Dear all, I am pleased to be able to transcribe the inscriptions found on gravestones at Kellswater Reformed Presbyterian Church burying ground close to the village of Kells in County Antrim. They were published at Ballymena some years ago. I can also provide photographs of any gravestones if list members are certain of their relationship to the family involved. Please contact me directly ( n.e.parkes@btinternet.com ) for the surname of interest to you. Norm Family names found on the gravestones are: AIKIN ANDERSON ARMSTRONG (see also Warwick) AWKEN (see Kernohan) BAILLIE (x2, see also Rock#2) BARBER BARNETT (x2) BEAUMONT BLAIR (see Rock#2) BOYD (x3) CALDERWOOD CLEMENTS CROMIE CUSSICK (x2) DICK DINSMORE GORDON (see also Milliken) HOLMES HOUSTON HYNDMAN KERNOHAN McCUNE (see Strahan) McMILLAN McMULLAN McNAUGHTON McQUITTY (see Montgomery) MILLIKEN MONTGOMERY (see also Dinsmore) MORROW MURDOCK (see Armstrong) ORR PARKER (see Cussick#2) ROCK (x3) STAVELY (x2, see also McMillan) STRAHAN THOMPSON (see also Beaumont and Montgomery) WALLACE (see Dick) WARRICK WARWICK (x2) WASSON WEIR (see Warwick#2) WRAY (see Rock#3)

I am not sure if Heritage Quest caries the UK Census but I know Ancestry does. I know if you are a card carrying member (free) of our local library you have free access to Heritage Quest.. Just a suggestion.. MJ “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it, you will land among the stars.” Les Brown _________________________________________________________________ Talk now to your Hotmail contacts with Windows Live Messenger. http://get.live.com/messenger/overview

McLernon Ancestry Lineage from William McLernon 2 William John McLernon Married Matilda Smith Born in Ireland February, 1836 Born in Ireland May, 1837 Died January 15, 1920 Died March 7, 1907 William John McLernon was born at Ballymena, Northern Ireland The family, with 9 of 10 children, came to Quebec, Canada, in 1883, and later to New York State. They are buried at East Bethany, N. Y., in a cemetery behind the Presbyterian Church. 2 Hugh McLernon M Ellen Lynn McKernon Born in Ireland February 12, 1861 Born in Ireland Died February 23, 1953 February 21, 1861 Died 1924 3 Alexander McLernon M Helen Ione Dieter Born January 24, 1900 Born October 4, 1900 Died October, 1973 Died June 25, 1930 Mayflower descendant 4 Franklin Dean McLernon M Ida Jane Steen Born July 10, 1926 Born July 13, 1925 Died April 29, 1998 U. S. Navy WWII Robert Hugh McLernon Born October 14, 1955 2nd Generation 1 Hugh McLernon Born in Ireland. Presbyterian Minister in Ireland. Removed to New York City. 2 Robert McLernon Born in Ireland Presbyterian Minister in Ireland. 3 William John McLernon Born February, 1836, in Ireland. He died on January 15, 1920, in Linwood, New York State. He is buried in East Bethany, New York. He lived in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, from whence he came to Quebec, in 1883, and then to Linwood, N. Y. I have no information about the parents of these three brothers, Hugh, Robert, and William John. I have no information about the parents of Matilda Smith. It is known that both sets of parents migrated from Scotland to the Ballymena area. I would like any information about the family history of William John McLernon. 9 of his 10 children left Ireland. Belle McLernon stayed in Ireland, and married ------? Paden 1 John McLernon 2 Robert McLernon 3 Alexander McLernon 4 Thomas McLernon 5 Belle McLernon 6 Sarah McLernon 7 Matilda McLernon 8 Mary McLernon 9 Anna McLernon 10 Hugh McLernon listed at random. Matilda Smith had a brother named Gregory Smith who stayed in Ireland. Ellen Lynn McKernon Married Hugh McLernon in Belfast, April, 1880. Her parents were: Charles McKernon and Margaret McCook Both were from Ballymena. Children Ellen Lynn McKernon Belle McKernon Married -----? Mckay Ann McKernon Married -----? McBennett Margaret McKernon Married ------? Kerr Belle, Ann, and Margaret McKernon did not come to America, but some of their descendants came to Quebec. Please contact me offline, as I will unsubscribe due to volume. Sincerely; Robert McLernon Springfield, Virginia, USA

