The Brown Tree » Dinah Grayson GRACEY (-1899)

Personal data Dinah Grayson GRACEY 

• She was born in the year 1814 in Ireland.
• Alternative: She was born in the year 1814.
• She was christened on June 3, 1816 in Seagoe armagh.
• Resident in the year 1851: Armagh, Northern Ireland.Source 4
• She died in the year 1899 in Drumgor, Seagoe, Co.Armagh, Ireland, she was 85 years old.
• A child of John GRACEY and Rebecca HALLIDAY

Household of Dinah Grayson GRACEY

She is married to Alexander RUSSELL.

They got married on August 12, 1838 at Seagoe Parish, Ireland, she was 24 years old.

Child(ren):

1. William RUSSELL  1839-????
2. Rebecca RUSSELL  1841-????
3. Margaret RUSSELL  1844-????
4. Robert RUSSELL  1846-1927 
5. John RUSSELL  1849-???? 
6. Elizabeth RUSSELL  1851-????
7. Anne Jane RUSSELL  1853-1938 
8. Dinah RUSSELL  1856-????
9. Rachel RUSSELL  1859-????
10. Letitia RUSSELL  1863-1942 

Notes about Dinah Grayson GRACEY

1 UID AD045554912E6843BD794F46015369FB4760 1 UID FA64E954BE9607499DC014AA0A3837EFC2CE Background on Drumgor, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland************************************* GRACEYs have resided in the townland of Drumgor between the 1820's and the 1960's. Drumgor is a small townland of some 328 acres and along with 46 other townlands goes to form the ancient parish of Seagoe. The parish is named after Saint Gobha, of whom nothing is known apart from the fact that he was associated with Seagoe and quite possibly it's founder. References to the Parish in various archives have been found as far back as 1406. Christian worship flourished in this part of the country for well over a thousand years, as evidenced in 824 when a fleet of Danes effected a landing in Ulster, pillaging the famed Abbey at Bangor and laying waste to Armagh. The early history of Seagoe parish is heavily intertwined with the neighbouring parish of Shankill whilst it's post plantation fortunes have been heavily intertwined with the towns of Lurgan and Portadown, two towns which were to become power bases for the Ulster linen trade in the 1800's. Today the townland of Drumgor has been swallowed up by the rather unsuccessful new town development of Craigavon, which took place in the ninteen sixties. There are however byways and country lanes in the area which remain a strong essence of a bygone time. One such lane is the Bollie Road which bisects Drumgor. This road was described by F X McCorry in his wonderful book "Journeys in County Armagh" as follows: "Thatched one story cottages and farm houses, one of which was seventy feet in length, small farmsteads down narrow lanes, tiny orchards which adjoined each farm, intricate field patterns which had small fields locked in between large meadows in which crops were rotated year by year, the large field with a series of criss cross ridges which people said were the former hedge boundaries of small holdings; these were the features which came together and brought a pastoral landscape to life." The townland has had strong links with the Quaker history of the area. Just over into the townland of Moyraverty lies the Bluestone Road, a strong hold for Quaker activity from the early 1600's to the early 1800's. The road contains a number of old buildings as well as the Quaker burial ground known as Lynastown. Many of the early Quaker families of the area are buried here, names including CALVERT, HOLLINGSWORTH, LYNAS. One Drumgor Quaker family, the GIBSONs had a number of their family buried at the Quaker burial ground. Given the frequency of the christian name HALLIDAY in my own family line, and the fact we resided in a Quaker hotspot - there are strong suspicions there is a Quaker connections in this GRACEY family. Although the GRACEY surname has only been in Drumgor since the 1820's, the name GRACEY and its variants have existed around Lurgan since the 1680's at the latest. Shankill parish has GRACEY baptisms as early as 1684. The Drumgor GRACEY's The first mention, I have found so far of a GRACEY living in Drumgor, was in 1824 in the roll book for the barony of O'Neilland East 1818-1825 (PRONI D/1928/F/84). William GREACY, who was listed as having a freehold residence in "Drumgorr", for the tenure of the lives of the Prince of Wales, Duke of York and Pat Lennon (Charles Brownlow was the landlord). The date of registry was listed as 27 March 1824. In the tithe applotment book for Seagoe in 1830 William GRACY of Drumgor was listed as having land of 12 acres 1 rod and 20 perches and with a value of 8 shillings and 6 1/2d. In the Seagoe Yeomanry Corps Description Book (which gives the Roll of Men in alphabetical sequence from 1831 to 1855, with many observations) there was a Corporal John GRACEY from Drumgor who in 1831 received a new arms issue. According to the Yeomanry Description Book Corporal GRACEY died in May 1837, it is unlikely he died on active service with the Seagoe Yeomanry, as according to the Craigavon Museum the Seagoe Yeomanry never fired a shot in anger. I am as yet unable to connect the above mentioned William GREACY and Corporal John GRACEY with my GRACEY's but there is a more than fair chance they are connected to our line. As per the rentals of 1782 (LDS film 1279322) there were no GRACEYS in Drumgor so I can