Note: While using ANY genealogical website or program...please be informed that ANY possible family connections are NOT valid until they can be verified with documentation. 

This will - help connect other McKee ancestry to the Mckee project of 'McKee's of Virginia, Kentucky & Indiana

PLEASE LETS - clean up the "Gedcom madness" of the early McKee's variously spelled - pleople have just gedcomed and merged - I have placed the originagal books and the details from them on geni to help with this - tho with some there are not dates - if there is documentation for p profile - please enter it to help us all out -

NOTHING  of this  line in Ireland and Scotland is  concrete and yet fully veriified -  it needs alot fo work to determine the correct  descendants - needless to say that the McKee brothers  of Rockbridge county Virginia  are listed   several times  over as is David McKee of McKeesport, Pennsylvania and  in different generations. - it is impossible to cut these out in  MY OPINION because you do not know if there were actual children by that name  for those parents or not  or whether over the years they were just  MANUFACTURED   by people researching in order to connect  the Mckee's of  Virginia & Kentucky and McKeesport  in order to connect to the Scotland & Ireland Mckee ancestry known -  needless ot say it is a mess.

Gedcoms that were passed to me and print outs of these the early Scotland Ireland lines were names only and went around in vicous circles as they had matched together as being one in the following combinfations:

• son/father
• nephew/uncle
• grandfather/grandson
• son/father= grandfather/grandson
• grandfather/grandson = nephew/uncle
• nephew/uncle = son/father

with no dates I done my best to get the lineage back into working order MAYBE

PLEASE feel welcome in the about me section if you can to express concerns, doubts etc. if you are unable to edit profile send me the profile link the infromation as you would like to see in the about me - any documentation and I will gladly place it into the profile(s) Most needed is dates and locations for an approximate time period and location probably locations and births can be filled in as <Dumbarton, Scotland> of person being of a cetrain location can be put in the "Display as" blank Anything is more than welcome to help sort these lines out -

Nothing will be delted as entered it will be either merged or re-aligned according to documentation found and presented

I have found a site that wll help in this and provide missing dates - it is doucmented thus far and that helps alot - it will help you and me to decide if that has been given is correct - tho with this it is putting several people/profiles into 2 different aprent groups for the time being - it will be a slow process so be patient but it is the BEST information I have found as to date of the early Mckee ancestry - alot being based on the the 2 newer McKee genealogy books. BUT i still am not comfortable connecting the Rockbridge McKee's to this groups as the the names of Hugh, Patrick, Alxeander, etc. and not carried down into the early Virginia lines - they were James, John, Robert, Samuel, William. Maybe I am wrong in this feeling. i am goign to leave the orginal {#4] and location assoications in the profiles from the Book on the mckee's by james Y. McKee just incase someone disagrees with this lastest finding .

Scope of Project is To build a single, validated and documented shared family tree the goals being:

• 1) to create on Geni an accurate representation of the genealogical information
• 2) To either prove or disprove the story of the 5-10= McKee brothers that came to America
• ........I have alloted space for those 10 mythical brothers in the lineage for the McKee'es of va. and ky they are [-?-] McKee #_ abd when found will be changed to a name and the # behind the "McKee" is to be left attached for the present time being.
• ............To fully document those who did not come to America
• ............To fully document those who did come to America
• ............To break off the multi bad merges that have accumulated through GEDCOMS and put into separate trees with appropriate 'missing generation profiles" to bring the lineage back into proper order to many of the John's, Robert's, William's, Anthony's, Alexander's have been merged across generations and a father has become a son has become a grandson/father/uncle; a father has become hii own father/uncle/grandfather etc. some of the GEDCOMs and trees i have seen go around in a vivacious looping cycle that is utterly inaccurate Some one has chosen to merge various GEDCOMS together as one without doing cleaning up, correcting and trying to document and bring in date ranges.
• ....................this will be an extremely hard and delicate task to do since many trees do not have dates in them - it will probably "ruffle allot of feather's" so to speak but needs to be accomplished some how - two if not 3 major early genealogy books and there lineages now are on here to help with this endeavor -
• .............................1)* A History of the Descendants of David McKee of Anahilt, by James Y. McKee (Pennsylvania, 1872)
• .............................2) The McKee’s of Virginia and Kentucky by George Wilson McKee (Pittsburgh, J. B. Richards, 1891, 196 pgs.) George W. McKee, - sadly to say this book only covered the so called 'famous" Mckee's those of the early military wars and Revolutionary War Veteran's, ilttle was made known of other mcKee descendants.
• .............................3) McKee Record, Compiled by Adelaid Jenness (J.H. Jordan, printer, Dana, Il., 1910; 114 pgs.) Mary Adelaide McKee
• 3) to clean up duplicates and ensure quality of the involved profiles
• 4) to sort out the lines and connect the different lines
• 5) RULE - All profiles marked PUBLIC - with me as the controlling manager ARE NOT TO BE CHANGED TO PRIVATE under any circumstances. UNLESS YOU ARE THE Living profile person and ASK for control of your profile - I have chosen to leave any profile I feel to be LIVING blank of all data - birth, marriage etc. = only those of DECEASED status will contain data IF known
• 6) to post queries of mcKee related items

Historical Background

With a General Sketch of the Early McKee’s Prof. JAMES Y. McKee. PHILADELPHIA: JOSEPH D. McKee. 1892. this book states that:

it states:

The first real knowledge we have of the McKees dates from over two hundred years ago, when four brothers bearing that name left Scotland for bonnie England.

There they soon joined the army of William, Prince of Orange, and shortly - afterwards, in 1690, we find them, with the rest of the army, in the northern part of Ireland.

We have been unable to learn the Christian names of these four brothers.

All we know of one is that he returned with William's army to England. where we lose all trace of him.

Three were induced to remain in Ireland by grants of land for services rendered....

for now to help in possibly keeping these branches straight I have used the 'primary location given for the four brothers when they returned to Ireland as follows:-

• 1# - Mckee of county Antrim Ireland
• 2# - Mckee of Ards Northeastern county Down Ireland
• 3# - Mckee Returned to to England
• 4# - Mckee of Lisban, near Saintfield, County Down Ireland

this books seems to think that  a   McKee brother with his sons came to America and are the progenitors of the  Virgiania and Kentucky McKee's 

One married and settled in County Antrim; but even tradition has no further information for us concerning either himself or his descendants although from actual knowledge in our possession concerning the other two brothers and their descendants, it seems almost a certainty that he and his family emigrated during the exodus from Ulster to America, about 1735, and were the progenitors of the McKees in Kentucky and Virginia, whose history has been written by George Wilson McKee, Major of Ordnance, U. S. A. ....

the above genealogy by George wilson McKee is ambigous - in that - - -

This Mckee book states one place there was 10-11 brothers - - yet another on write later on - " In 1737 when a large migration of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians to Pennsylvania and the Valley of Virginia took place, five brothers McKee came with that colony. 1 ) Two of them. John and Robert, settled on a portion of Burden's grant, on Carr's Creek, in what is now Rockbridge County, about eight miles north-west of Lexington. 2) The other three brothers settled in and near Lancaster, Pa., remained at that place until 1760, when William, one of the brothers, removed to Augusta County, Va., from which place his family removed in 1788 to Kentucky and settled in Mason and Montgomery Counties. The other two brothers removed about the same period (1788), from Lancaster to Pittsburgh and Wheeling respectively...."

