McKinneys from Northern Ireland
Searching for the antecedents of MORDECAI MCKINNEY, born Abt. 1685 in Northern Ireland (?), and died May 20, 1760 in Lebanon Township, Hunterton County, New Jersey.He married MARIETJE (MARY) SEBRING Abt. 1713 in East Jersey, daughter of JAN SEBRING and ADRIANNA POLHEMIUS.
“Five of the children of Mordecai and Mary Sebring were baptized in the First Dutch Reform Church of Raritan, NJ, and they were all listed with Dutch spellings:
(1) Jan (John), 3 Jun 1714.
Witness Roeloff Sebrege and wife.
(2) Willem (William), 25 Aug 1715.
Witness Jacob Bodyn and wife.
(3) Daniel, 3 Apr 1717.
Witness Daniel Sebregh and wife.
(4) Jacob, 5 Apr 1719.
Witness Jacob and Josyntie Sebring.
(5) Annetje (Ann) 8 Jan 1721.
Witness Hanse Sebring and his wife Aeltje.
At the Harlingen Reformed Dutch Church in New Jersey, another child was baptized:
(6) Mordechaei, 18 May 1727.
Witness Daniel Sebring and Kaetje Vroom.
Another child, (7) David, was born before 20 Jun 1725 and he died 13 Sep 1784. There is no record of his baptism."
(Source: Linda McKinney Sharp and Richard Sharp.)
Marriage Notes for MORDECAI MCKINNEY and MARIETJE SEBRING:
Mordecai McKinney and Mary Sebring's children were baptized in the Rariton Dutch Reformed Church.
Children of MORDECAI MCKINNEY and MARIETJE SEBRING are:
i. JAN (JOHN)2 MCKINNEY, b. Bef. June 03, 1714; d. 1772, Sunbury, Gates County, North Carolina.
ii. WILLEM (WILLIAM) MCKINNEY, b. Bef. August 25, 1715, New Jersey; d. October 24, 1777, Broadway, Warren County, New Jersey.
2. iii. DANIEL MCKINNEY, b. Bef. April 03, 1717, Rariton, East Jersey; d. 1808, Readington Township, Somerset County, New Jersey.
iv. JACOB MCKINNEY, b. Bef. April 05, 1719.
v. ANN (ANNETJE) MCKINNEY, b. Bef. January 08, 1720/21, New Jersey.
vi. DAVID MCKINNEY, b. Bef. July 20, 1725, Hunterdon County, New Jersey; d. September 13, 1784, Paxtang, Pennsylvania.
vii. MORDECAI (MORDECHAEI) MCKINNEY, b. Bef. May 18, 1727, East Jersey; d. April 04, 1782, Paxton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
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