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
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