My Greene County Indiana Ancestors
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MC Kee
The McKee's came to Greene county in the 1870's from Owen county Indiana; Robert Thomas M cKee's cousin John
P. McKee came first and Robert followed with his sister Eliza Ann (McKee) Talley Widow of Orren I. They are
of the Kentucky, Virginia and Pennsylvania McKee's, WILLIAM McKEE being my first known
ancestor. The McKee's were said to have been from Ireland and orginally Scotland. Family tradition handed down through
the years has been thet there were ten brothers who came to America Settling in Pennsylvania not all have been accounted for.
Vandeventer
The Vandeventer's came to the area from 1840 to 1860. ABSOLUM VANDEVENTER and
his 2nd wife went to Clay county Indiana from Gibson county Indiana and then came to Greene county Indiana after the 1850 census.
Several families of Vandeventer's are in Clay, Greene and Monroe counties Indiana as follows: James William and Nancy A. (Ingram);
Josiah and Emily or Milly (Hugh/Hughes) Vandeventer and their children. These men could be uncles, brothers or father of Absolum.
Absolum married 1st in Spencer county Kentucky Susan or Susannah Coghill daughter of John Coghill and nothing more of him or his
ancestry is known. Absolum and Susannah came from Spencer county Kentucky to Gibson county Indiana. There is a possibility that
Absolum was the son of either Josiah or James William and thus listed under both as such but as being challegened at this point in
time. It is believed that Josiah and James William were the sons of Wynant Vandeventer of Shelby county Kentucky but no official
records of this connection can be found to date. Wynant's ancestry being from
PIETER HERMANS VANDEVENTERwho came to New Amsterdam from Deventer, Holland; hence the surname derived from.
Long - Sexton
ROBERT LONG was in Greene county by the 1840 census. His ancestry is unknown. His
wife is Margaret Sexton and was the daughter of WILLIAM SEXTON and Virginia Leah
Free or Ferree and the SEXTON'S were in Greene county before the 1830 census. Nothing more is known of the Sexton and Free ancestry
at this point. There is a THEORY that William could of been married a first time with 3 children from that marriage: Archibald,
Olivia and Isaac. William and Leah are listed with children of: James, Jacob, Enoch, Margaret, Frederick Free, William Wallace,
Lemuel Edward, Joel Benton (Judge of Greene county Indiana), Esom or Easom. They came from Virginia to Whitley county Kentucky then
to Greene county Indiana.
It is BELEIVED (not proven) that William could be of the SEXTON'S Of the Sextons
of Limerick; Kensington, London, England two of Christopher's sons emigrated to America - Windsor, Connecticut: Richard arrived on
13 July 1635 on the ship Blessing and George in 1663; but this is only a THEORY that has been passed around for years without any
documentation provided for it. Most of the early research I have gotten came from Don and Georgie Benton of Ft. Worth, Texas; Don is
now deceased and others has sent me undoucmented material on the Sexton's. I have only tried to put it all together and doucument it
as I can.
Gastineau
JAMES GASTINEAU and wife Patience Morrow was in Greene county before the 1840 Census.
James Gastineau's ancestry in traced back to PIERRE GASTINEAU who was born in
France his son Jean married into the CHABOUSSANT family. Patience Morrow is
assumed to be the daughter of Samuel Morrow and nothing more is known of him or his ancestry or descendants to date has not be
accounted for.
Mewhirter - Mc Whirter
ROBERT MEWHIRTER (the family bible
spelling) and wife Elizabeth Taylor, were also here before the 1840 census. Their children bore the spelling of
Mc Whirter and its variants. Nothing is really know of Elizabeth's heritage; family tradition is that her mother was a
Barr; it is also stated that her ancestry could be connected to Zacharey Taylor but nothing has been proven. Robert Mewherter and
Elisabeth Taylor's ancestry has not been traced back either.
Whitworth
THOMAS WHITWORTH and his wife Sarah "Sally" GULICK daughter of Joseph Gulick and Mary "Polly"
Stoker; came during the 1840's. Nothing at this time is known of Thomas' ancestry but some of Sally's can be traced back to New
Amsterdam and New England. Thomas married 2 more times and moved to Neosoha county Kansas where he died.
Dye - Duyts
GEORGE DYE was in Greene county by the 1850 census and was the son of John Eli and
Lucinda (Hardin) Dye early settlers of Lawrence county Indiana. The DYE ANCESTRY
can also be traced back to New Amsterdam when the name was spelled Duyts.
Turley
BENJAMIN TURLEY came to Lawrence county Indiana in 1817 from Warren county Kentucky
and then went to Greene county was formed in 1825 and considered one of the pioneers of Greene county. In 1841 Benjamin Turley then
moved from Greene county Indiana to Ozark county Missouri. PAUL TURLEY is the
first known ancestor in Fairfax county, Virginia. The Turley's were also in Prince William Loudoun, and Rockingham counties
Virginia; as well as Spartanburg and Union counties South Carolina. Ignatius Turley was the son of Paul and the father of Benjamin
Ancestors from Coshocton County Ohio
The greatest influx of my ancestors were from Coshocton county Ohio in the 1840 and 1850's as were a great number of other families
that were found in Center, Jackson and Taylor townships and they were also neighbors, family and friends in Coshocton county Ohio.
These were:
- JOHN AULT and his wife Fidelia
Taylor (who came via Bartholomew county Indiana) She was the dau. of JOSEPH TAYLOR; and her brothers came to Greene county
also.
- THOMAS HARDESTY and his wife Nancy Ann Chaney (she died in Coshocton county
Ohio) daughter of SAMUEL CHENEY their children: Margaret . Robert Edington
(he went back to get his family and died in Coshocton county); she married 2nd Elijah Ashcraft widow of her
sister; AQUILLA married four times 1st to Caty Meek (she died in Coshocton
county) said to be the daughter of Richard Meek, 2nd Elizabeth Murphy, 3rd Martha Kirkpatrick and 4th Mary J.
Knotts and Elizabeth m. Elijah Ashcraft [one of their sons Daniel married Mary Emery daughter of Ambrose and
Mary (Anderson) Emery.
- AMBROSE EMERY & wife Mary ANDERSON he being born in Darcut, Massachusetts;
residing outside of Philadelphia, in Greene county Pennsylvania before migrating to Coshocton county.
- James Mack Williams is said to have been born in Coshocton County Ohio but also Seneca county Ohio has been given.
James is said to have come from Bartholomew county Indiana. An uncle supposedly cared for him as parents died before
he was of age. James it is said came to Greene co., In. when the tobacco factory was just starting up in Jackson Twp.
His parents were THOMAS WILLIAMS & Rebecca Meredith. Said to have
set sailed from Liverpool Eng. May 30 1831 landed 6 Jul. 1831 On Ship Davey. It is said that Thomas was born in England
& had come to America going back and that Rebecca went to England & married there explaining being born in the
United States but I he not found anything to prove this not even the family bible which is to have had written in
the data of the family & about the passage to America. Nothing more has been found on any of the other children but
James. In the 1880 census of Greene co. In. His son James states his father born England & mother Ohio; there could
be a possibility another person gave the data & not him. Another source says that there was also a son George W.
about 18 days old when they sailed from Liverpool, Eng. that would of made him born 13 May 1831 Eng. This conflicts with
Robert C.'s birth date of 31 October 1831 & who is given as the first child of Thomas & Rebecca
I have on the main Paersonal Ancestral File disk "Mc Kee disk" besides my father's lines (Dye, Vandeventer,
Gastineau, Dye, Long, Sexton, Turley. The start of my mother's lines are their for the families of:
the other disks are:
- On the Hardesty-Whitworth Disk is found:
- Aquilla Hardesty and his wives and his descendants
- Thomas Whitworth and his wife Sarah Gulick's ancestry. Their descendants
- On the Emery-Mewhirter Disk is found the Emery ancestry & the Mewhirter family
- JOHN EMERY & wives of Newbury Essex county Massachusetts
& of Romsey Hants England
- Robert MeWhirter & his wife Elisabeth Taylor
- The ancestry of Mary (Anderson) Emery wife of Ambrose Emery
- On the Edington disk s found:
- Thomas Hardesty's descendants & ancestry. The
HARDESTY"S being of Maryland & England.
- Robert
Edington's descendants & ancestry
PHILIP EDINGTON married Abigail Curtis dau of THOMAS CURTIS
being of New Jersey & Hunterdon county Pennsylvania & England
- Finally on the Ault-Williams disk is the Ault and Williams ancestry
- VALENTINE ALT or Ault - The Ault's were
Palatine German coming to Philadelphia & settling in York county Pennsylvania.
- Lau, Taylor, Divan, Neas or Nehs Ancestry
- Thomas Williams & Rebecca Meredith
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