[1] He was an influential citizen in early Onondaga County, New York and the father of Congressman Dennis McCarthy.
He died days before receiving word he was nominated to be the first Mayor of Syracuse and thus never served.
In 1808, after being freed from his apprenticeship, he went to the United States with his brother John McCarthy.
[1] He married Percy Soule in 1812 in Salina, New York, and had several children, including Dennis McCarthy (congressman) and Eliza McCarthy, wife of Silas Titus.
He died on January 30, 1848, just days before a letter arrived nominating him to be the first Mayor of Syracuse, New York.