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From: "M.S.Baldwin" <>
Subject: [Maryland] Voice in wilderness seeking my Queen ancestors Md-KY-IN
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:46:31 -0600


This is my mystery. Any connections will be received with a welcome and much gratitude. This family migrated from Md to KY to Daviess Co. and Martin Co. IN. The mystery is who connects James M. Queen and Richard M. Queen to the families in Maryland. Phatom Parents?

QUEEN family:
( I have two separate QUEEN families in my lineage:)

RICHARD MARSHAM QUEEN-PARENTS UNKINOWN Charles County Wills- Book 1, Page 111 Richard Marsham Queen, an orphan about six years of age on the 23rd day of October last is by the court and consent of his mother bound unto William Montgomery, of Peter, until he acquires to the age of twenty-one , who being present in court accepts thereof and engages to learn him to read distinctly on the Bible , to write a legible hand and to cypher as far as the rule of three and when free to give him a decent suit of apparel; to wit , of milled country cloth or German Sarge, a pair of shoes and stockings a fine hat and two white shirts and a silk handkerchief. Tuesday, April 8, 1783 His sister:Jane Queen an orphan three years of age- 31st day of August last is by the court with the consent of the mother bound unto William Montgomery, of Peter, until she arrives to the age of sixteen; he being present in court and accepts thereof and engages to learn her to read the Bible distinctly and to wri!
te a legible hand and when free to give her a decent suit of apparel consisting of gown and petties of country cloth , a pair of shoes and stockings, a silk bonnet, a silk handkerchief, two white shifts and a spinning wheel and a pair of cotton cords. Tuesday April 8, 1783 Richard M. Queen m Sara Webb in 1800 in (Washington Co?), KY parents of Henrietta Queen. RICHARD died around 1814 HENRIETTA QUEEN (ca 1802 _ca1882 m JOHN KIDWELL ca 1797 - died bef 2-3-1836(on 1-22-1890

The following is not the son of Richard. PARENTS OF JAMES -UNKNOWN JAMES M QUEEN born 1820 in Ky.or IN. Died Nov, 1862 in Danville, Ky m. first Mary STRANGE 1822 to 18?) she was my ancestor. James M Queen (1820? to 11/20/1862) m. 1st Mary Strange (1822 to 18?) Children: Joseph Queen, William I Queen m. Cecelia Kidwell M 2nd- Priscilla Miles ยช4-17-1828 to 7-16-1896) James M. Queen is stated to have been born in KY. or Indiana depending on whose account you read. He was born in 1820. He apparently came to Brown Township, Martin Co, In as a young man and married at age 19 to Mary Magdalene Strange. They had two children: Joseph born in 1841 and William Ignatius born in May 1845.( this is my great grandfather). James then married Priscilla Miles and had eight more children. He was in the Army during the Civil War. He enrolled on the 14th day of August 1862 at Loogootee in Co "B" 80th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers to service as a Private on the third day of September 1862 in Pri!
nceton in Co B 80th Regiment of Indiana. Volunteers to serve Three years on during the war. On the Muster Roll of Co. "B" of the Regiment , for the months of Sept. Oct. Nov, Dec Han , Feb March, Month of March 1863, he is reported Died of Disease at Danville, KY. Nov 20th 1862. This is from his Pension Record filed by his wife Priscilla Miles Queen .

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QUEEN HISTORY by Herman "Joe" McAtee

After the Revolutionary War, in the year of 1785, a league of sixty Catholic families was formed in Maryland, (mainly residents of St. Mary & Charles Counties), to emigrate to Kentucky. The Maryland League included among others, these families: Henry McAtee, James Queen, Bernard Cissell, William Brewer, Henry Norris, Ignatius Cissell, John Baptist Dant, Philip Miles, John Spalding, Philip Mattingly and Harry Miles. They journeyed to Pittsburg and then in flatboats down the Ohio River to Maysville, Kentucky, then over-land to Boonesborough and ending up in Nelson County. (now, Nelson, Washington & Marion Counties). [61

Our common Ancestor, James M. Queen, was born in 1820 in Kentucky. Evidently he came to Brown Township, Martin County, Indiana as a young man and married at age 19 to Mary Magdalen Strange. They had 2 children: Joseph born in 1841 and William Ignatius, born in May 1845. [71

I am trying to hook up my Queen families from KY and IN to the Maryland Queen families. Here is the lineage. Does anyone have information on their connection with the Maryland Queens?




Our problem is in connecting James M. Queen with the other Kentucky Queens. Although we have no photograph of James M. Queen, his description as listed in his Civil War Papers reflects the following: He was 42 years old, had hazel eyes and dark hair, was 5 feet and 8 inches tall and had a fair complexion. He had enlisted from Martin County, Indiana and was a farmer by occupation. (Family legend has it that he enlisted in the Army to make a better living for his family; farming ground being poor even then in Martin County and he had a hard time making ends meet. No one knew where he had gone until word of his death came a few months later.) He was reported "Died of disease at Danville, Kentucky on November 20, 1862 and is buried at City Cemetery there with other Civil War Soldiers.[71

James M.'s first wife, Mary Magdalen Strange Queen was a daughter of Ignatius Strange and ------------------ She was born in 1822 and died April 7, 1846 at age 24. She is buried at Old St. Joe Cemetery at Naval Surface Weapons Center, Crane, INJ81

Of their son Joseph, we know nothing further than he was listed in the 1850 Martin County Census as 9 years old and born in Indiana. The 1860 Martin County Census lists him as 19 years old. By 1870 he would have been 29 years old and probably married and moved away as he is not listed.

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