The McMORRANs of Ireland
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Two Irish McMorrans emigrated to Victoria, Australia (see family 9 below and also The McMORRANs in AUSTRALIA) and at least two families established themselves in Ontario province in Canada during the 19th century (see family 2 and family 4 below) and others went to Michigan, USA (see family 7 below) and Iowa, USA via Illnois (see family 8 below).

1. JOHN McMORRAN b. 1737, m. JANE Unknown, b. 1740, d. OCT 1808.  JOHN died 13 MAY 1834.
It is unknown if John was born in Ireland or Scotland.  If the latter then he may be the son of Robert McMorran and Jean Fulton of Douglas, Lanarkshire.
    Children:
    2. i JOHN McMORRAN.
    3. ii ROBERT McMORRAN b. 1779.
    4. iii ANNE McMORRAN.
      iv ELIZABETH McMORRAN m. Unknown HILL.
    5. v AGNES McMORRAN.
      vi JAMES McMORRAN.

Second Generation

2. JOHN McMORRAN m. MARGARET Unknown.  JOHN died 20 JAN 1802.
    Children:
      i JAMES McMORRAN b. 1800.
      ii SARAH JANE McMORRAN b. 27 JAN 1802.

3. ROBERT McMORRAN b. 1779, m. 17 AUG 1804, in Newry, Ireland, ELIZABETH SCOTT, d. 11 JUL 1850.  ROBERT died 26 OCT 1844.
    Children:
      i MARY McMORRAN b. 28 MAY 1805, d. 7 DEC 1816, Newry, Ireland.
    6. ii JOHN McMORRAN b. 13 FEB 1807.
      iii SARAH JANE McMORRAN b. 10 MAR 1809, m. PARKER McWATTY, b. 10 MAR 1809, d. 15 JUN 1871.  SARAH died 15 JUN 1871.
      iv MARGARET McMORRAN b. 13 SEP 1811, d. 2 JUL 1895.
    7. v ANNE ELIZABETH McMORRAN b. 22 MAR 1813.
      vi JOSEPH SCOTT McMORRAN b. 9 JAN 1815, d. 2 APR 1861.

4. ANNE McMORRAN m. WILLIAM WARNOCK.
    Children:
      i MARY WARNOCK.
      ii JANE WARNOCK.
      iii ANNE WARNOCK.
      iv ROBERT WARNOCK.
      v JOHN WARNOCK.
      vi JAMES WARNOCK.
      vii STEWART WARNOCK.
      viii WILLIAM WARNOCK.
      ix DAVID WARNOCK.

5. AGNES McMORRAN m. Unknown LEVIT.
    Children:
      i AGNES LEVIT.
      ii ELIZA JANE LEVIT.

Third Generation

6. JOHN McMORRAN b. 13 FEB 1807, m. 23 APR 1838, JANE SCOTT, b. 1802, d. 2 APR 1872.  JOHN died 27 AUG 1846, Canal St., Newry, Ireland.
    Children:
    8. i ROBERT McMORRAN b. 24 AUG 1841.
      ii ANDREW McMORRAN b. 4 FEB 1845, d. 13 MAR 1874.
      iii ELIZABETH McMORRAN b. 29 APR 1846, d. 20 MAY 1941.

7. ANNE ELIZABETH McMORRAN b. 22 MAR 1813, m. JOHN BRISTOW, b. 1800, d. 15 MAY 1863.
    Children:
      i ANN ELIZABETH BRISTOW.
      ii MARGARET BRISTOW.
      iii JOHN BRISTOW b. SEP 1836, d. 21 APR 1846.
      iv JOSEPH ALFRED BRISTOW b. 1849, d. 16 NOV 1859.

