ASL Chit Chat thread - Weir/Nugent

[Michael Dorosh]

Meta query about origins of Weir and Nugent.

 

[Paul M. Weir]

Sorry, no relation.

Weir is a (lowland?) Scottish surname. Not too many Weirs in Ireland. The surname came with an Elizabeth Weir who emigrated to Ireland and either shacked up with or secretly married a Lewellyn (sp?) Nugent, the inheritor of a Anglo-Norman estate in Ireland. That was sometime around the English Civil War period. He officially never married. However due to the then anti-catholic Penal Laws if you married a catholic you lost your property. His brother inherited the estate on his death but the Weir branch were made permanent tenants until the 19th Century Land Wars when they gained ownership.

 

[von Marwitz]

Sorry, no relation.

Weir is a (lowland?) Scottish surname. Not too many Weirs in Ireland. The surname came with an Elizabeth Weir who emigrated to Ireland and either shacked up with or secretly married a Lewellyn (sp?) Nugent, the inheritor of a Anglo-Norman estate in Ireland. That was sometime around the English Civil War period. He officially never married. However due to the then anti-catholic Penal Laws if you married a catholic you lost your property. His brother inherited the estate on his death but the Weir branch were made permanent tenants until the 19th Century Land Wars when they gained ownership.

This could be called a weird story...

von Marwitz

 

[Gordon]

Any relation?

 

[Paul M. Weir]

If there is any link it would go back to the ECW or before, the Weir branch having separated roughly by then. Nugent was a moderately common Irish midlands Anglo-Norman name, a William Nugent was made Lord Lieutenant of County Longford by James II, but died in battle in 1690. A quick wiki search revealed more noted Nugents in North America than anywhere with only a handful in Britain and Australia.

Thankfully some 300+ years likely separate me from Ted.

 

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