Moses Sr. McKenzie

Moses Sr. McKenzie

Male Abt 1720 - Bef 1768  (~ 47 years)

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  • Name Moses Sr. McKenzie 
    Birth Abt 1720  Hopson's Choice, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef 1768 
    Notes 
    • From the notes of Philip J. Dietz, Jr. of McLean, Virginia:

      Moses inherited 96 acres of McKenzie's Discovery from his father John II in 1758. He was murdered near Cumberland by a robber on returning home with the proceeds from having sold a farm.

      Children of Moses McKenzie and Nancy Porter are:
      i.   Nancy Ann McKenzie, born 1741 in Hopson's Choice, Baltimore Co.,Md.; died Aft 1786 in Allegany Co., Md.; married John Porter 1765 in Carroll Co., Md..
      ii.   Samuel McKenzie, born 1759 in Frederick Co., Md..
      iii.   Moses McKenzie,Jr., born 1760 in Frederick Co., Md.; died March 24, 1824 in Cresaptown, Md.; married Sarah McKenzie December 1784 in Hampshire Co., Va.
      iv.   Jesse McKenzie, born 1762 in Frederick Co., Md.; died 1818; married Catherine Jones January 22, 1787.
      v.   John McKenzie, born 1773.

      From Bobbie McKenzie:

      I hired Ann Silva, a professional genealogist, about 20 years ago. She found thisin a box of loose papers at the archives. Thisis verbatim ofwhat she sent me. Too fragile to let her Xerox it.

      ----- Original Message -----
      From: Michael McKenzie
      To: 'bobbie mckenzie'
      Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 9:08 PM
      Subject: RE: Moses of John 1758

      All new to me as well. First I’ve seen that Moses may have been married twice. Racheal MacKenzie’s letter to the “Comacar of Annarandel County” is great. Do you have the document that reflects that language so that I can post it on the web site? Let me know.

      Regards

      Mike

      From: bobbie mckenzie [mailto:dmckenzie@charter.net]
      Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 6:05 PM
      To: Michael McKenzie
      Subject: Moses of John 1758

      Moses
      B. ca 1720
      M 1) ? ca 1745-50
      M 2) by 1758 Rachael ______
      D. by 1767
      Issue M 1)
      1. Nancy m Porter (per Samuel Doak Porter’s book, no proof)
      2. Jonathan per Doak
      3. Bennett ( name in Durbin line.
      4. George H. per Doak
      5. Margaret per undocumented sources
      Issue M 2)
      Moses b. 1760
      Joshua
      Jesse
      DATA
      Received 96 a of McKenzie’s Discovery in will of father John 1758

      Box 90 Anne Arundel Co Testamony Bond
      “To Goldis Bary, Comacar of Annarandel County Piston (?)
      I the wife of Mosses Mackenzie ounble begs that you not alaw any admenatrator n my husbands for he is now dead.. James Cord wonst to admanstor I bag you will not let him if you administrator, let me have the….of it but if their moust administrator it roun me and my small children, to what I have. I have what little I have taken away from the hole a state will a mount to about 20 pounds. My husband paid all his debts before he died as I know of but if their should any to pay I will pay them although neather cattle nor hogs nor norses only one old mare to help my self with. From me Richell Mackenzie”

      30 May 1767 p.684 BB No 3 Rachael, widow of Moses, sold 32 acres of MacKenzie’s Discovery to John Cord, a blacksmith. (This would be her widow’s third.)

      There is no record of the inventory or administration of the estate of Moses so this sale was probably negated.

      26 Aug 1783 Moses of Moses sold all of McKenzie’s Discovery to James Cord
      Evidently Rachael is dead by then, but again no inventory or administration unless she married again and those records would be under another surname. Possibility that Moses was with her on the home place, as youngest or oldest. He did not marry until 1785. No Equity Case found so evidently other children of Moses of John d. 1758 did not protest sale.

      1790 Allegheny Co Pa census, portion taken from Washington Co
      Jesse McKenzie 1 m 16+
      John McKenzie 1 m 16+, 1 f 16+, 1m under 16

      1785 Joshua m. Mary Jones

      22 Jan. 1787 Jesse. M Catherine Jones Pitsburg, PA.

      10 July 1794 Aaron witnesses will of Moses Porter (shows our McKenzie line was in Allegheny Co., PA)

      25 Sept. 1814 Penn Archvies 6th Series, vol8, p 807 Jesse McKensey and Thos Jones 65th Reg., Capt Marcus Hook
      vol 7, p 147 Jesse McKensey served 1st Brig 2nd Div Capt Samuel Flack reg, War if 1812, from Bucks and Montgomery counties

      1791 Penn Archives Third Series, Vol. 22 Jesse McKenzie pd taxes Mifflin Twp Allegheny Co.

      Jonathan: 1810 taxlist Green Co. (formed 9Feb. 1796 from Washington) PENN Archives Series 2, p. 45 Jefferson Twp, northeast corner next to Washington and Fayette Cos.)

      Moses: PENN Archives Series 2, 1800 Somerset Co. (formed from Bedford 17 April 1795) census. P. 558 2 males 10-16, 1 m 26-45, 2 females under 10, 3 females 10-16, 1 female 26-45 (Moses RW listed from Bedford Co in 1796 sale of land in Allegany Co. MD)

      Bennett: 1776 Bedford Co., PA tax list so born at least by 1755.

      Both Jesse and Joshua, sons of Moses 1720, have sons named Bennett.

      Bennett common name in Logsdon and Durbin lines.

      George H. ( Must be confused with great-grandson of Moses 1720. First George McKenzie in records was the one born 1815, son of Joshua and Catherine Winters. This Joshua was son of Moses RW who was son of Moses 1720. Catherine Winters was the daughter of Geo Winter, perhaps the source of the name. Name Geo first appears in a chart by Samuel Doak Porter who shows Nicholas as son of Geo of Moses 1720. Actually Nicholas was son of Geo and Catherine and administered Geo’s estate.

