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Down / Re: Families from Killaney/Boardmills Parishes
« on: Monday 10 October 11 17:21 BST (UK)  »
 Yes indeed- and that certainly makes more sense for those who dont know the  names of adjacent townlands- I tend to skim the lot and then open anything in the general area- see if same names as witnesses or executors turn up - that sort of thing-  Ive learnt more about who got the cows or dident get the clock in the past few days than I'd have thought possible.
H

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Down / Re: Families from Killaney/Boardmills Parishes
« on: Monday 10 October 11 14:55 BST (UK)  »
 Hello Peter
Glad this is of some use. I will try to send a photo of the old house and the gravestone  later.
 Re wills- look up Public Record Office NI - click on 'search the archives'- click on 'wills callendar'- enter name Edgar and it will pull p about 135 (I think) wills- look for Killaney as the townland name- you should find Jane, Eliza and Margarets wills - as well as others such as the cousin John who is often a witness or executor.
 Likewise search Bennet for Ellens husbnds will.
Graveyard is small hilltop one called Killaney - adjacent to Bow Lough - access off Lough Rd- Boardmills- you should be able to find it on Google earth - the ruined house is just across the fields.
Gravestone reads:
Underneath lie the remains of Samuel Edgar of Killaney
Born 1779 obt.31March 1828
also of his sons
Robert born Sept 10th 1815 obt.March 22nd 1836
and James who was minister of Scots Church Lower Gloucester St Dublin for a
period of eight years
born 14 Jany 1826 obt 28 March 1863
this monument is erected by the young members of his flock and a few friends
also Jane wife of the above named Samuel Edgar
who died 7th June 1772
aged 88 years
The Edgars I met were mostly from America but the man who is knowledgeable is from England-(*)
I will try messing about with photos later
Regards
H

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Down / Re: Families from Killaney/Boardmills Parishes
« on: Sunday 09 October 11 21:35 BST (UK)  »
Hello
I am not connected to your Edgars- but quite well acquainted with them.
I was, to some extent brought up with them-
to explain- I was bought up in Killaney. There is a graveyard  on our land with Edgar graves in it and nearby an old ruined house which I knew some Edgars had lived in in the 19th century. (later lived in by my fathers great aunt-abandoned in 1950s)
Literally last week, I happened to meet a group of Edgars visiting the graveyard and that set me off trying to see if I could tie the Edgar graves more conclusively to the old house.
I knew that someone called Ann Edgar had lived in the old house- looking at the will calendar on the PRONI website I found wills showing Jane Edgar had lived in the house with three unmarried daughters- Eliza, Margaret and Ann.
Jane (mother) is named on one of the gravestones- dying  age 88 in 1872 - her husband Samuel is there- having died in 1828 - and their two sons- Robert and David . Ann, Eliza and Margaret are not named but I'm sure they are there too.
There seem to be two daus who married- Jane-whom you name and Ellen who married a man called Orr Bennett an lived locally.  All this is gleaned  from wills, which you may well be aware of. I also found Janes marriage to Thos Mcknight Wilson and all her children on the Ros Davies site.
Again searching the PRONI site to try to find the generation before Samuel the names Robert and Samuel turn up with little detail attached- but the dates back into the 18th century fit the conjecture that Samuels father was called Robert and his father in turn was Samuel- but thats purely a guess.
I intend to go to PRONI t see if the Downshire rent books tell anything more definite about who and how long with regard to the house.
 Basically it was the typical small farm of 12/15 acres and the wills refer to stock and crops- so the ladies farmed- and no doubt did much of the work themselves.
House itself was a  two storied cottage with a single story extension. No well- guess water was carried from our house down the hill. House just off to of hill and facing s/e  across lakes and open country.
Prob. more bits and pieces to tell but not sure if I am telling you anything you don't already know - let me know if this is of any use or interest- and if you can tell me anything more definite about pre- Samuel I would be glad to know it.
Regards
H

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