Hi Donna, According to MacLysaght "Surnames of Ireland" Cromwell is now rare in Ireland, but it was common in Limerick for 200 years before Ollie. Wayyyyy back, Ireland consisted of the Irish, living as they always had, in the countryside, and a few cities on the coasts. Originally the cities were started by the Vikings. Later on the Normans and then the English lived in them. Along with anglicized Irish. The English going native were moving out to the countryside. Since travel inland was hazardous, travel was by sea around the coast. Though we do not have a lot of history about medieval Ireland, it appears that before the Normans and the Englishry developed enough power to command the waves, the west coast of Ireland enjoyed a robus trade with Spain and many other countries. There were many templar settlements along the western coast. And towns inhabited by English merchants, etc. So that's probably why you find Cromwell in Limerick 200 years before Ollie. Might be related to him myself -- his mother was Bourchier and apparently I have one in my past too. He was actually a moderate. The radicals were the English Presbyterians. And according to at least one study, he didn't massacre everyone in Drogheda, etc. See "A History of Medieval Ireland" by Ruthven-Otway and a book by Tom Reilly called "Cromwell" that debunks much of what we believe we know of him. Good luck! Linda Merle ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "D.C." <kinshipmatters@twmi.rr.com> Reply-To: <kinshipmatters@twmi.rr.com> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 12:17:16 -0500 >Hi Linda and everyone, > > > >My CROMWELLs living in New Brunswick before 1800 as Henry CROMWELL was born >abt. 1800 in Queens County, New Brunswick, I have his father as John >CROMWELL born abt. 1763. This information is totally unconfirmed. I don't >know where they migrated from. Anyone have any genealogical input on the >CROMWELLs migration to New Brunswick? (no negative comments here as I only >married into the CROMWELL family, and my husband is a really nice guy. >Don't know if he's related to Ollie or not.) > > > >Donna > >In a very, very cold, but sunny Michigan > > > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.fea.net