Thank you Lauren. I know (from census records) that my John Keedy was born in MD. The only Keedy/Guthing/Gutting with a son at the age my John would have been before 1800 in Washington County was Ludwig. Hence my belief that he is the ancestor I am seeking. By 1798 Ludwig was in Fayette, PA and then by 1799 he was in Mason County Kentucky. John Joseph Keedy first shows up in Indiana prior to1810 at about the same time that Ludwig Keedy disappears from the Mason County Tax List. I suppose it is possible he returned to MD but I doubt it? Some folks believe he went to Bledsoe County Tennessee however I'm not sure about that. I think his son did. I'm checking further with Mason County Kentucky to see what I can learn. Hopefully Mason County has more records than what I found in Lexington last fall. Alice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lauren Brantner" <lrbrant@concentric.net> To: <MDWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [MDWASHIN] 3 questions-Keedy surname. > Alice, this is what is in my earliest resources: > > Maryland Herald > July 2, 1801 > also > Maryland Herald > April 7, 1802 > > George Adam Guthing is among those who had letters remaining at the > Hagerstown P.O. > > Hagerstown Gazette > June 13, 1809 > "Daniel Keedy and John Keedy, exec of David Furry, Wash co." > > From Distribution of Estate Accounts 1778-1835 > "FURRY, David. Adm. John Keedy, Daniel Keedy. 3/9/1824 Martin, Elizabeth > each $933.331/2; Mary Keedy, Elizabeth Hile (Hill) Magdalena Keedy, > Catherine's heirs, Barbara Bleecher, Nancy Neikirk, each $84.18. - there > were two more distributions. > > MILLER, Michael. Adm. Jacob, George Smith. Catherine Keedy is listed as > an heir and also John Geeting and wife. > 2/14/1833 > > WOLGAMOT, John. 9/26/1835. John. A. Keedy is both an administrator and an > heir to this estate. > > Lauren Brantner > > Alice Hawrilenko wrote: > >>Hi everyone! >>I've just returned from a research trip to both Hagerstown and Frederick. >>I'm researching Ludwig Keedy, the person I believe to be the father of >>John Joseph Keedy and my ggg grandfather. General Question: In Frederick I >>found an interesting land transaction noted in a 1944 letter where a tract >>of land was conveyed in 1764 from Henry Keedy to George Adam Geeting BUT >>the conveyance was signed not by Henry but by Ludwig Guthing. Under what >>circumstances would this type of transaction have taken place? Is it >>possible that the scribe entered Henry's name in error on the deed? >>Keedy Question: Mr. Guy Jones, in his article on George Adam Geeting >>theorizes that Henry Keedy may have been George Adam's older brother since >>no ship records can be found for George Adam. George Adam's children >>stated that their father left Germany at age 18. I know that Ludwig >>arrived here at age 15 and I have seen some family histories that show >>George Adam as Ludwig's brother. Has any more new information been >>unearthed on this family line that anyone is aware of? Am I correct in >>understanding that Johann Joseph was Ludwig's father and that he died >>onboard ship? Is it correct that Johann Heinrich married Joseph's widow? >>Do I understand correctly that Johann Ludwig had an uncle, a cousin and a >>brother all named Johann Heinrich? >>Whew! Any thoughts appreciated. >>Alice >> >>==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== >>Can't find it in Washington County...Try Frederick County at: >>http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/MD/frederick/ >> >>============================== >>Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 million names in >>Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> >> >>. >> >> > > > > ==== MDWASHIN Mailing List ==== > Keep informed of the latest news and new databases, webpages and mailing > lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review. To > subscribe, start here: http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search our Immigration Records and view names from multiple ports > ranging from 1500s - 1900s. Over 23 million records to view. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13967/rd.ashx >