Robert Williamson, Ahorey, County Armagh, to his brother, John Williamson, Manchester, 14 September 1887
Description
Provides detailed family history, from its initial migration from Wigan, England in 1692. The first Williamsons in Ireland were Hugh and Sarah, who settled at what was later called Rockmacreeny, on the Sacheveral/ Richardson estate. They had perpetuity leases, renewable forever, with the payment of a fine . Typescript copy, annotated in 1987 by Sr. Ann McKernan, a graduate student at the University of Michigan. [Mention of the "Tenant-Right" custom and sub-letting].