John ‘Jack Roe’ Sprouleof Curraghamulkin is the name that Jack Elder put on his tree for this man. He was the son of Joseph Sproule of Curraghamulkin, who was the 5th son of Cornet Andrew Spreull.
How do we know this?
Well, we have a deed
dated March 10 1719 in which Cornet Andrew Spreull acquires large pieces of
land in Dromore, County Tyrone, and also in Curraghamulkin. This deed also
tells us that Cornet Andrew has 6 sons, and that the 5th son is
Joseph.
On Nov 10 1731, a deed
confirms that the Curraghamulkin land is now owned by son Joseph Sproule. We do
not know if Cornet Andrew is now dead, and that is why his sons are acquiring
the land at this time. In those days it was the custom for a land owner to
retire, and to hand the land over to his heirs. So Cornet Andrew might be dead
in 1731, or he might not.
We do know at this
point that Joseph has the Curraghamulkin land, over 700 acres, and that his son
John Sproule went on to inherit this.
The name of this man is interesting – John ‘Jack Roe’ Sproule of Curraghamulkin, as Elder tells us. That is not the name that I found in the deeds.
More on this later.
Part 2 - John ‘Jack Roe’ Sproule of Curraghamulkin, Pieces of the Jigsaw
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