The Irish Bomfords
The Bomford Family of Ireland and Allied Families
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About Peter Bamford's The Bomford Family of Ireland and Allied Families.
Chapter 1 The Early Days from 1580 $$ ($$ = Land Summary)
1.4 Interesting but Negative Investigation
1.8.5 Thomas Sheridan’s School
1.9.1 Lease - Rahinstown and Baconstown 10th December 1691
1.9.2 Lease - Enniscoffey and Oldtown 20th July 1692
1.9.3 Lease - Rathflisk 20th January 1699
1.9.4 Lease - Castletown 3rd September 1702
1.11 Probable 17th Century Property
Chapter 2 Mostly Land 1703 ‑ 1721 $$
2.1 Lease - Oldtown. Ardrums and Ferrans 1703
2.2 Lease - Rathfeigh 22nd March 1706
2.3 Lease - Clonfad 22nd February 1708
2.4 Lease - Gallow 5th April 1709
2.4.1 Gallow Lease Re-Assigned 30th April 1709
2.5 Lease Gallow 23rd October 1712
2.6 Lease - Rattin 22nd November 1710
2.7 Lease - Clounstown 8th December 1710
2.8 Lease - Killeglan 20th December 1710
2.9 Lease - Gurteen and Gainstown 1st February 1711
2.10 Lease – Primatstown, Irishtown & Kilmoon 31st July 1712
2.11 Lease - Cushenstown. Portlester & Bodman 27th March 1719
2.11.3 The Headfort (Taylour) Family
2.12 Mostly Oliver Bomford’s Property c1720
2.13 Marriage - Stephen Bomford & Anne Smith 1713
2.13.1 Marriage - Edward Bomford & Margaret Charlton
2.13.2 Trinity College, Dublin
2.14 Lease - Ardrums 13th February 1720
2.15 Lease - Pranstown 17th February 1720
2.17 Death of Colonel Laurence Bomford 25th March 1720
2.18 Lease - Parkstown. Cooleronan & Crossenstown 21st February 1721
2.19 Sale - Dublin Property 1st April 1721
2.20 Death of Oliver Bomford 1721
2.21 Will of Laurence Bomford 10th June 1721
Chapter 3 Oliver, Thomas and Laurence 1721 ‑ 1729
3.1 Bomford - Echlin Marriages
3.1.1 Marriage of Elizabeth Bomford 1723
3.1.2 Marriage of Laurence Bomford c1733
3.1.3 Marriage of Margaret Bomford 1735
3.2 Lease - Cushenstown. Portlester & Bodman 16th December 1721
3.2.1 Lease - Brick 30th July 1724
3.2.2 Lease - Smithstown. Thomastown, Cappaghill, Reesk and part of Kilbrew 8th August 1724
3.2.4 A Further Digression. Political and Social
3.3 The Mortgages of Cushenstown and Crossmacoole
3.3.1 Mortgage - Cushenstown 23rd September 1727
3.3.2 Mortgage - Cushenstown 8th October 1727
3.3.3 Lease - Cushenstown 27th March 1728
3.3.4 Mortgage - Cushenstown 27nd November 1729
3.4 Marriage Settlement Thomas Bomford and Jane Shinton 9th February 1729
3.5 The Death of Laurence Bomford
Chapter 4 Stephen of Gallow 1724 ‑ 1738
4.1 Lease - Tyrrellstown 16th June 1724
4.1.1 Lease - Tyrrellstown 19th December 1739
4.2 Lease - Ferrans 28th October 1724
4.3 Lease - Gallow 3rd March 1731 / 2nd May 1735
4.4 Lease - Arodstown and Dirpatrick 17th March 1725
4.4.1 Lease - Dirpatrick 15th December 1726
Chapter 5 Thomas of Rahinstown 1725 ‑ 1740 $$
5.1 Lease - Whitestown and Boycetown 15th February 1725
5.1.1 Lease - Whitestown and Boycetown 27th June 1737
5.2 Mortgage - Bellewstown (near Trim) 14th April 1725
5.3 Lease - Balloughter (Hightown) 3rd January 1731
5.4 Mortgages of Thomas of Rahinstown 1731 - 1739
The Pakenham (Longford) Family
5.4.2 £2,000 Mortgage to Jacob Pechell 10th May 1733
5.4.3 £1,000 Mortgage on Balloughter 11th December 1734
5.4.4 Receipts for Bonds 16th January 1741
5.4.5 Deed of Assignment of Land to Nephew 24th February 1738
5.4.6 Mortgage (?) to Richard Connell 21st July 1739
5.5 Letter from Thomas to Richard Connell 11th August 1739
5.6 Lease - Rattin and Clonfad 16th January 1740
5.7 Will of Thomas the Elder of Rahinstown. 20th August 1738
5.7.1 Probate of Will of Thomas Bomford 3rd February 1740
Chapter 6 Thomas' Mortgage Problems 1740 ‑ 1760
6.2 Sale of Corn etc 21st February 1740
6.3 Marriage - Thomas the younger and Mary Foster 30th March 1740
6.4 Death of Thomas the younger January 1741
6.5 Lease - Oldtown. Ardrums and Ferrans 10th August 1744
6.6 Turf from Oldtown 10th August 1744
6.7 Mediation over Disputed Will of Thomas the Elder 10th August 1744
6.8 Lease - Clonfad Rattin and Balloughter. 6th February 1746
6.9 Termination of Boycetown 16th May 1746
6.10 £2.000 Mortgage of Jacob Pechell 1750 - 1765
6.10.1 £2.000 Mortgage Passed to Elizabeth Chenevix 13th October 1756
