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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Tyrone => Topic started by: Oneday on Wednesday 22 October 25 03:29 BST (UK)
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Does anyone have any connection to the surname of Hetherton from the Tyrone area of Ireland in the early to mid 1800's?
i do realise the Hetherton could be a form of Hetherington. The records obtained so far all state Hetherton with Tyrone origins.
I have a John Hetherton born approx 1819 Tyrone who marries approx 1840 to Susan Harper.
Any suggestions welcome.
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There are a lot of Hetherington's around the Tyrone area - Donaghmore as a few but no Hetherton but as you say could be a spelling variation . . .
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The 1901 census of Tyrone has about 62 Hetheringtons but no Hethertons.
Griffiths Valuation of Tyrone (1860) has 2 Hethertons in Tyrone. Francis Hetherton in Tycanny (parish of Clogher) and Jane Hetherton in Tullyblety, Aghaloo.
Francis was a small farmer with 8 acres. Jane was also a farmer (and probably a widow, I’d suspect). She shared 26 acres with Sarah Ann Bell.
Here’s an Ann Hetherton who died in Dungannon workhouse in 1877:
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/deaths_returns/deaths_1877/020561/7215221.pdf
Can’t see either Francis’ or Jane’s deaths so suspect they were both before 1864 when death registration began.
1863 Hetherton marriage:
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1863/09658/5502466.pdf
Couple more (one with no townlands):
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1865/11588/8264392.pdf
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1865/11580/8260781.pdf
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Hi There
The surname HeAtherton appears 27 times on the 1901 census . . .
Just once that I can see in Tyrone though.
Tara
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HeAtherington is another variation showing on the census . . .
Tara
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Do you know what happened John & Susan to help us search ?
Tara
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HeAtherston / HeAthernon
are more variations that I am seeing . . .
Tara
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https://www.historysnoop.com/john-and-susannah-hetherton-county-tyrone-to-healesville/
I take it that this is your family history ?
Tara
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As mentioned in the article ROBERT is a possibility for the Christian name of John's father (based on naming traditions)
The name Robert Hetherton features in Derreenavoggy, Longford on GV and a death for him in the 1880's to a rough age match to be in the time frame as a POSSIBLE father for John . . .
Still early days yet though
Tara
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https://www.townlands.ie/longford/granard/columbkille/gelshagh/derreenavoggy/
Townland for reference
Tara
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https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/view/?record_id=cide-6259638
Death Of Robert Hetherton
Tara
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https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Gelshagh/Derreenavoggy/1548796/
1901 Census
Tara
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https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Gelshagh/Derreenavoggy/582546/
1911 Census
Tara
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The surname HeAtherton appears 27 times on the 1901 census . . .
Just once that I can see in Tyrone though.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01u34/
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HeAtherington is another variation showing on the census . . .
31 entries in 1901...Co Tyrone
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01u35/
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Co Longford a long way from Co Tyrone :-\
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True . . .
I was just going along with the possible theory that they had in their family tree article . . .
Tara
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https://www.historysnoop.com/john-and-susannah-hetherton-county-tyrone-to-healesville/
I take it that this is your family history ?
Tara
I've looked today and to my surprise there was all of these replies!
Tara to answer your question - They are my relatives. I think I may have tracked the Harper family to England but I can't provide details until I access Ancestry again.
I had never seen that write up - there are several. My gut feeling about the Kelly family (Ned) interactions with ours is that there is a possibility that someone in that family boarded or rented with them or there is a connection to Ned's sister Grace.
I haven't delved into it for a while. The Hetherton family remain such a mystery in Ireland. I appreciate any info that can progress our family tree.
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An edition of the Tyrone Constitution newspaper from 1849, reports on a Court of the Exchequer, Dublin matter, and mentions a John Hetherton. It seems to concern issues around tenancy of part of the Loughry Estate, County Tyrone .