Dear Val, I cannot offer you anything at this time - except to say that the KIDD (or KYDD) family were also involved in the linen trade in Co. Armagh. I have been following another family's fortunes in that trade (the OLIVERs) and in the new year will be posting more to my site. Your Canadian archives find is a really great one. How did you get on to it? Sharon Oddie Brown Roberts Creek, Canada History Project: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ Family Tree: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie A. Wright" <torisnan@rogers.com> To: <NIR-TYRONE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 8:58 PM Subject: [NIR-TYRONE] John Burton, Kildress and Benburb > Hi Listers, > > It's been a while since I was here, but I do have new information now. I > found in Canada's National Archives 3 letters concerning John Burton from > about 1827 in County Tyrone. One is a letter from the parish of Kildress, > signed by the Church Wardens, attesting to his good character. Another is > from Will Richardson, Captain of the Benburb Infantry, saying that John > served as a private soldier under his command, the third a letter from > John > Burton to Lord Bathurst, his second in two years, in which he says he is > an > excellent linen, muslin,? and diaper weaver and is bringing up his > children > to that business, but weaving spinning and other sorts of business are in > decline and it is not in his power to support himself and 6 children in > his > trade in Tyrone. He asks for the grant of a free passage to any of his > Majesty's British Settlements. > > John Burton arrived in Quebec, Canada in 1830 with his wife Jane Beaver(s) > and their children. He did well enough as a farmer that he was able to > donate a Protestant Church to his community. He died in 1881. He is my > grandchildren's ancestor. > > Family story says that his parents were Thomas Burton and Alice Kidd. > > Any further information on the area or the families would be appreciated. > > Val in Canada. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-TYRONE-request@rootsweb.com 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 Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1188 - Release Date: > 17/12/2007 2:13 PM > > Sharon Oddie Brown History Project: http://www.thesilverbowl.com/ Family Tree: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=silverbowl