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Where did the Irish Mailey family come from? What is the Irish Mailey family crest and coat of arms? When did the Mailey family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Mailey family history?

The surname Mailey originally appeared in Gaelic as "O Maille."

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The Middle Ages saw a great number of spelling variations for surnames common to the Irish landscape. One reason for these variations is the fact that surnames were not rigidly fixed by this period. The following variations for the name Mailey were encountered in the archives: Malley, Mallay, Mally, O'Mally, Mailley, O'Malley, O'Mailey, Mailey, Maley, Mealey, Mealley, Meally and many more.

First found in County Mayo, where they held a family seat from ancient times.


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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mailey research. Another 361 words(26 lines of text) covering the years 1503, 1603, 1760, 1843, and 1854 are included under the topic Early Mailey History in all our PDF Extended History products.

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Another 44 words(3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Mailey Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.

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In the 19th century, thousands of Irish left their English-occupied homeland for North America. Like most new world settlers, the Irish initially settled on the eastern shores of the continent but began to move westward with the promise of owning land. The height of this Irish migration came during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. With apparently nothing to lose, Irish people left on ships bound for North America and Australia. Unfortunately a great many of these passengers lost their lives - the only thing many had left - to disease, starvation, and accidents during the long and dangerous journey. Those who did safely arrive in "the land of opportunities" were often used for the hard labor of building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. The Irish were critical to the quick development of the infrastructure of the United States and Canada. Passenger and immigration lists indicate that members of the Mailey family came to North America quite early:

Mailey Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century


  • John Mailey, who settled in Philadelphia in 1861

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  10. MacLysaght, Edward. Irish Families Their Names, Arms and Origins 4th Edition. Dublin: Irish Academic, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2364-7).
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The Mailey Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Mailey Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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