Or there could be a virus. R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen's Korner" <Kathleen@KathleensKorner.net> To: <NorthernIrelandGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 10:51 PM Subject: [NIR-GW] Fw: {from ADMIN} John HEMPHILL b. 1710/1720 d. C1792 Back TWShip, Limavady, Derry > ADMIN Forward! > Bob's messages are bouncing as {not a subscriber}. Remember! If > you change email address, your ISP changes domain names or you're > seeing one of these notices on a message *you* posted, there is a > problem with your list subscription, contact me off-list for > resolution. [Reply to list or to sender directly. Thanks.] > > -- Kathleen, List Admin [ Kathleen@KathleensKorner.net ] > ======================================================== > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert D Hemphill" <bob_rees@mindspring.com> > To: <NorthernIrelandGenWeb-L@rootsweb.com> > Cc: <Kathleen@KathleensKorner.net> > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 12:26 PM > Subject: {not a subscriber} John HEMPHILL b. 1710/1720 d. C1792 Back > TWShip, Limavady, Derry > > > > I am searching for the birth place and parents of my g. g. g. > grandfather, John Hemphill who was born about 1710/20 in Dungiven or > Camus in county Londonderry. He went to America about 1735 to 1740, > lived in PA and returned to County Londonderry about 1740 to 1746. He > married unknown about 1742 to 1748. His son James was born 1749 per > war records. He also had a son Nathan who could have been born before > but we believe he was born after James, say about 1751. He served in > the war in PA and was killed at Brandywine in 1777. Also daughters > could have been born during this period. John's first wife died > about 1753 to 1754. > > > John married his second wife, Margaret Ramsey. The assumed 31-year > lease that John got then was not renewed in about 1790 so he got this > lease about 1759. This property was in the Townland of Back, in the > Borough of Limavady in the Co. of Londonderry. Margaret's and John's > first son, Robert, was probably born elsewhere but the next son, John, > would have been born in Back in 1761. The last son, William, was also > born in Back in 1767. We believe there were three daughters. We have a > letter from John in Back to his son John in America sending love from > his sisters, so there were at least two daughters. John died in Back > about 1792. Margaret, at age about 68, came to SC in America in 1796 > to 1798. She died there in 1802. > > > > The question is was there any Hemphills in Dungiven who could have > been the father of John in 1710 to 1720? I have been saying John was > born in Camus or Streeve Hill both in Limavady but have no proof. I > was in Limavady in 1992 working on this. I had been told there were no > Hemphills in Dungiven so I did not look there. If anyone can shed a > little light on this I surely would appreciate it. > > > > Best regards, Bob Hemphill, Orangeburg, SC, USA > > > ==== NorthernIrelandGenWeb Mailing List ==== > Uh-Oh!!! <----- Missed or deleted a post that would put a crack in your > wall? Remember, day and night, the RootsWeb Archives are always there to > browse or search from http://www.rootsweb.com . > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >