Maternal ancestors for Bill & Phyl's grandkids

The blog is written for the grandchildren of William and Phyllis James McKim, the children of Marilyn, Karen, Ellen, and Susan.

When I started with this ancestry stuff, my intent was to go back in each line, find the immigrant, and stop. Probably like most Americans, I assumed that would be no more than four or five generations.

But in line after line, I found myself going back and back and back and back. When one of the lines reached the Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, it was like hitting a genealogy gusher. So I capped the well and let my Ancestry.com subscription expire.

In 2018, Keith and I signed up for a cruise around Scotland, so I decided to get back on Ancestry to see if I could find any ancestral place names.

Just as I did, out of the blue, Anne Simpson, a fourth cousin through my immigrant paternal grandmother fromEngland, contacted Ellen, so I dived back in with renewed energy.

Now I’ve invested far too much time to let this lapse.

This blog contains what I’ve been able (as of date) to put together from information available online and in photos and notes I possess. You can see the tree if you log on to Ancestry.com (I’m told many libraries have free access), but you will not be able to add anything or build your own. It’s the “Combined Family Tree” associated with karenmckim65.

It's written for the grandkids of Bill and Phyl McKim, so I labeled them 'grandparents,' even though they are my parents. Generations farther back are labeled in relation to my kids and their cousins.

This website contains charts and individual profiles. The charts are linked at the bottom of this webpage.

Then, many individuals, or couples, have their own page. I saved a lot of siblings (our aunts and uncles) to the online tree, but included little of their information in this document. To find them, you’ll need to go on Ancestry yourself.

On each side (maternal, paternal) of anyone’s family, there are 2 grandparents, 4 great-grandparents; 8 2G grandparents; and 16 3G grandparents. This document includes all those on your maternal side.

Going farther back, it also includes 29 of your 32 4G-grandparents; XX of their 64 5G-grandparents; and XX of their 128 6G-grandparents, plus a few more people in some lines, going back to X 9G grandparents.

Unless otherwise noted, the source is a document I found on Ancestry.com.

In general, this document contains no celebrities and no criminals. Just a group of solid, hard-working, family people——most of whom were willing and able to bloom where they were planted.

On the other hand, our ancestors, like us, preferred to forget unpleasant facts about their lives, so there are probably things we don’t know.

Karen McKim, January 2020

AN EXCEPTIONALLY AMERICAN FAMILY TREE

FROM WHERE DID THEY COME AND WHY?
England
Ulster and Scotland
Germany and Switzerland

GRANDPARENTS
1 - William Hollis McKim (1926 - 2001)
2 - Phyllis James (1926-2011)

GREAT GRANDPARENTS' ERA
3 - Hollis McKim ("Grandad") 1891-1971

4 - Jean Abercrombie ("Gram") 1900 – 1976

5 - Donald Mortimer James ("Pop-pop") 1899 – 1972

6 - Esta Bream (Betty;"Mom-mom") — 1897- 1983

2G GRANDPARENTS' ERA

7 & 8 - John William McKim (1862-1938) and Amanda Pamela Sloss (1859-1927)

9 & 10 - Isaac Wilson Abercrombie(1868-1956) and Susanna Orkney (1867 – 1951)

11 & 12 - William H. H. James (1841-1917) and Julia Edith Bellows (1860-1954)

13 & 14 - Joseph William Bream (1856-1931) and Sarah Catherine Taylor (1860-1951)

3G GRANDPARENTS' ERA

15 & 16 - Robert Alexander McKim (1838-1906) and Elvira Eleanor Gould (1836-1866)

17 & 18 - Robert Sloss (1816-1892) (from Ulster) and Jane Semple (1816-1880)

19 & 20 - John Abercrombie (1841-1875) and Susan Wilson (1839-1920) in Scotland

21 &22 - Alexander Orkney (1823–1900) and Hannah Richardson (1827–1910) in England

23 & 24 - Lewis Lyman James (1805-1880) and Cerintha Wells (1807-1865)

25 & 26 - Henry Sanford Bellows (1834-1897) and Harriet Amelia Tichenor (1838-1933)

27 & 28 - Andrew Bream (1821-1892) and Rebecca Plank (1822-1905)
29 & 30 - Levi Taylor (1826-1913) and Catherine R. Hoffman (1827-1912)

4G GRANDPARENTS' ERA

31 & 32 - John Adam McKim (1804-1867) and Henrietta Nelson (1804-1881)

