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Preamble :
- The following is an annotated transcript of a Memorial of an Irish deed. The original text contains abbreviations, old legal terms, obsolete spellings, editorial markings, and so on.
- The transcriber has reproduced the original text faithfully and also provided notes, or annotations, to assist the reader. Annotations are presented as hyperlinks to footnotes at the bottom of the page, remarks and variant spellings [within square brackets], or links to definitions of legal terms.
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Annotated transcript :
[Title:]
No 93968.
To the Reg’r [Register] appointed by Act of Parliam’t
[Notes in margin:]
Huggins to Huggins
Reg’rd the 7’th day of March 1749 at 10 oClock in y’e Forenoon
[Body of memorial:]
A Memorial of a Deed Poll made Between John Huggins [sen. or I] of Glenarb in y’e Par’h [Parish] of Achelow [Aghaloo] B’o [Barony] of Dungannon & C’o of Tyrone & his son John [jun. or II] of the one p’t [part] & The Rev’d John Kennedy of Edenderry in y’e Par’h [of Eglish] & C’o of Armagh & Lettice Kennedy his sec’d [second] Daur [Daughter] of y’e other p’t bearing date the Thirty first day of Aug’st One thous’d seven hund’d & thirty nine
… Whereby in Consid’n [Consideration] of a Marriage therein Intimated shortly thereafter to be had & Solemnized between his s’d Son John Huggins & y’e s’d Lettice Kennedy, the s’d John Huggins Sen’r doth give & make over to his s’d son the Lease of that part of Glenarb he now Posseth [Possesseth] with all houses household Goods & Chattles as they are parly [particularly] ment’d [mentioned] in the s’d Deed only the parlars [particulars?] therein Excepted & reserved but otherwise free of all Rent Tyth & Serv’ts [Servants’] Wages to the first day of Nov’r next after the date of the s’d Deed
… & further the s’d Jo’n Huggins the father makes over to his s’d Son his Lease in Kedy [Kedew] at his Decease Except’g only & reserv’g [reserving] such p’t of the s’d Holding as is Possed [Possessed] by his Sons in Law Joseph Marshall & Dav’d Ferguson & his Daur Marg’t
… And also the s’d John Huggins the father makes over unto his s’d Son the Sum of Two hundred pounds Ster as a Debt due to him by M’rs Johnston of Nappock 1 & his s’d Son to receive the Int’t [Interest] but y’e Principal to be reserved for his wife & Children & no more or other p’t of the s’d Sum with’t [without] the Consent of his Father the s’d Jo’n Huggins & his fatherinlaw the s’d John Kennedy & further…
[Note in margin:]
Kennedy to Huggins
… the s’d John Kennedy doth Cov’t [Covenant] & Agree by the s’d Deed in Consid’n of y’e Leases & Money above granted & his nat’l [natural] Affection he bears to his said Daur Lettice to give the Just & full Sum of One hundred pounds Ster in the space of Twelve Months as a Marriage Portion w’h [whcih] his s’d Daur as by the s’d Deed referrence [sic] being thereunto had may more at large appear
… The Due Execution whereof by y’e s’d John Huggins Sen’r & John Huggins Jun’r is Witnessed by W’m Herdman & Ja’s Kennedy of Edenderry in y’e C’o of Armagh Gent & the Signing & Sealing of this Mem’l [Memorial] by the s’d John Huggins the Son Adm’r [Administrator] & residuary Legatee 2 of his father the s’d Jo’n Huggins the Elder is Witn’d [Witnessed] by the s’d W’m Herdman & And’w Carmichael of Dungannon in the C’o of Tyrone afores’d Gents
__ John Huggins?(seal) __
… Signed & Sealed in the psence [presence] of Will’m Herdman And’w Carmichael
The abovenamed W’m Herdman came this day before me & made Oath that he saw the said John Huggins the Elder & Jo’n Huggins the younger duly Execute the above mentioned Deed whereof y’e above Writing is a Memorial in the psence of this Dep’t [Deponent] & that he likewise saw the said John Huggins the Younger Sign & Seal the above Written Mem’l [Memorial] & that the name W’m Herdman Subscr’d [Subscribed] as a Witness to the said Deed & Mem’l is this Dep’ts [Deponent’s] own proper handwriting
__ Will’m Herdman
… Sworn before me at Dungannon in the C’o of Tyrone one of the Com’rs [Commissioners] for taking Affid’ts [Affidavits] in the s’d C’o this 4’th day of Oct’r 1749 3
__ And’w Carmichael __
… Justices of y’e peace for y’e s’d C’o of Tyrone then & there pres’t [present]
__ Rob Blackall __ Rich’d Vincent
Source: Registry of Deeds, Ireland. Memorial no. 93968 (vol. 137, pg. 440): John Huggins, sen., of Glenarb, parish of Aghaloo, co. Tyrone, to John Huggins, jun., and the Rev. John Kennedy of Edenderry, parish of Eglish, co. Armagh, to John Huggins, jun. (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.
See also :
- Biographical sketch: John Huggins (II) of Glenarb (died c.1756) – pending
- Huggins of Glenarb townland (family history index page)
- Surname index, memorials of Irish deeds: Huggins of Glenarb
Transcriber’s notes :
- Possibly Knappagh townland in the parish of Eglish, county Armagh. ↩︎
- John Huggins (I) died c.1741, and this memorial was registered in 1749. ↩︎
- Two notes about the dates appearing in this memorial, viz.:
– 31st Aug. 1739, on which date the parties executed a deed of marriage settlement;
– 4th Oct. 1749, when the memorial was sworn by a witness to both the deed and the memorial before a local Commissioner and Justices of the Peace; and,
– 7th Mar. 1749, when the memorial was registered at the Registry of Deeds in Dublin.
In the first instance, more than ten years had elapsed between the execution of the deed and the preparation & witnessing of the associated memorial. The reasons for this gap are unknown but, in the early days of the Registry, gaps like these were not uncommon.
In the second, at first glance it appears that the memorial was registered in Dublin before it was sworn to a local Commissioner. However, this was not so, and this apparent anomaly illustrates how the old-style Julian calendar worked. Under the Julian system, the first day of the year was 25th March. Because the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 en.wikipedia.org had not yet been passed, in this memorial the 7th March 1749 followed 4th October 1749. After the Act came into effect on 1st January 1752, dates in pre-1752 records which fell between January 1st and March 24th were often written in a compound format, for example, 1749/50. ↩︎
End notes :
Source citation for this page: Registry of Deeds, Ireland. Memorial no. 93968 (v.137, p.440): John Huggins (1) of Glenarb, parish of Aghaloo, and the Rev. John Kennedy of Edenderry, parish of Eglish, county Armagh, to John Huggins (II) of Glenarb, in consideration of a marriage between John Huggins (II) and Lettice Kennedy, dated 31st Aug. 1739, registered 7th Mar. 1749). Annotated transcript by Alison Kilpatrick. Published to Arborealis, online at arborealis.ca/records/irish-deeds/surname-index/huggins/memorial-93968/, accessed [insert date].
All rights reserved. Alison Kilpatrick ©2016.
Published 10th Aug. 2016, edited 5th Feb. 2024.