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It is some time since I asked a question to see if someone can help me. My G Grandfather Robert Scott emigrated to Australia arriving in 1856. Copies of shipping records show that he came from County Tyrone - Errigal Keerogue. The shipping records noted his father as Stuart and his mother as Margaret. Griffiths show a Margaret Scott in the above area, but no reference to Stuart Scott. I would assume that he may have died prior to the GV listing. I have searched all avenues that I can find on the internet without outlaying large amounts of monies but seem to have hit a wall. Ray who was with the Kiama Family History centre some time ago gave me much help early in my research as Robert lived in the Kangaroo Valley - South Coast area when he arrived in Australia. I have looked at the situation that most people with the Surname Scott would most likely have origins in Scotland, but this did not give me any leads. I also look forward to the ramblings of others and the answers given by all those that have a better understanding of the ancient systems than I do that appear in the listings as they arrive to my email. The people that give information freely should be congratulated for doing so without much chance of more than a basic thanks. Can anyone point towards where I should look next? Regards from Oz Ron Scott

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I am searching for my Faulkner Ancestors from Co Tyrone Ireland. William b 1799 Killoon Co Tyrone (Parents and Siblings unknown)married SarahAnn Kelly, daughter of David Kelly and Sarah Ross.in Brigh Presbyterian Church Stewartstown Co Tyrone in 1823. William apparantly sailed to the USA looking for work with the intention of sending for his Family later. Sarah rceived a letter to say he had died in Franklin Kensington Pennsylvania PA on 14 June 1848 .Unable to find a record of death. Following this she emigrated with her nine children to Australia where she later died on 4 Sept 1884 in Victoria Their children were Andrew Ross,William,David,Alfred Andrew, Sarah Ann,Isaac, John James, Robert and David Thomas. Daughter Sarah Ann age 15 died during voyage to Australia. Have been unable to trace Isaac and Alfred Andrew since they arrived in Australia in 1850 or records of William Senior in Co Tyrone. Would really appreciate if anyone has any info on this family thankyou.

Hi all Another item of interest noticed on Eastmans newsletter http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/ -- Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK)

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thanks to everyone on their replies re Killeeshil. I will be busy ! <[email protected]> wrote: > > The "Bible" for church records is always PRONI: > http://www.proni.gov.uk/guide_to_church_records.pdf > > And this is the entry for Killeeshill: > > KILLEESHIL, CO. TYRONE > > C.I. Killeshill (Armagh diocese) > [Earliest registers destroyed in Dublin] > Vestry minutes, 1913-58; plans of alterations to church, > c.1860-1861. > Baptisms, 1881-9 and 1923-; marriages, 1845-; burials, > 1881-; vestry minutes, 1819-. > > P. Clonaneese Lower > Baptisms, 1811-1963; marriages, 1845-71; deaths, > 1865-75; session minutes, 1865-1963; communion roll, > 1865-1942. > > P. Clonaneese Upper > Baptisms, 1868-1902; marriages, 1860-69. > > R.C. Killeeshil > Baptisms, 1816-80; marriages, 1816-83; deaths, 1816- > 75 and 1880-81. > > I have to confess, I am amazed there are death records in either a > Presbyterian or a Catholic church. And Catholic baptisms as early as 1816 > is unusual too. > > You might be in luck, Eamonn! > > Boyd Gray > > http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm > > http://www.westulstergenealogy.com/ > > http://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: 26 July 2013 19:25 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CoTyIre] killeeshill > > > Hi all, > > does anyone know if there are any parish registers available with > birth/death/marriage for Killeeshil for the period 1800 -1850 ? > > eamonn > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property > Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts

Are there birth/death records for the Church of Ireland Stewartstown? Kim McCord Sent from my iPhone On Jul 27, 2013, at 2:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the CoTyroneIreland-D mailing list. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, or if you wish to search or browse the archives, or if you wish to unsubscribe from digest mode and subscribe in list mode, see http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/NIR/CoTyroneIreland.html for links and instructions. See http://cotyroneireland.com/ for our associated web site. > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content (Jim McKane) > 2. killeeshill ([email protected]) > 3. Re: killeeshill ([email protected]) > 4. Re: killeeshill (Ulster Ancestry) > 5. Re: killeeshill (Ulster Ancestry) > 6. Dungannon (Dennis Wright) > 7. Re: Dungannon (Ulster Ancestry) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 06:40:17 -0400 > From: Jim McKane <[email protected]> > Subject: [CoTyIre] CoTyroneIreland.com - New Content > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]om> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Biography - *John Winslow*, Justice of the Peace > b.1806<http://www.cotyroneireland.com/biographies/winslow.html> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:25:04 +0100 > From: <[email protected]> > Subject: [CoTyIre] killeeshill > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > Hi all, > > does anyone know if there are any parish registers available with birth/death/marriage for Killeeshil for the period 1800 -1850 ? > > eamonn > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property > Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:44:17 +0100 > From: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] killeeshill > To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > The "Bible" for church records is always PRONI: > http://www.proni.gov.uk/guide_to_church_records.pdf > > And this is the entry for Killeeshill: > > KILLEESHIL, CO. TYRONE > > C.I. Killeshill (Armagh diocese) > [Earliest registers destroyed in Dublin] > Vestry minutes, 1913-58; plans of alterations to church, > c.1860-1861. > Baptisms, 1881-9 and 1923-; marriages, 1845-; burials, > 1881-; vestry minutes, 1819-. > > P. Clonaneese Lower > Baptisms, 1811-1963; marriages, 1845-71; deaths, > 1865-75; session minutes, 1865-1963; communion roll, > 1865-1942. > > P. Clonaneese Upper > Baptisms, 1868-1902; marriages, 1860-69. > > R.C. Killeeshil > Baptisms, 1816-80; marriages, 1816-83; deaths, 1816- > 75 and 1880-81. > > I have to confess, I am amazed there are death records in either a > Presbyterian or a Catholic church. And Catholic baptisms as early as 1816 > is unusual too. > > You might be in luck, Eamonn! > > Boyd Gray > > http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm > > http://www.westulstergenealogy.com/ > > http://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: 26 July 2013 19:25 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CoTyIre] killeeshill > > > Hi all, > > does anyone know if there are any parish registers available with > birth/death/marriage for Killeeshil for the period 1800 -1850 ? > > eamonn > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property > Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:02:09 +0000 > From: Ulster Ancestry <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] killeeshill > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello > Some Killeeshil Church records and other various resources available at http://killeeshilclonaneese.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=70 > best regards > Robert > www.ulsterancestry.com > >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:44:17 +0100 >> Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] killeeshill >> >> The "Bible" for church records is always PRONI: >> http://www.proni.gov.uk/guide_to_church_records.pdf >> >> And this is the entry for Killeeshill: >> >> KILLEESHIL, CO. TYRONE >> >> C.I. Killeshill (Armagh diocese) >> [Earliest registers destroyed in Dublin] >> Vestry minutes, 1913-58; plans of alterations to church, >> c.1860-1861. >> Baptisms, 1881-9 and 1923-; marriages, 1845-; burials, >> 1881-; vestry minutes, 1819-. >> >> P. Clonaneese Lower >> Baptisms, 1811-1963; marriages, 1845-71; deaths, >> 1865-75; session minutes, 1865-1963; communion roll, >> 1865-1942. >> >> P. Clonaneese Upper >> Baptisms, 1868-1902; marriages, 1860-69. >> >> R.C. Killeeshil >> Baptisms, 1816-80; marriages, 1816-83; deaths, 1816- >> 75 and 1880-81. >> >> I have to confess, I am amazed there are death records in either a >> Presbyterian or a Catholic church. And Catholic baptisms as early as 1816 >> is unusual too. >> >> You might be in luck, Eamonn! >> >> Boyd Gray >> >> http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm >> >> http://www.westulstergenealogy.com/ >> >> http://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> [email protected] >> Sent: 26 July 2013 19:25 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [CoTyIre] killeeshill >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> does anyone know if there are any parish registers available with >> birth/death/marriage for Killeeshil for the period 1800 -1850 ? >> >> eamonn >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property >> Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts >> >> >> ------------- >> Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------- >> Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:07:22 +0000 > From: Ulster Ancestry <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] killeeshill > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > A direct link to the Killeeshil and Clonaneese Church records both Protestant and Catholic > http://killeeshilclonaneese.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=70&view=viewcategory&catid=47 > > best regards > Robert > www.ulsterancestry.com > >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:25:04 +0100 >> Subject: [CoTyIre] killeeshill >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> does anyone know if there are any parish registers available with birth/death/marriage for Killeeshil for the period 1800 -1850 ? >> >> eamonn >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property >> Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts >> >> >> ------------- >> Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:35:58 -0700 > From: "Dennis Wright" <[email protected]> > Subject: [CoTyIre] Dungannon > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > In researching my Great-Grand Father James Wright his birth place was noted > as Presbyterian Brigh, county Tyrone. I have finally found his brother in > the US and his Death notice states in place of birth is Dunganon, Ireland. > Does anyone know what Parish this is in? Regards, Dennis Wright > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 06:18:32 +0000 > From: Ulster Ancestry <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Dungannon > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Re The town of Dungannon. > The actual Parish is Drumglass but it is also wise to include neighbouring Killyman in any research in that district. > regards > Robert > >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:35:58 -0700 >> Subject: [CoTyIre] Dungannon >> >> In researching my Great-Grand Father James Wright his birth place was noted >> as Presbyterian Brigh, county Tyrone. I have finally found his brother in >> the US and his Death notice states in place of birth is Dunganon, Ireland. >> Does anyone know what Parish this is in? Regards, Dennis Wright >> >> ------------- >> Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the COTYRONEIRELAND list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the COTYRONEIRELAND mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of COTYRONEIRELAND Digest, Vol 8, Issue 199 > ***********************************************

