John HAZELTON is listed in Milltown, Ardstraw, Co. Tyrone in the Tithes of 1833. In 1842 he had a lease from the Bishop of Derry for 17a.2r.0p. Statute measure, of land at Milltown and was still the immediate lessor of this land but John Russell was the occupier in the 1848 Griffiths Valuation..
My Great-Grandfather William was born in Ardstraw in 1841, son of James HAZELTON and Elizabeth Ann NORRIS. His sister Margaret Bell HAZELTON was also b. there in 1842. Family lore indicates their births were in Newtown Stewart but I found no records there in 2002 when I visited, Since that was the nearby post town, it may be just a reference to a more known town, rather then their actual residence and they may have resided in Milltown.
My HAZELTON's were C.O.I. and Wesleyan Methodist. They emigrated to Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada c. 1847. A David HAZELTON and wife Margaret NORRIS also emigrated to Digby a few years later. He was believed to be James' brother and may have been the David Goodlatt HAZELTON listed as a Woolen Draper in the 1839 city directory for nearby Londonderry. That David's father was definately John HAZELTON, husband of Elinor GOODLATT. This John HAZELTON is related to the Killyman Hazeltons who came to county Tyrone in the 1600's.
Perhaps the missing baptismal and marriage records I need to cement their relationship are in the Ardstraw COI, Londonderry COI or hidden in the Wesleyan Methodist Circuit records. If anyone has any idea or suggestions please feel free to respond. THANKS Bill Hazelton, Memphis, TN USA
William Hazelton
Friday 8th Mar 2013, 08:03PMMessage Board Replies
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Hi Bill,
thanks for your message. You have obviously put a lot of time and work into your family history- I hope that someone connects with you through the message board and can share information and help confrim your research.
With regards to Church of Ireland records, parish registers for the period up to 1870 are public records. Registers are available for about one third of the parishes, however many were destroyed in the Public Records Office in Dublin in 1922.Most surviving records are still held by the local clergy, although some are in the National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ and others are in the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin http://ireland.anglican.org/about/42.
Lists of these surviving registers can also be found at the National Library of Ireland.
For information on Methodist Church records in Ireland go to:
http://irishmethodist.org/about/genealogy.php
Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.
Kind regards,
Genealogy Support
Friday 3rd May 2013, 11:12AM