CB07028 26 Blackhorse Drive Kuraby QLD 4112 Brisbane Australia 3 February 2007 Dear Elizabeth Thank you for your Email of 1 February 2007 to me on Andrew Moore's family whose son William married Mary Elizabeth Boyd most likely in PA. If I do not write this reply down as a letter I will quickly forget what I have told you. Hopefully, you will have will have been able to have a look at chapter 6/302, that I sent you on Thursday, to confirm if it is the same Moore family that you are looking at. The original source, did not give any locations, but only names and dates, so hopefully you have been able to match some of William and Mary Elizabeth's children to your known family to confirm that they are the same family. I have yet to find out why the Muir/Mure name in Ayrshire was changed to Moore in Ireland. I have been told, privately, Nevin Taggert, that the Quakers did not arrive in Ireland until 1654. I will see what else I can find out about them when I visit the Ballymena Library and in Ayrshire in March 2007 - during my visit. I can only assume that non-Quakers became Quakers in the mid 1600's In chapter 7/363 - BOYD OF MURE OF ROWALLAN, AYRSHIRE I have an outline of the family of Margaret Boyd and John Mure who were married in the 1490's. This Margaret was the granddaughter of the first Lord Robert Boyd and mistress to King James IV. Part of this family - Sir William Mure [Q1] was very much for the Covenanters. However, I am not sure if this might be where the connection to the Quaker Church comes form or not. This chapter is outlined in FILE W76588JB.doc and starts on page 5. Most of the remaining chapters in this file come from this family as well. You will also notice the various comments by different authors on the religious conflicts the family had on pages 9 & 10. However when I was typing them up I have the impression it was an Church of Ireland family rather than Quaker The Moores of Ireland would appear to stem from Sir William Mure's younger brother [Q2] Capt Alexander Mure, b / /161x ( ), kc / /1648 in Ireland. Page 11. I had assumed that this was somehow connected to the 1641 uprising but have learnt that there was also conflict in the late 1640's in Ireland between the King and Parliament and the List officers called 49ers. So he may have come as part of that conflict and stayed. When I was in Ireland in 2005, I copied some of the Bennett's book - North Antrim Families, 1974 - for the Boyd families which allowed me to compile the families from 7/363 to 7/369. However, recently I was sent a file on CD-Rom which has all of Bennett's book, but I have not had time to go back to get the missing pages, I need to complete some of these families. But I do not think that will help with the earlier generations in Ireland. When I will be in Ayrshire, I will be stopping across the Road from the present Lord Rowallan, so I am hoping to be able to talk to him why part of the family moved to Ireland - land or religion I have just found where Bennett said that the Mures came from Ayrshire:- "Practically all the lines of the family have the same story to tell, luckily with more detail in some cases than in others. The tale goes that a Mure patriarch arrived from Ayrshire with the magic number of 7 sons to settle in the Ballymoriey district in the 1640s. From one or other of the 7 sons descend all the Moores in that area. Some branches did well, siring the grander lines , others' descendants sank in worldly standing. One story has it that the family rowed over from Scotland in an open boat, so perhaps they didn't have too far to fall! Most lines, however, agree that the patriarch was the cadet of a noble family, related to the Scottish Royal Family." I am not sure if "Ballymoriey" is actually Ballmoney. But this patriarch would "appear" to be Captain Alexander Mure. From my quick reading. However, I am not sure if James Moore, Sr., of Ireland - whose daughter married John Boyd (Q1) could be one of these seven sons or not. Now to the Boyd/Moore connection. You will have already seem earlier connection to James Moore. So I am not sure if we have one or two Moore families connections to this Boyd family in chapter 6/302.. >From this Captain Adam Boyd. In chapter 6/302, you would have noticed the two IGI entries for Calead, Antrim. While in chapter 4/248 it is called Golead Par., Co. Antrim. I have been told that these are not the correct names but it is the Parish where the International Airport is just south of Antrim Town. There were Boyds in this area in the 1659 Irish Census. So it will be interesting to see if they are Quakers or not. In Chapter 4/248 Boyd of Perry Co., PA, I have been given an outline done on early Boyds in County York, PA by Richard Boswell in 1998. This goes back to an John Boyd and Agnes Cooper who you will notice are S5 in chapter 6/302. Thus suggesting a LINK BETWEEN THE TWO FAMILIES. I also know that an Quaker Boyd family of John Boyd and Jane Bell lived at Warrington Twp., in York Co., PA. So there could be an Quaker link hear as well. This family is partly outlined in FILE W46588GK.doc. While on pages 27-28 are a list of about 20 people researching this family. However, form my reading of this material form Richard Boswell, he does not suggest that the family is Quaker. Nor does he seem to give an religion in later generations. I will have to Email the Boyd@rootsweb.com to see if I can find what religion this family of Thomas Boyd and Margaret SHANNON were. Cumberland Co was formed form Lancaster Co., PA in 1750, while York Co., PA was also formed form Lancaster Co., PA in 1749. I have found some 16 Boyd families for Lancaster Co., PA so far and I know that there is a good number of Boyds in York Co., PA as well. Perhaps you may know form Richard's "early history" if your Moore family moved along the same path or not. Because of the link with John Boyd and Agnes Cooper, I have always suspected that this family in chapter 4/248 is linked to that of Captain Adam Boyd but had no evidence to combine them, except these two names. In chapter 4/208, Boyd of Octorara, Chester Co., PA who comes form a Rev Adam Boyd a Presbyterian Minister. He is the fourth Adam Boyd - with the first being Capt Adam. So this family would appear to be come down form a second son of Capt Adam Boyd. This is in FILE W46588GA.doc and starts on page 15. This family came from Ballymoney, Co Antrim. I will also include the family of John Boyd and Jane Bell from Ballynccree, near Ballymoney. This is outlined in chapter 5/254 in FILE W56588HA.doc starting on page 32. Under John Boyd [R1] it this list movement in the USA:- "John Boyd produced a certificate dated 10 February 1736, for himself, wife Jane and children, from Ballynacree Monthly Meeting of Friends near Ballymoney, Antrim county, Province of Ulster, Ireland, to New Garden Monthly Meeting, Chester county, Pa 26 December 1736-7. They became members of Sadsbury Meeting. At Warrington Monthly Meeting, York county, Pa., 9 November 1765, a certificate dated 21 August 1765, from Sadsbury Monthly Meeting was received for John Boyd and wife." So you can see they also finished up in Warrington Twp. I am not sure if any conclusions can be drawn form this. And this family is Quaker. One of the daughters was removed form the Church for marrying a non-Quaker. So I am not sure, at this time, if these Boyd families will help you or confuse you. Hopefully you can make a link to family of William Moore and Mary Elizabeth Boyd. Which Quaker Church - town - did Andrew Moore establish in Lancaster Co., PA? So there may be two links to the Boyds. One through William Moore being an descendant of the Mures of Rowallan and the second through Mary Elizabeth Boyd. If you can prove an connection in the Moore/Mures, that will take you back to pre 1,200 on the Mure/Boyd side. Yes I would like to get any additional details of William and Mary Elizabeth's family and descendants details to include as a new family chapter in Volume 10 of Clan Boyd of Scotland. It would help me to link future families into yours. Clan Boyd of Scotland is a collection of Boyd families in a effort to build a pyramid of the Clan. The bases of these family chapters is to show a families origins; include the known details; sources of the information; any books/publications on the family and list known researchers or possible researchers (type of family Research Group). The third Edition of Clan Boyd of Scotland will be in linking those families that have finally made the connection to the Kilmarnock family. I think at present I only have 2 or 3 such families, so I might leave that task to someone else and just collect Boyd families. The information I would ideally like to be able to include are full names (including common name); date and place of birth, death and marriage (incl. church); place of burial; to whom married; spouses parents, children; and where they lived. This format also allows for a small history to be included on each individual. The initial draft need not have all this information and it is more important to list children and other descendants etc. The best way is to send it to me electronically as I am not the world's fastest typist. When you send that, I could then type it up and send it back to you to ensure that I have it correctly layout It is on Word processing in Word for Windows 2 so allows you to add what you like. Depending on your objective, it can be used as a research tool to record what you have done to find information about an individual; as an appendix to a family history or as I am doing just a straight genealogy and recording who were members of the Clan. My aim as said above is to build a pyramid of the Clan which will make it much easier for people to fit their family into the Clan. I think the above details for each Boyd descendant will help build the Clan Pyramid. I would like to get your full postal address please, so I can pass on your name to others when I think I might get an match. Are you aware of any other Boyd researchers who I might be able to include on my researcher's list as well please. Especially your Boyd cousins. The details I would like to include here are :- NAME OF RESEARCHER; ADDRESS; EARLIEST KNOWN DATE; EARLIEST KNOWN LOCATION; AND EARLIEST KNOWN NAME; And when I have a connection to a family, I include the family chapter number. In this case chapter 10/52x. You may not be aware that there is an Boyd Net group called BOYD@rootsweb.com. You join it the same way as any other roostweb group. It is quite active. Although many of the list members come from the USA, so you get a bit of material on the USA. However, they all have to come back to Ireland or Scotland at some time. There are several hundred people on this list, some of whom may be able to help you more directly than I can on a given issue. Perhaps if you were to send a message for each of the first few generation families that you have, it may help to make other connections to your family. You would need to put as much details as you know, (been told, etc.) on the parents and children of each family, their dates, locations, etc. Or outline what your objectives are in your researching. The House of Boyd society have our own:- - surname Net Group at BOYD@rootsweb.com - quarterly Newsletter called Dean Road (contact Kevin McLachlan - editor@clanboyd.org) - a new issue is due out next week - DNA Group - House of Boyd Society - the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org - Historical Committee - family database If you would like more details on these I can pass them along to you. In my role as Chairman of the historical Committee, I have been collecting Boyd families from all over the World and have about 380 at present. I will be leaving Brisbane on 7 March 2007 to go for four weeks to Ballycastle and Ballymena and them to Kilmanrock to collect Boyd families. When I went in 2005, I came home with 6 or 7 inches of material, estimated to include some 200-300 Boyd families. I still have quite a lot to learn about Irish History and how it may affect the spread of Boyd families to Ireland and those that later left to go to America, Canada, Australia, etc. I look forward to hearing from you so your family can be put in the Clan Boyd Pyramid. Kind regards Mike Boyd Chairman Historical Committee, HOBS Elizabeth Whitten USA ewitten2@comcast.net Incl: W76588JB.doc; W46588GK.doc; W46588GA.doc and W56588HA.doc

