4.Brock2 McBee (Matthew1) was born Abt. 1700 in Prince George's County, Maryland, and died Abt. 1757 in Ann Arundel County, Maryland. He married (1) Elizabeth Beckett December 22, 1715 in Prince George's County, Maryland. He married (2) Rachel Gore January 22, 1737/38.
Notes for Brock McBee:
According to information
taken from THE GREAT MCBEE SEARCH, VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1:
Brock McBee and two of his
children died in a fire in 1757. This information was sent from C. R. McBee,
Brownwood, Texas. (Danny A. McBee).
Children
of Brock McBee and Elizabeth Beckett are:
| 7 | i. | Edward (Mockbee)3 McBee, born May 23, 1716 in Prince George's County, Maryland. |
| 8 | ii. | Sarah (Mockbee) McBee, born October 08, 1718 in Prince George's County, Maryland. |
| 9 | iii. | Brock (Mockbee) McBee, born November 12, 1720 in Prince George's County, Maryland. |
| 10 | iv. | Elizabeth (Mockbee) McBee, born August 09, 1723 in Prince George's County, Maryland. |
| 11 | v. | James Offert (Mockbee) McBee, born August 11, 1725 in Prince George's County, Maryland. |
| 12 | vi. | Lucy (Mockbee) McBee, born January 05, 1726/27 in Prince George's County, Maryland. |
| 13 | vii. | William (Mockbee) McBee, born April 22, 1730 in Prince George's County, Maryland. |
| Notes for William
(Mockbee) McBee:
There are two William McBee's (Mackbee) who married,one in Prince Georges Co., Maryland, March 5, 1780, to Ann Clark. The other William Mackbee married Jamima Grover, April 25, 1790, in Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland. I believe one of these to be the son of Brock McBee's son William Mockbee Brock Mockbee did not come to Virginia as did his other two brothers, William and James. |
| 14 | viii. | Mary (Mockbee) McBee, born September 22, 1732 in Prince George's County, Maryland. |
| 15 | i. | Crozier3 McBee. |
| 16 | ii. | Matthew McBee, born Abt. 1743 in Maryland. |
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Notes for Matthew McBee: C. R. McBee, of Brownwood, Texas, suggests that Brock McBee had a three sons and a daughter by Rachel Gore. The names of these children are Matthew, born circa 1743, Maryland, Jeremiah, born circa 1757, Maryland, Mary, born 1753, Maryland, and Crozier McBee. (Danny A. McBee). |
| 17 | iii. | Mary McBee, born Abt. 1753 in Maryland. |
| 18 | iv. | Jeremiah McBee, born Abt. 1757 in Maryland. |
Notes for William McBee:
The Will of William (McBee)
Magbee
Halifax County, Virginia,
Will Book "O" page 58.
In the Name of God Amen.
I, William Magbee, of the County of Halifax and Parish of Antrim, being
in
perfect health and full
Cense and memory and Whereas I know that it is ordained for all men once
to die I do hereby made and ordain this my last -- and testament (Vis.)
first I bequeath my soul to Almighty God that gave it and also my body
to be buried at the desiration of my friends:
Item. I make and apppoint
my beloved Wife Susannah Magbee and my son James Magbee and my son Mathias
Magbee my hole Executors of this my last will and testament. Item. I give
and bequeath to my son Vadry Magbee Two Hundred acres of land lying on
boath sides of Bunches Creek it being the lower end of my upper survey
of land on said creak to him and his heirs or assigns forever.
Item. I give and bequeath
unto my son James Magbee Two Hundred acres of land lying on both sides
of the north Fork of Bunches Creek it being the upper and the same tract
where I now dwell to him his heirs or assigns forever. after his mother
deceases.
Item. I give to my daughter,
Elizabeth Howard one shilling only.
Item. I give to my daughter,
Mary Austin one shilling only.
Item. I leave all the rest
of my personal estate to be equally divided between my loving wife and
my son Mathias Magbee. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed my seal this twentieth day of August one Thousand seven hundred
and fifty-eight
Test. Richard Davis William
(X) Magbee
mark
Henry Farmer
Christopher Snead
At a Court held for Halifax
County the 10th day of March 1759 the within written last will and testament
of William Magbee deceased was exibited in Court by Susanna Magbee relict
and executrix and James Magbee one of the executors therein appointed Mathias
Magbee and the other executor therein appointed being under the age of
twently one years and the same was proved b the oaths of Christopher Snead
and Richard Davis two of the witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded,
and the executrix and executor having taken the oath of executor by law
prescribed and with Robert Walters and Abraham Little their securities
entered into and acknowledged bond on their motion certificate was granted
them for obtaining a probate of said
will in due form.
