They had the following children: Mary Jane (1788-1830), Thomas (1789-1865), Elizabeth (b. She married Daniel South (1760-1819) in Hagerstown. SUSANNAH McCOY was born in 1762, in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland.She married George Powel or Powell June 19, 1779. MARY McCOY was born in 1759, in Washington Co., Md.Mary, George, Archibald McCoy, Joseph, Sarah, Elizabeth, Thomas, Mary, Rachel, John, Jonathan, William,Robert, Susannah, Nancy & David. RACHEL McCOY was born in 1758, in Washington Co., Md.He married Mary Cheney, and they had seven children: Jeremiah, John, Archibald, Naomi, James, William & Andrew. JAMES McCOY was born on, in Washington Co., Md.Alexander, Sussanah, James, Brice, John W., Joseph, William, Edmund, Mary, Agnes, Archibald & George. McCOY was born in 1755, in Washington Co., Md. He served in the Virginia Continental Line and was given a land grant in what is now Pike & Floyd counties, KY. William was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He was married to CORDELLA CAMPBELL 1772 in Maryland. WILLIAM McCOY was born 1752 in Washington Co., Maryland.It is also believed he is buried there.Īrchibald married ELIZABETH BLAIR (b: Abt 1734) around the year 1751 in Washington County, Maryland, and they had the following children:ĬHILDREN OF ARCHIBALD McCOY AND ELIZABETH BLAIR He inherited the plantation called 'Neglect,' which had been his father's property, with its imposing stone mansion. The next ancestor in our line, ARCHIBALD McCOY, was born in 1732 in Washington County, Maryland. If there were any daughters, their names weren't recorded. Upon John's death, his property was divided amongst the children, each son getting a large tract of land. Very little has been recorded on the next generation of the McCoys. Land was extremely important to this family, and would be the underlying source of their later battles with the Hatfield family, which became the most famous feud in American history. John died in Washington County, Maryland, in 1762, having become a prominent land owner in the Colonies. Married ELIZABETH BLAIR (b: Abt 1734) in 1751. ARCHIBALD McCOY was born on in Washington Co.John purchased another 50-acre plot in Prince George's County, Maryland, on that he named 'Neglect' (with 129 more acres in Queen Anne County, on ), and on, he purchased 54 acres in Charles County, Maryland, which was referred to as 'Slatford's Roost Extension.'ĬHILDREN OF JOHN McCOY AND (UNKNOWN) MARTIN (Located today outside of Funkstown, Washington County, Maryland.) In 1737, he received a land grant in Charles County, Maryland, which was a 150-acre tract. John's brothers, James and Daniel, may have come from Ireland with him. The family then migrated to America, traveling from Belfast, Antrim County, Ireland, to America in 1732. John married a woman with the last name of MARTIN. John worked as a mercenary for English Lord Berresford (as did his brother). It is believed that John migrated to Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland, after a failed rebellion in 1715, which was to return King James II to the English throne. The Jacobites were loyal supporters of the Stuart King, James II.

The earliest known ancestor is a Jacobite in Ireland named JOHN McCOY, whom was (according to some sources) the son of Alexander McCoy and Francis Katherine Sutherland, born in 1690, in Sutherland Shire, Scotland. In the early 1700s, the McCoys started to migrate to America, which was a British Colony. The family motto: 'Manu forti,' means 'With a strong hand.' The McCoys were in Scotland until around 1700 A.D. The McCoy Coat of Arms is a Blue with a silver chevron, on which there are two daggers pointing at a buck's head, all between three silver bears' heads.

They had a great deal of family pride and clannishness.

They were in general tall and lithe and handsome. Their origin there is possibly Lowland, but they had intermarried with the Highland Celtic strain, giving some a slight olive complexion and some dark or auburn hair. The family was first found in Sutherland, where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. The McCoys trace their origin back to Scotland.

Diarie letters from hatfield and mccoy