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I'm looking for the place in Ireland from which my ancestors came.  I have traced them in America back to about 1780, in Pennsylvania.  The last person I know for sure is David Wiley, born 1784 in Pennsylvania.  From a census record, it looks like David's father is also named David, and may be the person who came to America from Ireland (born about 1760?).  I have not been able to find immigration records for him yet, so I don't know when he sailed.

The story in the family is that our Irish ancestors came from County Cork, worked with horses, and made whiskey.  I haven't seen any records early enough to help find a location within County Cork, but I found a Henry Wiley in Kilgarriff in the 1800's, and thought he might be part of the family who stayed.  

Does anyone know of any Wileys in Kilgarriff, or anywhere in Cork?

Thanks! Julie

Thursday 28th Mar 2013, 10:02PM

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    Hi I have searched on www.familysearch.orgThis is the earliest record I found of a David Wiley immigrating - I will attach a small portion of the original image of the Wiley family - their names are - (the year 1903) don't know if date fits for your David, but do check out this website - enter the details then select one "Type" at a time  William WileyAgnes WileyGay WileyPeggy WileyDavid Wiley  Name:David WileyEvent Type:ImmigrationEvent Date:1803Event Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesGender: Age: Birthplace: Birth Year (Estimated): Ship Name: Page: Affiliate Publication Title:Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving in Philadelphia, 1800-1882Affiliate Publication Number:M425Affiliate Film Number:5GS Film number:419579Digital Folder Number:004719557Image Number:00327Citing this Record

    "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1882," index and images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KC8G-VZV : accessed 30 Mar 2013), David Wiley, 1803.

    the link to it is

    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KC8G-VZV

     

    then click on the "View Image" link to see the whole page

    see attaached portion of log

     

    I had a look on this : http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/

    Then I did a google search for David Wiley born 1760 Ireland and it showed this result

    http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/g/Wayne-C-Mcginnis/GENE2-0008.html

     

    and this Family Tree DNA  website for Wiley ...

    Then I found this Ann Gemmill, daughter of William, mar- 

    ried David Wiley, a major in the war of the- 
    Revolution. He was born in 1747. He lived 
    on Mason and Dixon's line, between Stewarts- 
    town and Center Presbyterian Church, where 
    he and his wife are buried. After the war of 
    the Revolution he made several trips to Ire- 
    land, bringing back Irish linen in exchange 
    for some commodity of this country. His 
    daughter Jennette married James Edie. Mar- 
    garet married David Gemmill, of John. His 
    son, David Wiley, inherited the home place
    and was in the war of 1812, a lieutenant of 
    the 1st Brigade, 5th Battalion, Pennsvlvania 
    Militia. [In War of 1812, p. 468]. 

    David Gemmill, son of William, born in 
    1750, married Jane Hepburn. Their children 
    were : William, Jennette, George, John, Mar- 
    garet, Mary, Thomas and Ann. 

    John Gemmill, the oldest of the family of 

    From this : George R. Prowell

    History of York County Pennsylvania (Volume II) - 

    so I'm not sure what is now relavant 

    Good luck

    Maureen NZ

     

     

     

    Saturday 30th Mar 2013, 01:14PM
  • Hi Maureen,

    Thank you for trying!  I have been researching at Familyserach.org, and have seen the references you have here.  The 1803 immigration is too late.  There are many similarities in the Wiley family from southern Pennsylvania that you've described, but there are important differences in dates and places, and I just don't think it's the right one.  It is possible that my David Wiley is a brother to one of them, but I have found no connection yet.  It sure would make things easier if that was true!

    Please let me know if you can think of any sources for earlier immigrations (1700s), or Wileys in Cork in Ireland.

    Thanks much,

    Julie

     

    Saturday 30th Mar 2013, 01:57PM
  • David Wiley, born 1783 is the son of David Wiley, born 1742 in Chester County,PA.  David 2nd's father is David Wiley, born ca 1714 in Ireland

    Saturday 7th Sep 2019, 03:07PM

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