Wednesday morning, 31 July 2019, Modesto, CA, USA From: Ray Harter (chasing McColm, among other kith & kin) Although I am not (at this time) following the Wilkinson family(s), I appreciate the information, presentation, and motivation. Always good to take a deep-breath and listen to others. Thank you [email protected]
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 2:15 AM elwyn soutter via CoTyroneList < [email protected]> wrote: > Gordon, > > The Plantation of Ulster was very much a 17th century event. The main > years when folk arrived were 1610-1630. Anyone arriving in the 19th > century did not come as part of the Plantation. > > Folk did arrive after the Plantation. For example, in the 1640s, > General Monro’s army of 10,000 Scots was disbanded at Carrickfergus > and many of them chose to stay rather than return to Scotland, and > there was a huge influx from Scotland in the 1690s due to famine > there. By the 1700s people were leaving again in significant numbers. > And this increased dramatically in the 1800s. So someone could have > settled in Ireland in the 1800s but it would have been against the > flow, so to speak. > > Philip Robinson’s book “The Plantation of Ulster” is good background > reading. See: > > http://orrnamestudy.com/plantnire1610.htm > > There are no lists of settlers at the time of the Plantation. However > we do know the names of the Chief and Ordinary Undertakers (ie the > main estate owners) and where they came from in Scotland and England. > Since they brought many tenants with them, it is sometimes possible to > point broadly to where someone’s family might have originated, but > that only applies if they arrived in 1610-1630. > > You say your Wilkinson ancestor arrived in Ireland in the 1800s. How > sure are you about that? The reason that I ask is because according to > the Muster Rolls (c 1630) there was a William Wilkinson on the > Powerscourt estate then. He had a sword and a caliver (a light musket) > indicating he was quite comfortably off financially. There is a > footnote in Bob Hunter’s book on the Muster Rolls stating: > > “Wilkinson, who appears to have been reputedly a healer, was resident > in Benburb when he was killed 1641 or 1642 (Examination of Thomas > Dixon 15 March 1653). TCD MS 836, fols 120r -120v).” That examination > (Interview) can be viewed on this site: > > http://www.1641.tcd.ie/index.php > > So there was 1 Wilkinson family on the Powerscourt estate in 1630. > Could your family have in fact arrived as part of the Plantation after > all? Have you searched the Registry of Deeds or PRONI for Wilkinson > leases or other records relating to the 1700s for example? > > > Elwyn > > > On 31/07/2019, Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Listers, > > > > I hope someone can add to my understanding of the Ulster Plantation. > > Family legend has it that my great-great grandfather, John Wilkinson > > (~1802-1878) was a plantationer from York, Yorkshire. He settled in > > Coolkill townland, near Eglish, about 10kn SSW from Dungannon (I have > > the actual farmland that he worked). The Griffith Index (1847-1864) has > > him leasing a tenement in 1860 from Viscount Powerscourt. Now my > > understanding is that the main Plantation of Tyrone was in 1609 under > > James I although activity continued off and on until around 1688. This > > doesn't agree with my family legend where John was supposedly the first > > plantationer of the family. Was there any plantation after 1688, > > specifically to Tyrone, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries? My > > GGgrandfather would have arrived in the early 19thC, if he was indeed a > > plantationer. Perhaps a private plantation? > > > > On another track, is there any record of the names of plantationers, > > dates of arrival in Ireland and their home towns of origin? > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Gordon Wilkinson > > > > -- > > _________________________________ > > Nereda & Gordon Wilkinson, Hyde Park, South Australia. > > Web: www.ozemail.com.au/~neredon Skype id: neredon > > Emails: [email protected] > > [email protected] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CoTyroneList Mailing List > > Mailing List Email Address: [email protected] > > Change Your Preferences: > > > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > > Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY > > > > _______________________________________________ > CoTyroneList Mailing List > Mailing List Email Address: [email protected] > Change Your Preferences: > http://mail.cotyroneireland.com/mailman/listinfo/cotyronelist_cotyroneireland.com > Mailing List Archive: https://goo.gl/mQCKrY >
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