Bumlin Registers Introduction

THE PARISH REGISTERS OF ST JOHN’S CHURCH, STROKESTOWN (UNION OF BUMLIN, KILTRUSTAN AND LISSONUFFY) BAPTISMS 1811-1971 MARRIAGES 1811-1919 BURIALS 1811-1985 TRANSCRIBED AND INDEXED

Diocese of Elphin

County of Roscommon

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Thirty-fifth in the Register Series.

CHURCH (County, Diocese) Longcross, Christ Church (Surrey, Guildford) [Aug 91] Kilgarvan, St Peter's Church (Kerry, Ardfert & Aghadoe)[Mar 92] Fermoy Garrison Church (Cork, Cloyne) [Jul 93] Barragh, St Paul's Church (Carlow, Ferns) [Apr 94] Newtownbarry, St Mary's Church (Wexford, Ferns) [Oct 97] Affpuddle, St Laurence's Church (Dorset, Salisbury) [Nov 97] Barragh, St Paul's Church (Carlow, Ferns) [Jul 95] Kenmare, St Patrick's Church (Kerry, Ardfert & Aghadoe)[Sep 95] Clonegal, St Fiaac's Church (Carlow/Wexford/Wicklow, Ferns)

BAPTISMS MARRIAGES BURIALS 1847-1990 1847-1990 1847-1990 Superseded by 29th volume 1811-1850 1812-1947 1819-1850 1878-1960 1920-1922 1799-1805 1831-1879 1799-1903

1799-1805 1830-1844 1799-1903

1799-1805 1838-1878 1799-1903

1728-1850

1731-1850

1722-1850

1845-1903 1819-1950 1792-1831

1792-1831

1792-1831

1818-1844

1818-1900

[May 96]

Clonegal, St Fiaac's Church (Carlow/Wexford/Wicklow, Ferns)

1831-1903

[Jul 96]

Kilsaran, St Mary’s Church (Louth, Armagh) [Sep 96] Clonegal, St Fiaac's Church (Carlow/Wexford/Wicklow, Ferns)

1818-1840

1831-1906

[Feb 97] (Continued on inside back cover.)

JUBILATE DEO (Psalm 100) O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands: serve the Lord with gladness, and come before his presence with a song.

Be ye sure the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

O go your way into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and speak good of his Name.

For the Lord is gracious, his mercy is everlasting: and his truth endureth from generation to generation.

From the Order for Morning Prayer, The Book (Church of Ireland)

of Common Prayer

CHURCH (County, Diocese) Clonegal, St Fiaac's Church (Carlow/Wexford/Wicklow, Ferns)

BAPTISMS

MARRIAGES

BURIALS 1832-1903

1782-1864

1738 1782-1839 1845-1903

1732-1864

[Oct 96]

Cloghran Parish Church (Dublin, Dublin) [Feb 97] Kilrush, St Brigid’s Church (Wexford, Ferns) [Feb 97] Templeshanbo, St Colman’s Church (Wexford, Ferns) [Mar 97] Stabannon Parish Church (Louth, Armagh) [Dec 97] Dromiskin Parish Church and Manfieldstown Parish Church (Louth, Armagh) [Feb 98] Stabannon Parish Church (Louth, Armagh) [Dec 98] Buttevant Garrison Church (Cork, Cloyne) [Dec 98] Delgany, Christ Church (Wicklow, Glendalough) [Feb 03] Delgany, Christ Church (Wicklow, Glendalough) [Dec 99] Delgany, Christ Church (Wicklow, Glendalough) [Aug 00] Delgany, Christ Church (Wicklow, Glendalough) [Oct 01] Delgany, Christ Church (Wicklow, Glendalough) [Oct 02] Newtownbarry Union Index: Newtownbarry, St Mary’s Church Barragh, St Paul’s Church Clonegal, St Fiaac’s Church Kilrush, St Brigid’s Church

1878-1903

1878-1903

1800-1814 1688-1750 1765 1782-1847 1791-1839

1698-1754

1698-1751

1778-1844 1805-1903

1782-1864 1802-1907

1824-1856

1824-1850

1838-1884

1845-1876

1865-1907

1666-1779

1666-1777

1666-1779

1777-1819

1777-1819

1777-1819

1819-1840

1819-1840

1819-1840

1840-1865

1840-1865

1840-1865

1866-1900

1866-1900

1866-1900

1799-1903 1799-1805 1831-1879 1792-1903 1878-1903

1799-1903 1799-1805 1830-1903 1792-1906 1845-1903

1799-1903 1799-1805 1838-1878 1792-1903 1878-1903

1666-1900

1666-1900

1666-1900

1901-2000

1901-2000

1901-2000

1847-2003

1848-2003

1848-2003

1917-1922

[Oct 01]

Delgany Index [Sep 06]

Delgany, Christ Church (Wicklow, Glendalough) [Apr Longcross, Christ Church (Surrey, Guildford) [Aug Derryloran Parish Church (Tyrone/Londonderry, Armagh)

12] 10]

1796-1842

[Mar 13]

Ewshot, St Mary’s Church (Hampshire, Guildford) (Continued on outside back cover.)

1886-2013 [Aug 13]

CHURCH (County, Diocese) Derryloran Parish Church (Tyrone/Londonderry, Armagh)

BAPTISMS 1843-1896

MARRIAGES

BURIALS

1817-1900

1817-1900

1817-1900

1901-2000

1901-2000

1901-2000

1811-1971

1811-1919

1811-1985

[Sep 13]

Kilgobbin/Kilternan Parish Church (Dublin, Dublin) [Nov 14] Kilternan Parish Church (Dublin, Dublin) Strokestown, St John’s Church (Roscommon, Elphin) [Jul 17]

CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, STROKESTOWN 1820-1981

CONTENTS Page No Introduction

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Acknowledgements

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Sources

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Distribution

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Abbreviations

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Brief History of the Parish and Church Ministers’ Initials

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Details of the Registers

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Transcript of the Registers: Baptisms 1811-1826

1-3

Baptisms 1826-1882

5-20

Baptisms 1882-1971

21-25

Marriages 1811-1826

27-28

Marriages 1824-1845

29-30

Marriages 1845-1919

31-36

Banns 1812-1818

37

Burials 1811-1823

39

Burials 1829-1882

41-45

Burials 1882-1985

47-50

Alphabetical Index of Entries in the Registers

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51-79

INTRODUCTION I first consulted the Strokestown parish registers while researching some 19th century local families, and having benefitted from the accessibility of such genealogical information in another published register in the Anglican Record Project, I decided to contribute a transcription for Strokestown to the series, to make the data more accessible for others. As a novice transcriber, I found it invaluable to work within the structure and methodology established by the Anglican Record Project, and to have the unstinting support and guidance of the Project originator, as editor and co-compiler.

While the transcription has been done as carefully as possible, using the stated conventions of the Project, as with all documents of this nature, the original should be consulted if it is essential to confirm that particular entries have been transcribed and indexed accurately. The following points should be borne in mind when using the transcript: Dates All dates have been standardised as follows; day in numbers, month in three letters (abbreviated as necessary), year.

Legibility and Spelling Variations in the spelling of the same surname have been retained. Indecipherable or uncertain details, whether due to illegible handwriting or faded ink, are marked by a ?

Missing Information A dash ‘–’ is used to indicate that expected information (name, date etc) is absent from the entry.

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Illiteracy Those who made a mark instead of signing the marriage registers are indicated by an ‘x’ after their name.

Additional Information Marginal notes and Registers appear in the text or as footnotes.

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Chronological Discrepancies Entries out of chronological order by more than a week or so are in italics.

The Index The index lists in alphabetical order all persons who were recorded as baptised, married, mentioned in banns and buried at Strokestown and the linked parishes over the period 1811-1985.

Where circumstantial evidence points to entries for more than one event for the same person, they have been included on the same line in the index. In the absence of any such evidence they have been listed separately.

Abbreviated Christian names have been transcribed exactly as they appear in the Register.

Transcriber’s Observations Baptisms There are gaps in the recording of baptisms (1815-20, 1835-1842 and 1845-47) which, in the absence of civil registration of births until 1864, could have proved awkward for persons who were required to produce baptismal certificates as evidence of age ii

for official purposes.