      Suggest: Bennett, Jonathan, Joshua, Jesse and Moses all end up in Pa.Coincidence? Jonathan, Joshua, Jesse all end up in Ohio.

      From Ann Stansbarger:

      With regard to the death date for Moses 1720, he was clearly dead long before 1779. I have Rachel Mckinsie listed as owing a debt to the estate of William Hall on 18 September 1771. I have Rachel selling Joshua into indenture in BA Co in 1768. And according to Bobbie, on 30 May 1767 AA Co Land Records P 684, BB No. 3 Rachel sold (unsuccessfully?) a portion of Mackenzie’s Discovery to James Cord. I don’t have this document. Have you ever seen it?

      Based on everything I’ve seen, I do believe Moses was dead by 1767.

      Ann

      Thoughts from Ann McKenzie Stansbarger in an email to the author September 13, 2018:

      Hi Mike,

      The others will give you there own view on research objectives but I for one am thinking that Moses McKenzie became acquainted with the Porters because they had tenant farms near each other. This would answer the question about when and where the Mackenzies first met the Porters.

      My working hypothesis is that Moses was working a tenant farm prior to his father’s death. After his father’s death in ‘58, he had access to an additional 96 acres which was part of Mackenzie’s Discovery. I suspect there was no house on this plot, so Moses and the family may have continued to live on the tenant farm for a time. If the tenant farm was in AA, they could have worked the two farms easily.

      If the legend has a grain of truth in it, then Moses decided to sell his additions to the tenant farm (improvements, animals) and move on to a new stage in his life, either in AA, making due with 96 acres, or ultimately cashing out and moving west. That is when disaster struck and he died unexpectedly.

      My hypotheses is that he died on the road alone and his body was never found. The story of the murder is one that the Porters have preserved. I believe that is what Rachel thought.

      Anyway, it is a lot of conjecture on my part, but it makes sense to me. It would be nice to find something that would allow us to put this story to rest once and for all.

      Also it would be great if we could find a connection between the families within the enclave of tenant farmers on one of the Charles Carroll parcels.

      Best, Ann





    Person ID I00129  McKenzie Genealogy
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2021 

    Father John McKenzie,   b. 1687, Unknown Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1758, Prince George's County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Katherine Unknown,   b. Unknown Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1776, Unknown Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F00151  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nancy Jane (Rachel) Porter,   b. 1725   d. Aft 1767 (Age > 43 years) 
    Children 
     1. Nancy Ann McKenzie,   b. Hopson's Choice, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1789, Allegany County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Moses Jr. McKenzie,   b. Abt 1760, Frederick County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1824, Cresaptown, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Jesse McKenzie,   b. Abt 1762, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1818, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Joshua McKenzie,   b. 20 Mar 1764, Baltimore County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1835, Ross County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. John McKenzie,   b. UNKNOWN   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F00137  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2021 

    Family 2 Rachel Something   d. UNKNOWN 
    Family ID F00150  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2021 

  • Documents
    Deed from Rachel McKenzie to James Cord 1767 McKenzie's Discovery
    Deed from Rachel McKenzie to James Cord 1767 McKenzie's Discovery
    On 13 May 1767, Moses McKenzie's (b. 1720) widow, Rachel, attempted to sell 32 acres of McKenzie's Discovery to James Cord for the sum of 7 pounds. The sale must have fallen through or been ruled invalid because on 26 Aug 1783, Moses McKenzie, Jr. evenually sold all 96 acres of McKenzie's Discovery to the same James Cord for 110 pounds. This is the land that Moses Sr. inherited from his father, John MacKinzie via his will in 1758.
    McKenzie, Rachel (wife of Moses McKenzie b. 1720) Letter to Goldis Bary Comacary (Estate Related)
    McKenzie, Rachel (wife of Moses McKenzie b. 1720) Letter to Goldis Bary Comacary (Estate Related)
    It’s exciting that Don Kagle was able to find this document (i.e. the letter from Rachel McKenzie to the administrator of Moses' estate). In the typed copy I got from a professional researcher the date was given as 1767. As I understand Testamentary Papers are the minutes of the Prerogative Court which functioned until the Revolution handling probate so Rachel’s letter would have been read at an early 1767 meeting of the Prerogative Court. We can probably shore up the date with the document, probably Orphans Court, that Ann Stansbarger found apprenticing Joshua age 3 or 4. Also, in May, 1767 Rachael, listed as widow of Moses, sold 32 acres (her widow’s third) of McKenzie’s Discovery to John Cord. p684 BB No 3 Anne Arundel Co.

    The file information pertaining to the aforementioned letter dated 1767 is: Prerogative Court (Testamentary Papers) 90 (MdHR 1331; 1-13-13-1) Letter re Moses MacKenzie, n.d. Box 90 Folder 9, Front Only [1] 04/21/88 Tracking No.: 35845. PD No.: 88-02158.
    Moses McKenzie Robbed Reference
    Moses McKenzie Robbed Reference
    Debt Book Ann Arundel Co. Showing MacKenzies and Property 1761
    Debt Book Ann Arundel Co. Showing MacKenzies and Property 1761
    Land Office, (Debt Book) Series: 12-9, Book 2 AA 1761 Loc: 01/24/02/02

    This document dated 1761 reflects that the probate of John MacKinzie's estate has been completed and that the land is now owned by Daniel MacKenzie, Moses MacKenzie, Michael MacKenzie Mattocks, William MacKenzie and Michael MacKenzie. This document tracks the language of John MacKenzie's bequests in his Will dated 1758.


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