Descendants of Alexander Moody/Mudie

 

The children of Alexander MOODY ('MUDIE' as our name was found spelled in the earliest records of the Ballykelly Presbyterian church in Co. L'derry)
 and Priscilla DICK his wife both of Lenamore/Magilligan, Co. L'derry, Nor. Ireland were as follows:

1-John MOODY b. Oct. 13, 1774 (possibly named for Alexander's father and possibly linked to the early John MOODIE (as his name was found spelled in the records, line of the Clare/Tandragee area of Co. Armagh, Nor. Ireland OR a poss. link back to the Rev. Alexander MOODIE line of Ayrshire, Scotland whose wife was a WILSON with whom our family in Nor. Ireland also married into)
2-Solomon MOODY b. 1776
3-Elizabeth b.?
4-Robert MOODY b.c 1777? died in Magilligan when he drowned at the Strand (big wide beach area) in 1839 with his friend William LAFFERTY
5-Alexander MOODY b.c1778
6-Nancy MOODY b.1784 and died at Lenamore in 1865 unmarried
7-Israel MOODY b.c1789 m. Elizabeth CASKEY d. 1867 in Kings Co., Nova Scotia (his death record identifies his parents as Alexander Moody and Priscilla above)
8-James H. b. between c1787 and c1795 (possible middle name is 'Henry' which may show a link to Henry MOODY of Cashel, Co. L'derry, Nor. Ireland whose family also came from Scotland and whose son Thomas Moody m. Mary GAGE)

9-also possibly a son named William MOODY was born to this family as well.