These are all fascinating histories, Teena and I wish one of them belonged to my tree. Oh to know in so much detail what happened to people when they disappeared into America. We all have lost dozens if not hundreds in that way.
However, I am often perplexed by the placenames given in these family histories, usually written by the descendants of the emigres who do not really know Ireland and its geography or society. One, for example gives their home as Antrim, Co Tyrone. And this one gives a marriage of someone from Carrickfergus to someone else from Strabane, opposite ends of Ulster. I know that my own folk rarely married "beyond" the schugh"! With no form of transport except Shank's Mare, they did not travel much more than a few miles from home in their entire lives. It was mainly clergymen or the very rich who could make such distant connections so I suppose that has to be the explanation, if there has not been an error. But still, what fun it would be to "own" one of these and to tease out the truth as far as it was possible. Thanks. Boyd https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/ https://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/ On 17 April 2017 at 23:46, Teena from BC <[email protected]> wrote: > Susanna PATTERSON FINLEY's descendants > > Robert Finley born in Ireland (Derry?) and died at Carrickfergus in > 1809. He was a gunner in the Castle at the seige of Bell Isle (He > served in the reign of the last three kings of England). In the Parish > of Carrickfergus is listed the marriage of Robert Finley to Susanna > Patterson, daughter of Robert Patterson of Strabane, County Tyrone, > Ireland, on May 16, 1740. > > The eldest son, John Finley died at the Parish of Choghill County > Antrim and his will mentions his son, Francis, his son, John, who was > in America at that time, his son James, and a daughter, Margaret, who > had married Mat Blakely. > > The second son, William, left a will dated Jan. 1, 1816 and mentions > his sons, James, Mathew, Pat, Robert, John and daughter, Agnes. > > There is little information concerning the other children of Robert > Finley and Susanna Patterson in the writings of Major France, > indicating to us that Susanna, Mathew, David, and Thomas might have > migrated to America, thus accounting for the absence of records in > Scotland. We do know that James died at Belturbet, unmarried, in 1817 > > Conner and Masters, pioneer families of Guernsey County, Ohio; ... > Conner, E. Margaret Masters (Emma Margaret Masters), 1908- > https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89066040254 > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist >
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