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MORRISON Edward Loughterush Sloy Manor, Kilskerry 1826 Jim McKane Kitchener, Ontario On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 5:02 PM Rick Smoll via CoTyroneList < [email protected]> wrote: > I located a copy of the 1654-1656 Civil Survey that covers the townland of > Loughterush in Kilskeery Parish … this obviously does not list the tenants > names, only the owner … but there is interesting information there that for > me begs some questions that perhaps some of you could help me with. I have > attached the top page with the header that describes the area and names the > owner, and then the page that lists Laghterish (older spelling or > misspelling of Loughterush) among the townlands in his possession. > Questions:1. Is there any reason to have confidence that Col. Audley > Mervin would have been the one to have brought the Morrisons over to > Loughterush? 2. Were all of the lands of Ulster apportioned out in the time > frame around 1610, or did it take a longer period of time (ie, could Mervin > have been granted his land after 1630?) He was also listed among those who > came to the aid of Londonderry during the siege by James II in 1690, so he > was not likely an original grantee in 1610.3.The total acreage for the > townlands of Lisnahanna, Loughterush, and Derryvokenan (?) is listed as 65 > acres … there is obviously a lot more than 65 acres there (even Irish > acres) ; the Morrison farm alone was about 40-50 acres … could that be > referring to only the amount of acreage under cultivation? > Other items of interest: … I now know what a Balliboe is. > … Based on the note in the left column of the first page, Audley was > apparently among those protestant royalists who were penalized by Cromwell > with the settlement act of 1652. > > Rick Smoll > > -----Original Message----- > From: elwyn soutter <[email protected]> > To: CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List <[email protected]> > Cc: rsmoll999 <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, May 21, 2020 9:27 pm > Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Morrison Family Name in Ulster 1610 - > 1633 > > Rick, The surname, the general location and thefamily denomination all > point to them being settlers who probably arrived inIreland in the > 1600s. MacLysaght’s surnames of Ireland describesMorrison as “an English > name numerous inUlster.” The location ie Tyrone, is a county heavily > settled by Scots &English in that period, and the family denomination > (Methodist in 1901) alsopoints to them being incomers. (They would almost > certainly have been Church ofIreland – ie Anglican- in earlier times, prior > to Methodism’s arrival inIreland). So in effect you have 3pointers to them > being of settler origins. The Muster Rolls c 1630 show a number ofMorrisons > 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 > theLoughterush area, if not in Ireland. It’s very rare to find any > documentationfor the 1600s, unless you were an Undertaker or major land > owner, or had landforfeit after the 1641 rebellion. Theearliest likely > records might be in the Registry of Deeds which start around1709. If the > family registered a lease or other significant document, thatsometimes > gives you a date. Failing that, church records may help. KilskeeryChurch of > Ireland records start in 1767 so you might find them there. For somepeople > the tithe applotment records in the late 1820s/early 1830s are often > theearliest records to be found. I searched the PRONI e-catalogue but see > nomention there of Morrison in Loughterush other than in the tithes in > 1826.There were no comprehensive records of when people first acquired > land. Formost 17th century settlers, the first 150 years or so of their > timein Ireland are lost in the mists of time. Elwyn > On Fri, 22 May 2020 at 03:06, rsmoll999 via CoTyroneList < > [email protected]> 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 < > [email protected]> Date: 5/21/20 8:43 PM (GMT-06:00) To: > "CoTyroneIreland.com Mailing List" <[email protected]> Cc: > Peter McKittrick <[email protected]> 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 http://www.irishclans.com/ <http://www.irishclans.com/> > Gwen Rawlings-Barry, The Ulster Plantation (1605-1697) published on > http://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 < > [email protected]> 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: [email protected]>> > 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 Skype id: > neredon> Emails: [email protected] > [email protected]> > > > _______________________________________________> CoTyroneList Mailing List> > Mailing List Email Address: [email protected]> Change Your > Preferences: > http://cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com> > Mailing List Archive: > https://goo.gl/mQCKrY_______________________________________________CoTyroneList > Mailing ListMailing List Email Address: > [email protected] Your Preferences: > http://cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.comMailing > List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList Mailing List > Mailing List Email Address: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] Change Your Preferences: http://cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY
