George Ignatius Fenwick S.J. (1801 - 1857)

Born 22 Mar 1801 in Georgetown, District of Columbia, United States

Ancestors

Died 1857 at about age 55 in Thomas Manor, Charles, Maryland, United States

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Biography

George Fenwick S.J. has English ancestors.

George Ignatius Fenwick, son of George Fenwick and Margaret Medley, was born on 22 March 1801 in Georgetown, District of Columbia.

George entered the Jesuit order and was ordained a Catholic priest.

The Reverend Father George Ignatius Fenwick died in 1857 at Thomas Manor in Charles County, Maryland.

Genealogical Note written by the Rev. George Ignatius Fenwick

Note

Written in the hand of the Rev. George Ignatius Fenwick:

"George Fenwick who died in 1772 and whose will was registered 27 April 1772 was Father to my Father. He owned a farm call Chanes conclusion. His children were William, George my father, and Jean. His wife was Jean Gough, daughter of George Gough of St. Inigoes. Margaret Medley, my mother, was the daughter of Elizabeth Fenwick and Benedict Medley. Elizabeth was the daughter of Enoch Fenwick, whose father was also called Enoch." ^[1]

Notes on the Reverend George Ignatius Fenwick, S.J.

From printed Biography in special collections at Georgetown University:

October 1887: Rev Fenwick was a walking encyclopedia of Colonial Catholic History. He died 30 years ago. From 1855-1857, the last years of his life he spent at Thomas Manor - a Jesuit Institute.

Descended from Cuthbert Fenwick of the Catholic Fenwicks of Fenwick Tower in Northumberland, England.

Rev. George was the youngest of 4 brothers and had several sisters. *

Three of these brothers entered priesthood: Enoch, Benedict Joseph and George Ignatius.

The Most Rev. M. J. Spalding of Baltimore, Edward Dominic Fenwick, Bishop of Cincinatti and Robert J. Brent, Attorney General of MD were his cousins.

Enoch and Benedict J. were both Presidents of Georgetown and Benedict J. was Bishop of Boston.

These brothers has some Indian blood. [proof?] Their mother had a handsome house adjacent to Gerogetown College.

Rev. George was sent with James Ryder and Thomas Mulledy to Rome in 1820. He was quite corpulent and a little unwieldly as he got older. He was a wonderful singer. His grave is only a few rods from the spot of his birth in Georgetown.

October 15, 1830 he had E. J. Millard sell one of his servants, Harriot for $240. From this he paid Millard $30 for money lent Mrs. Eleanor Fenwick and his charge and commission on the sale of Harriot.

* Unless they died very young and they were never mentioned in anything official - George & therefore Francis, father of the MO George, had no sisters.

Sources

1. ↑ Provincial Archives at Georgetown University

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Mary Knox for creating WikiTree profile George Ignatius Fenwick through the import of knox17032011.ged on 18 March 2011. Click to the Changes Page for the details of edits.