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The surname McCreary was first found in County Tyrone (Irish:Tír Eoghain), the ancient territory of the O'Neills, now in the Province of Ulster, central Northern Ireland, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
The Mccreary family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Mccreary families were found in USA in 1880. In 1840 there were 32 Mccreary families living in Pennsylvania. This was about 33% of all the recorded Mccreary's in USA.
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The surname McCreery was first found in County Tyrone (Irish:Tír Eoghain), the ancient territory of the O'Neills, now in the Province of Ulster, central Northern Ireland, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
It seems most likely that our particular line of McCreary was associated at one time with Rerrick Parish, Galloway, in southwest Scotland. See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mccreery/mccreery.html. Several surnames derive from the word Rerrick, which itself stems from a surname. Think “Mc-Rerrick”.
This web page is dedicated to the history and genealogy of the McCreery family. The McCreery name is from the Galloway District in southwest Scotland. The family is a branch of the McCririck family that often spelled the name McCrerie . There is a tradition that says the founder of the family was named de Carrick and that he took the name de ...
The Mccreery family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Mccreery families were found in USA in 1880. In 1840 there were 16 Mccreery families living in Pennsylvania. This was about 43% of all the recorded Mccreery's in USA.
Patrick Hanks. Oxford University Press, May 8, 2003 - Reference - 2128 pages. Where did your surname come from? Do you know how many people in the United States share it? What does it tell you...
