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Ireland (Historical Counties) => Ireland => Fermanagh => Topic started by: Devonmarie on Sunday 06 September 09 07:42 BST (UK)
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Hi my relatives came from Enniskillen Fermanagh. Also surrounding areas.
I am looking for Robert Beacom and his wife Jane Thompson they lived about 1783 and 1806 respectively. Is there any way to locate where they lived? Also I am looking for all Beacom Families hopefully someone can send their names to me. Thank you for your help. Devonmarie
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I have sent you pm.
regards
Ginny
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New members usually need to make 3 posts before being able to use PM system.
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Oh, I hadn't realised that (or forgotten). Thanks for that.
Anyway, here's the content of my mail.
Hello
I have been researching my husbands family called Mayers. They come from Enniskillen Fermanagh, and there are many from that area. Whilst doing my research, I discovered a Joseph Mayers married to a Sarah Beacom. Marriage date 29 AUG 1849. I think they are the grandparents of my husbands great grand father Joseph Mayers.
Sarahs father was called Henry Beacom born 1830 and his father was called Henry born 1798, married to a Annie Hall (b1802), married 1823.
The Beacom family do come from Enniskillen Fermanagh, so perhaps these are related to your family.
Regards
Ginny
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Henry BEACOM b 1830 Enniskillen Fermanagh married Mary ?, date I don't know.
(His parents were Henry BEACOM and Anne HALL, it's on his marr. cert. 15 Aug 1888). They immigrated to Australia in 1860, (Hy aged 27, Mary aged 21) possibly on "Hilton", into Victoria - just the two of them I think. A Mary BEACOM died 1886, buried 07 Dec, and Henry remarried 15 Aug 1888 to Edith MESSENGER. On marriage reg'n states 1 living, 9 dead children (this would be from the marriage between Hy and Mary).
Looking at your message, I think there may be a generation missing. You say Sarah married in 1849, yet her father Henry was only born in 1830... She possibly was a sister to Henry born 1830, what do you think?
My g.g.g.g.grand father, Martin FORSTER was married to Jane BEACOM, I'm trying to sort out about her, & wonder if Hy BEACOM, b 1830 approx is a brother! Regards, Trisha.
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Hello
"Henry BEACOM b 1830 Enniskillen Fermanagh married Mary ?, date I don't know.
(His parents were Henry BEACOM and Anne HALL, it's on his marr. cert. 15 Aug 1888)"
It's been a while since I looked at my tree so not familiar with dates at the moment. There is a possibility that Henry and Jane Beacom where brother and sister. Just briefly back tracking with with the dates I have written on here.
Joseph Mayers m Sarah Beacom 29 Aug 1849. I don't have an age for Sarah when married. Her father was called Henry Beacom born 1798, married to Annie Hall (b1802). They married in 1823. Perhaps the Henry Beacom born 1830 was the brother of Sarah Beacom), like you say, and I have recorded the dates incorrectly. This would make more sense of the dates. Your Jane Beacom may have been a sister to Henry and Sarah Beacom? It is possible.
I must get back to this but I think I came to a full stop with this side?
Kind regards
Ginny
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Hi Ginny, great to find some contact, thanks for responding.
From your message it looks like Jane could be a sibling of Henry Snr gong by her age, that would make her Henry (b1830) and Sarah (m 1849) their Aunt? And Arthur FORSTER and Henry BEACOM would be cousins!
Henry as I said immigrated to Victoria, and settled in pretty much same location as Jane BEACOM and Martin FORSTER's son Arthur FORSTER (Arthur FORSTER is my g.g.g.grandfather) - hence my interest in Henry (b 1830).
I live in Vic. and know the area quite well, there is quite a lot of local history (Victoria) where they settled that I can forward to you, but don't know how far off your direct line you go with your research. From your posting I'm guessing you're in UK, would that be England?
Regards, Trisha.
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Hi,
I have found a Henry Beacom who married Mary Beacom in Derryvullan Church of Ireland, Enniskillen. Cousins? Recorded in Enniskillen Registrar Vol5 page 740. Marriage was on 13 Sept1859.
Regards
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Thank you Kingskerswell for that information. I am sure that all of the Beacoms from Enniskillen where related. There was a huge family of them living there and must go back a long way. I see that you say that a Mary Beacom married a Henry Beacom and that they may have been related?
Hi Trisha
I was contacted a while ago by a lady who said that she was a direct descendant of Henry Beacom,
"Henry Beacome was my Great Grand father" and that Henry had a brother called Richard. Unfortunately I lost contact with her for further information. She may read this and get back in touch. Note the (e) at the end of Beacom, a variation of the spelling. Would you be able to confirm a ROBERT being the brother of Henry, as if so, then this might tie the connection further.
