Leydans/Waters

James Waters was a witness to my g-g-grandfather's 2nd marriage to Bridget Cunningham, 11/22/1848 Ahamlish Parish. 

I have Roger Waters from Ahamlish in my tree,  as his Daughter Honorah Waters married my  Haran GGG Grandfather. 

The the old latin entries used Terentium, which is Terence. Never heard of HOURISK, sorry.

Hi. I too have a Waters ancestor who’s name changed to Forreskey or should I say it the other way round as Waters is the anglised version, apparently Forreskey is linked to Hourisk. My ancestor  was from the Donegal area but one shows up in Tory  Island. . Various spellings have cropped up Furisky, Ferrisky, Fariskey  and much much more. I’m about to check  starting with H now and from what I hear there could be links to the name starting with O’ and U. The surname  Whoriskey is also linked .

Look for the likes of Fareisay, Fursash and also with an H (loads of variations).  I found these versions on find my past  I’m still checking it all out. I started with Donegal and then left the location empty and found similar names all over the south of Ireland, mainly Waterford but some in cork and limerick if I remeber correctly 

uisce is Gaelic irish for Water (o’Fuarisc) is an alternative name as well. It’s all a bit of a mess but at least the change to Waters has now been explained to me. Hope this helps

 

 

 

Yes I realised about 6 months ago that I too have Huorisk, and looked up the Gaelic translate and discovered it is actually Waters or Watters. 

I appreciate all of your input. Genealogical research is so fascinating. I was a history professor and it’s always been my passion, along with archeology and genealogy. Thanks for adding your research findings to the Sligo/Ahamlish link. I’m hoping my Healy research there will bear more fruit someday. Tying what I found in Ahamlish to my emigrant g-g-grandfather is my greatest desire.