Peter Robinson Settlers from Ireland to Canada in 1823
on the Ships Stakesby and Hebe
Surnames A to G
Painting by Ruth McMillan in 1976
Shows the Head of the Rideau Canal Locks in Ottawa, Canada in 1893
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In 1823, Peter Robinson brought almost 500 settlers from Ireland to an area just west of Ottawa,
Canada. They came on two ships, the Hebe and the Stakesby. There are many thousands of their
descendants in Ottawa and the Ottawa Valley today.
Here is a table showing the distribution of these 1823 settlers among our local townships:
The following photo shows the port of the City of Cork (the Cove of Cork).
This is where the Peter Robinson Settlers boarded ship for Quebec City.
Two years later, in 1825, Robinson brought more settlers but this time to the Peterborough
area of Ontario.
December 21, 2011:
This winter, I'll be researching this large group settlement program. Here are the main books
and articles relating to the Peter Robinson Settlers:
Peter Robinson's Settlers, by Carol Bennett, Juniper Books, 1987, ISBN 0-919137-16-4
Once Upon a Country Lane - A Tribute to a Gaelic Community, by Garfield Ogilvie,
ISBN 09695864-0-X, 1992, Publisher: House of Airlie, Ottawa, Canada. Almost 400 pages,
this book includes many old photographs of family members of the original settlers and
their log and stone homes.
St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church Cemetery & Lists of Peter Robinson Settlers,
transcribed by the Ottawa Branch Ontario Genealogical Society, Publication 81-4
Selecting Peter Robinson's Irish Emigrants, by Wendy Cameron, in Histoire Sociale /
Social History, Volume IX, no. 17 (May 1976): 29-46
Who Killed the Franks Family: Agrarian Violence in Pre-famine Cork, by Denis A.
Cronin, Maynooth Studies in Local History, #83, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2009,
ISBN 978-I-84682-190-5
"Peter Robinson's Settlers in Peterborough", by Wendy Cameron, in The Untold Story:
The Irish in Canada, edited by Robert O'Driscoll and Lorna Reynolds, Celtic Arts of
Canada: Toronto, 1988, pages 343-353
Old World Colony: Cork and South Munster, 1630-1830, Dr. David Dickson, Published
by Cork University Press, Ireland, 2005, ISBN 10: 1859184030 / ISBN 13: 9781859184035.
Here are two maps of Northern County Cork, showing the main recruitment area for the
1823 Peter Robinson Settlers:
Map Source: Who Killed the Franks Family Map Source: Extracted from a Road Map of Ireland in 1998
page 8 Published by the Michelin Company
And here is some historical information regarding the names of some of the towns / villages
from where in County Cork many of thesepioneer families originated. As we can see, the
Normans who came to South Munster (from Normandy, France), to Ireland in the 13th Century had
a major influence on geographical names in the area. I'll be adding more info to this section
of this web page in the future. ... Al
Source for the following text is page 137 of Once Upon a Country Lane - A Tribute to
a Gaelic Community, by Garfield Ogilvie.
St. Michael's, Corkery, in 2010 Photo Source: 100th Anniversary of St. Michael's Church, 1824-1924
Photo by Al Lewis, October 12, 2010 By Dr. J.F. Dunn, Almonte, Ontario, Inside Cover
March 4, 2020:
This next publication is by the Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. It is a transcript of
the burials at St. Michael's RC Church at Huntley Township and a list of the Peter Robinson Settlers
who were granted land in Huntley Township in 1823.
Conditions Applying to Peter Robinson Settlers, Bathurst, 1823
Source: OBOGS Publication Number 81-4 (above)
Passengers on the Hebe and Stakesby, 1823
Surnames A to G
| Abbot, Jeremiah, 25 | Stakesby | Rathcormac, Cork | |
| Ahern, John 28 | Stakesby | Castletownroche, Cork | AHEARN |
| Allen, James, RC | Hebe | Clogheen, Tipperary | to Ramsay then to Huntley |
| Armstrong, Robert (Protestant) | Hebe | Kilfinane,
Limerick | |
| Barry, David | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork |
| Barry, Edmond, 26 | Stakesby | Castletownroche,
Cork | |
| Barry, Edmond, 41, RC | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork | |
| Barry, James | Hebe | Castlelyons, Cork | Alias
Patrick Mealey / Maley |
| Barry, John, 32, RC | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork | |
| Barry, John, RC | Hebe | Buttevant, Cork | |
| Barry, William | Hebe | Churchtown, Cork | |
| Benson, John
(Protestant) | Stakesby | Charlesville, Cork | |
| Boyle, Henry, 20, Anglican | Stakesby | Bandon,
