Mother:Arabella
(Stephens) Gifford Married:Edward Bridges on 27 April 1865, in
Whitechurch, county Wexford, Ireland
Anna Gifford is recorded as single. Edward Bridges is recorded as
single, the son of Thomas Chas Bridges The Cork Examiner, 3 May 1865
MARRIAGES.
On the 27th ult., at Whitechurch, county of Wexford, Edward
Bridges, Esq., Lieutenant 48th Regiment, to Anna, eldest daughter of
the Rev. W. Gifford, of Ballysop, county Wexford.
Death: 27 March 1870, in Wilton Miles,
Enniscorthy district, county Wexford, Ireland, aged 40
Anna Bridges, aged 40, is married and described as a "Gentleman's Wife".
I am unclear exactly where this "Wilton Miles" is - perhaps it refers
to Wilton Mills, near Bree, county Wexford.
Notes: In his entry for Anne, John
Henry Glascott notes "Exchequer Bill fyled 10 July, 1736, Glascott
against Gifford". An exchequer bill was an early form of private
lawsuit. It is unclear exactly which Glascott (Anne?, George?) was
suing which Gifford (Anne? William?).
Death: 1773
Will: dated 19 March 1772. Probate was
granted 13 December 1780.
Burke's Landed Gentry says that Henry had two sons, and five
daughters,
so one child is unaccounted for here.
Death: About 1760
Notes: Henry was attainted in
1689, by James II, for being a
Protestant.
Henry's birthdate is given in
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~cricha/index.htm
as "about 1668". Since his parents were only married in "about 1682"
(according
to IGI film), some of the data is incorrect.
Notes: Jasper
emigrated from England to Ireland in 1641. He was initially in Dublin,
and later, in 1661, purchased land at Polemaloe (now Pilltown),
Whitechurch and Ballykelly, in county Wexford, and made his residence
at Polemaloe.
A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed
gentry of Great Britain and Ireland vol 1 p444 (Sir
Bernard Burke, 1858) JASPER GIFFORD,
who went over to Ireland in 1641, in the same troop with William
Glascote, of Aldertown, and Roger Drake, of Stokestown, got grants of
property, in the co. Wexford, by patent dated 18th King CHARLES
II., and fixed his residence at Polemaloe, co. Wexford.
The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland,
and Wales p398 (Burke, 1864) Gifford
(Polemaloe, now Pilltown, co. Wexford, emigrated to Canada, 1822); JASPER
GIFFORD, brother of Col. JOHN GIFFORD,
of Aghern, got grants of Polemaloe, &c., 1660; Reg. Ulster's
Office) Same Arms. Crest - A dexter arm in armour
embowed, the hand holding a gillyflower all ppr. Motto - Potius mori quam fœdari.
Notes: John Gifford was a
Colonel
in the Army. He got grants of
Aghern and other lands in county Cork, by patent dated 28 September
1666.He was a free
Burgess of the
Borough of New Ross, county Wexford.
The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland,
and Wales p398 (Burke, 1864) Gifford
(Aghern, co. Cork; Col. JOHN GIFFORD,
eldest son of WILLIAM GIFFORD, and
grandson of WILLIAM GIFFORD, Esq. of
Northall, got grants in co. Cork, 28 Sept 1666). Same Arms and Crest.
Baptism: 23 January 1803, in New Ross,
county Wexford, Ireland
Father: Nicholas
Gifford
Mother: Margaret
(Symes) Gifford
Married:Beata Glascott on 12 April 1845,
in Whitechurch by New Ross, county Wexford, Ireland
Occupation: Army Officer, rising to the
rank of major in the 1st Native Infantry of the East India Company.
John entered the army of the East India Company as a cadet in 1822 (The India Office and Burma Office list 1823
p110). He sailed aboard the Windsor
on 19 February 1823 (Oriental Herald May 1824 p151),
and arrived in India on 5 July 1823 and commissioned as an ensign in
the 12th Native Infantry on 11 July 1823. He transferred to the 1st
Native Infantry in May 1824 and was promoted to lieutenant on 23 August
1824 and captain on 1 February 1837. He retired on 16 May 1846 and was
promoted to the honorary rank of major on 28 November 1854 in a
realignment of retirement benefits following a new system of promotion (London Gazette 6 February 1855 p438).
Entry from Officers of the Bengal Army
p264 (V.C.P. Hodson, 1946)
GIFFORD, John Symes (1803-1867). Major, 1st N.I. b. Jan. 1803. Cadet
1822. Arrived in India 5 July 1823. Ensign 11 July 1823. Lieut. 23 Aug.
1824. Capt. 1 Feb. 1837. Retired 16 May 1846. Hon. Major 28 Nov. 1854.
d.s.p. 27 Aug. 1867 bapt. New Ross, co. Wexford, 23 Jan. 1803. 4th son
of Nicholas Gifford, of Ballysop; and Margaret his wife. Brother of
Thomas Gifford q.v. m. 12 Apr. 1845, Beata, dau. of John Glascott of
Killowen, co. Wexford.
