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From: Anthony Coyan <>
Subject: Re: [S-I] "Defenders of the Plantation of Ulster 1641-1691" Polks,Porter
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 21:14:35 -0400
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Can't take any more. Am unsubscribing in 5-4-3-2-1


On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 9:10 PM, <> wrote:

> Hi John,
>
> Muster Roll Derry
> Robert Poage Thomas Newburgh's Foot
> William Poake John Kilner's Foot
> James Poake ditto
> Thomas Poge Thomas Newburgh's Foot
> William Poage Sir T homas Staples'
>
> Defenders of Ireland
> Capt Alexander Pogue or Poke Derry
> Family Poge or Poke Derry. Alexander's wife, her mother and brotehr were
> killed by a bomb falling on their house.
> Robert Porter Burt, Co Donegal. Slew 9 Irish soldiers at Battle of
> Windmill Hill on 4 Jun 1689
>
> Linda Merle
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Polk" <>
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, November 5, 2011 6:41:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [S-I] "Defenders of the Plantation of Ulster 1641-1691"
>
> Linda -
>
> Could I ask you to look up Polk/Poak/Pollok/Pogue etc and Porter?
>
> Very much obliged -
>
> John Polk
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: "List" <>
> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2011 11:15
> Subject: [S-I] "Defenders of the Plantation of Ulster 1641-1691"
>
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I have sprung for this book, compiled by Brian Mitchell. It contains two
> > lists of names (with some details) from two sources. These are the muster
> > roll of Garrison in the City of Londonderry from 1642-43. This resides in
> > PRONI as T808/15176, from the National Archives in London, State Papers,
> > Domestic, Commonwealth Exchequer Papers, bundles 120 and 121). The second
> > is from "The Fighters of Derry Their Deeds and Descendants..." by William
> > Young, published in 1932. It covers the period 1688-1691. It also names
> > those of the Enniskillen campaign as well as the harrying of Jacobite
> > forces in Connaught and Ulster by locally raised regiments out of
> > Enniskillen, Battle of the Boyne, Battle of Aughrim, and the final Irish
> > surrender 23 Sept. 1691. It includes the list of 921 people declared
> > traitors by James' II's parliament in Dublin in 1689.
> >
> > I am willing to do very quick lookups over the next few weeks but only a
> > few a day. I am also only willing to look up a name ONCE. So if your name
> > has been done and I remember, you'll need to check the archives. Thus
> > you'll learn how to do this and I'll feel less like I'm in some kind of
> > endless lookup hell <grin>. When this happens I get grouchy and quit.
> >
> > Anyone else with a decent resource who feels inclined to make a look up
> > offer -- we love this. The archives are full of the results. If you
> > haven't checked the archives for lookups of your surname, wow, are you
> > messing up <grin>. By 'decent' I mean please don't share your coffee
> table
> > books or the stuff that sometimes get published for what reason I
> > donno...I think to recruit cannon fodder for the armies (chest swelling,
> > sources stuff about brave Scotch Irish soldiers, settlers, etc.).
> > Primarily we want stuff that'll help us find our ancestors. Not books
> that
> > are dead ends.
> >
> > I'll also post some info in the front of the book on the time period.
> >
> > Many of those mentioned left for America within a generation. You can
> > generally tell if your ancestor was a defender of Derry because he was
> > excluded from paying taxes for his life. You will find farms in New
> > England that are excluded from paying taxes. I believe this ended with
> the
> > Revolution. Anyone know?
> >
> > PS: if you are reading this later than December 2011, I have probably
> > refiled the book on my self, where it is lost. So check the archives.
> >
> > Linda Merle
> >
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