This is a revised version of an earlier section of my tribute to my VICKERS ancestors of Dublin.
See:
www.pigott-gorrie.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-vickers-family-of-dublin.html
I first encountered Jeremiah VICKERS (1681-1757) while doing research in the 1980s and 1990s - but fairly quickly comprehended that he was not an ancestor of mine, and was unlikely to be related to the man who was, Captain James VICKERS (about 1641-1705).
My very recent revisit to the Jeremiah VICKERS branch has been made easier due to recent progress in the digitalisation of older records, and much more detail is now available.
Some of it, however, appears to have become a little confused, especially the distinction between the two Jeremiah VICKERS, both Merchants in Dublin, and then in Dundalk, County Louth - they being, it would appear, a son and a grandson of the original Jeremiah VICKERS (ca 1681-1757), Tanner; these later two were probably not father and son, and were probably uncle and nephew.
But it would appear that the terms "Elder" and "Younger" have not always been stated accurately.
The results of my research are not conclusive, in particular when it comes to determining the parentage of three VICKERS men who were born in County Louth after 1800, and who had issue who used the middle name of WYNNE.
I hope this version is a little clearer than my earlier attempt.
Any suggestions, particularly any supported by family records not yet in the public domain, would be most welcome.
Chris PIGOTT, Potts Point, N.S.W
cgpigott5@gmail.com
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WHILE THIS NOTICE REMAINS, ADDITIONS AND ALTERATIONS ARE LIKELY TO BE MADE.
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THE DIXON PAPERS PEDIGREE.
For the record, the following is my transcript of the VICKERS Pedigree which appears in the DIXON Papers, MS 8522 (2), which I made in the 1990s during a visit to the Genealogical Office, in Kildare Street, Dublin.
The full dates of birth are as recorded, and remain uncorroborated from any other source.
I expect that these birth dates probably appeared in the parish register of St Catherine's (C.of I.), Dublin, or perhaps instead the neighbouring parish of St Nicholas Without.
They were probably abstracted by William Jackson PIGOTT (1842-1921), who died in the year before the Four Courts fires of 1922, which destroyed much original material held there in the Public Records Office.
W.J.P. was a keen family historian, and was a first cousin of my great-grandfather, Henry Robert PIGOTT (1838-1904). There is a manuscript "cover note" to the DIXON Papers, in handwriting which matches that of W.J.P. in some of his original letters now lodged in the Library of the Society of Genealogists in London.
Naturally, W.J.P. was particularly interested in our common ancestors, including Captain James VICKERS (ca1641-1705), who had arrived in Dublin about 1677, but appears to have no direct connection to the following family.
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Jeremiah VICKERS, of Vickers Street, Dublin; buried St Nicholas Without, 21 February 1718.
Jeremiah VICKERS, of Dolphins Barn, Tanner, 1735; of Crooked Staff, Tanner, 1740; born 15 December 1681; died at Crooked Staff, and buried at Crumlin, 15 March 1757; married firstly Joyce, daur of Robert and Joyce JACKSON (Tanner, Dolphins Barn and Crooked Staff, 1711), M.L.B. 30 July and married 5 August 1707; issue:
1. Robert VICKERS, born 2 August 1708 (bapt Mr STRONG).
2. William VICKERS, born 3 August 1710; marr Lydia EMERSON his step-sister.
3. - - - , born 13 April 1712 (bapt Mr STRONG).
4. Elizabeth VICKERS, born 23 April 1714 (bapt Mr STRONG); died 10 December 1714.
5. - - - , born 21 September 1715.
6. Elizabeth VICKERS, born 11 April 1717 (bapt Mr STRONG); bur Crumlin, 31 May 1748.
7. Anne VICKERS.
8. Sarah VICKERS, born 28 February 1722-23, and baptised 6 March.
9. Susannah VICKERS, born 17 September 1725 and baptised 24 September.
10. Grace VICKERS, born 19 February 1727; married by Licence, 1750, Richard WILKINSON.
11. Catherine VICKERS; marr 1740, St Catherine's, Samuel GOFF.
12. Lydia VICKERS; marr 18 February 1747, John EMERSON.
Jeremiah married secondly (M.l. 15 April) on 20 April 1732, to Anne, widow of Robert EMERSON, Chandler (Admo'n 20 June 1729); she died 17 December 1788, will dated 13 June 1767, proved 6 February 1789; issue by first marriage see above; issue by second:
13. Jeremiah VICKERS, born 25 June 1733; Merchant, Inns Quay, 1765-85'; Welting Club; VICKERS and LORD, Merchants, Inns Quay, 1773; died unmarried; will dated 8 October 1816, proved 4 March 1818.
14. Thomas VICKERS, born 5 February 1734; Tanner, Crooked Staff, 1758-66; MLB 10 September 1757, Alice SHERLOCK, of Nass; issue:
a. Jeremiah VICKERS; Lane (?) Meadow, Kilmainham, & Inns Quay, 1782; married 1782, Frances, daur of John PAGE of Dundalk; issue - Frances, married PURCELL.
b. Lydia VICKERS; will dated 1832, proved 1837; married George CARTWRIGHT.
In addition, there was the following drop-line pedigree:
Jeremiah VICKERS ===
from Scotland |
settled in Dublin ca 1690 |
______________|
|
Son === - - - WYNNE
settled Co Louth | niece of Mr BRERETON
died young |
partner of KIRKLAND |
Issue
several children
_______________|_______________
| |
Mrs S. W. Marion
ARMSTRONG VICKERS
Booterstown, 1888. 18 Booterstown Ave
Died Dec 1912.
There appears to be a serious shortcoming in this second and limited pedigree.
The son who "settled Co Louth" may have been either Jeremiah VICKERS (but his wife appears to have been Frances PAGE), or his younger brother Thomas VICKERS (whose wife was Alice SHERLOCK, by whom he did have a son named Jeremiah, the younger, who did also settle in County Louth, and is much more likely to have been the WYNNE spouse) - there may simply be, and most probably is, a missing generation here, between the Scot who settled in 1690, and the "younger" settler in County Louth.
The "several children" here inevitably included a son, William VICKERS/VICARS (1804-1879), and possibly another, named James (1813-1902) who emigrated to Canada.
William's mother, who died in Collon, County Louth, in 1860, was named Mary Ann - she was probably the "Miss WYNNE" mentioned above.
And Mr BRERETON was probably William BRUERTON or BRERETON, of Toberdoney, County Louth, who was buried at Stabannon parish churchyard, 6 January 1816, aged 74 - there was a branch of the WYNNE family who also resided in Stabannon parish, but in do not find any relevant marriages between the two families.
See further below.
As far as I am aware, the DIXON Papers have not yet been digitalised. On my last visit to Dublin in 2010, the Genealogical Office was no longer open to the public. It does occur to me that getting the file of papers digitalised might be possible, but would probably incur a fee.
BURIALS AT CRUMLIN CHURCHYARD.
The DIXON Papers also detail of a number of burials at Crumlin, County Dublin, which appear to have been transcribed from a register in existence before the 1922 fires in the Public Record Office, then located in the Four Courts building in Dublin City, on the north bank of the River Liffey.
[These images, from a double page photocopy made by me in Dublin in the 1990s, are unsourced in my notes. They may not have been in this form in the DIXON Papers, but the information there was probably derived from these two consecutive lists.]
The VICKERS burials include the following, most of whom are evidently related to Jeremiah VICKERS, the Tanner:
1743 - Ann, daughter of William and Lydia VICKARS, 13 September.
1744 (or 1745) - William, son of William VICKARS, 27 May.
1748 - Elizabeth, daughter of Jeremiah VICARS, 31 March.
1756 - Jeremiah, son of William VICKARS, 24 August.
1757 - Jeremiah VICKERS, 15 March. [The Tanner.]
1759 - Mary VICKERS, wife of John, 4 September [Brewer, of Aledrape - unrelated].
1763 - Mary, daughter of Samuel VICARS, 21 January.
1763 - Easther, daughter to Joseph VICKARS, 21 June. [Weaver, of Chambre Street - unrelated.]
1767 - Mary VICKARS, daughter of Joseph, 6 July. [Ditto.]
1768 - VICKERS (no other details recorded), 30 November.
1769 - Abraham VICKERS, 6 April.
1776 - Mrs VICKERS, mother of Mr Jeremiah VICKERS, 18 January.
1776 - Alicia, daughter of Joseph VICKERS, 5 March. [Weaver, of Chambre street - unrelated]
1778 - George VICKARS, 17 May.
1781 - Samuel, son of William and Elizabeth VICKERS, 3 March.
1785 - Ann VICARS, 27 July.
1786 - Harriet, daughter of Jerry VICARS, 9 September.
1788 - William, son of Robert VICKERS, 25 April.
1790 - Liddy*, daughter of Robert VICARS, 14 June. [Footnote* - Lydia in Visitation return.]
1790 - Elinor VICARS, wife of Robert, 3 August.
1790 - William VICKERS, 10 September.
1793 - William, son of John VICKERS, 27 November.
1813 - Lydia, daughter of John and Mary VICARS, 15 August.
1818 - Robert VICKARS, 2 January.
1828 - Mary VICARS, wife of John, 18 September.
These details may have achieved the status of primary source material.
A CHRONOLOGY OF VITAL DATES FOR FIVE OR MORE JEREMIAH VICKERS.
1681 - Jeremiah VICKERS [A] was born on 15 December.
1690 - Jeremiah VICKERS settled in Dublin about 1690 [DIXON Papers].
It is not clear who this "settler" was - Jeremiah [A] would only have been aged just under 10 years, so presumably had arrive arrived with his father, who may have been the Jerimy who died in 1718 (see below)?
1707 - Jeremiah VICKERS [A], aged 26, was married, 5 August, to Joyce JACKSON, daughter of Robert JACKSON and Joyce SHAW.
1716 - Jeremiah VICCARS [probably A] was named as co-defendant in a Court of Exchequer Bill, entered 4 April, together with John VICCARS, Elizabeth, Samuel and George HEATH, and Daniel FOY; the Plaintiffs being Charles GANNON and Margaret GANNON otherwise HEATH, his wife.
1718 - Jerimy VICKERS, of Vickers Street, Dublin, was buried at St Nicholas Without, 21 February 1717-18. This may have been the 1690 settler, or his father, or perhaps instead his grandson, an unrecorded son of [A] by his first wife Joyce JACKSON, and if so, then aged under 10 years?
1732 - Jeremiah VICKERS [probably A], of St Catherine's parish, Dublin, Brazier, was married, by Prerogative License dated 15 April, to Ann EMERSON, of St Luke's parish, Widow.
1733 - Jeremiah VICKERS [C] was born 25 June, son of the above Jeremiah VICKERS and his second wife Ann EMERSON.
1756 - Jeremiah VICKERS was buried at Crumlin churchyard, 24 August, son of William VICKERS.
1757 - Jeremiah VICKERS [A], an eminent Tanner, died at Crooked Staff, Dublin, in March 1757; he was buried at Crumlin churchyard, 15 March.
1758-60 - Jeremiah VICKERS [E] was born, son of Thomas VICKERS and Alice SHERLOCK (they were married in September 1757).
