Still researching McKee's from Kortright -- Many thanks, Rene, for helping Joyce with the load of work -- thanks of course to Joyce for building and keeping up the web site -- also thanks to Patty Gaddis for her work with records from Gilchrist Memorial Presbyterian -- baptism records gave me the thrill of finding out about my great great uncle James Harvey McKee. who wrote the book Back in War Times, A Civil War Record of the 144th Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry. I hope to put together a narrative of his life and that of my great grandfather, who was the headmaster of Marissa Academy, pictured on the Marissa, Illinois historical/ genealogical web site. Florence Kemp Columbus, Ohio, area October 16, 2006

Florence, I don't remember if we've corresponded before or not. I also have McKee's. My Adam Gaddis married Catherine McKee. I have always wondered if they came over with her family. I know nothing of Catherine except backing into her birth year of 1777 and that she was from County Down, Ireland from a bio of one of her sons. Please keep me in mind when doing your McKee research. Thank you for the thanks on the Gilchrist Memorial records, but you really should thank Linda Ogborn for transcribing them all. All I did was borrow the books from the woman at the church and bring them to Linda since I was only there for the weekend. Linda spent the many hours it took transcribing them. The photos of the church on the website were provided by me from that trip. Good luck with your narrative of James Harvey McKee. Patty At 03:34 PM 10/16/2006, you wrote: >Still researching McKee's from Kortright -- Many thanks, Rene, for >helping Joyce with the load of work -- thanks of course to Joyce for >building and keeping up the web site -- >also thanks to Patty Gaddis for her work with records from Gilchrist >Memorial Presbyterian -- baptism records gave me the thrill of >finding out about my great great uncle James Harvey McKee. who wrote >the book Back in War Times, A Civil War Record of the 144th Regiment >New York Volunteer Infantry. I hope to put together a narrative of >his life and that of my great grandfather, who was the headmaster of >Marissa Academy, pictured on the Marissa, Illinois historical/ >genealogical web site. > >Florence Kemp >Columbus, Ohio, area >October 16, 2006

Patty, you are exactly right that I should thank Linda Ogburn. She provided me with some great information that I have saved but not really followed through on yet. My earliest known McKee is James, listed on our web site as buried in Gilchrist Cemetery, Route #33 at age 77 in 1884, which would have made him born c. 1807. I have a will of a William McKee of Harpersfield which shows he died 1799 or 1800 and could have been the grandfather of my James who was born in 1807, but this is only speculation, of course. The names of this William's children fit with the later family -- William, James, Maryann, John -- but they were of course very common Scotch-Irish names. Also interesting to speculate about is the possibile relationship to the McKee family who were murdered by the Indians (Gould, etc., history books on dcny site), i am told in 1779. Only daughter Anne survived the attack, but father (no first name known) was away in Schoharie and could have been the William McKee of Harpersfield whose will I have, if he stayed and produced another family. I also have the Inventory of William's estate, dated March 19, 1800. It lists two books, two small books, and three writing books, which could be a clue, since my known McKee's were clergy/educators. Would the two books, two small books and three writing books found among Williams's "chattels" in 1800 be a predictor of a significant pursuit of education three generations later? There is a William McKee of Harpersfield listed as a qualified juror in 1798, occupation yeoman; and a William Makee (this spelling also seen on signatures on inventory for estate) signing as witness to a sale of land on July 8, 1799. Probably the best solution to these puzzles is to become a historic novelist and just fictionalize it -- just kidding... Flo Kemp Begin forwarded message: > From: Patty Gaddis <geneamom@comcast.net> > Date: October 16, 2006 8:48:31 PM EDT > To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NYDELAWA] McKee (McKey, Mackey?) > Reply-To: nydelawa@rootsweb.com > > Florence, > > I don't remember if we've corresponded before or not. I also have > McKee's. My Adam Gaddis married Catherine McKee. I have always > wondered > if they came over with her family. I know nothing of Catherine except > backing into her birth year of 1777 and that she was from County Down, > Ireland from a bio of one of her sons. Please keep me in mind when > doing > your McKee research. > > Thank you for the thanks on the Gilchrist Memorial records, but you > really > should thank Linda Ogborn for transcribing them all. All I did was > borrow > the books from the woman at the church and bring them to Linda > since I was > only there for the weekend. Linda spent the many hours it took > transcribing them. The photos of the church on the website were > provided > by me from that trip. > > Good luck with your narrative of James Harvey McKee. > > Patty > > At 03:34 PM 10/16/2006, you wrote: >> Still researching McKee's from Kortright -- Many thanks, Rene, for >> helping Joyce with the load of work -- thanks of course to Joyce for >> building and keeping up the web site -- >> also thanks to Patty Gaddis for her work with records from Gilchrist >> Memorial Presbyterian -- baptism records gave me the thrill of >> finding out about my great great uncle James Harvey McKee. who wrote >> the book Back in War Times, A Civil War Record of the 144th Regiment >> New York Volunteer Infantry. I hope to put together a narrative of >> his life and that of my great grandfather, who was the headmaster of >> Marissa Academy, pictured on the Marissa, Illinois historical/ >> genealogical web site. >> >> Florence Kemp >> Columbus, Ohio, area >> October 16, 2006 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYDELAWA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message