Fourth Generation

8. ROBERT McMORRAN b. 24 AUG 1841, Castle Blaney, Newry, Ireland, m. 12 AUG 1868, SARAH ELIZABETH MULLALY, b. 10 JUL 1847, Harristown, Co. Dublin, Ireland.  ROBERT died 2 FEB 1905.
    Children by SARAH ELIZABETH MULLALY:
      i JOHN ROBERT SCOTT McMORRAN b. 28 MAY 1869.
      ii GEORGE LEIGH McMORRAN b. 6 JUL 1870, d. 5 MAY 1923.
      iii ANDREW JAMES McMORRAN b. 5 DEC 1871, Dublin, d. 15 JUL 1919, at sea.
      iv JOSEPH SCOTT McMORRAN b. 16 MAR 1873, d. 21 JUL 1927.
    9. v ROBERT ALEXANDER COLLES McMORRAN b. 16 NOV 1874.
      vi EILEEN JANE McMORRAN b. 23 AUG 1876, Dublin, Ireland, m. 16 JUN 1904, WILLIAM THOMAS SHAW.
      vii MARGARET ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH McMORRAN b. 10 JUL 1880, Dublin, Ireland.

Fifth Generation

9. ROBERT ALEXANDER COLLES McMORRAN b. 16 NOV 1874, Contarf, Co. Dublin, Ireland, occupation Ranch manager Argentina, m. 19 AUG 1918, in San Nicolas, Argentina, CLARA CONSTANCE WOODHOUSE, b. 21 APR 1892, Santiago del Estero, Argentina, d. 22 APR 1921, La Heras, Argentina.  ROBERT died 26 JUN 1956, Southampton, England.
    Children:
      i ALEXANDER McMORRAN b. 11 ARP 1921, d. 1921, Montevideo, Uruguay.
    10. ii LIONEL ROBERT PALGRAVE McMORRAN b. 27 DEC 1919.

Sixth Generation

10. LIONEL ROBERT PALGRAVE McMORRAN b. 27 DEC 1919, Socorra, Argentina, m. 10 NOV 1951, EILEEN GLADYS CRIPPS, b. 4 UN 1928.
    Children:
      i STEPHEN CHARLES McMORRAN b. 2 JUN 1953, Hackney, London, m. 23 MAY 1987, in Hatwards Heath/Horstead Keynes, FRANCES HEAD.
      ii SUSAN McMORRAN b. 4 APR 1956, Hackney, London.

Thanks for the above family tree information to L.R.P. McMorran (#10) of West Sussex

1. MATTHEW McMORRAN b. 1770, m. SARAH McGEE.  MATTHEW died 1849.
    Children:
    2. i ALEXANDER McMORRAN b. 1825.
      ii DANIEL McMORRAN.
      iii MARGARET McMORRAN.
      iv WILLIAM McMORRAN.

Second Generation

2. ALEXANDER McMORRAN b. 1825, Magherscouse Townland, Comber, Co. Down, m. 9 JAN 1846, in Ballygown Presbyterian Church,, GRACE WALLACE, d. 18 MAY 1898, buried: Paisley, Ontario.  ALEXANDER died 18 MAY 1908, Lucknow, Ontario, buried: Paisley Cemetery, Ontario. Emigrated from Ireland to Ontario in 1848

For further details of this family see the McMORRANs of Ontario, Canada

This information was supplied by this couple's ggg-granddaughter Ann Heatherington aheath@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu

from: COUNTY DOWN, IRELAND. SOME PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES, 1848-1864. by Jim McGlinn  jimmcglinn@attglobal.net, 3/156 Blighs Road, Christchurch, New Zealand. 

1. Unknown McMORRAN
    Children:
    2. i THOMAS McMORRAN b. 1807.
    3. ii ROBERT WILLIAM McMORRAN b. 1816.

Second Generation

2. THOMAS McMORRAN b. 1807, Co. Armagh, Ireland, m. MARTHA DOUGAN.  THOMAS died 12 AUG 1887, Goodland Twp, Lapeer, MI. Emigrated from Ireland to the USA and settled in Michigan
    Children:
    4. i WILLIAM McMORRAN b. 1839.
    5. ii ISABELLA McMORRAN b. 1844.
    6. iii JOHN McMORRAN b. 1845.
    7. iv MARY McMORRAN b. 10 MAY 1853.
    8. v GEORGE McMORRAN b. 15 OCT 1859.

