Hi Marsha, Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. Unfortunately I won't be able to go to the Newberry homecoming. I'm in California and I'm trying to rebuild my vacation balance at work after having taken a lot of time off the last couple years. I have to correct a mistake I made in my previous e-mail. It looks like Nehemiah Thomas was Sarah's brother, not her father. Currently I have a copy of Ruby Mundell Barry's book The McKinsey's: Descendents of George W. Mckinsey and his wife Sarah Thomas-Mckinsey of Newberry County, South Caorlina and Warren County, Ohio and the migrations of their children into Indiana." What a mouthful. This is a self published bok and I "lucked" into a copy. Since a copy was provided to me at cost I'm thinking of making copies for others and providing them at cost. I also have a copies of histories for Clinton, Boone, and Montgomery Counties in Indiana. I still need to get the Annals of Newberry and find a history of Frederick County Virginia. So far everything I have found in the books and on the web indicates that George and his children were closely tied to the Quaker families where they lived, married into those families, and followed the same migratory through the U.S.. While I don't have proof that it's the same George Mckinsey/McKenzie, I have found a copy of a baptism record from April, 1752 at Inverarity and Methy Parish, Scotland for a George McKenzie, son of John McKenzie. And I have a note somewhere that I was sent saying that someone had found a record of a John Mckenzie living in Virginia at about the same time as George was moving into South Carolina. In the Mundell-Barry book there's an undocumented reference to George and his parents coming to America in 1753. Oh, I almost forgot, my connection to George and Sarah is through their son Mordecai and his wife Catherine Reagan. Here's a summary of my lineage: George W. McKinsey and Sara Thomas Mordecai Mckinsey and Catherine Reagan George W. Mckinsey and Hester Ann Leach Jasper Okane Mckinsey/McKenzie (spelling change around the Civil War) and Martha Caroline Gentry George Reagan Mckenzie and Mary Colista Wiswell Homer Dan Mckenzie and Elizabeth Czoberek Rosemary Mckenzie and Lawrence Locken Bruce Locken One of my Uncles is George Reagan McKenzie as is his son and grandson. I have to go, I'm at work right now. Hope to hear from you soon. Bruce Locken California -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of marsha moses Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] SC- Bush River Quakers Mckinsey-Thomas Oh, my gosh, Bruce, your timing is amazing. I am leaving this Thursday to attend the homecoming for these families in Newberry County! If you are close enough to come, please join us! I would LOVE to spend time talking and exchanging information! Wow! there is too much to talk about....but let me start! I believe that Sarah Thomas McKinsey is buried in the cemetery that adjoined the Bush River Monthly Meeting. That is one of my biggest goals on this trip....to talk to the "experts" who have written the book on the cemetery (who are going to be there) to see what there opinion is on this theory. And to see if the stone that I believe is hers still lies in the place that I believe it should lie. My gut feeling about Sarah (EXTREMELY iffy....definitely not proven...) is that she descends from the Quaker Thomas family that we find at Hopewell MM in the early to mid 1700's. And again, I will share why I believe this to be true when I have more time. I do think that the family was Quaker at one time, but Sarah did not raise her children Quaker as one of her children's spouses is dis mou in Ohio at the marriage. If George had ever been Quaker, he wasn't after the death of Sarah about 1809 before the family moved to Ohio. However, some of his children intermarried with Quaker families in the Newberry area and the whole family moved to Ohio with the mass exodus of the Quaker families out of the south in the first decade of the 1800's. Sarah's sister-in-law or aunt, Abigail Thomas, remained close to George's family in Ohio and left a will that named Sarah and George's children as the heirs. Abigail remained Quaker throughout her life....thus reinforcing my thought that Sarah's Thomas family had been Quaker. I have never found a marriage for George and Sarah. I think that the date of marriage has been circulated by using dates of births of older children. I descend from their son Nehemiah who married Catherine Elliott in Ohio. THe only piece of information that I question in your below information is Sarah's father. Hmmmmm.....I am stumped right now on her father. I have looked at Edward Thomas as a possible father a WHOLE lot....just don't know yet. There are a lot of Nehemiah Thomas's....but the one who is Abigail's husband and would seem to be likely leaves a will when he dies....it is very evident that he is childless as he leaves most of his bequests to nephews and nieces. I am VERY interested in your information that George moved to