1 Pedigree Sketches from the Book of Claims Compiled by Noel Murphy Source: - Limerick Archives. L/OC/2/1, L/OC/2/2 and L/OC/2/3. When the corrupt Corporation of Limerick were seriously challenged in the Courts, it triggered a sudden rush for Admission as Freemen by all those whose legitimate claims had been blocked and denied to date. Each claimant had to supply proof of their right to be admitted Freemen. Parents had to be named and their marriage proved by producing Marriage Certificates. Proof also had to be produced of the holding of Freeman enrolment by Fathers of eldest first born sons, Fathers of the brides of the husbands of all other sons and proof of Freeman Status of the master of any apprentice who claimed by that route. In these claims the parents, wives and master of many Limerick people will be found. Not only the mighty and wealthy but also the ordinary tradesmen of Limerick City. Hopefully many present day descendants will be able to trace their ancestors a further step back in time. Each Claimant within each Group is printed in Blue. The original claims which were entered in longhand in the Book of Claims can be read on Limerick Archives site. Google, Limerick Corporation (pre-reform), 1719-1917. Then scroll down to L/OC/2/1 etc. I would suggest you follow this route so that you will become aware of all that Limerick Archives have to offer: - Limerick.ie/cityarchives Then click on Local Studies Click on City Archives in left hand panel Click on Archive Collections Click on Digital Archives Click on Limerick City Council and Local Government Collections. Click on Limerick Corporation (pre-reform), 1719-1917. Scroll down to L/OC/2/1 etc. As you progress towards L/OC/2/1 etc you should take a note of the other topics which you might like to check out. Good Hunting. 1 Thomas Gabbett = Miss Fitzgerald (Mary Anne) B. B. Fm. 10/10/1808 M. 26/12/1807 Thomas Gabbett Eldest son. (B. Nov. 1812) Applied for Admission on the 30/12/1834. 2 Edward V. Fitzgerald = (of Rockfield, deceased) B. Edmond Fitzgerald Eldest son. (Ballyneety House). Applied for Admission 30/12/1834. Sworn in 05/01/1835. 2 3 Croker Barrington = B. Fm. 12/10/1794 Deceased. Croker Barrington Eldest son. Applied for admission 30/12/1834. Sworn in 05/01/1835. 4 Daniel Gabbett = B. Burton McNamara = Jane Gabbett Applied for admission , 30/12/1834. 5 John Gorman = B. Carpenter. Deceased Fm.(27/09/1794) Patrick Gorman Thomas Quin = Miss Gorman (Mary Ann) B. B. Eldest son (M. 1810) Fm. 06/07/1830 6 William Russell = Ann Hughes Fm. (25/09/1765) (M.c. 30/06/1767) (Deceased by 1803) (Sheriff 1783) Robert Roger = Miss Russell (Merchant) Fm.(05/01/1824) (M.13/01/1803) 7 John Williamson = Deceased Fm. 13/10/1760 Thomas Williamson Eldest son. Applied for admission on the 31/12/1823. 3 8 Nicholas Tubbs = Susanna Roche Solicitor (Dau. of Rev. William) Fm. (10/10/1763 (M. 05/05/1760) Samuel William Dickson = Susanna Tubbs (Chandler) B. M. D. (May 1843, a widow) Applied for Admission 17/10/1823. 9 Matthew Hogan = Merchant, Deceased Fm. 27/06/1801. George Hogan James Bodkin = Mary Ann Hogan Surgeon. R.N. (Son of Anthony) Eldest son Fm. 29/08/1823 Fm. 07/10/1822 (Bro of Thomas D. Nov 1846 in London. George Bodkin). 10 Alderman Francis Sargent James = B. (1732) Fm. (07/05/1747) D. (1820) John Sargent Lt. 60th Regt. Fm. 1823 11 Pickman Wight = Fm. 03/09/1759 John Wight Eldest son. Applied for admission on the 31/12/1823. 12 George Bell = (Fm. 13/10/1760) (of Ballsbridge, 1769) (Freemason, 1769) Thomas Hewitt = Miss Bell Applied for admission , 31/12/1823. There was a Thomas Hewitt, Bootmaker of Mary St., who died in Jan 1834 who left a widow Susanna Hewitt who died in May 1837. See 1824 Trade Directory. 4 13 John Bernard = Jane Maher Clothier Fm. 08/10/1753. Deceased 31/32 years. Luke Bernard Joseph Bernard Eldest son By Servitude to father Fm. 29/08/1823 Fm. 06/06/1825 Indentured 29/09/1785. 14 John Byrom = Carpenter Fm. 07/10/1822 John Byrom Eldest son. 15 Thomas Vokes = Fm. Henry Woodburn = Rebecca Sargent nee Vokes Thomas Phillips Vokes Fm. 05/01/1824 (Widow) (Fm. 07/10/1822) 16 Francis Sargent Peter = Fm. 06/03/1746 Michael Leonard = Jane Sargent Fm. 05/01/1824. 17 John Gorman = See No 5. Carpenter Fm. 27/09/1794 Thomas Quin = Mary Ann Gorman William Ryan = Ann Gorman Patrick Gorman Married 13 yrs. Carpenter William Ryan’s application for admission. 1823 18 Joseph Massy Harvy = Fm. 10/10/1791. Deceased James Fisher = Mary Harvy Fm. 05/01/1824. 