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Daxon of Co. Clare 1 Daxon of Co. Clare. Kilmorane is 5 Km Southwest of Ennis. Strasburgh is 4.5 Km Southwest of Ennis. Fountain is 4 Km Northwest of Ennis. Carrodotia is 5.5 Km Southeast of Kilrush. Rosemary ffolliott’s BMD’s on microfiche in Limerick Co. Library. Other information entered in italics. A Richard Daxon of Erinagh, Co. Clare, was a Bondsman on a Killaloe Marriage License Bond on the 30 May 1710. Irish Ancestor, Vol. viii, No. 1, 1976, p.48. A Richard Daxon, Gent., of Fountain wrote his will in 1734. The will was proved in Aug 1734. “My debts to be paid and my body to be disposed of as my executors shall see fit. To my dear wife Alice Daxon £15 a year To my eldest son William Daxon, the lands of Tubbermaly alias Fountain, Drumcarren Rhine Erenagh Drinagh alias Martree and Carrhue, My tenements in Ennis and Ballyduffbegg, Debts, stock etc. As I have already provided for my son Richard Daxon with £400, I leave him £5. To my son John, lands at Ballyduffbegg which, while he lives with William, William is to enjoy to help pay off encumbrances. To my son Francis £25 a year for 4 years and then £50 a year at the expiration of his apprenticeship to Walter and John Burton Esqs. £50 a year to my son Burton Daxon when of age . And £200 to my daughter Mary, £100 when of age and another £100 later. She is to marry with the consent of the Right Hon. Fras. Burton, Robert Cook and my son William. To my son-in-law Robert Cook and Susanna his wife £50, to be paid within 7 years of my death and £50 to their son Richard Henry Cook Witnesses: - Jonathan Monsell, Joseph Kerin.” A Richard Daxon was admitted a Freeman of Cork in 1732 A Francis Daxon was one of the Corporation of Ennis in 1744. A Burton Daxon married a Mary Ruth in Cork in 1745. A Richard Daxon married a Frances Hodder in 1734. A Francis Daxon married a Catherine Curry in 1747. (All Three in the Dioceses of Cork and Ross. Marriage License Bonds). John Daxon of Shanavoe voted in the 1768 Clare Parliamentary Election. William Daxon of Fountain also voted in 1768. William Daxon Jnr. Of Fountain also voted in 1768. William Daxon of Kilmorane also voted in 1768. William Daxon was made a Freeman of Ennis in 1762. William Daxon Jnr. Was made a Freeman of Ennis in 1770. Giles Daxon was made a Freeman of Ennis in 1778. John Daxon was made a Freeman of Ennis in 1778. 2 Lt. Giles Daxon (Fountain) of Ennis Volunteers 1778. John Daxon was Secretary to the Kilrush Union [Volunteers] 1770. Dublin Hibernian Journal, Wednesday 1 March 1780, Died at Ennis, William Daxon, senior, of Fountain. Faulkner’s Dublin Journal, Thursday 20 Feb 1783, Married at Ennis, Giles Daxon to Miss Bourke, daughter of Richard Bourke. Google: - William Daxon of Fountain had an eldest daughter Susanna who married Francis Finucane of Ennis in 1786. Francis Finucane was born in 1759 and died on the 28 Aug 1802. Susanna was still living in 1822. (Susanna, Catherine and Diana were all sisters of Giles Daxon). Nick Reddan’s Registry of Deeds Index Project. Marriage Settlement. 252260. Dated 7 Jan 1786. Susanna Daxon, The Bride, eldest sister of said William. William Daxon, brother of the bride. Dr. Francis Finucane, The Groom. Lucas Trade Directory 1788, Lists Giles Daxon of Gaol Street, Wine Merchant. William Daxon of Fountain was High Sheriff of Co. Clare in 1790/1791, Giles Daxon was his Special Bailiff at the same time. Ennis Chronicle, Monday 16 Jan 1792, Married last Thursday, Daniel Finucane to Miss Kitty Daxon, daughter of the late William Daxon of Fountain. (Catherine/Kitty was therefore a sister of Giles Daxon) (Catherine was born in 1757 and died in 1833) Ennis Chronicle, Monday 23 April 1792, Died last Friday, Mrs Daxon relict of John Daxon of Shanava. Clare Journal, Thursday 3 May 1792, Advert: To be let, the house in Church St in which Mr Giles Daxon now lives. Proposals to Mrs Scott of Cahercon and Mr Vandeleur of Ralihine. (Giles Daxon was admitted a Freeman of Limerick City on the 4/12/1792). (Giles Daxon was admitted a Freeman of Dublin City at Easter 1820) Ennis Chronicle, Thursday 11 Dec 1794, Married on Monday last William Daxon of Kilmorane, Co. Clare to Miss Dickson, daughter of the late Richard Dickson of Ballybronogue, Co. Limerick. (Richard Dickson had died in Jan 1794 at Francis St. Limerick) Ennis Chronicle, Monday 15 June 1795, Married last Saturday at Meelick church, John Daxon of Kilmorane to Miss Brady [Dilliana], daughter of Hugh Brady of the City of Limerick. 3 Limerick Chronicle, Saturday 4 June 1796, Married last Wednesday at Ennis, Robert Dowling, Post Master of Ennis to Miss Daxon, sister of William Daxon of Fountain, Co. Clare and daughter of the late William Daxon of Fountain. (An entry in Deed No. 523990, dated 7 Oct 1822 suggests that Mrs Dowling was named Diana, she being then a widow). Ennis Chronicle, Thursday 2 Nov 1797, Advert: To be set the lands of Lackaroe, M’Incolroe and Quin Gardens…. Proposals to Mr William Daxon of Cahodote near Kilrush or to John Daxon of Strasburgh near Ennis. (Cahodote is a bad spelling of Carrowdotia) William Daxon of Fountain, Giles Daxon of Fountain, All alive in 1799 and in favour of the Union. John Daxon of Strasburgh William Daxon of Carrindoty. Ennis Chronicle, Tuesday 18 March 1800, Advert: To be let, the farm of Ballyportra in the Barony of Inchiquin as now tenanted by Mr Mort. O’Brien and Mich. Curtis. Proposals to Col M’Donnell, Dublin and Giles Daxon, Limerick.: Ennis Chronicle, Monday 15 March 1802, Died a few days ago, Miss Daxon, daughter of William Daxon of Kilmorane. Ennis Chronicle, Thursday 13 Jan 1803, Died last Tuesday at an advanced age, Mr William Daxon of Killmorane Ennis Chronicle, Saturday 28 March 1807, Died last Tuesday evening at her lodgings in Patrick St., Limerick, Mrs Daxon, lady of John Daxon of Strasburgh, Co. Clare. (Dilliana Brady) Limerick Chronicle, Wednesday 28 June 1809, Died at his seat at Strasburgh, Co. Clare on Saturday, John Daxon. His remains were on Monday brought to Killone and interred in the family vault there. Clare Journal, Thursday 2 March 1810, Advert: - In the matter of Eliza and Olivia Daxon minors: To be sold by Public Auction on the 2nd April, cattle, part of the stock of the late John Daxon and now at the disposal of Hugh Brady as administrator of said John Daxon and guardian of the said minors. Ennis Chronicle, Saturday 31 March 1810, Advert: Eliza and Olivia Daxon, minors, aged 11 and 13 years…..lands in the Barony of Burren to be set. Apply Hugh Brady the minors guardian. (Also their uncle) (Therefore Eliza[beth] was born circa 1799 and Olivia was born 1797) 4 Ennis Chronicle, Saturday 25 June 1814, Advert: In the matter of Eliza and Olivia Daxon minors…. Sale of the lands of Strasburgh now in the possession of Charles Lucas in the Co. of Clare. Ennis Chronicle, Saturday 29 Dec 1810, Married on the 23rd Dec. in Kildare St., Dublin, at the house of her uncle, Captain Daxon of the Clare Regt., John James Cullen, Lt. Col of the Leitrim Regt., to Miss Finucane, daughter of the late Daniel Finucane of Stamer Park in Co. Clare (Miss Finucane’s name was Bridget and her mother’s maiden name was Catherine [Kitty] Daxon. Catherine was born in 1757 and died in Dec 1833, aged 76.) Limerick Evening Post, Monday 24 March 1817, Died on Saturday last at Ennis, William Daxon of Fountain. (The Ennis Chronicle added his age of 78. Therefore born circa 1739). His Tombstone at Drumcliff Cemetery also gives his age as 78 and his date of death as the 22 March 1817. Ennis Chronicle, 14 June 1817, Miss Daxon…..on attaining 21……daughter of late John Daxon of Strasburgh……the numerous acts of benevolence. (This must be Olivia, the eldest of the two Daxon orphans). Clare Journal, Monday 1 Oct 1821, Married on Wednesday last, at Kilmurry church, Samuel Dickson Power Esq. son of Richard Power of Monroe, Co. Tipperary to Anna, daughter of William Daxon of Caradota, Esq. (Recte: - Carrowdotia which is close to Kilrush town, Co. Clare.) (The 1840 Tontine records give her name as Maria, perhaps her full name was Anna Maria). Limerick Chronicle, 23 July 1824, Died on Monday of apoplexy, at his seat, Carradota, Co. Clare, Mrs Daxon, wife of William Daxon. Michael Scanlon, born 1765 and his wife Frances Odell had a daughter Aphra Scanlan who was baptised on the 20 Sept 1795 and married Richard Daxon of Carrindotta, Co. Clare on the 27 Oct 1825. Cavan Herald, 1 March 1825, Married in Dublin, Rev. William Bushe to Miss Elizabeth Daxon daughter of late John Daxon of Strasburgh. Fortune of £100,000. (£100.000 must be a misprint. Remember if Elizabeth got this amount then Olivia was entitled to the same amount). ( Col . William Daxon Bushe is in Griffith’s Valuation as the occupier of Kilmoraun). Southern Reporter, Thursday 1 Feb 1827, Married on Tuesday in Ennis, Andrew Stackpoole of Lifford, Co. Clare to Diana, 2nd daughter of the late Daniel Finucane of Ennis and also niece to Giles Daxon. 5 Giles Daxon was succeeded by his son William Daxon who became M. P. for Co. Clare. William sold Fountain and Stamer Park in 1849 and departed for America that year with his wife and 8 children.
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