Mac: The Ulster Historical Foundation shows the following Seymour distribution in the North of Ireland (Ulster) as found in the Griffith Evaluation records: Antrim - 13 in 1862 Donegal - 5 in 1857 Monaghan - 4 in 1860 Armagh - 2 in 1864 Tyrone - 2 in 1860 Down - 1 in 1863 Londonderry - 1 in 1859 Collections of Griffith's Primary Evaluation are available on microfilm or microfiche. FHL has it on microfilm, ref. # 6026722. These records include landowners, landlords, tenants with leases and renters, and can identify where they resided. These records are past your 1850's immigration date, but gives you an idea of the surname concentration within the North of Ireland, and possible relatives left behind. In the south of Ireland, ancestry.com shows marriage records for seveal Henry Seymours: Henry Seymour m. Mary Perry, 1774, Diocese of Cork & Ross, Co. Cork. Henry Seymour m. Jane Towgood, 1788, Diocese of Cork & Ross, Co. Cork. Henry Seymour m. Anne H. Gillman, 1814, Diocese of Cork & Ross, Co. Cork. William Henry Seymour m. Ellen Kingston, 1830, Diocese of Cork & Ross, Co. Cork. Lee Ramsey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mac" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 8:32 PM Subject: SEYMOUR, Henry 1789-1867 > Dear List, We are looking for the needle in the > haystack. We posted this to a couple of other NI > lists as well. > > We have a Henry SEYMOUR and his wife Sarah (possibly > children: William, Joseph, Sarah, Elizabeth, and Henry > Jr.) who came from Ireland to Canada about the 1850s. > > We don't know where in Ireland except that several > traditions place them in Northern Ireland. Antrim > seems to be the place that surfaces most often as a > possible location but it is not the only one. Henry SR > may have worked with horses for a livelyhood. > > The surnames of McCOY, GIBSON, and SOLAN may be linked > as well. > > Does any kind soul have any idea what we can do to > track this family down in Ireland? > > ===== > RESEARCHING: > southern Ontario: Clarkson, Seymour, Sinclair. > Shetlands: Halcrow, Leask, Ross, Smith, Sinclair. > England (Lanca, WR Yorks): Billington, Clarkson. > England (Mddlsx, Herts): Ambridge, Hall. > England (Surrey) Boxall. > Ireland: Gibson/Gipson, McKoy, Seymour > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage > http://sports.yahoo.com/ > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >