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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, Jasper McCoy, Stephen McCoy, Elizabeth McCoy, Stephen McCoy, John McCoy, Lewis Mccoy, Jesse McCoy, Elisha McCoy, Elizabeth McCoy, John McCoy, John 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 Elisha Mccoy, Elizabeth Mccoy, Jasper Redden Mccoy, Jesse Mccoy, John Mccoy, Lewis Mccoy, Mary Elizabeth Mccoy, Stephen Mccoy. Elijah McCoy passed away in 1819 in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States.

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  • 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 Elisha Mccoy, Elizabeth Mccoy, Jasper Redden Mccoy, Jesse Mccoy, John Mccoy, Lewis Mccoy, Mary Elizabeth Mccoy, Stephen Mccoy.
  • Elijah McCoy passed away in 1819 in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States.

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Elijah McCoy's Ancestors

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Elijah McCoy
1730–1819
Birth Place: Brunswick, Virginia, United States
Parents
Reddin S Mccoy
1642–1742
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Mary
1710–
New York
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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 1746–1823 m. William Pringle 1750–1817
    1. 1. Catherine Pringle 1778–1856 m. John Gardner 1778–
      1. 1. Mary (Ann) Gardner 1818–1889 m. John Duke 1770–1830 m. John (E) Duke 1818–1903
        1. 1. Adam Duke 1794–1860 m. Catherine Nutt 1810–1870
        2. 2. JOEL (EMERSON) DUKE 1800–1881
        3. 3. Elijah Duke 1795–1866
        4. 4. Harriet Duke 1799–
        5. 5. Albert Duke 1808–1853
        6. 6. EDWARD (CLINTON) DUKE 1810–1855
        7. 7. Hariett Dukes 1810–
        8. 8. Elizabeth (A) Dukes 1814–1889
        9. 9. Hybernia (Bernice A) Duke 1847–1935
      2. 2. Jesse (Frederick) Gardner 1801–1860
      3. 3. James (M) Gardner 1804–1867
      4. 4. Jane Gardner 1805–1846
      5. 5. Delphia Gardner 1807–1865
      6. 6. Samuel (B) Gardner 1810–1901
      7. 7. Lewis Gardner 1810–1880
      8. 8. Elizabeth Gardner 1811–1836
      9. 9. Elijah Gardner 1818–1864
      10. 10. Eleitha (Leethy) Gardner 1820–1880
      11. 11. Delphi Gardner 1822–
      12. 12. Sarah Gardner 1823–1888
      13. 13. Elizabeth Gardner 1827–
      14. 14. Jesse (Frederick) Gardner 1801–1860
      15. 15. Susannah Gardner 1803–1875
      16. 16. James (M.) Gardner 1804–1867
      17. 17. John (Milton) Gardner 1815–1889
      18. 18. Mary (E) Gardner 1812–
      19. 19. Sarah Gardner 1824–1856
    2. 2. Abraham (B) Pringle 1776–1855
    3. 3. Mary (Polly) Pringle 1785–
    4. 4. Elijah (Judson) Pringle 1799–1884
    5. 5. John Pringle 1784–1850
  2. 2. Jasper (Redden) McCoy 1757–1842
  3. 3. Stephen McCoy 1776–1826
  4. 4. Elizabeth McCoy 1773–1818
  5. 5. Stephen McCoy 1765–1814
  6. 6. John McCoy 1765–1826
  7. 7. Lewis Mccoy 1763–1818
  8. 8. Jesse McCoy 1762–
  9. 9. Elisha McCoy 1760–1819
  10. 10. Elizabeth McCoy 1759–1823
  11. 11. John McCoy 1748–1818
  12. 12. John McCoy 1761–1831
  13. 13. Lewis McCoy 1779–1817

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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