PLEASE DO NOT CONNECT TO ANY PERSON BEYOND HIM

PLEASE DO NOT ADD A WIFE

PLEASE DO NOT CONNECT ANY OTHER CHILDREN THAN LISTED BELOW

The parents are not William McKee & Mariam McKee

as have been added in the past and people keep trying to re-connect to

There is no documented proof of the parents or when the following came to America The family tradition/ legend is between 5-11 brothers came over but there is no date as to when and exactly where they came from etc.

DEFINTELY NOT A SON or BROTHER OF David McKee of McKeesport , is son of John Mckie, Jr. Gender: Male Birth: circa 1665 Larg, Minnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland Death: circa 1710 (37-53) Calmore, Kilcronaghan, Loughinsholin, Derry Son of John Mckie (M'Kie), Sr. and Margaret Mckie (Heron) Husband of Jean Meldrum and Ester Mckie (Hawthorn)

Some are trying to connect his sons to that of the McKee line who has Shawnee ancestry - but they are found in accounts to be twp VERY SEPARATE McKee branches as documented thus far as follows:

Found below in the biography is: 'This would date the arrival of Alexander McKee and his son Captain Thomas McKee [Husband of Tecumsapah “Mary McKee” McKee of Shawnee ancestry ] in America circa 1707 (in the year 1707 three McKee brothers landed at Boston from Ireland. Note thus this definitely sets him apart from the Kentucky & Virginia McKee's as their ancestry is stated as such:

Ten or eleven brothers named Mckee came from Ireland to America in 1738, and settled near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Three of these- Robert McKee, William McKee and John McKee -- 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 ,

This is a listing of just a few of the trees on the MyHerotage side and the way he is listed and different parents listed for him

William McKee MyHeritage Family Trees

• 1 Crosier Tree in Crosier Web Site, managed by Jefferson Crosier
• Birth: 1700
• Death: 1775 - Augusta County, Va.
• Parents: Alexander Mckee, Miriam Mckee (born Brown)
• 2 Maurer family tree in Vincent E.Maurer Jr Web Site, managed by Gene Maurer
• Birth: 1700 - County Down, Offaly, Leinster, Ireland
• Death: 1778 - Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
• Parents: Alexander Mackey (Mckee), Elizabeth Mckee (born Gordon)
• 3 Martin Web Site, managed by Nancy Martin
• Birth: 1700 - County Down, Offaly, Leinster, Ireland
• Death: 1778 - Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
• Parents: Alexander Mckee, Elizabeth Mckee (born Gordon)
• 4 Stayton - 80027091 - 03042012 in Gercken Web Site, managed by Annette gercken
• Birth: 1700 - County Down, Offaly, Leinster, Ireland
• Death: 1778 - Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
• Parents: Alexander Mckee, Elizabeth Mckee
• 5 3048048-1 in Crook Web Site, managed by Humphrey Crook
• Birth: Between 1688 and 1700 - County Down, Ireland
• Death: 1784 - Rockbridge Co., Virginia
• Parents: John Alexander Mckee, Marjory Mckee (born Stewart)
• 6 Swartz Family Tree in Swartz Family Site (23andMe), managed by Lawrence Swartz
• Birth: Circa 1700 - County Down, Ireland
• Death: Augusta County, Virginia
• Parents: Robert Mckee, Mariam Mckee
• MyHeritage Family Trees
• 7 Family of Clarence Pearly McKee4 in gearhart4.7192@myheritage.com Web Site, managed by Cheryl Williamson
• Birth: 1700 - County Down, Northern Ireland
• Death: Augusta County, Virginia
• Parents: Robert Mckee, Unknown McKee
• 8 Scott Web Site, managed by Dale Scott
• Birth: Circa 1700 - County Down,Ireland
• Death: Augusta County,Virginia
• Parents: William Mckee, Mariam Mckee (born Brown}
• 9 Caughey Family Tree in Caughey Web Site, managed by Grant Caughey
• Birth: 1700 - County Down, N. Ireland
• Death: Agusta Co., VA
• Parents: (William) Mckee, (Mariam) Mckee (born Brown) *
• 10 13493 in BONORDEN SURNAME Web Site, managed by TOM BONORDEN
• Birth: Between 1693 and 1700
• Parents: William Mckee, Mary Mckee
• 11 Swartz Family Tree 2 in Swartz Family Site (23andMe), managed by Lawrence Swartz
• Birth: Circa 1700 - County Down, Ireland
• Death: Augusta County, Virginia
• Parents: Robert Mckee, Mariam Mckee
• 12 Bryant Family Site (23andMe), managed by Paulette Bryant
• Birth: Circa 1700 - County Down, Ireland
• Death: Augusta County, Virginia
• Parents: Col. Alexander William Mckee, Mariam Mckee (born Brown)

His family is:

MCKEE b. abt 1668 county Down, Ireland [Scotland], d.county Down,Ireland. m. UNKNOWN

Children are:

1. ROBERT MCKEE b. 1692 county Down, Ireland d.11 Jun 1774 Kerr's Creek, Botetourt Va.; m. AGNES [-?-] bef 1732 county Down,Ireland b.2 Feb 1707 county Down, Ireland, d. 29 Jan 1780 Kerr's Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia/ 11 Jun 1774, Kerr's Creek, Botetourt, Virginia. - of Londonberry, Ireland
2. WILLIAM MCKEE b. abt 1700 county Down, Ireland, d. abt 1790 Augusta co., Va.; m. ELISABETH [-?-]
3. John MCKEE b. 1707 county Down, Ireland d. 2 Mar 1792 Kerr's Creek, Rockbridge, Va.; m. JANE LOGAN 29 Jan 1744 Lancaster co.,Pa,. He married Rosannah CUNNINGHAM 12 Dec 1765 Kerr's Creek, Rockbridge, Va.
4. MARGARET MCKEE b. 1724 Ireland d. 1789 Kerr's Creek, Rockbridge, Va.; m 1st 1740 Lancaster co., Pa. ROBERT b. abt 1720 county Down Ireland d. aft 25 Mar. 2786 Kerr’s Creeke, Rockbridge, Va.Farmer, Private Revolutionary s/o William and Alice [-?-] Hamilton; m 2nd 27 Nov 1787 JAMES GARDNER
5. JAMES MCKEE - nothing has more has been found on him

The McKee book of 1890 - "The McKee's of VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY BY GEORGE WILSON McKEE, MAJOR OF ORDNANCE, U. S. Army (fully in Geni) " states:

