New Gardens is on the road to Athy from Carlow. There was a Quaker Meeting House established in the area. Today the area contains a Quaker Burial Plot referred to by Bryce Peterson in his article on the Carlow IGP - " To clean up the Old Man's bed". Quakers from the New Gardens area settled in Philadelphia, USA and renamed the townland "New Gardens" it's called so up to present day. On 1 June 2012 19:23, Roger Nowlan <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, > > I would just like to pass on an observation. > > Below in the testimony of Thebius UNTHANK in November 1797, we find > evidence of what is believed to have been activity by United Irishmen in > the area of Moanmore and Ballybrommell (where "Farmer Clowry" of 1798 fame > lived). > > The Quaker meeting house was on the neighbouring townland of Kilconnor > owned by the Watson family and "New Gardens"(presumably the present-day > "God`s Acre" Quaker graveyard found in the northern part of the > Ballybrommell townland). > > Bye for now, > Roger > http://nolanfamilies.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: michael purcell > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 2:36 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Unthank family+Carlow. > > *Re. Letter from George Unthank living in New York 1831.* > > *The Unthank family were associated with the Society of Friends ( Quakers > ). > Abel Unthank is recorded in the Pat Purcell Papers living in Carlow in > 1797. > Thebious [ ? ] Unthank witnessed the purchase of land in Fenagh by Samuel > Watson in 1656. > Unthank had come to Ireland under the command of Robert Browne as a soldier > in Cromwell's Army, some of the soldiers were granted land in Ireland in > lieu of pay. > Samuel Watson and two of his brothers bought some of the "granted land" > from soldiers who wished to return to England as did Robert Browne also > bought land from the soldiers and he later settled in the Pollerton area, > renaming the acquired land "Brownes Hill". > Browne also purchased property in Tullow Street, Cuckoo Lane ( now Browne > Street ) in Carlow town and land in Graigue ( now Graiguecullen ) and > Sleaty. > The Unthanks became involved with the Watson family of Kilconnor, Carlow, > in the Milling business and farming interests. I think they are also > recorded as witnesses to some Watson marriages. > In the Pat Purcell Papers it is recorded that Abel Unthank gave a > declaration before Benjamin Bunbury on 24th November, 1797, with Unthank > refusing to swear on the Holy Evangelists because he was a > "member of the Sect commonly called Quakers", but he "Declared" information > regarding- > "persons not having the love and fear of God before their eyes assembling > nightly in a Evil and riotous manner in the vicinity of New Gardens, > Carlow, which Informant truly believes and Declares to be a Party of Rebels > under the influence of France in readiness for War against the Crown and > Dignity of his Sovereign Lord George, King, Defender of the Faith and so > forth and His Majesties Forces in His Kingdom of Ireland" -. > Bunbury noted that despite the fact that Unthank was reluctant to swear > under Oath his "examination should be presented as a true Testament before > the Magistrates sitting in Carlow.". > The Carlow family later established a branch in Ballyfin, Queen's County. > There is a record of Samuel and Mathilda Unthank buried in the Burial > ground in Oak Park. > The following is extracted from - > "The Onthank Family: > Its History and Genealogy" by Arthur Heath Onthank. > The Origin of the Unthank or Onthank Family in Ireland is obscure. the > only reliable explanation thus far has come from Herbert William Unthank, > of Exeter, England. > Mr. Unthank, a University Lecturer at the University of Exeter, came from > the Limerick branch of the Unthank family in Ireland, and has his family > genealogy among the Irish Unthanks accurately recorded for seven > generations past. > He believed that the earliest Unthank to settle in Ireland was one of the > soldiers of Oliver Cromwell, who invaded Ireland in 1650, and subsequently > settled many of his soldiers, and others from England, on land in Ireland. > Herbert William Unthank's forebears were Quakers and they settled in and > near Limerick, Ireland. > A branch of the Onthank's from Ballyfin Queens County, Ireland immigrated > to in or around the Baltimore, Maryland area around 1850 until 1890. They > then moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming and Later Pocatello, Idaho. Further spread > includes Butte, Montana, Spokane Washington, Portland Oregon along with > possibly California* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >