McComsey/McCumsey

[LKM]

This is an interesting mystery. I do not see variations of the name on a ship list and the earliest I see is in Pennsylvania from the 1700s. I think the name changed after the family arrived in Pennsylvania. Church records and ship lists often give useful information when they can be found and most Church records in the UK go back to the early to mid 1600s yet none pulled up on my search.

I do not know if you have seen this post or not but it might be of interest: http://mccumseyfamilyfootprints.blogspot.com

A good source to search multiple ship lists:
https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shipnamesMa.htm

[dirkomatic]

Yes, I've seen http://mccumseyfamilyfootprints.blogspot.com and it has much of the same information as I have... Still nothing beyond the first John McComsey/McCumsey.

I would love to make the connection. I have been combing over findagrave.com, too, with no luck. The first few generations were farmers and I don't really think they were keen on birth/death records.

[dirkomatic]

I just found that there was a "William MacCorsey" who was an indentured servant in Virginia in 1659. http://www.pricegen.com/immigrantser...p?servant=8860

I'm going to look into that a little bit.

[dirkomatic]

Found another similar name: McGimpsey, which could sound similar to McComsey if both are said with a brogue to someone not knowing how to spell the name. I'm going to see if I might be able to find a connection there.

http://geyer-genealogy.blogspot.com/...ackground.html

[dirkomatic]

Evidently, a "Johne McGumpsie" was involved in an incident in Wigtown, Scotland in February of 1643. This is from "The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland"

I haven't seen that link anywhere before, but in the US, I think my resources are limited.