STEWART families in Donegal

[Thomas Stewart]

Interesting discussion.  My Stewart family has roots in Ramelton going back to about 1800, when a Thomas Stewart was listed owning the Roughan, my grandfather's farm just outside Ramelton.  I have not, however, been able to link my Stewart ancestors back to any of the Ulster planters, so I just don't know where these Stewarts might have sprung from. 

On my mother's side (also from Donegal) I have Babingtons in the early 1800s back to Brutus Babington, Bishop of Derry and beyond.

[AlexStewart]

Thomas
Thank you for your most interesting first post. I was very pleased to read it.
My Stewarts also have a Ramelton connection. From a non-Stewart line I too trace back ancestors via your Babington line. I think it will be best if I send you a private message so that you can write more detail to my e-mail address.
Alexander

[Kiltaglassan]

Welcome to RootsChat, Thomas 

If you make at least one more post, then AlexStewart will be able to exchange e-mail addresses by using the PM system.

I think it will be best if I send you a private message so that you can write more detail to my e-mail address.

See https://www.rootschat.com/help/pms.php

KG

[AlexStewart]

Kiltaglasssan and Thomas
I am writing again to Thomas to ask a question that may help to move this on to private messaging.
Thomas, would you please let me know who was your Babington ancestor in 1800? He or she may well be our first link.
Regards
Alexander

[Thomas Stewart]

Hello Alex,

Thank you for your reply.

My Babingtons in Donegal in 1800 would be Murray Babington, youngest son of Humphrey Babington.

regards,

[AlexStewart]

Hello Alex,

Thank you for your reply.

My Babingtons in Donegal in 1800 would be Murray Babington, youngest son of Humphrey Babington.

regards,

Hello, Thomas.
Thank you for that information. Yes, I know about Murray Babington who lived at Bonnyglen in Donegal. His father Humphrey had a brother Revd. William Babington 1713-1777, and he is an ancestor of mine. Therefore we are connected! I shall now write a private message to you with more detail.
Regards
Alex

[Thomas Stewart]

Thank you, Alexander.   Seems we are distant cousins     I will watch for your email.

Thomas

[AlexStewart]

Thomas
I have written you a long PM but it seems it has not been sent and appears to be lost although I ticked to leave a copy! I have never experienced that before!
So I am sending a couple of short questions. Is your Murray Babington the chap who married Mary Heron Gordon in Dumfries in 1788? The same person died in Bonny Glen, Inver, Donegal in 1839 aged 88.
You wrote that his father was Humphrey. Where did that information come from? I have Murray the son of The Revd. William Babington and Dorothea Campbell. Murray’s first child was named Dorothea.
Enough for now. I hope you get this, and I trust we can move to personal messaging soon!
Regards
Alexander

[hallmark]

I just discovered "RootsChat" and so don't know quite how it works as yet. I have been researching my STEWART ancestors for many years now. My g-g-grandfather, Thomas Stewart (1818-1904) immigrated from the Ramelton, Co. Donegal area ca. 1828/9 through Philadelphia, PA to Armstrong Co., PA and there married in 1848 Elizabeth Brown (1821-1912) in Zion church, Shannondale, Clarion Co., PA. I believe Elizabeth Brown's family also came from the same general Ireland location. The family, along with other similar immigrant families, migrated from Armstrong/Clarion Co's., PA to the Scott Co., Iowa area en-masse, and many inter-related marriages ensued. After the Civil War, in which Thomas and many of his fellow Irish immigrants served, many of these families then moved on to Nebraska, Kansas, and points west in a group where they claimed "bounty lands" for their military service. These families include STEWART, BROWN, ENGLISH, MOORE, MCFATE, DAVIES, PORTER, WRAY, GALBRAITHE, and many more. I would be very interested in exchanging research of these families with anyone interested.

Just FYI..

WRAY Will

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHS-RNFK?i=347&cat=185720