Scully

Thank you Roger.

I have just seen your reply tonight and I don't recall having seen it when you posted. What I hadn't realised is that Andrew and Bridget LEONARD were together at the time of Sabina's birth/baptism in 1852. I always believed that Sabina was a child of a first marriage. Throws out a whole new line of thinking.

Mary

Hi Mary,

Andrew Scully and Bridget Leonard are in my tree. I believe there's a link between my family and this branch of Scullys but have been unable to prove it. I found baptism record their younger two children Hannah/Nora and John in Durham but always drew a blank at the older two and assumed they were from a previous marriage. There is a Durham marriage record for a Bridget Leonard which predates Sabinas birth but that was to a Michael Smith and there were no birth or baptism records for a Sabina or Thomas Smith with the relevant dates. I traced Sabinas and  Michael Graney's son from New Zealand to Michigan where other Scully's from my tree settled. it could be a coincidence but the two families were living in the same areas at the same times. Do you know of any family links to Longford or Carlow?  Bridget and Andrew's youngest daughter Hannah/Nora settled in New York with her brother John and his two children. Do you have on online tree anywhere?

Catherine

Hi Catherine,

I would think we do have Scully's in common, and I am wondering if you and I have had some remote contact before through Mary Daley and her Scully research? Apologies if not.

It has been awhile since I picked up the threads of the Scullys but now that there is more online I will get back to it.  I had/have no idea where Andrew Scully came from, but the breakthrough that Roger found above, has confirmed that Andrew Scully and Bridget Leonard are the parents of Sabina/Sophia my Grt Grandmother. With that knowledge I can now assume that they did come from Galway and within the Tuam registration district. Also that there was only one marriage for Andrew, just when that marriage occured is still a mystery. The son of Michael Greany you mention is, William Edward J  a brother to my Grandfather, James Albert. The second 'e' in Greaney was adopted around this time. William was certainly in Michigan and New York and finally settled in Los Angeles,Ca. His desendants still live there. William met with cousins of Sabina Scully in Saratoga, New York.  I don't have any links to Longford or Carlow and I don't have an online family tree anymore. For a short time I had one with My Heritage but I didn't like the misinformation that floated about.

I'm happy to share what I have (very much a work in progress) privately via email.

Regards,

Mary NZ.

Hi, we were possibly in touch a while back through Mary, but similarly I've just picked it up again recently. I've just got the birth certificate for a William Scully living in Cornforth, Durham after 1860. His father was named as Thomas which I believe was Andrew's fathers name. I don't have an e-mail address for you mine is themorleys@outlook.com i'd be happy to share what I have.

CM :)

Hi, I am interested in the Tuam, Galway/Scully connection as I am also descended from Scully's in that area. Ours are connected to Burke, Elwood, Moylan families. Do you think they may be connected to your Scullys?
Karen, NZ

Hi Karen,

I really don't have much more than what is in the above posts.  I haven't found any conclusive evidence of Andrew Scully coming from Tuam apart from Sabina's baptism record. Unfortuneatly I don't have any of your names in my family tree, ours are mainly, Leonard and Greaney/Greany,  although there is a Bourke, Catherine, who was born in Craughwell, Galway.  So far as I know my Gt Grandmother Sabina was the only member of her family to come to NZ.  I know there are a number of Scully's in Southland and Timaru, there is an excellent account of them written by Sean Brosnahan - have you seen it. 

Mary