Patrick Auld (1776 - 1866)

Born 15 Sep 1776 in Carnmoney, Antrim, Ireland

Husband of Martha (Stewart) Auld — married 16 Jan 1803 in Carnmoney, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland

Descendants

Died 29 Apr 1866 at age 89 in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland

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Biography

Patrick Auld was born in Ireland.

Patrick was a farmer.

Patrick Auld was born in 1795^[1] in Carnmoney, County Antrim. He may have been the son of one Thomas Auld.^[2]

The land he farmed at Ballyhowne,^[3] and passed on to his children forms a self-contained plot within the 1848-64 Griffith Valuation (Patrick may have died before his land was assessed). The land remains in the possession of his descendants today going through Josias (1866) to James (1884) to James (1914) to Robert (1953) and Robert's children.^[4]

He married Martha Stewart in 1803 at Carnmoney Presbyterian Church.^[5] They had 9 children including James (1805), Robert (1819) and Martha (1822)^[6]

He passed away in 1866^[7] and his wife Martha passed away just a few months later. The farm passed on to third son Josias. Eldest son Thomas had emigrated with his family in 1846, and second son James raised a large family and was living at Monkstown (a short walking distance from Ballyhone).^[8]

Patrick is buried in Carnmoney Presbyterian Church Cemetery beneath a headstone erected by his son Josias, but we only know this because of the transcription copied into David Walton Auld's "The Auld Book" published in 1978 (see below). The stone has not been located or indexed by modern grave-record websites, even assuming it's still readable or even still there.

Three of the (currently) four records on Patrick's Familysearch relate to his death, and the other one to taxes. However it does confirm the presence of land on the Ballyhowne (Ballyhone) townland in Patrick's lifetime. It's theoretically possible it isn't the same farm in the Griffith Valuation and in the family today, but the more plausible scenario is that Patrick had been a tenant farmer for some time, and perhaps his father before him, tied to the Auld farm that is still farmed by Aulds today.

Sources

1. ↑ Date specifically precise but source record not presently known or located
2. ↑ May have been referred to in the Auld Book (Walton 1978, see below) but confirmation needed. Technically this relationship is unsourced.
3. ↑ "Northern Ireland, Tithe Applotment Books, 1822-1837", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VJZ-KTW2 : 13 January 2020), Patrick Auld, 1835.
4. ↑ Personally verified by Corkey-18
5. ↑ Date specifically precise but source record not presently known or located
6. ↑ https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=521542.0 (Parish church records but most are missing - fortunately we have other evidence for Patrick's children
7. ↑ "Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLD-2C81 : 30 January 2020), Patrick Auld, 1866.
8. ↑ The rough and ready inheritance rule in the Auld family seems to be the eldest son fit and capable of working, and willing to work will inherit the farm, unless he already has another farm from somewhere else. There's a lot of caveats there that can exclude elder sons.

Research Notes

Patrick Auld

Birth date 14 Jun 1795 Different

Birth place Carnmoney, Antrim Different

Death date 29 Apr 1866 New

Death place

Family Father: Thomas Auld

Mother:

Spouse: Martha Stewart

"The Auld Book" by David Walton Auld

Surname(s) Graveyard Civil Parish Graveyard Location County

AULD Carnmoney CI Carnmoney Carnmoney Antrim

Gravestone Inscription The burying place of Josias Auld, Ballyhone, in loving memory of Patrick Auld, his father died 15th February 1866, aged 89 years, Martha, his mother, died 29th May 1866, aged 82 years, Elizabeth Gilmore his sister, died 5th April 1882, aged 75 years, Thomas his brother, died 28th April 1886, aged 77 years, the above named Josias Auld, died 10th November 1884, aged 67 years, Mary his wife, died 8th January 1897, aged 74 years, his son Thomas, died 14th December 1916, aged 74 years

Comment [Sandstone Headstone Lying On Ground] [Patrick Auld 15/02/1866, Martha Auld 29/05/1866, Elizabeth Gilmore 05/04/1882, Thomas Auld 28/04/1886, Josias Auld 10/11/1884, Mary Auld 08/01/1897]

More Research Notes

• by Corkey-18

Because this is the furthest Auld ancestor of mine in which I have total confidence, and it is Patrick's brothers and sisters that are subject to conflicting claims, I'll use this page as a staging point for untangling the different Carnmoney branches. Rootschat has the following Auld couples active in Carnmoney Baptism records at the start of the 1800s (excludes unnamed Auld wives, and I've taken Patrick and Martha as given):

Thomas Auld (I) and ?? 1800/1801

Samuel Auld (I) 1801/1804

David Lewers and Martha Auld 1819

Samuel Auld (II) and Rose Lewers 1820/1822

Robert Auld and Margaret Stewart 1820/1822

James Auld (son) and Jane 1833

Thomas Auld (II) and Jean 1836 (probably son Thomas and Martha Jane)

Samuel Templeton and Margaret Auld 1836

Some of these may be Patrick's siblings and children, or nieces and nephews. Others will be cousins who share a grandfather with Patrick (or beyond). I'll try and match them up as I dot around the tree.