1762 - Jeremiah VICKERS [D] was born (from his age at death in 1816).
1776 - Mrs Ann VICKERS died at Inns Quay, Dublin, January 1776, at an advanced age, mother of Mr Jeremiah VICKERS.
1782 - Jeremiah VICKERS [probably C], of Inns Quay, Merchant, was married to Frances PAGE, of Dundalk, County Louth, on 11 December.
1795-96 - Jeremiah VICKERS [E] was born (from age at death in 1816).
1801 - Mr Jeremiah VICKERS [probably C] was buried at St Nicholas Churchyard, Dundalk, 8 September.
1816 - Jeremiah VICKERS [E] was buried at Stabannon, County Louth, 6 June, aged 20 years.
1816 - Jeremiah VICKERS [D] was buried at Stabannon, County Louth, 27 September, aged 54 years
JEREMIAH VICKERS, OF DUBLIN, TANNER.
The following is derived from the DIXON Papers pedigree (see above), to which later additions have been made, including some very recently digitalised sources.
[A] Jeremiah VICKERS, born 15 December 1681 [DIXON Papers]; named in his father-in-law Robert JACKSON's will, dated 23 February 1711 [BETHAM's Abstract - see also deed abstract of it, above]; Admitted Freeman of Dublin, Michaelmas 1712, Tanner's Guild, by Service; of the parish of St Catherine's, Dublin; named in a Court of Exchequer Bill, dated 4 April 1716, with John VICCARS (as a joint Defendant), in a case brought by Charles GANNON and his wife Margaret alias HEATH, his co-defendants being Elizabeth, Samuel and George HEATH, and Daniel FOY; of the City of Dublin, Tanner, when he was Grantee of Deeds of Lease and Release, dated 11 and 12 October, 1721 [Memorial 19916, Book 31, Page 451], along with John VICKERS, of Ballynabarna, County Westmeath (and perhaps his relation), as joint first party of the Release, to Henry PEMBERTON, of Dublin, Merchant (further details pending); of the County of Dublin, Tanner, when he was named as Grantee of a deed of Lease, dated 23 September 1728 [Memorial 40351, Book 45, page 519], by which Rev William JACKSON, of Clonmell, County Tipperary, "... demised and set unto him all taht and those the holding and tan yard wherein Robert JACKSON, deceased, formerly lived, situate on Crokked Staffe, in the Liberty of Thomas Court and Donore and County of Dublin, with all houses, out houses, gardens, yards, back side, house of ease, and appurtenances thereunto belonging in as large and ample manner as Robert JACKSON deceased formerly enjoyed the same, an as the said Jeremiah VICARS then held and enjoyed the same, to hold for 61 years from 25th March last past, at the yearly rent of ₤40 sterling, with 7 shillings sterling per annum dutys for every dwelling house that are or shall be built on the said premises, which said Lease and Memorial s witnessed by John FOX, of the City of Dublin, Cutler, and Samuel HEATH, of the said city, Tanner"; of Crooked staff, 1729, when was named as one of two Tanners (with Rowland ATKINSON, of Dolphin's barn) among members of the Common Council of the City of Dublin [Gentleman's and Citizen's Almanac]; of the City of Dublin, Tanner, when he was named as third party to a Deed, dated 17 March 1732 [Memorial 58280, Book 81, Page 444], of which the first party was James WILLMOTT, of Dublin, Dyer, and the second party was Robert ADAM, of Dublin, Weaver, concerning land in Upper Combe (which was disposed of in August 1761 by his widow Ann and son William); Tanner's Guild representative, Dublin Municipal Council, 1732; Tanner, of Dolphins Barn, 1735 [DIXON]; ditto, of Crooked Staff, 1740 [DIXON]; Tanner's Guild, Electors for M.P., Dublin Voter's Book, October-November 1749.
Jeremiah died at Crooked Staff, March 1757, "... an eminent Tanner" [Dublin Gazette, March 1757, citing other dates, on same page, of 18 and 19 March], and was buried at Crumlin, 15 March.
Jeremiah was married firstly, by License dated 30 July 1707, on 5 August, to Joyce JACKSON, daughter of Robert JACKSON and Joyce SHAW; she was named in her father's will, 1711, as Joyse VICCARS [BETHAM]; she appears to have died about 1730 (if it was her husband who married again in 1732).
Jeremiah and Joyce had issue:
1. Robert VICKERS, born 2 August 1708, baptised Mr STRONG [DIXON - parish unidentified].
2. William VICKERS, born 3 August 1710. See [B] below.
2. William VICKERS, born 3 August 1710. See [B] below.
3. unknown, born 13 April 1712, baptised Mr STRONG [ditto].
4. Elizabeth, born 23 April 1714; died 10 December 1714.
4. Elizabeth, born 23 April 1714; died 10 December 1714.
5. unknown, born 21 September 1715.
6. Elizabeth VICKERS, born 11 April 1717, and baptised by Mr STRONG; buried Crumlin, 31 march 1748 [DIXON].
7. Ann VICKERS. No details.
8. Sarah VICKERS, born 28 February 1722-23, and baptised 6 March [DIXON].
5. Susannah VICKERS, born 17 September 1725, and baptised 24 September [DIXON].
6. Grace VICKERS, born 19 February 1727; of the parish of St Catherine's, Spinster, she was married by License, 10 January 1750(-51?), to Richard WILKINSON, of the City of Dublin, Chandler [BETHAM].
7. Catherine VICKERS; married at St Catherine's, Dublin, by M.L.B. dated 8 August 1740, to Samuel GOFF or GOUGH, of Dublin, Merchant [DIXON; but BETHAM'S Abstract records her name as Anne]; they had issue:
8. Sarah VICKERS, born 28 February 1722-23, and baptised 6 March [DIXON].
5. Susannah VICKERS, born 17 September 1725, and baptised 24 September [DIXON].
6. Grace VICKERS, born 19 February 1727; of the parish of St Catherine's, Spinster, she was married by License, 10 January 1750(-51?), to Richard WILKINSON, of the City of Dublin, Chandler [BETHAM].
7. Catherine VICKERS; married at St Catherine's, Dublin, by M.L.B. dated 8 August 1740, to Samuel GOFF or GOUGH, of Dublin, Merchant [DIXON; but BETHAM'S Abstract records her name as Anne]; they had issue:
a. Jeremiah GOUGH; named in his brother Mathew's will, 1773; he was married, with issue:
i. Eldest son.
ii. Mathew GOUGH, the second son; named in his uncle Matthew's will 1773.
b. Mathew GOUGH; of the City of Dublin, his will dated 28 June 1773, proved 22 June 1785; he was married to Ann JONES; she was named in his will, 1773.
8. Lydia VICKERS; of the parish of St Catherine, Spinster, when she was married, by License dated 18 February 1747, to John EMERSON, of the City of Dublin, Writing Clerk [BETHAM].
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Jeremiah VICKERS, Brazier, of St Catherine's Parish, Dublin, was married by License dated 15 April 1732, on 20 April, to Anne EMERSON of St Luke's Parish, Dublin, Widow [BETHAM's Abstract], the widow of Robert EMERSON (of Dublin, Chandler, his administration, dated 20 June 1729, granted to Anne, his widow and relict) - available evidence indicates that this may have been a second marriage for the "former" Tanner (unless the the Tanner had an older son named Jeremiah, although available archived documents do not support this); Ann VICKERS, of the City of Dublin, made an Indented Deed of Assignment, dated 10 September 1757 [Memorial 127594, Book 192, Page 265], as the "Executrix of Jeremiah VICKERS, late of the said City, Tanner, deceased," by which she demised to her son Thomas VICKERS, Tanner, her late husband's House and Tan Yards in Crooked Staff, which deed was witnessed by Samuel and Jeremiah VICKERS (probably sons of Jeremiah, the deceased Tanner); she was probably the Ann VICKERS, who inserted a notice in the Freeman's Journal, Dublin, 24 December 1763:"CANDLES AND SOAP. Ann VICKERS, Tallow Chandler, who some years ago followed business in Truck Street, has now opened a Shop on Crooked Staff near Newmarket on the Comb, and hopes for Encouragement from her Friends and the Public, as she is determined, by the quality of her Goods, and by the greatest Diligence and Care in executing their demands, to do everything on her Power to deserve their Favour."
Ann VICKERS, of Crooked Staff, County Dublin, Widow, was first part to an Indented Deed of Lease, dated 17 May 1764 [Memorial 152124, Book 228, Page 488], by which she demised unto Samuel HOLT of Thomas Street, City of Dublin, Tanner, and Isaac WILLIAMS, also of Thomas Street, Merchant, the leasehold of "... all that dwelling house in Chamber Street in the County of Dublin, together with the Tan yard, Bark house, Mill, Stable, Drying lofts, in as ample manner as Wm VICKERS, Tanner, lateley held and enjoyed the same...term of 21 years... yearly rent of ₤20 sterling... witnessed by Thomas VICKERS of the City of Dublin, Tanner..."
Ann died on 17 December 1788; her will dated 13 June 1767, proved 6 February 1789, of the City of Dublin, Widow, naming her late husband Jeremiah, Tanner, her daughter Lydia the wife of William VICKERS, her sons Thomas and Jeremiah VICKERS, and her grandchildren Jeremiah (son of Thomas) and Lydia VICKERS; by her he had further issue:
9. Jeremiah VICKERS, born 25 June 1733. See [C] below.
9. Jeremiah VICKERS, born 25 June 1733. See [C] below.
10. Thomas VICKERS, born 5 February 1734. See [D] below.
Curiously, a burial in Crumlin churchyard, 18 January 1776, was recorded as "Mrs VICKERS, mother of Mr Jeremiah VICKERS."
As Mrs Ann VICKERS otherwise EMERSON died in 1788, it is unclear which "other" Mr Jeremiah this may have been.
WILLIAM VICKERS, TALLOW CHANDLER.
[B] William VICKERS, born in Dublin 3 August 1710; he was admitted Freeman of Dublin, Christmas 1740, Tanner's Guild, by birth; Tanner's Guild, Electors for M.P., Dublin Voter's Book, October-November 1749; he was a party to the Deed of Settlements, dated 13 September 1757 [Memorial 127595, Book 192, Page 266], for the marriage of his half-brother Thomas VICKERS to Alice SHERLOCK, and which deed and the memorial of it was witnessed by Samuel VICKERS, of the City of Dublin, Merchant, and John WOLFE of County Kildare; William was joint grantor, together with his widowed step-mother Ann, in a Deed dated 3 August 1761 [Memorial 139894, Book 213, Page 90], by which they disposed of the late Jeremiah's land in Upper Combe; he was of Chambre Street, County Dublin, Tanner, 1762, April 1763, 1764-70; Tallow Chandler, Crooked Staff, 1767, at Francis Street, 1768-70, and at 74 Francis Street, 1774-90; he was named in the will of his nephew Mathew GOUGH, dated 28 June 1773 (proved 22 June 1785); Tallow Chandler, 74 Francis Street, 1782 [Directory].
