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Dublin Under The Georges, 1714-1830

Dublin Under the Georges
1714-1830
Constantina Maxwell


CHAPTER IV
Life of the Poor

The city of Quang-tcheu [Dublin] … is much celebrated amongst the Quang-tongese for its size and magnificence, and is supposed to contain 400,000 souls, but this cannot be; for, in that case, 200,000 of them must, of necessity, be hurdled [sic] together in extreme filth and misery, which, in such a polished and charitable age and nation, it is absurd to suppose.
JOHN WILSON CROKER, “An Intercepted Letter from J. T., Esq., Writer at Canton, to his Friend in Dublin, Ireland (1804) (a satire on Dublin society, published anonymously)

Great exertions have been made, and are daily making, by humane societies and individuals, for relieving the Poor.
SAMUEL ROSBOROUGH, “Observations on the State of the Poor of the Metropolis (Dublin, 1801)

The Rev. Thomas Campbell, an Irish clergyman who was acquainted with London, while praising the elegance of the fashionable parts of Dublin, remarked in his Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland, published in 1777, that “the bulk” of the city was “like the worst parts of St. Giles”. “I must say,” wrote Mrs. Delany earlier in the century, “the environs of Dublin are delightful, [but] the town is bad enough – narrow streets and dirty-looking houses.” And practically every other eighteenth-century visitor refers to the filth and squalor of the Dublin poor. “Poverty, disease, and wretchedness exist in every great town,” wrote Curwen, an Englishman who made a tour of Ireland shortly after the Union, “but in Dublin the misery is indescribable.” .

The population of Dublin was variously estimated during the eighteenth century. Sir William Petty put it at 58,045 in 1682. Dr. Rutty, the Quaker physician who wrote “A Natural History of County Dublin”, estimated it in 1772 at 128,570, while the ‘Post-chaise Companion’, published towards the end of the century, gives the figure as 300,000, which represented the popular view. In 1798 the Rev. James Whitelaw,(1) the charitable Rector of St. Catherine’s Church in Thomas Street, determined to investigate the matter and to carry out a census of his own. With the sanction of the Government he took a number of assistants, and together they carried out a house-to-house search. This was not an easy task, for it occupied them ten hours a day during five successive months, and took them into the lowest and dirtiest quarters of the city. “My assistants and I,” wrote Whitelaw, “undeterred by the dread of infectious diseases, undismayed by degrees of filth, stench, and darkness inconceivable by those who have not experienced them, explored, in the burning months of the summer of 1798, every room of these wretched habitations from the cellar to the garret, and an the spat ascertained their population” He put the total population of Dublin at 172,091, but considered that another 10,279 persons should be added if the soldiers in the garrison, the staff of the Castle, the inmates of various institutions, and the students of Trinity College were included. The return under the Population Act of 1814 was 175,319 which shows that Whitelaw was not very far out; it also shows that Dublin had at the time of the Union a greater population than any of the towns in England, London of course excepted. (2)

Petty had shown that the inhabitants of Dublin were “more crowded and straitened in
their housing than those of London,” and by the end of the century-judging from the
account given by Whitelaw – the congestion seems to have grown worse. This was
especially true of the districts known as the Liberties, most of which lay to the south
-west of the, river – in the oldest part of the city.

Whitelaw writes:
‘The streets [in this part of the City] are generally narrow; the houses crowded
together; the rears or back-yards of very small extent, and some without accommodation
of any kind. Of these streets, a few are the residence of the upper class of shopkeepers
or others engaged in trade; but a far greater proportion of them, with their numerous
lanes and alleys, are occupied by working manufacturers, by petty shop-keepers, the
labouring poor, and beggars, crowded together to a degree distressing to humanity. A
single apartment in one of these truly wretched habitations, rates from one to two
shillings per week, and to lighten this rent two, three, or even four families become
joint tenants. As I was usually out at very early hours on the survey I have frequently
surprised from ten to sixteen persons, of all ages and sexes, in a room not 15 feet
square, stretched on a wad of filthy straw, swarm¬ing with vermin, and without any
covering, save the wretched rags that constituted their wearing apparel. Under such
circumstances it is not extraordinary that I should have frequently found from 30 to 40
individuals in a house. An intelligent clergyman of the Church of Rome assured me that
number 6 Braithwaite Street some years since con¬tained 108 souls. These however in 1797
were reduced to 97; and at the period of this survey to 56. From a careful survey twice
taken of Plunket Street, it appeared that 32 contiguous houses contained 917 souls,
which gives an aver¬age of 287 to a house, and the entire Liberty averages from about 12
to 16 persons to each house ….

“This crowded population [Whitelaw goes on to say] wherever it obtains is almost
universally accompanied by a very serious evil – a degree of filth and stench
inconceivable except by such as have visited these scenes of wretchedness. Into the
backyard of each house, frequently not 10 feet deep, is flung from the windows of each
apartment, the ordure and other filth of its numerous inhabitants; from which it is so
seldom removed, that I have seen it nearly on a level with the windows of the first
floor; and the moisture that, after heavy rains, oozes from this heap, having frequently
no sewer to carry it off, runs into the street, by the entry leading to the staircase.
One instance out of a thousand that might be given, will be sufficient. When I attempted
in the summer of 1798 to take the population of a ruinous house in Joseph’s Lane near
Castle market, I was interrupted in my progress by an inundation of putrid blood, alive
with maggots, which had from an adjacent slaughter yard burst the back door, and filled
the hall to the depth of several inches. By the help of a plank and some stepping stones
which I procured for the purpose (for the inhabitants without any concern waded through
it) I reached the staircase. It had rained violently, and from the shattered state of
the roof a torrent of water made its way through every floor, from the garret to the
ground. The sallow looks and filth of the wretches who crowded round me indicated their
situation, though they seemed insensible to the stench, which I could scarce sustain for
a few minutes. In the garret I found the entire family of a poor working shoemaker,
seven in number, lying in a fever, without a human being to administer to their wants.
On observing that his apartment had not a door, he informed me that his landlord,
finding him not able to pay the week’s rent in consequence of his sickness, had the
preceding Saturday taken it away, in order to force him to abandon the apartment. I
counted in this style 37 persons; and com¬puted, that its humane proprietor received out
of an absolute ruin which should be taken down by the magistrate as a public nuisance, a
profit rent of above £30 per annum, which he extracted every Saturday night with
unfeeling severity. I will not disgust the reader with any further detail, and only
observe that I generally found poor room-keepers of this description, notwithstanding so
many apparent causes of wretchedness, apparently at ease, and perfectly assimilated to
their habitations. Filth and stench seemed congenial to their nature; they never made
the smallest effort to remove them; and if they could answer the calls of hunger, they
felt, or seemed to feel, nothing else as an in¬convenience ….

“In July 1798 the entire side of a house 4 storeys high, in School-House Lane, fell from
its foundation into an adjoin¬ing yard, where it destroyed an entire dairy of cows. I
ascended the remaining ruin, through the usual approach of shattered stairs, stench and
filth. The floors had all sunk on the side now unsupported, forming so many inclined
planes; and I observed with astonishment, that the inhabitants, above 30 in number, who
had escaped destruction by the circumstance of the wall falling outwards, had not
deserted their apartments. I was informed, that it had remained some months in this
situation, and that the humane landlord claimed, and actually received for it, the usual
rent …. The most dense population, as might naturally be expected, is found within the
walls of the ancient city, comprehending the parishes of St. Werburgh, St. John, St.
Michael, St. Nicholas Within, the eastern part of St. Audoen, and the Deanery of Christ
Church. This space, containing an area of nearly 45 acres English, had in 1798, 15,683
inhabitants in 1,179 houses; which gives an average of 349 souls nearly to an acre, or
13.3 to a house. There were at that period 137 houses waste. The density of population
however varies within this space; for St. Nicholas Within has only 215.5 to an acre, or
10.5 to a house; while in St. Michael’s it amounts to 439 to an acre, and almost 16 to a
house.”

To be continued

(1) The Rev. James Whitelaw, statistician and philanthropist, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1771. His most important service was his census of the City of Dublin, carried out 1798-1805. His most important work was his History of Dublin, in which he collaborated with John Warburton, Keeper of the Records in Dublin Castle. Neither lived to see the publication of this work, which was completed by Robert Walsh, at that time Curate of Finglas, Co. Dublin. Whitelaw founded several charitable institutions, the most useful of which was the Meath Charitable Loan (1808) for the benefit of unemployed members of the Coombe. He died of a malignant fever contracted from visiting his poor parishioners in 1813.

(2) The population of London, calculated from the parish registers of baptisms, was 674,350 in 1700 and 676,250 in 1750. According to the census returns of 1801 and 1811 it was 900,000 and 1,050,000 respectively. See M. D. George, London Life in the Eighteenth Century, pp. 329-30.

Baptism and Marriage Extracts, Church of Ireland, Carlow Town, 1747-1855

A few baptismal and marriage extracts from the Church of Ireland parish registers of Carlow town, Co. Carlow.
Spellings are exactly as I read them with no changes. Question marks show where I had difficulty reading a word or a name


Carlow Church of Ireland Parish Register Extracts
Baptisms : 1836-1852
Marriages : 1836-1845
Burials : 1836-1865
R.C.B. Library Ref.: P. 317.1.3

BAPTISMS:
Baptised : Nov. 11th, 1838.
Born : Oct. 12th, 1838
Name : Henry
Parents : Wm. & Elizabeth Black?burne
Abode: Carlow
Profession/Occupation father: ?Saddler

Baptised : July 31st, 1842.
Born : July 10th, 1842
Name : James Edward
Parents : James & Dorcas Porter
Abode: Carlow
Profession/Occupation father: Physician
Curate: William Brandon

Baptised : Dec 27th, 1843
Born : Sept 27th, 1843
Name : Edward Albert
Parents : Thos. James & Jane Margaret Rawson
Abode: Carlow
Profession/Occupation father: Surgeon & M.D.
Rector: J. Jameson

Baptised : July 11th, 1846.
Born : Not given
Name : Robert Nicholas
Parents : Thomas & Jane Rawson
Abode: Carlow
Profession/Occupation father: Doctor
Wm. Brandon – Private baptism, child (?very) ill

MARRIAGES:
Groom: Mansergh Lugworth Flood of Carlow Parish
Bride : Anne Catherine Moore of Carlow Parish
By Banns. 2nd May 1837
Signed : Lugworth Flood & Catherine Moore
Witnesses: Jane Emerson & Patrick Devereux

BURIALS:
# 379. John Blackburne, Carlow. Aug 22nd, 1855. 2 years. Thos. Shelland Curate.
#461. Un-named Blackburne. Carlow. 28th Jan 1860. No age given
Baptisms 1852-1864
P. 317.2.1
No Blackburne, Flood or Rawson listed.

Carlow Church of Ireland Parish Register Extracts
R.C.B. Library Ref.: P. 317.1.2

1747
Month?? 31st Baptised. Joseph son of John and Ann Bowles. Killeshin

1748
Aug 27th Married. Robert Carr and Ann Bowles, being called in Church July the 31st, Aug 7th & 14th

1756
Oct. 17th Married: Will’m Bowles to Mary Harborne. Rich’d Mills

1757
July 24th Baptised : James Bowles son to Will’m & Mary Bowles

1764
July 9th Married: Jno Bowles to Eliz. McGrath with Lycence

1772
April 12th Marr’d: Joseph Bowels and Ann Tunstead with Lycence

1774
June 20th Bapt’d : Robt. Son to Wm. And Sarah Bowles

1775
Mary 21st Bapt’d: Jane Daughter to Jno and Mary Bowls (sic)

1808
Feb 27th Married / By Mr. D. / Joseph Bowles to Jane Feltus, both of this parish, by Licence
1810
May. Omitted, about 7th. Bapt : Eliza Daughter of Joseph and Jane Bowles

1811
June 16th. Marr’d: James Bale and Mary Budds
Sept 9th. Bapt’d: John son of Joseph and Elizabeth Bowles

1812
Jan 26th Bapt’d: Margt. Daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Bowles
Aug 31st. Mar’d: John Graham and Lucinda Bowles

p. 122
1821
May 17th Bapt’d: Eliza. Daughter of Joseph and (Blank) Bowles.

