Lyn Everson

Lyn,

Griffiths Valuation lists John Ochiltree’s farm in Mullurg. It was plot 12 which was a total of just over 10 acres. That property today is on the B78 Mullurg Rd, not far from St John’s Church. The Valuation Revision records show that after John’s death in 1877 it passed to Sarah, and then in 1880 to John McStay. He was still there in the 1901 census:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Armagh/Hamiltons_Bawn/Mullurg/1017063/

I looked for Sarah’s death but can’t see it in the civil death records.

The families appear to have been Presbyterian and/or Church of Ireland. I presume you have checked the relevant church records for baptisms etc. If not, Mullaghbrack Church of Ireland has baptisms from 1764 and marriages from 1767 and deaths from 1732 but unfortunately a lot of the records from the 1800s were lost in the 1922 fire. 1st Markethill Presbyterian has records from 1843 and 2nd from 1821. Copies of all those records are held in PRONI.

There’s a death for a Robert Compston on 15.1.1879, aged 80, registered in Armagh. Might be part of your family.

These families lived nearby and may also be related. You could research them by looking up the childrens births  to get the mother’s maiden names and work back from that to their marriages and fathers names.:

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Armagh/Crossmore/Drumhirk/1013365/

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Armagh/Hamiltons_Bawn/Garvagh/1016953/

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Armagh/Hamiltons_Bawn/Derryaine/1016779/

Thank you so much Elwyn.

All so fascinating and inspiration to keep on searching for those missing links.

Lyn