A transcription of a November 1847 letter from my 3rd Great Grand Uncle John Delany, in Ireland, to my 3rd Great Grandfather Moses, in the United States, documents John’s two sons, William & John, and his daughter Elizabeth. He reports that son John has 4 children: Elizabeth, Moses, William & John. Parish records documented that son John married Alice Poor and the birth years of their children were 1836, 1839, 1842 & 1845, respectively. The letter indicates that the entire family was living together.
Third Great Grand Uncle John is listed in the first cancellation of Griffith’s Valuation (1855) for the townland of Newbawn in the Civil Parish of Newbawn, Co. Wexford as the lessee from Peter Sweetman of lots 31A & 31B and the lessor of lot 31Ba. By the time of the next revision (1860) John Delany is no longer recorded at Newbawn. Sometime between 1855 and January 1860 the occupier of lots 31A, B & Ba becomes Peter Sweetman and then Catherine Sweetman.
I have been unable to track Great Uncle John or his offspring beyond the 1855 date. Does anyone have a suggestion regarding where to search for the family going forward from 1855? I am guessing they may have been put off their land. Where might those thrown off the land in Wexford go? Elsewhere in Ireland? To England? To the poorhouse?