Services : Posted as Ensign to 12th N.I. Transfd. to 1st N.I. (late
2/12th) May 1824. Offg, Adjt. 1st N.I. 3 Oct. 1831. Fur. p.a 16 Nov
1843 till retirement. No record, of active service.
refs: Burke's Landed Gentry of Ireland, p. 265, s.n. Gifford, late of
Westbrook co. Wicklow.
Death: 28 August 1867 in Delgany,
county Wicklow, Ireland, aged 64
Buried: Christ Church, Delgany, county
Wicklow, Ireland
John's headstone reads;
Sacred | to the memory of | JOHN SYMES GIFFORD | Major of the Bengal
Army | died at Delgany August 28th 1867 | aged 64 years
Mother:Arabella
(Stephens) Gifford Married:Charles Bridges on 26 October 1864 in Whitechurch, county Wexford, Ireland
Lucy Stephens Gifford is recorded as single, the daughter of Ludlor
Stephens. Charles Bridges is recorded as single, the son of Thomas
Charles Bridges.
Census: 1881: Grendon Grange, Grendon Bishop, Herefordshire, England
1891: Bredenbury, Herefordshire: Lucy S. Bridges, wife, is aged 54, born in Ireland
1901: Bredenbury, Herefordshire: Lucy Stephen Bridges, wife, is aged 63, born in
county Cork, Ireland. Occupation: Clergyman Church of England
1911: Tavistock, Devon: Lucy S. Bridges is aged 74, born in Carinture, county Cork
Census:
1891: Gillingham, Dorset: Margaret Bridges, wife, is aged 55, born in Ireland
1901: Silton, Dorset: Margaret Bridges, wife, is aged 66, born in
Cork, Ireland
1911: The Rookery, Silton, Dorset: Margaret Bridges is aged 70, born in Middleton parish, county Cork
Notes: Nicholas succeeded to Ballysop
House in 1872. In 1878 he is recorded as the owner of 1,892 acres, with
a letting value of £1128. Nicholas did not marry.
Arms: Arms - Arg., ten torteaux,
four, three, two, and one. Crest - An arm embowed in
armour, the hand holding a gilly flower, all proper. Motto - Potius mori quam
foedari. (which translates to "rather to die than to be dishonoured" or
"death before dishonour") Seat - Ballysop,
Priesthaggard, New Ross, county Wexford.
Death: 31 March 1896, in New Ross district, county Wexford,
Ireland, aged 64
Education: Merton College and New
College, Oxford where Ravenscroft obtained a B.A. in 1689. Alumni Oxoniensis: the members of the University of
Oxford, 1500-1714 vol 2 p564 Gifford, Ravenscroft, s. Jasp.,
of "Polmers," near Ross, in Ireland, gent. MERTON COLL.,
matric. 18 July, 1684, aged 17; B.A. from NEW COLL.,
1689.
Notes: Walter succeeded to Ballysop
House in 1866. He did not marry.
Arms: Arms - Gu., three lions,
passant, in pale, arg. Crest - A cubit dexter arm in
armour, grasping a gilly flower, all proper. Motto - Potius mori quam
foedari. (which translates to "rather to die than to be dishonoured" or
"death before dishonour") Seat - Ballysop, New Ross,
county Wexford.
Death: 8 January 1872, in New Ross district, county Wexford,
Ireland, aged 46
Birth:
1844/5, in Meniss Sudg (?), county Cork, Ireland
The place of birth is from the 1911 census. I cannot find any place
with this name. At the time of her birth Wilhelmina's parent's were
living in Mogeesha, county Cork.
Married: Margaret Milward
on 10 December 1699.
Margaret was the daughter of Clement Milward, of Ballyharran, county
Wexford. She died on 4 May 1718.
Sir Bernard Burke changes his horse on the issue of who William Gifford
married. In the 1858
edition
he has William as marrying "Margaret, dau. of Nicholas Bolton of
Brazeel, co. Dublin, by Anne his wife, dau. of Nicholas Loftus, of
Loftus Hall, co. Wexford, and by her (who d. 4 May, 1718)", but the 1862
edition has William marrying "Margaret, dau. of Clement Millward,
of Enniscorthy, and by her (who d.
4 May, 1718) has issue...". The 1871
and 1875
editions goes back to the Margaret Bolton version and the 1899
edition reverts once more to Margaret Milward!
All of the editions agree that William's eldest daughter was Anne, who
married George Glascott, and his eldest son was Nicholas who married
Katherine Sweeney. The 1862 editions also includes the name of a second
son, Milward Gifford, and the 1899 edition has the information that
William and Margaret had a total of three sons and four duaghters.
