Francis McKenzie

Notes:

Per Ray Leidinger: “Francis McKinzie, child of John and Barbara McKinzie was born October 5, 1843 and baptized May 18, 1844. Sponsors being Sam’l F. McKinzie and Reb. Garlitz. (Rev.) L. Obermyer.” St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Cumberland, MD

Obituary in The Daily Courier, June 17, 1936. Taken from the 1880 Census Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Patrick McKenzie, a brother, and his wife Rachel and their family are listed on the same page of the census. Another brother, William, is listed on the previous census page.

MCKENZIE, FRANCIS 1842 1936 Age 93

Source: Transcribed by Betty Smith

Francis McKenzie, a well-known farmer of Greenville Township, died Monday evening, following an illness of six months. He was aged 93 years, 5 months and 21 days. He was a son of the late John and Barbara Engle McKenzie, natives of Wellersburg. Nearly 70 years ago he wed Leona Weimer (sic) who died Feb. 7, 1935 at an advanced age. Mr. McKenzie lived on the present farm site for the last 60 years.
He is survived by the following children: Joshua, William, Francis and Lewis McKenzie of R.F.D. 4 Meyersdale; Charles, Thomas and Joseph McKenzie of Frostburg, MD., and Mrs. Charles Bolden of High Street, Meyersdale. Two other children, George and Sarah, preceded their father in death. Forty grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were held this (Thursday) morning at 10 o’clock in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Pocahontas, of which church he was a member. Rev. I.A. Stritmatter, pastor of St. Michael’s Church, Pocahontas, West Salisbury, was in charge of the funeral rites. Interment in the church cemetery in Pocahontas, under the directions of R. Reich & Son.

Francis McKenzie, a well-known farmer of Greenville Township, died Monday evening, following an illness of six months. He was aged 93 years, 5 months and 21 days. He was a son of the late John and Barbara Engle McKenzie, natives of Wellersburg. Nearly 70 years ago he wed Leona Weimer (sic) who died Feb. 7, 1935 at an advanced age. Mr. McKenzie lived on the present farm site for the last 60 years. He is survived by the following children: Joshua, William, Francis and Lewis McKenzie of R.F.D. 4 Meyersdale; Charles, Thomas and Joseph McKenzie of Frostburg, Md., and Mrs. Charles Bolden of High Street, Meyersdale. Two other children, George and Sarah, preceded their father in death. Forty grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren also survive. Funeral services were held this (Thursday) morning at 10 o’clock in St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Pocahontas, of which church he was a member. Rev. I.A. Stritmatter, pastor of St. Michael’s Church, Pocahontas, West Salisbury, was in charge of the funeral rites. Interment in the church cemetery in Pocahontas, under the directions of R. Reich & Son.

Meyersdale, Pa. June 17 – Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. from St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Pocahontas, with by the Rev. Innocent A. Stritmatter of Salisbury officiating for Francis McKenzie, member of a pioneer family in Greenville Township. Mr. McKenzie, who was 93, was married 73 years ago and the surviving children are Charles and Joseph McKenzie, Frostburg, Md.; Joshua, William Thomas. Francis and Lewis McKenzie and Mrs. Charles Bolden. Mr. McKenzie lived on his farm 60 years. His wife, the former Miss Leona Werner, died February 7, 1935. His descendants include 40 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren. Cumberland Evening Times, Wednesday, June 17, 1936

notes From Betty Smith, January 16, 2011:
Francis Mckinzie Age in 1910: 64
Estimated birth year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1910: Greenville Twp, Somerset, Pennsylvania
Race: White
Gender: M
Series: T624 Roll: 1420 Part: 1 Page: 189B
Year: 1910
MCKENZIE, FRANCIS HEAD 64 FARMER
MCKENZIE, LEANNA WIFE 61 10 CHILDREN 9 LIVING
MCKENZIE, FRANCIS SON 26 TEACHER COMMON SCHOOL
MCKENZIE, JOSEPH SON 23 MINER CLAY MINES
MCKEZNIE, SAMANTHA DGHT-IN-LAW 20
MCKENZIE, CARL G-SON 9/12

He was buried on 18 Jun 1936 in St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery, Pocahontas, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania.

Family/Spouse: Leona Laura (Leah) Warner. Leona (daughter of George Warner and Susanna Enfield) was born on 28 Apr 1845 in Greenville TWP, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 7 Feb 1935 in Greenville Twp., Somerset County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Henry McKenzie was born on 24 Oct 1868 in Greenville TWP, Somerset, Pennsylvania; died on 5 Sep 1932 in Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio.
2. Samuel Joshua McKenzie was born on 29 Mar 1870 in Greenville TWP, Somerset, Pennsylvania; died on 11 Nov 1940 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland.
3. Charles Henry McKenzie was born on 13 Sep 1873 in Greenville TWP, Somerset, Pennsylvania; died on 3 Nov 1940 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland.
4. William Herbert McKenzie was born on 14 Nov 1874 in Greenville TWP, Somerset, Pennsylvania; died on 27 Apr 1945 in Greenville Twp., Somerset, Pennsylvania.
5. Henrietta Agnes McKenzie was born on 12 Mar 1877 in Greenville TWP, Somerset, Pennsylvania; died in Nov 1959 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland.
6. Thomas Anderson (Davey) McKenzie was born on 14 Oct 1880 in Pennsylvania; died on 23 Dec 1952 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland.
7. Francis Jr. McKenzie was born on 5 May 1883 in Meyersdale, Summitt Twp., Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 3 Dec 1961 in Greenville, Twp., Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
8. Louis Henry McKenzie was born on 5 May 1885 in Greenville TWP, Somerset, Pennsylvania; died on 5 Nov 1950 in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland.
9. Joseph Edward McKenzie was born on 14 Nov 1887 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 3 Mar 1956 in Grantsville, Garrett County, Maryland.

