The Silver Bowl: COULTERs and Creggan Church

Significantly, I can make no matches to our family tree for any of the COULTERs mentioned in the parts of the Parish Register which are available for Creggan Church. This is curious. There are COULTERs mentioned that tie into our family tree in "Creggan: Guide to Creggan Church and Graveyard". Kevin McMahon & Jem Murphy. Creggan Historical Society, 1988 and also in "Creggan Journal of the Creggan Local History Society", 1989 Vol 1-No 3. Ed. Kevin McMahon. I suspect that we must be missing some of the connecting bits. Unfortunately the BMD records that I have been able to find, only cover a limited time frame, the earliest being a burial in 1807.
Sharon Oddie Brown. November 27, 2008
NOTE: Since this was posted, I have made significant progress. SEE: Creggan Parish BMDs as well as the family tree for Samuel Coulter of Mounthill, Shortstone, Silverbridge and Liscagot . April 27, 2012

COULTERs and CREGGAN CHURCH

Creggan Church Parish Register

There are also other unlinked names in other sources:

In probate records, an Andrew COULTER of Creggan Parish d. 1801. Knowing more about him will be key.
In IGI Vital statistics:

Groom	Bride	Groom’s father	Bride’s father	Date	Place
QUINN, Patrick	COULTER, Margaret	QUINN, John	COULTER, Samuel	1861, Nov 5	Creggan, Armagh

COULTERs from Annavaghy, Parish of Creggan, Co. Louth Annavaghy is on the south-eastern border of Cavananore and is a townland long associated with the COULTERs. It is about 5km south-east of Creggan Church (SEE Map 36 of Ordnance Survey). It is likely also significant that Andrew Coulter BRADFORD (1788-1846) & Thomas BRADFORD(1797-1872) held lands at Annavaghy as well as Cavananore. They were both grandsons of Barbara BRADFORD nèe COULTER.

Surname	1^st Name	Date	Place	Event
Coulter	Eliza	1835, Apr 26	Anavaghy.	Daughter of James & Margaret COULTER. Baptised at Creggan Church. NOTE: A son John was born to a John & Margaret COULTER in 1833. See beneath under unidentified places. He is a possible fit for the COULTERs of Silverbridge in the 20^th Century.
Coulter	John	1830, Jul 12	Annavaghy	Burial at Creggan Church.

COULTERS from Dorsey, Parish of Creggan, Co. Armagh – Dorsey is a townland about 3km north of Creggan Church. (Note: Dorsey is in red when I inferred Dorsey).

It borders Ummeracam, a townland where the COULTERs of Silverbridge resided in the 20^th Century. Also of interest, a condolence letter in 1918 has an address: “Dorsey, Silverbridge” (from Sally STOKES). Gordon COULTER is shown as residing in the “South Townland” of Ummercam (Ball) in records of 1935, 1951 and 1974. This would be Andrew Gordon COULTER, son of Andrew COULTER & grandson of John COULTER (and mentioned in the Guide to Creggan Church and Graveyard).
In the 1826 records, a Samuel COULTER as well as a widow COULTER resided here.
In the 1864 records, a Samuel COULTER leased 11 acres and a house (valued at £1.5.0) at Dorsey from Walter McGeogh BOND (NOTE: BOND also owned Silverbridge, the house purchased by Andrew COULTER in the early 1900s). He also leased 10 acres in Ummercam (Johnson) from Graham JOHNSTON. In 1901, a Robert COULTER was resident there.

Surname	1^st Name	Date	Place	Event
Coulter,	Eliza	1902, Feb 20	Dorsey	Died age 54, hence b. 1851. I suspect she would be a daughter of Samuel & Jane.
Coulter	Isabella	1834, Sept 14	Dorsey	Daughter of Samuel & Jane. Baptised at Creggan Church
Coulter	James	1846	Dorsey	Confirmed at age 15, therefore born 1831.
Coulter	James	1831, Oct 31	Dorsey	Son of Samuel & Anne. baptised at Creggan Church.
Coulter,	Jane	1881, Nov 22	Dorsey	Died age 70, hence b. 1811. Buried at Creggan Church. (See: Samuel)
Coulter	Margaret	1843, Dec 5	Dorsey	Daughter of Samuel and Anne COULTER. Baptised at Creggan Church
Coulter	Mary Anne	1840, Jan 16	Dorsey	Daughter of Samuel and Anne COULTER, farmer. Born. Baptised (1840, Jan 26 ) at Creggan Church
Coulter,	Samuel	1894, Aug 1	Dorsey	Died age 90, hence b. 1804. Buried at Creggan Church. (See Jane)
Coulter	Thomas	1840	Dorsey	Confirmed at age 15, therefore born 1825
Coulter,	Thomas	1902, Jul 13	Dorsey	Died age 65, hence b. 1837. I suspect he may be a son of Samuel and Jane COULTER
Coulter	Robert	1846, Jun 27	Dorsey,	Son of Samuel & Anne COULTER. . Baptised at Creggan Church
Coulter	Anna	1837	Dorsey.	Confirmed at age 27, therefore born 1810.
Coulter	Charlotte	1849, May 3	Dorsey.	Daughter of Samuel and Anne COULTER. Farmer. Baptised at Creggan Church
Coulter	James	1824	Dorsey.	Confirmed at age 17. Therefore born 1807. I presume he is a brother of Samuel.
Coulter	Jane	1853, May 17	Dorsey.	Daughter of Samuel and Anne COULTER. Farmer. Baptised at Creggan Church
Coulter	Sam	1824	Dorsey.	Confirmed at age 19 (therefore b. 1805) SEE: Death at 1894.
Coulter	Thomas & Jane	1822	Dorsey.	Had an illegitimate daughter, Margaret. baptised at Creggan Church.

