Selected Families and Individuals

Notes


Thomas HOLLINGSWORTH

1.  Thomas received the 56 acres of Tomduff from his father who leased them for the lives of Thomas, William his brother, and Thomas Tackaberry, son of Edward Tackaberry of Kilnew, Kilmuckridge, in 1761.  Thomas took possession of the farm, a further lease dated 22 Feb 1770.

2.  On May 23, 1798 the Rebellion broke out in County Wexford.  A few days after, Ballycanew Village was taken  by the rebels under the Guidance of Michael Murphy, Roman Catholic Priest who had served that village and used his chapel for seditious meetings for years.  At the battle of Arklow on 9th June, it is said that his head was taken off  by an English cannon ball.  The shops, houses and farm properties of most of the Protestants in the parish were looted or destroyed.  Some of the more helpless residents were shot or otherwise murdered in a most fiendish manner.  Luckily, Thomas Hollingsworth escaped, though it is not known exactly how, unless he fled to Dublin as many did.

3.  Thomas is buried in the old churchyard of the adjoining parish of Ballycanew and rests there along with his parents, an uncle, and all of his brothers.


Alice OAKES

1.  Alice is buried beside her husband, Thomas Hollingsworth in the Ballycanew Churchyard with a great slab marking their resting place about 6 feet by 3 feet and  6 inches thick, bears the following shallow-cut inscription:

Beneath this stone lieth the remains of Thomas Hollingsworth of Tomduff, who departed this life 7 June 1822 aged 82 years.  Also his wife Alice, departed this life 18 Jul 1834 of 82 years.