Tennent and Emerson families

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1.Rev. John Tennent, 1727-1808, b. Edinburgh; Presbyterian minister of 1st Kilraughts Church near Dervock; m. Nancy (Ann) Patton of Myroe, Co. Derry.
2.William Tennent, 1759-1832; m. 1805  Eleanor Jackson, dau of Hugh Jackson, and Letitia Thomson.
One of Belfast's richest men; involved with banking, insurance, wine and sugar industries;  in 1798 was arrested due to his involvement with the United Irishmen;  by 1809 was worth more than 80,000 pounds; had at least 13 illegitimate children, 11 of whom survived.
3.Letitia Joy, only legitimate child; inherited the Tempo estate; m. Sir  James Emerson
4.Eleanor Emerson Tennent, 1832-1916
4.Sir William William Emerson Tennent, 1835-1876;  m. 1870 Sara Armstrong, dau of Thomas Armstrong, Esq., JP; she m. 2. In 1883 to the Hon. Henry Cavendish Butler, Esq., son of the Hon. Augustus Richard Butler Danvers Butler.
5.Edith Letitia Anna Emerson Tennent m. Dec. 5, 1899 Arthur Rashleigh
5.Ethel Sarah Emerson Tennent m. Sir Charles Langham
4.Sarah Edith Tennent, 1840-1851.

Mistresses of William Tennent
With Anne Henry:  Anne wanted all of the children to get along
3.Jane, inherited estate in Sligo
3.Isabella, inherited estate in Ballycastle; Sugar House on Waring St., Belfast; m. 1832 James Thompson
3.Robert, worked in banking
3.Edward, died in infancy
3.Charles John, died in infancy
3.Theresa, 1805-1883;  in April 1824 married the merchant Roswell Allen  King , 1789-1875, son of George King and Tryphena Latimer;  Buried Fair Grove Methodist Church Cemetery
4.Tryphena Theresa King, 1828-1905; m. 1849 Alexander Christian Hege, d. 1899;  findagrave 143877878
5.Roswell King Hege, 1853-1892; m. 1883 Olivia Adelaide Earnhardt, d. 1910;   findagrave 15011789
5.George Alexander Hege, 1855-1856
5.William Edward Hege, 1857-1902; m. 1887 Sally Lee Nooe Penry; findagrave 15085545
5.Charles Lindsay Hege, 1861-1886
5.Theresa Tenant Hege, 1864-1888
5.Henry Allen Hege, 1869-1907; m. 1901 Lillian Carlton Trice, d. 1954;  findagrave 15085428
4.Sally J. King, 1829-1901
4.Ann Jane King, 1832-d. same
4.William Tennent King, 1833-1870

With a Scottish woman:
3.George, EICO,  as William’s sole remaining male (though illegitimate) heir, was left the Edenreagh estates, County Tyrone with 100 pounds to be paid annually to Nancy;  died prior to 1836 without issue.
3.William, worked in banking
3.Ann (Nancy) died 1856;  was married to Richard Dillon, merchant.  All of her children prdeceased her.
4.William Tennent Dillon Tennent  died Toulouse,. D. 1839, aged 21, only son;
4.Jane Dillon Tennent
4.Letitia Dillon Tennent, 1826-April 21, 1841; d. Florence
4.Caroline Frances, 1827-1913; m. Robert Allison and had, William Tennent Allison and Anne Tennent Allison, 1843-1921
With Margaret McCabe:  Margaret had a nephew, Job Charleton.  Margaret often asked for extra money.
3.Franklin, EICO
3.Octavia Tennent, d. 1864, aged 67;   married Samuel Robinson Dawson, JP a shipping agent and merchant, of Claramont, Clarnece Plains, Tasmania;  Olivia died at the residence of her son, William, of Taclyde Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
4.William Tennent (Tennant) Dawson, 1820-1873; district surveyor of Gippsland, Australia; m. 1856
Willamina Isabella (Isabelle) Campbell Macleod, 3rd dau of Archibald Macleod, Esq. of Bairnsdale
Findagrave 58071108 and Trove wedding announcement
5.Colina C. Campbell Dawson, 1857-1943
5.Octavia Tennent Dawson, 1859-1938
5.Annabelle Buchanan Campbell Dawson, 1860-1942
5.Samuel Robinson Dawson, 1862-1922
5.Willamina Isabell Campbell Dawson, 1865-1944
5.Martha Edith Dawson, 1866-1935
5.Archibald William Dawson, 1868-1958; m. Ellen Rebecca, 1888-1956;   findagrave 58071131
4.Octavia Katherine Sams m. 1864 Arthur Boden? Mackenzie, banker, Bank of Victoria, Australia
3.Henry, read law at TCD
Margaret had another dau, Sarah, by another man
With woman unknown:
3.Catherine

