Darby McCarty (abt. 1716 - aft. 1787)

Descendants

Died after 16 Apr 1787 after about age 71 in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Darby McCarty is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A210183.

Darby McCarty performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Darby McCarty served with Civil Service, Virginia during the American Revolution.

Darby McCarty

Darby was born about 1716 and died after 1787.^[1]

Darby married Hannah before 1736, when their oldest son James was born.^[1] Darby and Hannah McCarty also had daughters named Hannah (married William Wilson) and Mary (married Paul Froman, Jr.).^[2]

"Darby McCarty, late of Bucks Co., Pens^a" was in Augusta County, Virginia in 1748.^[3]

Children

The following list should be checked against the entries in the Bible of James McCarty^[1] (see also Location Notes, below)

• James McCarty, born 4 July 1736,^[1] Bucks County, Pennsylvania^[4]
• Mary McCarty, born December 10, 1738^[1]
• Isaac McCarty, born April 18, 1741^[1]
• Sarah McCarty, born July [8?] 1743,^[1] Frederick, Virginia^[4]
• Rachel McCarty
• Elizabeth McCarty
• Eleanor McCarty (not in Bible)
• Hannah McCarty
• Enoch McCarty,^[5] born 1753, Washington County, Virginia^[4]
• Jonathan McCarty,^[5] born April 29, 1756,^[1] Shenandoah County, Virginia^[4]
• Lydia McCarty, born April 30, 1756,^[1] Frederick County, Virginia^[4]
• Benjamin McCarty, born December 2_ [22?], 1759,^[1] Shenandoah, Virginia^[4]
• Sarah McCarty (granddaughter, not daughter)

Research Notes

Darby is not a son of Timothy McCarty. The name of Darby's father is not known. There is no original source for his father being Timothy.

There is a lot of misinformation about Darby McCarty and his family out there. Anyone interested in finding the truth is welcome to contact me at Mc4570[at]aol.com

DNA

To date 1/16/2020, six paternal linage descendant of Darby McCarty have taken a Y-DNA test. The results show a connection to Darby McCarty. The Results are at https://www.familytreedna.com/public/McCarthySurnameStudy?iframe=ycolorized

Darby McCarty's descendants are in group, R-L21 Group A1b - Haplotype Irish Type II and Haplogroup R-L21>DF13>

Their kits are 347580 (Darby's son Enoch McCarty), 49768 (James McCarty), 197469 (Jonathan McCarty), 774442 (Jonathan McCarty), 12283 (James McCarty), 407077 (Benjamin McCarty). Note Marker DYS 594 where Darby McCarty's descendants are 11 and all others members of the group are 10. So far four (of five) of Darby McCarty's sons have had a descendant take a Y-DNA test. All test show they have a common McCarty ancestor. The paper trail of each descendant shows that ancestor to be Darby McCarty.

Confirmation needed

• Birth: 1710, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 1716^[6]
• Marriage: 4 July 1736, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania^[6][7]

• • DAR shows him as living, 16 April 1787, Shenandoah County, Virginia^[2] (see Location Notes, below).

Location Notes

Bucks, Philadelphia, and Chester were created in 1682 as original counties of Penn's colony.^[8]

The survey showing Darby McCarty in Virginia in 1748^[3] shows him below the Frederick County/Augusta County line. Those counties were formed from Orange County (1738-1745), with Augusta County to the south of Frederick County.^[9]

The 1748 land survey is online at, click on page 525 to see the map where Darby McCarty lived. The meets and bounds of the survey is on Page 524.

http://image.lva.virginia.gov/LONN/NN-5/291-2/501-527.html

Washington County was formed from Fincastle County, 1776/77 (Fincastle had been formed from Botetourt County in 1772 & Botetourt had been formed from Augusta County, 1769/70).^[9]

In 1778, Dunmore County (created from Frederick County in 1772) was renamed Shenandoah County.^[9]

Richardson?

Although DAR names Darby's wife as "Hannah Richardson", this needs to be collaborated. (The DAR online database does not show the source for "Richardson" and her parents are not named.)^[2]

There is a marriage on record for a Darby Carty and Hannah Richardson on 4 July 1736. However, it has never been proven that this relates to our ancestor.

1. The Rev. Andrews of the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, PA recorded a marriage for a Darby Carty and a Hannah Richardson in his ledger on 4 July 1736. It doesn’t give the location of the marriage or where Darby or Hannah are from. The ledger could be the type carried in a saddlebag. It could have been outside of Philadelphia, PA.

2. We know that our ancestors Darby and Hannah McCarty lived in Frederick / Shenandoah County, VA in 1748, and at some point before that, had some connection to (“were late of”) Bucks County, PA. But it does not mean they lived there in 1736, specifically. They could have lived in France in 1736 for all we know.

3. When the 1736 marriage record was discovered, about 1954, in the book “Penn marriages before 1810”, it was incorrectly assumed that there was only one Darby McCarty. However, there were several people named Darby McCarty, one of whom was known to live in the area where the marriage may have taken place, and another who was known to be married to a Hannah.

4. There is no known verified source of our Hannah’s maiden name. It’s not in their Bible, or any known will or probate record. She has no known brothers or sisters. There are no historical records or histories that list her maiden name written before 1954.

5. The marriage doesn’t take place before our Darby and Hannah McCarty have their first child. Most couples are married before they have children. Yes there are exceptions, but those exceptions are rare.

All I ask for is proof this marriage record is for this Darby and Hannah McCarty. What I want to know is the maiden name of my ancestor Hannah. Not just assume this marriage could be for her.

Profile manager: Mike McCarty 10/10/2019

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Darby McCarty Bible, printed in Edinburgh Scotland by Alexander Kincaid, His Majesties Printer in 1762.
   • Location: East Tennessee History Center (ETHC) 601 S. Gay Street Knoxville, TN 37902 a part of the Lawson McGee Library, Knoxville, TN.
   • Family Bible of James McCarty, oldest child of Darby and Hannah, handed down many generations until it was donated to the library by Sharlie (Cope) Hill and Strum Cope in June 1983.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed August 2, 2017), "Record of Darby McCarty", Ancestor # A210183.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} William Green's 1748 survey of an addition to The Manor of Leeds showing where Darby McCarty lived in 1748. Click on page 525.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Ancestry Online publication, 2000).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births (Ancestry Online publication, 2001). Database online.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Ancestry Online publication, 2004). Original data...extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from user-submitted Family group sheet (source number: 1738.070; APID 7836::799258).
7. ↑ Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1700-1821 (Ancestry Online Publication, 2011). Repository: Pennsylvania Marriage Records, Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Archives Printed Series, 1876
8. ↑ History of County Formations in Pennsylvania 1673-1878
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} History of County Formations in Virginia 1617-1995

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A210183
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed August 2, 2017), "Record of Private James McCarty", Ancestor # A206683.
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed August 4, 2017), "Record of Captain Jonathan McCarty", Ancestor # A210182.