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The Hadden Family
Index of Official Parish Registries and
Statutory Registries for Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Ireland - Samuel Little wood's parents may have been Joseph Littlewood and Martha... Samuel Littlewood (1786-May 19, 1869) and Mary Ann Hadden (1780(?)-before 1851) had at least three children: Agnes Littlewood (b. 1821 at Ballylean, Armagh, d. April 2, 1882, Plains, Lanarkshire, Scotland); Jane Littlewood (b. 1824 in Ireland, d. Aug 28, 1896 in Dalry) and Joseph Littlewood (b. 1827, d. unknown). Samuel Littlewood's parents were Joseph and Martha Littlewood. Joseph Littlewood was a shoemaker (no other infromation known).
* Glenda Waugh The Earl of Charlemont (above painting) was the Hadden's landlord for the land they farmed in Ballylean, Armagh. He would also be Samuel Littlewood's landlord...
The Plantation of Markethill and District The most successful Plantation of Ulster began in 1609. This plan was made possible after nine years war, mainly in Ulster, with the final conquest of Ireland in 1603. Gradually after this, in 1607, came the Flight of the Earls - the Earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnell (Donegal) - which was followed in 1609 by James l's confiscation of Counties Derry, Donegal, Tyrone, Armagh, Fermanagh and Cavan. Monaghan was excluded because the Irish there had been loyal to England, while Antrim and Down were left out, because many British - especially Scots - had settled there. Over three million acres, including bog, marsh and mountain were confiscated, and of this only five hundred and ten thousand acres of the best land was sent aside for settlement. The plan was to divide the land into lots of one thousand, one thousand five hundred and two thousand acres each and to distribute these to the incoming settlers, upon the observance of certain conditions. Among these early settlers were Henry Acheson (Atchinson), a Scot, who obtained one of the grants of land consisting of one thousand acres, on 30th. July 1610. Mr. Acheson built a stone "bawn" or "fort" at Carrickbane and settled eighteen Scottish families. Sir James Douglas (Dowglasse) obtained the grant of two thousand acres and the Manor of Cloncarney, on 23rd. July 1610. Sir James disposed of his interest in this property to the above mentioned Henry Acheson during 1611, who in turn sold it to his brother Archibald. Archibald built a strong castle in 1617 and placed thirty-six British families, who were able to muster one hundred and forty-eight armed men. He built a town around his castle of Cloncarney in which he settled thirty more British families, this town was the origin of the present Markethill. Up to 1628 Henry Acheson owned the one thousand acres before described, he sold this property to Archibald, who was a former Secretary of State for Scotland and was subsequently created a Baronet and from whom the earls of Gosford are directly descended.
From The Plantation of Markethill and District
Markethill and the surrounding district was much affected by the rebellion of 1641. The Church at Mullabrack was damaged or destroyed and the rector murdered. The bawn on the Gosford estate was reputedly destroyed at this time and no replacement dwelling was built until the turn of the century. The Manor House when it was built was a rambling building with multiple reception rooms and bedrooms and an expansive forecourt where the Acheson ladies liked to entertain their society friends. Farm buildings in what is now the waterwheel car park surrounded the Manor House. The water to power the wheel came from an underground mill course from the ponds, which have long since been made into ornamental features. The entrance to the estate at this time was via the stone archway adjacent to the ponds. From The Achesons
Freeholders' records are lists of people entitled to vote, or of people who voted, at elections. A freeholder was a man who owned his land outright (in fee) or who held it by lease which could be for one or more lives (for example, his own life or for the lives of other people named in the lease). From 1727 to 1793 only Protestants with a freehold worth at least 40 shillings a year were legally permitted to vote. Between 1793 and 1829 both Protestants and Catholics with 40 shilling freeholds could vote, but in 1829 the franchise level was increased to 10 pounds, so 40 shilling freeholders were no longer allowed to vote. This last measure increased the influence of landlords by effectively confining membership of Parliament to the propertied or monied classes. - from the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
In 1725, William and James Hadden were registered on the Freeholders Record for Sir Arthur Acheson in Durlett, Armagh, Ireland. Sir Arthur Acheson 5th Baronet (26 January 1688 - 8 February 1748) was an Irish politician and baronet. The son of Sir Nicholas Acheson, 4th Baronet, he succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his father. In 1728, he was appointed High Sheriff of Armagh.[1] Acheson sat in the Irish House of Commons for Mullingar from 1727 until his death in 1748. - From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Acheson,_5th_Baronet Good cause I have to sing
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In 1753, Robert Hadden and William Hadden were registered to vote in Ballylean, Barony of Lower Fews, Ireland. Their landlord was James Caulfield, the 1st Earl of Charlemont.
Earl of Gosford is a title in the Peerage
of Ireland. It was created in 1806 for Arthur Acheson, 2nd Viscount
Gosford. The Acheson family descends from the Scottish statesman Sir
Archibald Acheson, 1st Baronet of Edinburgh, who later settled in
Markethill, County Armagh. He served as Solicitor General for Scotland,
as a Senator of Justice (with the title Lord Glencairnie), as an
Extraordinary Lord of Session and as Secretary of State for Scotland. In
1628 he was created a Baronet, of Glencairny in the County of Armagh, in
the Baronetage of Nova Scotia, with remainder to his heirs male
whatsoever. He was succeeded by his son from his first marriage, the
second Baronet. He died married but childless at an early age and was
succeeded by his half-brother, the third Baronet. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Gosford
On the 1815-1819 Freeholders Record for Ballyleans, James Hadden, Sam Hadden, Robert Hadden and Sam Littlewood are recorded (Sam Littlewood was about 30 years old). Robert Hadden's name is also listed for Mullaghduff with the Earl of Charlemont. There is also a Thomas McGowan listed who is perhaps the father of the Thomas McGowan who is living with Agnes Littlewood Orr and family in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1841.
On Dec 28, 1820, Samuel Littlewood of Ballyleans (Armagh County) also registered to vote in the Barony of Lower Fews with Robert and John Hadden as signatories. On June 9, 1825, Samuel Hadden of Ballyleans also registered to vote at Markethill with both John and Robert as signatories. Their landlord was William Caulfield, the 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Dublin.
MARKETHILL, a market and post-town, partly in the parish of MULLAGHBRACK, and partly in the district of KILCLUNEY, barony of LOWER FEWS, county of ARMAGH, and province of ULSTER, 5 1/2 miles (E.) from Armagh, on the mail coach road to Newry, and 60 miles (N. by W.) from Dublin; containing 1043 inhabitants, and comprising 195 houses. It consists of one principal street, from which two others diverge, and is situated in the midst of a fertile country, the extensive demesne and splendid castle of Gosford, the property of Viscount Gosford, adding greatly to its beauty. Two miles to the south-west is the Vicar's Cairn, or Carricktole, commanding a most extensive and beautiful view. Dean Swift in his writings notices a favourite spot here, which he named Draper's Hill; it is now within Lord Gosford's demesne. This is a thriving town, having more than doubled its inhabitants and houses within the last ten years; it has an excellent market on Friday, and a fair on the third Friday in each month for cattle and pigs: petty sessions are held every Friday, and quarter sessions for the county, alternately with Ballybot, in a neat sessions-house. The staff of the Armagh militia is at this town; among their muniments is deposited the stand of colours taken by them from the French at Ballynamuck, in 1798. It is a constabulary police station; and here is a small prison, with separate cells for males and females. There are large meeting-houses for Presbyterians of the Synod of Ulster and the Associate Synod, and one for Wesleyan Methodists, also a national school and a dispensary. -- See MULLAGHBRACK. - from A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, By Samuel Lewis, 1837 KILCLUNEY,or KILCLOONEY, a district parish, partly in the barony of Lower Orior, but chiefly in that of Lower Fews, county of Armagh, and province of Ulster, 2 miles (S.W.) from Markethill, on the road from Newry to Armagh; containing 7627 inhabitants. It was constituted, in 1792, by disuniting 22 townlands from the parish of Mullaghbrack, and comprises, according to the Ordnance Survey, 12,833¼ statute acres, of which 3109 are heath and bog, and the remainder in a high state of cultivation. At Carricklane is a quarry of good clay-slate, from which was raised the stone for building Gosford Castle. Lead ore has also been found in considerable quantities, and there are indications of coal. The weaving of linen and cotton cloth is carried on. It is in the diocese of Armagh, and on its separation from Mullaghbrack, a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Prebendary of Mullaghbrack, was instituted, under the provisions of an act of the 7th of Geo. III.; and a church was built at Glassdrummond, a plain neat edifice, for the erection of which the late Board of First Fruits gave £500. The glebe-house, towards which the same Board granted £450 as a gift and £50 as a loan, is a handsome building, situated on a glebe of 22 acres. In the R.C. divisions the parish forms part of the union or district of Lisnadill, or Ballymacnab; the chapel is a large and handsome edifice at Clady. There are two places of worship for Presbyterians in connection