Bennet in his book - North Antrim Families in 1974 says:- "Practically all the lines of the family have the same story to tell, luckily with more detail in some cases than in others. The tale goes that a Mure patriarch arrived from Ayrshire with the magic number of 7 sons to settle in the Ballymoriey district in the 1640s. From one or other of the 7 sons descend all the Moores in that area." "Ballymoriey", I assume is a misspelling during the scanning process and should be Ballymoney. HOWEVER, it is not very clear who this Mure patriarch is!! >From Bennett he gives this as the first Mure in Ireland Q2 Capt Alexander Mure, b / /161x ( ), kc / /1648 ( , Ireland), bu , m / /163x (church, town, etc), wife not given, dau of and (nee ) ????, b / /161x ( ), d / /16xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: ] - He would have appeared to have come to Ireland before 1648. Did he actually settle in Ireland and was he involved in the 1641 rebellion? But only lists two sons and not the 7 as given above R1 Capt Charles Moore, b / /163x ( ), d / /16xx ( ), bu , m / /166x (church, town, etc), wife not given, dau of and (nee ) ??????, b / /164x ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: of Armagh, Ireland ] R2 Archibald Moore, b / /164x ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , m / /167x (church, town, etc), wife not given, dau of and (nee ) ??????, b / /164x ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: of Kilraghts, Co Antrim? ] - There is an Kilraghts, some 7 kms to the East of Ballymoney on the B16 Road. If you happen to know who might be any of the other 5 sons please let the list know. Thank you Mike Boyd Brisbane .

