Who is this Jonathan Jameson?

There is a Jonathan Jameson who appears in Torrens research papers here were in 1748, where he and an Alexander Torrensce (sic) did an Inventory of the late Archibald Torrence's property in Carnroe, County Londonderry. Specifically who this Jonathan Jameson was, or how he might fit in with any of the other Jam?son families in this area is unknown. It is known that many of the Jameson families in the Kilrea area of the Bann River valley were associated with the Torrence family, similarly located and it can be assumed that this Jonathan Jameson was probably too.

There are some Jam?son family researchers who believe/speculate that this Jonathan Jameson, might be the Jonathan Jameson, of Dumbough (Dunboe) parish, County Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland, mentioned in the Johne/Jonathan Jamisone 1841 will, in Londonderry, New Hampshire, USA. His father is thought to have been Edward Jamisone (b.1665), of Scotland. This is a logical and reasonable conclusion, given the time and place and because there are no other known Jonathan Jam?sons who would fit this situation, so well.

There were quite a few large Jam?son families in this area at that time, particularly the Jam?sons of Cullyramer and the Jam?sons of Kilrea. There were also quite a few Jam?sons in the Belfast area, at least one of which Y-DNA matches. In County Londonderry, there were two Jam?son families in nearby communities and these two families shared many similarities, particularly given names and ages. It was long thought these two families were somehow related. Recent Y-DNA testing of descendants from each family shows however, that this is not true. Furthermore, there were no known "Jonathan" Jamesons of this Cullyramer Jam?son family of that period, at least none yet known. Apart from only one known Torrens family connection on the Torrens research site, there does not seem to be many contemporary records suggesting any possible link with that family is far more awkward and unlikely.

The Y-DNA testing of descendants from Kilrea is a direct match with what the Y-DNA of the Jonathan Jameson of Dunboe, would be, if he or any of his possible descendants (like the Kilrea Jam?sons) were tested.

For what it's worth, there is an additional 1719/1720 document listed on the Torrence Research website here regarding a legal matter brought by a John Miller of Rashrkine, County, Antrim, against several tenants of lands in Kilrea, regarding corn crop issues, A Jonathan Jameson is listed as one of these tenants. This Jonathan Jameson is unknown and the earliest reference to any Jonathan Jameson, in Kilrea that we know of. This could be the Jonathan Jameson in Dunbroe by 1741 as described above, or it could be someone altogether seperate. We just don't know.

So far, no connection with the Jonathan in 1741 Dunboe has been substantiated with the Jam?sons in Kilrea, partly because of unknown dates and ages. A possible missing link would help things, but the life's particulars of this Dunboe Jonathan are not known, without which no one can be certain of anything. The fact that there was legal action in 1719/1720, regarding a Jonathan Jameson in Kilrea, complicates matters somewhat, given that the will of Jonathan Jamisone (d.1741 - New Hampshire) identifies his nephew Jonathan Jameson as of Dunbrough, not Kilrea. There are possible explanations for this, nevertheless, that remains and issue. It must however be noted. That the Jonathan Jameson in Dunbroe and those Jam?sons in Kilrea do have the same Y-DNA profiles. They are related somehow, just not yet known.