Was there a Colbert amongst them? Linley Hooper Hawthorn, Victoria Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "David N Murray" <dmurray@totalnetnh.net> To: <CountyCork-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, 20 April 2002 15:56 Subject: [Cork] The Blackwater Region and Ontario, Canada > The Blackwater Region and Ontario, Canada > by Christy Roche > > When you look at a map and see Fermoy, Glanworth, Kilworth, Ballygiblin and > Blackwater on it, you might be certain you were looking at a map of North > Cork; however, these all these place names are also to be found on the map > of Southern Ontario. > > The reason for, dates back to the early 1800s and a man called Peter > Robinson. He was born in Canada in 1785 and became Commissioner of Crown > lands and immigration superintendent. His younger brother, Sir John > Beverley Robinson, was the attorney general in the [Fermoy] region. Peter > Robinson supervised two settlements of North Cork immigrants in Ontario. > The first of these in 1823 was at Shipman’s Mills, Almonte and the second > was at Scott’s Mills, Petersborough. > > The Canadian Government at that time were looking for farmers to settle and > develop agriculture in their country and in order to obtain the right sort > of settler they paid the passage for the farmer and his whole family and > granted him seventy acres. As most of the land holdings in pre-Famine North > Cork were ten acres or less, this Canadian holding must have seemed > attractive to the impoverished Irish small farmer. To be eligible for this > package one had to be under 45 years of age and have a recommendation from a > landlord, magistrate or clergyman. > > 70 Acres > > Every male between the ages of 18 and 45 was entitled to 70 acres and an > iron pot and each group of families also got four cross-cut saws, 12 land > saws, 12 hammers and a cask of nails. > > 200 Families > > In the 1823 settlement there were almost 200 families and they came from > throughout North Cork, South Limerick and West Waterford. > > 22 families came from Norrey’s Estate in Mallow, 15 from the O’ Callaghan > (10) and Devonshire (5) Estates in Lismore, 10 from Castlelyons (Barrymore), > 10 from Kanturk (Purcell Estate) 9 from Doneraile, 8 from the Sanders Estate > of Charleville, 8 from the Aldworth Estates at Newmarket and Ballyhooley, 11 > from Fermoy - Abercrombie Estate (6) Hyde Estate (3) and Gregg Estate (2), 7 > from Churchtown (Earl of Edgemount), 7 from the Earl of Kingston's Estates > in Mitchelstown and Tipperary, 3 from Rathcormac (Lord Riversdale), 2 from > Conna (Gumbleton), 3 from the south Limerick Estate of the Oliver's, 2 from > the Mountcashel Estate in Kilworth, 9 from Castletownroche, Stennard Estate > (3), Mitchelsmith Estate (4), Widenham Estate (1) and Annisby Estate (1). > > As can be seen from the above list, they came from throughout the entire > area, with Mallow and Lismore supplying the most. > > On June 30 1823 two ships, “Stakesby” (438 tons), and “Hebe” (446 tons) set > sail from Cobh and just over two months later, arrived in Canada. Two > passengers on board the Stakesby, Bridget Ahern (August 6) and Jane Ahern > (July 29) died. These were probably mother and daughter and were from > Castletownroche. The settlers spent the winter in Almonte and in the spring > of 1824 went to their allotted locations. > > Most of the families settled down well and expanded. Roger Cunningham of > Grange, Fermoy who together with his wife Margaret and daughters Mary, > Catherine and Anne had sailed aboard the “Hebe”, had another child in Canada > and obtained a second plot of 70 acres in Canada, when his neighbor left. > > Some like Michael Lynch, a millwright from Castletownroche, Dennis Sweeney > (nailer) from Buttevant and James Magner (laborer) from Mallow went south to > the United States of America. Others like Cornelius Roche of Fermoy > (Blacksmith), Richard Wynne, Kanturk (carpenter), Edmund Barry, > Castletownroche (baker), James Seywary, Castletownroche (shoemaker) and > Cornelius Donovan, Fermoy (sawyer) returned to their trades. > > Twelve went absent and left their holdings. Tragedy also struck when John > Trench, Mallow; John Delahary, Mallow and Florence Carey of Ballyhooley were > drowned in 1825. One man returned to Ireland. He was Robert Smithwick, a > single man from Mitchelstown. > > The second settlement took place in 1825 and again the people came from the > same general area and settled about 100 miles west of the first group. > There were some objections by Protestant Canadians to the influx of such a > large number of Roman Catholics. Indeed apart from 10 Palatine families > from Limerick, the remainders of these families were Roman Catholic. The > religious difference caused few problems, however, and apart from “the > Ballygiblin riots”, a somewhat minor confrontation; the settlers lived in > peace with their neighbors. > > > > > ==== CountyCork Mailing List ==== > ** Posts go to CountyCork-L@rootsweb.com ** > >

A 'QUICK SURNAME LIST - 1825 - PETER ROBINSON IRISH SETTLERS' can be found at: http://www.pcma.ca/roblist.htm Regards, Donnacha (Admin milgenire Military History/Genealogy Ireland. List Home Page http://groups.yahoo.com/group/milgenire ) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linley Hooper" <linleymh@vicnet.net.au> To: <CountyCork-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 4:58 AM Subject: Re: [Cork] The Blackwater Region and Ontario, Canada > Was there a Colbert amongst them? > > Linley Hooper > Hawthorn, Victoria > Australia