with the Seceding synod, one of the first class at Redrock, the other at Ballylane. There are eight public schools, some of which are aided by donations from the Rev. Dr. Blacker, others by Lords Charlemont and Gosford, and the parochial school by the prebendary and perpetual curate; they afford instruction to about 680 children. Some vestiges yet exist of the old church of Kilcluney, which was burnt in 1641, and also of a bawn built in 1619 by H. Achison, Esq., which was destroyed at the same time. Cairn-amnhanaghan, or “The Vicar’s Cairn”, which is noticed more particularly under the head of Mullaghbrack, is in this district. [The Mullaghbrack head adds the following: "On the estate of Lord Charlemont is a cairn, called Cairnamnhanaghan, or “the monk’s cairn”, a conical heap of stones still covering more than two acres, though much reduced by the peasantry, who have carried away many of the stones for building, a practice now prohibited by the proprietor."] - From A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland” by Samuel Lewis, 1837
Ballylane Survey by the Earl of Charlemont (1827) In 1827, Francis William Caulfield, 5th Viscount Charlemont and 2nd Earl of Charlemont, had a survey taken of many of his properties in County Armagh and Count Tyrone. For Ballylane, the result was a wonderful schedule of every tenant and subtenant in the townland, with a description and the area of each parcel. Each parcel was numbered, and there is a large matching numbered map of Ballylane showing precisely the boundaries of each tenant's parcel(s). From Ballylane Townland This survey indicates lands in lease to James and William Hadden with tenants Robert Cromwell, Thomas McWhitter, Samuel Littlewood, Robert Hadden, Sr., Robert Hadden, Jr. and Samuel Hadden.
Agnes Littlwood and Samuel Orr had their first child: Thomas, born in Ireland about 1837. They were probably married in Armagh a short time before this. By 1841, Agnes Littlewood and Samuel Orr are living just outside Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Agnes Littlewood and Samuel Orr
- The Irish Potato Famine - During the summer of 1845, a "blight of unusual character" devastated Ireland's potato crop, the basic staple in the Irish diet. A few days after potatoes were dug from the ground, they began to turn into a slimy, decaying, blackish "mass of rottenness." Expert panels convened to investigate the blight's cause suggested that it was the result of "static electricity" or the smoke that billowed from railroad locomotives or the "mortiferous vapours" rising from underground volcanoes. In fact, the cause was a fungus that had traveled from Mexico to Ireland. "Famine fever"--cholera, dysentery, scurvy, typhus, and infestations of lice--soon spread through the Irish countryside. Observers reported seeing children crying with pain and looking "like skeletons, their features sharpened with hunger and their limbs wasted, so that there was little left but bones." Masses of bodies were buried without coffins, a few inches below the soil. Over the next ten years, more than 750,000 Irish died and another 2 million left their homeland for Great Britain, Canada, and the United States. Within five years, the Irish population was reduced by a quarter.
On March 28, 1849, a Samuel Littlewood married Anne Sunter in the Loughgall Church of Ireland in Loughgall, Armagh. This Samuel Littlewood may be a son of our Samuel Littlewood.
- From Ireland to Scotland - Mary Ann Hadden died sometime before 1851. 1851 Scotland Census - New Monkland, Lanarkshire
Samuel Littlewood was a weaver and his
son Joseph was a coal miner. Weaver and Miners at Airdrie "We had lately
occasion to spend some time in the populous weaving and mining district
of Airdrie in the west of Scotland. Nothing struck us more than the
great longevity of many of the original inhabitants of the place, who in
their old years have been subjected to all the privation consequent on
low wages for the last twenty years. One of these we found to be above
ninety years of age, and several others had reached the age of seventy
or eighty. Some of these old men are paupers, and depend on the small
pittance allowed them by the parish, amounting to about 4s. a month, and
the casual charity of the people of the place. On the other hand, it is
exceedingly rare to meet with a hale old man belonging to any other
class - old men among the mining population are exceedingly rare. Read more about weavers and miners at Airdrie...
Samuel Littlewood died on May 19, 1869, at Borston, Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland. Cause of Death was "constriction of esophagus (probably cancerous)". The informant on the death certificate was James Jenkins, son-in-law. Agnes Littlewood and Samuel Orr ©
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