And I have paper from the Culleden War Society that says they could not find any connection to Benjamin Kimsey and no Scots would name his son Benjamin. We all need to be looking for William and Benjamin arriving in America. When we find that, we will know where they come from. I also do not believe that Thomas is the father of Benjamin and William. I have a copy of Williams will where William leaves his land to his Brother Benjamin's son Benjamin in Hampshire Co, Va. right across the river from Maryland. 1779. So we know that both William and Benjamin immigrated together.
The Kimsey's in New Jersey were Quaker Kimsey's from England and it is still possible that they were of this family. What I found in the records is the name was spelled Kimsey, Kinsey,Kimsy, Kinsy, etc, with the z in the name showing up when the got to Henry Co. There was also a McKinzeyMcKinzie family living in Henry Co, Va(now Patrick Co.) at the same time. I prefer not to put Margaret Gragg in the records only in notes. I believe they are English. Edgar and Collette before they died believed they were English. We have had many genealogists go Scotland to look for William and Benjamin and they are not to be found. The McGragg family fits the Scotland story. They are the banned McGreggor Clan, and they dropped the Mc from their name.
I also feel that Benjamin could have been born anywhere between 1725 and 1733. Margaret Gragg would have been Benjamin I's wife. The old books on Kimzey/Kimsey Genealogy keep coming up and I have to shoot the early information down. So much has been learned in the last 15 years because of the internet, and many ideas shot down on all family lines. People should not put anything on the internet unless they have found the records themselves. I have copies of most of the records out there. We used to have a Kimsey/Kimzey reunion every year, where we could mull things over together and come up with a plan to use. We all decided we were English not from Scotland. During that time 4 different people went to Scoland and they all came back with nothing. Plus hired Scotish genealogist could find nothing. The letters written by the 3 great grandchildren said they were English.