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Re: mcclellands land.. where are the people from?
« Reply #36 on: Wednesday 08 February 12 12:53 GMT (UK) »
The story is mentioned here- list of wanted men includes James Maskimman & John Maskimman:
http://roevalley.com/newsbrowser/historical/cushyglen.htm
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Re: mcclellands land.. where are the people from?
« Reply #37 on: Wednesday 08 February 12 13:25 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
    The site which Aghadowey referenced is an amusing and informative site about Limavady and the Roe Valley. It can be found at  http://roevalley.com/newsbrowser/index.htm

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Stewart, Irwin, Morrison, Haslett, Murrell - Dungiven area Co. Londonderry
Browne, Barrett -Co.Armagh
Neil, Smyth _Co. Antrim

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Re: mcclellands land.. where are the people from?
« Reply #38 on: Wednesday 08 February 12 16:07 GMT (UK) »
Well i live on the windyhill road and alot of people still refer to it as the murder-hole road. I am not sure if those two men are direct relatives, but i assume they are of relation to me. It is in a time where there is little records. In the tamlaghtard church the records miss almost 30 years in the 1700s, so they are sparse then. I am lucky to get back to the 1700s. The only place i can go now is proni which i won't get to for a while because my father is not really interested as usual. He is convinced that we aren't miskimmins  (because of what his father says) and ignores anything to do with them. So i just ignore what he says and write down the miskimmins relations. He is missing out on alot of details because of this. I can assure you now that we ARE miskimmins because miskimmins is a varient of cummins and i have seen records in dunboe 1st where my relatives have been referred to with that name Personally i think it is a thran attitude. There is something about that name in my family. Every-time it gets mentioned immediately i am told we are not anything to them. It is getting a bit irritating at this stage. I wish they'd get over this bitter attitude and get on with it.

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Re: mcclellands land.. where are the people from?
« Reply #39 on: Thursday 09 February 12 10:34 GMT (UK) »
Good Owen.

I think it is a great name. Are you aware of any Miskimmins still about in the Magilligan or surrounding areas.


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Re: mcclellands land.. where are the people from?
« Reply #40 on: Thursday 09 February 12 16:11 GMT (UK) »
Yes a bit weird. I don't no but i know of miskimmins in county down. Thats the only place.

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Re: mcclellands land.. where are the people from?
« Reply #41 on: Thursday 09 February 12 20:59 GMT (UK) »
If you look in the phone book Owen you will see there are a couple of Miskimmin in the Coleraine area.  Thought you had given up on this genealogy!! 

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Re: mcclellands land.. where are the people from?
« Reply #42 on: Thursday 09 February 12 21:05 GMT (UK) »
There were/are also Miskimmins in North Antrim as well as Belfast.
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Re: mcclellands land.. where are the people from?
« Reply #43 on: Thursday 09 February 12 21:34 GMT (UK) »
Yes my dad knows them miskimmins they're in dunluce but they're also known as cummins. For some reason all the miskimmins changed to cummins in the 1850s

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Re: mcclellands land.. where are the people from?
« Reply #44 on: Thursday 09 February 12 21:37 GMT (UK) »
If you look in the phone book Owen you will see there are a couple of Miskimmin in the Coleraine area.  Thought you had given up on this genealogy!! 
Yes I seen that in the census I don't know them. Apparently there's ones iaghadowey never heard of them. I thought we were the only ones. I wonder if we are related to them.