SC from Frederick County, Virginia! My gut feeling is that is where the Thomas family came from as well. Can't wait to hear back from you! Marsha Moses in WV sbgorilla wrote: >Hello, >I'm looking for information about my 5-G grandfather George W. >Mckinsey/McKenzie and his wife Sarah Thomas-Mckinsey. I know that George >bought land near Newberry in 1773 and married Sarah Thomas about 1780 to >1784 in or near Newberry. I've heard but haven't confirmed that she was a >Quaker and he wasn't. A couple other family's they were close to were the >Spray's, Elmore's, Weeks, Elliot's, and Ham's. Also I believe that Sarah's >father was Nehemiah Thomas. Also I believe that George came through >Frederick County, Virginia on his way to South Carolina. Please let me know >if you have any information about the marriage of George and Sarah or if you >have any information about him coming from Virginia. >Thank you, >Bruce > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There is a tombstone in the Bush River Cemetery engraved NEMIAH (not Nehemiah) Thomas born 1740 died 1790. I've often wondered if this was a alternate spelling, the preferred spelling, or a typo by the engraver. I've never seen the Nemiah spelling used when people are discussion the family. What do folks think? JudyR ----- Original Message ----- From: "sbgorilla" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:09 PM Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] SC- Bush River Quakers Mckinsey-Thomas > Hi Marsha, > Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. Unfortunately I won't be able to > go to the Newberry homecoming. I'm in California and I'm trying to rebuild > my vacation balance at work after having taken a lot of time off the last > couple years. I have to correct a mistake I made in my previous e-mail. It > looks like Nehemiah Thomas was Sarah's brother, not her father. > > Currently I have a copy of Ruby Mundell Barry's book The McKinsey's: > Descendents of George W. Mckinsey and his wife Sarah Thomas-Mckinsey of > Newberry County, South Caorlina and Warren County, Ohio and the migrations > of their children into Indiana." What a mouthful. This is a self published > bok and I "lucked" into a copy. Since a copy was provided to me at cost > I'm > thinking of making copies for others and providing them at cost. I also > have > a copies of histories for Clinton, Boone, and Montgomery Counties in > Indiana. I still need to get the Annals of Newberry and find a history of > Frederick County Virginia. So far everything I have found in the books and > on the web indicates that George and his children were closely tied to the > Quaker families where they lived, married into those families, and > followed > the same migratory through the U.S.. > > While I don't have proof that it's the same George Mckinsey/McKenzie, I > have > found a copy of a baptism record from April, 1752 at Inverarity and Methy > Parish, Scotland for a George McKenzie, son of John McKenzie. And I have a > note somewhere that I was sent saying that someone had found a record of a > John Mckenzie living in Virginia at about the same time as George was > moving > into South Carolina. In the Mundell-Barry book there's an undocumented > reference to George and his parents coming to America in 1753. > > Oh, I almost forgot, my connection to George and Sarah is through their > son > Mordecai and his wife Catherine Reagan. Here's a summary of my lineage: > > > George W. McKinsey and Sara Thomas > > Mordecai Mckinsey and Catherine Reagan > > George W. Mckinsey and Hester Ann Leach > > Jasper Okane Mckinsey/McKenzie (spelling change around the Civil War) and > Martha Caroline Gentry > > George Reagan Mckenzie and Mary Colista Wiswell > > Homer Dan Mckenzie and Elizabeth Czoberek > > Rosemary Mckenzie and Lawrence Locken > > Bruce Locken > > One of my Uncles is George Reagan McKenzie as is his son and grandson. > > I have to go, I'm at work right now. Hope to hear from you soon. > > Bruce Locken > California > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of marsha > moses > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] SC- Bush River Quakers Mckinsey-Thomas > > > Oh, my gosh, Bruce, your timing is amazing. I am leaving this Thursday > to attend the homecoming for these families in Newberry County! If you > are close enough to come, please join us! I would LOVE to spend time > talking and exchanging information! Wow! there is too much to talk > about....but let me start! > > I believe that Sarah Thomas McKinsey is buried in the cemetery that > adjoined the Bush River Monthly Meeting. That is one of my biggest > goals on this trip....to talk to the "experts" who have written the book > on the cemetery (who are going to be there) to see what there opinion is > on this theory. And to see if the stone that I believe is hers still > lies in the place that I believe it should lie. > > My gut feeling about Sarah (EXTREMELY iffy....definitely not proven...) > is that she descends from the Quaker Thomas