Dennis, Brigh is in Ballyclog. http://cotyroneireland.com/townlands/images/ArboeArtreaBallyclogBallinderry.pdf Regards, Michael Kelly Emporium, Cameron County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Re The town of Dungannon. The actual Parish is Drumglass but it is also wise to include neighbouring Killyman in any research in that district. regards Robert > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:35:58 -0700 > Subject: [CoTyIre] Dungannon > > In researching my Great-Grand Father James Wright his birth place was noted > as Presbyterian Brigh, county Tyrone. I have finally found his brother in > the US and his Death notice states in place of birth is Dunganon, Ireland. > Does anyone know what Parish this is in? Regards, Dennis Wright > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A direct link to the Killeeshil and Clonaneese Church records both Protestant and Catholic http://killeeshilclonaneese.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=70&view=viewcategory&catid=47 best regards Robert www.ulsterancestry.com > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:25:04 +0100 > Subject: [CoTyIre] killeeshill > > > Hi all, > > does anyone know if there are any parish registers available with birth/death/marriage for Killeeshil for the period 1800 -1850 ? > > eamonn > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property > Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Some Killeeshil Church records and other various resources available at http://killeeshilclonaneese.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=70 best regards Robert www.ulsterancestry.com > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:44:17 +0100 > Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] killeeshill > > The "Bible" for church records is always PRONI: > http://www.proni.gov.uk/guide_to_church_records.pdf > > And this is the entry for Killeeshill: > > KILLEESHIL, CO. TYRONE > > C.I. Killeshill (Armagh diocese) > [Earliest registers destroyed in Dublin] > Vestry minutes, 1913-58; plans of alterations to church, > c.1860-1861. > Baptisms, 1881-9 and 1923-; marriages, 1845-; burials, > 1881-; vestry minutes, 1819-. > > P. Clonaneese Lower > Baptisms, 1811-1963; marriages, 1845-71; deaths, > 1865-75; session minutes, 1865-1963; communion roll, > 1865-1942. > > P. Clonaneese Upper > Baptisms, 1868-1902; marriages, 1860-69. > > R.C. Killeeshil > Baptisms, 1816-80; marriages, 1816-83; deaths, 1816- > 75 and 1880-81. > > I have to confess, I am amazed there are death records in either a > Presbyterian or a Catholic church. And Catholic baptisms as early as 1816 > is unusual too. > > You might be in luck, Eamonn! > > Boyd Gray > > http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm > > http://www.westulstergenealogy.com/ > > http://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: 26 July 2013 19:25 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CoTyIre] killeeshill > > > Hi all, > > does anyone know if there are any parish registers available with > birth/death/marriage for Killeeshil for the period 1800 -1850 ? > > eamonn > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property > Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The "Bible" for church records is always PRONI: http://www.proni.gov.uk/guide_to_church_records.pdf And this is the entry for Killeeshill: KILLEESHIL, CO. TYRONE C.I. Killeshill (Armagh diocese) [Earliest registers destroyed in Dublin] Vestry minutes, 1913-58; plans of alterations to church, c.1860-1861. Baptisms, 1881-9 and 1923-; marriages, 1845-; burials, 1881-; vestry minutes, 1819-. P. Clonaneese Lower Baptisms, 1811-1963; marriages, 1845-71; deaths, 1865-75; session minutes, 1865-1963; communion roll, 1865-1942. P. Clonaneese Upper Baptisms, 1868-1902; marriages, 1860-69. R.C. Killeeshil Baptisms, 1816-80; marriages, 1816-83; deaths, 1816- 75 and 1880-81. I have to confess, I am amazed there are death records in either a Presbyterian or a Catholic church. And Catholic baptisms as early as 1816 is unusual too. You might be in luck, Eamonn! Boyd Gray http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm http://www.westulstergenealogy.com/ http://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 26 July 2013 19:25 To: [email protected] Subject: [CoTyIre] killeeshill Hi all, does anyone know if there are any parish registers available with birth/death/marriage for Killeeshil for the period 1800 -1850 ? eamonn ----------------------------------------------------------------- Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi all, does anyone know if there are any parish registers available with birth/death/marriage for Killeeshil for the period 1800 -1850 ? eamonn ----------------------------------------------------------------- Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts

In researching my Great-Grand Father James Wright his birth place was noted as Presbyterian Brigh, county Tyrone. I have finally found his brother in the US and his Death notice states in place of birth is Dunganon, Ireland. Does anyone know what Parish this is in? Regards, Dennis Wright

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John Collins on the go. On 2013-07-24, at 3:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 16:36:41 +0100 > From: "Marion Shephard" <[email protected]> > Subject: [CoTyIre] An intriguing puzzle. > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello everyone > > I wonder if anyone can help me solve this puzzle. I have a copy of my great great grandfathers will from PRONI, and have used it as a starting point to discover quite a lot about my family. He was William McCay of Rabstown, Urney and left his farm to his son William, a hefty sum to his unmarried daughter, who had recently given birth to my grandfather and in addition he left various smaller, bequests to family members, including two to his two sisters who had emigrated to Pittsburg and Philadelphia. I have managed to track down these two and their subsequent lives, but there is still one bequest that intrigues me. He asks his son 'That he also pay to Mary Nelson, of Pittsburg,US, the sum of five pounds for the benefit of the child of Martha Esther Boyd' > > I found a document in the parish records for Urney Cof I - 'Notes on Parishioners' from the 1870s, which lists households in the parish. William Sen is listed as a widower, with his son William and daughter Mary Anne. The two older sisters have emigrated by this time and another has married. There is also a Martha listed but with no indication of surname. Could this be Martha Esther Boyd, I wonder, or is it an extra daughter I have not come across before. > > Any Suggestions?? > > Regards Marion Shephard > > ------------------------------ > Hello Marion How about Martha being a servant (in service) and William or his son having fathered a child by her? Her maiden name could be Boyd or that might be her married name. Continuing the speculation, I would ask who Mary Nelson might be. Is she one of the married daughters who went to the US? She might be a friend or daughter of a friend who had migrated from the same community and knew the whereabouts of Martha and the child. I could see the reluctance of having a family member make contact of this sort. Another thought, was Martha still alive? Has she perhaps died and the child was attached to the family of Mary Nelson? This and other speculations can lead to ideas to be checked out. They are not, in and of themselves, any form of proof. Good luck on your search John Collins chasing the name COLLINS in the Cookstown & Stewartstown areas in the early 1700-1735 period.

Hi Marion, I have a similar story. My great-grandfather George Killeen and his brother were left with his mothers siblings (the Sullivan family)--coincidentally in Pittsburgh,PA after his mother died and his father decided to move back to his family in Washington DC. I have heard from my aunt that the Sullivans took in another relative by the name of Connie Hooper. They also had a boarder by the name of Mary Donovan. In the will of one of the Sullivans, they name my great-grandfather as sole beneficiary, but ask that he provide for SUSAN Hooper. Recently I have tried to untangle this story and figure out how everyone is related, but have had quite a difficult time of it. Asking the my oldest Aunt, she believes that the Hoopers were actually relatives of the boarder, Mary Donovan. So perhaps this is similar to what you have going on. Maybe Martha Esther Boyd is a relative of a close friend or perhaps a neighbor or fellow parishoner. Maybe it was a considerate charitable act on his part. Meaghan Killeen ______________ ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Marion Shephard [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [CoTyIre] An intriguing puzzle. Hello everyone I wonder if anyone can help me solve this puzzle. I have a copy of my great great grandfathers will from PRONI, and have used it as a starting point to discover quite a lot about my family. He was William McCay of Rabstown, Urney and left his farm to his son William, a hefty sum to his unmarried daughter, who had recently given birth to my grandfather and in addition he left various smaller, bequests to family members, including two to his two sisters who had emigrated to Pittsburg and Philadelphia. I have managed to track down these two and their subsequent lives, but there is still one bequest that intrigues me. He asks his son 'That he also pay to Mary Nelson, of Pittsburg,US, the sum of five pounds for the benefit of the child of Martha Esther Boyd' I found a document in the parish records for Urney Cof I - 'Notes on Parishioners' from the 1870s, which lists households in the parish. William Sen is listed as a widower, with his son William and daughter Mary Anne. The two older sisters have emigrated by this time and another has married. There is also a Martha listed but with no indication of surname. Could this be Martha Esther Boyd, I wonder, or is it an extra daughter I have not come across before. Any Suggestions?? Regards Marion Shephard ------------- Our community web-site: http://cotyroneireland.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message