"Province of North Carolina 1663-1729 Abstracts of Land Patents" by Margaret M. Hofmann 1366 pg 344 JOHN MACKEY 13 Dec 1716 300 acres in Bath County in the fork of South River, joining the main branch of ye sd. River, ye mouth of a creek, a point if a marsh and ye head of another creek 1400 pg 354 JOHN MACKEY 19 May 1713 60 Acres on the S. side of Neuse River on ye head of Gattlins Creek joining his own corner, a little creek, the Indian landing, ye Swamp, and the creek 1407 pg 356 Roger Hill 9 Sep 1716 340 acres on ye West side of South River joining Richard Hill, ye N. side of South West creek, JOHN MACKEY, his own land and his father's land. It would appear that these properties are in present day Carteret County. This date is earlier than what I have seen for John MacKey of Ireland who came at some point to Rowan Co, NC and who married Ann Alexander Could this be the same man? Any ideas? Audrey