So as mentioned before, The Mevee’s of Robinson Run were from Cecil Md. Mother Martha (Passmoor) a Quaker and her son Benj came following Ben Srs death in Md in 1783. Ben left slaves to them, but it isn’t really known when exactly they came to Robinson Run, who came, or even where they settled. These are McVays, but I am from another line (Lindleys Fort.) thanks for all the hard work!
@ the history around Ben McVay (Meve) of Cecil is unknown. We do know that Martha was sanctioned for marrying out of the faith. We also know the passmoors were connected to the Philadelphia McVays. We cannot connect Ben Sr of Cecil to them other than in name. He has no immigration record and it is likely false that he was born in Scotland as many state. He was the Sheriff to the lower Susq. I had read at one point he ran a “ferry” from Port Deposit. We don’t know how he got to Maryland. It is believed that John of McVeytown is his brother. One of the McVays from Phila owned slaves and there is a story about a young servant boy that “we played with just like one of us.” This boy was owned by a different McVay- I believe they owned a tavern in Philly. I believe after 30+years of research that nearly ALL McVays from Pa are of the same family. (Edmund +Allis Dickinson.)
Let me explain how Helicon got its name. The owner of the brewery got a copy of The History of Oakdale which was written for the 100 anniversary of the founding of Oakdale in 1992. The book was produced by a committee of volunteers before the anniversary. In the first paragraph of the first chapter it states that the first reference of land which would become Oakdale was called Mt. Helicon in Judge Brackenridge's original warrant. Since the owner of Helicon is of greek ethnicity, he knew he had the perfect name for his brewery. Here's where it gets fun. The book was written by James Ewing's fifth great grandson and my father, Jack Ewing. Nowhere in the book is Jack directly credited with writing the book. Another great video, Brady.
Thank you for your research. I don't know if they really are old slave graveyard or if they are family graveyards that are around my area that I have found during hunting in Southern York county. I have found that they used a lot of old fieldstones. Just thought that that might be of interest to you.
I would bet they were family graveyards. At one time I’m sure they sat in a beautiful clearing, but time moved on and forgot them. I’d love to see a photo
I find this series very interesting & I really admire you for all of the research you do to present this series
@@melspaid9411 thank you. I’m so glad people are interested. I’m really learning a lot, and I’m happy to share it!
So as mentioned before, The Mevee’s of Robinson Run were from Cecil Md. Mother Martha (Passmoor) a Quaker and her son Benj came following Ben Srs death in Md in 1783. Ben left slaves to them, but it isn’t really known when exactly they came to Robinson Run, who came, or even where they settled. These are McVays, but I am from another line (Lindleys Fort.) thanks for all the hard work!
Fascinating! You’re very welcome!
@ the history around Ben McVay (Meve) of Cecil is unknown. We do know that Martha was sanctioned for marrying out of the faith. We also know the passmoors were connected to the Philadelphia McVays. We cannot connect Ben Sr of Cecil to them other than in name. He has no immigration record and it is likely false that he was born in Scotland as many state. He was the Sheriff to the lower Susq. I had read at one point he ran a “ferry” from Port Deposit. We don’t know how he got to Maryland. It is believed that John of McVeytown is his brother. One of the McVays from Phila owned slaves and there is a story about a young servant boy that “we played with just like one of us.” This boy was owned by a different McVay- I believe they owned a tavern in Philly. I believe after 30+years of research that nearly ALL McVays from Pa are of the same family. (Edmund +Allis Dickinson.)
Let me explain how Helicon got its name. The owner of the brewery got a copy of The History of Oakdale which was written for the 100 anniversary of the founding of Oakdale in 1992. The book was produced by a committee of volunteers before the anniversary. In the first paragraph of the first chapter it states that the first reference of land which would become Oakdale was called Mt. Helicon in Judge Brackenridge's original warrant. Since the owner of Helicon is of greek ethnicity, he knew he had the perfect name for his brewery. Here's where it gets fun. The book was written by James Ewing's fifth great grandson and my father, Jack Ewing. Nowhere in the book is Jack directly credited with writing the book.
Another great video, Brady.
@@JackEwingjr amazing!!
Thank you for your research. I don't know if they really are old slave graveyard or if they are family graveyards that are around my area that I have found during hunting in Southern York county. I have found that they used a lot of old fieldstones. Just thought that that might be of interest to you.
I would bet they were family graveyards. At one time I’m sure they sat in a beautiful clearing, but time moved on and forgot them. I’d love to see a photo