Ancestors of the HUDSON VALLEY: Links to the Past

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If you have information on either the ancestors of the individuals named below, on their descendants not yet listed or linked, or on other individuals who should properly be included on this page, please let me know.

Thanks! Richard Daley

 

A General Note on the Dalys

As you all know, most Dalys come from Ireland. But there are some English Dalys and some French Dalys. The variations in the spelling of the name seem to have little bearing on the relationships until after at least 1800, when more people were literate and spellings became more solidified. The theory is that all Irish Dalys are related. Probably a good many if not most the English Dalys are related to the Irish Dalys too. A relationship between the French Dalys and the Irish does not seem to exist, except in as much as some French Dalys may have immigrated to Ireland, or vice versa. A number of the French Dalys or probably more properly Daillys, were Huguenots, and emigrated to England, the Netherlands, and America. In New Amsterdam, their name took on numerous spellings. There seems to be little or no evidence however that their name was ever d'Ailly or any variant with the apostrophe. No variations of that kind appear in the New Amsterdam church records (Dutch or French), and the name does not exist currently in either North America or Europe. It is unclear to me where genealogists have come up with that form.

Which brings me to the question of the name Allee, some places written d'Allee. Again, the apostrophe version does not exist in the records, nor is it in current use anywhere. Those names written D'Allee or variations on that theme also seem to be mistaken. The name is Allee, or in some places Allie, and in modern use also Alley, and Alyea. It is unclear whether it is of French or English origin; it occurs in both France and England. Quite possibly the English name represents a very early French immigration (with William?).

The old Irish spelling of Daly was Dalaigh.Over time, there has been a tendency to simplify the name. The oldest of the modern spellings seems to be Dailey. The intermediate forms are Daily, and Daley. The most modern form is the most simple, Daly. The initial 'O' is optional in all cases.

The O'Dalaigh is one of many of the clans of Ireland that trace its heritage to a single common ancestor. The accepted O'Dalaigh ancestral records beginning at the earliest reliable historical period center on King Niall of the Nine Hostages. Niall (pronounced Nall) reigned as Ireland's high king from A.D. 379 to 405. The O'Dalaigh ancestry of times more remote than the age of Niall is linked to the "House of Heremon" by Ireland's ancient bardic genealogists. Heremon, the seventh son of King Milesius of Spain, ruled in the 17th century B.C. For the descendancy of Heremon to the Dalaigh, and for the Coat of Arms, see O'Dalaigh.

If anyone has more enlightening information on these questions, I would love to hear from you.

• Married: 1600/1750

1. Simon Dailly adopted b: 1594 in France, of New Amsterdam
2. Dennis Dayley adopted b: ABT 1615 in of Norfolk, Virginia
3. Bryan O'Daly adopted b: ABT 1631 in Maryland
4. Anne Dailly adopted b: ABT 1634 in France
5. John Dailey adopted b: ABT 1640 in of Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts
6. Peter Dailie adopted b: ABT 1649/1669 in of New Amsterdam
7. Peter Dailie b: ABT 1650 in France; of Boston and New York
8. Peter Daile b: ABT 1660 in of Pennypack Mills, Pennsylvania
9. Timothy Daley b: ABT 1670 in of Essex, Virginia
10. Thomas Dalje b: ABT 1680 in of New York, New York
11. Dailey b: ABT 1700 in of Ulster, New York
12. David Daley b: ABT 1712 in Ireland or Scotland - of Maine
13. James Dailey b: ABT 1720 in Shawangunk, Ulster, New York
14. Peter Dailey b: ABT 1724 in of Pennsylvania
15. Margrite Dally b: ABT 1724 in Ireland; of New York, New York
16. James Dailey b: 1725 in Dublin, Ireland; of Pennsylvania
17. Jeremiah Dailey b: ABT 1725 in of New York , New York
18. John Dailey b: ABT 1727 in of Ulster, New York
19. James Daily b: ABT 1729 in County Cavan, Ireland; of North Carolina
20. Daley b: ABT 1730 in of New Jersey
21. William J Daily b: ABT 1730 in Cork, Ireland, of Vermont
22. Pardon Daly b: ABT 1735 in of Ulster, New York
23. Catharina Dalley b: ABT 1735 in of New York, New York
24. Daniel Dailey b: ABT 1740 in of Shawangunk, Ulster, New York
25. William Dailey b: ABT 1742 in of Frederick, Dutchess, New York
26. John Dailey Dayly b: ABT 1745 in of New York
27. Francis Daily b: CAL 1748 in of New York , New York
28. Eighteenth Century Immigrant Dailey Daley Daily Daly etc b: 1750/1799 in Immigrants from British Isles (Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales) or France
29. Nineteenth Century Immigrant Daley Daly Daily Dailey etc b: 1800/1900 in Immigrants from British Isles (Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales) or France