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    The Inheritance of God's Blessing: The Heritage of Christian Values
    The Inheritance of God's Blessing: The Heritage of Christian Values
    The Inheritance of God's Blessing: The Heritage of Christian Values
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    The Inheritance of God's Blessing: The Heritage of Christian Values

    By Marvin R. McKim

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    The Heritage of Christian Values - documents author Marvin McKim's storyline of a family over a 300-year period of time. The central theme is based upon people, places, dates and events emphasizing God's Blessing and handy-work in the lifeline. It begins in the1600s with the Fraser Clan of Scotland and then follows the family down through nine generations from Scotland to Ireland; in 1734 it moves over to the New World (America), and finally into the wilds of Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Oklahoma, and Colorado.


    "As you read this book," says McKim, "I believe you will identify with your own ancestors and the importance that prayer has within a family, in addition to the passing of Christian values for the generations that follow. The prayers and Christian values were the principal contributions that our forefathers gave to us, making America into what we represent today. The countries' foundations are based upon the prayers of many, followed by the blessings from God. Your family will pass values and traits to descendants. All of us encompass the capability to enlighten with our personal Christian beliefs those future generations that will come after us. "The Inheritance of God's Blessing" also relates the important responsibility for family members to be supportive for others within the family. Lastly, it will make you thankful for all the freedoms and opportunities that America gave to our forefathers, and now they have been bequeath to us.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTrafford Publishing
    Release dateJun 26, 2003
    ISBN9781412212458
    The Inheritance of God's Blessing: The Heritage of Christian Values
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    Marvin R. McKim

    Marvin R. McKim is the Founder of Christian Testimony Outreach and the Author of Christian Books and Prayers. His Christian Testimony has been published in ‘Voice’, the most widely read Christian Businessmen Magazine in the world. Marvin has appeared three times on Christian Television Broadcasts in Denver, CO. being interviewed on the subjects of: 1. (His own) Personal Testimony; 2. (Published in 2003) The Inheritance of God’s Blessing, 3. (The Ministry) Christian Testimony Outreach. Marvin’s Christian Prayers have been read by thousands of Christian’s around the world on an Internet Social Network Site. Marvin’s ministry is to encourage others to share Personal Testimony and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Marvin seeks to encourage Christians to continually come kneeling before our Heavenly Father in Prayer and Praise with open and transparent hearts. May our Lord Jesus Christ receive all Glory in all of Marvin’s endeavors.

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      The Inheritance of God's Blessing - Marvin R. McKim

      The Inheritance of God’s Blessing

      -The Heritage of Christian Values-

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      By Marvin R. McKim

      © Copyright 2003 Marvin R. McKim. All rights reserved.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written prior permission of the author.

      National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data

      McKim, Marvin R., 1940-

      The inheritance of God’s blessing : the heritage of Christianvalues / by Marvin R. McKim. Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 1-4120-0381-4

      ISBN 978-1-4122-1245-8 (ebook)

      I. Title.

      PS3613.A34425I54 2003      813’.6      C2 003-902868-2

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      Contents

      Chapter One

      Frasers of Scotland 1290-1655

      Chapter Two

      John McKim of Scotland 1655-1720

      Chapter Three

      First, Second and Third Sons of Sir John McKim

      Chapter Four

      Three McKims-Ireland to America

      Chapter Five

      Alexander McKim 1720-1798

      Chapter Six

      Son of John McKim-Nephew of Alexander and Thomas McKim

      Chapter Seven

      Descendents of Thomas and John JR McKim

      Chapter Eight

      Fairfax County, Virginia Home

      Chapter Nine

      William M. McKim 1764-1807

      Chapter Ten

      The McKims, Reeds, Roberts, Bowies

      Chapter Eleven

      Faith During a Harsh Winter

      Chapter Twelve

      John McKim 1798-1855

      Chapter Thirteen

      A Calling to Indiana

      Chapter Fourteen

      An Answered Prayer

      Chapter Fifteen

      John McKim of Perry County

      Chapter Sixteen

      James A. McKim 1843-1881

      Chapter Seventeen

      James A. and Laura Ann

      Chapter Eighteen

      All Glory should go to God

      Chapter Nineteen

      William F. McKim 1876-1944

      Chapter Twenty

      Little Frank and Stella

      Chapter Twenty-One

      Railroads of Kansas and Colorado

      Chapter Twenty-Two

      Archie Roy McKim 1910-1979

      Chapter Twenty-Three

      Roy and Virginia in Colorado

      Chapter Twenty-Four

      Trials of Life

      Chapter Twenty-Five

      Marvin R. McKim

      Chapter Twenty-Six

      Returning to southeast Colorado

      I am the son of Archie R. McKim, who was born in the year 1910 in Beaver County, Oklahoma

      Archie R. McKim was the son of William F. McKim, who was born in the year 1876 in Perry County, Indiana.

      William F. McKim was the son of James A. McKim, who was born in the year 1843 in Perry County, Indiana.

      James A. McKim was the son of John McKim, who was born in the year 1798 in Breckenridge County, Kentucky.

      John McKim was the son of William M. McKim, who was born in the year 1764 in Loudoun County, Virginia.

      William M. McKim was the son of Alexander McKim, who was born in the year 1720 in Avanaugh County, Ireland.

      Alexander McKim was the son of Sir John McKim, who was born in the year 1655 in Inverness, Scotland.

      Scotland-Ireland Sir John McKim had immigrated to Scotland as a young man and was a descendant of the Fraser Clan in Scotland.

      Ireland-America Thomas and Alexander McKim (Sons of Sir John McKim), John McKim JR, a Grandson of Sir John McKim, immigrated to America

      The passing of The Inheritance of God’s Blessing and The Heritage of Christian

      Values

      Chapter One

      Frasers of Scotland 1290-1655

      Foundations-for a Family

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      In the beginning, the Inheritance of God’s Blessing came into the Fraser Clan at the time when Christianity had become the embraced truth among the Fraser Clan families.

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      Scotland

      The Frasers (Frissel) were sometimes referred to as the race of the forest, and they contained several septs: Frissel, MacGruer, MacKim (McKim), MacSimon, and Sim. The Fraser

      Clan territory was located in the Inverness Shire of the Scotland Highlands at a place called Biggar

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      Fraser Castle in Scotland

      The specific Norman knight that came to Scotland was Frissel, and he was a descendent of Sir Simon Frissel, who was a supporter of William Wallace.

      It was recorded that Sir Alexander Fraser married the sister of King Robert the Bruce.

      The Heritage of Christian Values was given to John McKim by his father and was known to have a significant meaning within the McKim Sept. It had been passed down from the McKim Sept within the Fraser Clan. Self-esteem, education, sense of purpose and past adventures was also conveyed in the Fraser and McKim homes.

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      The Fraser Family Coat of Arms-Argent a demi lion rampant gules, on a chief azure, a mullet between two garbs.

      The Fraser Family Crest-An arm couped vested, and a hand grasping a sword proper, the blade encircled by a wreath.

      The Family Motto

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      Chapter Two

      John McKim of Scotland 1655-1720

      From Scotland to Ireland

      John McKim was a descendent of Simon Fraser of Inverness Shire in the Highlands of Scotland. It was during a time when he was still a young man that John left Scotland and immigrated to Ireland. In the history of Scotland, many other Scots before John had also immigrated to Ireland.

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      Due to his background and being descended from the McKim sept of the Fraser Clan, a natural calling for John was to become very concerned with the customs and traditions of his adopted country, Ireland. This was the makeup of John McKim, as he was a man who displayed concern for community; so thusly he became a tribute to his fellow man.

      This calling for a personal involvement with the concerns of others was passed to John from his McKim forefathers. Within a short period of time, John McKim gained great social stander in Londonderry.

      John McKim was that kind of an individual. He was a man who had received from his forefathers the Inheritance of God’s Blessing and the pursuit to have a Heritage of Christian Values.

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      Ireland

      Following a reasonable period of time upon his arrival in Londonderry, John McKim decided to marry. This all happened around the year 1655. A son was born within the marriage, and according to the custom of his forefathers, he named his first-born son John.

      Around this same time period, John was appointed to be a judge of the Orphans Court. The appointment to be a judge was due to his assistance to the homeless, the poor, and the unschooled children of Londonderry.

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      This status in the Orphans Court took a human being of great character and thoughtfulness, as well as one who respected the human dignity of others.

      During John’s lifetime he never knew or was able to uncover the first forefather who first honored this passing of the Inheritance of God’s Blessing. From his youth it had given John purpose and had held an important meaning for him during his lifetime, as it had also done for his father and his grandfather before him.

      Sir John McKim of Londonderry

      John McKim, still being a young man at the early age of 34 years, was to have besotted upon him another great honor by William III of Orange. Being a man of Christian faith, it was his nature and calling by God to have concern for others, especially for those who were less fortunate.

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      He was a man who had an attitude of honor, character, and integrity that had been passed down to him from his forefathers. This was the desire to pursue and give honor to the meaning of Christian values.

      This mark of distinction of the knighthood was for his kindness to the poor during the siege of Londonderry on July 30, 1689. Following this time of knighthood, John was to becomeknown throughout Northern Ireland as Sir John McKim of Londonderry. The distinction came about from being faithful to the Heritage of Christian Values to give honor to God, which had been passed to him by his father.

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      It was unknown to him at this moment in time that in the upcoming years, many of his descendents would contribute in the settlingand the written history of a land across the Atlantic Ocean, then known only as America.

      As the years slipped by, Sir John became a widower upon the death of his wife. Eventually he married a second time; it was 25 years following the birth of his

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