Notes:

Sponsors of the Children of John M. McKenzie (abt. 1795) Which Circumstantially Suggests that Samuel McKenzie (b. 1751) (“Old Sam”) was John M.’s Father - by Michael A. McKenzie May, 2014

1.Before we begin with the sponsors of John M.’s children, note that John M. named his second child Samuel. May be a clue.
2.May, 1819, Samuel McKenzie, sponsors: Samuel McKenzie and Hanna Logston. Is this Samuel (1850, “Old Sam”, John’s father and this boy’s grandfather?
3.June, 1821, Harriett McKenzie, sponsors: Moses and Catherine McKenzie. I think this was Moses Ignatius McKenzie and his wife, Catherine. Moses Ignatius was a known child of Samuel ("Old Sam") and would have been John M.’s oldest brother.
4.September, 1823, John M. McKenzie, Jr., sponsor: Helen McKensey. Query: is this a misspelling of “Ellen”? If so, this may be John M.’s sister, Eleanor (Ellen_ and one of Samuel McKenzie’s (1751) daughters. The fact that there is only one sponsor reinforces that Helen/Ellen was not married and coincides with the information I recently sent you with respect to Samuel F. McKenzie (b. 1805).
5.September, 1840, Peter McKenzie, sponsors: May and Basil McKenzie. The only Basil of which I am aware was the son of Moses Ignatius McKenzie referenced above. Basil would have been John M.’s nephew, and the grandson of Samuel McKenzie (1751).
6.May, 1844, Francis McKinzie, sponsors being Sam’l F. McKinzie and Reb. Garlitz. This could be one of two people: Samuel F. McKenzie (abt. 1791), who was John M.’s brother or Samuel F. McKenzie (1805), who I have proposed was the son of Ellen McKenzie of Samuel (1751).

Conclusion
These are the recorded baptisms of John M.’s children in which I can identify the sponsors. In every one that I can identity, there is some connection to Samuel McKenzie (1751). Ergo, I conclude that Samuel McKenzie (1750) was the father of John M. McKenzie (abt. 1795).


John M. McKenzie will probated 1864 Somerset Co, PA. Inventory and First appraisal of goods performed 1/1/1864.
"A true and perfect inventory and first appraisement of all and singular. The goods and chattels rights and credits which were of John McKenzie Sr late of Greenville Township deceased. Goods taken by the widow.2 clocks 35cents, 1 table.10, Safe & C .25, 2 chains .10 , 1 rifle gun 4.00, 1 hand saw .25,1 bed & bedstead 3.00, 1 bureau .50, 1 chair & stand .50,1 trunk 1.00, 1 spinning wheel 1.50, auger & jig .38,1 skillet .05,1 bed & bedstead 4.00, 1 steelyard 1.00, wool wheel dough trey & sceive 1.50, shell & bance .75, 3 cow chains 1.00, bed & bedstead 2.00, iron wedge .25, 1 fox trap .25, 2 drawing knives .25, 1 pot & c. .13, 1 loom & fir lines 4.00, dishes & c. 1.25, 5 barrels .33, 1 churn .13, 1 kettle & dish .50, 1 copper kettle & machine 8.00, 1 pot .50, skillets & pans .05, 4 old axes .50, 1 old bridle .05, trace tang chain fork & scrap 1.00, cross cut saw 1.00, wagon 10.00, horse gear 2.00, sorrel horse 50.00, sorrel mare 5.00, colt 35.00, fire tongs & scrap .50 - 6.00, log slede singletree .50, harrow 1.00, log chain .50, stretcher ,50, wood cock plough 1.00, shovel ploughs .50, mould boards .20, cutting box .20, s hatches .50, matix & hoes 2.00, grain cradle 2.00, cow 12.00, calf 2.00, forks .75, barrels & ? .75, bundles of grain 1.40, lot of grain 2.00, lot of hay 51.00, pig .25, lot of potatoees 1.50, chickens .50, windmill 5.00, fox trap 1.00, head of sheep 8.00, acres rye in the ground 12.00
TOTAL: $256.92 = 6th February AD 1864 Approved by the Court and Ordered to be recorded. J.H.Boyls (Clerk)Taken and appraised by us the SUBSCRIBED the 1st day of Jan AD 1864
B.F.Yoder H. Rembold Jacob P. Hutzel
(In Blanche M. LaRue's family bible as great-great grandfather)

John M. McKenzie's land was sold from his estate to Paul Hoffman in 1864. It states that his tract of land was adjoining lands of Soloman Engle, Frank Bittner and Jesse W. Beal. On John Mckenzie's Deeds it gave Flaugherty Creek as a boundary.

Children of John and Hannah - sent by Betty Smith, July, 2009:
1.Joseph McKenzie (17 Jun 1816 Mt. Savage Md - 23 Jan 1879 Pocahontas, Somerset, PA)
2.Samuel J. McKenzie (11 Apr 1819 - 3 Nov 1888 Garrett County, Maryland)
a.!CHRISTENING: St. Ignatius Baptismal Records; 1 May 1819 McKenzie, Samuel b/ 11 April 1819 s/o John and Hanna TOMBLINSON. Sponsors Samuel McKenzie and Hannah Redmond. WESTERN MARYLAND CATHOLICS 1819-1851 compiled by Richard T. Koch and Phyllis I. Davidson p. 79

3.Hannah McKenzie (10 Feb 1821-?)
a.CHRISTENING: 22 June 1821 McKenzie, Harriet b/10 Feb 1821 d/o John and Hanna TUMBLESON; sps Moses McKenzie & Catherin McKenzie WESTERN MARYLAND CATHOLICS 1819-1851 compiled by Richard T. Koch and Phyllis I. Davidson p. 81

4.John McKenzie (15 May 1823 Pennsylvania - 24 Feb 1894 Brighton, Indiana)
a.CHRISTENING : 19 Sep 1823 John McKenzie b. 15 May 1823 s/o John & Hanna McKenzie Sps Helen McKenzie WESTERN MARYLAND CATHOLICS 1819-1851 compiled by Richard T. Koch and Phyllis I. Davidson p. 84

5.Drucilla Ann McKenzie (Weimer) (9 Apr 1825-9 Feb 1888)
a.Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler, the Immigrant of 1736 by Rev. Harvey Hostetler, D.D. Elgin Ill, Brethern Publishing Co. 1912 (1042) Samuel K. Weimer, Elklick, Pa. , was b. Sept 6, 1824, in Greenville Tp. Somerset Co. Pa. and m. Drusilla Anne McKenzie, who was b. Apr. 9, 1825, the dau of John and HANNAH (TOMLEYSON) McKenzie, Pocahantas, Pa. Has been judge and inspector of elections. Deacon of German Baptist church. Ozias, Lydia, John, Eliza Katherine, Mahala, Jesse, Noah, Norman,Harriet, Par. 16, 1861-, Juliann, Simon, Henrietta.
6.Rebecca Marina McKenzie (Lint) (24 Mar 1827-21 Jun 1868)
a.CHRISTENING : 3 Jun 1827 Rebecca McKenzie b. 24 Mar 1827 d/o John & Hanna McKenzie Sps Miss Rebecca Porter WESTERN MARYLAND CATHOLICS 1819-1851 compiled by Richard T. Koch and Phyllis I. Davidson p. 88

b.Descendants of Jacob Hochstetler:(1002)Joseph Lint, Pocahantas, Pa. at death, was b. near the same place August 8, 1825, d. August 22, 1904, pleurisy, m. (1) Rebecca McKenzie, b. March 24, 1827, d. June 21, 1868, daughter of John and HANNAH (ALLERTON) McKenzie, Pocahontas, Pa. German Reformed Church. Levi, Milton, Andrew, Jesse, Henry M. , Simon S., Hattie T., John Jacob, Rebecca, (2) Harriet Hochstetler, b. Sept 14, 1844 at Pocahontas, Pa., Frank, Alice.
7.Ambrose G. McKenzie (1 Mar 1829-Apr 1906)
8.Jesse McKenzie (1832-?)
a.CHRISTENING: 29 March 1832 McKenzie, Jesse s/o John and Hanna McKenzie Sps Mary Logsdon WESTERN MARYLAND CATHOLICS 1819-1951 Richard T. Koch and Phyllis I Davidson
9.Maria McKenzie (Kelley) (22 Jun 1833-17 Dec 1908)


John M. MCKENZIE and Barbara ENGLE were married about 1838. John M. McKenzie's land was sold from his estate to Paul Hoffman in 1864. It states that his tract of land was adjoining lands of Soloman Engle, Frank Bittner and Jesse W. Beal. On John Mckenzie's Deeds it gave Flaugherty Creek as a boundary.

Census Information:

John Mc Kinsey
United States Census, 1860
Name:John Mc Kinsey
Event Type:Census
Event Year:1860
Event Place:Greenville Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender:Male
Age:61
Race:White
Race (Original):[Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated):1799
Birthplace:Maryland
Page:130
Affiliate Name:The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number:M653
HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace
John Mc KinseyM61Maryland
Barbara Mc KinseyF42Pennsylvania
William Mc KinseyM18Pennsylvania
Francis Mc KinseyM16Pennsylvania
Jeremiah Mc KinseyM15Pennsylvania
Patrick Mc KinseyM13Pennsylvania
Zaccariah Mc KinseyM11Pennsylvania
Hannah Mc KinseyF9Pennsylvania
Sarah Mc KinseyF7Pennsylvania
Nancy Mc KinseyF5Pennsylvania
Moses Mc KinseyM1Pennsylvania
Household ID: 891 , GS Film Number: 805183 , Digital Folder Number: 004293551 , Image Number: 00204
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John Mckinsey
United States Census, 1850
Name:John Mckinsey
Event Type:Census
Event Year:1850
Event Place:Greenville, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender:Male
Age:56
Race:White
Birth Year (Estimated):1794
Birthplace:Maryland
House Number:46
HouseholdRoleGenderAgeBirthplace
John MckinseyM56Maryland
Barbara MckinseyF32Pennsylvania
Ambrose MckinseyM21Pennsylvania
Jesse MckinseyM19Pennsylvania
Maria MckinseyF17Pennsylvania
Noah MckinseyM12Pennsylvania
William MckinseyM10Pennsylvania
Francis MckinseyM8Pennsylvania
Jeremiah MckinseyM6Pennsylvania
Patrick MckinseyM3Pennsylvania
Zacharia MckinseyM1Pennsylvania
Household ID: 47 , Line Number: 19 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M432 , Affiliate Film Number: 828 , GS Film Number: 444796 , Digital Folder Number: 004205391 , Image Number: 00592

John married Barbara Engle about 1838. Barbara (daughter of Peter Engle and Anna Barbara Garlitz) was born on 15 Apr 1818 in Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania; died on 24 Mar 1905 in Sand Patch, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Some information taken from Cumberland Times March 28, 1905. It noted that four of her fourteen children survived her: Jeremiah, Patrick, Francis and Sarah.

Barbara is listed in the 1880 Census on the same page as her son, Patrick, and another son, Francis. Greenville Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Page # 3, Supervisor's Dist. 8, Enumeration District #8.

