I have been searching for James MARTIN, born Arboe c1806 for 30 years.
He came to England as a Corporal with the 6th [Enniskillen] Dragoons, met my gt. gt. grandmother [Catharine Elliott] in 1841, in Coventry, fathered my gt. grandmother [Louisa Martin], was eventually put before Military Courts Martial in 1847 and taken to church to marry [to Catharine Elliott] at Temple Michael, Longford, Irl.
Following discharge from the Army in 1852 he settled in Foleshill, nr. Coventry, and died there in 1878.
There were five further children of this marriage: Margaret c1850 [Dundalk, Irl.]; Jane c1852 [Hamilton, Sct.]; Ann 1853 [Foleshill, War.]; Thomas 1856 [Foleshill, War.]; James 1858 [Foleshill, War.]
From his marriage certificate, his father was Robert MARTIN, farmer. I came to Arboe in 1989 but was unable to find any record of him in the old churchyard.
Any help with this would be most appreciated !
Monday 30th Jul 2012, 10:23AM
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Hi Carole,
You could try checking the land records called the Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38) or the later Griffith's Valuation (1848-64). The Tithe Applotment Books (1823-38): Microfilm copies of the books for all of Ireland are available at the National Archives of Ireland (NAI) http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy1/genealogy-records/tithe-applotment-books-and-the-primary-griffith-valuation/ or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS). Griffith's is freely available here: www.askaboutireland.com or here: www.failteromhat.com Failte Romhat has lots of other useful links you could try looking at.
Church of Ireland parish registers for the period up to 1870 are public records and may be of service to you. 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/. Likewise, Presbyterian registers are held in three main locations: in local custody, in the Public Records of Northern Ireland (PRONI) and at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Belfast. PRONI has microfilm copies of almost all registers in Northern Ireland and also lists of records held by the Presbyterian Historical Society. For the rest of Ireland, almost all records are in local custody. It can difficult to locate these as many congregations in the South have moved, amalgamated, or simply disappeared over the last sixty years. Contacting the local religious order, if you haven't already done so, may yield further information.
The Spinning Wheel Premium Entitlement Lists of 1796 may be worth checking for James' parents. 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. This may give you further clues.
Information from the genealogical database for County Tyrone is available from http://tyrone.rootsireland.ie/.
I wish you the best of luck with your search.
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Friday 10th Aug 2012, 02:02PM