The 1911 census is available from the LDS Library in Utah and can be ordered sent to your local LDS library. I thought the 1901 was available also, but didn't see it in a quick search of their catalog. -----Original Message----- From: irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Moragcamer@aol.com Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 1:32 PM To: irl-antrim@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Census Hi Tom, There is no website (that I know of) that covers all of Ireland or all of Antrim on the 1901 and 1911 census. You can access 1901/1911 for West Belfast at: http://www.belfastfamilyhistory.com/ But beyond that I know of no other (though someone on here may know of more transcripts) . I've been told there is a project to get these 2 census's online but this won't be for another 1 - 2 years. It's a great shame as Ireland genealogy is hard if your not in Ireland (Im in the South of England). These records would be of such value. And I personally refuse to use the Heritage centres as I deem them a great rip off (I'd much rather infact take a plane to Dublin/Belfast and do my own research on sheer principle). On saying that the Ulster Historical society is quite good. (though if you compare them with Scotlandspeople and the various English websites that have made records available, there very pricey and just abit unfair in what you get for your money, to me anyway). Check http://www.irishorigins.com/ also. Though usually the records for southern Ireland are better. I haven't been there in a fair while so don't know what's available at present. It does seem though that the SOG in London through the Origins network are prevented (is that the right term?) from making more N. Ireland records available. Though I don't know about that for sure. Regards Morag Cameron ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Morag for the information. I am in the US and most of my search is in the Belfast area. But having trouble finding much information. I have done quiet a bit for family in Wales were their is tons of information. Thanks again Tom

Hi Tom, There is no website (that I know of) that covers all of Ireland or all of Antrim on the 1901 and 1911 census. You can access 1901/1911 for West Belfast at: http://www.belfastfamilyhistory.com/ But beyond that I know of no other (though someone on here may know of more transcripts) . I've been told there is a project to get these 2 census's online but this won't be for another 1 - 2 years. It's a great shame as Ireland genealogy is hard if your not in Ireland (Im in the South of England). These records would be of such value. And I personally refuse to use the Heritage centres as I deem them a great rip off (I'd much rather infact take a plane to Dublin/Belfast and do my own research on sheer principle). On saying that the Ulster Historical society is quite good. (though if you compare them with Scotlandspeople and the various English websites that have made records available, there very pricey and just abit unfair in what you get for your money, to me anyway). Check http://www.irishorigins.com/ also. Though usually the records for southern Ireland are better. I haven't been there in a fair while so don't know what's available at present. It does seem though that the SOG in London through the Origins network are prevented (is that the right term?) from making more N. Ireland records available. Though I don't know about that for sure. Regards Morag Cameron

Could someone please give me a web site were I can look at the 1901 and 1911 census. Thanks Tom _Major0009@aol.com_ (mailto:Major0009@aol.com)

In addition to my previous Email about the Quaker Church in Ballymena. Does anyone know what Quaker Churches there were in Co Antrim and when they were established at each centre. I know that there was one at Ballynacree, just west of Ballymoney near the banks of the River Bann from which the family of John Boyd and Jane Bell attended before they moved to Lancaster Co., PA in America in the early 1730's. The second question is, where did these members come from? Scotland! I am currently THINKING that the Boyds and Muir's, who came after the Plantation period of 1610 could have been Quakers. However, I have not seen any evidence in Ayrshire about this. Only about the Covenanters in Ayrshire and other parts of Scotland. (These I have assumed were Presbyterian in Religion or have I miss read about the Covenanters?) Thank you Mike Boyd Brisbane

Can anyone tell me WHERE the Quaker Church meeting house was in Ballymena? When was it established. And is it still there? Thank you Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Whitten" <ewhitten2@comcast.net> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Andrew Moore and Margaret Wilson's family of"Ireland" > Hi Mike Boyd, > > Andrew Moore is an ancestor of my husband. We have included a chapter in > the > book I published in 1991 on the Moore family. Andrew Moore lived in > Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland. He was born 1688 and died 1753. He > married Margaret Miller. They came to America and we have visited his home > in Chester Co., PA. The Quaker church he helped to establish was in > Lancaster Co., PA. Is this the same Andrew Moore you are researching? A > sign > in front of his home says, "Greenwood Forge - Home of Andrew Moore - 1723 > to > 1753" > > Elizabeth Whitten > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> > To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com>; <BOYD@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 12:23 AM > Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] Andrew Moore and Margaret Wilson's family of > "Ireland" > >

Mike, Quakerism didn't come to Ireland until 1654 whereas the Boyds may well have been in Ireland at least a generation before the Ulster Plantation, a state plantation that by-passed Antrim and Down. Nevin

Does anyone know how to find maiden names? I have located several ancestors on censuses and sometimes on documents but the information never states the woman's maiden name. This inhibits my ability to search the family further. Especially the records from the UK. Any suggestions? Eireann

Dorothy; No, the United Church Of England & Ireland was episcopalian - about equivalent to the Anglican Church in New Zealand. Unfortunately your David was born before the 1864 start of Civil Registration of Births - but maybe someone else will be able to tell you whether the Ballycor-Rashee Parish records of 1853 are available. Bob Kane Wellington ----- Original Message ----- From: "dorothy derecourt" <ddanddm@gmail.com> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 8:02 AM Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] McKeown / Houston > Hi > > I am at a standstill in my research and was wondering if anyone had > any > ideas on how to progress the matter. My research is as follows:- > > My Mckeowns are from Ballyeaston, Ballyclare, Ballynure (possibly > Belfast) > in Antrim. > > My line briefly is James McKEOWN (McKEON) born about 1823 married > Sarah > HOUSTON in Ballyeaston (Parish of Ballycor and Rashee) 9 Septenber > 1845 in > the Church of United Church of England and Ireland by licence, on > the > marriage entry Jas McKEON, Labourer (father of James) and > Thomas HOUSTON, farmer, (father of Sarah), witnesses George BEGGS > and > Elizabeth BEGGS (or BIGGS), > D.C. COURTENAY was the Perpetual Curate. > their son David McKEOWN born about 1857 in Ballyclare (according to > his New > Zealand marriage certificate which also provided his parents names) > , he > travelled to New Zealand from Belfast to New Zealand on the ship > Conflict in > 1857, his name was bracketed with with a George GRAY (David at this > time was > 21 and George was 14) we are descended from David. > > I feel the following family is connected as well (James could be a > sibling > of David's): > James McKEOWN b.1846 (wife Mary McVEIGH/McVAY b. > 1850) who married in 1869 in Belfast who had Huston McKEOWN born 7 > Jan 1871 > in Ballynure,David McKEOWN b. 1872 and Samuel McKEOWN born 25 Jul > 1874 > Ballynure. > > I have written to several churches in the area (and must admit being > not > familiar with what Church of England and Ireland would be this makes > the > task even harder - I gather it would be Presbyterian?) > > Any help or advice would be most appreciated. > > Kind Regards > Dorothy Derecourt > New Zealand

