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James McKemy aka McKemie, McKenney, McKenna, McKinney, McCamey, McKimmie, McKimmy

Born well-nigh 1745 in Fairfax, Virginia [uncertain]

Son

of [male parent unknown] and [female parent unknown]

[sibling(southward) unknown]

Descendants

Died earlier Jan 1816 in Loudoun, Virginia, United States

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Corporal James McKemy served with 3rd Virginia Regiment (1776), Continental Regular army during the American Revolution.

Biography

James McKemy is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A212019.

James McKemy was a resident of Loudoun County Virginia from a young historic period. His nascency location is unknown, but he was certainly born earlier Loudoun was created from Fairfax Canton in 1757. During his life he was recorded by the names McKemie, McKenny, McKimmey, McKinney, McKemy, McKenna and McCamey. Even within the aforementioned documents, his name was ofttimes spelled 2 or 3 different ways. In his honour, this biography volition deport on in that aforementioned tradition.

James McKemie's surname name origin could possibly be from the Scottish clan MacKinnon. Other probable Scottish origins could be from Clan Stuart of Bute or Clan Fraser of Lovat. All three clans had variants like to our James McKimmey. Basically, the name means "son of Jamie." Undoubtedly James MacKinna would have had a thick Scottish or perhaps Scotch-Irish brogue. Over time, the name has evolved and changed. The Daughters of the American Revolution genealogy department have called to use the spelling McKamy for his surname in their extensive database of Revolutionary War soldiers.^[i]

The earliest record found for James McKemie is the 1761 Loudoun County Virginia Tithables List, where James McKemie was named in the household of Quaker Israel Thompson.^[two] Tithables were males aged over 16. Therefore, it is understood that James McKenny was over the age of 16 in 1761. He also was not living in the household of his parents at that time. Considering Loudoun County was formed from Fairfax County, Virginia in 1757, it seems that Fairfax County records might be searched for clues about the parents of James McKenna.

James McCamey was married before 1773 to Mary McIlhaney, the daughter of Judge John McIlhaney and Rosanna Stuart of Scotland. The McIlhaney family unit immigrated to Virginia in 1746, immediately post-obit the final stand up of the highlanders at Culloden Moor. James McKimmey'southward married woman is mentioned in her father'south 1773 will as "Mary McCamey." ^[3]

James McKamy served in the Revolutionary War as a teamster or wagoner.^[four] Most of his payroll files telephone call him "McKinney."^[5] James McKimmey enlisted for 2 tours of duty with the Virginia 3rd Regiment. His unit crossed the Delaware River nether the management of General George Washington on December 26, 1776 and routed the Hessians at the Boxing of Trenton.^[half-dozen] Too during his first tour, as a private, he delivered railroad vehicle-loads of supplies to General Washington'southward troops at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-1778. For his second tour, he was promoted to the rank of corporal.^[7] This service has been proven for the Daughters of the American Revolution. His antecedent number is A212019. He served under Helm Charles Westward, Captain Reuben Briscoe and Colonel Thomas Marshall for the Virginia 3rd Regiment.^[8]

Wagoner for the Virginia 3rd Regiment

We know that the human being named James McKinney and James McKemie is the same man considering of the tax rolls and tithables of Loudoun County Virginia. He was the but man of this name and his sons Francis and John appear with him.

James and Francis McKemy Tax & Tithables

James McKamey's son John McKamy of Loudoun County preceded him in death in 1810.^[9] James McKimey was named the executor and beneficiary of his son John's estate, because John died without heirs.

Will of John McKamy

James McKimmy was taxed as a resident of Loudoun County, VA for most of his adult life. Two sons, Francis and John McKimmey, appear with him in the tithables. James and his wife Mary McIlhany also had iv daughters who were named in Loudoun County Chancery court files as heirs in the John McIlhany estate. Their daughters were Mary McKimmey Boyd, Ann "Nancy" McKenna Copeland, Elizabeth McKinny Dunn, and Rosannah McKimmie Beans.

Forth with his military service as a corporal during the American Revolutionary War, James "McKemy" is credited with paying the 1783 Loudoun Canton Supply Taxation.^[10] This tax establishes residence in the state of Virginia and also counts as additional service that meets the Daughters of the American Revolution criteria.

Loudoun County 1783 Tax List

A Loudoun County Chancery Court Case names James McKenna, tavern keeper, and Thomas McKenna, accountant.^[11] In this court case, James McKenna was said to be a "tavern keeper" in Winchester Virginia in the twelvemonth 1786. The relationship betwixt Thomas McKenna and our James McKenna is unknown. Only there is a signature on the page, "J McKenna."

James McKenna, "Tavern Keeper" Signature

James and Mary McIlhaney McKimmey named their eldest son Francis. In the Loudoun County VIrginia Chancery Court record that provides much data regarding the McIlhany heirs, Francis signed his name "Francis McKemie." It is suspected that this is a nod to a connection with the Presbyterian minister, nevertheless there is no proof of relation. James and Mary McIlhaney McKimmey were known to be Methodists who followed Reverend Robert Strawbridge, who died in 1781.^[12] According to family genealogist Hugh Milton McIlhany, the family were instrumental in the founding of the Rehoboth Methodist church, Two of their children, Elizabeth McKimmie Dunn and Francis McKimmy, were married past the Methodist minister Reverend John Littlejohn.^{[13] [xiv]}

Heirs of Rosannah Stuart McIlhany-- James and Mary McIlhany McKimmey Predeceased Her

At that place is a lot of defoliation acquired by the indiscriminate spelling of the McKenney surname. Francis McKemie'due south son Wayne's branch of the family went by "McKimmey." Francis McKimie's girl Sarah is found in her Maryland marriage to Daniel Hines under the name "McKinna." In his 1887 autobiography, Sarah McKimmey's husband Daniel Hines called his first wife Sarah "McCimmey." Sarah McKimmey'southward girl Virginia Hines Yerian named her mother Sarah "McCamey" when she applied for her second marriage license in Michigan. These are just a few of the issues that plague researchers of the descendants of James McKemy.

James McKenna was enumerated at the 1810 Census in Loudoun Canton, Virginia.^[15]

James and Mary McKemie's children and grandchildren are all named in the long-standing Chancery Court instance of Loudoun Canton Virginia, "Heirs of Parker v Heirs of McIlhany."^[16]

Library of Virginia Chancery Court Records Online

It is through this Loudoun County Virginia Chancery Court record that we know that James McKimmey was deceased by 1816. Francis McKemie, James and Mary McIlhany McKemie's son, was entered with his siblings as a casher of the 1773 will of John McIlhany, his maternal grandad. While the court case dragged on, Francis McKemie died in 1822. Because the example was not nonetheless settled at the time of Francis'due south death, his children were entered as heirs of John McIlhaney in the lawsuit. This is how the McKimey descendants have been able to identify their connections to James McKenney, despite the vast discrepancies in the spelling of his surname.

John and Rosannah Stuart McIlhany'due south probate dragged on for a generation leaving a profuse paper trail. These records have enabled some descendants to prove the lineage of James and Mary McIlhany McKamy to DAR standards. Throughout the chancery courtroom case "Heirs of Parker v Heirs of McIlhany," Mary McIlhany McKimmey is referenced with every variation of the surname imaginable. Even upon the same folio, the surname rarely appears the same fashion twice. This enormous courtroom case tin can be read on-line hither:

http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=107-1832-194

Three known straight-line male descendants have had their y-DNA tested for haplogroup. All accept tested into haplogroup R-M269. Jen McKemie and Chris Pulver are managing the y-Deoxyribonucleic acid test results via the McKemie One Proper noun Study. The descendants of James McKimmey all appear in Group ii:

http://world wide web.hertreestory.com/ONS/index.html

With the new advances in DNA autosomal testing, we may be able to discover more well-nigh the parentage of James McKimmey. Already we accept been able to make some connections with long lost descendants of several branches of the family tree.

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://world wide web.dar.org/ : accessed January xxx, 2018), "Record of James McKamy", Ancestor # A212019.
2. ↑ "The Quaker of Olden Time" The life and Times of Isreal Thompson by Roberto Costantino, p twoscore.
3. ↑ Loudoun County. Virginia. Will Book B, Page 39.
4. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-JH3V : 20 February 2021), James McKenny, October 1777; citing Oct 1777, Virginia, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,377.
5. ↑ Virginia 3rd Regiment Payroll Records obtained from the Thomas Balch Library in Leesburg, Virginia
6. ↑ https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/battle-of-trenton/
7. ↑ "Usa Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK1-16B6 : 18 March 2018), James McKenny, 1779; citing Military Service, , Citing various published country rosters, United states; FHL microfilm 101711079.
8. ↑ "U.s.a. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/i:1:QL6Y-QB3Y : 15 March 2018), James McKinny, Sep 1777; citing Sep 1777, Virginia, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,377.
9. ↑ Loudoun Canton Virginia Will Book I, pages 156 and 177. The will of John McKimey, son of James McKimey. James McKimey, Executor.
10. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed Jan xxx, 2018), "Record of James McKamy", Ancestor # A212019.
11. ↑ http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=107-1792-010
12. ↑ McIlhany, Hugh Milton. Some Virginia Families: Being Genealogies of the Kinney, Stribling, Trout, McIlhany, Milton, Rogers, Tate, Snickers, Taylor, McCormick, and Other Families of Virginia. 1903, pp 133, 134 and 136.
13. ↑ Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:i:XRV8-ML8 : 1 July 2020), Eliz'b McKenney in entry for Pat'k Dunn, 1799.
14. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/i:1:XRV8-FWR : 1 July 2020), Mary Jackson in entry for Frances McKinny, 1800.
15. ↑ "U.s.a. Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB4-8G9?cc=1803765&wc=QZZZ-MM9%3A1588180005%2C1588180534%2C1588179902 : 1 December 2015), Virginia > Loudoun > image 9 of 70; citing NARA microfilm publication M252, (Washington D.C.: National Athenaeum and Records Administration, due north.d.).
16. ↑ Library of Virginia Chancery Courtroom Records, http://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=107-1792-010.

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