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\nThe following notice of the “Poor Palatines” occurs in the Memoirs of \nThomas, Marquis of Wharton, by Sir E. Steele, p. 66: \n<\/p>\n\n\n
“In this year (1709) the Poor Palatines came into England, and my \nLord Wharton, whose wisdom was too extensive to be confined to the \nnarrow views of an ignorant selfish faction, procured the Privy \nCouncil of Ireland to join with him in an humble address to Her \nMajesty, that as many of the poor Palatines as Her Majesty should \nthink fit, might be settled in that kingdom; where they should be \nvery kindly received, and advantageously settled.”<\/blockquote>\n\n\nOther notices of the Palatines will be found in the “Annals of \nQueen Anne”, 1709, 8vo, pp.166-168 ; in Boyer’s “Political State of \nGreat Britain”, Vol. I, pp.133, 276-280; Ferrar’s “History of \nLimerick”, pp.409-412, edition 1787; Mr. and Mrs. Hall’s “Ireland”,\nVol. I., p.353, 355, 372 ; Lord Dunraven’s “Memorials of Adare; \nLenihan’s History of Limerick”; Fitzgerald and McGregor’s “History \nof Ireland; “Irish Lords’ Journal”, Vol.11., p.312; “History of Queen \nAnne”, Vols. I. and II. In Marsh’s Library, Dublin, there is a \nManuscript, classed V, 3. i. 27, which contains documents relative to \nthe Palatines, and lists of their families; and in the Treasury there \nis, according to “Notes and Queries”, a bundle of papers which \ncontains particulars of the numbers, arrivals, and expenses of the \nPalatines. In June, 1709, there were 6,600 of them in London: those \nof them who were lodged in barns were to be removed at Midsummer. The \nQueen had ordered them a thousand tents, but there was no place to \npitch them.<\/p> \n\n
According to the “Irish Evangelist”, Vol. I., No. 9, June, 186O, \nthe following is a short history of the Palatines:<\/p> \n\n
“In the year 17O9, seven thousand Protestant Lutherans were driven \nfrom their homes in the Palatinate, by the French, under Louis XIV. \nOn hearing the intelligence, Queen Anne sent ships for them, and \nconveyed them to England. Grants were given by the Crown to permit of \ntheir settling in these countries; but about half of the number \nproceeded to North America. Probably a few families stayed in England; \nand the rest came to Ireland, and were chiefly located on the \nSouthwell property, near Rathkeale, county Limerick. Each man, \nwoman, and child was allowed eight acres of land, for which was to be \npaid five shillings an acre, yearly, for ever. \nThe Government agreed to pay their rent for twenty years, in order to \nencourage the Protestant interest in Ireland, and make them all \nfreeholders. They supplied every man with a good musket (called a \nQueen Anne piece) to protect himself and his family. They were \nembodied in the free yeomanry of the country, and were styled True \nBlues, or German Fusiliers; and were commanded by one Captain Brown.” \n<\/blockquote> \n\nSome of the Palatines settled in the Co. Carlow, some in the Queen’s \nCounty, some in the county Tipperary, some in the county Wexford, \nsome in the county Kerry, some in the county Limerick, etc. In Carlow \nthere is a hamlet named “Palatinetown”; so called, no doubt, from a \nsettlement of those refugees in that neighbourhood, under the \nauspices of Mr. Burton, of Burton Hall, at the commencement of the \n18th century; but, with the exception of those of Keppel, Hanbridge, \nand a few others, families of the Palatine race have disappeared \nfrom that neighbourhood. Mr. Dogue, of Wells, of that period, was \nalso a patron of the Palatines; many of whom settled on his estate in \nthe county Wexford. In the county Limerick some of them settled at \nCastle Oliver, near Kilfinnan, southwest of Knocklong, and others \nof them in Ballyorgan, in the barony of Coshlea; but it would appear \nthat the Palatines were introduced upon the Adare property, about \nA.D. 1777-8. <\/p>\n
The following list contains names of the Palatine families that \nsettled in Ireland; those marked with * are borne by tenants on the \nAdare estate: <\/p>\n
\nBaker Gruer Ruckee *\nBarkman * Heek Switzer *\nBarrowbier Hoffman Sparling *\nBenner Hifle * Stark * \nBethel Heavener * St. John * \nBowen Glozier (probably now St. Ledger\nBowman Leguer) Straugh \nBovinger (now Bob- Lawrence Sleeper \nanizer) Lowes Shoemaker \nBrethower Ledwick Shier * \nCole Long Sweltzer \nCoach Millar * Shoultare * \nCorneil * Mich Shunewire \nCronsherry Modler Tesley (now Tesky)\nDobe Neizer Tettler \nDulmage * Piper * Ursburlbaugh \nEmbury Rhineheart Williams \nFiggle * Rose Young \nGrunse Rodenbucher \n<\/pre>\n\nIn the MS. V.3.1.27, deposited in the (Marsh’s) Public Library of\nSt. Patrick’s, Dublin, is mentioned:
\n
- Petition of Daniel Hintze to Archbishop of Dublin, praying to \nbe excused from attending at a meeting of “the Commissioners for the \nPalatines.” \n
- “An Account of what is due to the several Gentlemen for \nPalatine Familys settled under them to compleat their allowances to \nthe 29th September, 1723.” \n In this Account, but few Palatine names are mentioned, twenty-six \nfamilies are mentioned, but no names are given for them. The names \nactually given are:
\n Ann, Eliz., and Margaret Beckerren, three Palatine Orphans.
\n Margaret Filme, a Palatine.
\n Susanna Naysor, a Palatine.
\n Mary Hardwick, with her husband, to be allowed as a Palatine \n family.
\n Hans and Jacob Writer, as heads of two families.
\n Michael Miller, a Palatine. “His charges home to Creagh near \n Limerick.”
\n The sum total of this Account is given as £ 256 7s. 11-1\/2d.
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