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WIGGINS Family of Cloncarn, Galloon, Fermanagh

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Looking for any information on the WIGGINS family of Cloncarn, Galloon, Fermanagh. Ann WIGGINS, daughter of John WIGGINS and grand-daughter of another John WIGGINS, married a John DROPE c. 1747. Assume WIGGINS is an English surname. Some Wiggins mentioned in Griffiths Valuation at Cloncarn and elsewhere but can't connect them directly yet. Suspect there are no other records that still exist? Any assistance greatly appreciated.

Jane Morrison

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A marriage in 1749 is certainly before the start of the local church records. You don’t say what denomination but Church of Ireland seems likely. Galloon parish records start in 1798.

Loads of Wiggins baptisms in the Galloon parish registers:

http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/fermanagh/churches/galloon-bap-index.txt

Likewise marriages:

http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/fermanagh/churches/galloonmarindx.txt

There is a book about Galloon parish which traces the history of many of the families there back to the 1700s and in some cases a bit earlier. Its title is something like “At the cross of ….”. I really can’t remember. Have a word with Linda Swindle at Lisnaskea Historical Society. I am sure she’ll know. Most of the Church of Ireland families in Galloon originated in Scotland or England and though the origins of some are speculative one or two have been traced to specific locations in Scotland. I think the oldest gravestone in Sallaghy graveyard relates to a Clingan from Kirkcudbrightshire.

http://www.clogherhistory.ie/Lisnaskea-Historical-Society

 

Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘IrelandXO Volunteer

Thank You very much, Elwyn. I am not sure if the denomination was C of I or not but most likely. The marriage of Ann WIGGINS and John DROPE occurred in 1746 or 1747 after Ann's grandfather, John WIGGINS (aged about 100) died. There was apparently some opposition to the marriage. Ann may have been a minor at the time. The Drope family was most likely English too--Dropes were in business in London and merchants in Ireland although I have discovered at least one Huguenot, Guillaume Drope, a law student, who died in Dublin aged in his 30s (forget the year right now, but have the information elsewhere). Will see if I can locate the book you refer to. Thanks again, Jane

Jane Morrison

Jane,

Huguenots in Ireland had their own church in Dublin for a while, and there are some records for it. Plus a graveyard off St Stephen's Green. Later they tended to become Presbyterians in Ireland as their beliefs were essentially Calvinist (a stricter interpretation of the gospels, pre-destination and free thinking being part of their philosophy). English settlers tended to be members of the Church of Ireland.  Though most Scots were Presbyterian, and plenty of Scots went to Fermanagh, you won't find many Presbyterian churches there. Bucking the trend, most of the Scots who settled there became Church of Ireland. 

Elwyn, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘IrelandXO Volunteer

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