The surname ‘Connelly’ originates from Ireland. It is an Anglicized form of the Gelic form ‘O Conghalaigh’ ‘descendant of Conchobhar’, a byname meaning ‘Valiant’. Compiled information from Historical and Private archive’s has confirmed that the surname ‘Connelly’ and or it’s variant’s, dates as far back as the reign of Edward III, were a ‘Henry Conely’, from Somerset, England, is recorded. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definitely determined but Information extracted from Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that one of the first settlers was a certain ‘Timothy Connelly’, aged 22, a labourer by trade, from the city of Bristol, England. He emigrated to North America in seventeen seventy four, sailing from the Port of Bristol aboard the ship named the ‘Charming Nancy’ on the 14th of August 1774, arriving in Philadelphia on the 21st of August of the same, where he served as an indentured servant. Today, ‘Connelly’ is the ‘Eight hundredt…
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