family that we find at > Hopewell MM in the early to mid 1700's. And again, I will share why I > believe this to be true when I have more time. I do think that the > family was Quaker at one time, but Sarah did not raise her children > Quaker as one of her children's spouses is dis mou in Ohio at the > marriage. If George had ever been Quaker, he wasn't after the death of > Sarah about 1809 before the family moved to Ohio. However, some of his > children intermarried with Quaker families in the Newberry area and the > whole family moved to Ohio with the mass exodus of the Quaker families > out of the south in the first decade of the 1800's. Sarah's > sister-in-law or aunt, Abigail Thomas, remained close to George's family > in Ohio and left a will that named Sarah and George's children as the > heirs. Abigail remained Quaker throughout her life....thus reinforcing > my thought that Sarah's Thomas family had been Quaker. > > I have never found a marriage for George and Sarah. I think that the > date of marriage has been circulated by using dates of births of older > children. I descend from their son Nehemiah who married Catherine > Elliott in Ohio. > > THe only piece of information that I question in your below information > is Sarah's father. Hmmmmm.....I am stumped right now on her father. I > have looked at Edward Thomas as a possible father a WHOLE lot....just > don't know yet. There are a lot of Nehemiah Thomas's....but the one who > is Abigail's husband and would seem to be likely leaves a will when he > dies....it is very evident that he is childless as he leaves most of his > bequests to nephews and nieces. > > I am VERY interested in your information that George moved to SC from > Frederick County, Virginia! My gut feeling is that is where the Thomas > family came from as well. > > Can't wait to hear back from you! Marsha Moses in WV > > sbgorilla wrote: > >>Hello, >>I'm looking for information about my 5-G grandfather George W. >>Mckinsey/McKenzie and his wife Sarah Thomas-Mckinsey. I know that George >>bought land near Newberry in 1773 and married Sarah Thomas about 1780 to >>1784 in or near Newberry. I've heard but haven't confirmed that she was a >>Quaker and he wasn't. A couple other family's they were close to were the >>Spray's, Elmore's, Weeks, Elliot's, and Ham's. Also I believe that Sarah's >>father was Nehemiah Thomas. Also I believe that George came through >>Frederick County, Virginia on his way to South Carolina. Please let me >>know >>if you have any information about the marriage of George and Sarah or if > you >>have any information about him coming from Virginia. >>Thank you, >>Bruce >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1430 - Release Date: > 5/13/2008 7:31 AM > >

I think that it is the right man. I am bringing all of my files and piles with me to the homecoming and I'll look to see what the date on Nehemiah's death is. But I am thinking that that should be about the right time period. I don't pay a lot of attention to spelling in the 1700's. I don't think that they paid much attention either. I hope to take some photos and do some figuring while we are in Newberry. I do have the book, but being there in person makes it make more sense to me. Marsha Judith F. Russell wrote: >There is a tombstone in the Bush River Cemetery engraved NEMIAH (not >Nehemiah) Thomas born 1740 died 1790. I've often wondered if this was a >alternate spelling, the preferred spelling, or a typo by the engraver. > >I've never seen the Nemiah spelling used when people are discussion the >family. What do folks think? > >JudyR >----- Original Message ----- >From: "sbgorilla" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 1:09 PM >Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] SC- Bush River Quakers Mckinsey-Thomas > > > > >>Hi Marsha, >>Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. Unfortunately I won't be able to >>go to the Newberry homecoming. I'm in California and I'm trying to rebuild >>my vacation balance at work after having taken a lot of time off the last >>couple years. I have to correct a mistake I made in my previous e-mail. It >>looks like Nehemiah Thomas was Sarah's brother, not her father. >> >>Currently I have a copy of Ruby Mundell Barry's book The McKinsey's: >>Descendents of George W. Mckinsey and his wife Sarah Thomas-Mckinsey of >>Newberry County, South Caorlina and Warren County, Ohio and the migrations >>of their children into Indiana." What a mouthful. This is a self published >>bok and I "lucked" into a copy. Since a copy was provided to me at cost >>I'm >>thinking of making copies for others and providing them at cost. I also >>have >>a copies of histories for Clinton, Boone, and Montgomery Counties in >>Indiana. I still need to get the Annals of Newberry and find a history of >>Frederick County Virginia. So far everything I have found in the books and >>on the web indicates that George and his children were closely tied to the >>Quaker families where they lived, married into those families, and >>followed >>the same migratory through the U.S.. >> >>While I don't have proof that it's the same George Mckinsey/McKenzie, I >>have >>found a copy of a baptism record from April, 1752 at Inverarity and Methy >>Parish, Scotland for a George McKenzie, son of John McKenzie. And I have a >>note somewhere that I was sent saying that someone had found a record of a >>John Mckenzie living in Virginia at about the same time as George was >>moving >>into South Carolina. In the Mundell-Barry book there's an undocumented >>reference to George and his parents coming to America in 1753. >> >>Oh, I almost forgot, my connection to George and Sarah is through their >>son >>Mordecai and his wife Catherine Reagan. Here's a summary of my lineage: >> >> >>George W. McKinsey and Sara Thomas >> >>Mordecai Mckinsey and Catherine Reagan >> >>George W. Mckinsey and Hester Ann Leach >> >>Jasper Okane Mckinsey/McKenzie (spelling change around the Civil War) and >>Martha Caroline Gentry >> >>George Reagan Mckenzie and Mary Colista Wiswell >> >>Homer Dan Mckenzie and Elizabeth Czoberek >> >>Rosemary Mckenzie and Lawrence Locken >> >>Bruce Locken >> >>One of my Uncles is George Reagan McKenzie as is his son and grandson. >> >>I have to go, I'm at work right now. Hope to hear from you soon. >> >>Bruce Locken >>California >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] >>[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of marsha >>moses >>Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:48 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] SC- Bush River Quakers Mckinsey-Thomas >> >> >>Oh, my gosh, Bruce, your timing is amazing. I am leaving this Thursday >>to attend the homecoming for these families in Newberry County! If you >>are close enough to come, please join us! I would LOVE to spend time >>talking and exchanging information! Wow! there is too much to talk >>about....but let me start! >> >>I believe that Sarah Thomas McKinsey is buried in the cemetery that >>adjoined the Bush River Monthly Meeting. That is one of my biggest >>goals on this trip....to talk to the "experts" who have written the book >>on the cemetery (who are going to be there) to see what there opinion is >>on this theory. And to see if the stone that I believe is hers still >>lies in the place that I believe it should lie. >> >>My gut feeling about Sarah (EXTREMELY iffy....definitely not proven...) >>is that she descends from the Quaker Thomas family that we find at >>Hopewell MM in the early to mid 1700's. And again, I will share why I >>believe this to be true when I have more time. I do think that the >>family was Quaker at one time, but Sarah did not raise her children >>Quaker as one of her children's spouses is dis mou in Ohio at the >>marriage. If George had ever been Quaker, he wasn't after the death of >>Sarah about 1809 before the family moved to Ohio. However, some of his >>children intermarried with Quaker families in the Newberry area and the >>whole family moved to Ohio with the mass exodus of the Quaker families >>out of the south in the first decade of the 1800's. Sarah's >>sister-in-law or aunt, Abigail Thomas, remained close to George's family >>in Ohio and left a will that named Sarah and George's children as the >>heirs. Abigail remained Quaker throughout her life....thus reinforcing >>my thought that Sarah's Thomas family had been Quaker. >> >>I have never found a marriage for George and Sarah. I think that the >>date of marriage has been circulated by using dates of births of older >>children. I descend from their son Nehemiah who married Catherine >>Elliott in Ohio. >> >>THe only piece of information that I question in your below information >>is Sarah's father. Hmmmmm.....I am stumped right now on her father. I >>have looked at Edward Thomas as a possible father a WHOLE lot....just >>don't know yet. There are a lot of Nehemiah Thomas's....but the one who >>is Abigail's husband and would seem to be likely leaves a will when he >>dies....it is very evident that he is childless as he leaves most of his >>bequests to nephews and nieces. >> >>I am VERY interested in your information that George moved to SC from >>Frederick County, Virginia! My gut feeling is that is where the Thomas >>family came from as well. >> >>Can't wait to hear back from you! Marsha Moses in WV >> >>sbgorilla wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hello, >>>I'm looking for information about my 5-G grandfather George W. >>>Mckinsey/McKenzie and his wife Sarah Thomas-Mckinsey. I know that George >>>bought land near Newberry in 1773 and married Sarah Thomas about 1780 to >>>1784 in or near Newberry. I've heard but haven't confirmed that she was a >>>Quaker and he wasn't. A couple other family's they were close to were the >>>Spray's, Elmore's, Weeks, Elliot's, and Ham's. Also I believe that Sarah's >>>father was Nehemiah Thomas. Also I believe that George came through >>>Frederick County, Virginia on his way to South Carolina. Please let me >>>know >>>if you have any information about the marriage of George and Sarah or if >>> >>> >>you >> >> >>>have any information about him coming from Virginia. >>>Thank you, >>>Bruce >>> >>> >>>------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> >>> >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >>without >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >>without >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >>without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG. >>Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.16/1430 - Release Date: >>5/13/2008 7:31 AM >> >> >> >> > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

I am going back through my information and etc related to our Bush River Homecoming. Judith was nice enough to have sent the following to me. I made a copy of the will of Nehemiah Thomas on Friday morning of the Reunion weekend. And lo and behold, as I pull it out to review it, I find that the Nehemiah who made the will that mentions my Sarah, George, and Nehemiah McKinsey is not signed until 1796. The 50 year old Nehemiah Thomas who has the tombstone in the Bush River cemetery is NOT the Nehemiah Thomas who wrote the will. So unless there is a crazy mistake of some sort, there were two Nehemiah Thomas's in Newberry in the mid to late 1700's. Anyone have any clarifications for me on this? Marsha Moses Judith F. Russell wrote: >There is a tombstone in the Bush River Cemetery engraved NEMIAH (not >Nehemiah) Thomas born 1740 died 1790. I've often wondered if this was a >alternate spelling, the preferred spelling, or a typo by the engraver. > >I've never seen the Nemiah spelling used when people are discussion the >family. What do folks think? > > > > > >

Well, I'll try to keep you in the loop...and I'll try to send you a few photos while I am there. The rest of my comments I'll make interspersed with the below: sbgorilla wrote: >Hi Marsha, >..... I have to correct a mistake I made in my previous e-mail. It >looks like Nehemiah Thomas was Sarah's brother, not her father. > > I have not been absolutely sure if I think that Nehemiah is brother or Uncle to Sarah. We'll chat about that after I pull out my files and piles in this family. I probably won't get it done until I actually get to SC. I have a LOT of "stuff" I need to get done in order to get out of here on Thursday. Do you have copies of the transcriptions of the will of Nehemiah and Abigail? I'll try to dig them out if you don't. >Currently I have a copy of Ruby Mundell Barry's book The McKinsey's: >Descendents of George W. Mckinsey and his wife Sarah Thomas-Mckinsey of >Newberry County, South Caorlina and Warren County, Ohio and the migrations >of their children into Indiana." What a mouthful. This is a self published >bok and I "lucked" into a copy. Since a copy was provided to me at cost I'm >thinking of making copies for others and providing them at cost. > I also have a copy of Ruby's book. I am missing a few pages. I might ask you to make copies of the pages that I am missing if you wouldn't mind. >I also have >a copies of histories for Clinton, Boone, and Montgomery Counties in >Indiana. I still need to get the Annals of Newberry and find a history of >Frederick County Virginia. > I am thinking that the Annals of Newberry are on-line. Again remind me to look to see if I can figure out where. I do have a copy that I have had for several years. I have the Hopewell MM book. All are packed to go to SC with me on Thursday....so remind me....I thought that I had Wilmer Kerns' book on Frederick County, but I just looked and can't find it anywhere. I think that it is available at my local libraries....I'll have to look. >So far everything I have found in the books and >on the web indicates that George and his children were closely tied to the >Quaker families where they lived, married into those families, and followed >the same migratory through the U.S.. > >While I don't have proof that it's the same George Mckinsey/McKenzie, I have >found a copy of a baptism record from April, 1752 at Inverarity and Methy >Parish, Scotland for a George McKenzie, son of John McKenzie. And I have a >note somewhere that I was sent saying that someone had found a record of a >John Mckenzie living in Virginia at about the same time as George was moving >into South Carolina. In the Mundell-Barry book there's an undocumented >reference to George and his parents coming to America in 1753. > > I do remember Ruby's explanation of the confusion on where George was born. But I am thinking that I have found a deed that says that George is buying land .....wait, I just found my notes on this: > George McKinsey settled in SC on 8 Jan 1773 as evidenced by a land > deed. It reads in part, George McKinsey of Craven County in the > Province of South Carolina, paid 250 pounds to Thomas Shaw for 150 > acres of land more or less, 8 January 1773. This land was bought in > the 13th year of the Reign of King George III. Note: In 1683 Craven > County as shown on the deed was one of the first couties extablished > in SC. All three counties were later abolished. This area was made > District Ninety Six in 1769. In 1798 it became the present county of > Newberry, SC. I did not make a good note on this....and I have never looked for the deed for myself. Perhaps I will find time to look on this trip. >Oh, I almost forgot, my connection to George and Sarah is through their son >Mordecai and his wife Catherine Reagan. Here's a summary of my lineage: > > >George W. McKinsey and Sara Thomas > >Mordecai Mckinsey and Catherine Reagan > >George W. Mckinsey and Hester Ann Leach > >Jasper Okane Mckinsey/McKenzie (spelling change around the Civil War) and >Martha Caroline Gentry > >George Reagan Mckenzie and Mary Colista Wiswell > >Homer Dan Mckenzie and Elizabeth Czoberek > >Rosemary Mckenzie and Lawrence Locken > >Bruce Locken > >One of my Uncles is George Reagan McKenzie as is his son and grandson. > >I have to go, I'm at work right now. Hope to hear from you soon. > >Bruce Locken >California > > > I'll see what I can dig up for you. Thanks for telling me that you have the book by Ruby Mundell Barry. She did lots of research that we can build upon. marsha > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of marsha >moses >Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 6:48 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] SC- Bush River Quakers Mckinsey-Thomas > > >Oh, my gosh, Bruce, your timing is amazing. I am leaving this Thursday >to attend the homecoming for these families in Newberry County! If you >are close enough to come, please join us! I would LOVE to spend time >talking and exchanging information! Wow! there is too much to talk >about....but let me start! > >I believe that Sarah Thomas McKinsey is buried in the cemetery that >adjoined the Bush River Monthly Meeting. That is one of my biggest >goals on this trip....to talk to the "experts" who have written the book >on the cemetery (who are going to be there) to see what there opinion is >on this theory. And to see if the stone that I believe is hers still >lies in the place that I believe it should lie. > >My gut feeling about Sarah (EXTREMELY iffy....definitely not proven...) >is that she descends from the Quaker Thomas family that we find at >Hopewell MM in the early to mid 1700's. And again, I will share why I >believe this to be true when I have more time. I do think that the >family was Quaker at one time, but Sarah did not raise her children >Quaker as one of her children's spouses is dis mou in Ohio at the >marriage. If George had ever been Quaker, he wasn't after the death of >Sarah about 1809 before the family moved to Ohio. However, some of his >children intermarried with Quaker families in the Newberry area and the >whole family moved to Ohio with the mass exodus of the Quaker families >out of the south in the first decade of the 1800's. Sarah's >sister-in-law or aunt, Abigail Thomas, remained close to George's family >in Ohio and left a will that named Sarah and George's children as the >heirs. Abigail remained Quaker throughout her life....thus reinforcing >my thought that Sarah's Thomas family had been Quaker. > >I have never found a marriage for George and Sarah. I think that the >date of marriage has been circulated by using dates of births of older >children. I descend from their son Nehemiah who married Catherine >Elliott in Ohio. > >THe only piece of information that I question in your below information >is Sarah's father. Hmmmmm.....I am stumped right now on her father. I >have looked at Edward Thomas as a possible father a WHOLE lot....just >don't know yet. There are a lot of Nehemiah Thomas's....but the one who >is Abigail's husband and would seem to be likely leaves a will when he >dies....it is very evident that he is childless as he leaves most of his >bequests to nephews and nieces. > >I am VERY interested in your information that George moved to SC from >Frederick County, Virginia! My gut feeling is that is where the Thomas >family came from as well. > >Can't wait to hear back from you! Marsha Moses in WV > >sbgorilla wrote: > > > >>Hello, >>I'm looking for information about my 5-G grandfather George W. >>Mckinsey/McKenzie and his wife Sarah Thomas-Mckinsey. I know that George >>bought land near Newberry in 1773 and married Sarah Thomas about 1780 to >>1784 in or near Newberry. I've heard but haven't confirmed that she was a >>Quaker and he wasn't. A couple other family's they were close to were the >>Spray's, Elmore's, Weeks, Elliot's, and Ham's. Also I believe that Sarah's >>father was Nehemiah Thomas. Also I believe that George came through >>Frederick County, Virginia on his way to South Carolina. Please let me know >>if you have any information about the marriage of George and Sarah or if >> >> >you > > >>have any information about him coming from Virginia. >>Thank you, >>Bruce >> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> >> >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >> >> >> > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >