William McCoy

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    I am researching, along with several others, the ancestry of William MCCOY who married Joanna PAYNE in 1781. We have now found documentation proving his father was William MCCOY, at one time of Loudoun Co., MD. William MCCOY (Sr.) died in MD in 1764 and his wife Ann(a) was made executrix of his will. She then married John STUMP and had 2 more children, moving to Bedford Co., VA. In papers filed in Bedford Co., Thomas STUMP makes mention that William is his half brother and that Ann(a) is their mother.
    It is a very common mistake to attach William MCCOY of Bedford Co. to Willis MCCOY, son of William MECOY in NC, but the William and John born to Willis are not the same as the William and John MCCOY of Bedford Co. circa 1785. I hope you can change your information to reflect our discovery. We are trying to dispel the connection to the NC MECOYs.
    Thank you,
    Judy McCoy