Hi Moira, I can't help you, but I would be interested in any information that you find. My great great grandfather was Richard Russell, b 1834 in Annalong, Kilkeel, Down.  His older brother, William Russell's will listed his siblings, and the sister that I knew to be Jane Russell, was called Jane Moffat Russell in the will.  Based on naming custom, this would indicate that my great great great grandfather (John Russell's) mother was likely Jane Moffat. Although I have been told that the Russell's came to Down from Scotland at the time of the Battle of the Boyne (1690), I find the marriage of a couple, William Russell and Jane Moffat, in Neilston, Renfrew, Scotland on 23 Jan 1790.  I do not know for sure that this is "them", but have been told that sometimes folks in Down did go back to Scotland to marry.  The timeframe is about right, and could account for the name of a 2nd granddaughter.  I cannot find children for this couple in Scotland, increasing the chances that they went to Down after they married. I hope you will share what you find, and wish you luck. Mary ________________________________ From: Moira Draper <moira_draper@xtra.co.nz> To: NIR-DOWN@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, August 1, 2011 10:27 PM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] MOFFAT Hello List I am searching for William MOFFAT, [any spelling] who married Agnes WATSON. They had two sons William, born about 1843, and James born about 1848 in County Down, and I would really appreciate any help to find this family please. Best wishes from Moira in New Zealand -------------------------------------------------- 441 list members as of 1 Aug 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL blocked RootsWeb in December 2010, and even more when AT&T blocked RootsWeb in January 2011.  If you get unsubscribed, just keep resubscribing until it works. -------------------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I also am looking at Moffats in Down, however; I only know mine married there in Magheralin Parish. I do have info on the marriage from online source (early 1800's). My couple was supposedly both born in Scotland but I do not know where. They are Thomas Moffat and Jane Pickering. I have found info on Pickering in the area. It seems to me that maybe my Jane Pickering was born right there in Ireland but on a death cert of one of their sons, it lists both parents born in Scotland and says the same on at least one census for the son. Their children that I know of thus far are William, Charlotte, Wesley, and possibly John. William Moffat, Charlotte, and Wesley were born in Horton area, Grand Pre Nova Scotia..called Wolfville also I think and later called Cornwallis. I have found Wesley marrying in Annapolis Nova Scotia. I do not know why they would have come from Scotland to marry in Ireland and then move onto Nova Scotia. William eventually ended up in Boston, MA. I have seen this family on a few ship lists also back and forth from NS to Boston, MA. Christy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Guler" <mlmguler@yahoo.com> To: <nir-down@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 11:33 PM Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] MOFFAT Hi Moira, I can't help you, but I would be interested in any information that you find. My great great grandfather was Richard Russell, b 1834 in Annalong, Kilkeel, Down. His older brother, William Russell's will listed his siblings, and the sister that I knew to be Jane Russell, was called Jane Moffat Russell in the will. Based on naming custom, this would indicate that my great great great grandfather (John Russell's) mother was likely Jane Moffat. Although I have been told that the Russell's came to Down from Scotland at the time of the Battle of the Boyne (1690), I find the marriage of a couple, William Russell and Jane Moffat, in Neilston, Renfrew, Scotland on 23 Jan 1790. I do not know for sure that this is "them", but have been told that sometimes folks in Down did go back to Scotland to marry. The timeframe is about right, and could account for the name of a 2nd granddaughter. I cannot find children for this couple in Scotland, increasing the chances that they went to Down after they married. I hope you will share what you find, and wish you luck. Mary ________________________________ From: Moira Draper <moira_draper@xtra.co.nz> To: NIR-DOWN@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, August 1, 2011 10:27 PM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] MOFFAT Hello List I am searching for William MOFFAT, [any spelling] who married Agnes WATSON. They had two sons William, born about 1843, and James born about 1848 in County Down, and I would really appreciate any help to find this family please. Best wishes from Moira in New Zealand -------------------------------------------------- 441 list members as of 1 Aug 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL blocked RootsWeb in December 2010, and even more when AT&T blocked RootsWeb in January 2011. If you get unsubscribed, just keep resubscribing until it works. -------------------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------- 441 list members as of 1 Aug 2011. We lost a lot of members when AOL blocked RootsWeb in December 2010, and even more when AT&T blocked RootsWeb in January 2011. If you get unsubscribed, just keep resubscribing until it works. -------------------------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NIR-DOWN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message