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Descendants of Philip D. Meroney

Generation No. 1

1. PHILIP D.¹ MERONEY was born 1734, and died December 03, 1830 in Greenville Dist., South Carolina. He married (1) SARAH NELSON Abt. 1767. She was born Abt. 1738 in Ireland, and died Abt. 1777. He married (2) MARTHA SEMMES MASSEY January 03, 1785 in Franklin Co., N. C.. She was born Abt. 1757 in Virginia.

Notes for PHILIP D. MERONEY:
From Nell in MS

Commercial Appeal Sunday Sept 15, 1974 Section 6 , page 7

DESCENDANTS OF THE SPIRIT OF '76
By Paul R. Coppock

About two miles south of Byhalism Miss., in the Watkins Cemetery is an old gravestone which has become the center of attention for descendants of a solier in the American Revolution. The family has assembled previously in Memphis and is planning a big gathering in 1976, 200 years after the war.
      The headstone says," Martha, consort of P. Maroney of Revolutionary memory, died August 20,1858, age 93 " In small letters at the bottom it says, " Erected by son-in-law, T. K. Young "

      OF COURSE the real reason for interest in the little cemetery near Byhalia is "P. Maroney, " who was Capt. Philip Delancy Maroney. " a Tall redhead from Ireland. He was living in Annapolis, Md, when he enlisted troops and equipped them at his own expense. He then entered the Continental Army as Captain of the First Maryland Battalion of the Flying Camp.
      His commander was Baron Johannn DeKalb from Bavaria, a major general who was killed at Camden. He later was in the command of Gen. Nathanael Greene in the Carolinas.
      Maroney fought at White Plains, Brandywine, and Yorktown and he was present when Cornwallis surendered.
      Captain Maroney was born in County Clare, Ireland, in 1734. The original name of the clan was translated into English as " O'Moroney, " althought some parts of the family spelled it "Maroney" or "Meroney." The clan was of the highest rank for centuries and was allied with two other clans in Limerick, Tipperary and Galway along the banks of the River Shannon.

      PHILIP MARONEY was distinguished by being a protestant in a Roman Catholic area. His mother was a " de Lancey, " a French Huguenot, with relatives in the New York legislature and the Social Register of New York.
      He crossed the Atlantic with a party of Huguenot immigrants about 1767. He used the name "O'Maroney" at first but gradually dropped the "O," Perhaps it was a bit to fancy to write "Philip de Lancey O'Maroney."
      He married Sarah Nelson in Baltimore but she soon died and he went to war a widower. In 1785 he married Martha Semms Massey in Franklin County, N.C. About 1800 he moved to the Greenville District of South Carolina, where he owned an inn near Travler's Rest. He lived to be 96
      Philip Maroney had three children by his first wife. There was a daughter, Sarah. The first son, William Britton Meroney, born in 1773, became a Presbyterian minister in South Carolina. The younger son. Philip de Lancey Meroney II, born in 1775, lived in Smith County, Tenn., and became wealthy as one of the first Tennessee irn makers. The younger son had 13 children and 10 of them lived to be 85.

      THERE WERE seven children of Capt. Philip Maroney's second marriage: Henry, George Washington, Loyd, Rachel, Elizabeth, Deila ( who was called Nancy ) and Sallie.
      Best Known of Philip Maroney's descendants was Casey Young, repeatedly elected to the House of Representatives fron the Memphis district. He was the son of Rachel Maroney, who married Tandy Kee Young, and the grandson of the Captain in the Revolution.
      Casey Young was the member of Congress who obtained authority for the original Memphis bridge and for the first Custom House on the bluff, usually called Federal Building. He wrote the bill that established the National Board of Health, and was chairman of the National Bureau of Health, both of which were important to Memphis because of the yellow fever epidemics. He also handled the legisiation which brought the Marine Hospital to Memphis.

      CASEY YOUNG had extraordinary charm on the platform in an era in which oratory had a high value.
      Born at Tuscaloosa, Ala., he lived on a farm near Byhalia from age 10 untill he grew up. His father had moved in 1838 under frontier conditions, while the Indians were moving out. With tutoring from his father, attendance at Marshall Institute, and guidance of a good lawyer, he became an attorney in Memphis in 1859.
      His career in the law was interrupted by the Civil War. He became a Confederate Lieutenant- Colonel of cavalry and served with Gen. N.B. Forrest. He returned to Memphis and the law but, after less than 10 years of peace, politics began to take over his time.
      Young won the Memphis seat in Congress in elections of 1874, 1876, 1878 and 1882.

      HE LOST IN 1880, when William R, Moore, Republican whosesale drygoods merchant, took over for one term. Young made two other races. His first appearance as a Democratic candidate was in 1872 but his party split without much campaigning and Barbour Lewis, prominent carpetbagger, was elected. He went back into politics in 1896 when the party divided on the gold-silver question. Reperesentative Josiah Patterson and Casey Young were both defeated by Edward Carmack, on a contested count.
      Casey Young died Aug. 17 1899. His was a big name in a tubulent period of Tennessee politics. It was after the fading of reconstruction policies, a time little remembered and porrly understood by modern voters.
      Prominence came to another Tennessee desendant of Captain Maroney, Mrs. Katherine Meroney Drake of Smithville. The family hails her as Tennessee's first woman judge.

      HUNDREDS OF Maroney and Meroney names are heard, especilly in Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Who they are and how they are related has become the special interest of James R. Maroney of 1255 Vinton.

      Twice the scattered clan has gathered for Memphis reunions,, partly because of the James Maroney collection of information, partly because Memphis is a central location, and partly because the widow of their Revolutionary War ancestor is buried only a few miles away. They will meet again in 1976.

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Mary E. Drews
P.O. Box 44
Myers Flat, CA 95554-0044
2Sept2000

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Submitter(s):
Microfilm: NONE
NICK & KATHY RAYL
1311 ROSEMARY LANE
CONCORD CA
USA 94518

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Preacherbob@aol.com
My wife is kin through Philip Delancey 2nd (b. 1775, d. 1864, Ducktown, TN)
and Martha Davis (b. 1771, d. 1853, Hamblin Co, TN). Their daughter Julia
Meroney (b. 1796), m. 05-12-1818, Greene Co, TN, George Raulston (b. abt.
1780 - 1781, 09-1859, Blount Co, TN). 1860 Polk County, TN census shows P.
Maroney, age 90. I have 2 kids for Philip & Sarah Nelson and 5 kids for
Philip & Martha Massey. I have a little more.
Bob

More About PHILIP D. MERONEY:
LDS File: AFN: 11W6-K0M

Notes for SARAH NELSON:
Submitter(s):
Microfilm: NONE
NICK & KATHY RAYL
1311 ROSEMARY LANE
CONCORD CA
USA 94518

More About SARAH NELSON:
LDS File: AFN: 11W6-K1T

Notes for MARTHA SEMMES MASSEY:
Per
Mary E. Drews
P.O. Box 44
Myers Flat, CA 95554-0044
2Sept2000

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http://genforum.genealogy.com/massey

Re: Massey/Denton's in Nash/Franklin/Wake NC

Posted by: Jeanette P. Tabb Date: April 26, 2000 at 17:07:45
In Reply to: Massey/Denton's in Nash/Franklin/Wake NC by MaryEllen Kindell of 2072

Martha Semmes Massey marr Capt Philip Meoroney 1790 in Franklin Co., N. C. I need to know her parents???

Jeanette P. Tabb
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Martha Semms MASSY
Sex: F

Event(s):
Birth: 1757
Virginia

Marriage(s):
Spouse: Philip De Lancey MERONEY
Source Information:
Batch number: Dates Source Call No. Type Printout Call No. Type
                  F512445 - 1553739 Film NONE Sheet: 34
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Marriage(s):
Spouse: Philip De Lancey MERONEY
Marriage: 3 Jan 1785
Franklin, North Carolina
Source Information:
Batch number: Dates Source Call No. Type Printout Call No. Type
5012445 - 1553739 Film NONE
Sheet: 34


Child of PHILIP MERONEY and SARAH NELSON is:

WILLIAM BRITTON² MERONEY, m. WINIFRED WEBB CLARK.

Notes for WILLIAM BRITTON MERONEY:
Submitter(s):
Microfilm: NONE
NICK & KATHY RAYL
1311 ROSEMARY LANE
CONCORD CA
USA 94518

More About WILLIAM BRITTON MERONEY:
LDS File: AFN: 11W6-K22

Notes for WINIFRED WEBB CLARK:
Submitter(s):
NICK & KATHY RAYL
1311 ROSEMARY LANE
CONCORD CA
USA 94518

More About WINIFRED WEBB CLARK:
LDS File: AFN: 11W6-K5N.

Child of PHILIP MERONEY and MARTHA MASSEY is:

ii.

HENRY L.² MARONEY, b. Abt. 1786, Traveler's Rest, Greenville, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1862.

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