Today's entry is about our final couple who fit into our fifth great grandparents list, which means that we'll begin discussing our 6th great grandparents next weekend!
I am not yet confident about this Mackey couple because I haven't found any records to prove that they are indeed our ancestors. I found some information about this William Mackey in a book about Horsefall Valley Mackey families, residents in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The author of the book seemed to believe that our Mackeys of Welsh Run, also in Franklin County, are descended from this William Mackey who emigrated from Edinburgh, Scotland. It is exciting for me to contemplate and search for evidence, that William may be our Scottish emigrant to America, and I will do my best to find the proof that we need to make this a fact.
Here is what the aforementioned author had to say about William and Jean:
William Mackey was born in Inverness, Scotland in 1712. He came with his parents and some siblings to Pennsylvania about 1729. William married Jean Montgomery who was born in Fannetsburg, PA in 1714. One of their sons was Robert Mackey, born in 1750 (possibly our ancestor who owned real estate in Welsh Run, Franklin County, PA and lived there for a number of years).
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