Andrew, Tullyreavy is the name of a townland 242 acres in size, it is *not* one farm. The parcels of land that made up separate farms were leased from a landlord. In Griffith's Valuation, there were about 17 leaseholders in Tullyreavy. See http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/tyrone/desertcreat.htm (and use the "find" tool to look for all instances of the townland name. From the earlier BEAVER post, it also looks like that townland name may have additionally been used as the name of the "big house" where the landlord lived. -----Original Message----- From: Hamilton, Andrew <AH515164@ncr.com> To: nir-tyrone@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:45 pm Subject: Re: [NIR-TYRONE] Tully Reavy House & BEAVERs FYI, my GG grandfather Robert Hamilton was born in Tullyreavey in 1874 to a William and Margaret Hamilton. William is down as a farmer on the birth certificate. I'm not sure if that means he owned the farm or if he worked on the farm. I'm assuming Tullyreavey is the name of the farm. Regards, Andrew ________________________________ From: nir-tyrone-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of Joan Anderson Sent: Thu 17/04/2008 16:56 To: nir-tyrone@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NIR-TYRONE] Tully Reavy House & BEAVERs Thank you so much for your reply. Esther Beaver would have been born about 1813. She married a John Duery [durey] who was born in Northumberland. They had children John, Sarah and Jane before moving back to England around 1838. I was told she married "beneath her" and that it was a "landed" family. ----- Original Message ----- From: <tyroneire@aol.com> To: <nir-tyrone@rootsweb.com>; <CoTyroneIreland-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:54 PM Subject: [NIR-TYRONE] Tully Reavy House & BEAVERs > > Joan, > There is a by the name of townland of Tullyreavy located in the Poor > Law Union (& registration district) of Cookstown, in the civil parish > of Desertcreat & the Barony of Dungannon Upper . It is 242 acres in > size (see www.seanruad.com) > > Do you have a timeframe for your Esther BEAVER? According to the > Householders Index, there were only 3 heads of household in the County > by that surname. Two were in the civil parish of Clonfeacle and one in > the civil parish of Drumglass at the time of Griffith's valuation in > 1860. At the time of the Tithe Applotment, the BEAVER surname was > found in Clonfeacle civil parish (year 1823) but not in Drumglass (in > 1826). Both of these civil parishes were in the Poor Law Union (& > later Registration Dist.) of Dungannon.