Descendants of William I McCreight

Notes


Clara Dickey

Daughter of Charles Dickey.


25. Catherine Franklin McCreight

Her name has been handed down through a row of houses in Gilford called "Rutton Row"


Henry Loftie Rutton

Son of Ruttan Loftie of Ashford, Kent.


58. Rutton

Died aged 5.


59. Rutton

Died in infancy.


60. Katherine Loftie Rutton

May have used Loftie as her surname.


William Durand A Sharpe

He came from Dublin.


Leslie Edward Creery

Son of Archdeacon Leslie Creery.  He worked at Bank of Ireland.


Elizabeth McConnell

Daughter of Francic McConnell of Farm Hill, Gilford


65. Anne McCreight

Married William Brown of Kells. Date unknown.


69. John McCreight

Did John marry Anna Greer on Aug 10, 1853 at St. Anne's Cathedral, Belfast?


70. James McCreight

Died in infancy.


Matthew Edwards

Son of Robert Edwards of Willowbank House, Co Antrim.


77. Robert McCreight

Died after a fall from a pony.


37. John McCreight

Lived in Kilkeel.


Robert Mecredy

son of Robert D. Mecredy.


Edward Q McIlree

3rd son of John Drope McIlree of Belturbet, Co. Cavan, Ireland.

The surname McIlree is sometimes spelt with 2 'll', as in McIllree (thanks to Jane Morrison of Australia for this note).


Margaret Eliza Macillree

Daughter of John D. Macillree of Claybrooke.
Lived at Warrenpoint, Co Down.


84. Isabella McCreight

Lived in Dundrum, Co. Down.


85. Walkenshaw McCreight

Married, no details, no issue.


86. Charlotte McCreight

Lived in Newcastle, Co. Down.


38. James McCreight

James had a M.A. from Trinity College Dublin and was Rector of Caledon Co, Ireland.


Elizabeth Lititia Foster

dau of William Foster D.D., who was Bishop of Kilmore.


Thomas Jebb

Thomas was a reverend and son of Hon. Judge Jebb.


Francis Henry Hall

Was a reverend and son of James Traill HALL.


Walter Cunningham Peyton

Was a reverend and son of George Hamilton CUNNINGHAM, Justice of Peace (JP).


John Lyle

Was a reverend and son of Hugh Lyle.


Edward William Jeffreys

Son of Henry Jeffreys. Edward was a military surgeon.


92. John Foster McCreight

After completing law studies at Trinity College, Dublin, McCreight was called to the bar in 1852. Shortly thereafter, McCreight left Ireland to establish a practice in Melbourne, Australia. For unknown reasons, McCreight left Australia in 1859 and sailed first to San Francisco, and then to Victoria, British Columbia. At the time of McCreight's arrival in Victoria in 1860, it was the capital of the Colony of Vancouver Island, which at the time was governed by the powerful and autocratic Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company, Sir James Douglas. In 1862, McCreight was called to the British Columbia bar, and opened a practice in Victoria. By all accounts, he led a quiet and solitary life in the city, his main occupations outside of his work being his involvement in the local Masonic Lodge and as an active layperson in the congregation of the local Anglican cathedral. By 1866, the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia had merged. Although the united colony did not join the Canadian confederation when it was effected in 1867, the worrisome economic and strategic situation soon made such an arrangement attractive. British Columbia joined confederation on July 20, 1871, and McCreight joined the interim transitional cabinet as Attorney General. During the first provincial general election that October, McCreight won a seat for Victoria City in the legislature, and Sir Joseph Trutch, the Lieutenant Governor, chose him to be British Columbia's first premier. He continued to hold the attorney-generalship as well. By all accounts, McCreight was tempermentally ill-suited to public life. His colleague, Henry Crease, described the Premier as "bad tempered and queer...by fits & turns extremely credulous & extremely suspicious...excessively obstinate in the wrong places...close and reserved in his daily life...[and] utterly ignorant of politics"[1]. Nonetheless, McCreight's administration was a productive one, passing three dozen pieces of legislation in less than a year. His inability to form alliances and mollify the sometimes narrow and sectional interests of MLAs led to a loss of support, however, and in 1872 he resigned after losing a motion of no confidence following the Speech from the Throne. McCreight remained in the legislature until 1875, after which he returned to his law practice as a Queen's Counsel. Five years later, he was made a justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia. In that capacity, he served in the Cariboo, Victoria, and finally - in 1883 - New Westminster. He retired in 1897, at the age of 70 and moved to New Westminister where his law library is preserved.  McCreight returned to the United Kingdom, dying at Hastings, East Sussex at the age of 86.


94. William Leslie McCreight

Died abroad, unmarried.


41. Daniel C McCreight

He was a doctor and spelled his name Macreight.  6 children, 3 known.


Paxton

dau of Sir PAXTON


95. Daughter McCreight

Married to Rev. Pinkerly


96. Isabella McCreight

Married to Capt. Simeon.


48. David McCreight

David was a farmer.


Jane Wyatt McDowell

Daughter of John McDowell.


Andrew Hanna

Son of Andrew Hanna.


John Mann

Son of William Mann.


Henry Speer

Son of Thomas Speer.


108. William McCreight

Emigrated to USA - date unknown.


109. John McCreight

Emigrated to MI, USA.


Mary Glynn

Daughter of George Glynn.


110. Robert McCreight

Emigrated to IN, USA.


Joseph Gordon

Son of John Gordon.


51. William V McCreight

Graduate Trinity College Dublin with B.A., lived in Dublin.


121. Thomas Ponsonby McCreight

Accountant.


Flora Chambers

Widow of Capt. Samuel McCabe, British Army.