Life History

Notes

• James and his family are mentioned on the official website of CountyTyrone, Ireland.  There are probably three more generatoins beforethis James back to the Laurie ancestor who moved from Dumfries,Scotland.  They would have been part of the migration originallysponsored by King James VI of Scotland and I of England to move Scotsto Northern Ireland.  These settlers became the Scots-Irish (calledScoth-Irish in the New World after their later mass migration there).
  
  James Lowry of Ballynagorry, County Tyrone, Ulster, (Northern) Ireland
  
  The History of the Two Ulster Manors of Finagh, Co. Tyrone and Coole,otherwise Manor Atkinson, Co. Fermanagh, and of their owners.
  Author - Lord Belmore, pub. Longmans, Green & Co London 1881
  Transcribed by Robyn Paterson
  
  CHAPTER II. - James, John & Robert Lowry, Sen., 1665-1729
  
  Having traced the history of Fynagh from the Plantation of Ulster tothe year 1705-6, when it came into possession of my family, this willbe a convenient point for stating the previous history of the family.The first member of it concerning whom I have any authentic record, orindeed anything beyond mere tradition, was James Lowry who diedintestate. In the year 1665 letters of administration were granted tohis eldest son and heir John Lowry. James is described as ofBallynagorry co. Tyrone. I have heard that there is a Townland of thatname in the neighbourhood of Strabane.
  
  This is all that I positively know about him. The tradition is that hewas a younger son of the family of Laurie of Maxwelton, Dumfries inScotland. His son John had two wives; the first was Mary Buchanan, bywhom he had two sons, viz.- Robert the purchaser of Fynagh; and Johnwho appears at one time to have lived in the county Louth, to havemarried Mary daughter of Henry Townley, esq., of Aclare, co. Louth,widow of a Mr Foulkes, and to have died about 1698 without issue. Hiswidow married thirdly James Somerville, esq.
  ...
  
  He bequeathed in trust to his son-in-law Daniel Eccles, and toAlexander M´Clintock as executors, the town and lands of (Aghenis)Ballyboy, and about eight acres in the Townland of Loughmacnab,Killygivin, Tullyancolgan, Lissaaggan, Kiladerry, Legacorry, Beagh,Letterfearne, Arvallee, Edenderry, the truck mill and corn mill,Garvaghlees, Aghagallon, Mullagh, Cranny, Drumgrane, Taltymulmoney,Benefargan, Hallaghan, Hillinana, Cormackellagher, Lisneadin,Backarrenbeg, Tullyenangh and Cornebrecken, to his second survivingson Galbraith Lowry for his life, with remainder to his heirs male.
  
  Failing them to his third surviving son James Lowry and his heirsmale, and failing James to Robert, failing male issue of the threesons to the eldest daughter of Galbraith and her heirs male, failingher to her sisters in succession, and their heirs male. Their husbandsto take the surname and arms of Lowry. Failing Galbraith´s daughtersto James´s daughters under like conditions. To James Lowry his thirdson for life, and his heir´s male, the manor townlands and ballyboesin Altadesart otherwise Chichester, lying and being in the Barony ofDungannon. Failing James to Galbraith and his heir´s male, failing himto Robert and his heir´s male.
  --http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cotyroneireland/estates/manor2.html

Sources

• 1. The Two Ulster Manors
  • Name: Longmans, Green & Co; Location: London,http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cotyroneireland/estates/manor2.html; Date: 1881;
• 2. Fayette County, Pennsylvania Vital Records, 1750-1890