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2.Dr. Robert Tennent, 1765-1837 m. 1802 Eliza McCrone, d. 1803 in delivery, dau of Dr. James McCrone.
3.Robert James Tennent, 1803-1880, MP, DL; politician and barrister; m. 1830 Eliza McCracken, dau of John McCracken and niece of Henry Joy McCracken
4.Robert Tennent
4.Letitia Tennent Tennent m. 1. 1860 Henry Harrison, widower, son of John Harrison, merchant; m. 2. 1896, Harley Withers.
4.Evelyn Margaret Tennent, d. 1916, Naples.
4.Annie Tennent m. Nicholas de la Cherois, Esq., JP, of Ballywilliam, Co. Down.
5.Henry Harrison, MP
4.Maria Josephine Tennent, died 1922.
Some researchers have the following Isabella being the dau of a Rev. William Tennent.  However, in 1798 the
Rev. John Tennent was ministering to a member of Roseyards who was to be hung for his  role as being a member of the United Irishmen.  The Rev. Tennent's own sons were also politically active with William eventually being imprisoned for four years.  As one of Isabella's daughters was buried in Roseyars and
Her husband also politically active, I believe that Isabella is the dau of the Rev. John.
2.Isabella Tennent, 1757-1928; m. John Shaw, 1756-1840;  buried Summerhill, Cayuga Co., New York, findagrave 107041488;  John was one of the leaders of the Irish rebellion in 1798.
3.Col. Daniel John Shaw, 1785-1873, d.unm.;  owned Summerhill estate.
3.William Tennent Shaw, 1796- July 2, 1870, aged 76, of Summerhill, New York; m. 1820 m. Sabrina Hollister; lived Courtlandville, New York
4.John Daniel Shaw, b. 1820; m. 1845 Elizabeth Howell, d. 1879 and had six children.
4.Washington Shaw, b. 1828; m. 1849 Sarah Elizabeth Loomis, dau of Anson Amiel Loomis and Jeanette Towner.
5.Mary Miller Shaw
5.Sarah Louisa Shaw
4.Almira J. Shaw, b. 1826; m. 1855 Joseph A. Jarvis
5.Mary E. Jarvis
5.Charles William Jarvis
4.Ezra Davis Shaw, b. 1831; m. Livia A. Tupper, teacher
5.Emma Shaw
5.Carrie Shaw
4.William Hollister Shaw
4.Jackson Shaw
4.Robert Henry Shaw, b. 1837; m. 1861 Sarah J. Brandow
5.Martin Shaw
5.Stella Shaw
4.Jackson Shaw, d. 1849, South Cortland, Auburn, New York, aged 15.
3.Eliza Shaw, 1780-1852; m. James W. King, lived Paterson, NJ
3.Ann Shaw, 1786-1844; m. Samuel Moffat   
3.Isabella Shaw, 1793-1794;   buried Rose Yards, Co. Antrim.
3.Isabella Tennent Shaw, 1800-1860; m. James D. Johnson, 1799-1876.
3.Maria Jane Shaw, 1799-d. After 1880; m. James Lowrey, 1809-1882.
3.Margaret Shaw, 1791-1811, aged 20; m. ? Minier
4.Abraham J. Minier, d. 1826, aged 16.
3.Col. Robert Tennent Shaw, 1785-1824; buried Asbury Cemetery, Lansing, Tompkins Co., New York;
m. Eliza Jane Minier, 1788-1870; findagrave 9323709
4.Margaret Tennant (note spelling change)  Shaw, 1807-1850; m. Asa Phillips, 1800-1843;
Findagrave 73944413
5.Mary Elizabeth Phillips, 1832-1857 m. ? Ernst
5.Robert Augustus Phillips, 1833-1912; m. 1. 1861 Annie Eliza Boyer; m. 2. 1880 Mary Imogene Barbour
Findagrave 47579857
5.G. W. Phillips, 1837-1838
5.Asa E. Phillips, 1839-1880; m. Sophia Atkins, d. 1905;  findagrave 73944207
5.Margaret H. Phillips, 1841-1845
5.Daniel J. T. Phillips, 1844-1845
2.William Tennent, d. 1832
2.Anna (Nancy) Tennent
2.Margaret Tennent
2.John Tennent, officer, Chef de Bataillon in Napoleon's army, d. 1813; m. a French lady
3.Dau m. 1821 Patrick Murray, merchant
2.James Tennent
2.Samuel Tennent. youngest brother

