Anne Biddulph [1798- ] of Vicarstown, Queen’s County

Anne was the eldest daughter of fourteen children of Francis Biddulph [1774-1827] and Mary Marsh of Vicarstown, Queen’s County. Francis Biddulph was the Registrar of the Court of Exchequer.

She married Symon Biddulph on the 8^th of September 1821 in the church at Killaghey, now known as Killoughy. Symon was the son of Sir Theophilus Biddulph, Bt., and a member of the 25th Regiment. He died young in 1823.

Death: Died Friday se'nnight, at the house of his aunts, the Misses Biddulph, where he was visit for his health, Captain Simon Biddulph, of the 25th regiment, the 30th year of his age.[1]

Anne married again, four years later, in 1827. Her second husband was James Moilse, a solicitor, of 23 North Frederick Street, Dublin.  

Their daughter, Susan Elizabeth Moilse was born at 23 North Frederick Street, Dublin, on the 14^th January 1830, but not baptised until 1832. There is a note in the church register where her father James is recorded as deceased.[2]

Known as Elizabeth, she married Thomas Wilkinson, M.D., of Clonaslee, Queen’s County, on the 16^th July 1863.[3]

1863 21 July: Dr Wilkinson & Elizabeth Moilse.  At St. Peter’s Church Dublin Dr Wilkinson, of Clonaslee to Elizabeth daughter of the late James Moilse, Esq., solicitor, North Frederick Street, Dublin. [4]

They had five children.

Anne and James Moilse may have had another daughter, Charlotte Frances Moilse.  She died in Kingstown, County Dublin, in 1887, naming Elizabeth Wilkinson as the executor of her will.

After the death of James Moilse, Anne married a third time, Robert Frederick Graham, in the parish of St. Mary’s, Dublin, on the 8^th of December 1835.[5]

Anne’s sister, Elizabeth, is buried in Deansgrange Cemetery, County Dublin. On her gravestone Elizabeth is remembered as the eldest daughter of Francis Biddulph.

Sacred to the Memory of Elizabeth Biddulph eldest daughter of Francis Harrison Biddulph, Esq., of Rathrobbin, King's Co., late Registrar of the Court of Equity Exchequer in Ireland.

But it was Anne who was the eldest daughter. Like many of her younger siblings who emigrated to England, America and Australia, she was forgotten.

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[1]  Hampshire Chronicle, Mon. 05 May 1823, p.4

[2]  https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie

[3]  https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie

[4]  http://limerickslife.com/dublin-weddings-1863/

[5]  https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie

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Nicholas Biddulph [1803-1888]

Nicholas Biddulph of Congor, County Tipperary, was born in 1803, the eldest of

 the three sons of Francis Biddulph and Mary Steele. He had two sisters, Anne, who married Hugh Boyd Wray, and Elizabeth, who never married. His brothers Richard and Francis Biddulph both emigrated to Canada and settled there.

He succeeded to Fortal, King’s County, after a prolonged legal dispute which ended in 1824.

He was admitted to Trinity College, Dublin in 1825 at the age of 20, and matriculated in 1827.[1] He was then admitted to Peterhouse College, Cambridge from Trinity College, Dublin.

In 1833 he married Catherine Lucas of Woodlodge, County Cavan, daughter of the Rev. Edward Lucas [1766-1815], also known as Edward Clements, and Elizabeth Clements,  of Rathkenny, County Cavan.

At Muff Church, County Derry, on the 31st August, by the Rev. James L.M. Scott, Nicholas Biddulph, Esq., of Kingsborough, King's County, to Catherine, daughter of the late Rev. Edward Lucas, County Cavan.[2]

They had one son Francis Edward Biddulph.

Catherine died in 1834.

Deaths. On Thursday last, in Portarlington, after giving birth to a son and heir on the preceding Sunday, Catherine, wife of Nicholas Biddulph, Esq., the melancholy and premature death of this lady is sincerely regretted by a large and respectable circle of acquaintances  to who a mild and ..... (cutting incomplete).

Nicholas married a second time, in St. Peter’s Church, Dublin, in 1839. His second wife was Isabella Digges La Touche, the daughter of James Digges La Touche [1788-1827] of Sans Souci, County Dublin.

At St. Peter's Church, Dublin, Nicholas Biddulph, Esq., of Conger House, County Tipperary, to Isabella, eldest daughter of the late James Digges Latouche, Esq., of Sans Souci, county of Dublin.

Nicholas and Isabella had nine children, James, Robert, William, Richard, Isabella, Mary, Anne, Grace and Ellen.  They were unsettled times and the following incident took place at Congor in 1841. Their first child, Isabella, was a year old.

About 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening three armed men came to the gate house of Congor, the residence of Nicholas Biddulph, Esq., two of whom entered and the other remained outside. On their entrance they demanded firearms from Thompson, Mr. Biddulph's steward, threatening to shoot him if he did not comply. While reaching the house the light went out and Mrs. Thompson escaped through a back door and ran to Congor House for assistance. Mr. Biddulph and his servant immediately proceeded to the gate-house, but the fellows were gone. One fellow pursued (Mrs. Thompson when escaping, but was unsuccessful and called out No. 3 stating that Thompson should suffer for letting his wife escape with the arms; which, however, was not the case as there were not any in the house at the time.[3]

Nicholas Biddulph died on the 5th April 1888. Isabella survived him by a few months. She died on the 19th September 1888.

They are buried in Congor graveyard close to where Ardcroney Church once stood. The Church has since been removed to Bunratty Folk Park. The gravestone bears the following inscription.

Biddulph

Erected by their children in memory of Nicholas Biddulph, J.P., of Congor House, died 5th April 1888, aged 84 years.

Isabella his wife died 19th September 1888 aged 78 years.

Also Arthur Stuart Biddulph who died 1st January 1914 aged 10 years.

In memory of Mary Biddulph who died 1st January 1914. Also her sister Annie who died 21st September 1901. Birr View, Birr.

'I am the resurrection and the Life.'

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[1] Alumni Cantabrigienses: Vol. 2, by John Venn

[2] The Belfast Newsletter, 1833, Sept 06

[3] Nenagh Guardian 1841

Elizabeth Biddulph [1802-1877]

Elizabeth Biddulph was  born in 1802, the second daughter of the late Francis Biddulph Esq., Mount Oliver, Queen’s County, and  his wife Mary Steele. She was the sister of Nicholas Biddulph, Esq., J.P., Congor House, County Tipperary, and  of Anne Wray [nee Biddulph]. Her brothers Richard and Francis Biddulph both emigrated to Canada. She was  niece to the late Sir Robert and Lady Waller of Newport, County Tipperary.[1] Lady Waller was also called Elizabeth Biddulph, and was her father’s sister.

Elizabeth Biddulph  died  on the 14^th of October 1877, aged 75, at Richmond Hill, Rathmines, Dublin.She was unmarried.

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[1] Belfast Newsletter 18 October 1877.

Margaret Biddulph [ - 31 March 1811] of Rathrobin and Fortal

Margaret Biddulph, and her sister Sarah, were the daughters of Nicholas Biddulph of Rathrobin and Fortal, and his first wife, Patience Colley. There were no sons, and the son of a later marriage, to Alice Scott, died young.

Margaret was married twice. She married her first husband Alexander Cornewall in 1762.

Cornwall, Alexander, gent, of Lishmote, Co. Limerick and Margaret Biddulph of Fortell, Kingscounty, spinster. Bondsmen: Richard Harrison of Aghress, Co. Clare, gent, and Derby Ryan of Killaloe, merchant, 11 June 1762.[1]

After his death in 1779 she married her second husband Thomas Bernard [1745- ], of Castle Bernard, King’s County, in 1780. His daughter Mary Bernard, from his first marriage with Mary Willington, married Robert Waller in 1796.

Margaret died childless on the 31^st of March, 1811. She left the moiety of her estates to her cousin Elizabeth, Lady Waller. Elizabeth Biddulph had become the second wife of Sir Robert Waller in 1806, after the death of Mary Bernard in 1804.

Margaret’s sister Sarah married Gifford Nesbitt of Tubberdaly House, King's County, in 1769.

Marriages. A few days ago, Giffard Nesbitt, Esq; to Miss Biddulph.[2]

Sarah died childless in 1772. She bequeathed the moiety of her estate to her sister Margaret. Gifford Nesbitt died in 1773.

In this way, and in the absence of a male heir, Margaret inherited Rathrobin and Fortal from her sister Sarah.  On her death in 1811, she bequeathed the estates to her cousin Elizabeth Biddulph, daughter of Nicholas Biddulph and Elizabeth Dempsey, and the wife of Sir Robert Waller.

From Margaret’s death in 1811 until 1824 Francis Harrison Biddulph [1774-1827] of Vicarstown, had a dispute with Sir Robert Waller in regard to the Rathrobin and Fortal estates. He was an uncle of Elizabeth, Lady Waller, a second cousin of Margaret, and a great grandson of Nicholas Biddulph who had been granted Rathrobin in perpetuity by Lord Shelburne. The dispute was eventually settled in his favour. He succeeded to Rathrobin, and his cousin, Nicholas Biddulph of Congor, succeeded to Fortal.[3]

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[1] Killaloe, Co. Clare Marriage License Bonds, 1680-1720 and 1760-1762. from Ms 31883, folio 188.

[2] Limerick Chronicle Vol 1. no 6. Thur, March 9, 1769

[3] Burke's Irish Family Records.

John Biddulph [c.1700-1741], Stradbally, Queen’s County

John Biddulph was the second son of Nicholas Biddulph of Rathrobin and Fortal, and his wife, Charity. His father, Nicholas, died in 1702, when he was two years old, and his older brother Francis, born in 1690, inherited Rathrobin and Fortal.

John Biddulph’s wife is unknown. He had five children, John, Francis, Nicholas, Richard and Alice

1. John Biddulph, a Lieutenant in the Army. He married Alice Scott, the widow of his cousin Nicholas Biddulph.
2. Francis Biddulph, [1727-1826] of Vicarstown, Queen’s County. He married Eliza Harrison of Yorkshire in 1765. They had eight children.
3. Nicholas Biddulph [1737-1799], of Glenkeen, Borrisoleigh, County Tipperary. He married, first, Elizabeth Dempsey, in 1759, and second, Hannah Cooke.
4. Richard Biddulph of Skinners Alley, County Dublin married Prudence Tunkes in 1755. He is believed to have been a weaver.
5. Alice Biddulph, of whom nothing is known.

A John Biddulph, Ballyboy, Offaly, cloathier, appears in a Memorial in the Registry of Deeds, dated 27 February 1723. The name of John Biddulph of Stradbally appears in two later deeds, dated 1728 and 1739.

He died about 1740.[1] His children were still minors.

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[1] John Biddulph, Stradbally, Queen’s County.1741. [W.P.W. Phillimore & Gertrude Thrift, Indexes to Irish Wills 1536-1858, 5 Vols (1909-1920)]

Francis Biddulph [1690 - ] of Rathrobin and Fortal, King’s County

Francis Biddulph [1690 - ] was the eldest son of Nicholas Biddulph [1662-1702] and his wife Charity. After the death of his father Nicholas Biddulph, Charity Biddulph, married John Newcombe of Aghanville, King’s County, in 1707,

Francis Biddulph is sometimes found as Francis Bidolph. He married Mary Jackson of Ballymackey, County Tipperary in 1712, daughter of Robert Jackson of Knockinglass, County Tipperary.

Biddulph, Francis. Kilaghy, King's County. Gent. Mary Jackson, Ballymackey, Co. Tipperary. 7 April 1712. (Dublin Prerogative Marriage Licenses).

In 1702 while still a minor he had  inherited  Rathrobin, King's County, from his father. He later obtained a lease forever of Fortal, King’s County, from Lord Shelbourne in 1722. He  made Fortal his place of residence.

Francis and Mary had one son, Nicholas Biddulph [b. abt 1714 - d. 1762] , of Fortal and Rathrobin , who was married twice, first,  Patience Colley of Stradbally, King’s County, and second,  Alice Scott.