Hi Jenny

 

Our new manager Teri has been helping greatly with your search.  I will post her findings:

 

www.ballymoneyancestry.com  

 

Connor Wills
First Name: William
Surname: Wright
Town: Finvoy
Year of Probate: 1842

 

Ballymoney First Valuation  a valuation of townland property in the 1830s
First Name: William
Surname: Wright
Parish: Finvoy
Townland: Lisheegan
PRONI reference: VAL/1B/158B

 

Marian

Teri found this too.  It's from the 1803 Agricultural Census of Antrim.

 

Surname	First Name	Townland	Parish
Wright	Robert	Stranocum	Ballymoney
Wright	William	Carngless	Ballyrashane

Surname	First Name	Townland	Parish
Foster	Alexander	Ballymacfin	Billy
Foster	Archibald	Ballymacfin	Billy
Foster	Archibald	Ballymacfin	Billy
Foster	David	Balnalube	Loughguile
Foster	David	Fernalizery	Ballymoney
Foster	Hugh	Ballymacfin	Billy
Foster	James	Fernalizery	Ballymoney
Foster	James Junr.	Fernalizery	Ballymoney
Foster	John	Ballymacfin	Billy
Foster	Moses	Cluntifinin	Loughguile

 
Marian

Jenny - If you have Elizabeth's marriage cert to John Leith, you will know who her parents were.  Please let us know this information as it will help us.

 

Marian

Jenny -

 

 

This site gives a list of all the churches in the Finvoy/Ballymoney area.  If you wish to write to any of them, I would suggest starting with the Finvoy one.  COI  means Church of Ireland (Anglican).

 

Finvoy COI
Rev John Cunningham
Rev Robert Simpson (curate)
The Rectory
Queen Street
Ballymoney
BT53 6HY
NORTHERN IRELAND
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http://www.nireland.com/Dolina/ballymarriage.html
This makes interesting reading, Jenny.  It might be worth your while writing to the churches there, especially since there would be very few records for them to check through.

The Presbyterian Church in Ballyrashane has an e-mail address.

[email protected]

 

Hope the above is of some help.

 

Marian

 

Hi Marian

 

Elizabeth Foster's parents were John Foster and Elizabeth Shields.

 

Thank you

 

Jenny

 

 

LDS throws up only one family - Parents John Forster and Elizabeth Sheel
 
 1. BELIUS FORSTER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 24 JUN 1804 Haydon, Northumberland, England
 
 2. JAMES FORSTER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 24 MAY 1807 Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England
 
 3. JANE FORSTER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 09 DEC 1799 Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England
 
 4. ROBENA FORSTER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 24 JUN 1804 Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England
 
 5. JOHN FORSTER - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Christening: 08 AUG 1802 Haydon Bridge, Northumberland, England
 

Although there is no Elizabeth listed, the years of birth for these children would tie in with your timeframe.  Could the family have moved from England to Ireland?

 

 

 

 

Record Type	Parish Marriage
Date of Marriage	11 Aug 1810
Groom Name	john FORSTER
Bride Name	elizabeth SHEELS
Church	New Row Presbyterian Church
Parish	Coleraine
Civil District	Coleraine
County	Londonderry

Hi Marian

 

Unfortunately I feel this may not be the right family as the 1851 census for Scotland shows Elizabeth Wright (Foster) as having been bron around 1824.  Mind you it also shows that she would have only have been about 14 years of age.  Any thoughts

 

Jenny

Hi Jenny

 

Yes, I have seen the 1851 and 1861 censuses.  We know from these that Elizabeth Foster was born around 1821 - 1824.  So it is quite possible that her parents were married in 1810.  She may have had several older siblings who were born in the intervening years, say from about 1812 onwards, don't you think?

 

Marian

Manager

Hello Marian

 

My thanks to both yourself and Teri for the untiring research you are doing.  I must apologise for not finishing the email I sent re Elizabeth Foster on the 15.4.2008. What I meant to say was that the census showed that Elizabeth was only around 14 years of age when she had her first child..

 

Jenny

Yes that's right, Jenny.  Girls did marry very young back then, at least by today's standards, and some had children when they were even as young as 12 years old.

 

Thanks for your kind remarks.  If we find any more information we will post on here.

 

Marian

Hello Marian

 

On looking over these records once again I note that John Forster and Elizabeth Sheels were maried in 1810 and when I look at your message16 I note that the children were all born before this date, would this be correct.  I know that some children were born before marriage but do you think all would have been.  You would know far much more than I regarding these matters in Ireland.

 

How would the family have travelled from Ireland to Scotland, would there be immigration records or not.

 

Thanks again Marian for all the time and effort you and your team have put into helping me.

 

Regards

 

Jenny

Hi Jenny

 

It's highly unlikely that they had all their children before they were married, unless of course they did not marry at all, which is a possibility.

 

The Irish and the Scots did travel back and forth quite a lot.  It is a very short distance by sea from some points in Northern Ireland across to Scotland.

 

I will ask Teri to get back to you on this when she is able, as she is the history expert!  Her computer is down at present.

 

Marian

Manager 

 

 

Hi Marian

 

I was wondering have these records come online as yet.  Thanks a lot

 

Jenny

Hi Jenny Hopefully Marian will Answer you Later,BUT at present try this site

 

Mike