[Ancestor] McCurdy

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Husband [Ancestor] McCurdy

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1 M Alexander McCurdy ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1744 - Ulster, Northern Ireland 1 2
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         Spouse: Jane Henderson (      -      ) 1
           Marr: Abt 1785

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] McCurdy

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An open boat, which during the days of relig-ious persecutions in Scotland, made a most dangerous voyage from Galloway, in that coun-try, to the north coast of Down, Ireland, and whose only occupants were three brothers named McCurdy, who were escaping from persecution because they were Scotch Covenanters, had in it one of the ancestors of this family.

In an open boat, during the days of religious persecution in Scotland, were five brothers escaping by a dangerous voyage from Galloway to the coast of Down, Ireland. These true hearted men were named McCurdy, and from one of them this family is descended. [HWC 1906 II, 6] ³

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 130.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 847.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 129.