James PURVIS of Tyrone 1720-1801

[CanadianMcCubbin]

My 5th great-grandfather was James Purvis of Tyrone (b 1720 County Londonderry d 1801 County Tyrone). Birth might have been 1719 Greenlaw, Berwick, Scotland). I've done Ancestry DNA, and have confirmed with dna back to James' son Dolway Purvis (1753-1836) and his wife Sarah Hooper. It also confirms back to James Purvis (1720-1801) and his wife Mary Margaret (1724-1801). I'm pretty sure that James' parents were James Purves (1691-1774) and Joannet Pringle (1695-)...but no one else researching this Purves line seems to have confirmed the connection from Ireland back to Scotland.

Anyone else working on this PURVES/PURVIS line?   Thanks!!!

[niccorr]

Dolway Purvis born Ardboe Co Tyrone townland of Mullinahoe Farm still known as Dolways to this day Maybe there were more Dolway Purviss elsewhere but Dolway would not have been a very common name A lot of Purvis families lived in close proximity in that townland and would have been distinguished by there first names rather than their surnames

[Andy_Purvis]

It's possible I've been researching a descendant branch. My 3xg grandfather, James Purvis (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Purvis-2300), was born in Ireland in 1828 and moved to Cumberland, England where he'd married a local girl by 1851, before moving to Hexham, Northumberland, where he died in 1866. The UK census only gives his pob as Ireland, and I think his marriage was a 'border marriage' (so no paperwork), so I don't know where in Ireland he came from. His children's names make clear he was Protestant, and Co Tyrone had the biggest Purvis concentration. I've not managed to make any headway with Irish records, but have had a 23andme DNA test and am thinking of getting the Ancestry test too. Do you have anything about your James's descendants?

Cheers,

Andy