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- On the 4th day of February 1786, a Marriage Settlement between Walter ATKIN and Catherine Drew, third daughter of John DREW of Bishopstown and Ballinspellig in the Co. of Waterford, Ireland, was recited, signed, sealed and witnessed by Francis DREW of Bishopstown (father of John DREW), Richard SEYMOUR of the Town of Youghal, Co. Cork and John Gumbleton DREW (brother of Catherine).
The Indented Deed of Re-lease, No. 249732 in the Registry of Deeds, Dublin, Ireland referred to a settlement of Four Hundred Pounds sterling, paid to Walter ATKIN as a Marriage Portion, plus the Lands of Coolrebeenin the Barony of Imokilly, Co. Cork, upon the marriage to Catherine DREW, to secure an annual payment to Catherine should she survive him.
Catherine's grandfather, Francis DREW of Bishopstown and Ballinspellig, County of Waterford married Rebecca BAINES.
Francis DREW = Rebecca BAINES
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John DREW = Susanna GUMBLETON George DREW =Susanna
of Ballinspellig & Bishopstown, Co .Waterford, Dau Margaret & John DREW
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Francis. John Gumbleton. Mary. Susannah. Catherine = Walter ATKIN
bc.1761 bc.1754
Registered Deed no. 249732 at Registry Of Deeds, Dublin, Ireland.
Walter Atkin - Catherine Drew Marriage Settlement.
Dated 4th February 1786. Memorial of Indentures and Release bearing the dates respectively on the Second & Fourth days of February One Thousand Seven Hundred & Eighty-six ..... The Lease made between Walter Atkin of Cloynepriest in the County of Cork Gentleman on the first part & Francis Drew of Bishopstown in the county of Waterford Gent & Richard Seymour of the Town of Youghal in the said County, Gent in the other part The Release made between the said Walter Atkin of the first part, John Drew of Bishopstown aforesaid Gent & Catherine Drew spinster, third daughter of the said John Drew of the second part & the said Francis Drew& Richard Seymour of the third & last part. Whereby after reciting the said Release, is recited & also reciting that a marriage was then shortly intended by God's permission to be had & solemnised between the said Walter Atkin & the said Catherine Drew & that the said Walter Atkin was to have & receive the sum of Four Hundred Pounds Stirling as a marriage portion with the said Catherine Drew (in case she should survive the said Walter Atkin) a Domature ? of Fifty Pounds per year during her natural life & for the conditions in the said Deed of Release mentioned did grant bargain sell release & confirm to the said Francis Drew & Richard Seymour in their actual possessions then being by virtue of the said part recited Lease & to their heirs & Assignees all that & those Lands of Coolrebeen containing by estimation forty acres to be the same more or less & also All & those Lands of Cloynepriest containing forty acres English measure & said lands were situate lying & being in the Barony of Imokilly & County Of Cork aforesaid with their App'rees To hold to the said Francis Drew & Richard Seymour & the .......... uses &intents & purposes & Trusts in the said ............ Indenture of Release particularly mentioned to which Indenture of the Lease the said Walter Atkin put his hand & seal & to which Indenture of Release the said Walter Atkin, John Drew, Catherine Drew, Francis Drew & Richard Seymour put their hands & seals & witnesses thereto & to the said Indenture of Lease are John Drew of Bishopstown aforesaid Gent.
To this Memorial is witnessed by the said John Drew & Walter Atkin his seal being present at the signing & sealing the above memorial John Gumbleton Drew, Henry Davis, the above named John Drew the younger maketh oath that he saw the said Walter Atkin duly execute the said Indenture of Lease & sayth he saw the said parties duly execute the said Indenture of Release of which the above uttering is a memorial and sayth that he also saw the said Walter Atkin duly execute the above memorial & sayth he this Dep. is a witness to the said Indent. of Lease & Release & Memorial &that the name John Drew subscribed thereto as a witness is the proper name & handwriting of this Deponent & Delivered same to John Moore Esq. Deputy Registrar the 4th February 1786 at near quarter after two o'clock in the afternoon, John Gumbleton Drew Sworn February 4th 1786. John Moore, Registrar.
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The above document was valuable in tracing Catherine DREW's parentage. It gave her grandfather Francis DREW of Bishopstown, Co.Waterford, her father John DREW of Bishopstown, Co. Waterford and her brother John Gumbleton DREW. This proved Susanna GUMBLETON sister of Richard GUMBLETON of Castle Richard, as Catherine's mother. This was quoted in 'Drew of Strand House' in Burke's Landed Gentry published in1848.
In the early years of their marriage they lived on their land, Cloyne Priest, Co. Cork, (Gentlemen's Residences, by Ambrose LEET, Pub.1814.). It was here that their first children were born.
Walter and Catherine ATKIN's first two children were daughters, Mary born abt. 1787 and Susanna ATKIN born abt. 1788. Mary was probably named for Walter's mother, though this has not yet been proven. Susanna was named for her mother's mother Susanna DREW.
The lack of surviving Parish Baptismal Registers for the Cloyne Diocese has made it difficult to prove the 'order' of the children born, though it is safe to say that Mary was the eldest as this was the term used in a Marriage Settlement registered in 1807.
Eldest son Walter ATKIN jun. was born abt. 1789. Married his distant cousin Arabella DREW in 1815.
John Drew ATKIN was born abt 1791. Married Georgina ROBERTS in 1826.
James Richard ATKIN appears to be the third son born. He married Catherine ROGERS in 1827.
Walter and Catherine's youngest son was William Francis ATKIN who married Alicia STEWART in 1826 .
Though it is not known how the 'Wheat Riots' of the latter 1790'sthat occurred in the Youghal area, affected them, their shift to AtkinVille, Douglas, just south of Cork City was possibly influenced by these events.
A Registered Deed # 518.227.341438 Regarding the land called Barnhill also later called Atkinville.
Memorial of an Indented Deed of Mortage of 2 Oct. 1799 between Walter ATKIN of the City of Cork, Esq of the 1st part, Simon DRING of Annemount in the Co. of Cork Esq. of the other part, whereby Walter ATKIN did grant ors ors ors onme undivided half or ? moiety of the Lands of Castle Treasure and Ardlaig (?) in the South Liberties of the City of Cork, also the Lands of Carduff orse Barnhill formerly in the occupation of James ELLIS deceased, 66 acres near Douglas. Registered 5 Oct 1799.
The above lands were leased by Walter ATKIN for many years and Barnhill became known as Atkinville.
After the move to Atkinville, Douglas, their youngest daughter Catherine Hariot ATKIN was baptised there on the 6th Dec 1801, by the Rev. John BUSTEED.
Douglas, in the Parish of Carrigaline, is described as being situated in the South East Liberties of the City of Cork. Here the family lived in their Townland of Atkinville, just south of Douglas. Atkinville appears on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1847.
Tutors educated the sons. There were several good private tutors and small schools in the area.
Their second born son John Drew ATKIN was apprenticed to R. FOOT in the Trinity Term of 1810 to begin his training as an attorney-at-law.(King's Inns Admission Papers 1607-1867, edited by Edward KEANE, P.BERYL & Thomas U. SADLER (Dublin: The Irish Manuscripts Commission,1982.) Unfortunately no admission papers for his entry survive.
Walter and Catherine ATKIN's daughter Susanna married Richard Garde DAVIS in 1806, and a year later eldest daughter Mary married Townsend BEAMISH in 1807.
Catherine ATKIN's health suddenly deteriorated and on the 27th of July 1810 she died at their home Atkinville, near Douglas. Catherine was laid to rest in the Carrigaline Parish Church graveyard, in Douglas on the 30th of July.
Burial Registers, St. Luke's Church, Douglas.
'30 July 1810 .... Catherine wife of Walter ATKIN aged 49.'
Cork Mercantile Chronicle. Mon 30 July 1810 ... 'Suddenly on Friday last Mrs ATKIN(s) of Atkinville.'
An Index of Gentlemen's Residences by Ambrose LEET, 1814.
Barnhill Co.Cork Cork Walter ATKIN
Cloyne Priest Co.Cork Youghal Walter ATKINS
By 1813 Mary (ATKIN) BEAMISH had been widowed and her only son had died in early childhood. Mary's second marriage took place in 1813 to Thomas Wade FOOTT son of James FOOTT of Springfort, Co.Cork, Ireland.
The Marriage Licence Bonds Index 1815: Walter ATKIN jun. to Arabella DREW.
Though the original Deed did not survive the Four Courts fire, it was fortunate that a Memorial of an Indented Deed was made by Walter ATKIN the younger and Arabella's son in 1843, that quoted:-
'Registry of Deeds re a Deed dated 26th & 27th days of Jan1815......... Made between Walter Atkin the elder, Walter Atkin the younger described as the first part & Arabella Drew, eldest daughter of John Drew therein described as the second part, Richard Garde Davis &the Rev. William Power therein described as the third part& John Drew Atkin and Christopher Frederick Musgrave therein described as the fourth part.,...................................................................(dealing with the financial aspects of the proposed marriage of Walter Atkin the younger & Arabella Drew)'.
Eldest son Walter ATKIN (the younger) married Arabella DREW daughter of John DREW of Rockfield and Listry Co. Kerry, and Frogmore, near Youghal, Co. Cork, soon after the Deed was executed and signed.
Tithe Applotment Books for the Parish of Carrigaline, 1834.
Townland of Ballinarea................. Walter ATKIN leased 7 acres,tithes 8shgs.5pence
The above would encompass the house, Atkinville.
Townland of Castletreasure South.. Walter ATKIN leased 70 acres tithes 5pnd. 13shgs. 11pence. This parcel of land is mentioned in the Memorial of an Indented Deed No. 665 243 458973 25th Oct 1813, recited and signed between Walter ATKIN, daug. Mary ATKIN & Townsend BEAMISH.
Also in the Index... Walter ATKIN leased 100 acres 5pnds. 13shgs.10pence.
By 1834 the above leases in perpetuity would have been inherited by Walter and Catherine ATKIN's eldest son Walter ATKIN jnr. in 1828 after the death of his father.
Unfortunately Walter ATKIN snr. did not see the last two grandchildren born to his son. In January 1828 Walter ATKIN of Atkinville died at his home in Douglas. He was buried in the Churchyard of the Parish Church, St.Luke's in Douglas on the 12th of January 1828.
Burial Registers, St. Luke's, Douglas, Carrigaline Parish.
' 12 Jan 1828 ... Walter ATKIN snr. aged 74yrs.'
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Abt 1756 - 1828 (~ 72 years)
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