Elijah
McCoy
Born about in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of Jasper Redden McCoy
and Susan Jane (Pringle) McCoy
Brother of
Mary (McCoy) Brunson, Francis McCoy, William McCoy, Elisha McCoy, Celia (McCoy) Fort, Sarah (McCoy) Clark and Susannah Jane (McCoy) Andress
Husband of
Sarah (Dickey) McCoy
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 86
in Kemper County, Mississippi
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Aug 2011
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Biography
Elijah McCoy is the son of Jasper Redden McCoy married Susan Jane (Pringle) McCoy.
Elijah married Sarah Dickey. They were the parents of ten children:
- Elijah Sydney McCoy
- Elisha Haynes McCoy
- Frances McCoy
- Henry Jasper McCoy 1817-1863
- John Lewis McCoy, died 1867
- Mary Susan McCoy, died 1897
- Redden McCoy, died 1879
- Sarah A Mccoy,
- William McCoy
- James Nelson McCoy 1828-1911
Elijah McCoy applied for at least 4 land patents in Mississippi. These patents showed that he moved there between 1835 and 1840.[1]
Sources
- ↑ https://glorecords.blm.gov/results/default.aspx?searchCriteria=type=patent|st=MS|cty=|ln=McCoy|fn=Elijah|sp=true|sw=true|sadv=false
- Bureau of Land Management, Land Patents
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elijah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Donna (Kinman) Smith
:
AncestryDNA Maternal Lineage (discontinued)
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~3.12%
Elizabeth (Powell) Lucas :
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Rejected matches › Elisha Haynes McCoy (1795-)
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Categories: Kemper County, Mississippi