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Marilyn Otterson left a comment for J McCoy

HI, and thanks for you response. I got excited when I saw the McCoy surname but now I realize that your folks were here in the USA long before mine. My Annabella (daughter of William) McCoy was from County Tyrone and married James Armstrong there,…

Apr 11, 2010

J McCoy left a comment for Marilyn Otterson

Hi Marilyn: Unfortunately I haven't been able to get back past a William MCCOY born abt. 1730, probably in Maryland. After he died in 1764, his widow, Ann(a) and 3 children moved to Bedford Co., VA, and married a John STUMP. Her son William…

Apr 10, 2010

Marilyn Otterson left a comment for J McCoy

Hello, One of my great-great grandmothers was a McCoy, married Armstrong from Country Tyrone. I wonder if we have any connnection. Marilyn

Apr 9, 2010

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Mar 8, 2010

Armstrong Family

A group for people interested in researching the surname Armstrong

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What surnames are you interested in researching?: Armstrong, Milligan, Field, Fields, McCoy, Norton, Gardner, Goff

What countries and other locations are you interested in researching?: USA, Ireland, Great Britain

What is your level of genealogy knowledge?: Intermediate Family History Researcher

For what reason did you start genealogy research?: My maternal grandmother used to talk, when I was a child, about our Drake ancestors and she had a genealogist's record that is published in the NEHGS describing that family. I was interested to learn how these Drakes came to the USA, so I began with that surname and worked back and through the many related families. These families were fairly easy to research as they were all early to the USA.

I later began working on my dad's Scotch-Irish family...much harder work with many red herrings and dead ends. I am still trying to find some of the great and great great grandparents back in Ireland/Northern Ireland, but am not having very good luck.

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At 4:07pm on April 10, 2010, J McCoy said…: Hi Marilyn:
Unfortunately I haven't been able to get back past a William MCCOY born abt. 1730, probably in Maryland. After he died in 1764, his widow, Ann(a) and 3 children moved to Bedford Co., VA, and married a John STUMP. Her son William MCCOY, Jr. was my husband's gr.gr.gr. grandfather. His descendants moved to Breckinridge Co., KY, in the early 1800s.I have no idea where the senior William MCCOY came from.

Best wishes,
Judy McCoy

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