Mathew CREIGHTON was born in 1800 in Ireland. He died on 28 Oct 1876 in Lisbon, NY. He was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Heuvelton, NY. The Creighton (Crayton) (Creaton) family came to America around 1847. Mathew's birth date is about 1800 because he was 53 in an Alien Report dated 1853, and he was 51 in the 1850 Lisbon, NY census. Mathew's last will was dated 4 Sep 1876; see Creighton Articles for a copy of his will information.
Mathew, Elizabeth, and five of their children are in the 1850 Lisbon, NY census; they were all born in Ireland. Hugh Creighton was listed in the same census; he may be a brother to Mathew.
Spouse: Elizabeth JOHNSON. Children were: Janet (Jenny) CREIGHTON, Ann CREIGHTON, Samuel CREIGHTON, Robert CREIGHTON, Matthew CREIGHTON, Martha CREIGHTON, Elizabeth (Eliza) CREIGHTON, John CREIGHTON, James CRAYTON.
His wife Elizabeth JOHNSON was born on 7 Oct 1798 in Ulster, Ireland. She died on 10 May 1890 in Heuvelton, NY. She was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Heuvelton, NY. Elizabeth died of dropsey at the age of 91 years, 7 months, 3 days. Her birth date was calculated based on her death date to be 7 Oct 1798. Her death record was found in Oswegatchie Vital Records and on an LDS website. Parents: Robert JOHNSON and Jennet.
Their son Matthew CREIGHTON was born on 10 May 1833 in Ulster, County Antram, Ireland.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! I am having trouble finding any information on Mathew Creighton's parents.
Wednesday 8th Feb 2017, 02:05PM
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lkent:
Welcome back!
I did a quick search on Roots Ireland in Co. Antrim and did not find any baptismal records for Creighton children with father Matthew and mother was a surname of Johnson. What religion? Cof I or Presbyterian. Possibly our Co. Antrim expert may have some suggestions but if records exist they are likely not online.
Roger McDonnell
Castlemore Roscommon, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Wednesday 8th Feb 2017, 04:55PM -
HI again:) I am seeing some records now refer to them as Mathew and Elizabeth Crayton. Possibly from District of Bowmorow in Belfast Irelad.... Does this make any sense? Also states they have a son James Crayton.... Could the spelling have changed upon entering the US?
Thursday 9th Feb 2017, 01:56PM -
I don’t know of anywhere in Belfast called Bowmorow. There is an area in the south of the city called Balmoral which could sound quite a bit like “Bowmorow”. The only snag with that suggestion is that as far as I know the name wasn’t in use in the early 1800s. For most of the 1800s that part of Belfast was agricultural land called Malone and the name Balmoral only came when the area was built up in the late 1800s.
However you could try searching church records in that part of Belfast to see if they appear there. However to do that we need to know their denomination.
The idea of a single or correct spelling for a surname or a place name is very much a recent phenomenon and before that, especially in Ireland, there was no consistency. Names were spelled phonetically and each variation was down to the whim of the particular person recording the information. You will often see the spelling change as the records go back. This rarely indicates a particular deliberate decision to alter the name nor even a mistake. Not everyone was literate, but even when they were, exact spelling simply wasn’t something they bothered about. So yes the spelling of the name could easily have changed when the family moved to the US.
Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Thursday 9th Feb 2017, 08:01PM -
Thannk you so much for getting back to me!! I appreciate your time. I am alomost feeling as if I will never find my ancestors:(
Friday 10th Feb 2017, 02:31PM