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HENNESSY, CARROLL, FLAHERTY - Co. Cork Ireland>Ontario, Canada Peter Robinson Settlement 1825

HENNESSY, CARROLL, FLAHERTY - Co. Cork Ireland>Ontario, Canada Peter Robinson Settlement 1825

Sue Moran (View posts)
Posted: 10 Mar 2002 1:55AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: HENNESSY/HENNESSEY, CARROLL, FLAHERTY
Searching for any information on my ancestors: HENNESSY/HENNESSEY and CARROLL who emmigrated from Fermoy, Co. Cork and FLAHERTY who emigrated from Kilworth, Co. Cork, as part of the British government sponsored 1825 Peter Robinson Settlement to Ontario, Canada.

According to family wills, there were numerous HENNESSY and FLAHERTY descendants living in Peterborough, Emily and Ennismore, Ontario, in 1868 and into the early 1900's at least..

Thomas HENNESSY/HENNESSEY b. 1787 Fermoy, Co. Cork
Ann/Nancy CARROLL, b. 1795, Fermoy, Co. Cork

Children, all born Fermoy, co. Cork:
John b. 1807
Thomas b 1810
Michael b. 1812
Bridget b. 1814
Daniel b. 1818
William b. 1822
Patrick b. 1821 (my g-grandfather)

The HENNESSY family was relocated to the town of Emily, Ontario Province, Canada in 1825, after sailing on the ship "John Barry". The landlord of the property Thomas Hennessey leased in Fermoy was named Thomas Walker, Esq.

Thomas Hennessy died between 1828-1830 in Emily, Ont. Canada. His widow, Ann/Nancy remarried another Peter Robinson Settler, Patrick FLAHERTY and they emigrated, with several of Ann's children to Medina, NY, USA and then to Geneva, Ontario Co., NY where they remained the rest of their lives.

John HENNESSY stayed in Canada, marrying Ellen FLAHERTY, sister of Patrick FLAHERTY, in Ennismore, Ontario and had a family. Thomas HENNESSY,Jr., also stayed in Canada, marrying an unknown woman and having a family. Bridget and Daniel HENNESSY relocated to the Buffalo, NY area, abt. 1830. The rest of the children moved with their mother and step-father to Geneva, NY.

I believe that Patrick FLAHERTY was the son of another Peter Robinson Settlement Family who traveled on the ship "Fortitude" and was settled in Emily, Ontario, Canada:

FLAHERTY, James, b.1775
Wife Mary b. 1777
children:
James, Ellen, Michael, Patrick, Thomas, Denis, James & Edmond

Any information on any of these families would be greatly appreciated. Willing to share my data with others. Thanks, Sue Moran, CT, USA


Re: HENNESSY, CARROLL, FLAHERTY - Co. Cork Ireland>Ontario, Canada Peter Robinson Settlement 1825

Posted: 14 Apr 2002 11:14PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 27 Nov 2002 8:59AM GMT
This may not be of any help for you, as I don´t have any information on your Hennessy family, but I was fascinated to read the name of my gggg-grandfather, Thomas Walker, in your message, as the landlord from whom your Hennessy ancestor rented some land.
Thomas Walker was the founder/owner of a brewery in Fermoy and it seems he owned substantial lands around the town. Unfortunately I couldn´t locate the lands but after a visit to Fermoy 2 years ago I now suppose it would have been to the North of Fermoy, an area that was later used for British military barracks. - Sorry, but that is all I know...
Regards - Vita

Re: HENNESSY, CARROLL, FLAHERTY - Co. Cork Ireland>Ontario, Canada Peter Robinson Settlement 1825

Sue Moran (View posts)
Posted: 14 Apr 2002 11:41PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: HENNESSY, HANRAHAN, FLAHERTY, CARROLL, HAYES, MORAN, KELLY, WALSH, JENNINGS, MCDONNELL, GARVEY
Vita, Thanks so much for sending this interesting information about Thomas Walker to me. It's pretty amazing that you happened to see my post with the reference to your ancestor in it!

I have copies of a couple of documents that Thomas Walker sent to Peter Robinson to request that the Hennessy family be included in the British sponsored settlement in Canada. If you would like copies, I would be glad to scan and send them to you as JPEGS if you send me your direct email address.
Regards, Sue Moran

Re: HENNESSY, CARROLL, FLAHERTY - Co. Cork Ireland>Ontario, Canada Peter Robinson Settlement 1825

Michele Harrington-Wiegand (View posts)
Posted: 23 Apr 2002 6:13PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello Sue,
From your posting I believe we have a Hennessey connection.
My g-g-g grandfather was Thomas born abt 1787 in Cork. He married Nancy Unknown born abt 1795 in Cork. I have their children listed as John, Thomas, Michael, Bridget, Daniel, William and Patrick. Michael was my g-g grandfather b. abt. 1813 in Cork, d. 1869 at age 56 in Ennismore, he married Elizabeth (Eliza) Bolster b. 1814 Kilshannig by Mallow, Cork, Ireland d. 1880 at age 66 in Ennismore. They had the following children that I currently am aware of, William, Anne who was baptized at the first baptism at St. Martin's Church, Ennismore on 20 Jun 1858, her sponsors were Nathan Traviss and Ellen Riordan, and John, d. 10 Mar 1880. John was my g-grandfather, he married Rebecca Travis daughter of Nathaniel Traviss and Ellen Leonard. They had the following children that I currently know of Herbert, Ambrose, and Clara my grandmother. Clara married my grandfather Joseph Harrington in 1900, they and their children moved to Rochester, Monroe, New York in 1923.
If any of this sounds like a possibility to you, I would be happy to share more information with you.

Sincerely.

Michele

Re: HENNESSY, CARROLL, FLAHERTY - Co. Cork Ireland>Ontario, Canada Peter Robinson Settlement 1825

Sue Moran (View posts)
Posted: 23 Apr 2002 11:27PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: HENNESSY, CARROLL, FLAHERTY, HANRAHAN, HAYES, MORAN, KELLY, GARVEY, JENNINGS, WALSH
Michele, I am so glad that you saw my post and contacted me! I would say that our g-g-grandfathers were brothers based on the information you provided in your message.

I have a lot of data on the family of Patrick HENNESSY, also wills for Patrick, his mother, Nancy/Ann CARROLL/HENNESSY/FLAHERTY, and for her second husband, Patrick FLAHERTY. Another HENNESSY descendant's wife has been researching the family for over 20 years and has provided me with copies of her findings and proof. I also am fortunate to have a Canadian friend who obtained some terrific copies of documents authored by Peter Robinson and others, regarding the selection of families for resettlement, the preparations for the trip and details on the journey itself. These documents include reference to Thomas HENNESSY and his family. I would be happy to provide you with whatever information you would like from my files. I'd also be very pleased to obtain more information from you on Michael HENNESSY and his descendants.

Please email me directly at smoranbts@att.net to exchange addresses.

Re: HENNESSY, CARROLL, FLAHERTY - Co. Cork Ireland>Ontario, Canada Peter Robinson Settlement 1825

Posted: 2 Feb 2005 5:25PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 8 Jun 2005 1:18PM GMT
Surnames: Harrington Scott Hennessey
Hello Michelle,

I recognized your name from my Harrington records. My grandmother was Loretta Harrington who married Stephen Scott (parents: Bernard and Mary (Leahy). My search for the Hennessey connection however is in seeking for the origins of Margaret Hennessey's husband John. She was a Scott, sister to my grandfather stephen's grandfather Stephen Scott who married Ann Garrow. They moved to Chandos in 1877 at the same time as Margaret and John. he had connections to the Hennessey's in Markham twp but we don't know if John was the John son of Thomas who would be Michael's brother. Do you know anything of Michael's brother John? The age range is about right. John Hennessey died in 1884 and his age at the time places his birth around 1809 and close to the age John, son of Thomas would have been. There are several John Hennessey's in the Markham area in the 1840's and there is a record in the Ennismore area for a John Hennessey selling his farm c 1854 which is the year that this PR John Hennessey could have moved from Ennismore to Markham to marry Margaret Scott. I see Hennessey descendants in the Lindsay (downeyville?) area that I think are Daniel's descendants. What do you have on where Thomas's children went in addition to Michael's?

email me at home if you can matthewscott@rogers.com

Thanks,

Also, have you found anything more about Thomas Harrington? There was a dublin record associated with his connection to the Chelsea pensioners and the fact that he may have been one of these Chelsea pensioners who came to Canada with a huge influx of them in the early 1830's.

