Nevin, thank you for the Nicholson information for Antrim. Earliest Nicholson in my line that I know of by name was Michael Nicholson born c.1815. Have found a Michael in Donegal in GV 1857. Michael's son James born 1839-40 is my ggrandfather. David Nicholson "When they ask why we died, tell them because our father's lied" Rudyard Kipling upon his son's death in WWI