Obituaries:

Mrs. Barbara McKenzie, an aged and respected lady of near Pocahontas, Pa., died Friday, March 24. Her maiden name was Barbara Engle. She married John McKenzie when about 18 years old. She was the mother of 14 children, 4 of whom survive her, Jeremiah, Patrick, Francis and Sarah. The latter is the wife of Henry Finzel and mother of the Hon. P. E. Finzel. The deceased has been a widow for 42 years, and was born on April 15, 1818, being nearly 87 years of age. She had ?? grandchildren, 79 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. Mrs. McKenzie was a member of the Roman Catholic church and was much respected by all who knew her. Her remains were laid to rest in the Beal cemetery, Sunday, March 26. Jerry, Patrick and Francis, her sons, her son-in-law and two grandsons acted as honorary pallbearers. Evening Times, Cumberland, March 28, 1905

News was received here of the death of Mrs. Barbara McKenzie on Friday last at the home of her son, Mr. Jeremiah McKenzie, near Sand Patch, Pa, after a short illness from old age and general debilitv. Mrs. McKenzie was one of the oldest ladies of that vicinity, being in her 87th year at time of her death and was well known and highly respected by the older population of Frostburg and vicinity. The funeral took place Sunday morning, the remains being interred in the cemetery near the home of the deceased, well-known as the McKenzie burying ground. Mrs. McKenzie is survived by one son and several daughters residing in that vicinity. The deceased was well known at this place having traveled through here for many years selling farm produce. Article appeared in The Evening Times on March 28, 1905

Notes:

The following is a petition filed in 1838 by three of the sons of Samuel McKenzie (b. 1751) in which all of the children of Samuel are listed.

To the Honorable Theodorich Bland, Esquire Chancellor of Maryland and Judge of the land office

The petition of Samuel McKinsie, John McKinsie and Gabriel McKinsie of Allegany County, humbly showeth That there was surveyed and laid out pursuant to a resolution of the General Assembly (pssed?) at April Session, 1787, amongst the Lots to the Westward of Fort Cumberland now in Allegany the following distinguished by the number 3369, containing fifty acres And whereas the said lot was by the Commissioner appointed in ____ of an Act of November Session, 1791, Chapter 84, sold to Samuel McKinsie (your petitioner's father who fully paid the purchase money) for the Same. That Samuel McKinsie (your petitioner's father) has since departed this life intestate, leaving your petitioners and the following children and heirs at Law namely: Sarah McKinsie (who intermarried with Christopher Garlitz) Eleanor McKinsie, Polly McKinsie and Jane McKinsie (who intermarried with James Geatty). That said Samuel had three other children, namely Catherine McKinsie and Elizabeth McKinsie, both of whom died before their father, unmarried and without issue, and Moses McKinsie (who died before his father leaving the following children, namely, Lewis McKiney, Jeremiah McKinsie, Basil McKinsie, Hilleray McKinsie, Leo McKinsie and Isadore McKinsie. Your petitioners therefore pray, as no patent has ever issued on said Lot. Your Honor will direct a patent to issue to them for the Same, to hold for themselves and for those claiming as heirs of their late father, Samuel McKinsie, deceased and they will ever pray.

Samuel McKinsie
John McKinsie
Gabriel McKinsie
August 23, 1838

Samuel + Unknown. died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Peter Engle, farmer, son of Clements Engle and husband of Barbara Garlitz, was born 11 Oct 1780 in Somerset Co. and died 8 Apr 1854 in Greenville Twp. of apoplexy. He was buried in Union Church Cemetery, Greenville Twp.
(Source: Deaths recorded in Somerset County, Pa., 1852-54.)

Peter + Anna Barbara Garlitz. Anna (daughter of Henry Christian Garlitz and Magadelena Hutzel) was born on 1 Apr 1784 in Pennsylvania; died on 1 Apr 1854 in Greenville Township, Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thoughts from Scott Williams to the author. August 14, 2018:

I will share with you the reader's digest version of one of my avenues of research. There are no original source records that positively link the Porters with the McKenzies before settlement in Western Maryland. If you believe tradition and family lore, they must have been in close proximity to each other in the generation of Daniel, Gabriel, and Daniel McKenzie down in the Patapsco/Baltimore Co/Frederick County area. We have reported intermarriage between Henry Porter and a Durbin as well as the reported Porter/McKenzie intermarriages. Yet no one (including the Colonel) has found proof in the traditional resources like deeds, patents, etc. We have a few other MD Porters thereabouts, but we have all but eliminated them as suspects. There are a ton of Porters along the PA/MD border, and they are not so easily eliminated, but they all seem to be Scots-Irish Protestants - again, not fully disqualifying, but not too promising either.

This I do know (or propose as a thesis). The first positive connection in the record appears in Bedford County, PA. Sam and John McKenzie appear there in 1773, Gabriel and Sam in 1774 and again in 1775. John Porter appears on the next page from them in 1775 as a "renter". In 1776 Gabriel McKenzie and John Porter appear - and Sam appears as an "inmate" (uh-oh :)). The PA records appear to be non-existent for a few years then pick up again in 1779, when all I have is John Porter and no McKenzies. Do note, however that Gabriel, Aaron, Sam, and Daniel McKenzie take the loyalty oath over in Washington (now Allegany) County in 1778.

So my thesis is that Gabriel and sons moved westward to Bedford County PA beginning in 1772 and that this move appears to coincide with the sale of three properties in Frederick County. Gabriel and sons stay on the Bedford side of the line until 1777 or 78 when they move across the line into Maryland. John Porter appears adjacent to them in the record from 1775 to 1778 when they move - he stays in PA until around 1784 and eventually resettles in Maryland. John Porter is reported to have lived near Wellersburg PA with is 'just across the line' from the Mount Savage area - and if you have been there, you will know that it is pretty much "all the same place".

So, this puts John Porter in proximity to the McKenzies, but I need more in the way of kinship ties, etc. In the attached loyalty oath you will see all of our Catholic tribe in one place by 1778, including Henry Porter (brother of John and Moses Porter) who reportedly married a Durbin.

Here is a link to the source file for Bedford PA stuff:

https://archive.org/stream/3rdpennsylvaniaarch22harruoft#page/18/mode/2up/search/gabriel

Pages of interest:

1773: pg 19 and 20
1774: pg 60
1775: pg 92 and 93
1776: pg 125 and 127
1779: pg 161
1783: pg 211 and 264
1784: pg 278

1778 Loyalty Oath attached.

Feedback always welcome!!
Scott


Excerpt from author's book The McKenzies of early Maryland:

Gabriel McKenzie

Gabriel McKenzie (1) was born in Hopson’s Choice, Baltimore County, Maryland about 1715. He married Sarah Durbin in 1742 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Baltimore County, Maryland. (1.1) Together they had seven children:

1.Anne McKenzie

2.Michael McKenzie

3.Samuel McKenzie (2)
Born 1750
Married Abt. 1790 to Ellen _______
Had children Samuel F., John M., Gabriel, Sara Ann, Eleanor, Polly, Jane, Catherine, Elizabeth, Moses
Died 1837 in Allegany County, Maryland per Death Register for St. Patrick’s Church.

4.Daniel McKenzie
Born Abt. 1755
Married Mary Ann Chapman 2 DEC 1779 in Washington County, Maryland
Had children William, Richard, Samuel, Mary Ann, Daniel, Aaron and James Moses
Died 1825, Allegany County, Maryland

5.John McKenzie
Born 1765
Married Lindy (Melinda) Porter
Had children Aaron, John, Daniel, Henry, Gabriel, Samuel E., Sarah,
Mary, Marjery, and Margaret
Died 1852, Madison Co, KY

6.Aaron McKenzie
Born 1768

7.Joshua McKenzie
Born 1768

On 5 NOV 1743, Gabriel McKenzie had a survey recorded for “Gabriel’s Choice”. (4) This tract lay southwest of Westminster MD, on the west side of Mt. Airy Road, between the tracts of James and Thomas Wells. The operative words of the document stated that the land was located in Baltimore County, which given the date is consistent with the fact that Frederick County (where the land is situated today) was formed from Baltimore County and Prince George’s County in 1748. It further states that Gabriel MacKenzie (actual spelling) had received a common warrant for 100 acres of land from “His Lordship’s Land Office dated the 17 Day of March, 1742 and that Gabriel was a resident of Ann Arundell County (actual spelling). (5) The land patent itself was formally issued on the “1st Day of December 1743 by Thomas Bladen, Your Lieutenant General and Chief Governor of our said Province of Maryland, Chancellor & Keeper of the Great Seal thereof.” (6)

Per Thomas Scharf, Frederick County was not a safe place for Colonial settlers at the time Gabriel purchased and owned the property. (7) “In the French and Indian War which ensued after the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1749, between England and France, Maryland became involved mainly in self-defense, and though she was to share none of its spoils, her people were destined to suffer from many of the dangers and hardships it brought in its train. Even before Braddock’s defeat bands of Indians were making forays into Frederick County burning houses and slaughtering the inhabitants, but after his disastrous overthrow on the 9th of July, 1755, and the retreat of Col. Dunbar with the remainder of the British Army to Philadelphia, the whole northern and western frontier of the province was thrown open to the Indians. Measures of defense were almost immediately adopted, but even had they sufficed for the complete protection of the wide territory to be guarded, they would scarcely have allayed the terror which had taken possession of the frontier settlers. The alarm inspired by Braddock’s defeat and by the advance of the French and Indians was so great that many inhabitants of the western settlements fled to Baltimore, and preparations were even made by the people of that town to place the women and children on board the vessels in the harbor and send them to Virginia”.

In June 1750 Gabriel sued John White for cutting down the oak trees which marked the beginning of “Gabriel’s Choice.” (8)

On 18 JUN 1754, Gabriel purchased 50 acres “Small Addition” from James (a later deed for the same property refers to the seller as John White) and Margaret White of Frederick County (Frederick County having been formed six years earlier in 1748) (9). The land was located in Frederick County and per the legal description was situated near the head of the Little Pipe Creek. The reference to “Little Pipe Creek” in both the patent for Gabriel’s Choice and in the deed for “Small Addition” suggests that the parcels may have been contiguous.

On 14 JUL 1755, Gabriel McKenzie, planter of Frederick County, and his wife Sarah deeded to Nicholas Rodgers 200 acres, part of a “Resurvey of Gabriel’s Choice”.(10).

On October 6, 1764, Gabriel MacKenzie of Frederick County secured a patent for 19 acres of land in Frederick County called Addition to Gabriel’s Choice. The recitations at the beginning of the deed/patent state as follows: “By virtue of a Warrant granted out of his Lordship’s Land Office of the Province to Daniel MacKenzie and John Logsdon of Ann Arundel County for seventy five acres of land bearing date 17th of January, 1764, which said warrant is assigned to Gabriel MacKenzie of Frederick County, etc.” Since Daniel McKenzie is not known to have had a child by the name of Gabriel, the only conclusion that can be drawn from the assignment of this patent is that Daniel McKenzie and John Logsdon were assigning a portion of their seventy five acres to Daniel’s brother, Gabriel. (10.5) The Logsdon connection is an interesting fact in view of the information set forth below that Gabriel’s wife also had a Durbin connection, since she was the daughter of Samuel Durbin and Anne (Logsdon) Durbin.

