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Antrim / Re: Hill family of Larne, Hillmount and Ballymena
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There seems no limit to the number and intermarriages of these Walsh / McNeill / Newett / Williams etc. solicitors, but for light relief I am pleased that Francis Brereton ("Ned") Newett, Letitia's brother, was a "fine opener" according to A History of Senior Cricket in Ulster (2003), and 1902 winner of the Irish golf championship.
Brereton Newett's death - Belfast News-Letter, 25 Dec 1899 [sometimes Brereton John, Brereton J]
Ned's will - BNL 21 May 1913
Further evidence about the Drains lands and the Fitzgibbon / Hill / Lepper / Macaulay / Martin / McNeill / Williams links - BNL 2 Oct 1936.
But was John Hill of Ballyboley a close relation of the other Hillmount Hills: George Hill (died 1828) and his wife and cousin Mary Hill (died 1859)? That was my starting point.
Brereton Newett's death - Belfast News-Letter, 25 Dec 1899 [sometimes Brereton John, Brereton J]
Ned's will - BNL 21 May 1913
Further evidence about the Drains lands and the Fitzgibbon / Hill / Lepper / Macaulay / Martin / McNeill / Williams links - BNL 2 Oct 1936.
But was John Hill of Ballyboley a close relation of the other Hillmount Hills: George Hill (died 1828) and his wife and cousin Mary Hill (died 1859)? That was my starting point.