Thomas Greer (1725 - 1803)

Born 14 Jan 1725 in Grace Hall, Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Greer — married 2 Apr 1746 in Grange, County Tyrone, Ireland

Descendants

Died 3 Apr 1803 at age 78 in Rhone Hill, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland

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Biography

Thomas was a Friend (Quaker)

Thomas Greer was born in Ireland.

Thomas Greer was a wealthy linen merchant who owned a number of bleach greens. He was the most influential Quaker in the north of Ireland at that time.

He was born at Grace Hall, near Lurgan. On the extinction of the male line of his elder brother John, he became the head of the second house of Ulster Greers. In 1746, he married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Greer of Redford, his second cousin. He lived in Dungannon until 1787. He died at Rhone Hill on April 3, 1803 (sometimes reported as 1805).

Research Notes

From a translation done by Pat Stainbrook of information at the Family History Library in Salt Lake, City UT^[1]: "Thomas (son of John, James, Henry) of Rhonehill born 1724 married 1746 Sarah (very faint and hard to read) Greer died 1803. Issue, viz.

1. Eleanor born 1754 married T. Boardman
2. Mary born 1756 married Rd. Jacob.
3. Jane born 1757 married Jul. Clibborn
4. Sarah born 1760 married Jno. Hancome
5. Thomas born 1761 married Elizabeth Jackson
6. Robert born 1766 removed to America where he died unmarried.
7. Ann born 1770 married Jas. Nicholson.

• He had several other children all of whom died young."

Sources

1. ↑ PEDIGREE # 130 Submitter: Elza M. Wakefield, From: Family History Library – Salt Lake City, Utah – DECEMBER 14, 2002 Transcription by Pat Stainbrook

• Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FL-G-M-5-1%2F0148&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FBIR%2F003942 : accessed 05 February 2022), birth of Thomas Greer on 14d 11mo (Jan) 1724 (1725), father: John, mother: Mary; citing Archive Reference LGM5.1, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd.
• Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FL-G-M-5-1%2F0148&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FBIR%2F003942 : accessed 05 February 2022), Thomas Greer removed to Grange meeting in 1746 and married there Sarah Greer and had a large family; citing Archive Reference LGM5.1, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd.
• Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FIRE%2FQUAKERS%2FL-G-M-5-1%2F0148&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FULSTER%2FBIR%2F003942 : accessed 05 February 2022), death of Thomas Greer on 3d 4mo (Apr) 1803 in Grange meeting; citing Archive Reference LGM5.1, Ulster Friends Trustees Ltd.
• Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Irish Family Records. London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976. p.504. Quoted in http://www.thepeerage.com/p61717.htm#i617162
• Kathleen Rankin, The Linen Houses of the Bann Valley: The Story of Their Families. Ulster Historical Foundation, Jan 1, 2007. p.240
• http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.ca/2014/01/tullylagan-manor.html

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