Contributed to the IGP County Leix/Laois website by Sharon Haggerty of London, Ontario

Records were extracted from a variety of Church of Ireland parish registers--the actual registers, not from microfilm. The registers are held at the RCBL (Representative Church Body Library) in Dublin. They are extracts, not transcripts (i.e., not word for word).

OFFERLANE BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES, BURIALS - PARISH REGISTERS

NOTE: The earliest register baptisms begin when a new rector arrived in 1806. At that time the curate was sent around the parish to record the birth dates of the children in several families. Among them were the following (not all Hipwells or Despards were extracted):

Family of Rev. and Jane Despard

Richard 22 Dec 1781

John 7 Dec 1792, dec’d [bef.1806]

William 7 Feb 1795

Francis 22 Feb 1797

Green 20 Aug 1799

Family of Francis and Ann Vanston of Menore? [did they only list their sons? gaps suggest some missing]

Robert Jan 1782

Henry 4 Jul 1784

Joseph 6 Dec 1789

George Jan 1791

Family of George Hipwell of Marymount

George 19 Dec 1791

Henry 3 Feb 1793

Richard 3 Aug 1795

Mary 4 May 1797, dec’d [bef. 1806]

Phebe 6 Jun 1799

Mary 6 Dec 1802

Charles 24 Sep 1804

Family of William and Ann Hipwell of Ballinrally

Ann 25 Feb 1790

George 25 Dec 1792

Mary 19 Jul 1795

Deborah 4 Jun 1798

Margaret 1 Feb 1801

Henry 12 Apr 1803

William 7 Apr 1806

Family of Joseph Thompson of Shahan

Richard 15 Apr 1796

Jacob 1 Jan 1798

Elizabeth 11 Nov 1801

Jane 20 Jun 1803

Joseph 11 May 1806

Family of John and Mary Thompson of Corkaine?

Richard 4 Jun 1781

Elizabeth 6 Dec 1783

Henry 4 Oct 1787

John 10 Nov 1791

Sarah May 1794

Family of John and Jane Pattison of Monicknew

Ann 10 Mar 1797

Jane 18 Dec 1800

James 15 Jul 1802

Eliza 1 Oct 1804

Thomas 18 Mar 1807

Mary (bap) 6 Apr 1809

Catherine (bp) 24 Jun 1813

William (bp) 13 Jun 1813

George (bp) 16 Jun 1816

Family of William and Ann Pattinson/Pattison of Monicknew

James 1 Nov 1801

Henry 1 Nov 1803

Rebecca 1 Feb 1805

Family of Henry and Mary Pattinson

Mary 28 Jan 1788

Ann 11 Dec 1792

James 5 Feb 1794

Thomas 11 May 1795, dec’d [bef 1806]

Henry 11 Nov 1796

Thomas 14 Mar 1798

George 7 Apr 1799

Penelope 1 Jan 1801

Also a family of Henry and Elinor Pattison, not recorded.

