Halpins of Wicklow - Part 3

[BillW]

Tavern, would the registry of deeds record who had the Bridge Hotel in the decades leading up to James Halpin marrying Anne Halbert in 1814?

[tavern]

Hi Bill,
The Registry of Deeds started in 1708 so it should show something. I am searching these deeds at present and have found some interesting items to report such as "Marriage settlements" of Halpin V. Kennedy etc. but nothing yet about the Bridge pre 1800.
I will continue my search and report back on my findings.
Regards,
Tavern

[BillW]

Very valuable work and results, Tavern.  Almost all these Halpins had property and should be mentioned in title records and deeds.  Most property that we have encountered in and around Wicklow seems to have been leased from either the Wicklow Corporation (if that is ther right term) or the Wentworth Estate.  Is it known if the Wentworth Estate papers or archives survive?
There may be some at Sheffield Archives [see: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=199-wwm1_3&cid=0#0]
It is frustrating to be so far away.  This is research I would love to help with.

[tavern]

                                                                                                      Registry of Deeds

Of interest to those of you unable to visit the Registry of Deeds in Dublin:

The Registry of Deeds was established under an Act of Parliament in 1708. It holds the following types of deeds:

Conveyances of freehold property
Assignment of leases
Mortgages
Marriage settlements
Wills

Have a look at this online project:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~registryofdeeds/index.html

The project has hardly scratched the surface yet in terms of numbers of records and doesn’t give as much information as held in the originals but the few records that have been indexed are helpful and hopefully will grow in the future.
As luck would have it there are a few Halpin and Halpen records on this site so have a look.

Hope you find it useful,

Regards,
Tavern

[tavern]

Further clarification/confirmation on the beneficiaries of Frederick Halpin’s Will from the Index of Wills at The National Archives, Dublin. Unfortunately it looks like the actual Will was destroyed.


                                                                    Frederick Halpin 3rd May 1859 effects under £7,000
Letter of Administration (with the Will annexed) of the personal estate of Frederick Halpin late of Wicklow, Esquire deceased who died 27th February 1859 at same place were granted at the Principal Registry to Frances Halpin and Louisa Halpin both of The Bridge Hotel Wicklow Spinsters the Universal Legatees. By Decree.

[tavern]

Hi BillW,

Further to your questions on the Crawford family:

“So she married David Crawford 16th June 1862.  Any children?  Do we know anything about him and his family?  There is a very, very good reason for asking.”

You have shown this marriage in #86 on page 6 above.

•   I have found  in the Registry of Deeds dated 1866  File 23  a Memorial :  Number 290, titled

                                                               Crawford to Crawford

It is quite long so I will not post all of it on this site (unless you think it is useful). Here is the introduction:

A memorial of a Deed dated Twenty second of July eighteen hundred and sixty six made between David Crawford of Ardrossan in the county of Ayr – Merchants and Frances Crawford otherwise Halpin his wife of the first part.  George Halbert Halpin of Wicklow M.D. and Revill  Clements of Coolawinna Esquire both in the county of Wicklow of the second part and John Crawford of Ardrossan aforesaid Merchant and Shipowner and Richard Marshall of South Anne St in the City of Dublin Hotel Keeper of the third part.

From this memorial we can see David Crawford is from Scotland.

Looking up the 1881 UK Census on  http://search.ancestry.co.uk/

WE find Fanny Crawford, born in Ireland (Aged 51) and David Crawford Retired Captain (Mercht Service, Aged 61) living at 3 Quarry Lane Clyde View Cottage, Ardrossan, Ayrshire.
There is a son Bertie Crawford ( 9 ).

In the 1891 Census there is a Bertie C. Crawford (Aged 19) as a Law Apprentice, lodging at 60 Elmbank Street, Glasgow. (Born in Ardrossan, Ayrshire).