Of the aforesaid book George Wilson McKee, McKees of Virginia and Kentucky, the, Pittsburgh, J. B. Richards, 1891. his summary of Mckee orgins was stated as:

1) They were of Irish, Celtic origin and the main body of them went into Scotland in the 12th Century to assist William the Lion in driving the Danish pirates from Caithness and the north generally

2) Few if them probably joined William of Normandy in the 11th century when the latter, preparatory to his descent upon the Sussex coast of England invited to his standard professional soldiers, free-lances, adventures and cut throats from all parts of Europe

3) Tradition says of them that from the earliest down of the reformation they have been Protestants. Early in the 16th century, owing to the Civil feuds of Scotland, their native land for centuries, they emigrated back to Ireland - - thence after a brief sojourn to France. There they remained until the massacre of the Huguenots, on St. Bartholomew’s Day, August 24, 152. Being firm adherents of the Protestant faith, they experienced the utmost fury of the enemies of their religion on that day. But few were left to tell the tale of horror. Those few fled to the North of Ireland. And there again, in 1641, under the reign of Charles the first, the most famous of the Stuarts, and in 1688, under James the second most pusillanimous, they again experienced the fury of persecution on account of their religion. It is said that some of those, who escaped the massacre on St. Bartholomew’s, day fled into Holland and marched into Ireland later, with the forces of William, Prince of Orange. In about 1738, ten or eleven brothers McKee emigrated to America.

4) In 1738 when a large migration of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians to Pennsylvania and the valley of Virginia took place, some brothers McKee, variously estimated from five, ten or eleven sons of one who had borne a part in the defense of Derry, arrived in America and first settled near Lancaster, Pa. There they separated – some settling near wheeling, W. Va. And Pittsburgh, Pa. And some going to the far west. Two of the brothers John and Robert, went almost directly to Va., (about (1757) and settled on a portion of Borden’s grant, on Kerr’s Creek in what is now Rockbridge county, about 8 miles north-west of Lexington. In 1760 William, another of the brothers, also removed to Augusta County, Va.

because of the different versions I have used a buffer or connecting profile to represent possibly a "lost generation"

BOOKS

1 - History of the Descendants of David McKee of Anahilt With a General Sketch of the Early McKee’s Prof. JAMES Y. McKee. PHILADELPHIA: JOSEPH D. McKee. 1892

The fly leaf reads:

To the Descendants of David and Rebecca Irvine scattered in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and America, this Pamphlet is sent forth, with a view to their better acquaintance

The preface is added on to by James Y. McKee’e son George c. McKee

So it seems that James died before he completed his task of the book – some of the entries hint strongly at that possibility

You can find the actual copy online

The begining of this is the theory Profile

UNCONNECTED LINES or THAT HAVE BEEN BROKEN OFF=

Samuel & Martha McKee Kentucky, Indiana

James McKee m. M. Peyton

Mc Kee & Mary Seaborn had: Hugh Mc Kee m. catherine Lutz ; Westmoreland & Washington counties, Pennsylvania

Robert S McKee Birth: January 8, 1828 Russell, VA Death: 1903 married Celine Elizabeth Lodge of Virginia

JAMES DAVID MacKEY

With on going research and corrections these may be re-attached.

HISTORY THE HOUSE AND CLAN MACKAY

Iye I

HISTORY THE HOUSE AND CLAN MACKAY, CONTAINING FOR CONNECTION AND ELUCIDATION, BESIDES ACCOUNTS OF MANY OTHER SCOTTISH FAMILIES, A VARIETY OF HISTORICAL NOTICES, MORE PARTICULARLY OF THOSE RELATING TO THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF SCOTLAND DURING THE MOST CRITICAL AND INTERESTING PERIODS; WITH A GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE CLAW. BY ROBERT MACKAY, WRITER, THURSO. EDINBURGH : PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY ANDREW JACK & co. 233, HIGH STREET. MDCCCXXIX

The page entitled advertisement is dated Edinburgh, August 1, 1829

There is a total of 29 chapters.

