gc M. L. 941.95015 C799cor 17352S1 REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION Qc 3 1833 00662 7456 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center http://www.archive.org/details/indextomarriagelOOcork ' Index to the marriage ticence Bonds of the Diocese of Cork and Fvo$$, Ireland, FOR TJIK YEARS FROM 1623 TO \"J\ Preserved in the Public Record Office of Irelatui. Copied, with (he permission of the Master of the ' prepared in the Public Re -era 1 By HERBERT WEBB GILLMAN. B.L., J. P. Diccsprcsfcent Cert Dietortcal ant Hrcbarolo>jlca CORK : ! I '• ~ I i> 1 Hi BY Gin \n 11 COMPANY LIMIT! :>. 1S96.7. £^<A.9, 1735281 Preface. _ ^v vT' WING to circumstances peculiar to the county of Cor!:, the Marri Licence bonds between the above dates are in most cases I . official evidence now available of the marriages to The best evidence of a marriage in past times is of course : thereof in a Parish Register, but in county C eery few of I registers contain records earlier than abu.it a : : Christ Church, Cork (ad. 1643 to 187S, but with a large cl 5 to 17c ' St. Mary Shandon, Cork (1671 to 1873), St. Multose, back into the seventeenth century. KilgarifFc (Clonakilty) be;. r',17.,, between 17;; and 1794. The next best evidence is a Marriage Lice: . the Grant Looks for Cork Marriage Licences, preserved :". the Public Rccoiu 1 only commence in 1750, so that before that date this class I in most cases in county Cor':. In the absence of Parish Registers and of Marriage Licence G evidence (which in such absence becomes then primary presur Marriage Licence Bond. Such a bond had to be entered grar.t his licence for a proposed marriage, because the Bishop was pen 1 for damages if he issued 3 1 the mnisation of a m " there existed some canonical let or irapedime . as a pre-contract of one of the parties to marry so;m himself, the Bishop required tv s, of was generally one, to cuter into a bond for a sum stated I tioned to the stains of the parties—that there < It will thus I t the Marriage 1. ids 1 Ross from rheir commencement to A.D. 1750 a!. or to those who have to prove thei making or provii es connected with tha in tlit- diocese of Cork and RSss. These bonds contain the names of the respective pers and nf the surety v the resi ruth: 1 I Is I Ives, to which I Index, are on rec rd iu the Public 1 any person can, on ap| cation and payment folio) obtain from thai of a bond, e ting the 1 . rmal part il I The nature ol the informatioi following copy ol ,v - PREFACE. Aarrfage licence Bono, 1679. Diocese of cork and i":.r Know all men by these prsenta yt wee John' £?//// .:,.• »/ Currakeen, in v liberties of Ciily Cork, ' • of gent., and AntkottyV) • y i xy, in y north Liberties of Corke. gent^ are holden and firmly bou rather in God, Edward L«l Up of Corke and Rosse in y- justand rull sumeefone thousana ster' curr« mony ol England to be paid t.. theire will and pleasure v. for j paynK well and tru ly to be n manner and form.- aforesaid, wee y« sA John Gillman and Anthony ( and each of us our Exec« and adnTors ii severally firmly by | sealed with our seal. Dated atjCorkej t 28« day ofJune ano hni 16 The condition of this >• obligaton is such .: there doti: not apj canonical! lett or yi ye impeding but above botmden fohn Gillman ». matrimony with Mary® ye daughh r lleyward St. of 1, . rofy pfi Liberties -; afores't Es r and y< there is noe suit- de| any pt contract of^marriage wth any other, aud > friends of both pties be thereunto, y« then this obligacon to be voyd, otherwise to remayne in full force and vertue in Law. i Sri.) John Gillman Signed sealed an d delivered ANTHONY CODD. (seal) forye use ofye L< jTp in p'sence of James Weekes John Fitzgerald. In some cases the obligatory part of tiie bond is in Latin, as in the follow Aarriage licence JGono, i«??8. Diocese ol Corfc ano Ross. Noverint universi p presentes tios i • dioeees' Clorf.is) gen\ and Jacobs :. obligari Rendo in xT- Patri et Dmo Dmo Edi in quingeniis libris ster', etc., etc. Daf vicesimo die mensis Se t The condicon of y< obhga~on is such y« A at all times appeare any canonicall let or impedim' 1 it y« 3 j solemnize matrimony with Mary Gillman oj y t (Sd.) Fra. Bri . .: . Sealed signed and delivered j AMES VVeeki for y* use of y }•: I .? y>'/> in prsence of Peter Lethume Geo. Donelan Edward Sat ' («) Bridegroom's name and residence. (1) Bride s name, etc. u > 1: 1 . r. i*> In- ill,, 1 Lrule, and also the surety in I !,v,. 1 ;„ .i.«, i naturally the bo "• - .aTwere'alu^utsi \\< r< aiways . m , <•' • Surety's name ^accus itivc . PREFA* 1 v. As a matter of fact, persons of the Roman Catholic religion often entered into such bonds as well as those of the Protestant faith, but the religion of the parties is not, so far as I know, stated in those documents for the diocese of Cork and Ro^s. s- The publication of this Index is undertaken under the ausp ii.es of 1 . 11. torical and Archaeological Society, and with the permission of the Master of the Rolls LL.D., tl I>eputy 'louche, , e Keeper on the recommendation of J. J. Digges La esq of the Records, Ireland, to whom the thanks of the Society have been gratefully given for this permission to print thus, in an accessible form, a work of use for all time to persons connected with the county of Cork, and prep; re I with that accuracy and skill which are habitual in the Public Record Office of Ireland. H. VV. G. NOTE. — I have to apologise for using as illustrative bonds two relating to n family, but beside that published at p. 2SS of vol. ii., 2nd series of the Journal, I none others at hand. .. Index to the marriage Licence Bonds or the Diocese of gorfc and Ross, in Comity Cork, Ireland, FOB THE YEARS FROM 1623 IO 1750. Abbot, Susanna, and Samuel French Abbott, Anne, and William Litton ,, Barbara, and George Wood „ Charles, and Elizabeth Gosse ,, Elizabeth, and Nicholas Lre ,, Elizabeth, and Samuel King ,, James, and Barbara Owgan ,, jane, ami Juhu Dcnnts „ Jane, and John Trayer ,, Jeane, and John Sweet . „ Martha, and James Farrell ,, Mordecai, and Charlotte Clarke „ Olivia, and Richard Savage ,, Richard, and Jane Sweett ,, Samuel, and Abigail Smith ,, William, and Eliza Backster (or Baxter) Abeliu, Anne, and Francis Row- land Aboil, James, and Abigail Marten ,, Joana, and Thomas Jackson Abeinatha, Samuel, and Eliza- beth Si : > ,, Sarah, and John Ned Adair (or Adare), Thomas, and Elizabeth Keeffe Adams, Anne, and Thoi is Bible „ Anne, and Gi •• Waltars ,, Elizabeth, and Peter Bun- worth ,, Francis, and Julian Barry (widow) ,, Francis, and Mary Gunn . ! Francis, an : .1 Kiug ,, John, and Anne ,, Jonathan, and Hester Alle- net . Martha, and lohn W Mary, and Ni ! Adamsou, }• ::. and ', Mary, and 1 like McC i Ada-.vay, and lb . Ma sey . 1 INDEX TO THE MARRIAGE LI< ENCE !ONI'- Airey, Thomas, and Martha Hea- Allen, 1682 slip 1696 ieorgeV Aitcheson, James, and Mary Anne, and V. Mayner 1750 „ Charles, and Jane Power. Aitkiue, Alexander, and Hester Edmund, and Catherine - . 1702 Holland : ' Edward, and A Albeart, John, and Hesti i H< Elizabeth and OliverVVelsh 1705 Albey, Edward, and Sarah Knight 1; Elizabeth, and Th 1 M Samuel, a d 1 u nah Neal • Alby, Amy, and William VVi 1 Elizabeth, and Robert „ Elizabeth, and William junior Ayllward It Salmon, 1 Susannah Alcock, Caesar, and Dorothy Georj , and Bernard 1736 Goodman Caesar, and Elizabeth Had- Henry, and Mary H 1740 Henry, and Mary : dock . 1722 J • ! . Newell. Caesar, and Mary Hawkes He :. ai Jol |ane, and J>>s!as Hayes . ,, Elizabeth, and Henry Cun- : 1710 ningham 1721 , and Henry Lane Elizabeth (widow), and John, and Hester Bartlcy John Pym Joshua, and Christian 174: Francis, and Alice Hewytt • Tie: ,, 70 Anne Rashly (udith, and T 1 ,, Georj;e, and I7-V Mary, and Norreys Ballard 1678 K\ rle, and Su ,, •- Kyrle, and Margery E 1 r Marv, and Jeffery Ho li ett 17! 1 Maskelyne, and MaryBald- Martha, and Natl Evai wyn . 1724 I . ai Revd „ Maskulin, and Elizabeth Mar - IIC Walton - (v id „ Peter, and Judith Mi rrisson 17-3 Mary J«'!:n I ! 1 1723 „ William, and Elinoi 7-3 Mary 1 wi lov Alcocke, Robert, and Susan Red- ,, wood i' '•: cb-r Dashv M W iinD „ Susanna, and 'J homas Phillips 1 6 *.j ., . ird 1 s- Alder, Thomas, and Mary Massey 1745 Ma ;. and Ri< Aldersey, Elizabeth, and Francis ' Gregory I atri I : and C Aldridge, William, and ( athenne Danelly (widow) Aldwell, Morgan, u d Margaret Rel Hamblay Da •. - ' Aldv/orth, Elizabeth., and Owen ' Fennigai e 1703 Rebecca,! 1' Ri b ,, Mary, and Symon ' Richard, and Eh- . Lege. „ 1 • Susann, and Wi! '.tin Ibck- . l--y r . I and Susanna William, and liu Me Hathaway Sarah, at! 11 ' : . Alein, |ohn,ai I ••" .'. " Susannah, and 1 Allard, Step ' -T". 1-11 I . Allason.Hi . Allby, Edward, ;u *1 Mary 1 and M 1. Wal Alldridge, Joseph, > Bryan 1733 Wi IN Allein, Man*, a< d Wi Alleuat, Susai Alleine, KU.