Cork | ML# 314 |
| Boyle, Thomas, 32,
Anglican | Stakesby | Ballymoden, Cork | |
| Bresnahan, Daniel | Hebe | Liscarrol, Cork | |
| Brown, James (RC) | Stakesby | Lismore,
Waterford | Went to U.S.A. |
| Brown, William, 16 (RC) | Stakesby | Lismore,
Waterford | brother of James, above |
| Buckley, Cornelius | Hebe | Liscarrol, Cork | |
| Buckley, Daniel (RC) | Hebe | Churchtown, Cork | |
| Buckley, Edmond, 45 | Stakesby | Kanturk, Cork | |
| Buckley, James | Hebe | Churchtown, Cork | Shoemaker |
| Buckley, John | Hebe | Croom, Limerick | |
| Buckley, Maurice, 35 | Stakesby | Fermoy, Cork | |
| Buckley, Patrick (RC) | Hebe | Churchtown, Cork | |
| Buckley, Timothy (RC) | Hebe | Churchtown, Cork | |
| Burns(Byrnes), George, 25 | Resolution
(1825) | Brigown, Cork | Peterborough 1825 |
| Cahill, Bartholemew | Stakesby | Fermoy, Cork | |
| Callaghan, Denis, RC, 22 | Hebe | Kilmagowan,
Cork | |
| Callaghan, Timothy | Hebe | Kilmagowan, Cork | |
| Callaghan, William (RC) | Hebe | Kanturk, Cork | |
| Carey, John | Hebe | | |
| Casey, Margaret, 18 | Stakesby | | |
| Coghlan, Jeremiah, 22 | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork | |
| Coghlan, John | Stakesby | Bandon, Cork | |
| Coghlan, Timothy | Hebe | Doneraile, Cork | |
| Colbert, John | Hebe | Clogheen, Tipperary | |
| Collins, Cornelius, 43
(RC) | Stakesby | Glanmile, Cork | |
| Collins, Richard (RC) | Hebe | Kanturk, Cork | |
| Condon, Richard | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork | |
| Connor, Hugh | Hebe | | |
| Connery, Michael, 18 | Stakesby | Doneraile, Cork | |
| Corbett, Katherine, 20 | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork | |
| Corkery, Michael, 39
(RC) | Stakesby | Carrigrohan, Cork | |
| Cotter, Thomas, 25 | Stakesby | Fermoy, Cork | |
| Cronin, Jeremiah, (RC) | Hebe | Buttevant, Cork | |
| Cronin, Michael (RC) | Hebe | Mitchelstown, Cork | |
| Courtney, Timothy | Hebe | Buttevant, Cork | |
| Crotty, Michael, 21 | Hebe | Lismore, Waterford | |
| Cunningham, Roger, 38 (RC) | Hebe | Fermoy, Cork | |
| Curran, John | Stakesby | Lismore, Waterford | |
| Cusack, Anniver, 29 | Stakesby | Charleville,
Cork | CUSICK |
| Dahill(Cahill?), Patrick | Hebe | Newmarket, Cork | |
| Daley, Denis | ? | ? | |
| Deleury, John, 24 | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork | |
| Dohorthy, Joanna | Hebe | Newcastle, Limerick | DOHERTY |
| Dohorthy, John | Hebe | Churchtown, Cork | DOHERTY |
| Donaghue, Patrick, 44 | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork | |
| Donaghue, Patrick | Hebe | Newcastle, Limerick | |
| Donoghue, Jeffrey | Hebe | Ballyghiblin, Cork | Ballygiblin Farm |
| Donovan, Cornelius | Hebe | Fermoy, Cork | ML# 520 |
| Donovan, Michael | Hebe | Buttevant, Cork | |
| Dooling, David | Hebe | Charleville, Cork | |
| Dooley, George | Hebe | Innis, County Clare | |
| Drake, William | friend of Garrett Nagle | Old Castle Town, Cork | ML# 334 |
| Duggan, Jeremiah | Stakesby | Watersgrasshill,
Cork | |
| Dulmage, Garret | Hebe | Croom, Limerick | Palatine |
| Evans, John | Hebe | Croom, Limerick | |
| Field, Patrick, 22, RC | Stakesby | Mallow, Cork | |
| Finn, John, RC | Hebe | Ballyghiblin,
Cork | Goulbourn Twp |
| Fitzgerald, Margaret 22 | Stakesby | Rathcormac,
Cork | |
| Fitzgerald, Patrick | Hebe | Charleville,
Cork | Beckwith |
| Fitzgerald, William, RC | Hebe | Kilworth,
Cork | Huntley |
| Flaherty, Jeremiah, 24 | Stakesby | Lismore,
Waterford | |
| Flynn, James, 31, RC | Stakesby | Liscarrol,
Cork | Ramsay |
| Foley, Patrick, 40 | Hebe | Castelyons,
Cork | Ramsay |
| Forrest, Richard, RC | Hebe | Newmarket,
Cork | Huntley |
| Fox, James | | Liscarroll, |
to Peterboro area |
| French, John, 24, RC | Stakesby | Mallow,
Cork | Ramsay |
| Gahagan, John, RC | Stakesby | Rathkeale,
Limerick | Huntley (Geoghagan) |
| Galvin, Denis, 19 | Stakesby | Mallow,
Cork | Huntley |
| Gainey, John | Hebe | Fermoy, Cork | |
| Gold / Gould, Daniel | Hebe | Charleville,
Cork | |
| Green, Bustard, RC | Stakesby | Castletownroche,
Cork | Pakenham |
| Green, George, 20 | Stakesby | Castletownroche,
Cork | Pakenham |
| Green, John 32 | Stakesby | Castletownroche, Cork | |
| Green, John, 23, RC | Stakesby | Castletownroche,
Cork | |
| Green, William, RC | Stakesby | Castletownroche,
Cork | |
| Gregg, Michael, 23 | Stakesby | Conna, Cork | |
| Gregg, William, 34 | Stakesby | Conna, Cork | |
| Gubbins, William | Stakesby | Castletownroche, Cork,
Cork | GIBBONS ? |
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