I have a Weir family from the Crawfordjohn area of Lanarkshire, Scotland. A lot were from that area. Some I have noticed in Canada and I believe from Ireland spelled their name Wier. Also, but can't remember but a name change as well. It may have been NcNair or something similar. Eleanor -----Original Message----- From: Viola Wiggins via Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 9:40 AM To: caiside ; fermanagh-gold@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD Weirs of Glasmullagh and Knockroe Rosalie I think that your WEIR family originates with the ARCHDALL and ARMSTRONG families and from the Scottish borders during or between the first plantation of Ireland c1609 and the second around 1642. [From memory] "A Captain Thomas WEIR, and his Cousins" and are described as 'Gent' in the religeous Census. Landlords passed their reliable families around between each other so that spread the families out across two or three Counties. One WEIR family was with Hume at Ely in his Muster Rolls. Viola --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ================================== https://www.google.ie/ ================================== http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/placenames/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FERMANAGH-GOLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message