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Pvt. Andrew Christy (1722 - 1790)

Also Known As: "AndrewChristy", "Andrew Christie", "Andrew P Christie"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Garvaugh, Derry, Nothern Ireland
Death: 1790 (67-68)
Cross Roads, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Pennsylvania, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Christy and Mary Christy
Husband of Mary Margaret Christy
Father of Ensign John M. Christy, I; Ann Campbell; Thomas Christy; James Christy; Mary Christy and 2 others

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GEDCOM Note

Our Chrsity family and the Campbell family, 1747-1987 by Mary Dyche Garrett-Haller, p 11D from National Archives:
Andrew Christy came with family to Pennsylvania, from Ireland on the ship "Londonderry".
A dismissal was found that had been given in 1763 by the Church in Garvaugh in County Derry. A forefather had been through the Seige of Derry in 1689. Andrew had three children, John, Ann and James Christy.

The Christy Family in America by Eleanor Christy Kramer and Margaret Christy Ackerman
FIRST GENERATION ANDREW
The pioneer of the Christy family in America. Born in the north of Ireland about 1700, in or near County Louth (lieth) as Lurgan Green was their Market place. He came to America from the County of Ulster, Londonderry, Ireland, in the year 1762 and landed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He brought with him his children James, John, and Ann.
It is believed that his wife died previous to his coming to the United States as there is no record of her landing. Her name was either Mary or Margaret Wilson.
The original home of the family was in Scotland, their residence in Ireland probably dating back only to the colonizing scheme of King James in 1608-1610. There are papers in which the name of John Christie of the Parish of Jaeburg appears, which seems to indicate the original home and the old way of spelling the name.
In America he lived for a few years in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. They he moved to Salem Cross Roads., Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. where he lived until his death. The two sons each purchased a farm there abut sold later and went further west.
He is probably buried at the Concord Cemetery where a number of his descendants are interred. (Possibly some dates might be obtained from the monuments there.)
He was a Presbyterian in faith as were his children. (It was thought that he belonged to the Seceders, a group of people who resented both the Roman Catholic Church and the Established Church of England, while he was in the old country.)
Our Chrsity family and the Campbell family, 1747-1987 by Mary Dyche Garrett-Haller, p 11D from National Archives:
Andrew Christy came with family to Pennsylvania, from Ireland on the ship "Londonderry".
A dismissal was found that had been given in 1763 by the Church in Garvaugh in County Derry. A forefather had been through the Seige of Derry in 1689. Andrew had three children, John, Ann and James Christy.

The Christy Family in America by Eleanor Christy Kramer and Margaret Christy Ackerman
FIRST GENERATION ANDREW
The pioneer of the Christy family in America. Born in the north of Ireland about 1700, in or near County Louth (lieth) as Lurgan Green was their Market place. He came to America from the County of Ulster, Londonderry, Ireland, in the year 1762 and landed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He brought with him his children James, John, and Ann.
It is believed that his wife died previous to his coming to the United States as there is no record of her landing. Her name was either Mary or Margaret Wilson.
The original home of the family was in Scotland, their residence in Ireland probably dating back only to the colonizing scheme of King James in 1608-1610. There are papers in which the name of John Christie of the Parish of Jaeburg appears, which seems to indicate the original home and the old way of spelling the name.
In America he lived for a few years in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. They he moved to Salem Cross Roads., Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. where he lived until his death. The two sons each purchased a farm there abut sold later and went further west.
He is probably buried at the Concord Cemetery where a number of his descendants are interred. (Possibly some dates might be obtained from the monuments there.)
He was a Presbyterian in faith as were his children. (It was thought that he belonged to the Seceders, a group of people who resented both the Roman Catholic Church and the Established Church of England, while he was in the old country.)

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Pvt. Andrew Christy's Timeline

1722
November 2, 1722
Garvaugh, Derry, Nothern Ireland
1744
December 18, 1744
Ulster, NO, Ireland
1748
1748
Argyllshire, Scotland
1750
January 19, 1750
Ulster, Ireland
1750
Scotland (United Kingdom)
1750
Fair Green, Cavan, County Cavan, Ireland
1750
N Ireland, Ulster, Connecticut, USA
1762
1762
Age 39
Pennsylvania, USA
1777
1777
Age 54
United States