tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post965198085974510994..comments2024-03-28T07:36:37.715+00:00Comments on Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: Cleland of Stormont CastleTimothy Belmonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-90388893450754687622024-01-19T01:55:18.143+00:002024-01-19T01:55:18.143+00:00I'm trying to track down my Cleland branch all...I'm trying to track down my Cleland branch all the way from America. I had two 6x great grandmothers whose maiden names were Cleland (not sisters but possibly related??). Mary Cleland Murdoch came to the colonies in 1767 with her husband and children and Hannah Cleland Plunkett came about 15-20 years earlier with her husband and family. Hannah's father was Robert Cleland and Mary's was Samuel Cleland, both men supposedly born around 1700. I have no proof Robert or Samuel ever made it to the colonies despite the first census in America (1790) listing a few Robert and Samuel Cleland's in the same area my ancestors settled (South Carolina). I would also be hard pressed to believe they would have still been alive at almost 100 years old just because of the time period. So no proof they came to the colonies, too many Robert's and no Samuel's in the PRONI records I have looked at, and now I'm starting to worry I don't even have the correct names. Just because he's so elusive, does anyone happen to have a Samuel in their records?Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10997766642058504370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-8640576241890930782022-01-19T04:48:53.691+00:002022-01-19T04:48:53.691+00:00well that would explain him being a person of ill ...well that would explain him being a person of ill repute !! . He seems to also have married Ester at the age of 50 when she was 20 . Makes one wonder . memhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192448988340897285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-57673405084224983122020-08-25T17:09:00.927+01:002020-08-25T17:09:00.927+01:00I have been trying to research the Cleland family ...I have been trying to research the Cleland family from Canada. Rev. John Cleland was related to the family in Creevycarnonan. According to Henry Burrell, husband of Jane Cleland of Saintfield/Kilmore (written in 1880) - "Rev. John Cleland, Andrew, Robert and Jane and 2 more sons who died in South America. Jane married Hugh Taylor. The 2 sons who died in South America left a large fortune to be divided among the brothers. They appointed the Rev. John Cleland executor, with a clause in the will reading 'Not my will but thine be done' so the Rev. John kept every cent which accounted for his being so rich and the rest of the family comparitively poor. Andrew married Mary Cleland and had 2 children, a son and a daughter. The son named William and the daughter Jane. William married Margaret Davidson, daughter of Robert Davidson of the Noch near Rathfriland. Jane the daughter married James Quaile and had no family. William and Margaret Cleland had a family of seven, 5 sons and 2 daughters. Robert, Joseph, Andrew, James, Martha Ann, Jane and William." More information available. Would love to hear from anyone who knows this family of Creevycarnonan (Crossgar).Kim Lalondenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-46083609683711071892020-07-14T14:19:17.178+01:002020-07-14T14:19:17.178+01:00Our Cleland family story is that there were four C...Our Cleland family story is that there were four Cleland brothers that settled in Northern Ireland during the Plantation years. We are related to the family that settled in Crossgar at Creevycarnonan. Tracing the genealogical tree on our side of the Cleland family has not been easy and I would appreciate insights from anyone with knowledge of this branch of the family.Cleland Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04954504740678957945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2705771450596300887.post-89731000425758282392016-07-28T13:03:27.134+01:002016-07-28T13:03:27.134+01:00The original Cleland married a gggggaunt of mine ....The original Cleland married a gggggaunt of mine . He is described as having acquired his money by nefarious means . I'd one think he wa a paricularly nice fellow . I wonder if anyone knows what he got upto? memhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05520080648914042943noreply@blogger.com