Thomas CONARY

Bef 1743 - 1829  (> 86 years)

• Name	Thomas CONARY
  Born	Bef 1743	prob Waterford or Limerick, Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	CONNERY
  Migration	Bef 1774
  Questions	Conary’s in Kildare and Leighlin, County Clane, Ireland
  Questions	Who are his parents? What part did he play during Penobscot Expedition?
  Religion	Protestant
  Census	1790	Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine   [1]
  Census	1800	Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine
  Census	1819	Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine
  Census	1820	Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine
  Immigrant?	Y
  Confirmed Ancestor?	Y
  Historical Notes	When Thomas immigrated to American, several events were occurring in Ireland: Land Issues: Land ownership and tenancy were significant issues in Ireland during this period. Many Catholics and tenant farmers struggled with landownership and tenant rights. This led to tensions and sometimes violent conflicts, as seen in the Whiteboy and Hearts of Oak movements. Catholic Penal Laws: The majority of the Irish population, particularly the Catholic population, faced severe legal and political restrictions under the Penal Laws. These laws discriminated against Catholics and other non-Protestant religious groups, limiting their rights to hold public office, own land, and practice their religion freely. Protestant Ascendancy: The Protestant minority, mainly of English and Scottish descent, held a dominant position in Irish society, particularly in politics and landownership. They formed the backbone of the ruling class and controlled most of the wealth and power in Ireland.
  Died	10 Nov 1829	Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine
  Buried	unknown
  Person ID	I2135	Main
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2023

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Mary LYMEBURNER,   b. Abt 1745, Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland ,   d. Abt 1780, prob Brooksville, Hancock, Maine  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Married	Bef 1772	Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine
  Children	+ 1. Thomas CONARY,   b. 8 Aug 1772, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 21 May 1855, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine  (Age 82 years) + 2. Meriam CONARY,   b. 20 Jan 1774, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. Bef 1825  (Age < 50 years) + 3. Rebecca CONARY,   b. 23 Oct 1775, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 22 Jun 1846, Brooksville, Hancock, Maine  (Age 70 years)   4. John CONARY,   b. 30 Sep 1777, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. ?   5. Margaret CONARY,   b. 1 Sep 1779, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 1849  (Age 69 years)   6. Miny CONARY,   b. 20 Aug 1780, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. ?
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F1567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Olive STAPLES,   b. Abt 1755, prob Kittery, York, Maine ,   d. Aft 1820, prob Deer Isle or Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Married	Abt 1780	Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Mercy CONARY,   b. Aug 1781, Maine ,   d. 1853, Vinalhaven, Knox, Maine  (Age ~ 71 years) + 2. Mary “Polly” CONARY,   b. 26 Jan 1786, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 18 Jan 1864  (Age 77 years) + 3. Stephen CONARY,   b. 13 Apr 1788, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 10 Apr 1870, Surry, Hancock, Maine  (Age 81 years) + 4. Asa CONARY,   b. 2 Apr 1790, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 11 Aug 1869, Orland, Hancock, Maine  (Age 79 years)   5. Israel CONARY,   b. 20 Mar 1792, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. Aft Mar 1792  (Age > 0 years) + 6. Israel CONARY,   b. 26 Oct 1794, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 3 Jul 1879, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine  (Age 84 years)   7. Moses CONARY,   b. 13 Oct 1796, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. ?, At sea Sulawesi, Tengah, Indonesia + 8. Isaac Knapp CONARY,   b. 18 Jan 1798, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 11 Oct 1834, Hancock County, Maine  (Age 36 years) + 9. David Hutchinson CONARY,   b. 2 Jun 1800, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 1 Jun 1870, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine  (Age 69 years) + 10. Joshua A. CONARY,   b. 24 Nov 1803, Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine ,   d. 10 Sep 1864, Surry, Hancock, Maine  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F707	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Married - Bef 1772 - Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Married - Abt 1780 - Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Census - 1790 - Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Census - 1800 - Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Census - 1819 - Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Census - 1820 - Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine Died - 10 Nov 1829 - Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Histories

  The Story of Thomas Conary

  
  

  Vital Records

  1790 census Thomas Conary

  
  

• Notes

  According to Fred E. Bradford, Thomas died on Long Island in Blue Hill Bay, was Protestant of faith. He also lived in Brooksville, ME before moving to Deer Isle, ME. Reportedly, Thomas was Scottish and settled in Northern Ireland. When Thomas settled in Maine is unknown, but he had deeded land about 1774 in what was called Majabagaduce which is now Penobscot and Brooksville. —— The CONARY's are originally Scottish and moved here from Ireland. The English transplanted Scottish people into Ireland from the 1600's through the early 1800's in hopes that the Scottish would control the "unruly" Irish. However, the Scottish turned out to be more Irish than the Irish themselves. During the many immigrations to this country, many Scottish-Irish came with the true Irish, and came to be known as Ulster Scots. —— THOMAS CONARY was the first settler of what is known as Black Island, lying in the Reach, also called Conary's Island, and … was included within the limits of the town by the act of the Legislature of 1868. As has been understood, Mr. Conary was a native of Ireland. He was a very witty person, and in former years I used to hear of many of his witty and comical expressions. His first wife was the daughter of the ancestor of the Limeburner family, now living in Brooksville, by adoption. Mr. Limeburner emigrated from Scotland before the Revolutionary War, and with him came, besides his own family, two children, a son and a daughter adopted by him. The son was Cunningham Limeburner, who died at an advanced age, not far from 1825, in Brooksville, and the daughter, Mrs. Conary, was, I believe, a sister by birth to him. After her death he married a daughter of Mercy Staples, and a sister of Messrs. Joshua and Moses Staples, and by both marriages had ten sons, one of whom made this town his permanent residence - Mr. Thomas Conary, Jr., who died at an advanced age. His other sons settled in towns in this vicinity, and all of the name in this and other towns near us are the descendants of Mr. Conary, Sr. He had three daughters of whom I have had knowledge. One was the wife of Mr. Robinson Crockett, Jr., who lived in this town many years, afterward removing to Brooksville, where he died; another was the wife of Mr. Ebenezer Marks, of Brooksville; another of the late Mr. Amaziah Roberts, of Sedgwick. —— The names Conroy, Conry, Conree and Conary in Ireland are all derived from the native Gaelic Mac Conraoi and O'Conraoi Septs of County Galway and from the O'Conaire and O'Maolchonaire Septs of Munster and Roscommon. Other anglicized versions of these names include Conrahy, Connery and King. [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S161] 1790 United States Federal Census, Series: M637; Roll: 2; Page: 65; Image: 51; Family History Library Film: 0568142. [S22] Blue Hill and their families, Early settlers in, Burr, B. A. [S13] Deer Isle, A Historical Sketch of the Town of , Hosmer, George L., (Stanley and Usher, Boston, MA. 1886), p57-8.