James Moore of Ballydivity is a forbear of mine, and I have read Bennett's book, which seems plausible, but I have no proof either way Charlie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com>; <ayrshire@rootsweb.com>; <BOYD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 7:13 PM Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] Boyd and Muirs/Moores of Northern Antrim >I have been reading son of North Antrim Families By T. J. G. Bennett of >1974 > which outlines several Mure/Moore families. I am currently trying to > explore the THEORY that the Boyds and Mures of Rowallan MAY HAVE COME to > Ireland at the same time. > > This Mure came to Ireland:- > "John Moore, emigrated from Ayrshire to Ballinacree in 1612 b 1588 d 1648" > > While an James Moore of Ballydivity (2 kms north of Derrykeighan) was born > there in 1667. > > While others settled at Kilraghts (But I can't find the date at present) > > While there were Boyds in Dunluce before 1624, at Derrykeighan in 1615 and > to the east and west of Dervock in 1614 > > > P1 Capt Adam Boyd, bc 1616-1636 ( ), d / /16xx ( ), bu , m / /16xx, before > 1656, ( church, place), wife not given, dau of and (nee ) ???, b 16xx ( ), > d > / /16xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- > [Lived: likely Ireland ] > > - > > Q1 John Boyd, b / /1656 ( , Ireland), d / /17xx ( ), bu , m / /1686 > (church, > place), Miss Moore, dau of James Moore, Sr., of Ireland, b 16xx ( ), d / > /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > [Lived: , Ireland? ] > > - As their son Samuel's [R1] eldest daughter is called Mary, it is > possible > that Miss Moore's first name might have been Mary. > >>From the 1994 IGI for the UK:- > > John BOYD (M)............ S: Abt 1660 B: 19 Sep 1989 ARIZO Ba: F511230 39 > @^- > > Spouse: Miss MOORE Of,, Antrim, Ireland E: 26 Sep 1989 ARIZO So: 1553467 > > R1 Samuel Boyd, b / /1689 ( ), d / /1770 ( ), bu , m / /1720 (church, > place), Margaret Campbell, dau of and (nee ) Campbell, b / /1695 ( ), d / > /17xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > [Lived: ] > > - He came with John (S5) - what other children - to America in 1736. > > I think that perhaps the Mures/Moores and the Boyd MAY HAVE MIGRATED TO > Ireland at the same time from the same place in Ayrshire > > I am trying to find which more "James Moore, Sr., of Ireland" came form > the > various branches of Moores. > > It would appear that the first John Boyd who came to Ireland in 1612 hade > this son and descendants:- > > iia James Moore b 1638 d 1701 > > ib William Moore > > iib James Moore > > iiib Joseph Moore > > ivb Andrew Moore, emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1723 b 1688 d 1753. (His > grandson Jeremiah Moore, b 1745 > > d 1813, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Canada in 1788, was great great > great great grandfather of Keith > > V. Moore of 483 Merton St., Toronto 198) > > > > This Andrew Moore could be the father of:- > > S1 Mary Elizabeth Boyd, b / /1721 ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , m / /173x > (church, place), William Moore, Sr., son of Andrew and Margaret (nee > Wilson) > Moore, b / /1710 ( ), d / /1798 ( ), bu , and had issue:- > > [Lived: ] > > - Did this family also come to the USA? > > Thank you > > > > Mike Boyd > > Historical committee, HBS > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.18/662 - Release Date: > 31/01/2007 15:16 > >

Hi I am at a standstill in my research and was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how to progress the matter. My research is as follows:- My Mckeowns are from Ballyeaston, Ballyclare, Ballynure (possibly Belfast) in Antrim. My line briefly is James McKEOWN (McKEON) born about 1823 married Sarah HOUSTON in Ballyeaston (Parish of Ballycor and Rashee) 9 Septenber 1845 in the Church of United Church of England and Ireland by licence, on the marriage entry Jas McKEON, Labourer (father of James) and Thomas HOUSTON, farmer, (father of Sarah), witnesses George BEGGS and Elizabeth BEGGS (or BIGGS), D.C. COURTENAY was the Perpetual Curate. their son David McKEOWN born about 1857 in Ballyclare (according to his New Zealand marriage certificate which also provided his parents names) , he travelled to New Zealand from Belfast to New Zealand on the ship Conflict in 1857, his name was bracketed with with a George GRAY (David at this time was 21 and George was 14) we are descended from David. I feel the following family is connected as well (James could be a sibling of David's): James McKEOWN b.1846 (wife Mary McVEIGH/McVAY b. 1850) who married in 1869 in Belfast who had Huston McKEOWN born 7 Jan 1871 in Ballynure,David McKEOWN b. 1872 and Samuel McKEOWN born 25 Jul 1874 Ballynure. I have written to several churches in the area (and must admit being not familiar with what Church of England and Ireland would be this makes the task even harder - I gather it would be Presbyterian?) Any help or advice would be most appreciated. Kind Regards Dorothy Derecourt New Zealand

