NameMcCoyDescriptionJames McCoy was born in St John, New Brunswick, America and was and worked as an apprentice blacksmith in Boston.
James worked as a seaman for about nine years, before coming to Shellharbour about 1853.
James married Mary Mehaffey at Brownsville in 1864. The couple had five children, two died in infancy;
Isaac J b.1864 (died 1935, Sydney)
Joseph b.1869 (died 1915, Shellharbour)
Sarah Jane b.1870 (died 1901, Shellharbour)
Robert b.1872 (died 1873, Shellharbour)
David b.1873 (died 1875, Shellharbour)
James was involved with the Methodist Church and a strong follower of the temperance movement. He worked as a blacksmith at Shellharbour.
Mary McCoy died in 1899, and James in 1916. They are buried at Shellharbour General Cemetery.