Although it has been pretty well established that our ancestors were not from the Hugh & Hannah Brady branch, I have added this bit of additional information, just for prosperity. I still thought it was interesting. RmB
Excerpt from
The Quigley’s Bridges Heritage Web site.
http://www.protosight.com/family_tree/quigley's_bridges.htm
CHAPTER IX.
THE BRADY FAMILY
“Hugh Brady, Most Reverend Lord Bishop of Meath was the fourth son of Sir
Dennis O’Grady or Brady, of Fassaghmore, County Clare, Ireland, knight and
chief of his name, and was directly descended from a long line of ancestors,
including several kings of the province of Munster, and other McBradys
who were monarchs of Ireland, their genealogy having been traced back to
King Milesius, by Sir William Betham, who was Ulster King of Arms, Dublin.
In the course of time the "O" and the "Mc" were dropped and the name became
plain Brady.
Hugh Brady, above mentioned, was the first Protestant Bishop of Meath county, Ireland, whose descendants have continued to conform to the Protestant religion. One branch of the family was represented in England by Sir A. Brady, baronet, London, and by his brother, Captain Edward Brady, who married Mary Ann Sharp, a descendant of James Sharp; Archbishop of St. Andrews, Scotland, who was murdered near Edinburg, May 3, 1679.
General Alexander
Brady Sharp, of Carlisle, Penna., a representative of the Sharp branch, made
a study of the family genealogy. Another branch of the Brady family in Pennsylvania
is that of Captain John Brady. His father, Hugh Brady, the propositus,
an Enniskilliner, who with Hannah, his wife, had seven sons and two daughters,
are reported to have settled along the Conodoguinet creek, and have come
from Delaware at an early date. This may be a mistake however, but we have
no definite proof. All the sons and daughters married and had issue. Samuel
married Jane Simonton, and had six children, two sons and four daughters.
John married Mary Quigley and had thirteen children. Joseph married Mary
Carnahan and had two sons and four daughters.
He was a soldier of the Revolution.
William married—Ferguson, who emigrated to North Carolina after the Revolutionary
War, and from thence to Kentucky. Hugh married Jane Young and had five sons
and four daughters, two of whom, Hannah and Rebecca, married Samuel and
Hugh McCune in the Cumberland Valley. Ebenezer married Jane Irvine, and
had four sons and four daughters. James married Rebecca Young and had four
sons and three daughters. Mary married Samuel Hanna, and had two sons and
two daughters. Margaret married Archibald Hanna and they also had four
children, two sons and two daughters.”
BRADY COAT-OF-ARMS
| (Rt. Hon.
Sir Magiere Brady, Bart, P. C. Vice Chancellor of the Queen’s University,
and a Commissioner of National Education, at one time Lord Chancellor of
Ireland, 2nd son of Francis Tempest Brady, Esq., of Willow Park, Co. Dublin). |
(According to our records, this is our family crest below. RmB)
Brady (MacBrady) Coat of Arms
The (Mac) Brady, MacBradaigh family coat of arms. Blazon: Sable, in the sinister base a dexter hand coup at the wrist proper pointing with index finger to the sun in splendour in dexter chief or.
Coat of Arms provided
Courtesy of: http://homepage.tinet.ie/~eddiegeo