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    1. Re: [DONEGAL] Stevenson, Stinson
    2. lindel
    3. Hi Jim! I have the Donegal list at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegal/flaxlist2.htm - here are all the Stephenson/Stevenson and Stinson entires (minus the amount of spinning wheels they were entitled to) - Stephenson, George - Donaghmore Stephenson, George - Donegal Stephenson, Hugh - Donegal Stephenson, John - Donaghmore Stephenson, John - Donegal Stephenson, Joseph - Donaghmore Stevenson, Alexander - Donaghmore Stevenson, Alexander - Donegal Stevenson, Andrew - Donegal Stevenson, Andrew - Raphoe Stevenson, Andrew - Taughboyne Stevenson, Arthur - Donegal Stevenson, Gloud - Conwal Stevenson, Hugh - Clonleigh Stevenson, Hugh - Donegal Stevenson, Hugh - Leck Stevenson, James - Clonleigh Stevenson, James - Kilmacrenan Stevenson, James - Taughboyne Stevenson, John - Donegal Stevenson, John - Kilmacrenan Stevenson, John - Leck Stevenson, John - Taughboyne Stevenson, Matthew - Donaghmore Stevenson, Robert - Raphoe Stevenson, Samuel - Donaghmore Stevenson, Samuel - Leck Stevenson, Widow ? - Kilteevoge Stevenson, William - Clonleigh Stinson, Alexander - Donegal Stinson, Charles - Donegal The thing is though that only those listed who grew flax under certain conditions, were named in the premium entitlements list - "To the Person who should sow between the 10th Day of March and the 1st Day of June 1796, with a sufficient Quantity of good sound Flax-seed, any Quantity of Land, well prepared and fit for the purpose, not less than 1 Acre - 4 Spinning Wheels, - 3 Roods 3 Ditto - 2 Roods 2 Ditto, - 1 Rood 1 Ditto. And to the Person who should sow in like Manner any Quantity of like Land, not less than 5 Acres, a Loom, or Wheels, Reels, or Hatchells to the Value of 50 shillings, and for every 5 Acres over and above the first five a like Premium." I don't have the later tithe applotment books but the 1857 Griffiths has just these 2 entries: Stevenson Hugh Dunmuckrum Inishmacsaint Stevenson Hugh Rathmore Inishmacsaint All the best, Lindel [email protected] wrote: > Is there someone on the list who can tell me if any of the following > Donegal Stevensons/Stinsons that were listed in the 1796 Spinning > Wheel list are from the parish of Inishmacsaint? I am particularly > interested in a Hugh and a William Stevenson from that Parish. > Neither show in the premium list for Inishmacsaint Parish within > County Fermanagh however a portion of the Parish lies within Donegal. > Stevenson Hugh > Stevenson Matthew > Stevenson Alexander > Stevenson William > Stevenson Samuel > Stevenson John > Stevenson James > Stevenson Widow > Stevenson John > Stevenson Hugh > Stevenson Samuel > Stevenson Hugh > Stevenson James > Stevenson William > Stevenson Hugh > Stevenson Andrew > Stevenson Andrew > Stevenson Robert > Stevenson John > Stevenson John > Stevenson Andrew > Stevenson James > Stinson Charles > Stinson Alexander > > rgds > Jim Dawe > > > > ==== IRL-CO-DONEGAL Mailing List ==== > Our County Donegal website is: > http://www.mindspring.com/~dickod1/donegal/index.htm > If you have genealogy data for Donegal, please submit to URL above. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >

    03/03/2004 01:01:34