Re: There be Barfoots in Ireland ?
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There be Barfoots in Ireland ?
Ian Barfoot 4/22/06
Ian
Sorry it took so long to respond but I've been hoisting a few bitters ;)
Barfoot is based on the Norwegian surname Barfod and appears also in listings as Barefoot (which is what Barfod means, I think)Anyhow, John Barefoot-Elizabeth Grozet from county Derry had son James Barefoot who married Jane Purvis
and left Derry/Ulster for America in 1820. Their daughter Mary Ann Barefoot married James Rowland Cameron. Her brother, Benjamin Taylor Barefoot and his offspring recorded themselves as Barfoot.
Norwegians in Northern Ireland? Sure, as my other relatives were Camerons and Wallaces (Scots) They and the Barfoots/Barefoots/Barfods were awarded "Crown Lands" for helping King William as mercenaries in the Battle of the Boyne. A Book of "Wallace/Bruce&Related Families" documents it. The head of the clan genealogy contained is James Wallace, who had a leasehold from Lord Castle Stewart about 2 miles north of Cookstown. He married Mary Barefoot and he is buried in the Presbyterian graveyard in Cookstown (perhaps she as well).
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