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Searching for locations of these 2 families in County Tyrone

Tyrone

I am trying to find what part of County Tyrone my family was from. I found a cousin to my direct ancestor that was born in Strabane in 1808 but still can not place these 2 families. Just based on that clue I was thinking maybe the West part of County Tyrone.

John Park b: 1759 in Ireland (My 4th Great Grandfather)

married ca 1796 in Ireland  Letitia Hamilton

July 1821 Departed Greenock, Scotland on the Camillus to New York, USA

10 Sept 1821 Arrived in New York, USA and traveled on to Beaver county, Pennsylvania where other family from both sides were living and farming.

1823 moved to Hopkinsville, Todd county, Kentucky.

3 June 1837 died in Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky. Buried in Glenwood cemetery.

John and Letitia's children: 

(All were born in Ireland and came to the US except for the youngest dau. born in Paisley, Scotland)

David Park 1797-1856

Jane Park 1799-1865

James Park 1802-1821

Mary Park 1809-1889

Samuel Park 1810-?

John Park 1812-1896

William Park 1815-1819

Letitia Park 1819-1899

 

 

 

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Hi again,

Thanks for your message.

Strabane town crosses the borders of 3 civil parishes in Tyrone:

Camus, Urney and Leckpatrick:

http://logainm.ie/Viewer.aspx?text=strabane&streets=yes

You can see these civil parishes on the map here:

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/civilparish/index.cfm?fuseaction=GetMap&CityCounty=Tyrone

I did a search in the Flax Growers list. This was part of a government scheme to encourage the linen trade, free spinning wheels or looms were granted to individuals planting a certain area of land with flax. The lists of those entitled to the awards, covering almost 60,000 individuals, were published in 1796, and record only the names of the individuals and the civil parish in which they lived. Here are the Park?s that were recorded in Tyrone, some of which were in the above parishes and/or neighbouring parishes:

http://www.failteromhat.com/flax/tyrone.htm

I wonder if any of these are related to your Parks?

Kind regards,

Genealogy Support

 

 

 

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