Gordon, The Plantation of Ulster was very much a 17th century event. The main years when folk arrived were 1610-1630. Anyone arriving in the 19th century did not come as part of the Plantation.
Folk did arrive after the Plantation. For example, in the 1640s, General Monro’s army of 10,000 Scots was disbanded at Carrickfergus and many of them chose to stay rather than return to Scotland, and there was a huge influx from Scotland in the 1690s due to famine there. By the 1700s people were leaving again in significant numbers. And this increased dramatically in the 1800s. So someone could have settled in Ireland in the 1800s but it would have been against the flow, so to speak. Philip Robinson’s book “The Plantation of Ulster” is good background reading. See: http://orrnamestudy.com/plantnire1610.htm There are no lists of settlers at the time of the Plantation. However we do know the names of the Chief and Ordinary Undertakers (ie the main estate owners) and where they came from in Scotland and England. Since they brought many tenants with them, it is sometimes possible to point broadly to where someone’s family might have originated, but that only applies if they arrived in 1610-1630. You say your Wilkinson ancestor arrived in Ireland in the 1800s. How sure are you about that? The reason that I ask is because according to the Muster Rolls (c 1630) there was a William Wilkinson on the Powerscourt estate then. He had a sword and a caliver (a light musket) indicating he was quite comfortably off financially. There is a footnote in Bob Hunter’s book on the Muster Rolls stating: “Wilkinson, who appears to have been reputedly a healer, was resident in Benburb when he was killed 1641 or 1642 (Examination of Thomas Dixon 15 March 1653). TCD MS 836, fols 120r -120v).” That examination (Interview) can be viewed on this site: http://www.1641.tcd.ie/index.php So there was 1 Wilkinson family on the Powerscourt estate in 1630. Could your family have in fact arrived as part of the Plantation after all? Have you searched the Registry of Deeds or PRONI for Wilkinson leases or other records relating to the 1700s for example? Elwyn On 31/07/2019, Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList <cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > Hi Listers, > > I hope someone can add to my understanding of the Ulster Plantation. > Family legend has it that my great-great grandfather, John Wilkinson > (~1802-1878) was a plantationer from York, Yorkshire. He settled in > Coolkill townland, near Eglish, about 10kn SSW from Dungannon (I have > the actual farmland that he worked). The Griffith Index (1847-1864) has > him leasing a tenement in 1860 from Viscount Powerscourt. Now my > understanding is that the main Plantation of Tyrone was in 1609 under > James I although activity continued off and on until around 1688. This > doesn't agree with my family legend where John was supposedly the first > plantationer of the family. Was there any plantation after 1688, > specifically to Tyrone, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries? My > GGgrandfather would have arrived in the early 19thC, if he was indeed a > plantationer. Perhaps a private plantation? > > On another track, is there any record of the names of plantationers, > dates of arrival in Ireland and their home towns of origin? > > Kind regards, > > Gordon Wilkinson > > -- > _________________________________ > Nereda & Gordon Wilkinson, Hyde Park, South Australia. > Web: www.ozemail.com.au/~neredon Skype id: neredon > Emails: gordon.wilkin...@ozemail.com.au > nereda.wilkin...@ozemail.com.au > > > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList Mailing List > Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com > Change Your Preferences: > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY > _______________________________________________ CoTyroneList Mailing List Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com Change Your Preferences: http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY
