apologies to all
it looks like you timeline 1700 is out by 400 years
back to scotlands history you will have to go 1300ad
the bruces of scotland what do you know of the they might be your answer
1311ad eire louth john cadwelly charged that he stole a horse from the prior of s leonard of Dundalk and two horses from john Everard and clothes and other pelf to the value of 20s from wymark wife of henry le lung comes and defends etc William manne William de fertillagh roger germeyn Mathew broc Thomas morgan Thomas le blund of knocdonan hugh alger Richard alger gilbert parsoun William de galweye William above the milne and roger le dycher jurors say that john de cadwelly is not guilty and is not suspected etc therefore he quit and adam de fyngal a juror summoned come not therefore let him be in mercy
5 the gaelic irish cluster is located in the region of east central eire the Dublin to Dundalk and south ulster region which is known to have been settled by british migrants old English dicere a digger from dician to make a dyke or bank
1 dyker pronounced die ker scots from old English dicere a digger from dician to make a dyke or bank in Scotland a dyker is a builder of dry stone walls this surname is not common and is mainly confined to the Scottish northeast
7 summary
1 the y dna and surname evidence suggests the ancestral origin of the paternal ancestors was british not irish
2 re evaluation of the surname origin re deisear Scottish gaelic or deise irisg gaelic suggests the conflation of the occupational scots name dyker and the English name ditcher are more likely
3 the link to igi records covering the area from the firth of forth to the firth of moray where common Christian names are the same as those found in family records in ulster remains probable
5 the gaelic irish z251 cluster is located in the region of east central irlande which is known to have been settled by british migrants
7 the amh4 str match further reinforces the connection to Britain
8 the surname rarity supports the conflation hypothesis where records in ulster attest to both Scottish dyker and English dircher settlers
9 the connection of Shropshire in the welsh borders cannot be dismissed entirely because the ogap1 affinity applies equally to wales and the welsh borders
1315ad eadbhard 1 edward bruce eideard de brus brother of Robert the king of Scotland roibeirt de brus was invited to gaelic eire by the king of ulster domhnall o neill in hope that he would drive the englsih invaders out of eire as his brother had done in Scotland
1316ad may 1st eadbhard 1 edward bruce eideard de brus he was crowned king of gaelic eire under the title of eadbhard 1 or Edward 1 he set up his headquarters at Dundalk dun dealgain and there on the 1st may 1316 in the presence of the scotch and gaelic he was crowned king of gaelic eire after early successes at connor cells and arscoll near athy in county Kildare de brus failed to capture Dublin or limerick and was forced back north where he was killed at the battle of faughart in 1318 never having ruled the entire country while the battle raged a powerful English knight sir john de maupas rushed into the Scottish ranks sought out Edward bruce de brus with whom he engaged in single combat and both fell mortally wounded
1321ad dicher dycher peter William Mathew martin of the old town of the castle of Dundalk
1321ad circa William the miller grants to William de sydan and his heirs two acres of land and meadow with appurtenances in the tenement of the old town of the castle of Dundalk lying next in width between the land of Robert brun and helen the miller E east and the lands of john white albus and peter dicher W west and in length from the land of john tankard S south to the great water magnam aquam on the same vill N north for a certain sum of money to be paid to William the miller as a premium in gersuma to hold of the chief lord of the fee in two moieties at easter and Michaelmas for all service exaction and demand warranty sealed witnesses john tancard tobert de termynfehyn William de la ford roger de alnetoun john hendman and many others
1321ad circa William the miller grants to William sydan 1 acre of meadow in the tenement of the old town of the castle of Dundalk lying in breath between the meadow of elena the miller E east and the meadow of peter ie dicher W west and in length from grantors own land S south to the great water of the vill N for a sum of money paid down to hold of the chief lord for ever in fee and inheritance by a yearly rent of 2d in moieties at easter and Michaelmas warranty sealed witnesses john tancard john hendman Robert de termefehyn William de la forde roger de alnetoun and many others
1321 1322 john aboueyemille grants to
? dicher and his heirs a frontage of land with appurtenances in …. Of Dundalk lying next between the land of Robert le
? and the common path semitan of the said vill W west and the way
? of the said adam N north to hold of the chief lords by die and accustomed service for all secular service exaction and demand
?? warranty sealed witnesses roger de ainetoun john hendman adam de termynfehyn dated at the town of old castle of Dundalk apud villain veteris castri Tuesday
15 edward son of king Edward
