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MCGEE, Michael Sr.
1730 - 1787

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• Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	1730	Magee Island, Antrim, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Died	1787	NC, USA
  Person ID	I279	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	04 Nov 2010

  
  

  Family	HILL, Elizabeth "Steed",   b. 28 Jun 1732, USA ,   d. 1802
  Notes	Colonial Roots of Some Families in Hall and Jackson Counties, Georgia The ancestors of these families who settled in Hall and Jackson counties in the 19th century generally came from South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia and, before that, England, Scotland, and the northern part of Ireland. There is information about this family in Ethel C. Grider's McGehee Descendants, Volume 1 (Cullman, AL: Gregath Company, 1987), pp. 337-340. Mrs. Paul G. Herman's Descendants of Michael McGee (1759-1834) and Anna Melvina Sims (1763-1838), (1968) "McGee (Magee, McGhee)," Greenwood County Sketches: Old Roads and Early Families. Ed. Margaret Watson. (Greenwood, SC: Attic Press, Rev. Ed. 1982), pp. 304-07. Michael Magee (?-about 1786) The birth year and birthplace of Michael Magee have not been established. He was probably Scotch-Irish and thought to have come from Magee Island according to the Leonardo Andrea records in the South Caroliniana Library. He may have immigrated first to Pennsylvania before moving to Brunswick Co., VA. He married Elizabeth Hill, who was the widow of a man named "Steed." The family apparently lived in Virginia and North Carolina. Their children were Michael McGee, Jr. Born June 17, 1759 in Brunswick Co., VA. Married Anna Melvina Sims about 1782. Died June 21, 1834 in Abbeville Co., SC. Moses McGee. John McGee.
  Children	> 1. MCGEE, John,   b. 1754, Brunswick County, VA. ,   d. 1836, Hardman County, TN.   2. MCGEE, James,   b. 1758, Hunts Bluff, Marlboro, South Carolina, USA ,   d. 1815, Peedee, , South Carolina, USA > 3. MCGEE, Michael Jr,   b. 17 Jun 1759, Brunswick, Virginia, USA ,   d. 21 Jun 1834, Ware Shoals, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA   4. MCGEE, Moses,   b. 1761
  Last Modified	03 Nov 2010
  Family ID	F74	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Colonial Roots of Some Families in Hall and Jackson Counties, Georgia The ancestors of these families who settled in Hall and Jackson counties in the 19th century generally came from South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia and, before that, England, Scotland, and the northern part of Ireland. There is information about this family in Ethel C. Grider's McGehee Descendants, Volume 1 (Cullman, AL: Gregath Company, 1987), pp. 337-340. Mrs. Paul G. Herman's Descendants of Michael McGee (1759-1834) and Anna Melvina Sims (1763-1838), (1968) "McGee (Magee, McGhee)," Greenwood County Sketches: Old Roads and Early Families. Ed. Margaret Watson. (Greenwood, SC: Attic Press, Rev. Ed. 1982), pp. 304-07. Michael Magee (?-about 1786) The birth year and birthplace of Michael Magee have not been established. He was probably Scotch-Irish and thought to have come from Magee Island according to the Leonardo Andrea records in the South Caroliniana Library. He may have immigrated first to Pennsylvania before moving to Brunswick Co., VA. He married Elizabeth Hill, who was the widow of a man named "Steed." The family apparently lived in Virginia and North Carolina. Their children were Michael McGee, Jr. Born June 17, 1759 in Brunswick Co., VA. Married Anna Melvina Sims about 1782. Died June 21, 1834 in Abbeville Co., SC. Moses McGee. John McGee. Michael Magee died around 1786 in North Carolina. Individual: Andrea files shows: "Michael Magee, a young single man from Magee Island (which is actually an Isthmus near Antrim County, Ireland), Ireland (birth dat e estimated at 20 at birth of oldest child) came into VA in 1750. He married Mrs. Elizabeth Steed. They later crossed from Brunswick Co, VA into NC - he died there. Estate Admst by stepson, Jessee Steed.. sons John who wed a sister of Hezekiah Rice and Michael who wed Anna Sims... 3 brothrs came into Laurens Co, SC... all three were soldiers in the Rev in NC.. Jesse Steed settled in Pickens Co, SC... John Magee as John McGehee was in Laurens Co in 1790 with brother Michael...John prob. moved to Miss in 1800. His wife thought to be sister of Hezekiah Rice." p. 29 of McGee File. The earliest found record of Michael Sr. (1) is in the Halifax VA Pleas, Part 1, May 1752-March 1755, page 59 " Michael McGee, plaintiff, bought a suit against Robert Sims, Dec.20,1752 for a debt of 2 lbs 1 shilling." Birth/Marriage/Death: Andrea Papers (McGee File) #954553, Pelham FHC, SC Magee, McGee, Mag Aoidh, A Gaelic surname meaning descendant of Aodh, which personal name meant 'fire'. It may be of either Irish, or Scottish origin. Many of the surname in east Ulster would be of Scottish origin. A sept who were chiefs of Muinntear Tlámìn in Westmeath. According to Woulfe; Magee may be ó Maolghaoithe, descendant of Maolghaoithe meaning 'chief of the wind'. A sept of Tír Conaill; parish of Clondavaddog, Donegal. Also see Wynne. In 1890 Magee was the ninety-third most numerous surname and the estimated number of bearers was 8,600. In that year the surname was chiefly found in Antrim, Armagh and Down as Magee; and in Donegal and Tyrone as McGee. In the United States McGee is the 356th most numerous surname with an estimated 85,250 bearers, and Magee is the 1,097th most numerous surname with an estimated 30,250 bearers. In ancient Scotland, the first people to use the name Magee were part of a tribe known as the Strathclyde Britons. The name is derived from the Gaelic name Aodh, meaning Hugh, and the word mac, meaning son of. Spelling variations include: MacGee, MacGhie, MacGhee, Magee and others. First found in Dumfries where they were seated from early times. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Andrew McGee who settled in Baltimore in 1804; Catherine MacGee settled in Pennsylvania in 1772; Charles, Daniel, Francis, Henry, James, John, Michael, Patrick, Robert and William McGee all arrived in Pennsylvania between 1840 and 1860.