I would also like further information of the Beacom family, so that one day, when I get to putting the smaller branches on the tree I can look further at possible connections.
When I found the Mayers side of the tree, I was sent a list of Mayers and Beacoms, marriages etc, by the parish church. I cannot put my hand on the list at the moment, but will have a look and give you the names on it.
Kind regards
Ginny
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Hello
"Henry BEACOM b 1830 Enniskillen Fermanagh married Mary ?, date I don't know.
(His parents were Henry BEACOM and Anne HALL, it's on his marr. cert. 15 Aug 1888)"
It's been a while since I looked at my tree so not familiar with dates at the moment. There is a possibility that Henry and Jane Beacom where brother and sister. Just briefly back tracking with with the dates I have written on here.
Joseph Mayers m Sarah Beacom 29 Aug 1849. I don't have an age for Sarah when married. Her father was called Henry Beacom born 1798, married to Annie Hall (b1802). They married in 1823. Perhaps the Henry Beacom born 1830 was the brother of Sarah Beacom), like you say, and I have recorded the dates incorrectly. This would make more sense of the dates. Your Jane Beacom may have been a sister to Henry and Sarah Beacom? It is possible.
I must get back to this but I think I came to a full stop with this side?
Kind regards
Ginny
All from St Mary's Church, Ardress;
5/9/1779 Robert Beacom married Margaret Beacom by Banns
29/2/1844 Henry Beacom Full age Bachelor, Drumborty, Parish of Drumkeeran married Margery Beacom Full age Spinster, Gubberoo, Parish of Magheraculmoney by Howard Boyle St. George Licence Witnesses John Beacom & George Beacom
8/4/1831 John Beacom, Parish of Magheraculmoney married Isabella Beacom Parish of Magheraculmoney by Richard S. Clifford By Licence witnesses George Beacom & John Bell
BEACOM. In loving memory of Robert Beacom died 7 th September 1969 aged 90 years also his wife Mary Jane died 28 th August 1980 aged 80 years.
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Thank You very much for all that information, will copy and take a closer look.
I note that you have the name Barnes in your tree. That name is another branch on my husbands tree. Do you have a Mary Emma Barnes? amongst them.
Kindest regards
Ginny
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Hi all
Some more Beacom information:-
Children of Sarah Mayers (maiden Name BEACOM) and Joseph Mayers
Son James Mayers
Date of Birth 30 Jan 1868
Civil District Lisnaskea
Sub District Derrylin
County Fermanagh
Son Charles Mayers
Date of Birth 14 September 1870
Civil District Lisnaskea
Sub District Derrylin
County Fermanagh
Civil marriage
Date of marriage 12 April 1889
Groom: Montgomery Little
Bride: Letitia BEACOM
Church Garvary Church of Ireland
Parish Enniskillen
Civil District Enniskillen
County Fermanagh
Hope this of use to somebody out there.
Regards
Ginny
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Thank You very much for all that information, will copy and take a closer look.
I note that you have the name Barnes in your tree. That name is another branch on my husbands tree. Do you have a Mary Emma Barnes? amongst them.
Kindest regards
Ginny
All my Barnes came from Co Monaghan, no Mary Emma in my database, sorry.
It was actually your Hall reference that caught my eye, do you have a parish/townland for them, please?
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Hi
I will have to go rooting through my files for you. It's been a long time since I looked this up. When I find the reference I will post it for you.
Kind regards
Ginny
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Hi me again :)
A while back I contacted a couple of churches in Fermanagh, going from what information I had from the Mayers family lore.
I was very lucky and found the right parish and was helped by a very kind and helpful lady who looked up the original parish register for me.
I learnt of the marriage between Joseph Mayers and Sarah Beacom on the 29.08.1849.
The records stated that Joseph Mayers lived in a town called Aughnacloy apparently approx 30 miles from Enniskillen.
Sarah Beacoms father was called Henry Beacom. His occupation was farmer. The brides address was Killmann, which did not appear on a list of townlands.
So the only information I can find at the moment is that Sarah's father Henry Beacom was living in Killmann, so if we can find that place then it might point to an area where her family came from, which might help us trace the Henry Beacom/Annie Hall records, as at the moment I can't find my reference for their marriage.
Regards
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Well my Halls came from Aughnacloy area too, there are 2242 townlands in Fermanagh and no Killmann! Killernam, Killynamph, Kilnacran are the nearest I can find in Fermanagh. OR you can have Killymann in Co's Armagh (with townlands of; Clonmore, Clontyclay, Derrycorry North, Derrycorry South, Derryhirk, Derryhubbert East, Derryhubbert North, Derryhubbert South, Mullenakill North, Mullenakill South, Mullenakill West) and Tyrone (with 38 townlands) which are both civil parishes.
Aughnacloy is just over the border from Co Monaghan, so it is also another possible.
I haven't comes across Beacom or Mayers/Myers in Errigal Trough which is only 2 miles from Aughnacloy.
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Hi Ginny,
The reference I have for Henry BEACOM and Ann HALL's marriage, 1823, Diocese of Clogher, Ulster Provence, Ireland, is from the "Family Search" site.... it says she was born abt 1802...
Trisha.
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Hi Trisha
Yes, that's right, that's where I found them too :)
Regards
Ginny
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The Beacom family have lived at Clogher for centuries - they now own & run Corick House, ancient home of the Storeys who came over to Ireland in 1688 with Dean George Storey. The Beacoms know their Family History because of the historic Corick House connection.
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Thank you Jack Storey for that information.
More Beacome marriages
BEACOM, William, s/o William
md. Anne MCMANUS, d/o Philip, on 5 Jun 1861
Margaret BEACOM, bn. 20 Jun 1864
BEACOM, John md. Catherine KERR
John Robert BEACOM, bn. 29 Jan 1868
Here is a link to website showing a gravestone of a Sarah Beacom.
If this is not allowed, please delete this and I apologise in advance.
http://www.tammymitchell.com/cofermanagh/view.php?id=501
Kind regards
Ginny
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I have a James BEACOM GGG Grandfather, b. circa 1780 I believe in Ennisskillen, FER. James BEACOM m. Sarah BROWN (b. abt 1785). James BEACOM was in inspector (of revenue and not police).
I have 3 recorded children
Elizabeth (Eliza) b. abt 1820 at Seabridge (?), Glassdrummond, FER. On 29 January 1841 Eliza married James Henry LEONARD and the couple emigrated to Australia the same year. They are my GG Grandparents
James b. abt 1810 m. Maria HOLDEN. I am in contact with descendants of one of the six children from this marriage (in Australia)
Mary b. 1805 m. Thomas JONES. I have been in touch with descendants of one of the children of this marriage (in England)
Let me know if this helps.
Keith Leonard
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I am looking for Beacom family history as well. Patrick Beacom married Nancy Ann Keenan, they lived in North Ireland, town of Enniskillen, county of Fermanagh, possibly around 1820. They moved with their 5 children to the United States (due to the potato famine) in about 1846.
We will be visiting Ireland in 2011 and would like to find any of our Beacom relatives if at all possible.
I would also like any information on the above family anyone might have.
Thank you
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Hi Keith,
Just curious whether you've come across a Hugh Beacom in the U.S. I descend from the Bickham family, with confirmed ties back to Hugh Bickham, who signed U.S. military papers as Hugh Beacom. I posted a note in the Common Room about him; I'll reproduce it beloow. I would appreciate any help you may be able to provide. Thanks! --L.
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I descend from the Bickham family, but my many-times-great-grandfather Hugh signed a U.S. military paper in the 1790s as Hugh Beacom (we are certain this is our ancestor the military paper was passed down in the family). Later records show the spelling as Bickham. Many family researchers have hit a wall and cannot find any earlier family record.
Hugh had a son, also named Hugh, who told the Census in Texas in the late 1800s that his father was b. in Pennsylvania. But Hugh Jr. was estranged from his father (we know because Hugh Jr.'s whereabouts were listed as unknown in Hugh Sr.'s will), so maybe Hugh Jr. was wrong. I have to wonder whether Hugh lived in Pennsylvania but actually was b. somewhere in the British Isles. We know he married in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1803, and moved to Logan County, Ohio, in 1823, where he died in 1847.
By searching through information about Beacoms in Pennsylvania, I came across the following information on ancestry.com. What makes this interesting to me is that Hugh Sr. had a distillery in Logan County, Ohio:
John Beacom, b. 1765 in Ireland, d. 1847 in Franklin, Westmoreland Co., Penn. "First of the Beacom branch to come to the U.S. -- From Edinburg, Scotland. He settled in the Scotch-Irish county of Pennsylvania, Westmoreland - west of the Allegheny mountains. Particularly Scotch in religion and character. Covenmasters and highly educated and deeply pious. Owned vast amounts of land in Franklin township. Grass/hay and took fifty men with old-fashioned scythes and rakes to harvest the crop. Juice of apple and corn was freely distributed among the haymakers, and John
Beacom prospered abundantly from the hay and had his own distillery located on the farm."
Could Hugh and John have been brothers who came to the United States together? If you have any information that might help me, I would deeply appreciate it. Hugh's parentage is a mystery, and DNA testing has only served to confirm that the people who previous researchers speculated to be Hugh's parents (Caleb Bickham and Rachel Scull) actually could not have been.
Thanks very much! Cheers.
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Hello there,
My grandfather (Lowther William Beacom) was born on Scallen Farm in Irvinestown, County Fermanagh in October 1873. He was one of 7 brothers and a girl, Evelyn or Evylyn.
