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Down / Re: Magill of Tullycairn and Gillhall
« on: Wednesday 24 August 22 16:55 BST (UK)  »
There are deeds relating to various Magills of Tullycarn throughout the 18th century, right up until Henry Magill’s 1828 marriage to an Elizabeth Shaw of Dublin. Mostly it’s a succession of John Magills. They may be related to the Magills of Gilhall, but they are a separate branch already by this point.

I’m particularly interested in deed 4032 of 1713 when Henry Shaw of Ballygelly Castle appears to sell all his estate to William Magill of Tullycarn. I say ‘appears’ because the Shaws continued to own Ballygelly for another 200 years after that. Henry’s daughter Jane had married a John Magill in 1696.

As these Magills are rich landowners they may not be the emigrants to the US.

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Antrim / Re: Robert Stevenson Lismavallaghan
« on: Wednesday 17 August 22 15:47 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: lanarman on Tuesday 05 May 20 02:58 BST (UK)
In Griffiths Valuation, 1862, there is a Quinton Stevenson leasing a house, office, land from a Hugh Montgomery in Lismavallaghan, Dunaghy parish, Co. Antrim. He also is the immediate lessor (next line) and leases to a Nathaniel Morton. Next line is a William Stevenson leasing from same Hugh Montgomery.

In the 1825 Tithe Applotments, same townland, is a Robert Stephenson. I presume this is their father.

Does anyone connect these two Stevensons to a father named Robert and can tell me more about Robert?

(there is an older thread on this board with a Quinten Stevenson but I think he is a different person)

I have DNA matches that Ancestry suggests are connected to me via the mother of a Quinten Stevenson. It says Quinten’s parents were Robert Stevenson and Rose Morton. I’m interested in Mortons from Clough near Ballymena.

There is a Robert Butler Stevenson who has a will in 1875. The primary beneficiary is Nathaniel Morton. But there are several Nathaniel Mortons as well as several Quinten Stevensons.

I think the ones related to me are all based in Ballymoney, but it must be the same family. Quinten is a very distinctive name, and there is a Mary Morton visiting a Stevenson family in Lismavallaghan on the 1851 Census,

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Antrim / Re: McLorinan family burying-ground, Antrim
« on: Friday 17 September 21 09:07 BST (UK)  »
Following our private messages, I thought it would help to post here, as you suggested.

The marriage of Henry McLorinan and Martha Mackey was reported in the Belfast Magazine in November 1809. If you google ‘Skeffington Bristow Mackey’ you can see the notice.

It’s interesting that these families used Skeffington and Bristow as forenames. The Viscounts Massereene were  Skeffingtons and their agent in the 1750s was Samuel Bristow. Before that it was Roger Bristow, who named one of his sons Skeffington. It seems likely that there is a connection.

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Antrim / Re: Harper family - Antrim
« on: Friday 04 December 20 10:22 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Kiltaglassan on Friday 04 December 20 10:01 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Doublebassy on Thursday 03 December 20 18:06 GMT (UK)
.......Andrew Harper (not James) in all the records. He lived 1806-1895 and for many years was Janitor of Shane’s Castle in Randalstown.

He died on 11th March 1895 at Ballygrooby, Drummaul, aged 88 years (so born c1807).

The OP gave his date of birth as 12 May 1806.

Ballygrooby was owned by the McCulloch gentry until about 1730. The main line had all left Co Antrim by 1800 but I am interested to know whether Jane descended from a side branch or not. The John MacCulloch I identified as her brother married someone from Kirkhill, Inverness-shire so it’s possible they were related to the McCullochs who lived there.

https://chriswestancestryblog.wordpress.com/2020/10/14/the-mccullochs-in-ireland/

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Antrim / Re: Harper family - Antrim
« on: Thursday 03 December 20 18:06 GMT (UK)  »
This is an old post, so maybe you have already found this out but the father of this family appears as Andrew Harper (not James) in all the records. He lived 1806-1895 and for many years was Janitor of Shane’s Castle in Randalstown. After his death, his two unmarried daughters Annie and Martha continued as Gatekeepers of the castle. Jane McCulloch Harper died in 1885. She was almost certainly the sister of John MacCulloch (1812-1876) who was a Forester at the castle and possibly of Grace McCulloch of Randalstown who married Joseph Bell in 1844.

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Antrim / Re: FAIRLEY & WHITTLE of Lisburn 18thC
« on: Friday 30 October 20 13:47 GMT (UK)  »
I just found a long and interesting post you wrote elsewhere about the Whittles living in Castle Upton. You might be interested to know that William McCulloch’s grandmother was Margaret Upton (b 1671), one of the 18 children of Arthur Upton & Dorothy Beresford. Her twin brother was the ancestor of the Lords Templetown.

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Antrim / Re: FAIRLEY & WHITTLE of Lisburn 18thC
« on: Friday 30 October 20 13:19 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks.

My current interests are McCullochs and Shaws in Co Antrim. My interest in Fairlie is that I think William Fairlie’s daughter by his first wife, Elinor (b 1720) who married Ezekiel Bullock, is the ‘Helen’ Fairlie mentioned as a granddaughter in the 1728 will of Henry McCulloch of Feehogue (near Randalstown). After William died, his two children Elinor and Hans (b 1733) were owed money by Samuel Campbell of Lurgan. William McCulloch of Dublin (g nephew of Henry) bought the debt in 1755.

So I’m guessing James Whittle’s second wife was Jane Fairlie then Campbell then Whittle.

https://chriswestancestryblog.wordpress.com/tag/mcculloch/

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Antrim / Re: FAIRLEY & WHITTLE of Lisburn 18thC
« on: Thursday 29 October 20 13:47 GMT (UK)  »
This is a very old post, so maybe you already know this, but William Fairlie’s only son was Hans Fairlie. So I would guess the mother of Hans Campbell was William’s sister.

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