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Elijah McCoy 1730 – 1819 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1730

Birth Location: Brunswick, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1819

Death Location: Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States

Father: Reddin Mccoy

Mother: Mary None

Spouse(s): Mary Holloway

Children(s): Mary McCoy, John McCoy, Jasper McCoy, Elizabeth McCoy, Elisha McCoy, John McCoy, Jesse McCoy, Lewis Mccoy, Stephen McCoy, John McCoy, Elizabeth McCoy, Stephen McCoy, Lewis McCoy

Elijah McCoy was born in 1730 in Brunswick, Virginia, United States, the child of Reddin S Mccoy and Mary. Elijah McCoy married Mary Holloway, and had children including Mary Elizabeth McCoy, John McCoy, Jasper Redden McCoy, Elizabeth McCoy, Elisha McCoy, John McCoy, Jesse McCoy, Lewis Mccoy, Stephen McCoy, John McCoy, Elizabeth McCoy, Stephen McCoy, Lewis McCoy. Elijah McCoy passed away in 1819 in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • Elijah McCoy was born in 1730 in Brunswick, Virginia, United States, the child of Reddin S Mccoy and Mary.
  • Elijah McCoy married Mary Holloway, and had children including Mary Elizabeth McCoy, John McCoy, Jasper Redden McCoy, Elizabeth McCoy, Elisha McCoy, John McCoy, Jesse McCoy, Lewis Mccoy, Stephen McCoy, John McCoy, Elizabeth McCoy, Stephen McCoy, Lewis McCoy.
  • Elijah McCoy passed away in 1819 in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Reddin Mccoy
1642 – 1742
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Mary None
1710 –
Birth Location: New York
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Spouses(s)

Mary Holloway
1735 – 1819
Birth Location: Marion, Marion, South Carolina, United States
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Children(s)

Mary McCoy
1746 – 1823
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
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John McCoy
1748 – 1818
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
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Jasper McCoy
1757 – 1842
Birth Location: Marion, Marion, South Carolina, United States
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Elizabeth McCoy
1759 – 1823
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
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Elisha McCoy
1760 – 1819
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
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John McCoy
1761 – 1831
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
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Jesse McCoy
1762 –
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
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Lewis Mccoy
1763 – 1818
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
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Stephen McCoy
1765 – 1814
Birth Location: Marion, South Carolina, United States
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John McCoy
1765 – 1826
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
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Elizabeth McCoy
1773 – 1818
Birth Location: –
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Stephen McCoy
1776 – 1826
Birth Location: South Carolina
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Lewis McCoy
1779 – 1817
Birth Location: –
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Elijah McCoy's Ancestors

Self
Elijah McCoy
1730 – 1819
Birth Place: Brunswick, Virginia, United States
Parents
Reddin S Mccoy
1642 – 1742
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Mary
1710 –
New York
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elijah McCoy's Descendants

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Elijah McCoy (1730 – 1819) m. Mary Holloway (1735 – 6 Jun 1819)
  1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) McCoy (6 Oct 1746 – 1823) m. William Pringle (1750 – 12 Oct 1817)
    1. 1. Abraham (B) Pringle (1 Oct 1776 – 15 Sep 1855)
    2. 2. Catherine Pringle (1778 – 1856) m. John Gardner (1778 – 15 June1860)
      1. 1. Jesse (Frederick) Gardner (1801 – 1860)
      2. 2. Jesse (Frederick) Gardner (28 Feb 1801 – 28 Sep 1860)
      3. 3. Susannah Gardner (4 March 1803 – 25 Jan 1875)
      4. 4. James (M) Gardner (1804 – 1867)
      5. 5. James (M.) Gardner (1804 – 1867)
      6. 6. Jane Gardner (1805 – 20 Jun 1846)
      7. 7. Delphia Gardner (1807 – 1865)
      8. 8. Samuel (B) Gardner (1810 – 24 May 1901)
      9. 9. Lewis Gardner (26 Sep 1810 – 28 Apr 1880)
      10. 10. Elizabeth Gardner (1811 – 1836)
      11. 11. Mary (E) Gardner (1812 – )
      12. 12. John (Milton) Gardner (17 March 1815 – 26 Sep 1889)
      13. 13. Mary (Ann) Gardner (1818 – 1889) m. John Duke (1770 – 1830) m. John (E) Duke (Jun 1818 – 12 July 1903) m. Mary Gardner
        1. 1. Adam Duke (1794 – Jan 1860) m. Catherine Nutt (1810 – 1870)
        2. 2. Elijah Duke (1795 – 22 Jun 1866)
        3. 3. Harriet Duke (1799 – )
        4. 4. JOEL (EMERSON) DUKE (1800 – 1881)
        5. 5. Albert Duke (1808 – 1853)
        6. 6. Hariett Dukes (1810 – )
        7. 7. EDWARD (CLINTON) DUKE (6 Jan 1810 – 17 Jul 1855)
        8. 8. Elizabeth (A) Dukes (1814 – 1889)
        9. 9. Hybernia (Bernice A) Duke (May 1847 – 1935)
      14. 14. Elijah Gardner (28 Oct 1818 – 14 Aug 1864)
      15. 15. Eleitha (Leethy) Gardner (1820 – 4 May 1880)
      16. 16. Delphi Gardner (1822 – )
      17. 17. Sarah Gardner (1823 – 31 Jan 1888)
      18. 18. Sarah Gardner (1824 – aft 1856)
      19. 19. Elizabeth Gardner (1827 – )
      20. 20. John Gardner
    3. 3. John Pringle (1784 – Jan 1850)
    4. 4. Mary (Polly) Pringle (1785 – )
    5. 5. Elijah (Judson) Pringle (1799 – 1884)
  2. 2. John McCoy (Jun 1748 – 3 Jan 1818)
  3. 3. Jasper (Redden) McCoy (29 Sep 1757 – 09 Jan 1842)
  4. 4. Elizabeth McCoy (1759 – 1823)
  5. 5. Elisha McCoy (1760 – 1819)
  6. 6. John McCoy (1761 – 10 Oct 1831)
  7. 7. Jesse McCoy (1762 – )
  8. 8. Lewis Mccoy (1763 – 11 May 1818)
  9. 9. Stephen McCoy (1765 – 16 May 1814)
  10. 10. John McCoy (1765 – 18 Oct 1826)
  11. 11. Elizabeth McCoy (1773 – 1818)
  12. 12. Stephen McCoy (27 Jan 1776 – 18 Oct 1826)
  13. 13. Lewis McCoy (1779 – 29 Jul 1817)

Elijah McCoy's Timeline

2 Records

1730
1730
Birth of Elijah McCoy in Brunswick, Virginia, United States
Brunswick, Virginia, United States
1819
1819
Age 89
Death of Elijah McCoy in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States
Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1730
    Event Place: Brunswick, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1819
    Event Place: Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States
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