Janet,
I didn't have much info on Cornelius, just that he died intestate in
Lancaster Co. PA in 1742. It seemed from the inventory of his estate
that he was not a wealthy man. Maybe Shirley has more?
Linda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janet Cassidy" <caiside(a)comcast.net>
To: <cassidy(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [CASSIDY] all CASSIDYs
Hi Linda, What are the approximate dates for Cornelius Cassidy?
Janet
On Jun 15, 2007, at 8:48 PM, Linda Cassidy Lewis wrote:
> Hi Shirley,
>
> I had maintained contact with Wm David Cassity of Chicago, but he
> never
> told me of another man from Chicago that had done research from the
> Fermanagh end. Wm David did send me some information on the Cornelius
> Cassidy of Pennslyvania. I believe at first he thought this Cornelius
> might be the same as the Neil Cassity he had found in the Augusta
> County, VA records. Neil being the father of your Peter.
>
> Yes, Wm David upset me, but we debated the issue for some time and in
> the end he agreed that our ancestor Peter Cassity of the Tygart's
> River
> Valley of Virginia, was not your Peter.
>
> I'm not sure, however, if he ever changed his mind about our Peter
> being
> descended from the Cassidy line in the Clogher register, but Brent
> Cassidy told me that the genealogist for the Official Cassidy Clan
> felt
> it was "unlikely."
>
> Linda
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shirley Weber" <saweb(a)comcast.net>
> To: <cassidy(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 5:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [CASSIDY] all CASSIDYs
>
>
>> Hi Janet,
>>
>> Has been sometime since I last heard from her. She was really upset
>> by the
>> research of a Cassity in Chicago some years ago. This man has since
>> died.
>> I think he was on the right track. I wrote him and he sent me
>> most of
>> his
>> material and name of another man he worked with. Neither man had a
>> computer. The man in Chicago had made a trip to Fermanagh and
>> researched
>> the Cassidy family from there. He said that one son was a catholic
>> priest
>> and set to be hung. A brother was able to whisk the priest away and
>> both
>> set sale for America. He believed the Cornelius was the expriest,
>> he
>> married and moved on to Pennsylvania. Who his brother was is
>> unknown,
>> but
>> we know some Cassidys were in Henrico Co. VA early. He thought some
>> of
>> these children started using the spelling Cassity and carried same
>> names as
>> those from Cornelius line, Peter, James, John. and moved on to
>> Pocahontas
>> County, that was in West Virginia. I know Linda and I was trying to
>> separate the two Peter Cassadys found in some of the early records,
>> one
>> disappears and surfaces in Pocahontas and the other remained in
>> Rockbridge.
>> Linda's line is from West Virginia. In looking back just wish our
>> ancestors
>> would have found different names for their children. At least the
>> Peter in
>> my line did not name any of his sons Peter, but did carry on the
>> John
>> and
>> James.
>> Going to have to see if I can locate the man that was helping the
>> Chicago
>> Cassity.
>> Shirley
>>
>>
>>
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