"the
Burns
of
Northern
Ireland"
Ireland
(unknown ) Burns
b. ?
d.
m. (unknown)
b.
d.
her father: unknown her mother: unknown
his father: ? Burns
his mother:
possible brothers
in
South Carolina 1800
|
| Burns, Robert Sr. [Laurens 24]
|
b. before 1745 |
d.
|
m.
|
Burns, Torrence [Laurens
25]
|
b. before 1745
|
|
|
Burns, James [Spartenburg
208]
|
b. before 1745
|
|
|
possible son or grandson of
one
of the above
Burn,
Alexander
|
b. about 1812 SC
|
|
|
This connection with Ireland is under constant
investigation. I
use this page to keep track of my findings. I do believe
that the
original Scottish family of Burns or Burnes was forced, like so
many
other Scottish families, to move to
Northern Ireland due to religious conviction or political
opposition to
the King of England from as early as the 1600's. It is
likely, in
my opinion, that a segment of the family emigrated along with
other
Irish Protestant to the colonies, in particular to the area of
South
Carolina before 1800. Obviously many Burns families left
many
descendants in each
region in which they lived.
Records exist
in
North Ireland of an number of Burns.
name of
freeholders
Place
of
Abode
Situation of
Freehold
Name
of
Landlord
Burns,
Samuel
Ballmullan
Ballymullan
Ld.
Baron
Duffern
& Claneboye
Burns,
Thomas
Ann-street
shoemaker
Carlisle,
James
clergyman
no
date
Burns,
Thomas
Maze
Down
Lord
Downshire
1755
Burns,
Thomas
Killileagh
Down
Mr.
G.
Hamilton
1766
Burns, Andrew
Killough
Down
1768
Burns,
Thomas
Annacloy
Down
Lord
Downshire
1774
Burns, Daniel
Toghblane
Down
Lord
Downshire
1781
Burns,
Joseph
Drumgivin
Down
A.
Johnston
1783
Burns,
John
Drumgivin
Down
A.
Johnston
1783
Burns,
James
Drumgivin
Down
A.
Johnston
1783
Burns, Robert
Ballygrott
Ballygrott
Sir John Blackwood,
Bart:
1
Oct
1787
Burns,
Samuel
Creevyloughgar
Down
1789
Burns, Thomas
Killileagh
Down
Sir
John
Blackwood,
Bart:
1789
Burns,
Hugh
Cahard
Down
Mr.
Shaw
1789
Burns,
Thomas
Maze
Down
Lord
Downshire
1771
Burns,
Hugh
Cahard
Down
Shaw
&
Potter
1789
Burns, Samuel
Creevyloughgare
Down
1789
Burns, Robert
Ballygrott
Ballygrott
Sir John Blackwood, Bart:
regt.
date 1815
Burns, Robert
merchant
Hercules
Street,
Antrim
4
Oct
1832
Burns, Robert
merchant
High
Street
,
Antrim
draper
no
date
Burns, Robert
merchant
High
Street
,
Antrim linen
draper
1837
Burns, Robert
merchant
Brackley,
Armagh
1832
Immigration to South Carolina taken from
Passenger and Immigration, This is by no means complete.
name
date
age
where
Patrick
Burns
1768
24
abt
1744
Charleston,
S. C. [Jones p. 430]
Samuel
Burns
1805
45
abt
1760
Charleston,
S. C. [Michell p. 111]
Laurence
Burns
1764
Charleston,
S.
C.
[Jones p. 82]
Patrick
Burns
1768
Charleston,
S.
C.
[Jones p. 271]
James
Burns
1820
19
abt
1801
Charleston,
S. C. [Holcomb p. 12]
1800- US Census, South Carolina.
Burns,
Alexander
Burns, Alexander
Burns, David
Burns, Edmonds
Burns, Han
Burns, James
Burns, James
Burns, Jeremiah
Burns, John
Burns, John
Burns, Robert
Burns, Robert Sr.
Burns, Samuel
Burns, Torrence |
[Edgefield
175]
[Fairfield 233]
[Laurens 23 ]
[ Laurens 14 ]
[ Laurens 28 ]
[ Laurens 29 ]
[Spartanburg208]
[ Laurens 24 ]
[ Laurens 35 ]
[ Laurens 14 ]
[ Laurens 25 ]
[ Laurens 24 ]
[Spartanburg 181]
[ Laurens 25 ]
|
1 0 0 0
0
- 1 0 0 1 0 -
2 5
2 0 1 1 0 - 3 1 0 1 0 - 0 4
2 1 2
1 0 - 1 1 0 0 1 - 0 0
0 2 0 1 0 - 6 0 0 1 0 - 0 0
1 0 1 0 0 - 0 1 1 0 1 - 0 0
1 0
0 1 0 - 1 0 0 1 0 - 0 0
2 0 0 0 1 - 2 2 0 1 0 - 0 1
0 0 1 0 0 - 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 - 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 0
3 1 1 1 0 - 2 0 1 1 0 - 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 - 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 0
2 1 0 0 1 - 1 1 1 0 1 - 0 0
2 0 0 1 0 - 2 0 1 0 0 - 0 1
0 0 1 0 1 - 0 0 0 0 1 - 0 0 |
The list of Burns in South Carolina only shows that there were many
Burns here before 1800. I have no records of which families
are
connected. Wills are lacking among these people unless they
had
slaves. Since most didn't have slaves, inheritance to their estates
were handled quietly and frequently without records.
John Burne has a plat for 1000 acres on the Altamaha River.
5/18/1763 [S.C. archives.]
sources:
Jones, Jack Moreland, and Mary Bondurant
Warren. South Carolina
Immigrants, 1760 to 1770 Danielsville, GA; Heritage
Papers,
1988. 430.
Northern Ireland Freeholder Records.
http://application.proni.gov.uk/Freeholders/
Durant, Will and Ariel. Rousseau and
Revolution, The Story of Civilization:10, Simon and
Schuster, NY.,
1967
Holcomb, Brent H. Passenger
Arrivals
at the Port of Charleston, 1820-1829. Baltimore, MD:
Gen. Pub.
Co., Inc., 1994.
Mitchell, Brian. "Irish Passenger Lists 1803-1806.
Baltimore:
Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc., 1995.
Other web sites of Robert Burns and
his poetry:
Robert
Burns in Dumfries, Scotland
The Burness
Genealogy
and Families
Burns
Index | Scottish History
of the
17th Century | Ancestor
Chart #17 | Machen
Index
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