Next page of register (p. 123) = blank note re 10 pages on – did not go ten pages to see if it continued at that point

Page 124 – 1822
Page 125 – 1825
Page 127 – 1824

No mention of Bowles or Feltus surnames on these pages.

1825
Dec 12th. Married by ?C. Francis Flood of the parish of Carrick, Co. Kilkenny to Dorcas Burchaell of (??this parish)

 

 

Baptism Records, St. Mary’s, Kilkenny City, 1754

The following is a list of the names of children baptised and their parents names from the Roman Catholic baptismal register of St. Mary in Kilkenny city.


This copy of this register was accessed in the local studies section of Kilkenny City Library.  This register during the years 1754 and 1788 does not contain the residence or placename for where the family lived.  The maiden name of the wife is not given from about the middle of 1756.

The script is reasonably easy to read as will be seen by the small number of question marks I have on names, however, it has to be said that there were a number of instances where the only reason I was able to make out a surname was because of my familiarity with Kilkenny surnames.  All spellings here are given as I read them in the register

For those entries that I had difficulty reading the actual date, I have left the day and month as numbers with a question mark.  I write my day before the month e.g. 20th September = 20/9

I have analysed the first names occurring in this set of records and sorted the names out to tie similar ones together so if you are interested in reading that article then please go to this link Names.

The list below is sorted alphabetically by the surname of the child:

Name Surname Father Mother Mother surname Date Year Note
Edmond Abel John Anne Lawler 03-Jun 1754 Twin
Anne Abel John Anne Lawler 03-Jun 1754 Twin
Ellinor Blake Andrew Mary 16-Jul 1754
Mary Bluett Paul Elenor Murphy 15-Feb 1754
Cath Bowe Martin Ellinor Walsh 18-Dec 1754
Phillip Brophy Phillip Winifred Nowlan 16-May 1754
Peter Bryan John Mary Grihon 02-Dec 1754
Joseph Bryen Jas Mary Travers 22-Mar 1754
Mary Cane Matt Honora Cahil 10-Apr 1754
Edmond Cantwell Redmond Mary Cashin 25-Nov 1754
Anastace Cantwell Thos Elizabeth Meagher May 1754
Joan Cash?? ?pat Cath Egan 31-Oct 1754
John Ceeron?? Jas Margaret Clancy 06-Jul 1754
Catharine Ceevers?? Pat Cath Dunne 15-May 1754
Valentine Clancy Jas Mary Ma?(ue)ler 18-Feb 1754
Robert Clayton Will Mary Foly 02-Nov 1754
George Coneonnon John Elizab Hickey 13-Oct 1754
Anastace Coogan Matthew Anne Britt 08-Apr 1754
Mary Coonan Will Elizabeth Jordan 25-Aug 1754
Mary Cormick Jas Margaret Davis 23-Jun 1754
Mary Corre Jas Anstace Conway 01-Apr 1754
John Corrogan Pat Margaret Reed?? ?5/2 1754
Bridget Cosgrave John Cath Langton 27-Jan 1754
Cicily Costin Peter Mary Mahony ?27/2 1754
Elizabeth Coyne John Anne Conway 10-Jun 1754
Henrietta Crafton Julian Ellen 29-Jan 1754
Margarite Dawson Thos Cath Dunphy 11-Jan 1754
Thos Day Richd Cath Connelly 12-Aug 1754
Elizabeth Delany Andrew not given not given 19-Aug 1754
Thady Delany John Mary Walsh 16-Feb 1754
Mary Delany Will Mary Wheeler 30-Jan 1754
Helena Dempsy John Honora Barrett 27-Feb 1754
Margaret Denan John Anastase Brodrick 21-Apr 1754
Richd Doran Denis Cath Dowling 29-Jan 1754
Will Duffy James Mary Purcell 24-Oct 1754
Ellenor Dungan Will Dorothy Dungan 06-Jan 1754 alias Macgenis
Margaret Dunne John Catherine Shee?? 17-Mar 1754
Mary Dunne Joseph Anne Anderson 11-Mar 1754
Rose Dunphy Martin Mary Kaenehan?? 17-Sep 1754
Phillip Dwyer Denis MAry Cantwell 21-Aug 1754
James Dwyer Jas Judith Dempsy 01-Aug 1754
William Fahy Cornelius Mary Stapleton 07-Feb 1754
Bridget Fannin Mich Anstace Spruhan 09-Oct 1754
James Fapping or Sapping?? Philip not given Hogan 14-May 1754
Mary Farrell John Mary Kelly?? 03-Mar 1754
Elizabeth Fin Michael Margaret Nugent 25-Feb 1754
William Finnikin Gerald Margaret Hayes 17-Feb 1754
Michael Fitzpatrick John Winifred Croake 07-May 1754
Mary Fitzpatrick John Cath Ryan 01-Dec 1754
Jane Fitzpatrick Jas Jane Cheevers 28-Apr 1754
Michael Fogarty John Jeane Carty 02-Oct 1754 Twin
Martha Fogarty John Jeane Carty 02-Oct 1754 Twin
John Gahagan John Cath Connor 19-Apr 1754
Michael Galway Nicholas Sarah Ryan 06-Oct 1754
John Garnan John Anne Gregg 07-Dec 1754
Margaret Glindon Edmond Mary Cody 17-May 1754
Mary Gorman Laurence Mary Egan 30-Mar 1754
Mary Hackett Redmond Anne Prendy?? 18-Oct 1754
Rose Hackett Joseph Barbara Ray?? 11-Aug 1754
John Hanly John Mary 06-Jan 1754
Mary Hanmoor?? James MAry Meagher 06-Oct 1754
Cath Hinton?? Will Cath Roch?? 17-Nov 1754
Michael Hoban Richd Joan Bergin 28-May 1754
Edmund Hoban John Mary Magrath 01-Apr 1754
Sarah Holmes Jas Mrs. Percival 11-May 1754
Edmond Hoyne John MAry Holden 01-Sep 1754
Anne Kavanagh Jas Mary Dullanty 08-Aug 1754
Martin Kavanagh Richd Bridget Hanlan 17-Sep 1754
John Kay?? John Cath O’Farrell 20-Nov 1754
Catherine Keenehan Terince Mary Robinson 17-Jul 1754
Catherine Kelly Will Margaret Ryan 04-Aug 1754
Martin Kennedy John Mary Coogan 14-Jun 1754
Richd Lacy John Mary Grace 06-Nov 1754
Mary Laffan Jo?n MAry Purcell 14-Aug 1754
Nich Lannagann Pierce Mary Pembroke 14-Dec 1754
Elizabeth Lawler Thos Anne Jackson 20-Jun 1754
Elizab Macky Jas Margt Washington 26-Sep 1754
Elizabeth Maddin Matthew Judith Lowry 27-Aug 1754
Mich Maineal Pat Ellinor O’Bryan 01-Nov 1754
John Martin John Mary Fennelly 08-Jul 1754
Mary Maxwill Pierce Margt Ryan 30-Nov 1754
Patrick Men?ozine Will Margaret Molloy ?15/3 1754
Ellen Moore Mich Cath Delany 10-Sep 1754
Timothy Mortimer Jos Ellinor Mullady 15-Oct 1754
Hellene Mulhall Pat Mary Butler?? 01-May 1754
John Mullady Matthew Mary Talbot 15-Jan 1754
?Francis Murphy Martin Ansty Brophy 07-Oct 1754
Mary Murphy Dennis Mary Fitzpatrick 05-Aug 1754
Elizab Murphy Richd Mary O;Neil 15-Sep 1754
James Murphy Kiran Elizabeth Moor 29-Apr 1754
Peter Mylady Matthew Mary Talbott or Falbott?? 27-Dec 1754
Mary Newton Peter Anne Lyons 08-Sep 1754
George Nowlan ?Mich Anstace Meagher 01-Oct 1754
Dorothy Nugent Christopher Catherine Ruth?? 11-Apr 1754
Mich Phelan Jas Ellinor Shortall?? 15-Sep 1754
Catharine Phelan Edmd Mary Fannin 29-Nov 1754
Mich Phelan Jas Ellinor Shortall 05-Sep 1754
Mary Poor John Ellenor Carrol 02-Feb 1754
Thomas Poor Thos Cath Gromley 01-Jan 1754
Ellenor Power Thos Joan Byrne 12-Nov 1754
Joanne Pphelan Denis Mary Hogan 22-May 1754
Pat Rafter Dominick Gellin Kil?foine 15-Mar 1754
Elizabeth Rathe?? Robert Margt Coxdon 11-Nov 1754
Hugh Read John Mary Tracy 08-Aug 1754
Ellinor Rothe John Mary Commerford 15-Dec 1754
Ellen Ryan Phillip Elizab Dooly 18-Sep 1754
Elizabeth Ryan John Anne Ryan 06-Nov 1754
Margaret Scot Thos Honora Kilfoile 23-Feb 1754
Esther Scott Matt Ellis Dullanty 16-Apr 1754
Catharine Stafford Jas Cath Dunne 13-Nov 1754
?Anne Stantan Charles Mary Lin? 27-Oct 1754
Dorothy Taylor Christopher Margaret Hoban 26-Feb 1754
Mary Tobin George Joan Egan?? 03-May 1754
John Vaughan Roger Margaret Ronan?? 06-Jul 1754
Michael Wall Jas Cath Rourke 15-Sep 1754
David Walsh John Margaret Keogh 18-May 1754
James Walsh John Catherine Ryan 30-Jul 1754
Edwd Walsh John Mary Coogan 16-Mar 1754
Edwd Ward John Mary Jones 12-Jan 1754
John Webster George Val Quin?? 19-Sep 1754
Bridget Wheatly Thos Mary Macdaniel 05-Jun 1754

