Ahorey. 14th September 1887 My dear John, I promised to Hugh when more to give you a stave on the subject of our family tree. I have thought of giving their names only, but on second thoughts if I did so you would miss some things well worth knowing and little incidents interesting, so I think of taking the families as they are described on arrival in Ireland and the state of the country at the time. Two years after the Battle of the Boyn, 1692, Hugh Williamson and his wife (*) with what family they had at the time left Wigan and came over and settled in Carinbawn beside Newry for a short time. The country being in an unsettled state, a report was raised that the Irish had risen and were destroying all around them; settlers and foreigners. They took fear and packing up their little things on the backs of NEWRY horses, etc., went on their way to Derry. They came as far as Bartley's Barricks at Loughgall where they were told it was a false report. Turning back they came to Legacurey, alias Richill sat down in Rathmutterny alias Rockmacranay, erected a mud wall house like Shak Kag which I saw in Illinois, put in their little crop and so commenced life in Ireland. At that time the estate belonged to a family whose name was Sacheveral who had a large family of daughters and no sons. (+) Previous to this time a part of King Williams Army were landed at Belfast. They were hard roads to travel on as they were ordered to Armagh, the troops were tired and were ordered to stack arms on Legacurry street. While they rested the young ladies came out to see the sight off the parapet wall and (*) T971/1 No. 605 gives her forename, Sarah (+) By 1692 the Richardson family had the estate. Charles II confirmed Edward Richardson and his wife Ann Sacheverell Richardson in the estate. Edward came to Ireland with the armay in the early 1640's and to Co. Armagh with of Cromwell's forces. See subsequent annotations.