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Notes relating to Donnell families recorded in the parishes of Donagheady, Leckpatrick, Camus-juxta-Mourne & Urney, Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland ABERCORN ESTATE RECORDS (PRONI, Belfast)Account of Firearms in the Parish of Leckpatrick October 4 1745 WILLIAM DONNELL (1 good gun) JAMES DONNELL (1 good gun)
Account of Firearms in the Manor of Donelong October 10 1745 JAMES DONALL of Culmacherry (1 fusie)
Abercorn Correspondence:March 22 1752: Letter from James Colhoun, (agent) Strabane, to the Earl of Abercorn mentions JAMES DONNALL at Ballee
Survey and Valuation of the Manor of Cloghogall 1777 Castletown: JAMES DONNEL Artigarvan: JAMES DONNEL Ballee (Upper & Lower): JAMES DONNEL (probably the same tenant as these townlands are adjacent or lie close by)
Milltown (of Ballymagorry): WILLIAM DONEL
Rental for the Manor of Donelong 1787 Culmachery Middle #3: ROBERT DONNELL:
Rental for the Manor of Cloghogall 1794 Ballee: JAMES DONNELL, JOHN DONNELL & WILLIAM DONNELL Ballymagorry: WILLIAM DONNELL Castletown: SAMUEL DONNELL & JOHN DONNELL
Rental for the Manor of Cloghogall 1833 Artigarvan: THOMAS DONNELL
Ballee: WILLIAM & JOHN DONNELL (joint tenants)
Ballymagorry: ROBERT DONNELL & WILLIAM DONNELL
Castletown: JAMES & THOMAS DONNELL (joint tenants)
Tullyard: SARAH DONNELL
Woodend: SAMUEL DONNELL, WILLIAM DONNELL & EZEKIEL DONNELL
Strabane, Town Parks: ANDREW DONNELL (occupying tenant)
Manor of Donelong: Leases issued 1835 www.breadyancestry.com Coolmaghery: ROBERT DONNELL
Rental for the Manor of Cloghogall 1848-56 Ballee: JAMES DONNELL, WILLIAM DONNELL Jun, WILLIAM DONNELL Sen,& CHARLES DONNELL
Ballymagorry: JOHN DONNELL, WILLIAM DONNELL Castletown: SAMUEL DONNELL Tullyard: WILLIAM & JAMES DONNELL (joint tenants) Woodend: WIDOW DONNELL & THOMAS DONNELL Strabane, Patrick Street: SAMUEL DONNELL Strabane, Canal Basin: SAMUEL DONNELL Strabane, Town Parks: SAMUEL DONNELL
FLAXGROWERS PREMIUMS 1796Camus-juxta-Mourne Parish: JAMES DONNELL (3 wheels) Donagheady Parish: JAMES DONNELL (2 wheels) ROBERT DONNELL (1 wheel) Leckpatrick Parish: SAMUEL DONNELL (4 wheels) JOHN DONNELL Sen (2 wheels) WILLIAM DONNELL (2 wheels) WILLIAM DONNELL (2 wheels) JAMES DONNELL (2 wheels) THOMAS DONNELL (2 wheels) MARY DONNELL (1 wheel)
TITHE APPLOTMENT BOOKSLeckpatrick parish (1827) Artigarvan: THOMAS DONALD
Ballee: WILLIAM & JOHN DONALD
Ballymagorry: WIDOW & ROBERT DONALD
Castletown: JAMES & THOMAS DONNELLY
Tullyard (Upper): SARAH DONALD Tullyard (Lower): CHARLES DONNELLY Woodend: JOHN DONNELLY & James Graham, WILLIAM DONNALD, ELIZA DONNALD & W. Cummins Camus-juxta-Mourne Parish (1828) Calhame: JAMES DONNELL
