All children listed have not been verified as belonging to thisThomas. I t is unknown how many of Thomas' sons immigrated to Americabut family tradition says there were 3 brothers who came at the sametime....Barnabas, Thomas, and "Virginia" (name unknown).
Cullybackey or Cullybacky (from Irish Coill na Baice, meaning "wood ofthe river bend")[1] is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.It lies 3 miles north of Ballymena, on the banks of the River Maine,and is within the Borough of Ballymena. It had a population of 2,405people in the 2001 Census. It is a predominantly Protestant area withmost of the residents being of Scottish descent.
Arthur Cottage, the ancestral home of Chester A. Arthur, 21stPresident of the United States, from 1881 to 1885, is close to thevillage, on the B62 road from Ballymena. It is a restored 18th-centuryfarmhouse with open flax-straw thatched roof. Usually open to thepublic through the spring and summer months but currently closed dueunti further notice due extensive damage caused by fire in 2011.
