4/11 James Cahill

1786-1861



Attorney at Law of Dublin, Ireland



Son of John and Anne Cahill

Portrait of James Cahill









Age Source


Born in 1786 (from Alan R Marsh's pedigree)
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Married 1 Caroline Watts, spinster of Grange Gorman, 3 Nov 1810 at St Paul, Dublin, by Dublin licence
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Father of Margaret 1811 baptised 22 Sept at St Paul, Dublin (or 1813 in Stanhope Street, Dublin according to Cahill family bible)
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Anne Caroline 1813 baptised 28 July at St Paul, Dublin (or 1815 in Blessington Street, Dublin according to Cahill family bible)
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Married 2 Maria Whyte, 27 Feb 1836 at St George Bloomsbury, London, by Faculty Office licence. They both signed the register (Dublin Morning Register 4/3 p.4, Dublin Evening Post 5/3 p.4) James Cahill's signature on the marriage register 1836

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Father of Edward Athenry 2 Mar 1837 at Crinken, Bray, Ireland (Cahill bible, several newspaper notices)
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Florence Hardman 26 May 1839 at Crinken (Cahill bible, several newspaper notices)
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Maria Elizabeth 5 Oct 1841 at Crinken (Cahill bible, several newspaper notices)
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Elinor Jane 3/6 26 Dec 1844 at Crinken (Cahill bible)
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Died 8 Dec 1861 at Aske Cottage, Bray or at Crinkin Lodge, Bray, Ireland
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1790s He was educated by the Rev. Andrew Staunton of Clarendon Street, Dublin

