WOW!! What a researcher! I believe someone owes you BIG time!! Jim
Jim McKane South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 8:54 AM, Boyd Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gerald, > > This is the death of your ggg grandfather: > > Civil Death Record > Name: Joseph Maxwell Date of Death: 24-Jan-1869 > Age: 71 Parish / District: NEWTOWNSTEWART > Address: Drumlegagh County: TYRONE > Status: Married Registration District > Occupation: FARMER Sex: Male > Graveyard Informant > Graveyard: Relationship: Occupier > Parish: Name: John Maxwell > County: Address: Drumlegagh > Notes: > > John, who was PAD, is probably his son. The mill and farm passed to John > in 1869, and then it went out of the family to a John Wilson in 1880. (See > attached page from the GVRBs.) It is possible that John Wilson married a > daughter. > > And it looks like Joseph and Andrew, the mill owner and the Presbyterian > clergyman were indeed brothers: > > Civil Death Record > Name: Andrew Maxwell Date of Death: 23-Jul-1867 > Age: 79 Parish / District: NEWTOWNSTEWART > Address: Drumlegagh, Ardstraw County: TYRONE > Status: Widower (Male) Registration District > Occupation: PRESBYTERIAN CLERGYMAN Sex: Male > Graveyard Informant > Graveyard: Relationship: Unknown > Parish: Name: Joseph Maxwell > County: Address: Drumlegagh, Ardstraw > Notes: > > The Rev Andrew left a will, which you can read online at the PRONI website: > > Title : Reverend Date of Death : 23 July 1867 > Surname : Maxwell Date of Grant : 8 October 1867 > Forename : Andrew Reseal Date : > Registry : Londonderry Effects : Effects under £450 > Open Image in a new window Image > Full Abstract : > The Will of Reverend Andrew Maxwell late of Drumlegagh County Tyrone > Presbyterian Minister deceased who died 23 July 1867 at same place was > proved at Londonderry by the oath of Reverend Josias Mitchell of the Manse > Coneywarren (Omagh) in said County Presbyterian Minister the sole Executor. > > It is very short; he left everything to his wife, Jane. Pity there is no > will for Joseph to see what family he had. > > Joseph did have at least three children, all daughters. None married a > Wilson but you could trace any children from these marriages and their > descendants would be cousins of yours: > > Action Source Surname First Name Year County > View Civil Marriage Maxwell Margaret 1848 Co. Tyrone > View Church Marriage Maxwell Margaret 1848 Co. Tyrone > View Civil Marriage Maxwell Isabella 1864 Co. Tyrone > View Church Marriage Maxwell Isabella 1864 Co. Tyrone > View Civil Marriage Maxwell Elizabeth 1868 Co. Tyrone > View Church Marriage Maxwell Elizabeth 1868 Co. Tyrone > > All married well, two to merchants, one to a Presbyterian minister. > > No sign of John, though I suppose this might be him as Carnkenny must be > very close to Drumlegagh as both are in the Newtownstewart area (you could > check their locations at Townlands.ie): > > Civil Death Record > Name: John Maxwell Date of Death: 23-Jan-1882 > Age: 61 Parish / District: NEWTOWNSTEWART > Address: Carnkenny County: TYRONE > Status: Married Registration District > Occupation: FARMER Sex: Male > Graveyard Informant > Graveyard: Relationship: Unknown > Parish: Name: Margaret Maxwell > County: Address: Carnkenny > Notes: > > I have also attached a map from the Griffiths Valuation website showing > your ggg grandfather's Plot 7, with his house at location "a" and the flax > mill and millpond in the centre. You can also see the Reverend Andrew > Maxwell's Meeting House (church). There is also an aerial photograph which > shows that the church is still there, the mill lond has gone and there is > still a house at the site of Joseph Maxwell's house so you could visit the > area and view it for yourself. > > Good luck with your research. Let me know if I can help. > > Regards, > > Boyd > > https://www.facebook.com/westulstergenealogy/ > > http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/ > > On 24 January 2018 at 09:01, Gerald Raymond <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello fellow researchers, >> >> I'm from New Zealand and have been researching my Maxwell line for years, >> and until now have found no record of my family line in Ireland. >> >> I believe however my gg grandfather, Andrew Maxwell, may be related to the >> Maxwells of Drumlegagh, and could be the son of Joseph Maxwell and Margaret >> McCay (married April 1824) as shown on the Cotyroneireland website. >> >> I have attached Andrew's death certificate (he died in 1918 in NZ) which >> shows his parents were Joseph Maxwell and Margaret McKee (which I believe >> may be a mis-spelling of McCay). The only other information (passed down >> through the family) is the Maxwell family was Presbyterian, and that they >> lived in Northern Ireland. And that Andrew left the family and Ireland >> because he wanted to marry Margaret Walsh (from Tuam), who was Catholic. >> They emigrated separately to NZ, married in 1869, and had eight children. I >> have also attached their marriage certificate as well. They had no further >> contact with the family in Ireland, as far as I know. >> >> The other interesting thing is that several of Andrew and Margaret's >> children shared names with the original family (Andrew's siblings): and were >> called Joseph, Mary, James, Margaret, Elizabeth, Matilda (x2 one died young >> and they reused the name), and Andrew - all born in NZ. >> >> My father has also done a Y-chromosome DNA test which shows lots of American >> Maxwell relatives but none from Ireland (so far). >> >> So - very interested in any additional thoughts or suggestions on how to >> pursue this line of research. Obviously making contact with any descendants >> of the original Joseph and Margaret Maxwell would be very useful. >> >> with thanks >> >> Gerald Maxwell Raymond >> >> Christchurch, New Zealand >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CoTyroneList mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelis >> t_cotyroneireland.com >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/ > cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > >
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