Connally, Connolly, Conley

Hi Rob,

Thank you for sharing this information on Ireland Reaching Out.

Your family has obviously done a lot of work on your family history!Do you have any other information that you can post about the people listed? Even if you could post the name of the Parish that each lived in, there might be a greater chance that someone will recognise the names.

Remember to post as much information as you can with regard to the people you are researching. The more information you post, the more likely it is that one of our volunteers will be able to advise or assist you.

Also include information concerning which sources you may have already used so others may further your search.

Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.

Kind regards,                    

Genealogy Support 

Hi Emma,

The source is public and stated in my message. Its the Genest Family Tree in Ancestor.com

We do not have any information on what part of Ireland he came from. In that long list of names there is only one from 1650 that was born in Ireland. His son may have been born in Ireland too. The others were all born and died in USA. Imagine, leaving Ireland in 1650-60 to go to the Colonies. check this out for a perspective.

http://www.huntington.org/explorations/swfs/coloniesMap.swf

If I get any new info I would put it up.

Regards,

Rob Genest

Hi Rob

I have John Connolly b1835, left Ireland about 1857 at the time of the potato famine in my family history. You are right about the various spellings. I expect you  know that the name is from phonetic Gaelic and means from (con) the dynasty of Niall of the Nine Hostages, an Irish ‘king’ who died circa 450.

Regards

Sheila Fergusson

Hi Sheila,

Your John Connolly b1835 in Ireland could well be related to my James Conna(o)lly but it would be a 185 year seperation. Your John C.'s relatives obviously stayed in Ireland back in 16xx when James C. decided to go to the Colonies and ended up in Lancaster, Virginia. Its a long shot but what Parish did your John Connolly last live in or was he born in?

By the way, our Connally's and Conley's somewhere along the line married into the Cherokee Tribe and one of them was the main Chief of the whole Nation at one point in time. Or at least that is what my brother seems to have found out on Ancestor.com (see: The Genest Family Tree)

Thomas Connally b.1673 in(?), d.1713 Lancaster Virginia, his father

James Connally b.1650 in Ireland, d.(unknown) in Lancaster, Virginia.