Title: | Re:Re:Re:Andrew Maxwell 1817, Ballygraffin, Castlereagh, Ireland |
Posted by: | Damien Braniff |
Date: | 15 May 2003 |
I have some information that may be of use/interest from Griffiths Register (1832 I think). It lists the occupiers of land in Ballygraffin. No mention of Laughlins. List below is occupiers and immediate lessors: Anne Keag Mary I Blakiston Houston Hugh Matier Anne Keag Catherine Clint Anne Keag John Little William Shaw Edward McCarthy Anne Keag Adam Palmer Mary I Blakiston Houston Hugh Edmonds Mary I Blakiston Houston John Edmonds Mary I Blakiston Houston Daniel McGrattan Mary I Blakiston Houston William Edmonds Mary I Blakiston Houston James Edmond Mary I Blakiston Houston Mary Edmonds Mary I Blakiston Houston Jane Edmonds Mary I Blakiston Houston Bernard McGrattan Mary I Blakiston Houston Margaret McGrattan Bernard McGrattan Rose Edmonds Mary I Blakiston Houston William Maxwell Mary I Blakiston Houston George McCaughley William Maxwell James Branney William Maxwell James Warnock Mary I Blakiston Houston Bernard Smith James Warnock According to my father the Warnocks and Maxwells were related somewhere along the line - both houses built to the same design, based on a house in county Meath. The last Maxwell that I remember was Warnock Maxwell who died 20 odd years ago. His sister Hilda died not long after that I think. The farm was sold and bought by Jim Warnock (though he sold the house). Close relationship is indicated in that Jim's father (possibly g-father) was Maxwell Warnock - seem to have used each others surnames as christian names. Now the list shows only the immediate lessors so the Loughlins could have been a step removed. My father does remember them major landlords. The story is that there was a pub at Rubane and they went every day for a bucket of beer and eventually drank their inheritance. In my own search I have found that a g-g-uncle (Patt Braniff) married Ellen Lambert of Rubane on 12th Jan 1829 - witnesses were John and Robert Loughlin. This may be the brothers of the above story. Hope this is of some help. No Loughlins around here now and no Maxwells since Warnock died. Damien |