6.10.2 Mortgage Passed to Daniel Chenevix. 21st October 1761
6.10.3 Mortgage Passed to Daniel Chenevix 20th October 1762
6.10.4 Mortgaged Lands Leased to Robert Sibthorpe 1st October 1764
6.10.5 Mortgaged Lands made over to Stephen Bomford 2nd November 1765
Chapter 7 The Cousins of Clounstown & Killeglan 1734 ‑ 1759
7.1 The Children of Oliver and his brother Laurence
7.2 Lease - Mill town and Ballymagiddon 28th November 1734
7.2.1 Termination of above Lease 15th July 1736
7.3 Marriage Licence- - Laurence Bomford & Jane Smith 10th May 1744
7.4 Mortgage - Cushenstown 1734 - 1750
7.4.1 Mortgage of 29th November 1743
7.4.2 Mortgage of 3rd April 1747
7.4.3 Mortgage of 7th April 1747
7.4.4 Mortgage of 11th December 1750
7.5 Lease- Pranstown 11th December 1749
7.5.1 Lease- Pranstown 6th September 1750
7.7 Farragh - Court Case 1731 - 1759
7.7.1 The case opened on 23rd February 1731
7.7.2 Farragh - Termination by Susanna 4th July 1741
7.7.3 Farragh - Court Case 1753
7.7.4 Farragh - Court Case 10th October 1756
7.7.5 Farragh - Lease & Court Case 8th May 1759
7.8 Death of Rev John Echlin 19th January 1763
7.8.1 The Echlin Family 19th January 1763
7.9 Lease - Wilson Property 5th March 1754
7.9.1 The Wilson Family 5th March 1754
7.10 Lease - Cushenstown 15th March 1754
7.11 Mortgage - Clounstown 15th March 1754
7.12 Mortgage - Clounstown 17th June 1756
7.13 Lease - Kilbrew 12th October 1751
7.13.1 Lease - Kilbrew 8th April 1761
7.14 Mortgage - Rathfeigh 22nd August 1753
7.15 Marriage - Arthur Bomford & Mary Tarlton 14th September 1740
7.16 Marriage - Frances Bomford & Robert Madden 1753
7.16.1 The Madden Family of Meadesbrook
7.17 Marriage - William Bomford & Charity Ryder. 22nd March 1754
7.17.1 Marriage Settlement - William Bomford & Charity Ryder. 15/20th March 1754
7.18 Death of Thomas Bomford of Clounstown 2nd September 1757
7.18.1 Trust in Will of Thomas of Clounstown 12th January 1764
Chapter 8 Mostly Marriages 1742 ‑ 1760
8.0 Edward's and Stephen's children: marriage dates
8.1 Catherine Bomford Marries Antony Hamilton
8.1.1 Marriage Settlement of Antony Hamilton and Catherine Bomford 15th February 1742
8.1.2 Marriage Settlement 3rd March 1750
8.1.3 Death of Anthony Hamilton June 1755
8.1.5 Hamilton Land Purchase 5th May 1770
8.2 Stephen Bomford Marries Elizabeth Sibthorpe 18th April 1745
8.2.1 The Foster and Sibthorpe Families
8.3 Anne Bomford Marries Owen Daly c1745
8.3.2 Elizabeth Bomford marries Christopher Standring 1 June 1741
8.4 Dorcas Bomford Marries Edward Williams c1745
8.5 Ann Bomford marries Samuel L’Estrange 1750
8.6 Mary Bomford marries William Coates 22nd June 1750
8.6.1 Marriage Settlement 22nd June 1750
8.6.3 Death of William Coates March 1789
8.6.4 Assignment of Woodtown and Clonee 2nd November 1790
8.7 John Bomford and his Marriage
8.7.1 Rev John Bomford marries Ann Forster March 1753
8.8 Esther Bomford marries John Kelly 1756
8.9 Anne Bomford marries John Molloy 4th June 1755
8.9.1 The Molloy Family and Anne’s Children
8.10 Isaac Bomford marries Sarah Mathews 24th November 1756(ML)
Chapter 9 The Two Stephens & The Rev John 1743 ‑ 1761
9.1 Lease - Rahinstown & Baconstown 26th January 1743
9.2 Lease - Dirpatrick 2nd December 1750
9.2.1 Lease - Dirpatrick 31st December 1750
9.2.2 Lease - Dirpatrick 31st December 1750
9.2.3 Lease - Dirpatrick 4th May 1754
9.3 Mortgage - Culmullin & Ferrans 26th June 1745
9.3.1 Mortgage - Culmullin 1st October 1767
9.3.2 Lease - Culmullin 19th December 1747
9.3.3 Lease - Culmullin 19th December 1747
9.3.4 Lease - Culmullin 30th July 1748
9.3.5 Lease - Culmullin 29th October 1757
9.3.8 Lease – Culmullin (Woodtown) 18th December 1760
9.3.9 A Note on the Lands of Culmullin, Woodtown & Weatherstown
9.4 Lease - Ferrans 15th February 1749
9.4.1 Lease – Brayfield (Ferrans) 30th March 1751
9.5 Lease – Gainstown & Tyrrellstown 2nd July 1755
9.5.1 Lease – Gainstown & Tyrrellstown 20th March 1759
9.6 Lease – Gallow 11th July 1758
9.6.1 Lease – Gallow 1st October 1759
9.7 Death of Stephen Bomford the elder 1759
9.7.1 The Executors Renounce Stephen’s Will 12th November 1760
Chapter 10 Edward of Hightown 1750 ‑ 1762
10.1 Edward, the fourth son of Colonel Laurence Bomford
10.2 Map of Hightown & Quinera May 1749
10.2.1 Lease - Balloughter (Hightown) 27th February 1750
10.2.2 Lease - Hightown 7th April 1755
10.3 Lease - Oldtown & Enniscoffey 2nd April 1756
10.3.1 Lease - Oldtown & Enniscoffey 20th July 1756
10.3.2 Mortgage - Oldtown & Enniscoffey 2nd August 1756
10.3.3 Lease - Oldtown (Leagatoor) 25th May 1761
10.4 Death of Edward Bomford June or July 1756
Bomford versus Richard Fetherston
10.6 Stephen the Younger’s Attempt to Regain Oldtown and Enniscoffey 9th April 1801
Chapter 11 Children of Stephen the Elder 1760 ‑ 1780 $$
11.1 Lease - Rahinstown & Baconstown
11.2 Lease – Castletownbellew 13th March 1761
11.2.1 Lease – Bellewstown, Red Mountain, Dunfierth and Mylerstown 18th July 1761
11.2.2 Lease - Lands in the Barony of Carbery 16th October 1761
11.2.3 Lease - Dunfierth, Mucklin & Mulgeeth 3rd November 1770
11.2.4 The Lands of Dunfierth Parish
11.3 Lease - Carlingford 19th March 1762
11.3.1 Lease – Carlingford 29th September 1775
11.4.1 Changes in the Bomford Estates since 1740 1762
11.4.2 The Bomford Estates 1762
11.5 Journey by Arthur Young June 1776
11.6 Lease – Dublin Houses 2nd February 1760
11.6 1 Lease – Dublin Houses 21st July 1760
11.6.2 Lease – Dublin Houses 24th December 1765
11.6.3 Lease – Limerick Houses 27th July 1773
11.7 Request to David Bomford 20th January 1768
11.8 David Bomford, Merchant of Dublin 1770 - 1788
11.9 David’s Illegitimate Son, Stephen 1754/55 - 1782
11.10 Will of Rev. Samuel Partridge 17th January 1774
11.10.1 Stephen the Younger’s Children 1774
11.11 Death of Rev John Bomford 6th February 1776
11.11.1 Lease - Gallow 23rd August 1777
11.12 Lease – Dublin House 15th August 1769
11.13 Mortgage Given 6th December 1779
Chapter 12 Children of Oliver & Laurence 1759 ‑ 1769
12.1.1 Arthur of Rathfeigh and his wife Mary (Tarleton)
12.1.2 Mary Bomford and her Three Daughters
12.2.2 Death of Laurence August 1761
12.2.3 Death of Jane (Smith) 1769
12.2.4 Laurence and Jane’s Children
12.2.5 Marriage - Wilson Bomford &. Anne Bomford January 1759
12.2.6 Children of Wilson and Anne
12.2.7 Leases - Ballyowen 1799 and 1803
12.2.8 Laurence Bomford, eldest Son
12.2.9 Thomas Shinton Bomford, 2nd Son
12.2.10 Wilson Bomford. 3rd Son
12.3 Summary - Offspring of Laurence of Killeglan, 3rd Son of Colonel Laurence
Chapter 13 William of Cushenstown 1760 ‑ 1803
13.2 Mortgage - Surgolstown & Laurestown 23rd December 1760
13.2.1 Mortgage - Surgolstown & Laurestown 11th April l772
13.2.2 Lease - Surgolstown & Laurestown 18th April 1772
13.3 Lease - Primatstown 27th February 1761
13.4 Lease - Pranstown 2nd June 1761
13.5 Lease - Cushenstown 19th January 1762
13.5.1 Lease - Cushenstown 20th February 1762
13.5.2 Lease - Cushenstown 29th March 1771
13.5.3 Lease - Cushenstown 31st January 1783
13.5.4 Lease - Cushenstown 1st July 1784
13.5.5 William’s Marriages and Children
13.6 Rights of William’s Children 26th March 1783
13.6.1 Settlement on William’s Children 28th June 1786
13.6.2 Settlement on William’s Children 3rd July 1786
13.6.3 Lease - Cushenstown etc. 5th July 1786
13.6.4 Lease - Dublin House 10th January 1792
13.7 William’s Property at Lake Tay
13.7.1 Lease - Lake Tay 13th January 1784
13.7.2 Lease - Lake Tay 27th April 1785
13.7.3 Lease - Lake Tay 28th April 1785
13.7.4 Lease - Ballymaslowe 9th November 1788
13.8 Lease - Delgany 9th October 1790
13.8.1 Lease - Delgany 20th September 1798
13.9.1 Lease - Cushenstown 10th March 1784
13.9.2 Lease - Cushenstown 16th July 1791
13.9.3 Lease - Cushenstown & Dunreigh 13th December 1791
13.9.4 Lease - Cushenstown, Kilmoon etc 11th March 1794
Chapter 14 William's Brothers & Sisters 1764 ‑ 1800
14.0 Summary of William's Siblings
14.1 Marriage - Thomas and Alice Jessop 12th January 1764
14.2 The Bomford - Jessop Family
14.3 Lease - Brick 13th May 1778
14.4 Death of Jane Bomford (Shinton) 1785
14.4.1 Marriage - Jane Bomford & Samuel Heally c1st January 1770
14.5.1 Mortgage and Sale of Clounstown 26th July 1784
14.5.2 Sale of Clounstown 26th July 1784
14.5.3 Sale of Clounstown 13th October 1788
14.6 Lease - Cyplin 26th October 1784
14.6.1 Lease – Brick & Cyplin 18th December 1784
14.7 Lease - Ardnacrany 6th February 1796
14.8 Children of Thomas and Alice (Jessop)
14.8.2 Robert Bomford and his wife, Martha (Battersby)
14.8.4 The Bomfords of Ballinakill & Co Westmeath 1799-1853
14.8.5 Lease - Ballinakill 15th December 1826
14.8.6 Lease - Ballinakill 25th May 1850
Lease - Ballinakill 20th January 1853
14.8.7 Bomfords in the Militia
14.9 Court Case - Thomas Bomford v Rev Thomas Jessop c1796
14.10 John Bomford, Merchant of Dublin
14.10.0 Marriage - John Bomford & Dorcas Ahmuty 27th November 1766
14.10.1 Land Transfer - Ahmuty Property 26th September 1767
14.10.2 Land Transfer - Ahmuty Property 20th August 1777
14.10.3 Ahmuty - Bomford Bequest 3rd February 1790
14.10.5 John Bomford’s Immediate Achmuty Relatives
14.11 John’s Second Marriage - Mary Ann Barrington 8th October 1788
14.11.1 Lease - Upper Rathdowns 29th September 1795
14.12 The Daughters of Thomas Bomford and Jane (Shinton) of Clounstown
14.12.3 Frances Bomford, Mrs Madden
14.12.4 Emilia Bomford. Mrs Harrison
14.12.5 Jane Bomford. Mrs Heally
Chapter 15 The Bomfords of Rahinstown 1779 ‑ 1800
15.1 The Older Generation 1780
15.1.1 Death of Ann L’Estrange (Bomford) 1784
15.2 The Younger Generation 1780
15.3 Lease - Ross 3rd June 1772
15.3 1 Lease - Ross 10th August 1781
15.3.2 Mortgage Re-payment 20th December 1787
15.4 Robert Bomford – Army Career 1771 - 1793
15.5 Marriage - Robert Bomford & Maria Massy-Dawson 1792
15.5.2 Massy v Headfort - A Case of Seduction
15.6 Marriage - Margaret Bomford & John Mockler of Trim c1778
15.6.4 Probable Mockler Family Tree
15.7 Locally Raised Forces in Meath
15.8.1 Trevor - An Attorney 12th June 1787
15.8.2 Marriage - Trevor Bomford & Mary Bateman September 1789
15.8.3 Dublin House lease by Trevor Bomford 3rd August 1795
15.8.4 Trevor’s wife - Mary Bateman
15.9 Death of Stephen 1790 - 1791
15.10 Frances Jane Bomford c1760 - ?
15.10.1 Marriage - Frances Jane and Col Cromwell Massy November 1800
15.11 Brief Concerning the Disputed Bog of Clonfad 1793
15.11.2 Letter from Richard Dardis
15.12 Case of Bankruptcy 22nd December 1785
15.12.1 Another Case of Bankruptcy 18th December 1787
15.12.2 Deed of Assignment of the Bankrupt A month later
15.13 Leases & Purchase of Drumlargan 1787 - 1808
15.13.1 John Osborn’s Deed of Settlement 22nd April 1708
15.13.2 Lease - Drumlargan & Knockturin 28th February 1795
15.13.3 Lease - Drumlargan, Knockturin etc 31st October 1803
15.13.4 Lease - Drumlargan, Knockturin etc 1st May 1805
15.13.5 Final Settlement of Drumlargan etc 11th July 1808
15.13.6 Summary of Drumlargan Leases
15.13.8 Townland Place Names & Position
Chapter 16 David & his Brother Isaac 1780 ‑ c1800 $$
16.1 Death of John Bomford 1776
16.1.4 Lease - Gurteen 9th February 1781
16.1.5 Lease - Kilglan 19th February 1788
16.2 Marriage - Jane Bomford & Duke Cooper August 1785
16.3 Marriage - Anne Bomford & John North September 1786
16.3.1 Marriage Settlement 8th May 1786
Bagot Family of Kilcoursey, King’s Co
16.4.3 William North of Kilbride
16.4.4 John North of Tyrrellspass
16.4.5 Roger North of Guilford
16.4.6 North family of Westmeath
16.4.7 Joseph and Roger North of Brackland & William North of Clonfad
16.5 Isaac Bomford 1788-1805 Almanack Entries
16.6 Isaac Bomford the Elder 1730-1793
16.6.1 Death of Sarah, Isaac’s Wife
16.7 Marriage Anne Trevor & Rev Newburgh Burroughs September 1791
16.7.1 Marriage Settlement 19th August 1791
16.8 Summary of Isaac and his Family
16.9 Summary of the Bomford Family 1800
16.9.1 Changes in the Bomford Estates since 1762 1800
16.9.2 The Bomford Estates 1800
Co Kildare Properties (Map and list)
Chapter 17 The Last of Oliver's & Laurence's Branches; & The Unplaced Bomfords 1836 - 1899
17.1 The Children of William of Delgany
17.2 Leases of Cushenstown & Surrounds 1803-1810
17.2.1 Marriage Settlement – Thomas Bomford & Rebecca Eyre 19th October 1807
17.2.2 Thomas’ Brothers and Sisters
17.2.3 Leases - Delgany 1808-1815
17.2.4 Marriage Settlement - Edith Bomford and Richard Jeffares 17th October 1815
17.2.5 Marriage - Margaret Helen Bomford & John Johnson Hunt 1791
17.2.6 Marriage of Elizabeth Bomford and John Cooper
17.2.7 Summary of William’s Marriages and Children
17.2.8 The Inheritance of Cushenstown etc
Part B - The Unplaced Bomfords (see also 9.2.4)
