I am trying to find more about the Irish heritage of the Eddy family who first appear in the United States in Mooers, New York, USA (on the Canadian border) on the 1860 U.S. Federal Census.
It is likely that immigrated to the U.S. through Canada.
The closest I've come to finding the correct parish has been two potential baptism records (for the same person) with the right father/son names (James and James) and the right timeframe - -both from the 1st Dromore Presbyterian Parish in County Down....
The only confirmation I have as to their religion is that the few graves I have found on my one visit to Mooers, NY have been in the Non-Catholic cemeteries.
I have the following information:
James Eddy (b. ~1798 in Ireland)
His wife by 1860: Jane (b. ~1799 in Ireland) - NOTE: I don't know if she's the mother of any of his children
Her surname may have been Carr (unverified)
His children:
James H. Eddy (b. May ~1837 in Ireland)
May have immigrated to the U.S. ~1854
His wife: Mary Kyle (b. Aug ~1846 in Montreal, Canada; m. ~1863)
Samuel Eddy (b. ~1841 in Ireland)
Margaret Eddy (b. ~1842 in Ireland)
William J. Eddy (b. ~1847 in Ireland)
In 1860 in Mooers, New York, there was another Eddy family living next door, I don't know if they are related:
Robert Eddy (b. ~1829 in Ireland)
His 1st wife: Mary (b. ~1837 in Ireland)
His 2nd wife: Sarah Neal (b. Aug ~1851 in New York; m. ~1868)
I know a lot more about these Eddys in the United States, but not anything about them before they arrived. I've been trying to make the connection between my ancestors in the United States and Ireland for quite a few years now. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
Thursday 25th Oct 2012, 04:04AM
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Hi Mathew
Do you know much about their emigration? Dates, the reason why they left, etc.? Generally more information was given at the port of arrival rather than the port of departure. If you knew which city they arrived at (e.g. Liverpool), this could be a good place to find more information.
If you haven't already- you could try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/home.jsp
or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64) http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/
or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) https://familysearch.org/
Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at ). www.failteromhat.com
The Tithe Applotment List might be of use to you, or at least interesting for you. These lists constitute the only nationwide survey for the period, and are valuable because the heaviest burden of the tithes to the Established Church, the Church of Ireland, fell on the poorest, for whom few other records survive. The information in the Tithes is quite basic, typically consisting of townland name, landholder's name, area of land and tithes payable. Many Books also record the landlord's name and an assessment of the economic productivity of the land. The tax payable was based on the average price of wheat and oats over the seven years up to 1823, and was levied at a different rate depending on the quality of land. For Parishes where the registers do not begin until after 1850, this information can be useful, as they are often the only surviving early records. They can provide valuable circumstantial evidence, especially where a holding passed from father to son in the period between the Tithe survey and Griffith's Valuation.
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Thursday 22nd Nov 2012, 02:43PM