Catholic Parish Records, Most Common First Name Examples, 1754

Let me show you a little about the first names in Roman Catholic parish records.  We hear or we are told that such and such a name is very common, but how often do any of you look and actually *see* this if you are looking at records?  You do see the most common first names in your own family.  Me?  I know that John is the most common first name given to any child in parish records and Mary is the most common first name given to a girl?  How do I know that?  I know it because I have seen it, transcribed information from enough parish records to absolutely know it.


So, I’ve done this for myself so often in my head that it almost seems ridiculous doing it on a page for my website but let me show you an ‘analysis’ of first names from one set of parish records.  These I am going to post to the web today and as I was writing the post I decided to go through the first names to tell you which ones are the pet names or short names of which.  Then, I decided to count the numbers of each name and in so doing decided that this would be an interesting table for you all to look at:

The parish records are Baptismal of St. Mary, in Kilkenny city.  The year is 1754.  I give you the first names alphabetically with  names that can be considered a shortened version all on one line and the total number of people (child and mother or child and father) with that name or version. I began with an original list of 377 ( a few of these had Mrs. or not given)

Just look at my ‘results’
Ladies: Ann 13 ; Catherine: 24 ; Elleanor : 13 ; Elizabeth :13 ; Margaret: 18 and Mary 58
Men: James: 21 ; John 44 ; Michael 13 ; Thomas 10 ; William 10

The variation in the first names for men is greater than that for women.  The first name Ellen could be a variation of Eleanor but I have not included it as so.

