Griffin/Saunders Family of Knocknaboley Wicklow

William GRIFFINAge: 69 years17791848

Name
William GRIFFIN
Birth about 1779 29

Shared note: Address: William shows up in several records and is clearly a brother or uncle of Thomas Griffin, who took over the Kemmitt/Griffin lease from old John Griffin. In 1802 William Griffin is mentioned in the entry for old John Griffin in the Coolatin Rental Books. The entry is partially unreadable but the names are clear in the text. Both William and Thomas are listed under John Griffin's Representatives in the Tithe Applotment Census of 1824 for Knocknaboley and William and Margaret Griffin are the (separate) tenants on the farm in 1839. Presumably Margaret has inherited Thomas' lease and is his widow. William Griffin had disappeared from the records by 1848.

Birth of a brotherThomas GRIFFIN
about 1780 (Age 12 months)
Death of a fatherJohn GRIFFIN
before 1834 (Age 55 years)
Death of a brotherThomas GRIFFIN
before 1839 (Age 60 years)

Residence 1840 (Age 61 years)
Shared note: The House Notes of the Griffiths Census for Knocknaboley, circa 1843, state that (11) Charles Kemmit lived in the former house of William Griffin. The house was close to the home of old John Griffin. FHL 2356199.
Death before 1848 (Age 69 years)

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Birth

Address: William shows up in several records and is clearly a brother or uncle of Thomas Griffin, who took over the Kemmitt/Griffin lease from old John Griffin. In 1802 William Griffin is mentioned in the entry for old John Griffin in the Coolatin Rental Books. The entry is partially unreadable but the names are clear in the text. Both William and Thomas are listed under John Griffin's Representatives in the Tithe Applotment Census of 1824 for Knocknaboley and William and Margaret Griffin are the (separate) tenants on the farm in 1839. Presumably Margaret has inherited Thomas' lease and is his widow. William Griffin had disappeared from the records by 1848.

Residence

The House Notes of the Griffiths Census for Knocknaboley, circa 1843, state that (11) Charles Kemmit lived in the former house of William Griffin. The house was close to the home of old John Griffin. FHL 2356199.

Shared note

In the 1824 Tithe for Knocknaboley, Thomas and William Griffin along with Thomas Darcy, have split the original John Griffin lease which was part of the Kemmitt,Griffin,Pollard lease.

In 1827 Rentals, William was 37 years old living on a neighbor's farm. In the 1839 book of Residents for the Coolatin estate, William was living on the original lease as was Margaret Griffin (with 2 male and 1 female children.) It is possible that Margaret was William's wife but, probably not, or she would not have been listed separately as a resident. By 1848, neither William nor Margaret were on the Residents list.

Birth1802 Connection of William and John Griffin1802 Connection of William and John Griffin
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BirthTithe Applotment for Knocknaboley in 1824Tithe Applotment for Knocknaboley in 1824
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Residence1840 Map of Knocknaboley Showing Saunders and Griffin Farms1840 Map of Knocknaboley Showing Saunders and Griffin Farms
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