I'm looking for information about the Stephensons in Eglish around 1800. Andrew Stephenson married Mary Leeman about 1814. They lived at Drumcoote, Creeveroe, Armagh and had at least 6 children (Andrew, Peter, Thomas, Eliza, John and a baby girl). Andrew was a factor for Mr. [William?} Pooler and probably active in the Orange Order. He was found dead in a field in about 1825. His parents Thomas and Anne Stephenson took the daughter-in-law and grandchildren to Stormont, Ontario, Canada about 1826.
Clearly there were several Stephenson families in the Eglish area at that time. I am interested in learning about our connections.
Regards, Julie
JulieS
Wednesday 2nd Oct 2013, 03:59AMMessage Board Replies
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Hi Julie,
Thank you for your message. I have forwarded it onto one of our volunteers who hopefully may be able to assist or advise you.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
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Julie
I checked the Eglish records and there was nothing matching your search. I also checked some of the Armagh records and again nothing to match your search. There were some Stephensons but none matched the names - no Leemans but Lemon/Lemmon again nothing that could be connected to the names you supplied.
I will try again next time I'm down at PRONI.
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Hello Julie
I've found the marriage of an Andrew Stevenson and Mary Lemmon which did take place in Eglish on 25th May 1809 [copy attached]. Unfortunately the children don't appear to have been christened in Eglish but the record does say that Andrew was from the Parish of Keady and Mary from Creeveroe. I also looked for a burial record for Andrew in Eglish but there doesn't appear to be one.