When Henry William McCready was born in 1759, in Ireland, his father, Hugh McCready, was 29 and his mother, Mary Dickson, was 29. He married Sarah about 1791, in Accomack, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in South Beaver Township, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States in 1800 and Beaver, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States in 1810. He died in 1832, in Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 73.
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Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Riada ‘son of Riada’, an old personal name meaning ‘traveler, rider’. The surname was found in Galloway, Scotland, in 1684, but it seems likely (with the variant McGready) to have originated in Ireland.
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