GRIFFITHS VALUATIONDonagheady Parish (1858) Gortmellan: WILLIAM DONNELL & HUGH DONNELL Ballinamallaght: WILLIAM DONNELL & FANNY DONNELL Leckpatrick Parish (1858) Milltown: WILLIAM DONNELL Ballymagorry: WILLIAM DONNELL, WILLIAM DONNELL Jun & JOHN DONNELL Woodend: ELIZABETH DONNELL, THOMAS DONNELL & WILLIAM DONNELL Tullyard: JAMES DONNELL (Ballee), JAMES DONNELL & WILLIAM DONNELL Ballee: CHARLES DONNELL, JAMES DONNELL, WILLIAM DONNELL Sen & WILLIAM DONNELL Jun Castletown: SAMUEL DONNELL & THOMAS DONNELL Artigarvan: WILLIAM DONNELL Strabane, Town Parks: SAMUEL DONNELL Strabane, New Street: SAMUEL DONNELL Strabane, Canal Basin: SAMUEL DONNELL Strabane, Old Lifford Road: SAMUEL DONNELL Camus-juxta-Mourne Parish (1858) Drumnabuoy: JOHN DONNELL Strabane, Town Parks: SAMUEL DONNELL & ELIZABETH DONNELL Strabane, Shaws Lane: JAMES DONALD Strabane, Castle Street: DAVID DONNELL Urney Parish (1858) Glentown: JOHN DONNELL
BURIAL RECORDSLeckpatrick Old Burial Ground: Headstones DONNELL: MARGARET died 28 October 1798 aged 36 years JAMES died 1 August 1845 aged 85 SAMUEL died 2 July 1875 aged 62 years MARGARET died 28 October 1798 aged 36 years MARGARET died 6 March 1842 aged 65 years CHARLES died 24 April 1874 aged 75 years MARY died 22 December 1876 aged 73 years WILLIAM (Ballymagorry) died 1 April 1792 aged 74 years ELIZABETH & MARY (daughters of the above) WILLIAM died 25 February 1887 In addition there are further headstones indicating the burial places of the families residing at Ballee & Woodend (location only, no genealogical info) Grange Burial Ground (Graveyard of 1st & 2nd Donagheady Presbyterian Churches) There are no DONNELL headstones, however a survey map of the graveyard dated 1830 identifies the burial grounds of DONNELL families of Coolmaghrey and Drumgauty
DirectoriesPigot & Co’s City of Dublin and Hibernian Provincial Directory 1824 STRABANE Cart Makers: CHARLES DONNELL Main Street
New Directory for the City of Londonderry (including Strabane) 1839 Chandlers & Soapmakers: JAMES DONNELL Main Street, Strabane Publicans: JOHN DONNELL Main Street, Strabane
NEWSPAPER EXTRACTSStrabane Morning Post Tuesday May 19 1829 Printed lists of applications of Freeholders to register for the right to vote (Ten Pound Freeholders) ROBERT DONNEL - Belnamalagh (sic) [Ballinamallaght]
Tuesday June 15 1830 Married in Leckpatrick Church on Thursday last by the Rev. Francis Brownlow, Mr John Nelson of Holyhill to Miss MARY DONNELL, daughter of Mr DONNELL of Caldhame, near this town
Tuesday June 14 1831 Printed lists of applications of Freeholders to register for the right to vote (Ten Pound Freeholders) ROBERT DONNELL – Coolmaghry
Tuesday January 13 1832 Married yesterday morning by the Rev. Stewart Hamilton, Mr John Andrews of Derry, to Miss MARIA DONNELL, daughter of Mr E. DONNELL of Strabane
Tuesday July 16 1833 Died suddenly on the evening of Friday last, Mr EZEKIEL DONNELL of this town, late of Woodend
Tuesday August 11 1835 Married yesterday by the Rev. Mr McDavitt, C. Curate of Strabane, HUGH DONNELL of Liskey to Betty Boyle of Liskey
Tuesday September 27 1836 Vestry meeting held in Strabane: ANDREW DONNELL – Churchwarden
Tuesday December 20 1836 Married on Thursday last at Magheracolton, Mr THOMAS DONNELL of Woodend, to Eliza, daughter of Mr Mathew McKee of said place
Londonderry Journal 23 April 1851 Married on 17th inst in the Presbyterian Church, Douglas by the Rev. James Alexander, Mr JAMES DONNELL, merchant, Newtownstewart to Margaret, 2nd daughter of Mr James Hamilton, Glennock, near Newtownstewart
