CHURCHES: Parishes of Old Leighlin 1781-1813 *********************************************** Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Carlow Index Copyright ************************************************ Contributed by Jacquie Liddiard CHURCHES: PARISHES OF OLD LEIGHLIN 1781-1813 [Contributed by Colonel Vigors.] In October, 1874, the only Parish Register in existence (so far as I could ascertain) of the Parish of "Old Leighlin," consisted of 39 loose pages, foolscap size ; they were in a very dilapidated state in an old cover, and were said to have been found on a manure heap outside the house of Thomas Jones, the parish clerk at the Cathedral, shortly after is death (about 1840). About the year 1863, I bought a book and gave it to the incumbent, the Rev. Jas.Carlton , and the entries on the loose pages were copied into it, and it is now (1893) in the Public Record Office, Dublin. The first entry in the book is a Baptism, dated 6th March, 1781. The first Marriage is dated 1st April, 1790, and the first Burial, 27th June 1781. The entries extend to the year 1804, from which date there is a gap until 1836,when they are continued until 1848. The entries in the following pages, which are taken from a M.S. in my Grandfather's writing, are much more complete than the copy in the Public Record Office, and include Births, Marriages and Deaths form 1804 to 1813, and are probably the only record extant of these * The Rev. Edward Vigors was Curate of all the parishes named, excepting "Shankhill," of which he was Rector. He died June 27th, 1797, and was succeeded by his only son, the Rev. Thomas Mercer Vigors, who was "Perpetual" Curate of these parishes until he was appointed Rector of Rathasbeck, Queen's County, in 1815. _______ * To show the importance of these, we have only to mention that within the last month application has been made to me about a birth in this parish, on the proof of which a considerable amount of money, left by a relative in America, depends. - P.D.V. Baptisms, Marriages and Burials in the Parishes of Old Leighlin, Tullowcreen, Wells, Killinane, and Shankhill, copied from a return in the handwriting of the Reverend Edward Vigors, then Curate of the said Parishes. Concluded at bottom of page 4. Date Dec. 27th, 1796. [Register continued.] 1781. March 6th - Baptized, William, son of Thomas Townsend, and Martha his wife, of the Parish of Tullowcreen. March 8th - Baptized, Hannah, daughter of Thomas Payne and Hannah (?). April 9th - Baptized, Mary, daughter of James Scanlan and Catherine his wife, of Tullowcreen. June 22nd - Buried, Thomas Pue. 1782. April 9th - Baptized, Robert, son of Richard Condel and Elizabeth his wife, of Tullowcreen. June 8th - Baptized, Margaret, daughter of John Agar and Margaret his wife, of Tullowcreen. June 22nd - Baptized, Anne, daughter of Nicholas Aylward Vigors, Esq., and Catherine his wife, of Old Leighlin. Sept 15th - Baptized, Anne, daughter of Henry Agar and Mary his wife, of Tullowcreen. Sept 29th - Baptized, John, son of Thomas Payne and ...... his wife, of the Parish of Wells. Oct 22nd - Buried, Elizabeth Condel. 1783. May 2nd - Baptized, George, son of Edward Stevens and Jane his wife, of Shankhill. July 22nd - Baptized, John, son of John Humfrey, Esq., and (Hester ?) his wife, of Killenane. Augt 10th - Baptized, William, son of William Tyndal and Margaret his wife, of the Parish of Old Leighlin. Augt 11th - Baptized, Samuel [Townsend], son of John Townsend and Jane, his wife, of Tullowcreen. Sept 26th - Baptized, David, son of David Ryan, Esq., and Susanna his wife, of the Parish of Wells. 1784. Augst 16th - Baptized, Mary, daughter of Henry Agar, and Mary his wife, of Tullowcreen. This ends the first page, and has the following entry at foot :- "Truly copied by me," Thos. M. Vigors. Septr 30 - Baptized, John son of John Agar and Margaret, his wife, of the Parish of Tullowcreen. Sept 30th - Buried David Johnson. Sept 30th - Baptized, John, son of James Scanlan and Catherine, his wife. Decr 10th - Baptized, Richard, son of Richard Condel and Elizabeth, his wife. 1785 Jany 22nd - Baptized, Henry, son of William Tyndal and Margaret his wife, of the Parish of Old Leighlin. July 10th - Baptized, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Payne and ....... his wife, of the Parish of Wells. Sept 29 - Baptized, Mary, daughter of Edward Stevens and Jane, his wife, of Shankill. Decr 10th - Baptized, Jacob, son of John Townsend and Jane, his wife, of Tullowcreen. Decr 12 - Baptized, Nicholas Aylward, son of Nich. A. Vigors, Squre., and Catherine his wife, of Old Leighlin. 1786. Jany 20th - Baptized, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Condel and Elizabeth his wife. Jany 22nd - Baptized, Anne, daughter of Joseph Johnson and Anne, his wife. Jany 22nd - Buried, William Agar. Feby 24th - Buried, Elizabeth Townsend. July 24th - Baptized, Anne, daughter of John Humfrey, Esqre., and (Hester?) his wife, of Killenane. 1787. March 17th - Baptized, Nicholas John Patrick, son of Peter Aylward, Esqre, of Shankill, and his wife .......(sic). March 17th - Baptized, Thomas, son of James Scanlan and Catherine, his wife. May 26th - Baptized, Margaret, daughter of William Tyndal and Margaret, his wife. July 26th - Baptized Catherine, daughter of Robert Mulhallen, Esqre., and Catherine, his wife, of Killenane. July 30th - Baptized, John, son of John Agar and Margaret, his wife. August 7th - Baptized, David, son of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth, his wife. August 17th - Baptized, Margaret, daughter of Thomas Payne and ......., his wife. August 31st - Baptized, Anne, daughter of Edward Stevens and Jane, his wife. Sept 29th - Baptized, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Agar and Mary, his wife. 1788. March 10th - Baptized, Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Aylward, Esqr., of Shankill, and [Anne], his wife. [Signed] Thos. M. Vigors. Out of order in copy. - [P.D.V.] 1788. Jany 2nd - Buried, John McHue. [Omitted below on 2nd page.] March 14th - Buried, John Scanlan. March 26th - Baptized, Jane, daughter of Thomas Townsend and Martha, his wife. October 29th - Baptized, Thomas, son of John and Mary Condel. Novr 20th - Baptized, John, son of Christopher Agar and Margaret, his wife. Novr 21st - Baptized, James, son of David Ryan, Esqr., and Susanna, his wife. - [Parish of Wells.] Novr 23rd - Baptized, Eleanor, daughter of Robt. Mulhallen, Esqr., and Catherine, his wife. [of Killenane.] Decr 22nd - Baptized, Frances Richards, daughter of Nichs. A. Vigors, Esqre., and Catherine, his wife. - [of Old Leighlin.] 1789. July 1st - Baptized, Frances, daughter of John and Sarah Oliver. July 29th - Baptized, Sarah, daughter of Thos. and Martha Townsend. Augt 10th - Baptized, James, son of James and Catherine Scanlan. Decr 8th - Buried, Luke Scanlan. Decr 10th - Baptized, Anne, daughter of William Marshal and Deborah, his wife. Decr 12th - Baptized, Frances, daughter of William Tyndal and Margaret, his wife. 1790. Jany 2nd - Baptized, Michael Thomas, son of Peter Aylward, Esqre, of Shankill, and [Anne], his wife. - [Parish of Shankill.] April 1st - Married by license, William Tyndal junr, to Amelia Byrne, both of Leighlin Bridge. May 22nd Baptized, Elizabeth, daughter of John Agar and Margaret, his wife. May 1st - Buried, Samuel Taylor. Date omitted in this copy, but appears in the clerk's (?) copy, a loose paper in the same book. [P.D.V.] Novr 27th - Married by license, James McGhee, Saddler, to Anne Payne, both of Leighlin Bridge. 1791. Jany 12th - Baptized, Anne, daughter of William Tyndal and Emilia, his wife, of Leighlin Bridge. Jany 15th - Baptized, Mary, daughter of John and Sarah Oliver. April 10th - Baptized, William, son of Richard Watchborn and Mary, his wife, of Tullowcreen. Sept 11th - Buried at Ballyknocken, Surgeon Neale, of the City of Dublin. Sept 29th - Baptized, John, son of John and Mary Condel, of Tullowcreen. Novr 1st - Baptized, Thomas, son of Christ. and Margaret Agar. Nov 18th - Baptized, Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Reynolds, of Leighlin Bridge, and Mary, his wife. [Signed] Thos. M. Vigors. Nov 18th - Buried, Miss Rudkin, daughter of Henry Rudkin (?), of Wells. [At Old Leighlin.} Decr 10th - Married, George Agar to Anne Hatton, both of the parish of Tullowcreen. Decr 10th - Buried Mrs Rudkin, wife of Henry Rudkin, Esqr. - [of Wells.] 1792. July 15th - Baptized, Hannah, daughter of Henry Agar and Hannah, his wife, of Tullowcreen. 1793. Septr 10th - Married, Mark Wilson, of Castle comer (sic) to Esther McGuire. Octr 30th - Baptized, Sarah, daughter of Henry Agar and Hannah, his wife. Novr 24th - Married, Dowling Wall to Sarah Payne, both of the Parish of Wells. Source: Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, Vol. 2. FHL# 1279252