Sharon, Reading you e-mail and having no other knowledge of your searches, my guess is that Lieutenant John Martin was a Royal Navy officer and these points of reference are some of the locations he visited during his naval career. It it were me I would seek a searcher skilled in Royal Navy records to obtain his Naval papers, it wouldn't cost that much and I feel sure it would answer many of your questions relating to him. It seems obvious that family history re in 1690s was known to the person who carved the sundial or the person who commissioned it. Since your efforts so far have proved worthwhile a little expenditure for the Naval papers seem surely justified. I hope this suggestion is helpful. James. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Sharon Oddie Brown Sent: 30 January 2009 10:19 To: [email protected] Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Ringfad - 1841 Sundial I have been trying to complete a page on Ardglass, but things keep getting in my way. In the meantime, here is a page that I have posted about a sundial engraved with the name of Lieutenant John Martin, Esq. Ringfad. I don't have a clue who he is (except that he is likely one of my "MARTINs")- but would be naturally happy to learn more. The page can be viewed at: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/maps/Ardglass/Sundial-Ringfad.html Enjoy, Sharon Oddie Brown Roberts Creek, BC, Canada History Project: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ Family Tree: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl --------------------------------- 469 list members as of 8 Jan 2009 - hopefully at least one of them will answer your question! --------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.10.15/1924 - Release Date: 1/29/2009 5:57 PM