1754 Feb 9

DEED: 166-289-111573

This would be a good deed to order.

OLIVER, Andrew - NORRIS Townlands Index: 1746-1758

SOURCES FOR NORRIS

1. I do not have a subscription (and therefore access), but the following notes look promising: W. H. J. WAR WORDS: "SPEARHEAD": "MOP UP." Notes and Queries, 1944; 187: 275 - 276. ......F.R.] of Caledon, Co. Tyrone, and David Boyd of City...town of Caledon,? Co. Tyrone, then, in possession...of said Mary Pringle, Charles Norris, , Oliver Norris, Cornelius...and all situate in Co. Tyrone To Hold to Thomas Lewins...... NOTE: This may mean that NORRIS-PRINGLE deed searches could be useful.
2. 1829 Freeholders records show a Charles NORRIS of Caledon.
3. Norris, John (c. 1547-1597) English soldier. He served in conflicts in the Low Countries, France, and Ireland, and in 1589 commanded, with Francis Drake, the fleet that ravaged the coasts of Spain and Portugal. He served in the Low Countries 1577-85, at the head of a party of English volunteers fighting on behalf of the States-General in their revolt against their Spanish rulers, and acted as ambassador to the Netherlands in 1588. In 1591 he served Henry IV of France in his conflict with the League in Brittany. He went to Ireland in 1597 to aid in reducing Tyrone. After fighting and negotiating with the O'Neills in Ulster and warring in Connaught, which he failed to pacify, he asked to be recalled. This was refused, but he was superseded in his military command.
4. There is a photo of a Martha Eliza NORRIS in the Gilford Castle collection. The inscription on the back identifies her as a niece of the recipient (whoever that was). It would have to be a later generation – likely about 1860. But since Anne NORRIS married Andrew OLIVER later – this is likely a set of families that kept on connecting.
5. LDS records have nothing that connects the OLIVER and NORRIS lines. There was a Jane NORRIS, daughter of Robert NORRIS who was christened 1779, July 16 at Arboe, Co. Tyrone. There are also James NORRIS’s of Arboe, Co. Tyrone – but nothing in the early to mid-1700s.
6. Mary Jane OLIVER refers in her will to Mary Jane NORRIS her “grandniece of Queensland”. This may mean that she was a married daughter of Benjamin OLIVER, the son of Andrew Coulter OLIVER. NOTE: Check to see if Benjamin OLIVER emigrated to Australia sometime after the death of his uncle William OLIVER in 1873 (according to a letter from Eliza JACKSON née OLIVER he seems to have been close enough to Urker to be supporting his father Andrew in the contesting of the will).
7. Given naming conventions and proximity, it is likely significant that the Freeholders List for Dungannon Barony , Co. Tyrone 1795-98 has an Oliver NORRIS resident in Caledon who has a freehold in Knockaginney, Parish of Aghalow, Co. Tyone. He could very well be a son of Sarah OLIVER and Charles NORRIS

NOTES: Memorial of a deed of article of marriage bearing date 22 Oct 1750 made by and between James NORRIS[1] of Torreg[2] & Charles NORRIS[3] of Lardkeen[4] both in the Parish of Aghalow, Co. Tyrone of the one part & Andrew OLIVER[5] Parish of Tynan[6], Co. Armagh of the other part “witnesseth that whereas it appears by the said deed a marriage was intended between the said Charles NORRIS and Sarah OLIVER[7], daughter to said Andrew OLIVER that this said James for and in consideration of his paternal love and affection to the said Charles and for and in consideration of the said marriage hath thereby given, granted and assigned over to the said Charles a full half or moiety of Larakeen with the Houses, Appurts and Improvements therein as then in his possession and also one half or moitie ... etc. “ Original lease held under Margaret HAMILTON[8] now Countess of Orrery ... Andrew besides the above specified portion intends to consider the said Sarah as having a child’s part at his death and the said deed of which this is a memorial is witnessed by Ben OLIVER[9] of Farmacaffly[10] in the County of Armagh, farmer and by John CALDWELL[11] of Caledon[12] in the County of Tyrone, merchant of this Memorial is witnessed by the said John CALDWELL and by Robert BRENAN[13] of Glaslough[14] in the County of Monaghan (etc) sworn at Monaghan, Co. Monaghan 16 Oct 1753.

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[1] James NORRIS of Torreg, Parish of Aghaloo, Co. Tyrone. In my initial transcription, I had the name as Jane NORRIS, but that does not fit with a later reference in the deed where the pronoun “he” is used, so I changed it. I am assuming that James NORRIS is the father of Charles.

[2] Torreg. I do not know what townland this is. If my transcription was particularly bad (and I did have a fever at the time) it may be Tannagh.

[3] Charles NORRIS of Lairakean, Parish of Aghaloo, Co. Tyrone. A Charles NORRIS is one of several names in a list mentioned along with Arthur OLIVER in the Belfast Newsletter 5 Nov 1776 as supporting a reward for a theft in Blackwatertown.

[4] AKA Lairakean

[5] Andrew OLIVER of the Parish of Tynan. He does not show up in the Parish of Tynan in any Freeholders Records at this time (they may be lost). The only Andrew OLIVER in the Freeholders Records shows up as a resident at Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh in 1788. He is connected to the Mullinture line.

[6] The Parish of Tynan has a number of townlands that might be the townland that this Andrew OLIVER resided at (based on the presence of other OLIVER leases). Lislooney, Derryhaw and Killylea would be ones I would look to first. Breaghy and Enagh are also possibilities.

[7] Sarah OLIVER, daughter of Andrew OLIVER of the Parish of Tynan. Given the 1754 time of her marriage, this makes her a contemporary of the William OLIVER who married Elizabeth STEEL in 1757. She may be a sister or possibly a cousin.

[8] Margaret HAMILTON, Countess of Orrey. She was a daughter of John HAMILTON, proprietor of the Caledon estate and in 1731 married the Earl of Orrery. A Source I do not have access to, but which might be of interest to others: MARY BOYLE. LETTERS OF THE COUNTESS OF ORRERY AND OTHERS, 1740-1746. Notes and Queries, 1882; s6-V: 205 - 206. ......MDCCCLXXVII. (1877). W. C. B. LETTERS OP THB COUNTESS OP ORRERY AND OTHERS, 1740-1746 (ante, p. 161).--Will you permit the great-granddaughter of Margaret Hamilton, Countess of Orrery (afterwards of Cork and Orrery), to correct a slight......

[9] Ben AKA Benjamin OLIVER of Farmacaffley. This is likely the Benjamin OLIVER of Ballinhonebeg who died in 1770. Farmacaffley is a townland on the eastern border of Ballinahonebeg. He was a brother of the William who married Elizabeth STEEL – both of them sons of a William about whom I know little.

[10] Farmacaffley AKA SherranmcAghully, Parish of Lisnadill, Co. Armagh – land likely handed down from an Andrew OLIVER who was mentioned as resident there in the 1663 Hearth Tax Rolls).

[11] John CALDWELL?

[12] Caledon, Co., Co. Aghaloo, Co. Tyrone – this townland had a town centre and market.

[13] Robert BRENAN?

[14] Glaslough, Co. Monaghan is just over the border from Co. Tyrone & Co. Armagh.