Looking for Haughan ancestors in Carrickfergus and Ahoghill

Hi

Thank you for your message. You've certainly done alot of work already!

The reality of finding documentation pertaining to births/baptisms/marriages/deaths in Ireland prior to 1800 ? particularly in rural areas ? is that they simply may not exist. Some registers for urban areas pre-dating 1800 may exist ? though often these can be fragmented- as there was an increased need in cities or larger towns to document the population. Please also note that the Church of Ireland was the official church of the country and therefore the bulk of information that does survive for earlier periods is often from these registers. 

Most Catholic records are held locally - One site which might be of use is - http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/browse/ - where you can ?browse? an overview of available records per county. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for possible assistance.

Church of Ireland parish registers for the period up to 1870-are public records. Registers are available for about one third of the parishes, however many were destroyed in the Public Records Office in Dublin in 1922. Most are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin. A list of all surviving registers is available in the National Archives. http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42 and http://www.nationalarchives.ie/.  The Anglican Record Project is has created an index to their records: http://ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AngRecord/bunclodyunionindex.pdf

Presbyterian registers are held in three main locations: in local custody, in the Public Records of Northern Ireland (PRONI) http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm and at the Presbyterian Historical Society http://www.presbyterianhistoryireland.com in Belfast. PRONI has microfilm copies of almost all registers in Northern Ireland and also lists of records held by the Presbyterian Historical Society.

You may consider checking - if you haven't already - the 1796: Spinning Wheel Premium Entitlement Lists; for various other Haughan relatives.  This was part of a government scheme to encourage the linen trade, free spinning wheels or looms were granted to individuals planting a certain area of land with flax. The lists of those entitled to the awards, covering almost 60,000 individuals, were published in 1796, and record only the names of the individuals and the civil parish in which they lived. The majority, were in Ulster, but some names appear from every county except Dublin and Wicklow. A microfiche index to the lists is available in the National Archives, and in PRONI.

Some sites that may be of assistance to you are: 

British parliamentary papers on Ireland can be found at: http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/9824/eppi_pages/215093

The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/introduction/

The National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/en/family-history-introduction.aspx

The National Archives UK ? genealogy search: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm

The National Archives Scotland- family history: http://www.nas.gov.uk/familyHistory/

Irish Newspaper Archives: http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/

I wish you the best of luck with your research!

Kind regards,

Genealogy support

I don't know if you are still on the website Susie, but I am a member of the Haughan family from Ahoghill and am happy to share family tree information.

Hello!  Still very much present and still at a dead end regarding the Haughans!

Do you have a missing John Haughan (with a wife Mary Eyre or Air or similar and children Francis, Mary, Agnes (Nans) and Archibald). Possibly, Mary snr. was Scottish as the children's names seem to tend that way.

The eldest child I know of, Francis, was born 1722 so John was probably born cir. 1690-ish.

You will, of course have noted the numerous possiblys, probablys, could haves etc....  

Not a jot of evidence - unless you know differently, of course!

Best wishes, Sue

There is a John O'Haughan (they changed the name to Haughan at some point) that is burried in Skerry Graveyard  in Broughshane, Racavan Parish, in County Antrim. My family and I actually have visited the grave marker. It is hardly legible now as the graveyard was not maintained and is next to an old ruined church. His death date on the gravestone was 1722. I am at work right now, but I have a picture of the headstone I can send you if you'd like.

The existing Haughan family live in Belfast, Northern Ireland. They are from the Ellen Mooney and Dawson Haughan marriage and all are from Ahoghill. Do any of these names sound like the ones you are looking for?

Hi I'm stumped. I have a mary horan who married a michael McGrath  @ 1800. Their son patrick emigrated to Australia @24 yo in 1854. But no one has any info on this couple. Hope you can help

sharon

Thank you so much for your reply - I am sorry its taken me so long to get back to you.

I'm no further forward, sadly. I have attached a photo of the earliest Haughan I have a picture of - William b.1821 in Bewcastle, Cumberland.  Do you note any family resemblance?  

Best wishes, Sue

Hi all!
My wife is descended from John Haughan of Bewcastle, Cumberland, as follows:

John Haughan b. about 1803-1808 Bewcastle Cumberland m. Mary
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William Haughan b. abt 1831 Bolton Cumberland (brothers and sisters Thomas Sarah John Margaret) m. Mary Ann Taylor
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John Haughan or John Haughan Taylor b. 1860 or 1861 Westward, Cumberland. m. Elizabeth Matilda Beattie
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William Haughan Taylor b. 1881 or 1883 b. Newcastle Northumberland m. Dorothy Ritchie
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Thomas Taylor b. 1914 Newcastle m. Joyce Margaret Taylor
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Margaret Muriel Taylor b. Brisbane Australia m. Geoffrey Francis Melloy (me!)

We have been trying for quite a long time to find more info about the early family, but have found no definite connections. We'd be thrilled to receive any further info anyone can provide.

Have any of you considered doing DNA testing? It can throw up clues. I have done extensive y-DNA testing which has demolished all previous theories about the early origins of my Melloy family and provided clues leading back to the Isle of Bute hundreds of years ago. I would never have guessed that given the Irish origin of my great and great-great grandfathers.

Sue, I couldn't see the photo you attached - how can I access it?

Regards
Geoff

PS It amuses me that my wife's line apparently moved from ANTRIM to ANNAN then later from BEWCASTLE to NEWCASTLE.

Hello Geoff - better late than never (perhaps).

I attach the picture I have of William Haughan b. 1821 in Bewcastle, with his wife Margaret Johnston.

I have a quantity of photos and various other documents but can think of no other way to get them to you other than you being willing to post an email address.

My best,  Sue

Also found photo of John Haughan b. 1810 Low Crosby - married Ruth Francis.

Hope these are of interest.  Perhaps someone may note a family resemblance.  The faces have a very Irish cast, don't you think?

Sue

Hi Sue!

I'm sorry I haven't replied to your previous message earlier. What happened is that 9 days after my posting I had a stroke and forgot all about the whole business. Just now my wife was doing an internet search for Haughan and came across my post and your subsequent replies!

You mention you have photos and documents and we'd be very interested to receive them - my email address is mg_melloy@hotmail.com.  Anything of relevance to the Haughans in Ireland, S.W. Scotland or Cumberland would interest us - though we don't want to put you to too much bother if you have massive amounts of data.

I hope you receive this and are still participating in the group!

Regards

Geoff Melloy