Thank you Kevin! I will most definately try to get hold of a copy for myself. Very interesting because my earliest O'Connor/Connor was Patrick O'Connor- my great great grandfather, born in 1798 at Blakestown. He must have been the eldest son because he "inherited" the farm ( Blakestown was 350 hectares and they raised thoroughbred horses.) Since they were Catholic, I am not sure just when they actually began to own the land, but it started out as an outfarm of the Carton Estate- it is adjacent to Carton. Patrick is listed as Patrick CONNOR in Griffiths so it must have been either Connor or O'Connor- but was definately O'Connor by mid 1800's. The very intesting thing is that Patrick had a daughter who married a Byrne! Perhaps there was a long standing relationship between the O'Connors and the Byrnes! Also- my cousin was in Ireland while Intel was renovating House of Blakestown and spoke with the workmen and was told that they found lots of old guns and ammuniti! on hidden in the walls of the house!!! Perhaps we have hit on some of the history of why! Again - thank you so much- I will persue this some more! Maura Foster Virginia- USA -------------- Original message from "Kevin Kerwin" : -------------- > Bingo! Don't know about the locale, but here is what it says from page 38: > "In late 1796 convicts on a prison ship at Cobh offered to give information > on Defenderism in Kildare {that is, the United Defenders}. In October they > contacted a Cork doctor through John Kenny a fellow convict. He wrote: > They are two Defenders and their names is [sic] Patrick Connor and > Edward Byrne. They say they can make information against thirty men in the > county of Kildare for high treason and Defenderism and will from that the > leading men come into the informant's houses and gave them powder balls and > guns for the purpose of entering gentlemen's housesand say that when they > refused to be concerned that they threatened their lives in case of their > refusal and informed them that the high sheriff of the county of Kildare > (Mr. Aylmer) and a Mr. Brown(e) were Defenders and if they were not that > they should not live in that county" (this paragraph from a letter of Robert > Harding , Cork, to Edward Cooke, Dec. 10, 1796 to be found in National > Archives SOC 1015/28) > There are several O'Connors, which I will follow with in another e-mail. > > Kevin Kerwin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:26 AM > Subject: Re: [Irl-Kildare] Rebellion in Kildare > > > > Kevin- Any O'connor or Connor mentioned. They lived in Blakestown- an > outfarm of the Carton Estate not far from Leixlip/ Property is now part > of Intel corp. But the old family home "Blakestown House " has been > refurbished and is still there on the property! Maura Foster- Virginia- > USA > > > > -------------- Original message from "Kevin Kerwin" : -------------- > > > > > Sorry, no SWORDS mentioned. > > > > > > Kevin Kerwin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: > > > To: > > > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 3:06 PM > > > Subject: [Irl-Kildare] Rebellion in Kildare > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have never heard of this reference. Can you check to see if the > Swords > > > > family is mentioned? > > > > > > > > Colleen > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > > > > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > ============================== > 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 >

Cool! I bought the book hoping to find my ggg-grandfather Daniel had been arrested for making pikes for the rebels (he was a blacksmith, and they rounded them all up in Athy for making pikes) but found no mention on him. Glad to help. By the way, a Marianne O'Connor was the beauty of my dorm in college-she regularly ate meals with at least 6 suitors surrounding her! She was a dead ringer for Pamela Anderson. Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 11:03 PM Subject: Re: [Irl-Kildare] Rebellion in Kildare > Thank you Kevin! I will most definately try to get hold of a copy for myself. Very interesting because my earliest O'Connor/Connor was Patrick O'Connor- my great great grandfather, born in 1798 at Blakestown. He must have been the eldest son because he "inherited" the farm ( Blakestown was 350 hectares and they raised thoroughbred horses.) Since they were Catholic, I am not sure just when they actually began to own the land, but it started out as an outfarm of the Carton Estate- it is adjacent to Carton. Patrick is listed as Patrick CONNOR in Griffiths so it must have been either Connor or O'Connor- but was definately O'Connor by mid 1800's. The very intesting thing is that Patrick had a daughter who married a Byrne! Perhaps there was a long standing relationship between the O'Connors and the Byrnes! Also- my cousin was in Ireland while Intel was renovating House of Blakestown and spoke with the workmen and was told that they found lots of old guns and ammuniti! > on hidden in the walls of the house!!! Perhaps we have hit on some of the history of why! Again - thank you so much- I will persue this some more! > Maura Foster > Virginia- USA > > -------------- Original message from "Kevin Kerwin" : -------------- > > > Bingo! Don't know about the locale, but here is what it says from page 38: > > "In late 1796 convicts on a prison ship at Cobh offered to give information > > on Defenderism in Kildare {that is, the United Defenders}. In October they > > contacted a Cork doctor through John Kenny a fellow convict. He wrote: > > They are two Defenders and their names is [sic] Patrick Connor and > > Edward Byrne. They say they can make information against thirty men in the > > county of Kildare for high treason and Defenderism and will from that the > > leading men come into the informant's houses and gave them powder balls and > > guns for the purpose of entering gentlemen's housesand say that when they > > refused to be concerned that they threatened their lives in case of their > > refusal and informed them that the high sheriff of the county of Kildare > > (Mr. Aylmer) and a Mr. Brown(e) were Defenders and if they were not that > > they should not live in that county" (this paragraph from a letter of Robert > > Harding , Cork, to Edward Cooke, Dec. 10, 1796 to be found in National > > Archives SOC 1015/28) > > There are several O'Connors, which I will follow with in another e-mail. > > > > Kevin Kerwin > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > > Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:26 AM > > Subject: Re: [Irl-Kildare] Rebellion in Kildare > > > > > > > Kevin- Any O'connor or Connor mentioned. They lived in Blakestown- an > > outfarm of the Carton Estate not far from Leixlip/ Property is now part > > of Intel corp. But the old family home "Blakestown House " has been > > refurbished and is still there on the property! Maura Foster- Virginia- > > USA > > > > > > -------------- Original message from "Kevin Kerwin" : -------------- > > > > > > > Sorry, no SWORDS mentioned. > > > > > > > > Kevin Kerwin > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: > > > > To: > > > > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 3:06 PM > > > > Subject: [Irl-Kildare] Rebellion in Kildare > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > I have never heard of this reference. Can you check to see if the > > Swords > > > > > family is mentioned? > > > > > > > > > > Colleen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > > > > > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > ============================== > 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 > >