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About Robert McKay
There is a section in the following book: The Mackeys and Allied Families (Variously spelled) by Beatrice MacKey Doughtie (Bowen press, Decatur, Ga., 1957 1002 pgs.) & with a supplement to it done in 1973 of 178 pgs. on this Robert McKay from 151-238 (2/3 of that page) and his descendants his parentage is not stated in in it
NOTE: the son of Captain Hugh Mackay and Jane, dau. of Patrick Dunbar of Sidera. (as listed pg. 293) was listed as:
Robert, a merchant in Rotterdam pg. 294
THE BOOK OF MACKAY BY ANGUS MACKAY, M.A. (St. Andrews University)
Minister at Westerdale, Caithness EDINBURGH : NORMAN MACLEOD, -25 GEORGE IV. BRIDGE CANADA : EDWARD MACKAY, ST. PETER'S MANSE,
MADOC, ONT. M DCCCC VI
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Robert S. McKay, Sr. born Bet. 1679 - 1680 in Freehold, Monmouth County, NJ; (Ben M. Angel notes: Freehold was not settled until 1685, when a group of Scottish immigrants arrived fleeing religious persecution back home. He wasn't born in Freehold. He was most likely born in Scotland, or in Belfast, Ireland, as suggested by the Mackay family records citation below.)
- died 19 Aug 1752 in Staunton, "Hay Bottom", Frederick County, VA.
- He was the son of Hugh McKay, Sr. and Jane Dunbar.
- He married Anne Browne Abt. 1700 in NJ. (Anne Browne, born Abt. 1683 in Marcus Hook, Delaware County, PA; died Abt. 1720 in Cecil County, MD.)
Notes for Robert S. McKay, Sr.:
He came to the settlement of the Shenandoah Valley, VA from Cecil County, MD, to which place he had come some years before from near Freehold, Monmouth County, NJ. On or before 1732, Robert McKay built a house which is still standing near Riverton, VA. This historical marker stands off route 340 in present day Warren County, VA. "The McKay home, a short distance west at Cedarville stands the old home of the Pioneer, Robert MaKay, Built of walnut logs, it is one of the oldest houses in the Valley. In 1731, Joist Hite, Robert McKay and others received a grant of 100,000 acres. Hite settled on the Opequon and McKay at this place at crooked Run. These men opened the Valley to succeeding settlers.
More About Robert S. McKay, Sr.:
- Date born 2: McKay family records say he was born in Belfast, Ireland
- Alternate Dates: May 1777, May be date of death
- Moved: 1772, Nottingham Meeting, Cecil County, MD
- Of: Parish of Augusta, Frederick County, VA
- Religion: Quaker
- Residence 1: "Old Home Place", South River Shenandoah, VA
- Residence 2: Bef. 1752, "Hay Bottom"
- Will: 07 Oct 1746, Augusta County, VA
- Will Probated: 19 Aug 1752, Augusta County, VA
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Robert S. McKay, Sr.,
- born Bet. 1679 - 1680 in Freehold, Monmouth County, NJ;
- died 19 Aug 1752 in Staunton, "Hay Bottom", Frederick County, VA;
- married (1) Anne Browne Abt. 1700 in NJ;
- married (2) Mary 1725;
- married (3) Margaret 11 Jan 1729/30.
More About Robert McKay and Anne Browne:
- Marriage: Abt. 1700, NJ
https://anamericanfamilyhistory.com/West%20Virginia%20Families/MacK...
Robert MacKay was probably born about 1680.
His first wife was Anne Browne.
- Mary MacKay (1705, married George Robinson),
- Robert MacKay, Jr. (1708, married Patience Jobe and Mercy Borden),
- Margaret MacKay (married Joshua Jobe)
- Hannah MacKay (married George Hollingsworth),
- Zachariah MacKay (1714, married Lydia Whitson),
- Moses MacKay (1715, married Mary Jobe, daughter of Abraham Jobe),
- Leah MacKay (1716, married William Taylor or Tyler),
- Elizabeth MacKay (1719, married Abraham Jobe),
- James MacKay (1720, married Mary Chester).
The family lived in Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
On July 18, 1723, Stephen Hollingsworth of Cecil County, Maryland, sold Robert MacKay of Freehold Township a tract of land (150 acres) for 30£. The land was part of the Mount Pleasant tract.
Anne died before 1726.
Jost Hite, Robert Green, William Duff, Peter Stephens and Robert MacKay were granted 100,000 acres in the Shenandoah Valley between Winchester and Front Royal on the condition that they bring 100 families to settle there.
The MacKay family settled on or near the South Fork of the Shenandoah River, several miles above Riverton. The land was in Augusta County after 1744, when the line between Frederick and Augusta Counties was surveyed.
On September 18, 1739 the Nottingham Monthly Meeting near the Pennsylvania and Maryland border disowned Elizabeth MacKay and on October 20, 1741 Abraham Jobe was disowned.
In 1741 the Hopewell Monthly Meeting minutes included:
Whereas Abraham Job, one of the Society of the People called Quaker, having attained our certificate to friends of Hopewell Meeting, Virginia, but before he delivered it was married by a priest to Elizabeth MacKay, daughter of Robert MacKay, of the Society, Being first by child with him, which being a scandal to our profession and the said Abraham delaying to give satisfaction though tenderly laboured with, we disown him from the society.
Robert's will was dated October 6, 1746 and was probated in Augusta County on August 19, 1752.
Per other trees, there is a discrepancy as to where he was born. Other reports indicate that he was born in Parrish Augusta, Frederick Co., Virginia (colony) or Freehold, Monmouth County, NJ and died in Staunton, VA ("Haybottom"). Also, died on 8/19/1752?
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The MacKeys of Frederick & Rockbridge Co.s Va. & Points South & West Robert MacKey/McKay Pioneer Settler Shenandoah Valley Chpt. II
Robert Mackey m. Ann Brown
pg. 150-288 The MacKeys (variously spelled and Allied Families by Beatrice Mackey Doughtie , Bowen Press, Inc. Decatur, Ga.
This does not state his parentage - there are documents relating to him quoted and an accounting of his family and descendants given
- Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 27 2017, 5:52:27 UTC
Son of Sir James Mackey McCoy & Anna Jane Dunbar.
Husband of Ann Browne. Married 1700.
Source:
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LYSF-1HS/robert-mckay-sr.-167...
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Robert McKay's Timeline
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1679
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Probably Scotland or Ireland
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April 23, 1705
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Frederick, Virginia, United States
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Frederick County, Virginia, USA
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1705
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Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
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1705
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Freehold Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, Colonial America
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January 2, 1706
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Freehold, Monmouth County, Province of East Jersey
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January 2, 1707
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Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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1707
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Orange, Orange, Virginia, USA
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1708
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Freehold Township, Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey
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1708
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