17.3.1 Marriage of Elizabeth Bomford and John Cooper
17.3.2 Jane Bomford’s Two Marriages
17.4.1 Launcelot Richard Bomford
17.4.2 Launcelot Richard Bomford the Younger
17.4.5 Sarah Bomford & her Sons After 1835
17.5 Four Bomfords Shoemakers of Dublin
17.5.1 Laurence Bomford & his wife Elizabeth Cheevers 31st May 1796
17.5.2 William Bomford & his wife Ann Jordan 21st September 1803
17.5.3 William Bomford the Younger & his wife Jane
17.5.4 William’s wife Jane Marries William Daly 4th August 1854
17.5.5 Thomas Bomford, Shoemaker
17.5.6 William Benjamin Bomford of Mullingar
17.8 The Bomfords of Trim 1771-1837
17.8.1 Edward Bomford marries Margaret Plunket 1798
17.8.2 William Bomford Assigns a Trim House 16th January 1831
17.8.3 Introducing the Emigration to Tasmania 1833
17.8.4 Isaac Bomford of Tasmania 1800 - 1886
17.8.5 Peter Isaac Bomford 1834 - 1910
17.8.6 Doctor John Bede Bomford 1836 - 1901
17.8.7 Francis Edward Bomford 1840 - 1916
17.8.8 Rachel Mary Bomford 1849 - 1939
17.9 The Bomfords of Dirpatrick 1729-75
17.9.1 The Bomfords of Agher Parish 1808-18
17.10.1 John Bomford marries Anne Smyth 1713
17.10.3 Frances Bomford marries Thomas Raper
17.10.4 Rebecca Bomford marries John Douglas
17.10.5 Death of John Bomford 1813
17.10.6 Louisa Bomford 1870 - 1872
17.10.7 William Bomford 1878 - 1892
17.10.8 Rev William John Bomford 1863 – 1875
17.10.9 Oliver Bomford of Tourane, Sligo
17.10.10 Death of George Bomford, 15th May 1879
17.10.11 William Bomford and family arrive in New South Wales 19 February 1848
17.10.12 NSW Birth Death and Marriage Records
17.10.13 William Bomford of Summerhill, married 1839
Chapter 18 Stephen the Younger & his Children 1797 ‑ 1816
18.1.1 Death of Stephen the Younger 24th May 1806
18.1.2 Will of Stephen of Rahinstown 4th October 1800
18.1.3 Death of Elizabeth wife of Stephen of Rahinstown 1807
18.2 Will of Antony, 4th son of Stephen of Rahinstown 22nd September 1805
18.3 Ephraim Bomford, 7th Son of Stephen of Rahinstown
18.4 Chichester Bomford, 8th son of Stephen of Rahinstown
18.5 Trevor Bomford, 6th son of Stephen of Rahinstown
18.5.1 Death of Trevor Bomford February 1797
18.5.2 Death of Mary Bomford (Probate) 22nd July 1809
18.5.3 Marriage of Mary Anne Bomford & Francis Chute 13th February 1810
18.5.5 Military Bomford Connections 1849
18.5.6 The Blennerhassett Family
18.6 Marriage – Frances Rose Bomford & Samuel Pratt Winter 20th July 1812
18.6.1 Marriage Settlement 27th February 1812
18.6.2 Change of Trustees of 1812 Settlement 27th September 1831
18.7 The Children of Samuel Pratt Winter & Frances Rose Bomford
18.7.5 Frances Jane Winter 1819-1910
18.7.6 Arbella Winter – Mrs Cecil Pybus Cooke
18.7.7 Trevor Winter 1822 - 1885
18.7.8 Anna Maria Sarah Winter 1824 - 1856
18.7.9 The Winters and Early Victoria
18.7.10 Summary of Trevor Bomford & his Family
18.8 George Bomford, the Elder, 5th Son of Stephen
18.8.1 Lease - Clonfad 2nd May 1807
18.8.3 Release of Rahinstown etc by George to Robert Bomford 10th May 1808
18.8.4 Marriage - George Bomford & Arbella Winter 22nd March 1809
18.8.5 Mortgage of Tullyard for £4.000 21st March 1809
18.8.6 Death of George Bomford the Elder January 1814
18.8.7 George’s Estate - Prerogative Inventory 22nd ? 1814
18.8.9 Entries in the Family Bible 1811 - 1815
18.9.1 George Bomford’s Houses
18.9.2 Arbella Bomford Buys a Town House 27th October 1814
18.9.3 Arbella Bomford Dies September 1815
18.9.4 Will of Arbella Bomford 29th July 1815
Chapter 19 Robert of Rahinstown & David of Gallow 1802 ‑ 1817 $$
19.1 Robert of Rahinstown, 2nd son of Stephen the Younger 1751 - 1817
19.1.1 Massy Property 2nd August 1802
19.1.2 Rahinstown Handed over to Robert 10th May 1808
19.2 Settlement to Ephraim Bomford 4th May 1809
19.2.1 Settlement to Chichester Bomford 25th April 1810
19.2.2 Settlement of Robert Bomford 28th June 1811
19.2.3 Death of Robert Bomford of Rahinstown 18th April 1817
19.3 David Bomford - Grandson of Colonel Laurence 1730 - c1809
19.4 Marriage Settlement – Sarah Frances Bomford & John Coates of Culcor 27th April 1803
19.4.2 Culcor & Bridestream House
19.4.3 The Children of the Marriage
19.5 Marriage Settlement Isaac Bomford and Jane Holdcroft 26th February 1807
19.6 Will of David Bomford 19th April 1807
19.6.1 Death of David Bomford of Gallow 1809
19.6.2 Death of Sarah Bomford, Wife of David 1816
19.7 The Bomford Family & their Estates 1820
Chapter 20 The Minority of George the Younger 1814 ‑ 1832
20.2 Agher, early days, and the Pratt Family
20.4 Samuel Winter and his Children
20.5 Agher, and young George and Samuel Bomford in 1820
20.6.3 The Future of the Winter Houses
