Taylor Family Genealogy
John MCKAY
1773 - 1845 (72 years)-
Name John MCKAY Born 1773 [1] Gender Male Died 1845 [2] Buried Old Quaker Burial Ground at Nineveh Person ID I816 Josh E. Taylor Jr. Tree Last Modified 1 Nov 2019
Father Jacob MCKAY, b. 1738 Relationship natural Mother Rebecca JANNEY Relationship natural Married 28 Jun 1802 Goose Creek Laudon Co., Va Family ID F350 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Father Jacob MCKAY, b. 1738 Relationship natural Mother Rachel RIDGEWAY, d. Bef 7 Jul 1784 Relationship Stepchild Married 15 Aug 1765 [3, 4] Family ID F348 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Rebecca WICKERSHAM, b. 1777, d. 1840 (Age 63 years) Children 1. Rachel MCKAY [natural] 2. Mary Harriet MCKAY [natural] 3. Emily MCKAY, b. 1812, d. 1869 (Age 57 years) [natural] 4. Joseph MCKAY [natural] 5. John Wesley MCKAY [natural] Last Modified 1 Nov 2019 Family ID F353 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - John was deeded 342.5 acres of land. He is said to have owned a log and stone house facing Rte. 522 just north of the Cedarville Grocery and at the foot of the hill below the Robert McKay home. Hunter B. McKay wrote: "John McKay lived at the Painter place just across the chapel road from the old Robert McKay, Jr. place and just a few steps from the Big Spring, sometimes known as McCoy's Spring...of sufficient volume to turn the new deserted mill... and to furnish water for the distillery which John McKay operated in connection with his tavern. Tradition has it that not only did John McKay dispense good cheer at his tavern, but that he joined his guests in their conviviality on occasion. " However there is no evidence in the records to show that the old saltbox house was ever a tavern. -- Rebecca H. Good. The McKays...In Warren....
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