Londonderry Sentinel 4 February 1832 Married on Monday last in Strabane by the Rev. Stewart Hamilton, Mr John Andrews of this City, cabinet maker, to Miss MARIA DONNELL, fourth daughter of Mr E. DONNELL, Strabane
3 March 1832 Married on Monday in Strabane by the Rev. Mr Porter, Mr Robert Gamble, to ELIZA, daughter of Mr EZEKIEL DONNELL, Strabane
29 September 1838 Married on the 24th inst by the Rev. Edward Atkinson, Curate of Strabane, SAMUEL DONNELL of Calhame, Esq., to Miss Anne Conway of Strabane
16 October 1841 Married on 13th inst by the Rev. Edward Atkinson in the Church of Strabane, Mr Robert Graham to MARGARET, 2nd daughter of Mr JAMES DONNELL, Calheme
23 May 1856 Died at Strabane on Tuesday last, Mr WILLIAM DONNELL aged 83
29 January 1858 Died on Sunday 24th inst in Strabane, MARIA, relict of the late EZEKIEL DONNELL Esq., Woodend, Strabane, after a long and painful illness, aged 78 years
10 June 1865 The Honourable Justice JOHN R. DONNELL. Died in Newbern, North Carolina on Saturday morning last, 15th October, aged 75 years. The son of JAMES DONNELL of Calhame, near Strabane, and brother of SAMUEL DONNELL, merchant in Strabane. He emigrated in 1799 at the age of ten years and since retirement has been living with his daughter in Newbern “The Raleigh, North Carolina, Conservative”
26 February 1867 Died January 27 at Ballee, ELLEN DONNELL, relict of the late James Porter Esq., Ballymagorry, aged 81 years
14 May 1869 Married May 13 at Strabane Church by the Rev. Mervyn Wilson, assisted by the Rev. R. Burroughs, J. A. Wallace Ferrin Esq., 8 Woodhouse(?) Terrace, Dublin, to JANE, eldest daughter of SAMUEL DONNELL Esq., Strabane
Londonderry Standard 26th December 1838 Address presented to David Smith Esq. MD, upon the occasion of resigning from the Donemana Dispensary: a long list of subscribers including: ROBERT DONNELL WILLIAM DONNELL
21 April 1841 Married on Thursday 8th inst at Londonderry Cathedral by the Rev. A. Boys, Mr WILLIAM DONNELL to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Mr William Adams, both of Ballymagorry
6 March 1844 Married on 29th February by the Rev. John Montieth of Donemana, Mr David Walker of Tyrconnelly to MARY, youngest daughter of Mr ROBERT DONNELL, Ballynamallard, Co. Tyrone
5 February 1845 Married in Strabane Church on 30th ult, Mr SAMUEL DONNELL, merchant to Susan, eldest daughter of Mr N. Sims of Strabane
6 March 1846 Married on 27th ult in Leckpatrick Church by the Rev. Thomas McClelland, Mr John Briggs, Ballymagory, to MARIA, daughter of Mr WILLIAM DONNELL, Ballee
27 August 1847 Mr W. DONNELL of Ballnarallow (sic) [Ballynamallaght] near Donemana, gratefully acknowledges to have received from his cousin William McKay Esq of South Beaver township, in Beaver County, State of Pennsylvania, the sum of twenty pounds and fourteen shillings, for the relief of the destitute in his neighbourhood which will be distributed according to the instructions contained in the kind letter of the donor
25 November 1852 Died at his residence, Ballinamallard (sic), near Donemana on Thursday 18th inst of scarletina, Mr JOHN DONNELL aged 40 years
Irish American (New York) March 21 1857 Mr EZEKIEL DONNELL of New York, while lately on a visit to his relations at Ballee, having purchased the tenant-right of the large farm of Milltown, Ballymagorry, which he left in the hands of his father, his neighbours met on the 11th inst with 25 well-appointed ploughs, ploughed nearly all the ground intended for cropping this year
Donemana Relief Fund (National Archives, Dublin) RLFC 3/2/28/33 Donemana Famine Relief Fund 1847 List of subscribers: W. DONNELL
Derry Clergy and Parishes – Leslie (Enniskillen, 1937) Leckpatrick Parish Notes: THOMAS DONNELL: Churchwarden in 1718 Visitation of the Parish of Leckpatrick (1804) WILLIAM DONNELL: Churchwarden
WILLSWILLIAM DONNELL, Castletown, Leckpatrick 1782 (Derry will) THOMAS DONNELL, Artigarvan, Leckpatrick 1842 (Prerogative will)
CHURCH RECORDSDonagheady Parish Church www.breadyancestry.com Baptisms 1697-1900: 10/5/1761 ROBERT DONNEL son of ROBERT & JANE, Ballinamallaght 24/2/1765 JOHN DONNEL son of WILLIAM & MARY, Carnagribben 24/3/1827 ELIZABETH DONNELL dau of JAMES & ELIZABETH, farmer, Donagheady 26/4/1829 SARAH DONNELL dau of JAMES & ELIZABETH, farmer, Donagheady 5/12/1830 SARAH JANE DONNELL dau of SAMUEL & MARY, farmer, Donagheady 11/12/1831 MARTHA DONNELL dau of JAMES & ELIZABETH, farmer, Donagheady 23/3/1834 ANNE DONNELL dau of JAMES & ELIZABETH, farmer, Donagheady 4/6/1837 MARY DONNEL dau of JAMES & MARY, farmer, Carnagribban 17/11/1839 JANE DONNELL dau of JAMES & ELIZABETH, farmer, Carnagribban 5/5/1842 (born 24/4/1842) MARY DONNELL dau of JAMES & ELIZABETH, farmer, Carnagribban 22/10/1843 JOHN DONNELL son of JAMES & MARY JANE, labourer, Carnagribban 17/4/1853 (born 3/4/1853) JOHN DONNELL natural son, mothers name CATHERINE DONNELL, Gortileck. Father: Andrew Dunn of Glennagourland, farmer 28/8/1864 (born 12/8/1864) ANNE DONNELL natural daughter, mothers name ANNE DONNELL, Carnagribban
Marriages 1826-1922: 21/2/1850 Robert Wilson F B Drain, farmer Father: Robert Wilson, farmer & MARGARET DONNELL Minor, S Carnagribban Father: JAMES DONNELL, farmer 12/6/1855 WILLIAM DONNELL, F B Cullion, labourer Father: HUGH DONNELL, labourer & Jane McMinamin F S Lisdivin Father: William McMinamin, labourer
Burial Register 1698-1900: 18/2/1830 JAMES DONNELL 79 years, Donagheady 7/5/1847 SARAH DONNEL 17 years, Carnagribban 25(?)/6/185(?) JAMES DONNELL 65 years, Carnagribban 18/7/1856 JAIN DONNELL 16 years, Carnagribban 7/1/1861 MARTHA DONNELL 28 years, Carnagribban 1/4/1872 BETTY DONNELL 90 years, Carnagribban
Vestry Book 1698-1723: 2/4/1700 CHARLES DONNELL, Tamnaclare (sidesman) 22/4/1701 CHARLES DONNELL (signed) 22/4/1712 JOHN DONNELL, Tullakirie (sidesman) 11/4/1721 WILLIAM DONNELL, Coolmaghery (sidesman) 16/4/1723 WILIAM DONNELL, Coolmaghery (sidesman)
2nd Donagheady Presbyterian Church Baptisms: 30/11/1836 WILLIAM JOHN son of JOSEPH, Coolmaghery, farmer 26/6/1866 ANNA DONNELL dau of JOHN, Carrickatain, labourer