Education: Trinity College Dublin,
graduating B.A. in 1817.
Married:Arabella
Stephens on 11 May
1824 in St Peter, Dublin, county Dublin, Ireland
The marriage was witnessed by Adam Lynn Loftus and B. W. Matthias.
William is recorded as being a clerk, of Ballyhop, county Wexford.
Occupation: Clergyman, and magistrate
William was ordained in 1817, and appointed curate of Dunbrody, Ferns.
He was also curate of Monaghan, Clogher diocese; and on 19th February,
1828, was licensed to the curacy of Midleton or Castrachore. From 1831
to 1833 he was vicar of Marshalstown. On 20 September 1833 he was
appointed Rector of Mogeesha.
Clerical and parochial records of Cork, Cloyne, and
Ross vol 2 pp354-5 (William Brady, 1864) MOGEESHA. ...
1833. Sept. 20. WILLIAM GIFFORD is
admitted to the rectory entire of Mogeesha. [D.R.]
1834. Protestant population, 19.
1837. Mogeesha: a rectory with cure; 3½ miles long by l½ broad;
containing 3,400A. Gross population, 1,985. No Curate
employed. Tithe composition, £809 3s.
9d. Subject to visitation
fees, about £3. Diocesan schoolmaster, 10s. No glebe-house. Incumbent,
although non-resident for want of suitable accommodation, resides in a
hired house, within one mile of the benefice, and considers £50 a-year a
reasonable sum to be allowed under the head of house-rent. No church.
Divine service is celebrated once on Sundays, and on the principal
festivals, in a private house, by order of the Diocesan. The sacrament
is administered four times in the year. The benefice is a rectory.
[Parl. Rep.]
The parish books are new. The first baptism registered is in
1852, and the first marriage in 1857.
On 5th April, 1857, divine service was performed for the first
time in the new church of Mogeesha, built by the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners, aided by local subscriptions to the amount of nearly £300. This
church is oblong, with open high pitched roof, porch on the south, and
vestry on the north side. The east and west windows are of stained
glass; the seats are single, without doors; the pulpit and reading desk
are immediately outside the chancel arch; and the font, of stone, with
pillar and base, is beside the reading desk. There is a bell turret
pierced for one bell. There is no burial ground. The site of the old
church is uncertain, for no trace of it remains. There is a pewter
alms-dish, inscribed "Mogeesha Church, 1857." Also, a paten of silver,
weighing 13 oz. avoirdupois, and a chalice of silver, weighing 16 oz.,
both of which are inscribed "Mogeesha Church, 1844." There is also a
silver chalice, weighing 12 oz., and inscribed "Magouruey Church, 1837."
1860. W. Gifford, Rector. William Collins, Curate. The church is
new, and not yet consecrated. No glebe-house. No glebe. The rector is
non-resident. Divine service twice on Sundays, and once on the usual
holidays. Sacrament monthly, and on festivals; average of communicants,
6. No school. The Rector contributes £10 annually to Midleton school, which is
sufficiently near to serve for this parish. The Protestant population
is 40. The rentcharge is £514 1s.
1861. September 27. The new church of Mogeesha was consecrated
by Bishop Fitzgerald.
W. Gifford (eldest son of Nicholas Gifford, esq., by Anne, dau.
of G. Glascott, esq., of Alderton, was born in 1795, and graduated A.B.,
T.C.D., in 1817.
He was ordained in 1817, by the Bp. of Ferns, for the curacy of
Dunbrody, Ferns.
He was also Curate of Monaghan, Clogher diocese; and on 19th
February, 1828, was licensed to the curacy of Midleton or Castrachore.
From 1831 to 1833 he was V. Marshalstown.
He married, in 1824, Arabella, dau. of Rev. W. Stephens, and has
issue, inter alios, an eldest
son, Walter Stephens Gifford, esq., born in 1825, a J.P.
for Wexford county.
Rev. W. Gifford succeeded, in 1830, to his father's estates, and
is seated at Ballysop, county Wexford. He is a magistrate for that
county.
Notes: William was of Ballysop House,
in county Wexford. Ballysop was a fine house with a drawing room,
dining
room, large hall, bathroom, bedrooms, pantries and servants'
apartments. Outside was a coach house and stables for six horses and a
lovely garden. The house was demolished in 1965 to make way for the
John F. Kennedy Arboretum and Park. Two monkey puzzle trees now grow
where the house once stood.
Arms: Arms - Gu., three lions,
passant, in pale, arg. Crest - A cubit dexter arm in
armour, grasping a gilly flower, all proper. Motto - Potius mori quam
foedari. (which translates to "rather to die than to be dishonoured" or
"death before dishonour") Seat - Ballysop, New Ross,
county Wexford.
Death: 26 October 1866, in New Ross district, county Wexford,
Ireland, aged 71
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