Griffin/Saunders Family of Knocknaboley Wicklow

Note: Transcribed from the manuscripts of the Fitzwilliam estate in the National Library of Ireland, as part of Jim Rees's research for his book, SURPLUS PEOPLE.

Fitzwilliam Tenants - Family Group ID: 508 Parish Kilcommon Year Listed: 1851 Surname Griffin Reference No. 57 Group Members: Thomas 35, Jane 29, John 6, Margaret 4, Mary 2. Townland Knocknaboley

Original Record in National Library Ireland, MS 4975, EMIGRANTS ASSISTED 1851.

Thomas' family was listed along with his neighbor John Kimmitt. The Kimmitts and Griffins had shared a 100 acre farm lease for over 70 years in Knocknaboley.

Ship Glenlyon Departure New Ross, Co Wexford, Ireland. April 15, 1851 Arrival Quebec. May 30, 1851 Holding Chest/Graves in side column.

The GLENLYON, a ship of 909 tons, was built in Saint John New Brunswick, by Hugh Irvine and his brothers (?). She was launched in August 1841, and registered in November 1841, at first by R.D. Wilmot, and later in the month by Stephen and AugustusWiggins. Sold by the latter firm to London owners. Samuel Robert Graves registered the GLENLYON in Liverpool in 1851, but the next year re-registered her in Ross [Scotland] for other members of the Graves family. She was abandoned in a sinking state in January 1861, on a voyage from Savannah to Liverpool.