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The McCready Family of Dorchester County, MD

I believe that the McCready family originated in Somerset County, MD. and migrated into Dorchester County. These counties are on the Eastern shore of Maryland and the area is considered "tidewater." The Eastern Shore of Maryland lies between the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Alexander McCready born in 1686, in Rehobeth, MD. (Somerset County) was a ship’s carpenter. At this time I do not know when or where the McCreadys arrived in the colony of Maryland.

Andrew McCready who died in 1798 was a mariner who boarded the British Fleet at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in 1777 and piloted the British War Ships up the Chesapeake Bay. This information was found in the Maryland State Archives, Vol. 21, p. 122. The early McCready’s baptized their children in the Anglican Church and this, I think, explains the loyalty to England during the American Revolution. All of the birth dates of the early McCready’s were found in the church records of the Great Choptank Parish which was the Church of England in the new world.

The next Andrew McCready was born about 1765 and married Sarah Hopkins on Aug. 31, 1796. Sarah was part of a very prominent family in Somerset County, MD. Andrew and Sarah had seven children.

William McCready, born 12/28/1779.

James McCready, born 1/12/1800, died 1868. James married Sarah Langrall,

born about 1810, died 7/3/1843. They were married on 12/12/1836.

Andrew R. McCready, born 1/10/1801, died 1858. Andrew R. married Sarah

Insley, on 1/5/1854. Sarah was born in 1826. Andrew R. and Sarah had

two children.

Andrew A. Wise, born 11/1854, died 2/25/1935, married Ada

Dayton on 4/26/1894. Ada was born 6/1872, died 12/26/63. Ada

and Andrew A. Wise had one son.

Ira Fulton McCready, b. 1894, d. 1955. Ira Fulton married

Sarah Ewell Bramble, born 1886, d. 1972

Sarah Jane McCready, b. 5/5/1804 married Joel Griffin Hurley on 5/1/1837.

Joel Griffin Hurley was born 1814 and died 1880.

Samuel McCready, born 12/7/1806. Samuel was a member of the board of

trustees who purchased land to build a school house on Elliott Island.

 

John McCready, born 7/28/1811, d. 3/18/1841 married Sarah Langrall on

12/12/1836. Sarah was born about 1810 and died 7/3/1843. John and

Sarah left two minor children.

Eliza Ellen McCready, born 10/23/1839, died 9/14/1907

Capt. James W. McCready, Sr., born 12/29/1837, died

11/9/1866. James W. McCready, Sr. married Laura McNamara

on 7/24/1866. Laura died 1923. James W. and Laura had one

son.

James Washington McCready, Jr. born 7/10/1867, died

11/27/1943, married Annie Bowers Rhodes on 3/7/1899.

Annie was born 1867 and died 1932. James Washington

McCready, Jr. and Annie had four children.

Sara B. McCready, b. 12/1899

James McCready, b. 4/2/1902, d. 7/3/1902

James Washington McCready, III, b. 1903,

d. 1958

Emily Rae McCready, b. 6/13/1905, d. 7/20/1905

Jemima McCready, born 5/24/1817, d. 12/20/1872. Jemima McCready married

William Dayton, 4/1841. William Dayton was born 6/18/1811 and died

1887.

Dorchester County, MD

James McCready – wife unknown had two sons:

Jonathan McCready, b. 1820, d. 8/3/1886 married Charlotte Hurley on

2/12/1849. Charlotte was born 1830. Jonathan and Charlotte had seven

children.

Calvert Jonathan McCready, b. 11/8/1849, d. 11/1/1961

Erieanna McCready, b. 10/17/1882, d. 1/9/1919

Eva McCready, b. 5/14/1886, d. 7.14.1971

Ethel Mae McCready, b. 2/21/1889, d. 9 /23/1972

James Whitelaw Reid McCready, b. 11/21/1891, d. 11/18/1970

Lawrence Harley McCready, b. 7/17/1894, d. 1/17/1978

Mattie Merial McCready, b. 5/23/1897, d. 11/5/1984

Thomas B. McCready, b. 1837, d. 12/4/1897, married Harriet Unknown.

Thomas McCready and Harriet had eight children.

Edna McCready

Howard McCready, b. 1869, d. 10/13/1888

William J. McCready, b. 1870

John Ernest McCready, b. 1871, d. 5/5/1949

Benjamin McCready, b. 1875

Charles W. McCready, b. 1878, d. 7/20/1901

Frederick R. McCready, b. 8/18/1879

Edward T. McCready, b. 10/9/1884, d. 1/19/1967

John Ernest McCready moved from Dorchester County, MD. to Harrington, DE. His brother Frederick R. McCready moved to Philadelphia, PA.