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Author: carney561
Surnames: carney,rosebrugh
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carney family sussex/warren counties,new jersey.hill carney,elderly male,owned a
plantation of 100 acres,27 cattle,and was a fairly prosperous yeoman.he was a member of
upper hardick presbyterian church,he had a family member,edward carney,born,april
1,1756,married annie bailey,born,1770.there were 2 females,mary carney,born,1749,married
john rosebrugh,had 3 children,died,1786,her sister married robert rosebrugh,john's
brother,isabella carney,born,1761,died 1801,eldest son,hilkiah,named after hill
carney.family tradition states my carney arrived,1730,newark,new jersey,from
london,england.the mc rae family who are married into the rosbrugh family,tell of many
english persons migrating to new jersey,between,1720-1740.the rosebrugh family were
scotch-irish,william and john and sarah,migrated
from,enniskillen,county,fermanagh,ireland,to new jersey,1730-1740.hill carney and edward
carney,left for the genessee country,and were there in geneseo for the 1790 federal
census,edward wa!
s a collector,hill,a poormaster.in 1794 hill and edward carney,relocated to bertie
township,lincoln county,upper canada,and in 1794,petitioned for relief as loyalists,they
were granted loyalist status,and land grants of over 1000 acres,black
creek,from,1794-1828.
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