I hope this little exercise is of use to some of you

Female first name Male first name
Anastace = Anstace = Ansty : 8 ; Andrew : 2
Anne : 13 ; Charles: 1
Barbara: 1 Christopher: 2
Bridget: 5 Cornelius : 1
Cath=Catharine=Catherine: 24 DAvid: 1
Cecilia: 1 Denis=Dennis: 4
Dorothy: 3 Dominick: 1
Elinor=Elenor=Ellenor=Ellinor=Elleanor: 13 Edmund=Edmond=Edmd: 6
Elizabeth=Elizth=Elizab: 13 Edward=Edwd: 3
Ellen: 3 Francis: 1
Ellis:1 George: 3
Esther:1 Gerald: 1
Gellin: 1 Hugh: 1
Hellena=Hellene: 2 James=Jas: 21
Henrietta: 1 Jon=John: 44
Honora: 3 Joseph=Jos: 4
Jane=Jeane: 4 Julian: 1
Joan=Joanne: 5 Kiran: 1
Judith: 3 Laurence: 1
Margt=Margaret=Margarite: 18 Martin: 4
Martha: 1 Matt=Matthew: 6
Mary: 58 Mic=Mich=Michael: 13
Rose: 2 Nich=Nicholas: 2
Sarah: 2 Pat=Patrick: 7
Winifred: 2 Paul: 1
Peter: 4
Philip=Phillip: 5
Pierce: 2
Redmond: 2
Richd: 6 (Richard)
Robert: 2
Roger: 1
Terince: 1
Thady: 1
Thos=Thoms=Thomas: 10
Val=Valentine: 2
Will=William: 10

Will Abstracts, Lismore and Waterford, 1724-88

Pre 1858 abstracts can be helpful even for those whose ancestors did not make wills – here we have domestic servants mentioned, there are placenames which may or may not be phonetic variations on those we find in the 1851 Townland Directory.


19 June 1724
Everard, George
Will of George Everard of Garrondillon Co. Tippy (Tipperary)- his wife Ellen, eldest son Edmond two thirds, John second youngest son one third of the property. To Dr. James Glysane, par. Priest, a young black filly & £4.6.8. To Mr. Wm. McCarthy one of executors, a young bay meare. Mr. Hamilton Lowe ffetheard, Mr. Wm. Mcarthy Clocully & wife Ellen Everard, Executors. Present: Laur Fanning, Nich White. Bond of £200 ster: due from Mr. Redmond Everard Bart of some other person for his use.

NOTE: John Bray: Burgess of Clonmel, Conf. Kilkenny & M.P. Clonmel in St. James II parliament, lived at Garondillon in 1677: he had forfeited under Cromwell & by deed of 26 Mar 1669 was demised 478 acres in Knockballymallow/Knockballynemollogh for term of 31 years, by Thomas Juxon

26 Nov 1729
Goss, Gration:
Will of Gration Goss, Citty of Waterford – all to his wife Catherine Goss. £5 to her Grandchild Thos. Comby, declared by Gration Goss in presents of Alexr Desmaison, Pirce Butler, James Walsh – after or in my life – my ffrince book to Alexr Desmaison in ye same order as at p.: sent, with the silver clasps on ye salme along wth them.

12 Feb 1725
Clancy, Johannes:
Admon of goods of Johannes Clancy intestate of Kildarmudy firmarius, granted to Marg. Clancy his Widow by Thomas bishop of Waterford & Lismore.

16 July 1725
Quarry, Isaac:
Will of Isaac Quarry, Knockane – his farm and cattle &c to be divided between his two sons John & William – joint Executors, to old servt Mary Ryane, house garden & grassing for four collops during lease of Knockane, rent free & to her two children my daughter by her £5 each at 19 years of age. To my good friend Wm. Gombon during my lease a house rent free for life and grassing for one beast & when he dies to daughter Esther. Prest Pierce Power, Robt Quarry Will Gambon.

14 Feb 1729:
Redmunds, Timotheus
Admon of goods to Timotheus Redmunds granted to Alicia Redmunds, Clonmel, Widow

5 Aug 1725
Wells, Simon
Will of Simon Wells schoolmaster – All to his wife Sarah Wels (execux) & daurs. Amy, Elizabeth & Lydia. Prest. John Fell, Thos. Murray, John Sault

27 Jan 1726;
Ellis, John
Will of John Ellis, gent: Leaves a Moydore to each Edwd Redmonds , Benj. Robinson, Wm. Blackcoat (son of John Blackcoat), his silver watch to John Norrinton, sword to Michl. Browne & rest, bonds debts to Susanna Browne. Prest. John Smith David Walls, Willm Lonergan.

Meade, Garrett. Dungarvan, Mercht.
2nd May 1787. Probate to Frances Lonergan 23rd Aug 1787
Partnership of Lonergan & Meade.: – Accts. & Bequest of £200 on Geo. Porter – conditioning Wm. Lonergan son of Francis Lonergan to have stores & cellars & £25. £25 to Revd. John Buckley for purpose I have mentioned him & further sum of £25 for said purpose. Gold watch to Wm. Lonergan, £39 to Mr. Thos. Fade. Residue to wife mrs. Elizabeth Lonergan for sole use & c. She and Frances Lonergan sole Execrs. G. Lonergan, James Kennedy.
Codicil to last: £5 to James Williamson for mourning. 40 guineas to Barthol. Guinan, Cork. 30 gns to Michl. Anthony, Jr. Tanner. £10 to Mrs. Marg. Connery, Dungarvan. Residue only; any effects to my brother Henry Meade not yet remitted should produce amount. William Walsh, Mary Power.

Robinson, John. Waterford City. Gent.
18th Nov. 1786. Probate to Robt. Backas 23rd Aug. 1787
Rbt. Backas, son of Alderman Geo. Backas & Elenor his wife, the dwelling house and garden in rere of Peirce’s Lane orwise Kisby’s Lane, city Waterford, which Mr. Kelly now holds under me with the Turrett and garden outside (inside) same to be held & enjoyed by said Robt. Backas and heirs. I also leave him my House in Barronstrand St now in possession of Mr. David Henry,(Heneary) also houses held by lease to Mr. John Archbold, Mercht. Near the new bridge. Robt. Backas sole Exr. & Rec. Legatee. Present: R. Dillon, Sylvester Pyne, Tho. Anthony.

Baldwin, John. Gent. Cahir.
9th Feb 1786. Probate 15th Oct. 1787.
5s each to sons & Daurs. Edward, Margt.McGrath (Als. Baldwin), Allice Mahony (Als. Baldwin), Thomas, James, John, bridget, Ellen. All the rest to wife Bridget Baldwin als. O’Brien. Prest. Jeffery Keating, Pierce Everard.

