Steve, families a few generations back 'recycled' earlier first names. Here are the Robert and Henry Purdys in Griffith's Valuation for Co Antrim in 1861 Purdy, Henry Parish : Carrickfergus Location : Middle Division Purdy, Henry Parish : Glynn Location : Newlands Purdy, Robert Parish : Templecorran Location : Knocknagulliagh They're all in south-east Antrim between Larne and Carrickfergus. You can locate these two towns and Bushmills on Multimap.com by selecting Northern Ireland and then the town name. There's additional information about the townlands in seanruad.com. Knocknagulliagh, according to a Google search is just west of Whitehead, a small town. Enter Whitehead in Multimap and it takes you to Knocknaculliagh: _http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=54.7431&lon=-5.7263&scale=25000&ic on=x_ (http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=54.7431&lon=-5.7263&scale=25000&icon=x) Newlands in the parish of Glynn is near Larne. _http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=54.8091&lon=-5.7959&scale=25000&ic on=x_ (http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=54.8091&lon=-5.7959&scale=25000&icon=x) Middle Division is just north of Carrickfergus: _http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=54.7397&lon=-5.8398&scale=25000&ic on=x_ (http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=54.7397&lon=-5.8398&scale=25000&icon=x) Regards Nevin