This post is merely a collation of information on the Jamieson/Jamison/Jameson families of rural Donaghadee. We descend from a Robert Jamieson of Ballyhay, Donaghadee, but it's unclear whether all these different people are related. I presume that there is some sort of family relationship between the Killaughey and Ballyhay Jamiesons, given that both townlands are so close to each other.
On 26th June 1856, our paternal great-great-great grandparents married in Carrowdore Presbyterian Church, Donaghadee, Co. Down. They were Samuel Keating, a farmer of Ballyhay, who was the son of an earlier Samuel Keating. The bride was Agnes Jameson, the daughter of Robert Jameson, a farmer of Ballyhay. The witnesses were James Jameson and William Keating. (Samuel Keating and Agnes/Nancy Jameson were the people from whom our paternal grandmother, Nessie Wilson, descended directly...)
For the moment, the following is all I have on the Jamieson family of Ballyhay/Killaughey, but this information may be of some use to other researchers....
On 26th June 1856, our paternal great-great-great grandparents married in Carrowdore Presbyterian Church, Donaghadee, Co. Down. They were Samuel Keating, a farmer of Ballyhay, who was the son of an earlier Samuel Keating. The bride was Agnes Jameson, the daughter of Robert Jameson, a farmer of Ballyhay. The witnesses were James Jameson and William Keating. (Samuel Keating and Agnes/Nancy Jameson were the people from whom our paternal grandmother, Nessie Wilson, descended directly...)
For the moment, the following is all I have on the Jamieson family of Ballyhay/Killaughey, but this information may be of some use to other researchers....
Records of Ballyhay/Killaughey Jamiesons/Jamisons/Jamesons
Griffiths Valuation, 1863 - John, Joseph, Samuel and David Jamison were farming in Killaughey, Donaghadee, Co. Down.
Robert Jamison was farming in 1863 in Ballyhay, which is immediately adjacent to Killaughey/Killaghey.
He was leasing 18 acres from Louisa Webb; William Keating, a member of our Keating family, was leasing eight acres from the same Louisa Webb in the same townland.
Samuel Keating was leasing fourteen acres of land plus a house and outbuildings from Daniel Delacherois, and is sharing an acres of turbary, or bog, with Ann Gilmore, leased from the same landlady Louisa Webb.
From Donaghadee 1st Presbyterian Church register:
Baptism, May 25th 1802 - Gian (?) Jameson, daughter of David Jameson of Killaughey.
Baptism, 1813 - Eliza Jane Jamieson, daughter of Hugh Jamieson, tailor of Ballyhay.
Baptism, 21st July 1814 - Robert Jamieson, son of Hugh Jamieson. Our ancestors were William John Anderson and Agnes Keating who married in 1877 and who lived at the Woodstock Road, East Belfast - Agnes was the daughter of Samuel Keating and Agnes Jamieson who had married in Carrowdore Church in 1856. Agnes Jamieson was the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Jamieson - both Robert Jamieson and Samuel Keating originated in Ballyhay, Donaghadee, and can be seen on Griffiths Valuation.
The above Robert Jamieson, who was baptised in Ballyhay in 1814, seems to be the grandfather of our Agnes Anderson of the Woodstock Road; in 1901, the census shows that a visitor was also present in the Anderson household on the Woodstock Road, East Belfast - the 80-yr-old Elizabeth Jamieson, and I wonder was she Agnes Anderson's great-aunt, Eliza Jane Jamieson, who was baptised in Ballyhay in 1813, and who was the unmarried sister of Agnes Anderson's paternal grandfather, Robert Jamieson of Ballyhay? A suitable Belfast registration of death exists for an Elizabeth Jamieson - 1816 to 1901.
Baptism, 14th November 1825 - John Jamieson, son of John Jamieson and Catherine McKenny of Donaghadee.
Baptism, 13th March 1826 - James, son of Charles Murdoch and Nancy Jamieson of Donaghadee.
Baptism, 30 December 1828 - Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Murdoch and Nancy Jamieson.
Baptism, 7th June 1832 - Catherine, daughter of John Jamieson and Catherine McKenny.
Baptism, 29th July 1834 - Charles, son of Charles Murdoch and Nancy Jamieson.
Baptism, 17th January 1835 - Elizabeth, daughter of John Jamieson and Catherine McKenny of Donaghadee.
19th June 1835 - Mary, daughter of Joseph Jamieson and Eliza Adams of Killaughey.
27th October 1839 - Alexa or Alice (indistinct), daughter of Joseph Jamieson and Eliza Adams of Killaughey.
7th March 1843 - William, son of Joseph Jamieson and Eliza Adams of Killaughey.
31st October 1846 - Joseph, son of Joseph Jamieson and Eliza Adams of Killaughey.
June 1851 - William John, son of Joseph Angus and Jane Jamieson.
21st June 1853 - David, son of Joseph Angus and Jane Jamieson.
20th July 1853 - Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Jamieson and Eliza Adams.
30th March 1854 - Jane, daughter of Joseph Jamieson and Eliza Adams.
27th February 1855 - Mary Jane, daughter of James Angus and Jane Jamieson of Craigboy.
28th April 1857 - Charlotte, daughter of Joseph Jamieson and Eliza Adams.
Some Marriages:
Marriage, May 28th 1815 - James Jamison of Killaughey to Ann Johnston of Donaghadee.
Marriage, 15th July 1825 - Charles Murdoch and Nancy Jamieson, both of Donaghadee.
Marriage, 23rd January 1835 - Joseph Jamieson and Eliza Adams, both of Killaughey.
Marriage, August 18th 1874 - William Jamieson, cabinet-maker, living in Newtownards, married Orcilla Eadie, daughter of Gilbert Eadie, a farmer. Orcilla Jamieson made her will in Ballymacarrett in 1892. Orcilla/Urcilla and William Jamison had kids - Mary Ann, born 26th May 1875, and Robert James born 31st January 1881. I'm sure there were others....
Wills/Proni Online Records:
1) Eliza Jamison, Killaughey, widow of Joseph Jamison, died 7th October 1896 - granted to Robert Jamison of Killaughey, her son, and to Mary Jane, her daughter. Another daughter was mentioned, Charlotte. Witness - David Jamison. Her husband, Joseph, died 29th December 1884. Daughter, Miss Charlotte Jamison, died later on 14th August 1942.
NB: Joseph Jamison married Eliza Adams. Baptisms of some of their children above in the church records.
2) Robert James Jamieson, Killaughey, son of Samuel Jamieson, still living. Robert James Jamieson died 3rd July 1890. Wife - Eliza Jane. Brother-in-law - William George Cowan.
NB: A Robert Jamison married a Catherine Jane Cowan. They had a son, Alexander, on 8th March 1881.
3) Robert Jamison, Killaghey, died 1st May 1905, granted to spinster Jane Jamison.
Ballyhay 1901 (we are most likely related to the Ballyhay Jamiesons) -
James Jamison, 65, and his wife, Jane, 56. Two daughters - Madalene,18, and Lydia, 15, plus a granddaughter, Minnie Mairs, aged 2. This James Jamison may be the James who witnesses our great-great-great grandparents' wedding in Carrowdore in 1856.
Minnie was Mary Susan Mairs, born to James Mairs and Margaret Agnes Jamieson. They lived at Matchet Street, Belfast. Other children were Amelia Veronica Mairs, Robert Henry and Jane Elizabeth. James Mairs was a commission agent.
Also in Ballyhay, 1901, was James Jamieson, aged 26, and his wife, Martha, 27, and son, Ernest, aged 1.
By 1911, both the above families were living together in the same household in Ballyhay -
James, 75, and wife Jane, aged 67. Son James and his wife Martha. Grandsons Henry, aged 9 and another Minnie, aged 6, also a grandson, George McCullagh. An unmarried daughter Lydia, aged 24.