This is a picture of a Mahoney Family Reunion, taken in the 1920's?
Does anyone know who some of the individuals are?
From Ireland to
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Iowa and beyond
(aka: "The kissin' cousins")
This is a picture of a Mahoney Family Reunion, taken in the
1920's?
Does anyone know who some of the individuals are?
Early Mahoneys came from the Dublin area of Ireland in the mid 1760's, and settled in Coleraine Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A tax list in 1780 lists Stephen Mahoney, with the following assets:
The first Mahoney in America was Stephen, born in 1757 in Dublin, Ireland. He married Margaret Huss in 1777. Margaret was born between 1741 and 1766, and died in 1797 in Pennsylvania. Stephen and Margaret had 8 children:
Volume No. 18, Archives entitled "Master Record of Services Of Maryland Troops - American Revolution", in the Elkton Library, stated that Stephen Mahoney was enrolled by First Lt. Andrew Porter, reviewed and passed by Elihu Hall of Elisha, Second Major of Susquehanna Battalion, on July 27th, 1776, into a regiment of the famous "Flying Camp", as a Second Class Private. This regiment joined Washington's Army on September 8, 1776 near Harlem N.Y., and took part in the Battle of White Plains - Frogs Neck, N.Y.
In 1798, he moved to Cecil County, Maryland. In Volume No. 25, Folio No. 257, in the Clerk's office of Elkton, dated May 25, 1804, it is noted that Stephen Mahoney purchases 171 acres (more or less) for $513.00, from the original grant of land from Lord Baltimore called "Baltough".
Stephen Mahoney is buried at the Brick Meeting House, Calvert Maryland, but no marker has been found.
Jeremiah Mahoney (2),
married Eleanor Beaston Owens July 18, 1802. Eleanor was born
March 20, 1783 in Maryland.
They had 11 children:
(4) Stephen Mahoney married a daughter of his uncle Stephen. Margaret was born May 30, 1811, to Stephen and Elizabeth (McCauley) Mahoney and died February 21, 1850 in Maryland. Stephen and Margaret had 11 children:
Shortly after Margaret passed away, Stephen, his children, and a goup of 120 other Latter-Day Saints, began their journey west. They settled in Kanesville (now Council Bluffs) Iowa. He married Martha Barrowclaugh Ketcheman on April 5, 1851. Together they had 6 more children:
Stephen started a
Some of Stephen and Martha's children went farther west, to Wyoming, and ranched, and are still ranching. In fact, Martha died in Alva, although she was buried in Harrison County. Elisha stayed on the family land in Iowa, raised a family, and died there. He is buried in Magnolia Cemetery.
Got all that? My husband used to kid me when I talked about researching my family history. He would say, "Why bother? It will only go in a big circle anyway." I would usually just stick my tongue out at him, and walk away.
Needless to say, I haven't described this branch to him yet.
Way up near the top, there was a Rachel Mahoney, that married a Martin Spire. That would be my branch of the "circle", and information on their descendants can be found on the Spire Page of this site. Details on the other branches can be found by searching my Family Tree Database on the WorldConnect website. I am trying to locate Rachel's grave, and I have decided that it may not be marked, since her name doesn't appear in any cemetery record in Harrison County. The only sibling that died sooner is her brother William, who was killed in Arkansas during the Civil War three months earlier, but may not have been moved from Arkansas.
A good picture of Stephen, a pominent man in Harrison County, is on the Harrison County, Iowa website. It will also give more sources for researchers of the Mahoneys, just type "Mahoney" in the search engine. A transcription of his will can be found here.
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