William & Anthony Houston, sons of Wm Houston of Castle Stewart ?
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In reply to:
William Houston and Anthony Houston in New Castle, Delaware (circa 1700-1724)
Jim Houston 3/01/03
re: William Houston bc.1672.
Would he be son of William Houston of Craggs (Craigs / Cullybackey ) co. Antrim, N. Ireland,
also of Castle Stewart, co. Tyrone, Ireland,
and of Cottreoch, Whitehorn Parish, Wigtownshire, Scotland ?
The new PRONI on-line catalogue shows
ref. T877/15, deed of conveyance
of the Manor of Castle Stewart, co. Tyrone, Ireland,
from the Earl of Suffolk, England (who m. Mary Stewart)
to William Houston of Craggs (Craig / Cullybackey)
who m. a Miss Stewart ?
Perhaps William Houston married about this date
to Miss Stewart and it was a marriage settlement
and William Houston of New Castle was b. about that time ?
Also in the new PRONI catalogue online
D1618/15/2/43
there was a Capt. Huston / Houston c.1682 who had
a nephew Danaldson / Donaldson.
Was he the Donaldson, cousin of William Houston of
New Castle Co, Delaware ?
Sometimes, in the 1600s elder sons had a number of properties, with their brothers or near family members
residing on them as "caretakers".They would venture between estates in Scotland and Ireland necessitated by politics of the times.