On 28 Jun 1769, Gabriel McKinsey of Frederick County sold to William Buchanan 80 acres more or less of the property known as the “Resurvey of Gabriel’s Choice”. (11) The sale price was 66 Pounds. The deed reflects that the property consisted of a portion of the “Resurvey of Gabriel’s Choice” which was patented to Gabriel on the twenty third day of July, 1755. The deed further reflected that Sarah McKinsey, wife of Gabriel, had released her dower rights after having been examined out of the presence of her husband and did so “freely and voluntarily not being induced or compelled thereto by any threats of or ill usage from her said husband or fear of his displeasure.”

Sarah McKenzie apparently was the first child of Samuel and Ann (Logsdon) Durbin. She was born September 19, 1724 in a log cabin near Westminister, Maryland. (12)

On 7 APR 1772, Gabriel McKenzie sold three parcels of land in Frederick County totaling 147 acres to George Devilbess for the sum of 310 Pounds. (13) The three tracts included: (1) part of the original tract of “Gabriel’s Choice” and part of the “Resurvey of Gabriel’s Choice” (78 acres), (2) the “Small Addition” originally conveyed by John (sic) White to Gabriel in 1754 (50 acres) and which contains the reference to the “head of Little Pipe Creek” as referenced above and (3) a final tract entitled “Addition to Gabriel’s Choice”. Gabriel was listed as being a farmer residing in Frederick County, which coincides with the time line established by the Oath of Fidelity that Gabriel took in Washington County in 1778.

On 6 AUG 1785 Gabriel MacKinzie of Washington County (13.1) sold to Henry Hoover a parcel of property located in Frederick County called “Mount Pleasant” containing 47 acres. (14) The legal description reflected that the beginning of metes and bounds description began at the end of the “fifteenth line of Gabriel’s Choice” and ran from that location. The deed reflected that Sarah once again relinquished her dower rights. One of the Justices of the Peace who acknowledged the deed was Andrew Bruce, who during the Revolutionary War, administered the Oath of Fidelity (15) (16) to Gabriel MacKenzie. The oath was administered on 2 MAR 1778 in Washington County, Maryland.

On 25 April 1792, Gabriel McKinsey provided Leigh Master of Frederick County with a Release of Dower in connection with the previously discussed land transaction in June, 1769 between Gabriel and William Buchanan. Apparently, Sarah’s dower rights were not properly released at the time of the original transaction and the new owner wanted to obtain a clear title. The Release Deed reflected that Gabriel and Sarah were residents of Alleghany County, which is consistent with the fact that Alleghany County was carved from Washington County in 1789. The deed proves that both Gabriel and Sarah McKenzie were still alive as of April, 1792 and living in Alleghany County.

One of the last known land transactions involving Gabriel McKenzie occurred in connection with a patent he received for land west of Fort Cumberland on which he had settled. In November 2010, Michael McKenzie of Mt. Savage, Maryland provided the author with a copy of the patent issued by the State of Maryland to Gabriel McKenzie. According to Michael, the patent was difficult to locate because the property actually was patented to Peter Mayors (Majors) on May 23, 1803, although the patent itself reflects that the property was surveyed for Gabriel McKinsey..(18) Per the documents, Gabriel appeared before the Honorable Andrew Bruce, one of the Justices of the Peace of Allegany County, Maryland on May 16, 1792 and conveyed the fifty acres of land comprising lot number 3365 to Peter Mayors (Majors). The lot was described as being in the “reserved land west of Fort Cumberland”. Then on May 17, 1803, another document signed by Thomas Harwood, Jr. acknowledged and swore that “Gabriel Mckinsey, a settler westward of Fort Cumberland paid the purchase money for lot 3365”. Yet another unsigned document associated with this entire group of documents states that “Gabriel McKinney settler on Lot 3365 assigned to Peter Mayors (Majors) Patent to Peter Majors the 23rd May 1803”. This last document is a little confusing in that it could be interpreted that Gabriel was still alive in 1803 and was once again acknowledging that he was assigning lot 3365 to Majors so that he could obtain his patent. Since it is assumed by researchers that Gabriel was born abt. 1715, he would have been 88 years old in 1803 if he was still alive and capable of assigning the property to Peter Majors.

The same Michael McKenzie of Mt. Savage, Maryland has pinpointed the location of the Gabriel McKenzie land patent property. In these days of Google Maps, he did a fantastic job of locating the precise piece of property. The link to the Google Maps location for the property can be found at: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=15501+bear+camp+lane+mt+savage+md&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=27.423305,56.162109&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=15501+Bear+Camp+Ln+NW,+Mt+Savage,+Allegany,+Maryland+21545&ll=39.716595,-78.87424&spn=0.012973,0.027423&t=h&z=15

Paste that link into your browser and it will take you to the property. Michael also provided the author with a copy of the 1874 Map of Military Lots, Tracts, Escheats, etc. in Garrett County and Allegany County, Maryland. That map is located in the Media Section of the McKenzies of Early Maryland website. (19) If you locate that map and look directly under the "i & n " in PENNSYLVANIA at the top of the page, you will see a triangular lot # 3365 just above “Bear Camp”. That is the 50 acres of land that comprised the Gabriel McKenzie land patent. If you compare the 1874 map with the current Google map, the same triangular piece of property appears. Michael McKenzie of Mt. Savage, Maryland wrote to the author in November, 2010 and advised: “the lot is still the same shape and is still 50 acres owned by a nice couple, Earl Lepley and his wife, who by the way is a descendant of Gabriel. She was blown away when I told her she is living on her Grandpappys property.”

The author assumes Gabriel McKenzie died in Allegany County, Maryland after 1793 even though no will has ever been discovered, no any letters of administration, gravestone or church record.

