Brief Life History of Hugh
When Hugh Rainey was born about 1640, in County Antrim, Ireland, his father, John George Rainey, was 41 and his mother, Jane Eccles, was 22. He married Elizabeth about 1670, in Magherafelt, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died in 1708, at the age of 69.
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1641
Great Catholic-Gaelic rebellion for return of lands, later joined by Old English Catholics in Ireland. Under leadership of Irish chieftain, Rory O'More, conspiracy was formed to seize Dublin and expel the English. English settlers were driven out of Ulster. Catholics hold 59% of land in Ireland.
1649
The Protestant Lord Protector of England, Oliver Cromwell, landed at Dublin. His troops killed 2,000 men. A great part of lands in Munster, Leinster and Ulster (Drogheda and Wexford) was confiscated and divided among the English soldiers.
1672
Over 6,000 Irish boys and women sold as slaves since England gained control of Jamaica.
Name Meaning
Irish (Antrim and Down) and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ráighne, from a personal name derived from the Old Norse name Rǫgnvaldr, itself from ragn- ‘god, divine power’ + vald ‘power, rule’ (see Ronald , Reynold ). In Ireland the name became Mac Raighne, Ó Raighne, with modern forms Rainey, Raney, Reaney, Reanney, Reanny, Reany, Reinny, Rennie, Reyney, Ryney.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Regny (Loire, France) common in the 12th and 13th centuries.
English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Rayn(e)y, Renie, a pet form of Reynold .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Hugh Rainey was born in or around 1644 and became, (in the words of ‘A History of Magherafelt’, published in 1916), “one of the residents of the town during the latter part of the seventeenth century …
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