A Copy Teste: J.T. Lacy
Clark Test. George
Currie C.H.C.
(signed)
This copy was made for May
Wilson McBee, November 23, 1920. The above sent to her by the Clerk of
the Halifax County, Virginia, J.H. Lacy.
(I, Danny A. McBee, copied
this last will and testament of William (McBee) Magbee as it was written
in the book, Out of the Wilderness, by Janice Mercer.)
In King George's County,
Virginia, on April 28, 1730, William McBee acquired 259 acres by a deed
from Thomas Riphley. For this land on the "Northern neck," as they called
that long Virginia peninsula between the Potomac and Rappahannok Rivers,
he paid two thousand pounds of "Good and merchantable tobacco in cask at
the rolling house within this county ...." In
order to have that deposit
in the County before 1730. Twelve miles down the road from the farm William
McBee acquired from Riphley, was the 150 acre farm of Augustine Washington
in Westmoreland County, where George Washington
was born two years after
William's purchase.
Daniel Marr of King George County, 260 acres in King George County on Marr's Run adjacent John Bradford, John Marr, John Hopper, William McBee. January 25, 1717/1718.
1722/1723, 2 March. King George County, Virginia. William McBee received a grant of land consisting of 342 acres of land. The land was situated on both sides of Marrs Run, a ranch falling into the Great Marsh Run in the County of King George, Virginia and being in the Northern Neck of the State of Virginia.
1728, 10 June. King George
County, Vriginia. William McBee of the Parish of Hanover in the County
of King George, Planter, of the one part and Thomas Barnes of the Parish
of Washington in the County of Westmoreland, Merchant, of the other part,
witnesseth that the said William McBee...4 shillings of current money of
VA...by Thomas Barnes...342 acres in the Parish of
Hanover, County of King
George...Signed William (by his special mark) McBee, in the presence of
Abraham Barnes, John Graham, William Greenway, Elizabeth (X) Tracey. At
a court held for King George County...came William McBee and
acknowledged this deed of
lease to Thomas Barnes. [Note: This William McBee can be told from another
William, by their special marks. This William (husband of Susannah) has
a mark that looks like a B that has fallen on its face. The other William
has a stylized M as his mark. They are both very distinctive].
1739, 29 September, King George County, Virginia. William McBee...of the one part and Emanuel Cumbee of the [same]...for and in consideration of five shillings of lawful money ...[lease]...of 200 acres of land,...one year...Signed William (his special mark) McBee, in the presence of James McDonnel (McDaniel), David (X) Blackburn.
The release of the above was signed by Susannah McBee also, with her special mark, which looks like a backward S, elongated to look almost like a question mark.
1729/1730. King George County,
Virginia. "Thomas Stamps, assignee (in 1730) of William McBee of King George
County for whom surveyed; 9 Feb 1729/30 - 4 Aug 1730; 631 acres not to
entrench on Brent Town pat., on Walnut Br.
of Cedar Run; adj. Thomas
Jarman, Timothy Dorgan. Surveyor John Warner." Quoted as it appears on
page 169, Abstracts of Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys, Dunmore, Shenandoah,
Culpeper, Prince William, Stafford, Fauquier Counties,
Virginia - 1710/1780, Vol.
III, by Peggy Shomo Joyner.
1730/1731. Prince William County, Virginia. Another quote from the Joyner book, p. 95: "Mr. Richard Buckner of Caroline County, 12 October 1730 - 12 April 1731; 411 acres adj. William MacBee alias MocBoy, Joshua Butler, Mark Harding, Alexander Clements, Daniel Feagon (now Crump's), Mr. Falkner, Joseph King. Surveyor John Warner."
1735, 12 December. Amelia
County, Virginia. William McBee shows up
in a
court case. George Robertson
Clark vs. William McBee - attachment.
The Pltf.
having made oath...Court
of Prince George County, judgement is granted
him for
six pounds, two shillings
and one penny and the Sheriff of this County
having
sold the said McBee estate
for 8 pounds, 10 shillings, and 11 pence,
it is
ordered he pay the said
Robertson 6 pounds, 2 shillings, and one
penny.
Also: John Nash vs. William
Mackbee - attachment. The Pltf. ...one
pound,
three shillings and six
pence half-penny, judgement is granted for the
same
and it is ordered that the
Sheriff pay the same out of the money
belonging to
said McBee estate if so
much there be after Robertson's debt is
discharged and
10 shillings to Robert Stoker
for gathering said McBee's corn. [Note:
Remember estate doesn't
necessarily mean that William McBee is
deceased. I'm
wondering though who this
William is. Is this the same William who
married
Susannah? Another William?