Bohen, Matthew. City of Waterford, Baker.
14th May 1787. probate 25th Jan 1788
Wife Margt. & Six sons. Bakery, houses to wife & Revd. D. Thomas Hearn. Exors. Andw. Dobbyn; Thos. Hunt and Thomas Cooke.
Codicil June 1787: Bequeaths Revd. Thomas Hearn £5.

Foster, Francis. Coolroe.
29th Feb 1788. 12th Mar. 1788 Probate.
Sister Ann Rogers als. Foster £50. Cath Moore als. Foster £20, Sister Elizabeth Cottanger £10, nephew Chris. Moore my bal or best bay horse. To nephew Wm. Moore my other bay horse. To friend and bror in law Pierce Rogers my watch. Rest to two sisters Sarah Gill and An Rogers. Trustee Revd. Anth. Sterling, sole exor. Prest. Will Cheeran, Jno, Edwd. Bourne.
Probate granted to Revd. A. Sterling.

Walsh, Richard. Mariner. Waterford City.
5th Jan 1788. Probate 23rd June 1788. Probate 23rd June 1788
Appoints wife Margt. Sole heiress Execx. & Adminx. Bequeath her all real and pers. Pres. Jas. Foristall, Ellen Hynes.
Probate granted to Margt. Widow.

Whelan, John, Waterford.
21st June 1784. Probate 16th July 1788
To be buried in St. Patrick’s. To each sisters children, John martin and Richd. Tobin, to John Neale’s son, Wm. Neale, silver ink horn with a gold and silver pen.- watch to keep in memory of me. £5 to repairs of Johnstown Chapple. Exors. Wm Neal, Joan Tobin als Morrisey, and Murphy.
Codicil to last:21st June 1784:
If Wm. Neale and Joan Tobin not living at death bequeath Mr. Henry O’Neile, bror of Mrs. O’Neile, Exors. £10 for trouble.

Osborne, Sir Thomas,
Tickincor, Co. Waterford, Knt.
13 Oct 1713. Precis ½ p., 17 Sept 1717

Wife Dame Ann Osborne als. Usher. Son Nicholas. Grandson John Osborne.
Edward Hubbart, lessee of Winsland als. Farrinbullin near White Church Rock. Edmond Power, lesee of the lands in B. Glannehiry, William Rony, Widow Gough, Widow Bull, Susanna Cox, John Fling, Joseph Thomas, William Hore of Caraine. Widow Ronane, Wm. Fies, Thomas Morrisy, Morrish Houllighane and Gerald Gibon, tenants in parish of Dungarvan.
Cullenagh, Coolepeasoone (?Coolnabeasoon), Knockmeale, Barneshangannagh in B. of Glannehiry; Cooleporsilly, Parknecorry, Clyneskie, Parkeirsheal, Clynegonniny and Garrystroppie, Parish of Dungarvan, Barony of Decies; Winsland als Farrinbullin, all in Co. Waterford
Witnesses: William Browning, Affane, Co. Waterford, Esq; James Usher, Ballintaylor, Co. Waterford, Esq.,; and Robert Carew, Tickinure, Co. Waterford, gent.
Memorial Witnessed By: Peter Molloy, Dublin gent; Cha. Browne
Ann Osborne (Seal)

Parish Register (Surnames), St. Thomas’, Dublin, 1750-91

“Register of the Parish of St. Thomas, Dublin, 1750-1791”


The surnames below are found in the above register. The register has been published by the Representative Church Body Library. If you would like to know more about any record pertaining to any surname listed here, then the book is probbaly obtainable through inter-library loan. Alternatively, you could contact the Representative Church Body Library.

