I'm searching for information on my 3rd great-grandparents, James and Lydia HUNTER, who lived in Portadown from about 1826 until 1842, when the widowed Lydia took her children and immigrated to the United States. Her grandson, Benjamin Henry RIPTON, wrote that his mother Anna HUNTER RIPTON had been born in Portadown, Northern Ireland. The only facts I have are these: Lydia TOPLIS (b. 1791 in Derbyshire) married James HUNTER in Derbyshire on 5 May 1826 and moved to Northern Ireland. James is thought to be of Scottish origin, and we don't know if he already lived in Ireland when he was married or if he was going there for the first time. James and Lydia had 4 HUNTER children born in Ireland - Anna (b. 1827), twins Rachel and Lydia (b. 1830), and Thomas (b. 1833). James died sometime before 1842, the year Lydia and the children traveled to New York. They went to upstate New York where Lydia's sister and brother-in-law Benjamin and Dorothy TOPLIS RIPTON already lived. In New York Anna HUNTER married her first cousin, Henry RIPTON. I subscribe to ancestry.com, but there is little information available there - I've been told that censuses and parish records burned at some point. Does anyone recognize any of these names or have any suggestions of where I can look for further information? I'd especially like to find out when James HUNTER died. I can't travel to Ireland, unfortunately, so I'm pretty much limited to what I can access by computer. I'd also like to find some information on Portadown generally in the 1826-1842 time period. Much of what I've seen on the internet is from more recent times. Thank you for any and all help. Joanne Gaudio Massachusetts, USA

Hi Joanne..........There are many microfilms available through your local LDS Family History Centre on that area of Ireland. They may be well worth reading. I recognize the Hunter name as showing up in So. Armagh. I believe one HUNTER married into the STEVENSON line(one of my main lines) but have very little info. I'll keep your info in mind..........Syl at sjsb@img.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanne Gaudio" <jgaudio@charter.net> To: <NIR-ARMAGH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 9:41 AM Subject: [ARMAGH] James and Lydia HUNTER > I'm searching for information on my 3rd great-grandparents, James and Lydia HUNTER, who lived in Portadown from about 1826 until 1842, when the widowed Lydia took her children and immigrated to the United States. Her grandson, Benjamin Henry RIPTON, wrote that his mother Anna HUNTER RIPTON had been born in Portadown, Northern Ireland. The only facts I have are these: > Lydia TOPLIS (b. 1791 in Derbyshire) married James HUNTER in Derbyshire on 5 May 1826 and moved to Northern Ireland. James is thought to be of Scottish origin, and we don't know if he already lived in Ireland when he was married or if he was going there for the first time. > James and Lydia had 4 HUNTER children born in Ireland - Anna (b. 1827), twins Rachel and Lydia (b. 1830), and Thomas (b. 1833). > James died sometime before 1842, the year Lydia and the children traveled to New York. They went to upstate New York where Lydia's sister and brother-in-law Benjamin and Dorothy TOPLIS RIPTON already lived. In New York Anna HUNTER married her first cousin, Henry RIPTON. > I subscribe to ancestry.com, but there is little information available there - I've been told that censuses and parish records burned at some point. Does anyone recognize any of these names or have any suggestions of where I can look for further information? I'd especially like to find out when James HUNTER died. > I can't travel to Ireland, unfortunately, so I'm pretty much limited to what I can access by computer. I'd also like to find some information on Portadown generally in the 1826-1842 time period. Much of what I've seen on the internet is from more recent times. > Thank you for any and all help. > Joanne Gaudio > Massachusetts, USA > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-ARMAGH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >