John Cahill 1750 : Short Biography

John Cahill 1750

County Roscommon Kilcooley (Roscommon) Kilkeevin (Roscommon) Termonbarry (Roscommon) Tibohine (Roscommon) Baslick (Roscommon)

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Migrated to/Born in USA

Searching for Cahill ancestors and descendants. The majority of my DNA matches seem to be in the Roscommon area, so I am hoping to connect with Cahill's in that area that might be able to help me identify my 4th Great-Grandfather's family.

My 4th great-grandfather, John Cahill, was born in Ireland about 1750 - 1760. We do not know his exact birthdate or location. He immigrated to the USA, date unknown, and died in Virginia in 1817.

The first documented mention of John Cahill was in Virginia in 1775, when he was awarded a contract to paint the county courthouse, along with a George Hairston.

He settled in Reed Creek, Virginia and married Dianah Garner in 1789. They had 10 children, in the following order: Nancy, Edward Peregrine, Thomas, John, Susannah, Mary (Polly), Nathaniel, Dianah, Maria and Sallie. I descend from Thomas Cahill on my mother's side. My grandmother was Annie Mae Cahill.

Please contact me if you can help or have information or advice to share. Thank you. Denise Shaw, dmcshaw @ Gmail.com

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Date of Birth	1st Jan 1750 (circa)
Date of Death	1st Jan 1817

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Hi, my great great grandmother was Margaret Dempsey whose mother's maiden name was Cahill from Co. Roscommon (Castlerea/ Lisleddy/Emlagh/Ballintober area I guess, as her husband Martin Rourke was from around that area). I haven't done any research on her but years ago, I found the following information but I unfortunately did not record the source.

Mgt was born on 5/7/1835 to John Dempsey and Bridget Cahill. Her godparents were Thomas Egan and Mgt Cahill. Her siblings were John 5/5/1828; Mary 7/6/1833; Catherine 28/11/1840 and Ellen.

Mgt's sister, Ellen Dempsey emigrated to America (New Jersey) and years later three of her nieces followed her and gave her address as they entered at Ellis island.

Mgt married Martin Rourke in 1856 so those three nieces were Roarkes and Bridget Cahill's grandchildren. There are many descendents of these 3 nieces living in America today.

I hope this may be helpful to you.

Good luck with your search

Marcie