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![Show Contents]() MacCafferty History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Ireland
There are multitude of rich histories underlying the many Irish surnames in use today. The name MacCafferty originally appeared in Gaelic as Mac Gafraidh. Gafraidh or Gothraidh equates with the English personal name Godfrey. Variations that start with the prefix Mac or Mc mean son of Godfrey. Early Origins of the MacCafferty familyThe surname MacCafferty was first found in County Fermanagh (Irish: Fear Manach) in the southwestern part of Northern Ireland, Province of Ulster, where they held a family seat at Ballymacaffrey near Five mile Town in Fermanagh near the Tyrone border. 1 Early History of the MacCafferty familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our MacCafferty research. Another 51 words (4 lines of text) covering the year 1987 is included under the topic Early MacCafferty History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. MacCafferty Spelling VariationsIrish names were rarely spelled with much consistency during the Middle Ages. As the many spelling variations of the name MacCafferty dating from that time attests: MacCaffery, MacCaffrey, MacCafferty, MacAffery, MacAffry, MacAfferty, MacGoffrey, MacGodfrey and many more. Early Notables of the MacCafferty familyMore information is included under the topic Early MacCafferty Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 MacCafferty migration to the United States | + |
The 19th century brought a massive reduction in Ireland's population. It seemed that during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s the Irish people had two options: starve or immigrate. Those that chose the later frequently headed for the United States, hopeful for land, work, and equality. Those determined for free land joined the migration west; while others stayed behind to live in urban centers and often work in factories. Still others began a transitory life in work camps, building the bridges, canals, railways, and highways so critical to the rapidly development of the growing industrial nation. Early passenger and immigration lists have shown many early immigrants bearing the name MacCafferty:
MacCafferty Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Biddy MacCafferty who settled in Newcastle in 1804
- Edw MacCafferty, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1811 2
- Susan MacCafferty, who arrived in New York, NY in 1811 2
- Arthur, Charles, Daniel, Edward, Henry, Hugh, James, John, Patrick, and Robert MacCafferty all, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1840 and 1860
- MacLysaght, Edward, Irish Families Their Names, Arms and Origins 4th Edition. Dublin: Irish Academic, 1982. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2364-7)
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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MacCafferty migration to the United States 
