McCaffrey Family Roots
The History
and Genealogy of James & Nancy McCaffrey and their Descendants
(including McCaffery,
McCaffree, McCaffry,
McCoffrey, McAfrey, etc.)
Dedicated to the Memory of our Honored Pioneer Ancestors
Created 1998
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Near the Banks of the Potomac
(Loudoun County, Virginia)
In 1757, Loudoun County,
Virginia was carved from the northern portion of Fairfax County. The northern
border of Loudoun County and Maryland is formed by the Potomac River and many of
the first settlers in Loudoun crossed this river from Maryland. It is here in
Loudoun that the McCaffrey name is fo.jpg)
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on parish tithable and personal property lists
from 1767 to 1822. The image on the right comes from the "List of Tithables
taken by Leven Powell, gent. for 1768". Also, on September 9, 1768, William
Savage and his wife Margaret sold property on Goose Creek to James Leith. Part
of this property was described as "whereon Hugh McCaffrey now liveth". William
Ellzey was a witness to this document. From 1770 until 1777, James McCaffrey was
employed in Shelburne Parish as an overseer by Leven Powell from Maryland.
Powell was a large landowner, politician and a Colonel in the Revolution. 
Another
prominent Loudoun County name was Bailey. The families of Samuel, William,
Joseph , Mountjoy and Pierce Bailey are mentioned frequently in the records.
Hugh McCaffrey probably died before 1769, since his name does not appear on any
latter tithe lists. During this period, William McCaffrey was noted as a
tithable in neighboring Cameron Parish. It is very tempting to think that Hugh
was the father of James, but he was more likely a brother or uncle. Based on the
given names of James' children and grandchildren, it seems much more likely that William
was the father of James, but he could have also been a brother or uncle. In 1803, James McCaffrey was taxed in the Third
District with sons Jas and Bayley. Two years earlier, James Sr. had been taxed
with son John. James Sr. also had sons Robert, Thomas, Levi and William. The
image on the left is a portion of the 1810 Loudoun County census showing Baily
and John McCafry. The older James McCafry lived nearby, but he seems to have
died c. 1811. Only two Loudoun County McCaffrey marriages have been located.
On December 31, 1802, John McCaffey and Nancy Pettit were married by the
Methodist minister, John Littlejohn. On November 7, 1821, the Rev. William
Williamson married Ira McAfrey and Sarah Martin. The Rev. Williamson was a
Scotch Presbyterian who also had a boarding school in Middleburg.
Since the
early Loudoun McCaffreys were not freeholders (landowners), I assume that they
arrived in America as indentured servants or were "transported" because of some
civil/political/religious offense in Ireland. For instance, in 1738 and 1740,
Knogh. and Owen Mc. Caffry were convicted of being "vagabonds" (homeless) and
transported from Ireland. Earlier, the 1663 Donegal Hearth
Money Rolls list the names of
Conner m'Caffrey, Patrick m'Caffery and Donnell boy m'Cafferty.
Near the Banks of the Ohio
(Belmont, Guernsey, Noble & Monroe Counties, Ohio)
In 1827, Bailey and Washington McCaffrey were enumerated in a special Belmont County, Ohio census as white males over twenty one. Belmont County is in east central Ohio near the Ohio River and was first settled about 1802. Guernsey, Monroe and Noble counties were later spun off from Belmont and it was in this area that a large number of McCaffreys lived in fairly close proximity. A comparison of census records shows that many other Loudoun County residents joined in the migration to Ohio. Belmont was originally called Wrightstown, after the founder Joseph Wright, and was laid out on the plan of Dublin, Ireland. Some of the first settlers were Hogues, McKessons, Groves, Wrights, Greggs, Dillions, Hollingsworths, Trails, Calhouns and McCaffreys. A McCaffrey owned a stage tavern called the "Good Intent" on the Old Pike (later called the National Road) east of St. Clairsville, one of the oldest towns in Ohio. About 1840, the Methodists erected a log meeting house south of Middleburg which latter became the Middleburg Methodist Episcopal Church. The congregation included a McCaffrey family. The 1830 Ohio census lists John McCoffrey, Ira McCofrey and Hugh McCaffery in Belmont County and Washington McKaffy in Morgan County. The 1840 Monroe County census lists Bailey and Albert, living near each other in Hendreysburg, which was founded c. 1826 and located on the Old Pike. Also, Elza and Washington were enumerated living side-by-side in Monroe County. The 1850 Monroe census lists Baily, age 68, born in Virginia, wife Lydia, also born in Virginia and one daughter. Two homes away were Elzy, age 38, born in Virginia, wife Martha (Savage) and six children. (William) Ira McCaffrey, age 45, born in Virginia, wife Sarah, age 45, born in Virginia and two children resided in St. Clairsville, Belmont County. On May 30, 1846, shortly after the beginning of the Mexican War, Ira and James McCaffrey responded to President Polk's call for volunteers and joined Co. D, 3rd Ohio Regiment of Infantry. This unit later served in Monterey and Buena Vista, Mexico. In the early 1850s, most of these McCaffrey's pulled up stakes again and moved on; some to Lawrence County, Ohio and others to Adams County, Illinois.
There is no doubt that these McCaffreys migrated to Belmont County along with many other former Loudoun County, Virginia residents. Sorting out the relationships is another matter. We know that Washington McCaffrey died intestate in 1846 and that Elza and Albert moved with Bailey to Lawrence County, Ohio. Some of John's children and grand children moved to Adams County, Illinois.
Based on tax records of Loudoun County, Virginia, we know that Bailey and John were the sons of James. James also had sons Thomas, Robert, James, Levi and William. Elza and Albert were the sons of Bailey. Washington was probably the son of Bailey, but we are less sure of this relationship. Based on the 1850 census, William Ira and John P. appear to be the sons of John, but Ira and Washington might be reversed. We surmise that there is some close connection to the Baileys and Ellzeys of Loudoun; however, onsite research in Loudoun County, Virginia and Belmont, Monroe and Lawrence Counties, Ohio has not resulted in any evidence of such a connection.
Down the River
(Lawrence County, Ohio)
Many miles down the Ohio River is the
county of Lawrence in extreme southern Ohio. It is here that we next find the
families of Elsey, Albert, Bailey, George and William McCaffrey in the census of
1860. We have no idea why they moved again so soon, but they did. They are all
listed as farmers in the census. The land in Lawrence is quite hilly and
less suitable for farming than the rolling terrain in and around Belmont. A
s
family farming rapidly became less and less economically feasible, the McCaffreys did as many of their neighbors and moved to larger towns and cities
to find work. Several crossed the Ohio River to Huntington, West Virginia and
raised families. One of the first to leave farming was my great grandfather
William Sullivan McCaffrey. He was a well know merchant and his store and home
were located near the center of Bartramville, Union Township, Lawrence County,
Ohio. The image on the left is from The Atlas of Lawrence County Ohio, published by D. J. Lake & Co.,
Philadelphia, 1887 and shows the location of the residence and store of William
Sullivan McCaffrey. The caption on the map border reads, "W. S. McCaffrey,
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Queensware, Cutlery, Notions, Clothing, Cigars, Tobacco and all goods usually
kept in a first-class country store". Adjacent to the McCaffrey property was the
farm of Stephen P. Smith, brother to William's wife, Jeanette Smith McCaffrey.
The Lawrence County Ohio township maps have been republished as the Hardesty
Lake Atlas of Lawrence County, Ohio. This and other books can be purchased from
the Lawrence County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 945, Ironton, Ohio
45638-0945. William S. McCaffrey was a veteran of the Civil War and his
pension papers mention a family Bible. This Bible has not been located.
Near the Mighty
Mississippi
(Adams County, Illinois)
John
McCaffrey and Delila Porter were married October 2, 1845 in Belmont County,
Ohio, but we are not completely certain if the groom was John of Loudoun or his
son John P. McCaffrey. Either way, John and Delila had three children before
John apparently died c. 1851. Delila's age seems to indicate that she was the 2nd
wife of John of Loudoun County, but there is strong evidence to the contrary.
Delila soon moved with their three children from Belmont to Adams County,
Illinois where she married Frederick Bender on December 27, 1853. Delila seems
to have accompanied William and Sara Jane McCaffrey Ayres, the assumed daughter
of John of Loudoun. A few years later, William Ira McCaffrey and his son Edward
moved to the same area. Ira was the assumed son of John McCaffrey of Loudoun and
the brother of the abovementioned Sarah Jane. In 1862, Edward enlisted in the 78th
Illinois Infantry, participated in this unit’s Civil War engagements and was
discharged in 1865. To see the details that are known about John and Delila,
click here. Any information concerning
these individuals will be appreciated.
On Smith Fork near the
Cumberland River
(Wilson County, Tennessee)
The first record of an identifiable Loudoun County, Virginia McCaffrey in
Tennessee is in 1828, when James McCaffrey purchased land on Smith/Smith's
Fork in southern Wilson County near Statesville. Smith Fork is a tributary
of the Caney River, which in turn, feeds the Cumberland River.
James' brother, Robert, purchased land nearby in 1836. On the right is a
small portion of an 1836 map entitled "A New Map of Tennessee", engraved by
J. & W. W. Warr and published by H. S. Tanner. James and Robert were the
sons of James Woody Sr. of Loudoun County, Virginia and both made an
intermediate stop in Halifax County, Virginia where James married Anna
Bailey in 1803. Both men had children that were married in Halifax before
they moved to Tennessee. It seems that Thomas, the
brother of James and Robert, also lived for a while in
Halifax. Thomas moved to Kentucky and is described in the next section. John
(bc 1800), the oldest son of Robert, also lived in Halifax and later moved to Tennessee with James and Robert.
In 1843, John McCaffrey purchased property on Smith
Fork near his father and uncle. This is likely the same person that had married Lavinia Ward in 1828
and, in 1845, he and Lavinia conveyed their portion of the estate of Lavinia's
father to her brother. Next, John apparently married Penelope Kelly in 1848
and finally Rebecca Talley in 1852. In 1860, John sold his land on Smith Fork and he seems to have died
before 1869 when Rebecca received a "widow's allotment" in Wilson County.
The State of
Tennessee was created in 1796 from the "Territory of the U.S. South of the
River Ohio", a vast area ceded by North Carolina to the United States
government at the end of the Revolutionary War. Beginning in 1783, Bounty
Land Warrants were issued by North Carolina and Congress as compensation for
military service and other reasons. These warrants were transferable and
this attribute attracted land speculators and created land frauds on a
enormous scale. Bounty land also fueled a mass migration to Tennessee, but
most of the original warrant holders sold their awards to speculators and,
in turn, these warrants could have been sold and resold several times before
the land was actually settled on.
Wilson County was established in late 1799 by taking the southern portion of
Sumner County, which borders on Kentucky. The Cumberland River now forms the
border between Wilson and Sumner Counties. Adjacent to Wilson to the west is
Davidson County, the location of Nashville, the capital of Tennessee.
Tennesseans know this area as "Middle Tennessee".
James
McCaffrey died about 1852 and Robert died about 1856. Both men left wills,
as did Robert's son Levi. John McCaffrey died about 1868. Apparently, James
did not leave any surviving male descendants, but both Levi and John did. Any information concerning this family will be appreciated.
(To be continued)
On the Banks of the Ohio
(Breckinridge & Meade Counties, Kentucky)
In 1783, the District of Kentucky, including the counties of Fayette, Lincoln and Jefferson, was created by the Virginia Legislature. When Congress created the state of Kentucky on June 1,1792, the number of counties had increased to nine, including the fourth county of Nelson, created in 1784. In 1808, Thomas McCaffrey married Margaret Finch in Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky, but by the 1820 census, the couple had moved to Stephens Point, Breckinridge County and by the 1830 census they were in adjacent Brandenburg, Meade County. Thomas and Margaret both lived until after the 1860 census and they were enumerated as being born in Virginia in 1850 and 1860. In 1850, Thomas was enumerated as being born in 1780 and in 1860, he was enumerated as being born in 1772. These dates are in close agreement with Thomas McCaffrey of Loudoun County, Virginia, who was first taxed as a minor with his father James in 1796. The census records indicate that the McCaffreys had at least five daughters and two sons; however, we have only identified four of the daughters and neither of the sons. Breckinridge County Road Orders between 1814 and 1819 show that Thomas was a landowner in that county. It is interesting to note that Thomas and Margaret, along with two of their daughters, are probably buried in the Saint Theresa Cemetery in Meade County. These would be the only Loudoun McCaffreys that we have associated with the Catholic faith. Any information concerning this family will be appreciated.
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The Name
The McCaffrey/McCaffery name was very rare in Colonial America; however, even as late as 1850, Virginia had the highest distribution (1 in 1000) of the McCaffrey name in America. Reflecting the mass Irish immigration of the mid-1800s, New York became the distribution leader by 1880.
Some sources claim that McCaffrey is part of Clan Macfie, one of the oldest clans of Scotland. Macfie comes from the Gaelic, MacDubhSithe, meaning Son of the Dark Elf. May 27th is Clan Macfie Day all over the world. However, others claim that McCaffrey, Maccaffray and McCaffrie is an Irish name meaning the son of Godfrey (God's peace) and the son of Gachmharcach ( horse rider). Also McCaffrey: From the Gaelic name MacGafraidh which is taken from the Old Norse name meaning god and wise. In our research, we have found that both the Scots and the Irish crossed the Irish Sea to escape the perpetual clan wars and persecution. So there may be truth in both traditions.
We have been told that it is an Irish
tradition that Catholics use the McCaffrey variant and that Protestants use the McCaffery variant.
That may be true but, before the latter part of the 19th century,
literacy was uncommon for the vast majority of people, so it was up to the
clerk, priest, minister, tax recorder, census taker, etc. to make the spelling
determination. However, it is interesting to note that nearly all of the descendants of the Loudoun
County, Virginia McCaffreys were Protestant and used the traditional Catholic
variant when literacy became much more prevalent in the 2nd half of
the 19th
century. In our limited research in Northern Ireland, we
have found both McCaffery and McCaffrey (and other) variants in 17th and 18th century
records.
In the
1659 census of county Fermanagh, Ireland, McCaffery is one of the most numerous
surnames. Fermanagh is especially interesting because, in 1834, John O'Donovan,
one of Ireland's greatest scholars, historic topographers and genealogists,
recorded his research in this county. O'Donovan was particularly interested in
the ancient families of Fermanagh, such Maguire, O'Flanagan and McManus;
however, he made many references to other notable families, such as McCaffrey.
His collected papers have been published, edited and footnoted by John B.
Cunningham as The Letters of John O'Donovan from Fermanagh.
Other Early American McCaffreys, etc.
Since records exist for a few
other 18th century McCaffreys, etc. in Colonial America, the possibility exists
that some of these people were related to the McCaffreys of Loudoun County,
Virginia. Especially intriguing are the Augusta County, Virginia records
for McCafferty, McCaffrey, etc. because of the relative close proximity of
Augusta and Loudoun Counties. Later, the early records of Kentucky and Tennessee
mention several McCaffreys, etc. that were born in Virginia. Our thanks goes out
to Oliver McCaffrey for renewing our interest in this endeavor.
One of the earliest records of a McCaffrey in Colonial America is the October 7,
1741 marriage of Hugh McCaffrey and Mary DeHart in the First Presbyterian
Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This Hugh is a very good candidate
for the Hugh found in 1767 Loudoun County, Virginia.
Urban Ewing
Kennedy, the son of Michael and Eleanor McCaffrey Kennedy and a noted Todd
County, Kentucky historian, wrote that the brother-in-law of his father was Simon McCaffrey, who was killed by Indians about 1809
while serving as a guide for settlers from Virginia. The marriage Urban's
parents occurred on January 12, 1786 and was
recorded as Michael Kenady/Kennedy and Eleanor/Ellen McCaferty in both the adjacent counties of Augusta and Rockbridge Counties,
Virginia. In this time frame, Cormack, Hugh, Neal, Aaron and William McCafferty
are mentioned in Augusta records, as well as, Owen McCaffrey. The most
prominently mentioned of these was Cormack McCafferty, who was first recorded in
Augusta on October 10, 1768, as a member of Captain George Mathew's Company
of militia. Almost twenty years later, on Mar 9, 1785, Cormack McCafferty was
exempted from taxes in Botetourt County, Virginia "on account of his age and
infirmity". A little later in Augusta, Hugh Green executed his will on June 14,
1786 and Cormack McCafferty, along with his wife Jenny Green McCaffrety and son
Hugh were mentioned. In addition, Cormack
McCafferty provided surety for the marriage of Matty McCafferty and Scott Smith on November 3, 1783 in
Botetourt County Virginia and on February 14, 1787, a Hugh McCafferty married
Priscilla Faulconer in the same county. Botetourt County was created from the
southern portion of Augusta County in 1769 and 1770. From this evidence, we
conclude that Cormack lived in that part of Augusta that became Botetourt. It is alleged
by some that Cormick
and Jenny were also the parents of Eleanor/Ellen; however, we have not found any
evidence to support this assertion. Cormack was living in Botetourt at the time
of the marriage and that is where his daughters would have most likely been
married.
