THE DESCENDANTS OF OWEN MCCANN

THE SEARCH for the MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

On my third visit to County Tyrone in about 1994, my new-found cousins the McCanns of Ballynahaye introduced me to some new cousins, the family of Hugh Quinn, aged 91, of Drumfadd. Hugh, his son Sean and his wife Philomena welcomed me into their home. They shared with me a notebook prepared by Hugh's late wife Mary Russell Quinn. Mary wrote about Hugh Quinn's mother's family.

This is a verbatim transcription of the notes- I have numbered the family member's for clarification, because of the repetitive use of the same names.

Indentation, indicating generation changes is mine.

My probable cousin Denise McCann Hayes and I have thoroughly researched this family in an effort to trace our own ancestral line. I knew from talking to cousins of Hugh Quinn that my great-great-grand father, William, had cousins related to Hugh's grandfather, Owen. We suspect that Denise is descended from one of Owen's seven sons. We laughingly dubbed our pursuit "The Search for the Magnificent Seven".

Elizabeth's grandfather was Owen (1)

He (1) had seven sons: William (1A), Owen (1B), Charles (1C), Hugh (1D), Bernard (1E) and two others (1F) and (1G).

William (1A) married a girl from Dunmoyle and lived in Fallagherin, had one son Owen (1A1), whose family mostly immigrated to the USA.

  • One daughter (1A1a) married Hugh McRory, Tirnaskea, and one other girl (1A1b) married Mc Cann (Miles).
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    • Charles (1C) married Kelly, Killeeshil, family Pat (1C1) Hugh (1C2), a priest (1C3), & Anne (1C4), Margaret (1C5) one other (1C6)?

  • Anne (1C4) married James Loughran, Cranogue. This family James (1C4a), Mary (1C4b), Maggie (1C4c), Packie (1C4d), James (1C4a) died unmarried also Maggie (1C4c), Mary (1C4b) married Barney Devine, Cranlome.
  • Mary (1C4b) had five sons 3 daughters- one boy James (1C4b1) died young. Lily (1C4b2), a nurse died age 21, Annie (1C4b3) married Barney Holland, Achenduff & died when her second child was born about

    • Margaret McCann (1C5) married Arthur Hammill, Mullysilla. They had five sons and three daughters: Maggie (1C5a), Minnie entered the convent, Bridget (1C5b), Thomas (1C5c), Charles (1C5d), Arthur (1C5e), Hugh (1C5f), John (1C5g), & Pat (1C5h). Arthur (1C5e) married in America- had some family don't know how many. Charles (1C5d) married Belfast McGarvey, Dunmoyle had two daughters (1C5d1) (1C5d2).

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    • Hugh McCann (1D) married Mary Loughran, Cranogue and their family were Owen (1D1), James (1D2), Hugh (1D3), Charles (1D4), Margaret (1D5), Bridget (1D6), Mary (1D7), or May. All the boys died unmarried. Only Margaret (1D5), married. John Quinn of Drumfadd.

    Owen (1B) married Lecia Duggan of Cranlome-this family five girls and three boys. Ellen (1B1), Bridget (1B2), Lecia (1B3), Annie (1B4), Mary (1B5), Father Tom (1B6), Owen (1B7), Charles (1B8), Bernard (1B9).

  • Lecia (1B3), married McCegney & had one son Tom (1B3a). Annie (1B4), married Charlie Murcher- Drumfadd-no family. Mary (1B5), married James McKenna Ballynasaggart had one son Thomas James (1B5a), - Ellen (1B1), and Brigit (1B2), died unmarried.