Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Arabella English

Female Abt 1745 - 1833  (~ 88 years)

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  • Name Arabella English 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Female 
    Birth Abt 1745  Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 26 Apr 1833  Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2021 

    Husband James Pillar
              b. 16 Sep 1730, Charlemont, County Armagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 26 Sep 1806 (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jun 1766  Moy, County Tyrone, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Age at Marriage Arabella was ~ 21 years old - James was 35 years old. 
    Count of Children 12 
    Children 
     1. Anne Pillar
              b. Abt 1779, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 14 Aug 1853, 18 Nicholas Street, Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 74 years)
     2. Arabella Pillar
              b. Abt 1785
     3. Elizabeth Pillar
              b. Abt 1785
     4. James English Pillar
              b. 1788  
              d. 1868, Dungannon, County Tyrone, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2021 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Arabella's mother was called Elizabeth (see Family Life below) but we don't know her surname; the family was from Oldcastle in County Meath.

      The English family may be related to the Inglis of Scotland. See p.175 of MS 107 at the National Library of Ireland: http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000529302#page/182/mode/1up

      Family Life
      A letter from Arabella's mother Elizabeth, to Thomas Greer of Dungannon, dated 20th December 1765, is available at PRONI (D1044/86); I haven't accessed the original but the catalogue entry summarises:
      Elizabeth English, Oldcastle to Thomas Greer, Dungannon. James Pillar made a proposal for our daughter Bell, and I wish to know your opinion of his character.

      Note that James Pillar's mother was a Greer (Mary).

      Death
      Arabella died on the 26th of April 1833 at home in Cookstown, co. Tyrone. Her obit. in the Belfast Newsletter (7 May 1833) reads:
      On the 26th ult. at her residence in Cookstown, in the county of Tyrone, Mrs Arabella Pillar, relict of the late James Pillar, aged eighty-eight years.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1745 - Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Jun 1766 - Moy, County Tyrone, Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Apr 1833 - Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0132] Ancestry, Belfast Newsletter, The, (ancestry.co.uk), 7 May 1833, Deaths; Arabella Pillar nee English.

    2. [S0212] Brendan McEvoy, United Irishmen of Co. Tyrone, The, (Cumann Seanchais Ard Mhacha/Armagh Diocesan Historical Society), Page 48.

    3. [S0213] LDS, Church of Latter Day Saints, Film 1760825; Film 1760878; Film 1903781.