However, a Owen McCaffrey
was recorded as a Revolutionary soldier in the Augusta militia company of Captain
Thomas Smith. This Owen McCaffrey was probably the same person
transcribed as taxpayer Orvin McCuffrey in Woodford County, Kentucky on May 25,
1790 and as taxpayer Owen McCafferty on August 23, 1800 in Lincoln County,
Kentucky. Simon McCafferty was also recorded in Lincoln on the same day as Owen. Also in
Lincoln, an Owen McCaffrey was appointed the administrator of the estate of
Charles Johnson on November 20, 1792. The above mentioned Michael Kennedy and his wife, Eleanor McCaffrey,
etc.
Kennedy moved from Augusta/Rockbridge to Lincoln and then Todd Counties,
Kentucky in the 1790s. Green County, Kentucky was formed in 1793 from portions
of Nelson and Lincoln Counties. On March 11, 1794, Owen McCaffree sold land
on Butler's Fork in Green County, Kentucky to Simon McCaffree of Lincoln County, Kentucky and
in 1795 and 1797, Owen was taxed in Green. Simon McCaffery is recorded in 1793
Lincoln County as a Private in the 6th
Regiment of the Kentucky Militia. In 1797, Simon sold his 100 acres to
William Casey for a small profit. In
the next several years, Owen sold three more tracts on Butler's Fork in Green
with the last sale occurring on June 22, 1797. On April 6, 1795, Polly McCoffree married William Butler in Green County and on July 15, 1800, Becky McCoffree
married Peter Dillingham in Green. Simon of Lincoln and Green Counties was very
likely the Simon that Urban Ewing Kennedy recorded as being killed about 1809.
So, it would
appear that Eleanor, Simon and Owen McCaffrey, etc. lived in Augusta before moving to Lincoln, Green
and Todd Counties, Kentucky. We know that Simon probably died about
1809 and it seems likely that Owen did not live until 1810. Since Simon is not
mentioned in any of the Augusta records, we conclude that Owen was probably
Simon's father or, less likely, his older brother. We also conclude that Eleanor
McCaffrey Kennedy, the sister of Simon, was the daughter of Owen or one of the other McCaffreys, etc.
mentioned in the Augusta County records.
James
McCaffrey (bc 1800), was enumerated in the 1820 Cumberland Co., Kentucky census
living next to William Butler. James
appears to be the father of William McCaffree (b. 1819, Green Co.), Simon McCaffree (b. 1822,
prob. Cumberland Co.) and James McCaffree (b. 1824, prob. Cumberland Co.) of Adair County, Kentucky. James' wife was
Margaret Morgan and when James died before 1830, Margaret married William
Butler who died before 1840. We conclude that William Butler, the second husband
of Margaret Morgan McCaffrey, was the person that first married Polly McCoffree
in 1795 and was living beside James McCaffrey in 1820. Adding to the direct and
circumstantial evidence is the fact that Simon McCaffree of
Adair had a son
named Owen. Since Green County was formed from Lincoln in 1793 and both Cumberland
County (1796) and Adair (1801) were formed Green County, it is very likely that
these people did not move around nearly as much as it may first appear. In fact,
some of them may have not moved at all in this eight year period.
We conclude
that it is highly likely that
James McCaffrey was the son of Simon McCaffrey, etc. and that Simon was
probably the son of Owen McCaffrey of Augusta County, Virginia.
We are looking for images of the appropriate pages of two books that contain
information about the early McCaffreys, etc. in Kentucky. If you have access to
either book, we will appreciate your assistance.
The Phelps of Lawson's Bottom and Most of their
Relatives by Harry H. Ellis
The Early Settlement of Todd County, Kentucky: Sketches by Urban Ewing Kennedy and the Kennedy
Family History edited by Ruth Hightower Smith. (Chapter 1: Early history of
the Kennedy/McCaffrey families - Early settlements of present-day Logan, Todd,
and Christian Counties)
(To be continued)
McCaffrey Surname
Variations
As can be seen from the synopsis above, the subject surname was recorded
in many variations, even when it related to the same person. This was not an
unusual occurrence and happened with many surnames.
Some of the surname variations we have
encountered: McCaffrey, McCaffery, McCaffary, McCofrey, McCoffrey, McCaffree,
McCoffery, McCoffry, McCoffree, McKaffordy, McAfferty, McCaferty, McCaforey,
McAffery, McAffrey, McCafrey, McCafry, McKaffry, McAfrey, McCaffry, McKafrey, McCaffey, Mecaffrey, Macaforey, McCafney,
McCuffrey and others. When we first began our
research on this family, we skipped over many references to McCafferty. This was
a mistake.
Since only a small
percentage of our early American ancestors were literate, it was left to clerks,
ministers, priests, census enumerators, tax collectors and others to hand record on paper the
name that they had just heard spoken. These literate recorders came from
many linguist, religious and cultural backgrounds (e.g. English, Scottish,
Irish, Welsh, German, Dutch, French and others). Often, the backgrounds of the
illiterate person and the recorder differed dramatically, but the recorder wrote
the name, in English, as he or she heard it. At that time there was no "right" was to spell the name of
an illiterate person, since they did not know how to spell their own names.
It was not until the later part of the 19th century that most, but not nearly
all, of Americans could spell their name. As literacy became more widespread,
some closely related family branches chose different spellings of their surname.
We have even seen brothers chose different surname spellings. For the
researcher, this situation has
been compounded by the
transcription process. Virtually all old documents were originally hand written
and many of these documents are very difficult to read, even by experienced
transcribers. By comparing the images of original documents with the transcriptions of
these documents, we have found many very obvious transcription errors and many,
many records that have ambiguous names. The very useful process of recopying and indexing
records adds another level of errors. In fact, every time that
names (or any data) are copied, errors occur. Finally, the Soundex search
system will identify many variations of a surname, but not nearly all of those
that we should be interested in (e.g. McCaffrey vs McAffrey). So we are left with genetically
related 21st century family branches with different surname spellings. In other
words, we believe that it is almost a certainty that there are rather closely
related living people with completely different spelling variations of McCaffrey,
etc. We also believe that applying 21st century literacy standards to older
records is completely inappropriate and unproductive. We have never seen a
proven instance of the practice of dropping the Mc from a name, but we do not
doubt that it happened (e.g. McCaffrey became Caffrey.) However, as family
historians, we must work with the records that are available and we must make
assumptions and draw conclusions based on these records. When it relates to
early American records, we can never have too much evidence, but most of the
time we have only meager or circumstantial evidence. Sometimes, in our zeal to
extend our lineage, we grasp at exceedingly short straws.
A McCaffrey, etc. DNA Project?
A yDNA surname project is probably the only way to prove and/or extend many McCaffrey, etc.
lineages. In our experience, there has been an almost complete lack of interest
in the McCaffreys, etc. that had their American roots before the 19th century.
This may be because there are few living McCaffreys, etc. that suspect such a
lineage. The ancestors of the vast majority of present day American McCaffreys, etc.
immigrated during the mid-1800s, but even these folks do not seem interested in
the potential of yDNA. Currently,
FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA) has almost 6,500 registered DNA Projects, but not one
surname project devoted to any version of McCaffrey, etc.
WorldFamilies.net also hosts thousands
of surname DNA projects, but not one project devoted to any version of
McCaffrey, etc. We have our own hands full as the founder and co-administrator of
the Woody DNA Project.
A successful DNA project requires a large dose of patience, as well
as, a
broad and long term view of family history research; however, the results can be
very interesting, useful and rewarding. We encourage some person with time,
interest, commitment and energy to initiate such a surname project for all the surname
variations of McCaffrey, etc.
