Duglas Robarts

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Duglas married on 30 Apr 1589 in St Mary's, Nottingham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Brownlow. John (son of John Brownlow and Isabell Trymmingham) was born in 1595 in Nestlerath, Louth, Ire; died in 1640. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Duglas married John Brownlow on 30 Apr 1589 in St Mary's Nottingham, England. John (son of Richard Brownlow and Helen Roper) was born in 1569 in Basford, Nottingham England; died in 1616 in County Armagh, Northen Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1162

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William “William the Quaker” Brownlow, son of John Brownlow, was born about 1614 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. He was an early convert to the Society of Friends.

About 1680, he gave the following statement as to why he refused to pay church tithes: “Good is the lord and his love unchangeable and undeclareable in that he hath redeemed me in agood measure from under the false teachers and when I Could noe longer putt into their mouthes they prepared warr against me soe I wittness the prophet Isiah Jeremyah and Ezekill to true prophetts in that they ponounsed woe against them for I never proffitted by them for they fedd themselves and fed nott the flock but with foce and Cruelty have they ruled and I have often suffered the spoyling of my good goods because I Denyed their unjust ways and wages of unrighteousnesse as tithes and offerings and Clark wages and this is my testymony against the preistss and their tithes and I have never payd or Consented to the payment of tithes since I was Convinced of the truth neither Doe I ever intend to Doe.”

He died on 9 January 1702/3 at the age of 89 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. He was buried in Money Hill Friends Burial Ground, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. He married Elizabeth. She died after 1703 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. She was buried in Money Hill Friends Burial Ground, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

About 1680, she gave the following statement regarding her views on tithes: “According to the understanding and strength god hath given me I never intend to pay tithes because Christ did nott camand itt neither did his apostles practice any such thing. I have never payd tithes since I was Convinced of the truth and with gods assistance I never intend to pay any.”

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sir William Brownlow, son of John Brownlow and Duglas Robarts, was born in 1591 in St. Andrew’s, Epworth, Lincolnshire. He was baptized on 16 October 1591 in St. Andrew’s, Epworth, Lincolnshire. On 15 December 1622, he was knighted by Sir Henry Cary, Viscount Falkland. He also served as Sheriff of County Armagh in 1623 and represented the county in Parliament of Ireland in 1639. He died on 2 January 1660/1 at the age of 70 in County Armagh, Ireland.

Having no sons, he left the bulk of his estate to his grandson Arthur Chamberlain with the stipulation that he assume the name and arms of Brownlow.

Sir William Brownlow married Elinor O’Doherty.

Family/Spouse: Elinor O'Doherty. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Eleanor O'Dogherty in 1615. Eleanor was born in 1600 in Inishowe, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: KHB9-FQP
• Reference Number: 1145

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More About WILLIAM BROWNLOW:
Religion: Quaker

William Brownlow was born about 1656 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. He died on 30 January 1725/6 at the age of 70 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. He was buried on 1 February 1725/6 in Money Hill Friends Burial Ground, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. William Brownlow and Elizabeth Nicholson were married in 1680. Elizabeth Nicholson, daughter of William Nicholson and Isabel Gilbert, was born about 1661 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. She died on 15 September 1728 at the age of 67 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. She was buried on 17 September 1728 in Money Hill Friends Burial Ground, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

William Brownlow, son of William Brownlow and Elizabeth, was born about 1656 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

He died on 30 January 1725/6 at the age of 70 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. He was buried on 1 February 1725/6 in Money Hill Friends Burial Ground, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. His burial was recorded in the minutes of Ballyhagan Monthly Meeting as follows: “Mo: 12 1st 1725 - William Brownlow of ballywooly departed this life on the 30th day of the 11th mo: 1725 being a man that Loved peace with all he had to doe with being about 70 years old and was Decently buried on the 1st day of the 12th mo: being acompanyed with a greate number of his friends & others unto his grave.”