William Tennent Shaw (1796-1870) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

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Emerson family

Any additional information on Arbuthnot Macaulay Emerson would be appreciated.
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1.William Emerson, Esq., merchant  b. ?1759/ ?1771, Ardmore, Armagh-May 1, 1821;  buried Ballylesson, Co. Down;  m. Sarah Arbuthnot, d. Dec. 17, 1851 dau of William Arbuthnot of Rockville, Co. Down and Miss Bruce.

2.Arbuthnot Emerson, c.1802/03-1857, aged 54; died Stanleymoutnt Castle, Isle of Man;  m. 1. Mary Hill, dau of George and Mary Hill of Larne;  m. 2 to Annie Smith, d. 1878 at 5 Albert Terrace, Douglas, Isle of Man; Annie, aged 80, widow of Arbuthnot Emerson, Esq. of Greeba Castle.
For a while he owned the Ulster Times and lived at Beech Park.

3.George Hill Emerson, b. 1828; m. 1851  to his cousin, Anne Jane Macaulay, dau of Capt. George Macaulay and Jane Hill, dau of George and Mary Hill of Larne.
1851--George Hill Emerson, Esq., only son of Arbuthnot Emerson, Esq. of Calcuttta, married at Cairncastle Parish Church to Anne Jane, youngest dau of the late Capt. George Macauley of Glenville, Co. Antrim.

4.Arbuthnot Macaulay Emerson, d. 1911, aged 59; m. 1. 1875 at St. George Square to  Eliza Susanna Kent, d. 1884,  dau of Richard Francis Kent of Gillingham, Kent and  granddau of Stephen Kent and Diana Wilkins; in 1877 Eliza lived at 63 High Street, Eccleston Square, Pimlico;  1875--Bankruptcy of Arbuthnot M. Emerson of 19 Cambridge St., Pimlico, Middlesex. ;  Arbuthnot m. 2. in 1885 at Lambeth to Emily Hill, b. 1860, England.
By 1890 he and Emily were living in Victoria, British Columbia with Arbuthnot working as a freight clerk and in 1892 having a job as a night
Watchman.  In 1893 he deserted his family with his wife later doing the same.  Their children were put in care of the British Columbia Protestant
Poor Orphans Home in Victoria from 1893-1895.  All of the children remained there until they came of age.  In 1911 Arbuthnot was found to be
 resident in the public hospital for the insane and died later on Nov. 4th of that year in New Westminister, aged 59.  Probate of his will
was granted at Dublin to Catherine C. Noseworthy, married woman.  Effects of 38 pounds.  He was buried Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The two articles below are very strange and don't really make much sense in regards to his career and his dying in a mental institution:

1.Maj. Macauley Emerson, member of the Knights of Pythias, lived with Mr and Mrs Noseworthy
(Catherine C. Noseworthy)

2.Arbuthnot Macaulay Emerson, Lt., 1897, late Capt.; Cambridge Univ.

Coquitlam History: July 2013 (coquitlamites.blogspot.com)
5.Florence Emily Emerson, b. Sept. 20, 1887, Reading, England and died August 24, 1958; m. Songhurst; 1908 worked as a domestic;  in 1908 married as his 2nd wife to  John William Songhurst, d. 1943, Victoria; John was a mail carrier and shoemaker; for many years the Songhurst family
ran the Songhurst grocery and shoe repair located at 2427 Fernwood Rd., Victoria.

