In a footnote to the previous posting, "Not Us From Kings But Kings From Us" Henrietta Hickey added - "the Cheevers family held lands in Carlow, Wexford and Kildare. They were of Norman-French extraction whose ancestors came to Ireland with the forces of the second King Henry who led his army in response to a plea from Pope Adrian to surpress the barbarous Irishery and restore the Kingdom of Leinster to the McMurroughs . Knight Roger and Knight Henry de Cheevers of Devon and Cornwall were granted lands in Leinster. The family were dispossessed of their lands in 1650 by the English Parliamentarian Army [ Cromwell ], they were moved to poor land in the West of Ireland. The family motto in translation is "We Defeat Those Who Would Subdue Us". Some of the family became members of the Society of Friends [ Quakers ], one of whom was a prominent Preacher. The family seat in Carlow was situated in Grangeforth at Tullow". [ note added in 2012 by Michael Purcell. The Browne-Clayton archive records that some of the Cheever lands ended up in the ownership of the Browne family of Browneshill. ]

Mick, the Cheevers family motto as in latin on the Hickey letter was We Subdue Those Who Would Oppose Us meant to correct that before I sent it to you. Regards, Catherine. On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Michael Purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com>wrote: > In a footnote to the previous posting, "Not Us From Kings But Kings From > Us" Henrietta Hickey added - > "the Cheevers family held lands in Carlow, Wexford and Kildare. They > were of Norman-French extraction whose ancestors came to Ireland with the > forces of the second King Henry who led his army in response to a plea from > Pope Adrian to surpress the barbarous Irishery and restore the Kingdom of > Leinster to the McMurroughs . Knight Roger and Knight Henry de Cheevers of > Devon and Cornwall were granted lands in Leinster. The family > were dispossessed of their lands in 1650 by the English Parliamentarian > Army [ Cromwell ], they were moved to poor land in the West of Ireland. The > family motto in translation is "We Defeat Those Who Would Subdue Us". Some > of the family became members of the Society of Friends [ Quakers ], one of > whom was a prominent Preacher. The family seat in Carlow was situated in > Grangeforth at Tullow". > [ note added in 2012 by Michael Purcell. The Browne-Clayton archive records > that some of the Cheever lands ended up in the ownership of the Browne > family of Browneshill. ] > > ------------------------------- > 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 >