33 & 34 - Oliver H. Gould (1810-1872) and Hester (unknown) (1806-1875)

35 & 36 - James Sloss (1784-1867) and Elizabeth Thompson (1791-1872) (from Ulster)

37 & 38 - David Semple (1785-1856) and Mary Stewart (1791-1845) (from Ulster)

39 & 40 -James Abercrombie (1810-1873) and Janet Gillies (1813-1890) in Scotland

41 & 42 -Isaac Wilson (1809) and Agnes (unknown) (1809) in Scotland

43 & 44 -Thomas Orkney (1801-1848) and Priscilla Temple (1793-1858) in England

45 & 46 - George Richardson and Unknown in England

47 &48 - Malachi James (1767-1849) and Elizabeth Lyman (1771-1856)

49 & 50 -John Wells (1764-1835) and Sarah Warner (1767-1837)

51 & 52 - William Smith Bellows II (1811-1891) and Mary Sanford (1816-1895)

53 & 54 - James Mortimer Tichenor (1816-1893) and Julia Ann Roberts (1815-1886)

55 & 56 - Joseph Bream (1799-1877) and Mary C. Hartzel (1799-1865)

57 & 58 - William Plank Nov. 30, (1792-1878) and Rebecca Werner Dec. 6, (1795-1861)

59 & 60 - Joseph Taylor II (1803-1878) and Barbara Arendt Mar. 18, (1810-1849)

61 & 62 - Abraham Hoffman Apr. 19, (1799-1878) and Mary Maria Lower Apr. 13, (1801-1879)

5G GRANDPARENTS' ERA

63 & 64 - David McKim Dec. 19, 1768-1830 and (Sarah Stringer) (1730-1817)

65 & 66 - John Nelson Dec. 24, 1774-1850 and Margaret Graffius Oct. 27, 1776-1845

79 & 80 - William Abercrombie Oct. 1, 1790-1841 and Janet Brash in Scotland

81 & 82 - John Gillies 1780-1851 and Agnes Bauld 1785-1841 in Scotland

87 & 88 - Alexander Orkney 1771-1849 and Jane (unknown last name) 1771-1848 in England

89 & 90 - James Temple May 30, 1773 and Susanna Thompson c. 1770-c. 1846 in England

95 & 96 - John James (AR) Mar. 16, 1744-1804 and Lois Beal July 20, 1746-1810

97 & 98 - Elias Lyman (AR) Aug. 18, 1740-1816 and Hannah Clapp June 15, 1742-1813

99 & 100 - Benjamin Wells Aug 23, 1729-1802 and Lucy Graves May 8, 1734-1815

101 & 102 - Jonathon Warner (AR) July 16, 1743-1826 and Eglah Sheldon Oct. 24, 1745-1828

103 & 104 - William Smith Bellows Apr. 11, 1782-1857 and Olive Youngs Sep. 13, 1784-1861

105 & 106 -

107 & 108 - James Tichenor c. 1790-1870

109 & 110 - Elias Wade Roberts Nov. 11, 1788-1858 and Phoebe Clark Lyon 1793- 1835

111 & 112 - Jacob Bream —?-1835 and Catherine Phliegar Aug. 19, 1780-1850

115 & 116 - Conrad Johannes Plank —?-1842 and Anna Maria Slaybaugh-Schlebach —1772-1859
117 & 118 -Burkhard Werner 1764-1834 and Mary Magdeline (Unknown) Feb. 28, 1763-1830

119 & 120 - Robert Taylor II (?) -and Ruth Hunter 1760-(?)

