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The Henry Hamill Family

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FEARIS

 

File: "fearis", 29 August, 1995, data from Pat Fearis, of Dublin, letters 1764 and 1784 to brother Barney (q.v., Addenda) and notes from William B. Howland, 1989:

1. An unidentified HAMILL apparently had at least one daughter and one son:
11. "Uncle Bry" HAMILL
12. (daughter) HAMILL


11. "Uncle Bry" HAMILL apparently had at least two children:
111. (son) HAMILL
112. (son) HAMILL

12. (daughter) HAMILL married _______ FEARIS. They apparently had at least five children:
121. Barney FEARIS
122. Pat FEARIS
123. Margaret(?) FEARIS
124. (unidentified daughter) FEARIS
125. (unidentified [son?]) FEARIS


111. (son) HAMILL was engaged in yarn and linen trade.

112. (son) HAMILL

121. Barney FEARIS lived in Philadelphia from at least 1771 to 1819 (48 years). He had at least one child:
1211. (daughter) FEARIS

122. Pat FEARIS

123. Margaret(?) FEARIS may have been married to MCGIVERN per Barney's letter to McGivern in Dublin, 20 September, 1819. She had two grandchildren.

124. (unidentified daughter) FEARIS married a KENNEDY of Belfast.

125. (unidentified [son?]) FEARIS


1211. (daughter) FEARIS was married per Barney's letter to McGivern in Dublin, 20 September, 1819.

Premise: Pat Fearis wrote to brother Barney regarding " Hamill".

Conclusion: If Pat & Barney's father is a FEARIS, then " Hamill" is their mother's brother.


Premise: Pat told of his sister who married "Kennedy of Belfast".


Premise: Pat closed his letter with greetings to brothers and sister.

Conclusion: There were at least four Fearis/ Hamill siblings; five if there were two sisters. Barney must have had a brother in America as Pat closes letter with plural ending.


Premise: Pat wrote of "Uncle Bry" Hamill's children, "one of his sons" engaged in the linen trade.

Conclusion: "Uncle Bry" had at least two sons.



circa 1850.
Arrival of Frances Maria Hamill.

Arrival of William Arthur Hamill. Lived with relatives? (probably descendent of Fearis' "Hamill" sister, hence passage thru family of Fearis letters). Worked in either a freight office or shipyard?. Collegiate education cont'd?.

Mary Anne Hamill?

Eliza Hamill and Thomas Searle ? (Phila 1860 census)

1851. Thomas Hamill
#14 Kensington Street
Liverpool

1852. Lydia Tomlinson born.

1853. Thomas Hamill
#11 Tynemouth Street
Breek (or Breed) Road
Everton, Liverpool

1854. JAMES SEARLE MOON c.to HENRY MOON/JANE St Peter's, Liverpool 5 April

1855. Frances Maria Hamill m. Walker M. Tomlinson in Camden, NJ.

185X. Walker M Tomlinson (Jr?) b?

185X. (Unidentified) Tomlinson b.?

1858. Thomas Hamill died in Liverpool

Thomas Searle Tomlinson b. 25 March.

1859. William Arthur Hamill m. Priscilla Leedom McKee 24 February.

Priscilla Leedom Hamill b. 21 November.

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