My Hamilton family were living in (Drummond) Co. Aghaloo in the early 1800s. I would presume that they were connected with the Hamilton families in Gwen's email. Does anyone know if there are published family trees of either of those Hamilton families she mentioned. Thanks Margaret in Oz.

Thank you to everyone who provided information on the Hamiltons and McKee surnames. From information provided by Dave Mitchell I have learned that the Sir William Hamilton, son of Sir Claud, who was the landlord of Daniel and Hugh MacKeyes (the individuals of special interest to me) converted from Catholicism to Protestantism in the 1640s and was involved in the Laggan Army. The question is then whether any of his tenants, and particular the pair mentioned above, followed suit. From Faye I learned that the Magees were superintendents for the Abercorn Hamiltons, which seems in line with the information from my family tradition that a close relationship may have existed with the Hamiltons. However the coat of arms on the Magee grave in no way resembles the ones in Fermanagh. Perhaps one further detail that needs to be addressed is the possible identity of the John Key buried at Lisnarick, in Fermanagh (next to the grave of Hugh, possibly his son, on which the coat of arms appears), with a John Key who is excommunicated, in 1667 or possibly before, in the parish of Donaghgedy. I can provide the full text that I transcribed from a record in PRONI if anyone would like to see it. I had assumed that the excommunication was meted out by the Catholic Diocese of Derry. However, there are no bishops matching the names given in the record at PRONI ("his Lordship George Late Lord Bpp of ye Diocese of Derry" who had apparently been succeeded by "his Lordship Robert by divine Providence Lord Bpp of the same Diocese"). In fact, there were no Bishops in that diocese at all during the time. See note below. Why the discrepancy? Which church handed down the excommunication of John Key, Catholic or Anglican, or some other? I hope someone can clarify this for me. Thanks, Roy Vicars Apostolic of Derry 1622-1720 [From 1601 to 1720, no bishop or vicar apostolic resided within the diocese of Derry. From 1601 to 1780, no bishop resided within the City of Derry. From 1601 to 1720, the see was vacant and ruled by vicars apostolic. See the following names below for the vicars apostolic:] a.. 1622-1623 Mar. 1622 Aug. 1623 Luke Rochford b.. 1626-1629 Sept. 1626 Sept. 1629 Eugene Sweeney Bishop of Kilmore,1629-1669 c.. 1629-1670 1629 d. before 1670 Terence O'Kelly d.. 1671-1672 1671 1672; d. 1673 Eugene Conwell e.. 1672-1678 1672 arrested 1678 Luke Plunkett f.. 1681-1682 1681 1682 Brian MacGurk g.. 1684-1711 1684 d. 1711 Bernard O'Cahan 1694-1697 8 Feb. 1694 d. 19 Jan. 1697 Fergus Laurence Lea [never took possession of the see; Bernard O'Cahan remained in possession until his death.]

They were Anglican bishops. This is from Colby's Ordnance Survey Memoir of Londonderry 1837 .....George Wild or Wilde succeeded in 1661 and died in 1665. This prelate who was a doctor of laws of the university of Oxford, was the son of Henry Wild , a citizen of London.... There is more about his education and history. ..........Robert Mossom DD succeeded in 1665 and died in 1679...... There is a paragraph about his education etc. I can scan it for you if you like. Rachel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Keys" <apeiron@vif.com> To: <cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 7:22 PM Subject: [CoTyIre] Bishops in Diocese of Derry > Thank you to everyone who provided information on the Hamiltons and McKee > surnames. From information provided by Dave Mitchell I have learned that > the > Sir William Hamilton, son of Sir Claud, who was the landlord of Daniel and > Hugh MacKeyes (the individuals of special interest to me) converted from > Catholicism to Protestantism in the 1640s and was involved in the Laggan > Army. The question is then whether any of his tenants, and particular the > pair mentioned above, followed suit. From Faye I learned that the Magees > were superintendents for the Abercorn Hamiltons, which seems in line with > the information from my family tradition that a close relationship may > have > existed with the Hamiltons. However the coat of arms on the Magee grave in > no way resembles the ones in Fermanagh. > > Perhaps one further detail that needs to be addressed is the possible > identity of the John Key buried at Lisnarick, in Fermanagh (next to the > grave of Hugh, possibly his son, on which the coat of arms appears), with > a > John Key who is excommunicated, in 1667 or possibly before, in the parish > of > Donaghgedy. I can provide the full text that I transcribed from a record > in > PRONI if anyone would like to see it. I had assumed that the > excommunication > was meted out by the Catholic Diocese of Derry. However, there are no > bishops matching the names given in the record at PRONI ("his Lordship > George Late Lord Bpp of ye Diocese of Derry" who had apparently been > succeeded by "his Lordship Robert by divine Providence Lord Bpp of the > same > Diocese"). In fact, there were no Bishops in that diocese at all during > the > time. See note below. > > Why the discrepancy? Which church handed down the excommunication of John > Key, Catholic or Anglican, or some other? > > I hope someone can clarify this for me. > > Thanks, > > Roy > > Vicars Apostolic of Derry 1622-1720 > > [From 1601 to 1720, no bishop or vicar apostolic resided within the > diocese of Derry. From 1601 to 1780, no bishop resided within the City of > Derry. From 1601 to 1720, the see was vacant and ruled by vicars > apostolic. > See the following names below for the vicars apostolic:] > > a.. 1622-1623 Mar. 1622 Aug. 1623 Luke Rochford > b.. 1626-1629 Sept. 1626 Sept. 1629 Eugene Sweeney Bishop of > Kilmore,1629-1669 > c.. 1629-1670 1629 d. before 1670 Terence O'Kelly > d.. 1671-1672 1671 1672; d. 1673 Eugene Conwell > e.. 1672-1678 1672 arrested 1678 Luke Plunkett > f.. 1681-1682 1681 1682 Brian MacGurk > g.. 1684-1711 1684 d. 1711 Bernard O'Cahan 1694-1697 8 Feb. 1694 d. 19 > Jan. 1697 Fergus Laurence Lea [never took possession of the see; Bernard > O'Cahan remained in possession until his death.] > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message