Endnotes

1. From this point forward, the author has drawn partially upon the research of Col. Gabriel Thornton MacKenzie, Ret. Colonel MacKenzie researched the McKenzie Family from the late 1920’s until his death in the early 1960’s. He compiled over 1800 pages of handwritten notes from his research and travels. His descendant Joseph Edward McKenzie, P.O. Box 1671, Dunedin, Florida 34697 reduced all of Colonel McKenzie’s notes to microfilm obtainable from Dataplex Corporation 1502-A Joh Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21227. Col. MacKenzie began corresponding with McKenzie relatives in 1929. Those early letters from elderly relatives (several of whom were born in the mid-1800’s) contain a great deal of information on the early generations of McKenzies from Western Maryland.

1.1 This information was gleaned from previous “research” of other McKenzie researchers. To date the author has not been able to find any documentation to substantiate it.

2. The information pertaining to Samuel McKenzie was provided by Debbie Harper. It has not been verified by the author. Although he was listed as being a settler on the lands west of Fort Cumberland, Samuel never bothered to obtain a proper patent on the land. On 10 SEP 1814, he sold part of lot 3369 to William Logsdon, Sr.. Samuel McKenzie, Sr. died intestate in March, 1837. As part of the procedure for settling the estate, Samuel's sons, Samuel F.(Jr.), Gabriel and John applied for and received a patent for the two lots Samuel, Sr. was living on (lots 3369 and 3370). The patents can be located on the Maryland State Archives at MSA SE 1-1 Image 020745-0329 and also on the www.mckenziesofearlymaryland web site in the Media section. The document is cross-referenced with Samuel McKenzie (b. abt. 1751). The sons immediately sold these lots. The settlement papers for his estate list all of his children except for Catherine and Elizabeth, who died before him without issue. Nowhere in the estate papers is a living widow of Samuel, Sr. mentioned. Yet, she must have been living, for in 1839, she executed a "make good" deed conveying her interest in the lots to her son, Samuel. (In fact, the boys selling the lots without her signature was illegal. She had to issue a retroactive deed to her son, Samuel, in order to clear the title on the property.) The deed in part reads: "Then came Ellen McKenzie . . . who sells to her son, Samuel McKenzie . . . for the sum of $1.00 and the natural affection of a mother toward her son . . . lots 3369 and 3370". This clearly shows that Samuel F. McKenzie (Jr's) mother was Ellen ____( and not Rachel Durbin as claimed by some researchers). The "make good" deed from "Ellen McKinzey" to "Samuel McKinzey" is recorded at Deed Book "W", page 535, Allegany County records.

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4. Liber LG 3E, folio 163; Liber E1 E0 #6, folio 634; Frederick County (Land Records) WR 6, pp. 209-210 Gabriel MacKenzie [MSA C-814-36] 1/38/6/35;

5. The legal description reads: “ I, Thomas White, Deputy Surveyor of Baltimore County have laid out for the said Gabriel MacKinzie (actual spelling) a Tract of Land lying in Baltimore County Beginning at the bounded white oaks standing on a plain near the Indian Road near a branch of the Little Pipe Creek . . . [followed by the degrees and perches] and laid out for 100 hundred acres more or less to be ___ of the Mannor of Baltimore by the name of Gabriel’s Choice.”

6. Land Office (Patent Record) E16, pp. 634-635 Gabriel McKenzie [MSA S11-71] 1/23/2/24;

7. J. Thomas Scharf, History of Baltimore City and County, p. 37, Louis H. Everts, Philadelphia 1881 (reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore Maryland, 1997.

8. Baltimore County Court Proceedings. Found in Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, Mar 1923

9.. Frederick County (Land Records) E pp.452-453, Gabriel McKinzee [MSA C814-2] 1/38/6/1. The name reflected in the records is Gabriel MacKinzee, who was reflected as also being from Frederick County. He paid 14 Pounds Current Money for the property. The legal description begins: Beginning at two bounded red oaks near the head of the Little Pipe Creek . . . and laid out for 50 acres more or less.

10. Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol XV, p. 357

10.5.Maryland State Archives, MSA S1197-172, pages 1 to 3 From SL 21,569. A copy of the document is located at www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com in the Media section and is linked to Gabriel McKenzie.

11. Frederick County (Land Records) M, pp. 437-438, Gabriel McKinsey, [MSA C814-16] 1/38/6/16;

12. Durbin/Logsdon Genealogy p. 61;

13. Frederick County (Land Records) P, pp. 32-33 Gabriel McKenzie [MSA C814-21] 1/38/6/21;

13.1. Washington County at the time comprised all of Western Maryland. Alleghany County was carved out of Washington County in 1789 and Garrett County was carved out in 1872.

14. Frederick County (Land Records) WR 6, pp. 209-210 Gabriel McKinzie [MSA C814-36] 1/38/6/35;

15. The Oath of Fidelity came into being during the Revolutionary War and was taken by those who swore their allegiance to the new republic. It read as follows:

OATH OF FIDELITY AND SUPPORT
I do swear I do not hold myself bound to yield any Allegience or obedience to the King of Great Britain his heirs or Successors and that I will be true and faithful to the State of Maryland and will to the utmost of my power, Support, maintain and defend the freedom and Independence thereof and the Government as now established against all open enemies and secret and traterous Consperaces and will use my utmost endeavours to disclose and make known to the Governor or some one of the judges or Justices thereof all Treasons or Traterous Consperaces, attempts or Combinations against this State or the Government thereof which may come to my Knowledge so help me God.