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1804 Aug Of the city of Dublin, gent. He witnessed his father's lease (deed no. 382159)
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1806-1851 An attorney of Stanhope Street then Blessington Street, Dublin 20-65
1806 July He was apprenticed as an attorney to his father at Blackhall Parade, Dublin
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1810 Nov A gentleman of the city of Dublin. Marriage settlement; Charles Watts of Townsend Street Co Dublin Esq, father of his intended bride Caroline, conveyed three houses that he had built in Grange Gorman Lane into trust (deed 431907)
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1810 Nov A gentleman of Stanhope Street, Dublin
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1812-1813 An attorney of Stanhope Street, Dublin (off Grange Gorman Lane). Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer (Cahill bible, daughter Margaret's birth) 26-27 INA7, A9/97
1813-1814 An attorney of 32 Blessington Street, Dublin (off Dorset Street) 27-28 INA7
1814 An attorney. He sold a dwelling house lately built in Blessington Street to Ruth Basley, widow (deed 465617)
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1815 Of Blessington Street, Dublin (Cahill bible, daughter Anne's birth)
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1815-1825 Attorney of 5 York Street, Dublin 29-39
1815-1825 An attorney of 5 York Street, Dublin (off Aungier Street). Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer 29-39 INA7
1817 Of 5 York Street, Dublin. He was agent for the sale of bankrupt property (several notices in newspapers)
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1817 Mar. Attorney of York Street. He leased a dwelling house in Grange Gorman Lane to Michael Dease O'Reely, doctor, for two lives, for £20 p/a (deed 498311)
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1817 Dec. Attorney of York Street. He bought the mortgage of a house in Grange Gorman Lane from Nicholas Gibbons for £99, witness Charles Watts (deed 493126)
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1820 June Attorney of York Street. He sold the mortgaged house in Grange Gorman Lane to Hugh Reily, brewer, for £85 12s (deed 512118)
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1821 Mar. Attorney of York Street. He leased Ask Field, a 5½-acre parcel of land in Old Connaught, County Dublin, from Charles & Luke Toole for 980 years at £36 12s 1d per annum (deed 522097)
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1826 James Cahill Esq occupied 5 acres of good land in Old Connaught parish
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1829 Formerly an attorney. He was a witness in a case of assault (Dublin Morning Register 16 Feb pp.2,3)
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1833-1834 Possibly an attorney of 49 Jervis Street Dublin, Kings Bench? 47-48 INA7
1834-1835 Possibly attorney of 5 Hume Street, Kings Bench, Common Pleas & Exchequer? 48-49 INA7
1834-1836 Possibly had a solicitor's office at 22 Bachelors Walk? (notices in papers) 48-50 H61
1835 His wife Caroline died
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1835-1839 Possibly an attorney of 22 Batchelor Walk, Common Pleas & Exchequer? 49-53 INA7
1836-1861 Of Crinken near Bray, County Dublin 50-75
1836 Feb. Of the City of Dublin and Crinkin near Bray, Esq. For his marriage settlement on 26 Feb he sold the lease of the 5-acre plot with dwelling house called Ash Field to trustees (deed 1836 vol 5 no. 205)
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1836 Feb. A widower of St Pancras, Middlesex
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1837-1844 Of Crinkin Lodge near Bray, County Dublin (Cahill bible, children's births) 51-58 A9/97
1840-1844 A Solicitor / Attorney of 40 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin. Courts of Common Pleas & Exchequer 54-58 IRD, INA7
1840 Nov. He was party to a lease by John Watts to Mountford Longfield of land with dwelling houses in St Peter parish, Dublin (deed 1840 vol 23 no. 221)
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1843 Feb. Of Crinkin near Bray, County Wicklow, Esq. He was party to a deed of appointment, Nunn to Whyte (deed 1843 vol 5 no. 156)
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1844 His wife Maria died at Crinkin Lodge
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1844-1861 He received an annual legacy from his wife's father's will 58-75 D5a
1845,1846
Occupier of house and land at Aske, parish of Oldconnaught, barony of Rathdown (Valuation book ref. OL/5/3654, Tenure book ref. OL/6/295)
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1847-1851 An attorney of 9 Nelson Street, Dublin 61-65 INA7
1849 Occupier of a house and 8 acres of land at Aske, parish of Oldconnaught, County Dublin, leased from Charles Toole Esq. Annual value £33 for land, £50 for buildings. He sublet the gate lodge at Aske to William Brien
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1852-1861 Retired, at Aske Cottage, Crinken near Bray 66-75
1852-1862 Of Aske Cottage, Bray, Esq 66-75 INA7
1852 Of Crinken near Bray. At the election in July between Augustus Craven and John Lentaige Esq (Liberal) and James H Hamilton Esq and Col. Taylor (Conservative) he voted for Hamilton & Taylor
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1859 Until recently, Martha Ann Whyte, Maria's sister, had been living at Crinkin
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1861 A solicitor of Crinkin Lodge, Bray
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1861 His will was proved at Principal Registry London 24 Dec by his brother in law Samuel Solomon Whyte. Personal effects under £300

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1862-1863 His estate at Bray and Dublin was sold by his trustees Richard Mallins and Rt Hon Joseph Napier. Lands called Askfield with 'a neat villa residence', garden, etc. containing 8a 3r 39p. Also five houses in Bushfield Avenue, Donnybrook Road, Dublin and a field 1a 2r 35p, held under a lease for lives (the Evening Freeman 29 May 1862 p.1, first of many references)

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James Cahill, his second wife Maria and two of their children Portrait of James Cahilll and his family













Wife 2 Maria Whyte 4/12 c.1801-1844

Portrait of Maria Cahill nee Whyte









Daughter of Edward Athenry and Anchoretta Whyte


1811 She was bequeathed a brooch containing her great grandmother's picture, by her grandfather Samuel Whyte
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1836 A spinster of St George, Bloomsbury, Middlesex
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1843 She received a legacy of £300 from her father and £81 10s as part of annual interest, also three of her father's pictures, drawn for by lot
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1844 Died 26 Dec in childbirth at Crinkin Lodge, Bray
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Her sister Martha Ann Whyte came to Crinken to look after the family. In her will of 1859 Martha Ann asks that her sister Charity Hardman look after the welfare of the children

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Daughter B Anne Caroline Cahill 1815-1896







1896 A spinster of 69 Albert Road, Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire), Ireland
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1896 Died 31 Aug at 69 Albert Road Kingstown age 84 (registered Rathdown)
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1896 Admon granted 20 Oct to sister Maria Elizabeth Cahill at Principal Registry, London. Personal estate £148 18s 7d

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She bequeathed the Cahill family bible to her half-sister Elinor Cahill who married 3/5 Henry Marsh

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Son C Edward Athenry Cahill 1837-








A Captain in the Dragoons

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He went to India and disappeared!

