p 11 - (2) i John McCue, Gent., b about 1715-20, d after 1775; m (1750?) Eleanor Mathews, after landing on American shores. John McCue came from Prince of Wales, Northern Ireland in 1731 and landed on the banks of the Susquehanna River, near where Havre de Grace, now stands, and settled in Lancastor county, Pa. Because of jealousies rising in the minds of the original settlers, restrictions were made so oppressive on the Scotch-Irish that many chose to seek homes in fair Virginia. So it was in 1739, that John McCue, with others, collected his few possessions and moved up the Great Valley of Virginia, crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains and settled in Goochland county, afterwards called Albemarle, then Amherst and now Nelson. Very little is known of his life, except that he was a Planter. Tradition informs us that he participated in the Revolution ; to bear this out, the writer has a very old sword, which originally, was the property of John McCue. It is alleged that he paid ten pounds sterling for it. During the Second war with Great Britan, his son, Major Moses McCue, used it, and at that time "U S. of A," was emblazoned on the blade. There can also be seen, a Coat of Arms, on the opposite side of the blade, but it is not known whether this was the "McCue."
