Michael T Tracy

The Tracy Family Compendium Michael T Tracy

The family surname of Tracy has a lineage going back to the year of 1795 when Daniel Tracy was born in Kilkeel, County Down in present day Northern Ireland. There are several recorded spellings of the surname including Tracy, Tracey and Treacy. The Gaelic spelling of the surname is O'Treasaigh which translates as "The descendant of the war-like one." However, it is English in its earliest recorded origins dating back to the followers of William, The Conqueror, in 1066. The current branch of the surname dates to Daniel Tracy (1795-1876) who left Ireland in late 1821 and settled with his wife, Mary Hanna and two young children in Grand Isle, Vermont later relocating to Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York. This is the most complete and comprehensive book written to date on this family. Over 40 years of information was researched and now is assembled on the history of this family covering 7 generations spanning over two hundred years. This work included biographies and photographs of Tracy forebears as well as encompassing the present day living descendants. These are the records of our ancestors and it is to their memories that this work is lovingly dedicated for all time.