JOURNAL OF THE COUNTY bONEGAL HISTORICAL SOCIEtY THE MAKEY (Mackie, McKee) DR. WILLIAM MOORHEAD FAMILY OF DONEGAL OF ·sTRANORLAR AND DERRY . William Macky (:1769-1849), Merchant Banker, of Shipquay Street, !Derry, was Agent for (Messrs, Alexander & Co., Bankers, of Dublin. He was succeeded by his son, James Thompson Macky, who became ~e first Derry Agent o! the Bank of Ireland when that firm aibsOrbed the Macky business and took over .their present premises from t;hat family. · Mr. Ross Macky, o{ Belmont, King's Avenue,. Parkstone, Dorset fa memlber of our Society) would be gr:aterful ·tor fiuritJher in:formation, by :wiay of .tradition or re1cord, relative to the :albove family, in par- ·tiJc.ular, and al.so in iregiard oo .the numerous families o:t the name who haiv:e olid 'aSSOCiatilons IWith County Doneg~al. THE McCLURE FAMILY OF THE BARONY OF RAPHOE James McClure settled in Augusta County, Vir.ginia, U.S.A., in 1738, and one o.f his descendants, Dr. Donnell M. Owings, Dept. of History, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, U:S.A., 13 anxious to icon.firm that his ancestor emigrated from the Raphoe/Oonvoy district. W.e are pleased to place on record that Mrs. Hollenger and other memibers of the ,soci-ety have sent ~tracts rela·ting to the 1McClure family from the Hearth Money !Rolls (1.665), The IRaiphoe Vestry iBooks 1673-1800, and the Donegal Grand !ury Presentments 1753-1800. Dr. Owtn.gs has joined our 1S1ociety and we should ·be very oblig;ed if any members with further information will kindly pass it on to him. THE FRAME FAMILY OF COUNTY DONEGAL Some time ago the !Post Master at Donegal received a letter from an exile seeking information about this family. rwe now place on record that the family is well docu- .mented in the· Church of Ireland records in S.tranorlar and 1RJa.phoe. They are also mentioned in the Hearth Money Rolls (See Lecky "The /Lagan and its Presbyterianism.'") 210 Mr. Edward !Moorhead, Kingsway Hotel, Hove, s;usse~. writes :-'8rhe only information r have about the Dr. William Moorhead [ am trying to trace-.is from a copy of proceedings in the Probate Court of Dublin, in · 1009 regarding the ad..: ministration of the esta;te of John Moorhead of Kilroosiket, !Within the counties of Monaghan and Cavan, who died in 1818. Ille was my great-great-grandfather. The summons referred to above cited, ·as interested parties, amongst others. 'WiUiam Moorhead, of Stra.norlar, in the County -of Donegal, Medical Doctor,' as well as my own grandfather, !Rev. James Moorhead, of II>onnacloney, in the County of Down, Clerk. :r should be very pleased if you could !assist me tn my search.'' - A cmsory exiaminatilon of the Church of 'Ireland re•cords at Stranorlar shows· that Dr. !Moorhead was married. His wife's Christian name is .given as Letitia. and. we found the following !baptisms register:ed :-iErnily, 'born 1843; Frances, born 1845, 1and Louisa Isabella born 1861. Ill THE RAPHOE OBLISK During the year 19'49 one of the very few tangible links wMch Co. Donegal had with the 1796 period was wantonly destroyed iby a person or persons unknown.• This was the Raphoe· Obelisk, a prominent and graceful landmark which was erected to commemorate an attack made· by United Irishmen in an effort to g:ain possession of arms and ammunition which were believed to ·be stor;ed in the ancient Castle of !Raphoe. The inscribed tablet set into one of the sides of the obelisk escaped serious damage and is now safely secured.' pe·nding restoration of the· dam.aged monument. The inscription reads:- "In grateful memocy of the loyalty, spirit and it is hoped the friendshi-p of the Ra.phoe Corps by whom:, under God the place was protected when surrounded by robbers, murderers and rebels in tbe year 1 '79'7 .''
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