Hello,Several of the Killyleagh [County Down] Hamiltons were called "Hans" or "Hance" [same name]You Captain Hance may be of that family.best regardsRobertwww.ulsterancestry.com > Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 20:47:55 -0800 > From: hhmacartney@shaw.ca > To: nir-down@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [NIR-DOWN] Capt Hance Hamilton of 1729 > > The name Hamilton is so widespread in Ireland and Scotland that finding a > specific one can be difficult. I know as I have Hamiltons in my tree. There > are many Captain Hans Hamiltons and most were in the army and somewhat fewer > in the Royal Navy. There were many upper class Hamiltons who were > landowners in Dublin and parts of County Meath and more than a few served in > the British Army in various campaigns. In County Down Hamilton is a common > name around Bangor and the Ards and were either relatives or servants ( who > took the Hamilton surname) who came across with Sir James Hamilton around > 1610. Hanna's, "The Scotch-Irish" has about 50 Hamilton entries in the index > to both volumes. During the Plantation no fewer than six of the fifty > Scottish undertakers and nine chief Scottish undertakers were Scottish. They > were granted huge tracts of land in Cavan, Armagh, Tyrone and Fermanagh. > During the Williamite wars there were Hamiltons fighting on both sides. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> > To: <NIR-DOWN@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 3:27 PM > Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Capt Hance Hamilton of 1729 > > > >I am currently looking at the family of Mary Boyd (a most common Boyd name) > > and a John Irvine of Ireland. They landed at Philadelphia via George and > > Ann in 1729 and in the the late 1730's went to Hat Creek, then Brunswick > > Co., now Campbell County, VA. > > > > A Boyd researcher has asked me this morning about Capt Hance Hamilton. > > "It may mean that this Robert's parents came with Capt Hance Hamilton in > > 1729. It would be very interesting to see if the passenger list, or any > > other list, is available for these 140 families." [Do the Irvine > > Reseachers > > know who was the Ship's Captain for the George and Ann in 1729?] > > > > I have him linked to another Boyd family that in the 1760's went to > > Iredell > > County, North Carolina. > > > > I am not sure where Captain Hamilton left from in Ireland, but seeing the > > Hamilton's obtained athird of County down from Conn O'Neil in 1607 this > > may > > be as good as place to sart to see where the "George and Ann" may have > > sailed from. In time it would be interesting to see what are the names of > > the 140 families. > > > > Thank you > > > > Mike Boyd > > Historical Committee, > > House of Boyd Society > > Brisbane, Aust > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Who's friends with who and co-starred in what? http://www.searchgamesbox.com/celebrityseparation.shtml

I wonder if anyone could offer me advice on my quest to locate Graham ancestors who hailed from Banbridge. Third party research (unsubstantiated) claims John Graham ch.30 Dec 1781 (married to a Margaret Mulholland) hailed from Banbridge and moved to Ballyshannon before emigrating to Canada ca.1830. The researcher gives a pedigree stretching back to Perthshire a generation or two earlier. What can be learned about this family from local parish records, if any are extant? What other sources are available for this period? Roy in Montreal