Robert (Lower Feddyglass) Lowry

• Death Notes
  • He died abt 1823 in either Raphoe or Feddyglass?

• General Notes
  • LAND RECORDS
    
    Nov 1789 21 Yr Lease: Lower Phedyglass is shared between brothers Robert and Alexander Lowry.  Alex pays £19/10 and Robert pays £24/10/0 annual rent paid / Alex also pays for Limestone in Upper sooley wood
    
    Abercorn Rent Book: 1794-1810: Robert Lowry paid thru Sept 1810 £12.5 semi annually
    
    Abercorn Rent Book:  1810-1833: Robert Lowry until Nov 1823-deleted to Jos McCrea
    
    1806 Survey Map: #6. Robert Lowry -  40.2.0 acres
    
    LETTER
    Robert  is stated as being an innkeeper in Raphoe who has not been on the estate for several years according to an 1817 letter from John James Burgoyne to Abercorn. He reports Robert fears his mother has not been exempted enough from rent.  The letter states:
    
    " I find that Robert Lowry applied on 25th July 1811 claiming a right to the farm in Phed[d]yglass but the farm being
    then in lease, your Lordship could not hear his claim. The farm was set for only 7 years and the lease expired at November last (1816).  I have had the parties in, and enquired into the facts. Alexander Lowry brother to Robert died
    leaving a widow and two children. Andrew Lowry married the widow about 6 years ago. One child was then living which is since dead. The widow has had two sons and a daughter by her second marriage.Andrew Lowry on his marriage removed to Phed[d]yglass and sold the half of 'Drumcroe' to his son John who had the other half of it.I enclose Robert's affidavit. He says his mother's
    freedom has been very ill paid, and on calling on John to restore the article he says he destroyed it. Robert is an innkeeper in Raphoe and Andrew who is married to the widow has always been a punctual tenant. I therefore
    think if your Lordship allowed the widow's freedom to be made good to her, with a compensation for the deficiency of former years, it would be as much as her family could claim, as Robert has lived so long off the estate.
    
    Is this the same Robert in the Land records?