Henry of aghadowey

[owenc]

Right i've got my family as far back as i could now i'm going to do the other side. Edit: Can someone please find the birth place and birthdate of John Henry who died in 1861 and was the father of Samuel Henry baptised in garvagh 1st presbyterian church in 19th june 1841? Thanks. Heres their will it looked like they lived in culdany which is apparently outside kilrea which i doubt is in aghadowey. http://www.rootschat.com/links/09uj/

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[aghadowey]

The townland is Culnady and it is in Maghera Parish.

Samuel Henry (bapt.1841) was the 7th child of John Henry of Movenis and his wife Elizabeth. John Henry was born c1806 and Elizabeth c1808- they married in 1826.

There are also these record from PRONI site:
** The Will of John Henry late of Culnady County Londonderry Grocer deceased who died 9 July 1870 at same place was proved at Londonderry by the oaths of Elizabeth Henry (Widow) of Culnady John Wilson (Grocer) of Ballymacelcur (Maghera) and Hugh Ballagh (Farmer) of Gortade all in (Maghera) said County the Executors.
*** The Will (with one Codicil) of John Henry late of Culnady County Londonderry Farmer deceased who died 4 September 1868 at same place was proved at Londonderry by the oath of Robert Riddle of Drummuck (Maghera) in said County Farmer one of the Executors.
***The Will (with one Codicil) of John Henry late of Culnady County Londonderry Farmer deceased who died 4 September 1868 at same place was proved at Londonderry by the oath of Robert Henry of Stewartstown County Tyrone Woollen Draper one of the Executors. (Double Probate. Former Grant District Registry Londonderry 21 October 1871 folio 550.)

Unless you know that the Henrys of Culnady are originally from Movenis and the same as the family of John and Elizabeth it would not be wise to assume they are connected.

[owenc]

Well i just guessed that they were from there going by his death date and his wife. But now i'm thinking they are from macoquin because in the griffiths evaluation there is a samuel henry in a house in macosquin with john henry as the landlord and samuel henry marries rachel taylor in 9th november 1865 in macosquin presyterian church aswell.

[owenc]

Those deaths don't match up with his death date which was 26th august 1861

[aghadowey]

Well i just guessed that they were from there going by his death date and his wife. But now i'm thinking they are from macoquin because in the griffiths evaluation there is a samuel henry in a house in macosquin with john henry as the landlord and samuel henry marries rachel taylor in 9th november 1865 in macosquin presyterian church aswell.

There are numerous Henry families in the area and many of them are named John. As with any research you will need to work back step-by-step with facts and not make any assumptions.
How far back can you trace your Henry connection (without making guesses but with sources like certificates or census records)?

Those deaths don't match up with his death date which was 26th august 1861

Where did this death date come from? I included the various John Henry of Culbady Wills to show that there were quite a few in Culbady around the same time.

[owenc]

Well i can get it back as far as his death,  no further i don't know his birthdate or marriage date and i know his wife was elizabeth. I got it from someone else who was using ancestry.com

[aghadowey]

How far back can you trace your Henry connection (without making guesses but with sources like certificates or census records)?
No, what I asked is how far back can you trace your family. Ancestry, as well as other online sites, contain many incorrect family trees/information and you need to do your own research.
Exactly where did your Henrys live?

[owenc]

What do you mean? I'll have a shot at this. The furthest officually i can get back is the birth of samuel henry on the 19th may 1841 baptised in garvagh 1st presbyterian church on 10th june 1841 and his parents are john and elizabeth, and i don't know where they lived because there are so many i think they lived in macosquin because samuel has a house there and he married there to rachel taylor in macosquin presbyterian church on 9th november 1865.

[aghadowey]

But how can you get back to Samuel Henry bapt. 1841 in 1st Garvagh? You've so far this morning tried to connect Samuel and his father John Henry to Henrys of Culnady (roughly south of Garvagh) and now Henrys of Macosquin which is north of Garvagh.
Have you found any of your Henrys in 1901 and 1911 census? If so, what townland are they in?