There are many McKee branches that are "Unconnected" I have invited you to all the mcKee projects on GENI -
AT the time this was the line being connected to him and they ARE NOT connected
NN McKee
the book below is their asncestry -
The McKee’s of Virginia and Kentucky by George Wilson McKee (Pittsburgh, J. B. Richards, 1891, 196 pgs.) George W. McKee can be found online
TRYING TO MAKE HIM FATHER OF THE VA & KY McKees
to either David McKee of McKeesport, Pa. or Thomas McKee
Its interesting because there are many Legends of McKee broothers coming to America and being from the "Same family"
Legend
The 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...."
it is also stated that they could of been a brother to David McKee of Mckeesport, Pennsylvania
Another Legend of the McKees
Ten or eleven brothers named Mckee came from Ireland to America in 1738, and settled near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Three of these-Robert, William and John -- came to Augusta County, but at what date is uncertain, Their descendants state that it was about 1760, but the records of the county show that John McKee purchased a tract of land in the forks of the James River on August 16, 1752 ,
Yet Another Legend of the McKees
Compiled by Philip I. McKee
There were supposed to have been a family of McKees living in Belfast, Ireland, in the shipbuilding business. There were ten sons and a daughter, along with the mother and father.
The boys all wanted to go to America and the father and mother, up in years, and having some competence for their support, agreed to let them go providing they built ther own ship, which they did.
They landed in Chesapeake Bay near Philadelphia and remained there for a while.
Then three broke away from the others and went down into Virginia.
The others settled in Pennsylvania. The McKee at McKeesport was David and he no doubt knew enough about ship building to build a ferry, which he did.
Two brothers in Virginia, William and Samuel were both in the Revolutionary war and both married the same woman, as the brother took over as brother's widow ".
This legend is included because it is interesting, but the present author doubts the veracity of several of its elements. It is the first time the shipbuilding aspect has come to my attention be it true or false, Certainly, David of Mckeespost did not come over with the McKees of Virginia, or the early Pennsylvania McKees
THey were connected regardless of no dates dates that gagedd 10, 20, 30 years that made a vicious circle of a gradson being a father to the granthere or grreat grandfather or a nephew the father of his uncle
join and reading the "Overviews" of all the Mckee branches - you will get the grasp of some of the erroneous conclusion - there are even McKees who came from the old couuntry vias canada to Kentucky
NN McKee
David McKee of McKeesport, Pa.
Thomas McKee
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