William VICKERS, Chandler, died in 1790, Intestate; he was buried at Crumlin, 10 September 1790; administration dated 1791, granted to his wife Letitia (perhaps in error for Lydia?); he was married in 1742 to his step-sister Lydia EMERSON (born 1726, daughter of Robert and Anne EMERSON).
The DIXON Papers record that William VICKERS, second son of Jeremiah VICKERS and his first wife Joyce, died in 1790, having assigned his lease of 74 Francis Street to his son Robert VICKERS, dated 29 September 1787, at an annual rental of £60, for 52 years.
This is confirmed by Memorial 273002 [Book 418, Page 198, Dublin Deeds Registry], being an Indenture of Lease, bearing that date, made between:
"William VICKERS, of the City of Dublin, Tallow Chandler, of the one part; and Robert VICKERS, son of the said William, of the said City, Tallow Chandler, of the other part; Reciting that said William VICKERS for many years then last past carried out the Trade of a Tallow Chandler and soap boiler in his dwelling house and concerns in Francis Street in the County of the City of Dublin, and was then possessed of a stock of Tallow, Soap, Candles, Coppers, Utensils and other articles belonging to said trade, the particulars of whereof was (set forth) in a schedule marked No 1 hereunto annexed, and that the said William VICKERS was then possessed of Household goods and Furniture, Plate, China, and other effects, in his said house, set forth in the schedule marked No 2, thereunto annexed; also reciting that said William VICKERS, from natural love and affection to his said son Robert VICKERS, not only the entire establishment in said trade, but also to assign and make over to him all the before mentioned stock in trade... the sum of £467 and 6d halfpenny... thenceforth for and during the time that William and Lydia VICKERS, or either of them, should continue to live with the said Robert VICKERS; In which deed, of which this is a memorial, is contained a covenant that said Robert should provide his said father William and his mother Lydia VICKERS during their several lives with (?) and a convenient Apartment or Apartments for their residence in said dwelling house, or in lieu thereof... a yearly sum of £70 to be paid by Robert... witnessed by Ab'm WILKINSON, M'cht, and Abel CARTER, Gent, both of the City of Dublin..."
William and Lydia had issue:
1. Ann VICKERS; buried at Crumlin, 13 September 1743.
2. William VICKERS; buried at Crumlin, 27 May 1744 or 1745.
3. Jeremiah VICKERS; buried at Crumlin, 24 August 1756.
4. Robert VICKERS - probably the next.
ROBERT VICKERS, TALLOW CHANDLER.
Robert VICKERS, born about 1754; probably Master of the Corporation of Tallow Chandlers, or Guild of St George, Dublin, March 1804 [Saunders's Newsletter, 28 March]; Mr Robert VICKERS died at his residence, Monkstown, 24 November 1835, in his 81st year [Dublin Evening Packet, 28 November]; as Mr VICKARS, of Francis Street, he was buried at Crumlin, 26 November 1835, aged 81 [FFOLLIOTT Abstracts]. Perhaps the next.
Robert VICKERS, probably born in or before 1768; Admitted Freeman of Dublin, Easter 1790, Chandler's Guild, by Grace Especial; Tallow Chandler, 74 Francis Street, Dublin, 1791-99, 1804 [WILSON's Directory], 1809-15; ditto and Soap Boiler, sane address, 1820, 1824 and 1832.
Robert VICKERS, born about 1805; probably Secretary, Tallow Chandlers of the City of Dublin, September 1845 [Dublin Evening Post, 6 September]; he died at 71 Frances street, Dublin South, 23 July 1873, Widower, aged 67, Chandler, of Typhoid Fever, informed by Mary REED, same address, present at the death; he was probably married at St Nicholas Without, Dublin, 30 July 1832, to Ursula PENDRED otherwise PHILLIPS, Widow; she probably died at Dublin South, 2nd quarter 1866, aged 67 [image of registration not yet digitalised]; they had issue.
John VICKERS, born about 1762; Tallow Chandler, 74 Francis Street, 1793-94; he was buried at Crumlin, 18 February 1844, aged 82; he was probably married at St Nicholas Without, 15 February 1793, to Mary JONES, of Francis Street.
THOMAS VICKERS, TANNER.
[D] Thomas VICKERS, born 5 February 1734; he was named in his mother's Indented Assignment, dated 10 September 1757 [Memorial 127549, Deeds Registry]; Tanner, of Crooked Staff, 1758-70; of Crooked Staff, November 1765, when he was named in an item published by the Dublin Society, "... who tanned with oak dust only, 204 calf skins and one hyde" [Dublin Gazette, 28 November]; named in his mother's will, dated 13 June 1766 [BETHAM 's Abstract]; he was named in a 'To Be Let' Notice, March 1773, "... for any term that may be agreed upon, the House and Tan yard at Crooked Staff, lately occupied by Thomas VICKERS; the house is large, convenient, and well situated. Apply to William JACKSON, Tanner, Mill Street..." [Saunders's Newsletter, 31 March]; of the City of Dublin, Merchant, when he was married, by License dated 10 September 1757, to Alice SHERLOCK of the parish of Naas, County Kildare, Spinster [BETHAM's Abstract]; their Marriage Settlements, dated 13 September 1757 [Memorial 127595, Book 192, Page 266], of the City of Dublin, Tanner, to Alice, "... daughter of Mary SHERLOCK, of Naas, Widow," of the third part, the second party of Trustees including William VICKERS, of the County of Dublin, Tanner, and witnessed by Samuel VICKERS of the City of Dublin, Merchant; married "... last week, Mr Thomas VICKERS, an eminent Tanner of this City, to Miss Alice SHERLOCK, of Naas" [Pue's Occurrences, Saturday 17 September 1757]; they had issue:
a. Jeremiah VICKERS. See [E] below.
b. Lydia VICKERS; she was named in her grandmother VICKERS' will, 1766; she was married to George CARTWRIGHT, with probable issue:
i. Jeremiah Vickers CARTWRIGHT; admitted to the Freedom of Dublin, Midsummer 1820, Merchant's Guild, by Service; he died at his residence, Trimbleston, Merrion, 4 August 1835.
ii. Mary CARTWRIGHT, born at Patrick Street, Dublin, 8 April 1791, and baptised at St Nicholas Without, 17 April.
A PROBABLY RELATED SAMUEL VICKERS, GROCER.
Mary VICKERS was named in the will of her sister, Elizabeth WHITMORE, dated 7 February 1756, and proved 11 March 1756 [BETHAM], in which Elizabeth also mentioned her aunt Mary WHITMORE, brother Samuel WHITMORE, sisters Olivia and Martha WHITMORE, aunts Olivia GRATTAN, Margaret COCKSEDGE and Olivia MASON, uncle William LUNELL, and cousins Elizabeth JENNINGS and Mary GRATTAN.
They probably had issue:
1. Mary VICKERS; buried at Crimp in, 21 January 1763.
Samuel and the VICKERS Tanners are very likely to be related, probably as brothers or half-brothers.
Samuel VICKERS, of the City of Dublin, Merchant, was married to Ann CODERE, of the parish of St Nicholas Without, Dublin, by M.L.B. dated 22 March 1765 [BETHAM's Abstracts]; probably a second marriage for the above?
Mr Samuel VICKERS, Grocer, died at Winetavern Street, November 1768 [Freeman's Journal (Dublin), 29 November - 3 December].
Ann VICKERS, of the City of Dublin, widow and executrix of Samuel VICKERS, late of the said City of Dublin, Merchant, deceased, was Grantee of a Deed of Surrender, dated 6 June 1771 [Memorial 187146, Book 286, Page 276], to Thomas KEATING, of the City of Dublin, Merchant, of "... all that new dwelling house built by the said Thomas KEATING situate at the corner of Winetavern Street and Wood Quay, in the said County of Dublin."
She may have been the Mrs Ann VICKARS, who died at Inn's Quay, January 1776, at an advanced age, and was buried at Crumlin, 18 January, "... mother of Mr Jeremiah VICKERS" [DIXON Papers].
A TALE OF THREE JEREMIAH VICKERS, MERCHANTS.
There now appear to be three Jeremiah VICKERS who were merchants in Dublin, and of who at least two moved to County Louth.
I am not confident that all of the mentions in archived records pertaining to these three will be successfully identified, but will do my best.
They are as follows:
JEREMIAH VICKERS, THE TOBACCONIST.
[C] Jeremiah VICKERS, born 25 June 1733; he was named in his mother's will, dated 13 June 1766 [BETHAM's Abstract]; probably the Tobacconist of Parliament Street, Dublin; it has been noted, perhaps incorrectly [DIXON Papers], that he may have died unmarried; Tobacconist; he had served as apprentice to Lundy FOOT, Tobacco Manufacturer, and had "... some time since transacted business for himself," when he opened his own shop at No 1 Parliament Street, opposite the Royal Exchange, Dublin, in March 1780, "... where he manufactures and sells all sorts of high and low Toast Snuff, Roll Tobacco, Pigtail, Grasscut, and every kind of Smoaking Tobacco, with a great Assortment of Foreign and Irish Rapees, which he will dispose of at the moast reasonable terms" [Dublin Evening Post, 11 March]; he was obliged to move his premises to No 12 Parliament Street, by December 1782, due to street widening; he was declared Bankrupt, September 1785; notice was given of the sale, by auction, on 13 September, of "... all his Household Furniture, Plate, China, House Linen, likewise every proper utensil for Manufacturing Snuff and Tobacco" [Saunders's News-Letter, 12 September]; a further notice was published on 21 September next, for the sale of his leasehold of the house at No 12, and the warehouse in Crane Lane, directly opposite the residence, with direction to apply to the Assignees, Jeremiah VICKERS (the younger) of No 11, Inns Quay, and Alexander ROBINSON, No 33, Ushers Quay.
Mr Jeremiah VICKERS, Esq, died at Dundalk, September 1801 [Star (London), Tuesday 15 September], "... formerly an eminent merchant in Dublin" [WALKER's Hibernian Magazine, 6 October 1801], and was buried, 8 September, at St Nicholas parish church (known locally as the Green Church), Dundalk [FOLLIOTT Collection]. It appears very likely to me that he was the bankrupt Dublin Tobacconist; and that he was the the husband of Frances PAGE, and that his death resulted in her having achieved widowed status before 1808.
Jeremiah VICKERS, Junior, of the Inns Quay, City of Dublin, Merchant, was married, by Prerogative Court License dated 6 December 1782, at Dundalk, 11 December, to Frances PAGE, of the parish of Dundalk, County Louth [BETHAM's Abstract] - "Jeremiah VICKERS, Jun'r, Esq, of the Inns Quay, to Miss Fanny PAGE, daughter of John PAGE, of Dundalk, Co Louth" [The Hibernian Journal; or Chronicle of Liberty (Dublin), of Wednesday 18 December 1782]. The use of the term Junior here appears to have been in error for the elder Jeremiah - or I have got it all wrong.
Frances PAGE was baptised at St Nicholas parish church, Dundalk, 4 November 1764, a daughter of John PAGE of Dundalk, by his wife Letitia WYNNE, who were married at St Nicholas parish church, Dundalk, 27 October 1757). See further below.
