Read your message & think it is GREAT that you have all those family treasures! Ruth, with rellies from Carnmoney, Antrim. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pam Craven" <pamcraven@mynow.co.uk> To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Fw: Crooks family/McCartney/Wallace/Sloan/Cunningham > Hi Wendy > > As far as I am aware no-one in my direct line went to USA and the threads > back to probably Scotland are too far and tenuous to try and join. It is > likely that my McCARTNEYs and WALLACEs were Scots who came to Ireland but > from where or when who knows? I have got back to Thomas Wallace 1815 and > William McCARTNEY c1780. I have only managed this because of what my mum > remembered and then been able to substantiate via church records etc on > visits to N Ireland. Then my uncle died 2 years ago (he continued to live > in the family home after granny and grandad died 40 years ago) and as mum > is > last surviving child I have had to do all the sorting out. My granny > never > threw anything out nor did my uncle luckily and I have found old family > photos that my mum has identified, letters, marriage certificates and > other > certificates to claim my gt grandparents claims for an old age pension. > So > a real treasure trove. Especially the letters home from my gt uncle > Johnny > who was killed in WW1. Still trying to sort through everything as well as > sell the house, which is sad as I spent all my holidays there and was born > there too. > > At least because so many people went to states in 1600 and 1700s you can > usually get back further than those of us whose families stayed here. My > granny told my mum that her granddad told her that during the famine 'they > just pulled their belts in another notch'! > > It is William McCARTNEY's (c1780) grandson Isaac McCARTNEY's mother in law > who is Jane SLOAN. > > > Best wishes Pam > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gordon crooks > Sent: 16 October 2006 15:36 > To: irl-antrim@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Fw: Crooks family > > Pam: I also have Wallace in my line, but they were never to my knowledge > in > Antrim. I have John Wallace born 1715 in Scotland, after his first wife > died > > he came over to the USA with his four children, he married Rachael Crooks > (my aunt 6 times removed) and they had 3 children. John served in the > American Revolution and was a Colonel and his son John Jr. was the founder > of Waynesboro, Pa. > > Gordon Crooks > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pam Craven" <pamcraven@mynow.co.uk> > To: <irl-antrim@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 8:43 AM > Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Fw: Crooks family > > >> Hi Wendy >> >> I have a Jane SLOAN from the area she is my 4x granny. >> >> She married John CUNNINGHAM 1824 at Grange Presbyterian Church which is >> about 5 miles from Ahoghill. I have not looked any further for info on >> the >> SLOANS or the CUNNINGHAM's yet, have been concentrating on my >> McCartney/Wallace lines! >> >> Does Jane SLOAN ring any bells, or who are the SLOAN's that left >> Ireland - >> if I find anything when I am next over I can let you know? >> >> Regards Pam >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:irl-antrim-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of >> stevensons@odyssey.on.ca >> Sent: 15 October 2006 05:03 >> To: irl-antrim@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [IRL-ANTRIM] Fw: Crooks family >> >>>Gordon, >> My STEVENSON family is also from Ahoghill, Galgorm, and they came to >> Canada in 1840's with Clark, Sloan families. Where can I find the list >> of >> tenants for your Alexander Coville estate? Thanks.Wendy >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 2:14 PM >>> Subject: Crooks family >>> >>> >>> I have been told there are approx. 22 Crooks families today in Antrim or >>> at least those with telephones. Does anyone know of members of a Crooks >>> family immigrating to the USA in the early 1700's. In 1669 there were 5 >>> known Crooks families and I am trying to determine which are mine and >>> believe it might be a James Crooks & family living at Ahoghill, Glagorm >>> Estate which was a Alexander Colville property. As a matter of interest >>> I >>> am surprised that how few Crooks are left there. My first American born >>> generation consisted of 19 children, their parents all Ireland born (3 >>> of >>> them). To make matters even worse, just 2 cousins of this batch had 22 >>> children all of which were born between 1760-1810. Perhaps it was a good >>> idea that they did migrate as the Isle would have sunk long ago under >>> the >>> weight of these progenies. >>> >>> Gordon Crooks, the 8th >>> generation >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------- >> Powered by Execulink Webmail >> http://www.execulink.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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 >