only assume the GRACEY family moved into Drumgor in the early 1800's. Many of the other Drumgor names however are familiar, names such as MATHERS, BLACKER and RUSSELL all of whom have a great deal of history in Drumgor. GENERATION 1 Our GRACEY line descends from Halliday and Mary GRACEY. I am unsure where exactly Halliday was born, there is no record of his birth in either Shankill or Seagoe parish records, neither is there any record of his marriage to Mary. We can deduce that Halliday was born around 1808 and Mary around 1816. Their first child William was christened in Shankill Parish in 1838. By the birth of their second child Rebecca they were living in Drumgor. Some mystery surrounds the origins of the christian name Halliday. The surname HALLIDAY was a strong Quaker name in Drumgask, which is a townland fairly close to Drumgor. My current theory for the adoption of this christian name is that a GRACEY married a bride with the surname of HALLIDAY. This name was adopted as a mark of respect for the HALLIDAY family. The most likely possibility for the parentage of Halliday is the marriage of John GRACY and Rebecca HALLIDAY who were a granted a marriage licence bond in the Diocese of Down and Connor in 1806. Historically such bonds were granted to couples who were of a denomination outside the Church of Ireland yet who chose to be married inside the Church of Ireland due to the fact that at that time it was illegal for "dissenting" ministers to perform marriages. John and Rebecca settled in Moyraverty, and Seagoe C.O.I. parish records record the baptisms of three of their children Rebecca (1811), John and Dinah (1814) (but no Halliday who was born around 1808). As per the Seagoe parish records there were three families of GRACEY's living in the townland of Drumgor around the 1850's. The families of Halliday & Mary and John & Sarah lived next door to each other. John & Sarah's land was passed down to a daughter who had married into the ARCHER family (as per the 1901 census). Daniel & Margaret also lived in the townland of Drumgor. As evidenced by family legend John and Halliday were almost definitely brothers, I am not too sure where Daniel fits in. The ten acre farm of Halliday GRACEY had four fields, one of which was called the lower gardens. One or two of the fields were normally corn whilst the other was hay. They also had two more fields which were further down the lane. The farm of Halliday was passed onto his son William John GRACEY. Children of Halliday & Mary GRACEY Halliday born c 1808, died 24 Sep 1883 Mary born c 1816, died 24 Jan 1889 1 William ch 25 Jul 1838 Shankill Parish Church 2 Rebecca ch 30 Sep 1839 Seagoe Parish Church, m James LONSDALE of Drumnacairn 11 Sep 1868 3 Mary Jane ch 30 Jan 1842 Seagoe Parish Church m William RUSSELL of Drumgor 2 Sep 1866 4 Letitia b 9 Jul 1843 Seagoe Parish Church, d 17 Jun 1871 Drumgor 5 Dinah ch 16 Aug 1846 Seagoe Parish Church, m Robert HOPPS of Moyraverty 31 Jul 1885 6 William John m Margaret Anne MATTHEWS of Toberhewny 8 Jul 1876 7 George ch 8 Sep 1850 Seagoe Parish Church, d c 1879 8 Margaret b 1 Oct 1853 Drumgor, d 27 May 1864 Drumgor 9 Elizabeth ch 23 Oct 1855 Seagoe Parish Church, d 30 May 1875 Drumgor 10 Thomas ch 1 Oct 1857 Seagoe Parish Church, d 12 Feb 1875 Drumgor 11 Halliday b 16 Jul 1861 Seagoe Parish Church Halliday GRACEY died on 24th September 1883. The Principal Probate Registry of Northern Ireland (source PRONI) granted the estate to his son William John GRACEY. Halliday's wife Mary died on 24th January 1889. Children of John & Sarah GRACEY John born c 1816, married 20th Feb 1838 Seagoe Parish Sarah born c 1816 1 John b Jul 1843 2 Robert b 31 Aug 1845, m Elizabeth 3 William 4 Halliday b c 1849, m 11 Oct 1875 Georgina STEVENSON, d 5 Feb 1888 5 John b c 1850 6 Harrison b 25 Dec 1851 7 James ch 25 Mar 1855, m Anna 8 Rebecca Jane ch 24 Oct 1858, m 6 Aug 1889 David ARCHER John GRACEY died on 4th March 1892, his effects were left to William GRACEY of Manchester and James GRACEY of Liverpool. Sarah was still alive aged 85 in 1901 (as per the 1901 census). John and Sarah's only daughter Rebecca Jane married David ARCHER, builder of Lurgan on 6 August 1889. Rebecca Jane ARCHER died 30th April 1956 aged 98 years. Rebecca's daughter Sarah Jane lived to 105. GENERATION 2 Sixth child of Halliday, William John GRACEY married Margaret Anne MATTHEWS at St Annes in Belfast on the 8th July 1876. Margaret, daughter of James and Margaret (nee VAUGHAN) MATTHEWS resided in Tuberhunny, Lurgan at the time. The Family of William John GRACEY (son of Halliday & Mary) 1 Halliday b 21 Jan 1878, m c 1906 Florence MARRIOTT then Florence CUDLIPP 2 Eleanor b 6 Dec 1879, d 15 Jul 1930 3 Mary m 4 Dec 1912 William James CORNER 4 Rebecca b 25 Dec 1886, d 19 Jul 1914 5 Elizabeth b 18 May 1889, d 19 Sep 1956 6 James b 4 Oct 1891, m 1 Jul 1925 Mary Ann Pretoria WRIGHT 7 George b 3 Sep 1894 8 Letitia b 14 Jun 1897, d 17 Apr 1964 William John GRACEY died on 26th February 1930. GENERATION 3 Child number 6 James was my grandfather. 1 UID 59B9B9ABE4E2FD49B48179CA1AD588A7189A 1 UID 6037F24AC1F5F64283891ACDC4976B0E88E5 1 UID 8928CB8C902BAE429159C9AC0D9E38160B72 1 UID 28F875FDFC7B3442BB586B062FBE1F596827

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