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Andrew McKay Record

Andrew McKay, born: 29 12mo 1736; Frederick (now Warren) Co. VA; died: 12 10mo 1804; Frederick (now Warren) Co. VA; buried: Crooked Run Burial Ground, Opequon, Frederick (now Warren) County, VA; See his Find A Grave entry.

Andrew, married: 27 11mo 1760; Hopewell MM, Frederick Co. VA; Jane Ridgeway, born: 1731; NJ; died: 1806; Waynesville, Warren Co. OH; Dau. of John Ridgeway & Hannah Brown; See her Find A Grave entry. (Jane, married 2nd: Joseph Cloud, born: 1 3mo 1743; Chester Co. PA; died: 24 7mo 1816; Waynesville, Warren Co. OH; buried: Friends Burial Ground, Waynesville, Warren Co. OH; See his Find A Grave entry. Joseph was married three other times and has issue which will be expanded on later. Visit these links for more biography on Joseph Cloud: Joseph Cloud ~ Traveling Minister and Joseph Cloud and Roland Richards ~ Two early founders of Miami Monthly Meeting)

See Newsclippings and other biographical sketches.

From Hopewell Friends History, p. 242 we find a transcribed copy of their marriage certificate:

Andrew McKay was the oldest son of Robert McKay Jr. and the oldest grandson of Robert MacKay Sr. Andrew was the family family representative and agent in the Fairfax Landsuit.

See Vol.6 for notes on the Ridgeway family. Jane's sister, Rachel, married Jacob McKay Sr, Andrew's brother; and her brother, Richard married her husband's sister Margaret McKay.

Andrew's will was dated 30 10mo 1802 and probated 3 12mo 1804, see Volume 11 for family wills. He left a large tract of real estate on Crooked Run which was divided among his children. The name of his farm was "Orchard Farm."

See Andrew's Last Will and Testament.

The following are the names of his children, and all were born in Frederick (now Warren) Co. VA with their birth dates part of Hopewell Quaker Records

Issue: McKay

  • Jacob, born: 17 2mo 1762; died: 28 2mo 1762; Frederick Co. VA;
  • Patience, born: 9 2mo 1763; Frederick (now Warren) Co, VA; died: 21 4mo 1836; Miami, Warren Co. OH; buried: Old Quaker Cemetery, Rochester, OH;
  • Rachel, born: 29 12mo 1764; died young;
  • Moses, born: 17 9mo 1766 (Dee Ann Buck has 10 7mo); died: 28 1mo 1828; Waynesville, Warren Co. OH; buried: Mt. Holly Cem., Mount Holly, Warren Co. OH;
  • David, born: 5 9mo 1768; died: 30 8mo 1773; Frederick Co. VA;
  • John, born: 10 12mo 1770; died: 1 8mo 1773; Frederick Co. VA;
  • Jacob II "Little Jacob", born: 28 12mo 1772; died: before 1 8mo 1815; Frederick Co. VA;
  • Enos, born 1 10mo 1774; died: 1834; Page Co. VA;
  • Esther, born: 11 12mo 1776; died young;
  • Margaret, born: 8 5mo 1779; died: 1843; "Erin", Clarke Co. VA; Continued elsewhere.

Source info: A Tabulated Genealogy of the Family of Robert & Ann (Brown) Mackay Sr. (by Dee Ann Buck), p. 33, 37;