Ancestry of
Benton MacKaye

Co-Founder, Appalachian Trail

James Morrison MacKaye

View famous kin of James Morrison MacKaye

• • Grandfather of Benton MacKaye — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • William MacKaye 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Wilkinson   
  • Birth Date:
  • 6 Oct 1805 
  • Birth Location:
  • Argyle, Washington, New York 
  • Christening Date:
  •  
  • Christening Location:
  •  
  • Death Date:
  • 6 Apr 1888 
  • Death Location:
  • Paris, France 
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  • Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx Co., New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Emily Benton Steele
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Jun 1836 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Watertown, Middlesex. Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  James Morrison Steele MacKaye (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Additional marriages for James Morrison MacKaye

  ---

  • Spouse:
  • Eliza Partridge
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Mar 1828
  • Marriage Location:
  • Norwich, Windsor, Vermont

  ---

  • Spouse:
  • Maria Ellery Goodwin
  • Marriage Date:
  • 19 Nov 1853
  • Marriage Location:
  • New York, New York

• Sources for James Morrison MacKaye

  • ¹ Annals of an Era, Percy MacKaye and the MacKaye Family, 1826-1932: A Record of Biography and History, Hanover, New Hampshire: Published under the Auspices of Dartmouth College (1932), 434, 443.
  • ² General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No. 6249, Membership application for Percy MacKaye.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 07/05/2024).
  • ⁴ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Marriage record for James McKay and Emily B Steele.
  • ⁵ New York City, Compiled Marriage Index, 1600s-1800s, Marriage record for James McKaye and Maria Ellery Goodwin.
  • ⁶ Paris, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1555-1929: Naissances, mariages et décès, Paris, France, 1555 à 1929, Death record for James MacKaye.
  • ⁷ The New York Times (New York, New York), 03 FEB 1913, p. 11, Obituary for son Dr. Henry G. MacKaye.
  • ⁸ Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908, Marriage record for James McKay and Eliza Partridge.
  • ⁹ MacKaye, Percy, Epoch: The Life of Steele MacKaye, Genius of the Theatre, In Relation to His Times and Contemporaries, Vol. 2, New York: Boni and Liveright (1927), xxxv (appendix).
  • ¹⁰ Wikipedia, "Steele MacKaye", (accessed 07/04/2024).