Wanting to get in touch with people related to the Long and Scott family who resided in Portnoo/Narin. My great, great grandfather, Nathaniel Webb, who was a coast guard officer stationed in Portnoo, married first Ann Scott and then when Ann died Nathaniel married her cousin Margaret Long. Years about 1839/50
jenwin19:
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The marriages were in 1832 and 1838. See transcriptions below. Also located the May 1838 death of Ann. See below. All events were in the Inishkeel C of I church. Inishkeel parish is just to the north of Ardara. I did not find Nathaniel Webb in the 1858 Griffiths Valuation head of household listing.
Roger McDonnell
Date of Marriage:29-Jul-1832
Parish / District:INNISKEEL
County:Co. Donegal
Husband NathaniceWebb
Wife AnneScottAddress:Station Portnoo
NarinDenomination:Church Of Ireland
Church Of IrelandOccupation:COAST GUARD
Date of Marriage:26-Nov-1838
Parish / District:INNISKEEL
County:Co. Donegal
Husband NathanicWebb
Wife MargaretLongAddress:Ng
NarinDenomination:Church Of Ireland
Church Of IrelandOccupation:WATER GUARD
Name:AnneWebbDate of Death:03-May-1838
Age:
Parish / District:INNISKEELAddress:PortnooCounty:Co. DonegalStatus:
Denomination:Church Of Ireland
Hi Roger,
Thank you so much for the information you provided. We travelled from Australia to Ireland a couple of years ago and spent a week in Country Donegal visiting Narin and Portnoo several times, speaking to locals and we visited the church where Nathaniel was married.
I'm very interested to find out if the original records are still available and if so how can I get a copy. Do you know if there are any records from the death of Nathaniel's first wife, Maria who died in 1832 (probably May). We did look around the church yard for any headstones but couldn't find any as they appeared newer, do you know if any older headstones survive? Unfortunately the church was locked each time we visited and the phone number of the rectory didn't answer.
I am also interested to find any newspaper articles of the coast guards of the time or other information. Nathaniel was posted to Pullaheeny, Rathlee, County Sligo in about 1839.
Again, thank you for your kind help and interest.
Warm regards
Jennifer Winter
Perth, Western Australia
Jennifer:
Here is a link to the web site for the Anglican churches in the area including Inishkeel. Hopefully they will respond to your e-mail. The actual records are not on-line except for a transcription. I assume they are maintained locally on a register. The church should also be able to let you know where headstones for the 1830s are located.
I'm confused about the first wife. Your initial note said that he was married twice to Anne and Margaret and I found the death record for Anne in May 1838. Who was Maria?
Roger
Hi Roger,
Thank you for the link.
Sorry about the confusion, Nathaniel was actually married three times, firstly to Maria Row in England before taking up the posting at Narin/Portnoo. Maria died in 1832 probably giving birth to their son William. In July Nathaniel marries Ann Scott and they have two children, Nathaniel born 1834 and Jane born 1836. In 1838 both Ann and their son Nathaniel die and Nathaniel marries Ann's cousin Margaret Long. Margaret and Nathaniel go on to have ten children born in Pullaheeny, Rathlee, County Sligo where Nathaniel was the Chief Boatsman with the coastguards.
In 1869 Nathaniel and Margaret along with six of their children sailed to Victoria, Australia as unassisted passengers to join the six older children who also immigrated to Australia.
Nathaniel and Margaret are my great, great grandparents.
Warm regards
Jennifer
Jennifer:
Here is the 1832 record.
Roger
Name:MariaWebbDate of Death:03-May-1832
Age:
Parish / District:INNISKEELAddress:PortnooCounty:Co. DonegalStatus:
Denomination:Church Of IrelandOccupation:
Sex:Female
Dear Jennifer, Interested in your Scott/Long family. We are from a Patrick Long family from the area of Drumboghill which is not far from Narin/Lackagh - Portnoo. This last year we have been able to idenify 5 separate Long family lines, we are each DNA mismatched. I am going back on the 13th of May 2018 and testing two more Long lines that we have recently found in the area of Narin/Lackagh-Portnoo. We would like to include any direct line to Longs of Narin/Portnoo in our test match. If you would like to be included please contact me. abradcliff@yahoo.com. The lines we have are :1. Long/Scott ,2. Long/Maxwell, 3. Long/Hazlett, 4. Long/Kilgore, and (us) Long/Stewart, Long/Rogers, Long/Scott. Do you know the parents names of Ann Scott or Margaret Long?Regards, Alice Fookes-Radcliff
Hi Alice, I am so sorry for taking so long to reply but I have only just come across your post.
My great great grandmother was Margaret Long whose parents were James Long and Ann. The only marriage which I have been able to find which suites the dates is a James Long of Inver to Ann Scott of Inver in the Church of Ireland 14th April 1818. James was a farmer from Narin. I don't know the parents name of Nathaniel's second wife Ann Scott who died in 1838 in Narin.
I am very keen to participate in your DNA testing as would two of my third cousins from the same line. My email address is jenwin@iinet.net.au
Regards
Jennifer Winter
Greetings from Canada....I am writing as I came across the email address for a Robert Long on GEDMatch as his Kit matched my own and another Donaldson, Richard Donaldson. My 3rd G Grandmother was Catherine Scott from the area of Bready, Tyrone & Village of Donemana. I read sthe information you posted and saw a reference to a Scott family. The name Scott is absurdly common in Ireland, so it probably does not mean anything. But have you heard of being related to any Donaldsons, Baird, Russells from that area? Also I am closely related to the Long family out of Rochester, they own a large water park. Cheers...