John Caulfeild DD (abt. 1738 - 1816)

Ancestors

Husband of Euphemia Gordon — married 24 Oct 1763 (to 1808) in Kirkmahoe, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died Apr 1816 at about age 78 in Derryloran, Cookstown, County Tyrone, Ireland

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Biography

Church of Ireland Clergy

John was the son of William Caulfeild and Catherine Moore.

He was educated at Westminster School and was admitted to Christ Church College, Oxford on 8 June 1757, aged 17. ^[1]

Rector Knockbride (Kilmore) 1774-5, Vicar Cloncare U. 1775-81, Rector and Vicar Castlerahan 1777-81.

He was appointed Archdeacon of Kilmore on 24 August 1776, Rector Killesher 1781-97. He was collated Prebendary of Devenish (Clogher) on 8 July 1797.

He held Devenish and Derryloran with his Archdeaconry.

John married Euphemia Gordon, of Kenmure, Co. Dumfries, on 24 October 1763 at Kirkmahoe, Dumfries, Scotland.^[2]

Children

1. William, of Benown, county Westmeath (Lt Col)
2. Thomas Gordon, Com. R.N.
3. John
4. George
5. Alexander
6. Robert, Capt: R.N.
7. James Maj-Gen, E.I.C.S. M.P. for Abingdon d. 1852

He died in 1816.

Death Notice - Oxford University and City Herald April 6, 1816

At his Glebe House, in Deryloran, near Cookstown, Ireland, in his 79th year, the Rev. John Caulfield, D.D. archdeacon of Kilmore.

Research Notes

Rev James Leslie believes that he may have married again in 1808 to Maria Farellow (M.L. 1808). There is a marriage Licence - Caulfield, Rev john, of Granby Row, Dublin, clerk and Maria Farellow of Parish of St Mary's, spinster, dated 6 October 1808 and a marriage between John Caulfield and Anna Maria Farrillow at St Mary's, Dublin on 6 October 1808.^[3] No confirmation that it was the marriage of the Archdeacon of Kilmore.

Sources

1. ↑ Alumni oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886; their parentage, birthplace and year of birth, with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University by University of Oxford; Joseph Foster, Publication date 1888
2. ↑ 1763 GORDON, EUPHEMIA (Old Parish Registers Marriages 835/ Kirkmahoe) Page 41 of 134
3. ↑ https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/display-pdf.jsp?pdfName=d-277-1-4-278

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p21440.htm#i214392
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Caulfeild_%28soldier%29
• An account of the Clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Clogher by Rev James Blennerhassett Leslie, D.Litt., M.A., M.R.I.A. 1929
• Clogher Clergy and Parishes, Pg 92-93
• Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae: the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland by Henry Cotton, 1789-1879
• Vol 3. - The Province of Ulster, Pg 106, 177. Note: Correction in Leslie - He retained archdeaconry till his death in 1816