Friday, 21 August 2020

High Tarbeg, Ochiltree

Location

I believe this is known as just 'Tarbeg' or 'Mid Tarbeg' in records, and when East and West Tarbeg were amalgamated with Tarbeg, the only other farm  was Laigh Tarbeg over the road.  


The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
p334
Tarbeg (High)
Formerly known as Mid Tarbeg or just Tarbeg. 73 acres in 1861.
1619                    Ochiltree Estate -
c1790                  Ochiltree Estate - John Wallace
                            Ochiltree Estate - James Wilson (1799-1846)
1841                                  - Andrew Sloan
1851-1855          Mrs Hamilton Boswell - Andrew Sloan (1809-1886)
1861-1875          Belmont Estate - Robert Sloan (1817-1891)
1888                   Belmont Estate - James Sloan
1913-1921          Andrew Kirkwood MacCosh - William Watson (1846-1921) &
                           James Andrew Watson (1883-1954)
1921-1954          James Andrew Watson (1883-1954)
1954-2011          Hugh F. Watson (1928-2011)
2011-                  James Watson

'William Wilson, an engineer on the steamboat Fingal , was killed instantly as a result of an incident in Belfast Lough on 27 November 1830 at the age of 47. He was the son of James Wilson of High Tarbeg'.
(The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love - p46)


Valuation Rolls from 1855 to 1940 show no results.