Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] A Query on the Ulster Plantation - a late arrival?

2019-07-31 Thread Raymond Harter via CoTyroneList
Wednesday morning, 31 July 2019, Modesto, CA, USA From: Ray Harter (chasing McColm, among other kith & kin) Although I am not (at this time) following the Wilkinson family(s), I appreciate the information, presentation, and motivation. Always good to take a deep-breath and listen to others. Thank

Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] A Query on the Ulster Plantation - a late arrival?

2019-07-31 Thread elwyn soutter via CoTyroneList
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

[CoTyroneMailingList] A Query on the Ulster Plantation - a late arrival?

2019-07-31 Thread Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList
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