The name McGinity in the cemetery database is spelled the way it is on the tombstone. Debby Masterson, CC Rensselaer Co., GenWeb ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Philippo" <toff@mac.com> To: <ny-troy-irish-gensoc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 10:03 PM Subject: [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Schaghticoke Irish with possible Troy tie John Maginity (1815-1858) Schaghticoke Hill Methodist Churchyard http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=129245435 The cemetery’s been largely forgotten, though its new neighbor and I are trying to clean it up. I found the above headstone today under a few inches of dirt. It doesn’t seem to have been recorded before, or at any rate isn’t in the Rensselaer County Cemetery Database. These were in the database, though: McGinty Bessie 24 Mar 1872 20 Dec 1873 Schaghticoke Elmwood McGinty George 3 Aug 1887 18 Sep 1887 Schaghticoke Elmwood McGinty Thomas G. 27 Feb 1849 5 May 1916 Jane Beecroft Schaghticoke Elmwood http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrensse/cemm7.htm The spelling of the surname is wrong in the database. Thomas G. McGinity Elmwood Cemetery, Schaghticoke http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79320400 The John Maginty I found is the father of Thomas G. McGinity: "Jane Elizabeth Beecroft was born at Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York, on April 6th 1849. She was called 'Jennie'. In 1870 she worked as a weaver in a Schaghticoke woolen mill, but on May 23rd 1871, she married in the Schaghticoke Methodist Church Thomas George McGinity, born in New York State on February 27th 1849, son of John and Mary (Engle) McGinity, both natives of Ireland." Kendall, David Martin. Beecroft. West Chazy, NY: n.p., 1964. http://www.becraft.info/docs/THENAMEBEECROFT.rtf‎ There might be others there - possibly John Maginity’s mother-in-law Martha Eingle or Engle. She was born in Ireland abt 1757 and was still alive on the 1855 NYS Census: ninety-eight years old! Possibly also related: Mary A. McGinity Baker (1855-1932) St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Troy http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=127990239 Christopher K. Philippo Glenmont, NY ===NY-IRISH-GENSOC Mailing List=== Time for Society Members to pay up their **2014 Dues**. See the Website for details: Troy Irish Genealogy Society www.rootsweb.com/~nytigs/ Click ON - "JOIN TIGS NOW!" to get form. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message