Dave
My roots are also "New English"; I'm descended from William and Annis
Chandler who immigrated to Roxbury, MA in 1637. I just looked up "McCoy"
in my copy of George Chandler's book about William's and Annis'
descendants. The only one was "John" who married a Mary Chandler. I think
it's unlikely Sarah was descended from this CHANDLER branch.
Have you tried locating Sarah's birth record? (Vital records from town or
county in NC) It would most likely give the names of her parents.
Best wishes in your search!! Sally
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From: Bardue <wrinklys(a)whidbey.net>
To: CHANDLER-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Sarah C. + Martin McCoy
Date: Thursday, May 06, 1999 11:27 PM
First time caller, short time listener. Oh excuse me . . . wrong medium!
Actually, my 2G Grandparents were Martin McCoy and SARAH Chandler and
though I've been able to trace Martin's ancestry back just one generation
to Northern Ireland, Sarah's immigrant ancestry has successfully eluded
me.
I have this:
Sarah Chandler was born June 2, 1818 in Randolph Co., NC.
She and Martin were married March 30, 1837 in Smoothe Prairie, IL.
She died June 2, 1818, in Harrison Twp., Winnebago Co., IL.
Martin McCoy came to Southern Illinois in 1834, resided there for a
little
over four years and was married there. In April, 1838 he and his
bride
moved to Rockford (Northern IL) and resumed their farming life. Sarah had
a
brother living near them and I'm almost positive that his name
was Henry
Chandler.
Not much to go on. The North Carolina part is interesting to me because
almost all the rest of my ancestry is New English.
Help!
Dave Bardue