The Hearth Money Rolls of 1665 gives us a fairly good picture of the Sproules present in Ulster at that time. The Hearth Money Rolls was a tax raised to compensate those cavaliers who had lost their estates fighting for Charles I in the Civil War. It was levied at two shillings per year for each fireplace in the household. The names gathered on this tax gives us a fairly good record, therefore, of households in Ulster.
There were 7 or 8 original Sproule families who settled in different parts of Ulster in the early 1600s.
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Sproules in the Ulster Hearth Money Rolls of 1665
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Location of the Sproule Family Groups in Ulster 1665
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The Hearth Roll List was compiled from:
- Bill Macafee, Family and Local History Website
- Donegal Genealogy Resources
- Tyrone Genealogical Research
