John McKenney (abt. 1635 - abt. 1697)

Born about 1635 in Inverness-shire, Scotland

Descendants

Died about 1697 at about age 62 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine

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Biography

John was born in 1635. John McKenny ... He passed away in 1697. ^[1]

Name

John /McKenney/^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Birth

1635

Inverness-shire, Scotland^[8]

Death

1697

Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, USA^[9]

Drowned in the Ogunuit River

Notes

1690: John Mackenny & his family evidently moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire during King William’s War. Indian attacks had again become overwhelming & all settlers were forced to move to the relative safety of New Hampshire, Massachusetts or other areas in southern Maine.

(From "History of Scarborough"----“In 1690, the town was abandoned due to Native American uprisings, with inhabitants going to Portsmouth and other settlements further south.”

Underhill, pg 497: 'The destruction of Falmouth May 15, 1690, was the signal for a general retreat of the inhabitants of Scarborough & they wisely resolved to save their lives by flight. A letter from Portsmouth, NH under the date of May 22, 1690, stated that three or four hundred people, mostly women & children, had arrived in that town from the settlements along the Maine coast."

1692: While in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, John’s son, Rob: Mac-Kenney married widow Rrbec: Sparkes Dec. 1, 1692.

(From "Dover, New Hampshire V ital Records, 1686-1850" Dover Historical Society--Marriages by Rev. John Pike 1686-1709)

It appears Rebecca was the widow of Thomas Sparkes of the Portsmouth area who witnessed a 1683 deed in Kittery & also purchased some land 1685 in Cape Elizabeth. Noyes, Libby, Davis state that Rebecca after her marriage to Robert Mackenny set aside a tract of land for son Henry in 1732 next to the Thomas Sparkes house in Cape Elizabeth. Henry did eventually move to Cape Elizabeth.

From York Co Deeds, Book IV, page 3: "I William Goodhue Senior, of Ipswich In New England in the County of Essex Mrchant--authorized, my well beloved frejnd Joseph Hammonds of Kittery, In the Province of Mayne Carpenter, to bee my true sufficient & lawfull Atturney,----to Enter into all y' house & Land, that came unto mee by way of Morgage, from William Oliver of the ysles of shoales, scituate, & lijng & being in the province of Mayne in Kittery aforesayd, at a place called Tompsons Poynt, abbutting upon Pischataqua River---this 3d day of Decemb' 1683 : William Goodhue--- Thomas Wade, Thomas Sparke, Samell Appleton Assistant"

From Noyes,Libby,Davis in the Thomas Sparks narrative: "One Rebecca, wid., married Robert McKenney (5) at Dover in 1692. In 1732 land was laid out to their s. Henry McK out of the land deeded by Mr Fryer to Mr Hollicomb; (Thomas) Sparks' old ho. was nearby."

From York Deeds, Book IV, page 38: "Know all men by these Presents, that I Clement Swett of Cape Elizabeth ffisherman, In ye Province of Mayne, haue barganed sould Enfeofled & Confirme unto Thomas Sparke now rescident at Cape Elizabeth, for & in Consideration of Twenty foure pounds, well & truely to mee in hand paycl, before ye signeing & sealeing hereof, a tract of Land vidz' upland, lijng & being on Cape Elizabeth, to the valew of Twenty Acres more or less----togeather with one single dwelling house standing----To have & to hould the sd Tract according to ye limitts & bounds above expressed, to the soole & proper vss of Thom Sparks his heyres executors Administrators & Assignes for Ever---A true Coppy of this Instrument aboue written transcribed & with the originall Compared this 27th day of May 1685"

Children of Robert I and Rebecca Sparks are:

i. John, born 7 Dec 1693 in Wells(York) ME; married Margaret Wright 1728 in Scarborough(York) ME.

ii. Hannah, born 15 Jul 1695 in Wells (York) ME; married Robert Foye(1) 1717; married William Groves(2)1723/24

iii. Robert II, born Abt 1700 in York Co ME; died 6 Feb 1757 in Scarborough(York) ME; married Margaret Jameson 1 Apr 1727 in Scarborough(York) ME.

iv. Isaac, born Abt 1702 in York Co ME; married Elizabeth Drisco 1 Apr 1731 in Scarborough(York) ME.

v. Eleazer, born Abt 1704.

vi. Henry, born Abt 1709 York Co ME; died before 1782 Cape Elizabeth, ME; married Sarah Hanscom 15 Mar 1728/29 Scarborough, ME

vii. Rebecca, born Abt 1710 in York Co ME; died 27 Dec 1793 in Scarborough, ME; married Daniel Burnham Mar 1726/27 in Scarborough(York) ME;

1693: Evidently, the entire family moved to Wells (York County) Maine where Robert & Rebecca’s first 2 children, John & Hannah, were born.

Wells VR, Robert and Rebecca McKenney's children are listed as John (7 Dec 1693) and Hannah (15 Jul 1695).

(Contributed by Descendants of Daniel Mackenny, born ca 1706 Kittery)

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Donna Johnson, Friday, April 4, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
2. ↑ Source: #S490 Data: Text: Residence date: 1622-1919 Residence place: USA
3. ↑ Source: #S790 Page: Ancestry Family Trees
4. ↑ Source: #S488 Data: Text: Residence date: Residence place: USA
5. ↑ Source: #S489 Data: Text: Residence date: 1700-1903 Residence place: Cumberland, Maine, USA
6. ↑ Source: #S632 Page: Birth year: 1684; Birth city: Scarborough; Birth state: ME. Data: Text: Birth date: 1684 Birth place: Scarborough, Cumberland, ME Death date: 1752 Death place: Scarborough, Cumberland, ME, New England Marriage date: 23 September 1728 Marriage place: Scarborough, Cumberland, ME
7. ↑ Source: #S470
8. ↑ Source: #S632 Page: Birth year: 1684; Birth city: Scarborough; Birth state: ME. Data: Text: Birth date: 1684 Birth place: Scarborough, Cumberland, ME Death date: 1752 Death place: Scarborough, Cumberland, ME, New England Marriage date: 23 September 1728 Marriage place: Scarborough, Cumberland, ME
9. ↑ Source: #S632 Page: Birth year: 1684; Birth city: Scarborough; Birth state: ME. Data: Text: Birth date: 1684 Birth place: Scarborough, Cumberland, ME Death date: 1752 Death place: Scarborough, Cumberland, ME, New England Marriage date: 23 September 1728 Marriage place: Scarborough, Cumberland, ME

• Source: S470 Genealogical Dictionary of Maine & New Hampshire- Noyes, Libby & Davis, Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 2002- p. 472
• Source: S488 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Descendants of Edward Small of New England : and the allied families with tracings of English ancestry Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury,. Descendants of Edward Small of New England : and the allied families with tracings of English ancestry. Boston|||New York: Houghton Mifflin,; NOTEAllied families: Heard, Hatch, Sawyer, McKenney, Mitchells from Plymouth, Cooke, Jenney, Cushman, Allerton, Andrews, Stetson, Pratt, Chandler, Roberts, Mariner, Dyer, Mitchells from Kittery, Talbot. Descendants of Edward Small of New England : and the allied families with tracings of English ancestry
• Source: S489 Author: Ancestry.com Title: History of Gorham, Maine Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - McLellan, Hugh D.. History of Gorham, Me.. Portland Me.: Smith & Sale, printers, 1903, c1902.Original data: McLellan, Hugh D.. History of Gorham, Me.. Portland Me.: Smith &; NOTEGenealogy: p. [383]-843. History of Gorham, Me.
• Source: S490 Author: Ancestry.com Title: The Harmon genealogy : comprising all branches in New England Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Harmon, A. C.. The Harmon genealogy : comprising all branches in New England. Washington, D.C.: Printed by Gibson Bros., 1920.Original data: Harmon, A. C.. The Harmon genea; NOTEIncludes indexes. The Harmon genealogy : comprising all branches in New England
• Source: S632 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.;
• Source: S790 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;

See also:

https://www.geni.com/people/John-McKenney/6000000013481712375. has an account of John McKenny's capture by Cromwell and voyage to New England as an Indentured servant

MacKane [MacKenny?, John, on the John & Sara on the Scottish Prisoners of War Society website

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Jon Myers for creating WikiTree profile McKenney-158 through the import of MYERS-EVEY Family WikiTree.ged on Apr 18, 2013.

Research

From York Deeds, Book IV, folder 38: "This Indenture made the first day of August 1668: & In the 20th yeare of ye Reign of our Soveraign Lord Charles the secund, between Joshua Scottow of Boston on the one part, & Peter Hinkeson of Blacke Poynt ffisherman, on the other part Witness-eth, that ye sayd Josh : Scottow for hin selfe, heyres, executors, & Administrators for in & vnder the Conditions & lymitations here vnder expressed, doth giue, grant, & Confirme, vnto the sayd Peter Hinke-son & his heyres for euer, Twenty three Acres of vpland lijng & being in blacke Poynt, & bounded on the West with Christip'r Peckitts, & John Machannys line, on the North with a swampe... In ye swampe, seaven rodds from a Whitte Oake belonging to John Machanny, & being on his bounds..."

The Maine historical and genealogical recorder Vol 1 No. 4 page 194 (image 126 of 474) Scarborough Land Grants 1663 - Lease of 14 acres in black Pointe, province of Mayne, from Joshua Scottow to John Mackenny in 1668

"Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BJ-FS2L-6?cc=1803978 : 28 November 2018), > image 65 of 693; multiple sources, Maine. Inhabitants of the town of Scarborough 22 Sep 1681 Jo. Markennay