Rick,
The surname, the general location and the family denomination all point to them being settlers who probably arrived in Ireland in the 1600s. MacLysaght’s surnames of Ireland describes Morrison as “an English name numerous in Ulster.” The location ie Tyrone, is a county heavily settled by Scots & English in that period, and the family denomination (Methodist in 1901) also points to them being incomers. (They would almost certainly have been Church of Ireland – ie Anglican- in earlier times, prior to Methodism’s arrival in Ireland). So in effect you have 3 pointers to them being of settler origins. The Muster Rolls c 1630 show a number of Morrisons in Ireland, and one in Tyrone, but none in the Barony of Omagh East (which includes Loughterush) so that points to a post 1630 arrival in the Loughterush area, if not in Ireland. It’s very rare to find any documentation for the 1600s, unless you were an Undertaker or major land owner, or had land forfeit after the 1641 rebellion. The earliest likely records might be in the Registry of Deeds which start around 1709. If the family registered a lease or other significant document, that sometimes gives you a date. Failing that, church records may help. Kilskeery Church of Ireland records start in 1767 so you might find them there. For some people the tithe applotment records in the late 1820s/early 1830s are often the earliest records to be found. I searched the PRONI e-catalogue but see no mention there of Morrison in Loughterush other than in the tithes in 1826. There were no comprehensive records of when people first acquired land. For most 17th century settlers, the first 150 years or so of their time in Ireland are lost in the mists of time. Elwyn On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 03:06, rsmoll999 via CoTyroneList < cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote: > Peter ... thanks for responding ... the links you sent are not working > for me. I'll do some more hunting for those sites.Sent from my Sprint > Samsung Galaxy S9. > -------- Original message --------From: Peter McKittrick via CoTyroneList < > cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> Date: 5/21/20 8:43 PM (GMT-06:00) To: > "CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List" <cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> Cc: > Peter McKittrick <petermck...@gmail.com> Subject: [CoTyroneMailingList] > Morrison Family Name in Ulster 1610 - 1633 A past Genealogical Society of > Victoria (Australia) handout indicates that Morrison appears in Scottish > names in Tyrone, 1610-1633 based on muster rolls and estate maps.Sources: > Brian Orr, Plantation of Ireland and the Ulster Scots published > on www.irishclans.com <http://www.irishclans.com/> > Gwen Rawlings-Barry, The Ulster Plantation (1605-1697) published on > www.canadasulsterscots.tripod.com < > http://www.canadasulsterscots.tripod.com/> (website not found).Peter > McKittrick> On 22 May 2020, at 10:23 am, Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList < > cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote:> > Rick, My guess is that they > could have been part of the plantation of Ulster in the 17thC. I > suspect(based on my surname) that my ancestors may have been part of that > event too but have not been able to find any records of who arrived from > where and when. Any help (thanks Len S. for your earlier help) would be > appreciated. Gordon> > On 22/05/2020 3:14 am, Rick Smoll via CoTyroneList > wrote:>> My Morrison ancestors occupied a farm in the Loughterush townland > (Kilskeery Parish) from at least the mid 1700s until 1970 when the last > Morrison on the farm passed away (he was a bachelor), and the farm was sold > at public auction. The earliest ancestor I have found records for was > Edward Morrison, and the earliest reference to Loughterush was with the > birth of a daughter of his in 1781.>> My question is: Is there a way to > find out when the Morrisons first came to occupy the farm in Loughterush?>> > Thank you for any help on this.>> >> Rick Smoll>> > _______________________________________________>> CoTyroneList Mailing > List>> Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com>> > Change Your Preferences: > http://cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com>> > Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY> > -- > > _________________________________> Nereda & Gordon Wilkinson, Hyde Park, > South Australia.> Web: www.ozemail.com.au/~neredon > <http://www.ozemail.com.au/%7Eneredon> 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://cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com> > Mailing List Archive: > https://goo.gl/mQCKrY_______________________________________________CoTyroneList > Mailing ListMailing List Email Address: > CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.comChange Your Preferences: > http://cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.comMailing > List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList Mailing List > Mailing List Email Address: CoTyroneList@cotyroneireland.com > Change Your Preferences: > http://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://cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY
