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Note: Burial Presbyterian Church of Oxford Churchyard Hazen, Warren County, New Jersey
Joseph Mackey was born April 12, 1741 in Sussex Co., New Jersey the son of William Mackey and Mary Mitchell. He married first Margaret Wilhelm (born 1742 unknown location) May 4, 1762 in Sussex Co., New Jersey. Eleven children have been found. Margaret died May 19, 1787 in Warren Co., New Jersey. Joseph died October 19, 1798 also in Warren Co. Both are buried in the churchyard of the First Presbyterian Church of Oxford at Hazen, White Township, 1.5 miles southeast of the town of Belvidere. Margaret died when the youngest child, Sarah was about two and a half years old. According to DAR records Joseph married secondly Rachel Hendershot. His will was recorded October 30, 1798. Joseph of Oxford Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, Administrators John Mackey and Joseph Mackey Jr., Fellowbondsman John Summers and John Van Dever all of said County. Inventory made October 31, 1798, L 902. 7.6. made by John Summers and Andrew Neigh. May 22, 1799, Mackey, Richard of Sussex Co., Ward, Son of Joseph Mackey, of said County Dec'd; being out of Wardship of his Guardian in Scoccage, makes choice of William Roseburry, Guardian-William Roseburry, of Greenwich Twp. said Co. Fellowbondsman-Balser Carpenter, of said Co. (Michael Roseburry was his sister Margaret's husband). Joseph served in the Revolutionary War in the First Company, First Regiment of Sussex County. He was commissioned Second Let. July 25, 1775 and was commissioned Captain June 6, 1777. He fought in the Battle of Trenton. His residence at the time was Oxford Township, Sussex County.
Joseph was born April 12, 1741 died Oct.19, 1798 in Warren Co. New Jersey. He is buried there and is listed as a DAR Patriot. Margaret was born 1742 and died 1787. His 2nd wife was Rachel Hendershot. He served as Capt. of the 1st Company, 1st Regiment Sussex Co. New Jersey Militia. Have found seven children.
Believe by 1st wife;
LEWIS born 1776
MARGARET born 1780 died 1816 Married Michael Rosenberry in 1799.
JAMES born 1776 died Oct.9, 1845 in Sandusky, Ohio. He married Hannah. Unknown on children.
JEREMY born 1774 died 1850. Married Madelene Titman.
JOSEPH JR Married Catharina Minnier
JOHN Nothing known.
DIed Harmony, Sussex Co., NJ -Ancestor FIle # 33587429
Warren County Library, New Jersy Williams, Mark. The Mackey Clan: the Descendants of Captain Joseph and Margaret Wilhelm Mackey Married 04 May 1762. Edon, Ohio, 1995. This work is indexed.
http://www.njskylands.com/tnmills.htm Gristmills in northern New Jersey Roxburg Mill
One of our earliest mills is located, still, on a brook at the village of Roxburg located just south of Belvidere. Its source of power, fierce but consistant, poured downhill from the Roxburg Mountain in its immediate rear. The stream was officially nameless, but locals called it, accurately, Ragged Ridge Creek. After it served the mill, Ragged Ridge Creek joined the bigger but calmer Buckhorn Creek in Roxburg; then this river enterd, and still enters, the Delaware. The mill, a fine stone structure, is close to Route 519 but difficult to see through the curtain of old trees that surrounds it.
This mill was in operation prior to our War for Independence. It was constructed and operated by Joseph Mackey, an Irish immigrant, who, when he went off to fight in the war, left behind a wife who ran the mill with the help of a devoted family slave. When Mackey returned, he ran his mill with hard work and financial success. When he died, he left a large estate to his wife and eleven children, including the mill ...and a respected family name. One of his grand-children, William, would become another prosperous grist mill owner.
Although Mackeys operated the mill into the 19th century the names of some owners immediately after them are unknown. The following genealogical data re: the MACKEY FAMILY was prepared by JANET EDNA BARRETT FEE, Registrar of the White Plains Society of DAR in 1955:
JOSEPH MACKEY, b. 12 APR 1741, Staten Island, NY; d. 19 OCT 1798, Belvidere, NJ. “He fought in the Battle of Trenton, commissioned Second Lieutenant First reg. Sussex Co., NJ Militia July 22, 1775. Resident Oxford Township, Sussex Co., NJ. Captain First reg. Sussex Co., NJ Militia June 6, 1777.” m. (1) MARGARET WILHELM on 4 MAY 1762 m. (2) RACHEL WILCOX HENDERSHATT (b. 24 JUN 1743) “She was a widow who was also a relative.”
New Jersey, State Census, 1895 Name: Joseph Mackey Sr Race: Irish Gender: Male State: New Jersey County: Monmouth Locality: Freehold Family Number: 90 Roll: V227_92 Page: 13 LINE: 3
Find A Grave Joseph Mackey Birth 12 Apr 1741 Death 19 Oct 1798 (aged 57) Burial First Presbyterian Church of Oxford Churchyard Hazen, Warren County, New Jersey, USA Memorial ID 59189597 · View Source
Married: Margaret Wilhelm on May 4, 1762
CHILDREN: John Mackey B: 08-03-1763 D: 09-24-1841 Joseph Mackey B: 08-12-1765 D: 07-26-1822 William M Mackey B: 11-01-1767 D: 05-21-1848 Elizabeth Mackey B: 12-16-1769 D: Mary Mackey B: 01-21-1772 D: Jeremiah Mackey B: 01-10-1774 D: 10-30-1850 James Mackey B: 02-05-1776 D: 10-09-1845 Lewis Mackey B: 02-06-1778 D: 12-22-1843 Margaret Mackey B: 02-07-1780 D: 11-14-1816 Richard Mackey B: 04-16-1782 D: 03-04-1818 Sarah Mackey B: 11-26-1784 D: 04-24-1842 Family Members Spouse Margaret Mackey 1742-1787
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH MACKEY
Gravesite Details WIFE: MARGARET WILHELM; MARRIED: 5-4-1762
Captain in the 1st Regiment of Militia New Jersey T&P, Revolutionary War from a bronze plaque inset before a soldier's gravestone. His grave is marked by General William Maxwell Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
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