Hello, I'm from Texas and have been told by family that my ancestor is Thomas Connally who came from county Meath. He was born in 1679 there and died in 1713 in Essexx Co, Virginia, USA. My grandmother was Mary Elizabeth Connally. Please let me know if you have any information to share. Thank you very much. Janice Knight
Janice:
Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!
I'm going to presume that Thomas was Roman Catholic. The RC records for Co. Meath are some of the earliest records for any county in Ireland. However, the earliest parish starts in 1742 so no record of Thomas' baptism will exist since he was born in 1679.
Roger McDonnell
Thank you so much, Roger, for your reply. I'm reasonably sure that all of them were Protestant. Could you tell me how to find his parish? Merry Christmas, Janice
Hi so I may have info.. is your grandmother called Polly or her mother's maiden name price?