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01. Using FamilyTreeDNA.com, we have determined that there is a 99% probability that Owen "Trader" and Terrence "Farmer" are related. We performed the Y-DNA-37 test (36 out of 37 alleles matched) and connected Jim Coogan and John Michael Coogan (Pat Connor Coogan's husband) in 2006. Even with this discovery, there remains a certain degree of uncertainty about the exact level of connection between the lines (i.e., are they cousins or siblings?). The rationale for relationship assumptions is given below. 02. The parents of Owen were found in a record of his marriage in Montreal. The family name may have been Cooghan at the time of his arrival to Canada. Owen's 1843 marriage record and his 1885 obituary both recorded that he was a native of County Monaghan, Ireland. 03. In the 1855 New York State Census, a Patrick Coogan (age 60, widowed, resident of the US for 6 years) was recorded as living with Patrick Joseph Coogan at 13 North Front Street, Kingston (Ulster County), New York. We presume this was the "Patriarch" of the family but have not been able to determine the date or location of his death. 04. Some of the best Irish records we consulted during our search for Bridget McConville (married Patrick Coogan) were for Creggan Parish, County Armagh. This parish is located adjacent to Muckno Parish, County Monaghan and seemed like a promising place to find links to Coogans who lived nearby. However, we didn't have any luck with this search for many years. 05. Owen and Patrick Joseph were always believed to be brothers by their descendants. Owen's son, James, kept constant contact with the children of Patrick Joseph, who James said were his 'first cousins.' The event which best verifies the family connections in this project was the ordination of William J. McClimont (the grandson of Patrick Joseph) as a Vincenzian Priest in the mid-1920s. His mother (Mary Coogan McClimont) was so proud that she took William on a trip to visit the Coogan relatives in Boston and Montreal. Following a 12 year missionary journey to China, William again visited these Coogan relatives. 06. Patrick Joseph, Michael Patrick, and James J. were determined to be brothers with the logic that follows: a. Michael Patrick's death certificate listed his father as Patrick. b. James was a resident of Patrick Joseph's hotel from 1858-1860. c. Felix Devlin was a co-resident with Patrick Joseph's children in Brooklyn [95 DeBevois]. d. Felix Devlin was a witness to the will of Michael Patrick. 07. Hugh "Elder" was a close relative who also had dealings with Felix Devlin (Felix was sponsor to John, Hugh's son, at his baptism). His age determined his placement on this chart. His death certificate reported that his father's name was Patrick. We found records in Ireland from baptisms of his children with Mary Caffrey in Upper Creggan, County Armagh. Note that this is the same parish where we've been looking for McConville ancestors. 08. In 2015, we determined that Felix Devlin married Ann Coogan. At the time, we didn't have enough information to determine how closely Ann was related to the other Coogans in this tree but it appeared to be another link in the chain. 09. Hugh J. "Explorer" is known to be Terrence Francis' brother because of census records from Iowa. He also appears in the 1855 Kingston census as a resident of Patrick Joseph's hotel. These brothers were probably the source for stories that descendants of Patrick Joseph and Owen [Charles] told about "the Coogans who went west." 10. Terrence Francis could be a brother or cousin of Michael Patrick because the latter was (apparently) a witness at the former's naturalization in Ulster County, New York. This connection, which is very tentative, must be explored further. 11. We found New York Passenger Lists that showed Hugh "Elder" coming through the Port of New York in 1853. There were additional (younger) Coogans traveling with him but they don't appear to be his children. As a result, we have determined that there may be another sibling or cousin that should be included in the tree. We don't know his name, but he appears to have lived his life entirely in Ireland. If we are correct, it was his children who accompanied Hugh "Elder" on the Orient when it sailed to the United States in 1853. After they immigrated, however, we are not certain of their fate. However, we have evidence that at least one of them lived in Brooklyn and Kingston with people we presume were their aunt (Ann Coogan Devlin) and uncle (Felix Devlin). 12. After finding Felix Devlin living with his family in Kingston, NY in the 1865 New York State Census, we now believe that his wife, Ann, was actually a sibling of Hugh "Elder", Owen "Trader", Patrick "Innkeeper", Michael "Stonecutter" and James "Bartender". As a result of this discovery, we have added Ann Coogan Devlin into the tree as the first female member of the generation that emigrated from Ireland. More information is needed to confirm the connection and we are still examining the following data on Felix: a. Felix may be from County Tyrone or County Armagh, since his surname was common in those areas during the Nineteenth Century. b. Felix and his wife, Ann, were baptismal witnesses for John Coogan, son of Hugh "Elder," in Kingston [17 MAR 1863]. c. Felix appears as a barkeeper (in the vicinity of DeBevoise and Morrell Streets) in the 1869 Brooklyn City Directory. d. The Devlin saloon was described in Brooklyn histories from that era as the home of the "Felix Devlin Light Guard". e. Ann Coogan Devlin apparently died in the mid 1870s. We have not found her death certificate. f. Felix's son, James, apparently murdered someone and then robbed the family saloon during his escape [29 SEP 1877]. g. Felix was a witness to Michael "Stonecutter"'s will in Kingston [probably 04 SEP 1885]. h. We found a Felix Devlin, age 61, who died in Kings County - he could be ours [04 JUN 1891].
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