From Mary Huntington


Thank you! Thank you!  This has been very aggravating. The American parents clearly are not the right family!  

Telford is indeed a Scottish surname, and I am interested in finding the Scots-Irish connection (or cross over from Scotland).   Historically, it makes sense because the family according to all that I have read were never Catholic--a real indication that they came originally from England or Scotland.  The fact that they owned land also suggests that heritage, as well as the Armagh region.  The English were granting tracks of land to those who helped in the Irish wars.  So since the Telfords don't appear to be nobility, it is a possibility the land reward was a result of military service if not a purchase.  The records in this area of Ireland are a particular mess because of the civil wars--so much was destroyed.

As a side note, one history noted that the Telfords were weavers--which was a home based, nicely middle class occupation and well-respected.  However, the invention of the cotton gin shifted weaving to cotton rather than linen and moved the industry to the Manchester region of England.  This would also explain the reason why the family left Ireland at the time it did--fortunately, before the potato famine.  This is broad history by the way, so not specific to our lineage.
On Sep 3, 2018, at 11:01 AM, Mary Huntington <mary2h@yahoo.com> wrote:


I am a descendant of John Dodds Telford through his daughter Lizzie (Elizabeth) Telford.  That home is still standing in Lewiston, Cache County, Utah.  John and Lizzie had 9 children who survived to adults; my grandfather being the youngest.  My father said he learned the gospel from his grandmother Telford's knees.

Mary Huntington

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