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Michael RICE b. Markethill, Armagh late 1790s

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Hi all,

I am hoping someone can help me with this query .. please if possible   :)

My ancestor .. Michael RICE was born in Markethill, Armagh around 1798.

On his military documents found in UK, he served in the 27th foot regiment, rifle brigade from 1816 - 1830.

He left Armagh with the army and married in Scotland, Glasgow, on 5 Aug 1821 to Agnes CAMPBELL.

They arrived in  Auckland, New Zealand in 1847, sent out there as an Army Pensioner, (called a Fencible) to work for the British Government  in the new colony.

He arrived in Australia in the mid 1850s and died in Sydney in 1860.

Hopefully someone might be able to help me some more with his past in Armagh.

I do not know the names of his parents or anything else about him.

 

Thanks so much ..

Maree

aussie_femme@hotmail.com

Australia

IrelandXO member

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Hi Maree,

Could you please post your message here (Markethill): http://www.irelandxo.com/group/mullaghbrack-armagh

First of all, do you what religion he was?

There are Roman Catholic church records available for the diocese of Ballymore and Mullaghbrack (Armagh). These date from 1843 for both baptismal and marriage records. These can be found at the National Library of Ireland (NLI), Pos. 5586, or the Public Records of Northern Ireland (PRONI), MIC.1D/37, or the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS), ref. no. 0926031. If you have any difficulty, you could try writing to the parish priest for more assistance.

There are some records for this area you should consider checking:

  • 1740 Protestant householders: includes Mullaghmore. National Archives of Ireland (NAI), or PRONI T808/15258, or LDS Film 258517.
  • 1753 Poll Book. NAI M.4878. PRONI T808/14936. LDS Film 1279237.
  • 1793-1908 Armagh Militia Records. NLI Pos. 1014. Also Armagh County Library.
  • 1796 Spinning Wheel Premium List. 3,100 names for Co. Armagh. www.failteromhat.com
  • 1799-1800 Militia Pay Lists and Muster Rolls. PRONI T.1115/A-C.
  • 1803-1831 Armagh Freeholders and Poll Books PRONI ARM 5/2/1-17, D 1928. Also NLI Ir. 94116 a 1, Ir. 352

Books:

  • Mullaghbrack from the tithepayers list of 1834, NLI, I 920041 p 1
  • McGleenon, C.F., '17th and 18th century patterns of settlement in the Catholic parishes of Ballymore and Mullaghbrack', Seanchas Ardmhacha, 15, No. 2, 1993, 51-83.
  • Moore, Re. H.H., Three hundred years of congregational life: the story of the First Prebyterian Church, Markethill, Co. Armagh. Established A.D. 1609, Armagh R. P. M'Watters, 1909, NLI, Library Office 5327, 65 p.

Pension Records: In Ireland, if a soldier was discharged to pension or discharged as medically unfit before 1823, detailed information will be found in the Registers of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, WO119, containing the Certificates of Service. These are organised by regimental number, which you can trace through WO118, Kilmainham Admission Books. Irish out-pensioners - those receiving a pension but not actually resident - were administered from the Royal Hospital Chelsea after 1822 (WO 116/117). Regimental Registers of Admissions to Pension also exist, indexed from 1806 to 1836; otherwise, each regimental volume includes an index. The National Archives of Ireland also holds microfilm copies of the Kilmainham records. You should be aware that only a minority of those who served are covered. You should consult the National Archives UK discharge papers are summarised in the online catalogue at www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Please make sure you link anyone else in your family who is interested in their Irish heritage to our site - and indeed anyone else you know of Irish heritage.

Kind regards,

Sinead Cooney

Genealogist (Ireland XO)

IrelandXO member

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