Hi Eirann I had the same problem some time ago, my certificate I obtained was in 1845 and the writing was very difficult, I had a Bally something as well that I couldn't figure out. The names of the parishes (which was in my case Ballycor and Rashee) helped me determine where it was, the place was Ballyeaston. Kind Regards Dorothy

Mike I have a book put together by someone in the family on my Muir/Moore family and their arrival into Victoria, Australia - in this book the 'researcher' has traced the family back to Scotland but I heard from another family member who got suspicious about entries in the book after I pointed out a major error with my link and I was told a few years ago when I was last in contact with her ( we have since moved twice and are doing major house renovations so my research notes are all still packed away) that the family originated in Ireland. She only found out because she challenged the original researcher on his information. Would love to be kept appraised of what you find out on the Muirs/Moores you never know perhaps the pieces of the jigsaw will fit together. There is a house named Dunluce in Shorncliffe, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia - it was apparently named after the place that the original family came from. This house is a lovely old house overlooking Moreton Bay. Lynette

Elizabeth Thank you I am about to go to bed and in the morning I have to help my son lay 500 meters of lawn, so it may not be until Saturday that I can reply in detail to you. I will attach the file with Chapter 6/302 in it, so that you can check to see if it links with what you know about your Moore family. If the Moore's were Quakers, it would mean that the Boyds were as well. I have a large FILE on the Moore's of Antrim who come form the Muir's of Rowallan, Ayrshire. What town in Lancaster Co., PA did James establish the Quaker Church? I will be going to Ballycastle and Ballymena in March, so this family will go to the top of the list. Mike Boyd Brisbane, Aust. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Whitten" <ewhitten2@comcast.net> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Andrew Moore and Margaret Wilson's family of"Ireland" > Hi Mike Boyd, > > Andrew Moore is an ancestor of my husband. We have included a chapter in > the > book I published in 1991 on the Moore family. Andrew Moore lived in > Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland. He was born 1688 and died 1753. He > married Margaret Miller. They came to America and we have visited his home > in Chester Co., PA. The Quaker church he helped to establish was in > Lancaster Co., PA. Is this the same Andrew Moore you are researching? A > sign > in front of his home says, "Greenwood Forge - Home of Andrew Moore - 1723 > to > 1753" > > Elizabeth Whitten > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> > To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com>; <BOYD@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 12:23 AM > Subject: [IRL-ANTRIM] Andrew Moore and Margaret Wilson's family of > "Ireland" > > >>I am trying to find where in Ireland Andrew Moore's family may have lived >> before they came to America in 1723 in the hope that I can connect the >> Boyd >> family of Mary Elizabeth Boyd to the same location in Ireland. >> >> It is thought that this Boyd family came to Lancaster Co., PA and them >> moved >> onto York Co., PA. This Mary Elizabeth Boyd "should" have been born in >> Ireland, as it is thought the family did not come to America until the >> 1730's >> S1 Mary Elizabeth Boyd, b / /1721 ( ), d / /17xx ( ), bu , m / /173x >> (church, place), William Moore, Sr., son of Andrew and Margaret (nee >> Wilson) >> Moore, b / /1710 ( ), d / /1798 ( ), bu , and had issue:- >> >> [Lived: ] >> >> - Did this family also come to the USA? >> >> T1 William Moore, Jr., b /1736 ( ), d / /1791 ( ), bu , m / /175x >> (church, >> place), Mary Drake, dau of and (nee ) Drake, b / /17xx ( ), d / /18xx >> ( ), >> bu , and had issue:- >> >> [Lived: ] >> >> U1 Robert Moore, b / /1758 ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , m ? >> >> [Lived: ] >> >> U2 Margaret Moore, b / /1760 ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , m / /1784 (church, >> place), William Montgomery, son of and (nee ) Montgomery, b / /1756 ( ), >> d >> / >> /18xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- >> >> [Lived: ] >> >> U3 Amos Moore, b / /1762 ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , m / /1786 (church, >> place), >> Sarah Foreman, dau of and (nee ) Foreman, b / /1764 ( ), d / /18xx ( ), >> bu >> , >> and had issue:- >> >> [Lived: ] >> >> U4 Anna Moore, b / /1764 ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , m / /1786 (church, >> place), >> Colonel William Alexander, son of and (nee ) Alexander, b / /1767 ( ), d >> / >> /18xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- ? >> >> [Lived: ] >> >> U5 Janet Moore, b / /1766 ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , m / /1786 (church, >> place), Mr Kelly, son of and (nee ) Kelly, b / /1765 ( ), d / /18xx ( ), >> bu >> , and had issue:- ? >> >> [Lived: ] >> >> U6 Mary Moore, b / /1768 ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , m / /1788 (church, >> place), >> Mr Starr, son of and (nee ) Starr, b / /1765 ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , and >> had issue:- ? >> >> [Lived: ] >> >> U7 Temperance Moore, b / /1770 ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , m / /1790 ( >> church, >> place), Mr Dunlop, son of and (nee ) Dunlop, b / /1768 ( ), d / /18xx >> ( ), >> bu , and had issue:- ? >> >> [Lived: ] >> >> U8 James Moore, b / /1772 ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , m / /1793 (church, >> place), Miss Cooper, dau of and (nee ) Cooper, b / /1773 ( ), d / /18xx >> ( ), >> bu , and had issue:- >> >> [Lived: ] >> >> - Is this Miss Cooper a relative of S5's wife? >> >> Thank you for your assistance. >> >> >> >> Mike Boyd >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.17.17/661 - Release Date: >> 1/30/2007 >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This family come from a Chart by John Keers in 1913. The first two sons John and Alexander and their descendants are mentioned in Bennett's North Antrim Families, but the two brothers were not linked as such. U1? David Boyd, b / /1746 ( , Ireland?), d / /1821 ( ), bu , m / /178x (church, town, county, etc), Mary Gardiner, of Ballymagarry, dau of and (nee ) Gardiner or Gardner, bc / /1761 ( ), d 31/10/1798 ( , Ireland?), bu , and had issue:- ? - "David Boyd (1746-1821) was arrested in 1798 by George Hutchinsn* of Ballymoney, on the charge of being implicated in the rising of that year. He was taken to Coleraine and after a formal trial before Hutchinson was liberated on a bail of £3, 000 - a high sum in that day - under the belief that so high a sum would not be forthcoming. The prosecution never was renewed. His wife Mary Gardiner being in a delicate state of health received such a shock that she soon after died. " *Could this be Hutchinson rather than Hutchinsn? It would be interesting to know if David was able to pay the bail. The age gap between David and Mary MAY SUGGEST that this was David's second marriage? Nor could I see any reference to David or Mary in the 1994 IGI for the UK. - The gap between David Boyd's [U1?] birth and the birth of his first known child - John Boyd [V1] COULD SUGGEST earlier family with a 41 year gap. Also the spread of the ages of the four known children from 1787 to 1798 MAY SUGGEST OTHER CHILDREN WERE BORN TO THIS COUPLE but not recorded on this chart. V1 John Boyd, b 1/1/1787 ( ), d 26/1/1864 ( ), bu , m / /181x (church, town, etc), Sarah Burnside, dau of Samuel and (nee ) Burnside, b / /179x ( ), d 21/10/1876 ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: of Knockans, Finvoy, Co Antrim, Ireland ] - See Chapter 7/366 for descendants of this family. V2 Alexander Boyd, b 14/7/1791 ( ), d 1/12/1870 ( ), bu , m / /182x (church, town, county, etc), Rachel Moore, dau of James and (nee ) Moore of Dunluce, b / /179x ( ), d / /18xx ( ), bu , and had issue:- [Lived: of Knockans, Finvoy, Co Antrim, Ireland ] - See Chapter 7/365 for descendants of this family. V3 David Boyd, b /8/1795 ( ), d 26/2/1878 ( ), bu , m / /181x (church, town, county, etc), Mary Burnside, dau of and (nee ) Burnside, b / /1787 ( ), d 18/2/1877 ( ), bu , and had issue:- V4 Mary Boyd, b /9/1798 ( ), d / /1813 ( ), bu , unm. Boyd of Finvoy form the Title list of about 1820's. THE BOYD NAME IN COUNTY ANTRIM TITHES SURNAME C. NAME TOWNLAND PARISH Boyd Alexander Knockans Finvoy Boyd Alexander Carryreach Finvoy Boyd David Knockans Finvoy Boyd John Carryreach Finvoy Boyd David Knockans Finvoy Boyd John Knockans Finvoy Boyd Alexander (K)?nockans Finvoy Boyd Alexander Sen. (K)?nockans Finvoy Boyd Alexander Knockans Finvoy Boyd John Knockans Finvoy Boyd David Nockans? Finvoy Boyd John Knockans Finvoy Boyd Alexander Knockans Finvoy Boyd David Knockans Finvoy Boyd James Moneycannon Finvoy Boyd William Artylomin Finvoy Boyd John Edan Finvoy Boyd Samuel Baltitun Finvoy Boyd Benjamin Edan Finvoy Boyd John Madykeele Lower Finvoy Boyd Archd. Jun. Kew-Building Finvoy Boyd John Madydoo Finvoy (This table should be in four columns) It is assumed that these three brothers are included in the above Tithe List of the 1820's. As their own children were born in the 1820's the other Boyds listed must be cousins, uncles, etc. If you are a descendant of any these three brothers please let me know. Thank you. Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS