Database of Research on the Doyle Family from the Kingdom of Mourne Page 1 5/12/2010
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The Jones Database of Research on the Doyle Family from the Kingdom of Mourne Page 1 5/12/2010 D R A F T The earliest documented record of a Doyle family member refers to a will written by Elenor Doyle and states her death as occurring in 1752. No further information is available. Certainly other Doyles were in the area at this time as a rough granite headstone dated 1828 in Ballymageogh Roman Catholic Graveyard (Massforth) refers to John Doyle, his wife Alice and their two children John and Margaret. John was 79 at the time of his death in 1845 establishing a birth date of 1766. The names of his parents and any relationship to Elenor are unknown. By 1810, there are records referencing Doyles in Kilkeel, Ballyardel, Maheramurphy townland (which encompasses Kilkeel town) and a large group in Dunnaval townland. Note spelling of place names varies in records. Line Ref. Date Event Place (may be Reference/Notes Source townland, district, parish etc) NO SOURCE DOCUMENTATION 1. 1752 Death of Elenor Doyle Kilkeel Will 2. Abt. 1760 Birth of Thomas DOYLE See Flax Growers List 3. 1766 Birth of John DOYLE Kilkeel See Flax Growers Graveyard (John married Alice Unk. Had at least 2 children John DOYLE and Margaret DOYLE). List Inscriptions Ballymageogh Roman Catholic Graveyard O. S. 55 Grid Ref. 288152 County: Down Country: Ireland. Doyle /Rough granite/. I. H. S. Erected to the memory of John Doyle late of Kilkeel who departed this life on 25 Apr 1845 aged 79 years. And his wife Alice who (was) removed from this life on 27 Nov 1828 in the (...)0th year of her age. The remains of their son John and daughter Margaret are also deposited here. 4. 1776 Death of Francis Doyle of Drumgooland Drumgooland Will 5. Bef. 1786 Marriage of John Doyle of Kilkeel to Alice Unk. Kilkeel Based on info. in graveyard Inscription 6. 1786 – 1800 Birth of John Doyle Kilkeel Based on info. in Birth of Margaret Doyle graveyard Both the children of Alice Unk. and John Doyle of Kilkeel. Inscription 7. Abt. 1790 Birth of Peter Doyle (lived in Kilkeel – birth not confirmed as in Kilkeel). Kilkeel It is thought that this Peter Doyle is a direct ancestor of the Doyles of Newcastle St., Kilkeel. 8. 1792 Birth of James Doyle (lived in Kilkeel – birth not confirmed as in Kilkeel). Kilkeel IGI record – no source given. This James later married Ann Unk. and had at least three children: William (9 Feb 1818), Jane Whether Thomas, (21 Jun 1822) and George (2 May 1825). John, Margaret, Peter and/or James are related is COPYRIGHT 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 /Users/fmj170901/Documents/DoyleDataEntryMay2010.odt The Jones Database of Research on the Doyle Family from the Kingdom of Mourne Page 2 5/12/2010 unknown. 9. 1792 Catholic Relief Act Following the Catholic Relief Act of 1792, families who had been in occupation of their farms for years before that date were granted leases by the Nedham family who later became the Earls of Kilmorey. The 1793 act created a class of tenants known as ‘forty shilling freeholders’ and these were also given the right to vote in parliamentary elections. The Nedhams had political ambitions and were keen to create voters, hence the granting of leases. In return for a lease tenants were expected to vote for the Needham interest. 10. The Doyle family was well established in Kilkeel and the surrounding townlands during the late 18 th Century, with John Doyle and Thomas Dr. V Marmion Doyle appearing on the 1796 Flax Growers list. Flax was processed to produce oil and textile goods, and as such was an important cash crop of the 18th and 19th Centuries. During this time period, thousands of Irish farmers grew the crop for their livelihood. One benefit of flax was that it was harvested relatively early, bound into bundles and put into a water filled ditch, known locally as a 'shuck' which was usually close to a stream or river. This process went under the term retting. You knew where and when by the intensity of the smell! When the outer layer had rotted off the inner fibres were then sent to the mill and bleached. Milling determined the quality of the cloth and bleaching was used to improve the saleable attraction. REFERENCE SOURCE DOCUMENTATION - Flax Growers List 11. 1796 The Irish Linen Board published a list of nearly 60,000 individuals in 1796 on the Flax Growers Note: May be John List. Spinning wheels were awarded based on the number of acres planted. People who DOYLE born 1766). ancestryireland.com planted one acre were awarded 4 spinning wheels and those growing 5 acres were awarded a How is Thomas loom. Two Kilkeel Doyles are on the list – John Doyle and Thomas Doyle. related to John? Doyle John Kilkeel 1 loom Kilkeel Doyle Thomas Kilkeel 1 loom Kilkeel Doyle Bryan Aghaderg 1 loom Aghaderg Doyle Bernard Drumballyroney 1 loom Drumballyroney Doyle Henry Drumgooland 1 loom Drumgooland Doyle Patrick Drumgooland 2 looms Drumgooland Doyle Bryan Drumgooland 1 loom Drumgooland Doyle Edward Maghera 1 loom Maghera Doyle Felix Drumgath 1 loom Drumgath 12. 