Lindsay Immigrants to - Ireland
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Lindsay Immigrants to IrelandThis section will be used to list the Lindsay emigrants that departed European seaports and became immigrants of the English territory of Northern Ireland and later immigration to the Republic of Ireland. For the sake of simplicity, we have established that the use of the italicized Lindsay surname, throughout this web site, implies all the accepted spellings of the surname found in the site Orthography section. If any Lindsay researcher has documentation to support the name (s) of any Lindsay immigrant to Ireland and would like to share this information, e-mail ronlindsay@comcast.net with the details. For each immigrant we will need to know the name (s) of the Lindsay passenger (s) as listed on the ship's manifest, name of the ship, the dates and ports of departure and arrival, the name of the ship's captain and the primary source for this data along with the Internet location, if there is one, where this information was found. The format for this Irish section will change a bit from the usual format of naming the emigrant ship, etc. In the case of most Scottish immigrants to Northern Ireland, no ocean-going emigrant ship was involved thus no need for the usual Ship, departure port and date. etc. Due to this lack of documentary information, much of what you see on this page will be based on family accounts, some published and some handed down through a family. ***************************************** James LindsayCountry of Origin: Scotland Date of Departure: ? Place of Re-settlement: Between Derry and St Johnstown in the North of Ireland Year of Re-Settlement: 1678 According to authentic documents and oral tradition, James Lindsay, a farmer, & a Presbyterian which exposed him to the fury of the religious persecution then raging in Scotland, left Ayr, Scotland in the year 1678 to settle between Derry and St Johnstown in the North of Ireland, taking with him his four sons James, Alexander, Robert and David. Settling where he did, placed the Lindsay farm on the western bank of the river Foyle which history tells us must have been in Jacobite hands during the siege of Derry. Nothing further is known of the fortunes of James Lindsay, he does not appear to have been a resident in the city of Derry during the siege or to have taken part in the military operations but his four sons were all named among the heroic defenders of Derry. The second son, Alexander Lindsay, was a physician, exposed to diseases as well as to the accidents of war, and became one of the numerous victims to lose their lives. After the Relief of Londonderry the surviving sons settled again as farmers in the Barony of Raphoe in County Donegal, James at Castlefin and Robert and David near the town of Raphoe. James of Castlefin is the ancestor of the direct family lines in Ireland and Australia while descendants of Robert and David Lindsay of Raphoe, whose names are currently unknown, are recorded as emigrating to the United States between the years 1772 and 1810. The source for the emigration/immigration information and narrative regarding immigrant, James Lindsay, is Noel Lindsay nlindsay@pipeline.com.au of Australia. His source documents included: (1)" The Lindsay Memoirs", privately printed in Belfast in 1884. Authors, James Cuthbert Lindsay and James Alexander Lindsay. (2) " The Leafy Branches of the Lindsays", privately printed in 1998. Author, Noel James Lindsay, Clifton Springs, Australia.
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