Matthew Edmond McCoy

Pitcairn Island politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroPitcairn Island politician
wasPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth2 June 1868
Death1 December 1929 (aged 61 years)
The details

Biography

Matthew Edmond McCoy (2 June 1868 - December 1929) served as Magistrate of the British Overseas Territory of Pitcairn Island in 1909. He was the son of James Russell McCoy and Eliza Coffin Palmer Young, and was the grandson of Matthew McCoy. He was one of the last people on the island with the surname 'McCoy', most people with this name had emigrated to Norfolk Island, New Zealand or Australia. And the family produced a lot of daughters. McCoy himself had 3 children by 3 women, he had two sons who took the surnames 'Christian' and 'Young'.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Matthew Edmond McCoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. William McCoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Daniel McCoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Teio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Matthew McCoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Matthew Quintal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Sarah Quintal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Tevarua
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. James Russell McCoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Fletcher Christian
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Charles Christian
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Mauatua
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Margaret Christian
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Sully
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Teio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Matthew Edmond McCoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Edward 'Ned' Young
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. George Young
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Toofaiti
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Simon Young
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. John Adams
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Hannah Adams
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Vahineatua
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Eliza Coffin Palmer Young
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. John Buffett
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Mary Buffett Christian
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Thursday October Christian I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Mary Christian
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Teraura
 
 
 
 
 
 

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