The surname Cusey was first found in Aberdeenshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain), a historic county, and present day Council Area of Aberdeen, located in the Grampian region of northeastern Scotland, where they held a family seat in their territories in the parish of Leochel and Cushnie. "These two ancient parishes, the etymology of the names of which is altogether uncertain, were united in 1618, by a decreet of the lords of Plat; but this union was dissolved about three years subsequently, by the influence of Bishop Patrick Forbes, a central church for the two districts not having been built according to the conditions of the annexation." 1
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Early History of the Cusey family
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Cusey Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Cushney, Cushnie, Cushny, Cushie, Cusey, Cuschny and many more.
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Early Notables of the Cusey family
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Migration of the Cusey family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..
Contemporary Notables of the name Cusey (post 1700)
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John Cusey (1822-1903), American politician, Member of the Illinois Senate (1872-1876)
James C. Cusey, American politician, Candidate for Governor of Kansas, 1874 2
Scotland
