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Nicholas Glynn

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I am trying to trace my 2nd great grandfather's family. His name was Nicholas Glynn. One of his sons has my great granfather, Patrick. I know that Nicholas arrived in America in January 1849. He was a shoemaker. He arrived in America in January 1849. He first came to America with his oldest son Nicholas.Their port of departure was Galway. The rest of the family joined Nicholas in America in February 1852. I know from my great grandfather's marriage license that his mother's name was Bridget Naughton. I have recently been in contact with a distant who lives in Memphis, Tennessee. She found me through our DNA results. According to her family information, Nicholas was born around 1800 and was married around 1826. Supposedly Nicholas and his family were from Galway. I have been able to use Irish records to find out a lot of information about the "Gaule" side of my tree (they are from County Kilkenny), but so far I have not been able to find any records pertaining to the Nicholas Glynn family. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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TimG:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

Generally counties on the Leinster side of Ireland have earlier records than the counties in Connaught (including Galway) which somewhat explains why you had success in Kilkenny but not with Galway records. I did some searches on Roots Ireland and did not come up with any records for Nicholas Glynn and his marriage to Bridget Naughton and also baptismal records for children. Likely, the parish records are no longer available. From my own experince, the Glynn surname is more common in East Galway.

My wife has a Glynn great-great grandmother (Hanora Glynn born c.1825) and thru DNA testing we have a lead that her line came from Clontuskert civil parish.     Susan has tested with Ancestry and FamilyTree DNA and her Gedmatch number is T859608

Roger McDonnell

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Roger,

I appreciate the reply. I had tried Irish Geneaology and also didn't have any luck I also appreciate the hint regarding East Galway. I have been tested through Ancestry DNA. Through the Ancestry results I have connected with 2 cousins in the US that I didn't know. They have help piece together information and records for Nicholas and his descendants. Perhaps some day I will find a DNA match with Glynns in Ireland.

​Regards,

Tim Gaule

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My mother, uncle and grandfather were born in Gortnahorna, Clontuskert, Co. Galway but on the other side of the family to the Glynns. 

My great grandmother was a Glynn (grandmother's mother).   I am in the process of  researching her family tree beyond her immediate brothers and sisters.  I have got as far as my great great great grandfather  Patrick Flynn born circa1825 - he had a son -John Glynn who was born in Carrare, Abbeyknockmoy, Co. Galway on Mar 25 1849.   I haven't come across any Nicholas as far as I am aware but I have gone down many rabbit holes in my search. There are so many Glynns.    I found records as they were herdsmen - the only trade to own land or something.   I also found school records.  

I also have Naughton in my family - shows how small Ireland was really.  (my mam's parents both came from Galway).  I wish you luck finding your family.   Rachel

 

 

 

 

 

 

rach210@gmail.com

I will have a look for you to see if I can help, but I think you should check your Ancestry DNA on GEDMATCH.   Gedmatch matches up people who have done DNA tests with other companies other than Ancestry which is the most common one.   It is very good and you should check that out it might help.  If I find anything I will come back to you.

 

MARY

 

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Nicholas Glynn 

Hi Tim

As you have done an Ancestry DNA test you should join the Galway DNA group https://www.facebook.com/groups/GalwayDNA/

As others suggested upload your raw DNA data (found in Settings on Ancestry DNA homepage) to gedmatch.com 

That will then help 

there are 3 Nicholas Glynns in the 1901 Cenus - hopefully one of them is kin to yours - Nicholas + Glynn is an unusual combination 

http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Cloonbur/Gortnaclas…

http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Pallas/Reaghan/1396…

http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Addergoole/Quinalta…

Martin

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I really appreciate all of the suggestions. I will upload my raw DNA data to gedmatch.com. What I know about the Glynn side of my family, I have basically learned through my research on Ancestry. I am glad that I took the DNA test last year as that has recently connected me with two distant cousins who live in the US. My second great granfather Nicholas settled in Tennessee and after the civil war my great grandfather moved to Omaha, Nebraska. At some point the family in Omaha evidently we lost contact with the cousins in Tennessee. My great grandfather, Patrick, had several children, but only 2 ever married and they all either died before I was born or when I was still quite young. The records I have found indicate that Patrick and his parents were from Galway. I have also recently taken the LivingDNA test. I have not received those results yet. While LivingDNA doesn't currently offer matching, that is a feature they will be adding in the near future.  It will be interesting to watch for potential "Ireland" matches. I am hoping that throught the DNA tests I might eventually connect with some Glynn relatives.

I have have much better success on the Gaule side and last summer had a great visit with my family on that side and was able to visit the town (Kilmacow) from which my great grandfather on that side is from.

Regards,

Tim

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