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John Huggins of Glenarb, gent. (II)

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Source: Map of Drumacanver & Lisglynn townlands in the parish of Derrynoose, county Armagh (1866). Original map by Ordnance Survey Ireland, included in the Landed Estates Court Rental sales document (vol. 83, doc. 54), William Huggins, trustee and executor of James Huggins, deceased, owner & petitioner (1866). Digital image online at FindMyPast.co.uk (accessed & edited by Alison Kilpatrick, 10th Feb. 2024).

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Biographical sketch :

John Huggins (d.1756) was the son of John Huggins (I) , and the second of his name to live in Glenarb townland in the parish of Aghaloo, county Tyrone. John the younger had two sisters: Margaret, who married David Ferguson of Irish Farriter in the parish of Killeeshil in 1730; and another sister, Ann alias Agnes, who married Joseph Marshall, of Stragrane in the parish of Aghaloo. 1

In 1739, John (II) formalized a deed poll with his father, John (I), and the Rev. John Kennedy of Edenderry [in the parish of Eglish, county Armagh], to contract a marriage with Miss Lettice Kennedy. By that agreement, the Rev. John Kennedy agreed to a dower of £100, and John the elder bestowed upon his son a marriage portion of three elements:

  • the lease in Glenarb, with all the household goods and chattels;
  • the lease in Kedew townland on the the decease of John (I), excepting those portions occupied by his sons in law, Joseph Marshall and David Ferguson; and,
  • the interest accruing on a debt of £200 due from Mrs. Johnston, of Nappeck, 2 the principal to be held in reserve for the benefit of John (I)’s wife and children. 3

Accordingly, when his father died in 1741, John (II) inherited the rights and obligations of lessee in the land portions described, above: Glenarb, continuing under a lease agreed in 1731; 4 and in Kedew, under a lease agreed in 1735. 5 In addition, he inherited the leasehold his father had obtained in Drumacanver & Lisglynn townlands in the parish of Derrynoose, county Armagh. In 1747, for the consideration of £100, the tenants, John Mc Call and Nathaniel Mc Call of Mullyneill, in the parish of Aghaloo, sold their rights in the lease to John Huggins (II), his heirs and assigns. 6

As his father did before him, Mr. Huggins served as a Presbyterian representative, presumably from Minterburn congregation, on the Vestry of St. John’s parish church (Church of Ireland) in Caledon. 7

In 1752, the landlord (or his agent) made the following assessment of progress made in the performance of convenants outlined in the lease granted to John Huggins’s father in Kedew townland in 1735: 8 , 9

     Improvements returned by
     John Huggins May 1752
     One Dwelling House 10 feet high 20 feet
     wide and 45 feet long of Brick and Lime
     Office Houses conformable, number of Ash
     360 Tenants under John Huggins viz.
     [tenants not named].

John Huggins (II) brought two civil suits in the 1750s:

  • On 8th June 1753, as administrator of John Huggins, deceased, John (II) entered a bill against David Ferguson, Isiah Thompson, Bryan Lappan, William Ambrose, and John Kennedy, defendants. 10
  • On 21st May 1754, John Huggins and Lettice, his wife, Andrew Ferguson, John Marshall, Joseph Johnston, and Joseph Marshall and Agnes [alias Ann Huggins], his wife, plaintiffs, brought a bill against David Ferguson, defendant, in the Court of Exchequer. On 9th December 1756, the Bill was withdrawn by order, 27th November 1756. — Notes about the various parties named:
    • Andrew Ferguson of Farriter townland in the parish of Killeeshil. Andrew was the father of David Ferguson, who married Margaret, daughter of John Huggins (I).
    • Joseph and Agnes Marshall then lived in Dyan townland, and held twelve acres in Kedew as a sub-tenant of John Huggins; Agnes, also known as Ann, was a sister of John (II).
    • John Marshall was a son of Joseph and Agnes Marshall.
    • The plaintiffs, excepting Andrew Ferguson and John Marshall, and the defendant had been parties to the settlement made on the marriage of John Huggins (II) and Lettice Kennedy on 31st August 1739. 11
    • In 1741, David Ferguson had registered a bequest made by John Huggins (I) of Glenarb, to his son-in-law (Ferguson) of his rental portion in Kedew townland. 12
    • The bill was probably withdrawn subsequent to the death of John Huggins (II).

Unfortunately, this legal information was extracted from indexes, which gave no other information about the parties or the nature of the cause brought to court.

Lettice Kennedy bore nine children during the fourteen years of her marriage to John Huggins (II), 1739 to 1756:

  1. John (III)
  2. James
  3. Kennedy
  4. Thomas
  5. William
  6. Elizabeth
  7. Galbraith alias Gilbert
  8. Anne alias Agnes
  9. Joseph

    … biographical sketches are pending for each.

John Huggins (II) appears to have died in early middle age, intestate.

