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| Thomas Hagan is mentioned inWilliam Boarman's will. He was deeded the estate "Lanterman". William Boarman (son of Major William) was a witness to the will of Thomas Hagan/Hagoe (14:213) who mentions land he bought from Major William Boarman and his son. A deed recorded between 1734 and 1743 shows John Baptist Boarman conveying the remainder of "Lanterman" to Robert Edelen, carpenter, for 30 pounds sterling and 500 pounds tobacco. -Donnelly, "Major Wm. Boarman" "There is a lot of bad info on Thomas Hagan out there. So far, I have seen three different women attributed as being Mary, his wife [one of which is Mary Mudd, but would place as contemporary of Thomas Mudd immigrant or daughter, per "Candace M. Wagner" <wagner182@worldnet.att.net> who cited Nancy Leake Flack <nanflack@metro.net>]. I have been working the line for about 15 years now, and I have never seen one bit of credible evidence as to who Mary was. There is also info out there that Thomas was from County Clare. I think this was a very early misconception due to the fact that Thomas had a piece of property that he named Clare. The best guess is that Thomas was from County Tyrone in the area around Cookstown. There is a small (so small its not even marked in any way) townland about 5 miles from Cookstown called Clare. About 2 miles away is another townland called Carrickmore. Thomas also had a piece of property called Carrick measure. Both of these townlands are within 3 or 4 miles of Tullahouge. Tullahouge is the site of an ancient ring fort that now sits in the middle of a farmers field and is preserved as a historic site. At the site is a historical marker which states that Tullahouge was the ancient home of the O'Hagan family in the eleventh century. Mind you, this too is just a guess, but there were almost no Hagans in County Clare in the 1600's Thomas came into Maryland in 1662 as the indentured servant of John Meeks, a doctor from London. They came by way of Barbados. The two year indenture which survives on Thomas Hagan was declared void because it was illegal for a master to covenant with his servant for any additional service. In those days most indentures were for a period of 7 years. If this is true, Thomas' indenture would have started around 1755 or when he was 10 years old." Jessie Hagan <jessieh@adept.net> 10-6-98 "Now for some Irish history. Around 1740 - 1745, Cromwell came to Irland to put down yet another ebellion by the Irish. It seems that there was a rebellion every 20 to 40 years in Ireland. After defeating the Irish, Cromwell was determined not to have to repeat the war in another 20 years when the younger Irish grew up. Immediately after the war and for the next few years Cromwell and the British rounded up the children of the trouble makers and shipped them off as indentures servants so that they would not be able to lead a new rebellion. Since the Hagan's were very closely allied with the O'Niell clan and Hugh O'Neill who had led the rebellion, it is probable that this could be what happened to Thomas Hagan. This is signified by the Bloody Red Hand (of Hugh O'Niell) that appears on the O'Hagan and many other coat of arms." Id. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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