1798 Death of James Doyle of Drumgooland Drumgooland Will 13. 1799 Death of William Doyle of Drumgooland Drumgooland Will 14. 1799 Birth of Patrick DOYLE Kilkeel Relationship to Ship Manifest On April 9, 1834 this Patrick Doyle (a 35-year old laborer) sailed from Newry arriving in New other Doyles in Brunswick, Canada on May 26th 1834. Kilkeel is unknown 15. 1801 Union of Great Britain and Ireland REFERENCE SOURCE DOCUMENTATION - Live & Deadstock Returns of 1803 16. 1803 Kilkeel Residents The Doyles in Live & Deadstock Ballyardel Ballyardle Kilkeel town were Returns of 1803- an Neal Doyle dealers and agricultural census Dunnaval Dunnaval merchants and Pat Doyle therefore unlikely to John Doyle be on this list. John Doyle, jrn. Atty Doyle Hugh Doyle 17. 1803 Birth of Henry Doyle (based on gravstone inscription). Henry later became a school teacher in Dunnaman, COPYRIGHT 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 /Users/fmj170901/Documents/DoyleDataEntryMay2010.odt The Jones Database of Research on the Doyle Family from the Kingdom of Mourne Page 3 5/12/2010 Dunnaman School. He married catherine Douglas and had a son Thomas who was also a Dunnaval teacher. The couple had at least three other children: Alice, John and Francis. Henry died 3 Dec 1866. 18. 1805 Birth of John Doyle Dunnaval Graveyard (John later married Ann Unk. lived in Dunnaval.) Inscriptions Information from Graveyard Inscriptions: Ballymageogh Roman Catholic Graveyard O. S. 55 Grid Ref. 288152 County: Down Country: Ireland. Doyle /Rough granite/. I. H. S. Erected by Ann Doyle, Dunnaval, in memory of her beloved husband John Doyle died 29 Feb 1852 aged 47 years. 19. 1809 Death of Hugh Doyle of Magheramurphy Kilkeel Magheramurphy May have had a Will dated 1809 IIW son James on the V4 p 167 40 shillings freeholder list 20. Abt. 1810 Birth of Bernard Doyle Gaward, This Bernard later married Elizabeth Grinnon and had at least two children John Doyle (b. abt. Rathfriland 1840) and James Doyle (b. 22 Mar 1847). 21. Abt. 1810 Birth of William Doyle This William later married Martha (Unknown) and had at least one child Ann Jane (b. 5 Jan 1839) 22. 1811 Death of Patrick Doyle of Clonduff Clonduff Will REFERENCE SOURCE DOCUMENTATION - 40 shilling freeholders list for the Barony of Mourne 23. 1813 – 1821 Commencing Jan.1st 1813, - Ending Jan.1st 1821 The 40 shilling freeholders list for the Barony of Mourne, commencing January 1 st. 1813 to Jan. 1st.1821, Registries in Kilkeel, 22 nd of Oct. 1820. This information acts as a kind of census, it gives the name of the 40 shilling freeholder, his abode, landlord and the names of Tenures or other Lives, The freehold was usually for as long as the person lived or someone they named, hence “George III” or any other Royalty, as the people thought they would live a long life, They could name three people, many of the names listed by the freeholder were relations or family. Name Abode Landlord Tenure Dunnaval Doyle, Henry Donaville J. Keown Henry Doyle, Pat Marmion & Duke of York Dunnaval Doyle Arthur Same Same Thomas Waring, Bernard Doyle, Pat.? Doyle, Hugh Donaville Same Hugh & Pat Doyle & The Duke of Dunnaval York Doyle, James Magheramurphy Charles Moore George the Third Magheramurphy No Doyles listed specifically for Kilkeel town, however, Magheramurphy townland encompasses Kilkeel town. 24. Abt. 1818 Marriage of James Doyle and Ann Unk. This couple had at least one son Patrick (b. 9 Feb Dunnaval 1818) 25. 1818 Birth of Patrick Doyle (b. 9 Feb 1818) – son of James and Ann Unk. Dunnaval 26. 1818 Birth of Hugh Doyle (parents unknown) Kilkeel Graveyard Information from Graveyard Inscriptions: Ballymageogh Roman Catholic Graveyard O. S. 55 Inscriptions COPYRIGHT 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 /Users/fmj170901/Documents/DoyleDataEntryMay2010.odt The Jones Database of Research on the Doyle Family from the Kingdom of Mourne Page 4 5/12/2010 Grid Ref. 288152 County: Down Country: Ireland Doyle /Rough granite/. I. H. S. Erected by Mary Doyle of Kilkeel in memory of her beloved husband Hugh who departed this life on 17 Apr 1858 aged 40 years. 27. 1818 Birth of William Doyle (9 Feb 1818) son of James Doyle & Ann Unk. Poss. Dunnaval William is likely a This William later married Martha Unk. And had a daughter Ann Jane Doyle (05 Jan 1839) brother of Patrick b. 9 Feb. 1818 REFERENCE SOURCE DOCUMENTATION – 1819 Kilkeel Directory 28. 1819 Occupations: Kilkeel KILKEEL Doyle, James - shoemaker & dealer DIRECTORY Doyle, john - blue-dier 29.