Re: [Bann Valley] Hendersons at Ballyagan, Garvagh

["Bill Henderson" <bill.henderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Linda,

Very many thanks for this information. Being a novice, I am learning 
all the time of what is still available. I will follow this up with my 
researcher. You have obviously had some considerable success with 
this. It is very difficult for me to get to PRONI as I live on the 
Isle of Man, so am heavily reliant on hired help. Or people such as 
your self offering ideas and advice. 

Bill

> Hello Bill,
> Have you considered checking the Registry of Deeds for Hendersons in 
Ballyagan and other townlands close by?  I have had a great deal of 
success tracing two of my primary lines in the Bellaghy area through 
lease renewals and sales in the Registry of Deeds.  Some examples of 
what I was able to find pre-1820:  marriage articles from 1769 
registered in 1784 for my probable gggg-grandparents; two wills from 
1758 & 1784 for progenitors of another line; a land transfer at 
marriage of a gggg-grandparent to his son (1807); another similar land 
transfer in a previous generation from father to son so that I was 
able to go back another generation from the 1807 land transfer.
> 
> I have been surprised that the few professional researchers I have 
run across in Northern Ireland have not checked the Registry of Deeds 
for pre-1845 transactions.  My people were lease holders in 
Ballymacombs and Ballynease townlands--the various landowners were the 
Vintners Company; Sir Thomas & William Conolly; and Lord Masserene.
> 
> I was on a recent trip to PRONI (October 2008) and spent several 
days looking through a few hundred leases held by Conolly for the 
lands around Bellaghy.  I was able to see original leases and leases 
that were not registered in the Registry of Deeds.  Other information 
that can be in both the original leases and the memorials in the 
Registry are the lists of lives on perpetual leases that often give 
the age of individuals and their relationship to a lessee.
> 
> Has your researcher checked the Registry of Deeds for Ballyagan and 
Garvagh?  I don't know the history of the Ironmongers ownership or if 
estate papers from that group exist, but it's definitely worth a look.
> 
> ~Linda S.
> 
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