Re Dunlop of Craig https://books.google.ie/books?id=Fw7rVcjbP3QC&pg=PA32&dq=Dunlop+craig+antrim&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwje6Pmx3ZfMAhXBbhQKHY0eCTAQ6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=Dunlop%20craig%20antrim&f=false I think McNaughten is possible Portcaman is another name for Bushmills. "Mr" would commonly be used as an honorific for ministers Linde *This is my new email address>>> L.Lunney@ria.ie <L.Lunney@ria.ie> Please use it if possibl*e Dr Linde Lunney Dictionary of Irish Biography Royal Irish Academy Dublin 2 Ireland On 15 April 2016 at 03:37, Lee Ramsey via <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> wrote: > This raises some QUESTIONS. > > A) “my weil beloved wyffe Catherine Mcgdmartine” What would be > spelling of his wife’s surname? > > --------Do not find Catherine mentioned in the abstracts in Rev. David > Stewart's "The Scots in Ulster." Stewart list the executors, the children, > a sister, in-laws and others. Could the difficult transcription be > Macnaghton. The Macnaghtons were among the settlers of Sir Randal > Macdonnell lands, along with the Boyds, Browns, Dicks, Dunlops, Hamiltons, > Hutchins, Kennedys, Macauleys, Mackays, Moores, Shaws, and Stewarts. > There were several McNaughtons: (1) John McNaughton; (2) Alexander > McNaughton of Ballymaganog, Dunluce, who was agent for his cousin, the Earl > of Antrim; and (3) Alexander McNaughton of Craigfreddock. > > B) “trustie freinds Wm. Dunlop laird off Crage” What location is the > “laird off Crage”? I have for some years ASSUMED it was Craigie in > Ayrshire, but this was Wallace lands and not Dunlop lands, so can some give > me a suggestion as to where this land might be in Scotland? > > -------William Dunlop, Laird of Crage in Scotland. Most likely this is > the Parish of Craig in former Forfarshire. One's parish was commonly used > as a person's locale. > > C) “Mr. Wm. Wallace “ There is no location given for him, so was he a > merchant in Dunluce? Does any know what branch of the Wallace’s he might > come from. > > --------William Wallace, executor of Wm. Boyd's will, was minister of > Portcoman (Dunluce). I do not find a reference for the "Portcoman" place > name. Most likely county Antrim. > > Lee Ramsey > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >