HI Boyd (and Lindsay and Evelyn) This is fabulous information and far more than I thought possible, thank you so much for passing it on. I thought I had hit one of the genealogists brick walls, but the cotyroneireland website has proved that wrong! I would love to find some of my Irish cousins - so will follow up your suggestions re the Facebook groups. I also have a photo of Andrew Maxwell, taken at Young and Glass in Londonderry which must date from the 1860s before he left for NZ. Do you know if there is any archive which might have other photographs? It's possible other members of the family might have had photos taken too.
thanks again so much for all the help and information, I'll let you know how I get on Gerald Maxwell Raymond On 25 January 2018 at 02:54, 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 >> >> >
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