Wrights & Maxeys of Monroe County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
Wrights & Maxeys of Monroe County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
NameCODY, James Archdeacon III , 7G Grandfather
Birth Dateabt 1718
Birth PlaceInistioge, Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Death Date1795 Age: 77
Death PlaceWarrenton, Warren County, Georgia
FatherCODY, James Archdeacon II (~1698-<1761)
Misc. Notes
James emigrated to America from Ireland about 1730. He received a land grant of 400 acres in Patrick County, Virginia.

The southern branch of the family are greatly indebted to Miss Sarah D. Hubert for her complete genealogical record, compiled during many years and published in 1902. 

She commences with the time when James Cody and his wife Sarah Womack landed in Virginia, about 1735 or 1740. 

She says they were from County Kilkenny, Ireland, and makes this note: "Tradition says that the father of James was an Archdeacon in Ireland." There was curiosity on the part of some, to know the reality of this tradition, and one member of the family who spent much time in Europe, vis- ited Dublin Castle, where the public records are kept, and had a synopsis of the family history made, and also a copy of the coat of arms.

It will be apparent to the reader that "Archdeacon" is not an official title, as here used, but the name of a family, or clan. 

They were of Norman origin, and as such were called "MacOdo L' Ercedekne," translated "Archdeacon," afterward "McCody," and finally "Cody."

Note: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cuidighthigh (see Cuddihy). Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Óda ‘son of Óda’, a personal name of Germanic origin, introduced into Ireland by the Normans. This name was taken by a family in Kilkenny formerly known as Archdeacon.
Spouses
1WOMACK, Sarah Childers , 7G Grandmother
Birth Dateabt 1730
Birth PlaceAmelia County, Virginia
Death Dateabt 1795 Age: 65
Death PlaceWarrenton, Warren County, Georgia
FatherWOMACK, Richard III (1710-1785)
MotherCHILDERS, Ann Nancy (>1710-1785)
Marr Dateca 1753
Marr PlaceVirginia
ChildrenEdmund
 Jacob (1765-1858)
Last Modified 24 Mar 2022Created 11 Apr 2023 by Robert Avent