Hope this is of interest,
Tavern

[BillW]

It is all of interest, thank you Tavern, but as far as I am concerned, you have gone far enough.  None of this, unfortunately, has shed any light on why William Halpin named his last son Robert Crawford Halpin.  So we can put that on the back burner.

The mention of Coolawinna is interesting as it was the home of Cotters.  On Pages 6 and 8 of the previous thread I brought attention to this.  Two excerpts:

Names and Residences of Gentry.  Proceeding from Bray by Sea Road.  (Just before Wicklow) Coalawiney, Eaton Cotter, Esq.  [A Guide to the County of Wicklow by G. N. Wright, 1827, p.172. ]

The principal seats are.... and Coolawinney, of R. Cotter, Esq. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Dublin and Glendalough, forming part of the union and corps of the prebend of Wicklow in the cathedral of St. Patrick, Dublin: the tithes amount to £377. 1. 6 1/2.  [From:  A Topographical dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis, 1837.  Freely available at http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/n.php]

Is the Revill Clements of Coolawinna mentioned in this 1866 deed with members of the Halpin family related to or a descendant of the Cotter family, remembering that Frances and George Halbert's eldest brother was named Eaton Cotter Halpin?

[BillW]

Ray, have you come across this article on Dublin breweries: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:tNaklN3XkzAJ:www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/114/bh-114-002.html+%22halpin+henry+grattan%22&cd=13&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=au
It is by a Thomas B Halpin in 1988.  Any idea who he is and might he have a particular interest in brewing and distilling Halpins?
Names mentioned are Sweetman, Crawford, Henry Grattan, Guiness and others.
I quote one sentence: 'Grattan was both a brilliant orator and a skilful parliamentarian who managed to have the excise charges (on beer only) repealed in 1793. The basic reason behind this measure was to reduce the excessive consumption of cheap spirits and indeed to encourage beer drinking in Ireland.'
Was this successful?!

[tavern]

More from The Registry of Deeds.....

                                                                                  Year 1856       FILE no: 7    Memorial No; 273

...............This writing is a memorial stated that Mountefort Longfield L.L.B. and the right honourable John Richards one of the Barons of Her Majesty’s Court of Exchequer in Ireland two of the Commissioners for Sale of Incumbered Estates in Ireland under the Authority of an Act passed in the Thirteenth year of the Reign of Queen Victoria intitled “An act further to facilitate the sale and transfer of Incumbered Estates in Ireland, and of the Acts for continuing and amending same.”
....In consideration of the sum of one thousand five hundred pounds by Frederick Halpin  of Kingstown  in the County of Dublin, Gentleman paid into the Bank of Ireland to their account, to the credit of the Estate of the executors  of Anne Halpin owner ex parte John Wesley and other petitioners, did grant unto the said Frederick Halpin......
......The Bridge of Wicklow then late in the possession of Elizabeth Halpin deceased and then in the possession of the said James Halpin.......

NOTES:
1.   The Encumbered Estates Acts facilitated the sale of Irish estates whose owners, because of the Great Famine, were unable to meet their obligations. An Encumbered Estates Court was set up with authority to sell estates on the application of the owner or a person who had a claim on the estate. After the sale, the court distributed the money among the creditors and granted clear title to the new owners. The existing tenants were unprotected by the legislation. So it appears the estate of Anne Halpin was unable to meet its obligations. John Wesley appears to be one of the persons with a claim against the estate and Frederick Halpin bought the estate from the Court for £1,500. The sale took place at the Registry of Deeds, Henrietta Street, Dublin, where I’m sitting writing this.!!!.

2.   Frederick Halpin was living in Kingstown, County Dublin in 1856. (Now Dún Laoghaire). He obviously moved to Wicklow when he bought the Halpin Estate and died there three years later.(1859).


3.   The statement above re Elizabeth Halpin, goes some of the way to answering the question “When did James Halpin come to Wicklow ? It states his mother was “in possession” of the Bridge before James. So James was not the first Halpin to own the Bridge.

More anon,
Regards,
Tavern