Hello, I am looking for any information about John McDevitt, hisparents and siblings.
Information from John’s U.S. citizenship documents showsthat he was born in Newtownstewart, County Tyrone on 11 OCT 1796. He migrated to America from Londonderry in 1816,arriving in New York on 12 JUN 1816 and then moving on to Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. John’s sister, Mary and her husband, Alexander Gallagher,migrated to America in July 1820. Theyall moved on to western Pennsylvania and lived out their lives in ButlerCounty, Pennsylvania. John married Susanne/Suzanne/Susannah Sterritt inPennsylvania on 11 JAN 1829. Suzannewas also born in Ireland around 1808. I think she was born in County Donegal. I contacted the Catholic Church in Ardstraw, requestinginformation about John and they were unable to find anything. I looked for John in ship passenger lists, hoping todetermine if he traveled to America with other family members and failed tolocate him. John was 19 years old when he migrated to America. I doubt that he would have been able to affordhis passage without some form of assistance. I cannot find any agreements that would have helped pay his way toAmerica. I tried contacting people named McDevitt that are currentlyliving in County Tyrone. The few that I did contact, did notwant to be bothered… I do see two McDevitts listed on the 1796 Flax Growers Listin County Tyrone (both in Urney). John was a farmer, maybeone of the two flax growers is John’s father? According to John Grenham’s website, there are 35 ways tospell McDevitt, more than 70 ways to spell Gallagher and about 24 ways to spellSterritt. I am probably missing manyrecords in my searches because of the spelling. Does anybody have any suggestions on how I might discoverJohn and Mary’s parents’ names or more about this family? Best regards, David Prater
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