a Henry Keedy. According to the person who wrote this genealogy >this Henry lost his father on the trip from Germany and was raised by a >family named Rohrer. At first I thought this to be an error and then >realized that he would possibly be the younger brother of Johann Ludwig >Gutting. Today in going through some Kentucky research I came across a >Jonathan Keedy who was part of a Rorer household. It gave his birth year >as 1799 in Kentucky. Is anyone familiar with research on this Henry Keedy? >Has anyone else come across this connection? >Alice Alice according to family tradition, as published in Scharf's History of Western MD. Supposedly Henry Keedy's father died on the way over from Germany, Now there is no hard evidence per se, but there is some collaborating evidence in German Church records from the area of Siegen. What it appears is that a Johann (Joes) GUDING married Anna Maria Hener and were the parents of: Johann Ludwick (b. 5 Dec 1737 Niedershelden) Anna Catharine b. 9 Feb 1740, Johann Henrich (Henry) b. 16 Dec 1741, and Anna Gestrand b. 7 Jan 1746. It is believed that they came over with or close to that of Joes cousin Johann Henrich GUDING. father of Adam Guding/Keedy b. 23 Jan 1757. It is though that Johann Henrich (son of Johann Ebert) married the widow of his cousin Joes. (Anna Maria Hener). The other know member of the family that came over were George Adam Geeting/Keedy who was a brother to Johannes Hernrich of John Ebert. Johann Ludwick married Catharine Welty and by 1805 were in Mason Co., KY I am not sure who Jonathan is, the same as Jonathan b ca. 1800 found in 1850 census of Logan Co. KY. He may be a son of Johann Ludwick To add complication to this mess there is also a Jasper/Gasper/Casper KEEDY/GUDING living in Rockbridge Co., VA in the late 1700s, Ihave a copy of the marriage bond he signed for his daughter. and I do not know where he fits in... KEEDY is a english spelling for GU(umlat)DING or GU(umlat)TTING and hence also was spelled GEETING as well as KEEDY. There are a couple of documents where the clerk spelled the name KEEDY but it signed in German as GU(umlat)DING..

Thank you Lee, I guess my confusion lies in the fact that a Johann Heinrich did sign the ship's register which would indicate to me that he was an adult whereas Johann Ludwig, according to the church records would have been 14 or 15 at the time. Ludwig's brother Heinrich would have been about 10 years old. That would have been too young to sign, wouldn't it? Well, perhaps if I can get to Maysville, KY I may find more information which will help with this. I think now I should also pursue the Keedy-Rohrer connection. a bit if possible. Thanks again, Alice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee" <leeg@erols.com> To: <MDWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 2:34 AM Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] Keedy-Rohrer Connection > At 08:39 PM 11/15/2004 -0500, you wrote: >>I leafed through the handwritten Cost Family genealogy last week. In it it >>mentions a Henry Keedy. According to the person who wrote this genealogy >>this Henry lost his father on the trip from Germany and was raised by a >>family named Rohrer. At first I thought this to be an error and then >>realized that he would possibly be the younger brother of Johann Ludwig >>Gutting. Today in going through some Kentucky research I came across a >>Jonathan Keedy who was part of a Rorer household. It gave his birth year >>as 1799 in Kentucky. Is anyone familiar with research on this Henry Keedy? >>Has anyone else come across this connection? >>Alice > > Alice according to family tradition, as published in Scharf's History of > Western MD. Supposedly Henry Keedy's father died on the way over from > Germany, Now there is no hard evidence per se, but there is some > collaborating evidence in German Church records from the area of Siegen. > What it appears is that a Johann (Joes) GUDING married Anna Maria Hener > and were the parents of: Johann Ludwick (b. 5 Dec 1737 Niedershelden) Anna > Catharine b. 9 Feb 1740, Johann Henrich (Henry) b. 16 Dec 1741, and Anna > Gestrand b. 7 Jan 1746. > > It is believed that they came over with or close to that of Joes cousin > Johann Henrich GUDING. father of Adam Guding/Keedy b. 23 Jan 1757. It is > though that Johann Henrich (son of Johann Ebert) married the widow of his > cousin Joes. (Anna Maria Hener). > > The other know member of the family that came over were George Adam > Geeting/Keedy who was a brother to Johannes Hernrich of John Ebert. > > Johann Ludwick married Catharine Welty and by 1805 were in Mason Co., KY > I am not sure who Jonathan is, the same as Jonathan b ca. 1800 found in > 1850 census of Logan Co. KY. > He may be a son of Johann Ludwick > > To add complication to this mess there is also a Jasper/Gasper/Casper > KEEDY/GUDING living in Rockbridge Co., VA in the late 1700s, Ihave a copy > of the marriage bond he signed for his daughter. and I do not know where > he fits in... > > KEEDY is a english spelling for GU(umlat)DING or GU(umlat)TTING and hence > also was spelled GEETING as well as KEEDY. > There are a couple of documents where the clerk spelled the name KEEDY but > it signed in German as GU(umlat)DING.. > > > > > > > > > > ==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== > NO FLAMING ALLOWED HERE! Only friendly chat allowed...Thanks! > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >