5 VA WV Keeney

GROUP 5 WORKSHEET ~ VA/WV Keeney Line
8 March 2011

NOTE: 68135 is separated from the others because it is not clear if John of Greenbrier is his direct ancestor (but they are most certainly related).

Y- DNA indicates all of these participants share a common ancestor. With the exception of 68135, it is believed that John Keeney, of today's Greenbrier County, West Virginia, is the progenitor of this group. DNA can not prove that John is the common ancestor for those who have not yet found a paper trail to him. The ancestor could be John's father or great great etc., grandfather, an unknown brother, an uncle or cousin, etc. Many report John as being of MA but that has not yet been documented. Some link John to Henry of Salem, MA, but again, good documentation is lacking; furthermore the Y-DNA of this line does not match the DNA signature established for Henry of Salem, MA.

Click on # for ancestry details	Gen.1 See (1)	Gen.2	Gen.3	Gen.4	Gen.5	Gen.6	Gen.7	Gen.8	Gen.9
11715		Peter 1740	Michael 1767	Jonathan 1826	Elijah. 1866	Earl	11715 Keeney
22023			Michael 1767	Hardy 1800	Sylvester 1829	James 1851	Ralph M. 1894	PRIVATE	22023 Keeney
22981	John	Jonathan 1750	Jonathan 1778	Samuel 1818	Elmer 1868	Raymond 1891	PRIVATE	22981 Keeney
21788	John	Moses 1766	Stires 1813	John S. 1849	PRIVATE	21788 Keeney
18357	John? David? See (2)	*Moses?* See (2)	Michael 1804	John 1850	Earl 1886	PRIVATE	18357 Keeney
61815	John	Moses 1766	Moses W. 1797	John 1830	John 1854	Asa 1886	PRIVATE	61815 Keeney

68135	Gen. unknown→	Peter d. 1810 PA	Abraham of PA, OH, IN	Isaiah 1834 of OH, IN	Percy 1878 of IN	Charles 1920 of IN	68135 Kinney


	Gen.1 John	Gen.2 John's sons Peter of KY John Jon. of IN Joseph of TN Thomas of MO Michael of WV David of WV Moses of WV		Gen.3 includes Peter's sons Michael of MO Moses of KY --------------- And others . . .

See also:

Some Roscoe Keeney remarks (below) about Peter Keeney

Web site of Daniell Lee Keeney: http://k-f-g-online.info

Web site of Reneé Lasswell. It is semi-private but she will invite any descendants/relations. Go to this link and use the contact feature: http://peterkeeney.myfamily.com/

(1) Some descendants report John as David, John David, and David John. In some cases Catherine is listed as his wife. However, this John is also reported as having a son named David. Some descendants and/or participants report that this John connects to Henry Kinne, MA, but the DNA signature for that line does not match the above Keeney participants (see the Results page, the MA line worksheet, and related links).

(2) Participant #18357 lists John?, followed by David and Catherine?, then Moses? Roscoe Keeney has told him that this Moses is identical to his Moses (1766). Participant is seeking paper trail evidence to confirm this.

===============================

For additional information by Roscoe Keeney, see http://k-f-g-online.info

Roscoe Keeney remarks
This is a slightly edited version of an email from well known Keeney researcher Roscoe Keeney to participant #18357 after learning of the match between that participant and a descendant of Peter Keeney.

"Before Blanche Keeney Stephens died she agreed with me on the Peter Keeney lineage. John Keeney, the first Keeney in the wilderness of Greenbrier country, had sons who served on the frontier in the French & Indian War (John Jonathan, Joseph, Thomas) and got land grants in North Carolina in the region that became east Tennessee. John J. went to Indiana, Joseph settled in Anderson Co TN, and Thomas went to western Missouri. The younger brothers (Michael, David and Moses) remained in WV. Moses brought his family to Cabin Creek in about 18l0. David stayed in Greenbrier and Michael died of pneumonia at age 30.

All these had multiple descendants.

John Keeney lived on Muddy Creek (Alderson) with neighbors of the Yuokum and See families which had come to Greenbrier with John Keeney and all received Greenbrier land grants in 1749-51, but did not really live on them until after peace with the French and Indians.

Meanwhile, Peter Keeney b.1740 had to be an older son of JOHN (our line). Peter married a daughter of Matthias Yocum and lived along the Roanoke River until land grants in Lincoln Co KY opened up and Peter accompanied his in-law Yocums to Kentucky, living in what became Mercer Co. Peter had several sons who later settled in Missouri and other states, but his son MOSES stayed in Pulaski Co KY and raised a large family. Our MOSES Keeney would have been Peter's uncle. Peter Keeney's oldest son is the progenitor of thousands in Osage & Maries Co MO and another bunch in Bell Co TX; his name was Michael. Peter's son Moses (not to be confused with our Moses) married Catherine Pence & Catherine Stogsdill and raised large families with both. Marat Keeney, descendant of John Jonathan in Indiana, came up with the idea that the Tennessee Keeneys (brothers of our Moses) came from Germany and completely ignored their upbringing and service in WV (then VA).

Hope this doesn't confuse you further.

Roscoe"

Return to DNA Results

Georgia Kinney Bopp
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gkbopp/KINNEY/Research/