Okey Family Migrations

Okey Family Migrations

John Okey-1606

John Okey-1640

Jeremiah Okey – 1672

Thomas Leven Okey – 1721

Leven Okey-1760           

John Woodman Okey-1792                                             

Hannah Okey-1819                                               

Edward Brown-1838                                     

John Waggonfield Brown-1860                                            

Ira Edward Brown-1894                                             

Elisha Kane Brown-1921                                        

Kathleen Elizabeth Brown-1947

Our Okey family reputedly goes back to John Okey, the Regicide, in the St. Giles area of Holborn, London, England.  His son, John had left England for America by the time he married Mary Vincent in Manokin, Somerset, Maryland.  From that point on the Okey family lived in Wicomico, Somerset, Md, Lewes, Sussex, De and finally in Woodsfield, Monroe, Oh where John Woodman and Catherine Lemley Okey brought up their family which included Hannah Okey who married my 4th great grandfather Mathew Brown.

  Somerset county, Maryland

Lewes, Sussex, Delaware

Monroe County, Ohio courthouse where our mom and dad spent countless hours combing through the records for information on our family history. This is where it all began.  Plus more hours combing the cities and backroads of Ohio finding family members to interview and cemeteries to investigate.