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Author: ac4284
Surnames: CALDWELL, MacKAY
Classification: queries
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I am looking for the origin/connection of the middle name MacKAY (spelled in some public
records as MACKEY) of both my g-g-g-grandfather and his son, both named WILLIAM MacKAY
CALDWELL. The elder was born about 1790 in Washington, DC, was married to CAROLINE E.A.
TOWSON and served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. The younger was born 11 Nov 1824 in
Washington, DC, married to HANNAH KEMBLE, and died 16 Dec 1825. He served in the U.S. Army
during the Civil War, attaining the rank of Major.
We know nothing of the generation prior to the elder William but would like to know how
the name MacKAY became associated with CALDWELL in this case.
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