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DDerry Family Archive
Derry Line — Oldest Known Ancestor

Daniel Derry

b. ~1782 – ?

Needs research
Kyle DerryWyn DerryJack C. DerryErnest A. DerryAlbert M. DerryThomas Derry Jr.Thomas Derry Sr.Daniel Derry

Life

Daniel Derry is your oldest known Derry ancestor — your 5× great-grandfather. He was born around 1782 and lived in Gresley Row, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is a historic cathedral city in the West Midlands, famous as the birthplace of Samuel Johnson and home to the stunning three-spired Lichfield Cathedral. "Gresley Row" was a street or area within Lichfield. Daniel was a farmer — as were his son Thomas Sr. and grandson Thomas Jr., continuing a farming tradition across three generations before the family eventually emigrated to America. His son Thomas Derry Sr. was born in 1808, also in Lichfield, confirming the family was established there across multiple generations. Daniel represents the English roots of the Derry name — almost certainly connected to the Norman-French "daree" (penny weight) recorded in Northamptonshire in 1200 AD, with the name spreading through the English Midlands over the centuries.

Timeline

  1. 1782
    Born~1782 — Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
  2. 1782
    OccupationFarmer
  3. 1782
    DeathUnknown — research needed

Claims in the record

~1782 — Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Gresley Row, Lichfield, Staffordshire
Farmer
Thomas Derry Sr. (b. 1808, Lichfield)
Historic cathedral city, West Midlands — birthplace of Samuel Johnson
Unknown — research needed
Unknown — research needed

Research next

Daniel Derry, b. ~1782, Lichfield, Staffordshire is highly researchable in English parish records. Search: (1) Staffordshire Parish Registers on FindMyPast or Ancestry for baptism of 'Daniel Derry' in Lichfield ~1782. (2) The 1841 England Census for Gresley Row, Lichfield — Daniel would be ~59 years old; if he was still alive, he'll appear. (3) Lichfield Cathedral/parish burial records for Daniel Derry. The Staffordshire Record Office (Stafford) holds original parish records for Lichfield going back to the 1600s.