BORN	BAPTISED	CHILD	FATHER	OCCUP’N	MOTHER	RESIDES
	24 Aug 1806	Henry	William Sides		Frances	Clonin
bef 25 May	8 Jul 1807	John	William Pattison		Anne	Monacknew
	8 Jul 1807	Jane	Thomas Meredith		Susannah	Clonegown, near Ballyfin and not in Offerlane parish [probably The Oak?]
	26 Jul 1807	Jane	William Hipwell		Anne	Bollenrally or Ballinrally
	9 Aug 1808	Eliza	George Sides		Elizabeth	Clonin
	12 Feb 1809	Sarah	James Thompson		Hannah	Clonin
	26 Mar 1809	Mary Anne	Richard Thompson		Margaret	Glebe
	30 Apr 1809	Jane	William Sides		Frances	Clonin
	31 May 1809	Anne	William Pattison		Anne	Monicknew
	14 Jan 1810	William	William Vanston		Margaret	Cahir
	7 Mar 1810	John	Joseph Thompson		Mary	Shrahane
	5 Aug 1810	Anne	Henry Sides		Anne	North Grove
	13 Feb 1811	Eliza	Richard Thompson		Margaret	the Glebe
	18 Oct 1811	Hannah	William Pattison		Anne	Monacknew
	15 Oct 1812	Sarah	Joseph Thompson		Mary	Shrahane
	31 Oct 1813	John	Richard Thompson		Margaret	Coolraine
	20 Feb 1814	Christiana	William Thompson		Dolly	Clonin
	6 Mar 1814	Edward	William Pattison		Anne	Monaknew
abt Apr 1814	22 Oct 1814	Ellen, age 6 mos	Thomas Thompson		Anne	Rushin
	31 Dec 1815	Benjamin	Thomas Thompson		Anne	Rushin
	25 Feb 1816	Sarah	Richard Thompson		Margaret	Coolraine
	24 May 1818	Robert	Robert Thompson
	5 Jul 1818	Henry	Robert Thompson		Mary
	11 Nov 1818	Abraham	James Pattison		Arabella
	15 Aug 1819	Thomas	William Pattison		Anne	Roundmore
	23 Jul 1820	Sarah Ann	Thomas Thompson		Jane	Clonane
	6 Aug 1820	Jane	Richard Thompson		Mary	Coolrain
	4 Jul 1821	Elizabeth	Isaac Dann		Sarah	Altavilla
	20 Apr 1821	John	John Thompson		Rachel	Clonaighille?
	16 May 1822	Harriet	William Pattison		Anne	Monacknew
20 Sep 1822	20 Oct 1822	Frances	Richard Thompson		Mary	Colerane
	4 May 1823	John	Isaac Dann		Sarah	Coolraine
	31 Aug 1823	Susannah	Robert Thompson		Elizabeth	Clone Hill, Clonane
	16 Jan 1825	Maria	Richard Thompson		Elizabeth	Rushea
25 Mar 1826	11 Jun 1826	Maria	William Pattison		Anne

MARRIAGES

17 Jul 1777 James Hipwell m Christiana Rafter?

Feb 1784 George Thompson m Elizabeth Delany of Crannah

3 Jul 1784 Samuel Hipwell m Elizabeth Graham of late ??[wid? dau?] Thomas Graham of Derryduff

11 Apr 1787 Henry Pattison of Rushin m Mary Sawyer

4 Feb 1792 Henry Milbourne of Cork m Anne Thompson, dau of Thomas Thompson of Castletown

1 Jun 1796 Eliza Despard, dau of William Despard of Shanderry? m Rev. Richard Despard of Donow? [in hindsight, I’m not certain Rev. Richard was the groom rather than the rector performing this marriage–need to check this]

20 Dec 1803 John Vanston m Ann Graham

2 Feb 1804 William Vanston of ??[ends with nontupia? or nontusia?] m Margaret Smith of Glandine

27 Dec 1804 Theophilus Thompson of Kippar? m Mary Pattinson of Rushin

27 Feb 1808 Richard Thompson, blacksmith of Cooleraine m Marg Phelen, wid, dau of William Standige, by license

2 Jan 1811 Thomas Thompson of Ballyhuppahaune [Rosenallis parish?] m Anne Pattinson of Rushin by lic.

12 Mar 1820 Isaac Dann of Coolraine m Sarah Thompson of same

14 Jun 1821 John Caldbeck of Kylebeg, par of Aghava to Elizabeth Thompson of this parish

13 Oct 1828 Thomas Meredith of Clonenagh, Queen’s County, m Rebecca Pattison of this parish; wit: James Pattison, John Moyles, both of this parish

18 Sep 1831 Robert Travers Lewis, Clonenagh, Queen’s County, m Mary Jane Longworth of this parish; wit: Robert Griffith, Harry Cornelius, both of this parish

BURIALS

27 Sep 1807 Sarah Thompson of Rathdowney, age 85

9 Jan 1812 William Despard Esq’r of Mountrath, age 77

17 Feb 1821 Henry, son of Richard Thompson of Coolrain

23 Nov 1822 Jane Thompson of Ralish

23 May 1823 Robert Thompson of Ralish

26 Mar 1827 Anne Vanston, parish of Ballykilcavin, age 76

6 Feb 1832 John Vanston, parish of Clonenagh, age 51