16. C.M. Brumbaugh and Margaret Robert Hodges, Revolutionary Records of Maryland, page 15. The actual record reads as follows:

The Worshipful Andrew Bruce Returns:

MacKenzie, Gabriel
MacKenzie, Aaron
MacKenzie, Samuel
MacKenzie, Daniel

Washington County, 2nd March, 1778. I certify to the Honorable the Governor and Council, that the within persons gave their affirmation to and subscribed the Oath of Fidelity to the State of Maryland according to the Act of Assembly and that this is a true Copy of the Book kept by me for that purpose and delivered to the Clerk of this County as ordered.

Andw. Bruce

Ed. Note: Given the similarity of names, the individuals who took the Oath of Fidelity to the State of Maryland most likely were Gabriel McKenzie and his sons, Samuel, Daniel and Aaron. Although the author does not have written proof that the individuals listed were father and sons, given the ages of Gabriel's children, the Oath of Fidelity information is consistent with Gabriel and his sons having migrated west to Washington County in the years preceding and/or during the Revolutionary War.

17.Maryland State Archives MSA #1188-1536, pages 1-5 From SL 40,162.

18.Maryland State Archives MSA #1188-1536, pages 1-5 From SL 40,162.

19.www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com

Gabriel married Sarah Durbin in 1742 in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Baltimore County, Md.. Sarah (daughter of Samuel Sr. Durbin and Anne Logsdon) was born on 19 Sep 1725 in Westminister, Baltimore County (now Carroll County) Md.; died about 1795. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Per the notes of Philip J. Dietz, Jr.

Sarah and Gabriel were married in St. Paul's Catholic Church in Baltimore, Maryland

Notes:

Henry had a farm in Greenville Twp., PA., just a five minute walk from the Maryland line. Baptismal records for several of Henry's children appear in St. Johns Reformed Parish Records of Salisbury, PA. At the time of their baptisms, this parish was a union church of the Lutheran and Reformed traditions. In the "History of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties, PA, 1884, page 551, the original members of the St. John's Reformed Church, Salisbury, Somerset Co., PA listed (among others) Philip Hare, Clement Engle, Henry Garlitz, Adam Fowler (Yowler) and James Boyd. -- (Philip Hare was a brother-in-law to Henry.) Son Jacob may be the Jacob Garlitz listed as one of the founders of the Reformed congregation in Greenville Twp. PA. Son Henry became a Methodist preacher and son Christian became one of the founders and patriarchs of St. Ann Catholic Mission in Avilton, MD.


Children:

1. Barbarab. abt 1784d. 1861- 69Ohio or Indianam. Peter Engle
2. Jacob b. May 25, 1787d. April 29, 1863 Buried Lutheran Cem, Greenville Twp, PA m. Elizabeth Keefer
3. Anna Mariab. July 4, 1789m. George Klingeman
4.Catherineb. Feb 2, 1793m. Adem Keaffer
5. Henry b. Dec 18, 1795died at age 5
6. Christian IIIb. April 18, 1797d. 1873m. Sarah McKenzie
7. Margretta b. July 28, 1799m. Casper Haller
8. Elizabeth b. April 4, 1801m. Michael Infield
9. Sarah b. Jan 18, 1803
10. Henryb. Jan. 20, 1805 m. (see theory 1 below) m. (see theory 2 below)
11. Solomonb. Nov. 27, 1806d. Jan 27, 1846m. Rebecca unknown (possibly McKenzie)
12. Eve b. about 1809m. Henry M. Hare

Theory One Re: Henry Garlitz:

Who was Henry Garlits?

It is unclear if this Henry Garlits is the son of Henry Garlitz of Greenville Twp born in 1805, who was the son of Hendrey (Christian I). This Henry by one theory is thought to be the father of Theodore Henry, the progenitor, for, among others, the famous race car driver Don Garlits. He is also proported to have married an Indian maiden. Another theory has Henry son of Henry of Greenville Twp marrying an Elizabeth Fair. Their descendents are recorded.

There was, however, another Henry of the same time period, a cousin of Henry's son Henry, that being Henry son of Christian II. We have no information for him, no date of birth, no descendents. However, Henry, son of Christian II, would have been born in Maryland, as Christian II had moved there by 1800 and that is where he raised his family. Census records have the Henry who married Elizabeth Fair being born in PA, which would be consistent with him being the son of Henry Garlitz of Greenville Twp. We find the Fair family interwined with the Garlitz family, both in Greenville Twp and also in Ohio. Could it be that Henry the father of Theodore Henry is actually Henry the son of Christian II? We do not know.

The Henry presented on this page is the Henry who married a Choctaw Indian.

Theory Two Re: Henry Garlitz

Who was Henry Garlits?

It is unclear of these pages is Henry Garlits son of Henry Garlitz of Greenville Twp born in 1805, who was the son of Hendrey (Christian I). That Henry, whom we have refered to as "1805 Henry", was previously thought to be the father of Theodore Henry, the progenitor, for, among others, the famous race car driver Don Garlits. That Henry was also proported to have married an Indian maiden. We do know, however, that the Henry of these pages did not marry a Choctaw Indian. Rather he married Elizabeth Fair. We find the Fair family interwined with the Garlitz family, both in Greenville Twp and also in Ohio. Census records have the Henry of these pages being born in PA, which would be consistent with him being the son of Henry Garlitz of Greenville Twp.

There was, however, another Henry of the same time period, a cousin, son of Christian II. We have no information for him, no date of birth, no descendents. However, Henry, son of Christian II, would have been born in Maryland, as Christian II had moved there by 1800 and that is where he raised his family. Could it be that Henry the father of Theodore Henry is actually Henry the son of Christian II? We do not know.

Information for the descendants of Henry Garlits and Elizabeth Fair was provided by Hunter Johnson, whose wife Lori is a Garlits descendent.

Henry married Magadelena Hutzel about 1783. Magadelena died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]