Frances was named in her father's will, dated 23 July 1797 [BETHAM]; she was of Dundalk, a widow, January 1808, when she was named as joint fourth party to the Deed of Marriage Settlements [Memorial 407973, Book 601, Page 169] for her only daughter Letitia; Frances died at Dundalk, January 1837, and as Mrs VICARS, was buried at St Nicholas churchyard, 28 January 1837; Frances VICKERS, of Dundalk, Widow, 1837 [Public Record Office of Ireland, Testamentary Index, 1837 #wa 72; also Index to Prerogative Wills, 1811-58]; she died after Sir William BETHAM had stopped making his abstracts.
Jeremiah and Frances had issue, evidently an only surviving daughter:
1. Letitia VICKERS; named in her PAGE grandfather's will, 1797; as Letitia PURCELL, of Dundalk, County Louth, her death was recorded on 21 January 1828, and Administration (limited) was granted in London, 9 January 1900 [England and Wales National Probate Calendar]; as a spinster, and the only daughter of Frances VICKERS, of Dundalk, Widow, Letitia was married, by Settlements dated 29 January 1808 [Memorial 407973, Book 601, Page 169], to Joseph PURCELL, the eldest son and heir of Tobias PURCELL of Dundalk, Esq, with several other parties, including John and Robert PAGE, both of Dundalk, Esq's, uncles of the bride; the marriage was celebrated at St Nicholas parish church, Dundalk, by license, 4 February 1808, she being named as Laetitia VICKERS, niece of John PAGE, Esq; she had issue:
a. Tobias John PURCELL; of Dundalk, County Louth, Esq, he was second party to a Deed of Conveyance, dated 3 January 1831 [Memorial 587494, Book 887, Page 494], to which the first party was Anthony Richard BLAKE, Esq, Chief Remembrancer of H.M.'s Court of the Exchequer - Tobias was named as the "... eldest son and heir of Letitia PURCELL otherwise VICKERS, deceased, who was in her lifetime grand-daughter and heiress-at-law of Jeremiah VICKERS the elder, late of the City of Dublin, Merchant, deceased, the surviving trustee named in the therein recited deed of 21 December 1785, of the second part; ..."
My reading of this clause suggests that Letitia ought not to have been an heir-at-law in her own right if she had lawful brothers - and other "evidence" suggests that Frances PAGE and Jeremiah VICKERS had grandchildren who used WYNNE as a middle name - currently surmised to be through likely sons of Frances?
However, it is also evident, from other archived records, that Jeremiah VICKERS the elder was the bankrupted Tobacconist of Dublin, whereas his nephew Jeremiah the younger was the Merchant of Inn's Quay, who was the husband of Frances PAGE of Dundalk.
Lieutenant Tobias PURCELL, 46th Foot, was married at Faughert church, County Louth, October 1826, to Letitia PAGE, eldest daughter of John PAGE, of Dundalk [Dublin Morning Register, 25 October]; they had issue, including:
1. a daughter, born at Seatown-place, Dundalk, 1 April 1833 [Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 20 April].
JEREMIAH VICKERS, A DUBLIN BANKER.
An on-line pedigree has a photo of a page in a published book, being a list of Governors, Directors and Original Subscribers, probably of the Bank of Ireland, at page 597:
"VICKERS, Jeremiah (1783-85), a member of the original Board and a merchant free of the ten and four, of 11 King's Inn Quay. His ancestors were tanners in the city. He subscribed £10,000 to the capital of the Bank, and a further £600 in conjunction with Abraham WILKINSON. He died at Holyhead in 1796."
I have not been able to verify this detail of his death.
But he was evidently the Merchant of Inns Quay, who has been referred to in a number of Dublin deeds and other sources, as Jeremiah VICKERS the younger, who married Frances (Fanny) PAGE of Dundalk, and appears to have gone to live in County Louth. See above and below.
He appears to have been one of the Assignees in the Bankruptcy proceedings of Jeremiah VICKERS the Elder, the Tobacconist of Dublin.
They are probably named in the lists of subscribers to the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, founded in February 1783, as:
"Jeremiah VICKERS, (& Co.) Linen Drapers, Director, Bank of Ireland.
"Jeremiah VICKERS Jun'r, (& Co.), Linen Drapers."
I suspect this is the same two Jeremiah VICKERS who were the Tobacconist and the Merchant.
Also in this list was Abraham WILKINSON, Merchant, and Director, Bank of Ireland, who is also named in a number of Bills entered in the High Court of Chancery, Dublin, as a joint defendant, together with Jeremiah VICKERS, in Bills brought by James MAHON (27 January 1780, and 29 April 1786), and Nicholas DONNAGH (8 June 1782); and, as executors of the late William ORD, they were co-Plaintiffs in another Bill, entered 15 December 1779, against William MORRIS, the Defendant.
In another Chancery Bill, entered 25 January 1788, by Elizabeth ORD, Widow, together with Arthur ORD a minor by the said Elizabeth his mother and next friend (a quaint legal way of identifying her as his guardian), Hannah HUGHES, John HUGHES a minor by said Elizabeth his grandmother and next friend, Thomas ORD Gent, and William ORD a minor by said Thomas his father and next friend, the Defendants were named as Jeremiah VICKERS the Elder, Jeremiah VICKERS the younger (who both answered 7 February 1789, and again on 25 September 1789), together with Abraham WILKINSON, John and Thomas ORD, John BACHELOR and Richard MERCER.
BETHAM [Abstracts] records details of the will of William ORD, of Dublin, Cooper, dated 19 February 1778, and proved 24 June 1778, naming his step-mother Martha ORD, his brothers John and Arthur ORD, his sons Thomas and Arthur ORD, his daughter Hannah HUGHES and son-in-law John HUGHES, his four grandchildren, William and Thomas the sons of his brother John ORD, and John and Elizabeth HUGHES, and his sisters Mary CLERKE and Susanna LAMBERMOUNT. With not a VICKERS in sight!
JEREMIAH VICKERS, THE THIRD.
Mrs Ann VICKERS, mother of Mr Jeremiah VICKERS, died at Inns Quay, Dublin, in January 1776, at an advanced age [Death Notice, source pending], and was buried at Crumlin churchyard, County Dublin, 18 January [DIXON Papers]; Widow, Prerogative will, 1774.
It is not yet clear whether her son was the merchant of Inns Quay, currently thought (by me) to have gone to live in Dundalk, or another - but the widow of Jeremiah VICKERS (1681-1757) does appear to have been the Ann VICKERS who died in 1788 (see above).
It is possible he, or one of the other two, was instead a son of Samuel VICKERS, who may have been yet another son of Jeremiah the Tanner.
AN EXCHEQUER BILL.
Court of The Exchequer, Dublin; Bill entered 8 January 1791; Plaintiffs - Francis BENNETT and Allen BELLINGHAM, Assignees of Jeremiah VICKERS the Elder, a Bankrupt; Defendant - Robert VICKERS.
A LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
The Dublin Evening Post, of Thursday 3 April 1783, published this letter:
"Sir, I am extremely happy to have it in my power to acquaint you, and through you the Citizens of Dublin, That on Mr READ's being this day brought to Court, and declaring he was ready to take his trial on the charge made against him of setting fire to the office of James FORDE, agent to Lord Clanbrassil, there was not any prosecution; and though some other things were laid to his charge, the Judge, without the smallest hesitation, admitted him to bail. His friends here are convinced that he must be acquitted with the greatest honour.
"Respectfully, I am, Sir, Your most obedient servant,
"JER. VICKERS, Jun.
"Dundalk, April 1, 1783."
Here again is Jeremiah VICKERS Junior, and writing from Dundalk, County Louth.
It again asks the question - was Jeremiah Junior the same person as Jeremiah the Younger?
JEREMIAH VICKERS, THE ELDER, IN COUNTY LOUTH.
[E] Jeremiah VICKERS, born ; named in his grandmother Ann VICKERS' will, dated 13 June 1766 [BETHAM's Abstract]; named in his aunt Elinor SHERLOCK's will, dated 22 September 1793 [BETHAM's Abstract]; as Jeremiah Junior, of the Inns Quay, City of Dublin, Merchant; named in his aunt Elinor SHERLOCK's will, dated 22 September 1793 [BETHAM's Abstract]; he probably died at Dundalk, County Louth, September 1816, as Jeremiah Senior, and was buried at Stabannon, 27 September, aged 54 years.
It appears likely that he was probably married, with issue - but details are hard to find. His wife may have been either Ann (mother of Robert, died in 1801), or Margaret Anne (mother of William, born about 1804), and perhaps a member of the WYNNE family?
Jeremiah and Frances may also have had further issue - unless these were instead sons of the other Jeremiah VICKERS (the elder, and the uncle?), and perhaps by a wife named Ann:
2. Jeremiah VICKERS, born about 1795-96 (his mother appears unlikely to have been Frances, as he was not named in his PAGE grandfather's 1797 will); he was buried at Stabannon, 6 June 1816, aged 20.
3. Robert VICARS; died in 1801 - mother recorded as Ann.
4. William VICARS, born about 1804; of Collon, County Louth, Farmer; his mother Mary Anne died at Collon in 1860.
5. James VICKERS, born in Ireland, 1813; he emigrated to Canada in 1873, with two sons, and where the younger son Robert appears to have honoured part of his Louth ancestry by using the middle name of WYNNE, and passing it on to several of his children. See below.
A PETITION TO THE IRISH HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Journals of the House of Commons (Ireland), Volume 20, 3 November 1781:
"A Petition of Jeremiah VICKERS, John PAGE Junior, Archibald WRIGHT, John McCAUL and William CROMBIE, Manufacturer of Kentings, Cambricks, Lawns, Catgut, Gauze, Leoneaus, Spa Cambricks and Thread, setting forth, among other things, that the Petitioners Archibald WRIGHT, John McCAUL and William CROMBIE, who are natives of Scotland, were applied to to settle in this Kingdom, and to carry on the above Branches of business, have entered into partnership with the other Petitioners, and have taken land near Dundalk, in the County of Louth, on which they have erected several Houses and Mills, which they now are and have been for some time fully employed; that the petitioners have, at great expense, brought over from Scotland six young gentlewomen, who were acknowledged to be the best manufacturers of thread in Scotland, and 41 other Manufacturers, all capital in the several branches in which they are employed...
... expenses on building, of £1564, and of bringing the works over £400, and articles implemented (?) with them of £1,700 and upwards... (having) since May last they have created goods worth £4,000..."
Clearly, the several Jeremiah VICKERS, Dublin Merchants, were already engaged in investments in County Louth before one of them married the daughter of John PAGE.
On 4 February 1785, the Chancellor of the Exchequer presented the following to the Irish House of Commons:
"Petition of Jeremiah VICKERS senior, Jeremiah VICKERS junior, Archibald WRIGHT, John McCALL and William CROMBIE, Manufacturers of Kentings, Cambricks, Lawns, Thread, Catgut, Leneauze, Spa Cambricks, Ounce and Stocking Thread, Stockings and Muslin; praying that the bounty of their manufactures may be continued, and such aid granted to petitioners as may enable them to extend their buildings."
