John Dinsmoor (1650 - 1749)

Born 1650 in Peeblesshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Jean (Wallace) Dinsmoor — married 15 Dec 1670 in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 1749 at about age 99 in Ballywattick, Ballmone, Antrim, Ireland

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Biography

John Dinsmoor was born in Scotland.

Laird John Dinsmoor / Dinsmore

THE ORIGINAL IRISH SETTLER

Birth: 1650 Peebleshire, Scotland
Death: 1749 Ballywattick, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland. (Age 99)

John Dinsmore (Dinsmoor), was born in 1650 and was the ancestor of the family who settled in the parish of Ballywattick, Ballymoney County Antrim, Ireland. All the American families of Dinsmore and Dunsmore are descended there. The was THE ORIGINAL IRISH SETTLER who lived to be ninety-nine (99). He also gained high standing in his community as a man of strong sense and good morals. A description of the coat-of-arms, on August 12, 1794, to his kinsman, is given as follows: "A farm laid down on a plate, of a green color, with three wheat sheaves set upright in the centre, of a yellow color," all emblematical of husbandry and agriculture. Written by Robert Dinsmore, of Ballywattick. ^[1]

Parents and Siblings:

Robert Dinsmoor (Laird of Achenmead) b. 1622

Mrs. Robert Dinsmoor

Spouse and Children:

• Jean Wallace m. 15 Dec 1670 Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland

1. John Dinsmoor b.1671
2. Robert Dinsmoor b. 1673
3. Adam Dinsmoor, Sr. b. 1675
4. Samuel Dinsmoor b. 1677 ^[2][3]

• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch The Dunsmore family name is of Scotch origin. The first form of the name is stated to have been "Dinsmoor", then we came upon variations, "Dinsmore", "Dinsmire", and still another variation, sometimes found in Scotland, "Dunmure".

The Dunsmore family history, in so far as it is known, dates back to about 1600. Rev. John W. Dinsmore, D.D., of Bloomington, Illinois, gives as the probable origin of the patronymic, "I have no doubt but that the original ancestor wrote (if he could) "Dunsemoor", (dunse, a little hill, and moor, a little heath). He lives on or by a little hill, at the edge of a heath or moor.

The first known man to whom reference can now be made, lived in the south of Scotland, near the River Tweed, and bore the name, "Dinsmoor", and was known as the Laird of Achenmead (1). This was a courtesy little given to land owners in Scotland, who farmed out their land to tenants. This man had certainly two sons. The younger of these two sons, when seventeen or eighteen years old, being ordered to stand uncovered and hold the off-stirrup of his elder brother's saddle, when mounting his horse. He became offended with his father and brother for trying to put such humiliation upon him, ran away from home and went to Ireland.

This younger son, John Dinsmoor (2), became the ancestor of the family settled in the Parish of Ballywattick. Ballmoney, Antrim County, Ireland, from whom all the American families of Dinsmore and Dunsmore are descended. This original Irish settler lived to the great age of ninety nine. He was fifty years married, and twenty nine years a widower. He gained high standings in his community as a man of good morals, strong sense and a pious life.

This founder of the Irish family, John Dinsmoor (2), was born about 1650, and the date of his leaving his father's home is set at about 1667. Going to the north of Ireland, where thousands of Scottish people were already settled in the Province of Ulster, he located in the Parish of Ballywattich.

Sources

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5B7-9LQ
• http://www.mytrees.com/ancestry/Ireland/Born-1652/Di/Dinsmoor-family/Mrs-Dinsmoor-se000375-413.html
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 19 May 2022, 22:52), entry for John Dinsmoor (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LVH9-XJC ); contributed by various users.
• https://www.houseofnames.com/dinsmoor-family-crest
• http://www.geni.com/people/Mrs-John-Dinsmoor/6000000009154317460?through=6000000009154224633
• http://familyhistory1.org/phpGedView/individual.php?pid=I2661&ged=all.ged&tab=-2
• http://www.sanders-mcarthurfamily.org/getperson.php?personID=I2815&tree=tree1

1. ↑ http://genealogytrails.com/vir/highland/bios.html
2. ↑ http://www.geni.com/people/John-Dinsmore/6000000009154224633?through=6000000009154340435
3. ↑ http://archive.org/stream/historicalearlie00morr/historicalearlie00morr_djvu.txt