It may be for this reason that two families got a former curate to make retrospective entries in 1857 for nine baptisms of their children, which he had performed in prior years but had not registered at the time.

Foundlings Two children baptised in 1832 were described as foundlings, though it is clear from early Vestry minutes that other foundlings were fostered locally or sent to the Foundling Hospital in Dublin.

Whether they were not baptised, or baptised but not recorded, is not known.

Burials There are also gaps in the burial registers (1823-29, 1834-41 and 1844-47).

Standard of Record Keeping Record keeping improved from 1847 with the appointment of the Revd Joseph Morton as Vicar. Some baptisms and burials in the second register are repeated in the third.

Statistics The following table of baptisms, marriages and burials by decade reflects the changes in the Protestant population of the Strokestown area over the period covered by the registers (qualified by the under-recording of baptisms and burials prior to 1850).

Decade 1811-20 1821-30 1831-40 1841-50 1851-60 1861-70 1871-80 1881-90 1891-00 1901-10 1911-20 1921-30 1931-40 1941-50 1951-60 1961-70 1971-80 1981-90 Totals

Baptisms 56 60 53 58 58 54 38 30 31 9 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 457

Marriages 26 24 35 24 9 3 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128

Burials 16 5 19 21 24 33 28 24 19 9 4 11 2 7 5 1 2 3 233

This transcription gives access to the abundant data in the registers for researchers wishing to analyse the interplay of the demographic, social and economic factors behind the statistics.

Roscommon & London July 2017

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The compilers wish to thank the following for their assistance in the production of this document: Dr Susan Hood and the staff of the Representative Church Body Library in Dublin.

SOURCES Vestry Records of the Bumlin Union of Parishes Representative Church Body Library, Dublin)

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MS 139 (four volumes of church drawings by Joseph Welland, 17981860) Volume 1 page 39 (held at the Representative Church Body Library, Dublin) A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland – Samuel Lewis (London 1837, reprinted Genealogical Publishing Company 1984 and 1985) Clergy of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh – Canon J B Leslie and Canon D W T Crooks (Ulster Historical Foundation and the Diocesan Council of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh 2008) Clergy of Meath and Kildare – Canon J B Leslie and W J R Wallace (The Columba Press and the Representative Church Body 2009) Clergy of Dublin and Glendalough – Canon J B Leslie and W J R Wallace (Ulster Historical Foundation and the Diocesan Councils of Dublin and Glendalough 2001) The Killing of Major Denis Mahon – Peter Duffy (HarperCollins 2007) DISTRIBUTION Copies of this document have been distributed to the following: Rector of the Boyle Union of Parishes Diocesan Secretary (Elphin), Derrylin, Co Fermanagh Representative Church Body Library, Dublin County Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Centre, Strokestown Roscommon County Library Society of Genealogists, London LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS B Bachelor CinC Curate-in-Charge f of full age itPo in the Parish of Ncp No ceremony performed otPo of the Parish of P/ Parish of S Spinster Incumbents’ and Curates’ initials

c circa or about (d) deceased itP in this Parish mth months otP of this Parish P Private baptism RIC Royal Irish Constabulary W Widow/er are to be found on page vii. iv

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PARISH AND CHURCH Bumlin (or Strokestown) is an ancient parish in Co Roscommon and includes the town of that name, seat of the Mahon family for over three centuries.

In 1837 it comprised some 6507 acres (4399 titheable) and was crossed by the new coach road from Dublin to the West. The living was a vicarage in the Diocese of Elphin, in the patronage of the Bishop.

The rectory was partly impropriate to the prebendary of Kilgoghlin in Elphin Cathedral. In 1811 the adjoining parishes of Kiltrustan (to the north west) and Lissonuffy (to the south), which had previously been held in plurality, were united to Bumlin to form the Bumlin Union.

The ancient church of Bumlin "being ruinous and inconveniently situated", on 8 March 1754 Thomas Mahon MP of Strokestown House conveyed to the Bishop of Elphin an acre of land in Lisroyne, near the centre of the parish and adjoining Strokestown, for the purpose of erecting a new church.

In 1813 the Vestry sought a loan of £1,000 from the Board of First Fruits to add a tower and steeple, which had not been built before the church was destroyed, apparently by a storm, in the winter of 1818/19.

The present church was built in 1820 with a loan of £2700 from the Board of First Fruits.

The architect of the unusual octagonal design was John Lynn, who also worked on Rockingham House and Strokestown House.

The floorplan is shown below.

The church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, was consecrated on 27 August 1820.

About the same time the glebe-house was built with a gift of £337 and a loan of £150 from the same Board.

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The last service in Strokestown Parish Church was held on 26 June 1977.

It was closed and deconsecrated on 6 March 1981 and reopened as a heritage centre in 1982.

It is now home to the Co Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Centre, and is well maintained.

LINKED PARISHES Kiltrustan is an ancient parish in Co Roscommon and comprised some 6412 acres (4870 titheable) in 1837. It was united to Bumlin in 1811. It contained the ruins of a monastery, with attached burial ground, and a castle.

Lissonuffy is an ancient parish in Co Roscommon. It is bounded on the east by the River Shannon and contains the village of Erra.

It comprised some 11,670 acres (5022 titheable) in 1837 and was also united to Bumlin in 1811. It contained the ruins of an abbey and an old church, the latter with attached burial ground.

Clonfinlough (to the west and south) is an ancient parish in Co Roscommon and comprised some 7894 acres (6283 titheable) in 1837.

It was united with Clontuskert in 1731 and would appear to have been held with Bumlin from the early 1850s when the last (nonresident) incumbent left office.

Clontuskert (to the south) is an ancient parish in Co Roscommon, on the river Shannon, and at the head of Lough Ree, by which it is bounded on the east and south. It was united with Clonfinlough in 1731.

Kilgeffin (to the south) is an ancient parish in Co Roscommon. It is bounded on the east by Slieve Bawn and comprised some 6087 acres (4018 titheable) in 1837.

The church was built in 1824, funded partly by a gift of ÂŁ200 from the late Board of First Fruits. It was united to Bumlin in 1874 and the church was closed some time before 1900.

Bumlin was effectively united to Elphin on the appointment of the Revd William Blaine as Curate-in-Charge (CinC) in 1934.

It was subsequently united to Boyle, the cathedral having been closed in November 1958, as a result of the damage caused during a severe storm in February 1957.

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MINISTERS' INITIALS RECTORS OF BUMLIN (PREBENDARIES OF KILGOGHLIN UNTIL DISESTABLISHMENT) 1615 1627 1666-1707 1707-1731 1731-1752 1752-1777 1777-1783 1783-1785 1785-1806 1806-1826 1827-1870 1870-1878

Rudolph O’Donovan John King Thomas Eccleston George Digby William French James Blair John McLaughlin Stephen Radcliffe Gabriel Stokes John Brinkley George Edward Venables Vernon Joseph Morton

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VICARS OF BUMLIN 1615 1634/5 -1640 1640 -1672 1674 1678-1720 1730 1741 1745 1790-1811 1811-1847 1847-1878 1878-1882 1881-1888 1888-1934 1934-1939 1940-1945 1945-1982

John Foster John Nairn Richard Peck (or Pyke) William Yonge Archibald Carr James Honan John Keogh William Harrison William Weymss Richard Garrett Maurice Mahon Edward Mahon Joseph Morton Michael Neville Kearney Alfred Hackett James Allen French William Andrew Stewart Blaine (CinC) Isaac Mayne William Wynne Slack

MM EM JM MNK AH JAF WASB IM WWS

CURATES OF BUMLIN 1805-1812 1821-1824 1830-1834 1835-1846

Arthur Mahon William Hewson Walter Gibbs Richard Cowen (see also below)

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OTHER CLERGY The following clergy also appear in the various registers.

As Bumlin was a small parish with relatively few entries, they are identified here, in chronological order, for completeness.

To differentiate them from the parochial clergy, their initials are shown in italics in this transcript.

Entries

Name & Appointment when making entries

1812-1816

Edward Bolingbroke Ayres, Vicar of Ballymore Eustace (Glend) 1811-1816, Prebendary of Termonbarry (Elph) 1816-1841 Henry Mansergh, Vicar of Kilglass (Elph) 18091822 Lewis Hawkes, Curate of Kilgeffin and Ardclare (Elph) 1822 on George Knox, Curate of Dunamon (Elph) 18261829, Curate of Oran (Elph) 1829-1831, Vicar of Dunamon, Kilcrane and Ballynakill (Elph) 1831-1865 ? Farrell1 ? Armstrong Samuel William Mills, Curate of Bumlin Union although not listed in Leslie’s Clergy Edward Biron, Curate of Oregan (Kild) 1827 on [Mountmellick] John Craig, Curate of Kilgeffin (Elph) ND Joseph White, Curate of St Werburgh’s (Dub) 1834 on John Lloyd, Curate of Taunagh (Elph) 1826-1835, Vicar of Aughrim (Elph) 1835-1847 John Lloyd, of Clonfinlough House Richard Cowen, Rector of Ardclare with Kilcooley and Clomagamacan (Elph) 1846-1878 (previously Curate of Bumlin Union) Charles Broderick Swayne, Vicar of Kilgeffin (Elph) 1849-1852 Augustus William West, Dean of Ardagh 1860-1880 Richard Arthur English, Curate of Templemichael (Ard) 1877-1879 William Warburton, Rector of Elphin and Ogulla and Dean of Elphin 1848-1894 Edward Irwin, Curate of Elphin 1876-1895 William Henry Parker, Rector of Croghan and Creeve (Elph) 1887-1898 Keogh Kempston, Rector of Roscommon 1892-1916 Robert Irvine Ford, Rector of Kilkeevan (Elph) 1889-1936 [Castlerea] (with Tibohine and Loughglynn 1906-1924), Prebendary of Terebrine (Elph) 1900-1936

1812-1815 1820-1835 1825-1832

1827 1827 1829 1829 1830 1833 1834-1842 1848-1852 1847-1854 1852 1870-1871 1878 1878 1878-1888 1893 1896 1908

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F A SWM EB JC JW JL1 JL2 RC CBS AWW RAE WW EI WHP KK RIF

POSSIBLY James Farrell, ordained 1826, later Dean of Adelaide. viii

Entries 1933 1941 1947 1951 1958 1980 1981-1985

Name & Appointment when making entries Francis James McCormick, Rector of Ardcarne (Elph) 1911-1944 Alfred Birch, Rector of Clonbroney with Killoe (Ard) 1940-1945 Cyril Crowden Ellison, Rector of Kilcleagh Union (Meath) 1945-1954 [Moate] Frederick Julian Mitchell, Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh 1950-1955 Alfred James Murray, Bishop’s Curate Kilkeevan (Elph) 1955-1958 [Castlerea] Thomas James Bond, Archdeacon of Elphin and Ardagh 1978-1991 Erberto Mahon Neill, Rector of Boyle, Aghanagh, Kilbryan and Ardcarne (Elph) 1981-1987 (with Elphin from 1982) (and with Croghan from 1984), Prebendary of Tirebrine (Elph) 19831987

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DETAILS OF THE REGISTERS This transcript is based on the following registers.

Combined Registers The first one is a combined register (P0737.01.1) containing: Baptisms Marriages Banns Burials

1811-1826 1811-1826 1812-1818 1811-1823

(85 (41 (6 (18

entries) entries) entries) entries)

It includes the following note: This Registry Book was provided ‌ by the Revd Ed Mahon, who on his presentation to the Union of Bumlin, Kiltrustan & Lissonuffy found no such thing as a Registry Book.

A return of Baptisms commencing 10 May 1809 and of Marriages commencing 1 November 1809 was made on single sheets of paper.

The sheet containing the Baptisms is pasted on the --- page of this Book and the sheet of paper containing an account of the marriages is pasted on the ---.

There was no registry whatsoever of Burials - !!!

The second one is a combined register (P0737.01.2) that contains: Baptisms 1826-1882 Marriages 1824-1845 Burials 1829-1882

(300 entries) (52 entries) (140 entries)

The third one is a combined register (P0737.01.3) that contains: Baptisms Burials

1882-1971 1882-1985

(78 entries) (79 entries)

Marriage Registers The fourth one is a marriage register (P0737.03.1) that contains: Marriages 1845-1919

(35 entries)

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