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James Markey----->-----James Markey----->-----William Markey----->-----Rebbecca Markey
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     Mary Reed              Ann Verrey               Margaret Holland          Phillip Spiker ----->-----go to Spiker Family page



Generation 1

James Markey  --  Mary Reed
Children:


Generation 2

James Markey ---- Ann Verry

Children:


Generation 3

William Markey was baptized April 18, 1756 in the parish of Taynton in Gloucester County.  He arrived in the United States in 1774 or after.  According to the family legend he lived in Virginia for a time, but just how this fits into the sequence of events that led him to Ohio is not known.  When the Revolutionary War broke out, he enlisted in the Continental Army on December 4, 1776 in the 5th Maryland Regiment.  He suffered a gunshot wound in the ankle, and was excused from further military service until being discharged as a Sergeant on October 14, 1777.

     In 1787, William married Margaret Holland, who had come to America from Wales.  She was born in 1757.  According to the 1790 census, they were residing in Baltimore County, Maryland in Mine Run Hundred.  At that time, two female children were shown on the census information.

   William moved to Tippecanoe, Harrison County, Ohio in 1814.  He was one of the first settlers in the town of Tippecanoe.  However, at the time Margaret and he moved there, the town was known as Norrisville.  It was renamed Tippecanoe in 1840.  William bought land under a patent issued by President James Madison on March 13, 1815. Another source for land Patent has the date of 4/6/1814.  A Peter Markey had a land patent for 160.75 acres on 6/14/1814.  The deed wasn't recorded until June 2, 1819, which reportedly represented the date that the purchase price was paid in full.  There were 167.1 acres on his land, which was located in the north- east quarter of Section 24, Township 12, Range 7.


Children of  William Markey and Margaret Holland:
  • William Markey Jr. m (1) Hannah Norris (2) Lucinda Smith
  • Rebbecca Markey m Phillip Spiker
  • Nancy Markey m Elijah Cox
  • Margaret Markey m William Mills
  • James Markey m Edith Smith
  • Sarah Markey m Michael Myers
  • Joseph Markey m Mary Fordyce

Sources:
Helen Millhorn,  Tippecanoe Oh. (1981)
Sharon Markey Wolodkin, St. Clairsville, Oh (1982)
Isabelle Bear, Uhrichsville, Oh. (1981)
Jean H. Gimbut, Marion, Oh. (1981)
Myers/Markey Cemetery Record by Ralph and Lewis Hinds (1914)[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #2290, Date of Import: Oct 10, 1997]
DAR application copy
Oh and Md Census Records
Family Bible (tradition)
Hx: Harrison Co. Oh. by Hanna


Generation 4

Rebbecca Markey--Philip Spiker   Go to Spiker Family page

Documents

William Markey DAR  Application#1:
William Markey DAR Application #2:       
More details on extended Markey Family in Norris-Knype Gedcom