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McCormick, James (1779)

McCormick, James

Dublin, Ireland; cabinet maker (fl.1779)

Hibernian Journal 2-4 June 1779: ‘Marriage a few days ago, Mr. James McCormick of George's-lane, Cabinet-maker, to Miss Maria Hickey of Bridgefoot-street’.

Emigrated to Baltimore, Maryland, where he arrived in 1785 or 1786, advertising that he had ‘for some Years past worked in the first shops in Dublin’.

Later moved to Alexandria, Virginia, and then Norfolk before settling in Petersburg.

Source: Glin & Peill, Irish Furniture (2007), p. 285.