Marriages: December 5 1861 Thomas Cunningham F B Glenegourlin (Glennagourland), labourer Father: James Cunningham, labourer & MARTHA DONNELL Minor S Glenegourlin, Father: ROBERT DONNELL, labourer
December 25 1862 William Browne, Bynoan (Benowen), F B labourer, Father: John Brown, labourer & CATHERINE DONNELL F S Bynoan, Father: ROBERT DONNELL, labourer
Elders: ROBERT DONNELL (1744) (Donagheady Presbyterian Churches and Parish – Rutherford, Belfast, 1953)
Printed Financial Statements – Pewholders (1863) WILLIAM DONNELL JOHN DONNELL ROBERT DONNELL Printed Financial Statements – Pewholders (1866) WILLIAM DONNELL JOHN DONNEL Printed Financial Statements – Pewholders (1870) WILLIAM DONNELL
Donemana Presbyterian Church Printed Financial Statements – Pewholders (1863) JOHN DONNELL (Secretary of the Committee) MRS DONNELL MISS DONNELL JAMES DONNELL WILLIAM DONNELL Printed Financial Statements – Pewholders (1866) JOHN DONNELL MRS DONNELL MISS DONNELL JAMES DONNELL WILLIAM DONNELL ROBERT DONNELL Printed Financial Statements – Pewholders (1870) JOHN DONNELL MRS DONNELL MISS DONNELL JAMES DONNELL WILLIAM DONNELL ROBERT DONNELL
Marriages: #35 June 12 1851 HUGH DONNEL, full age, widower, farmer of Gobnascale. Father: SAMUEL DONNEL, farmer & Margaret Jane Eaton, full age, spinster of Ballyneanor. Father: Alexander Eaton, farmer
Leckpatrick Parish Church (St Patrick’s) Marriages: #1 6th January 1845 JOHN DONNELL, 35 years, bachelor, publican of Strabane. Father: THOMAS DONNELL, mason & ELIZABETH DONNELL, 32 years, spinster of Ballee. Father: JOHN DONNELL, farmer
#3 26 November 1845 JAMES DONNELL, 26 years, bachelor, labourer of Donaghedy. Father: WILLIAM DONNELL, mason & Jane Gamble, 22 years, spinster of Tullyard. Father: Robert Gamble, labourer
#4 27 February 1846 John Briggs, full age, bachelor, farmer of the parish of Leckpatrick. Father: William Briggs, farmer & MARIA DONNELL, full age, spinster of the parish of Leckpatrick. Father: WILLIAM DONNELL, farmer
#10 12 August 1847 WILLIAM DONNELL, full age, bachelor, tailor of Leckpatrick. Father: WILLIAM DONNELL, labourer & Rebecca Gibson, full age, spinster, Leckpatrick. Father: David Gibson, farmer
#15 25 February 1848 William Briggs, 21 years, bachelor, farmer of Ballymagorry. Father: William Briggs, farmer & MATILDA DONNELL, 22 years, spinster of Ballee. Father: WILLIAM DONNELL, farmer
Camus-juxta-Mourne Parish Church (Christ Church, Strabane) Baptisms: 15/1/1814 JANE daughter of JAMES & MARY DONNELL, Callheme
Marriages: Index to marriages (PRONI) 1813 CHARLES DONALY & Jane Mooney 1831 JAMES DONNEL & Marian Rodgers 1831 John Andrews & MARIA DONNELL 1841 Robert Graham & MARGARET DONNELL 1845 SAMUEL DONNELL & Susannah Simms
#25 8 September 1848 David Cunningham, full age, bachelor, painter of Strabane. Father: Joseph Cunningham, shoemaker & ELIZA DONNELL. Full age, spinster of Strabane. Father: DAVID DONNELL, sawyer
Vestry Minutes: 25 April 1842 Appointment of Valuators (for assessing Tithes) JAMES DONNELL, Caldhame
Emigration recordsExtracted from Irish Passenger Lists 1847-1871 – Mitchell (GPC) 1850: ROBERT DONNELL of Donaghadey sailed from Derry to Philadelphia on the “Barbara” |