FLAX GROWERS OF IRELAND, 1796 - County Down

The Flax Growers List also known as the Spinning Wheel Premium was compiled in 1796 by the Irish Linen Board. There were 60,000 individuals listed and they were given incentives for growing flax. The rewards were four spinning wheels for one acre of flax grown, 3 spinning wheels for three quarters of an acre, two spinning wheels for a half acre, one spinning wheel for a quarter acre. Those growing five acres got a loom or spinning wheels up to the value of five shillings.

Newry Newry District Births

The Flax Growers Bounty List, 1796 For Newry

The above list has many names then:-

Tennant, Mary Hannah

Gender: Female

Birth Date: 23 May 1872

Father: Thomas Pierce Tennant

Mother: Elizabeth Woodhouse,

(As yet I do not understand how a 1796 listing refers to 1872 births????????)