Joseph C. Remington

William married Mary McKenzie on 5 Sep 1844. Mary (daughter of John McKenzie and Margaret "Peggy" Logsdon) was born on 14 Oct 1823 in Allegany County, Maryland; died on 6 Nov 1907 in Brink Haven, Knox County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth recorded in Western Maryland Catholics, Koch and Davidson, page 84.

Notes:

This particular John may not be the son of Gabriel, Jr. Ed. Note. Needs to be verified/proven.

The following information was received from Bobbie McKenzie in June, 2013. Future researchers will need to verify it if they are interested in this line.

Rosanne=eleanorrms@aol.com (need to check accuracy of email address) I have a copy of the death cert. of "Jno D. M. Mackenzie" b. 3 July 1829 in OH, and d. 22 March 1916 in IL. Gives name of father "Jno Mackenzie", born Maryland, and mother Margaret Clugston, born Maryland. The informant was my grandfather, who only went to 4th grade, maybe 6th grade in school....so the correct spelling of Clugston could have been Logsdon. Also, my grandfather's name ~ on the cert. gives an incorrect middle initial, which could indicate the person taking the info was not too careful.

John (1829) is believed to have been born in Gambier Knox Co OH.

John (1829) McKenzie is listed in the 1850 Knox Co OH census, along with
Sarah McKenzie. I have been informed they were married in 1848. John was
married more than once. Another wife, Emma Moreland, is the mother of my
grandfather.

She also has John & Margaret's marriage license record from Allegany Co, MD, their marriage record at the Catholic Church in Allegany Co, MD in 1822, their son's (John) baptism in 1829 at St. Luke Church in Danville, Knox Co, OH, Margaret's marriage to William Robeson in 1831, marriage record of the son John's marriages to Sarah Presley in 1849, to Caroline Southwick in 1852, marriage record of Joseph to Elizabeth Parker in 1862, copy of Joseph's death record in 1893.

The son John also married Emma Moreland who was in the Wash DC census 1860, age 14. I don't know when or where they married. But I found that her mother and brother were later married (not to each other :) ) in McLean Co, IL in 1872 and 1877.

Emma's sister married in Wash DC in 1862. She had another sister that I haven't been able to trace.

Re John McKenzie that married Margaret Peggy Logsdon........they got a m. license in Allegany Co. 30 Nov 1822 and were m. 3 Dec 1822 at the Catholic Church in Allegany Co., MD. There is a record of the baptism of Mary & Joseph in the book "Western Maryland Catholics 1819-1851" by Koch & Davidson. There is a record of the baptism of John (b 1829) in St Luke's Church, Danville, Knox Co. OH.

John & Sarah are in the 1850 Knox Co census. Their m. 1 Aug 1849 is in the Knox Co marriage record. She died in 1852 and he m. Caroline Southwick in 1853....also in Knox Co marriage record. Family lore.....he had a son named William before he married Emma Moreland. Don't know what happened to
Caroline, or when he married Emma. Emma was from Wash.DC. He & Emma had 4 children, John Duncan b 1869 in IL, d 1954 in IA, Margaret - never married, Louise - never married, and Jane (Jen). In the 1880 census for LaSalle Co IL he is listed as J.D. McKenzi =e with Emma McKenzie, and the 3 oldest children.

I have only looked at Knox Co in OH and not at Mahoning Co because the family seemed to stick pretty close to Mt Vernon, and stayed pretty much with the Catholic Church. When Margaret's husband died in 1829 in Knox Co she remarried a Knox Co man and stayed in the area until she died. She & her new
husband did not raise Mary, Joseph and John however......she "farmed them out" to other family/families because the new husband did not want to raise them......according to family legend.

Rosanne in NC

Also from Bobbie McKenzie in June 2013. Similar to above but with additional clues. Researchers need to verify. No contact has been made with "Roseanne" as of July, 2013.

From: Eleanorrms@aol.com[SMTP:Eleanorrms@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 10:27 P ÝM
To: dmckenzie@kearney.net
Cc: Eleanorrms@aol.com
Subject: Re: John McKenzie

Hi Bobbie:

John and Sarah McKenzie are in the 1850 Ohio census, Schedule I - Free Inhabitants in 1st Ward of Mt Vernon, Knox Co, the page number is difficult to read but I think it is page 233. John & Sarah are on lines 39 & 40. On June 6 someone else in Knox Co told me that John McKenzie married Sarah 1 Aug 1849, by E.T.Brown min. She died 31 July 1852, age 20 yr, 3 mon, 11 days buried Moundview Cem. Mt Vernon, OH.

Marriage # 2 = Caroline Southwick 1 Feb 1853 by Fr. Julius Brent.

Old family letters say that he was married twice.....but they may not have known of #2. John and Emma Moreland had 4 children, all born in IL. My grandfather was the oldest of the 4, and he was born in 1869. John & Emma died and are buried in Ottawa, LaSalle Co. IL.
:
I have a copy of the death cert. of "Jno D. M. Mackenzie" ã b. 3 July 1829 in OH, and d. 22 March 1916 in IL. Gives name of father "Jno Mackenzie", born Maryland, and mother Margaret Clugston, born Maryland. The informant was my grandfather, who only went to 4th grade, maybe 6th grade in school....so the correct spelling of Clugston could have been Logsdon. Also, my grandfather's name on the cert. gives an incorrect middle initial, which could indicate the person taking the info was not too careful.

John (1829) is believed to have been born in Gambier Knox Co OH.

John (1829) McKenzie is listed in the 1850 Knox Co OH census, along with Sarah McKenzie. I have been informed they were married in 1849. John was married more than once. Another wife, Emma Moreland, is the mother of my grandfather.

This is as far as I have been able to go with MacKenzie names.

I'd like to hear more from you and your group (Ed. note: McKenzie Quest Group started by Ann Stansbarger and Michael McKenzie in 1999).

Rosanne

John married Margaret "Peggy" Logsdon on 30 Nov 1822 in St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Allegany County, Maryland. Margaret (daughter of William Logsdon and Maria Holland) was born on 17 Dec 1805 in Maryland; died on 23 Jul 1848 in Union City, Knox County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hi MIke:

I think it has been reported several places that John & Margaret "Peggy" were married Nov.30, 1822.
Here is the correct info:

(mar. license) Liber No. 1, Clerks Office of the Circuit Court for Allegany County, Maryland,
Marriage Licenses from August 1st 1791 to May 1, 1847. page 31...Nov 30, John McKensey and Peggy Logsdon.

(marriage) Western Maryland Catholics 1819-1851, by Koch & Davidson, page 42......
02 Dec 1822 Married John McKenzie to Margaret Logsdon in the Church in the presence of many witnesses, who had a license from the Court.

The same Liber No. 1, page 6, shows license 22 June 1797 Wm Logsdon and Susanna Williams. This is not Peggy's father.

Note for Logsdon researchers:

The father of Margaret Peggy, Joshua, and Joseph was William Logsdon who married Mary or Maria
Holland 1 Mar 1801. It is recorded in the Register of Conewago Chapel (Sacred Heart Basilica) in Conewago Twp, Adams Co, PA. It was recorded in that book, however, the priest that performed the marriage could have done the marriage in PA or MD. Priests traveled to locations without a church, and recorded the event when they reached the nearest church.

There were 2 William Logsdons in the area at the same time. The one that married Susanna Williams was the son of Lawrence Logsdon. The William Logsdon that married Mary Holland (Margaret Peggy's father) was the son of William Logsdon (Sr).

Rosanne Sprague
email to Michael A. McKenzie August 22, 2013

Notes:

Josephine (Jody) Moeller, Saint Charles, Illinois (jmoeller@inil.com) has compiled much information on this important early Fayette County family.

Josephine's information substantially updates what was published in Fayette Facts, Vol. 3, No. 4, pages 62-63 (1974), taking the family back an additional two generations, and forward . . .

The McKenzie family came to Fayette County with the Ohio migration of LOGUE and DURBIN families. Josephine writes, "To me, the preponderance of the evidence suggests that our Gabriel (1758-1832) was the son of Gabriel McKenzie(1715 - 1793) and Sarah Durbin. The most telling evidence is the Maryland Tax List of 1783 which shows a second Gabriel as a bachelor, on a different page, from the rest of the family.

Additional information from Ann Stansbarger:

The best record for Gab'l Jr. is the 1783 Tax Assessment for Washington County, Maryland. This assessment is broken into two separate sections: Heads of Household and Bachelors. These sections are recorded on two separate pages of the list.

Heads of Household:
Gabriel
Daniel
Aaron
Samual

Bachelors:
Gabriel Jr.

More from Ann Stansbarger dated January, 2010:

Mike

I can't believe I'm still up and it is 2:30 in the am. I'm reading the documents on your website (ed. note website would be Michael McKenzie's Mckenzies of Early Maryland website - www.mckenziesofearlymaryland.com). I noticed something very interesting.

In your Sources section, under Gabriel McKenzie, you have a paragraph which describes two land transactions for the year 1792. In the first, Gabriel and his wife cleared up a problem with the release of her dower rights on 25 April 1792. You have a copy of this document in your media section. Gabriel and his wife both sign this document with their marks. In the second transaction, as described below, Gabriel sells his Lot 3365 to Peter Majors on 16 May 1792, which is less than one month later.......But this is not the same Gabriel.

If you look closely at your Media items 117, 118, and 119, this document clearly say "Gabriel Jr." His mark is also different than that of his father. Also, note there is no mention of Sarah in this document. This is Gabriel's son, the same Gabriel Jr. who was a bachelor in the 1783 tax assessment. Your Media items 120 and 121 from 1803, however, say simply "Gabriel." I believe Gabriel Senior died in that period of three weeks between 25 April and 16 May 1792.

Your paragraph says: "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 [this is Gabriel Jr. not 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."

I don't want to speculate on how it happened that Gabriel Jr. was able to sell his father's land. The legal ramifications of that are beyond me. But it appears that he did just that.

Also, I noticed that Media item 162 (Lot Map with Settler's Names, 1800) has an error in the lot numbers for Peter Majors and Gabriel McKenzie. The other Lot Maps are correct. I know that you didnt annotate this particular map, but I thought you might want to know because it has the settler's names on it. Lot 3365 is the verticle triangle. The upside down triangle to the left of it, marked "Peter Majors Lot 3365," should say "Lot 3376." Since this map is dated 1800, I'm assuming Peter Major's name should be on Lot 3365, in lieu of Gabriel McKenzie's name.

I think these deeds combined with the tax rolls conclusively prove that gabriel, Jr. was the son of Gabriel (b. 1715)

Ann

Gabriel appears to be listed in the 1793 Allegany Tax Record -- Wills Town, as follows, along with his brothers Samuel, Daniel and Aaron.

Daniel
Aaron
Gabriel
Jessee
Samuel
John

Gabriel + Ann Maddox. Ann was born in St. Mary's Maryland; died in UNKNOWN in Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information is from Pioneer Families of Colonial America by Mary Ann Doty Rizzo, Volume 2-228.

William married Maria Holland on 1 Mar 1801 in Conewago Chapel (Sacred Heart Basilica) in Conewago Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Maria died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Information is from Pioneer Families of Colonial America by Mary Ann Doty Rizzo, Volume 2-228.