Hello all. I am seeking information on the above surnames related to MCEVOY/MCAVOY/MCVOY in the country of SCT (I apologize I do not know exact location) for the time period 1700-1800. My ancestor was known as JOHN MCVOY or MACABOY/MACAVOY/M'EVOY but his actual first name may have been MARTIN, WILLIAM, THOMAS, or ALEXANDER. He was probably born ca. 1740's and family legend states that somethin unknown happened and he had to suddenly leave his homeland and went first to SPAIN. Apparently while there, courted a Spanish princess named YSABEL, or ISABELLA who was born around 1752 per her age on a FLORIDA CENSUS. "Supposedly" for her wedding dowry, she was given land in the area of MOBILE AL in SPANISH WEST FLORIDA in the US. This is just a family legend and unproven. There are some names, perhaps someone may recognize. Her name was YSABEL or ISABELLA and her other names were spelled differently on different documents so I am not sure which is correct. My line of the family had her listed as ISABELLA MELSA INDESA MCVOY (de MADRID?) and in the book, OUR FAMILY FACTS AND FANCIES,THE MORENO AND RELATED FAMILIES,c.1988 by REGINA MANDRELL, it lists her as YSABEL MELOS(,)ENGLISH on the 1784 PENSACOLA FLORIDA,USA census and her children are listed as MAKBOY. There were 4 children in 1784. Eldest was ANA MAKBOY, born around 1771 approx, JOAQUIN (aka JUAN/JOHN),b.ca.1773, (LOCATION OF ANA AND JOAQUIN'S birth is unknown to me), GUILLERMO(aka WILLIAM) said to be born AUG.29, 1776 SAVANNAH GA,USA, then the 4th child at that point was DIEGO MACABOY(aka JAMES) who "may" have been named MARTIN DIEGO (*his obit lists him as M.DIEGO MCVOY)and DIEGO was born "somewhere" in the country of SCOTLAND in 1781. The family came back to the US and JOHN MACVOY is listed in the 1783 early FLORIDA COLONY CENSUS INDEX on Ancestry.com. YSABEL & the 4 children are listed in the PENSACOLA,FL,CENSUS of SPANISH WEST FL in 1784, but not John. Mrs Mandrell says in her book that YSABEL remarried to a prominent businessman named MARTIN de MADRID after JOHN MACVOY died. But I am not so convinced. There are more children born after the arrival in Pensacola named MACABOY/MACVOY/MCVOY. One, ALEXANDER,b.1791 is buried with GUILLERMO in MOBILE AL. DOES ANYONE KNOW A STORY OF A SCT MAN NAMED MACAVOY (or any close spelling) marrying a Spanish princess (approx. 3rd tier from Crown) named YSABELLA? The timeframe of this marriage was probably around 1768-1770, probably in SPAIN. CONTACT: Bonnie McVoy Treon mailto:COOLTREONS@hotmail.com *(also, I am the listowner of 3 LISTS on ROOTSWEB.COM about the MCVOY, MCAVOY, MCEVOY surnames and we also have NEW GEN-CONNECT BOARDS) mailto:MCVOY-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM mailto:MCAVOY-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM mailto:MCEVOY-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM *If interested in any of these lists (they all get about the same mail as I fwd. it so no one misses anything) please click above and just type the single word SUBSCRIBE in the subject and body areas (nothing else or it will bounce.) Thank you for any help in finding my ancestors. I thought IRE, but other family says SCT. Bonnie ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com