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Where did the Scottish Mahaffey family come from? What is the Scottish Mahaffey family crest and coat of arms? When did the Mahaffey family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Mahaffey family history?
The ancestors of the Mahaffey family lived among the Strathclyde people of the Scottish/English Borderlands. Their name is derived from the Gaelic personal name Debshithe, which means the black man of peace.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
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The variation in the spelling of Medieval names is a result of the lack of spelling rules in the English language prior to the last few hundred years. Before that time, scribes spelled according to sound, often varying the spelling of name within a single document. Mahaffey has appeared as Mahaffy, Mehaffy, MacHaffie, Mahaffie, McHaffie, MacHaffy, McHaffy, MacGilhaffie, McGilhaffie, MacGilhaffy, McGilhaffy, MacKilhaffy, McKilhaffy, MacKilhaffie, McKilhaffie, MacIlhaffie, McIlhaffie, MacIlhaffy, McIlhaffy, MacCaffee, McCaffee, MacCaffie, McCaffie, McCaffy, MacCaffy, Milhaffie, Milhaffy, Mahalfie, Mahalfy and many more.First found in Wigtown, where they held a family seat from very early times. This distinguished Clan was originally known as the Clan MacKilhaffy and held a family seat at Craig Caffe in the parish of Inch.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mahaffey research. Another 228 words(16 lines of text) covering the years 1320 and 1540 are included under the topic Early Mahaffey History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the Life In Ireland!
Some of the Mahaffey family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 232 words(17 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Mahaffey. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
As the persecution of clan families continued, they sailed for North America in increasing numbers. In most cases, they found the freedom and opportunity they sought. Land was often available and the American War of Independence allowed Scots an opportunity to solidify their independence from the English crown. These settlers and their ancestors went on to play essential roles in the forging of the nations of the United States and Canada. Among them:
Mahaffey Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- William Mahaffey, who arrived in America in 1796
Mahaffey Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- John Mahaffey, who arrived in Washington County, Pa in 1821
- Robert Mahaffey, who landed in Washington County, Pa in 1821
- John Mahaffey landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1840
- George Mahaffey, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1864
- Wade Mahaffey, aged 36, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1892
Mahaffey Settlers in the United States in the 20th Century
- M. Mahaffey, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1903
- Nelly Mahaffey, aged 21, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1908
- L.T. Mahaffey, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1909
- W.T. Mahaffey, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1909
- Margaret Mahaffey, aged 25, who arrived at Ellis Island, in 1909
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- Arthur "Art" Mahaffey (b. 1938), American Major League Baseball player
- John Drayton Mahaffey Jr. (b. 1948), American PGA professional golfer
- Matt Mahaffey (b. 1973), American musician
- Mike Mahaffey (1967-2005), American musician
- Randolph Mahaffey (b. 1945), American former professional ABA basketball player
- Valerie Mahaffey (b. 1953), Indonesian-born, American actress who won an Emmy Award for her work on Northern Exposure
- Fred Keith Mahaffey (1934-1986), United States Army General, Commander in chief, United States Readiness Command (1985 to 1986)
- Maryann Mahaffey (1925-2006), former Member of the Detroit City Council
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- Arthur Ellison of Adams County, Ohio and some of his Descendants and Relatives by Floyd Vernon Ellison.
- Mahaffey Descendants by Estelle Kinports Davis.
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Catholic Directory For Scotland. Glasgow: Burns Publications. Print.
- Paul, Sir James Balfour. An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland Second Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1903. Print.
- Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
- Bolton, Charles Knowles. Scotch Irish Pioneers In Ulster and America. Montana: Kessinger Publishing. Print.
- Bradford, William. History of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647 Edited by Samuel Eliot Morrison 2 Volumes. New York: Russell and Russell, 1968. Print.
- Burke, John Bernard Ed. The Roll of Battle Abbey. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Donaldson, Gordon and Robert S. Morpeth. Who's Who In Scotish History. Wales: Welsh Academic Press, 1996. Print. (ISBN 186057-0054).
- Hinde, Thomas Ed. The Domesday Book England's Heritage Then and Now. Surrey: Colour Library Books, 1995. Print. (ISBN 1-85833-440-3).
- Bloxham, Ben. Key to Parochial Registers of Scotland From Earliest Times Through 1854 2nd edition. Provo, UT: Stevenson's Genealogical Center, 1979. Print.
- Burke, Sir Bernard. Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry Including American Families with British Ancestry 2 Volumes. London: Burke Publishing, 1939. Print.
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