Mary McKinnie

In addition to his children, McKinne reared his second wife's two children [Isaac and Mary] by Jacob Ricks as well as three sons of his deceased nephew, William McKinne, who were his wards. [Other sources say Barnaby raised the 4 "orphans" of his wife's second husband, William Murfrey.] William McKinne was the son of John McKinne and had owned land in Nansemond County, Va., before moving with his wife, Mary, and their sons, Michael, Matthew, and William, to North Carolina where they settled near Barnabas McKinne. Of these great-nephews, William eventually settled in what became Wayne County where he was a militia officer and political leader.

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Hills of Wilkes Co., GA and Allied Families, Vol. II, pp. 633, 634, by published by Heritage Papers. Vol. 1 written by Ludwick Johnson HILL.

(Page 223. Referring to Vol. 1) Contributed in 1972 by Mrs. Virginia Pope LIVINGSTON)

"Barnaby MCKINNE had a wife Mary, who joined in deeds with him in 1703, the year Hill says MCKINNE married Mary EXUM, widow of Jacob RICKS. Quaker records show that RICKS was still alive in 1703, and the Bible of his father, Isaac RICKS, shows his death as 1704. thus Mary Exum RICKS still had a living husband when Barnaby MCKINNE and wife Mary sold land in 1703.

"Mary EXUM RICKS married (2) William MURPHEY, JR., of Isle of Wight Co., VA.; she was administratrix of his estate in 1715, and signed the inventory as Mary MURPHEY. The account Current of his estate was returned Jan 22, 1719/20 (1720), and signed Barnabe MCKINNIE, Mary MCKINNE, admr. and admx. This, of course, proves their marriage. But the accounts current also show "paid to the 4 orphans" and "paid to the Ricks orphans," which makes her identity perfectly clear.

The estate of William MURPHEY, JR. was signed Nov. 19 by Barnabe and Mary MCKINNE, administrators. As Mary had previously signed the inventory in 1715 as administrix, this seems to be conclusive proof that she could not have married Barnaby before the date of William MURPHEY’S inventory April 15, 1715, and in view of no MCKINNE wife in the deeds from 1714 to 1719, that she probably married him in Sept. 1719.

"As the North Carolina records show, most if not all of Barnabe’s children were of age in the 1720’s, Mary EXUM is clearly eliminated, at least as the Mother of the older children."

References

Lodowick Johnson Hill. “The Hills of Wilkes County, Georgia, and allied families.” online. (page 23 of 41). link

Jeremiah Exum and Ann Lawrence, his wife, had: 1. — Richard Exum, d. unm.; 2. — Mary Exum, m. (1), 14 Oct., 1699, Jacob Ricks, son of Isaac Ricks and Kathren, his wife; m. (II) in 1703, Col. Barnabie McKennie, Sr.; 3. — Ann Exum, m. George Green, predeceased her parents, leaving no issue; 4. — Elizabeth Exum, d. unm.; 5. — Jane Exum, m. Richard Outland; 6. — Mourning Exum, m. William Scott; 7. — Christian Exum, m. George Norsworthy (2nd wife), Lt. Col., Commander-in-Chief in Nansemond Co., Va., 1699. (Va. Co. Rec. 2, p. 105) ; 8. — Sarah Exum, m. her cousin, Robert Lawrence, Jr.

(W. & M. Q., Vol. 27, No. 1— July 1918, pp. 57-'8, article by Mrs. Annie Noble Sims.) 6

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He died intestate in Isle of Wight County sometime before 25 April 1715 when the court ordered an appraisal of the estate of “William Murphery Jr.” The appraisal was dated 5 May and recorded on 27 June by his widow Mary Murphery.6 By 22 February 1719/20 the widow had remarried to Barnaby McKinnie, as Barnaby and Mary McKinnie signed an accounting as co-administrators. This final accounting includes 29 pounds to be paid to “ye four orphans” and other monies paid to “Rickeses orphans”.

Mary Murfrey was ne Mary Exum, who had married a Quaker named Jacob Ricks on 14 December 1699 but was a widow by 14 September 1704.7 (Her brother-in-law was Isaac Ricks, whose Bible gives Jacob Ricks’s date of death as December 1703.) The will of her husband’s father Isaac Ricks, written on 26 September 1721, leaves one shilling each to Isaac and Martha, the children of his deceased son Jacob Ricks.8 The will of Mary’s mother Anne Exum, written on 3 February 1726/7, mentions her daughter “Mary Mackiny” and a grandchild — and apparent namesake — “Ann Murfry”.9 In summary, it appears that William Murfrey Jr. married the widow Mary Exum Ricks sometime after September 1704, and had four children by her before 1715. One of the children was the Ann Murfrey named in her grandmother’s will, but the names of the other three are unknown. It is intriguing to speculate that our Daniel Murphree may have been one of these orphans. His apparent age would fit if he were a very young child at the death of William Murphree Jr. However, there is absolutely no proof. Nor is there even any a shred of circumstantial evidence. But it’s a possibility worth considering.

All of the Murphrees in the above family remained in Virginia for several decades. Barnaby McKinnie, his wife and (presumably) the four Murfree orphans migrated across the state line into North Carolina by 1720, settling in present Halifax County roughly 25 miles northwest of the place we first find Daniel Murphree twenty-odd years later in 1743. We have reason to believe that Mary Exum’s children lived with Barnaby McKinnie until adulthood. For example, Barnaby McKinney made a deed of gift in 1722 to his son-in-law Isaac Ricks (his wife’s son by her first marriage), and Isaac Ricks appears several times in Bertie records. If Daniel Murphree were one of the four orphans, this would explain how he came to be in the Bertie area. And, if he were an infant at the death of William Murphree, that would explain his absence from records until 1743.

Mary Exum McKinnie BIRTH 1678 Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA DEATH Oct 1737 (aged 58–59) Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA BURIAL Unknown MEMORIAL ID 82307742 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 5 Daughter of Jeremiah and Ann (Lawrence) Exum

Wife of Barnaby McKinney, Sr. ~ married 1699, Isle of Wight Co., VA

Their daughter, Mourning McKinnie (m. John Pope, Sr.)

"From my research I beleve that Mary Exum b. 1678 was born in the Isle of Wight, VA."

Courtesy of D. Rausch (#46811795) ~ 2019

Family Members Parents Photo Ann Lawrence Exum 1666–1727

Spouse Photo Barnaby McKinnie 1673–1736

Children Mourning McKinnie Pope 1704 – unknown

Mary McKinnie Long 1730–1821

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82307742/mary-mckinnie

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lawrence-401
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/e/t/Jamie-L-Petty-1/WE...
• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/LANE/1999-06/0928390799
• Encyclopedia of American Quaker genealogy, by ... v.6 page 29 at the Chuckatuck monthly meeting, (image 41) her, her father, her marriage and late husband. < Hathitrust >