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NOTES: On the last page of this visitation, Rev. Brown stated the visitation was finished the first time 20 March 1796.

It appears this visitation was updated as indicated by the above note. Names have been crossed out due to moves, deaths and other unknown reasons. Also children have been added to families and not given a number. Families have been squeezed into small open spaces, sideways in columns and between columns.

Entered in Family 1, there are dates which might indicate when a second visitation was made.

Some names have been underlined rather than a line drawn through their names with dead noted at the end in some cases, and no notations at the end in other cases. It is obvious when dead has been entered but not obvious when no notation is found at the end of other struck names.

Many pages of the visitation are very clear while others are dim and faded. The vistation received are photocopies of the originals. Perhaps the original visitation list would clarify some entries.

When names and townlands are not clear, they have been been enclosed in parenthesis.

Scans of pages 5 and 20 showing layout and presentation of information.

Lavonne Kennedy Bradfield

A list of the names of the respective towns families and individuals belonging to the presbyterian congregation of garvagh as taken by James Brown in his course of visiting from the 19 th January 1796

Information from Jean (Jamieson) Nielsen via email posted to Bann Valley site. Dated: Monday, February 7, 2005

Families mentioned in this posting: Jamieson/Molyneux/Hill/Moony/Craig/Johnston/Toy/Morrison

I am searching for my JAMIESON/MOLYNEUX/HILL ancestors from Garvagh, Culleyramer, Moneydig areas. I am descended from John Jamieson (b. 1757 Culleyramer, died 1839 Ont. Canada) who emigrated in 1818 to Canada with his wife Matilda HILL (d. Ont. Canada-listed as Martha? in 1796 Garvagh Visitation list). Emigrating with them was one grown son William JAMIESON (b. 1790 Culleyramer, d. 1879 Ont. Canada), William's wife Margaret MOLYNEUX (b. 1797 Ireland-d. 1884 Canada) and their 1 year-old son John. One grown son we know of was left behind in Garvagh region (named John Jamieson with 3 known sons John, William and James, and 2nd wife Jane MOLYNEUX-this family is confirmed in the 1818 Garvagh Visitation list). Other known Jamiesons remaining in the region were two cousins Archibald JAMIESON (of "Brookfield") and Robert JAMIESON (of "Farm Hill")-they and some descendants are recorded in the Garvagh visitation lists for various years. Margaret's (and Jane's?) father John MOLYNEUX/MOLYNEAUX died Garvagh 1846, according to some family written history--I have not yet found records of this; his wife Margaret MOONY apparently died young. I have been through all the wonderful records provided on the Bann Valley site and have found a number of different records pertaining to some of the remaining Jamiesons (also spelled Jamison, Jameson in the records). I have also seen Jamiesons appearing on various family trees published on the Bann Valley site, but I have no idea if these are Jamiesons related to my family. I have not seen anything about the Molyneux family in this region, although one family appears in Antrim, nor is there anything about a Hill family.

I have a great deal of information about the emigrant Jamieson family and descendants as they spread across Canada in the following 2 centuries (which I can share with anyone who is interested); what I would like to find now are any descendants of the families remaining in Ireland, plus of course anything about their roots extending back to Scotland.

Irish Information I know:=20

According to family lore, the original Jamieson home in Ireland was at Culleyramer around the turn of the 18th century, and was where at least left 3 generations of Jamiesons resided. By 1883 (long after my Jamiesons had Ireland) the property was apparently owned by Hugh Rankin MORRISON of Moneydig. Other family sources say that opposite the Garvagh Churh ( church (where a relative -- Rev. Archibald Jamieson -- was a minister) was a building (used in the 1880s to store carriages and implements) that was the family home of the Jamiesons. I don't know if the two above mentioned homes are the same one, or not - or if it/they are still standing. However, I have received information that my ancestor probably meant the home was located across from the Moneydig Church , not Garvagh, when writing about the family home. The fact that the Rev Archibald Jamieson was pastor of the Moneydig church is quite persuasive.

Other families said to be related to my 18th century Jamiesons of Culleyramer are CRAIGS, JOHNSTONS and TOYS, though I have little confirmation of this other than family oral tradition and some written notes passed down through generations. These sources suggest the families moved together to the Culleyramer area possibly from Loch Doon or Dumfries, Scotland in the late 1600s, early 1700s (Many of them later emigrated to Ontario around the same time as my Jamiesons, and settled in the same area). I would welcome any information from these families, both about the migration from Scotland to Ireland, and anything that shows the relationship of the Jamiesons to their Craig, Johnston and Toy "cousins".

Anybody with information/advice is welcome to e-mail me (Jean) at family@grendel.ca.

Thanks so much!
Jean (Jamieson) Nielsen