William Brownlow and Elizabeth Nicholson were married in 1680. Elizabeth Nicholson, daughter of William Nicholson and Isabel Gilbert, was born about 1661 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

She died on 15 September 1728 at the age of 67 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. She was buried on 17 September 1728 in Money Hill Friends Burial Ground, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Her burial was recorded in the minutes of Ballyhagan Monthly Meeting as follows: “1728 Mo: 7 15 d - Eliz: Brownloe wife or Wid: the above William Brownoe departed this Life as in the margin & was Decently buried on the 17th following she being a woman that Loved peace as did her husband She was about 67 years old and was well beloved by many which in some degree was demonstrated by the greate number that attended her Corps to the Grave yard.”

William married Elizabeth Nicholson in 1680. Elizabeth (daughter of William Nicholson and Isabella Gilbert) was born in 1661 in Ballywilly, Armagh, Irleand; died in 1728 in Ballywilly, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1735

Family/Spouse: John Whitesite. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1736

Family/Spouse: John Nicholson. John (son of William Nicholson and Isabella Gilbert) was born in in Derryclaw, Ballwilley, Co Armagh, Northenr Ireland; died on 2 Dec 1704. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1323

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The Brownlow Family and the Rise of Lurgan
from Review - Journal of Craigavon Historical Society Vol. 1 No. 1
by K. Clendinning

The eldest, Lettice, married firstly, Patrick Chamberlain, a member of an old Anglo-Norman family of Nizelrath, Co. Louth. He came to County Louth about 1312 and from this marriage there were three of a family, Arthur, Philemon, and Eleanor

Lettice married secondly to Christopher Clinton of Clintonstown Co. Louth and from this union there were three more of a family William, Arthur and Christopher. She married thirdly to Capt. Alenandra of Williston, Co. Louth, and fourthly to a Mr. Beversham. Arthur Chamberlain, the eldest son of Lettice Brownlow, was born at Ardee Co. Louth, in 1645, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and qualified in law at Lincoln's Inn.
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More About LETTICE BROWNLOW:
Burial Site: Shankill, Lurgan, Armagh
Graveyard Name: Shankill Old
Parish: Shankill
Town/Townland: Shankill
County: Armagh
Surname: ASTON, BROWNLOW
Inscription: [Here lyeth the body of Lettica Aston alias Brownlow eldest daughter of Sr William Brownlow Knt Who after she had seen a numerous progency [sic] descended from her own body even [sic] grandchildren children [sic] dyed in the 87th year of her age on the 16th day of January 1669 .

Died:
Buried 27 Jan 1699 in Shankill Cemetery, Lurgan, County Armagh, Northen Ireland

Lettice married Patrick Chamberlian in 1643. Patrick was born in in Nestlerath, Louth, Ireland; died before 1652. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Beversham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lettice married Patrick McCartan in 1631. Patrick was born in 1591; died in 1643. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lettice married Christopher Clinton about 1652. Christopher died in Mar 1658. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lettice married Alexander Aston in 1659. Alexander died about 1668. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lettice married John Beversham in 1668. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unk Byrne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1353

Family/Spouse: William Draper. William was born in in Tyllydegany, Co Armagh Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Fulke Martin. Fulke died in 1679 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: KH2R-SZP
• Reference Number: 1705

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James Brownlow, son of William Brownlow and Elizabeth Nicholson, was born on 28 April 1695 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. He died in June 1740 at the age of 45 in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. He was buried in Money Hill Friends Burial Ground, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. In 1722, he married outside of the Society of Friends. The following comes from the minutes of the Ballyhagan Monthly Meeting:

A Testimony Concerning
James Brownloe

In all ages & generations that we have read of wherein
there hath been a Religious Society of people gathered together
and hath been Redeemed in good measure from ye Evile Costams
and practices of ye times that they have lived in having a due
regard in their hearts for the honor of God & that they might
be found doing those thing which was well pleasing in his sight
and notwithstanding they have been thus Concerned have also
been attended with many troubles in their pilgrimage in this
World, many Instances there be in the holy Scriptures, as many
are the Troubles of ye Righteous but the Lord delivers out of
them all, & it is therew many Tribulations that ye Kingdom of
heaven is entered & ye saying of our blessed Lord we have many
times witnessed to be true (viz Speaking to his disciples & followers
in ye world ye shall have trouble but in me shall have peace).
So we may safely say in this our age & Generation, in the cours
of our Conversation in this world is attended with many Troubles
exercises & sorrow of heart not easie to wade thereon but for ever
blessed be the name of the Lord god almighty who at times is
Gratiously pleased to help comfort & refresh all those who truly
And sencerly depend upon him in, and by the assistance of his
holy spirit the true Comforter of his people which enable
them to parsecede on Zion ward, all such are Troubled & in a
Large degree sorrowful when any miscarriages & disorderly
actions are gone into by any that assembles amongst them
or now amongst us who have been so plentifully favoured in
that of both doctrine & good Rules of Discipline folled amongst
us although we may say it is hard to Keep ye Hedg thereof up
there being so many of our young people (Especially) tho they have
had the education of Religious parents that so much for liberty
in Conversation beyond what their parents either Could take
or give way unto their Children to practice neither the Rules
of our Disciplin allow, but to the great grief & Sorrow of all
such parents whose lott it is to have such have such libertine Children
that will not be advised but will have their own vain wills pleased
whether it be agreeable to their parents mind or not ~ ~ ~

