Thomas Beatty (aft. 1690)

Born after 1690 in County Down, Ireland

Ancestors

Died [date unknown] in likely County Down, Ireland

This profile is part of the Beatty Name Study.

Biography

James BEATTY,' son of John Beatty,' b., about 1670, in Ayrshire, Scotland, emigrated to Ireland shortly after the battle of the Boyne, in 1690, when occurred that large influx of Scotch families into the northern counties of the Green Isle, The latter settled in county in company with his brother John. Antrim, and was the father of the Rev. Charles Beatty. James located in the county Down, at what is now called Bally keel-Ednagonnel, in the parish of Hillsborough. He was the head of a large family, having nineteen children by three wives. He died in Ballykeel-Ednagonnel, in 1745. We have the Christian name of only one of his wives Agnes, who was the mother of at least William, John, Agnes and Alexander. The names of the children which have come down to us are:

i. James

ii. Robert

iii. George

iv. Thomas

v. Richard

vi. Alexander

vii. William, m. Mary McKee

viii. Agnes

ix. John, m. Jane Swan

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Sources

1. ↑ Egle, William Henry, M.D., M.A. Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotish-Irish and German. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1896. p. 78. Accessed 17 March 2018 at: https://archive.org/details/cu31924028856900.
2. ↑ Complete biography is at www.findagrave.com, 33338248, with documentation and citations for documentation, placed there by his descendant Larry Patrick Cornwell (Cornwell-1286) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33338248/james-beatty.