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202 THE MORRISONS OF CLAGGAN, IRELAND.
lived was pointed out to me in Londonderry in 1884, and I
met an inhabitant of that city of the same name who claimed
to be a descendant.
My relatives, the Morrisons of Windham and Londonderry,
N. H., together with the founders of the branch at Nottingham,
N. H., endured the horrors of the " siege," and shared
the honors of the final triumph.
At the time of the siege it is said,—" Lord Antrim's men,
the Red Shanks, coming through Limavady, every one hurried
for safety to Londonderry, among the rest, Rev. Mr.
Crooks, the then Presbyterian minister of Bally Kilby, taking
with him many of his people. Rev. Mr. Crooks was one
of the Presbyterian clergymen who officiated alternately in
the cathedral of Derry with their Episcopalian brethren.
He is buried in Walworth (Bally Kilby) old burying-ground,
beside the Hunters and Allisons of Claggan." The Allisons
were old settlers in Claggan, and intermarried with the Morrisons.
Another branch of the Allisons lived at Evish Hill, as
stated, in the immediate vicinity of Londonderry, Ireland.
Some of them emigrated to Miramichi, New Brunswick,
about 1825 to 1830, and are yet in that locality. Thomas
Morrison Allison, of Limavady, L'eland, is as before stated,
of this latter family.