Skeath

[maria mcgurk]

The name Skeath appears alot in the 1911 Irish census. They are from Tullylish in County Down. Were they anything to the Skeath/Skeith from Tyholland in Monaghan. I may be wrong but the name seems to have died out in Tullylish and it certainly is not common today. Only a handful appear in telephone book.
Any help appreciated.

[gaffy]

When you look at the distribution of baptismal and marriage records over the years for the surname Skeath (and Skeith), you don't get a sense of this being a family widespread in / indigenous to Co Monaghan before the 1800s (if any of us can call ourselves indigenous to anywhere!).

Baptisms: 1820s-30s mainly Co Armagh; 1840s-50s mainly Co Antrim but including 2 in Co Monaghan; 1860s-80s mainly Co Armagh, 1890s mainly Co Antrim.

Marriages: 1830s-40s a couple in Co Down and 1 in Co Monaghan; 1850s-60s mainly Co Armagh; 1870s a big cluster of them in Co Down; 1880s-90s mainly Co Armagh; 1900s mainly Co Down.

Not terribly scientific I know, especially given the proximity of Armagh and Monaghan, but interesting all the same.

More interesting was having a punt by looking at the earliest Co Monaghan marriage I could find, for a Richard Skeath to Honor McElloon in 1835 and while she's from Monaghan, his address is given as Tullylish Dio. Dromore.

So for what it's worth, that would seem to be one connection between the Tullylish Skeaths and the Skeaths in Co Monaghan.

[maria mcgurk]

Thank you-I think you may just have hit on something.

[maria mcgurk]

Hello -thank you for information re Honora McElloon and Richard Skeath in 1835. I have them marrying in County Down -not Monaghan. I think Richard Skeath may have come from Monaghan perhaps moved to Monaghan because he is living in Monaghan in 1845.

Thanks

[BallyaltikilliganG]

Have you tried Ros Davies Co Down website on roots web

SKEATH    family    Tullylish   Henry died 7 Oct 1829 aged 71; James d. 19 Dec 1885 aged 78; James d. 25 Ap 1917 aged 59; Henry d. 18 Jan 1919 aged 70; Richard d. 20 Sep 1934 aged 82; buried Clare Catholic graveyard   MIs
James   SKEATH    .    Tullylish   of Ballydugan; a farmer; died 19 Dec 1885 aged 78; buried Clare Catholic graveyard; will probated 19 Mar 1886, executors were Henry Skeat & Patrick McConville ,both of Ballydown, farmers   MIs; OFB p53
Good luck onwards JimG

[akilpatrick]

Transcribed from the 15th January 1842 edition of the Northern Standard newspaper (Monaghan):
Notice.
I hereby give Public Notice, that I will not be accountable for any Debt or Debts, contracted after this date by my Wife Honora Skeath, of Monaghan, and also Caution all persons against giving her Credit.
Dated this 14th day of January, 1841.
Richard Skeath.
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[Evan Rofheart]

Hi,

I have one of the few, or only, Skeaths in America. I have a John Skeath, b. approx 1735 Unknown and d. 1780/81 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Also in 1764-67 he married a widow - Mary Penny (She is my 5th GGM). Thats all there is on him.

Evan

[christieharris]

I know this thread is a few years old but wanted to reach out to any possible Skeath relatives.

My 3x's great grandmother was Rose Ann Skeath (b. 1841 in Tullyish). I believe her father was James Skeath (b. 1807).