3. ROBERT WILLIAM McMORRAN b. 1816, m. ISABELLA KEWLEY, b. 1823, d. 1909.  ROBERT died 1855. Emigrated from Ireland to the USA and settled in Michigan
    Children:
    9. i HENRY GORDON McMORRAN b. 11 JUL 1844.

For further details of this family see the McMORRANs of Michigan, USA

1. WILLIAM McMORRAN, b. Ireland.  He married MARY ANN CLARK.  WILLIAM died 1879, Iowa. Emigrated to USA from Ireland in 1868
    Children:
      i ROBERT CLARK McMORRAN, b. Seaham Harbour, Easington, Co. Durham, Ireland.  He married ELIZA BROWNING, m. in Evans, Iowa.
      ii JOHN McMORRAN, b. 1868, d. 1918.
      iii ISABELLA McMORRAN, b. 1870, d. 1963.
    2. iv MARY ANN McMORRAN b. 1874.
      v CHRISTINA McMORRAN, b. 1879, d. 1967.

Second Generation

2. MARY ANN McMORRAN, b. 1874, Streater, Illinois.  She married ? FRY.  MARY died 1956.
    Children:
      i WILLIAM McKENLEY FRY, b. Evans, Iowa, d. 29 OCT 1990, Des Moines, Washington.

For further details of this family see the McMORRANs of Iowa, USA

Second Generation

2. ANN JANE McMORRAN bap. 18 FEB 1832, Eglish Parish, Co. Armagh, d. 1896, Cranborne, Victoria, m. 16 DEC 1853, Ballarat, Victoria, ALEXANDER McMORRAN bap. 1823, Co. Monaghan, d. 21 OCT 1911, Cranborne, VIC (son of JOHN McMORRAN and ELIZABETH McKAY). Emigrated from Ireland to the Ballarat goldfields in Victoria, Australia departing Liverpool 3 Nov 1852 aboard the "Athlone" and arriving in Melbourne 1853.

3. ELEANOR/ELINOR McMORRAN bap. OCT 1830, Eglish Parish, Co. Armagh, d. 24 JAN 1886, Ballarat, VIC, m. 23 MAR 1848, Armagh, WILLIAM TWYFORD d. 26 MAY 1874, Belfast, Ireland (son of THOMAS TWYFORD and MARTHA GIBSON). Eleanor left her husband in Ireland taking their four children with her. She followed her younger sister Jane and emigrated to the goldfields of Victoria, Australia aboard the "Commodore Perry" departing from Liverpool and arriving in Melbourne 8 Dec 1861. Elinor left her children in the care of her sister, never to see them again.

The above family is undoubtedly connected with the other McMorans/McMorrans of the Eglish region listed in the table below. Bryan Twyford bryantwyford@bigpond.com.au (who kindly supplied some of the information here and welcomes correspondence on the family) states "The McMorrans most likely came to this region of Ireland in the Ulster Plantation during the 17th century." In the early 17th century 1000 acre tracts of land were each granted around Armagh to Sir Claud Hamilton of Creichness and Henry Acheson of Gosford, Haddingtonshire whose brother Sir Archebald Acheson was Secretary of State for Scotland. Henry Acheson purchased a further 2000 acres from Sir James Douglas in 1611. Archibald built Gosford Castle in 1617 at Cloncarney on the Douglas lands which had passed to him. He married, first, Agnes Vernor of Edinburgh, and second, Margaret, daughter and heiress of the Hon. Sir John Hamilton, second son of Claud, 1st Lord Paisley. The Hearth rolls of 1669 show the McMorrans owned at least two small holdings (usually of around 30 acres) near the boundaries of the Acheson estate.