On 9 February, it was Ordered that the above Petition:
"... now lying on the Table, be referred to the Committee appointed to enquire into the Expenditure of the sum of £50,000 granted last session of Parliament for the Purpose of paying Bounties on the sale of the following Manufactures of this Kingdom; that is to say, the Manufactures of Wool, of Wool mixed, of Cotton mixed, Thread, Kentings, and Manufacturers of Iron and Copper."
This investment was probably associated with the Townland of Balrigan, to the north-west of Dundalk, as described by Joseph MARTIN, in his "Old Title Deeds of Co Louth," County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society Journal, 1942, Volume 10, Number 2, at Page 142 - by courtesy of Nigel CURTIN, Dundalk Library], as follows:
"Balrigan, 1823-1827.
"13. Made October 20th 1827. John OGLE, Carrickedmond, to Richard BRYANS, John HERD, George HAWORTH. John OGLE in 1823 leased for 21 years part of the Townlands of Balrigan to Hugh SHERRY and Owen SHERY. In 1825 Hugh and Owen SHERRY transferred their interests to to John and Patrick CALLAN. Later in 1825 the CALLANs mortgaged the property to the BRYANs, HERD and HAWORTH, subject to redemption on payment of £1,750. As this money was not paid within the stipulated time, John OGLE leased to the above gentlemen, the premises, i.e. : - All that part of the lands of Balrigan formerly in possession of widow MATHEWS, afterwards in possession of Jeremiah VICKERS, Archibald WRIGHT, John McCAUL and William CROMBIE, subsequently in the possession of Thomas GATAKER, and lately in the possession of Hugh and Owen SHERRY..."
We recognise these latter four names from the 1781 Petition above.
AN UNPLACED JEREMIAH VICARS.
Jeremiah VICARS; he was a nephew of Mrs BARRINGTON, who was a "great friend" of Elizabeth WOLFE; he died before July 1816; he was married, with issue:
1. Miles VICARS; she was bequeathed £100 in the will, dated 10 July 1816, of Elizabeth WOLFE, the eldest daughter of Richard WOLFE, of Baronrath, Esq (he died in 1779).
SOME VICKERS DEEDS OF POSSIBLE RELEVANCE.
Memorial 156354; Book 242; Page 206:
Deeds of Lease and Release, dated 19 and 20 November 1764; the Lease made between William VICKERS of the County of Dublin, Chandler, eldest son and heir of Jeremiah VICKERS, late of Crooked Staff, County Dublin, Tanner, deceased, who was surviving trustee named and appointed in and by the last will and testament of Samuel HEATH, late of Kilmainham, County Dublin, Tanner, and William JACKSON of Millstreet in County Dublin, Farmer, only son of Lydia HEATH deceased, widow of the said Samuel HEATH, of the one part; and John HUNT, of Chambre Street in County Dublin, Cloathier, of the second part. And the Release made between the said William VICKERS, of the first part; and Ann VICKERS, Widow and Executrix of the said Jeremiah VICKERS who was one of the legatees named in the last will and testament of the said Samuel HEATH, Lydia GANNON, Widow, King MELDRUM of the City of Dublin, Grayner, and Elizabeth MELDRUM otherwise SANDERSON otherwise JACKSON his wife (which said Lydia GANNON and Elizabeth MELDRUM are daughters of the said Lydia HEATH and legatees named in the last will and testament of the said Samuel HEATH), of the third part; and the said John HUNT of the fourth part...
Memorial 349463; Book 532; Page 393:
Indented Deed of Assignment, dated 8 July 1800, made between Jeremiah VICKERS, Junior, formerly of the City of Dublin but then of Dundalk in the County of Louth, Merchant, and Allan BELLINGHAM, of the City of Dublin aforesaid, Merchant, the surviving Assignee of the Estate and Effects of the said Jeremiah VICKERS who was heretofore declared a Bankrupt, of the one part; and Robert BROWNE, formerly of Dundalk aforesaid, but now of the City of Dublin, Esq, of the other part; Whereby, after reciting...
And citing "... a leased dated 16 August 1787, and made between Thomas READ of Dundalk, Esq, and Jeremiah VICKERS..." - which 1787 Deed I have been unable to locate, so not yet sighted.
Here, immediately, is a small problem - previously, the Bankrupt had been identified as Jeremiah VICKERS the Elder!
And it would not surprise me if this led to the association by Jeremiah VICKERS with the Presbyterians in Dundalk, whether he was the spouse of Frances PAGE, or not.
Don JOHNSTON, in his "Gaelic-Speaking Presbyterian Ministers of Dundalk/Ballymascanlan" [County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society Journal, 2013, Volume 28, Number 1], wrote:
"The church in Meeting House Lane, had twenty-two pews on the ground floor with galleries on the north and south sides each containing three pews. Thomas BRADFORD, Robert DICKIE, Joseph COULTER, Jeremiah VICKERS, Robert RANSON, the McALLISTER and CRAIG families, all had family pews in 1786." [Courtesy of Nigel CURTIN, Dundalk Library.]
* * * MORE TO COME * * *
The last entry I can find in the Deeds Registry, Index to Grantors, identifying a Jer'h VICKERS (with another), was dated 1810, Book 618, Page 484, Memorial 426101, to USHER. But the deed is not at that location, and I am unable to find it.
CHANCERY AND EXCHEQUER COURT BILL BOOKS.
There are a number of entries in these Dublin Bill Books to Jeremiah VICKERS, and other members of the VICKERS family [viewable on Findmypast.co.uk].
Court of Exchequer:
1716, 4 April - Charles GANNON and Margaret his wife o'rw'se HEATH, Plaintiffs; Eliz'th HEATH, Samuell HEATH, George HEATH, John VICAARS and Jeremy VICCARS, the Defendants.
1745
1771
1772
...
1811
* * * TO BE CONTINUED * * *
Court of Chancery:
1736, 24 April - VESEY and GORE (minor) vs Jeremiah VICKARS and KANE, ROTHERY & ASHWORTH.
1745, 16 April - Jeremiah VICCARS and Lydia HEATH vs William WHELAN.
1745, 16 November - William WHELAN vs Jeremiah VICCARS, Lydia HEATH and Mary WILKINSON.
1765, 15 May - Adam FLEETWOOD vs Jeremiah VICKERS, Wm LUNNELL, Anthony GRAYSON + 2 others.
1770, 4 May - Andrew GIBBONS vs Thomas and Anne VICCKERS, William JACKSON, Nicholas MORRISON and Joseph SIRR.
1771, 16 November - John ROBNETT vs Jeremiah VICKARS, and Messrs KEOGH, CLARKE, and GRAYBURNE.
1788 - Jeremiah VICKERS and others.
1788 - Jeremiah VICKERS Senior and others.
1788 - Jeremiah VICKERS Junior and others.
1788 - Jeremiah VICKERS Senior and others.
1788 - Jeremiah VICKERS Junior and others.
1789 - Jeremiah VICKARS and others.
1789 - Jeremiah VICKERS and others.
1790 - Jeremiah VICARS and others.
1791 - Jeremiah VICKERS Junior and others.
1792 - Jeremiah VICKARS and others.
1792 - Jeremiah VICKARS and others.
1792 - Jeremiah VICKARS and others.
1793 - Jeremiah VICARS and others.
1798 - Jeremiah VICKERS and others.
1801 - Jeremiah VICKERS and others.
1802 - Jeremiah VICARS and others.
A COURT EDICT.
J. BUTTERWORTH, in his " Reports of Cases on Appeals and Limits of Error, Returned in the High Court of Parliament," Volume 6, 1803, at page 403, wrote:
"Statutes.
"On 30th day of December 1771, the appellant Jeremiah VICKARS, and John LORD, his late partner, did import into the port of Dublin 80 hogsheads, containing 81,000 lbs of tobacco, of British Plantations, upon which certain duties were payable to his majesty, according to the acts and rates before mentioned, and the additional duty of 3 pence halfpenny per pound, which amounted to ₤1,063 2s 6d.
"But the appellant Jeremiah VICKARS, and his partner, having refused to pay the said additional duties, his majesty's then attorney general in Ireland, on 30th January 1773, exhibited an information in the court of exchequer in that Kingdom, against the said Jeremiah VICKARS, and John LORD his partner, for recovery of the said ₤1063 2s 6d...
"... the suit having been abated by the death of the said John LORD, his majesty's then attorney general of Ireland, on 18 January 1776, filed his bill of revivor against the appellant Jeremiah VICKARS and John MATHEW, merchant, executors of the said John LORD deceased...
"... on 24 November 1776, the appellant, Jeremiah VICKARS, in his own right, and he, together with the said John MATHEW, put in their answer..."
These Exchequer Bills should have corresponding entries in Bill Books - to be added shortly, when located.
A JACKSON WILL.
REGISTRY OF DEEDS, DUBLIN: Book 7, Page 464, Memorial 2897:
JACKSON, Robert, late of Crooked Staff, Liberty of Donore, County Dublin, Tanner; bearing date the 23rd Feb'y 1711. Narrate, 1 p., 13 March 1712. Wife Joyce JACKSON. Eldest son Robert JACKSON. Sons William, John and Thomas JACKSON. Son-in-law Jeremiah VICKERS. "His brother Samuel CARD." Exors. Samuel CARD, and Joseph MARRIOTT, Dublin, gent. His dwelling house, tan yard, tan house, bark house, mill, and other buildings, and improvements made thereon, excepting the passage of gateway backward from Chambre Street. in Crooked Staff, ground etc. in Chambre Street, and between Cork Street and Chambre Street [Dublin]. Witnesses: Abraham SPENCE, Dublin, brewer, David CARTON, of same, clothier, John BLAND, servant to said Joseph MARRIOTT. Memorial witnessed by: Rich. CRADOCK, Wm. BARRY, John BLAND. 7, 464, 2897 William JACKSON (seal).
HEATH OF KILMAINHAM.
Samuel HEATH, of Kilmainham, near Dublin, Tanner; he died in 1741, his will proved 1742 [Index to Prerogative Wills]; he was married to Lydia (m.s. unknown); of County Dublin, Widow, her will, dated 4 November 1763, proved P.CI., 29 August 1776, naming her kinsman William VICKERS, her son William JACKSON, and her three daughters, Elizabeth MELDRUM, Ann VICKERS and Lydia GANNON.
This Ann VICKERS may have been the widow EMERSON, step-mother of William VICKERS.
A SIBTHORPE CONNECTION.
Memorial 149637; Book 231, Page 206:
Deed of Lease and Release, one dated 3 February 1764, named Robert SIBTHORPE, of Dublin Esq, as second party to the Lease, and as third party to the Release, named John PAGE of Dundalk, County Louth, and Anne PAGE otherwise PEPPER his wife (daughter of John PEPPER of Ballyhoe, County Meath).
Litigation resulted from Deeds of Lease and Release, dated 20 and 21 December 1785 [Memorial 249237, Book 368, Page 374], made between Robert SIBTHORPE, of the City of Dublin, Esq, and his only son and heir-apparent Stephen James SIBTHORPE, of Duneary, County Louth, of the first part; John PAGE of Dundalk, County Louth, Esq, and Jeremiah VICKERS the Elder, of the City of Dublin, Merchant, of the second part; and to which the third party comprised a long list of creditors of the said Robert SIBTHORPE, to the sum of £31,275 14 s. 6d., involving upwards of 9,300 statute acres in the Baronies of Dundalk and Ferard, in County Louth.
