McComsey/McCumsey

[dirkomatic]

I just found that there was a "William MacCorsey" who was an indentured servant in Virginia in 1659. http://www.pricegen.com/immigrantser...p?servant=8860

I'm going to look into that a little bit.

[dirkomatic]

Found another similar name: McGimpsey, which could sound similar to McComsey if both are said with a brogue to someone not knowing how to spell the name. I'm going to see if I might be able to find a connection there.

http://geyer-genealogy.blogspot.com/...ackground.html

[dirkomatic]

Evidently, a "Johne McGumpsie" was involved in an incident in Wigtown, Scotland in February of 1643. This is from "The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland"

I haven't seen that link anywhere before, but in the US, I think my resources are limited.