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From: "Gwen" <>
Subject: Re: [MCKEE] Lewis McKee
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:04:00 -0600
References: <20070208.164709.2780.13.bobandbarbara1@juno.com>


I have been searching for a Mary/Maria McKee born ca 1789 in Chester Co. PA.
Was this McKee family in PA before settling in Ohio?
Gwen

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert M Ward <>
To: <>; <>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: [MCKEE] Lewis McKee


> Hi Barbara,
>
> Thanks so much for answering my query....I only know (through
> familysearch.com....so it is not documented) that Lewis McKee, b abt
> 1745, Scotland, wife: Rachel Gray, b abt 1748 Wales.....with a marriage
> date of abt 1770, Scotland. Their children are listed:
>
> David McKee, b abt 1772, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
> Thomas McKee, b abt 1778 Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
> Samuel McKee, b abt 1780 Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
> Lewis McKee, b abt 1782 Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
> Cynthia McKee, b abt 1786, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
> Mary McKee, b abt 1890 (surely a typo..shd be 1790), Cincinnati,
> Hamilton, Ohio
>
> The strange thing is I have my gr gr grandfather David Osborn married to
> a Cynthia McKee in 1834 in Hamilton Co OH. I know this Cynthia is the
> daughter of Samuel McKee, Rev War soldier. I have documentation on
> this...will, census, etc. In 1850 census my David is 45 years old, and
> wife Cynthiai is 51. Obviously, Lewis' Cynthia is not my gr gr
> grandmother. They had 4 children at the time.
>
> I have seen postings on Osborn sites of a Cynthia McKee and David Osborn
> married abt 1808, and just dismissed it as error. However, when I
> checked out some McKees, and found this Lewis McKee family, I have begun
> to wonder if this Cynthia McKee could also have married a David Osborn in
> 1808. Then quite possibly their son, another David Osborn (my gr gr
> grandfather), might have married Samuel McKee's daughter, Cynthia McKee.
> I know the plot thickens here, but even if they were cousins, that was
> not unheard of in those days.
>
> We have been searching for so very long, that I wonder if this bizarre
> possibility could possibly be why we have had such a difficult time!!
> Hope you don't think I am totally off the wall (brick one), but I really
> am wondering about this possibility.
>
> Thanks again for your interest, and if you have any suggestions at all,
> please let me hear from you. I am going to send this same information to
> "Phyllis" who also answered my query.
>
> Barbara Head Ward in Indiana
> about an hour away from David Osborn's grave
>
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