Re: HENNESSY, CARROLL, FLAHERTY - Co. Cork Ireland>Ontario, Canada Peter Robinson Settlement 1825

Posted: 7 Dec 2007 5:49AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Harrington Hennessey Scott
Hello again Michelle,

I've been looking at the Hennessey connection again and I'm sure that your Michael Hennessey's brother John born in 1809 is the John Hennessey that married Margaret Scott. They moved after living in Markham from 1854-1877, to Chandos and then to Peterborough in the 1890's (or their eldest son Daniel did anyway) John Hennessey diedin the 1880's. As for your Harrington line; I did find Thomas Harrington's listing as a Chelsea pensioner who arrived in 1832. There are notes in this article about the source location of more documentation on these Chelsea Hospital outpatients. If you want photocopies of the article I'll send them to you. Email me at home: matthewscott@rogers.com. Did you ever hear the story about Thomas' uniform and the gun that he used during the war of 1812. My uncle Mike Harrington told me it went to James or Charles family, can recall which.

Re: HENNESSY, CARROLL, FLAHERTY - Co. Cork Ireland>Ontario, Canada Peter Robinson Settlement 1825

Posted: 7 Aug 2008 6:13AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Hennessey Scott
Dear Sue and Michele,

Now that I’ve seen Sue’s first post I see that the John Hennessey who married Margaret Scott could not be the son of Thomas as Sue as id’ed him marrying a Flaherty. I think one of you emailed me last year and sent some info to clear that up. Thanks. John Hennessey’s are so many you can’t throw a stick without hitting one in York County where my John Hennessey married Margaret Scott. Could he be the John H who is listed with his brothers Patrick, James and Dennis in the 1852 census? That John H was a widower and his age of 37 in that census places him close to the 41 that Margaret’s Scott’s husband was. There is a John Hennesy died 1864’ tombstone in St. John Chrysostom cemetery in Newmarket, not far from where all these Hennessey’s lived. I once had contact with a descendant of the Patrick/James/Dennis family but have lost contact with them. I’ll try and post another query to see if they are still out there researching.

If you come across any other John H’s please post.

Do you know if the reference in Clare Galvin’s the Holy Land p.311 about the John Hennessey in Emily selling his land in 1854 is the son of Thomas? Where did this John Hennessey go to after he sold the land? Did he stay in Ennismore?
Blaine Scott matthewscott@rogers.com

Re: HENNESSY, CARROLL, FLAHERTY - Co. Cork Ireland>Ontario, Canada Peter Robinson Settlement 1825

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 2:58AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Hennessy, Carroll, Flaherty, Hickey
Hi, Sue,
Bridget Hennessey, dau. of Thomas Hennessey, married
John Hickey who came with his mother and siblings in 1825 on the Star. They are my great-great grandparents.
John Hickey was a carpenter/joiner and they seemed to have arrived in Buffalo from Peterborough between 1840 and 1850.
Their son, William Francis Hickey, also a carpenter, was
in Erie, PA, about 1871-72, living at a boarding hotel.
During the time he lived in Erie, he and Sarah Feasler had a son, William Charles Hickey, my grandfather. It appears that William and Sarah did not marry. Although, she went as Sarah Hickey. William Francis Hickey returned to Buffalo
and in the 1880 NY Census, he is living with his parents, in the 1900 Census, he is married to Catherine Elizabeth Johnson and has children by her.
I would like to learn more about the Hennessey family and share what I know about the Hickeys. Also, I'm interested in the Flaherty family, too.
Elsie Hickey Wilson

Re: HENNESSY, CARROLL, FLAHERTY - Co. Cork Ireland>Ontario, Canada Peter Robinson Settlement 1825

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 2:59AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Hennessy, Carroll, Flaherty, Hickey
Hi, Sue,
Bridget Hennessey, dau. of Thomas Hennessey, married
John Hickey who came with his mother and siblings in 1825 on the Star. They are my great-great grandparents.
John Hickey was a carpenter/joiner and they seemed to have arrived in Buffalo from Peterborough between 1840 and 1850.
Their son, William Francis Hickey, also a carpenter, was
in Erie, PA, about 1871-72, living at a boarding hotel.
During the time he lived in Erie, he and Sarah Feasler had a son, William Charles Hickey, my grandfather. It appears that William and Sarah did not marry. Although, she went as Sarah Hickey. William Francis Hickey returned to Buffalo
and in the 1880 NY Census, he is living with his parents, in the 1900 Census, he is married to Catherine Elizabeth Johnson and has children by her.
I would like to learn more about the Hennessey family and share what I know about the Hickeys. Also, I'm interested in the Flaherty family, too.
Elsie Hickey Wilson
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