Hugh Brady Sr.

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Hugh Brady Sr. Veteran

Birth
Enniskean, County Cork, Ireland
Death
1779 (aged 69–70)
Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
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Hugh Brady was a native son of Ireland who with his wife, Hannah McCormick Brady, of Scottish descent, arrived in America in 1732. He was granted 200 acres in 1744-45 along the Conodoguinet Creek, Hopewell Twp., in Cumberland Co.,PA. They built a log home there and raised seven sons and two daughters.
DAR no.A207071. PA Archives; 3rd Series, Vol.6,pp. 669,670. Hugh Brady,Sr. is listed with the rank of Civil Servant, Cumberland Co.,PA.Memorial Marker for Hugh and Hannah Brady, American Pioneers, and parents to 5 U.S. Revolutionary War heroes and patriots: Captain John Brady, Captain Joseph Brady, Private Hugh Brady, Private James Brady, and Private Ebenezer Brady, Pennsylvania Militia. Grandparents of famous U.S. Scout, Captain Samuel Brady of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Major General Hugh Brady, U.S. Army, War of 1812, hero of the battles of Fallen Timbers and Lundy's Lane.Per burial listing Middle Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Lower Cemetery.
Hugh Brady was a native son of Ireland who with his wife, Hannah McCormick Brady, of Scottish descent, arrived in America in 1732. He was granted 200 acres in 1744-45 along the Conodoguinet Creek, Hopewell Twp., in Cumberland Co.,PA. They built a log home there and raised seven sons and two daughters.
DAR no.A207071. PA Archives; 3rd Series, Vol.6,pp. 669,670. Hugh Brady,Sr. is listed with the rank of Civil Servant, Cumberland Co.,PA.Memorial Marker for Hugh and Hannah Brady, American Pioneers, and parents to 5 U.S. Revolutionary War heroes and patriots: Captain John Brady, Captain Joseph Brady, Private Hugh Brady, Private James Brady, and Private Ebenezer Brady, Pennsylvania Militia. Grandparents of famous U.S. Scout, Captain Samuel Brady of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Major General Hugh Brady, U.S. Army, War of 1812, hero of the battles of Fallen Timbers and Lundy's Lane.Per burial listing Middle Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Lower Cemetery.

Inscription

Front of stone:
Hugh Brady - Hanna Brady, pioneers 1709.

Back of stone:
Sons - John, Joseph, Samuel, Hugh, Ebenezer, William, James.

Daughters: Mary, Margaret.