Joseph Cunningham

3. JOSEPH3 CUNNINGHAM (JOHN2, ALEXANDER1) was born 1568 in Ireland, and died 1637 in Ireland. He married NANCY BLESSINGTON 1605 in Ireland. She was born 1570 in Ireland.

Child of JOSEPH CUNNINGHAM and NANCY BLESSINGTON is:

• 4. i. DAVID4 CUNNINGHAM, b. 1607, Ireland; d. 1691, Ireland.

References

Millennium File about Joseph Cunningham

• Name: Joseph Cunningham
• Spouse: , Nancy Blessington
• Birth Date: 1568
• Birth Country: Ireland
• Death Date: 1637
• Death State: Ire
• Death Country: Ireland
• Parents: John Cunningham, Sarah Wallace
• Children: David Cunningham
• David Cunningham
• Other Information: Notes

Notes

Pockets of Chaos - Cunningham Connection This entry was posted on February 22, 2015

During the 17th century the Cunninghams left Scotland to become part of The Plantation of Ulster. This was an effort by English kings to control the ‘Irish problem’ by stealing lands from the Irish Catholics and giving or selling the lands to Scottish Presbyterians and some English Anglicans. The English thought that the Scots and Irish would intermarry—which they did—and the Protestant Scots would keep the Irish Catholics docile to their overlords. It didn’t work, but it did lead to the evolution of the bravest and strongest fighting men and women, the Scots-Irish, many of whom would go to the New World, fight a revolution, and create a democratic republic. ...
4.Hugh B. Cunningham was the son of 5a.Mary Rebeka Burns (1668-1749) and 5.Alexander Cunningham (b. 1653 or 1663 in Dublin, Ireland or Scotland; d. 1749 or 1747 in Ireland; married 1701 in Leinster, Ireland). Alexander was the son of 6a.Rachel Bruce (1611-1651) and 6.David Cunningham (b. 1607 in Scotland; d. 1691 in Ireland; married 1651 in Leinster, Dublin, Ireland). David and his family were evidently sent to Ireland to settle in the Ulster Plantation scheme of King James I of England (James VI of Scotland). His parents were 7a.Nancy Mary Blessington (1570-1640) and 7.Joseph Cunningham (b. 1568 in Scotland; d. 1637 in Scotland or Ireland; married 1605 in Leinster, Dublin, Ireland). Joseph’s parents were 8a.Sarah Wallace (1531-1631) and 8.John Cunningham (b. 1520 in Scotland; d. 1602 in Ireland; married in 1566 in Leinster). John was the son of 9a.Mary Robinson (1503-1528) and 9.Alexander Cunningham (b. 1498 in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland; d. 1579 in Ireland or Scotland; married 1528 in Leinster).So, my 9th great grandfather connects our family to Kilmaurs, Ayrshire and the estates of the Earls of Glencairn, the traditional holdings of the Cunningham family. More later.