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.
SO in the 126 years (2016) since no one has been able to successfully document and connect the line Va & Ky line to the European ancestry and prove of disprove the above statement

Besides the 1890 - McKee book found in the

Annals of Augusta County,: Virginia, with Reminiscences Illustrative of the Vicissitudes of Its Pioneer Settlers; Biographical Sketches ... a Diary of the War, 1861-'5, and a Chapter on Reconstruction By Joseph Addison Waddell W. E. Jones, 1886 comes this account of our McKee’s is:

Pg 210-212

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 James river on August 16 1752

I Robert McKee died June 11 1774 aged eighty two years and his wife Agnes January 29 1780 aged eighty four They had two sons William and John

I William McKee son of Robert and Agnes was born in and probably while living in Pennsylvania was with his father Braddock's defeat He married his first cousin Miriam daughter John McKee, Sr. His residence was a few miles west of and the farm is now 1892 owned by descendants of the Rev Baxter It is said that he was at the battle of Point Pleasant and so probably belonged to Colonel Fleming's Botetourt regiment represented Rockbridge repeatedly in the Legislature and in was the colleague of General Andrew Moore in the State which ratified the Federal Constitution He was also one of the trustees of Liberty Hall Academy In 1796 he removed to and died there in 18 16 He was known in Virginia as Colonel

Samuel McKee the fifth son of Colonel William McKee was born in 1774 He was a member of Congress from Kentucky from 1809 to 1817 a State judge and also Judge of the United States district court His sons were Colonel William R McKee who was killed at the battle of Buena Vista in February 1847 Judge George R McKee and Dr Alexander R McKee Lieutenant Hugh W McKee of the United States Navy a son of Colonel William R was killed May n 1871 in a fight between the men of several war steamers and the Coreans of Southeastern Asia

James McKee the thirteenth son of Colonel William McKee was the father of the Rev Dr J. L. McKee Vice President of Centre College Kentucky

2 John McKee the other son of Robert and Agnes married Esther Houston aunt of General Sam Houston A son of his also named John was a member of Congress from Tennessee and one of the first United States Senators from Alabama

III John McKee the youngest of the three brothers who came to the Valley lived on Kerr's creek now Rockbridge His wife was Jane Logan and was killed by Indians as heretofore related He married a second time as appears from a deed executed March 14 1774 by John McKee and Rosanna his wife of Kerr's creek Augusta county conveying two hundred and eighty one acres of land part in Augusta and part in Botetourt Rockbridge not having been formed at that time He died March 2 1792 aged eighty four Several of his eight children went to Kentucky others remaining in Virginia His descendants are numerous

The Rev Samuel Brown in his account of the murder of Jane Logan McKee says She besought her husband to leave her to her fate and make his own escape if possible This he refused to do when she appealed to him for the sake of their children to leave her If he stayed being unarmed they would both be killed but if he escaped their young children would still have a protector Can we conceive of a more trying condition for a husband

Major George W McKee USA in his account of the McKee family printed in 1890 vindicates John McKee from the charge of abandoning his wife as related while he acquits Mr Brown of any intention to misrepresent He publishes other traditions in regard to the matter which give a different version of the story The family account of the death of Mrs McKee is that she was milking cows some little distance from the house and when she discovered the Indians gave the alarm in time to have her house closed then fled in an opposite direction and jumped into a sinkhole The Indians who were in pursuit overtook and tomahawked and scalped her She lived however about two hours and was found and carried into her house before she expired Another version of the story given by an aged citizen of Kerr's Creek is as follows 

When John McKee first discovered the Indians approaching he and his wife followed by their dog left their house and endeavored to reach a thickly wooded hill near by They had not gone far before Jane McKee who was in a delicate condition and soon to become a mother became exhausted and begged her husband to leave her to her fate and make his own escape This he refused to do Seeing however near them a sink hole surrounded by an almost impenetrable thicket of privet and briar bushes in a hollow in the field out of view of the Indians he placed his wife in this and started to give the alarm to the other settlers down the creek The Indians were about to abandon the pursuit when one of them attracted by the barking the dog which had remained with her discovered Jane McKee's hiding place She was scalped and left for dead

pg. 422-423

THE McKEE’S

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 James river on August 16 1752

I Robert McKee died June 11 1774 aged eighty two years and his wife Agnes January 29 1780 aged eighty four They had two sons William and John

I William McKee son of Robert and Agnes was born in 1732 and probably while living in Pennsylvania was with his father at Braddock's defeat He married his first cousin Miriam daughter of John McKee, Sr. His residence was a few miles west of Lexington and the farm is now 1888 owned by descendants of the Rev Dr Baxter It is said that he was at the battle of Point Pleasant and if so probably belonged to Colonel Fleming's Botetourt regiment He represented Rockbridge repeatedly in the Legislature and in 1788 was the colleague of General Andrew Moore in the State Convention which ratified the Federal Constitution He was also one of the first trustees of Liberty Hall Academy In 1796 he removed to Kentucky and died there in 1816 He was known in Virginia as Colonel McKee

Samuel McKee the fifth son of Colonel William McKee was born in 1774 He was a member of Congress from Kentucky from 1809 to 1817 a State judge and also Judge of the United States district court His sons were Colonel William R McKee who was killed at the battle of Buena Vista in February 1847 Judge George R McKee and Dr Alexander R McKee Lieutenant Hugh W McKee of the United States Navy a son of Colonel William R was killed May 11 1871 in a fight between the men of several war steamers and the Coreans of Southeastern Asia

2 John McKee the other son of Robert and Agnes married Esther Houston aunt of General Sam Houston A son of his also named John was a member of Congress from Tennessee and one of the first United States Senators from Alabama

II William McKee the pioneer died in Virginia His family moved to Kentucky about 1788 90 and most of his descendants live in that State

III John McKee the youngest of the three brothers who came to the Valley lived on Kerr's creek now Rockbridge His wife was Jane Logan and was killed by Indians as related on page 115 He married a second time as appears from a deed executed March 14 1774 by John McKee and Rosanna his wife of Kerr's creek Augusta county conveying two hundred and eighty one acres of land part in Augusta and part in Botetourt Rockbridge not having been formed at that time He died March 2 1792 aged eighty four Several of his eight children went to Kentucky others remaining in Virginia His descendants are numerous

See several different versions of parentage and his children as listed below.

Robt., John WM. & Jas. McKee of Rockbridge co., Va,

Of a large number of bros. who came from County Down, Ireland to what is now Lancaster co., Pa., at an early date, four of these bros. are known to have been early settlers in the valley of Va. and were sd. to have been devout Presbyterians.:

• 1 Rbt. McKee
• 2 Jno. McKee
• 3 WM. McKee, settled in what is now Augusta co., where he established a home and reared a family (Reg. of Ky., 1921 pg. 91)
• 4 Jame McKee state he came to the Valley with his bro. William in 1754...

NOTE: some descendants are carried out

The MacKeys (Variously Spelled and Allied Families by Beatrice MacKey Doughtie pg. 261-268

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

pg. 52 The Book of McKees by Raymond W. McKee, 1959, Dublin, Hodges Figgis & CO. LTD.

Laurel County, Kentucky: History Revealed Through Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Ancestors Lulu Press, Inc, Dec 9, 201 Found in a sketch on William Jackson married Maria Louisa McKee is a very different version of the emigration of the mckee brothers:

The present McKee family traces its ancestry back to one of seven brothers who emigrated from England to America and settled near Stanton, Virginia, in the year 1775. These brothers were strict, plain Calvinists and were very poor after their emigration to America, but with the passage of time they were able to save enough money to purchase a large tract of land in the Old Dominion commonwealth and they were decidedly

Lumping Together

People are lumping all the early McKee men into families without documentation - thus many of these men appear in several different families - and and some appear in one generation and then in a generation later or maybe 2 geneations later the IGI and Ancestry.com files on the early mckees are a total diaster area

This person was is listed also as as : Robert AFN:164H-PL8 & Agnes AFN: 164H-PMG their children are listed as:

• 8 brothers,
• Robert,
• John &
• William and also as John AFNP3MM-FQ & Mary Stewart AFN: 1DVV-26P their children are listed as: * David,
• Thomas,
• Edward,
• Nivin,
• Samuel.
• Andrew,
• John,
• John,
• James,
• William
• Elizabeth,
• Jane,
• Robert and

John. This AFN lists multiple parents for people with in this file and goes around and around.

Grace Jerkins wrote that she read somewhere that this unknown McKee was killed in the battle of Londonderry Gates; but considering the date of the battle and the time the brothers came, it was more likely to have been the father, grandfather or great-grandfather.

It has been said that there were up to 10 McKee brothers (his sons) who migrated to America - 2 went from Pa. to Va and their descendants into Ky. and then In. the others stayed in Pa. and descendants migrated across Oh. and into In. BUT nothing that I have seen really solidly documents this and that there were that many brothers coming to America.

Parentage & children controversey

4 Versions of WIlliam McKee and Merriam Brown family basically the same adding and omitting information and changing the parentage around - :

WILLIAM McKee was born in ,County Down, Ireland, and died in County Down, Ireland. He married MARIAM BROWN. She was born in County Down, Ireland, and died in County Down, Ireland.

• 1. JOHN MCKEE b. 1707 ,County Down, Ireland d. 2 Mar. 1792, Kerr's Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia. ; m 1st 29 Jan 1774 JANE LOGAN; m 2nd ROSANNAH CUNNINGHAM
• 2.ROBERT MCKEE b. 1692 ,County Down, Ireland; d. 11 Jun 1776 Rockbridge co., Va. [June 11, 1774, Kerr's Creek, Botetourt, Virginia]; m. Ireland AGNES [-?-] her maiden name is given as CUNNINGHAM; He is said to be of Londonderry, Ireland
• 3. WILLIAM MCKEE b. 1700 County Down, Ireland d. 1775 ,Augusta County, Va m. abt 1725 MARY [-?] another gives as ELIZABETH [-?-} & ELIZABETH TODD

* ?3a DAVID MCKEE of McKeesport, Pa. , b. Abt. 1710, ,County Down, Ireland; d. October 11, 1795, McKeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.; m. MARGARET [-?-]; bef 16 Oct 1795 

* ?3b SAMUEL MCKEE

another version of this family is as follows:

1. WILLIAM MCKEE b. abt 1668 county Down, Ireland [Scotland], d.county Down,Ireland. m. MARIAM BROWN. She b.abt 1670 county Down, Ireland d. county Down,Ireland. Children are:

• 2 ROBERT MCKEE b. 1692 county Down, Ireland d.11 Jun 1774 Kerr's Creek, Botetourt Va.; m. AGNES [-?-] bef 1732 county Down,Ireland b.2 Feb 1707 county Down, Ireland, d. 29 Jan 1780 Kerr's Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia/ 11 Jun 1774, Kerr's Creek, Botetourt, Virginia. - of Londonberry, Ireland
• 3 WILLIAM MCKEE b. abt 1700 county Down, Ireland, d. abt 1790 Augusta co., Va.; m. ELISABETH [-?-]
• 4 John MCKEE b. 1707 county Down, Ireland d. 2 Mar 1792 Kerr's Creek, Rockbridge, Va.; m. JANE LOGAN 29 Jan 1744 Lancaster co.,Pa,. He married Rosannah CUNNINGHAM 12 Dec 1765 Kerr's Creek, Rockbridge, Va.
• 5 DAVID MCKEE b.abt 1710 county Down, Ireland d. 11 Oct. 1795 McKeesport, Allegheny, Pa.; MARGARET [-?-]
• 6 MARGARET MCKEE b. 1724 Ireland d. 1789 Kerr's Creek, Rockbridge, Va.; m 1st 1740 Lancaster co., Pa. ROBERT b. abt 1720 county Down Ireland d. aft 25 Mar. 2786 Kerr’s Creeke, Rockbridge, Va.Farmer, Private Revolutionary s/o William and Alice [-?-] Hamilton; m 2nd 27 Nov 1787 JAMES GARDNER
• 6a JAMES MCKEE b. Northern Ireland; d. abt 1757 Augusta co., Va.
• 6b THOMAS MCKEE , b. Bef. 1710; d. 1769, McKee's Trading Post (now Dalmatia), Pa. Set up an indian trading post by 1742 at present-day Dalmatia, PA, across from present-day Mc Kee's Half Falls (named after him, where "Fort McKee" stood) on the Susquehanna river, upstream from Harrisburg, PA. Extremely well known in the a rea. Friendly Shawnee Chief Kishacoquillas died at his trading post in July or August 1754. During the Treaty held at East on in July 1757 he acted "Interpreter for the Crown." In 1759 he attended conferences wit h the Indians at Pittsburg and at Fort Stanwix, and again at Fort Pit in 1760.

     Dewey S. Herrold, "Thomas McKee: Indian Trader and Pioneer," The     Northumberland County Historical Society, V. XV, 1 Oct 1946.

and yet another gives him as:

William McKee (James MacKey1 ) was born 1668 in Strathnaver, Scotland, and died in Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA. He married Mariam BROWN 1690 in Ulster, Scotland. She was born 1670 in Down, Ireland, and died in Down, Ireland. Children of William McKee and Mariam BROWN are:

• 1 i. Robert McKee was born 1692 in Down, Ireland, and died 11 JUN 1774 in Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA.
• 2 ii. William McKee was born 1700 in Down, Ireland, and died 1790 in Augusta, Virginia, USA.
• 3 iii. John McKee was born 1707 in Atrium, Northern Ireland, and died 2 MAR 1792 in Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA.
• 4 iv. Margaret McKee was born 1724 in Ireland, and died 1789 in Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA.
• 5 v James McKee was born in Atrium, Northern Ireland, and died 1757 in Augusta, Virginia, USA.
• 6 vi. David McKee was born 1715 in Down, Ireland, and died 11 OCT 1795 in Mckeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Margaret Patterson. She was born in Ireland.

and yet another gives him as bing a son of William's brother ALEXANDER MCKEE d. May 1740 in Donegal Township, Lancaster, Pa. as the father of the family listed above. An account of him is in: John H. Carter, "Alexander McKee: Our Most Noted Tory," The Northumberland County Historical Society, V. XXII, 1 Nov 1958.with 3 or the same sons as is listed with William as listed below

2. Alexander McKee (James MacKey1) was born 1665 in Strathnaver, Scotland, and died 1740 in McKees Fort, McKees Halffalls, Junitia, PA. He married Elizabeth Gordon 1683 in Antrim, Antrim , N.Ireland. She was born 1665 in Antrim, Antrim, N. Ireland, and died in Ireland.Children of Alexander McKee and Elizabeth Gordon are:

• 6 i. Thomas McKee was born 1695-1710 in Antrim, Antrim, Ireland / Northern Ireland, and died 1769 in McKees Fort, McKees Halffalls, Juniata, PA./ McKee's Trading Post (now Dalmatia), Pa
• 7 ii. Robert McKee was born 1692 in Ireland, and died in Virginia. (see under Wm. & Miriam Brown ;isted below) Set up an indian trading post by 1742 at present-day Dalmatia, PA, across from present-day Mc Kee's Half Falls (named after him, where "Fort McKee" stood) on the Susquehanna river, upstream from Harrisburg, PA. Extremely well known in the a rea. Friendly Shawnee Chief Kishacoquillas died at his trading post in July or August 1754. During the Treaty held at East on in July 1757 he acted as "Interpreter for the Crown." In 1759 he attended conferences wit h the Indians at Pittsburg and at Fort Stanwix, and again at Fort Pit in 1760.
• 8 iii. William McKee was born 1700 in Ireland, and died in Virginia. . (see under Wm. & Miriam Brown listed below)
• 9 iv. John McKee was born 1707 in Ireland, and died in Virginia. (see under Wm. & Miriam Brown listed below)

As shown above it  is unknown  if it was  'sons'  or  father & sons  who  came to America  - 

one source states that ? amount of brothers migrated to America.

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

vs. the statement found in the va. & Ky McKee genealogy

George Wilson McKee, McKees of Virginia and Kentucky, the, Pittsburgh, J. B. Richards, 1891.

"In about 1738, ten or eleven brothers McKee emigrated to America. 

4th. In 1738 when a large migration of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians to Pennsylvania and the valley of Virginia took place, some brothers MeKee, variously estimated from five to ten or eleven sons of one who had borne a part in the defence 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 Virginia, (about 1757) and settled on a portion of Borden's grant, on Kerr's Creek, in what is now Rockbridge county, about eight miles north-west of Lexington. In 1760, William, another of the brothers, also removed to Augusta county, Va.

An account of the descendants of these pioneers, Robert, John and William, may be found in the statements from several sources which follow."

David McKee of Mckeesport, pa.

More about the McKees of McKeesport, PA. (FROM THE BOOK OF MCKEE, Raymond Walter McKee) This sept of the clan, according to the traditions of the family, emigrated from Scotland in the days when John Graham of Claverhouse, who was Viscount Dundee, commanded the forces of King James, and in his frenetic fury persecuted the Scot Covenanters so relentlessly that some of the families were almost decimated. This would be sometime close to 1689, and it should be recalled that King William's forces prevailed over those of King James in 1690, at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.

David McKee, the McKeesport branch's emigrant, was born in Scotland in 1710 and died in 1795. One account says he fled to Ireland after the Jacobite Rebellion, sometime after 1715, and probably with his parents; that he came to America circa 1750 and settled near Philadelphia. A McKeesport Attorney, Walter Riggs, who authored a volume concerning the early history of McKeesport, wrote to (RWM) me that it was his understanding David McKee possessed a title of nobility but never employed or displayed it. From the very sketchy Family Tree I have been able to prepare for this Sept, it will be seen that David McKees immediate family seems to have been constituted thus- David McKee and wife Margaret; children John, Thomas, Robert, David, Elizabeth, Mary

In Walkinshaw's Annals of Pennsylvania, vol 2, pages 261, 262 a record of an immigrating family is included as shown below. The article states that this family arrived in 1768, however, rather than the earlier date assigned for the McKeesport family of 1750. However, the almost identical names of the children seems a curious coincidence, if they indeed are different families:- David McKee, wife Margaret- Children John McKee and two daughters; Thomas McKee (born in Ireland in 1749), Robert McKee, David McKee Jr (no Elizabeth shown) Mary McKee, Margaret McKee (not on other list), James McKee (not on other list).

RECORD:

1. William E. Railey, History of Woodruff County, Kentucky (1938; Reprint Baltimore, Md., 1979), Pg. 229-30

. "In 1738 a number of Sctoch-Irish Presbyterians left their native Ireland because the atmosphere, so to speak, was a little conductive to health, comfort, and saftey as it is in the unhappy land today, so they crossed the ocean and settled in Pennsylvania, where they found greater freedom, and an entirely different environment that was better suited to their several inclinations. - - Among there several families were a number of brothers by the name of McKee, variously estimated at from five to ten in number. They settled near Lancaster, Pa., but two of them Robert and John removed, to Rockbridge co., Va. in 1757, and settled near Lexington. In 1760 another brother, William, moved down into Augusta co., Va. where he established a home and reared a family. These brothers were all devout Presbyterians and regarded by thier neighbors as gentlemen without question and well to do citizens, and the three above named brothers were the progenitors of all the Kentucky McKee's of whom I have knowledge."

2. Judith Elaine (McKee) Burns, Descendants and Ancestors of Joseph Howe McKee of Owen County, Indiana (McKee's of Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana, The (Transcript), Judith Elaine (McKee) Burns

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On the founding of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania

If the Delaware King Shingas became persona non grata in colonial McKee's Rocks so did Alexander McKee.  McKee was a valued British Indian agent and guide who worked at Fort Pitt.  Because of his valuable service, the British through Colonel Henry Bouquet, granted McKee 1,375 acres, twice the size of the current Borough.  The grant read: 

"By Colonel Bouqet, Commanding Officer in the Southern District, permission is hereby given to Alexander McKee, assistant agent for Indian Affairs, to occupy and build upon land at the mouth of the Surtee's Creek (Chartiers), on the south side of the Ohio."

McKee built a substantial house 200 yards from the mouth of the creek in the area of River Road. George Washington dined here in 1770 and refers to the house as a "Mansion" with eight rooms. This first venerable structure existed until 1902 when the P&LE, which had used it as an office from 1886, tragically burned it. Interestingly, Washington also refers to "Chartiers Creek" in his diary indicating the name was commonly used by early visitors.

Trouble for McKee came during the Revolutionary War. He was a staunch British supporter and spy and was forced to flee his home in 1778 when soldiers at Fort Pitt were sent out to arrest him.

James McKee assuemd the title to his borther's lands and historians believe that the name, McKee's Rocks, can be attributed to early settlers at the Point referring to this area of the Indian Mound and McKee's mansion as such. His descendants lived in this area for more than 125 years.

He is listed as having the same 3 sons as his brother William has - see the profiles below:

2. Alexander McKee (James MacKey1) was born 1665 in Strathnaver, Scotland, and died 1740 in McKees Fort, McKees Halffalls, Junitia, PA. He married Elizabeth Gordon 1683 in Antrim, Antrim , N.Ireland. She was born 1665 in Antrim, Antrim, N. Ireland, and died in Ireland.Children of Alexander McKee and Elizabeth Gordon are:

• 6 i. Thomas McKee was born 1695 in Antrim, Antrim, Ireland, and died 1769 in McKees Fort, McKees Halffalls, Juniata, PA.
• 7 ii. Robert McKee was born 1692 in Ireland, and died in Virginia. (see under Wm. & Miriam Brown ;isted below)
• 8 iii. William McKee was born 1700 in Ireland, and died in Virginia. . (see under Wm. & Miriam Brown listed below)
• 9 iv. John McKee was born 1707 in Ireland, and died in Virginia. (see under Wm. & Miriam Brown listed below)

.	William McKee (James MacKey1) was born 1668 in Strathnaver, Scotland, and died in Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA. He married Mariam BROWN 1690 in Ulster, Scotland. She was born 1670 in Down, Ireland, and died in Down, Ireland. 	Children of William McKee and Mariam BROWN are:	

* 1 i. Robert McKee was born 1692 in Down, Ireland, and died 11 JUN 1774 in Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA.

• 2 ii. William McKee was born 1700 in Down, Ireland, and died 1790 in Augusta, Virginia, USA.
• 3 iii. John McKee was born 1707 in Atrium, Northern Ireland, and died 2 MAR 1792 in Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA.
• 4 iv. Margaret McKee was born 1724 in Ireland, and died 1789 in Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA.
• 5 v. James McKee was born in Atrium, Northern Ireland, and died 1757 in Augusta, Virginia, USA.
• 6 vi. David McKee was born 1715 in Down, Ireland, and died 11 OCT 1795 in Mckeesport, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. He married Margaret Patterson. She was born in Ireland.

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1. Alexander McKee, who fought at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, near Drogheda in East Ireland, was an officer of William, Prince of Orange, according to a genealogical article quoted a few pages hence. There can be little doubt that he and his brothers belonged to the Strathnaver MacKays, because one of them who died in 1706 and was buried at Carncastle in Antrim caused arms containing the three bears’ head of Lord Reay to be carved on his monument. Unfortunately that particular monument has either weathered away or crumbled, for it no longer exists at Carncastle. However, the hiatus is bridged by the act of the Ulster King of Arms, Sir Neville Wilkinson, who confirmed arms in 1912 to a descendant, John Reginald McKee, in Ireland. They were grounded on the arms claimed on the 1706 monument of which either a potograph or a drawing probably existed in 1912. In 1956, the late King of Arms in Ireland, Sir Gerald Wollaston, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., granted arms similarly grounded, and containing the three bears’ heads as their principal charge, to another descendant of one of the four McKee brothers who were Boyne veterans, H. Malcom McKee of Bangor, North Ireland.

A monument bearing the date of 1756 also stodd in the churchyard at Carncastle, bearing the name of a boy Robert McKee and the same Mackay arms. The author discovered a drawing of these arms in the Ulster Journal of Archaeology, Vol VI, No. 1, p. 240, January 1900. They are reproduced in Book of McKee. Thus, we possess sound proof that the four McKee brothers who fought at the Boyne considered themselves part of the Strathnaver and Reay branch of the Clan Mackay, and moreover believed themselves entitled to adopt the clan’s armoral bearings. Lord Reay has been the title borne by the head of this branch of the Mackays since 1628. The proof is already probably as complete as it will ever be that the four McKee brothers were younger sons of that branch.

If Alexander McKee and his son Thomas came to America as early as 1707 which one account indicates, then it is reasonable to suppose that Thomas was the eldest son and fourteen to eighteen years of age at the time. We do find persuasive evidence that they arrived sometime between 1707 and 1734, and we know that Alexander, the Boyne veteran, died in 1740. The 1707 date is suggested from an article in American Biography (1928), The American Historical Society, Inc., Vol 31, p. 181, which is quoted further on in this chapter.

On the other hand, according to information supplied by the Genealogical Section of the State Library of Harrisburgh, Pennsylvania:

Alexander McKee, born about 1665, died 1740. lived in County Antrim, Ireland. Came to America and settled in Donegal, Lancaster County, prior to 1735. His son Thomas McKee was born in Ireland about 1695, and came to America with his father; and with them was Alexander, young son of Thomas. Thomas was a farmer and Indian trader. He died in Harrisburg in 1770 (actually 1769 as his son Alexander was his administrator when he appreared in Orphans Court, Dec 6, 1769) He married first in Ireland with issue. He married next an Indian woman, with issue. (As will appear elsewhere, James McKee was one of the children of this marriage, and since Mrs Fredrick in her American Revolutionary soldiers of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, opined that James McKee was in some way related to Hugh McKee, the latter and the son of the former, James McKee, Junior, having married Nesbitt sisters, it is the authors conclusion that Hugh McKee and James McKee, Sr were probably brothers, and sons of Thomas McKee of McKee’s Half Falls. Their half-brother (Colonel) Alexander McKee may have been from an Irish or Scot mother, one account having him born in Ireland circa 1720, although two other accounts say or imply Alexander was born in America. However, James McKee and Hugh McKee would have been borne by Thomas McKee’s second wife, a Shawnee girl; of course they could have been brothers of Thomas, as Alexander McKee Sr.’s will shows he had other children) Children of his Irish wife: Alexander, born in Ireland about 1720, died 1799. Alexander married an Indian woman with issue. Children by (Thomas McKees) second marriage: Catherine, married Greydon, issue: Elizabeth; Nancy; James born 1755, died 1834; married first an Indian woman, with issue; married second, Elizabeth Verner (1769-1809) with issue”.

In the above mentioned biographical sketch in American Biography - the statement is made that Thomas McKee’s father, who although unnamed in that particular sketch is named in the Eleanor Guthrie Reed papers reposing in the State Library at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as Alexander McKee (a) died after engaging for 35 years in the fur-trading business with his son Thomas McKee ; and, (b) that Thomas McKee thereafter “continued the business at McKees half Falls, in what is now Snyder County Pennsylvania, where he established a trading store. He had his business at this place in 1742, although it is believed that he had established a branch of his father’s business there six years before his death”.

This would date the arrival of Alexander McKee and his son Thomas McKee in America circa 1707 (in the year 1707 three McKee brothers landed at Boston from Ireland. The descendants of one of them, Andrew McKee, who settled near Hartford, Connecticut, are detailed in the chapter McKee Septs and their Brief Genealogy herein. What is known of their arrival was written by a decendant Julius C. McKee, as follows:

“ My pedigree, as near as I know it, according to the traditions in our family, four generations back, as I have been informed by my father and Uncle Jason McKee. There were three brothers as my father says; two as Uncle Jason thinks. I think father is correct, as he was 16 or 17 years older and his memory very good. They came to America and landed at Boston.

The youngest, 16 years old, named Andrew McKee, or MacKee as it used to be written, settled in East Hartford, east of old Hartford City, in the state of Connecticut, about five miles from the city, and became a farmer, in 1707. It is supposed that the other brothers settled one in Virginia, the other in Kentucky. Andrew was born in the North of Ireland in 1691. His father was Scotch, a chief among them, my father says: his mother Irish. He live in America 58 years. He died September 24, 1765, aged 74 years, and was interred at Manchaster Center, Connecticut. Andrew had a first wife and a second wife and had children by both. I can only speak of three, Nathaniel and Joseph by first wife, John second wife.”) However, other accounts merely say the came before 1735, but one of them definitely states that Thomas McKee married in Ireland, and by his Irish wife had his first son Alexander, who was said to have been born in Ireland circa 1720. Thus it will be seenthat there is an uncertain gap of from 14 to 27 years between the two suggested dates of their arrival in this country, that is to say between te year 1707 amd say 1734, the latter to meet the condition “before 1735”.

2. Alexander McKee, the younger, who by one account was born in Ireland of an Irish mother, whom Thomas McKee is suppose to have married there, but who by another source of tradition is attributed to a Shawnee Indian mother whom Thomas married in America, rose to be a commanding figure in the frontier country. The following brief sketch of him came in a letter dated January 23, 1957, from Douglas Thurston Kee, Q.C., of Chatham, Ontario, Canada:

“At Blenheim, Ontario, not far from Chatham, there is a memorial cairn known as the McKee Treaty Cairn. This commemorated the signing of a treaty with the Indians at Detroit in 1790 under which this part of the country was open for settlement. The Indian agent at Detroit, which was of course then still in British hands, was Colonel Alexander McKee, wand he was instrumental in arranging the treaty. This Colonel Alexander McKee was a very important man in his day, in this part of the country. For example, in 1788 when the District of Hesse was set up he was named one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, and in the list of names suggested for first Executive Council for Upper Canada his name appears. He appears to have died in 1799 in Windsor, Canada. He had a son (and probably other children as well), who was Colonel Thomas McKee, who was also very prominent in the early history of this district.

This Colonel Thomas McKee was member of parlimant for Kent in 1796 and for Essex in 1801, they being counties in present Province of Ontario. One of his descendants, W.J. McKee, was long member of parliment for Essex , and the family generally played a very important part in Windsor’s early history for three or four generations. While at the moment I cannot put my finger on my authority, I am fairly certain that the original Colonel Alexander McKee came from Pennsylvania and was probably connected to your (RWM) family.

The first time I am in Toronto with a few minutes to spend, I’ll see if I can find anything out as to these McKees, in case you do not have a record of them. Strangely enough, when Chatham was laid out in 1795, town lots were granted to Colonel McKee and to Lieutenant Thomas McKee, his son, probably a case of land speculation, as they certainly lived in Windsor.”

As we gradually assemble what little is actually known of this extraordinary person Colonel Alexander McKee, we come slowly to realize that he was just what Douglas Thurston Kee described him as being, a very important man of his day. In good fortune and bad he seems to have held stedfast to his persuasions, and having commited no dishonorable acts he deserves our admiration as a thoroughly able and honorable man.

The previous from Book of McKee from Chapter entitled McKees of Rushville, Illinois

Also a brief account of Alexander's migration tpo America and ancestry can be found in Alexander McKee - The Great White Elk: British Indian Agent On The Colonial Frontier Jan 11, 2013 by Frederick Wulff as follows:

pg. 1-2 ....The lineage of Alexander McKee on his father's side can be traced to sturdy Scotch-Irish stock in Northern Ireland. His grandfather Alexander McKee, after whom the young Alexander was named had been an officer in the Protestant forces of William of Orange, and had distinguished himself in the Battle of Boyne, 1690, in which King James II was defeated. The McKee clan in Ireland belonged to the Strathaver Mackays... McKee's grandfather was a restless ambitious man who sought escape from the overcrowded region for opportunity in the New World. Pennsylvania had particular appeal... The elder gentleman already had a large family of at least five children and possibly as many as eleven. Of these offspring only the names of Thomas, Robert, John and William are known from existing records....At Any rate, the senior Alexander McKee left Ireland with his oldest son, the fifteen-year-old Thomas, sometime between 1707 and 1720. The younger members of the family remained in Ireland for the time being. Eventually they too made the crossing, sometime between 1735, and 1737. When the grandfather and father of Alexander McKee arrived in Philadelphia after the long voyage, the immediately made plans- to journey westward to the Susquehanna frontier of Pennsylvania...

His profile on GENI is:

• Alexander McKee
• Birth: circa 1665
• Antrim, Ireland / Strathnaver, Scotland
• Death: May 1740 (71-79)
• McKee's Half Falls, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
• Son of James Mackey of Strathnaver, Scotland
• Husband of Marjory McKee (Stewart); Elizabeth McKee (Gordon) and Catherine McKee
• Father of Capt. Thomas McKee; Edward McKee and William McKee

Another BOGUS ANCESTRY

This is the best example of a combined non researched non-documented early ancestry of the Ky & Virginia McK'ees and because of this it is still be perpetuated

Descendants of Alexander William McKee

Generation One

      1.Alexander William McKee was born about 1665-1668, possibly in Derry N. Ireland and died May 1740 in “Will” Oughly, Drumbo Doen N. Ireland.He was believed the son of James, David or JamesMackey and Margaret Patterson of Down Ireland.He married about 169x to Miriam Brown, bca 1670 in County Down and they are believed to have at least six children includingRobert Brown McKee, Jean McKee, Thomas McKee, William McKee, Patrick McKee and John McKee all born and some married in Ireland. David McKee?

Generation Two

These brothers and possible sisters with their respective families allappear to have settled first in Lancaster Co PA. from Ireland about 1736-1738.Robert and John moved south from Lancaster Co. PA about 1749-5x and settled about eight miles north of the present city of Lexington VA in the Borden Tract of Augusta Co VA later Rockbridge Co. There are no tract recorded conveyance to McKee prior to 1750 at which time a John McKee purchased 170 acres from Mary Doutlat.Some settlers did locate near to but outside the Borden Boundary.This 92,000 acre tract is well explained in Ref 2 as noted.

Brother William McKee, in 1760, followed Robert and John to Augusta Co. VA.His married son James appears to have accompanied this move.Of the two brothers stayed in PA, they appear to have moved west from Lancaster County, about 1788, Patrick to the Wheeling West VA area and Thomas to Pittsburgh PA area.

      2.Robert Brown McKee son of Alexander William McKee and Miriam Brown was born about 1692 in Drumbo, Down N. Ireland and died 6 Nov 1774 (or 11 June 1776) in Augusta now Rockbridge Co Virginia.He married, possibly in March 1730?, at Drumbo Ireland toAgnes Cunningham born 2 Feb 1707.She was daughter of John Cunningham and Elizabeth Stewart.She died 29 Jan 1780 in Rockbridge Co VA. They hadWilliam McKee, John McKee and possibly Alexander McKee.

      3.John McKee 2nd son of Alexander and Miriam was believed christened on 13 June 1706 in Drumbo Ireland and died on 2 Mar 1792 in Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge Co, VA.He first married Jane Logan on 29 Jan 1744. She born about 1730 asdaughter of David Logan of Cumberland PA.Jane was killed late in term of another child during an Indian raid on the Kerrs Creek settlement of July 17 1763. At the time of her death there were eight children in the family including , Mary McKee, Miriam McKee, William McKee, James Logan McKee, Robert Logan McKee John McKee William McKee David McKee.Widower John McKee later married Rosannah Cunningham on 12 Dec 1765 in Rockbridge Co. VA and they had one son John J. McKee likely born in Rockbridge Co. Rosannah died 19 Jan 1806.

      4.William McKee was likely born about 170x in Drumbo Ireland and died in Virginia. He followed his brothers Robert and John from Lancaster PA to VA about 1760. Little known other that he is believed to be the father of a James McKee of Rockbridge Co VA.. There is a record of a William McKee owning a Borden tract next to John Summers in 1768.Family tradition has that he and family moved to Montgomery County KY about 1788.

Generation Three

The threechildren of pioneer Robert Brown McKee and Agnes Cunningham include William, John and possibly Alexander.

      5.William McKee born 17 May 1732 and died 12 Oct 1816 in Garrard Co KY.He came to America as child with father Robert from Ireland.He firstmarried on 20 May 1766 to his cousin Miriam McKee daughter of John and Jane Logan McKeepossibly in Jessamine KYThey had eight surviving children all born in Virginia as he moved to Lincoln Co Kentucky in 1792four years before Miriam’s death on 3 Oct 1796.William remarried to a widow, Mrs Davis, who seems to have been a relative by blood.

This William active in both French & Indian War and Revolutionary War. He was a Captain of VA Militia Company at Pt Pleasant in 1774 appointed a Colonel in 1785 and later served as a Virginia delegate from Rockbridge County to ratify the US Constitution.

      6.John James McKee was born about 1735 in Rockbridge Co VA and died in March 1780 (or 1808) on Buffalo Creek of Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge Co.He married Ester Davidson Houston, born 1742 in Augusta Co VA and died about 1780. She was the daughter of Robert and Margaret Davidson Houston. John marriedin 1761 on Kerrs Creek, Botetourt Co VA.They are buried in Oxford Church Cemetery, Lexington KY.

      7.Alexander McKee, possibly the third son, was born about 1750 and died in Maury Co TN between 1830-1840. This Alexander believed to have married in Orange Co NC to Mary Bean, born 11 June 1746 in Orange Co NC and died 3 Aug 1822 in Maury Co TN. Alexander and Mary, her 2nd,were married about 1770 in Orange Co NC.. Both believed to be buried in Maury Co TN.

The nine known children of pioneer John McKee, (son of Alexander McKee), include eight with Jane Logan McKee and one with Rosanna Cunningham.

      8.Mary McKee who was born 11 June 1746 in Orange Co NC and died 3 Aug. 1822 in Maury Co TN.Shemarried Hugh Weir (Ware), (b1742 & d16 Jul 1822).They possibly had had daughter, Jane Weir born 14 Apl 1775 in Augusta Co VA..As the oldest child Marywas noted first as Mary Weir in her fathers will.According to family records, the couple lived and died on Whistle Ck, Rockbridge County.

      9.Miriam McKee was born 27 Sept 1747 and died 30 Oct 1796 in Lincoln Co. KY.She married on 20 May 1766 to her cousin William McKee in Jassamine Co Ky where they lived and both likely died.They had eight surviving of thirteen known children. 10. William McKee was born 18 Feb 1750 and died an infant on 28 Jul 1752. 11.James Logan McKee was born 14 Mar.1752 on Kerrs Creek , Rockbridge Co VA and died 14 Aug 1832.He first married on 6 Jun 1782 to Janet Telford, b 19 Oct 1754, d 30 Apl 1800,in Rockbridge Co VAThey had one known son John Telford McKee born in 1785, Janet died in 1800 and James later married on 26 Mar1807, to Mrs. Nancy Scott, born on Colliers Creek Rockbridge Co VA, a widow and possible relative of his first wife.At time of marriage she had two children, Jane and Samuel W.After marrying James they had two children Martha H and Mary S. McKee. 12. Robert Logan McKee was born 4 Mar 1754 at Kerrs Creek Rockbridge Co VA and died about 1812 possibly in Woodford Co KY.He first married in 1786 to Margaret Hamilton who died in 1793.They had two children (John, b 1787 & Samuel b 1789) and moved to KY about 1790 where Margaret died in 1793.Robert then re-married in 1795 to Jane Jack of NC.They had four children (Margaret, Mary, James & Robert all believed born in KY).This Robert L McKee was active in VA militia in Indian Wars and Revolutionary War.

      13.John McKee was born 17 Dec 1756 and died 24 May as young boy in 1761.

      14. William McKee was born 28 Feb 1759 on Kerrs Creek Rockbridge Co VA and died about 1833.He married Jean or Jane Kenady (Kennedy) on 21 Jan 1790 in Botetourt Co VA. They had two known children (James M. And Margaret McKee both had large families in VA).William & Janet are buried in New Providence Church Cemetery of VA.This William may have been the first sheriff of Rockbridge Co.

      15. David McKee was born 25 Dec 1760 and died 20 Aug 1825 in Union Mills, Jassamine Co KY.His W< probated Sep 1825. On 16 Sept.1788 in Rockbridge Co, he married Anne Dunlap, b 5 Dec 1765, in Aspen Grove, Rockbridge Co and d 2 Jul 1814 in Jessamine KY. She was daughter of Robert and Mary Gay Dunlap.They had ten known children in Ky. (Jane Logan, Miriam, Margaret, Nancy Logan, John, Robert, David and James. Some later moved to IL and OH.)

      16.John McKee Jr. is only known child that pioneer John McKee had with 2nd wife Rosanna Cunningham.This son was born 27 Oct 1771 and died 1 Dec.1815 in Rockbridge County. Believed to stayed on the old McKee place on Kerrs Ck after having married Susanna Simonds 14 Jun 1795.She died before John Jr.on 20 Mar 1815. They had no children.This John Jr. was half uncle to John Telford McKee

The only identifiable child of pioneer William McKee (son of Alexander McKee of Drumbo, Ire.) is James McKee.

      17. James McKee was born about 1726 and died 26 Apl 1778.He married Lydia Todd, ( born about 1736, died about 1811), about 1756 She was daughter of nearby James Todd family who later moved to Bedford Co.James and Lydiahad seven known children.Possibly this Lydia was related to Levi Todd and early pioneer of Fayette Co VA.James McKee signed his LW&T on 26 Apl 1778. It was probated on 4 Aug 1778 naming wife Lydia as an Executor. Thereafter Lydia moved with children to Kentucky

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Merging of the McKees's of VIrginia & McKeesport

McKee Dunn McKee Gardener and health seeker Residence Biltmore NC Permanent mail address 1753 Rhode Island Avenue Washington DC
..McKee Dunn McKee was born Oct 21st 1873 at Washington DC He is a son of David Ritchie McKee and Frances Elizabeth McKee who were married May 11th 1871 at Washington and had two other children both sons Lanier McKee 95 and David Ritchie Mckee Jr. 1903
.David Ritchie McKee b Sept 17th 1842 at Wheeling W Va is manager of the New York Associated Press Washington He is a son of Redick McKee (Redrick Mckee, Colonel) a merchant Wheeling San Francisco and Washington and Eliza Ritchie of Cannonsburg Pa The family is of Scotch descent ancestors emigrated from the north of Ireland in 1750 settled at what is McKeesport Pa
Frances Elizabeth Dunn McKee b Dec 6th 1849 at Madison Ind is the daughter of William McKee Dunn a lawyer of Madison afterwards of Washington and Elizabeth Frances Lanier of Madison William McKee Dunn was an honorary graduate of Yale 35 BA Indiana University 32 Prof Math and LL D Hanover College 77 and served as congressman 1859 63
McKee prepared at Exeter He played on the Second Banjo Club in Freshman year and afterwards on the University Glee and Banjo Club for three years A High Oration at the Junior Exhibition and at Commencement He was a member of the Renaissance Club and a Cup Man Phi Beta Kappa Eta Phi DKE Bones
He was married Dec 27th 1902 at Washington D C to Miss Henrietta Bates daughter of Paymaster General Alfred Elliott Bates USA of Washington and has one child a son Elliott Bates McKee b Nov 26th 1904 at Washington
To Dunn McKee belongs the credit of starting the annual winter dinners of 96 at the old Yale Club in Madison Square He spent the first year out of college in Washington came to New York in 1897 and remained there off and on until 1902 at first with the Wall Street firm of Bertron & Storrs and until 1900 with the Compressed Gas Capsule Company In 1900 he visited Alaska with his brother and upon his return in the fall of that year he became interested with Neale and Thome in a coal mining deal in Pottstown Pa During part of the year 1901 02 he lived in the Adirondacks The Sexennial Record contains a full account of his service in the war with Spain as a private in Troop A NY Volunteer Cavalry and later down in Cuba as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Volunteer Signal Corps and aide de camp to General Randolph
McKee is now President of the Two Kings Mining Company of Chihuahua Mexico he gives the following account of his life since 1902
Spent a couple of months at Saranac Lake and then went out to Silver City New Mexico where we visited ranches went camping did some hunting and fishing and were out doors all the time Acquired a few interests in valuable mining properties Spent two months of the spring of 1904 in California with classmate Loomis and bride Came East in June stopping en route at Denver and the Fair at St Louis No classmates visible though I saw a lot at New Haven the end of the month Spent a couple of months in the Berkshires and then became a student oldest living undergraduate at the School of Mines at Golden Colo Returned to Washington to meet my week old son and then gave up books and took my family to Denver for the winter Came East in June 1905 and after depositing family at seashore went up to the Buck Run Colliery near Minersville Pa where classmates Neale and Thorne are digging coal Remained there as purchasing agent until Christmas when I came South to Asheville and in April took a house on the Vanderbilt estate near Biltmore I am at present engaged in raising vegetables and flowers and incidentally gathering bunches of health See Appendix

Hence this is where i think came the desire to merge the McKeesport, Pa & Virginia as being the same "branch" back when they immigrated to america.