5 19 Capt. William Taylor = Ann Royce (Fm. 26/05/1792) Sidley I. Rutledge = Rosanna Taylor (Fm. 10/10/1825) 20 William Jephson = (Johanna Gloster) Ironmonger (B.c. 1753) (Fm. 28/06/1784) (D. 02/08/1816. Aged 63). Daniel Flanagan = Ann Jephson (Fm. 11/10/1824) (William Jephson, Ironmonger was married to Johanna Gloster, sister of George Gloster of Thomond Lodge). 21 John O’Keefe = Margaret Heoy Fm. (29/01/1817) Sergent-at-Mace John McNamara = Catherine O’Keefe Slater Fm. (05/01/1824) 22 William Hartney = Fm. 13/10/1760 William Hartney Eldest son 23 John Worrall = Sarah O’Brien (Shoemaker) (John St.) Fm. (07/10/1816) Joseph Worrell Eldest son Fm. (05/01/1824) 24 Edward Ormsby = Son of Maunsell Ormsby of Ballygrennan Fm. (12/10/1789) Maunsell Ormsby Eldest son. Fm. (05/01/1824) 6 25 John Taylor = Elizabeth Brewer M.S. 11/02/1789, St. John’s. Fm. (30/06/1788) Thomas Taylor = Ann Taylor Philip White Taylor Fm. (05/01/1824) Eldest son Fm. (05/01/1824) 26 Henry Collis = Elizabeth Going Fm. 10/10/1796 (Dau. of James Going (Burgess) of Bellisle M. 22/04/1799). William Henry Collis Eldest son. Fm. (05/04/1824). Applied for admission on the 07/01/1824. 27 Robert Briscoe = Fm. (04/12/1792) Capt. Thomas G. Coppinger = Eliza Abigail Fm. (05/04/1824) 28 Joseph Ledbetter = Ann Carrig sister of Henry Carrig Fm. 27/09/1794. Joseph Ledbetter Eldest son. North Strand. Fm. 05/04/1824. 29 Edward Fitzgerald = Miss Grady Stonehall, Co. Clare. Fm. 29/09/1767 Sir Augustine Fitzgerald, Bart. Fm. (05/04/1824) 30 (Richard Bowerman) = Grace Bowerman. (Grace Anderson Davis, dau. of George Davis) (Grocer, Mary St.) Fm. (13/10/1788) (D. 11/10/1809) D. (22/03/1848) (A widow of Catherine St.). William Shannon = Miss Bowerman (Elisha). Applied for admission on the 17/06/1824 7 31 Joseph Jones = Plumber Fm. 15/02/1813 M.c. 1802 in Rathkeale John Joseph Jones William St. Eldest son. Fm. (28/06/1824) 32 Michael Crowe = Sargent-at-Mace. Fm. 02/07/1819. Patrick Crowe Eldest son. Fm. (28/06/1824) 33 Westropp Ross Lewen Fm. (12/10/1789) Henry Ross Lewen Eldest son. Fm. (11/10/1824) 34 William Jephson = Johanna Gloster See No. 20 Deceased Fm. (28/06/1784) David Flanagan = Anne Jephson. Applied for admittance on the 9/10/1824. (There is no David Flanagan recorded as a Freeman. There is a Daniel Flanagan recorded as admitted by right of Marriage on the 11/10/1824). 35 Bryan McMahon = Thomasine Dowling (Attorney) Fm. (28/06/1790) George Osborne = Eliza McMahon (Musician) (Fm. 11/10/1824) 36 Thomas Rice = Ellen Tyne Ballymacrice Fm.27/09/1794 M. 05/11/1784 Patrick Ryan = Sarah Rice Applied for admission on the 13/10/1824. One of the three witnesses was John Rice, Sarah’s brother. 8 37 Samuel Dickson = Deceased Fm. 29/01/1778 Stephen Dickson Eldest son. Applied for admittance on the 06/04/1825 Witness was John Lee, nephew of Mrs Samuel Dickson. 38 James O’Sullivan = Frances McAuliff See No 62 Deceased Fm. 08/06/1814. M. 27/04/1769 Joseph Wallplate = Alicia O’Sullivan Elm Hill, Co. Clare Fm. (27/06/1825) M. 03/03/1821 at Kilmurry church. Witness was James O’Sullivan, Alicia’s brother. Applied for admittance 07/04/1825. 39 Capt. William Taylor = 28th Regt. Deceased Fm. 25/06/1792 M. 02/07/1774 William Rose = Dulcibella Taylor Fm. (27/06/1825) Youngest daughter M. 10/02/1807 Applied for admittance on the 07/04/1825. Witness was Dorothea Taylor, Captain William’s sister. 40 Philip Walsh = Mary Silversmith Deceased Fm. (29/01/1788) John Brown = Catherine Walsh Limerick City M. 26/12/1809, aged 26 plus. Witness was Ann Vokes wife of Thomas Phillips Vokes and Catherine’s sister. 41 William Glover = Hannah Higgins Goggin Fm. 04/10/1822 William G. Glover Eldest son. Fm. 27/06/1825. Applied for admission, 14/04/1825. Witness: - Eliza Goggin 9 42 Benjamin Barrington = Burgess Fm. 26/06/1758 Benjamin Barrington = Alice Canter Fm. 07/01/1778 Married at the house of James Canter of Ballyvarra. Edward Parker = Miss [Jane] Barrington Benjamin Barrington Fm. (27/06/1825) (M. 1812). 43 John Parkinson = Catherine Lardner Limerick City Revenue Officer Fm. (21/01/1794) M. 15/10/1776. George Nichols = Mary Parkinson Fm. (27/06/1825) Bt. 21/02/1794 of Kilrush. 44 John Vereker = Alderman Thomas Jervis = Julia Vereker (Fm. 10/10/1825) (D. 04/07/1853) M. (Aged 53) in St. Mary’s Cathedral. (of Richmond Place) Applied for admission 29/06/1825. 45 James O’Brien = Bridget Bell Limerick City Clonmel Fm. 25/04/1817 M. At Fethard, Co. Tipperary.