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Wertz, Mary Alice. Marriages of Loudoun County, Virginia 1757-1853, GPC, Baltimore, 1985
Whitley, Edythe Rucker. Wilson County, Tennessee Marriages 1802-1850, GPC, Baltimore, 1981
Woodford County, Kentucky Taxpayers 1790-1799, TLC Genealogy, Miami Beach, Florida, 1990
Wright, Barbara. Abstracts of Green County, Kentucky Deed Books 1 & 2 1793-1801, McDowell Publications, Utica, Kentucky
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The original focus of our research was on the McCaffreys of Lawrence County, Ohio; however, this focus has been expanded to include all of the descendants of the McCaffreys of Loudoun County, Virginia. We invite other researchers to share information and images pertaining to this family line. We will gladly acknowledge your contributions and/or provide links to your online data. Nearly all the work on the descendants of Bailey and Lydia McCaffrey is our own. We have verified most, but not all, of the data provided by other researchers. In creating McCaffrey Family Roots and the associated online database, one of our objectives was to provide a comprehensive, documented resource for those doing research on the descendants of the McCaffreys of Loudoun County. Hopefully, this approach will provide a base that other researchers of this line will enhance with their contributions. For much of this information, we are indebted to the following individuals, institutions and organizations:
Kevin Ahearn, Sharon Sue Altice, Margaret Anders, Rhonda Barbee, Marvin Beatty, Dan Bennett, James W. Blankenship, Stacy Blanton, Daniel Lynn Bolin, Linda M. Bombaci, Dorothy Bonham, Charles David Brammer, Frances Kay Brown, Dee Ann Buck, Charmaine Burgin, Bonnie Burkhardt, Debbie Carnes, Deana Carter-Smith, Lyman Chalkley, Marian D. Chiarito, Wes Cochran, Kim Conley, Bettie C. & Michael L. Cook, Dorothy Davis, Richard A. Dew, Patricia B. Duncan, Carl Dunn, Wanda Edwards, Charles J. Ernst, Tom W. Garrett, Peggy Goodwin, John H. Gwathmey, Leroy Haas, Marty Hiatt, Tracy Hancock, Raymond H. Honaker, Tim Hoot, Thomas Hopper, Richard F. Hunsinger, Ron Hunter, Larry Jacobson, Aurelia M. Jewell, Stella Marie Johnson, Phyllis Murnahan Jeffers, Nancy Ann Kelly, Sharon Kouns, Maxine Lemke, Judith M. Llamas, Ross Love, Kathy Hill Lynch, Debbie McCaffrey Markel, Stephanie Martinez, Sharon Mason, Oliver McCaffrey, Rosemary Spencer McCaffrey, Judy A. McClarnon, Joseph Neal McDaniel, Charles Edward McGinnis, Angie Millar, Shannon Moore, Jerry Mower, Jane Mucha, Ray Oehler, John Ott, Connie Lord Paben, Mary Lou Parker, Thomas E. Partlow, James H. Pendergast, Merry Ann Pierson, Marla Price, Karen Wallace Roberts, Karen Jeanine Brannon Robinson, Craig Robert Scott, Stella Marie Johnson Sigler, Jane Smoot, Jeannine Southers, Ruth & Sam Sparacio, Chris Staats, Diane St. James, Sarah Sweeney, Ben Swett, Charles Blair Tavenner, Bill Tucker, Jean Turner, Allen Dale Wallace, Cristia McAdams Warren, Mary Alice Wertz, Edythe Rucker Whitley, Kelsey J. Williams, Moria Wolfinger, Louise McCaffrey Woody, Barbara Wright, Charles C. Yates, the staff of the LDS Family History Centers in Decatur, Alabama, Grand Rapids Michigan, Green Tree, Pennsylvania and Naperville, Illinois, the staff of the Chicago Branch of the National Archives, the staff of the Wheaton Library Genealogy Department, Wheaton, Illinois, the staff of the Briggs Lawrence County Library Genealogy Department, Ironton, Ohio, the staff of the Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, Virginia, the staff of the Monroe County Library, Woodfield, Ohio, the staff of the Belmont County Library, St. Clairsville, Ohio, the staff of the Barnesville Library, Barnesville, Ohio, the staff of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection, Knoxville, Tennessee, the Belmont, Noble, Morgan and Lawrence County Chapters of the Ohio Genealogical Society and the staff of Newberry Library of Chicago. Any omissions are unintentional.
We are especially grateful to the transcribers of old documents. This is a very difficult task and every serious researcher should try their hand at transcription. Copies of original census records are a good place to start. Most of the authors of the transcriptions that I have used are included in the above list.
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1990 McCaffrey Surname Distribution
1990 U.S. Census: Surname - Population Frequency - Frequency Rank
Smith - 1.006% - 1
McCaffrey - .003% - 3,874
McCafferty - .002% - 5,609
McCaffery - .001% - 13,988
McCaffity - less than .001% - 62,011
McCaffree - less than .001% - 81,360
All other variations - less than .001% - greater than 88,799
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Revised Jan 13, 2012