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Daughters D Florence Hardman and

E Maria Elizabeth Cahill

Florence and Maria Cahill







1861 There were no Cahills in St Bridgets or St Johns parishes, Chester

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1861 In December their father James died in Ireland 22/20 D5a
1864 Cahill, misses Florence and Maria, 4 Victoria Pathway, Queens Park, Chester 25/23 Q7
1865 Florence and Maria were resident at Queens Park, Chester. They were admitted members of Queen Street (congregational) Chapel 26/24 A13

Later they withdrew and joined the Church of England
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1871 Florence, Maria and 3/6 Elinor Cahill were resident at 5 Bouverie Street, Chester 32/30 C
1874 Cahill, Miss Florence H. 5 Bouverie Street, Chester
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1881 Florence and Maria Cahill were at Cambrian View, Chester 42/40 C
1890 Cahill, Miss, 47 Cambrian View, Chester 51/49 Q7
1892 Cahill, Miss, 47 Granville Road, Cambrian View 53/51 Q7





Daughter Florence Hardman Cahill 1839-1915 (continued)


1915 A spinster of Meadowside, Cambrian View, Chester. Died 13 March at Camberwell House, 33 Peckham Road, Surrey
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1915 Her will was proved by her nephew 2/3 Henry Rupert Marsh

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Daughter Maria Elizabeth Cahill 1841-1913 (continued)


1896 A spinster of Meadowside, Cambrian View, Chester (sister Anne's admon)
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1913 Died 16 Sept at Meadowside, Cambrian View, Chester
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1913 Her will was proved by her nephews 2/3 Henry Rupert and George A Marsh

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5/21 John Cahill Attorney at Law of Dublin, Ireland
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Married Anne Brock c.1780 (marriage settlement, sons' Kings Inn admissions, Cahill family bible)

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Father of John before 1782 (eldest son)

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James 4/11 1786 (2nd son - Kings Inn)

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Elinor (or Ellen) 12 May 1789 (Cahill family bible)
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A John Cahill of Hanover Lane was buried 21 Apr 1809 at St Nicholas without, Dublin


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Died by June 1810 (son John's admission to Kings Inn)

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1777 July A gentleman of Dublin. He witnessed a lease by 6/43 Alexander Brock of lands to Alexander's son Linegar Brock (deed no. 237587)

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1779,1780 Gentleman of the City of Dublin. He witnessed deeds for John Salt of Newtown, County Meath (probably his sister's husband)

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1780 Aug. A gentleman of the City of Dublin. His marriage settlement assigned £300 and half his property to Ann Brock should she survive him. Witnessed by her brothers James and Linegar Brock (deed 325833, registered in 1796)

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His parents may have died before 1780? (there is no mention of them in his marriage settlement)

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1789 Trinity term. He was admitted a member of Kings Inn, Dublin. An attorney of the Court of Exchequer. Admission fee 13s 4d (admission book)

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1791 An attorney of the Court of Exchequer (Exchequer roll)

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1793 June Gentleman of Ross Lane, Dublin. Charles Aylmer assigned mortgaged premises at Rathcoffie County Galway to him. He assigned them to John Quigley (deeds 299122 & 300208)

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1795-1804 An attorney of 19 Ross Lane (off Bride Street) Dublin. Courts of Kings Bench, Exchequer and Tholset

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1796 His 1780 marriage settlement was registered at the registry of deeds (325833)

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1799 Nov. Gentleman of Ross Lane, Dublin. He leased a dwelling house known as the Kings Office in Kennedy Lane, Dublin to Thomas O'Reilly for 46 yrs (370967)

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1799
He was an executor of his wife’s mother, Elinor Brock’s will (Swanzy abs.)


