Good Heavens! This is the first time I've seen anything on the Wexford list that could remotely tie in to my ancestor, Anthony Rudd, who left Clone, Wexford, in 1816, with a few others to settle in Lansdowne/Gananoque, Ontario. I used to live over the St. Lawrence River (in NY) from Gananoque and visited several times, meeting ancient distant cousins. I always wondered why my ancestor picked such a remote place to go to. The settlement was mostly Irish and some Scots. My great grandmother was of Scots ancestry. The whole message left me in a muddle since one of my direct lines on my MOTHER's side is Robert Lockwood, of Winthrop's Fleet fame. What's a Lockwood doing writing a book about people who settled where my father's family settled? And, I'm also in Indiana, USA.... Why did people leave Wexford and go to Gananoque? If you've ever been there, even in the late 20th century, there's just not a whole lot there. It's very rural; farm country. Pretty. Isolated. It's main claim to fame is a lot of tour boats leave from there for trips around the Thousand Islands, but I don't think that was a draw in 1816. If anyone has the book, are there any Rudds involved? Ellen Rudd ----- Original Message ----- From: Greg Finnegan <finnegan@fas.harvard.edu> To: <WEXFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 3:18 PM Subject: [WEX] Musgrave Source & Webster history > Re those seeking Musgrave--the modern reprint was from a small > (kitchen-table?) press in Indiana USA, so possibly outside even > Amazon.com's massive list. The book is listed for sale by a Canadian > genealogy book/etc vendor: > > http://globalgenealogy.com/ireland.htm > > SIR RICHARD MUSGRAVE'S MEMOIRS OF THE IRISH REBELLION OF 1798 - Most > important contemporary published source on the insurrection led by the > United Irishman. More information > > CAT #239001 ..........$79.99 Canadian Dollars > > The book IS *invaluable*, but is highly biased; the modern reprint has a > good introduction explaining that, as well as having a much more complete > index than the original editions. But while the book details massive > numbers of Wexford Protestant casualties, the main list of same (as > distinct from incidents discussed in the text itself) is the list of those > claiming compensation. So for those of us descended from Robert WEBSTER, > hoisted on pikes and tossed from the Enniscorthy bridge--that incident > isn't discussed. The burning of Robert's house (and his brother's) IS > mentioned--but he doesn't show up in the victim roster except that his > widow's need for support is listed--but he isn't named even there, as the > focus was naming those compensated, who were necessarily survivors. > > The Enniscorthy Bridge incident *IS* discussed on pp. 138-139 of Glenn J. > LOCKWOOD, THE REAR OF LEEDS & LANSDOWNE: THE MAKING OF COMMUNITY ON THE > GANANOQUE RIVER FRONTIER, 1796-1996, published in 1996 by the Corporation > of the Township of the Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne, PO Box 160, Lyndhurst, > ON. Lockwood takes the several paragraphs he quotes from "anonymous, > WEBSTER [family history] (gestetnered manuscript and family tree, n.d.)" > loaned to him. The same text, word for word, is also found on pp. 21-22 of > THE TEN BROTHERS: A GENEALOGY OF THE LEECH FAMILY TOGETHER WITH A SHORT > BIOGRAPHY OF THE 10 BROTHERS, PUBLISHED 1951--tho' the preface is signed J. > Hillyard LEECH, KC, Winnipeg MN, March 8th 1929. The 10 brothers in > question, developers of Gorrie (sic) Ontario in the 1850's-70's, were sons > of Barbara WEBSTER, dau. of the Robert killed on the bridge. > > Greg Finnegan > Seeking Palatine POOLEs (Ram estates, Gorey), JOHNSTON (exact location in > N. WEX unknown), LEECH, and WEBSTER (Garrybrit.) > > Gregory A. Finnegan, PhD > Associate Librarian for Public Services > and Head of Reference > Tozzer Library > Harvard University > 21 Divinity Avenue > Cambridge MA 02138-2089 > 617-495-2253 fax 617-496-2741 > gregory_finnegan@harvard.edu > > "...have mercy on us all --Presbyterians and Pagans alike -- for we are all > somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending." > MOBY-DICK, chapter 17. > > >