As there is one James Brownloe which have had religious
Education by his parents who have used many wayes, both
by advice and Counsell & other methods which from time to
time was by him too much slighted by which he grew hearder
and hearder by his so Rejecting Counsell going on Repeatedly
in several vain practices as Hunting & fouling & too often
Drinking more than was soficient to support nature and
that many times in Company that was not for his good or
growth in that which appertained to his well being here or
hereafter insomuch that he was got so far in his willful
ways that he would not be bounded by his parents ~ ~ ~ ~

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But rather cast their Counsell behind his back which
is great silly and the more that naturally he was loving & Kind
not apt to give unsavoury or unmannerly returns unto his
friends, when reproved, but being captivated & led away
by a light airy mind Its to be doubted too much passing
away his time in forgittfullness of ye Lord which is a danger
ous State and Condition for any to go into insomuch that
we have Looked upon him both in a dangerous Condition
as to himself and also that we had but very little or no
hold of him as to any Religious Society only by some
Education came and that but seldom of late unto our
Meeting for worship and now of late in progressing
about abroad and neglecting his father’s business at home
which of late hath been too much his frequent practice
cast his eye and placed his affection upon a woman that is
not of our persuasion as to Religion & was married unto
her in the publick worship house at Killmore by Andrew
Charlton, and when he went off desembled with his
father or mother as if he had gone about some other business
and it coming to his father’s ear that he was gone to be
married who followed with what speed he could & came to
ye sd worship house door when they were about marrying
and some by whose order we know not shut the door upon
and kept him his sd father out, all the foregoing actions of
the sd James Brownloe hath been under our serious Con
sideration which did resolve in this, that in Regards he
is called by our name by which (unless he amend his ways
which we earnestly desire he may) he may happen to bring
further reproach upon truth and us. There signified to all
whome it may Concern that ye sd James Brownloe is not in
nere fellowship with us ye people Call Quakers as his
present Condition now Stands ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Given forth ye 22 of ye 9th month
in ye year 1722 ~ ~ ~

John Reed
Samuel Gray
Luke Peell
Edward Towle
Jonathan Richardson
Arther Smith
Robert Barnes
John Scott
John Brownloe
William Gray
John Williamson
Robert Delapp
James Stevenson Junr
Francis Hobson

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The Said James Brownloe confirmation
of the foregoing Testimony

My friends, I doe hereby sincerely confess & fully acknowledge
that I have transgressed the good order of Discipline followed
as a Religious society of people amongst whome I have
been Educated by my parents who have many times given
me good Advice to reform from several things that I
was Inclinable to which was Hurtful unto me both
Inwardly and outwardly but with sorrow of heart I may
Say I made too light thereof and now of late as afore laid
down & expressed I lett out by affections unto a woman
of Contrary persuasion as to Religion and was married
to her by a priest against my sd parents’ will which is
now become my trouble so that I can with sincerity
of heart well owne the aforesd Testimony to be just
upon me as its laid down by way of setting forth this
Corse of my Conversation in some degree and hereby
Confirm the Same, and doth earnestly desire that ye
Lord may be gratiously pleased to pardon me for what
evile I have Comited and grant me abilitie to redeem
my miss spent time and that I may walk more orderly
is what I desire at this time, And further do request
that you my friends who I fully believe have many times
desires my prosperity every way may be concerned
for my Restoration that I may in time come
into a more near fellowship with you then now I stand
in is that which I Crave of you, and subscribe my Selfe
Your Affectiond well wisher

