Benjamin McVay - Parents?

Erica Howton C

7/24/2022 at 3:12 AM

Origins

Evidence needed for parents.

Seen as son of Martha McVey & Benjamin "Old Ben" McVey, I But they were Friends in Maryland - not in Pennsylvania.

Old John McVey of Maryland & Mary Elizabeth McVay seem more likely.

Please add source information to profiles. So far all I’ve seen are trees.

Erica Howton C

7/24/2022 at 3:58 AM

Is this the correct tombstone? It shows he died in 1848, but his widow applied for a pension in 1833:

https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29606788?h=41888e

Name: [Benjamin Mcvay]
Pension Year: 1833
Application State: Ohio
Applicant Designation: Widow's Pension Application File
Second Applicant Name: Elizabeth Mcvey
Second Applicant Designation: Bounty-Land-Warrant Application File
Archive Publication Number: M804
Archive Roll Number: 1701
Total Pages in Packet: 5

(The pension numbers match)

Private

7/25/2022 at 2:05 AM

Being that Benjamin is my 4th GGU, i'm committed to find these answers. I'll look thru my personal archives.

Erica Howton C

7/25/2022 at 3:01 AM

I’m feeling more comfortable that the tree is coming together, but surely he did not have 17 children. So a child list would be most appreciated.

Andrea Ruth Hochstetler

9/4/2022 at 6:46 PM

There is definitely a lot of confusing information regarding the McVay/McVey lines. I've been trying to go through my DNA matches lately to see if I can find some better clues as to who were the correct parents of Benjamin McVay (1765-1848). I do have documentation regarding his son John (1808-1889) on my Ancestry account, but I don't use Geni all that much. There is a McVay Archive Family Newsletter on FamilySearch that might be helpful in piecing things together more. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/832450/?offset=&a...=

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