| ![Show Contents]() MacCreary History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 Ireland There are many Irish surnames being used today in forms that are quite different than their original, ancient forms. MacCreary originally appeared in Gaelic as Mac Ruaidhri, which means son of Rory. 1 Early Origins of the MacCreary familyThe surname MacCreary was first found in County Tyrone (Irish:Tír Eoghain), the ancient territory of the O'Neills, now in the Province of Ulster, central Northern Ireland, where they held a family seat from ancient times. Early History of the MacCreary familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our MacCreary research. Another 142 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1296, 1298 and 1800 are included under the topic Early MacCreary History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. MacCreary Spelling VariationsNames from the Middle Ages demonstrate many spelling variations. This is because the recording scribe or church official often decided as to how a person's name was spelt and in what language. Research into the name MacCreary revealed many variations, including MacCreary, MacCreery, MacCrary, MacCrory and others. Early Notables of the MacCreary familyAnother 30 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early MacCreary Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 MacCreary migration to the United States | + |
To escape the religious and political discrimination they experienced primarily at the hands of the English, thousands of Irish left their homeland in the 19th century. These migrants typically settled in communities throughout the East Coast of North America, but also joined the wagon trains moving out to the Midwest. Ironically, when the American War of Independence began, many Irish settlers took the side of England, and at the war's conclusion moved north to Canada. These United Empire Loyalists, were granted land along the St. Lawrence River and the Niagara Peninsula. Other Irish immigrants settled in Newfoundland, the Ottawa Valley, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The greatest influx of Irish immigrants, however, came to North America during the Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Thousands left Ireland at this time for North America and Australia. Many of those numbers, however, did not live through the long sea passage. These Irish settlers to North America were immediately put to work building railroads, coal mines, bridges, and canals. Irish settlers made an inestimable contribution to the building of the New World. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Irish name MacCreary or a variant listed above, including:
MacCreary Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Alester MacCreary, who landed in New England in 1651-1652 2
MacCreary Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Alexander, James and Mary MacCreary, who all, who arrived in Philadelphia between 1856 and 1874
- MacLysaght, Edward, Supplement to Irish Families. Baltimore: Genealogical Book Company, 1964. Print.
- 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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MacCreary migration to the United States 
