Question for Mick Purcell. Am I right in thinking that the Carlow ancestors of Elvis Presley came to Ireland as soldiers in the Parliamentarian army under Oliver Cromwell in 1649 ?

The first Presley land transaction we have in Carlow is dated 1654 for Andrew Presley purchasing land from John Richmond "late a soldier in Col. Henry Pritres troops". No idea if Andrew was himself a soldier or an adventurer but more likely he was an adventurer as most of the disbanding soldiers were selling not buying. On 20 July 2013 19:47, ron medulison <ron_medulison@hotmail.com> wrote: > Question for Mick Purcell. > Am I right in thinking that the Carlow ancestors of Elvis Presley came to > Ireland as soldiers in the Parliamentarian army under Oliver Cromwell in > 1649 ? > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Thanks Mick, interesting to see Roger Nolan has record of John Presley in Hackettstown 140 years after that land transaction some of the family must have remained in Ireland ? > Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 19:24:59 +0100 > From: carlowmike@gmail.com > To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Elvis. > > The first Presley land transaction we have in Carlow is dated 1654 for > Andrew Presley purchasing land from John Richmond "late a soldier in Col. > Henry Pritres troops". No idea if Andrew was himself a soldier or an > adventurer but more likely he was an adventurer as most of the disbanding > soldiers were selling not buying. > > On 20 July 2013 19:47, ron medulison <ron_medulison@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Question for Mick Purcell. > > Am I right in thinking that the Carlow ancestors of Elvis Presley came to > > Ireland as soldiers in the Parliamentarian army under Oliver Cromwell in > > 1649 ? > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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