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Wexford / Re: Re: Any tips for researching in Gorey
« on: Wednesday 10 April 13 20:01 BST (UK)  »
One other point - they were Methodist New Connexion in Canada which I understand to be a rare breed in Ireland in the late 1700-early 1800s.

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Wexford / Re: Re: Any tips for researching in Gorey
« on: Wednesday 03 April 13 22:35 BST (UK)  »
Assistance is greatly appreciated.  The Staples extended family (including related Swains and possibly Bell) sailed together in 1822 to Canada.  Family history suggests a chartered vessel using proceeds from sale of land in or near Gorey.  I can trace the vessel at this end and have found one or two possibility based upon arrival records in the 'Mercury' and subsequent passage records for ships travelling to the Great lakes.

Quebec, Quebec, Canada - spring 1823
Arrived by Sea on one of the following (no passengers lists exist) Ship Ceres, Cork (67 settlers)l Brig Alexander, Dublin (142) Brig George 4th, Dublin(111)Brig Endeavour, Dublin (112) Brig Jane (Waterford) (88) - this is fm ships arrival and subsequent depart

They had enough money to buy outright most of the property they subsequently farmed in County Durham, Upper Canada.  There had been two previous family departures in the previous decade to explore what was available.  A Bell cousin comes in the 1820s and attend theological college later becoming a Methodist minister.

Another researcher has found records for a marriage between a Jane Bell and a Thomas Stapleton ~1775 in the Ferns Marriage Diary? (research found in Dublin Castle 1974)

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Wexford / Re: Re: Any tips for researching in Gorey
« on: Monday 25 March 13 14:22 GMT (UK)  »
Still looking for information re: 18th C. Gorey.   I am looking for any information about Thomas Staples b. 1748 in Wexford? (probably Gorey) and who emigrated to Canada (d. 5 Aug 1825, Ida, Ontario) along with his entire family in 1820.  He, Thomas, married a Jane Bell (b 1767 Wexford probably Gorey)  first child born about 1775. Family records show Jane died at sea during the trip to Canada (d. 5 Jun 1823).  Her brother / cousin? James emigrates in early 1800 and is in the clergy in Canada.  All live initially in Cavan, Durham Co., Upper Canada.

There is also a connection to the Swayne; Swain family who are intermarried after 1798. Family history suggests involvement in the Rebellion. I have much more information about the family after immigration but not much before.  I also know they were Protestant probably Methodist.

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Wexford / Pre 1800 - Gorey
« on: Friday 02 September 11 16:29 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to find information about Thomas Staples (1748-1825) who married a Jane Bell (abt 1770)  They and their extended family left Wexford in two groups and emigrated to Canada (Ontario).  The first group, including the widow Swayne, (Swain, Sweyne) and her six children (two of whom married Staples) in 1817, and the second, mostly Staples, numbering some ~40 settlers, in 1823.  The Staples farm was supposedly near Vinegar Hill.  They were of the Protestant faith (and in Canada were Methodists)

There was also a cousin of Jane Bell - a Rev. James Bell who came in the 1820s .  He was ordained in Canada.


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Wexford / Re: Re: Any tips for researching in Gorey
« on: Wednesday 25 August 10 22:28 BST (UK)  »
A new player heard from.  I am looking for any information about Thomas Staples b. 1748 in Wexford (probably Gorey) and who emigrated to Canada (d. 5 Aug 1825, Ida, Ontario) along with his entire family.  He married a Jane Bell (b 1767 Wexford probably Gorey)  Family records show she died at sea during the trip to Canada (d. 5 Jan 1823)There is also a connection to the Swayne family through their son Richard (b 1791)  I have much more information about the family after immigration but not much before.  I also know they were Protestant but not necessarily Anglican.

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