Hi. One of my 2x great grandmothers was Jane Leahy (Lahy / Lahey), born 20 Dec 1826 Ballymachugh and daughter of John Lahy (b.1790) and Harriet Strong (b.1806). I can trace my Lahy ancestors back to the late 17th century, largely via connecting my tree to that researched by a genealogist focussed on the Cavan Lahy's. Maybe your William P Lahy is related.
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in USA
Sources for birthdate: Genealogybank.com; Irish American Weekly (New York, NY), Page 5; Saturday, April 17, 1880. Birthdate for William Lahy written on the back of the book of Malachai, Lahey-Stiff Family Bible. Pages copied from the bible that were given to Donna Sturla, by her mother, Lillian Stiff, granddaughter of George F. Lahey (son of William P. Lahey).
Sources for death date: https://www.green-wood.com/burial_results/index.php. Search on Lahy, 1887. William was first buried at Greenwood on 9 Apr 1880 in lot #17263, grave 2339. However, he was moved to Lot #20442 in 1887. He died in Jersey City, New Jersey (after a 5 month illness) where he lived with his son, Richard and family. After his death, his children began spelling their surname as Lahey not Lahy.
Married to Elizabeth (Eliza) Porter (b: 1799, d: 4 Sep 1849) in Ballymachugh, Cavan, Ireland on 25 Feb 1819. Was a tenant farmer of 14 acres on land leased from Lord Farnham. In the 1821 census he appeared in Mullughboy in Ballymachugh. His parents names were: William Lahy (b: abt 1781 & d: 1852) and Fanny Wood (b: abt 1781 & d: 1826).
He had the following children in Ireland with Eliza: Fany (b: 1819); Mary (b: 18 May 1821); Hugh (b: 28 Sep 1824); William (b: 1825); James (b: 31 Mar 1826); May (b: 1827); John (b: 18 Mar 1830-presumed died young); Elizabeth (b: 30 Apr 1832); Anna Jane (b: 17 Mar 1835, possibly died young); John (b: 29 Jul 1836).
He and Eliza immigrated on the Patrick Henry leaving from Liverpool on 23 Mar 1846 and landing in New York City on 25 Apr 1846 along with the following children: William (21), Mary (24), James (19), John (9), Elizabeth (11) and Mary (19) - probably name May or Marie.
Eliza Porter died on 4 Sep 1849 in Manhattan, New York, New York, and she was buried in Greenwood Cemetery. William was remarried on 10 Jun 1850 to Fanny Kilroy (b: 1822 or 1827, d: 8 May 1888) in New York City where they lived until 1851 and their first living child, Richard L. Lahy was born there in 1851. They then moved to Granby, Massachusetts about 1851-1855, and then settled in Chicopee, Massachusetts until 5 months before he died in 1880, when he and Fanny had relocated to Jersey City, N,J.
He owned land in Massachusetts, and was listed on the censuses as a farmer and vet surgeon. He and Fanny had the following children: Leticia Ann Lahy was born sometime between 1850-1854 when she died young on 19 July 1854; Richard L. Lahey (B: 21 Aug 1851, d: 26 Mar 1918); Eliza Lahey (b: 1854 in Granby, MA, d: ?); George F. Lahey (b: 21 Aug 1855 in Granby, MA, d: 29 Jan 1947); Annie (Anne) (possibly named Julia Ann) Lahey (b: 8 Jun 1857 in Chicopee, MA, d: 31 Jan 1879); Julia Lahey (b: 1859, d: 1870 or 1879- may be the same person as Annie previously listed); Hannah A. Lahey (b: 1861, d: 17 May 1935); Letitia F. Lahey (b: 1863, d: 7 Jan 1887); Joseph R. Lahey (b: 1865, d: 22 Oct 1915); Margaret May Lahey (b: 25 Jul 1868, d: 1952).
I have a lot more information on this family and their descendents as William Lahy is my 2x great grandfather.
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| Date of Birth | 2nd Jul 1801 | |
| Date of Death | 7th Apr 1880 | VIEW SOURCE |
Comments
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WayneDuignan
Monday 8th November 2021 03:07AM -
Hello Wayne,
There may be a connection to my 2x or 3x great grandfather both named William (William P. Lahy born 7 Feb 1801 and his father, William Sr. born 25 Nov 1781). I can't readily research this right now. Might the genealogist you are referring to be David Leahy?
Do you have sibling names for John (b: 1790) or Jane (b: 1826)?
It would be fun if we had a connection!
Thanks, Pam
p.s. the other post you might have seen here for William P. Lahy is by my Lahey cousin, Donna Sturla. Our two great grandfather were brothers (Richard and George Lahey, sons of William P. Lahy and Fanny Kilroy).
Pam Lahey Parker
Monday 8th November 2021 04:37PM -
Hi Pam.
It certainly was David Leahy, author of the book 'The Cavan Leahy's: Origins', who has been an enormous help with my .Leahy family tree. Unfortunately, I don’t seem to have your William Lahy’s in my tree however, following are the siblings that I have identified within my tree on Ancestry.com, I hope this helps.
Jane's siblings: Elizabeth b.1821, Patrick b.1823, James b.1825, John b.1829, Margaret b.~1830, William Henry b.~1830, Mary b.~1830, & Catherine b.1844.
John's siblings: Catherine b.1787, Mary b.1797, Patrick b.1798, Francis b.1800, (Dr.) James b.1803, & Thomas b.1808.
Are you on Ancestry.com and/or have you had your DNA tested? Who knows, we might be distant cousins.
Regards, Wayne.
WayneDuignan
Monday 15th November 2021 10:09AM -
Hi Wayne,
Sorry it took so long to respond back. I did a little research but can't find where we might be related. My Lahys were mostly in Killyfassy and Mullaghboy in Ballymachugh. I am on Ancestry however my tree is not very complete. I only have it there to do further research. My genealogy database is on my computer using Legacy Family Tree. I have had my DNA tested through Ancestry and I didn't see your name come up. But you might be using a different name for your DNA file.
Let me know if you figure anything out about whether we might be related and I will do the same.
Happy ancestor hunting!
Pam
Pam Lahey Parker
Saturday 20th November 2021 12:20AM -
Ive been curious about the Ballymachugh Leahys, my family in Ballymachugh were the McCleans in Mullaghboy, Lisduff, Turin. I have a hunch that my McCleans were actually "Mac an Leagha" which mostly turned into McEnlea, McCanley, McEnlawey, McLee, and Lee. It could be that the Leahys are also Mac an Leagha. I see on the 1652 Commonwealth survey theyre propietors in Aghakilmore (Loghy, Laughy, Laughee). YDNA would definitely solve it- if you know of any Leahy men who would like to participate, I run a group on FamilyTreeDNA. -Chris McLain PS theres a book called "Cavan Leavys: Origins", I should order it and see what's already been dug up.
ChrisMcLain
Sunday 1st January 2023 02:33AM
