Whew! Be still heart! I thought a monumental discovery had been made!! :-) --------------------- I should be more careful with my English. I was just referring to my personal line Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Skip Queen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [QUEEN] Re: Queen > Your first sentence catches my attention. Did you mean to say ALL Queens? > I descend from the WV Charles Queen Sr and I would be very interested if > he could be tied in to any line. > ----------------- > [email protected] wrote: > >>This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >>Classification: Query >> >>Message Board URL: >> >>http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3YBBAEB/519.2.1.1.1.1.1.1 >> >>Message Board Post: >> >> The Queen family tree in the USA can be traced by record and deed to >> William Queen b. abt 1720 in Maryland. Noted researcher/genealogist Myles >> Philbeck published a lengthy paper in The Bulletin of The Genealogical >> Society of Old Tyron County Volume XXV, August 1997, Number 3, pages >> 133-142 in which he expounded and explained his logical theory that >> William Queen was actually born William MacQueen. >> William MacQueen b. 8/18/1716 was the son of Timothy and Jane MacQueen >> and the brother of John MacQueen b. 10/9/1719, This is established in the >> Baptismal records of King Georges Parish, Prince Georges County, >> Maryland. >> There is absolutely no hard evidence as to the parentage of Timothy >> MacQueen. However, looking at his age and the listings of immigrants >> during that time period. The best and perhaps only possibility is John >> McQueen who was one of the "Covenanters" who sailed from Edinburgh and >> arrived in New Jersey in 1685. This is detailed in length in " The >> Covenanters and the Work of Rev. John Cuthbertson" and "The Early History >> of Perth Amboy" by William Whitehead published in 1856. >> The National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol XX, No 4, December 1932, >> pp 16-18 discusses this voyage and subsequent trial in length. >> Prior to the voyage, The Covenanters were held at Dunnottar Castle near >> Aberdeen and then in the Tolbooth at Leith. They protested their >> banishment and cruel treatment. It's quite a long and interesting tale. >> John McQueen, who must have been at least 20 years of age, based upon his >> arrest and subsequent actions, would have been born about 1660-65. If he >> had a son after his arrival, that son would have been born about 1670. >> That son would have had children about 1690-95, the probable date of >> Timothy MacQueens birth. Timothy named his second son John, hopefully >> after his grandfather. >> >>Remember that many Scots, after a few years, turned around and headed >>home. Maybe Timothy's father (William?) abandon the brood and sailed home >>or simply died. In either event we have no record. >> So, we are faced with several leaps of faith, although the passage of >> John MacQueen to the Colonies is well established. >> >> >>==== QUEEN Mailing List ==== >>Visit my homepage to view old Queen documents: >>http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ >>QUEEN YDNA PROJECT >>http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=X96855&special=True >>http://www.ysearch.org/ >> >>============================== >>Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >>ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >>http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >> >> >> > > -- > Skip Queen > Viruses? Spyware? > Not me! I use Linux!! > Linspire - The world's easiest desktop Linux! > > > ==== QUEEN Mailing List ==== > Visit my homepage: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/ > QUEEN YDNA PROJECT > http://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.asp?code=X96855&special=True > http://www.ysearch.org/ > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.4.0 - Release Date: 6/1/2005 > > -- Skip Queen Viruses? Spyware? Not me! I use Linux!! Linspire - The world's easiest desktop Linux!