William who married Susannah had a lot
more
wealth than this.]
The following is quoted as
it appears on page 130, Abstracts of
Northern Neck
Warrants and Surveys, as
mentioned previously: "Lazarus Taylor, no
warrant,
date from survey, 3 jan
1744 -17 April 1745; 149 acres on ...Marr's
Run. A
drawing on plat labeled
Jacobs _______, adj. John Coppidge (now John
Eustace's), Daniel Feagin,
John McBee, William McBee, the Chapel Road,
John
Crump, Joseph King. Chain
carrier Alexander Clemments and William
Winn.
Surveyor James Genn." This
was in Prince William County, Virginia.
This
survey is also shown on
page 14, Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants,
Volume
II, 1742-1775, compiled
by Gertrude E. Gray, and is listed as dated 14
Feb
1746.
William McBee was granted
800 acres of land in Lunenburg County,
Virginia in
1746, this later fell into
Halifax County, Virginia.
1752, 7 April. Lunenburg
County, Virginia. William McBee. This
indenture
made this 7th day of April...1752
between William Magbe of the County
of
Lunenburg...and Thomas Dickson
of the same county...50 pounds money of
Virginia...land on both
sides of Midway River containing 200 acres
granted by
patent to William Magbe...beginning
at
the said William Magbe's upper
corner
on the south side of the
above mentioned land...Signed by William and
Susannah
[both with their special
mark] Magbe. Witnesses: William Douglas,
Able A.
(X) Lee, William A. (X)
Ashton. Possession...granted 6 day of April
1757.
1753. November Court. Lunenbury
County, Virginia. William MacBay is
defendant, Godfrey and David
Jones are plaintiffs, listed as surviving
heirs
of Thomas Jones. [Plaintiff]
not gainsaying the issues of the
petition's
demand and appearing to
be just for the sum of 3 pounds, 6 shillings,
and 1
pence current money, therefore
it is considered by the court that the
said
plaintiff recover against
the defendant...
1778, 30 January. Pittsylvania
County, Virginia. William MacBee,
Sr., Jr.,
and Israel MacBee. On 30
January 1778, William MacBee Sr. of
Pittsylvania
County sold 130 acres of
land to William MacBee Jr., for 10 pounds
current
money. Land was situated
on Branches of Mountain Creek. William
MacBee
signed with his special
mark. The deed was signed, sealed and
delivered in
the presence of: James Cox,
Dalton Lane, and Israel MacBee. [Note:
the
special mark used by William
MacBee - Senior - identifies him as the
William
who married Abigail, not
the husband of Susannah.]
Children
of William McBee and Susannah Vardry are:
| + | 19 | i. | William3 McBee, born in Halifax County, Virginia; died Abt. 1812 in Rhea County, Virginia. |
| 20 | ii. | Samuel McBee, born Abt. 1728 in King George's County, Virginia; died Aft. 1759 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. |
| 21 | iii. | Elizabeth McBee, born Abt. 1732 in King George's County, Virginia. |
| + | 22 | iv. | Johannah McBee, born Abt. 1733 in King George's County, Virginia; died Abt. 1790 in Franklin County, Georgia. |
| + | 23 | v. | Mary McBee, born Abt. 1734 in King George's County, Virginia. |
| + | 24 | vi. | Vardry McBee, born December 23, 1734 in Bristol Parish, Virginia; died 1805 in Christian County, Kentucky. |
| 25 | vii. | Matthew McBee, born Abt. 1736 in Halifax County, Virginia. |
| + | 26 | viii. | James McBee, born Abt. 1737 in Halifax County, Virginia. |
| 27 | ix. | Mathias McBee, born Abt. 1739 in Halifax County, Virginia; died in Possibly Franklin County, Georgia. |
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Notes for Mathias McBee: I, Danny A. McBee, have received information that lets me know Mathias McBee settled in Franklin County, Georgia. He was a witness to the Will of Thomas Payne, Jr., deceased. Also listed as a witness was John Walters, and Clabon Cawthon. (RG 159-239, Volume 1, page 1. |
| 28 | x. | Gannum McBee, born Aft. 1739 in Halifax County, Virginia. |
| Notes for Gannum
McBee:
I, Danny A. McBee, have not previously listed Gannum McBee as a child of William McBee until he showed up in the genealogical work of William P. Barron Jr., 11475 Holiday Way, Hillsboro, Ohio, 45133 that was submitted to the Personal Ancestral File of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. (Danny A. McBee). |