James Hoy was born in the County Louth, Ireland about 1794 and came to America in the first wave of Irish immigrants in the early 1830s during the Tithe War period. Available records and DNA matches make it likely that he was born in the small townland of Newragh which is in the parish of Darver and is about 8 miles southwest of the county town Dundalk. The map of Louth is shown below and is about 25 miles from top to bottom. Dundalk is in the yellow part and Newragh in the tan below it.
He drowned while working on the Lehigh Canal at the Glendon lock in 1862
- He arrived in New York City on April 20, 1830.
- He was in Newark, New Jersey by February 9, 1834.
- He was married to Margaret Phelan in Saint John's Parish, Newark NJ on April 30, 1834.
- The couple had three children in Newark before moving to Easton, Pennsylvania in 1845.
- They had three more children in Easton before Margaret died in 1859 and James followed her in 1862.
James Hoy was born about 1794 in County Louth, Ireland. He arrived in New York on April 20, 1830 on the ship Gardiner and lived in Newark, New Jersey.
Margaret Phelan was born about 1810 in northern County Kilkenny, Ireland, near Castlecomer.
County Louth, Ireland with the 'Baronies' colored.
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