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James McKee

Birthdate:
Birthplace: 1740/1747 Derryloran, Cookstown /Heshban, Tyrone, Ireland
Death: December 09, 1794 (46-54)
Bedford, Somerset, Pennsylvania
Place of Burial: Proven, Franklin, Pa
Immediate Family:

Son of John Mckie, (1694-1765) III and Jane Mckie
Husband of Sarah Mckee
Father of Joseph McKee; James McKee, Jr.; William Mckee; Isabella McKee and Martha Mckee, Questioned
Brother of John Mackey, (1731-); Robert McKee; Charles Mackey; William Mackey; Steven Mackey and 1 other

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About James McKee

James MCKEE (John MCKIE9, John MCKIE8, John MCKIE7, Robert MCKIE6, James MCKIE5, (James) MCKIE4, Alexander MCKIE LORD3, Patrick MCKIE2, Patrick MCKIE1) was born 1747 in Prob Derryloran, Cookstown, Tyrone, N Ire, was christened 1766 in Religious Census, Derryloran, Cookstown, Tyrone N Ire, and died 9 Dec 1794 in , Bedford, Pa, (Census). He was buried 16 Oct 1795 in Proven, Franklin, PA. He married Mrs. MCKAY. She was born ABT 1753 in Of Bethgate, Lin, Scotland. He married Sarah BELL ABT 1752 in , , , Ireland. He married Susan NESBIT 1757.

Child of James MCKEE and Mrs. MCKAY is:

  • 30 i. Isabella MCKAY was born 1779 in Bathgate, Linlithgoshire, Scotland.

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i am taking the lising of Jamcin McKee as listed by Amy Jo Rice Stuart as an error in spelling. thus I have combined with that of james McKee unless Susanna Nesbit was married twice.

  1. 3 carol Ann Miller had him listed as ? James? McKee Jr. Father of ?HUGH? McKEE;

JAMES MCKEE JR.
Born about 1740, moved from Snyder County to the Cumberland Valley. James and two sons, Thomas and Hugh enlisted in a company of Frontier Riflemen, Regt. commanded by Col. Chambers. Took part in N.J. Campaign, wintered at Valley Forge. In 1783, James and his 8 children removed to Westmoreland County. He had married Susan dau. of Thomas Nesbitt.

History of Penna.. P. Donehoo, Biographical, p. 84. American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin Co. Penna. p. 162



This is said to be his family - the ++ behind the names were a meanes to identify and clean up family lines as this was and is still a tangled web backwards as gedcoms have been merged in and not cleaned up - they have merged across generations merging the wrong Patrick's John's, and Alexander's together - creating a vicious circle between the Patrick's John's, and Alexander's it thus gives multiple lineages for a person off of Patrick Sr. for several people

James++ McKee I or Sr. ?????-378 was born 1740/1747 in Derryloran, Cookstown /Heshban, Tyrone, Ireland and was christened 1766 in Religious Census, Derryloran, Cookstown, Tyrone N Ire. He died 9 Dec 1794 in Bedford, Somerset, Pennsylvania and was buried 16 Oct 1795 in Proven, Franklin, Pa.

James++ married (MRIN:627) Sarah Bell-1253. Sarah was born 1740 in Derryloran, Cookstown, Tyrone, Ireland. She died 1790 in , Somerset, Pennsylvania.

They had the following children:

  • + James McKee II or Jr.-163 was born about 1760 in Heshban, Tyrone, Ireland. He died about 1814 in Cincinnati, , Hamilton, Ohio. James married (MRIN:653) Sarah Guess-164 on 1783. Sarah was born about 1763 in Wales. She died about 1840 in Whitewater or Lebanon, Warren Co., Ohio
  • Joseph McKee-632 was born 3 Oct 1753 in Derryloran, Cookstown, Tyrone, Ireland. He died 1 Aug 1851 in Plum Creek, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, Usa.
  • William McKee-255 was born 1771 in , Somerset, Pennsylvania.
  • Sarah McKee-789 was born 1773 in Bedford, Somerset, Pennsylvania.
  • Bell McKee-340 was born 1773 in Lurgan, Franklin, Pennsylvania, Usa.
  • Martha McKee-634 was born 1777 in Bedford, Somerset, Pennsylvania. She died 1854 in Clintonville, Venango, Pennsylvania.
  • John McKee-321 was born about 1775. He died about 1840. John married (MRIN:214) Ruth Watkins-184.

Some have given his ancestry as - but there has been no documentation with it -

  • Partick McKieSr. - Jane Macdonall
  • ..Patrick Mckie jr. - margaret stewart
  • ...alexander Mckie - katherine - agnew
  • .....James Mckie
  • ......Patirck McKiee - Agnes craignell
  • .......Patrick Mckiee
  • .........John MCKIE / Michie - Margaret heron
  • ...........John Mckie - Esther Hawthorn
  • .............John McKiee - Jane mackey
  • ...............james McKee I or sr. - Sarah Bell


In one account there are two James' listed as follows:

  • James MACKEY was born 1735/1740 in Prob Derryloran, Cookstown, Tyrone, N Ire, and died AFT 1766 in Religious Census, Derryloran, Cookstown, Tyrone N Ire.
  • James MCKEE was born 1747 in Prob Derryloran, Cookstown, Tyrone, N Ire, was christened 1766 in Religious Census, Derryloran, Cookstown, Tyrone N Ire, and died 9 Dec 1794 in , Bedford, Pa, (Census).

They could be the same or the fist James died as an infant or child.



James McKee

  • Gender: Male
  • Birth: estimated between 1699 and 1757
  • Immediate Family:
  • Son of John McKie, Jr and Ester McKie
  • Husband of Sarah Mckee (Bell)
  • Father of Joseph Mckee McKee of Armstrong co. Pa. (Mckee)
  • Added by: Kathleen DeBolt on November 29, 2019
  • Managed by: Kathleen DeBolt

James MacKie

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  • Birth: Dec 10 1752 - Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
  • Death: Dec 9 1794 - Bedford, Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States (based on Census)
  • Parents: John Mckie, Jane Mckie (born Mackey)
  • Siblings: John Mackey, Steven Mackey, Charles Mackey, William Mackey, Robert Mckie, John Mckee, Andrew Mckee
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James McKee's Timeline

1740
1740
1740/1747 Derryloran, Cookstown /Heshban, Tyrone, Ireland
1758
October 3, 1758
Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland
1760
1760
Heshban, Tyrone, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
1771
1771
of Pa, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States
1777
1777
of, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States
1779
1779
Bathgate, Linlithgoshire, Scotland
1794
December 9, 1794
Age 54
Bedford, Somerset, Pennsylvania
1795
October 16, 1795
Age 54
Proven, Franklin, Pa