At the suggestion of Merski I am starting a subject on the Sligo Kneeland's with the hope that some new information will come to light.
Andrew b Sligo 1791 d Worcester 26 March 1866 and Catherine McCarrick Kneeland b 1798 and d 1876 both are buried in St. Johns cemetery. They have a large monument in St. Johns cemetery that has the words fading fast. I plan to upload photos soon. They immigrated from Sligo to Worcester by way of St. Johns N to Boston in 1839, I believe. Andrew and Catherine had several children who were also born in Sligo and immigrated to Worcester. My great grandfather was John A Kneeland b Sligo 1827 and d Worcester Dec 6 1897, my great grandmother was Elizabeth Burns b 12 May 1836 Clony Curry Ireland and d Worcester 12 July 1889. I have noticed other Kneeland's from Sligo who immigrated to Worcester but have not been able to make any connections, although I suspect that Andrew may have had siblings, thus possibly the reason for immigrating specifically to Worcester besides the similarities such as St. Johns church, the town names like Leicester and of course work in the woolen mills. Andrew's parents were John Kneeland and Mary. I don't have any immigration information on them so i guess they died in Ireland. What I have recently discovered is the name of Linghill Sligo Ireland as a birth location for Andrew on naturalization records i have not yet seen. I tried finding it on the map without any luck. The Kneeland's have 6 generations living in the Worcester area. I recently met on line two different 2nd cousins related to Andrew. This was very satisfying to say the least. There are Kneeland's from Boston who came over in the 1600's that are unrelated as far as I can tell. If anyone has any Worcester Kneeland relatives this would be the place to unload your information. I am also very interested in information written by O'Flynn about Andrew.