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Footnotes :

  1. Registry of Deeds, Ireland (Henrietta Street, Dublin). Memorial no. 76215 (v.108, p.248): William Brown set a lease to Joseph Marshall of Stragan [Stragrane] to a parcel in the Dyan, parish of Aghaloo for a term of 31 years; citing John Huggins of Glenarb, parish of Aghaloo, one of the witnesses (dated 9th Sept. 1736; registered 9th April 1743). Microfilm copy held by the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; archival ref. (FHL film no. 522823 (accessed at Salt Lake City, 4th May 2016). Annotated transcript by Alison Kilpatrick; index entries submitted to Nick Reddan’s Registry of Deeds Index Project Ireland irishdeedsindex.net, 5th Aug. 2016. ↩︎
  2. Probably Knappagh townland in the parish of Eglish, county Armagh. ↩︎
  3. Registry of Deeds, Ireland. Memorial no. 93968 (vol. 137, pg. 440): John Huggins, sen., of Glenarb, parish of Aghaloo, co. Tyrone, and the Rev. John Kennedy of Edenderry, parish of Eglish, co. Armagh, to John Huggins, jun., marriage settlement (dated 31st Aug. 1739, registered 7th Mar. 1749). Microfilm copy held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (Belfast); archival ref. MIC/311/89 (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, Nov. 2003). Microfilm copy held by the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, archival ref. FHL film no. 461353; digital images online at FamilySearch, Int’l. familysearch.org. Annotated transcript by Alison Kilpatrick; submitted to Nick Reddan’s Registry of Deeds Index Project Ireland irishdeedsindex.net, 13th July 2016. ↩︎
  4. Registry of Deeds, Ireland. Memorial no. 79-503-57084: Lord Charlemont to John Huggins of Glenarb, parish of Aghaloo, county Tyrone (dated 30 August 1731, registered 14 November 1735). Outline and extract from copy on microfilm at the PRONI, Belfast, ref. MIC/311/50 (accessed Nov. 2003). Microfilm copy held by the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (FHL microfilm no. 522815; digital images online at FamilySearch, Int’l. familysearch.org. Annotated transcript by Alison Kilpatrick; submitted to the Registry of Deeds Index Project Ireland irishdeedsindex.net, 12th July 2016. ↩︎
  5. Registry of Deeds, Ireland. Memorial no. 57085 (v.82, p.81): Margaret Hamilton of Caledon, county Tyrone, to John Huggins of Glenarb, parish of Aghaloo, county Tyrone (dated 28th Oct. 1735, registered 14th Nov. 1735). Microfilm copy held by the Family History Library, archival ref. FHL film 522816 (accessed at Salt Lake City, 4th May 2016). Annotated transcript by Alison Kilpatrick; submitted to Nick Reddan’s Registry of Deeds Index Project Ireland irishdeedsindex.net, 12th July 2016. ↩︎
  6. Registry of Deeds, Ireland. Memorial no. 128-511-87797: John and Nathaniel McCall of Mullyneill, parish of Aghaloo, co. Tyrone, formerly of the Dyan, to John Huggins of Glenarb, parish of Aghaloo, to McCall (dated 21st Jan. 1747; reg’rd 23rd Feb. 1747). Extract from copy on microfilm at the PRONI, Belfast, ref. MIC/311/84 (accessed Nov. 2003). Microfilm also held by the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; archival ref. FHL microfilm no. 522833. Annotated transcript by Alison Kilpatrick; submitted to the Registry of Deeds Index Project Ireland irishdeedsindex.net, 12th Aug. 2016. ↩︎
  7. Marshall, John J. Vestry Book of the Parish of Aghalow (Caledon, County Tyrone). Dungannon: The Tyrone Printing Co., Ltd., 1935. ↩︎
  8. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (Belfast). “Hamilton to Huggins lease in Kedew, 1st May 1735.” In, Transactions Relateing [sic] to Caledon Estate Since the Grant Thereof to William Hamilton Esq. by King Charles the 2nd. Citing first, landlord’s notes on improvements undertaken in Kedew by 1752; second, the death of John Huggins the elder [undated]; and third, John Huggins the younger’s death in 1756. Archival ref. PRONI D2433/A/5/3 (accessed and abstract by Alison Kilpatrick, Nov. 2003). ↩︎
  9. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (Belfast). Transactions Relateing [sic] to Caledon Estate Since the Grant Thereof to William Hamilton Esq. by King Charles the 2nd. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (Belfast). Archival ref. PRONI D2433/A/5/3 (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, Nov. 2003). ↩︎
  10. Ireland. Court of Exchequer (Dublin). Equity Exchequer Books, 1753-1754. Abstract for the suit brought by John Huggins (II), administrator for John Huggins (I) [deceased], against David Ferguson, Isiah Thompson, Bryan Lappan, William Ambrose, and John Kennedy, defendant, on 8th June 1753. Records held by the National Archives of Ireland (Dublin), archival ref. vol. 55, pg. 38. Digital image online at FindMyPast.co.uk (extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 2024-02-01). ↩︎
  11. Registry of Deeds, Ireland. Memorial no. 93968 (vol. 137, pg. 440), op. cit. ↩︎
  12. Registry of Deeds, Ireland (Dublin). Memorial no. 106-283-73771: Huggins: Bequest to Ferguson in Kedew townland, dated 7th April 1741, registered 23rd April 1742. Citing the will of John Huggins the elder of Glenarb townland, and the bequest that part of Kedew townland which David Ferguson then held. Digital image obtained from the microfilm copy held by the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2016-03-08 (archival ref. FHL film no. 522822); abstract by Alison Kilpatrick, 12th July 2016). ↩︎

End notes :

Source citation for this page: Kilpatrick, Alison. “John Huggins (II) of Glenarb (c.1714–1756).” Biographical sketch published to Arborealis, online at arborealis.ca/family-history/irish/huggins/john-huggins-1756, accessed [insert date].

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Published 3rd Dec. 2015; edited 11th Feb. 2024.