Issues arising resulted in a Deed of Conveyance, dated 23 January 1831 [Memorial 587494, Book 887, Page 494], made between Anthony Richard BLAKE, Chief Remembrancer of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland, of the first part; Tobias John PURCELL of Dundalk, County Louth, Esq, eldest son and heir-at-law of Letitia PURCELL otherwise VICKERS, deceased, "... who was in her life-time grand-daughter and heiress-at-law of Jeremiah VICKERS the Elder, late of the City of Dublin, Merchant, deceased, the surviving trustee named in the therein recited deed of 21 December 1785," of the second part; John PAGE of Dundalk, County Louth, Esq, surviving trustee named in the last will and testament of Robert SIBTHORPE, late of Duneary, County Louth, Esq, deceased, and also sole surviving executor of such will, of the third part; ... [TO BE CONTINUED].
Herein lies the dilemma - Letitia was grand-daughter and heir-at-law of Jeremiah VICKERS the Elder - not the Younger!
IT DOES APPEAR THAT NOT ALL THE WRITTEN STATEMENTS FOUND IN REGISTERED DEEDS MATCH THOSE FOUND IN ABSTRACTS OF WILLS AND MARRIAGE LICENSE BONDS!
PERHAPS THERE HAS SIMPLY BEEN A MISREADING OF THE EARLIER (1780's) TAGS OF "ELDER" AND "YOUNGER" IN LATER (POST 1800) DOCUMENTS?
A JEREMIAH VICKERS GOES TO STABANNON.
Jeremiah VICKERS, born about 1761-62; as Junior, he was a Church-warden at Stabannon, County Louth, 1799; he was buried at Stabannon parish church, 27 September 1816, aged 54 years; he was married, probably to the somewhat shadowy "Miss WYNNE" (mentioned in the rather vague drop-line pedigree in the DIXON Papers), as either Ann of Mary Anne:
1. Jeremiah VICKERS, born about 1795; he was buried at Stabannon, 2 September 1816, aged 20 ["History of Kilsaran Union of Parishes in the County of Louth," by James B. LESLIE, 1908, Dundalk, at pages 249 and 276].
Jer'h VICARS and his wife Ann had issue:
a. Robert VICARS; he died of smallpox, and was buried at Stabannon, 25 August 1801, age not recorded, but presumably, given the mention of his parents in the church burial register entry, a child.
This spouse is Ann, not Frances or Fanny - perhaps there was another Jeremiah, or there was an error in the Register?
Thomas VICARS, born about 1811; of Collon, County Louth; he died in May 1840, and was buried at Stabannon, 28 May, aged 29.
William VICKERS, born about 1846; also of Collon; he died in April 1851, and was buried at Stabannon, 11 April, aged 4 years; possibly son of the last? Or the next?
WILLIAM VICARS OF COLLON.
William VICARS, born about 1804; of Collon, Farmer, July 1864, when he was granted adminstration of the estate of his mother, Mary Ann VICKERS, late of the Town of Collon, Widow, who died there, 27 September 1860, effects under £450 [Will Calendars, National Archives of Ireland]; of Collon, County Louth, he died at his residence there, 10 November 1879 [Belfast Morning News, 14 November], aged 75, Farmer, of Senile Decay, informed by John VICKERS, of Collon, present at the death (relationship not recorded); administration of his personal estate was granted to Marian VICARS, of Booterstown Avenue, County Dublin, Spinster, the daughter; he was married to Sarah, possibly born a WYNNE; his wife Sarah died there, 16 February 1878, after a short illness [Irish Times, 19 February], aged 67, "of the farming class," of paralysis, informed by S. Wynne VICARS, of Collon, present at the death (relationship not recorded); they had issue:
a. Marion VICKERS, born in County Louth, about 1856; she was at Booterstown Avenue, Blackrock, 1901 an 1911 Censuses, residing with her widowered brother-in-law, George David ARMSTRONG; she died at Jervis Street Hospital, Dublin, 22 December 1912, aged 56, Spinster, House Keeper, late of 18 Booterstown Avenue; Administration of her Estate, valued at £1,636 4s, was granted 8 February 1913 to John VICARS, Farmer (presumably a relation?).
b. Sarah Wynne VICARS; as S. Wynne VICARS, of Collon, County Louth, February 1878, when she informed her mother's death; as Sarah Winne VICARS, of 13 Ranelagh Road, County Dublin, she proved the will of Frederick MARTIN, late of Merville, Bray, County Wicklow, a Quaker, as his sole executrix, who died on 6 March 1887 [Ireland, Calendar of Wills & Administrations]; as Sarah W. (Winnie) VICARS [Northern Whig (Belfast), 14 September], of 13 Ranelagh Road, a daughter of William VICARS, Farmer, she was married at Christchurch, Leeson Park, Dublin, 12 September 1888, to George David ARMSTRONG, Commercial Traveller, of 18 Booterstown, son of George ARMSTRONG, Farmer, by the Rev W. Falkiner WILKINSON, Rector of Ballyhaise, and witnessed by Maryanne VICARS and George FLANAGAN [Civil Records, irishgenealogy.ie]; he was at Booterstown Avenue, Blackrock, 1901 Census, aged 54, Commercial Traveller, born County Cavan, a widower; ditto, 1911, aged 64, Dividends; he died at his residence, 18 Booterstown Avenue, County Dublin, 18 May 1915, aged 69, and was buried at Dean's Grange [Irish Independent, 20 May].
John VICARS, born in Dublin about 1850; possibly the John VICKERS of Collon, County Louth, who informed the death of William VICKERS in November 1879 (see above); he was at Lissany, Loughdavin, County Cavan, 1901 Census, aged 45, Steward, Unmarried, with two young male farm servants; at Aghateeduff, Ballyhaise, County Cavan, 1911 Census, aged 60, Farmer, Unmarried, with one male farm servant; he may have been the Farmer who was granted Administration of Marion VICARS in 1913 (see above); as John VICKERS, he probably died at Antiduff, Ballyhaise, on or just before 28 September 1914, a bachelor, aged 65, of heart failure, his death informed, via the Coroner, by Robert BAIR, Sergeant, Royal Irish Constabulary, who found the body.
BRERETON FAMILY OF STABBANON.
William BRUERTON, born about 1703; of Richardstown, parish of Stabannon, County Louth; he was named in the will of his brother-in-law, Thomas MARTIN of Knockatuber, County Louth, Farmer, dated 12 January 1762 [BETHAM]; he died on 20 August 1775, aged 72 years [M.I., Stabbanon Churchyard]; he was married to Esther MARTIN; she was named in the will of her brother Thomas MARTIN, of Knockatuber, January 1762 [BETHAM]; she was buried at Stabannon, 16 July 1784, aged 73 years, as Mrs BRUETON, Relict of William, died of Apoplexy [Parish register], as Hester, aged 74 [M.I., Stabannon]; they had issue:
1. Thomas BRUETON, baptised at Stabannon, 27 March 1738, of Richardstown; he was probably buried at Stabbanon, 11 June 1739 (as BRERETON).
2. Esther BRUERTON, baptised ditto, 27 March 1739, ditto.
3. Ann BRUETON, baptised ditto, 9 August 1730, ditto; named in her uncle Thomas MARTIN's will, 1762.
4. William BRUETON, baptised ditto, 30 June 1742, ditto; anmed in his uncle Thomas MARTIN's will, 1762; he died at Toberdoney, 3 June 1816, aged 74, and was buried with his parents [M.I.], at Stabannon, 6 June 1816 [Parish Register].
5. Sarah BRUERTON, baptised ditto, 3 October 1744, ditto; named in her uncle Thomas MARTIN's will, 1762.
Francis BRUERTON was buried at Stabannon, 1 July 1745.
It is very likely that one of the William BRUERTONs above was the Mr BRERETON who was mentioned [DIXON Papers] as being uncle of Miss WYNNE, who was married to Jeremiah VICKERS - and that this William, the younger, died in 1816, just months before both Jeremiah VICKERS, Junior and Senior, were buried in the same churchyard.
PAGE FAMILY OF DUNDALK.
John PAGE; he had issue baptised at Dundalk St Nicholas:
1. Stephen PAGE, baptised 27 February 1730.
2. Sidney PAGE, baptised 23 October 1733, a daughter.
3. John PAGE, baptised 12 September 1737. Possibly the next.
John PAGE; as Mr John PAGE, of Dundalk, together with Mr Jeremiah VICKERS, of Inns Quay, Dublin, he was named as contact for enquiries in the Lease Notice, December 1778, for the house in Sackville Street wherein Robert BIRCH, Esq, lately lived [Dublin Evening Post, 5 December; Saunders's News-Letter, 26 December]; ditto, with Mr Jeremiah VICKERS, Merchant, Dublin, in March 1781, entered a Wanted Notice, for "Two Thousand Pounds, on a fee simple estate within 40 miles of Dublin, the interest, as may be agreed upon, to be paid into any Bank the lender pleases, either in London or Dublin... The security must please any person having such a sum to lend, as none can be better" [Dublin Evening Post, 15 March; and 14 April]; as John PAGE of Dundalk, County Louth, Esq, he was named as a joint first party to an Indented Deed, dated 29 March 1797 [Memorial 329404, Book 510, Page 161], along with Letitia PAGE otherwise WYNNE his wife, the second party being Murtagh KELLY, of Clarra in the King's County, Esq, concerning Lands in the Barony of Moycastle, County Meath.
John PAGE, Senior, Esq, was buried at Dundalk St Nicholas, 20 November 1799; his will, dated 23 July 1797, was proved P.C.I. 4 December 1799, naming his wife Letitia, sons John, Samuel and Robert, daughter Frances VICKERS, son-in-law James FOORDE, grand-daughter Letitia VICKERS, and grandson James FOORDE, only son of the aforesaid son-in-law by his daughter Sarah Ann [BETHAM's Abstract]; in this will, John PAGE gave "... to dau Frances VICKERS an annuity of £22 15s, chargeable on his Co Louth estates devised to John junior in residuum... for her sole and separate use, over which her Husband is to have no control or dominion whatsoever... she is not to sell it, or it goes back into residue" [Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society, 1949, Volume 12, Number 1, in "Historical Notes on the Townlands of Drakestown and Kilpatrick," by Dermot McIVOR].
John was married at Dundalk St Nicholas, 27 October 1757, to Lettice WYNE.
As Letitia PAGE, Widow, she died at Dundalk, 1812 [Administration Grants, Ireland, 1591-1866 - an Intestacy]; no details yet found of her burial.