COULTERs from Mounthill, Parish of Creggan, Co. Armagh. This townland is 3km southwest of Creggan Church. A Mounthill House still shows on contemporary Ordnance survey maps (Sheet 28).

According to Parish of Creggan. Vol. 1 : Notes from church registers, vestry books, etc. a Samuel COULTER of Mounthill was murdered February 1849 SOURCE: Item 4, LDS1279353 Item 4.Also at Armagh Museum.

Actually, he was assaulted in 1849, but murdered in 1851 (see various items under Newsclippings). He married Mary BAILIE on March 24, 1846. SOURCE: IGI (the town Barronstown, Co. Louth is given. After his death, there was a record of a Mary COULTER holding lands at Shortstone West in Griffiths in 1854.

A will was probated for a Samuel COULTER in 1841 who was a farmer at Mounthill. It is probable that he was the father of the Samuel COULTER who was murdered.
The COULTER children who were confirmed are (in order of birth with births deduced from age at confirmation): Sarah (1806), Mary (1807),Anne (1808), Margaret (1809), Jane (1813) and John (1817). They may be from one family, but could also easily be from several COULTER families.
November 5, 1861 a Margaret COULTER married a Patrick QUINN in Creggan Parish. Her father was Samuel COULTER. She may fit into this bunch. The groom's father was John QUINN.

Surname	1^st Name	Date	Place	Event
Coulter	John Bailie	1848, Jun 26	Mounthill	Son of Samuel and Mary COULTER. Farmer. Baptised at Creggan Church
Coulter	Mary	1824	Mounthill	Confirmed at age 17. Therefore born 1807.
Coulter	Anne	1824	Mounthill.	Confirmed at age 16, therefore born 1808.
Coulter	Elizabeth	1840, June 21	Mounthill.	Daughter of John & Fanny COULTER. Baptised at Creggan Church
Coulter	Jane	1828	Mounthill.	Confirmed at age 15, therefore born 1813.
Coulter	John	1833	Mounthill.	Confirmed at age 16, therefore born 1817
Coulter	Margaret	1824	Mounthill.	Confirmed at age 15, therefore born 1809.
Coulter	Sarah	1824	Mounthill.	Confirmed at age 18. Therefore born 1806.
Coulter	James.	1826, June 2	Mounthill.	Son of Thomas & Jane baptised at Creggan Church.

Freeholders mentions of COULTERs of Mounthill

PRONI Ref#	Name	Landlord name & residence	Names of Lives	Date
D/1928/F/20A	Samuel	Col. Hill	Sam Coulter, Jno Coulter jr. & Sam Coulter	1818 Jul 27
D/1928/F/20A	John	Col. Hill	John Coulter & Prince of Wales of York	1818 Jul 27
D/1928/F/20A	John	Col. Hill	John Coulter sr. & jr. & Sam Coulter	1818 Jul 27
D/1928/F/21A	John	Col. Hill	Jn Coulter; Prince of Wales & York	1818 Jul 27
D/1928/F/21A	John	Col. Hill	Jn Coulter jr. & sr. & Sam Coulter	1818 Jul 27
D/1928/ F/37	Frank Conlon	Col. Hill	Sam^l Coulter jr.	1826 Nov 2
D/1928/ F/37	Patrick Conlon	Col. Hill	Sam^l Coulter jr.	1826 Nov 2
D/1928/F/37	John	Col. Hill	Sam^l John & John Coulter sr.	1826 Nov 20
D/1928/ F/37	Samuel	Col. Hill	Sam Coulter sr.; jr.; & John Coulter	1826 Oct 20
D/1928/ F/37	Samuel	Col. Hill	Sam Coulter sr.; jr.; & John Coulter	1826 Oct 21
D/1928/ F/37	John	Col. Hill	John Coulter; Prince of Wales & York	1826 Oct 21

COULTERS at miscellaneous townlands

Ballsmills is about 4 ½ km southeast from Creggan Church. It shows on Map 28 of the Ordnance Survey. The JOHNSONs who were cousins of William Scott McBRIDE (1862-1939) lived there (SOURCE: Eilie Ryder memory)
Castletown, Parish of Castletown, Co. Louth. It is at the north end of the current Dundalk city and is on the harbour. 1854 Griffiths shows James COULTER leased from James EASTWOOD a modest house and garden valued at £0.15.0. This is geographically close to where the Carnbeg COULTERs lived.
Clonaleenan, Parish of Creggan, Co. Louth is 1 km south of Annavaghy and about 6km south east of Creggan Church. This is close to where the Cavananore COULTERs lived.
Dundalk, Co. Louth. Various branches of COULTERs lived here.

Surname	1^st Name	Date	Place	Event
Coulter	Sarah	1847 Mar 16	Ballsmills.	Daughter of William & Frances COULTER. Farmer. Baptised at Creggan Church
Coulter,	James	1870, July 3	Castletown	Died age 66 –. Therefore b 1804 Buried at Creggan Church.
Coulter	Elizabeth	1832, June 4	Clonaleenan.	Daughter of Andrew & Elizabeth. Baptised at Creggan Church
Coulter,	[Illegible]	1832, Sep 6	Dundalk	Died at age 9 – hence b. 1823. Buried at Creggan Church.

COULTERS living in unidentified townlands

Surname	1^st Name	Date	Place	Event
Coulter	Anne	1818, Nov 8		Married William STRATTON of Newtownhamilton at Creggan Church,
Coulter	Jane	1812, Jun 16		Daughter of John COULTER was born. baptised at Creggan Church.
Coulter	Margaret Murphy	1813, Jan 27		Daughter of Peggy COULTER (I assume she was unmarried and probably the father was a MURPHY) . baptised at Creggan Church.
Coulter	Mary	1816, Jan 9		Married James POLLACK of Rock at Creggan Church. NOTE: A Dr. POLLOCK tended to the Samuel COULTER of Shortstone who was murdered in 1851.
Coulter,	Thomas	1812, Jun 10		Thomas COULTER, son of Thomas COULTER, baptised at Creggan Church.
Coulter,	Thomas	1809, Oct 17		Thomas COULTER, son of Thomas COULTER, baptised at Creggan Church. NOTE: He probably died before 1812.
Coulter	John	1833, Feb 5		Son of James & Margaret COULTER. Baptised at Creggan Church. NOTE: This family likely belongs with the COULTER group at Annavaghy. NOTE: He is also a possible fit for the father of Andrew COULTER of Silverbridge.

COULTER records in: Creggan: Guide to Creggan Church and Graveyard. Kevin McMahon & Jem Murphy. Creggan Historical Society, 1988

Surname	1^st Name	Died	Born	Creggan Graveyard:
Coulter?	Mary Elizabeth	1954, Sept 10	1870	p. 31 In loving memory of Mary Elizabeth widow of David Morgan Liverpool died at Silverbridge 10^th September 1954 aged 84 years.
Coulter	Andrew Gordon	1972 Jun 26	1897	p.31. In loving memory of Andrew Gordon COULTER Silverbridge died on 26^th June 1972 aged 75 years. NOTE: In our family tree.
Coulter	Samuel	1947 Nov 9	1887 June 24	p. 32 In memory of Samuel COULTER born 24^th June 1887 died 9^th November 1947; also his brother John died 10^th July 1953 aged 73;
Coulter	Agnes Stevenson	1965 July 10	1897	and his wife Agnes Stevenson COULTER died 30^th July 1965 aged 68: “Until the day break”.

Creggan Journal of the Creggan Local History Society, 1989 Vol 1-No 3. Ed. Kevin McMahon.

Page	Notes on COULTERs
24-25	Churchwardens of Creggan in the 18^th Century: 1749 Andrew COULTER (probably a brother of Barbara BRADFORD nèe COULTER) 1763 Samuel COULTER 1783 Charles COULTER (he shows up on the 1796 Flax Growers records at Creggan) 1788 John COULTER
26	Names as they appear in the 18^th Century Vestry: 1745 Nathanial COULTER (probably a brother of Barbara BRADFORD nèe COULTER) 1750 Andrew COULTER (probably a brother of Barbara BRADFORD nèe COULTER) 1750 Joth. COULTER (53,54,55,56,58,61,63,69,74) 1769 John COULTER (74,76) (probably a brother of Barbara BRADFORD nèe COULTER and husband of Martha COWEN and probably d. 1774) 1775 Charles COULTER 1776 Charles COULTER (83,84) 1792 Andrew COULTER
29	The Churchwardens of Creggan in the 19^th and 20^th Centuries. 1816 Samuel COULTER (possibly Samuel COULTER (1739-1818) m. M. HENRY) 1819 Andrew COULTER Bradford (son of Barbara BRADFORD nèe COULTER) 1820 Andrew COULTER Bradford (son of Barbara BRADFORD nèe COULTER) 1834 Samuel COULTER jr. (possibly son of Samuel COULTER & Margaret HENRY) 1841 Samuel COULTER 1846 John COULTER 1879 Samuel COULTER 1918 Andrew COULTER [presumably of Silverbridge] 1935 Gordon COULTER J.P. [son of Andrew COULTER of Silverbridge] 1936 Gordon COULTER J.P. [son of Andrew COULTER of Silverbridge]

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