James Brownloe

Given into a preparative
meeting ye 9th mo 1722
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More about JAMES BROWNLOW:

Religion: Quaker
JAMES1 BROWNLOW was born Abt. 1730 in County of Antrim, North Ireland, and died 1789 in Augusta County, Virginia. He married KATHERINE 'KATE' BROWNLOW. She was born in County of Antrim, North Ireland, and died in Augusta County, Virginia.
Notes for JAMES BROWNLOW:
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All that is known about James Brownlow is contained in his will that was written in County Armagh, Ireland, on June 4, 1740. In it he mentions his wife, though he never calls her by name. He also names his children: Elizabeth, William, John, Jane, James
He seems to have been a relatively young person as he says his children are mostly young and unable to work. He also mentions his "kinsman" Joseph Brownlow. He was, along with the widow, the executor of the will. James Brownlow was a Quaker.

James BROWNLOW Birth: ABT 1695 in Ballywoolly Co Armagh Ireland
Marriage Katherine
Children of James Brownlow of County Armagh, Ireland:
Elizabeth BROWNLOW b: 1724-aft 1740
William BROWNLOW b: 1727 -1770
Jane BROWNLOW b: 1734-c 1797 in Ireland
John BROWNLOW b: 1730-1774 in Ireland
James Brownlow 1737 -1769

The Last Will and Testament of James Brownlow

Thanks to Beth Nowak

The last will and testament of James Brownlow of the Grange in the Lordship of Newry & County of Armagh being under bodily affliction but of sound disposing mind and memory together many other mercys have cause to bless and praise the Lord for them all and calling to mind the uncertainty of this transitory life thinks it needful to settle my house in order by settling my outward or wordily substance which it hath pleased god graciously to bestow upon me for my support in this life by this will revoking & annulling and together making void all other will or wills heretofore made by me either by word or writing as this to stand for my last and no other.

I will and desire with abundance of prayers and supplication that it may please the Lord in his mercy and loving kindness that after my decease to receive my soul and that my body may be decently interred in a Christian manner in the graveyard in ( money) by any Executrix & Executors hereafter named. Its my will & mind that all my debts be fully paid and discharged that I owe to any person.

I will & my will is that suddenly after my decease there be a full & just inventory taken of all my goods & chattels I die possessed of be thy of what kind or nature so ever and brought into one entire sum I will as above that all my just debts funeral expenses or any other expenses that my arise to me now in this weak condition be fully pain & under consideration that my children are most of them young & not capable to get a livelihood therefore I will that they may all live together in my farm & dwelling house with their mother and labour honestly to get bread __ viz: Eliz; William John Jane & James Brownlow and ____and if so I leave and bequeath to my dear wife & my lawful children all the residue or remainder of my said goods and chattels bill bonds or any other of my goods to each of them to share & share alike to their only use & _behaves when they come to age and if any of my said children should die before they come to age then & in that case I will their part or share shall be equally divided among the survivors of my children and of any of .. (the remainder of that sentence & page unreadable)

Children should prove stubborn or rebellious to my Executor or Executrix hereafter named and will not be advised by them I leave and invest a power in them to deal with such children as to their part or share of my substance as they shall think proper as also is my will & mind that my children be educated in the faith and principle of the people called Quakers of which opinion I am myself and dies in the same faith & I leave a charge one the mens meeting of Ballyhagin to visit & advise my children to be careful of __ conversation & behavior as becomes our holy profession which request I desire the said mens meeting may except of.

Where as there is a legacy left to my daughter Elizabeth Brownlow in my mothers last will and testament of twenty pounds & to which it can be got & paid to her then my will is that she shall have but as much of my goods as will make up the twenty pounds in equal proportion with dear wife and the rest of my children anything to the contrary notwithstanding and lastly I constitute ordain nominate & appoint my dear wife & my loving kinsman Joseph Brownlow to be my whole & sole executrix & executor of this my will to see it duly & truly fulfilled &kept & my beloved friend Samuel Gray to be overseer with the assistance of the mens meeting of Ballyhagin

James Brownlow (his seal)
Signed sealed and published to be the last will & testament of James Brownlow this 7th day of the 4th month called June 1740 in the presence of James Atordine John Horner Samuel Gray.

Family/Spouse: Katherine. was born in in County of Antrim, Northern Ireland; died in in Augusta County, Virgina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1163

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• Reference Number: 1778

Sarah married Richard Webb in Jan 1705 in Ballyhagan, Armagh Co, Northern Ireland. Richard was born in in Co Armagh, Northern Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1781

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• Reference Number: 1780
• Reference Number: 1782

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• Reference Number: 1783

Ruth married Samuel Johnson on 5 Nov 1714 in Ballyhagan, Armagh Co, Northern Ireland. Samuel was born in in Derrycree, Parish of Terbarin, Tartartaghon, Armagh, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1784

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• Reference Number: 1785

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More About SAMUEL BROWNLOW:
Residence: Alive in 1719

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• Reference Number: 1786

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More About ELIZABETH BROWNLOW:
Religion: Quaker

Elizabeth married William Delapp on 19 Jan 1726 in Ballyhagan, Armagh Co, Northern Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1788

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• Reference Number: 1820

John married Elizabeth Whitesite in 1708 in nr Charlemont, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland. Elizabeth was born in 1690; died after 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1760

Mary married Robert Greer in Apr 1691. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1767

Family/Spouse: Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1769

Family/Spouse: Joseph Robson. Joseph was born in in Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1771

James married Jane in Jan 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1773

Family/Spouse: Jonathan Richardson. Jonathan was born in in Eagerlougher, Northern Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1775

John married Mary Walker on 20 Jul 1710. Mary was born in 1695 in Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1776

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• Reference Number: 1764

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• Reference Number: 1765

Thomas married Isabella Richardson on 26 Apr 1729. Isabella was born in in Eagerlougher, Northern Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1325

Notes:

The Brownlow Family and the Rise of Lurgan
from Review - Journal of Craigavon Historical Society Vol. 1 No. 1
by K. Clendinning

Arthur Chamberlain, the eldest son of Lettice Brownlow, was born at Ardee Co. Louth, in 1645, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and qualified in law at Lincoln's Inn.

In 1660 when he became of age, he assumed the name of Brownlow and inherited his grandfather's estate. Under his supervision Lurgan began to grow and prosper; building was encouraged by giving tenants renewable leases and stipulating that one or more houses of 20 to 30 feet in length, 18 to 20 feet high were to be erected on the front of their own tenements. From this stipulation Lurgan began to grow and to take the shape which its main street retains today.

He took a deep interest in the welfare of his tenants by introducing linen weaving to them and buying their produce at a loss to himself. Thus he laid the foundation of the linen industry in this district and by 1675 there was a market house established around which linen was sold. In 1708, Lurgan was described by Thomas Molyneux as a town which has the greatest mart of Linen Manufacture in the North, being almost entirely peopled by linen weavers.

Besides being a man of business, Arthur was a man of culture. He spoke fluent Irish and he saved the Book of Armagh from destruction. This book was sold for a small sum of money by the infamous Florence McMoyne. Shortly after this it was discovered by Arthur Brownlow who purchased it and kept it in his own library. This Book of Armagh was written in 807 A.D. and contains the New Testament, together with the Confessions of St. Patrick, two early Lives of the Saint, and a Life of Saint Martin of Tours.

Arthur was High Sheriff of Co. Armagh 1668, and 1669 and M.P. for County Armagh 1692-1710. In 1689 during the Williamite wars he sat in the Parliament summoned by James II, and is believed to have been the only member of this Parliament to sit in the Williamite Parliament of 1692. As early as 1699, along with several others, he had the idea of building a canal between Lough Neagh and Newry.

On 6th December 1697, Arthur married Jane, the daughter of Sir Standish Hartstronge, Bart of Bruff, Co. Limerick, who survived him and died March 1720.

