This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lindsay270 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/1335.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks Joseph in 1864 and 1868 two brothers from the townland of Bleary Countydown came to New Zealand one was James Frackleton Holland the other Samuel Holland two other brothers John and Robert appear to have stayed in County Down. the father was a Robert Holland born c 1780 married Eleanor Fulton, he may have had a brother who came from Ayrshire I have some information on the families in the North of Ireland, there were a lot of Hollands there sorting them out is difficult!! puzzle@xtra.co.nz Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>

Joseph Fulton is also an Ayrshire name. Where is the townland of Bleary in County Down? In 1606, a number of Ayrshire families came with Sir Hugh Montgomery and sir James Hamilton to settle their Estates in Eastern County Down and the Ards Peninsular. So your Holland family might go back that far before connecting to Ayrshire. I will post these reply to the Down list in case people there might recognise the names. Oh what Church did they belong to? Mike Boyd Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: gc-gateway@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, December 26, 2014 10:14 PM To: AYRSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AYR] Holland family This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: lindsay270 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.ayr.general/1335.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Thanks Joseph in 1864 and 1868 two brothers from the townland of Bleary Countydown came to New Zealand one was James Frackleton Holland the other Samuel Holland two other brothers John and Robert appear to have stayed in County Down. the father was a Robert Holland born c 1780 married Eleanor Fulton, he may have had a brother who came from Ayrshire I have some information on the families in the North of Ireland, there were a lot of Hollands there sorting them out is difficult!! puzzle@xtra.co.nz