Condy History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Many of the Boernician-Scottish families who crossed the Atlantic settled along the eastern seaboard in communities that would become the backbone of the emerging nations of the United States and Canada. In the War of Independence, American families that remained loyal to the Crown moved north into Canada and became known as United Empire Loyalists. The ancestral culture of all of these proud Scottish families remains alive in North America in the 20th century through Clan societies and highland games. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the name Condy or a variant listed above:

Condy Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

• James Condy, who landed in Braintree, Massachusetts in 1640 1
• Jeffery Condy, who arrived in Virginia in 1650 1
• Thomas Condy was a soldier in Turner Company in the year 1678, in Boston
• William Condy (died 1685) of New London, who settled in Connecticut in 1664, and was master of a vessel in the West Indies trade. In 1679 on a voyage to London, England, his vessel was taken by the Algerians

Condy Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

• Jeremy Condy, who landed in New England in 1761 1

Condy Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Michael Condy, who arrived in Maryland in 1848 1
• Margaret Condy, aged 19, who arrived in New York in 1892 aboard the ship "State of California" from Moville 2
• John Condy, aged 27, who arrived in New York in 1896 aboard the ship "Aurania (1883)" from Queenstown 2

Condy Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

• James Condy, aged 20, who arrived in New York in 1907 aboard the ship "Furnessia" from Londonderry 2

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Condy Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

• Mr. John Condy, aged 45 who immigrated to Canada, arriving at the Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec aboard the ship "Scotland" Cork, Ireland but died on Grosse Isle in July 1847 3

• Jonathan W Condy, Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1797 to 1799
• Nicholas Matthews Condy (1816-1851), also known as Nicholas Condy the Younger, a British maritime painter, son of Nicholas Condy
• Nicholas Condy (1793-1857), English landscape painter
• Henry Bollmann Condy, British chemist and industrialist, best noted for his eponymous disinfectants Condy’s Crystals and Condy’s Fluid
• Gillian Condy (b. 1952), South African botanical artist, awarded a gold medal by the Royal Horticultural Society
• Condy Boyle, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Canal Zone, 1932 4
• Condy Raguet (1784-1842), American politician, Member of Pennsylvania State Senate 1st District, 1818-22; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Brazil, 1825-27 5