Individual Details

Mary MCCOY

(4 Nov 1781 - Aft 30 Jun 1854)

The Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia holds a box of papers for Augustus Drum who was an attorney from Greensburg, Pennsylvania and served one term in Congress (March, 1853-March, 1855). There were two letters to Augustus Drum asking for his help since the surviving children of Daniel McCoy believed there was money owed to their deceased father from his Revolutionary War pension. The first letter was from James McCreay, Shelocta, Indiana County, Pennsylvania and was dated 30 June 1854. He stated in his letter that there were two surviving children of Daniel McCoy: his mother, Mary McCreay, and Joseph McCoy. The letter also stated that there was a family Bible but no further information is available regarding it. The second letter was from James Gordon, Indiana County, Pennsylvania and was dated 25 April 1854.  He states that Daniel McCoy's son, Joseph McCoy, believes there is money owed to his deceased father from his Revolutionary War pension. 

Although Daniel McCoy had at least three daughters based on the early census records, Mary is the only child for whom we have a baptism record.  We know from the first letter from that Mary married a man named McCreay and had a son James McCreay.  The 1850 census lists a Samuel McCreay with a wife Polly (Polly was a nickname for Mary) and a son James in Plum Creek Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. It should be noted that Shelocta in Indiana County where James McCreay lived when he wrote the letter in 1854 is a short distance from Plum Creek Township in Armstrong County. 

Samuel McCrea 78 born Ireland
Polly 68 born Pennsylvania
James 30 Laborer





Events

Birth4 Nov 1781Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Baptism24 Nov 1781Saint Joseph's Church, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
DeathAft 30 Jun 1854
MarriageSamuel MCCREAY

Families

SpouseSamuel MCCREAY (1772 - )
ChildJames MCCREAY (1820 - 1909)
FatherDaniel MCCOY (1752 - 1821)
MotherDeborah NORRIS (1754 - 1829)
SiblingCharles MCCOY (1777 - )
SiblingDaniel MCCOY (1785 - 1825)
SiblingJoseph MCCOY (1791 - 1866)
SiblingJohn MCCOY (1795 - 1828)
SiblingMargaret MCCOY ( - )
SiblingNancy MCCOY ( - )

Endnotes

1. "Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://famlysearch,org : accessed 16 April 2015), Mary Macoy; citing Saint Josephs, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania FHL microfilm 496,869; Parents are Daniel Macoy and wife Deborah.

2. , Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia: Vol. IV (American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, 1893), 38; digital images, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 12 May 2015.

3. Letter from James McCreay to Hon. Augustus Drum, 30 June 1854, Augustus Drum Papers (Collection 0177), 2 pages, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

4. "Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://famlysearch,org : accessed 16 April 2015), Mary Macoy; citing Saint Josephs, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania FHL microfilm 496,869; Parents are Daniel Macoy and wife Deborah.

5. , Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia: Vol. IV (American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia, 1893), 38; digital images, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 12 May 2015.

6. Letter from James McCreay to Hon. Augustus Drum, 30 June 1854, Augustus Drum Papers (Collection 0177), 2 pages, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

7. Letter from James McCreay to Hon. Augustus Drum, 30 June 1854, Augustus Drum Papers (Collection 0177), 2 pages, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.