Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.
Joseph Lindsay, born 1759,
and 1786
in [Vestry Minutes Book, Kilnaughtin parish].
Worked in customs at Tarbert from 1785 to his death 1805:
Research
by Rev. Thomas Enraght Lindsay
established that Joseph Lindsay had a
Commission as
Boatman
(boat maintenance)
and
Tide Waiter
(customs inspector)
dated 7 Dec 1785,
and he
appeared for duty at
Tarbert
on
17 May 1786.
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Agent for Leslie, at least 1785 to 1802:
Leslie papers show Joseph was agent to Leslie of Tarbert House from at least 1785 to 1802. To be precise, he was agent to Sir Edward Leslie, 1st (and only) Baronet (succeeded to Tarbert 1770, cr Baronet 1787, died 1818). [Note of Jan 1786] shows Joseph Lindsay of Tarbert trying to collect a debt on 5 Dec 1785 in Co.Limerick on behalf of "Edward Leslie, Esq" (the Baronet before his title in 1787) as his agent. He is given a bill on the Blennerhassett family but it is clear it will not be paid. Leslie papers show extensive correspondence from Sir Edward Leslie, Baronet, to his agent or steward Joseph Lindsay at Tarbert in 1792 to 1802. [Dalton, 1898] is wrong to dispute that he was the Leslie agent. His grandson Joseph Lindsay says he was agent. |
He
mar pre-1788
to Catherine Enraght
[born 1760, of Shanagolden, Co.Limerick].
Cutlery dating from his marriage used to exist,
showing he then bore Lindsay arms.
He is listed as "Boatman" at Tarbert in customs records during at least 1788 to 1799
[NA.UK].
He is listed
every year from 1789
to 1804
in [Vestry Minutes Book, Kilnaughtin parish]
as involved in running the parish church.
[Tarbert Rental of 1792]
shows
Joseph Lindsay occupying "Part of Tarbert and a mud wall house in Tarbert".
Property size 2 acres.
Leslie in a
[1792 letter]
from England
refers to Lindsay reporting that whales had come up the River Shannon.
"In your last,
not a word of the whales
so I suppose they have left the river
and I now begin to doubt if they were ever in it."
He is listed as "of Tarbert" in 1793
and 1794
in [Vestry Minutes Book, Kilnaughtin parish],
when he is given various church positions.
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Sergeant in Tarbert Fencibles:
In response to both the threat of invasion from France and the 1798 Rising, many "Fencibles" regiments were set up. Sir Edward Leslie set up the Tarbert Fencibles (Infantry, the "Loyal Tarbert Fencibles" or "Loyal Tarbert Regiment") in 1798. They were disbanded 1802. Joseph Lindsay was a Sergeant in them. Letters of 1801 list him as a Sergeant in the Tarbert Fencibles, Tarbert. [Letter of 15 Feb 1801] from Sir Edward Leslie hopes Lindsay is recruiting for him in Tarbert: "I am most anxious to hear if you are getting me any recruits". In [Letter of 3 Apr 1801] he complains: "I have just enlisted my [possibly 6th] recruit and you not one." [Rental, 1 May 1802] shows him now holding a lot of property on the Tarbert estate:
Letters of 1802
list him as
"Barrack Master",
Tarbert.
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[Grant of Arms, 1897] says Joseph Lindsay lived at one point in the Leslie property,
Leslie Lodge, Shanaway, near Tarbert.
Though there is no real evidence for this
and it may not be true.
(A branch of the Leslie family seems to be living there.)
Joseph apparently still also worked for the Tarbert customs.
He was doing a lot of jobs in the Tarbert area.
He would have worked under
Richard Ponsonby
in the customs service at Tarbert.
(Ponsonby appointed head of customs at Tarbert in 1803.)
Notes of
Rev. Thomas Enraght Lindsay
say Joseph worked under Ponsonby (would be in 1803-05).
There is a "Hugh Lindsey" (unidentified) listed
as a boatman, Tarbert, working under Ponsonby, in
CUST 20/47
(Salary Books and Establishments - Establishment Book, quarter ending 5 Jan 1805).
Joseph Lindsay is not listed.
When Joseph died Feb 1805, his son William
got his job in customs, Mar 1805.
Joseph obtained a lease under [Deed, 1804] from Sir Edward Leslie, 1st Baronet, for property on N side of Tarbert. This is the lease of the Church St properties.
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Joseph dies, 1805:
He died 9 Feb 1805, age 46 yrs, leaving Catherine with small children. Notes of Rev. Thomas Enraght Lindsay say he died suddenly of a stroke in Rathkeale, Co.Limerick, "at an officers mess, so it is said". He was bur 13 Feb [Kilnaughtin par records] in Aghavallen church, near Ballylongford, Co.Kerry. Notes of Rev. Thomas Enraght Lindsay seem to indicate a different burial register than the one online, one which describes him as Joseph Lindsay of Shanaway, Tarbert. Rev. T.E. Lindsay says he died intestate (without a will), estate granted to widow 18 Apr 1805. Rev. T.E. Lindsay seems to have found the admin of the estate at PRO, Dublin, probably burnt in 1922. |
Catherine lived in
The White House, Church St, Tarbert
after Joseph's death,
according to
note
in the Lindsay photo album.
[Deed, 1812]
is a lease from
Sir Edward Leslie, Baronet
to Joseph's son William,
of 3 houses in Tarbert that were built by his late father Joseph Lindsay.
These may be the Church St properties.
Sir Edward Leslie, Baronet, died 1818,
and his 1st cousin Robert Leslie
inherited his Tarbert estate.
[Deed, 1820]
renews the original lease of 1804
from Leslie to Lindsay.
The Church St properties are definitely part of the
lease of 1820.
"Widow Lindsay" is listed
at Tarbert in
[Kilnaughtin Tithe Book, 4 Aug 1832].
She has 8 perches
(a tiny plot of land).
Her son William has the main plot of land.
Catherine dies, 1832:
She died at her home, the White House, Church St, Tarbert,
23 Nov 1832, age 72 yrs,
bur 27 Nov
[Kilnaughtin par records]
in Aghavallen church,
(todo) see item in Dublin Weekly Register, 8 Dec 1832.
No admin found in
[NAI].
See Unidentified Lindsay photos.
Joseph and Catherine
had among other issue:
NOT bapt 16th July,There is a John Lindsay, Hotel keeper, of Quebec, who died 8 Sept 1863, when he fell into the Saint Lawrence River, inquest 9 Sept [Coroners inquest, 1863]. However his age is given as 46 yrs (should be 61 yrs). Also our John was meant to have a brother Mathew drowned with him.
Joseph Lindsay clearly listed as "Steward" to Sir Edward Leslie in [Accounts of 1801].
See LHS
and RHS.
Letter of 3 Apr 1801
from
Sir Edward Leslie, Baronet
to
"Serjeant Lindsay",
"Loyal Tarbert Regiment".
See full size.
[Rental, 1 May 1802]
shows Joseph Lindsay now holding a lot of property in Tarbert.
See full size.
Letter of 27 July 1802
from
Sir Edward Leslie, Baronet
to
Joseph Lindsay,
"Barrack Master",
Tarbert.
See full size.
Joseph Lindsay
signs
[Accounts of Oct 1802].
See full size.
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