William Magee (1798 - 1867)

Born 3 Feb 1798 in Dublin, Ireland

Husband of Catherine Elizabeth (Foot) Magee — married 7 Nov 1827 in Dublin, Ireland

Died 30 Nov 1867 at age 69 in Dunganstown, County Wicklow, Ireland

Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

William was born in 1798. He was the son of William Magee and Elizabeth Moulson.

He was educated by Dr Leney and entered Trinity College Dublin on 2 November 1812, aged 14. B.A. 1818, M.A. 1825. ^[1]

He was collated Prebendary of Swords (St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin) on 29 June 1831 and installed on the same day. He retained the prebend until his death in 1867.

Rector of Dunganstown, county Wicklow for nearly 40 years.

William married Catherine Elizabeth Foot, daughter of Jeffrey Foot of Holly Park, Rathfarnham, co Dublin and Eleanor Williams, on 7 November 1827.

Marriage Notice - 12 November 1827, Saunders's News-Letter, Dublin.

On the 7th instant, at the Church of New White church, by his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin, the Rev. William Magee, son of his Grace, to Catherine Elizabeth Foot, daughter of the late Jeffrey Foot, of Holly-park, Esq.

Children

1. William b. 1829, The Palace, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, died Liverpool, co Lancaster.
2. Ellen Letitia b. 10 September 1830, The Palace, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, died unmarried ib Dublin on 4 April 1894.
3. Jeffery. b. 1832, The Palace, St Stephen's Green, Dublin, died in 1834.
4. Charles, b. 10 May 1834, Dunganstown, co Wicklow, died 15 July 1855.
5. John Francis b. 1836, Dunganstown, co Wicklow, died at sea.
6. Elizabeth Anne, 26 February 1838, Dunganstown, co Wicklow
7. Henry, b. 10 October 1839, Dunganstown, co Wicklow, married Trophina Triphook on 10 July 1867.
8. Katherine Sophia b. 15 July 1841, Dunganstown, co Wicklow, married Francis Rawson Moira Crozier of Carrickbrennan, co Dublin, son of Thomas Crozier.
9. Frederick, b. 10 April 1844, Dunganstown, co Wicklow, died in Audstralia 1870.

He died in 1867.

Death Notice - 02 December 1867, Dublin Evening Mail, Dublin

We regret to announce the death of the Rev William Magee, rector of Dunganstown, county of Wicklow, which took place somewhat suddenly Saturday last. The deceased clergyman was son of Dr- Magee, Archbishop of Dublin, and uncle of the present Dean of Cork. He was nearly forty years rector of Dunganstown...

Probate ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ FindmyPast - Alumni Dublinenses - 1924 Edition Note: Published in 1924, this is the first edition Alumni Dublinenses, a register of provosts, professors, graduates and students of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland's oldest university.
2. ↑ https://willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/reels/cwa/005014888/005014888_00165.pdf

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• Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae: the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland by Henry Cotton, 1789-1879
• Vol 2 - The Province of Leinster, Pg 138
• Supplement, Pg 59