1764 Aug 5
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This is a lease that I must get a photocopy of.
OLIVER, Andrew - THOMPSON 1758-1786
NOTES: 1764 Aug 5 Between Andrew OLIVER[1] of Coradown[2] in the Parish of Donagh, Co. Armagh [sic] & George THOMPSON[3] of Cuz[r?]unshagh[4], Parish of Currin, Co. Monaghan. Andrew OLIVER demised to George THOMPSON the part of Carricknaveagh[5] to wit the upper half of the half tate next adjoining to Carriketee[6] lying and being in the parish of Aghnamullen and said County of Monaghan ... for the lives of the Revd Robert SMYTHE[7] of Dillan[8] in the Co. of Down, Alexander SMITH[9] and John SMITH [10]brothers of the said Robert SMITH ... rent 4s 6p. Witness: John WILSON[11] of Oreas, Glasslough[12] & Francis CARLIFFE[13] of Tournamale[14] & John ROGERS[15] of Cornamuklagh[16] all in Co. Monaghan. Witnessed by Francis CARLIFFE & John FIDDES[17] of the City of Dublin, Gent. George THOMPSON[18] [SEAL] Sworn 17 Aug 1764.
[1] Andrew OLIVER of Corragh Down, Parish of Donagh, Co.
Monaghan is a mystery to me. The parish of Donagh is on the Armagh border and
close to the townlands of Lislooney and Derryhaw where several OLIVERs held
leases for several generations. I suspect a
relation to the William OLIVER of Farmacaffley, Co. Armagh - possibly given the time frame, a brother (and hence linked
to various Co. Tyrone OLIVERs ). If they were brothers, their father would
probably be an Andrew. (SOURCE: p. 11 Henry (William) Oliver: 1807-188: Ancestry and
Descendants by Henry Oliver Rea,
1959. I base this on his link to the townland of Carriketee and Canaveagh
both townlands that would seem to tie in to Creevy (Oliver) and other deeds
that connect to the OLIVERs of
Ballinahonebeg (the townland beside Farmacaffley).
[2] Corradown AKA Corragh Down, Parish
of Donagh, Co. Monaghan it was part of the Leslie estates in the mid-1800s.
The reference to Armagh is in error.
[3] George
THOMPSON
[4] Cuz[r?]unshagh
this could possibly be Corrinshigo, Parish of Currin, Co. Monaghan at least
it is my best bet.
[5] Carricknaveagh
There is a Carnaveagh and a Carrickaveilty, both in the Parish of Aghnamullen
and both of them adjacent to Carrickatee.
[6] Carriketee AKA Carrikatee, Parish of
Aghnamullen, Co Armagh. Of special interest to me is the fact that Carrickatee
seems to be right where the townland known as Creevey (Oliver) is. SEE: http://193.178.1.178/Monaghan_gPlan/ This is
significant, because in 1770 July 30th David OLIVER of Ballyrea, Co.
Armagh sold his lease on 8 acres and the mill at Creevey to Arthur OLIVER of
Ballinahonebeg, Co. Armagh
[7] Revd Robert
SMYTHE AKA SMITH of Dillan, Co. Down. He was the minister at the nearby Ballee Non-subscribing
Presbyterian Church from 1750-1787. SOURCE: Ros Davies web site.
[8] Dillan AKA Dillin, Parish of Ballee,
Co. Down. A townland 2km NW of Ballee village
with good arable soil and owned by owned by heirs of Lord De Clifford &
John W. Maxwell. SOURCE: Ros Davies web site.
[9] Alexander SMITH
[10] John SMITH
[11] John
WILSON of Oreas, Glasslough, Parish of Donagh. A John WILSON as well as a James
WILSON shows up in the 1706 Irish Flax Growers records as resident in the
Parish of Donagh.
[12] Glasslough
is a town in the Parish of Donagh, Co. Monaghan just over the border from
Armagh. In fact, it is only about 5 km away from, Lislooney a townland long
held by successive generations of OLIVERs. The names in the Hearth Money Roll for
Glasslough in 1663 & 1665 shows the
names William ARMSTRONG; David, John,
and William JOHNSTON; Andrew McNAB; Henry OHUGH; James SHORT and William TURNER.
[13] Francis
CARLIFFE of Tournamale
[14] Tournamale, Co. Monaghan
[15] John ROGERS
of Cornamuklagh, Co. Monaghan
[16] Cornamuklagh,
Co. Monaghan. This might be Cornamucklagh North or South, in the Parish of
Clontibret. Interestingly, a James OLIVER shows up in the 1796 Flax Growers records
in the Parish of Clontibret.
[17] John FIDDES The FIDDES family were involved in
leases with the WRIGHT branch of the family in the early 1800s.
[18] George THOMPSON