HEWITT family in Ireland

Hi Lisa,

I had a look for the Hewitts.

There is a site called rootsireland.ie which is a pay-per-view site but I did find some likely candidates.

Lydia Sharpe with parents Samuel and Isabella was born in County Cavan in 1813.

There were no Ephraim Hewitts born 1810 + / - 5 years but there was an Edward.

I couldn't find a marriage record.

Elizabeth Huet was born in 1835 in Cavan.

Maybe if you purchase one of the records (about $5) you would have a parish to work on.

Alternatively, Griffiths Valuation was done in Cavan before 1860 when the family emigrated and there are 39 Hewitts on Griffiths in Cavan. Griffiths is freely searchable. There are no Ephraims but there is an Edward. The parishes are all given and the family seems to be concetrated in a couple of them.

I googled Irish phone books, searched Hewitt Cavan and ther is one - Samuel at Oldtown Cavan (049) 433 2693. It might be worth writing to him - you never know your luck!

You could also do another post mentioning Cavan so that a Cavan expert could assist.

Cheers

Col Cafferky

Col Cafferky,

Thank you very much for your reply and help.

Sincerely,

Lisa Lockett

I have a question...do birth records go back far enough (1813) that I might be able to find out the maiden name of Isabella, mother of Lydia Sharpe and wife of Samuel Sharp in County Cavan?

Yes on rootsireland.ie but I tried to search for Isabella 1813 Cavan but it insisted on 3 letters of a surname!

Isabella's surname could be on the birth/baptism record of Lydia but you need to register on rootsireland.ie and purchase it (about $5)