Hi Linda et. al.,
I am most interested in following up on your last statement where you stated
"Brent Cassidy,
who runs the Official 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."
I wonder if you might elaborate in this, especially in light of the DNA
results that show that there are different unrelated descendants with the
surname "Cassidy" or "Cassity" that I assume all believe that they
trace
back to the County Fermanagh area of Ireland. Although there are many
reasons that may account for this, even without the DNA, these various lines
show no documentary linkage with each other in the past.
Specific to the Cassity line down from Peter, we do know that this line did
have a connection to the Armstrongs in the past, as well as the Thompson's,
and in the area of Ballycassidy, the Armstrong, Cassidy and Thompson names
have carried forward in close proximity in this area of Ireland at least
into the 20th century. So is it my interpretation of Brent Cassidy's comment
that the Peter Cassity descendants are probably not connected in anyway to
the Cassidy's mentioned in the Clogher accounts, and perhaps not connected
to the Cassidy's buried on Devenish Island. Set me straight!
I'm still learning and trying to figure out the known known's from the known
unknown's, so forgive me for sounding ill-informed - cause I am.
Rolla
http://webpages.charter.net/rlqueen/DNA/queenmarker.htm
http://webpages.charter.net/rlqueen/DNA/queenmarker-x.htm
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/queenDNA/
http://webpages.charter.net/rlqueen
-------Original Message-------
From: Linda Cassidy Lewis
Date: 06/15/06 07:29:39
To: CASSITY-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: RE: [CASSITY-L] Peter Cassity of August co Virginia & Bath Co
Kentucky
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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To: CASSITY-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [CASSITY-L] Peter Cassity of August co Virginia & Bath Co
Kentucky
Date: 14 Jun 2006 13:53:57 -0600
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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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