Person:John Cassidy (6)

from http://www.cassidyfamily.com/branch.html

The John Cassidy Line John Cassidy, the only known brother of William Cassidy, was born in 1802 in Drumbar. He married Kitty McGinty of Barnesmore, a townland just outside Donegal Town, and moved to Clogher where they had six children between 1835 and 1851: Francis, John, Hanna, Jane, Sara Ann, and Hugh.

Of the six children, we have so far gathered information only on the descendants of Francis and his wife, Sally Freel (Friel); and Hugh and his wife, Mary Ann Kennedy. (Jane married Patrick Meehan, and Sara Ann married Brian Meehan, but nothing is known of their children).

To date, we have identified more than 115 descendants of Francis Cassidy and Sally Freel spanning five generations. Some immigrated to the United States around the 1910s and 1920s. Others still reside in Donegal.

Descendants of Hugh Cassidy and Mary Ann Kennedy amount to nearly 120, spread across Ireland and North America.