20.6.4 Winter Family Portraits
20.6.5 Winter Deed of Assignment 8th May 1827
20.7 Education of George and Samuel Bomford 1817-1832
20.8 Final Payment for Drumlargan etc 4th March 1815
20.9 The End of the Lands in Co Kildare
20.9.1 Mortgage Re-Payment on Dunfierth etc 14th October 1817
20.9.2 Mortage re-payment on Dunfierth ect. 14th December 1817
Chapter 21 Robert's Children - Marriages & Settlements 1821 ‑ 1839
21.1 Robert's Provision for his Wife and Children
21.2 Maria Bomford (the Mother)
21.2.1 Second Mortgage on Rahinstown 20th March 1824
21.3 Jane Rosetta (2nd Daughter)
21.3.1 Marriage – Jane Rosetta Bomford & Richard Martin Southcote Mansergh 25th February 1822
21.3.2 Jane Rosetta’s Children
21.3.3 Jane Rosetta’s Family Tree
21.4 Annette Maria (Eldest Daughter)
21.4.2 Marriage Annette Maria & Sir Thomas Henry Hesketh 3rd April 1824
21.4.3 The Children of Annette Maria and Sir Thomas Hesketh
21.4.4 Lord Haldon’s Family Annette Maria’s Son-in-Law
21.5 Robert George Bomford (Only Son)
21.5.1 Marriage Settlement – Robert George Bomford & Elizabeth Kennedy 9th October 1826
21.5.2 Portrait of Robert George
21.6 Frances Georgina Bomford (3rd daughter)
21.6.1 Mortgage on Rahinstown etc 20th April 1827
21.6.2 Marriage Settlement of Frances Georgina Bomford and Richard Bolton 9th May 1827
21.6.3 Richard Bolton of Bective Abbey and his family
21.7 Jemima Letitia Bomford (4th Daughter)
21.7.1 Marriage Settlement - Jemima Letitia Bomford and Richard Bolton 15th March 1833
21.7.3 Lyndon Bolton’s Children
21.7.4 Richard and Jemima Letitia Bolton and their Children
21.8 Susan Margaret Bomford 5th Daughter
21.8.2 Marriage Settlement - Susan Margaret Bomford & Charles Rudinge Martin 29th January 1827
21.8.4 The children Susan Margaret Bomford & Charles Rudinge Martin
21.8.5 Children of Rev George Henry Martin
21.9 Sarah Maria Bomford (Youngest, 6th Daughter)
21.9.1 Robert’s Settlement on Sarah Maria 20th February 1839
21.9.2 Marriage - Sarah Maria Bomford and the Honourable Frederick James Tollemache 26th August 1831
21.9.4 Wedding of Sarah Maria Bomford and Frederick Tollemache
Chapter 22 The End of the Rahinstown Family 1831 ‑ 1858
22.2 Rahinstown Mortgages and Release
22.2.1 Rahinstown Mortgage 1st November 1831
22.2.2 Rahinstown Mortgage 30th May 1838
22.2.3 Rahinstown Mortgage for £12,000 29th December 1838
22.2.4 Deed of Release of Rahinstown 14th February 1839
22.2.5 Deed of Release of Rahinstown 17th August 1839
22.3 Ordnance Survey Field Name Books 1836
22.4.1 Kennedy Property 13th April 1834
22.4.2 Kennedy Property 21st July 1846
22.5 Dispute and Lease of Rahinstown and Baconstown 13th May 1841
22.5.1 Continuation 13th October 1843
22.5.2 Rahinstown & Baconstown 20th May 1847
22.6. The Land of Mullagh 14th October 1845
22.6.1 The Trust - Mullagh 20th May 1847
22.6.2 Lease - Mullagh 27th May 1858
22.6.3 Lease - Mullagh 27th May 1858
22.7 Death of Robert George Bomford 11th December 1846
22.8 Death of Maria Bomford 10th July 1848
22.9 The Sale of Rahinstown, Baconstown, Dirpatrick and Arrodstown 1850 - 1854
22.9.1 Mortgage on Rahinstown 27th February 1850
22.9.2 Redemption of Rahinstown £12,000 Mortgage 4th July 1850
22.9.3 Lease of Rahinstown 20th October 1851
22.10 Elizabeth Marries Secondly Marcus Beresford 6th June 1850
Chapter 23 Isaac Introduces the North‑Bomfords 1815 ‑ 1840 $$
23.1 Start of the North Bomford Lineage
23.1.1 Lease Ferrans 8th May 1815
23.1.2 Lease -Gallow. Ferrans & Tyrrellstown 31st December 1819
23.1.3 Entail Removed on Gallow Ferrans & Tyrrellstown 1st February 1820
23.1.4 Lease of Gallow &. Ferrans 5th February 1829
23.2 Marriage - Isaac North & Belinda Emily Pilkington 8th October 1830
23.2.1 The Pilkington and Emerson Families
23.3 Ordnance Survey of Isaac Bomford’s Estates 1836
23.4 Death of Isaac Bomford 1837
23.4.1 Will of Isaac Bomford 12th December 1835
The Cooper and Coates Families
23.5 Probate of Isaac’s Will August 1837
23.6 Death of Jane Bomford 27th May 1840
23.7 The North Family 1835 - 1896
Chapter 24 George the Younger comes of Age 1832 ‑ 1837 $$
24.1 Marriage Settlement - George Bomford & Arbella Winter 21st July 1832
24.1.1 Marriage of George and Arbella 23rd July l832
24.2 George’s Account Book December 1832 - December 1834
24.3 George’s Commission as a Justice of the Peace 7th November 1834
24.4 Letter from Myles O’Reilly 5th October 1832
24.4.1 The Last Letter from Myles O’Reilly 2nd May 1837
24.6 Purchase of Oakley Park 1837
Map, Oakley Park (Laurencetown) 1730
24.6.1 Oakley Park Cleared of Mortgages
24.6.2 Conveyance of Oakley Park to George Bomford 9th November 1837
