James McCormick, his ancestry and descendants, 1570 to 1991

252 Pages·1991·6.5 MB·English

by  Kahn, Edythe T. (Edythe Thompson), 1921-

JAMES MCCORMICK
HIS ANCESTRY AND DESCENDANTS
1570 to 1991
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By Edythe T. Kahn
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JANES MCCORMICK
HIS ANCESTRY AND DESCENDANTS
1570 to 1991
By
Edythe T. Kahn
Edythe T. Kahn
12710 N. Lakeshore
LaSalle, MI 48145
MCCORMICK
McCormick emerged in modern
times from the Scotch name
MacCormalg as well as from the
Irish clan McCormalc. In each
country the clan founder was a
brave battle leader called
Cormaic, meaning "Charioteer"
(Driver of a war chariot.) The
clan shield is red, embla-
zoned with three red spots
between three silver daggers,
all on a chevron. The clan
Motto Sines Gimore, translates
as "without fear."
CCNTRIBOTQRS
Among the contributors to the James McCormick, His
Ancestry and Descendants 1570 to 1991 genealogy are
Henrietta Evans of Gallipolis/ Ohio; Sandy Hayden of
Bowling Green, Ohio; Frances McCormick Harrington of
Clearwater, Florida; Esther McCormick of Sunbury, Ohio;
Maurine Yeager of Bowling Green, Ohio, Ruth Hardin of
Wichita, Kansas, Louise Kahn of LaSalle, Michigan;
James Mills Rodgers, Jr. of Gallia County, Ohio; and
Wilbur Gay of Houston, Texas.
TABLE OF OGNTENTS
THOMAS AND ELIZABETH CARRUTH MCCORMICK
of Northern Ireland, Lancaster and Cumberland
Coimties Pennsylvania 5
,
ROBERT AND MARTHA SANDERSON MCCORMICK
of Lancaster and Cumberland Counties, Penn-
sylvania, and Rockbridge County, Virginia 7
.
JAMES AND IRENE RODGERS MCCORMICK
of Gallia County Ohio 11
,
JAMES AND RACHAEL NISEWANGER MCCORMICK
of Gallia County Ohio 11
,
JAMES AND RACHEL CLARK MCCORMICK
of Gallia and Wood Counties, Ohio 11
JOSEPH AND MARTHA MCCORMICK WADDELL
of Gallia County, Ohio and l^son County,
West Virginia 17
JOHN RODGERS AND SARAH ROSS WADDELL MCCORMICK
of Gallia Coimty, Ohio 21
HARVEY AND CORDELIA ANN MORTON MCCORMICK
of Gallia County, Ohio 81
ROBERT AND MARY ANN SHUSSAR MCCORMICK
of Gallia and Wood Counties, Ohio 85
JAMES M. AND MARY ANN WADDELL MCCORMICK
of Gallia County, Ohio 87
JAMES M. AND MARY CHERRINGTON MCCORMICK
of Gallia County, Ohio 87
JAMES M. AND VESTA TROBV^IDGE MCCORMICK
of Gallia County Ohio 87
,
JAMES M. AND DEBORAH WRAY MCCORMICK
of Gallia County, Ohio 87
GEORGE AND MARY E. BRADNOR MCCORMICK
of Gallia and Wood Counties, Ohio 177
DAVID AND MARGARET MCCORMICK ADAMS, JR.
of Gallia and Wood Counties, Ohio 183
JOHN ALEXANDER AND CHRISTIAN MCCORMICK RODGERS
of Gallia and Wood Counties, Ohio 187
ALEXANDER AND ELIZABETH MCCORMICK ADAMS
of Gallia and Wood Counties, Ohio 201
JACOB AND SARAH MCCORMICK BRUBAKER
of Gallia and Woods Counties, Ohio 215
FORENORD
We are indebted to Frances McCormick Harrington and
Esther McCormick for much of the following information
pertaining to the ancestry of the McCormicks. They
wrote a McCormick family history entitled The McCormick
Family Story pub. 1978 in which they referred to their
,
own recollections as well as to historians of an earl-
ier time.
According to tradition, this McCormick branch is of
Scot-Irish ancestry. Their people having first lived in
Scotland/ then for a number of years in the north of
Ireland, finally coming to America in 1734.
Some evidence exists that early McCormicks lived on
the Island of Mull, a forbidding spot of land on the
bleak coast of Scotland. A map shows this island to be
directly north of Ireland. Thus a boat trip from this
area to the Province of Ulster, area of Antrim, Nor-
thern Ireland, where the McCormicks lived for at least
three generations would be no hardship.
In Scotland, the McCormicks are a sept of the clain
Maclain of Lockbuie. They are eligible to wear the Mac-
lain clan crest badge and the Maclain tartan. The great
Scottish clans contain septs. They bear a different
surname but are descended from the chief through the
female line.
The early McCormicks lived in a period of great re-
ligious unrest, clan wars, and failure of crops. It is
most likely that a combination of these events caused
them to move to the north part of Ireland, now desig-
nated Northern Ireland.
HUGH MCCORMICK, born in 1570, is the first McCormick
of record. The move to Northern Ireland had been made
earlier, as Hugh lived in the Province of Ulster, area
/ii
of Antrim, in a little community with the Scotts names
of Dunmakeleter Hugh was the father of Thomas and the
,
grandfather of James.
THOMAS MCCOEMICK, son of Hugh McCormick, lived in
the Province of Ulster, area of Antrim, in the north
part of Ireland.
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JAMES MCCORMICK, son of Thomas, was a captain and
sturdy fighter, who made a name for himself in the
Seige of Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Londonderry was
a stronghold of Protestantism against James II, who
tried to restore Catholicism in England. James II was
defeated, then William and IVfery took the throne.
Shortly after the the famous siege, on July 29,
1689, James Mcormick was one of the signers of "The
Humble Address of the Governor, Officers, Clergy, and
other gentleman in the city and garrison of London-
derry" to William and Mary.
It is said that no genealogy has ever been written
which was free from error and this probably applies to
this one. Every effort has been made to record names
and dates that were given us, and any errors that may
occur are regretable and but the product of an over-
sight along the way.