robertmackayclan

After a year I've finally received a match from another person surnamed 'McKay'. At present I do not know his lineage but I do know he lives in Ohio.

I looked his name up in Kate's book but didn't find it so either he descends from another branch of our family other than Moses who went to Southwestern Ohio or his line simply hasn't been traced yet in her book.

Another possibility is he could be descended from another Mackay instead of Robert. If that's the case then we might have something to ponder here. So far, in regards to our family we only know of Robert and his three wives and children. We know nothing of his parents, siblings etc. All we know is from Quaker records.

If he does descend from our Robert then it only helps to solidify the DNA record for our Robert Mackay Sr.

What the Y-DNA project will not do is erase the erroneous records that have mis-identified our Robert as being the son of Hugh Mackay & Jane Dunbar.

That is, this individual could list as his pedigree as being from Robert (which would be correct) but also stating that Robert is Hugh Mackay & Jane Dunbar's son which we know cannot be correct.

Research and documentation are still very important here. The Y-DNA project, if it does what I hope it will do is connect our family with some other Mackays (or perhaps people with the same matches but different surnames) and if we can see where their earliest ancestor came from it might hold a clue that our Robert may have come from the same location.

I only present the known facts on Robert Mackay Sr. on this website. Most of the information is based on Dee Ann's research. I know of no other person who has as much documentation on Robert Mackay Sr.

My job--as I see it--is to document my Mackay line back to the emigrate. The blood line in Scotland--I would not be sure I could really find good documentation.

Our Robert was born c1675 to c1685. His father if I can document back to the prisoners born c1633 (I am thinking James). That's about four or five generations earlier than the ones who arrived during the French & Indian War. These Mackay were from Scotland and not Northern Ireland/Ireland, as people have tried to tag "our" Robert.

I just hope Mr. Coy has good documentation as to the birth place of his Daniel Mackay. That could help us and the other group of Mackays. I think it is too much to hope he will show the relationship-- if any--between his Daniel and the other Mackays. The fact he named his oldest son Alexander gives me hope they are related. His family group also used the names Hannah, Elizabeth & Jacob.

The man in OH could be descendant of "our" Robert's or one of his cousins. He will just have to do futher research at his local library.

It could be you have more hits because the submitted samples are not from the right group of Mackays. Look for people who can trace their lines back to early MA.

From what I see from your posting concerning D.N.A. study. We have documented our line farther back in time. The other groups of Mackay have to reach back to us-- we do not reach down to them. They have to get their blood lines back into the 1600's like we have done through library work.

Your D.N.A markers could represent the oldest Mackay family found in U.S.A. Time will tell if I can prove that with documentation.

From the works of David Dobson and other original records I see no older group of Mackays living in the area. The other waves of Scottish emigrate 1715 & 1745 are too late for our Robert. Remember Robert Mackay was in NJ by 1705/6.

You might want to look at a posting on Rootweb/MacNeil board. They are running a DNA project have 50 members. What they have recorded is not a shock knowing just a little about Scottish history. They have identified:

1. Barra Celtic-Y

2. Barra Norse--Viking Y

3. Collonsay Y

Perhaps some of this will make sense to you.

In any case run by Vince MacNeil

www.familytreedna.com/public/MacNeil/