24.6.3 Conveyance and Indemnity of Oakley Park May 1839
24.7 Purchase of Baltrasna 1793 - 1837
24.7.1 Lease - Baltrasna 1st October 1793
24.7.2 Lease - Baltrasna 1st April 1832
24.7.3 Lease - Baltrasna 31st May 1834
24.7.4 Baltrasna Mortgages Cleared 9th December 1835
24.7.5 Purchase of Baltrasna by George Bomford 12th June 1837
24.8 Ordnance Survey of George’s Properties 1836
24.8.2 Knockstown (Extract from survey) 1836
24.8.9 Summary of George’s Property 1836
24.9 Summary of all Bomford Property 1837
24.9.2 Robert George of Rahinstown and his Sisters
Chapter 25 George of Oakley Park 1838 ‑ 1849
25.1 Children of George and Arbella
25.2 Oakley Park House Extension: Date of the Extension 1838 to 1839
25.2.1 Leases of Parts of Oakley Park 1838
25.3 Neighbours and Townlands Adjacent to Oakley Park
25.3.1 Neighbours Further Away
25.3.3 Disturbances in the Moynalty Area
25.3.4 The Night of the Big Wind 6th January 1839
25.4 Portraits of George and Arbella 1847
25.6 Children’s Letters (and Verse) 13th February 1842
25.7 Drumlargan Rent from F. P. Winter 1st May 1846
Chapter 26 Samuel Bomford & his Family 1813 ‑ 1980s
26.2 An Extraordinary Deed 1834
26.2.1 Marriage of Samuel Bomford 1839
26.2.2 Relations at the Wedding 11th July 1839
26.3 Later Movements and Houses
26.3.1 Death of Samuel and Frances Jane Bomford
26.4.1 Re-Assignment of £4,000 Loan 15th February 1861
26.4.2 Mortgage to Samuel Arthur Reynell 30th November 1864
26.4.3 £10,000 Mortgage on Oakley Park 1st August 1837
26.5 Children of Samuel and Frances Jane Bomford
26.5.1 Caroline Frances Bomford 1840 - 1859
26.5.3 Rodon Charles Bomford 1845 - 1915
26.5.4 Laurence George Bomford 1847 - 1926
26.5.5 Trevor Bomford 1849 - 1929
26.5.6 Gerald Bomford, Sir 1851 - 1915
26.5.7 Victor Reginald Bomford 1859 - 1900
26.6 Children of Trevor Bomford 1849 - 1929
26.6.1 Trevor Laurence Bomford 1885 - 1945
26.6.2 Kenneth Chichester Bomford 1886 - 1908
26.6.3 Caroline Frances Bomford 1888 - 1968
26.6.4 Alan Claude Bomford 1891 - 1914
26.6.5 Marjorie Ruth Bomford 1893 - 1929
26.6.6 Raymond Francis Bomford 1901 - 1953
26.7 Children of Sir Gerald Bomford 1851 -1915
26.7.1 Hugh Bomford, Sir 1882 - 1939
26.7.2 Lorna Bomford 1883 - 1962
Chapter 27 The North‑Bomfords of Ferrans 1836 ‑ 1899 $$
27.1.1 Dublin Houses 1836 - 1863
27.2 Death of Belinda Emily North-Bomford 1852
27.3 Griffith’s Valuation of Rateable Properties 20th October 1854
27.3.1 The North-Bomford Country Houses
27.3.2 Census Extracts Concerning Ferrans and Gallow 1871
27.4.1 Marriage Settlement – Mary Jane and John Emerson 6th March 1850
27.4.2 Part of Settlement Payment to Mary Jane 3rd May 1871
27.4.3 Death of John and Mary Jane Emerson
27.4.4 Children of John and Mary Jane Emerson
27.5 Isaac North-Bomford - The Eldest Son 1834 - 1862
27.5.1 Captaincy and Annuity 26th March 1862
27.5.2 Death of Isaac North-Bomford - The Father 10th October 1866
27.6 Annabella North-Bomford c1836 - 1899
27.6.1 Marriage Settlement Annabella North-Bomford and Benjamin Whitney 11th April 1860
27.7 John North-Bomford 1838 - 1905
27.8 David George North-Bomford 1840 - 1869
27.8.1 Marriage Settlement between David George North-Bomford and Mary Gubbins 10th May 1867
27.8.2 Memorial to Marriage Settlement 7th June 1867
27.8.4 Settlement on David George North-Bomford 3rd November 1868
27.8.5 Death of David George North-Bomford 13th October 1869
27.8.6 Mary North-Bomford Marries Again 14th November 1871
27.8.8 Annabella North-Bomford (Only daughter of David) 1868 - ?
27.8.9 Marriage Settlement Annabella North-Bomford and Thomas Griffin 11th April 1899
27.9 Horatio North-Bomford 1847 – (?) 1935
27.9.1 Lease - Brayfield 7th December 1865
27.9.2 Mortgages Granted by Horatio 1868 - 1877
27.9.3 Marriage of Horatio North Bomford and Alice Louisa Emily Somers c1875
27.9.4 Death of Horatio and Alice North-Bomford
27.9.5 Isaac John North-Bomford (Son of Horatio) 1882 - 1968
27.10 Belinda Emily North-Bomford c1849 – ?
27.10.2 Edward Bomford L’Estrange – (only son of Belinda) 1883 - 1951
Chapter 28 The Johns of Ferrans 1866 ‑ 1965
28.1.1 John North-Bomford 1838 - 1905
28.1.2 Lease of Ferrans and Gallow 19th March 1863
28.1.3 Mortgage of Ferrans and Gallow 7th February 1866
28.2.1 Marriage Settlement of John North-Bomford and Charlotte Maria Devenish-Meares 23rd July 1867
28.2.2 The Devenish-Meares and Kelly Families
28.3 Mortgages 3rd November 1868
28.3.1 £200 Loan Repaid 3rd November 1868
28.3.2 £3,750 Mortgage on Gallow and Ferrans 3rd November 1868
28.4.1 Marriage Settlement, John North-Bomford and Mary Wilhelmina Constance Kaye 4th September 1882