Arthur died 22nd February 1712, and was buried in Shankill Graveyard, leaving two daughters, Lettice and Anne and five sons, William, Standish, John, Philemon and Arthur. The eldest, William, was baptised 31st December, 1638, educated Trinity College, Dublin graduated B.A. 1703, M.P. for Armagh 1711-1715 and 1729-1739.
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Arthur Chamberlain/Brownlow
With the restoration of peace, the existing Brownlow estate was not only consolidating and prospering but also being extended, for on the death of Sir William Brownlow in 1660, he was succeeded by his grandson, Arthur Chamberlain, eldest son of Lettice Brownlow who had married Patrick Chamberlain of Niselrath near Ardee, Co. Louth. This marriage and the subsequent succession of her son brought the Chamberlain estate in the parish of Philiptown, barony of Ardee, Co. Louth into the possession of the Brownlows.
Arthur Chamberlain assumed the surname of Brownlow as directed in the will of his grandfather Sir William Brownlow and resided in Brownlowsderry. A succession of in-laws, related to his through some of his mother's four marriages, lived on the Co. Louth lands. For further details, see the County Louth Archaeological Journal, Vol. XI, pp 175-85: 'Notes on the Allied Families of Clinton, Aston, O'Doherty and Brownlow' by T.G.F. Patterson. The Co. Louth estate eventually passed out of Brownlow possession in c.1753 when William Brownlow, grandson of Arthur Brownlow, alias Chamberlain, sold it to Alderman Richard Dawson. The property contained 923 Irish acres with tenements in Ardee and Louth towns; no information is given for the purchase price though from a Brownlow rental/account book we know the half-yearly rent in 1753 was £260:12:4 and one farthing. For further information about the sale and the estate, see PRONI, D/3053/9/3/1-12.

Arthur Brownlow, alias Chamberlain, was a prudent manager and accumulated a considerable amount of money which he invested in other lands, chiefly in Co. Armagh where he acquired the manor of Richmount and thus became one of the largest property owners in the county. This land, originally known as Aghavellan, was granted by James I to John Heron in 1610. He sold it to John Waldron who received a re-grant for it from Charles I in 1629. John Waldron's grandson, Francis Stonard Waldron, conveyed the lands to Thomas Coke, Robert Burditt and Rowland Cotton in 1705, and in the following year by deeds of lease and release, by way of conveyance, the whole manor to Arthur Brownlow and John Hoope, merchant, for £13,000. Arthur Brownlow later bought out John Hoope, thus securing complete control of the manor.

The Monaghan estate
He also acquired land in Co. Monaghan. This was the Coolderry estate, near Carrickmacross, in the parish of Magheracloone and barony of Farney, and it had been part of a grant in 1576 by Elizabeth I to Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, which later descended to the Shirley family of Lough Fea (see PRONI, D/3531) and the Marquesses of Bath. In c.1618 the 3rd Earl of Essex granted John Hadsor of Keppock, Co. Monaghan, gentleman, '... the manor of Moymuck and nineteen tates of land, afterwards well known as Hadsor's fee-farm in the parish of Magheracloone in this barony [of Farney], on a fee farm rent of £40 per annum.' We know of some 17 townlands which were part of Hadsor's fee fram grant - Carrickashedoge, Carricknagoan, Derry, Drumboory, Feahoe, Killark, Leons-beg, Liscarnan, Maghernacloy, Mookeeran, Moylough, Mullaghrafferty, Mullyore, Mulllusty, Toiniska, Tullyallen and Tulleallin or Drumbore.
The Brownlow family ' ... were in possession probably by purchase, previous to the year 1692 ..., but the actual date and means of how it passed through to them from Hadsor is as yet still unclear. We do know however that John Hadsor was implicated in the Great Rebellion in 1641 and ' ... was seized of 19 tates of land which he forfeited as a rebel: at that time Colonel Thomas Sadler received from the usurping powers, a grant of the same in lieu of the arrears of his pay, due to him for service in England, extending to the sum of £513.10.0 the 10 tates of land were subject to a rent charge of £40 per annum.' This perhaps accounts for the change in ownership which left the way open for the Brownlows later to purchase.

Under the terms of the will, 1791, of the Rt Hon. William Brownlow, who died 1794, the land in Co. Monaghan was left to his second son Charles, with remainder to his other younger children, while his eldest son, William, was to inherit the Co. Armagh estates; the will further specified that the two properties were not to be united unless the cadet lines became extinct. Accordingly, when Charles Brownlow succeeded his elder brother, William, at Lurgan in 1815, the Co. Monaghan estate passed to the next brother James, and subsequently to the next, the Rev. Francis Brownlow. It remained in the possession of Francis Brownlow's branch of the family until Land Purchase. For documentation of the separate Monaghan estate, see PRONI D/4176 and, on the web-site, the Bath and Brownlow estates.

