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This
Memorial concerns properties relating to Anne OLIVER’s marriage to Samuel
ELGEE of Rochvale, Co. Monaghan. At present I believe she is the daughter of
David OLIVER & Susannah WALKER of Ballyrea, Co. Armagh. The marriage
settlement is with her brothers Joseph & Benjamin OLIVER. The William
OLIVER of Laragh who witnesses the agreement is also likely her brother.
Since the properties involve lands in Dundalk, I suspect a connection to
Charles ELGEE of Dundalk and hence to one of his daughter, Jane Frances ELGEE
mother of Oscar WILDE. Sharon
Oddie Brown. October 25, 2006 |
1801
Sept 25
DEED: 539-293-355212
OLIVER-OLIVER
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NOTE: County Louth Graveyard inscriptions include several ELGEE names but the only OLIVER name is Mary Jane OLIVER (a couple of centuries later):
These names are likely all included in the following flat limestone slab: Beneath this Stone are deposited the mortal remains of Anne Elgee who departed this life the 12th of March 1826 Aged 70 years Also the remains of her Sister Agnes Elgee who departed this life the 27th of Jan 1838 Aged 75
years the last Surviving Children of the late Mr Charles Elgee of Dundalk. JAPMD: Journal of the Association for the Preservation of Memorials of the Dead Another useful source may be: County
Louth Archaeological and Historical Journal volume XXII number 1 (1989)
Wilson, Maureen: Shewell’s Lane, Lord Limerick’s demesne wall and the
ELGEE Family, p. 49-53. |
A Memorial of an [marriage?] deed bearing date of 22nd day of April 1801 and made between Samuel ELGEE[1] of Rochvale, Co Monaghan of the one part, Anne OLIVER[2] of Ballyrea[3] in the County of Armagh spinster of the second part and Joseph OLIVER and Benjamin OLIVER both of Ballyrea aforesaid Gent of the third part. Whereby after recits as therein it is receipted that a marriage is to be had and solemnized between the said Samuel ELGEE And Anne OLIVER sister of the said Joseph OLIVER[4] and Benjamin OLIVER[5]. The said Samuel ELGEE For the consideration [....] and for settling a competent portion of jointure for the said Anne OLIVER in case she shall survive him did grant [___] convey and confirm unto the said Joseph OLIVER and Benjamin OLIVER all that and those tenants in the Upper Ward in the town of Dundalk [____] part 82 feet in depth from the street to the Mill Race 260 feet [?] 63 feet situate lying and being in the town of Dundalk then or late in the Tenure or Occupation of Michael [Callair]? And .... to hold to the said Joseph OLIVER & Benjamin OLIVER their heirs assigns ... during the continuance of the Lease of said premises for all rentals to be had gotten or obtained thereof .... Witnessed by William HUTCHINSON[6] of Ballyrats[7] in the County of Armagh, William OLIVER[8] of Laragh in the Co. of Monaghan farmer and memorial is also witnessed by the said William HUTCHISON. William OLIVER [SEAL] Samuel ELGEE [SEAL] Joseph OLIVER [SEAL]
[1] Samuel Elgee of Rochvale, Co Monaghan. TO DO: I need to research this man more to understand the OLIVER family connections to this family. Also of interest is that Oscar WILDE’s mother, Lady Jane Frances WILDE was an ELGEE with Monaghan connections. Her father Charles ELGEE (1783-1821) left Ireland for India shortly after 1821 and died there in 1821. Her great-grandfather Charles ELGEE (1714-1787) as well as his eldest brother William (b. 1705) emigrated to Ireland in the 1730s and became prosperous builders in Dundalk. The fact of a Charles ELGEE’s burial recorded in Dundalk (JAPMD, 1916) tweaks my interest. Coupled with the fact that another branch of the OLIVER family had a slight WILDE connection (William OLIVER married Mary Anne HYDE, widow of Clarendon HYDE whose mother was a WILDE), and that Drumaconnor House where Oscar’s two half sisters died in a petticoat fire also has family connections, this may prove interesting. I need to look at: de Breffny, Brian, The Irish Ancestor, no.2 (1973) 'The Paternal Ancestry of Oscar Wilde', 96-99. de Breffny, Brian, The Irish Ancestor, no.2 (1972),'Speranza's Ancestry - Maternal Lineage of Oscar Wilde', 94-103, and note by Noel Ross in the same source, (1973), 127.
[2] Anne OLIVER of Ballyrea in the County of Armagh. At this time, based on chronology and geography and associated names, I am placing her as a daughter of David OLIVER (1725-1806) and Susannah WALKER (d. 1808). Her siblings were: Benjamin OLIVER, Martha OLIVER (married Nathaniel LESLIE), Joseph OLIVER (1764-1837) married 1stly Jane HAMILTON & then Catherine [?], William OLIVER (1764-1844) married Mary Anne HYDE & Margaret OLIVER married Patrick McCLELLAND of Ballybay, Co. Monaghan.
[3] Ballyrea in the County of Armagh. This was one of the townlands that the OLIVER family had long term connections to (documented through various leases).
[4] Joseph OLIVER (1764-1837) married 1stly Jane HAMILTON & then Catherine [?],
[5] Benjamin OLIVER died between 1837-1840 at Ballyrea. Likely he married, although I have no record.
[6] William HUTCHINSON He witnesses other OLIVER deeds. Since there is a William Scott HUTCHISON who married a Mary Anne WALKER and they had children at Ballyrea, I suspect that the Rev. William HUTCHISON may have been his father or else there is some other familial connection.
[7] Ballyrats is probably Ballyrath, Parish of Armagh, Co. Armagh. It is close to Ballyrea.
[8] William OLIVER of Laragh is likely the one who is the son of David OLIVER. This means his wife was Mary Anne HYDE and he lived from Abt. 1764 - Abt. 1844. He would have been one of her cousins (her father William OLIVER was a brother of David OLIVER)