Yes, Mr. Ashley, this is my emigrant, and this information was gleaned off the internet and not submitted to this web site by multiple clan members. That you just sited was lifted from a Word representation of the book authored and privately published by Josephine Risser Basset, an extended and deceased relative of mine. It was published in 1951 with a limited offering of which I have a copy. Josephine was the niece of my gr gr aunt Elizabeth McConnaughey West, for whom in part I am a name sake as she was a favorite of my father (I suppose that dates me). Elizabeth had preserved all of the available family documents, anecdotal stories, lineages, etc. handed down through the generations. Elizabeth also privately published a little book about her father, David Platt McConnaughey, a grandson of David & Jane Platt McConnaughey, the immigrants ( I have original copy also in my possession). David, Jane Platt and 5 children McConnaughey did not sail 1750 -- it was about 1754/5/6 as the youngest of the immigrating children, John, was born in Ireland (Ulster) about 1754. They sailed out of the port of Derry; there is strong evidence that they lived in Donegal/west Derry previous to emigration. This web-site of your offering has posted a tree which is based on someones representation of Josephine's book and posted on the web anonymously. It is not Josephine's book but a Word written representation. I asked the owner of the web site where you found this to remove his compiled tree and the information as there are errors, problematic postings, lack of citations, among many other issues and it was down for a time. Recently he re-posted it there again stating that it is revised. There are errors in the trees reflected, thus I caution anyone viewing it to_*not *_take it authoritatively. This person has decided to claim being a spokesman for the name and asked none of us whose family's these various trees he has compiled belong for any kind of permission to use intellectual and other information which he had a woman here in the states snail mailed to him in Australia. The explanation she gave me when I confronted her with this was "He asked me to get and print everything I could find on the internet and send to him. This is exactly what I did." These McConnaugheys were the 3rd McC family into PA. In 1962 the McConnaughey Society of America formed up bringing together in the US researchers of the name, some of whom had in their possession research from as early as the last quarter of the 1800's, family documents from various immigrant families this one included, and the society continued research here, in Ireland and Scotland up until the year 2000 when the principle of the society died. I was a contributing member of the Society, and there were many others, many if most deceased now. Much of the research was sent to Ellen Payne Odum Genealogy Library; some of it remains with relatives of the principle. I have most of the publications of the research in addition to the annual bulletins and news letters. They are a wealth of information. Thank you kindly, Mr. Ashley for your interest. Susan McConnaughey Hedeen On 9/16/2011 3:00 AM, dna-r1b1c7-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. David McConnaughey, Sr., arrived in America in 1750. > (GAshley923@aol.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:47:05 EDT > From: GAshley923@aol.com > Subject: [R-M222] David McConnaughey, Sr., arrived in America in 1750. > To: dna-r1b1c7@rootsweb.com > Message-ID:<1c8e0.6b87becd.3ba369e9@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > David and Jane McConnaughey > _David McConnaughey Family Tree_ > (http://themcconachyclan.com/edit/pdf/David%20McConnaughey%20Tree%20V6.pdf) - PDF > REVISED VERSION OF THE DAVID MCCONNAUGHEY CLAN TREE > _McConnaughey - Pennsylania_ > (http://themcconachyclan.com/edit/pdf/The%20McConnaugheys%20in%20Pennsylvania%20V22.pdf) PDF 50KB > David McConnaughey, Sr., arrived in America in 1750. This date was > confirmed through two other branches of the family, James McConnaughey, a > Revolutionary soldier, and that of his younger brother, David McConnaughey Jr., who > died in the 1812 war. > Like many other Scottish/Irish emigrants, it was the treatment by the > English government that drove them to emigate from Ulster to America. Ulster > had become too prosperous for the English liking, as the Irish were able to > produce better and cheaper goods and cattle than England could. The Irish > were forbidden to trade with England's colonies and this lead to to the Irish > seaports veing ruined. This in turn led to land values dropping and > tenants becoming improvished. > Fortunately for the McConnaugheys, Ulster, being a more prosperous region, > has a system where a tenant on his departure from a holding had the > custusary right toreceive compensation for any imporivements he had made. This > system encouraged improvements, increased profits and made the Ulster > agriculturist more progressive than the southerners. This right to compensation > for improvement furnished many emigrants with a small capital making it > possible for them to emigrate to America. It is possible that this provided the > passage money to America for our branch of the McConnaughey family. > David McConnaughy settled in Path Valley, now in Franklin County, PA. In > about 1790, two, perhaps three, of his children moved up into Venango > County, Pa.,and then later moving southwest into Beaver County, Pa. The remaining > children and their families, together with the David Sr.and his wife Jane > Platt emigrated into Westmoreland County, Pa. in about 1800. Some settling > near Homer City on Two Lick Creek, while others settle in Indiana County, > Pa. A generation later both groups had lost all contact and knowledge of > each other. > The compilation of this genealogy is possible because of the historical > sense of the late Elizabeth (McConnaughey) West, who preserved the documents > and traditions of her grandfather, David McConnaughey, Jr., of Beaver > County, Pa., and to Edward L. McConaughy of LaGrange, Ill., who preserved, as > clippings, the writings of Dr. Francis M. McConnaughy, grandson of the > Revolutionary soldier, James McConnaughey, oldest son of the emigrant ancestor, > of Indiana County, Pa. > Special thanks to the many clan members from the USA who have contributed > the information contained in this tree. > > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of DNA-R1B1C7 Digest, Vol 5, Issue 296 > ****************************************** >