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Captain THOMAS Wahbemeshawa MCKEE 1770–1814 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1770

Birth Location: Shawnee village on the Scioto River, Ohio

Death Date: 20 Oct 1814

Death Location: He died near Île des Cascades in Lower Canada in 1814 while travelling to Montreal.

Father: Col ⭐️⭐️

Mother: *Nonhelema Chieftess)

Spouse(s): Thérèse Askin, Margaret Nation

Children(s): Catherine McKee, James McKee, Son McKee, Jemima McKee, Thomas McKee, Alexander McKee, Marie McKee

The story of Captain THOMAS Wahbemeshawa MCKEE began in 1770 in Shawnee village on the Scioto River, Ohio. Captain THOMAS Wahbemeshawa MCKEE married Margaret White Elk Chippewa Nation, Therese Askin, and had children including Alexander Mckee, Catherine Mckee, James Francis Mckee, Jemima A Mckee, Marie Anne Nancy Mckee, Son Mckee, Thomas M Mckee. Captain THOMAS Wahbemeshawa MCKEE passed away in 1814 in He died near Île des Cascades in Lower Canada in 1814 while travelling to Montreal..

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Biography

  • The story of Captain THOMAS Wahbemeshawa MCKEE began in 1770 in Shawnee village on the Scioto River, Ohio.
  • Captain THOMAS Wahbemeshawa MCKEE married Margaret White Elk Chippewa Nation, Therese Askin, and had children including Alexander Mckee, Catherine Mckee, James Francis Mckee, Jemima A Mckee, Marie Anne Nancy Mckee, Son Mckee, Thomas M Mckee.
  • Captain THOMAS Wahbemeshawa MCKEE passed away in 1814 in He died near Île des Cascades in Lower Canada in 1814 while travelling to Montreal..

Immediate Family

Parents

Col ⭐️⭐️
1735–1799
Birth Location: Mckees Half Falls, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
C⭐
*Nonhelema Chieftess)
1720–1786
Birth Location: United States of America
*C

Spouses(s)

Thérèse Askin
1774–1836
Birth Location: Michilimackinac, Mackinac County, Michigan, USA
TA
Margaret Nation
1774–1836
Birth Location: Canada
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Children(s)

Catherine McKee
1789–1861
Birth Location: Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa, Michigan, USA
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James McKee
1790–1808
Birth Location: Detroit, Michigan, USA
JM
Son McKee
1798–
Birth Location: –
SM
Jemima McKee
1805–
Birth Location: Ontario, Canada
JM
Thomas McKee
1806–1814
Birth Location: Ontario, Canada
TM
Alexander McKee
1798–1837
Birth Location: Sandwich, Essex, Ontario, Canada
AM
Marie McKee
1796–1823
Birth Location: Detroit or Canada
MM

Captain MCKEE's Ancestors

Self
Captain MCKEE
1770–1814
Birth Place: Shawnee village on the Scioto River, Ohio
Parents
Col Alexander (Wappemassawa was the name given him by his Indian friends, translated, The Great White Elk) McKee ⭐️⭐️
1735–1799
Mckees Half Falls, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
*Nonhelema ("Grenadier Squaw" (Shawnee Indian) Chieftess)
1720–1786
United States of America
Grandparents
Thomas (McKee) Captain
1693–1769
Antrim County, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Margaret (Tecumsapah or Tecumapease (an older sister of Tecumseh?) Opessa) Pekowi
1695–1780
Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
Ionoco (Paxinosa Okawela “White Fish”\Wawwaythi Whitefish Okowellos “Ionoco” Sunfish Cornstalk, of the Shawnee) ⭐️⭐️
1672–1754
of, Chillisquaqua, Pennsylvania
Katee (Bird Chalkatha) Mekoche
1680–1730
Ohio, United States
Great-Grandparents
Hokolesqua Clan
1628–1696
Powhatan Cornstalk
1630–1679
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Chief Cornstalk
1545–1645
Waapheti clan
1610–1692
SAM Cornstalk
1592–1630
Pride Clan
1602–1679

Captain MCKEE's Descendants

1.
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Captain (THOMAS Wahbemeshawa) MCKEE (Abt. 1770–20 Oct 1814) m. Thérèse Askin (10 Feb 1774–7 Jan 1836) m. Margaret (White Elk Chippewa) Nation (Abt 1774–07 Jan 1836)
  1. 1. Catherine McKee 1789–1861
  2. 2. James (Francis) McKee 1790–1808
  3. 3. Son McKee 1798–
  4. 4. Jemima (A) McKee 1805–
  5. 5. Thomas (M) McKee 1806–1814
  6. 6. Alexander McKee 1798–1837
  7. 7. Marie (Anne "Nancy") McKee 1796–1823 m. George (Thomas Frederick) Ireland 1791–1823
    1. 1. James (George) Ireland 1820–
    2. 2. Maria Ireland 1821–
    3. 3. Thomas (Alexander) Ireland 1818–1870 m. Justine (Eleonora) Labadie 1827–
      1. 1. Joseph (Henry Ireland) Elliott 1866–1936 m. Susan Caldwell 1869–1901
        1. 1. Lawrence (Gaspard) Elliott 1891–
        2. 2. Joseph (Harold) Elliott 1887–1888
        3. 3. Eleanor (Jane "Nellie") Elliott 1890–1977
        4. 4. Henry (Raymond) Elliott 1893–1930
      2. 2. Anna (Maria) Ireland 1852–1930

Captain MCKEE's Timeline

2 Records

1770
Abt. 1770
Birth of Captain THOMAS Wahbemeshawa MCKEE in Shawnee village on the Scioto River, Ohio
Shawnee village on the Scioto River, Ohio
1814
20 Oct 1814
Age 44
Death of Captain THOMAS Wahbemeshawa MCKEE in He died near Île des Cascades in Lower Canada in 1814 while travelling to Montreal.
He died near Île des Cascades in Lower Canada in 1814 while travelling to Montreal.

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1770
    Event Place: Shawnee village on the Scioto River, Ohio

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Oct 1814
    Event Place: He died near Île des Cascades in Lower Canada in 1814 while travelling to Montreal.
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