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Plantation Undertakers - Servitors
This is the McAdoo ONS annotated listing of names and land grants set aside and reserved only for "Servitor Undertakers" during the Plantation of Ulster 1608-1620. The lands were granted "as of the Castle of Dublin, in common socage; and subject to the Conditions generally of the Ulster Plantation".
A total of fifty-five (55) Servitor Undertakers received original grants of lands between 1610 and 1612 according to the following sources. Their names and the precincts in which their respective individual grants were located are compiled from these sources:
- 1. Library of Ireland: Online Digital Database Compilation. History | Genealogy | Culture. The Ulster Plantation Accessed in April 2023. Cited herein as "LoIODB-UP".
- LoIODB-UP. List of the Servitors and Irish Natives in the Ulster Plantation. LoI Servitors and Irish Natives cited herein as "LoI-SINUT".The LoI-SINUT list was transcribed from the original source "O'Hart 1892v2".
- LoIODB-UP. List of the Scottish Undertakers in the Ulster Plantation. LoI Scottish Undertakers cited herein as "LoI-SUT". The LoI-SUT list was transcribed from the original source "O'Hart 1892v2". Go to the McAdoo ONS annotated list of Scottish Undertakers.
- LoIODB-UP. List of the English Undertakers in the Ulster Plantation. LoI English Undertakers cited herein as "LoI-EUT" The LoI-EUT list was transcribed from the original source "O'Hart 1892v2". Go to the McAdoo ONS annotated list of English Undertakers.
- 2. Additional Sources:
- Hill, George, Rev. 1877. An Historical Account of the Plantation in Ulster at the Commencement of the Seventeenth Century 1608-1620. Belfast: McCaw, Stevenson and Orr. 630pp. Digital reproduction residing in the Archive.org collection. View / Download. Cited herein below as Hill 1877.
- O'Hart, John. 1892. 5th Edition. Irish Pedigrees; or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, Volume-1. Dublin: James Duffy and Co. 962pp. Digital reproduction residing in the Archive.org collection. Vol-1 View / Download. Cited herein below as O'Hart 1892v1.
- O'Hart, John. 1892. 5th Edition. Irish Pedigrees; or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, Volume-2. Dublin: James Duffy and Co. 1010pp. Digital reproduction residing in the Archive.org collection. Vol-2 View / Download. Cited herein below as O'Hart 1892v2.
County Armagh
Precinct of Orier (Upper and Lower Baronies Combined)
- Servitors:
- Sir Gerald Moore, Knight. (son of Sir Edward Moore of Mellifont, near Drogheda, who, in the 16th century, had come from Kent to Ireland, during the war with Shane O’Neill, Prince of Ulster, on whom afterwards Queen Elizabeth conferred the title of “Earl of Tyrone”). Notes: Referred to in WT as 'Garret' rather than 'Gerald'. Garret Moore (abt.1564-1627).
- Sir Oliver St. John. Oliver St John (1559-1630)
- Lord Audley. George Tuchet (1551-abt.1617) Notes: 11th Lord Audley. Grant: the maximum 3,000 acres.
- Sir Thomas Williams, Knight. (No WT-profile yet)
- John Bourchier, Esquire. (No WT-profile yet)
- Francis Cooke, Esquire. (No WT-profile yet)
- Charles Poyntz, Gent. Charles Poyntz (1589-1661) (a son of Sir John Poyntz, of Acton, in Gloucestershire, England).
- Marmaduke Whitechurch, Esquire. Marmaduke Whitchurch (-1634). Brother-in-law of Charles Poyntz above. (Lead: Sir Marmaduke Whitechurch of Loughbrickland, County. Down. Linn, R. The Antiquary; London Vol. 7, Issue 5, May 1911: 177-179.) (Ancestry: Born in Loughbrickland, Co Down, Ireland on 1590. Marmaduke, Sir Whitchurch married Mary Puleston and had 3 children. He passed away on 1634 in Loughbrickland, Co. Down, Ireland.) Marmaduke.
- Captain Henry Adderton. (No WT-profile yet) Spelling "Atheron"? (constable of Mountnorris)
County Tyrone
Precinct of Dungannon
- Servitors:
- Sir Arthur Chichester, the Lord Deputy. Chichester-28
- Sir Thomas Ridgeway. Ridgeway-61
- Sir Richard Wingfield, Knight. Wingfield-970
- Sir Toby Calefield (or Caulfield), Knight. Caulfeild-187
- Sir Francis Roe, Knight. Roe-4424???
County Donegal
Precincts of Doe and Fawnett (now Kilmacrenan)
- Servitors:
- William Stewart of Whithorn, Esquire. In Wightonshire.
- Patrick Crawford of Lifford, Esquire. Crawford
- John Vaughan, Esquire.
- John Kingsmill, Esquire.
- Basill Brooke, Esquire.
- Sir Richard Hansard, Knight.
- Thomas Perkins, Gent.
- George Hilton, Gent.
- Sir Thomas Chichester, Knight.
- Henry Hart, Esquire.
- Sir Ralph Bingley, Knight.
- Edward Ellis, gent,
- Henry Vaughan, Esquire.
- Sir Richard Bingley of Westminster, Knight.
- George Gale, Gent.
- Charles Grimsditche, Gent.
- Thomas Browne, Esquire.
County Fermanagh
Precinct of Clinawly (now Barony of Glenawley)
- Servitors:
- Sir John Davys (or Davis), Knight
- Samuel Harrison, Esquire.
- Peter Mostin (or Mostyn), Gent.
Precinct of Coole and Tircannada
- Servitors:
- Sir Henry Folliott, Knight. Folliott-6
- Roger Atkinson.
- William Cole, Esquire. Cole-2313
- Paul Goore (or Gore), Esquire. Gore-799
County Cavan
Precinct of Tullaghah (or Tullyhaw)
- Servitors:
- Sir George and Sir Richard Greame (or Graham), Knights.
- Hugh Coolme (or Culme) and Walter Talbott, Esquire.
- Nicholas Pynnar, Esquire., known by his Survey of the Ulster Plantation, which has been called Pynnar’s Survey.
- Bryan McPhilip O’Reyly (or O’Reilly) and Edward Rutlidge, gents.
- Thomas Johnes (or Jones), Gent.
Precinct of Clonmahone (now Clonmahon)
- Servitors:
- Sir Oliver Lambert, Knight.
- Joseph Johnes (or Jones), Gent.
- John Russon, Gent.
- Anthony Atkinson, Gent.
Precinct of Castle Rahen (now Castle Rahan)
- Servitors:
- Sir John Elliott, Knight.
- John Ridgeway, Esquire.
- Sir William Taaffe, Knight.
- Roger Garth, Gent.
- Sir Edmund Fettiplace, Knight.
Precinct of Tullaghgarvy
- Servitors:
- Sir Thomas Ashe, Knight; and John Ashe, Gent.
- Archibald and Brent Moore (brothers), gents.
- Captain Richard Tirrell, Esquire.
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