Names

Acheson
Adams
Adamson
Adderly
Aldworth
Alexander
Allen
Allexander
Alley
Ambrose
Anderson
Andoe
Annessley
Appleby
Appleton
Archbold
Armstrong
Arthure
Ashburner
Ashe
Ashenhurst
Ashly
Askins
Atkins
Atkinson
Auchmuty
Austin
Aylmer
Ayres
Bacon
Bagenal
Baggs
Baillie
Baird
Baker
Baldwin
Balfour
Bailie
Ball
Ballaquire
Bambrick
Banns
Bargier
Barker
Barlow
Barns
Barret
Barry
Bartlett
Bartley
Bassett
Batchelor
Bates
Bathers
Battersby
Bayly
Beans
Beatts
Beaty
Beckensale
Belfield
Bell
Belson
Bennet
Benson
Beresford
Berisford
Berry
Berwick
Betson
Bevan
Bibby
Bigger
Billing
Bincks
Bingham
Binks
Birch
Bird
Birnie
Black
Blacker
Blackham
Blackwood
Blair
Blake
Bland
Blaney
Bodkin
Boe
Bolen
Bollon
Bolton
Bonham
Bonnor
Borroughs
Bosman
Bourk
Bourke
Bowden
Bowen
Boyd
Boyle
Bradley
Brady
Braithwaite
Brakley
Bran
Bredin
Brigs
Brisco
Briscoe
Bromlay
Brook
Brooke
Brown
Browne
Brownrigg
Bruen
Bruslin
Brussells
Buchanan
Buckley
Bucknall
Bulkley
Bunbury
Burgess
Burgh
Burke
Burne
Burnet
Burnett
Burnyeats
Burroughs
Burton
Bury
Bushe
Butler
Butt
Bynon
Byrne
Caddell
Calbeck
Caldwell
Callaghan
Callender
Camerin
Camfield
Campbell
Candler
Cane
Cannin
Cannon
Cantrell
Capper
Cardot
Cardott
Carlen
Carncross
Caroli
Carpenter
Carrol
Carroll
Carson
Carter
Cartwright
Carty
Casey
Cassan
Cassey
Cassidy
Casson
Cathery
Caulfield
Chaboteaux
Chaloner
Chamberlain
Chambers
Chandler
Charlemont
Charleton
Chebsey
Chiney
Christmas
Christmass
Chubsey
Clark
Clarke
Clarkson
Clayton
Clements
Clerk
Clinch
Clinton
Close
Clough
Cobbe
Cockin
Codd
Coffee
Coffey
Coglan
Colclough
Cole
Coleman
Collins
Colshaw
Condran
Condron
Connelly
Conner
Connor
Conroy
Conry
Conway
Cooke
Cooley
Cooper
Coote
Cornet
Corry
Cosgrave
Cottrell
Cowan
Cowell
Cox
Coyle
Crabb
Craford
Cramer
Cranfield
Craven
Crawford
Creighton
Crocker
Croghan
Croker
Crolly
Crosbie
Crosthwaite
Crowen
Cubitt
Cuefell
Cuff
Cuffe
Cullen
Cummin
Cumming
Cunningham
Curtis
Curwen
Cusack
Cuthbert
Cutler
Dalton
Daly
Dannell
Darby
Darcey
Darcy
Dark
Darley
Darling
Dartrey
Davidson
Davis
Dawson
Day
De Bordz
Deane
Debutts
Deckella
Deering
Delany
Dempsey
Denham
Dennison
Derbyshire
Dering
Desvoeux
Devenish
Devereux
Devonish
Dick
Dickey
Dickson
Dier
Digby
Dignam
Dillon
Dimm
Dinham
Disney
Divine
Dixon
Dobbin
Dobbs
Dobson
Dockry
Dodd
Dodgins
Dogood
Donelson
Donkin
Donnellan
Donnelly
Donovan
Donstan
Doran
Dougherty
Doughty
Douse
Dowdall
Dowker
Dowling
Downes
Downing
Doyle
Doyne
Drean
Druit
Duff
Duggan
Duke
Dunavin
Duncan
Dunganson
Dunkin
Dunkison
Dunlap
Durham
Dutton
Duvall
Dyke
Earley
Eaton
Eccles
Echlin
Edgworth
Edwards
Egar
Eger
Elliott
Ellis
Emeson
Enery
Engel
Ennerey
Epwel
Epwell
Evans
Evatt
Eyers
Eyre
Eyres
Fagan
Falkiner
Farmer
Farrell
Farringdon
Fawson
Fazakerly
Feagon
Fell
Fennell
Fenwick
Ferguson
Fetherston
Fetherstone
Filgate
Finegan
Finlay
Finnegan
Fish
Fisher
Fittsummons
Fitzgerald
Fitzmorris
Fitzpatrick
Flanagan
Fleming
Fletcher
Flood
Forsayeth
Forster
Fortescue
Forth
Foster
Fox
Foxall
Foy
Franks
French
Friell
Frizell
Finegan
Finlay
Finnegan
Fish
Fisher
Fittsummons
Fitzgerald
Fitzmorris
Fitzpatrick
Flanagan
Fleming
Fletcher
Flood
Forsayeth
Forster
Fortescue
Forth
Foster
Fox
Foxall
Foy
Franks
French
Friell
Frizell
Fry
Fullead
Fullham
Fyfield
Gain
Gainer
Galagher
Galbraith
Gallagher
Galway
Gammon
Gardiner
Gardnier
Garragan
Gartside
Gartsides
Gaskin
Gass
Gastin
Gaston
Gaven
Gaynor
Gentleman
George
Gernon
Gerrard
Gerside
Gibling
Gibson
Giff
Gill
Gillis
Gilmore
Ginn
Gitner
Gittner
Glascock
Glascow
Gledowe
Goddard
Godfrey
Godley
Goff
Golding
Goodbody
Goodwin
Gordon
Gore
Gorges
Gotheral
Goulding
Grace
Grady
Graham
Grattan
Grave
Graves
Graydon
Green
Greene
Gregory
Grierson
Griffin
Griffith
Griffiths
Grooms
Grubere
Grumley
Guest
Guinin
Guthry
Hacket
Haddick
Haffy
Hakett
Hall
Halpin
Haly
Hamerton
Hamilton
Hammet
Hanbury
Hand
Handcock
Handley
Hanlon
Hanne
Hardcastle
Harder
Harman
Harpur
Harrick
Harricks
Harris
Harrison
Hart
Hassler
Hastings
Hatch
Hatton
Haverly
Hawkins
Hawkshaw
Hawtry
Haycock
Hayes
Heath
Heathwood
Heatley
Heatly
Helden
Henderson
Hendy
Henry
Heog
Herbert
Herbret
Herrod
Hervey
Hewitt
Higginson
Higinbotham
Hill
Hinchey
Hiney
Hoare
Hodgens
Hodges
Hodgins
Hodgson
Hodson
Hoey
Hogan
Holcroft
Hollerin
Holmes
Holt
Hornby
Horner
Hornidge
Hovenden
Howard
Hudson
Hughes
Humphreys
Humphry
Hunt
Husband
Hussey
Hutcheson
Hyde
Hyland
Hyton
Irvine
Irwin
Ivers
Jackson
Jacob
James
Jay
Jessop
Jewlley
Jinings
Johnson
Johnston
Jones
Jourdan
Juran
Jurgens
Kane
Kannon
Kavannagh
Kavenagh
Keating
Kehoe
Keirnan
Kellinghusen
Kelly
Kenedy
Kennan
Kennedy
Kenny
Kent
Keogh
Keon
Keough
Ker
Key
Kildea
Kilinghusen