6.Arthur Emerson Songhurst, b. Oct. 31, 1909-

6.George Weston Songhurst, b. Jan. 25, 1911; m. Helen

5.Henry Emerson, Dec. 6, 1889, Victoria, British Columbia -April 8, 1917 in W. W. I.   Buried in the Arras road Cemetery in Roclincourt France.  Blues eyes, fair hair, and 5'4" in height

5.George Macaulay Emerson, b. Sept. 19, 1891

5.Elizabeth Maude Emerson, b. Sept. 26, 1893-Oct. 22, 1980, aged 87;  m. March 3, 1920 Roy Garner Hutchinson, 1891-1983 in Vancouver;  divorced May 11, 1937; lived at 1755 Haro Street, # 707, Vancouver;   buried Garden Chapel, Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, B.C.

6.Beverley Maude Hutchinson of Vancouver.

3.Edith Emily, b. 1851, Bengal, India m.  Isle of Man in 1874 Thomas Walter Frederic Gray

4.Frederic Harold Arbuthnot Gray

3.Stanley Henry William Arbuthnot Emerson, bapt. 1852, India

3.Letitia Eleanor Jane Emerson, bapt. 1855

3.Sydney Arbuthnot Emerson, bapt. 1856-1893

2.George Emerson, 1792-1859; m. 1814 Margaret McKendry

3.James Emerson, 1824-1910

2.Mary Margaret J. Emerson, c. 1794-1867

2.Eliza (Elizabeth) Emerson, c. 1790/1794- 1826/28?; m. 1813 William Suffern, d. 1867

3.Sarah Suffern

3.John Suffern m. Emily McBride

3.Elizabeth Suffern, 1816-1891, m. 1840 James Herdman of Sion Mill and had with other issue,

4.John Herdman, DL, JP, 1841-1903; m. Mary Gosselin, dau of Maj. Nicholas Gosselin and Selina Crawford.

4.Emerson Tennent Herdman, DL, High Sheriff, JP; m. 1864 Francew West, dau of Dr. Francis John West

4.Emma Herdman

4.Agnes Clara Herdman, m. ? Isaacs

4.William Suffern Herdman

4.Julia Herdman m. ? Unsworth

4.Rosalie Herdman m. ? Allen

2.Sir James Emerson-Tennent, 1804-1869, MP; m. June 24, 1831 Letitia, 1806-1883, dau of William Tennent, Esq.

3.Eleanor Emerson Tennent

3.Edith Sarah Tennent

3.Sir William Emerson Tennent, 1835-1876; m. 1870 Sara Armstrong

4.Ethel Sarah Tennent m. 1893 Sir Charles Langham

4.Edith Tennent m. 1899 Arthur Rashleigh.

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Rev. John Tennent was ministering to a member of Roseyards who was to be hung for his  role as being a member of the United Irishmen.  The Rev. Tennent's own sons were also politically active with William eventually being imprisoned for four years.  As one of Isabella's daughters was buried in Roseyars and Her husband also politically active, I believe that Isabella is the dau of the Rev. John.

Roseyards Presbyterian Church. A Secession congregation originally known as Derrykeighan. First minster John Tenant (lic. Anti-Burgher Presbytery of Edinburgh) ordained 16 May 1751 to united charge of Carnabuiy (Ballywatt), Derrykeighan and Roseyards. Later Carnbuoy split "but Mr. Tenant remained in Roseyards although he had been given permission to remove to America as Roseyards was i financial difficutlies. Mr. Tenant died on 13 May 1808."
- A History of Congregations in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland 1610-1982

1.Rev. John Tennent, 1727-1808, b. Edinburgh; Presbyterian minister of 1st Kilraughts Church near Dervock; m. Nancy (Ann) Patton of Myroe, Co. Derry.

From the same source I can state that John Tenant was not minister of First Kilruaghts.

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As always, I am thankful for your additional input.
My curiosity concerns Arbuthnot Macaulay Emerson.  I know that Sir James Emerson -Tennent wrote a letter to his son , Sir William, warning him to stay away from George Hill Emerson (Arbuthnot's father)as George had been put under special care in an attempt to bring a halt to his drinking and other bad vices.  Looking at Arbuthnot Macaulay Emerson's life, perhaps this special care was to no avail.

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Note from Sir James Emerson-Tennent to his son, William, saying the following:


1848--Sir James Emerson Tennent does not want his son, Willy, to have any contact with  Arbuthnot Emerson's son, George Hill Emerson. George Hill Emerson was then living with a clergyman in Liverpool in the hopes of reclaiming himself from drunkeness and vices of every description