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Richard Gladney (1710-1754)

AntrimSkerry (Antrim)

Someone has done extensive research on the descendants of Richard Gladney (my 8th great-grandfather), but only came up with guesswork about his arrival in Ireland from Scotland:

"Lived Kinbally, Skerry Parish, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Settler or son of the original settler [from Scotland] in County Antrim.* Will proved 1728 in Skerry Parish.

  • The Ulster-Scots Historical Society, searching the Hearthmoney Rolls for 1663-1669 (household tax records) found no Gladney listed. The first mention of this family appears in the lease Memorial, dated 1724. This indicates that Richard Gladney I, or his father, came to County Antrim during the 55 years between 1669 and 1724. Memorials to the wills of Richard I and of William Gladney were found in Conner Diocesan wills and Administrations up to 1858, index. The wills were destroyed in Dublin riots and fires in 1922. Index to Wills--, Public Records Office, Northern Ireland, Belfast N. Ireland. Deed to John Gladney and others registered under O'Neill to Gladney. Ref. 7/7 1708-1729, Deed No. 341, 562, 230675 Hearthmoney Rolls: P.R.O.N.I.T 307.[Gladney1.FTW]"

I don't know when this was done, but I thought I'd check here in case anyone can further trace his ancestry or information about his wife (name unknown). Would they have gravestones to visit? I live in California but hope to get to Ireland one of these days.

Ann

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Ann,

The only gravestone in the Skerry area listed on the Braid site (which lists most of the churches in the area) is for a John Gladney who is buried in 1st Broughshane Presbyterian churchyard. (That?s quite near Skerry). Date of death does not appear to be legible any more. There could be other Gladney graves but evidently they don?t have a gravestone. Or not one that is legible anyway. And Presbyterians in Ireland generally don?t keep burial records).

http://thebraid.com/genealogy.aspx

None of the Presbyterian churches in the Skerry & Broughshane area has baptism or marriage records for the 1700s. Consequently tracing the family through that avenue looks to be a non-starter.

There are a few records for the big Scottish landowners who settled in Co Antrim in the 1600s (and earlier, in the case of the Earl of Antrim?s estate), but there are no details (in Ireland or Scotland) of the individual tenants and artisans who accompanied them. So there?s no real way of tracing precisely when most people arrived. All that can really be said is that there was significant Scottish settlement all through the 1600s but with a big surge in the 1690s (due to famine in Scotland). Some estimates put the figure of Scots settlers in Ireland in the 1600s at about 100,000 which was about 10% of the entire Scottish population. Many of those in Co Antrim came from adjacent counties such as Argyll, Ayrshire, Wigtownshire & Kirkcudbright. (ie just 20 or 30 miles away).

 

 

Elwyn

Ahoghill AntrimIrelandXO Volunteer

Richard Gladney is my line as well. My line ended up in Lincoln County, Missouri, USA. The information above is correct as I ended up hiring a for research  to see if I could have them locate farther back to Scotland or burial grounds. They could not really add to the information I had already found. I went there in 2012 and did go to the VOW that was really cool.

 

Blake

IrelandXO member

BDickie............. What is VOW?

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I'm also a Gladney relation from Richard and Jane Wilson.  I'm trying to put together my family tree and I'm stuck there as well 

 

Beth

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