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1799,1802 He and his wife Ann were defendants in two cases at the Court of Exchequer in Dublin, brought by Ann's brother Linegar Brock, claiming his share of their mother's estate

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1800 June Attorney of the Court of Common Pleas. Residence in Ross Lane, Dublin. He took his son John as apprentice

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1804 June He was owed £525 by his wife's brother Linegar Brock. He received an annuity of £34 2s 3d to pay off the debt. The deed was witnessed by his son James and by Thomas Cahill of Dublin, Gentleman (deed 388914)

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1804 Aug. Attorney of Ross Lane, Dublin. He leased his dwelling house with yard on the north side of Ross Lane to Thomas Bayley, jeweller, from 29 Sept for 23 years at £40 per annum (deed 382159)

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1805-1810 Attorney of 2 Blackhall Parade, Dublin. Courts of Kings Bench, Exchequer and Tholset

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1806 July Attorney of the Courts of Exchequer, Kings Bench & Common Pleas and a solicitor of the Court of Chancery. His residence was in Blackhall Parade, Dublin. He took his son 4/11 James as apprentice

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John Cahill's signature on his son's apprentice indenture in 1806
James Cahill's signature on his apprentice indenture 1806



1810 An attorney of 2 Blackhall Parade, Dublin

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1810 His will mentions Linegar and Aungier Brock and the late James Brock of County Longford. The codicil mentiones his nephew John Salt and his son John

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1811 His will was proved at the Prerogative Court of Ireland (Vicar's prerog wills)

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Wife 5/22 Ann Brock 1753-1801 Daughter of Alexander and Elinor Brock








Born about 1753

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1780 Marriage articles with John Cahill (deed 325833)
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1796 Her mother bequeathed her the large family bible (now held by Susan Stedman)
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She bequeathed the bible to her daughter Eleanor

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Died in 1802 (Cahill family bible)
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1801 Nov & Dec. Administration was granted at PCI to her husband John Cahill, Gent

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Son John Cahill Attorney of Dublin








He was educated at Rev. Andrew Staunton's school in Clarendon Street, Dublin

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1800 Apprenticed as an attorney to his father at Ross Lane, Dublin, in Trinity term. He was 'above 18 years of age'

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1810 Admitted a member of Kings Inn in Trinity term , bond for £100 to conform to the rules of the society

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1811-1815 An attorney of 2 Blackhall Parade, Dublin

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He married Ann


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1812
Father of Aungier Victorious Cahill, baptised 9 Aug at St Paul, Dublin


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1818
Father of James, baptised at St Catherine, Dublin


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1818-1823
An attorney of 2 Lurgan Street, Dublin


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1824-1830
An attorney of 42 Bride Street, Dublin


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Daughter Elinor Cahill 1789-1813








Married John Taylor Esq (Cahill family bible)

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She bequeathed the family bible to her brother James Cahill

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1813 She died
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6/41 Mr. Cahill








Father of 5/21 John (probably around 1750)

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Father of Jane (probably around 1750)

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Daughter Jane Cahill







1773 Aug. A spinster of the parish of St. Bridget, Dublin. Married John Salt of Newtown, County Meath Gent, 9 Aug at St Bride, Dublin by Dublin licence (D.A. Chart marriage entries, P.R.S. Dublin 1913)

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Mother of John

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1772-1786 John Salt of Newtown Moyaghy, County Meath, Esq, party to several deeds

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1779 Lease and release Thomas Coates to John Salt (as above), Newton Moyaghy 400 acres, witnessed by 5/21 John Cahill of Dublin, Gent (deed 224690)

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1780 John Salt (as above) to Mary Flanigan, Malogh Hill 56 acres, witnessed by 5/21 John Cahill of Dublin, Gent (deed 222916)

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1787 John Salt of Newton but then of Dublin Esq (deed 273235)

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1801 Nov. John Salt of Dublin, Gent deceased, administration was granted at PCI to his children John, Jane, Frances and Samuel Salt (Betham's extract)

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