They had issue [Printed transcript of the "The Parish Register of Dundalk, Diocese of Armagh," Film #007942314, Familysearch.org web-site] :
1. Susanna Mariah PAGE, baptised 10 September 1758, "daughter to Mr John."
2. John PAIGE, baptised 2 December 1759, "son to John, Junier."
3. Stephen PAGE, baptised 8 January 1762, "son to John."
4. Samuile PAIG, baptised 7 August 1763, "son to John Juner."
5. Frances PAIGE, baptised 4 November 1764, "daughter to John Juner."
6. Catrin PAIGE, baptised 4 October 1767, "daughter to John."
7. Ann Harriet PAIGE, baptised 26 January 1770, "daughter to John."
8. Sarah Ann PAGE, baptised 15 February 1773, "daughter to John Jr."
9. Robert PAGE, baptised 12 October 1774, "son of John and Leticia."
10. Fairfax PAGE, baptised 29 June 1776, "son to John and Letitia."
John PAGE, born about 1758; of Dundalk, Esq, Irish Lottery Commissioner, he died in December 1838, aged 80 years [Waterford Mail, 19 December]; probably the eldest son above.
WYNNE FAMILY OF COUNTY LOUTH.
There was a WYNNE family connected with Dundalk, County Louth.
Letitia WYNNE, baptised at Dundalk St Nicholas, 24 April 1733, daughter of Thomas WYNNE; probably, as Letitia PAGE, Widow, she died at Dundalk, 1812 [Administration Grants, Ireland, 1591-1866 - an Intestacy], said to have been aged about 81; if so, as Lettice WYNNE, she was probably married at Dundalk St Nicholas, 27 October 1757, to John PAGE, of Dundalk; as John PAGE Senior, he was buried at Dundalk St Nicholas, 20 November 1799, aged about 61; they had issue, said to have been four sons and seven daughters, including:
1. Frances (or Fanny) PAIGE, baptised at Dundalk St Nicholas, 4 November 1764, daughter of John PAIGE Junior.
2. Alice PAGE, born at Dundalk, 1766; she died at Dundalk, 4 August 1832; she was married to Edward TOWNLEY (1863-1842).
There was a branch of the WYNNE family connected with Stabannon parish, Diocese of Armagh, probably related to the VICKERS family, and perhaps also the WYNNE family in Dundalk.
Mrs Jane WYNNE, born about 1694; of Ardee, County Louth; she was buried at Stabannon, 19 August 1782, aged 88. Possibly mother of the next?
William WYNNE, born about 1728; of Dromgoolstown, County Louth; he died of dropsy, December 1782, and was buried at Stabannon, 12 December, aged 54. Possibly husband of the next?
Mrs Ann WYNN, born about 1740; of Dromgoolstown; she died of dropsy, January 1795, and was buried at Stabannon, 10 January, aged 54. Possibly wife of the last and mother of the next?
Robert WYNNE, born about 1769; of Dromgoolstown; he was buried at Stabannon, 2 September 1859, aged 90.
Possibly father of the following:
1. Anne WYNNE, baptised at Stabannon, 25 March 1808, daughter of Robert and Amelia (? Mary); she was buried at Stabannon, 30 June 1810, aged 18 months.
2. Albert WYNNE, baptised at Stabannon, 12 January 1812, son or Robert and Mary.
3. Maria WYNNE, baptised at Stabannon, 13 May 1813, daughter of Robert and Mary.
4. Charlotte WYNNE, baptised at Stabannon, 17 February 1815, daughter of Robert and Mary.
Given his age, it is not unlikely that he may have had other issue before 1808?
Amelia WYNNE, born about 1779-80; died at Toberdoney, August 1852, and was buried at Stabannon, 8 August, aged 72. Her marital status was not recorded - perhaps the wife of Robert of Dromgoolstown, who also used the name Mary?
Alicia WYNNE, born about 1819-20; of Drogheda; she was buried at Stabannon, 2 June 1853, aged 33. Possibly another daughter of the above Robert and Mary?
Joice WYNN, of Toberberdony, was married there, 3 November 1825, to Thomas WILSON, of Ardee.
Robert WYNNE, of Toberdoney, County Louth; he was married at Stabannon, 5 August 1841, to Alicia HUDSON, both of Toberdoney; they had issue:
1. Mary Virginia WYNNE, baptised at Stabannon, 20 November 1842; she was buried there, 6 January 1853, aged 10.
2. Amelia Sarah WYNNE, baptised at Stabannon, 11 August 1844.
3. Elizabeth WYNNE, baptised at Stabannon, 24 May 1846.
4. George Ives WYNNE, baptised at Dromin parish (late part of Collon parish), November 1849.
5. Alicia Frances WYNNE, born at Dromin, 30 June 1851, and baptised there, 1 September.
SAMUEL VICKERS, ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY.
Samuel VICKERS, born in County Louth, about 1800 [R.I.C. Service Record]; entered the Royal Irish Constabulary, 1832, #1305, aged 30, height 5' 10", Constable 1 February 1833, 2nd Chief Constable 1 September 1837, Pensioned 1 April 1855 [R.I.C. Service Record]; he died at Victoria Place, New Ross, County Wexford, 13 August 1883, aged 86, Widower, Retired Head Constable, old age (certified), informed by Elias T. VICKARS, of Victoria Place, son, present at the death; he was married on 28 July 1849, his wife, un-named, a native of Armagh [R.I.C. Service Record] - this marriage was not recorded in C.of I. marriages (1845-1863); as Elizabeth VICKARS, she died at Victoria Place, 18 October 1880, Married, Pensioner's wife, of paralysis, informed by Elias T. VICKARS, of Victoria Place, Occupier [Death Registration], "... the beloved wife of Samuel VICKERS" [Wexford People, 20 October]; they had issue:
1. Henrietta Mary VICKERS, born about 1851; she died at Victoia Place, New Ross, 11 April 1876, Spinster, aged 24, School Mistress, of Phthisis, informed by Elias T. VICKERS, present at the death, of Victoria Place. 2. Elias Thackeray VICKERS, born in County Louth, about 1855 [age in 1901 Census]; residing at Victoria Place, New Ross, he informed the deaths of both parents, 1880 and 1883; he was at South Street, New Ross, 1901 Census, aged 45, Solicitor's Assistant, Solicitors Clerk, of full age, with his second wife and his two children, and four boarders; he died at New Ross, 21 June 1908, registered as E.T. VICKERS, Married, aged 44, Solicitor's Clerk, of bronchitis, informed by his son R.G. VICKERS, present at the death; he was married firstly, at Drumcannon parish church, County Waterford, 27 September 1881, to Caroline FEGAN, Spinster, of County Waterford, daughter of William FEGAN, Retired Head Constable; they had issue:
a. William Samuel VICKERS, born at Victoria Place, New Ross, 22 September 1882.
b. Reginald George VICKERS, born ditto, 5 January 1886; he died at South Street, New Ross, 20 February 1914, aged 28, Bachelor, Watch Maker, of pneumonia, the death informed by Eleanor VICKERS, Step-mother, present at the death.
c. Caroline E. VICKERS, born in County Wexford, about 1889; aged 10, with her father, 1901 Census; aged 21, with her step-mother, 1911 Census.
Elias, Solicitor, South Street, New Ross, Widower, was married secondly, at St Mary's R.C. Chapel, New Ross, 27 April 1897, to Ellen O'GORMAN, full age, Spinster, of Mary Street, New Ross, daughter of William O'GORMAN, Farmer and Trader; she was aged 29, with her husband and his two children, 1901 Census; she was at South Street, New Ross, 1911 Census, aged 38, Widow, R.C., born Wexford; she probably died at Houghton Hospital, New Ross, 16 January 1920, as Ellen VICKERS, Widow, aged 52, Housekeeper, the death informed by a hospital employee.
A VICKERS BRANCH WHICH EMIGRATED TO CANADA.
Jeremiah VICKERS, Merchant, was the father of:
James VICKERS, born in Ireland, 20 February 1813 [1901 Census, Canada], perhaps in County Louth; he resided in Tintern House, Saltmills, County Wexford, about the early 1840s, which was "... intended for the incumbent of Tintern prish, but instead originally occupied by James VICKERS, owing to a dispute" [National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, on the www.buildingsofireland.ie web-site]; as James VICARS, of the Village of Saltmills, 1853 [Griffith's Valuation], for a House, Office, Yard, Garden and Land, at £8, with New Shop and Bake House, held under a lease from Caesar COLCLOUGH (no record yet found in Dublin Deeds Registry holdings); and as James VICKERS, ditto, Parish of Tintern, for land only, held of Jane BOYNE; aged 55, Labourer, he emigrated to Canada on the ship 'Scandinavian' from Liverpool via Londonderry, arriving at Quebec, 16 July 1873, with his sons Jeremiah and Robert VICKERS, aged 22 and 20 respectively, both also Labourers; James was aged 65, Labourer, Widower, born Ireland, C.of E., Township of York, East Side, Ontario, 1881 Census, residing with Eliza REID, aged 79, Widow, all ditto (she was the widow of Ross REID, all ditto in 1871 Census, a Brickmaker - he may have employed James VICKERS' two sons as Brickmakers); he was aged 80 [1891 Canada Census], residing with his son Robert, Toronto St Stephen's Ward, and his family; he was aged 88 [1901 Canada Census], residing with his son Jeremiah, East York, Ontario, and his family
James VICKERS, of Hamilton, Ontario, Labourer, died at the General Hospital, Toronto, 5 January 1903, aged 90 years, and was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, in Plot 1938, a single grave purchased by Miss Edith (written over Jeremiah struck through) VICKERS, and removed to K-17-11 on 7 October 1904.
James was married at Tintern, County Wexford, 7 July 1845 (father named in Registration, as Jeremiah VICKERS, Merchant, but no indication as to whether he was dead or alive), to Anne STEPHENSON, the daughter of Robert STEPHENSON, Architect; she appears to have died before James emigrated to Canada in 1873, but there are no relevant death entries Registered for her after 1864.
James and Anne had issue:
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1. Kate VICKERS, born about 1849; she died at Kilcullin, Naas, County Kildare, 12 January 1881, aged 32, wife of Constable, R.I.C., of peritonitis, the death informed by her husband [irishgenealogy.ie], "...at Kilcullen Constabulary Barracks, at 11 o'clock p.m... after 3 weeks illness, in the 32nd year of her age... the only daughter of J. VICKERS, Esq, of Saltmills, County Wexford" [The Kildare Observer, 5 January]; she was aged 20, Spinster, of the parish of Tintern, County Wexford, and daughter of James VICKERS, Farmer, when she was married, at Tintern parish church, 22 December 1868, to Thomas CALDBECK, of Newtown (indec word), of age, bachelor, Acting Constable, Royal Irish Constabulary, son of Edward CALDBECK, Farmer; he died at The Cottage, Tullow, County Carlow, 9 May 1917, aged 80, Police Pensioner, of heart disease, the death informed by his son Richard, present at the death, of Tullow; they had issue:
a. an un-named male, born at Saltmills, New Ross, 12 November 1869, informed by the mother Kate formerly VICKERS; probably Richard CALDBECK, who informed his father's death in 1917.
b. an un-named daughter, born at Saltmills, 19 April 1871, informed by Frances (X) CAULFIELD, of Saltmills, present at the birth, perhaps a mid-wife.
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2. Jeremiah VICKERS, born in Wexford, Ireland, 14 February 1851 [1901 Canada Census]; probably indexed in Royal Irish Constabulary, Service Records, 1867 [Findmypast]; he was aged 22, Labourer, when he arrived in Quebec, 16 July 1873, with his father and younger brother; he was at East York, Ontario, 1881 Census, aged 30, Brickmaker, with his wife and son; at St Matthew's Ward, York County, 1891 Census, aged 39, Guard, Jail, with wife and five children; at East York, Ontario, 1901 Census, aged 50, Jail Guard, with his three sons, three daughters and his widowered father; Brickmaker, of 62 McPherson Avenue, Toronto, 1886; Jeremiah died at 647 Gerrard Road, Toronto, County York, 21 July 1924, aged 73 years 5 months, residing at this residence 6 years, and in Toronto 53 years, parents named, his mother as STEPHENS, the death informed by his son William VICKERS, of 692 Milverton Boulevarde, Toronto; he was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto; he was married, York County, Ontario, 11 October 1880, to Agnes McDONALD; she died at Claremont, Ontario, 31 July 1891, aged 36, and was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery; they had issue:
a. James Roy VICKERS, born in Ontario, 20 February 1881; age 2 months, with his parents, 1881; aged 10, with his parents, 1891; aged 20, with his father, 1901 Census, Furrier; he died in York County, Ontario, 30 March 1925; he was married firstly, in British Columbia, 25 November 1903, to Hannah Mary SCHAEFER, with issue a daughter Gertrude Kathleen Mary (1904-1930); he was married secondly, 1 September 1908, to Gertrude Madeline SCHAEFER (believed to have been a sister of Hannah Mary), with further issue sons John Roy Junior (1909-1930) and Edwin Kent (1913-1941), and a daughter Phyllis V. (born 1919).
b. Edith Mary VICKERS, born in Ontario, 22 January 1883; aged 8, with her parents, 1891; aged 18, with her father, 1901, occupation Biscuit Packer; she died in 1941; she was married at York County, 10 August 1911, to Harry Garfield ALLEN (1884-1937).
c. Catherine VICKERS, born in Ontario, 1 May 1884; as Kate, aged 7, with her parents, 1891; aged 16, with her father, 1901.
d. William Edward VICKERS, born at 62 McPherson Avenue, Toronto, 13 February 1886; aged 5, with his parents, 1891; aged 15, with his father, 1901; he informed his father's death, 1924; a Cabinet Maker; he was married firstly, at Carleton, Ontario, 24 September 1912, to Mabel Mary YORKE; she died in 1924; they had issue [Lynda PRETTIE Family Tree on Ancestry.com]:
i. William Leslie "Gordon" VICKERS, born Ontario, 1 September 1914; he died at Newmarket, Ontario, 9 February 1981; he was married to Marion Joyce SCRUTON, with issue a son and daughter.
ii. Ivor Leslie VICKERS, born 1917; died 1987.
iii. Allan Jeremiah VICKERS, born 1919; died 1945.
William was married secondly, in Toronto, 15 October 1926, to May (or Mary) Margaret FOLEY, a Widow; she died in 1941.
e. Charles Graham VICKERS, born at Bracondale, Ontario, 12 March 1889; aged 2, with his parents, 1891; aged 12, with his father, 1901; he died at Toronto, 3 July 1950, and was buried at St John's Norway Cemetery, The Beaches, Toronto [M.I., memorial on the findagrave.com web-site]; he was married to Violet E. GILES; she died 26 September 1971, aged 73, and was buried with her husband.
f. Margaret Elizabeth VICKERS, born at 649 Gerrard Street, East Toronto, 7 May 1891; aged 9, with her father, 1901; she died in 1974; living at 90 Hamilton Street, Toronto, when she was married there, 24 February 1915, to Walter George PRETTIE.
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2. Robert VICKERS, born in Ireland, 13 May 1852 [1901 Canada Census] or 1853 [Memorial on Findagrave]; he was aged 20 on arrival in Quebec, with his father, in July 1873; he was at East York, Ontario, 1881 Census, aged 28, Irish, C.of E., Brickmaker, with wife Ann (sic), aged 24, and one daughter Sarah (evidently an enumerator's error and ommission - Robert's wife was Margaret, and their elder daughter was Ann or Anna, who was aged 2 years); as Robert Wynne VICKERS, Brickmaker, of 60 McPherson Avenue, Toronto, he informed the Registrar in Toronto, June 1883, of the birth of his third daughter Eva; he was at York West, Ontario, 1901 Census, aged 47, Gardener, with his wife Margaret, two sons, seven daughters, and his Widower father; he died at 13 Earnbridge Street, Toronto, 29 December 1923, aged 71 [the death informed by his son Robert B. VICKERS, same address], and was buried at Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto [Memorial on Findagrave, with grave photo], with his wife Margaret McDONALD (born 28 August 1856, of Scottish parents, and died 10 April 1927) and two daughters.
Robert and Margaret had issue:
a. Anna VICKERS, born in Ontario, 8 (or 18) April 1878; aged 12, with her parents, 1891; ditto, Seamstress, 1901; she was probably married in Toronto, 27 April 1904, to Herbert S. MARTIN (1872-1926) - see his memorial, with grave photo, on the www.findagrave.com web-site.
b. Sarah Isabella VICKERS, born at 11 Stafford Street, Toronto, 29 October 1879 (her mother named as Maggie McDONALD); aged 11, with her parents, 1891; ditto, Seamstress, 1901; she died in 1936, and was buried in a HAMILTON family plot, Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto; she was married at Toronto, 27 April 1915, to Ernest Willoughby HAMILTON, aged 34, son of Robert HAMILTON and Elizabeth BURNETT; they were buried in her sister's MARTIN grave at Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto.
c. Wallace VICKERS, born in Ontario, 7 July 1881; aged 9, with his parents, 1891; ditto, Teamster, 1901.
d. Eva Wynne VICKERS, born at 60 McPherson Avenue, Toronto, 11 June 1883; aged 7, with her parents, 1891; ditto, Domestic, 1901.
e. Queenie VICKERS, born in Ontario, 6 October 1885; aged 5, with her parents, 1891; ditto, Seamstress, 1901; she died at 1195 College Street, Toronto, 4 March 1948, aged 62; she was married at York County, 25 May 1904, to John Andrew GREGG.
f. Frederick Wynne VICKERS, born in Ontario, 18 April 1888; aged 3, with his parents, 1891; ditto, 1901; as Fred W. VICKERS, he arrived in Detroit, Michigan, 26 June 1916, pattern maker, recording his next of kin as Robert VICKERS, his father, of 52 Strachan Street, Toronto; as Fred Wynne VICKERS, his Draft Registration Card, dated 5 June 1917, of Columbus, Ohio, Pattern Maker, married; he was married at York County, 9 August 1916, to Irene Catherine BRETT.
g. Grace VICKERS, born in Ontario, 27 March 1890; aged 1, with her parents, 1891; ditto, 1901; she died 23 August 1924, and was buried in her parents grave; she was married at York County, 19 November 1913, to John Alfred LILLIE.
h. Mary E. VICKERS, born in Ontario, 29 October 1891; with her parents, 1901; she died 14 April 1922, and was buried in her parents grave.
j. Alice Mabel VICKERS, born in Ontario, 31 August 1893; with her parents, 1901; she was married in Toronto, 29 March 1927, to Walter Reginald BUTTON, aged 32, an Anglican, born in England.
Robert's son, Robert B. VICKERS, who informed his father's death, does not appear in either of the 1891 or 1901 Census returns for his parents.
k. Robert Stephenson VICKERS, born at York County, 3 July 1902; he died in 1962, and was buried at Park Lawn Cemetery, Toronto; he was married at York County, 11 October 1918, to Victoria Alexandria WALKER; she died in 1973, and was buried with her husband [gravestone image on billiongraves web-site].
Of likely interest to the forebears of this family - a James VICARS, was named in Griffiths Valuation (hand-written entry), in 1853, for premises in the Village of Saltmills, County Wexford, being a House, Office, Yard, Garden and Land, valued at £8 per annum, along with a New Shop and Bake House, all held under a lease from Caesar COLCLOUGH, of Tintern, County Wexford.
Probably the same as James VICKERS, also named in Griffith's Valuation (printed record), 1846-64, for land in Ballygarrett Townland, Parish of Tintern, Barony of Shellburne, County Wexford, held of Jane BOYNE.
Neither of these "suggested" leasing arrangements appear to have been registered under these surnames in Deeds held in the Deeds Registry, Henrietta Street, Dublin.
I do note, with interest, that a GREGG/FERGUSON family tree published on Ancestry.com does record birth dates for two sons of James VICKERS and Anne STEPHENSON - Allan Jeremiah VICKERS, born in County Wexford, 14 February 1851; and Robert Wynne VICKERS, born at Saltmills, County Wexford, 12 March 1853.
The same tree records that these two emigrated to Ontario, and there married sisters - Allan Jeremiah to Agnes R. McDONALD, and Robert Wynne to Margaret McDONALD, daughters of Graham and Sarah McDONALD.
Further, there is a mention in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage [the www.buildingsofireland.ie web-site], for a "Rectory, erected by Caesar COLCLOUGH (1776-1842), of Tintern Abbey, representing an important component of the early 19th century domestic built heritage of Saltmills... one intended for the incumbent of Tintern Parish, but instead occupied by James VICKERS, owing to a dispute..."
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AN EMERSON FAMILY OF DUBLIN.
John EMERSON; he was married at St Catherine's, Dublin, 24 June 1666, to Mary PRICE.
John EMERSON, baptized at St Catherine's, Dublin, 11 May 1708, son of Luke EMERSON and his wife Joan. Luke also had a daughter Rose baptized there on 1 July 1699.
Robert EMERSON; of Dublin, Chandler; he died in 1729; Administration granted 20 June 1729, to Anne EMERSON, the widow and relict [BETHAM]; she was of Dublin, Widow, when she was married secondly, by License dated 15 April 1732, to Jeremiah VICKERS, of St Catherine's, Dublin (his second wife - see above).
Maria EMERSON, of Dublin, Spinster, was granted Administration, on 20 January 1728, of her father John EMERSON, of COLES's Dragoons, and of her two uncles Thomas EMERSON, of SADLER's Regiment, and William EMERSON, of COLES's Regiment [BETHAM].
AN EMERSON FAMILY OF DUBLIN.
John EMERSON; he was married at St Catherine's, Dublin, 24 June 1666, to Mary PRICE.
John EMERSON, baptized at St Catherine's, Dublin, 11 May 1708, son of Luke EMERSON and his wife Joan. Luke also had a daughter Rose baptized there on 1 July 1699.
Robert EMERSON; of Dublin, Chandler; he died in 1729; Administration granted 20 June 1729, to Anne EMERSON, the widow and relict [BETHAM]; she was of Dublin, Widow, when she was married secondly, by License dated 15 April 1732, to Jeremiah VICKERS, of St Catherine's, Dublin (his second wife - see above).
Maria EMERSON, of Dublin, Spinster, was granted Administration, on 20 January 1728, of her father John EMERSON, of COLES's Dragoons, and of her two uncles Thomas EMERSON, of SADLER's Regiment, and William EMERSON, of COLES's Regiment [BETHAM].
