Matthew Edmond McCoy

Matthew Edmond McCoy (2 June 1868 – December 1929) served as Magistrate of the British Overseas Territory of Pitcairn Island in 1909. He was the son of James Russell McCoy and Eliza Coffin Palmer Young, and was the grandson of Matthew McCoy. He was one of the last people on the island with the surname 'McCoy'; most people with this name had emigrated to Norfolk Island, New Zealand or Australia, and the family produced a lot of daughters. McCoy himself had 3 children by 3 women, he had two sons who took the surnames 'Christian' and 'Young'.[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Matthew Edmond McCoy
16. William McCoy
8. Daniel McCoy
17. Teio
4. Matthew McCoy
18. Matthew Quintal
9. Sarah Quintal
19. Tevarua
2. James Russell McCoy
20. Fletcher Christian
10. Charles Christian
21. Mauatua
5. Margaret Christian
11. Sully
23. Teio
1. Matthew Edmond McCoy
24. Edward 'Ned' Young
12. George Young
25. Toofaiti
6. Simon Young
26. John Adams
13. Hannah Adams
27. Vahineatua
3. Eliza Coffin Palmer Young
14. John Buffett
7. Mary Buffett Christian
30. Thursday October Christian I
15. Mary Christian
31. Teraura

References

  1. ^ Matthew Edmond McCoy The Peerage
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