Killinghusen
Killingley
Kimage
Kinch
Kinchla
King
Kingston
Kirchhoffer
Kirchoffer
Kirk
Kirkpatrick
Kirwan
Kirwin
Kitchen
Knight
Knox
Lamb
Lambart
Lambert
Land
Lang
Laurence
Law
Lawe
Lawless
Lawlor
Lawrence
Le Renard
Lea
Leathern
Ledgerwood
Ledwith
Lee
Leeson
Leggett
Leigh
Lemon
Leonard
Lesley
Leslie
Leslye
Lessley
Lesslie
Lewis
Lifford
Lilly
Lindsay
Lindsey
Lindsy
Lloyd
Lloyde
Loftus
Long
Lord
Lorguirfur
Lovett
Lowdon
Lowe
Lowry
Lowther
Lucas
Luggard
Lundy
Lunn
Lynam
Lynham
Lyon
Lyons
Lyster
Lyttle
Macartney
Macklin
Macnamara
Madden
Madders
Magan
Maginnes
Maginnis
Magrath
Mahon
Makeever
Makenzie
Makeveer
Malleverer
Malone
Malowney
Mangaurin
Mannin
Manseragh
Mansergh
Manwaring
Mara
Marlay
Martin
Massey
Mather
Mathews
Maturin
Maulaverer
Mauleverer
Mauroumet
Mauroumett
Maxwell
May
Mayers
Mayne
Mayrins
Mazier
Maziere
McAlester
McAlister
McAuley
McAvoy
McCahan
McCahin
McCann
McCasland
McCaver
McClane
McClelland
McConnrigall
McCormick
McCullagh
McDaniel
McDannell
McDermot
McDermott
McDonagh
McDonnell
McDonough
McEvoy
McGowan
McGuinness
McGusty
McKeon
McKinzie
McLinn
McLoy
McMahon
McManis
McManus
McMullan
McMullen
McVoy
McWilliam
Mead
Meares
Mears
Meathers
Medlicott
Menzeis
Menzies
Mercer
Meredyth
Metge
Middleton
Milbank
Millbank
Miller
Mills
Minchin
Minis
Mitchell
Molesworth
Molloy
Molony
Molyneux
Monck
Monckton
Monk
Monks
Montgomery
Mooney
Moore
Moran
Morecraft
Moren
Morgan
Morris
Morrison
Morrisson
Morrow
Mottley
Mountflorence
Mountmorres
Muilix
Mulavan
Mulchay
Mu]lin
Mulony
Murphy
Murray
Murry
Muspratt
Mussenden
Muston
Myers
Myhill
Myler
Nairac
Neal
Neale
Nesbit
Nesbitt
Newcomen
Newenham
Newinham
Newland
Newlin
Newton
Nichols
Nicholson
Nilan
Nillon
Nix
Noble
Nolan
Norcote
Norcott
North
Northwood
Norwood
Nowlan
O’Brian
O’Brien
O’Conner
O’Donel
O’Flaherty
Ogle
O’Neal
Oram
Ormsby
Orom
Osborne
Oughton
Owen
Padden
Paget
Pagett
Pain
Paisent
Palmer
Pandcock
Pardoe
Parker
Parks
Parren
Parsons
Patrick
Paul
Paulet
Paumier
Pearce
Pearson
Pebby
Pennington
Penrose
Pepper
Perces
Perkins
Perrin
Perry
Pery
Peyton
Phepo
Phepoe
Phibbs
Phillips
Pidgeon
Pierce
Pinto
Player
Pleayer
Plewis
Plunket
Polly
Poole
Porter
Powell
Power
Poynton
Pratt
Price
Primwrite
Purcell
Purdon
Quin
Quire
Quirk
Raferty
Rafferty
Rainsford
Ralph
Ram
Ransford
Ranson
Ratcliffe
Rathborne
Rawlins
Read
Reade
Reddy
Reed
Regoe
Reilly
Reily
Revell
Ribton
Rice
Rich
Richards
Richardson
Richey
Richmond
Ricketts
Rider
Rilly
Riverston
Roarke
Roberts
Robinson
Rochfort
Roe
Rogers
Rooney
Roper
Rosborough
Roscoe
Rose
Ross
Rosscraft
Rotton
Rourke
Roycraft
Rubotson
Rubottom
Rumney
Russell
Ryan
Ryder
Sabine
Sadler
Salev
Sancey
Sandford
Sands
Sandys
Saunders
Saunderson
Savage
Scale
Scanlan
Scott
Scully
Seagrove
Seeley
Sempill
Semple
Sensi
Seurlog
Shanley
Shea
Sheen
Shepphard
Sheridan
Sherlock
Sherrard
Sherred
Shirwin
Siggins
Simcox
Simms
Simpson
Simys
Sinck
Siree
Skeys
Slade
Slator
Sletsick
Small
Smart
Smith
Smyth
Snell
Sneyd
Sneyde
Snow
Somers
Somervile
Sommers
Southwell
Spencer
Sperills
Spicer
Spotswood
Sproule
Squire
Stacey
Stackpoole
Stacy
Stafford
Stalwood
Standish
Staples
Staunton
Stearne
Steel
Steele
Stelsick
Stephens
Stewart
Stopford
Stratford
Strattan
Streton
Stretton
Stringfellow
Strong
Stubbs
Styels
Summonday
Swan
Swanack
Sweeney
Sweeny
Swift
Swinburn
Swiny
Symes
Symms
Talbot
Taylor
Templeton
Tenant
Tench
Ternan
Ternon
Tew
Tharp
Thomas
Thompson
Thornhill
Thornton
Thorp
Tiddeman
Tiernan
Tighe
Timmins
Tindall
Tisdall
Todd
Toner
Topham
Tottenham
Towers
Townsend
Tracey
Travell
Travers
Trench
Trocke
Trumble
Tuitelerg
Turner
Tyndale
Tyrone
Tyrrell
Tyzack
Underwood
Uniacke
Usher
Vandeleur
Vandoran
Vanwingarden
Veiney
Verney
Vernon
Vernor
Vessey
Vierpyl
Vierpyle
Vizer
Vokes
Waddle
Wade
Waite
Walch
Waldron
Walker
Wall
Waller
Walpole
Walsh
Walton
Wandesford
Warburton
Ward
Ware
Waring
Warner
Warren
Warring
Wash
Watson
Watterson
Webb
Webber
Weber
Webster
Weekes
Weeks
Welton
Wesley
Wessell
Westenra
Weyms
Wharton
Whelan
White
Whitelock
Whitelocke
Whitemanv
Whiteway
Whitley
Whitty
Wiggans
Wilcocks
Wilde
Wilder
Wilding
Wildridge
Wilkinson
Willet
Willett
Williams
Williamson
Willington
Willis
Willoughby
Wilson
Wilwrich
Witherall
Withworth
Wolley
Wolseley
Wolsely
Wolsley
Wood
Woods
Woolwride
Worthington
Woseley
Wren
Wybrant
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Wynne
Yeates
Yeats
Young
Younghusband