With some excitement I contacted the address given a few days ago for the Representative Church Body in Ireland as follows >>I wonder if you could possibly tell me please if any Records exist for the NEWMARKET area of North Cork from the 1790-1860 period. My Great Grandfather ,George Joseph Rogers, left Ireland to join the Bengal Artillery in 1849 and from research in London I found his place of birth to be Newmarket,Co.Cork. We visited the town some years ago but while finding that the Church was now a store we did find a grave that might have been that of my Gt.Gt Grandfather, Joseph Rogers. He is reputed to have lived at the Priory, the former home of John Philpot Curren and his grave is in fact next to that of Curren's daughter Sarah. It is also possible that my family had connections to the Aldsworth Family of Newmarket Court - at least in a lowly form, as a Rogers is shown as their Butler in the 1770's!<<<<< I received the following very prompt reply:- "Unfortunately the Newmarket registers comprising baptisms 1771-1875; marriages 1771-1844; and burials 1771-1875, were destroyed in the fire at the Public Record Office of Ireland in 1922. No copies are known to survive." Why do people have to fight amongst themselves? Hope that your day is better...... Peter D.Rogers. Looking for ROGERS,PEMBROKE,BRADLEY & HARRISON in Ireland, India and anywhere else that they settled.

I just found a deed indicating that my ancestor, George Graham, came originally from New Market. He would have lived there in the late 1700s. There is also an oral history in our family that we are related to John Philpot Curran, probably through the Philpots. This latest discovery makes that story much more creditable. Does anyone know what information on gravestone inscriptions are available for the New Market area? Tim Hannan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter D Rogers" <newhurst@compuserve.com> To: <CountyCork-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 3:28 PM Subject: [Cork] C.of I.Records! > With some excitement I contacted the address given a few days ago for the > Representative Church Body in Ireland as follows > > >>I wonder if you could possibly tell me please if any Records exist for > the NEWMARKET area of North Cork from the 1790-1860 period. > > My Great Grandfather ,George Joseph Rogers, left Ireland to join the Bengal > Artillery in 1849 and from research in London I found his place of birth to > be Newmarket,Co.Cork. > > We visited the town some years ago but while finding that the Church was > now a store we did find a grave that might have been that of my Gt.Gt > Grandfather, Joseph Rogers. He is reputed to have lived at the Priory, the > former home of John Philpot Curren and his grave is in fact next to that of > Curren's daughter Sarah. It is also possible that my family had connections > to the Aldsworth Family of Newmarket Court - at least in a lowly form, as a > Rogers is shown as their Butler in the 1770's!<<<<< > > I received the following very prompt reply:- > > "Unfortunately the Newmarket registers comprising baptisms 1771-1875; > marriages 1771-1844; and burials 1771-1875, were destroyed in the fire at > the Public Record Office of Ireland in 1922. No copies are known to > survive." > > Why do people have to fight amongst themselves? > > Hope that your day is better...... > > Peter D.Rogers. > > Looking for ROGERS,PEMBROKE,BRADLEY & HARRISON in Ireland, India and > anywhere else that they settled. >