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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: McGinnis/ McGuinness
« on: Thursday 19 October 23 21:00 BST (UK)  »
Sorry to have not returned to this conversation in a while - but I would like to provide another bit of Leech-McGinnis connections.  In the Griffith's valuations from around 1850, I find the following names living in the Carnamuff townland in the parish of Faughanvale, County Derry:  Hugh Logue, Joseph Leech, William Patterson (which I include because my emigrant ancestor married a Patterson), James McGuinness and Patrick McGuinness.  I also searched the Tithe Applotment books from the 1820s, but did not find any of these names except Patterson although there were McGinnis names (William and Samuel) in the Bolies townland.  My main point is that in the mid-1800s, the Logue, Leech and McGinnis/McGuinness families all lived near to one another.

Cheers,
Dave McGinnis

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: McGinnis/ McGuinness
« on: Saturday 26 March 22 14:46 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks - that Leach family in America really knows little about their ancestor.  Evidently, there is some lore that their earliest known ancestor (Zadock Leach) may have been an indentured servant who took on the name of his American family - perhaps a child who was orphaned during passage?  Not sure.

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: McGinnis/ McGuinness
« on: Friday 18 March 22 22:33 GMT (UK)  »
Allow me to share a little more information.  I contacted the managers of the two Leach Y-DNA lines that are close to my own line.  Both of them list a Zadock Leach as the earliest known ancestor who was born in America.  Neither of them know of an Ireland connection (but I am sharing all this wiith them to keep the informed).  Does anyone see the name Zadock in the Derry region as a forename?

Thanks,
Dave

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: McGinnis/ McGuinness
« on: Monday 07 March 22 18:56 GMT (UK)  »
Greetings all - I am new to this site and hoping that some of you might have information that might help my search; however, my dates are likely way too early.  Let me share why I am posting in this here first.  Recently, I got some 3rd-5th DNA matches from MyHeritage and all of those shared matches led to an Alexander McGinnis - whom I think is the same family as mentioned in this series of posts.  That was highly interesting, because my oldest known ancestor is a William McGinnis born in America in 1750 - much earlier than the Alexander mentioned here.  I believe my William is the son of a Thomas McGinnis likely born in 1710 in County Down according to some family trees, but we do not have actual evidence of that.  If Thomas had siblings that stayed in Ireland, that would be a possible connection to the family lines of Alexander McGinnis.  Secondly, my BigY DNA results place my line right next to two men named Leach/Leech who show oldest known ancestors in the mid-1700s living in America.  Another of my Y-DNA cousins lives in Eglinton and his family has always beein in that area.  The posts in this string lead me to conjecture that the McGinnis/Leach Y-DNA connection might be found in the Ballykelly area.  So, I am posting here to see if anyone can offer suggestions for my research directions.  Thanks in advance for any ideas.

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