Anna,
I'm interested to know more about this will. Could you tell me how to find
it?
Several years ago, I was contacted by a man who told me that my Peter
Cassity (born est. c.1725) was the son of Cornelius (Neil) Cassity, so I
researched this extensively. In the end, this man admitted that he was
wrong, but we agreed that there could have been some connection between
Cornelius and Peter, possibly as brothers. However, by that time this man
had already sent his Cornelius speculation to many libraries and historical
societies, so it still crops up as "fact." At the Cassity/Cassidy Family
Association website I posted an article I wrote on this issue.
http://www.cassidyfamilyassociation.org/pvn.html
There is no evidence to connect the Peter Cassity, Sr. of old Augusta Co. VA
to the Andrew who is shown in the LDS records. I discussed this with the son
of the man who submitted that ancestry and after he searched through his
deceased father's files, he concluded that since his father had cited no
documentatiion for this, it was likely just speculation.
This William Allen was also the man who originated the idea that our Peter
Cassity married Ann Melissa Armstrong. Though the date of birth, and parents
he gives for Ann Melissa can be verified, there is no evidence she married a
Peter Cassity. I believe the confusion lies in the fact that Old Peter's
grandson Peter Thompson Cassity married a woman named Mary Melissa
Armstrong.
Also, Brent Cassidy, who runs the Offical Cassidy Family Genealogy site told
me that it was "highly unlikely" that our Peter was connected to this
well-known Cassidy line cited in the Clogher Register.
Linda
From: pwitch00(a)hotmail.com
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Subject: [CASSITY-L] Peter Cassity of August co Virginia & Bath Co Kentucky
Date: 14 Jun 2006 13:53:57 -0600
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Surnames: Cassity
Classification: Query
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Message Board Post:
Looking for information to verify who this person's parents were and if he
did marry Melissa Ann Armstrong. I recently read a post and copy of a will
stating Peter's father might have been one Neal Cassity (Mccafferty) name
used in Ireland does anyone know for sure or is the father of Peter, Andrew
Cassity.
Thanks for any assitance
Anna Hutton
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