1765 June 1 DEED 297-602-196312 CORRY - OLIVER Need to order.
Memorial of an indenture between Galbraith LOWRY CORRY[1] Ahenis[2], Co. Tyrone Esq. & David OLIVER[3] of Ballyray[4], Parish & Co. Armagh - land demised to OLIVER and 2 Tates known as Laragh[5] and Cornacarrow[6] with Corn & Tuck mills except 65 acres at the end of Cornacarrow where Edmond McMAHON[7] & others then lived ... for the lives of the said David OLIVER William OLIVER[8] and Joseph OLIVER[9] his sons aged about six months at the yearly rent of nine shillings ... David OLIVER will “erect and completely furnish a cloth mill within three years and ditch in twenty Irish acres convenient to said mill”.
[1] Galbraith Lowry CORRY, b. 11 July 1706, d. 1769. Son of Robert LOWRY & Anna SINCLAIR. He married Sarah CORRY, daughter of Colonel John CORRY & Sarah LESLIE. Galbraith Lowry-Corry was baptised with the name of Galbraith Lowry. He held the office of High Sheriff of County Tyrone in 1733. He held the office of High Sheriff of County Monaghan in 1743. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Tyrone between 1748 and 1768. On 1764 his name was legally changed to Galbraith Lowry-Corry. He lived at Aheniss, Co. Fermanagh Their son Amar LOWRY-CORRY became the First Earl of Belmount. SOURCE: http://www.thepeerage.com/p12957.htm#i129569 .
[2] Ahenis, Co. Tyrone. Curiously, there is an Aghenis, Parish of Aghaloo, Co. Tyrone (which agrees with this lease which situated the townland in Tyrone – yet the information that I have found about LOWRY-CORRY indicates Ahennis, Co. Fermanagh. I do not know if there have been boundary changes so that both may be true.
[3] David OLIVER (prob 1725-Feb 1806) of Ballyrea, Co. Armagh, husband of Susannah WALKER. Curiously in spite of all the leases involving Ballyrea, he does not show up in the PRONI Freeholders Records with that particular holding. In fact the only David OLIVER to show up there is one at Bangor, Co. Down in 1813-1821.
[4] Ballyray AKA Ballyrea, Parish of Armagh, CO. Armagh.
[5] Laragh is a townland in the Parish of Aghnamullen, Co. Monaghan. (NOTE: There are other townlands named Laragh, but this one fits the description of being the Laragh beside Cornacarrow where David OLIVER (1725-1806) first signed a set of leases in 1764 to establish mills.
[6] Laragh & Cornacarrow, both in the Parish of Aughnamullen are just to the south of Lough Eglish.
[7] Edmond McMAHON possibly related to Thomas and/or Owen McMAHON
[8] William OLIVER (1764-1844) twin son of David OLIVER (prob 1725-Feb 1806) of Ballyrea, Co. Armagh, and Susannah WALKER (d. Mar 1808, Ballyrea).
[9] Joseph OLIVER (1764-1844) twin son of David OLIVER (prob 1725-Feb 1806) of Ballyrea, Co. Armagh, and Susannah WALKER (d. Mar 1808, Ballyrea).