Their father was Lowther Beacom as well. I am not certain of his middle name.
There was one brother that went to Australia, one to Scotland, One to the USA, two to South Africa and two remained in Northern Ireland.
My grandfather and one brother, Edward were the two that went to South Africa on 1 Jun 1910. Edward later went on to become the mayor of Oudtshoorn. He had two daughters.
in 1924, my grandfather married Isobel Campbell (Born in Lisburn, N.Ireland)
They had 6 children.
Please feel free to contact me on my e-mail address: (*)
Best regards,
Gregg
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OK - I'm only aware of the Beacoms who own the Corick House Guesthouse at Clogher, County Tyrone. This house was the original home of the Storeys from Cumbria, includes much of the original furniture of that period - early 1700s, & this accounts for my interest. Mrs Beacom lives there and knows a great deal about the Beacom Genealogy - you should send her a letter or better still - find Corick House on Google - sorry I cannot assist on this.
Jack Storey
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Here's a link to Corick Country House website- this is the History page which mentions the Story family, etc.:
www.corickcountryhouse.com/history.php
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Thanks, everyone! I have emailed Mrs. Beacom at the Corick Country House. Greg, do you know the name of the brother who went to the USA?
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Hi there, I will most certainly make contact with Mrs. Beacom from Corick House. Thank you so much for the link. I have a feeling that the Beacom that went to the USA was James.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/08ou/
Pretty co-incidental that a James Beacom from Irvinestown should arrive in the 'States in 1909.
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Ok. I have just e-mailed Mrs. Beacom at Corick House. I have since discovered that there are actually THREE different branches of the Beacom family in Northern Ireland. These are the Irvinestown, Enniskillen & Lisbellaw Beacom families. Apparently people have conducted research on these three families and no connection between the three has been found. I have been advised though that although the highest concentration of the Beacom family is in Co.Fermanagh BUT that the Beacom name isn't a hugely common name either. Based on the supposition that there is no link between these three 'clans' but also the uncommonness of the surname that there HAS to be a link SOMEWHERE down the line.
All the best,
Gregg
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RKL
I have only just discovered your post.
I am descended from Mary Jones. She was the mother of Matilda, known as Etty.
Matilda married George Fisher. They were my gt gr parents.
I understand that Mary's maiden name was Beacom. Her parents were James Beacom and Sarah Brown. Is there a marriage record?
Mary and Thomas Jones had at least 8 children between 1831 and 1843.
Have you any idea when they moved to Manchester from Enniskillen?
I have them in the 1851 census, but as Ellen and Etty were born in Enniskillen in 1843, I will not be able to find them in the English 1841 census.
Kooky
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I'm searching for my Beacom ancestors as well..
Isabella (my g-g-grandmother) born c. 1834, her sisters Jane born c. 1840 and Margaret born c 1842, parents John and Rebecca, nee Mitchell.
Isabella states on her marriage certificate (to Thomas Hewson in Ararat, Victoria, Australia in 1870) that she was born in Tyrone and that her father John was a farmer.
There are two farmers listed in the Griffiths Valuations, one in Relagh, Kilskeery, Tyrone and the other in Glasmullagh South, Kilskeery, Tyrone.
I've emailed Mrs Jean Beacom at Corick Country House too to see if she can shed any more light on them.
Any other information would be gratefully received. Thanks!
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I've found out more about my Beacoms since I last posted...
John Beacom and Rebecca Mitchell married at Magheracross Parish Church, Ballinamallard, Fermanagh on 5 May 1829. Their children were Mary (bap 11 Apr 1830), Isabella (bap 20 Apr 1832) (my great-great-grandmother), Edward (bap 15 June 1834), Andrew (bap 4 Sep 1836), Jane (bap 15 Aug 1839) and Margaret (bap 18 Dec 1842).. all in Kilskeery, Co. Tyrone. They lived at Glassmullagh, Kilskeery, Co. Tyrone. John's parents were Edward and Isabella Beacom.
Lots of info can be found at the Fermanagh Gold and Ireland Genealogy Projects websites.
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My grandfather was Jack Beacom born c.1930. He married my grandmother Gertrude Brennan, not sure of date. They lived in Co. Armagh but according to my dad (Maurice Beacom), the family came from Enniskillen. Are any of these names familiar? Can anyone help?
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I noticed a post from snoons 22 Jan '10 where Martin Forster married to Jane Beacom are the GGGG Grandparents of snoons(Trisha). Martin Forster is my GG Grandfather. What have you found about MF and JB? I gather I have to make three posts before I can use the direct communication method. If you reply I'll come up with two more posts.
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There are still Beacoms in Lisnarick. We know an Upholsterer there - lovely fella. There is often confusion over our names, our name is Deacon!