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The Bedrooms.
Mahogany four post bedsteads, double and single iron bedsteads, palliasses, hair mattresses, feather beds, bolsters, pillows, blankets, Marseilles and counterpane quilts, bed linen, iron chair to form occasional bed, set of mahogany drawers, deal painted wardrobes, toilet cans, towel rails, commodes, bedroom chairs and tables, mantelpiece mirror; man and maid servants' bedroom furniture.
The Kitchen, Dairy, etc.
A Variety of cooking utensils, kitchen boiler with tap, brass skillet, Dutch oven, roasting screen and bottle jacks, kitchen and pantry presses, tables, plate drainer, some delft and glass, paraffin lamps, washing tubs, chairs and forms, fender, etc.; Eastwood's patent churn, milk pans and butter dishes, bacon chest, etc.
Out of Doors.
A rick (about 12 tons) well saved 2nd and 3rd crop hay.
A pike (about 4 tons) strong old meadow hay.
A stack of white Tartary oats.
Two heaps of manure.
Three pits champion potatoes.
One milch cow.
One forward springer, an excellent milcher.
One two-year old heifer, served to calve in May.
Three one and a half year old bullocks, in good condition.
One calf on the pail.
One bay mare, used to all kinds of farm work and quiet to drive.
One phaeton, by Whiteitt; 1 outside car, set of harness, saddles, bridles, horse rugs, roller, etc.; head collars, stable requisites, 1 farm cart, sideboards and creels, set of carte harness, donkey cart and set harness, No. 3 plough stone roller, long ladder, wheelbarrow, corn bins, water barrels, granite stone corn stand, some fencing wire, 2 iron triangles, beam, scales and weights, a log stand, cattle tubes, hay knife, hatchet, manure and hay forks, etc.; bath chair, garden seats, garden tools, etc.
Sale to commence at 11.30 am. A punctual attendance is solicited.
Terms - Cash. Purchasers to pay five per cent commission.
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In 1881, at the Benefice of Hollywood, Henniker Johnston, residing at Ballymore-Eustace, was earning a 'Net Annual Living' of £163 15s 5d. The "Amount of Commutation agreed on (including 12% Bonus)" was £1,219 5s 0d.
- from 1881 [C.2773] [C.2773-I] Irish Church Temporalities Commission. Report of the Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland, for period 1869 - 80. [26th July, 1869, to 1st November, 1880.] Page 65 of 277. House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Online.
With an annual income of £163 15s 5d, Reverend Johnston was comfortably off and middle class. Bill rightly wonders if his marriage to Elizabeth Halpin went through. I think it probably did. Deed Number 1839 1 68 is a Memo of a Deed of Assignment dated 11th September 1835 made between William Halpin of Seville Place, Dublin, late Captain of His Majesty's First Regiment of Light Dragoons..., James Elliot, Dublin, Attorney at Law, of the first part, George Halpin, of the North Wall, Dublin, Esquire, of the second part, and the Reverend Henniker Johnston of Mullboden, County Kildare, Clerk, of the third part, after reciting...the agreement therein mentioned in consideration of five shillings to each of them the said William Halpin, James Elliot and George Halpin paid by said Henniker Johnston, they the said William Halpin and James Elliot at the request and by the direction of George Halpin and Henniker Johnston respectively, testified by their execution thereof...did each and every of them thereby Grant Bargain Sell Assign Transfer and make over unto the said Henniker Johnston All That and those that part of one Lot 4 on the North Strand, together with all Houses, out-Houses, Edifaces, Erections and Offices erected and built thereon, and all other the premises comprised and demised by the therein recited Indented Lease of the 10th December 1806, and all and singular the rights members and appurtences to the said premises or any part thereof belonging or appertaining or therewith held and enjoyed and the Rents issues and profits and every part thereof...
The legalese is confusing and the lack of punctuation in the original doesn't help, but I think the purpose of the transaction is clear enough - to 'assign' to Henniker Johnston, for a nominal sum of five shillings, all rights to and income from a property in North Wall that belongs to George and William Halpin. Would the Halpin brothers do this if Henniker Johnston wasn't an in-law? I think it's unlikely, but I can't say I'm sure of myself here. If we examine the itemised list of Reverend Johnston's household goods, it's not clear to me that they are those of a married man, let alone those of a man who has raised children.
Finally, after a perfunctory search of the archives I came across a mention of "Elizabeth Halpin" as "Deputy Matron" of Wicklow County Gaol, Wicklow Town, where (in 1850) she received an annual salary of £20*. I don't know who this Elizabeth Halpin is, but she works under William Nolan, Esquire, who was the Local Inspector of Wicklow Gaol (£46 3 6 p.a.), and Andrew Nolan, Esquire, Surgeon (£65 p.a.), both of whom were deeply involved with the Board of Commissioners in Wicklow Town and closely associated with my own forebear, Robert Wellington Halpin.
After a brief search last Thursday afternoon, this is all the information I could uncover on Henniker Johnston and "Elizabeth Halpin".
