Sunday, March 13, 2022

Irish Update: Putnam and Connelly Branches

 

Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
Cliffs of Moher, Ireland

Given the time of year, I thought I should give an update on who my Irish ancestors were.  I hope to have a bit more information with each post, but you never know.  I'll do a post for each branch of my family as well as my wife's. 

According to my DNA result's from Ancestry I am 29% Irish and my research places it more around 25% but there may be more hidden away in earlier generations.  Additionally, I am listed as being 25% Scottish but have only been able to identify 3.5% of my lineage coming from there.  I do know I have some Scot- Irish lineage which may confound the information. My Uncle has also taken the DNA test and Ancestry places him at 25% Irish and 29% Scottish.  This aligns pretty well with my research which place my father at being 24% Irish and 7% Scottish.

Putnam Branch

According to my research my Grandfather Ervin Earl Putnam would have been 11% Irish and 1.6% Scottish.  Here are the Irish immigrant ancestors I have identified for him:

  • My 5th and 6th Great Grandfather Lewis Mitchell(1738-1830), born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
  • My 6th Great Grandfather John Patrick(1711-1797), born in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
  • My 6th Great Grandfather Robert Patterson(1713-1797), born in Ulster, Northern Ireland
  • My 6th Great Grandmother William Lewis Hancock(1695-1769), born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, parents were from England
  • My 6th Great Grandmother Sarah J Bradshaw(1697-UNKN), born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  • My 6th Great Grandmother Mary Black(1732-1799), Born in Wicklow, Ireland
  • My 7th Great Grandmother Mary Tuck(1684-1724), born in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
  • My 7th Great Grandmother Jane Janet Scott(1689-1783), born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  • My 7th Great Grandfather Robert Patterson(1671-1769), born in Glenlace, Antrim, Northern Ireland
  • My 7th Great Grandmother Grizzel McLellan(1673-1756), born in Londonderry, Northern Ireland
  • *My 7th Great Grandfather James Glmore(1702-1758), born in Coleraine, Northern Ireland
  • My 7th Great Grandfather Robert Means(1689-1769), born in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
  • My 7th Great Grandmother Jean Armstrong(1688-1789), born in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland

Connelly Branch

My Grandmother Mary Gertrude Connelly's Irish ancestry is a bit more recent then my Grandfather's.  I show her as being 38% Irish and 13% Scottish.  Here are the Irish immigrant ancestors I have identified for her:
  • My 3rd Great Grandfather Thomas Connelly(1823-1872), born in Tipperary, Ireland
  • My 3rd Great Grandfather Patrick Eagan(1810-1891), born in Waterford, Ireland
  • My 3rd Great Grandmother Mary McDonald(UNKN-UNKN), born in Roscommon, Ireland

Here is how I am related to each of them:

Photo:

I took the photograph at the beginning of this post at the Cliffs of Moher, Ireland in May 2019.   

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