Seeking Protection, June 1798. Dudley Hill "Protections" Journal. Larance Nolan, (sic) of Ballon, Labourer, had a pike.

Mike, Thank you for looking up Nolan entries in the 1798 "Protections" list. Do you have access to Tullow court records from 1798 relating to the presumed conspiract to murder Sir Robert Cornwall of Myshall? This is likely where the names of Henry Whaley/Whalley and James Nowlan/Nowland would reoccur. As regards the spelling of the NOLAN family name don't pay too much attention to that. Following is a summary of my observations for Co. Carlow. The "Nowland" spelling seems to have been first used in the mid-to-late 1600s (perhaps having to do with the socoal status of having/leasing "land"). For example, in the late 1660s, "Garrett Nowland" was leasing land on the Ballykealey estate and, in the late 1700s, there were still "Nowland" families leasing in the Ballon area. On the 1787 Ballykealey estate map the following Nowland names are recorded as leaseholders for the various lot numbers given. "Connyborrough" - Cunnaberry townland ------------------------------------------------- #1 (19+ acres) - Patrick Nowland #2 (1+ acre) - James Nowland #3, 4 & 5, 6 with house and garden - (7+ acres total) - John Nowland #7 & 8 - Jockey Nowland - (6+ acres) On "East side of the road from Castledermot" ------------------------------------------------------- [RN: next to "Capel" (sic Keppel/Kepple) land] #22 & 23 (43+ acres) - Rev'd Doctor Nowland [RN: Ballon parish priest; first name Nicholas] South of Ballon Village going towards Crowe's Crossroads in Killane) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #49 (32+ acres) - Thomas Hayden #50, 51 & 52 (40+ acres in Killane) - James Kelly #53 & 54 (26+ acres in Ballyranell) - John Nowland NOTE: I included James Kelly and Thomas Hayden in the list above as they are relevaant to my own family research. Based upon an analysis of Carlow tombstones, the Nowland spelling seems to have been used up to the late 1800s when the "d" was dropped. In my romps through Carlow cemeteries I only found 3 tombstones with the Nowland spelling. They were those of: - James Nowland (c1742-1762) in Clonegal - John Nowlan (c1750-1788) in Dunleckney - Thomas Nowlan (c1763-1811) in Ballon; married to a Mary Cummins In the late 1700s the Nowlan form seems to have been most prevalent with the general population. For example, in the Ballon-Rathoe parish records for 1785-1795, Nolan families are recorded using the "Nowlan" spelling. The "Nolan" spelling only seems to have caught in the early 1800s. By 1851, two-thirds of Nolan leaseholders in Co. Carlow were using the Nolan spelling. The other third used the Nowlan spelling. Bye for now and best regard, Roger (Nowlan) ******************* http://nolanfamilies.org ******************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael purcell" <carlowmike@gmail.com> To: <irl-carlow@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 12:54 PM Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Nolan 1798. > Seeking Protection, June 1798. Dudley Hill "Protections" Journal. > Larance Nolan, (sic) of Ballon, Labourer, had a pike. > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must > subscribe to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >