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Seeking family of Jane Frances Hamilton Scott

MayoKillala (Mayo)

My great great grandmother Jane Frances Hamilton Scott was born in Ballina Killala County Mayo on 4th September 1854. her father was John Hamilton Scott. I think her mother's name was Harriet. Harriet's family were farmers and she had several brothers. Unfortunately I don't know her maiden name or the name of the brothers. I don't know if John was local or passing through. The families were Methodists. Jane married a Yorkshireman Arthur Norton who came from a mill owning family but he himself became a school teacher in county Durham. I would be very grateful for any information about the family in Ireland

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Hello Porpoise, I am looking at old queries and see the birth in Mayo, it appears to be the only one there although there are a lot of Scott baptisms in Mayo. It wa a Methodist baptism.

I found a possible marriage in Belfast in a 1st Presbyterian church of a John Scott, she is Harriet Heron, he is a merchant from Leeds and son of a surgeon and she is the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, you can see the civil record here https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ Protestant marriages from 1845 only, all from 1864.

Question is what were they doing in Killala which is small indeed. Here in Griffiths valuation there is a John Scott in Lacken parish in Killala 

https://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=name… It only gives the name of the landholder and landlord and a map of the plot. 

There is a Methodist museum in Belfast and i have found them very helpful previously.

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Pat

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