121 & 122 - Peter Arendt 1756-1836 and Catherine Oyler Dec. 9, 1763-1837

123 & 124 - Johann Michael Hoffman and Elizabeth Fohl 1768-1844

6G-grandparents’ era...and farther back

127. Robert McKim c.1740-1834 Cumberland County, PA

128. Mary Graham c. 1747-1814 Cumberland County, PA

131. Lt. William Nelson (AR) Feb. 1735-1814 Ulster, Ireland

132. Elizabeth Carroll 1735-1813 Huntingdon County, PA

133. Nicholaus Graffius Apr. 17, 1746-1822 Standingston, PA

134. Maria Elizabeth Correll Nov. 24, 1753-1843 York, PA

159. James Abercrombie Jan. 17, 1767-1841 Kilsyth, Scotland

160. Janet Forrester c. 1768-1801 St. Ninians, Scotland 55

161. James Brash Feb. 13, 1752-1806 Kirkintilloch, Scotland 56

179. George Temple Sep. 12, 1748 - ? Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England 56

181. (Nicholas Thompson) 56

182. (Susanna) 56

191. John James Oct. 7, 1712-1768 Hingham, MA 57

192. Deborah Bates Apr. 2, 1716-1768 Pembroke, MA 57

193. Adam Beal Aug. 20, 1725 Hingham, Plymouth, MA 57

194. Jael Worrick (Warwick) May 31, 1725 Hingham, Plymouth, MA 57

195. Elias Lyman May 15, 1710-1790 South Farms, MA 57

196. Hannah Allen Dec. 1, 1714-1791 Northhampton, MA 57

197. Jonathan Clapp (AR) Sept. 2, 1713-1782 Northhampton, MA 57

198. Submit Strong Dec. 23, 1712-1788 Northhampton, MA 57

199. Jonathon Wells May 20, 1684-1735 Deerfield, MA 57

200. Mary Hoyt June 16, 1699-1750 Deerfileld, MA 57

201. Elnathan Graves Aug 20, 1699-1785 Hatfield, MA 57

202. Martha Dickinson Dec. 25, 1701-1756 Hatfield, MA 57

203. Mark Warner Dec. 21, 1712-1755 Northhampton, MA 57

204. Experience Wright Oct. 19, 1714-1768 Northhampton, MA 57

205. Israel Sheldon May 15, 1715-1791 Northhampton, MA 57

206. Naomi Warner Sept 26, 1719-1750 Northhampton, MA 57

207. John Bellows 1750- 1831 57

208. Mary Smith 57

209. Daniel Youngs Abt. 1753 - ? Southold, NY 57

210. Catherine Brown b. abt 1756 - ? Orient, NY 57

215. Joseph Tichenor 58

219. John Roberts Aug. 1756-1820 Neward, NJ 58

220. Sarah Wade Nov. 4, 1764 Elizabeth, NJ 58

221. Ebenezer Lyon Apr. 29, 1746-1816 Washington Valley, NJ 58

222. Sarah Wilcox 1749- 1795 New Providence, NJ 58

223. Henry Heinrich 1748-1828 Adams County, PA 58

224. Barbara Leathers 1762- 1820 Centre County, PA 58

225. Jacob Pflieger 1732-1800 York, PA 58

226. Anna Maria Catherine Trout June 10, 1736-1800 Baden-Wuerttembery, Germany 58

231. George Plank June 27, 1759-1849 Northhamption, PA 58

232. Elizabeth Griesemer Apr. 11, 1761-1854 Bucks County, PA 58

233. Heinrich Schlebach 1717-1783 Germany 58

234. Sabrina Catherina Muhl 1737-1796 Rheinland-Pfalz- Germany 58

235. Jacob Werner 1741-1808 Adams County, PA

236. Magdalena (unknown) 1744-1824

239. Robert Taylor 1740-1765 Ulster, Ireland

240. Jane Douglass 1748-1793 Edinburgh, Scotland

243. John Jacob Arendt Germany

244. Catharina Reid Mar. 17, 1728-1813 York County, PA

247. Michael Hoffman ~1722-1777 Germany

248. Anna Maria Engle ~1729-1796 Montgomery, PA

CHARTS (Going back six generations)
The first two charts cover my parents and three generations before that. Then, each 3G grandparent has a separate chart, going back to the 6G Grandparents.

In the charts, the place names for each person are their birthplaces.

Underlined names are the immigrants.

“Undiscovered” means I could not find any useful hints on Ancestry, or I didn’t try. In most lines, I quit when I found the immigrant. You’re welcome to pick up that ball if you wish!

“Unclear” means that the Ancestry.com information I could find was too confusing or conflicting to preserve in this document.

Soldiers who served during the American Revolution are noted with (AR). They tend to have good documentation on Ancestry.com as a result of all the uploaded applications for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and Sons of the American Revolution (SAR). There are X such men in this document.

Chart: William McKim, and back to your 3G grandparents
Chart: Phyllis James, and back to your 3G grandparents
Chart: Robert Alexander McKim (15) and 3 previous ...

Chart: Elvira Eleanor Gould (16) and 3 previous ge...

Chart: Robert Sloss (17) and 3 previous generation...

Chart: Jane Semple (18) and 3 previous generations...

Chart: John Abercrombie (19) and 3 previous genera...

Chart: Susan Wilson (20) and 3 previous generation...