From: acacat17@aol.com [mailto:acacat17@aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 1:59 AM
To: bodinegenealogy@gmail.com
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I just wanted to share where I stand currently with my search for my own Shawnee ancestor. I believe I have finally located my ancestor's mother living in Hardin County, KY - Mary Mc Kee had been married in about 1797 and widowed in 1798 - she did marry again in 1801, but the time between her marriages would still have allowed for her to have given birth to my ancestor (James Mackey) in 1790 and his brother (William Mackey)? in about 1800 - this could explain how the surname passed from the mother to the sons? - Mc Kee became Mc Key and later evolved into Mackey. I believe the father of James and William was an occasional visitor to the area rather than a nearby resident, or there would have been a number of additional children. And I believe this visiting Lover is the blood-line link to the family of Blue Jacket indicated by the Y-DNA evidence - my favorite candidate is a son of Blue Jacket who went by the name of Spy Beech - he was noted as having participated in numerous battles in OH, VA, and KY - the area of Hardin County, KY had frequent Indian raids at this time. As this Mary Mc Kee was a great granddaughter of Thomas Mc Kee and Margaret Tecumsapah Opessa (Aunt of Blue Jacket) there is a very good possibility that the Mc Kees were harboring these Shawnee when they came down into this area on raids??? At least I finally have a pretty reasonable theory - however; I do have doubts that I will ever be able to find any actual evidence to either prove or disprove this theory. NOTE: Thomas Mc Kee was also the father of Alexander Mc Kee, the British Indian Agent. I can trace 4 other closely associated family lines back into Lancaster County, PA in the mid to later 1700s when the Shawnee and Mc Kees lived in that area. My ancestor's wife looks to have been half Seneca - the Seneca of western PA joined with Blue Jacket's Shawnee when they were all forced out of PA into the Ohio Country - her father came from western PA and he had a great granddaughter who was names Alloquippia - Alloquippia was the leader of the western PA Seneca who pledged the support of her tribe to a very young George Washington during the French and Indian Wars. I may never be able to prove any of these theories, but I have thoroughly enjoyed reviewing history through the eyes of my own ancestors.
I hope you enjoy the photos.
Best Wishes, Jan