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Donegal / Re: The Morrow family of Muineagh

« on: Friday 19 May 23 13:47 BST (UK) »

Quote from: rathmore on Friday 19 May 23 12:17 BST (UK)

possible flax seed growers

http://www.failteromhat.com

then click on Census/Directories

they Flax 1796
Thank you, Rathmore. I am aware of that entry about flax seed growing. Alexander may well have been the father of Matthew who was a farmer in Muineagh.
Alexander

Alexander Morrow

. Thank you, Rathmore. I am aware of that entry about flax growing. Alexander may well have been the father of Matthew, who was a farmer in Muineagh.
Alexander

Donegal / Re: The Morrow family of Muineagh

« on: Monday 15 May 23 12:37 BST (UK) »

Thank you for your general points about the Morrow name.

Donegal / Re: The Morrow family of Muineagh

« on: Monday 15 May 23 08:59 BST (UK) »

Yes, the Matthew there in 1901 at 94 was the son of the Matthew who emigrated to Pennsylvania. I am aware of the family at that time and later. My question was more about how and when they appeared in that remote part of NE Donegal at a much earlier period in the 1700s or before. What do we know about those early settlements there?
Alexander

Donegal / The Morrow family of Muineagh

« on: Friday 05 May 23 17:01 BST (UK) »

I wonder if anyone is connected to the Morrow family of Muineagh in the Fanad area of NE Donegal in the parish of Clondevaddock.
I wonder if anyone has discovered where they were before coming to Donegal. My grandmother was born in Muineagh; her great grandfather Matthew Morrow was born in 1775. He emigrated to Pennsylvania where he is found on the 1850 US census. Alexander Morrow died in Muineagh in 1799 and may have been Matthew’s father born c.1750. Matthew married Mary Wilson from Magherabeg in 1799. She died in 1846 which may well have influenced Matthew to join his son Gideon and daughter Letitia in the US.
Any information on this Morrow family would be deeply appreciated.
Alexander

Huntingdonshire Lookup Requests / Re: STAPLETON of Old Weston

« on: Monday 26 July 21 20:36 BST (UK) »

Quote from: Martin232 on Monday 26 July 21 14:50 BST (UK)

In the graveyard of the Church, in Old Weston you can find a grave that says " In memory of Jane, daughter of Owen & Eliz Stapleton. who died June 18th 1863 ,aged 15 years." Is behind the church a bit hidden and in a very bad condition. Maybe it has something to do with the story.

Thank you so much, Martin. Congratulations on your first post. Several years have passed since I was asked to look into the Stapleton family so I shall have to look back for the material. Your suggestion about the death of the young daughter may well be connected with the move away to Kent.
Regards
Alex

Donegal / Re: STEWART families in Donegal

« on: Tuesday 10 March 20 20:47 GMT (UK) »

Quote from: AlexStewart on Wednesday 04 March 20 18:52 GMT (UK)

Quote from: Thomas Stewart on Wednesday 04 March 20 00:22 GMT (UK)
Hello Alex,

Thank you for your reply.

My Babingtons in Donegal in 1800 would be Murray Babington, youngest son of Humphrey Babington.

regards,

Hello, Thomas.
Thank you for that information. Yes, I know about Murray Babington who lived at Bonnyglen in Donegal. His father Humphrey had a brother Revd. William Babington 1713-1777, and he is an ancestor of mine. Therefore we are connected! I shall now write a private message to you with more detail.
Regards
Alex

I am writing to highlight a correction to one point above which has been made elsewhere. I had accepted Thomas’ statement at first that Murray was the son of Humphrey Babington. He was, in fact, the son of The Revd. William Babington and his wife Dorothea. One of Murray’s children was called Dorothea. Another link is Dumfries where Murray married Mary in 1788, and where his brother was the Rector in the Church of Scotland.
Alex

Donegal / Re: STEWART families in Donegal

« on: Friday 06 March 20 15:59 GMT (UK) »

The Murray Babington I have in mind died in 1839 in Bonnyglen, Inver. That was reported in the Londonderry Sentinel. He was the chap who married Mary Heron Gordon in 1788. That is the person Thomas referred to as his ancestor. He has added that he descends from their daughter Patricia. I can only assume that the Murray Babington who died in 1810 was a different person.
Alexander