Copy 1 of THE HOUSE AND CLAN MACKAY and copy 2

The Scots peerage, MacKay, Lord Reay , Vol. VII, page 156-179

MacKay Clan

Clan Mackey on ElectricScotland; & and the {http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/mackay.html index page there for Mackay}

The Mackays claim descent from the Royal House of Moray

Clan Mackay From Wikipedia

Clan Mackay USA

MacKay History - ScotsCLANS

Mackay country, Scotland

A history of clan Mackay Scotweb.co.uk

Clan Mackay Society

Clan Mackay, their castle and information

McKie's of Scotland

There was a family of McKee or McKie or Mackie living in Galloway Scotland at least as early as the fourteenth century. They were related to the Maghies of Balmaghee in Galloway and were probably a branch of the Clan Mackay. There is a tradition that Robert Bruce in the days of adversity was travelling alone and on foot when he came to a meeting place near Loch Dee in Galloway. Here he met a widow Anabel and her three sons, McKie, McClurg, and Murdock. During the night he was joined by his brother and by Sir James Douglas with an armed force but in the morning before they started out the widow's three sons entertained the king with an exhibition of their prowess with the bow. It seemed Murdock brought down a raven with his arrow but his brother McKie brought down a pair with a single arrow. The three sons fought for the King and he rewarded them with a grant of lands of Cumloden in Minnigaff parish, Kirkcudbright, lying between the burns of the Palnure and Penkill, both of which flow into the Dee. These lands extended full three miles by ten. 

• The McKees of Cumloden, Minnigaff parish, Kirkcudright, Scotland:
• The McKees of Larg
• The McKees of Stanard
• The McKees of Palgown
• The McKees of Craignyne
• The McKees of Crosby
• The McKees of Glencaird
• The McKees of Drumbuie
• The McKees of Bargaly

Descendants of Patrick Sr McKie and Janet MacDonall

I have a  [http://www.geni.com/document/McKee-Ancestry/6054?doc_id=6000000013291253201 PDF file]  to show  discrepancies etc.   and where they have been connecting the Mckee's of pa., va to this -  - as far as I can ascertain there is no documentation for what has been presented and  is presented on Ancestry.com and the many family trees that are floating  around out there.

List of Books Containing McKee History

These are some of the books on the Mckee's I have found over the years:

• 1) * A of the Descendants of David McKee, by James Y. McKee (Pennsylvania, 1872)
• 2) American Genealogy of the Allied Families of McKee, McClintock, Mills, Stip, and Stewart. Compiled by James Robert McKee (Los Angles, Ca. 1900)
• 3) * The McKee’s of Virginia and Kentucky by George Wilson McKee (Pittsburgh, J. B. Richards, 1891, 196 pgs.) George W. McKee, #144
• 4) McKee and Allied Families (American Historical Co., New York, 1949, 141 pg.)
• 5) * The Book of McKee by Raymond W. McKee (Hodges, Figgis & Co. Ltd.; Dublin, Ireland, 1959 559 pgs.)
• 6) * The Mackeys and Allied Families (Variously spelled) by Beatrice MacKey Doughtie (Bowen press, Decatur, Ga., 1957 1002 pgs.)
• 7) Wallace-Bruce and Closely Related Families by James Wallace Mohn (Northfield, Mn.; 1930 389 pgs.)
• 8) Faces Westward Vol. 1 by Jennie Starks McKee (Edwards Bros.; Ann Arbor, Mi.; 15 19 pgs.
• 9) Our Pioneer Ancestors vol 1 and Our Pioneer Ancestors vol 2 by Emma Riggs and Henry Earl Riggs (Ann Arbor, Mi.; Edwards Bros., 1941)
• 10) *McKee Record, Compilied by Adelaid Jenness (J.H. Jordan, printer, Dana, Il., 1910; 114 pgs.) Mary Adelaide McKee #823
• 11) Sketch of the McKee Families of Butler co., Pa. By James O. McKee (Butler co., Pa., 1924)
• 12) Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, Vol. 12 No. 1 1930 The Early History of McKeesport by Walter L. Riggs
• 13) * The Descendants of Samuel Edward and Martha Emmart (1968) Emil M. Sunley
• 14 The Garvin genealogy: Descendants of Henry and Sarah McKee Garvin of Ireland and Pennsylvania [Unknown Binding] Richard M Cochran (Author) Publisher: R.M. Cochran (1983)
• 15) James Madison McKee family [Unknown Binding] Wilbyrn Andrew McKee (Author) Unknown Binding: 11 pages Publisher: W.A. McKee (1975)
• 16) Our Irish Origins: Mckee Family History [Paperback] A. Tate (Author) Publisher: Craig Printing
• 17) The McKees of Virginia and Kentucky [Paperback] A. Patricia McKees Bauer (Author), George Wilson McKee George Wilson McKee Paperback: 176 pages

Publisher: Heritage Books (February 1994)

• 18) Wallace-Bruce and closely related families : Barefoots, Taylors, Wilsons, McKees, Douglasses, Liddells, Hendersons, Notestines, and others : history and genealogy [Paperback] James Wallace (Author 389p. 1930.
• 19) Genealogy of Chadwick, King, and allied families: McKee, Callahan, Hughs/Hughes, Mock, Roberts, Langston [Unknown Binding] Darline Chadwick Smith (Author) Publisher: D.C. Smith; 1st edition (1982)
• 20) Mary Ann's relatives: McKee, Tucker, White, Armstrong, McKeever, Godlove, Brenner, Steward, Ray, Kern, a preliminary study of the above and related ... from censuses, newspapers, and family records [Unknown Binding] Kay F Sellers (Author) Publisher: K.F. Sellers; 1st edition (1998)
• 21) The genealogy, the family history and a number of personal histories of Patrick Graham, 1747-1844, Elizabeth McKee Graham and their descendants [Unknown Binding] Claire A Anderson (Author) Publisher: the Author (1968)

The books marked with an * indicates that I have seen them myself in book form or in Microfilm copy and extracted at this point all data I believe that pertains to the McKee’s in my manuscript(s)

Books I Have in PDF on my computer

1 WILLIAM McKEE DUNN BRIGADIER-GENERAL, U. S. A. a MemoIr WILLIAM WESLEY WOOLLEN

2 The McKee's of VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY BY GEORGE WILSON McKEE, MAJOR OF ORDNANCE, U. S. Army (fully in Geni)

3 HISTORY THE HOUSE AND CLAN MACKAY, FOR CONNECTION AND ELUCIDATION, BESIDES ACCOUNTS OF MANY OTHER SCOTTISH FAMILIES, A VARIETY OF MORE PARTICULARLY 01: TIIOSE RELATING TO THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF SCOTLAND DURING THE MOST CRITICAL AND INTERESTING PERIODS; WITH A GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE CLAN. BY ROBERT MACKAT, WRITER, THURSO.EDINBURGH

4 The Mackeys and Allied Families (Variously spelled) by Beatrice MacKey Doughtie (Bowen press, Decatur, Ga., 1957 1002 pgs.)

5 The Mackeys and Allied Families (Variously spelled) by Beatrice MacKey Doughtie Errta Sheet #2, Including supplelmnetal data, 1973

6 JOHN MASON DYER FAMILY of Union County, Kentucky Ancestors and Decendants Researched and Compiled by JANE DYER ARNOLD (Mrs. J. P.) 338 West Cedar Street Franklin, Kentucky 42134 - 1972 (fully in Geni)

7 A HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OP DAVID McKEE, OF ANAHILT, With a General Sketch of the Early McKees by Prof. JAMES Y. McKEE. PHILADELPHIA : JOSEPH D. McKEE. 1892. (fully in Geni)

QUERIES

Seeking information on Charles B McKee was born1861 in Alabama and death was 1932 in Oklahoma. He was married to Marriott. @http://www.geni.com/people/Peggy-Ryan/6000000013038374043