28.5 Mary Wilhelmina Marries Again 16th December 1908
28.6 John George North-Bomford 1883 - 1965
28.6.1 Ferrans House Burnt during ‘The Troubles’ 1923
Chapter 29 George Bomford's Land 1854 ‑ 1899 $$
29.2 Oakley Park or Lawrencetown Valuation 1854
29.2.1 Land Improvements 1860 - 1866
29.2.2 Summary of Oakley Park Leases and Rents
29.3.1 Drumlargan House Improvement c1865
29.3.2 Grants for Land Improvements
29.3.3 Drumlargan Balloon Houses
29.5.1 Rents from Baltrasna and Knockstown
29.7.2 John Francis Bomford becomes a Landlord 1861
29.7.3 Tenants and Rents of Clonfad and Rattin 1854 -1903
29.7.6 Other Valuations and some Politics
Chapter 30 George & his Family 1850 ‑ 1890s
30.2 George Winter Bomford 1834 - 1884
30.2.1 Affidavit of 20th June 1857
30.2.2 Marriage of George Winter Bomford and Flora Mary McVeigh Sadleir 17th April 1861
30.2.5 Indenture concerning £1,000 loan 17th May 1867
30.2.6 Death of George Winter Bomford 22nd June 1884
30.2.7 George Winter Bomford’s Family
30.2.8 Summary of George Winter Bomford and his Family
30.3 John Francis Bomford: His Early Life 1837 - 1911
30.3.1 Marriage of John Francis Bomford and Elinor Jane Bolton 29th November 1866
30.3.2 Elinor Bolton’s Brothers and Sister, and their Families
30.4 Arbella Anna Bomford (Mrs Ruxton) 1839 - 1910
30.4.1 Marriage Settlement 20th August 1863
30.4.4 Arbella Anna’s later Life
30.4.5 Summary of Arbella Anna, Mrs Ruxton
30.6 Samuel Stephen Bomford 1841 -1872
30.7 Elizabeth Bomford 1843 - ?
30.8 Victoria Adela Bomford 1849 - ?
Chapter 31 Bomford Trustees & Mortgages 1832 ‑ 1899
31.1 Caulfeild - Winter - Preston marriage settlements
31.2 George Bomford’s Mortgages
31.2.1 £1,000 Mortgage to Hinds on Drumlargan and Clonfad
31.2.2 £800 Mortgage to Hinds on Oakley Park
31.2.3 Loan to George by Samuel Bomford
31.2.4 £3,000 Mortgage by Neville on Clonfad
31.3 ‘Accounts with Mother’ 1889
31.3.1 Money Owed to Arbella Bomford
31.4 Payment of Hinds Mortgage 9th June 1899
31.5 John Francis Bomford’s Mortgages
31.5.1 Mortgages to Christopher Barry
31.5.2 £1,000 Loan from Arbella Bomford
Chapter 32 Family Trouble 1881 ‑ l900
32.1 The Inheritance of Drumlargan and Knockstown
32.2.1 The Sale of Drumlargan House & Home Farm
32.3 Death of George Bomford (21st?) March 1886
32.5 ‘Accounts with Mother’ 1889
32.6 Letter from Arbella Bomford
32.6.1 Visit of John Francis to Oakley Park January 1891
32.6.2 2nd Will of Arbella Bomford 11th February 1891
32.6.3 From J Clark to John Francis (at a hotel in Dungannon) 17th May 1898
32.8 Death of Arbella Bomford 8th January 1900
32.8.1 Death Certificate 9th January 1900
32.9 The Disposal of Arbella’s Property
32.9.3 Sale of Livestock and Vehicles January 1900
32.9.4 Leasing of the Oakley Park Land
32.9.5 Sale of Household Effects
32.9.6. Initial Probate of Arbella’s Estate 2nd April 1901
Chapter 33 John Francis' Children 1870 ‑ 1980s
33.1.1 The Children’s Younger Days
33.1.2 Memorial to the Bomford Family
33.2 Anna Arbella Bomford (Mrs Longfield)
33.5 Elinor May Bomford (Mrs Constable)
33.5.2 Their Life after their Marriage
33.7 Gwendoline Bomford (Mrs Shelford)
33.7.2 Children of Leonard and Gwendoline Shelford
33.9.2 The Children of Trevor Bomford and Henrietta Chaloner
Chapter 34 Death of John Francis & the End of the Irish Land 1911 - 1933 $$
34.1.2 Death of John Francis Bomford 13th September 1911
34.1.3 Death of Elinor Jane Bomford 14th July 1924
34.2.1 Untenanted Lands Return 1906
34.2.2 Overall Total of Bomford Lands 1906
34.2.3 Surveys of 1933 and 1955
34.2.4 Complete Summary of all Bomford Lands
34.3 Valuation of Oakley Park 1906
34.3.1 The Wind-down of Oakley Park
34.3.3 Auction of Oakley Park 1955
34.4 1906 Valuation of Drumlargan
34.4.1 1933 Valuation of Drumlargan
34.5 1906 Valuation of Knockstown
34.6 1906 Valuation of Baltrasna
Chapter 35 George Lyndon & his Family 1890s ‑ 2005
35.2 Marriage of George Lyndon and Helen Maude, 5th August 1897
35.3 The Corbould-Warren Family
35.4 Death of George and Maude Bomford
35.5 Children of George and Maude Bomford
35.6.2 The Martin and Clifford Families
35.6.3 Frederick Bamford’s Marriage and Later
35.6.4 Percival Clifford Bamford
Chapter 36 Conclusion
36.1 Reflections on the Family
36.1.2 The Bomfords and The Troubles
36.2 Reminiscences of George Warren Bomford
36.2.5 His Highness of Bikanir
Appendixes
Appendix A The Bomford Irish Houses
Appendix B Land Summary
Appendix C The Norman Barons in Ireland
Appendix D The Famine
Appendix E Index of Family Trees
Appendix F Index of Allied Families
Appendix G Killed in Action
Maps
Map of disputed bog of Clonfad
1730 Survey of Laurencetown (Oakley Park)
Oakley Park