The Co. Armagh estate
Meanwhile through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the Co. Armagh Brownlow estate in the manors of Brownlowsderry and Richmount continued to prosper and with it the Brownlows, while Lurgan continued to grow as a town. Charles Brownlow was raised to the peerage as Lord Lurgan in 1839 'for services to the Whig Party'. In 1833 he had engaged W.H. Playfair, the Edinburgh architect, to design what became Brownlow House, alias 'Lurgan Castle'. It was finished by c.1840. Visiting it in 1863, John Ynyr Burges of Parkanaur, Castlecaulfield, Co. Tyrone, recorded in his diary (PRONI, T/1282/2, p. 140), '... The interior of this beautiful mansion is wonderfully arranged. The furniture and fitting-up is most costly, the dinner exquisite and the whole establishment in excellent order'.
By 1883, the Brownlow estate, of 15,276 acres, was worth £20,589 a year. This consisted of the manors of Brownlowsderry and Richmount, the component townlands of which are listed in the table below:

Master McGrath

The Dubliners

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Eighteen sixty nine being the date anf the year,
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Those Waterloo sportsmen and more did appear,
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For to gain the great prizes and bear them awa',
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Never counting on Ireland and Master McGrath.

On the twelfth of November, that day of renown,
McGrath and his keeper they left Lurgan town,
A gale in the Channel, it soon drove them o'er,
On the thirteenth they landed on England's fair shore.

Oh well when they arrived there in big London Town,
Those great English sportsmen all gathered around,
And one of those gentlemen standing nearby
said, 'Is that the great dog you call Master McGrath?'

Oh well one of the gentlemen standing around,
Says, 'I don't care a damn for your Irish greyhound!'
And another he sneered with a scornful 'Ha! Ha!
We'll soon humble the pride of your Master McGrath.'

Then Lord Lurgan came forward and said, 'Gentlemen,
If there's any amongst you has money to spend.
For your grand English nobles I don't care a straw,
Here's five thousand to one upon Master McGrath.'

Oh, McGrath he looked up and he wagged his old tail.
Informing his lordship, 'Sure I know what you mane,
Don't fear, noble Brownlow, don't fear them agra,
We'll soon tarnish their laurels', says Master McGrath.

Oh well Rose stood uncovered, the great English pride,
Her master and keeper were close by her side;
They let them away and the crowd cried, 'Hurrah!'
For the pride of all England and Master McGrath.

Oh well Rose and the Master they both ran along.
'I wonder', says Rose, 'what took you from your home.
You should have stayed there in your Irish domain,
And not come to gain laurels on Albion's plain.'

'Well, I know', says the Master, 'we have wild heather bogs
but, bedad, in old Ireland there's good men and dogs.
Lead on, bold Britannia, give none of your jaw,
Stuff that up your nostrils', says Master McGrath.

Well the hare she led on just as swift as the wind
He was sometimes before her and sometimes behind,
He jumped on her back and held up his ould paw -
'Long live the Republic', says Master McGrath.

Notes for ARTHUR BROWNLOW:
Surname: Brownlow
Given Name: Arthur
Sex: Male
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Death: 1711
Death Place: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
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Miscellaneous: SOG, London alias Chamberlain
Source: Civil Registration 16


Died:
buried in Shankill Graveyard

Arthur married Jane Hartstonge in 1667. Jane (daughter of Standish Hartstonge) died in 1721 in Dublin, Co Dublin, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 1720

Family/Spouse: William Jones. William died after 1 Apr 1681 in Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1721

Family/Spouse: Thomas Clinton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1725

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• Reference Number: 1723

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More About ARTHUR CLINTON:
Residence: Dublin, Ireland

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• Reference Number: 1724

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More About CHRISTOPHER CLINTON:
Residence: Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland

Family/Spouse: John Gill. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: 1713

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• Reference Number: 1714

Family/Spouse: Henry Jenney. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Smith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Lowther. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unk Clark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]