Mountmellick was founded in the seventeenth century within a curve of the Owenass River. At the outset it was a town of great industry and prosperity dominated by the enterprise of the Quaker community and later served by the Grand Canal. The Mountmellick Development Association which commissioned the conversion of a grain mill into a Business Park/Enterprise Centre for industry wishing to locate in the town exemplifies the towns enterprise. There is a Quaker museum and exhibitons in this pleasing town with a fine square, architecturally impressive houses, shops and ecclesiastical buildings.
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Town of Mountmellick
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Bob Wilson
The brother of my ancestor (Anthony Jackson), a man named Richard Jackson, an early Quaker, settled in Mountmellick soon after it was established. He was the son of Sir Anthony Jackson. Richard was an army veteran abd had fought for James II in Ireland priot to his conversion to Quakerdom by Edmunson and Fox. Another direct Quaker ancestor, Nicholas Newlin and his son of the same name, also resided in early Mountmellick. I would be interested in seeing any early Quaker documents concerning both Richard Jackson and the Nicholas Newlins that are online from the museum.
Jul 12th, 2008
Bob Wilson
Was Mountmellick in what was then County Tyrone back in the 17th Century?
Jul 12th, 2008
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