Ellie, The Ordanance Surveys of 1830s Ulster has McClearys all over County Antrim and Londonderry. What ever "Irish free site" you went too, they clearly are ignorant about the basic info. Sorry for the pun couldn't resist. Anyway, just more proof your belief about a Scotch-Irish connection is correct. Let us know if you find your connection. BTW- you do recall a certain "famous" Thomas Jefferson in america, right?? :) I wouldn't waste time looking for a generational naming pattern. Someone wanted their son to be proud of his name. sorry but the 1800's had a real explosion in such naming patterns. Doesn't help with the genealogy search, but at least they appreciated being American. Colin Brooks The 1718 Project In a message dated 3/30/2010 3:26:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: I went to an Irish free site that had lots of records, but I didn't find one McCleary. Scotland had McClearys listed under the covering of clan Cameron. Wish I had a better memory at this stage of the game. I am still trying to get a handle on the timings of the Scotts Irish upheavals. They seemed to come in waves to America, in the 1700's and early 1800's . I have been cramming so much in this 56 year old brain so fast, not all of it is staying. or staying in the right order. At least I'm exercising my brain. Thanks a bunch, . Ellie

Yippeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm excited,! I really didn't figure that there would be to many Jefferson McCleary's. I had guessed it was a Proud to be an American thing... I am very excited to have you confirm McCleary families in Ulster. Thank you for clearing up the history of the 1718 migration. I guess I am a late bloomer in things relating to history, but I stayed up all night looking at court records of Augusta, Virginia, just fascinated by the story of the lives of those people, gleaned from the court records. I got so into it, it didn't matter that most of it wasn't about any McClearys. So many orphans, a lady who had small pox who came to the community only to be escorted out of town so she couldn't spread the disease. Harsh decisions, made by the court for the survival of the community. I could sit for hours and read this stuff. Thank you for sharing it with us all. Ellie -------------------------------------------------- From: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 3:15 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [S-I] McClary/McCleary of NIR > Ellie, > The Ordanance Surveys of 1830s Ulster has McClearys all over County > Antrim and Londonderry. What ever "Irish free site" you went too, they > clearly > are ignorant about the basic info. Sorry for the pun couldn't resist. > Anyway, just more proof your belief about a Scotch-Irish connection is > correct. > Let us know if you find your connection. BTW- you do recall a certain > "famous" Thomas Jefferson in america, right?? :) I wouldn't waste time > looking for a generational naming pattern. Someone wanted their son to be > proud > of his name. sorry but the 1800's had a real explosion in such naming > patterns. Doesn't help with the genealogy search, but at least they > appreciated > being American. > > Colin Brooks > The 1718 Project > > > In a message dated 3/30/2010 3:26:24 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I went to an Irish free site that had lots of records, but I didn't find > one McCleary. Scotland had McClearys listed under the covering of clan > Cameron. Wish I had a better memory at this > stage of the game. I am still trying to get a handle on the timings of > the Scotts Irish upheavals. They seemed to come in waves to America, in > the > 1700's and early 1800's . I have been cramming so much in this 56 year > old > brain so fast, not all of it is staying. or staying in the right order. > At > least I'm exercising my brain. Thanks a bunch, . Ellie > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message