James
Quigley
Born in Stranorlar, County Donegal, Ireland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Isabel (Walker) Quigley
— married
about 1753 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Descendants 
Died
at about age 90
in Chester Center, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Feb 2014
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Biography
This profile is part of the Quigley Name Study.
James was born in 1711 in Stranorlar, Donegal, Ireland.
James married Isabel Walker in 1753 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay - parents of John (1754-1760), William, James, a second John, Katharine, Hugh, Susan, Margaret, Adam, Ann, David and Rebecca Quigley.
James died at the age of about 90 on 16 November 1801 in Chester Center, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA.
James was buried after 16 November 1801 in Town Cemetery, Chester, Massachusetts, USA.
Sources
- FamilySearch ID: KG43-P3R.
- New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Birth Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
- "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH87-1JJ), James Quigley, 16 Nov 1801; citing Death, Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 879,889.
- History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers by Everts, L. H., Philadelphia, pub (https://archive.org/details/historyofconnect02ever/page/1058/mode/2up?q=Isabella+Walker)
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 March 2021), memorial page for James Quigley (1711–16 Nov 1801), Find A Grave: Memorial #185096328, citing Chester Center Cemetery, Chester Center, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Howard Knickerbocker (contributor 48857655) . (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185096328/james-quigley)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~1.56%
Peter Quigley
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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Autosomal DNA Test
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~0.78%
TJ (Greimes) Campbell :
23andMe
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~0.78%
J (Greimes) Taylor :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member norrolyat
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~0.39%
Rita (Cavanaugh) Carpenter :
23andMe, GEDmatch M155326 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A126974 [compare], Ancestry member riev56
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A126974 [compare], FTDNA kit #B5579
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Donald W Smith
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Quigley-901 and Quigley-317 appear to represent the same person because: These two profiles match in birth and death years and places, and have similar wives (Isabella in both cases).
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by Donald W Smith
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